A ray of morning light burst out from the sky, and the slightest light woke up the grassland from the night, Zhao Ziliang sat on horseback and stared at this wisp of morning light from a trace to a bundle, making the dark grassland become hazy, and from hazy to dim, and then from dim to bright. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The rain washed away the blood and the smell of blood, leaving behind a fresh earthy smell, Zhao Ziliang closed his eyes and took a greedy breath, feeling a lot more comfortable all over his body, a trace of fatigue from last night's rapid march was swept away at this moment, because there was a magic wrench that kept absorbing the energy of death, and kept releasing green energy to wash his body and the meridians and bones of his body, although he was nearly forty years old, the vitality of his body was still much stronger than that of a twenty-year-old young man.

The men and horses of the Fifth Legion, the Dragon Guard Army and the Zou Headquarters stood quietly behind Zhao Ziliang and Ba Dasi, compared to the motionless cavalry of the Western Qin Army, the people of the Zou Headquarters were much more casual and lazy, they kept talking and joking with each other, and the formation was also very loose, while the cavalry of the Western Qin Army had the same distance between the horses, and everyone sat quietly on the back of the horse, holding the reins in one hand and holding a weapon in the other.

The battle finally ended, and Duan Xiushi, the deputy commander of the escort army, and King Vehr of Kimak Khan personally came to report to Zhao Ziliang: "King Qiqi, the battle is over, the men and horses of the Cha Thorn Yi Department were defeated by our army, killing more than 6,600 people, capturing more than 2,300 people, and dozens of horsemen fled to the west, but our army has already sent people to chase them, and I believe that they will be killed soon!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "What are the losses of our army?" ”

"The losses of our army are negligible, and the Kimak army has lost more than six hundred people!"

Zhao Ziliang looked up at the sky, and said to Baddas, Vechier and the generals: "The sky is about to clear, God is really strange, the more difficult you are when you are in trouble, the more you have to embarrass you!" Now that we've defeated the Thorn Boys, it's sunny again! Although we have annihilated the Chathorns, there are still 6,000 men and horses of the Kole tribe on the banks of the 'Yedili River' three hundred miles to the west, and since we have decided to solve the three northern tribes, we must not give up halfway, otherwise we will not be able to attack the Khazars southwest with peace of mind! We can fight in bad weather, and now that the weather is clear, we have to fight even more! The two khans of Baddas and Vechier, can your soldiers and horses fight again? ”

When the two of them heard this, they shook their heads again and again: "King, our soldiers and horses are already tired after such a long march, and they can't fight anymore, even if they can stand it, the horses can't stand it!" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled slightly, turned his head and asked, "Huo Kan, can your Fifth Legion fight again?" ”

Huo Kan hugged his fists and said: "Back to the king, the first, second, and third divisions of the Fifth Legion can still fight again, but the fourth and fifth divisions can no longer fight, and the horses are already tired!" ”

The first three are light horses, each cavalry is equipped with an Arabian horse, but also equipped with a Mobei bantam horse, which can not only carry out high-speed sprints, but also carry out long-distance runs, Mobei bantam mare can also provide mare's milk for the knight, Mobei bantam mare can adapt to any difficult environment, not picky eaters, but also milk production. And the fourth part is the infantry on horseback, unable to march for a long time, the fifth part is the heavy cavalry, each legion of the Western Qin army is equipped with a heavy cavalry, the number is between 1,000 cavalry and 1,200 cavalry, the heavy cavalry can hold on to a day and a night of rapid marching is already very good, and then let them go to fight the Kole army is really unrealistic.

Zhao Ziliang asked Brehan again: "Can your Dragon Guard Army fight horses again?" ”

Longwei military equipment is the most complete type of troops, any person can be a brigade commander when pulled out, and some people can even be captains, each rider is not only heavily armoured, equipped with an Arab war horse is also heavily armoured, in addition, it is also equipped with a Mobei bantam horse and an Ili horse, that is to say, each person has three horses, the upper horse can be light cavalry, and it can be heavy cavalry, and the dismounted horse can also be heavy infantry.

Brehan has been holding back for a long time, and he has not led his troops to fight alone over the years, of course he will not let go of this opportunity, and his dragon guard army also has enough conditions to continue fighting, so he immediately stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "King, even if the Dragon Guard army fights for another three days without rest, it is not a problem at all, please give the king an order, right?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "There are still three hundred miles away to attack the Koller Division!" Hokan and Brehan, this king has ordered the two of you to be one and one to lead your own men and horses to attack Kole's tribe, and this king hopes to receive the good news of your flying eagle at this time tomorrow! ”

"The last general will receive the order, and never let the king down!"

Continuing the rapid march of 300 miles in a day and a night and completing the attack, this lightning attack combat ability shocked and terrified the two of Badas and Vecchier!

After Huo Kan and Brehan led the army away, Zhao Ziliang had already cleaned up the battlefield and began to set up camp, Zhao Ziliang sent someone to inform the leader of the Xuan Headquarters, Qu Zisi, to come here to meet, and at the same time sent someone to urge the baggage battalion to hurry over.

