The latest red-headed document was placed on the desk, and Zhao Qian reached out to take it, but gave up again. I looked at the calendar, and there were a lot of things marked on it. Some were marked a few days ago, some were marked more than ten days ago, and two were even marked two months in advance. One of them is my wife's birthday.

Whether it's a march to fight, or a trip to inspect. Dad will never forget his mother's birthday, relying on these advance records. Recalling that when he was young, he laughed at his father for asking the secretary to help write the letter, and Zhao Qian now understands that he is naïve. Just thinking about how to arrange a banquet for his wife, Zhao Qian was a little impetuous. It's not because he doesn't love his wife, but because he feels that there is something more important than a banquet right now.

I took out a thousand-guan treasury bill from the desk and found a red envelope and stuffed it in. Zhao Qian stuffed the red envelope to his wife before going out, "Today is your birthday, happy birthday." ”

"Give me a red envelope, it feels like you're like my elders." The wife laughed.

Zhao Qian didn't know how to express it, so he could only say: "If I say that I don't know what arrangements will be made today, will you be unhappy?" ”

Xiao Meimei's beautiful eyes stared at Zhao Qian for a while before she said, "If you don't say what you just said, I won't be unhappy." ”

"Why?" Zhao Qian replied helplessly.

"The official said, either do it or don't do it. Don't try it. I just think you want to arrange a birthday party for me, but you can't do it because of all sorts of things. I'm not happy. If you don't think about it at all, I can accept it. ”

Zhao Qian vaguely remembered that his wife seemed to have said the same thing, and he had an understanding in his heart. He hugged his wife again and said again, "Happy birthday." "Turn around and go.

Sitting in the carriage, Zhao Qian felt as if he understood something in his heart, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly felt that he had grasped the point. Since it can't be realized, why give people false illusions. It's better to pop the bubble of fantasy early, at least my wife can no longer think about whether Zhao Qian wants to come back.

It's so ruthless. Zhao Qian regretted such a decision in his heart. It's a pity that what can't be done is what can't be done. No, Zhao Qian finally admitted that at least today, there are too many things that are more important than holding a birthday party. If the wife complains......

Gently knocking his skull with his fist, Zhao Qian felt that he understood why the old lady had no emotions for Zhao Qian's girlfriend he talked about, and when he heard that the relationship was over, he quickly cut through the mess and let Zhao Qian and Xiao Meimei get married. Because Xiao Meimei has long understood what this marriage means. Zhao Qian felt that he couldn't tell whether the old lady was terrible or the wife was terrible.

When I arrived at the office, I immediately received a telegram. Regardless of the discussion in the court about the telegraph office, the people who ate the big pot of rice in the Ministry of Telecommunications did not pick and choose as some ministers said. Judging by the number of telegrams, these laborers, who have suffered many slanders, are doing their best to do their jobs.

For example, the Karakoram side, which had been attacked by the Minister of Governorship Luo Yiren, sent another telegram three days later, confirming that the army of the slave dynasty had begun to advance in the direction of Baghdad to the west. Zhao Qian was surprised by the completely neutral word 'advance'. After looking at the world map for a while, Zhao Qian felt that he could barely understand how good the person in charge over there was.

The appearance of the Tianzhu Peninsula is a bit like a pu fan, the lower handle is inserted into the Tianzhu Ocean, and the pendant-shaped island under the handle is the Sinhalese Lion Kingdom that was completely conquered by the Great Song Dynasty. The upper edge of the pu fan is a barrier formed by the Kunlun Mountains and the Himalayas, and the part below the upper edge to the west is where the slave dynasty in the north of Tianzhu is located. The river marked 'Tianzhu River' on the map passes through a yellow-brown background that emphasizes the desert desert area, and Zhao Qian, a former soldier, can roughly imagine the geomorphological features there just by looking at the map.

The slave dynasty and Mongolia were separated by mountains and deserts, and the report of the Li Fan Department said that the slave dynasty held several fortresses, and whenever the Mongol cavalry went to attack, they gathered their forces and quickly gathered a large number of troops through the area through the Tianzhu River to defeat the Mongol army. The area of the Tianzhu River basin in the north of Tianzhu from the Karakoram Mountains to the Tianzhu Ocean is the territory of the slave dynasty, just look at the size of the Great Song Dynasty from Shaanxi to Ningxia, there is a big river, there is a fertile land. From Shaanxi to Ningxia, there is also a fertile Hetao area. And the desert is not a desert, and there are many areas in the desert that are very suitable for human habitation.

