On the east bank of the lower Don River, the camp of the Khazarian army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Habil gulped the wine, the wine stains were left along the corners of his mouth and beard, and after drinking a small jar of wine, Habil's face was a little flushed, he put down the wine jar and sighed to the ministers, captains and commanders in the big tent: "Ben Khan miscalculated this time, he wanted to swallow the Kimak army first, but he didn't expect the Kimak people to be so brave and not retreat, and the dying counterattack made us lose 12,000 warriors, weren't they beaten all over the ground by the Western Qin army and surrendered?" How can you still have such courage and will? ”

The minister next to him said: "Answer, the Kimak people have been neighbors of the Tang State for many years, and their fear of the Tang State has long been deeply rooted in their bloodline, in front of the Western Qin army, they simply don't have the courage to resist, but for us, they don't know our Khazar tribe at all, of course they won't be afraid of us, in their opinion, we are as barbaric as them, so they don't need to be afraid of us, so they will fight with us to the end!" ”

Habil, who had drunk the wine, was in a somewhat decadent mood, and he sighed: "The Kimak army is already so difficult to deal with, isn't the Western Qin army a bone that can't be gnawed?" ”

A captain of ten thousand people said loudly: "There is no need to worry about answering the thorns, this is the land of our Khazars, the Western Qin army has come from afar, they are not familiar with the terrain, and we know this place as well as we know our own homeland, I think the way to deal with the Western Qin army this time is very good, we play hide and seek with them on the endless steppe here, let them scurry around like headless flies, and when they are lost, tired, and slack, we will suddenly attack, as long as we have so many attacks, Even the most powerful armies will collapse! ”

Hearing this, Habil felt a little more comfortable, and he nodded: "Yes, you have a point! Another point, when we ambushed the Kimaks before, we made the encirclement too tight, and they fought back desperately when there was no hope of breaking through, and we must not do this again when we attack the Western Qin army in the future! When they find themselves ambushed and besieged, and there is an opening for them to break through, they will definitely not have the courage to fight to the death and choose to flee. ”

All the commanders and commanders in the tent nodded thoughtfully.

At this time, a centurion ran in and reported: "Answer, no, the villain was ordered to take people to Attil to escort the ordnance and food over there, but found that Attil was gone!" ”

Habil was stunned, "Gone?" How could it be gone? ”

"Attil's was attacked by unknown forces, everyone was killed, no one was alive, everything was burned to ashes, and the batch of ordnance and food that the Eastern Roman Empire had provided us with was gone! Judging by the degree of decay of the corpse, it was already ten days ago that Attil was raided! ”

Habir's eyes widened, and the expression on his face was extremely rich, and finally it was reduced to disbelief, "Impossible, this can't be!" Although Attil is only more than 200 miles away from our army's camp, and only 300 miles away from the Western Qin army's camp, we were confronting the Western Qin army at that time, and that area was full of our army's ranger outposts. Who would dare, if Ben Khan knew about it, Ben Khan would have burned him alive, killed all his male family members, and sold all his female family members to Constantinople as slaves! ”

Habil's thunderous fury made all the Khazar ministers and generals in the tent tremble.

After making Habir fire, a Khazar minister stood up and saluted: "Answer, this is already the case, no matter how angry you are, it will not work, we can kill all the Kimak army at a heavy price, it is because of their poor armor and weapons, but if it is the Western Qin army with sharp weapons and strong armor, we are at an absolute disadvantage in this regard, the key now is to see if we can let the Eastern Roman Empire support another batch of ordnance and food!" ”

Habir hesitated, "Is it too late?" ”

"Answer: Assassin Han, we can always play hide and seek with the Western Qin army, there is no need to rush to a decisive battle with them, when the ordnance and equipment we need arrive, we will come out to deal with them!"

Habir thought for a moment and shouted outside the door: "Someone, go and invite Hetius, the diplomatic envoy of the Eastern Roman Empire!" ”

"Yes, A. Thorn Han!"

After a while, Hetius, dressed in a splendid silk robe, entered the tent and saluted Habil, saying, "Hetius has seen Tāthornham! ”

"Lord Hetius, please be seated!"

Hetius saluted again, sat down on a stool beside him, and was brought wine and mutton for him to enjoy.

"Thank you for your hospitality, I wonder why I sent someone to invite me?"

