Bai Chonghu replied: "Your Majesty, we are discussing this matter. It has been fifteen days since the Seljuk coalition crossed the Xihong River. The main force has only moved one hundred and ten miles to Baishui City and the Talos line. The turtle crawls all over the capital.
Faster than them."
Zhao Si nodded, "You can see it too. What did Wei Baoqing and the others say?"
Wei Baoqing, Hu Luxiong, Gao Shixuan, Wang Shunchen and other chief and deputy commanders all went to the front line. Only Bai Chonghu and Yang Zongmin, the chief and deputy chief of staff, were left behind.
"According to Yeli Huangyou and Helian Baoshu who have fought against the Seljuk coalition, the enemy's cavalry archers are still very powerful, brave in combat, rich in experience, and have a tenacious fighting will and high morale."
"This means that they are not timid. Then why are they still dragging their feet? With more than 200,000 cavalry, how much food and grass must be consumed every day? Sanjar has a mine at home!" Zhao Si said to himself.
, "Although the Hezhong area is rich, how long can it sustain it? If the food and grass cannot be supplied, the whole line may collapse. It is impossible for Sanjar, who has been fighting for more than ten or twenty years, not to know the importance."
Zhao Si stared at the sand table for a while, then turned to Bai Chonghu and Yang Zongmin and asked.
"What do you think is the reason?"
Bai Chonghu and Yang Zongmin looked at each other and shook their heads.
"It's very simple. From Sanjar's point of view, we can lose this battle, but he cannot lose. If we lose, the most we can do is spit out the Eastern Kara Khanate, not even the Gaochang Kingdom. We can go back and repair the two kingdoms.
Nian can make a comeback, but he can't lose."
Zhao Xi's eyes were shining.
"He is the governor of the Seljuk Khanate in eastern Persia. His power comes from the Seljuk Khanate. Unfortunately, this khanate has declined and has no time to take care of itself. In order to maintain his power, Sanjar must have tried his best. This
If he wins the battle, his reputation and power will be even higher. If he loses, his rule in Khorasan may collapse in an instant due to internal and external troubles. Therefore, he cannot afford to lose."
Bai Chonghu and Yang Zongmin were thoughtful.
They didn't think of this, because they had always only analyzed it from a military perspective from the standpoint of a general. There was no way to think about the overall issue from a political perspective from the perspective of a monarch like Zhao did.
"War is just a continuation of politics. I told you this ten years ago." Zhao Si said in a profound voice.
"Your Majesty, Sanjar is so hesitant and slow to use his troops. I'm afraid he wants to wait for us to show our weaknesses, and then attack in one fell swoop to win the game first."
"It's possible. Then we need to adjust our plan. If they don't take the initiative, we'll hit them until they do."
Bai Chonghu thought for a while and replied: "Your Majesty, my subordinates immediately revised the plan. Each division took turns to fight and launched attacks on its flanks, making it difficult for the Seljuk Khanate to gain a foothold on the Xihong River, forcing Sanjar to retreat to the river.
, or take the initiative to start a battle with us!"
Zhao Si thought about it in his mind for a while, then nodded and agreed to the plan.
Only two days later, Sanjar received reports from the front one after another.
"The Song army is like a pack of wild wolves, charging at us from all directions, using bows and arrows, and monsters that can breathe fire and explode to kill and injure our warriors, and then disappear like cowards." Sanjar shook his hands.
report, shouting about filial piety.
"These damn Song troops should stay in dark and damp caves. They are cunning, cowardly, a group of cowards, and they are the eggs in camel excrement..." Sanjar poured out all the words he could think of in his mind.
On the people of Song Dynasty.
Because of this round of attacks, his subordinates suffered heavy losses. In particular, most of the injuries to nearly 10,000 people occurred on the Yinketa cavalry who were directly under him - these are the things that made him famous and competed in the world.
capital.
Of course Sancar was furious and full of resentment.
"Zagut, what suggestions do you have?" After spitting two pounds of saliva, Sanjar's anger finally calmed down. He turned to ask his escort general and chief staff officer, Aplan Zagut.
Uplan Zagut is Sanjar's personal Ghulam, known as the king's close friend. In fact, he is a military slave who has been trained hard since childhood. He was originally a personal guard trained by the Abbasid Caliphate. After passing through the Samanid Dynasty, he became a military slave.
