The letter was finally written, and the document was copied in three copies. The signature was sealed, and the chamberlain hurried to send it. Boyan went to the dormitory, and saw Princess Mary talking to her son, and when Boyan came in, the two hurriedly got up. Letting his son go out first, Boyan asked Princess Maria, "Are you sure about the marriage?" ”

"The candidate has been decided, so I'm waiting for someone to send someone to see it. I would like to go back to Constantinople in person. ”

"Oh. That's hard work. Boyan smiled.

Mary replied with some nostalgia: "I haven't been back to Constantinople for many years, and I always hear in my letters that Constantinople has changed a lot, and I have to see it with my own eyes." ”

Ten days later, Princess Maria's boat docked in her hometown. The dock on the shore is crowded with people, flags fluttering, and it is very lively. When the boat came to a stop, the Praetorian Guards laid out a red carpet under the gangplank. A crowd of brightly armored Janissaries swarmed around the Eastern Roman Barcellus and walked down the carpet to the bottom of the ship. When Princess Maria stepped off the boat, the two relatives stood face to face again.

Baseleus opened her arms, and a moment later, Princess Mary stepped forward to embrace her brother. The eunuch next to him was the first to applaud, and the other civil and military generals all applauded for this reunion. Even knowing in her heart that this was just a ceremony, Princess Maria couldn't help but feel a little moved in her heart. She is sixty years old, her elders have all passed away, and there are not many siblings of the same generation, even half-siblings, left. Cordially holding the brother's hand, the two got into the carriage.

Among the onlookers, there were people from the province of Europa, who were not moved, but quickly returned to the office and began to send the report. The news first returned to Athens, and from there followed the fleet south. Arriving in Mumbai, we continued south along the newly erected telegraph station. Then take a fast transit boat to Siam, from Siam again turned into an electric signal and go straight to Kaifeng. Within ten days, the entire telegram was sent to the table of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice.

There is not only news of Princess Maria, but also a copy of Boyan's letters. Lu Baifeng saw that he could get such information, and praised Luo Yiren, the minister of the domain, "Xiao Luo, are you very capable." ”

Luo Yiren nodded proudly, and said in a rather exaggerated tone: "Thank you Minister Lu for your compliment, it seems that you can add a chicken leg tonight." ”

Lu Baifeng sighed, Luo Yiren is still young, at least Lu Baifeng can't face work so easily.

Boyan's letter to the Mongol Great Khan Timur was collated and turned into a briefing note. Boyan made an assessment of the war, and Lu Baifeng and Luo Yiren discussed the briefing, but they couldn't laugh.

Boyan believes that the northern slave dynasty of Tianzhu had ten advantages:

First, morale is high, obedience to command, and fanaticism;

the second is light, fast;

third, there are abundant military doctors;

Fourth, the camel soldiers are not weaker than the Mongols;

Fifth, the bow and long arrows are heavy, the javelin is the same, and the shooting on foot is not weaker than that of Mongolia;

Sixth, the knife is fast and the blade is long, and the buried knife battle is not weaker than Mongolia;

Seventh, the shield is large and strong, and the javelin bow and arrow cannot be penetrated;

Eighth, the slave dynasty had elephant soldiers, but the Mongols did not;

ninth, the battle in the dense forest is stronger than that of the Mongols;

Ten is that there are many carriages, which can be transported and ridden......

"Xiao Luo, is the Tianzhu Slave Dynasty really so strong?" Lu Baifeng was a little shocked after reading it.

"When they mobilized, our department was very worried." Luo Yiren's expression was very serious inadvertently, "If the slave dynasty really turns to attack the central part of Tianzhu under the guise of attacking Mongolia, I am considering asking the official family to send the Great Song People's Liberation Army to participate in the war...... uh, liberate the people of Tianzhu." ”

The Song army used to have the names of various troops, the Imperial Forest Army, the Divine Guard Army, and the Shence Army...... And so on and so forth. The Song army under the Zhao Guanjia did not have the names of the various units, only the numbers. Now that the Zhao official family has given the entire Song army a name, Lu Baifeng admires this name very much, and it can be heard from Luo Yiren's words that Luo Yiren also agrees with this name very much.

"If we go to war, what are the chances of winning?"

"Victory!"

"What about the loss?"

Luo Yiren sighed: "It's hard to say this. The hot climate in Tianzhu and the dense jungle make it easy for bacteria and various microorganisms to breed. You also know how seriously the Ministry of Science and Technology takes epidemic prevention. We almost worship the Epidemic Prevention Bureau as our ancestors! ”

"We haven't heard of a major epidemic in the Great Song Dynasty for more than ten years, is there any special infectious disease in Tianzhu?"

