Gao Shang said: "The king doesn't have to worry, General Chu is already a person in charge of himself, and it is more than enough for him to lead two legions!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, thought for a while and said: "Zhao Lei has been going to the Fifth Army under Huo Kan to conquer the Slavs for more than a year, according to the letter sent back by Huo Kan, Zhao Lei's performance in the army is not bad, he often looks up and charges ahead when fighting, gets along well with the soldiers, knows how to sympathize with the soldiers, and gets along well with his comrades, and he has led the troops to fight two battles alone, and has won both victories. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoNow the fighting in the northwest has stopped temporarily, the people of the Fifth Army and the Kipchak Department are resting, this king is thinking about whether to transfer Zhao Lei back and let him go to hone and hone with Chu Ge, fighting the Tianzhu people is different from fighting the Slavs, the climate, terrain, and combat methods are completely different, which should also be a good training for Zhao Lei! ”

Gao Shang arched his hand and said: "The king is wise! ”

"You go to the Military Aircraft Institute to say hello, and transfer Zhao Lei back first! After he stayed in Xinjing for a few days, this king arranged for him to go to the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and let Chu Ge train him well, if this is from the perspective of his good performance in the Eastern Expeditionary Army, the next time he fights, he will consider letting him lead all the way alone! ”

Gao Shang arched his hand and said: "Yes, Weichen will do it."

Zhao Ziliang's use of the servant army can be described as perfect, Chu Ge also learned his trick well, after all, the servant army is not an army trained by his own side, and it is completely different in terms of arrangement, tactical use, military order transmission, establishment and equipment, so the idea of letting the servant army engage in frontal combat and directly confront the enemy is naïve, and it is stupid, the servant army is some people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, otherwise they will not surrender and become a servant army, this kind of army does not have a strong will to fight, it can only fight a good battle, Once the war is slightly unfavorable, it will definitely be the result of collapse.

In Zhao Ziliang's view, the biggest role of the servant army is to fight for attrition, especially in siege warfare, he generally does not use his own army to attack the city, and only uses his own infantry to attack the city as a last resort.

Chu Ge learned Zhao Ziliang's two methods of using the servant army, and when he encountered a siege battle, he would inevitably let the servant army attack the city first, not only consuming the enemy's troops, but also consuming a lot of the servant army's troops, which was good for controlling the servant army.

How do you get the servants to die? There's only one way, the reward! Reward! As the so-called heavy reward must have a brave man, heavy reward can stimulate the greed of the servant soldiers, as long as one or two examples are set, the other servant soldiers will inevitably be blushing, the power of the example is infinite, and the other servant soldiers will also fight to the death in order to get the heavy reward.

In the blink of an eye, in June, Chu Ge led the Eastern Expeditionary Army to take half of the thirty-six city-states in Northern Tianzhu, according to Zhao Ziliang's meaning, Wang Ting only replenished the Eastern Expeditionary Army with weapons, bows and crossbows, arrows, armor and military uniforms, shoes and socks, and other such as grain and grass, rewards and other military supplies were all captured by the Eastern Expeditionary Army itself, and even the military supplies of the servant army were also solved by the Eastern Expeditionary Army itself, which undoubtedly brought a lot of pressure to Chu Ge, he was not only responsible for commanding the war, but also considering how to solve the problem of shortage of materials.

In order to be self-sufficient, Chu Ge had to order the expropriation of grain, livestock and other military supplies in the occupied area, and at the same time ordered the confiscation of the property of the nobles of Northern Tianzhu as military funds, so the land occupied by the Eastern Expeditionary Army was looted by him, a large number of nobles became poor overnight, and some of the recalcitrant nobles were directly wiped out, which made everyone in Northern Tianzhu become poor, and there was no contrast between the rich and the poor, and the poor people of Northern Tianzhu were very welcome to the Eastern Expeditionary Army. Thinking that the Eastern Expeditionary Army was an army sent by the Buddha to rescue them from the sea of suffering, Zhao Ziliang really couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the news, but it can also be seen from this point that people do not suffer from the psychology of being outnumbered but suffering from inequality.

