Outside the city of Shulgaz, the camp of the Western Qin army. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

A soldier walked into the big account and bowed down on his knees and reported to Zhao Ziliang: "King, General Wei Gao is here!" ”

Zhao Ziliang kept reviewing the recitals, and said without raising his head: "Let him in!" ”

The soldiers retreated, and Wei Gao quickly walked in and bowed to Zhao Ziliang and hugged his fists: "King Qiqi, Weichen was ordered to collect grain, grass and military materials along the way, and now the task has been completed, and I am here to pay the order!" ”

Zhao Ziliang closed the piece of music that had just been approved, put down the brush and looked at Wei Gao and asked, "Oh? How much food, grass and military money did you raise? ”

Wei Gao said: "I raised 22,000 stones of grain, 30,000 bundles of forage, 2,000 pieces of fur, 3,000 pieces of cloth, 1,000 camels, and a few other materials!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was quite surprised: "Hey, you were able to raise so many materials in such a short time?" Under normal circumstances, even if you lead troops to rob, it is impossible to raise so many supplies in a month, how do you do it? Did someone offer to give it to you? ”

Wei Gao was even more surprised, and hugged his fist at Zhao Ziliang and said, "Ah, how did the king know that someone took the initiative to send a large amount of supplies to Weichen?" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled: "Other than that, this king can't think of any other reason for you to get so many supplies so quickly!" ”

Wei Gao was convinced, "Wang Yingming, these things were indeed sent to Weichen on his own initiative, and Weichen only led troops to forcibly collect grain and grass materials for two days, and on the third day, several local chieftains personally brought people to send these materials. ”

Zhao Ziliang was a little curious, after all, the Western Qin Army had invaded the Great Food Country, and the Great Cannibal should not be so hospitable, right? "This batch of supplies is not a small amount, how can they be so generous? How many people did you kill in the first two days of the forcible expropriation of grain and grass supplies? ”

"Uh??????" Wei Gao hesitated for a moment, but still replied, "There should be thousands of people??????

I see, Zhao Ziliang didn't blame Wei Gao, and asked, "How did you transport so many materials?" ”

Wei Gao said: "There is sand everywhere in the Great Food Country, there are no roads, so there is no need for horse-drawn carriages, and the transportation of goods and materials is carried by camels, horses or other livestock, and Weichen can only collect more than 10,000 livestock to transport this batch of materials!" ”

After the army entered the territory of the Great Food Country, Zhao Ziliang also took into account the problem of logistics and transportation, if it was in the West Qin, the logistics transportation did not have to worry at all, there were cement roads and dirt roads everywhere, a carriage could be loaded with two thousand catties of goods and run fast, but not in the territory of the Great Food Country, the carriage could not move on the sand at all, which was a huge test for the logistics supply of the army's operations, if this problem was not solved, the military operations of the Western Qin Army in the territory of the Great Food Country would be greatly restricted. Wei Gao's collection of local livestock to transport materials made Zhao Ziliang think that this method should be able to solve the problem of logistics and transportation.

Zhao Ziliang thought for a long time and said to Wei Gao: "Leave these livestock and hand them over to the logistics baggage battalion, and then find a way to get more livestock to carry materials, we can only use this method to solve the problem of logistics supply!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and asked, "Do you think those Hao chieftains were afraid to send this batch of supplies, or did they have the intention of surrendering?" ”

Wei Gao replied: "Wechen thinks that it is both, and there are two younger chieftains who say to Wechen that they want to serve the king, hoping to serve my Daqin and the king, and Wechen is considering whether to introduce them to the king."

Zhao Ziliang said: "You bring them over to meet this king!" ”

"No!"

The next day, Wei Gao brought two big food men in their thirties to the big tent of the Chinese army, "King, they are Obot and Wahid, both of whom are the big landlords in this area!" ”

Obote and Wahid immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhao Ziliang, and said in a big food sentence: "The villain Obot (Wahid) meets His Majesty the King of the Great Qin Kingdom, and the villains and others admire the demeanor and majesty of the Great King, and admire the culture of the Great Qin, hoping to serve the Great King and serve the Great King and the Great Qin Kingdom!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the two of them, both of them were fierce, looking at the calluses on their hands, arms and legs, Zhao Ziliang concluded that these two people immediately had good combat ability and some force, so he asked: "Are the two of you two local Hao chieftains for generations?" ”

After listening to the translator's words, Obote replied: "Back to Your Majesty's words, yes, we have both been local Hao chieftains for generations, and it has been hundreds of years, when this was still the Persian period, our family is the Persian Hao chieftains here!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and asked, "Judging by the appearance of the two of you, you should be able to fight on horseback, how many soldiers do you have under your hands?" ”

