Chapter 314: Preparation for the Northern Expedition
Deng Zhixike actually set himself up as a single Yu, this is his own death, just like the Three Kingdoms period Yuan Shu set himself up as the emperor caused the world to discuss it, the Huns migrated from the east, and the original living in the West is different, the Roman Empire has had the era of four emperors co-rule, there has also been an era of co-rule of the East and West emperors, Westerners can accept that a country has several emperors, but the Huns can not accept, otherwise Attila will not be his brother Breda and reign alone in the world.
This news made Qin Dong ecstatic, Qin Dong immediately ordered someone to issue an edict in the name of the Xiongnu royal court and Dadan Yu Enek to list Deng Zhixike's crimes, and ordered the world to discuss it.
On the border of the Western Roman Empire, the king of the southern courtyard of Sambus and the king of the western courtyard of Urgan were too far away from the territory of Deng Zhixik, and there were also territories of the Ostrogoths and Gepids, so they only declared their opposition to Deng Zhixik as Shan Yu, while the king of the northern courtyard adjacent to Deng Zhixik and the general Itur of the expedition to the north responded to the order of Saidika and decided to send troops to attack Deng Zhixik.
On the one hand, Qin Dong asked Zhong Hui, who was in charge of foreign affairs, to send people to Constantinople and let the embassy envoys in Constantinople go to the palace to pay respects to the dead Empress Pulkhalia, on the other hand, he issued a mobilization order to the military to prepare for the Northern Expedition, and ordered the logistics department to prepare for the logistics support needed for the Northern Expedition.
It's already October, and it's less than two months into operation. In a little more than a month, the weather will get cold and the temperature will drop. At that time, it would be impossible to fight, no army could march long distances in the ice and snow, and no army could fight in an extremely low temperature, so Qin Dong had to end the war in less than two months.
In order to complete the preparations for the Northern Expedition as much as possible, Qin Dong ordered the 1st, 5th, 7th, and 8th Army Corps to rush to the small border city of Galatz in the north to assemble, and the military logistics materials needed for the previous month must also be transported within ten days.
Galatz is located to the west of the confluence of the lower Prut River with the Danube, with a wetland to the north. To the north of the wetland is the Prut River, the Danube flows east of Galatz, and the two rivers meet in the northeast of Galatz.
Four officers after the Galatz division. The 1st Corps continued north to Delod with grain and forage, the 5th Corps also went north to Boto, the 8th Corps went north to Iasi, and the 7th Corps remained in Galatz. Dele, Botto, and Iasi were all on the border of Qin's eastern control territory. Delo was in the far north, and more than a hundred miles further north was the territory of Zhizhixik, with Botto and Yasi on the west bank of the Prut River, and the east and north banks of the Prut River being the territory of Dunzisik.
In fact, Qin Dong has been hesitating on the question of whether to solve Deng Zhixik first or solve the Ostrogoths and Gepids first, but then he figured out that the combat effectiveness of the Ostrogoths and Gepids is too far behind that of the Visigoths, and if it weren't for them ambushing Erak, Erak would not have died. Moreover, the Ostrogoths and Gepid had a limited population, and the territory they now occupied was surrounded by Hun generals from all over the country. To the east is the territory of Qindong, and there are also the middle and southern sections of the Carpathians in the middle, it is difficult for them to fight, and the only way out is to attack Urgan and Sambus to the west and south, so the main enemy of the Ostrogoths and Gepid people today is Sambus and Urgan, not Qin Dong, these Ostrogoths and Gepid people are naturally worried by Sambus and Urgan, and he still solves Deng Zhixik first.
In order to allow the army to have the ability to move at high speed, speed up the process of the war, and end the Northern Expedition as much as possible, Qin Dong asked each cavalry of each army to be equipped with three horses, and the logistics troops were replenished with supplies in the territory, but after the exit of the battle, all logistics would be cut off, and each army must raise its own grain, grass, and arrows. This is true even for people who are not Huns.
At the same time as the army marched to the border to assemble, Qin Dong was also ready to set off for Galatz, and at this time he set off with the Third Army, which was the main army of the Huns, the commander of the army was Tolon, in addition to the Third Army, Qin Dong also brought three thousand guards all-round cavalry team.
Before leaving, Liu San came to see Qin Dong and reported; "My Majesty, the embassy in Constantinople has received news that the envoys have personally gone to the palace to pay respects to Empress Pulkharia, but the reason for the queen's death is not yet clear. In addition, Emperor Leo began to eradicate dissidents and seize military and political power before he gave Pulkalia a funeral! ”
Qin Dong frowned after hearing this, and asked, "How long do you think it will take Leo to control the situation?" ”
Liu San replied: "Judging from the various forces and shapes in the Eastern Empire, the old slave estimates that by March or April next year at the latest, that is, within half a year, Leo will be able to grasp the situation and completely secure the emperor's throne!" ”
After hearing this, Qin Dong walked around the room, muttering about whether he could completely solve Deng Zhixike in half a year, and there were only less than two months before the year when he could fight, and the war would have to stop after two months, otherwise even if people could stand it, the war horses would not be able to endure fighting in extremely cold weather, and the war would stop after all two months, and then wait until the spring of next year to fight again.
