"Where is Baicheng?"

"The military strength of Baicheng is actually similar to that of Derbint, but it is much more elite. Baicheng is divided into three levels inside and outside, namely the outer city, the inner city and the royal city. Originally, there were only two cities inside and outside. After Brans from the Ghasa tribe took power, he took the opportunity to build a garden for the Asina family and built another city in the inner city."

"At present, Ashinazhong, the puppet of the Khanate, lives in the royal city. The royal city is about one mile in radius. The inner city is where the Brans family lives. He has three adult sons. The eldest son Ruben is the governor of Astraborg and remotely controls the Pechneg tribe because his wife comes from this tribe."

(White City, Makhachkara; Astraborg, Astrakhan)

"The second son Simon is the governor of Shakr City, Shakr City is the Xia capital of the Khanate. Simon's wife comes from the Mazar tribe. Naturally, remotely controls the Attila River, the Bulgarians near the Khosa River, and the Mazar people."

(Shakel, Volgograd; Attila, Volga; Kosa, Don)

"These two men have a standing army of 10,000 infantry cavalry under their command."

"Then it is the territory near the Sea of ​​Azov. Governor of Taurus Curtis, the Goth from Europe, Brans's eldest son-in-law, was stationed in the Port of Cafa. He had 10,000 infantry troops under his command, which deterred the tribes in the north and south of the Sea of ​​Azov."

(Port Kafa, Feodocia, later Crimean Peninsula)

"Curtis also manages the Cherks who are close to the Caucasus in the Black Sea, and can form five thousand tribal cavalry at any time."

"As for Baicheng, Brans's youngest son is Levi, who is just in his early twenties, but he is the commander of the most elite ten thousand sergeant cavalry in the Khanate. He is also the Right Yehu of the Khanate, who is stationed in the inner city, but Levi is the son-in-law of the Asina clan again."

"Brans' second son-in-law is Ninis, a Roman. He is the current Khanate Great Vizier and the general manager of the Jewish Catholic Affairs. By the way, Adam, whose name is the Great Rabbi, received his son in Sicily. It is said that the entire White City belonged to the Adam family, but in order to make the Xhosa believe in Judaism, his ancestors dedicated the entire castle and his wealth to the Khanate. Therefore, Brans trusted the Adam family very much and could obey the rules."

"Ninis served in the Sicily Military Region of the Roman Empire, so he is now stationed in the outer city, with 15,000 permanent infantry troops, and there is also a cavalry general from the outer city, from the Ghaza tribe, Brans' nephew, named Suwut, and has five thousand elite cavalry under his command."

"This is the total force of Baicheng, 30,000, Derbint, 10,000, Astra Fort, 10,000, Shakr, 10,000, Kafa City, and 60,000 permanent troops"

"But on the north side of the Khanate, there are also the Magyar tribes. They occupy the Magyar River and the lower reaches of the Khosa River, with at least 30,000 households, semi-herderly and half-farmers, and can mobilize at least 20,000 tribal cavalry at any time."

(Khosa River, later Dnieper River)

"The Pechenegs had at least 40,000 households, and they could also mobilize 40,000 tribal cavalry. In addition to the Chechens and Cherks, there were 20,000 tribal cavalry more."

"At the Xhosa headquarters, we can mobilize 50,000 more tribal cavalry."

"In other words, if the Khanate of Xhosa can be mobilized, the total force can reach 200,000. If sailors are added, then there will be more."

"After our country occupied Baku, they did not make any more moves, but just asked the Governor Shadick to return to Derbint to live."

"By the way, the Adam family is in Sicily and the Roman kingdom in the past. Carthage in Africa is very prestigious. When Carthage was occupied by the cannibals, the Jews there crossed the sea to follow Adam, with both white and black people there, and now they follow Adam to the Khanate."

"About thirty miles south of White City, there is a small city called New Carthage, which is the gathering place for African Jews. There are 3,000 Jewish soldiers, among which the black spearmen are quite famous."

(New Carthage, Kaspisk in the later generations)

"After the Carthage Jews came, they basically took over the government affairs of the Khanate. Brans was very lazy. He divided the country into ten provinces according to the Roman regulations, and then included taxes to the Jews in New Carthage. The extra ones belonged to the Jews."

"Since Judaism is the state religion of the Khanate, Adam is the Great Vizier, all tribes dare not speak out. In addition to collecting normal taxes, the Jews will most likely add one to two percent additional fees, called carriage and horse fees, which is the case for both farmers and herdsmen."

"Although the Khanate respects Judaism as the state religion, it has been in the past five years, but Adam has been in charge of government affairs for more than twenty years. It can be said that except for the army in the hands of Brans, the entire country is actually controlled by the Adam family and the New Carthaginians."

"New Carthage is said to be rich enough to rival a country in just one city"

"Also, only a small part of the Aval people who remained in the Caucasus region, most of them went to Europe. They were said to have hundreds of thousands of people north of the Mazar people and west of them. Because they were not in the Bulgarian Khanate, Germanic, and Slavs, they became allies with the Khanate of the Khanate."

"They occupied a province of the Roman Empire, called Shipanonia."

(Panonia, later Romania, Hungary, northern Ukraine, Slovakia, southern Poland)

"After the Avals were Rourans, they came to Europe with powerful cavalry, learned to farm, and had a considerable number of elite infantry soldiers. They stole the Slavs as slaves, let them farm for them, and build weapons. According to the news that Jewish merchants from our country often came to the country, the Avals could also dispatch 20,000 to 30,000 infantry and cavalry."

"But in the past, the Aval people considered themselves descendants of Xianbei people, but they were quite friendly with the Tengis tribe, the father of Tolandot, and were still married to the family. After Tengis avoided fire and searched for the country, the relationship between the two countries seemed to be a little bad. However, just last year, the Khan of the Aval Khanate married Brans's youngest daughter to his son again, and the relationship between the two seemed to have been restored."

"There must be something strange here," Sun Xiurong suddenly inserted.

"Yes," