On the east bank of the lower Volga River (near the later Volzhsky), the camp of the Western Qin army. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Yuhuan, how's it going? Did you get better after taking the medicine for a few days? Zhao Ziliang came to the camp where Yang Yuhuan was resting and asked.

Seeing Zhao Ziliang coming, Yang Yuhuan struggled to sit up, Zhao Ziliang hurriedly asked her to lie down, Yang Yuhuan lay down again, drank a sip of warm water handed over by the female Taoist next to him, and said to Zhao Ziliang with a smile: "It's much better, today is not as coughing as a few days ago, it seems that my body bones are still too weak, the weather is a little cold, I can't stand it, and I can't stay in the north!" Sister Nie is different, she has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and her body is much better than that of the slave family, she can follow you anywhere, while I can only stay in a warm place."

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "The north is a bitter cold land, except for wild beasts and possible minerals, there is nothing valuable, and those foreign barbarians in the north are not worth my personal troops to fight, so I asked Huo Kan to lead the Fifth Legion to fight the Bolgars!" In the future, our main strategy direction is in the south, which is a warm place, and you should be able to adapt to it after you recuperate! ”

Yang Yuhuan smiled, "That's great!" ”

At this time, the voice of the guard came from outside the tent: "King, the three people of Zheng have something important to report to you, and they are already waiting in the big tent!" ”

"Okay, this king will go over immediately!" After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he said to Yang Yuhuan: "Remember to take medicine on time, eat on time, don't stay up late to read, and rest more!" ”

"Well, there you go!"

Zhao Ziliang came to the big tent of the Chinese army, Zheng San was drinking the tea that Wang Zhiyun poured for him, and when he saw Zhao Ziliang coming back, he immediately stood up and saluted: "I've seen the king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "There is no need for outsiders to be so restrained and polite, sit down and say!" ”

"Yes!"

Zheng San sat down and said: "King, there is one thing I have to report to you, our arrows are used quickly, and the existing arrows are no longer enough for us to finish the war against the Khazar Khanate, and we can only support us in two battles at most, unless the Khazars have a large-scale decisive battle with us, the arrows will definitely not be enough!" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned when he heard this report and asked, "Isn't there any other way?" Use the Flying Eagle to send a message to Heng Luos, and let the Ordnance Department quickly escort an arrow over! ”

Zheng San smiled bitterly: "Do you think it's too late?" Maybe the war will start tomorrow, and you are the one who has commanded an army of seven or eight hundred thousand, don't you know what our current transportation capacity is? During this time, we captured a lot of craftsmen in the northern three divisions of the Pecheneg people, and the craftsmen who were supposed to be assigned to King Kimak Khan and Zou Headquarters were intercepted by me, and there were about one hundred and twenty people in total, although these are not very good at other work, but they are still good at making arrows, but even if these people are asked to make arrows day and night, I am afraid that it will not be enough for us to use! ”

At this time, Wang Can walked in from the outside and hugged his fists and said: "Great King, I just got the news from the Xizuo we arranged in the Eastern Roman Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire has supported a batch of ordnance for the Khazar Khanate, which includes 6,000 big swords, 10,000 spears, 6,000 sets of armor, 3,000 sets of horse armor, 300,000 arrows, and 300,000 catties of grain!" According to the time calculation, this batch of ordnance materials has been delivered to the vicinity of Attil! ”

Attil is the place where the Khazar Khan King took refuge in the summer, not far from the lower reaches of the Volga River, and it serves as a transit point for the logistics of Habir's army, this information is known to Zhao Ziliang and the generals in the army for a long time!

Zhao Ziliang listened to the information Wang Can said, his eyes suddenly lit up, this scene made Zheng San see it, and immediately understood what he wanted to do, and hurriedly said: "King, you don't want to fight this batch of ordnance and materials, right?" This matter is absolutely not feasible, you are no longer alone, but the master of Western Qin, seven or eight million people are pointing to you to be fed and clothed! ”

Zhao Ziliang asked rhetorically: "Do you think there is a better way than this?" Now is the critical moment, we must not withdraw because of the problem of making up for the problem, this will not only make all our previous efforts undone, but also greatly reduce our prestige among the surrounding barbarians, when the time comes, not only the Pechenegs, Oghuz, Kipchaks, Kimaks, and Khizmi, but even the remnants of the Sogdian recalcitrant elements in Western Qin will rebel against us! Our army is now not short of food, guns, armor and horses, only arrows, and this arrow alone is the key factor for our combat power to be higher than that of other enemies, so I must get this batch of arrows! During this time, we fought the Pechenegs, and the soldiers were quite tired, since there was a lack of arrows, so now we simply did not give the Khazars a fight, on the one hand, let the soldiers have a good rest, on the other hand, we can use political means to delay some time, and at the same time use their internal hands and feet! ”

Zheng San was a little worried: "Can this work?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "As long as it is executed properly, there is nothing that is not feasible!" Come here, let Gao Shang, Dugu Jun, Du Fu, Wei Meng, Bai Xiaode, Brehan, Ma Lan, Zhao Lei and others come to see me! ”

"No!"

