When Lu Qian, who was far away in Jinling, received the battle report from Tianfang, it had been a month and twenty-three days since the Battle of Baogar.

"Lost more than 300 people and defeated more than 10,000 enemy infantry cavalry." Lu Qian looked at the battle report, and a smile bloomed on his face: "One hundred and sixty-seven officers and soldiers died in the battle......

This is a good result.

When the army speaks of losses, it refers to all personnel who have lost their combat effectiveness, including those killed, disabled, seriously wounded, and missing in battle. Among them, the only uncertainties are the seriously injured people, but they really rarely return to the army after recovery, and basically survived is a big fate. The physical damage caused by the injury has also reached a certain level, whether it is physical strength, speed, strength and flexibility, there is a big gap from before the injury, and he will not be accepted back to the army again at all.

This can be seen from the athletes who have suffered a significant decline in their competitive form after a major injury.

The best destination for these people is to stay in the feudal country and become a middle-level official, or return to Middle-earth, and live a lifetime by relying on the gifts of the imperial court, such as pensions and tax cuts.

Skipping the casualties, Lu Qian took a closer look at them and said: "Killed two hundred and five Ross knights and middle and senior officers, two thousand cavalry, and captured more than three thousand. 800 Bolgars were killed, 4,300 prisoners were taken......"

Such a result was led by Lu Chuan and Lu Yue with less than 7,000 troops, even though there were many elites in their divisions, it was also quite a remarkable achievement.

"Cheng Min, Wang Sheng, Xiao Heda, Pang Rong, Li Xing...... and the generals under the two sons have many military exploits, among which outstanding ones such as Cheng Min, Wang Sheng, Xiao Heda, etc., look at this battle report, the first two are brave and strategic, and they don't seem to be weaker than Xiao Heda, who has already become famous.

"It seems that there are really a lot of people buried in this world...... "The army fought fiercely in Tianfang and Tianzhu, and there are also many characters who have come out of it, such as Dong Xian, Liang Xing, Fu Xuan, Wang Quan, Wei Sheng, etc., Lu Qian still has some impressions of Dong Xian and Liang Xing, and he is a great general in the Yue family army in history, but Emperor Lu's famous generals are like clouds, such as Wu Jue and Wu Lin's brothers, and they all have to be ignored, why did he go to find Dong Xian, Liang Xing and other figures?

Now it has fallen into his eyes, however, at the age of more than half a hundred, the hero has gray hair.

"It's really a good general, and it's a pity that I've been hesitant for many years!" Lu Qian said appreciatively to Cheng Min and Wang Sheng: "Among the generals and colonels of our army, these two people should be middle-class and upper-class figures. ”

However, there is another bird for the empty afterthought?

Time is the most ruthless, and after more than ten years of time, a person has been abolished.

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As for the Rus' principalities in the ice and snow at the same time, whether it was Vsevolod II Oligovich, who occupied the position of Grand Duke, or Pereyaslaval, SeveroNovgorod, who felt the threat of the Lu Qi army at close range, or the more compact Kursk and Chernikov, one messenger after another did not know how many times they had traveled with each other.

Even further north, the Ryazan, Smolensk, Polotsk, and Novgorod republics, as well as the nobles of Pinsk, Volyn, and other places, sent envoys to Kiev.

Well, don't be surprised that a group of Rus' principalities are mixed up in a single republic, you know, that's where the Rurik dynasty originated. The Slavs, who were in a mess at the beginning, adhered to the concept that foreign monks would recite scriptures, and invited a Viking named Rurik from Jutland to be the boss, which is the origin of the Rurik dynasty and the origin of the Rus' principality. And Rurik's entry into Rus' was in Novgorod.

Soon the political center of the Rurik dynasty was moved from Novgorod to Kiev, and over then the Dukes of Novgorod were in charge of defense, while the interior of Novgorod was governed by the archdiocese and elected mayors. The aristocratic republic was born not only in the warm Italian regions of the south, but also in the cold Novgorod in the far north.

The defeat at the Battle of Bolgar shook the whole Rus', and although it was difficult for the princes to put aside their old grievances and face this great threat together, they were able to reach out to each other under a beautiful banner and listen to each other's attitudes.

Vsevolod II Oligovich called on the princes to send troops to defend Kyiv, because it will certainly be the focus of the Chinese offensive next year, and at the same time, Kiev's special geographical location - very far east - also determines that it will definitely be attacked.

Vsevolod II Oligovich claimed that he had received news from the east that the soldiers and horses assembled by the Chinese were cavalry, and if they passed through the cities of the principalities and did not take them, the army could reach the city of Kiev quickly. Then Pereyaslav and SeveroNovgorod, or Kursk and Chernykov, are simply powerless to stop them.

"You don't need noble knights to defend the city, send all your cavalry to Kyiv, let us unite and defend the Rus' against that terrible enemy. I swear that what I say is my deepest desire for God to prove my true heart. ”

His cries seemed emotional, but the birds didn't use them. Except for the two old brothers, Pinsk and Kurkos, no one believed him.

Vsevolod II Oligovich also sent someone to contact the Byzantines. The latter had already heard of the Crimean Peninsula before the winter in the north really came, but it would have been a joke for John II to send an army to regain the Crimean Peninsula.

The cold winter turns northern Xinjiang into a world of ice and snow, but the winter in Asia Minor does not necessarily freeze the water into ice. Under such circumstances, Lu Qi's main force has already begun to restart the war.

The entire Persian Plateau has not been completely pacified, but it has been largely calm, that is, several major transportation routes have been opened. For Lu Qijun, this is fine. At the same time, Muqtafi in Baghdad also opened the passage to the Lu Qi army.

Although the contact between the two is still very short, Muktafi really does not trust the Chinese. I don't know if the trick of the false Dao has been staged in the Heavenly World, but Gong Zhiqi, the minister of Yu State in the Golden Gate Palace, will definitely have the same worries. It's just that there are smart people in Baghdad, and they know very well what the Tigris water transport means to Luqi!

When the Lu Qi army entered the valley of the two rivers, it was only necessary to capture Mosul. Once it is taken, a large number of military supplies can be directly transported to the hands of the main force of the northern Lu Qi army through the Tigris River, and at the same time, a large amount of goods in the hands of the latter can also reach the Enze coast by water, and then cross the Tianfang Sea to the west bank of Tianzhu, and finally be transported back to Middle-earth, which will greatly reduce the transportation consumption of Lu Qi.

If Baghdad refuses to accept such a major matter of interest, it will be tantamount to taking the initiative to pour a bucket of ice water on their friendship with Lu Qi.

Muktafi and they have to think about one thing more clearly, that is, once the Lu Qi army really wields a knife at Baghdad, how can the power in their hands resist it?

With his arms twisting his thighs, compromise seems to have become a must for Baghdad!

Now, a large number of army troops have marched to the battlefield of Mosul, and the elite soldiers are ready to go out. The famous city of spring (due to the similar temperatures in spring and autumn) has been caught in the flames of war.

John II could have foreseen that after Mosul was conquered, a large army of land forces would definitely launch a final attack on the Seljuk forces in the east-central part of the Asia Minor peninsula! The Byzantine forces and energy were still not enough to pay attention to the Asia Minor peninsula, how could they recover the Crimean Peninsula and fight for the Rus' people?