"Someone, immediately invite Lord Charlie Cao, the right national teacher, to come over!" Qin Dong gave an order to the guards outside the gate before the generals came to discuss the matter.

Charlie Cao usually practiced in Taoist temples outside the city, and he was quickly invited to come over than the other generals had to travel from the barracks.

Charlie Cao saluted after seeing Qin Dong: "See His Royal Highness the Regent!" ”

Qin Dong smiled: "Lao Cao, come on, it's just the two of us here, there's no need to be so polite!" ”

Although Qin Dong looked very casual, Charlie Cao didn't dare to be casual, he insisted on finishing the salute before saying: "Etiquette cannot be abolished, the power of the king is tilted towards the government and the opposition, you are the regent, you are the regent, you should abide by the etiquette and establish authority in ordinary times, otherwise in the long run, the law of the country will be abolished, and the country will not be a country!" ”

Qin Dong had a headache for a while, and waved his hand again and again: "Okay, okay, this king understands, I came to you today to ask you to do something!" ”

Charlie Cao saluted again: "Please command, the king!" ”

Qin Dong saw that he couldn't stop Charlie Cao from saluting, so he had to say: "Recently, news came from Constantinople that Leo is now in charge of the military and political power, and he has just gotten married, so his self-confidence has also begun to burst, just at this time the Ostrogoths and the Gerpid people have sent envoys, under the persuasion of the envoys, Leo unilaterally ordered a ban on the flow of important strategic materials such as grain, ironware, cloth and silk fabrics into our country, and our embassy in Constantinople sent the news back after negotiations with the Eastern Roman Empire were fruitless, This king decided to give Leo a little color to see, so that he would know that it was not fun to offend my Hun Empire! ”

Charlie Cao pondered for a moment and said, "In this way, Leo must have planned this for a long time. He himself saw that the king was rising and beginning to power the entire Xiongnu, so he was very worried that the king would become his confidant, and he endured it before. It was because he did not control the military and political power of the entire Eastern Empire at that time, but now it is different, he alone has the final say in the entire Eastern Empire, so he has the courage to make such a decision alone without communicating with us, obviously he is determined to get along with us, I don't know what the king has to say to the poor road? ”

Qin Dong glanced at it, he didn't expect Charlie Cao's reaction to be so fast. In just a few minutes, he thought of so much, nodded and said, "Leo is determined to get along with this king, and he must be ready for war." According to the information we have received, the army of the Eastern Empire in the Thracian province is ready for war, and since the king wants to fight him, he must be beaten more ruthlessly, and use the usual methods of warfare. But the war can only be delayed. The Thracian region was not as good as the northern steppes, full of hills and mountains, and it was difficult for the cavalry to deploy, so the king decided to take it by surprise and let the 13th Marine Cavalry Division stationed in Burgas sneak from the Black Sea to the beach north of Constantinople in naval warships, and reach the goal of landing on the city in one fell swoop. In order to attract the attention of the Eastern Empire, the king planned to send another division of the Twelfth Army and a division of the First Army to directly contain the troops deployed by the Eastern Roman Empire in the Thrace region, giving the 13th Marine Cavalry Division a chance to land. However, the commander of the 13th Marine Cavalry Division, Barhan, was brave and brave. But his resourcefulness is insufficient, so it's okay to let him charge into battle. But let him command a big battle alone, and it is a lone army in depth, this king is still not very relieved, so this king wants Lao Cao you to go to him as a military division, the specific combat tactics do not have to worry about you, after all, you don't understand cavalry combat, and Balhan is different, he grew up on horseback since he was a child, and has been with me for so long, cavalry tactics and tactics have been proficient in the chest, you just need to follow him to give advice, and remind him in time of the places he didn't notice, Balhan is still young, he has never led tens of thousands of cavalry to fight, he needs to experience, This king needs you to remind him and try to make him as few mistakes as possible in this battle."

After hearing this, Charlie Cao nodded: "I see, the king has good intentions, if General Balhan knows the king's intentions, he will definitely be moved, the king, please rest assured, the poor road will definitely live up to the king's trust, I don't know when the poor road will set off?" ”

Qin Dong said: "Now, it's best to go quietly, the luggage, carriage and dry food, as well as the inventory on the road, this king has already prepared it for you." You'll have to get to the port of Burgas as fast as you can, because you have a reputation for being in Saidica, and if someone finds out about your whereabouts and speculates about it, it's likely that someone will guess the king's strategic intentions! ”

"Understood, Poor Dao will set off and leave!"

It didn't take long for the generals who had been summoned to discuss the matter to arrive one after another, Qin Dong did not rush to talk about things, but first inquired about the training of the various armies, and only after learning that the newly recruited soldiers were training well before talking about the main topic this time.

