In the early morning of the next day, Wang Can walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and reported to Zhao Ziliang: "The king, the eagle of Hokan and Brehan has arrived, and the two armies arrived at the camp of the Kole Department and quickly launched an attack today. ”

Zhao Ziliang was overjoyed: "Okay, Huo Kan and Brehan really didn't disappoint this king!" By the way, how is the attack on the settlements of the various parts of the Chaspur tribe going? ”

Wang Can said: "The men and horses of the Zou headquarters, Kimak and my escort army have been dispatched, and there is news one after another that many people from the Assassin Yi Department are migrating to the Bolgar territory in the northwest and to the west!" It is said that a large number of people from the Kole tribe also migrated to the west with their families, cattle, sheep, horses, and other livestock! ”

Zhao Ziliang touched his chin and asked Dugu Jun, who was sitting on the side, "Mr. Dugu, how do you observe the migration of the Thorn Yi people and the Kole people?" ”

Dugu Jun arched his hand and said: "Great King, the migration of these two tribes is no good or bad for us Western Qin, but it is of great benefit to the three southern tribes of Pecheneg, the three tribes in the north are either exterminated or migrated, then the territory they leave behind will be divided by the three tribes in the south, or the northern Bolgars will go south to occupy these territories!" And the migration of these people is bound to put great pressure on the Bolgars, Mordovans, and Slavs, and their territories will inevitably be invaded by these people! There is also a possibility that they will move west to the location of the two Pecheneg tribes that have moved west to the northwestern shores of the Black Sea, but this will have to pass through the territory of the Khazars, and it will also cause problems for the Khazars! ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "As long as they move west, it will be good for us, because their migration will bring trouble to other surrounding tribes!" ”

Wang Can said again: "King, there is another news, I don't know if it's good or bad!" ”

"Say!"

"The people we stayed in Jishou, Xuan, and Zou came back with the news, saying that there are many small tribes in the three southern tribes who are dissatisfied with Badasi, Quzisi, and Ko'er Kotai joining us to attack the three northern tribes, and these small tribes are not ashamed of the behavior of Badasi and others, but they can't do anything about them for the time being, and these people are also wary that Badasi and others will take the opportunity to trouble them after learning the news of their dissatisfaction, so many small tribes of the three southern tribes have begun to migrate westward. In the steppes between the Yayik River and the Yetiri River, you can see the Pecheneg people migrating with cattle and sheep everywhere! ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned and said, "It seems that the Pecheneg people as a whole have started a great migration, do Badasi, Quzisi and Koerkotai know the news?" ”

Wang Can said: "These days, they have been confronting the three northern tribes in the north with their men and horses, and they don't know about this matter yet, but now the news should have reached them!" ”

Before Zhao Ziliang could speak, a guard outside came in to report: "King, Badath Khan asks to see!" ”

"Let him in!"

"Yes, King!"

The curtain was lifted, and Baddas walked in with a sad face and saluted: "Great King, something has happened in the clan of the little Khan, and the little Khan must rush back to deal with it now, and I am afraid that I will not be able to participate in the attack on the settlements of the various places of the Chathorn Yibu!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said quite understandingly: "Ba Dasi, this king already knows what happened in your clan, anyway, the main force of the Cha Thorn Yi tribe has been annihilated by us, and there is no big battle to fight, this king allows you to return with your men and horses to deal with the affairs of the clan, and when the matter here is settled, this king will lead the army south to join you!" ”

"Thank you, King, Little Khan is leaving!"

A day later, Kuo'er Kotai of the Ji Thorn Department and Qu Zisi of the Xuan Headquarters Department rushed over with a small number of guards to report that something had happened in the clan and they had to rush back to deal with it, but Zhao Ziliang was not embarrassed and let them go back. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On 25 April, Zhao Ziliang led his army to join the Khokan and Brekhan tribes at the confluence of the Volga and Ufa rivers.

"Tell me, Hokan, how is the attack on the settlements of Koller's tribe going?" Zhao Ziliang sat on the throne of the big tent and asked.

Huo Kan stood up and hugged his fists and said: "King, we have only captured a small number of settlements of the Kole Division, and most of the settlements have been an empty space when our soldiers and horses have rushed over, and they have all moved away. In addition, there are people from the Chathorn Yibu who are migrating westward, and the grassland is large, and the strength of our army is too scattered, so in order not to be divided and eaten, the last general ordered the soldiers to gather together, let those who migrated over, and did not chase and kill them, please forgive the king! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "If the Pechenegs want to move west, let them migrate, we can't waste our troops for them." You are not guilty, arise! ”

"Thank you for the grace of the king!"

Zhao Ziliang beckoned to a guard next to him, asking him to hang a sheepskin map on the wall of the tent, and he pointed to the sheepskin map and said: "Everyone, please see, the blue area on the sheepskin map is the area where the Pechenegs are now located, and in the north, that is, in the upper reaches of the Li River, there are still people, and there is a people living here, called the Bolgars, and they have dozens of large and small tribes here, the big ones have three or four thousand people, and the small ones have hundreds of people!" It is full of lakes and swamps, and the river Yeli originates between the hills, lakes and marshes of this area! The Bolgars here are of the same race and ancestor as the Bolgars in the northwest of the Eastern Roman Empire! Each of them was a hunter and a warrior, and they were extremely brave, their weapons and armor were rudimentary, and there were few cavalry, because between the hills, lakes, and swamps, the cavalry could not fight on a large scale! Hokan, this king wants you to lead the Fifth Legion to stay here and conquer the Bolgars here, are you willing to take this military order? ”

Huo Kan hugged his fists and said: "There is a fight, of course the last general is willing!" I just don't know how much time the king gave the last general to conquer the Bolgars here? ”

Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and stretched out five fingers: "Five years!" ”

Everyone in the big tent was stunned for a moment, five years? Too long, right? It will take five years to fight a group of outsiders who can't get a decent weapon, does the king look down on these Bulgars too much?