The crown prince of the Great Song Dynasty was imagining the location of thousands of miles away on maps and telegrams, and Tokhtar, thousands of miles away, set out west with his banner army. This banner army totaled 10,000, and everyone had horses. The 600 pro-army of detachment is located in the position of the Chinese army, and 10,000 cavalry travel, and everywhere they can see is the banner and embroidery ribbon fluttering. Riding on a well-paced half-breed horse, Tokhoff felt no bumps at all, and his heart was full of pride.

The Mongolian Banner Army has been fully organized. It is divided into the Yellow Sixteen Flags, the White Eight Flags and the Black Eight Flags. The White Eight Banners are the Semu people, and the Black Eight Banners are the natives of the True God Cult region. The Yellow Sixteen Banners are divided into the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners. If it is a traditional Mongolian military establishment, one banner should be one 10,000 households. However, Tokhtar completely changed the traditional Mongol model, and the previous 10,000 households did not command 10,000 cavalry, but controlled the population of 10,000 households. The Great Khan is the head of ten thousand households, and ten thousand households are the heads of those ten thousand households. Now these banner armies are directly subordinate to the Mongol Great Khan, just like the government military system restored by Hao Ren back then, and the generals of each banner are appointed by the Great Khan to command the Great Khan's army, and the generals themselves do not own these banner armies.

Each flag is an army of five thousand. The Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty are both cavalry, and the Eight Banners of Semu are half cavalry and half infantry. The Black Eight Banners were all infantry, and only the officers had horses. Thirty-two banners are a full 160,000 troops. At that time, Hao Ren relied on 20,000 soldiers to solve the Ogedai Khanate and Chagatai Khanate, which had plagued Kublai Khan for more than ten years. Tokhtar believed that the personal combat effectiveness of the 160,000 banner army was no less than that of the government soldiers of that year.

Scouting horses come and go, and news is delivered every other hour. Two banners of 10,000 cavalry approached the destination Damascus. After two more days of walking, the troops finally reached their destination. Hao Kang, the governor of Damascus, personally came to greet him. Totoku looked at Hao Kang with a smile, and saw Hao Kang scan the majestic team, but there was no surprised look.

"Brother Hao Kang, even if the cavalry of the Yuan Kingdom is very powerful, you have to pretend to be surprised." took off the half-truth and half-truths and joked with Hao Kang.

Hao Kang laughed dryly, "Haha, big brother Toto, the banner army under your command is indeed the army of tigers and wolves." ”

Hearing this compliment, Tokhtaku laughed. Under the leadership of Hao Kang, he broke off into the city of Damascus. Seeing a lot of heads hanging at the gate of the city, he praised Totoku: "Brother Hao Kang has finally opened his mind." ”

"That's thanks to Big Brother too." Hao Kang knew that it was better to take off and rejoice, so he spoke to him. However, this is not all sycophancy, Hao Kang has seen the Great Song Dynasty hang people's heads to show the public, and he has seen the Yuan Kingdom hang people's heads to show the public. At that time, he felt that it had nothing to do with him, just look at it. Tokhtar helped Hao Kang get the errand of the governor of Damascus, and now the heads of these gangs were cut off by Hao Kang's order. There is indeed a lot of help for Tokhtar.

Damascus was once the capital of several dynasties of the Arab Empire, and the governor's mansion was not small. The two sat down, and Hao Kang came up and said, "Brother Totok, I have cleared the taxes of Damascus, and I can probably raise 10,000 soldiers." ”

"Brother, can you say something else?" It's helpless. Hao Kang is too serious, every time he just sees Hao Kang or just leaves Hao Kang, he is a little unaccustomed to it.

"What do you want to hear?" Hao Kang asked.

"Hmm. Can the courtesans be in Damascus? ”

"In. Brother, I have heard that my brother is coming, and I have sent someone to invite them over. ”

"Good! Good! "Praise for Tokhtar.

After that, the two didn't talk about official business at all, and they just wanted to hurry up and have a good time. The slave girls who used to scratch their heads and pose could have made Tokhtar feel happy, and when they saw the women of the courtesan group, Tokhtar was very suspicious that those stupid donkey-like slave girls had actually made Tokhtar feel happy. Doesn't it make sense!

Then Tokhoff listened to Hao Kang say: "I'll send the food to the flag army first, and then bring my brother to the courtesan group." ”

Totoku shook his head and sighed, and in just a while, Hao Kang's original form was revealed. is really worthy of Hao Ren's son.