"Half a year has passed since the three-month war in October, November and December last year, and the situation in the north has basically stabilized, the people's livelihood is quite good, the war has not had much impact on the lives of our people, the army of the last war has basically stayed in the north, only the first division has returned to Saidika, Suhe, how is the first division resting?"

Facing Qin Dong's inquiry, Su He immediately said: "King Qiyu, the first division did not lose troops last time, and it has already rested during this time, and it can fight again at any time!" ”

"Hmm!" Qin Dong nodded, "I just received the news from our embassy in Constantinople that the Eastern Roman Empire wants to turn against us and does not allow merchants to sell grain, ironware, cloth and silk fabrics to us, although our demand for these things is not so strong, but this behavior of the Eastern Roman Empire is simply insulting us, they want to restrict our development, and form an alliance with the Ostrogoths and Gelpid to deal with us together." According to reliable sources, the Eastern Empire has seized many of our merchants, and those merchants have been stranded in the territory of the Eastern Empire with a large number of goods and cannot come back, and the use of force against our merchants and the seizure of them is against our entire empire, and we will definitely not and cannot sit idly by, and we must seek justice for those merchants. Which general would want to lead an army east to the Eastern Roman Empire? ”

As soon as Qin Dong's words fell, Su He stood up and saluted: "Great King, the last general is willing to go, the last general only needs to bring the first division and the eighteenth division of the headquarters, and ask the king to transfer another standing division, a total of three divisions, which is enough to sweep the Thracian troops of the Eastern Empire under the city of Constantinople!" ”

Now someone was unwilling, Ma Li immediately stood up and said: "Su He, this is your mistake, you think about every big war, how to say that you have to make way for me this time, I Ma Li has not fought a battle for so long, but he is in a high position, I am really ashamed, please allow the last general to lead the army!" ”

Indeed, as Ma Li said, the fundamental reason why he has been able to stay in a high position is that he is Qin Dong's family member, and it is completely Qin Dong's trust in him that allows him to take an important position, and he is a general of the same level, more or less has fought a few battles, at least one battle, or even if he is not the main general, he also serves as a deputy or has mixed military merits, but he has not once, let alone the main general, he has no chance to fight with the troops as a small soldier, how can he sit in the position of the commander with peace of mind? That's why there was the scene just now.

Among these generals, only Ma Li is qualified to compete with Su He, and the other six army commanders have just been promoted, but they are a little worse than Su He and Ma Li's qualifications.

Qin Dong thought about it, he has always trusted Ma Li, let him be a senior general like Su He and others, and was worried that he would have an accident when he went out to fight, so he often subconsciously did not arrange combat tasks for him, but he didn't think that this was actually harming Ma Li, Ma Li was younger than Liu San and Wang Liu, and he was only in his thirties this year, just in his prime, only a dozen years older than Qin Dong, and he was a little servant who served with Qin Dong's father as a little follower.

After some inner struggle, Qin Dong decided to give Ma Li a chance, if Ma Li has this ability to stand alone, this time let him lead the army to fight alone, if Ma Li does not have this ability, Qin Dong can only let him continue to stay in Saidica.

So, Qin Dong asked: "General Ma, according to the information we have received, the troops of the Eastern Empire in the Thracian region are ready to defend against our attack, as long as our army moves, the Eastern Empire will inevitably get the news, and the border line will definitely be very well guarded, if you are the chief general of the Eastern Expedition this time, how will you break through the enemy's defense line?" And how to annihilate the enemy's living forces in large numbers?

Ma Li thought for a moment and said: "King, no matter how perfect the defense is, there must be loopholes, there is no city in this world that cannot be attacked, let alone a long border?" There are many places that the Eastern Empire needs to defend, but they can only defend in a few key places, and for those border lines with steep terrain, they can't defend it in any way, we used to be cavalry, naturally we can't go over the mountains and mountains, but now it's different, we are no longer limited to the cavalry, we also have mountain soldiers, heavy infantry and light infantry, and special siege teams, I think we can send mountain soldiers over the mountains and mountains to go deep into the rear of the enemy, if possible, blend into the enemy's city, When the time comes, the inside and outside of the city will echo each other, and the inside and outside will definitely be able to break through the enemy's defense line! ”

There is a door! Qin Dong heard the doorway in Ma Li's words, he didn't think that Ma Li had not learned in vain in the past few years, and he had really learned something, if Ma Li's answer satisfied him next, he decided to let Ma Li lead the troops, and he immediately said: "Go on, if you are given a cavalry division, an infantry division and a cavalry division and a series of siege and field configurations, how will you attack?" (To be continued......)