Vahid replied, "Your Majesty, the villain has three hundred slave cavalry and five hundred slave infantry, while Obot has two hundred slave cavalry and three hundred slave infantry!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought about it for a while, looked at the two and asked, "Did you bring these slave soldiers?" ”

Obot said: "Not yet, if Your Majesty allows it, the two of us can bring people over tomorrow!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Okay, bring it over tomorrow, this king thinks about how your slave soldiers are fighting!" ”

The two were overjoyed and immediately agreed: "Obey!" ”

On the sixth day of the ninth month, Obot and Wahid came to the camp of the Western Qin army with their respective slave soldiers, and Zhao Ziliang ordered people to build a high platform next to it, and he took the generals and officials of the Western Qin army to the high platform, and looked at the slave soldiers arranged in four small phalanxes in front of the high platform.

"Obot, Vahid, let your slave soldiers march ten miles quickly, run from here to the city wall and back!"

Obot and Vahid didn't know what they meant, but they still personally led their slave soldiers to the direction of Shulgaz City, at first these slave soldiers performed well, but after three or four miles of marching, the problem appeared, the team began to become sparse, the cavalry ran in front of the infantry fell too far, the cavalry was too far apart, the infantry ran together in groups of three or five, there was no formation at all, but one thing is worth affirming, these slave infantry physical strength is quite good, and the slave cavalry's riding skills are also quite exquisite, Apparently all people who have been riding horses since childhood.

After more than twenty minutes, these slave soldiers returned to the front of the high platform, Zhao Ziliang let them rest for a cup of tea, and then ordered Obot and Wahid: "Suppose there is an enemy army in front, now let your slave cavalry attack, and then let the infantry attack!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Obot and Wahid's slave cavalry lined up on the left and right sides respectively, and then rushed together to kill the hypothetical enemy army in front, these slave cavalry brandished scimitars, whining and screaming, the momentum was extraordinary, extremely fierce, but the formation was scattered, there was no formation and offensive tactics at all, and some places were very densely populated, while others were vacant.

Next, the slave infantry lined up in a phalanx and began to rush forward to kill the imaginary enemy, the originally neat phalanx dispersed in an instant after launching the attack, and the slave infantry who rushed in front ran quickly with a scimitar, shouting while running with a scimitar, completely without formation and any tactical tactics.

Infantry charging is not to carry a weapon to run quickly to slash at the enemy, the charge is not necessarily to run, to this kind of disorderless, no formation, no tactics of the attack in the face of a well-trained infantry phalanx will certainly run fast will also be defeated, such a scattered formation of rapid charge is only in two situations is the most practical: the first is to use on an uneven battlefield, if the terrain is undulating, the infantry in a phalanx does not play much role in attack and defense, but some formations are suitable for setting up on uneven battlefields; The second is to be used when the enemy army has already been routed and is being pursued.

After watching these two slave soldiers, Zhao Ziliang has decided to accept them as servant troops, although these slave soldiers have not undergone formal training, but they are more than brave, Zhao Ziliang does not plan to send people to train them, the slave cavalry among them, the individual hand-to-hand combat ability is very good, Zhao Ziliang has not seen other soldiers of the Great Food Army have the strong individual hand-to-hand combat ability of these slave cavalry, if it is used well, if the number can be increased a little, if the command is proper, the role of this slave cavalry is still not small.

For the slave infantry, Zhao Ziliang decided to increase the number of slave infantry, and let these slave infantry of course attack the main force during the conquest of the Great Food Country, but now the number of slave infantry is too small.

Zhao Ziliang said to Obot and Wahid: "Obote, Wahid, this king has decided to accept you to serve under his command!" ”

The two were overjoyed and immediately saluted: "Thank you Your Majesty for giving us this opportunity, we swear allegiance to Your Majesty and the Great Qin Kingdom in the name of our ancestors and Allah!" ”

"Well, now the king has decided to name Obot's slave army the First Slave Army, and Wahid's slave army the Second Slave Army! The two of you are the commanders of these two slave armies, but now the size of these two slave armies is too small, and the king has allowed you to select slaves from among the captives to join the slave army, and the prisoner camp has now captured seven or eight thousand prisoners, and the king hopes that you can increase the number of your respective slave armies to five thousand in the fastest possible time! ”

Obot and Wahid are both Persians, and they have no sense of belonging to the Abbasid dynasty established by the Arabs, so when the Western Qin army came in, on the one hand, they were afraid of being purged by the Western Qin army, and on the other hand, they also wanted to gain some power with the help of the power of the Western Qin army, but they didn't expect Zhao Ziliang to take a fancy to their slave soldiers, and let them increase their number and expand the scale, so how could they not understand Zhao Ziliang's thoughts? Both of them knew that Zhao Ziliang wanted to use them to fight the Arabs, and they regretted it a little, but now they regret it too much.