Soon, several people who were notified rushed over, and after everyone sat down, Zhao Ziliang said: "Everyone, according to the king's estimate, there must be a deep contradiction between Habil, the Khan King of the Khazar Khanate, and his general Bulan, this time Bulan was defeated by Bai Xiaode's army and suffered heavy losses, Habil will definitely use this as an excuse to find trouble for him!" According to reliable sources, this Bran is a force supported by the Eastern Roman Empire within the Khazar Khanate, the Eastern Roman Empire will never watch Bran be abolished, they will find a way to exonerate him, this Bran is a very unstable chess piece within the Khazar Khanate, since this chess piece can be used by the Eastern Roman Empire, why can't it be used by me? ”

Gao Shang asked, "What does the king mean to buy this Bulan?" However, we did not arrange a detailed work within the Khazars, and we were not familiar with that side, so how could we send someone to contact this Buran? ”

Dugu Jun said at this time: "Xia Guan thinks that if the king wants to implement this counter-plan, this problem is not a problem, we can send an envoy to negotiate with Habil in the past, and forgive him for not daring to disadvantage our envoy!" And we can arrange personnel in the mission to secretly contact Bulan, under the guise of negotiation, and then the cover of the mission can achieve the purpose of bribing or plotting against Bulan! ”

Zhao Ziliang stroked his palms and laughed: "Mr. Dugu and this king's thoughts coincide!" I wonder which gentleman would be willing to take on this responsibility? ”

Dugu Jun stood up and arched his hand: "King, the lower official Mao Sui recommended himself!" Be willing to take charge of contacting Blan and bribing or rebelling against him! However, the important task of the envoy is not up to the task, and the king must send another candidate! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "If you are in charge of contacting Bulan, bribery or rebellion, it is indeed inconvenient to serve as an envoy!" Mr. Gao, you will arrange the selection of this envoy! ”

Gao Shang agreed, "Yes, my lord! ”

Dugu Jun asked again: "King, if Xia Guan successfully contacts Bu Lan, and he is inclined to our thoughts and intentions, then what can Xia Guan promise him, and what does he need to do?" ”

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and said: "Let him turn back at the critical moment, if we have a decisive battle with the Khazars, let him take his men and horses to suddenly fight back!" You can promise him that when Habil is defeated, the king agrees and supports him as the new Khazarian Thornhan! ”

Dugu Jun hesitated: "This ······ Didn't the king's original intention be to destroy the Khazar Khanate and cut off an arm of the Roman Empire? Why was Bran allowed to be the new Khazarian Thorn? ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Fishing, of course, you have to have a big enough bait, as for whether he can swallow it or choke to death after swallowing it, it's no wonder that this king is the king!" ”

Everyone laughed: "Hahaha······"

After laughing, Zhao Ziliang continued: "The reason why this king is now using political means to deal with the Khazar Khanate is that, on the one hand, considering that the soldiers are a little tired from fighting for days, this can allow the soldiers to rest for a while; On the other hand, it is the king's personal reasons, the king recently felt that the bottleneck in the martial arts seems to have loosened a little, so he needs to retreat to break through the bottleneck, and he can't be disturbed during the retreat, so he can't be a director in the past four or five days! ”

The generals heard that Zhao Ziliang's martial arts bottleneck had been loosened and there was great hope for a breakthrough, so they were very happy for him and stood up to congratulate him.

The civil officials are a little worried, if Zhao Ziliang wants to retreat, there will be no one to preside over the overall situation in the next few days, what if something happens? Gao Shang asked, "My lord, I wonder how many days your retreat will take?" ”

"Five days, no more than ten days!"

The civil officials breathed a sigh of relief, and Gao Shang said: "If it is only ten days at most, the lower officials and the others can still find a way to deal with King Kimak Khan, the leader of the Ji Thorn Tribe, and the generals below, but too long will definitely arouse their suspicion!" In addition, the king must appoint a credible general to be in charge of the army before retreating, and if something big happens, this person can mobilize all his troops to deal with it! ”

"Makes sense!" The generals and officials couldn't help but nod their heads when they heard the noble words, and whispered in agreement.

Zhao Ziliang turned his head and looked at the generals in the account, there are only four generals who are qualified to come out to preside over the overall situation, Wei Meng, Bai Xiaode, Ma Lu and Brehan. According to qualifications, Wei Meng's qualifications are the oldest, he was one of the first to follow Zhao Ziliang to start a business, but he is not a professional class, and he has not stayed by Zhao Ziliang's side for long enough, Bai Xiaode and Ma Lan are both from professional classes, and they are both students brought out by Zhao Ziliang, in terms of closeness of relationship, Bai Xiaode is undoubtedly stronger than Ma Luan, he served as Zhao Ziliang's personal guard chief, Ma Lu was indeed appreciated by Zhao Ziliang, but he only followed Zhao Ziliang for three years, and Bai Xiaode, Brehan was also Zhao Ziliang's personal guard chief, He stayed by Zhao Ziliang's side longer than Bai Xiaode, and in Zhao Ziliang's most difficult period, he has always been by Zhao Ziliang's side, this feeling is irreplaceable by anyone, the most important thing is that Zhao Ziliang taught him a lot of military knowledge, he learned more than anyone else, especially in cavalry combat, as a former nomadic people, Brehan has a talent in cavalry tactics that others can hardly match! Brehan also had an advantage that none of the other three trio had, he had been in charge of local government affairs, and he was very experienced in managing and employing people, and knew how to control his subordinates and balance power.

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Ziliang ordered: "During the retreat of this king, the dragon guard army will lead Brehan to handle the affairs with full authority, and all of you will assist him!" In addition, Duan Xiushi, the deputy commander of the escort army, this king orders you to take 2,000 elite horsemen back to Atyrau on the northern shore of the Caspian Sea to establish a logistics and material transfer station! Du Fu sent an eight-hundred-mile fast horse to the Logistics Ordnance Department to give an order, urging them to quickly transport the second batch of ordnance materials, and everything had to make way for this matter! ”

Everyone said in unison: "No! ”