Zhao Ziliang walked into Qianquan Palace and saw that the family members were already sitting at the dining table waiting, and the youngest daughter said a few words of coquettishness, blaming him for coming too late and delaying her dinner. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Ziliang smiled and coaxed her for a while to calm her anger, and after getting rid of his little daughter, Zhao Ziliang instructed the palace maid: "Lick a chair, add a pair of dishes and chopsticks, and prepare a piece of food, and the noble secretary and supervisor will come over for dinner together!" ”

"Yes!" The palace maid agreed and went to prepare.

After a short time, Gao Shang walked in and saluted Zhao Ziliang and the princesses, princes, and county lords: "See the king, queen, princes, and county lords!" ”

Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and said: "Lord Gao doesn't need to be polite, this king asked people to prepare the location and food for you, I heard that you have been waiting for this king for an afternoon, let's have dinner together, if the matter is urgent, let's talk while eating!" ”

"Thank you to the king, but Weichen is disrespectful!" Gao Shang said and walked to the vacant seat and sat down, and soon there was food and wine from the palace maid.

Gao Shang didn't eat first, took out a book of music from his big sleeves, presented it with both hands, and said: "This is an eight-hundred-mile urgent music sent by General Li Siye, and it says that Tianzhu's situation is extremely complicated, and it is far from being as fragile as we imagined!" Now the army is stationed on the north bank of the Narmoda River in Zhongtianzhu, and there are three kingdoms in Zhongtianzhu, such as the Polomora Kingdom, the Zhaohan Kingdom, and the Solanki Kingdom on the other side of the river, which are all large countries in Zhongtianzhu, of which the Bolomoro Kingdom has 30,000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry, and 500 elephant soldiers, and the strength of the other two countries is not much different, and the strength of their three countries is comparable, so they can maintain the balance of the situation south of the Narmoda River in Zhongtianzhu, and these three kingdoms have sixteen kingdoms in the south, and these kingdoms are not those city-states in Northern Tianzhu, They have a perfect political system and a large-scale army, according to the intelligence collected by the Southern Expeditionary Army, the total strength of the sixteen countries of Nantianzhu alone is at least 500,000 people, plus the three kingdoms of Zhongtianzhu that have not yet been conquered, a total of more than 600,000, and we only have two legions of more than 30,000 people, even if there are 50,000 servant troops, there are only more than 80,000 people, the difference in strength is too great, if with the more kingdoms captured, the number of servant troops is also more, then once the number of servant troops exceeds more than 100,000, It will be difficult for the Southern Expeditionary Army to control them anymore, so Li Siye asked Wang Ting to send more troops and horses, at least two more legions, and at the same time asked the Great King to give him a grace of ten days, he hoped to give him two years! ”

Zhao Ziliang listened to the noble report and realized that his conquest of India was too simple, he thought that India in this period was less populous because of chaos, although the area was large, but the number of troops should not be much, he really didn't expect that the population of India at this time was also a lot, and the kingdoms of each country had a perfect administrative system and army, and the strength far exceeded that of Northern Tianzhu. It seems that it is indeed a bit too harsh for Li Siye to conquer central and southern India with the same force and the same amount of time.

The palace maid took the piece from the noble hand and handed it to Zhao Ziliang, and the royal family members sitting on both sides of the table ate silently and quietly, and even a few little guys stared at Zhao Ziliang and Gao Shang with wide eyes while eating, and their ears were wide open.

Zhao Ziliang took the chapter and looked at it carefully, wiped his mouth with a napkin, put the chapter aside after reading it, and began to eat again, asking while eating: "What does Master Gao think?" ”

Gao Shang ate and said while eating: "Weichen thinks that if you must conquer the entire Tianzhu, only two legions are indeed a little thin in terms of troops, and according to the situation of Zhongtianzhu and Nantianzhu described in this recital, General Li Siye asked to give him two years, which is still trying to save face for himself, Weichen did not personally lead the troops to fight, but he also followed the king for many years, and he knew some things about the battle formation, and the two years were still too hasty."

Zhao Ziliang said: "The Second Army and the Fourth Army have been resting for more than two months in the camp outside the city, and the Third Army has also rested for more than a month. However, this matter has to be considered again, Li Siye said that please ask this king to give him two years, although the grain and grass and other materials are solved by himself, but after two years, how much equipment does the entire army need to change, how many arrows, bows and crossbows, military uniforms, shoes and socks and blankets need to be supplied? Increasing the military spending of two legions is not just a doubling of military spending, but also the loss on the road! ”

Gao Shang said: "King, Wei Chen thinks that this matter must be decided early!" ”

Three days later, after careful consideration, Zhao Ziliang decided to personally conquer India, and two months later he led the army to set off, and at the same time he ordered the conscription of retired veterans to form a new legion, which was a temporary legion, numbered the Ninety-ninth Legion, which was abolished after the war. The salary of this regiment was the same as that of the standing army, but it had to buy its own weapons and equipment, and each soldier received a fifty percent increase in the amount of money captured in battle.

Zhao Ziliang's stipulation undoubtedly greatly stimulated those veterans who had already retired from their homes and had money to make, so many retired veterans once again put on armor and knives and rushed to the recruitment points in various places to sign up and join the 99th Army Corps, and in just one month, the number of people who signed up from all over the country reached 25,000.