However, the military affairs were done much faster than Tokh thought, and the men and horses on Hao Kang's side had already been prepared, and all the food and materials were actually packaged in the same way, instead of the Mongolian appearance of rubbing them in piles. Seeing this, Totoh is not in a hurry. The reason why he was in a hurry before was that he was used to the Mongolian style. According to that model, the materials of 10,000 people would have to be handed over for at least three days. In Baghdad, it is not uncommon for a handover of this scale to take place for six or seven days, and for the point of quarreling to the point of killing people. The plan is to cool down first and then hand over.

During the handover, the officers of the Flag Army seemed to be uncountable. Hao Kang's subordinates came up and crackled a bunch of numbers, and the officers of the flag army listened dumbfounded, as if they were listening to a book from heaven. However, Hao Kang's subordinates were not annoyed by this, and the banner army was fully organized, although the overall number was not clear, but everything was very clear.

Let each team send out and take the required number of things. These things are placed on some painted ground, although it looks very complicated, but after a busy time, you can see that the same materials are neatly placed everywhere.

Surprised, Tokhtar rode through the clearing, and found that each clearing had already been drawn with white ash. A flag of the detachment below the Banner Army was planted in every boundary, and the well water did not interfere with the river water. You can also see all the detachments clearly and neatly. The best thing is that the supplies are already packed in the same container or special package, but they are not counted, and just by looking at it, you can see that each detachment has received exactly the same thing.

The excitement of the courtesan group has been thrown out of the clouds, and he praised it while watching it, and immediately urged the horse to return to Hao Kang's side after reading it, "Brother Hao Kang, you have worked hard." ”

Hao Kang replied: "Brother Toto, I have to bother you to go and watch it." I'm afraid of another conflict when moving things. ”

"Those dare!" Tokhtar said loudly.

"It's not whether they dare or not, if they mix together during transportation, something will definitely happen." Hao Kang said calmly.

Tokhtar doesn't believe it. Just watched the teams of people and horses who had finished distributing things to their queues, and saw that the neat supplies and the neat queue suddenly became chaotic, and it didn't take long for it to be as Hao Kang said, and there was a conflict in the crowded place. Tokhtar was furious and prepared to urge the horse over. But he was pulled by Hao Kang, "Take off the big brother, let them move their things back." ”

"Why?" Detachment

However, the military affairs were done much faster than Tokh thought, and the men and horses on Hao Kang's side had already been prepared, and all the food and materials were actually packaged in the same way, instead of the Mongolian appearance of rubbing them in piles. Seeing this, Totoh is not in a hurry. The reason why he was in a hurry before was that he was used to the Mongolian style. According to that model, the materials of 10,000 people would have to be handed over for at least three days. In Baghdad, it is not uncommon for a handover of this scale to take place for six or seven days, and for the point of quarreling to the point of killing people. The plan is to cool down first and then hand over.

During the handover, the officers of the Flag Army seemed to be uncountable. Hao Kang's subordinates came up and crackled a bunch of numbers, and the officers of the flag army listened dumbfounded, as if they were listening to a book from heaven. However, Hao Kang's subordinates were not annoyed by this, and the banner army was fully organized, although the overall number was not clear, but everything was very clear.

Let each team send out and take the required number of things. These things are placed on some painted ground, although it looks very complicated, but after a busy time, you can see that the same materials are neatly placed everywhere.

Surprised, Tokhtar rode through the clearing, and found that each clearing had already been drawn with white ash. A flag of the detachment below the Banner Army was planted in every boundary, and the well water did not interfere with the river water. You can also see all the detachments clearly and neatly. The best thing is that the supplies are already packed in the same container or special package, but they are not counted, and just by looking at it, you can see that each detachment has received exactly the same thing.

The excitement of the courtesan group has been thrown out of the clouds, and he praised it while watching it, and immediately urged the horse to return to Hao Kang's side after reading it, "Brother Hao Kang, you have worked hard." ”

Hao Kang replied: "Brother Toto, I have to bother you to go and watch it." I'm afraid of another conflict when moving things. ”

"Those dare!" Tokhtar said loudly.

"It's not whether they dare or not, if they mix together during transportation, something will definitely happen." Hao Kang said calmly.

Tokhtar doesn't believe it. Just watched the teams of people and horses who had finished distributing things to their queues, and saw that the neat supplies and the neat queue suddenly became chaotic, and it didn't take long for it to be as Hao Kang said, and there was a conflict in the crowded place. Tokhtar was furious and prepared to urge the horse over. But he was pulled by Hao Kang, "Take off the big brother, let them move their things back." ”

"Why?" Detachment