Yang Yuhuan and Wang Zhiyun's bodies are weaker, they have been following the baggage troops behind slowly, and Nie Sanniang has been practicing martial arts since childhood, martial arts are still very high, and she has been an assassin, and her body bones are much stronger than ordinary men, although she is not young, but this little rush is nothing to her, she has been following Zhao Ziliang's side, waiting for his diet and daily life at any time.

"It's also freshly milked mare's milk, it's still warm, drink it while it's hot!" Nie Sanniang walked into the big tent with a big bowl of mare's milk and put it in front of Zhao Ziliang.

Zhao Ziliang, who was looking at the map, picked up the bowl and drank it one after another, put down his neck and asked without raising his head: "Have you finished eating?" Starving! ”

"It's being done, and it'll be going soon!"

Zhao Ziliang did not say anything, his finger was placed on the map of the upper Volga region, which is northwest of the territory of the Pechenegs, the upper Volga region is a large lake swamp with dozens of tribes of the Bolgars, from whom the Bolgars migrated in the north of the Thrace region of the Eastern Roman Empire for centuries.

Do you want to knock this place down as well? Zhao Ziliang thought and weighed, the Bolgars living in the upper reaches of the Volga River were called savages, due to the terrain of the region, the Bolgars living here rarely rode horses, not only few horses, even if there were horses, they could not form a large-scale cavalry, only a small group of cavalry, because it was a lake swamp, large-scale cavalry could not fight and could not maneuver at high speed, so the Bolgars living here were fighting on foot, and there were a large number of black forests, forests, and steppes around this area. This was extremely detrimental to the operations of unfamiliar armies unfamiliar with the environment, terrain and climate, and even the Pechenegs were reluctant to provoke them.

In addition, in the west of the Pecheneg people, located between the Volga and the Don River, there is a people called Mordovan, the Mordovans live mainly from hunting, planting, and beekeeping.

And further west of the Mordovans live the Slavs, also known as Kievan Rus', and now Kievan Rus' has not yet formed a unified regime, and all the tribes live in their own way, living a slave tribal life.

In Kievan Rus' and the Volga Bolgars, further north, near the Arctic Circle, there are Finno-Ugric peoples, which are also a people who migrated from the Ural Mountains, the northern climate is cold, the land is covered with snow all year round, and the horses are difficult to ride, everyone in Ugric is an extremely brave warrior, and there is no soft egg among the people who can survive in the extremely cruel environment, and it is not easy to conquer this territory, mainly because there is no army suitable for fighting in this region!

After camping and staying, Zhao Ziliang and Veil's distribution of the loot and prisoners were distributed, half of the booty on both sides, as for the prisoners, Zhao Ziliang only wanted a woman, and he didn't have children, Vechier didn't care, he exchanged the woman for the child in Zhao Ziliang's hands.

For these Pecheneg women, Zhao Ziliang planned to escort them over, waiting for the end of the war to reward them to meritorious soldiers or to soldiers who had not yet married because of limited family conditions.

Some cumbersome affairs, such as counting the number of wounded soldiers and soldiers, arranging for Lang Zhong in the army to treat the wounded and sick, burying the bodies of fallen soldiers, counting the spoils of war, arranging for soldiers to rest and recuperate, patrolling and arranging guards, etc., are all responsible for the subordinate officials and generals, and Zhao Ziliang does not need to arrange them one by one, he only needs to listen to reports and give instructions.

On this day, Zhao Zi slept well, and when he woke up, it was already dusk, and just after dinner, Wang Can walked into the big tent and reported: "Wang, Wei Meng and Bai Xiaode have news from their side, General Bulan, the forward of the Khazars, arrived first with 10,000 elite cavalry and then confronted our army on the west bank of the lower reaches of the Li River, and the main force of the Khazars has not yet arrived, and Bulan has limited troops in his hands, and he is worried that he will be besieged if he goes deep into our sphere of influence, so he camps near the river bank, and waits for the arrival of the main force while monitoring the movements of our army!" ”

"And the strange thing is that the main force of the Khazars seems to be going too slowly, Wei Meng and Bai Xiaode seized the time, and Wei Meng led the Fourth Army and 10,000 Kimak Army to stay in place, but Bai Xiaode led the Second Army to cross the river more than 100 miles north of the river, and then went south overnight to attack Bulan's camp, although Bulan found it, but the organization of soldiers and horses to meet the battle was a little hasty, and was defeated by Bai Xiaode's troops, and was killed by our army of more than 6,000 people, and fled with only more than 3,000 people, although it did not completely annihilate the Khazar forward, but also hit them hard, It can be regarded as the prestige of our army, and at the same time, it also deters the Khazars! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Everyone knows that the cavalry moves quickly, if our army really wants to cross the river to attack, it will not give the Khazars too much time to grind, it is impossible for Habil, the king of the Khazar Khan, not to know this, but he is still grinding on the road for so long, why do you say he is at this time?" ”

Wang Can's mind spun quickly, "Could it be that Habil wants to use our hands to eradicate Bulan?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out! If this is the case, then we have an article to do, and not all of them must rely on military victories to fight wars, but it is the royal way to combine military and political use! All-round conquest with military force is a last resort! ”