Zhao Ziliang's decision to personally conquer was opposed by some courtiers, but Zhao Ziliang withstood these strong opposition, leaving Bai Xiaode's Second Army and Wei Meng's Fourth Army Corps, and led Li Sheng's Third Army and the 99th Army Corps from Xinjing to India on the first day of May.

The temperature in Xinjing and India is really different, and after passing through the Thar Desert, the temperature rises significantly, which shows that the Green Ridge Plateau has a special impact on the climate of the upper reaches of the Xindu River.

The whole of India is relatively hot, which has been known since Zhao Ziliang led his army across the Xindu River. Entering the Flower of India, Zhao Ziliang and the soldiers of the army could see temples everywhere on the way through, and temples of various shapes became the most common buildings, some gilded, some painted in various colors.

In addition to the temple, the most common on the march is the lotus flower in the ditch and pond, there are seven kinds of lotus flowers in India, they have various colors, the blue peacock makes the Zhao Ziliang and the soldiers on the march open their eyes, the Bodhi tree that can be seen everywhere on the roadside has become a unique scene in India, and the coconut on the coconut tree along the way has solved the thirst problem for the soldiers of the army.

On May 20, after a rapid march, the army arrived at Daivas in Zhongtianzhu, which was the center of the Poramoro Kingdom, which was destroyed by Li Siye's army in two months, and all the territory was controlled by the Western Qin army, in order to control here, Li Siye wasted a lot of time.

In the royal palace of Bolomora, Zhao Ziliang listened to the process of Li Siye's attack on the kingdom of Boramoro in the past two months, the resistance of the kingdom of Bolomora was fierce, although Li Siye tried his best, it still took more than two months to occupy the entire territory of this kingdom.

After listening to Li Siye's detailed report, Zhao Ziliang said: "This time, this king decided to personally recruit Tianzhu not because he didn't believe in your talent. After reading your recital, this king also realized that it may not be so easy to take the entire Tianzhu, and after thinking about it, he decided to conquer it himself, try to shorten the time to conquer this place and reduce the military expenditure! ”

Li Siye hugged his fists and said: "Yes, Weichen is willing to drive for the king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "The matter of fighting can not be anxious, it is the so-called planning and then acting, only knowing oneself and knowing the other can win a hundred battles, this time the king brought 60,000 troops, the third army has just finished resting, the ninety-ninth army is a temporary army, all composed of retired veterans, these two legions have a total of 40,000 people, and there is a seven-battalion compulsory army, a total of 20,000 people!" Under normal circumstances, the conscripts are only responsible for supervising the servant army to maintain law and order in the areas we occupy, as well as to protect the security of the logistics channels, they are only supervisors, and those servant armies are also responsible for maintaining the law and order in the occupied areas. ”

Li Siye said: "Our servant army has a total of more than 70,000 people so far, including 30,000 Ratsiputs in Northern Tianzhu, 20,000 in Qu Zheluo-Proti Haluo, 10,000 in Zhandailuo, and 10,000 in Jialuojuli! ”

When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he said: "With such a vast area and so many populations as North Tianzhu and West Tianzhu, East Tianzhu and Middle Tianzhu, can they pull up 70,000 servant troops?" ”

Li Siye said: "King, these servant troops are all soldiers and horses left over after many battles after the surrender of the original Tianzhu countries, if the soldiers are recruited in these occupied areas, they must spend time training them, and ordinary soldiers cannot be used if they do not practice for more than two months!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Don't be afraid of trouble, the role of the servant army is to be consumed, and a large number of servant troops are needed in siege warfare." Summoning an order to recruit young and strong men to serve as servant troops in North Tianzhu, West Tianzhu, East Tianzhu and all the occupied territories now, and each family must send a strong man to participate in the conscription, and recruiting a large number of servant troops can not only increase our strength, but also reduce the pressure on the troops we have assigned to maintain law and order in various places! Well・・・・・・ add another article, allowing the magnates and rich people in Tianzhu to spend money to exempt themselves from military service, and the poor can only serve in the military if they can't pay the money, who makes them have no money? The money collected can be used as military expenses and rewards! ”

Li Siye hugged his fists and said: "Yes!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked again: "How is the garrison situation of the occupied areas arranged?" ”

Li Siye said: "The land captured by General Chu Ge before is now in charge of the defense of the Sixth Legion, Wechen did not move the Sixth Legion, and the various places in the Kingdom of Bolomora that Wechen conquered after taking office are now in charge of defense by our army, mainly by the First Department of the Ninth Legion!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and shook his head and said, "It's too wasteful to use the main army to be responsible for defense and security!" In this way, the defense and security of all our occupied territories will be mainly the responsibility of the servant army, and the conscripts will be responsible for supervising them and maintaining the logistics of the main army. The defense of a place should not be in charge of the local servant army, but should be in charge of the defense and security of the servant army in other places, and a thousand servant troops must have our 300 conscripts to supervise them, for example, the garrison defense of West Tianzhu should be in charge of the servant armies of East Tianzhu or North Tianzhu, if there are 3,000 servant troops, we must have 1,000 conscripts responsible for supervising them! ”

"Weichen understands what the king means!"