Eagle Byzantium

This plan is also impeccable, but Gawain understands in his heart that the current military strength available to the King of Justice for the decisive battle should only be about 50,000, and his own side has about 100,000: having obtained the key information of Guo Yaoshi, he is completely confident. .

Therefore, Gawain decided not to be polite, "What I want is not to defeat or expel, what I want is to completely annihilate this so-called Great Fair King's expeditionary force."

Then the emperor shifted the scepter slightly, and everyone's eyes turned to Cruztaros Guo in the crowd.

This man was immediately flattered, and then said respectfully in front of the map table, "I have served under King Pingyi for several years, and I know the regulations of his fortress. According to my experience, although the people directly under King Pingyi have strong and terrifying combat power, The cavalry is his weakness."

After these words were spoken, all the Roman generals were doubtful and there was a lot of noise: King Fairy came here on his western expedition and collected countless barbarian cavalry for his own use along the way. How could he say that the cavalry was a "weak spot"?

But the emperor seemed to believe Guo Yaoshi's conclusion. He said leisurely, "King Fairy's army hastily crossed the Oxus River and rushed into the city of Mofu. It was choked by several of my remaining brigades in cooperation with the Seljuq soldiers. Square inch; now General Diogenes on our northern front , I have led a detachment to retake the city of Tus and advance towards the Oxus River; I and you are in the small city of Mofu, and threaten the southern line of King Fair. The situation of outflanking and attacking from three sides has been formed, which is the decisive victory. It's a good time. And according to what General Crustarus said last night, King Fair. The whole army numbered about 50,000, with the advantage of firearms, vehicles and pack horses, and built a fish scale-shaped camp group around Mofu City. The whole army cut down all the grass and trees, dug trenches and stood firm, and has been confronting our army to this day. The horses of the barbarian cavalry The fodder was close to running out, and the infantry's firearms, The supply of bows and crossbows was also in great embarrassment. In addition, the Oxus River suddenly burst its banks (speaking of this, Guo Yaoshi's face turned pale immediately) and poured into the area between the big and small Mofu City, causing the entire camp of King Ping Ping to be sidelined. With water at our back, it’s a good time for us to make a surprise attack and win.”

So the emperor placed his scepter on the map table and said:

I partially adopted the plan put forward by the generals, that is, I personally led the three-winged brigade, the Imperial Guards, and the Pauline servants, a total of 20,000 people, to bypass this swamp under the banner and go to the camp in Nishapur City. Go and join forces with Yevanduni, Philomelon, the Serbian Grand Brigade, the Epirus Grand Brigade, the border militia, and the Seljuq Army who stayed behind, and attack the camp and fortifications of the King of Justice from the front;

And my four cavalry regiments, including the Gul Cavalry with their servants, the Guards Cavalry, and General Crustaros Guo's Niki Brigade (mainly cavalry), hired guides from Little Mov City , looking for undisturbed paths through swamps and forests, passing through At the critical moment, we must seize the fodder and horses of the horse herder in King Ping Ping's camp, and attack his camp (the route and regulations were all planned by Guo Yaoshi). I cannot personally command this strange army, and leave it to the command of Mero. , and let General Cruztaros Guo be the vanguard;

When the surprise troops arrive on the flank battlefield, they will use light cannons and light the Khitan fire wheels as a signal. As long as they see the signal, the entire army must not hesitate no matter where they are and what state they are in. They must attack together!

Three days later, the entire land of Persia was in the transition from late autumn to early winter. The cold wave from the north seemed to have arrived quite early. The wind carrying white snow particles began to blow, and the entire area on both sides of the Oxus River was annihilated by the flood. , and turned into hoarfrost and broken ice - Gawain's soldiers and horses began to Little Mofu City broke out of camp and advanced. Most of the soldiers covered their armor with blankets or linen. They began to miss the hot weather in northern India again. The ice cubes formed between the gaps in the armor of the men and horses moved with the pace of advance. , made a fine friction sound, and then fell.

During the march, Gawain received a secret letter from the postman, which was sent by his wife Anna. It said that the rebellion in Mosia and Bosnia had been brutally put down, and the Orthodox churches and city walls of the Great Preslav City were all burned down and razed by the army. , three hundred key criminals involved in the rebellion, including Orthodox priests, were beheaded or hanged. This magnificent castle was completely destroyed in accordance with the wishes of Christopher, the Augustus Crown Prince, before he went out to the army. Next, Christophe asked his mother, "Great Basilisa, my biological mother, now you can issue an edict calling all the imperial priests to attend the assembly of believers. But only in Adrianople, because Dapu The prepared site of Reslav was in ruins."

Sure enough, after Anna issued the order, even the originally most arrogant Bosnian retreat had to send fifty representatives to Adrianople, so Anna wrote at the end of the letter, "Dear husband, may the Imperial Spirit and the Blessed Virgin Mary Bless you in triumph and dye the blood of Nestorian heresy red Khazar The sea and the sea of ​​​​Khorazm, in addition to the affairs of the Isfahan court, you have to plot and implement it in addition to military affairs - this battle is actually as you and I have deduced before, defeating the Great Fair King is secondary, creating A new order in the entire eastern border of the empire is fundamental to bringing prosperity to the future of commerce.”

As Gawain wrote back to his wife, he secretly praised Christopher, with a sense of pride in his heart, "As expected, the most fierce and decisive ones are those who have the appearance of a gentle and gentle man, such as Christopher."

It seems that the future of the empire is also safe.

On the outskirts of the northeastern suburbs of Herat City, the emperor's troops, who were marching with countless flags and flags, suddenly received the third letter of credence from King Da Ping.

The official title of the envoy who delivered the letter was Secretary, but his official rank was the honorable Guanglu Doctor, and he was also a member of the Zhao family, named Zhao Liangsi.

His real name was Ma Zhi. Later, like Guo Yaoshi, he served the Song Dynasty and rose to prominence. He was deeply appreciated by the eunuch Xiang Tong, the general of the Song Dynasty, and was given the surname "Zhao".

In addition, Zhao Liangsi also had a deputy envoy named Lu Yihao, who was serving as the transport envoy of Hezhong and Huershan.

Gao Wen warmly received the envoys in the imperial camp. During the banquet, Gao Wen not only gave away a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, but also called beautiful Persian dancers to serve the banquet. Later, the emperor secretly observed and found that Zhao Liangsi had no idea of ​​self-discipline, and his words were also disorderly, just teasing and having fun; while Lu Yihao always sat upright, behaved properly, and looked calm and composed, which was appreciated by Gao Wen.

Then it was time to present the letter. When the emperor asked the interpreter to tell him the content, he couldn't help but laugh.

It turned out that the letter from the Great Gongping King actually stated that since the two sides had fought, there had been casualties on both sides, and there was no winner. Considering the people of the world, it would be better to end the war, and the state armies of both sides would guard their borders, with Nishapur as the boundary to divide the spheres of influence of both sides. The Great Gongping King recognized Gao Wen as the "Great Emperor of Fulin", and Gao Wen should also marry his sister or daughter to the Great Gongping King Zhao Tian, ​​recognizing the other party as the "Great Lord of Hursan", and the two countries, including Isfahan, formed a brotherly alliance of mutual assistance.