Qin Dong walked back and forth a few times, stopped and asked, "What did the Western Empire and others do to Lichmel, Sambus, Urgan, Diordemir, and Ardarik?" ”
"Great King, Richmel is trying his best to maintain the situation in Rome, the city of Rome has been under martial law for half a month, Sambus and Urgan have not made any moves, they are guarding against the Ostrogoths and Franks, Burgundians, there is no time to separate, Diodemir has not moved since he moved to the east of Sambus and Urgan with his army and troops, but they are fighting hard, thinking that they are preparing to attack Sambus and Urgan, after all, these two people are his henchmen, Aldaric also wanted to move south with his army and subordinates, but after Duoyin rushed over with the Ninth Legion, Aldaric was a little more honest and did not dare to forcibly attack Lored, and Itur in the north was also a threat to him at all times, and this was the case! ”
Qin Dong nodded after hearing this, "Okay, you go down, the day after tomorrow, the king will lead his troops to set off, you will stay in the royal court, you must pay attention to the movements of all forces at any time, and as soon as there is a situation, you will immediately fly pigeons to report it, if there is an emergency, you don't have to report it to me and deal with it first!" ”
"Understood, King!" Liu San agreed, wanted to turn around, but stopped again, remembered something, and said: "King, the military attache of the Eastern Empire who lives in the Saidica embassy that you asked us to pay attention to is going back to China!" ”
"Oh?" When Qin Dong heard the news, he turned around and asked, "Why did he go back to Constantinople?" When to go? ”
"It is said that Constantinople summoned him back, and he will leave tomorrow morning!"
Qin Dong returned to his seat and said, "How did the things I asked you do last time go?" Can you control him? ”
Liu San nodded and said: "It's been successful, we can completely control him, although Basiliscus is a military general, but this guy is just a rhetorical and grandstanding, and he has no real talent, and this person is addicted to gambling, so we set up a bureau for him to get into the trap, under our torture to extract confessions, torture and coercion, he signed a letter of surrender and promised to do things for us!" ”
Qin Dong touched his chin and ordered: "You must control him, and since his sister Venina has a leg with Emperor Leo, why don't we fulfill them?" Let's put our people in Constantinople on the fire of this matter right now, and if the uncle of the Eastern Roman Empire is secretly used by me, how much influence do we have on the Eastern Roman Empire? ”
Liu San immediately understood Qin Dong's intentions, he really didn't think that Basiliscus's bombastic man might become the uncle of the Eastern Roman Empire, he promised: "Yes, the king, we will definitely control Basiliscus!" ”
Just the day before Qin Dong led his troops to set off, Qin Dong got a piece of good news, and another news that he didn't know if it was good news or bad news.
The good news is that Martha is finally pregnant, and after three years, Martha finally has a child with Qin Dong, and Qin Dong was so excited when he learned the news.
I don't know if it's bad news or good news is that Sula's child was very ill that afternoon, and the palace doctors were helpless, the child's father was dead, and it was secretly executed by Edica a year ago, Sulla had been asking Qin Dong about the whereabouts of the child's father, and Qin Dong had to tell the truth.
Faced with the dying child, Sulla, who had always been hostile to Qin Dong, could only give in and send someone to invite Qin Dong, Qin Dong immediately rushed over after learning the news that the child was seriously ill, no matter what, in the eyes of others, this child was his child, and he had to fulfill the responsibility of a father.
After Qin Dong arrived, he found that the child had a high fever that did not go away, and the cough did not stop, coughing up sputum, blood in the sputum, which could be accompanied by chest pain or difficulty breathing, etc., he speculated that this may be acute pneumonia caused by a cold, this disease is just a minor disease in later generations, and a shot of antibiotics will be fine, but it is a fatal disease in this era.
Qin Dong immediately sent someone to find Charlie Cao to see a doctor for the child, and only Charlie Cao, who understands Chinese medicine, has a way to deal with this disease, and other doctors are helpless.
After Charlie Cao came, he prescribed a prescription for the child, and personally found herbs to decoction, and gave the soup to the child to drink, and the child's condition was much better at night, for the child's illness, Qin Dong ordered the departure date to be postponed by one day, which made Sula find that Qin Dong was not so hateful.
After a day of delay, the child's illness has improved greatly, Qin Dong is ready to lead the troops to set off, before leaving, Sula invited Qin Dong over and asked him to name the child, Qin Dong immediately named the child Qin Yong. (To be continued......)