Zhao Ziliang sat on the main seat of the sweat tent of Kuo'er Kuotai and asked very unhappily: "Kuo'er Kuotai, why didn't you see Qu Zisi and Badasi?" Don't they know that this king is going to arrive here today with his army? ”

Kuo'er Kotai smiled bitterly and saluted Zhao Ziliang: "King, you also saw on the way here just now that the place where Xiao Khan's sweat tent is located is deserted, let alone other places, many clansmen have moved to the west, and Xiao Khan can't stop him even with his men and horses." www.biquge.info Since this is the case here, the situation of Quzisi and Badath is estimated to be similar to that of Little Khan, they should be trying their best to keep their clansmen without time to come, and ask the king to forgive them for their sins! ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't continue to be unhappy when he heard this, and said: "Okay, for your sake, this king won't bother with them!" But send them and tell them that they should bring someone over and join the king as soon as possible, or the king will not spare him!" ”

"Yes!"

Rested here for two days. On the morning of the first day of the fifth lunar month, Zhao Ziliang was discussing with Kuo'er Kuotai about sending troops south, and Wang Can rushed in and reported: "The king, Badasi and Quzisi were all killed by their subordinates, and their soldiers and horses scattered in a hurry, and they joined the people who moved west!" ”

Zhao Ziliang and the generals and officials in the tent all looked at each other when they heard this, "How can this ・・・・・・ be?" ”

Kuo'er Kotai began to get nervous, he was a little unstable, and his eyes looked fiercely at the thousands of commanders under his command in the tent and asked, "Did you hear that?" Badas and Quzisi were killed by their men, and after the soldiers and horses were disbanded and joined the people who moved west, you wouldn't want to kill Ben Khan as much as they did, would you? ”

The faces of the commanders changed greatly, and they all stood up and stroked their chests and saluted: "The gods can testify, and the villains and others will never dare to do anything to disobey the Khan!" ”

"Hmph, forgive you and don't dare, whoever dares to have a different heart, Ben Khan will dig out his heart, eat his flesh, and kill his family!"

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

Zhao Ziliang comforted: "Kuo'er Kotai Khan don't be impatient, with this king here, no one dares to be unfavorable to you, you can rest assured!" ”

Kuo'er Kotai hurriedly saluted: "Thank you, King!" It's just a pity that Badas and Quzisi have rebels under their hands, and the whole clan is scattered, which is a pity! Please allow me to lead my troops to stop those who are moving west, and take them next!" ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "Forget it, Ko'er Kotai Khan, as the saying goes, twisted melons are not sweet, if you forcibly intercept them, they will not really submit to you, but may leave hidden dangers for yourself!" In any case, the Xuan and Zou tribes are not our enemies, Badath and Quzisi were friends of this king during their lifetimes, although they are dead now, they definitely don't want this king to attack their people, since their people are going to move away, of course this king wants to fulfill them! ”

Kuo'er Kuotai thought about it, and felt that what Zhao Ziliang said seemed to be reasonable, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, what the king said is reasonable, you can't leave these people, these people are likely to oppose me or secretly murder me after they stay!" ”

Zhao Ziliang turned the topic back to the matter of sending troops to the Khazar Khanate, and said to Kuoer Kotai: "Khan, this king has decided to set off south to attack the Khazars in two days, I don't know how many troops your Ji Thorn Department can send this time?" ”

Kuo'er Kotai said with a bitter face: "You have also seen it, the people of the Little Khan have moved away half, and this king can only send 3,000 troops at most, so he really can't draw more troops!" ”

Zhao Ziliang agreed: "Okay, just send three thousand troops!" ”

Ko'er Kotai instructed his ministers: "Marwan, after Ben Khan leads his troops to go on the expedition with the king, you will be in charge of the affairs of the Khan's tent, and you will send someone to report to Ben Khan at any time!" ”

"Yes, Khan!"

The next day, on the second day of the fifth month, the 5,000 cavalry of the Kipchak army arrived under the leadership of his khan Moerge, who saw Zhao Ziliang hungry in the sweat tent.

Zhao Ziliang let Mo Erge drink tea and asked, "Mo Erge Khan, do you know why this king transferred your subordinates here?" ”

Mo Erge was drinking tea, and when he heard the question, he hurriedly put down the teacup and said, "Little Khan doesn't know, please make it clear to the king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Walking upstream along the Yatari River, in the upper reaches of the Yetiri River there lives a huge tribe called the Bolgars, these people are unruly and hostile to the king and his people, they refuse to pay tribute to the king, and the king is angry and decides to conquest them!" But most of the king's men are cavalry, and this time they didn't bring infantry, and if they want to win the Bolgars in the north, they must have warriors with experience in mountain and forest warfare, and this king heard from the Vichir Khan that you Kipchaks live in the mountains and forests, are familiar with mountain and forest battles, and are also elite knights on horseback, and only you Kipchaks can deal with the Bolgars in this world, so this king wants to transfer your troops to crusade against the Bolgars, and the king's fifth army is already waiting at the confluence of the two rivers, and this place can be reached by marching north for ten days, Once there, you just have to obey the orders of General Hokan of the Fifth Legion! ”

Mo Erge was very happy that Zhao Ziliang admired them Kipchaks so much, and saluted with a smile: "Thank you for the king's affirmation of us Kipchaks, the Kipchaks are grateful to those who appreciate us and are willing to serve you!" Please see the performance of our Kipchak warriors, and the little Khan will bring the head of the leader of the Bolgars to you as a gift! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, this king is looking forward to your performance!" Tomorrow, the king of Japan will lead his army south to attack the Khazars, and your men and horses will rest for another day, and tomorrow they will also set off north to join the Fifth Army! ”

"Yes, King!"

