Zhao Ziliang affirmed Li Siye's suggestion, but he felt that this suggestion was still a bit of a fly in the ointment, and a single march along the Euphra River to the northwest to attack northern Syria could cause the Eastern Roman Empire to be terrified, forcing the Eastern Roman army guarding Jerusalem and Canaan to go north for reinforcements, but it should not be enough to make the Eastern Rome fear in a short period of time.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Ziliang still decided to set off first and then say, when he left Baghdad, if there was a change in the offensive strategy, he could also adjust it in time, he said to Bai Xiaode: "Bai Xiaode, after this king leads the army to leave, you will preside over the military and political affairs of the Persian governor Yamen, and severely suppress the riots of the mob in various places, and resolutely crack down on the bandits, robbers and extremists who are entrenched in the mountains of various places, so as to create a stable and peaceful rear for our army, and Wang Ping, the judge of the Marshal's Palace, is responsible for assisting!" ”

Bai Xiaode and Wang Ping stood up and hugged their fists and said: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

On November 27, Zhao Ziliang led a large army to march to the banks of the Phora River, this expedition is relatively secretive, although the Eastern Roman Empire has spies in Baghdad and other Persian areas, but it is not so easy for these spies to get the news, in the first few days around the military camp will be strengthened martial law, which will make the spies suspicious, but after a few days they will react and send people back to the Eastern Roman Empire to report, but when they get the news, the Western Qin army should be close at hand.

There is little rain in the desert, the air is very dry, the wind and sand are big, the human body is easy to lose moisture, even in winter, people walking in the desert are also easy to be thirsty, the army of 80,000 people pulled out more than ten miles long, plus a large number of camels and mules and horses to transport grain, grass and materials, the whole marching team was stretched to more than 20 miles.

There were only 10,000 cavalry, all the others were infantry, the servant army had 50,000, and the other 20,000 were men and horses of the slave army and the plateau army.

After camping in the night, Zhao Ziliang summoned the generals and officials to talk about the problem of marching, and he said: "Today, this king took a look, and the whole team was actually pulled out more than 20 miles long, which not only slowed down the speed of the march, but also was not convenient to manage and take care of each other. Now this king has put forward two requirements, the first requirement is mainly carried out by the scout battalion, from tomorrow, the front and back and left and right sides must be arranged to investigate, the reconnaissance range of the left and right sides of the sentinel should be extended to 20 miles away, the front of the sentinel should be extended to 30 miles away, and the rear guard post should be 10 miles behind the baggage camp! If the enemy situation is discovered, use fireworks to warn at close range, and return at full speed with a fast horse at a long distance to report, Zhang Ben, the commander of the scout battalion, is there a problem? ”

Zhang Ben immediately stood up, hugged his fists and bowed and said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang nodded, let Zhang Ben retreat, and continued: "The second requirement, from tomorrow, shorten the length of the team, the distance between the two soldiers before and after the march cannot exceed four feet, and increase from the previous four columns to twenty columns, two columns in a row, two chiefs walk on the left and right sides to facilitate supervision and command at any time, the distance between the front and back is more than four feet, you must immediately remind and urge the people behind to follow, if our army is attacked by the enemy, The commander can command the local defense in time and act in accordance with the orders of the superior generals in a timely manner! The baggage battalion should also shorten the length of the team, the speed of the team is not very fast, the soldiers of the baggage team had better not ride on the back of mules and camels, but lead the camels and mules and horses to march, so that they can be well controlled, even if there is a change, they can also control the mules and camels in time, so as not to let them run away in fright, the team should also be neat during the march, you can't care because it is a baggage battalion, the baggage camp can't always be placed at the back, the two river basins and many parts of Persia are too peaceful, there are big food mobs everywhere riots, There are heretical sects entrenched in dangerous places, starting tomorrow, after the rear army is broken, each battalion takes turns to break the rear, and the baggage battalion marches in front of the rear army! Have you understood the above requirements? ”

The generals stood up and clasped their fists together and said in unison: "Understood! ”

On November 28, after the marching method was adjusted, the marching speed of the army really increased a lot, because there were the lowest commanders on both sides to supervise and remind and supervise from time to time, and the soldiers did not dare to be lazy anymore.

After reaching the right bank of the Eula, the army marched northwest along the Euca, passing through Fallujah, Habaniyah, Ramadi, and Al Qaibai, and after three more days of marching reached the town of Hit, on the banks of the Bola River, where it camped in the afternoon and rested, and did not go any further.

During the march in the past few days, Zhao Ziliang decided to make some changes in the original combat strategy, and he asked Li Siye to be found that night.

"Meet the King!" Li Siye wore heavy armor and walked into the big tent and saluted Zhao Ziliang.