"There are no special infectious diseases in Tianzhu, but there are all kinds of infectious diseases in Tianzhu."

“…… Very well equipped. Lu Baifeng was very speechless about this evaluation.

"Minister Lu, you should know the so-called 95% epidemic prevention barrier when you participate in the study, right?" Luo Yiren asked.

"It's a bit impressive." Lu Baifeng replied. After saying that, he realized that he had no impression of the matter, so he said, "Tell me about it." ”

Luo Yiren doesn't care about the characteristics of the old guys, according to what Zhao Guanjia said, it's not forgetfulness, it's not that he doesn't go to his heart. It's that there is no concept. The bureaucrats in the younger area are different, they are much more educated than the older ones, and many concepts can be easily established even if they did not exist before. This is also something that cannot be helped, for example, the old guys believed in such a god as the 'plague god' twenty years ago. For young people like Luo Yiren, they think that the first thing to establish is the natural concept of 'bacteria, viruses, and microorganisms', and the plague god is easily classified as 'natural awe' by young people, and even more arbitrarily classified as 'feudal superstition'.

The so-called 95% barrier means that once the vaccination rate of a certain vaccine reaches 95% in a certain area, the probability of infection for 5% of people who have not been vaccinated is close to zero. The surrounding vaccinated population prevents the spread of infectious diseases, leaving people living in them without a chance to be infected.

This is very evident in the Great Song Dynasty. The first area to start vaccinating was Fujian, where there has been no smallpox epidemic for nearly 30 years. Therefore, when smashing those plague temples, only a few elderly people will be really worried about offending the plague god. However, there are big problems in Hebei, which is also engaged in anti-feudal superstition and breaking the four olds, and many local people sincerely maintain those useless broken temples. This matter was discussed very much in the Great Song Dynasty.

"Although we don't have 95% of the big songs, we are at least 85% in the city. In Tianzhu, there is no knowledge of epidemic prevention, and the proportion of purposeful vaccinations is zero. Our military is exposed to the threat of infectious diseases all the time. The so-called great plague after the Great War is because a large number of people gathered together and brought all kinds of plagues together. Or the military marching through inaccessible natural environments and spreading infectious diseases that live in those places along the way. The more Luo Yiren spoke, the more he sighed.

"I asked the Department of Epidemic Prevention and Control, and they said that many vaccines can also be particularly effective in better environments. If you are exposed to a large-scale infectious disease, even if you are vaccinated, you will not die. There is also a chance of falling ill. Fighting in Tianzhu, once you fall ill, this mortality rate will come up. ”

Lu Baifeng didn't seem to understand it, and after thinking about it again, he asked a question: "I have no malicious intentions, but I want to ask, listening to what you mean, it seems that you want to be immortal when you fight." Can it be done? ”

"Minister Lu, I think the current Great Song Dynasty treats human life as human life. There is a real and acceptable death, such as being injured on the battlefield and then dying of the worsening of the wound, or being killed directly on the battlefield. That's fine. If someone dies before they go to war, this is very unacceptable. ”

Lu Baifeng thought about it, and his brows furrowed. This is understandable, but in reality it is not. In Lu Baifeng's insight, he found that in fact, the majority of deaths were caused by various situations that everyone thought were more common. The real death was extremely tragic, and the number of people who left a deep impression on people was much lower than it was below.

"If the Song army can't accept such losses now, then how can they fight." Lu Baifeng asked.

Luo Yiren sighed: "So the official family has to draw the border. Let our Song army fight as much as possible at home. For the sake of the land of the Great Song Dynasty, everyone's acceptance of losses is much higher. ”

Lu Baifeng didn't expect Luo Yiren to think of the policy of demarcating clear boundaries, and there were some waves in his heart. If that's the case, could it be that the Zhao Guanjia has already considered this matter?

"Forget it, let's read Boyan's letter." Luo Yiren changed the subject.

After Boyan first put forward the various advantages of the Tianzhu slave dynasty, he made a suggestion for future wars.

Mongolia's strategy should be extremely cautious, focusing on defense in the early stage. Gather a large army and defend against the danger. The slave dynasty had many expeditions, and the logistics were difficult and could not last. Iran's grass withered early, the grass of the two rivers withered late, and the other party could not enter the two rivers in late autumn, and the horses would have no grain and grass.