The development of the Seljuk Khanate and the Kara Khanate was improved and perfectly inherited by the Seljuk Khanate - some gulams were castrated from childhood, so their relationship with the monarch became closer.
"Your Highness, what I am more worried about is that the Song army used weapons that breathed fire and exploded during this attack. There are rumors that the Song people have mastered the devil's weapons, which can breath fire and explode. In the war against the Khitan and the Dangxiang people,
, give full play to it. Now it seems that these rumors are still well-founded."
After listening to Zagut's worried words, Sanjar was stunned. He swallowed and asked uneasily: "If the Song people use these... terrible weapons, what are our chances of winning?"
"Your Highness, no one can withstand the devil's weapons except the one and only true God."
Zagut's words were confusing, but Sanjar understood them.
He walked around the room several times, raised his head and said to Zagut, who was a head taller than him: "Zagut, what should we do now? As the governor of Great Khorassan, I am the supreme leader of the Seljuk Khanate in the East.
Ruler, I can’t help but come. Now, I can’t lose. What should I do?”
Zagut thought for a while: "Your Highness, now the Song people have what we need, and presumably we also have what they need. The key is that both parties must be aware of this."
Sanjar's eyes flickered, "You mean, talk in secret and reach some kind of tacit understanding?"
"Your Highness, sometimes the mouth and tongue are more powerful than swords, guns and bows and arrows."
Sanjar thought for a long time and asked in a low voice: "Who to send?"
Yes, who should be sent? That is, he needs to be someone he trusts very much to ensure that he will not go out and talk nonsense, and he must be able to strike up a conversation with the people of Song Dynasty. The latter part is the most difficult.
"Your Highness, Tuglia is responsible for purchasing for Your Highness. He is loyal and has dealt with merchants from the Song Dynasty..."
Tuglia is also Sanjar's "close friend of the king", but his position is more like that of a general manager.
"Call him here..." Sanjar thought for a long time and then ordered.
A few days later, Tuglia was brought to Broken Leaf City in front of Zhao Si.
"You were Sanjar's chamberlain and now his special envoy?" Zhao Si asked with a frown after hearing Li Yunhai's answer.
Tugeria only knows a few simple sentences in Chinese and must have a translator. Li Yunhai has been in the Qihe area for many years and has learned fluent Turkic, so he was temporarily recruited to do the translation.
After receiving Tuglia's affirmative answer and hearing what he relayed about Sanjar's intentions, Zhao Si nodded and waved to the guards to take him down.
Zhao Si called Bai Chonghu, Yang Zongmin, Li Yunhai, as well as Wei Baoqing and Hu Luxiong who were ordered to return to Suiye City to the big tent.
He asked Li Yunhai to paraphrase Tuglia's words and concluded: "Now this battle has become six points military and four points political. No, no, in Sanjar's eyes, it is four points military and six points
politics."
Wei Baoqing, who had been meditating, turned to Bai Chonghu and Yang Zongmin and asked, "The General Staff Bureau has the most complete and detailed information. Do you analyze and analyze whether Sanjar's move is reasonable?"
Bai Chonghu and Yang Zongmin must have considered this matter together. Bai Chonghu replied loudly: "According to our intelligence, Sanjar's handling was indeed not good. The basic base of the Seljuk Khanate is indeed Khorasan and Persia, but they
Most of the energy is tied up in the west. The Sudanese factions in various places are fighting against each other, the Christian Crusades, and the internal factional disputes within the Communist Party cannot provide strong support to Sanjar."
"According to our understanding, after the death of Sanjar's father, the former Khan of the Seljuk Khanate, twenty-five years ago, war broke out in Persia and Khorasan. Sanjar, under the influence of his two elder brothers,
With the support of the previous and current kings of the Seljuk Khanate, it took more than ten years of hard work to level these forces."
"Before, we were fighting each other to the death, but now we suddenly become loyal? I don't believe it."
Bai Chonghu's words caused a hint of imperceptible embarrassment to appear on Li Yunhai's face. However, no one noticed, and he quickly returned to normal.
"And these forces, including Ghor, Ghaznavids, Gurman, Sistan, Semnan, Yazd, and Fars, all have territory, soldiers, and money. Will they sincerely submit to them?"
Bai Chonghu's words caused everyone to fall into silence. This chapter has been completed!