On the third day of the fifth month, Zhao Ziliang led his army south, preparing to join Wei Meng and Bai Xiaode's troops, while Mo Erge led his troops north to prepare to join Huo Kan.

On the eighth day of the fifth month, the two armies completed their convergence on the opposite bank of the later Volgograd in the lower reaches of the Volga River, and at this time, the army led by the Khan King Habil of the Khazar Khanate also arrived in the lower Volga region, 50 miles away from the Western Qin coalition army.

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Khazarian army camp.

General Bran with 3,000 remnants of the defeated army met the main army of 30,000 brought by Habir at the gate of the camp.

"Your servant Bran meets Thorn Han!" Bran knelt down on one knee with his sword and said loudly to Habil on horseback, "I have had a lot of contact with the people of the Eastern Roman Empire, and Bran also speaks in the tone and habits of the people of the Eastern Roman Empire."

Habil was expressionless, raised his hand and said, "General Bran and the other generals get up, if you have anything to say in the camp!" ”

"Yes, A. Thorn Han!"

The army slowly entered the camp and settled down, sent outposts to investigate the movements of Western Qin, and sent a large number of vigilant rangers, and after settling down, Habil received Bran and his commanders in his sweat tent.

Habir took a sip of wine from the Eastern Roman Empire and asked, "General Bran, what the hell is going on?" You have 10,000 elite cavalry, why are only 3,000 remnants left? ”

Bran hurriedly explained, and was interrupted by Habil in the middle of his sentence: "Enough, General Bran, what did Ben Khan tell you before leaving?" Let you be careful and careful when facing the Western Qin army, and don't fight with it easily! ”

Bu Lan hurriedly said: "Answer, I did this according to your orders, after leading the army to arrive, I camped on the riverbank, and did not take the initiative to start a war with the Western Qin army, they crossed the river first to attack our army, and when I found out, I immediately organized soldiers and horses to meet the battle, the fight was too hasty, and the phalanx that had just been put out to meet was scattered by the cavalry of the Western Qin army, and our army could no longer organize an effective formation confrontation. I see that there is no hope of victory, so I retreated with the rest of the men, please answer the assassin and forgive him! ”

Habir said angrily: "They sent troops to attack you, what are your ranger guard posts for?" Didn't you even send out a ranger guard? You idiot, have you been a general for nothing for so many years? 10,000 elite cavalry lost 7,000 people to you in a battle, and my Khazar Khanate has never suffered such heavy losses, nor has it been so defeated, you really deserve to die! Somebody, take off this sinner's armor and weapon, and lock him up for disposal? ”

"Yes, A. Thorn Han!"

"Answer the assassin, spare your life, spare your life・・・・・・" Bran shouted as he was dragged away by several samurai.

Seeing Bran being dragged away, a sneer appeared on Habir's face, and a minister wearing a fox fur hat next to him stood up and saluted, and flattered: "Congratulations to Thorn Han, Blan's men and horses have suffered heavy losses, and now there are only 3,000 defeated soldiers left, and there is no combat power left, the next step is to eradicate his power in Samandar, and then kill him, then the power cultivated by the Eastern Roman Empire in our Khazar Khanate will be collapsed!" ”

Habil smiled, the wrinkles on his face were more ugly than orange peels, "Yes, first eradicate his strength in Samandar, and then kill him, kill him now, my power in Samandar may make trouble, and now we have to fight with the Western Qin people, and the capital Samandar can't have problems!" You immediately send someone back to Samandar, and let Ben Khan's son take action against Buran's forces, and you must eradicate it, and leave no one behind! ”

"Yes!"

On the eighth day of the fifth month, the Khazar Khan King Habil, who had been resting for two days, was studying a sheepskin map in the middle of the battle, when a minister walked in and saluted and reported: "Answer: Assassin Han, the news from the front of the outpost that the soldiers and horses of the Western Qin army seem to have doubled, and there is reliable information that Zhao Ziliang has arrived here!" In addition, the Pechenegs began a large-scale westward migration, many of them entered our territory, these people burned and plundered in our northern territory, many tribes were looted, but the hateful thing is that they did not stay here, and after the sacking they continued westward, and our army is now pinned down here, there is simply not enough strength to deal with these Pechenegs who have moved westward! ”

The muscles on Habil's face trembled a few times when he heard this, and said: "This Zhao Ziliang is really powerful, he has solved the three northern tribes of the Pecheneg people in more than a month, and has forced the three southern tribes to move west, so that they can come to harm us, hateful, really hateful!" ”