The army was still moving south, and after receiving the protons of the various tribes of the steppe, the warriors, slaves, livestock, artisans, etc., William's army swelled to 200,000. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The number of info has doubled, and the number of steppe nomadic troops has exceeded seventy percent. All this made the expeditionary force look more chaotic, more disorganized, and more nomadic.

The adjutants around William complained more and more. Finding enough supplies for such a large army is not an easy task. What's more, it's another thing to train these guys and make them reluctantly useful.

On top of that, it's also a hassle to keep these guys well armed.

Of course, William didn't care too much about these things, and he told his lieutenants, the quartermasters, to use whatever they wanted. Don't think of these guys as regular troops, especially not as the regular army of the Hereford family, the Russian-Gothic Empire.

Steel weapons are only needed to be issued to those leaders and elite troops. The armor is for the next level. As for talking about revolvers versus carbines. This kind of thing is not enough for himself, and William will give one or two of the most loyal and brave tribes as a prize, so that they can be regarded as family heirlooms.

As for artillery?

Hehe.

William would never allow those guys to have something as dangerous as artillery. Even the artillery that had been captured by the Cossack cavalry brigade before, he took it back. By the way, the heads of the two Cossack brigade commanders were screwed off - he had already told everyone that before escaping, before abandoning the artillery positions, it was necessary to nail the gun doors with iron nails to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of these artillery, but these idiots just didn't know.

It seems that the quickest and easiest way to teach these guys is to kill someone, kill a group of guys, and then the rest of the guys will definitely study hard. This will be very efficient. Well, that's it.

William used this tactic to train his new men, and so far, it seems that the effect is not bad. Although there are some guys who have doubts and opposition. But soon, these guys were with Shaybani Khan - you said Shaybani Khan wasn't dead? It didn't matter, it wasn't a few days anyway.

Under the coercive pressure of William, the war potential of the entire steppe was fully exploited. William now found the same feeling he had when he was in the Cuman-Kipchak steppe. With each step forward, his strength increases a lot.

Presumably, when he left the Uzbek steppe and went to Samarkand, his army could be expanded to nearly 300,000.

With enough cannon fodder, he could easily tear through the southern defenses - yes, before the real test came, William was ready to suspend the use of the main force under his command, that is, the army from Hereford, the Russian-Gothic Empire. These armies continue to train and train hard, and maintain discipline so that these fellows are not affected by the outskirts, the overly disciplined nomads.

Under this premise, William will keep these troops as long as possible. Then consume as many new annexes as possible.

That's it.

Samarkand, William's next target, was originally regarded by William as a temporary companion capital, and will also be the future capital of Samarkand, and now, the most important transportation hub city on the trade route, where wealth and merchants converge, is under the control of the Zoroastrian Empire.

I was surprised, but at the same time, I didn't understand why those savage nomads suddenly retreated and then became a mess. But the commander-in-chief, the governor-general, and the general of the military district on the northern border of Zoroaster still felt that this was a rather rare opportunity.

In the previous battles, he suffered a lot of losses from Shaybani Khan, and was also reprimanded by the Shah's edict, and now he urgently needs a victory to prove his ability, so that the Shah can feel satisfied, and at the same time to avoid the success of those villains who attack him. In this case, he did not think much about it, nor did he think about whether it was right or not, and then he took the most important city on the border with his army.

He then sent information to the court of Darius Shah, declaring that he had succeeded.

It was in this situation that the army of the Hereford family arrived.

William, very unhappy with the actions of the Zoroastrian Empire. He first made a request to the border governor of Samarkand, and the one who defeated Shaybani Khan was himself, and it was only natural to occupy all the territories of Shaybani Khan, and it was never what a good man should do to rob while the fire was burning like this. I hope that this guy will quickly repent and exchange all the illegally occupied imperial territory back. Otherwise, the consequences will be severe.

And the emissaries to the court of Darius III Shah gave their opinions and demands, and they basically did the same. William, who still wants to paralyze the other party for the time being, is quite polite to Darius Shah's handwritten letter.

This also caused a little desire, thought, and other concerns on the part of Darius Shah.