Huo Kan is a steady person, he knows that since Zhao Ziliang gave five years, it must not be a time limit given randomly, there must be a reason, he said: "Yes, the last general will conquer the Bolgars in the north within five years!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Five years seems to be a long time, but it is actually not a long time!" Don't look at the Bolgars in the north as a group of foreign barbarians, no decent weapons and armor, and only a few cavalry, but they are all very brave, all of them are sharpshooters who wear a hundred paces, they often go in and out of hills, lakes, swamps and forests, climb mountains and wade like walking on flat ground, they can't beat them will hide on small islands in lakes, maybe hide in forests and swamps, if the enemy is not familiar with the terrain path, basically will fall into their trap! This war is not easy to fight, Hokan, this task of yours is not so easy to complete! Don't be in a hurry to fight first, but send people to find out their living habits, the terrain and climate of various places, as well as their combat methods and abilities, and then it's not too late to start after figuring out all these things. In this way, the Kipchaks live in the mountains and forests, they have experience in fighting in the mountains and forests, and the king has transferred the Kipchak army from the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea to you to command, and you will lead the Fifth Army and the Kipchak army to complete the task of conquering the northern Bolgars within five years! ”

"The last general commands!"

Zhao Ziliang gave an order to Sima Chen Qing on the march: "Give Zhao Hu an order to transfer the Kipchak army out, and this king is waiting for the arrival of the Kipchak army at the location of the Khan tent of the Jithorn Department in the lower reaches of the Li River!" ”

"No!"

It is best to transfer the Kipchaks to fight the Bolgars, the Kipchaks are both extremely elite cavalry, dismounted and can be used as mountain infantry, which can be described as a multi-functional class, in the history of another time and space, later the Kipchaks moved westward, and the barbarian tribes west of the Ural Mountains cried and cried their fathers and mothers, including the Pecheneg and the Bolgars in the north, the Volga Bulgars were thus wiped out in history, only the Bolgars on the west coast of the Black Sea evolved into the Bulgarians, The Pechenegs, on the other hand, were forced to move westward due to Kipchak infestation, and they crossed Khazarian territory into the northwestern shore of the Black Sea and became neighbors of the Bulgarians.

Zhao Ziliang's troops were at the confluence of the Volga River and the Ufa River, which frightened the Mordovans in the west and the Bolgars in the north, the Western Qin army and the Kimak army combined had more than 20,000 and nearly 30,000 horses, such a huge number of troops should definitely be a great deterrent and threat, no barbarian tribe dared to underestimate this force, but Zhao Ziliang's army did not stay here for too long.

On this day, Zhao Ziliang walked out of the big tent after handling official business, and a female Taoist priest hurriedly came over and said to the head of the house: "Wang, my mother is sick, Xiaodao has come to ask the king to come over and have a look!" ”

"Oh, let's go!"

When the two came to the tent where Yang Yuhuan lived, they saw Yang Yuhuan lying in the animal skin bedding coughing incessantly, and his face flushed.

"Yuhuan, why are you sick?" Zhao Ziliang immediately walked over and asked with concern.

"Ahem・・・・・・ ahem・・・・・・ it's not in the way, the slave family itself is a healer, the slave family knows their illness, but they just occasionally feel cold, and they will be raised for a few days!" Yang Yuhuan said with a reluctant smile.

Zhao Ziliang disdainfully: "Come on, your medical skills are only half a bucket of water, and you are reluctant to treat others, let alone yourself." Since ancient times, there is an old saying that 'doctors don't heal themselves'. ”

"Yes, King!"

After Lang Zhong's diagnosis, Lang Zhong reported to Zhao Ziliang: "Wang, this female Taoist chief is not lightly ill, mainly because her physique is relatively weak, and this is a bitter cold place, so this infection is extremely serious, her illness here can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, if you want to be completely cured, you must return to the warm south to recuperate!" In the future, you can prescribe some medicine to suppress it, and then dispense medicine to recuperate when you get to the south! ”

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Yang Yuhuan: "Since you are sick and it is not suitable to stay here to recuperate, tomorrow I will order the army to set off for the south and return, anyway, it is already here, and the army is almost rested, it's time to go to the southern Jin army!" ”

Yang Yuhuan hurriedly said: "Ziliang must not delay military affairs for the sake of the slave family, it is not worth it!" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled: "It's worth it, why isn't it worth it?" What others can give you, I can give you the same! As long as you're safe, what if the king returns immediately? ”

After ten days of rest, Zhao Ziliang led the escort army, the Dragon Guard, and the Kimak army to the south along the banks of the Volga River, leaving Khokan's Fifth Army to stand in place and wait for the Kipchak army to converge.

Ten days later, Zhao Ziliang led his army to the location of the Khan tent of the Ji Thorn Department in the lower Volga region, and the leader of the Ji Thorn Department, Kuoer Kotai, personally led people to greet him, and here, Zhao Ziliang did not see Qu Zisi and Badasi, which made him very dissatisfied.