Although there is no ice and snow in the winter in Persia, and there is no situation where you go out of the door to pee and freeze into icicles, there are also some cold, it doesn't matter during the day, but there is also a low temperature close to zero at night, so Zhao Ziliang has issued an order to urge the logistics to prepare a large number of blankets for the soldiers to keep out the cold.

On this day, after Zhao Ziliang sent Du Fu away, he asked Liu Dan: "Is the blanket in place?" ”

Liu Dandao: "It's already in place, and it's currently being distributed to all ministries!" ”

"Where did you get it?"

Liu Shan said: "This Persian region itself is rich in carpets, almost every household has them, and the Persian merchants bought them from the people's homes to be trafficked to other countries, and we bought these carpets from the hands of these Persian merchants!" Although the function of carpet is not to keep warm, and the warmth effect is worse than that of blankets, but in this Persian region it is just right to keep out the cold, and the Persians use carpets to keep out the cold."

Zhao Ziliang nodded, "Not bad, what price?" ”

Liu Shan hesitated for a moment and arched his hand: "Cost price!" ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't care about this, of course it was impossible for the Western Qin army to buy these military supplies at market prices, because this is a war area, and it is already very humane for the Western Qin army to not loot on a large scale, which is also the reason why the Western Qin army has encountered very little resistance from the people since it entered the Persian region, even if the Western Qin army wants to rob, it only robs those super-rich businessmen, nobles, and landlords, most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of these people, how much money can ordinary civilians have? And there is a contradiction between these high social strata and the lower level of the common people, this is the class contradiction, after some people in the Western Qin army provoked, so that this contradiction expanded or became more obvious, ordinary civilians did not have the slightest sympathy for these landlords, huge rich businessmen and nobles were looted and slaughtered by the Western Qin army, but had a sense of revenge.

"King, General Chen asks to see!" At this time, a guard standing guard at the door walked in to give a report.

Zhao Ziliang said: "Let him in!" ”

Chen Qing quickly walked in and hugged his fists and said: "King, Wei Meng sent someone to send news, the Fifth Legion, Oghuz and the army of Flower Thorn Zimo have captured Rai, General Wei Meng asked, whether the Northern Route Army will continue to march west or south, please show the king!" ”

Rai is the Tehran of later generations, at this time Rai is already one of the largest cities in Persia, it has a population of 200,000, and the prosperity is one of the best in Persia, just like most other towns in Persia, it has no city wall protection, most of the towns in Persia have no city walls, only a few towns and castles and passes with extremely important geographical locations have built city walls, I don't know if the Persians didn't have the habit of building city walls or they thought that no one could hit the Persian hinterland and disdained to build city walls, in short, since Zhao Ziliang led his army into the Persian region, he had never seen a city wall of considerable scale, except for those castles and passes.

"Let's talk about Rai's current situation, this king heard that this is a big city!" Zhao Ziliang said, got up and walked to the map to find Rai's location.

Chen Qing hesitated for a moment before he had to tell the truth, "Without the protection of the city wall, Rai is not vulnerable at all, Wei Meng led the Fifth Army of the Army, the Oghuz Cavalry and the Flower Thorn Zimo Cavalry to defeat the 16,000 Great Food Army outside the city in one fell swoop, and then entered the city. News came from the people in Dongchang that the prosperous Rai had been ransacked, the homes of nobles, wealthy merchants and landlords had been looted, and even many civilian homes had been looted, all of which were done by the Huazimo army and the Oghuz army, and that the Fifth Army had only taken over the treasury of the local government, and Wei Meng could not restrain the Oghuz soldiers and the Huazim soldiers, and only ordered that the destruction of buildings and mass murder were not allowed. The day after entering the city, Wei Meng ordered all the soldiers to return to the camp and stand by, and the damage to Rai was not great."

Zhao Ziliang tapped his fingers on the desk and said: "If you want those Oghuz and Flower Thorn Zim people to sacrifice their lives to fight for us, it is not okay not to give them a little sweetness, Wei Meng did a good job and controlled the situation, which not only made the Oghuz and Flower Thorn Zimo people happy, but also did not let Rai suffer too much damage!" Convey the king's will to Wei Meng, let him rest for a while and then wave his army to attack south! ”

Chen Qing hugged his fists and said, "What about the west?" There are still quite a few Great Food Eaters in Armenia, and if they advance eastward, the areas captured by Wei Meng's troops will be returned by the Great Food Army again."

