The military parade at the national grand ceremony of the Western Qin King made nearly 100,000 people applaud one after another, and also gave a great shock to all the foreign kings and envoys who came to watch the ceremony, which had to make countries reassess the strength of the Western Qin Kingdom. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After the celebration, the kings and envoys of various countries returned one after another, and the people who came from all over Xiqin to watch the ceremony also began to return, but these days, the consumption of Heng Logos has increased by nearly 10 million, which really stimulates the economy of Heng Logos.

Diligent Palace.

"King, General Li Siye asks to see!" A eunuch walked in to report.

Zhao Ziliang, who was buried in the first chapter, said: "Let him come in!" ”

Li Siye quickly walked in, hugged his fists and said, "The minister has seen the king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang put down his pen and looked up and asked, "What is the matter with General Li coming to see this king today?" ”

Li Siye said: "Back to the king, it was originally planned that the Seventh Army would go to the lower reaches of the Xindu River to garrison, but General Xuan Er, the commander of the Seventh Army Corps, was sick and could not lead his troops to set off. ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "Is Xuan Er's illness very serious?" ”

"I can't get out of bed anymore!"

Zhao Ziliang got up and walked down from His Majesty Dan with his hands behind his back and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Li Siye hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the lower reaches of the Xindu River have been planned by the king for a long time, so we can't force the Great Food Country to cede this area to our country, how can we let go of this opportunity?" Now it's too late to transfer the Sixth Army Corps, and since General Xuan Er can't set off, the minister suggests that another general be sent to lead the Seventh Army Corps and set off immediately! ”

Zhao Ziliang walked back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, and said: "Since this is the case, then let Xuan Er temporarily stay in the Taixi Capital Mansion to recuperate, and order the deputy commander of the Seventh Legion, Er Zhu, to lead his troops to set off, and hurry to Kandahar to prepare for the handover of the garrison with the Great Food Army!" ”

"Yes!" Li Siye clenched his fists in agreement and asked, "Great King, if the Great Cannibal suddenly changes his mind and refuses to hand over the lower reaches of the Xindu River and withdraw his troops, what should our army do?" ”

This kind of thing is not impossible, after all, the two sides have only signed a secret agreement, which has not been announced to the outside world, and it is entirely possible for the big cannibal to change his mind, so this situation cannot but consider how to deal with it.

Zhao Ziliang asked, "How many soldiers and horses are stationed in the lower reaches of the Xindu River by the Great Cannibal?" Where are they stationed? ”

Li Siye said: "Because the Tianzhu in the east is now falling apart, there is not much threat to the Great Eclipse, so the Great Eclipse does not garrison too many soldiers and horses in the lower reaches of the Xindu River, only about 10,000 foot horses, most of them are stationed in Sukur, the Great Eclipse and Tianzhu are bounded by the western edge of the Taal Desert, and the soldiers and horses stationed in Sukkur can maintain the threat to the Tianzhu city-states on the one hand, and on the other hand, they can guard against my Western Qin!" ”

Zhao Ziliang walked to the west wall of the hall and opened the curtain to reveal a huge picture hanging on the wall, "Which road is the fastest to take from Kandahar to the lower Xindu River area?" ”

Li Siye walked over, picked up the long pole next to him and pointed to the west side of the Xindu River area and said: "Great King, the west side of the upper reaches of the Xindu River area is the Suleiman Mountains, and the lower reaches are the Kiertal Mountains, and the mountains lead to the sea, if the army wants to go from Kandahar to the lower reaches of the Xindu River, taking the Bolun Pass between these two mountains is the closest and best passage, but if the army wants to go through the Bolun Pass, it must first enter the border of the Great Food Country for more than 100 miles, will this be intercepted?" If the army does not go to Kandahar, but advances directly from Kabul to the southeast, through the territory of the 36 tribes of Northern Tianzhu, along the banks of the Xindu River all the way to the south, with plenty of water along the way, it may be faster to reach the border than to take the Bolun Pass! However, our army rashly entering the territory of North Tianzhu may cause unnecessary trouble! ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "Let's get the lower reaches of the Xindu River first, as for the thirty-six city-states of Northern Tianzhu, we will deal with it when the Third Legion and the Slave Legion are ready next year." Since the army can quickly enter the lower reaches of the Xindu River by taking the Bolun Pass, then let the Seventh Army march quickly through the border area of the Great Food Country at night, if the Great Cannibal repents or the generals of the Great Food garrison do not change the defense, they will give the king a strong attack, and there is no turning back from the bow, and the lower reaches of the Xindu River area, the king is determined to win! ”

Li Siye reminded: "King, once the war starts, we are not ready for a large-scale war, and it is too late to transfer troops and horses in time, now the Third Army and the Slave Army are preparing for the war in Beitianzhu, and we can only use the Sixth Army and the Seventh Army, the Eighth Army is stationed in Oghuz, and it is too far to be transferred to the south to participate in the war, and it is too late in a short time, and it will take time to mobilize the conscripts??????"

Zhao Ziliang smiled: "It's not unreasonable for you to think about it, we are not ready for a large-scale war, but are the big cannibals ready?" The Great Eclipse is very unstable internally, Mansur needs a lot of troops to stabilize the interior, and it will take him a lot of energy, and he does not have enough troops and reserves to fight a large-scale war with us, even if the war starts, the Eighth Army does not need to be transferred to the south, and directly attacks the north of the Great Eclipse through the Flower Thorn Zim, and the Second Army can also cross the Caucasus Mountains to attack the Transcaucasian region of the Great Eclipse Country, and if you really want to start a full-scale war, it is not the battle of one or two legions, but the blossoming everywhere, and now we have the ability to start from the east, The south and north launched an attack on the Great Food Country, the roads in our Western Qin are wide, and the speed of deploying troops is definitely much faster than that of the Great Food Country, if we really want to fight, we are not afraid, it should be Mansur who is afraid! ”

"Yes!"