The Mongol army gathered to graze against each other, and sent a small number of small troops to constantly provoke and attack, and withdrew as soon as they succeeded. The Mongols moved to the next pasture. Tianzhu had to slow down for emergencies, and after advancing, he had to be barren with grass.

For this defense system, Boyan summed it up as 'the more I retreat, the more logistical it becomes, the more he advances, and the poorer the grain and grass become'.

Seeing this, Lu Baifeng frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly shouted: "Wonderful! It's really wonderful! ”

Luo Yiren had already read it, and couldn't help nodding slightly, completely impressed by Boyan's strategy and tactical arrangements.

This passage is very simple, the confrontation between the Mongols and the Tianzhu slave dynasty is not simply to defeat the other party, nor is it simply to defend against the other party's attack. Instead, they took advantage of the Mongol garrison to deplete the local pastures. Therefore, regardless of victory or defeat, after the Mongol army consumed a piece of pasture, it moved to the station, leaving an empty pasture for the army of the Tianzhu slave dynasty to toss by itself.

Such a local infantry would probably still be able to pass, and the cavalry would have logistical difficulties due to lack of fodder. This tactic is really the key point that the most experienced players can grasp.

Lu Baifeng sighed, and simply read the last paragraph aloud, "He is a jihad army and has to enter, and if he wanders in the camp, his heart will be distracted, so he will rush forward." Our army will wait calmly, and when it is exhausted, the counterattack in winter will be completely victorious. …… Wonderful! This is really wonderful! ”

Luo Yiren nodded heavily. This 'jihadist division, which has to be entered', really grasps the key. The reason why the Tianzhu colony was worried about the impact of the slave dynasty was because the slave dynasty was engaged in a war launched in the name of God. For example, if you use cavalry to confront you, when the horses and livestock have eaten up the pasture, you can move your position, leaving only a few supervisory troops in charge of intelligence gathering in the local area.

No matter from that point of view, as long as this continues, even people like Luo Yiren, who don't understand war, can understand what is happening. "Forget it, let's read Boyan's letter." Luo Yiren changed the subject.

After Boyan first put forward the various advantages of the Tianzhu slave dynasty, he made a suggestion for future wars.

Mongolia's strategy should be extremely cautious, focusing on defense in the early stage. Gather a large army and defend against the danger. The slave dynasty had many expeditions, and the logistics were difficult and could not last. Iran's grass withered early, the grass of the two rivers withered late, and the other party could not enter the two rivers in late autumn, and the horses would have no grain and grass.

The Mongol army gathered to graze against each other, and sent a small number of small troops to constantly provoke and attack, and withdrew as soon as they succeeded. The Mongols moved to the next pasture. Tianzhu had to slow down for emergencies, and after advancing, he had to be barren with grass.

For this defense system, Boyan summed it up as 'the more I retreat, the more logistical it becomes, the more he advances, and the poorer the grain and grass become'.

Seeing this, Lu Baifeng frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly shouted: "Wonderful! It's really wonderful! ”

Luo Yiren had already read it, and couldn't help nodding slightly, completely impressed by Boyan's strategy and tactical arrangements.

This passage is very simple, the confrontation between the Mongols and the Tianzhu slave dynasty is not simply to defeat the other party, nor is it simply to defend against the other party's attack. Instead, they took advantage of the Mongol garrison to deplete the local pastures. Therefore, regardless of victory or defeat, after the Mongol army consumed a piece of pasture, it moved to the station, leaving an empty pasture for the army of the Tianzhu slave dynasty to toss by itself.

Such a local infantry would probably still be able to pass, and the cavalry would have logistical difficulties due to lack of fodder. This tactic is really the key point that the most experienced players can grasp.

Lu Baifeng sighed, and simply read the last paragraph aloud, "He is a jihad army and has to enter, and if he wanders in the camp, his heart will be distracted, so he will rush forward." Our army will wait calmly, and when it is exhausted, the counterattack in winter will be completely victorious. …… Wonderful! This is really wonderful! ”

Luo Yiren nodded heavily. This 'jihadist division, which has to be entered', really grasps the key. The reason why the Tianzhu colony was worried about the impact of the slave dynasty was because the slave dynasty was engaged in a war launched in the name of God. For example, if you use cavalry to confront you, when the horses and livestock have eaten up the pasture, you can move your position, leaving only a few supervisory troops in charge of intelligence gathering in the local area.

No matter from that point of view, as long as this continues, even people like Luo Yiren, who don't understand war, can understand what is happening. ……