The battle of the Eastern Expeditionary Army went relatively smoothly, which made Zhao Ziliang more relieved, and the west was also in trouble at this time. On June 16, Wang Can reported to Zhao Ziliang: "Great King, the Great Food Kingdom mobilized more than 100 people in Constantinople to rescue Prince Mahdi, at first the people were rescued from the secret prison of the gladiatorial arena, but the Eastern Roman Empire officials immediately sent pursuers to pursue, on the way to escape, Mahdi was killed after being shot by an arrow, and the body was brought back to the Great Food Country by the rescuers, Caliph al-Mansur was furious after getting the news, and took advantage of the opportunity of the Eastern Roman Empire to transfer a large number of troops to attack the Bulgarian Khanate, It was immediately decided to attack the Eastern Roman Empire! ”

"At that time, Constantine V was preparing to lead an army to attack Susedava and Novai on the Danube from behind, and was shocked when he received the news that the Great Food Army was pressing the border, and immediately led the army to withdraw from the Bulgarian Khanate, and withdrew to the territory of the East Malaysia Empire by land and water. And the Great Food Army is also moving quickly to the north to prepare to attack the border towns of the Eastern Roman Empire, and further news is still on the way! ”

Zhao Ziliang knew that if it weren't for the sudden rise of the Great Cannibal and the decision to attack the Eastern Roman Empire, the Bulgarian Khanate would inevitably be defeated by Constantine V this time and had to sign a peace treaty with the Eastern Roman Empire to recognize the suzerainty of the Eastern Roman Empire, but after the Great Cannibal army set off, the Bulgarian Khanate was saved in this critical period, and the Khan King Telötz was ready to fight to the death, who knew that the Eastern Roman army suddenly retreated, which made him and his generals very puzzled, So he immediately sent someone to find out the news, and when he learned that the back of the Eastern Roman Empire was being attacked by the army of the Great Food Country, he was very happy, and was about to lead an army to attack the Thracian region of the Eastern Roman Empire, but was dissuaded by his ministers.

Later, Terretz received the news that the Eastern Roman Empire had sent an envoy to negotiate peace, and in the course of the negotiations, Terretz opened his mouth and demanded that the amount of gold that the Eastern Roman Empire pay to the Bulgarian Khanate every year should be increased to 700 pounds, which was a lot of money, and the annual gold production in this era was extremely limited, and even the extremely rich gold mines could not necessarily produce so much gold. The Eastern Roman Empire is not unable to take out so much gold, the large amount of gold paid to the Bulgarian Khanate in recent years has greatly affected the economy of the Eastern Roman Empire, resulting in a sharp increase in the value of gold coins, while the price of silver coins and copper plates has fallen rapidly.

During the negotiations, in addition to asking the Eastern Roman Empire to increase the gold to 700 pounds per year, the Bulgarian Khan's King Telertz also asked the Eastern Roman Empire to send 2,000 women to the Bulgarian Khanate every year.

Although the request of the Bulgarian Khan, Terötz, was too much for the Eastern Roman Empire envoys to accept, Terötz's attitude was extremely tough, and if he did not agree, he would wave his troops to attack the Eastern Roman Empire, and the Eastern Roman Empire had to endure the humiliation and agree to Terötz's terms, and the two sides signed an agreement that the Eastern Roman Empire would pay an annual tribute of 700 pounds of gold and 2,000 young women to the Bulgarian Khanate in exchange for a ten-year truce.

It has to be said that although Mansur is very good at political skills, he really has nothing to praise in terms of military affairs, his 100,000 troops set out from Aleppo to attack the border passes of the Eastern Roman Empire It was difficult to progress, the defenders of the Eastern Roman Empire were extremely good at defense, and the forts built were also very strong, thanks to the foresight of Constantine V, if these fortresses were not built in advance, it was really difficult to resist the attack of the Great Food Army.

By the time Constantine V arrived at the border with his army, two months had passed, and at this time Mansur had captured three passes on the border of the Eastern Roman Empire, but his own losses were very heavy, which also made Mansur realize that his ability to march and fight was really limited.

After the arrival of Constantine V's army, the two monarchs of the East and West met and fought for the first time, and the outcome of the battle was a decisive victory, each with its own losses, and the situation began to become anxious for a while.

At the beginning of August, Zhao Ziliang learned of the fighting between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Great Food Nation, and Wang Canyu reported: "At present, Mansur's military ability seems to be slightly insufficient compared with Constantine V, but the Great Food Country also has an advantage, they have sufficient troops, and their morale is strong, and there is no problem in supply; In the Eastern Roman Empire, although the commander's military talent was stronger than that of the Great Food Country, the army was a long-fought division, the morale was relatively low, and the troops were at a disadvantage. Now they are in a stalemate, Constantine V has to keep an eye on it, and Mansur wants to ease the contradictions of various factions in the country, and wants to transfer the internal contradictions to the external war, this time half of the 100,000 horses he brought are the strength of the opposition, and he brought these people to the border to fight the Eastern Roman Empire can effectively weaken the strength of the opposition! ”。

Zhao Ziliang said: "In this way, Mansur does have a set of political schemes, and it seems that the war between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Great Food Country has to be fought!" ”