The war between the Great Food and the Eastern Roman Empire on the border between the two sides was largely maintained in Cilicia, where both sides carried out a destructive policy, and the Eastern Roman Empire had been building fortresses and military fortresses here for many years, and together with the Torus Mountains, it formed a strong defensive line against the Arab Empire, which did play a great defensive role for a long time, and Mansur was also looking forward to this defensive line. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, one of his generals soon suggested that Mansur attack the back of Constantine V's army by sea, and this advice was taken by Mansur and quickly carried out.

On 18 August, an Arab army landed in the southern part of Asia Minor entered Anatonia and stormed the back of Constantine V's army, Constantine V was defeated, losing more than seventy percent of his army, and he had to retreat westward with a small remnant of the defeated general, retreating to the line of Kayseri and Sivas, and relying on numerous strong fortresses to defend it.

At the beginning of his tenure, Constantine V carried out further reform of the military region system in Asia Minor, that is, the Asia Minor Peninsula was divided into a number of military regions, and each military region implemented the system of integration of military and government, and the military governor of the military region not only held military power, but also took into account the political power, which was equivalent to the Tang Dynasty's jiedu envoy, in the case of wars between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Arab Empire almost every year, the military region system was implemented to let the military regions carry out military and political unification, which was conducive to strengthening the military force to deal with the attack of the Arab Empire, in the current situation, This move was undoubtedly the right choice for the Eastern Roman Empire.

In fact, this move by Constantine V allowed him to use the walls and fortresses along the Kayseri and Sivas lines to resist the attacks of Mansour's army, and the armies of the Arab Empire began a long siege.

September 15, Xinjing.

Zhao Ziliang questioned the ministers at the court meeting, and as the governor of Dongchang, Wang Can first reported to Zhao Ziliang about the war between the Great Food Kingdom and the Eastern Roman Empire.

"・・・・・・ Overall, the Great Food Army was held back in the Kayseri and Sivas areas, unable to advance into the central Anatonian Plain, and after more than two months of fighting, the Great Food Army was once again blocked from advancing. According to the report of the spies planted by our country in the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantine V has regarded this invasion of the Great Food Kingdom as the biggest threat! The Northern Bulgarian Khanate is only a small barbarian country, and harassing the northern border is just an itch for the Eastern Roman Empire, but the attack of the Great Food Country can destroy the Eastern Roman Empire, so Constantine V has ordered a nationwide mobilization, and Constantinople has begun to recruit a large number of mercenaries, and recruit death warriors from a large number of death row prisoners and slaves, ready to organize into an army and drive to the Kayseri and Sivas lines to fight with the Great Food Army, the two sides are basically in a state of confrontation, but there are frequent exchanges of fire! ”

After listening to this, Zhao Ziliang asked, "Okay, is there any other news?" ”

Li Siye stood up and hugged his fists and said: "King Qiqi, General Chu Ge sent eight hundred miles to send good news to the front, saying that the Eastern Expeditionary Army has occupied the entire territory of the 36 city-states of Northern Tianzhu on the 10th day of the first month of September, and the upper reaches of the Xindu River and its tributary basins, as well as the Ganges River basin area, are all included in my Western Qin territory!" This is the list of General Chu Ge's meritorious service awards for the soldiers of the Third Army and the Slave Legion! In addition, General Chu Ge also asked the king in the good news, whether the army should be stationed on the spot or the squad should return to Xinjing? Qu Boluo, the strongest tribal leader among the 36 city-states of Northern Tianzhu, was captured, but this man was cunning and even bribed the guards to flee to the border of the Bi Kingdom! ”

Zhao Ziliang flipped through the roster of meritorious service awards, thought for a moment, wrote "quasi-play" on the roster with a red pen, closed the roster and said to Li Siye: "The order is for Li Sheng to lead the Third Army to return to Xinjing to rest, and order the Ninth Army to prepare for departure and wait for orders!" Let Chu Ge also prepare to return to Xinjing, the slave legion and the servant army are stationed in place and must not be moved without an order! ”

Li Siye clenched his fists and agreed: "Obey the order!" ”

"Where is Liu Dan, the director of Honglu Temple?"

Liu Shan stood up and arched his hand: "Weichen is here!" ”

"Tell the envoys of the Bi State to let the Bi State hand over Qu Polo immediately, otherwise my Western Qin army will march into the Bi State to arrest people!"

"Yes!"

Li Siye stood up again and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, after discussion, the ministers and other colleagues of the Military Machinery Academy have put forward the following suggestions to the king: First, now that the Kimak Protectorate, the Yayk Protectorate and the Khazarian Protectorate have stabilized, the ministers think that it seems unnecessary and inappropriate to let the First Legion, the Second Legion and the Fourth Legion be stationed in the above areas for a long time, and it is not appropriate, many soldiers of the various legions miss their relatives at home and want to go home to visit their relatives, but there is a garrison mission, and no one has returned in the past few years. At the same time, in order to prevent the generals of the regiments from exercising monopoly, cultivating cronies, and preventing the generals from turning the army into their own private army, they should consider transferring the leading generals of each army corps to the departments of the first, second, and fourth legions one after another, and began to send conscripts to take over the defense in the above areas.