Zhao Ziliang looked at his face and asked, "What?" Is the body still able to eat? If you really can't do it, forget it, this king will send someone to send you back to cultivate! ”

Li Siye's eyebrows and beard trembled, and he said a little angrily: "King, you have already promised, but now you want to regret it?" Lao Chen has already said that even if he wants to die, he will die outside, and he will not go back to lie in bed and wait for death! ”

Zhao Ziliang knew how to persuade him to no avail, he looked at Li Zuoguo, who came with Li Siye but did not enter the big tent, and beckoned: "Zuoguo, you come in!" ”

Li Zuoguo walked into the big tent and bowed to Zhao Ziliang with his fists in accordance with his words: "I've seen the king!" ”

"Well, come, help your father sit down!" Zhao Ziliang pointed to Ma Zha next to him and commanded, and shouted outside: "Come on, go and call Ma Sui over!" ”

"Yes, King!"

Ma Sui was originally the commander of the escort army, but Zhao Ziliang could not be a general without listening to him on this expedition, so he was transferred to his side, and Ma Sui was transferred together with Xuan 13 and Xuan 15 in the whirlwind eighteen cavalry, these two people have been following Zhao Ziliang to lead the army, and they were promoted from soldiers to personal soldiers, and they were taught the art of war and martial arts to grow, and they were promoted all the way to generals because of their military exploits, and then to generals, and even became generals who stood alone.

Ma Sui's age is not young, he is fifty years old this year, and he is fifty-one years old after the New Year, he is also one of the typical representatives of the late bloomer, if Zhao Ziliang had not discovered and enabled him back then, he would have been able to achieve meritorious service and promotion in the process of the Anshi Rebellion with his talent, and he would have mixed very well.

The first to discover Ma Suicai's talent was Li Siye, and after discovering him, he entrusted him with important tasks, and later recommended him to Zhao Ziliang, who reused him. Therefore, Ma Sui is very grateful to Li Siye, and has always respected Li Siye over the years, and he has to go to visit him every New Year's Daye, and he often corresponds even if he is far away.

Zhao Ziliang decided to send a partial division as the second offensive force, and after he led the main force of the army to leave, he was moving forward on a different route, the commander of the second road was Li Siye, since Li Siye did not want to die on the hospital bed, Zhao Ziliang felt that he should be fulfilled and let him lead an army alone, and it would be best if he could hold out until the victory of this war, if not, Zhao Ziliang arranged for Ma Sui to be Li Siye's deputy general, even if Li Siye fell ill and could not lead the army or died in the battle. Ma Sui could also immediately take over the command of the army and continue to command the army.

Ma Sui quickly walked in with his armor and the hilt of his sword, and bowed to Zhao Ziliang with his fists in his fists: "The minister and the horse will meet the king!" Meet Li Shuai! ”

"Sit!" After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he pointed to Mazha on the right.

"King Xie!"

Zhao Ziliang saw that the two of them had arrived, so he said: "Okay, since the two Qing families have arrived, then the king will say it directly, after a few days of consideration, the king decided to divide the army, divide the army into two, and divide the army by Li Qing as the main general, Ma Qing as the deputy general, responsible for assisting Li Qing!" ”

Li Siye and Ma Sui glanced at each other, and Li Siye asked, "How is the king going to divide the army?" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked the guards to hang the map on the wall of the camp tent, the font on the map was relatively large, and the lights were bright, Zhao Ziliang sat still, and looked directly at the map to explain: "Divide out 10,000 horses, including 2,000 cavalry, 8,000 infantry, carrying two months' worth of grain and grass materials!" After the two of you led the main force of the army to the northwest for five days, you led your army to Kubaisse in the west, and then to the southwest to the fort of Hubaz, and then to the west after arriving at the fort of Hubaz, until you reached the banks of the Haolangan River, and then along the banks of the Haolangan River to the southwest to Lutbay, passing through the Well of Gid, crossing the border and reaching the eastern part of the Canaanite Land, the Esnagan and Ruweshidkan rivers (in Jordan, Jordan is also within the boundaries of the land of Canaan), and then for at least three days you will have to pass through the desert where there is no water, so you will have to bring enough water when you are on the banks of the Ruweishidgan. The first one you will attack is the Azraq Citadel, built at the intersection of the three trade routes of Persia, the Great Food Peninsula, and Syria, and you can take it to the northwest to attack Syria and continue west to Amman, the eastern part of the Canaan Lands! ”

"But before you take Amman, you still have to deal with a castle, that is, the ancient Sayr Amra Castle, which is one hundred and seventy miles away from Amman, and seventy or eighty miles away from the Azraq Castle, these two castles have a long history of construction, they were built to guard against the Persians and the Great Cannibals, and now their role is to guard against our army!"

When Zhao Ziliang said this, he turned his head to look at Li Siye and said: "This king heard that there is a pool of hot springs in Amman City, called Mayin Hot Springs, in the Roman era a long time ago, it was a health resort, take Amman, you can go there to recuperate, after capturing Amman, your task is not to continue to attack, but to hold the Amman area, after all, your troops are not many, the attack is insufficient, and the defense is still more than enough!" This king will lead his army south to conquer the rest of Canaan, and finally join you! ”