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Constantine V wore a floor-mopping robe and walked to the throne under the gaze of all the ministers, Empress Irina wore an almost transparent white silk floor-sweeping dress and followed him to his side with his support to enjoy the gaze of all the civil and military ministers to the throne, this is a model of wife and husband, although the Khazar Khanate was destroyed by Western Qin, but Irina's weight in Constantine V's heart has not changed at all, this is a happy woman, but this woman has been in poor health since the fall of the Khazar Khanate, and she is often sick, On several occasions, she almost died, but Constantine V's favor did not allow her to recover from her illness.

The husband and wife sat down on the wide golden throne, but Irina suddenly coughed violently, she immediately covered her mouth with a silk handkerchief, and the cough was a little quieter, but her face was flushed, and Constantine V immediately reached out and patted her on the back. When the ministers of civil and military affairs saw this situation, they all began to think differently.

Irina was favored by Constantine V's side at the same time, so that some ministers climbed to a high position because of her care, but there are also many ministers who are extremely dissatisfied and resentful of her favor, the upper political circle of the Eastern Roman Empire has always been extremely complex and chaotic, the interests of the ministers are intertwined, and the whole body is affected, if something happens to Irina, there will definitely be a large number of people in Constantinople who are very miserable.

After a violent cough, Irina took down the silk handkerchief, but saw a red blood mass on the silk handkerchief, Irina's pale face appeared gloomy, and the face of Constantine V beside him changed, "Irina??????"

"My dear, my majesty, keep quiet, I'm all right! I'm afraid I can't stay here to listen to you discuss state affairs with the ministers, send someone to send me back, and I will wait for you to come back!" Irina smiled and looked at her man with comforting eyes.

"Irina, you scared me, are you really okay?" Constantine V looked at Irina nervously and worriedly.

"It's really fine!"

"Okay!" Constantine V got up and shouted: "Come, send the empress back!" ”

Seeing Irina being helped away by the eunuchs and maids, some of the ministers who hated Irina were full of anticipation that as soon as Irina died, they might turn over, while those ministers who had gained power because of Irina showed deep concern.

Constantine V sat on the throne and looked at the ministers and said solemnly: "Okay, now let's start discussing the affairs of the country!"

The Foreign Minister stood up and stroked his chest and bowed, "Your Majesty the Emperor, the envoy in Xinjing, Crrilius, sent someone to send an urgent report!" ”

Constantine V asked: "What did he say?" ”

"Krrilius said that King Bulgar Khan has been staying in Xinjing for three months, and now they have left Xinjing and are on their way back to Bulgaria, Krielus also said an extremely important thing in the letter, King Terez of Bulgar Khan purchased a large number of weapons and equipment and palace maids from the Western Qin government in Xinjing, including 3,000 weapons, 5,000 pieces of armor, and 3,000 crossbows, the quality of this batch of weapons and equipment is comparable to that of our Eastern Roman Empire, Krirlius believes that the number of these weapons is not much, But if this batch of weapons is transported back to the Bolgar Khanate to equip the army, once those barbarian warriors are used well, this will inevitably allow the Bolgar Khanate to continue to buy from Western Qin, and the number of purchases will increase exponentially, and they are very likely to attack our country after getting Western Qin's weapons, Krrilius suggested that we should prepare early! ”

The news sent back by Clerius made Constantine V and all the civil and military ministers nervous, the civil strife in the domestic Thrace region had not been completely calmed, the northern threat was coming again, Constantine V felt great pressure again, and the military pressure on the northern steppes did no less harm to the Eastern Roman Empire than the Great Food Eater did to the Eastern Roman Empire.

Just when Constantine V and the ministers were deeply worried, an official quickly walked into the main hall from outside the palace, "Your Majesty the Emperor, a fight is about to start, and the Western Qin State and the Arabs are about to fight!" ”

The emperor and the courtiers were shocked when they heard this, and Constantine V immediately asked: "Tell me, what is going on?" ”