Habir sighed in a deep sigh: "Lord Hetius, let me tell you the truth, the batch of ordnance and food you supported to our country was robbed by an unknown force as soon as it was delivered to Atil, and even Atil was burned to the ground, and everyone was killed, including the three thousand cavalry left there by Ben Khan!" ”

Hetius was shocked: "How is this ・・・・・・ possible? Could it be that the people of Western Qin did it? ”

"Unlikely, facing the direction of the Western Qin army is full of our people, it is impossible for the Western Qin people to fly over from the sky to raid Artyr! Ben Khan will send someone to investigate this matter, and now the key to the problem is not who looted Athil, but the batch of ordnance and food that your country supported us is gone, if there is no such ordnance and equipment, once we fight with the Western Qin army, we will lose even more, after all, cowhide and sheepskin can not block the shooting of arrows and the chopping of weapons! ”

Hetius nodded and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Habil said: "Can your country support us with another batch of ordnance?" ”

"I'm afraid I can't promise you this ・・・・・・ this! But don't worry, I will immediately write to Constantinople and send it back to Constantinople to present it to His Majesty the Emperor, and I believe that His Majesty the Emperor will not refuse, after all, if your country is defeated, it will not be a good thing for our country! ”

A Khazarian minister next to him asked, "Lord Hetius, I wonder how long this will take?" ”

Hetius said: "Half a year, at least four months!" You know that sending a letter to Constantinople requires the Emperor to think about it, and it will take time to gather this batch of ordnance, and then organize men and ships to transport this batch of ordnance! ”

Habil shook his head and said: "It's been too long, I'm afraid we can't wait so long, can we hurry up, it's best to transport this batch of ordnance within two months."

"It's impossible, A. Piercing!" Hetius immediately vetoed, "unless ・・・・・・"

Habir immediately asked, "Unless what?" ”

"Unless you answer that Han directly pays for it, you should know that if you have money, everything will be easy to do, and if you don't have money, everything will be difficult to do!"

Habil was a miser, and asking him to pay such a large sum of money would be tantamount to cutting his flesh and drinking his blood, but now there was only one way to gather such a large amount of ordnance and equipment in two months.

After thinking about it for a while, Habir reluctantly agreed: "Okay, Lord Hetius, this money is out of Ben Khan, please hurry up and prepare for this, and when the ordnance is delivered, Ben Khan will definitely not treat you badly!" ”

Hetius said: "Then I will go and organize it immediately, and please answer the good news that Thorn Han is waiting for me."

・・・・・・

Rows of cavalry quietly appeared on the hill, the armor leaves of the armor were rubbing and rustling, and the war horses kept snorting, and under the hill was a Khazar settlement with a population of more than 3,000 people, and this settlement was on the edge of a lake, with abundant water and forage.

With the reins in one hand and the horse's mane in the other, Blehan looked unblinkingly at the Khazarian dwelling place under the hill, where smoke rose from every house and tent, and the sky grew dark, and the cries of children and dogs were heard from time to time in the dwelling.

A lieutenant next to him clasped his fists at Brehan and said, "General, brothers have already found out, this Khazar camp has more than 3,000 people, more than 12,000 cattle and sheep, and more than 4,000 horses!" There are eight small tribes within a radius of a hundred miles around here, the scale is smaller than this, there are about a thousand people at most, and only two or three hundred people at the less, and the rest of our Dragon Guard Army and other horses went to raid these small tribes respectively, only this tribe is stronger, and a team is afraid that it will not be able to take it, so the general needs to take it personally! ”

"Good!" Brehan nodded and said, "It's good to do it while they're having dinner!" Are the soldiers ready? ”

"All set!"

"Kill everyone and livestock in an hour!"

The lieutenant was reluctant to kill all the livestock, and persuaded: "General, just kill these Khazars, why kill all the livestock?" Let's get the animals back to the camp! ”

Brehan shook his head and said: "Don't lose a lot of money because of a small loss, it will take a lot of manpower to drive more than 10,000 livestock back to the big camp, once we are caught up by the large Khazarian army, it will be trouble!" Remember, the livestock is gone, we can raise it again, we can't lose our lives because of this, you know? ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand!"

Brehan raised his steel spear and shouted at the soldiers: "Soldiers, raise your swords and spears and rush down with me to kill those enemies at the foot of the mountain, prove your bravery with the corpses of the enemies, and wash away the cowardice in your hearts with the blood of the enemies!" Kill all living things that can be seen, leave not one behind, kill—"

"Kill-" The soldiers of the Dragon Guard followed Brehan down the hill with their swords and guns.

The Khazars in the camp were alarmed, but they had no time to resist, a puff of rockets fell from the sky, many tents and wooden houses began to burn, the people inside ran out one after another, those who could not run out were swallowed up by the group, and those who ran out were cut down again, and everywhere there were rushing Western Qin cavalry, and the corpses of Khazars were cut down to the ground.