On September 22, Erzhu led his army to Kandahar. The Seventh Legion, like other legions, has 9,000 cavalry, 3,000 infantry, and 800 civilian and logistical support troops, the soldiers of the legions of Western Qin are almost all all-round soldiers, and even there is no big boundary between cavalry and infantry, infantry can also fight on horseback, but the combat power is definitely not as good as cavalry, and their role as infantry is definitely not replaced by cavalry, three thousand infantry is not only a sword and shield man, but also a spearman, or an archer, and the infantry is equipped with a horse, a spear, and a small round shield, A horizontal sword and a pair of bows and arrows, when the enemy is not close, they can line up in a dense formation in the role of archers to use the long-range infantry bow to strike the enemy at a distance, when the enemy approaches, they immediately abandon the bow and use long weapons against the cavalry, if the opponent is infantry, they immediately discard the spear and use the sword and shield against the enemy. When marching, because they were more equipped, even on horseback could not keep up with the speed of the cavalry, which was generally equipped with two horses, and the archers were even equipped with three horses.

After resting for two days and carrying enough supplies, Erzhu led the army to the southern border, and when he arrived at the border, it was already late at night, Erzhu summoned the generals and said: "We want to go to the Bolun Pass, we must pass through the border area of the Great Food Country for more than 100 miles, of course we will go east along the Suleiman Mountains to the south, but the road is difficult to walk, only this road is easy to walk, so we choose to march at night, try to avoid encountering the patrols in the territory of the Great Food Country, and arrive at the Bolun Pass before dawn tomorrow, where the Great Food Army is garrisoned, According to the agreement between the two countries, the Great Food Country will cede all the areas of the Lower Xindu River to our country, and of course the Bolun Pass is among them, we must send a vanguard to take over the garrison of the Bolun Pass, who of you is willing to lead the army there? ”

The generals stood up one after another and hugged their fists and said: "General, I am willing to lead the people of my headquarters as the vanguard to take over the Bolun Pass!" ”

Erzhu looked at the generals, and his eyes stopped at Wei Gao, the general of the Archer Cavalry Department, Wei Gao was only eighteen years old, he was originally a scholar, smart and clever since he was a child, but after he heard about Zhao Ziliang's deeds, he was determined to enlist in the army, learn the art of war and military, at the age of fourteen, he learned a good horsemanship and cavalry archery, and at the age of fifteen, he made many military exploits, and was promoted from a small soldier to a general of the Archer and Cavalry Department in just three years.

"Wei Gao!"

"The last general!" Wei Gao, whose body is not strong, stood up and hugged his fists.

Erzhu said: "I ordered you to lead the men and horses of the archery cavalry headquarters to be the vanguard of the army, and rush to the Bolun Pass overnight to take over the defense!" Negotiate with the generals of the Dashi garrison first, if the other party does not fulfill the agreement, there is already a clear order from above, immediately wave troops to attack, and before the arrival of the main force of our army, we must take the Bolun Pass! ”

"Command!" Wei Gao clenched his fists in agreement, turned around and turned on his horse and left, and soon disappeared into the night with his two thousand archers to speed up the march.

Under the guidance of the outpost, Wei Gao took two thousand archers all the way non-stop, and arrived at the foot of the Bolun Pass at dawn.

Wei Gao rode up the mountain pass with more than a dozen horses and appeared under the big food army camp, and someone on the wall shouted in the big food language: "Who are you? Where did the army come from? ”

Wei Gao said to a big food interpreter: "You tell him, just say that we are the army of Western Qin, and we have been ordered to take over the lower reaches of the Xindu River, and the Bolun Pass is also in the area of changing defenses, so let them immediately withdraw the Bolun Pass according to the agreement between the two countries and hand over the Bolun Pass to our army to garrison!" ”

The interpreter immediately translated the original words, and the general of the Dashi garrison on the walled wall replied loudly: "I have not heard of any agreement, nor have I heard of any defense handover, your unauthorized entry into our country is tantamount to invading our country, please leave immediately!" ”

After listening to the interpreter's words, Wei Gao said to the interpreter: "You tell him that he can not abide by the agreement between the two countries, but if he does not agree to withdraw and start to carry out the change of defense before dawn, General Ben will wave his troops to attack!" This kind of blatant violation of the agreement between the two countries is to discredit their caliph and the Great Eater, even if he has the life to escape back, he will definitely not escape the punishment of the Great Eater Caliph, and if he dies here, it is equivalent to dying in vain, a smart person will never do this! ”

After the translator passed the words, there was no response for a long time on the wall, half an hour passed, the sky gradually brightened, Wei Gao was already impatient, and was about to give the order to attack, the gate of the village suddenly opened, and a big food general came over with a few soldiers and said to Wei Gao: "Okay, we carry out the agreement to change guards, but our soldiers are packing up, and it will take a quarter of an hour!" ”

Wei Gao thought about it, looked up at the sky, and agreed: "Yes!" ”

A quarter of an hour later, the 1,000 food army stationed here withdrew to the west, and the Bolun Pass was taken over by Wei Gao before Erzhu arrived with the main force of the army.