The official said: "According to the news we have received, the Western Qin State has purchased ten warships from the Pope's Holy See, and also purchased 300,000 catties of metal ore from the Franks, but this batch of things was detained by the Arabs in Alexandria, and it is said that the Arabs have issued a sky-high toll equivalent to five times the price of this batch of things. The Arabs can't stand it now, and the economic losses are extremely heavy, Mansur knows that he can't fight Western Qin in this regard, so he decided to use war to divert domestic contradictions, and now the Arabs have drawn about 200,000 troops from the western region and are heading for Khorasan Province in the east, and the Western Qin side quickly got the news, and also dispatched three legions to assemble on the border, this time the Arabs and Western Qin are only afraid of a major war that has never been fought before! There is also news that Mansur and Zhao Ziliang, the king of Western Qin, will personally lead the army to battle! ”

A minister stood up and said happily: "There is a good show to watch now!" ”

Another minister stood up and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, we should take this opportunity to increase our efforts to quickly quell the civil strife in Thrace, and see if there is an opportunity to attack the Arabs and take advantage of them!" ”

Just when many ministers thought that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attack the Arabs, someone stood up and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I think we should first solve the Bolgar problem before we can deal with the Arabs, if we don't solve the attack of the Bolgars, it will always be a great threat behind us!" ”

After hearing this, Constantine V deeply agreed, and said: "Yes, the Bolgars have been a great threat to us for a long time, and this time Terretz has purchased ordnance from Western Qin that is comparable to the quality of our army's weapons and equipment, and their combat capability will be greatly improved, and we must find a way to suppress them!" By the way, how are we doing with the buy-outs within the Bolgars? ”

The official in charge of the spy organization stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, our spies have successfully bribed several Bolgar tribal leaders, but these people are smart people, if we lose the battle of Telec, these people are afraid that they will not do anything to Tellötz, but as long as we defeat Telötz, they will do it to Telötz!" ”

At this time, a minister stood up and said to Constantine V: "Your Majesty, I have a way to get rid of Tereutz!" We can send someone to kill Terretz on his way back! ”

Constantine V and the other ministers thought that there was something good about this man, and they couldn't help but be a little discouraged after hearing his words.

"What's the best way to do that? A large number of people simply cannot enter the sphere of influence of Western Qin through the border defense of Western Qin, and the small number of people will not work at all, and the way back to Terez is in the sphere of influence of Western Qin, we have no chance at all! ”

The minister said: "After Terertz and his men arrived at the Khazar Protectorate in Western Qin with those weapons, there were two ways to return to the Bolgar Khanate, one by land, but through the territory of the Pechenegs and Magyars, and by sea. The Western Qin side must have already greeted the Pechenegs and Magyars and asked them to let them go, but we can send people to infiltrate the Khazar Protectorate to create an atmosphere that the Pechenegs might fight the idea of those weapons, so that Terretz does not dare to take the land route and chooses to take the water route, as long as we get to the Black Sea, we have a great chance of intercepting their ships, as long as we catch Tereutz, we don't want to deal with him, how to deal with him? ”

Constantine V heard this and thought it was good, and said: "This is indeed a good way, but how can the keyword love convince Terörtz that the Pechenegs will attack them!" ”

The minister in charge of the spy organization said: "Your Majesty, my spies are fully capable of such a job, and they do this, this is their job!" ”

Constantine V immediately said: "Okay, this matter will be handled by you!" Inform the Navy that the Black Sea Fleet is ready to set sail at any time to intercept Telez's fleet! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Just when Constantinople was planning to intercept and kill Telez, Zhao Ziliang, the king of Western Qin, had already led 500 Longwei troops, 500 Huya troops, 3,000 Xuanfeng troops and 5,000 guards to leave Xinjing and rush to Jiling City.

There are wide roads on the road from Xinjing to Jiling City, the road is smooth, even if it is windy and rainy, it can not stop the advance of the army, nearly 10,000 cavalry opened a mile-long procession, and flags fluttered in the ranks, all over the whole team. In the process of marching along the way, each fifty-mile post station or military station has already prepared enough drinking water, all the prefectures, prefectures, and counties have prepared enough food to supply the army to eat, and nearly 10,000 cavalry who went into battle lightly only rushed from Xinjing to Jiling City in less than ten days, and the distance along the way reached 3,000 miles, and the army walked nearly 300 miles a day, which was almost impossible for any army in the world to do.

Now Zhao Hu is the commander of the Second Legion, and Huo Kan is the commander of the Eighth Legion, these two armies arrived in Jiling City under the command of Zhao Hu and Huo Kan half a month ago, and at this time, the Fifth Army is under the command of Wei Meng, and the northeast border between Huazhuzimo and the Great Food Country.