Second, in addition to the forbidden army of 11,000 people, our Western Qin now has ten field regiments, with a total of 150,000 people; There are also 36 battalions of conscripts, with a total of 120,000 people! Compulsory soldiers are not standing troops, under normal circumstances, if it is not a national war, they will not be used, and the 150,000 standing army seems to be too thin for the huge territory of our Western Qin, after the occupation of Northern Tianzhu, and now our Western Qin has a population of 35 million, but only 150,000 troops. This time, the Great Food Country and the Eastern Roman Empire were at war, and the Great Food Country dispatched a total of more than 120,000 troops, and the Eastern Roman Empire also had nearly 100,000. Therefore, the ministers thought that the number of standing armies should be increased, and at least three more legions should be added to barely enough! ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the acting prime minister, Dugu and asked, "Is the Government Council prepared enough to take over the administrative power of the Kimak Protectorate, the Yayk Protectorate and the Khazarian Protectorate?" Is there an adequate reserve of officials? ”

Dugu Wenshi stood up and said: "King, the government affairs council is ready, and the ministers have long wanted to put it forward, but they are worried that they will be opposed by the military, so they have been waiting for the opportunity, and now General Li and others have proposed to hand over the power of the government on their own, and the ministers don't have to bother to speak!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Okay, from now on, within half a year, the transfer of administrative power of the three prefectures of Kimak, Yayik and Khazar will be completed, the military control of these three areas will be ended, the garrisons will be transferred back one after another, the first army will not move for the time being, and will continue to be stationed in the Khazar Protectorate, and the defense will be taken over by the conscripts sent in the past. The Fourth Regiment was transferred to the Khwarazm station, and the regiments began to allow soldiers to return home to visit their families one after another, allowing up to four months of vacation! ”

"As for the opinion of increasing the field legion, this king still needs to consider this matter. The three places of Khazar, Yayik and Kimak have not yet begun to recruit conscripts, and the Military Aircraft Institute can now start to recruit conscripts in these three places, and after the training is completed, they will be transferred to all parts of North Tianzhu and Jisu Prefecture for garrison! ”

"Regarding the mutual transfer of the generals of the various legions, the military aircraft academy can draw up a detailed list of transfers and show it to this king!"

Li Siye agreed: "Yes, king! ”

Yang Yan, the director of the Financial Secretary of the Government Council, stood up and reported: "Great King, the war between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Great Food Kingdom has had a great impact on China's industry and commerce, and the demand for ironware, grain, fur, cloth, wine, oil, and beef tendon in Western countries has greatly increased, but the demand for porcelain, tea, paper, gemstones, jewelry, and other goods has been greatly reduced, making many factories and workshops that make porcelain, tea, paper, gems and jewelry and other valuable luxury goods in our Western Qin have a backlog of goods that cannot be sold!" As a result, many businessmen have accumulated funds and lost a lot of money, resulting in a broken cash flow! ”

Zhao Ziliang asked: "War often causes economic turmoil, which is unavoidable, why did you bring this matter to the court?" ”

Yang Yan said: "Now many merchants see that the Great Food Kingdom and the Eastern Roman Empire are at war, and both sides are in urgent need of war materials, so many merchants in Western Qin want to engage in this kind of business, but they are worried that these two countries will not be trustworthy because of the war. This is not the time of peace, so for the sake of safety, the merchants want to unite with the royal family to set up a trading house and go to the West to trade together, and the profits will be divided according to the proportion of shares! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and nodded in agreement: "This king sees that this matter is feasible, and the royal family will come forward by the royal house!" ”

"Yes!"

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhao Ziliang left Cen Shen and Gao Shi behind, mainly to say that the candidate for prime minister, Dugu asked the customs to be the deputy prime minister was only reluctant, and Zhao Ziliang made his position as acting prime minister also temporary, not that he was incapacitated, but that his qualifications were slightly worse, and his foundation in Western Qin was too shallow to convince the public.

Zhao Ziliang said to Cen Shen and Gao Shi: "I want to keep the two of you just to tell you about the candidate for the prime minister of the Government Council, you all know that the position of prime minister has been vacant for a few months, and during this time, Dugu Wenshi has presided over the overall affairs of the Government Council, and his ability is fine, but the information is poor, and many officials do not cooperate." After thinking about it, this king still decided to let Cen Shen take the post of prime minister, you are the secretary of the royal court, the chief supervisor, and the same grade as the prime minister, which is considered a flat tone! Cen Shen, what do you think? ”

Cen Shen arched his hand and said: "Thanks to the king's trust, Weichen will live up to the king's trust."

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang nodded, looked at Gao Shi again, and said: "After Cen Shen became the prime minister of the Government Council, the post of secretary and supervisor will be vacant!" Gao Shi, remove you from the post of deputy capital protector of the Dadu Protectorate and Yin of the Xinjing Mansion, and be promoted to secretary and supervisor to assist the king in handling military and political affairs! ”

"Wechen obeys!"