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "The garrison in the Khazar region should also move, and order Zhao Ting to transfer 10,000 men from the Fourth Army to attack the Caucasus region, and let the local Alans send some men and horses to assist our army in fighting in the mountains!" ”

Chen Qing was stunned for a moment, "The Great King, is this going to make an all-out attack on the Great Food Country?" ”

Zhao Ziliang touched his chin, looked up at the people in the big tent and said: "We have to take advantage of the chaos in the Great Food at this stage to occupy as much territory as possible, this is not a full-scale attack, if it is a full-scale attack, there will be more than such a small number of troops, and when the various forces in the Great Food country come out with a victory or defeat, it will not be so easy for us to quickly occupy more territory!" ”

Chen Qing hugged his fists and said, "Understood!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the generals in the tent and said to Chu Ge: "Chu Ge, you take 10,000 soldiers and horses as the vanguard to receive Yazd, once this Shahan Pass is broken, Yazd will not be able to defend it without any protection, this king estimates that the defenders there are only afraid that they will run out at this time, you push west as much as possible!" The war has been fought for so long, although the big cannibals have suffered heavy losses, our Western Qin has also suffered a lot of losses, especially economic losses, the two sides have started a war, and trade has almost completely stopped, and even trade with other countries has been affected to a great extent, and the fiscal revenue is much less, if we continue to fight, our economic level will decline, so we must end the war as soon as possible and stabilize the economic situation first! ”

Chu Ge stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Weichen is a military general, he doesn't understand political affairs, just fight, the king said to fight, Weichen took the soldiers to fight, the king said to stop, Weichen and others will collect the troops!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was very satisfied with Chu Ge's attitude, "Okay! The generals and the army must obey the command and listen to the order, to be able to fight and collect, if the army is not controlled, it is very dangerous, this king is very happy that you have this awareness, you go and prepare, and set off early tomorrow morning! ”

"Command!"

On the fifth day of December, Zhao Ziliang led the main army into Yazd, and the Persians, Armenians, and Great Cannibals who remained all chose to surrender, and they knelt on the ground to welcome Zhao Ziliang's arrival.

Zhao Ziliang was stationed in the City Lord's Mansion, and before his ass was hot, Liu Shan came to report: "King, Mansur wants to see you!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said, "Mansur is just afraid that he is tired of staying here and wants to go home." Bring him with you! ”

"Yes!"

During this time, Zhao Ziliang had to talk with Mansur almost every day, and the topics discussed were very wide, and Mansur gave Zhao Ziliang the feeling that this person was knowledgeable, scheming, and extremely sensitive to politics, but after all, this person was old, lacked energy, and acted with a lot of scruples.

Soon, Liu Shan walked in with Mansour, Zhao Ziliang got up and invited him to take a seat, and asked with a smile: "This king heard Lord Liu say that Your Excellency wants to see me, I don't know what is the matter?" ”

Mansour said bluntly: "Your Excellency promised to let me go back, I wonder if this counts?" ”

Sure enough, Zhao Ziliang nodded and smiled: "Of course!" During this time, I have had a great conversation with Your Excellency, and we have learned each other very well, and if Your Excellency wants to go back, I can arrange it tomorrow! ”

Mansour was overjoyed and said, "Thank you then!" ”

"However, before you go back, I think it is necessary to tell you about the current situation in the Great Eclipse: since you came to this king, the Great Eclipse country has begun to be in turmoil, first of all, your son Prince Mahdi fled to the castle of Behedashir and obtained the support of most of the ministers and generals, including Vizier Khalid and the commander of the Guard, Artis, who supported Mahdi as the new caliph of the Great Eclipse country; Then, your other princes proclaimed themselves caliphs in Baghdad, Egypt, Syria, Jerusalem, Mecca, Mauritania, Tripoli, etc., and began to gather and recruit troops against each other, and they seem to have forgotten your existence, and if you go back now, you will only be in a dangerous situation, first of all, you will pass through the Mahdi's ruling zone, and whether he will be against you, I am afraid, only he knows. In this situation, if you still insist on going back, then I can only wish you a safe journey! ”

Mansur was stunned, he didn't expect that he had only been captive for more than a month, and there would be earth-shattering changes in the country, and those sons ignored the fact that his father and the caliph were still alive, and even proclaimed themselves caliphs one by one, unforgivable, absolutely unforgivable! But?????? Now that the power of the Great Food Country has been scraped up by those princes, and Mahdi has also persuaded Khalid and Artis and others, how is this possible? That waste has such a big ability?

After Mansur reacted, he looked at Zhao Ziliang with suspicion, "Your Excellency, if you want to forcibly keep me, you don't need to make up such a ridiculous excuse at all!" ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "This king knows that you may not believe what I say, but this king just said, if you want to leave, no one will stop you, this king will personally send you to the front of the two sides and hand you over to the defenders of the Great Food Country!" ”

Mansour frowned, "It seems that you didn't lie to me, but why did things turn out like this?" I know very well that my sons don't have the courage to do so! ”

"Your Excellency may not know your sons very well! Their usual performance will definitely not be the same as the performance in front of you. Now that you have lost your rights, your sons may no longer be in awe of you as they used to! I see that you will not be able to decide whether to stay or go back for a while, you still have to think about it first, if you want to leave, let the eunuch outside the door find Liu Dan, Liu Shan will report to this king, and then this king will send you away! ”

Mansour was indeed a little undecided, he still knew Mahdi very well, this son was not very obedient since he was a child, and his personality was perverse and cruel. Mahdi was born to a Greek slave girl, because of his mother's humble status, Mahdi was bullied by other brothers since he was a child, and the environment in which he lived created Mahdi's perverse, ruthless, and cruel character, if he entered Mahdi's territory, it was difficult to guarantee that this son would not poison him.

For a moment, Mansour was in a dilemma.