In Tabriz, in the palace of Darius Shah, the black eunuch handed William's handwritten letters to Shah's cronies. The expression of Darius Shah, who sat on the throne of the upper hand, looked rather sad. When the last minister had also read the letter, he sighed and said, "Since everyone has read it, let me tell you what to do." "The Emperor's envoy has only been gone for a few days.

Although they had said before that they were ready to deal with those barbarians, we didn't even confirm the news, and in such a short period of time, he had already defeated that terrible barbarian khan, and even annexed so many nomadic tribes.

Now that he is asking me to withdraw from all the Uzbek lands that have been usurped, what should we do?"

After Darius III finished speaking, a buzz rang out around him. The ministers and generals exchanged their heads with each other, discussing the matter in whispers. There were many people who were as sad as Darius III, and even thought that the border governors had taken over those territories and caused unnecessary trouble for the Zoroastrian Empire.

Of course, there were also some other people, the generals of the main battle faction, who thought that William's blackmail could not be accepted.

"We have all those territories occupied by ourselves! Why should we hand them over? Whoever gets how much he gets shouldn't envy others!"

Although this is said, the tone of the generals is not very strong. Because actually, they also know what is happening now, and what they are doing is a bit inauthentic.

Of course, that's what they say, but if they want to say anything, if that's the case, then just exchange the land for each other hahaha. They can't do it either. Because this will definitely be regarded as a coward, or even a traitor, by others. Although the brand new conquistadors from the north look very strong. This can be seen in their battle with Shaybani Khan. But the question is, who knows for sure what will happen to such a thing as war?

Therefore, before they really fight and determine the winner, they can't be sure how strong the opponent's combat power is.

That's what these generals think. And the ministers thought about it relatively more. The main reason is that if you back down at this moment, it will damage the national character, and the Zoroastrian Empire is also a fairly powerful empire with a long history, deep heritage. If there is no fighting, it would be too cowardly if someone else ceded the land with a word. Dignity is unbearable.

At the same time, the smarter guy also thought that if his side gave in and was regarded as weakness by that Caesar, things might get worse, and who knew if the other party would get an inch, and then want more benefits, more land, and more other things?

Therefore, a group of people from the military generals of Wenchen have expressed their opinions. In a word, it cannot be allowed, it cannot be accepted, and in any case, these lands cannot be handed over.

Seeing that these ministers and generals all said this, Darius III somewhat regained his spirit: "Since you say so, then, should we declare war on the other side?" Hearing Darius III say this, the generals of the civil and military generals were embarrassed again.

A declaration of war or something...... When you think about it, you don't think it's right. After all, the other party looks very powerful, and it only took a few months to get the entire Uzbek Khanate.

If these people are the main ones in the battle at this time, then after the defeat, everyone will find a reason, and then be pulled out and slaughtered as a scapegoat, which is a bit unworthy.

Therefore, all the civil and military generals are embarrassed. I don't know what to say. After a while, someone spoke: "Your Majesty, I think ...... A declaration of war or something, a little early. They don't seem to have any intention of declaring war on us. We might be able to negotiate first and explain to them - after all, there are other territories in Samarkand that are part of the Empire. ”

When he speaks of part of the empire, he is saying that once upon a time when the Zoroastrian Empire was strong, the power reached that region. So it's not too rigorous, but it's not wrong.

Soon, along this note, the Zoroastrian courtiers developed a strategy against the Herefords, the Russian-Gothic Empire.

They didn't want to go to war with the Empire, and they didn't want to give those lands to the Empire. So they chose to negotiate. If they could, they would pay a price in return, commissions, and thank-you gifts for the Russian-Gothic army's contribution to regional peace.

In addition to this, they expected the establishment of formal diplomatic relations with the Russian-Gothic Empire. In this way, there will be no misunderstandings like before.

Of course, while expecting a diplomatic settlement of the dispute, the people of the Zoroastrian Empire did not forget to take precautions. A large number of troops, reinforcements, and supplies were being transported to the north - of course, on the premise that the war between the Mughal Empire and the Ottoman Empire would not be affected on the eastern and western fronts.

The Zoroastrian monarch was always looking forward to things going for the better......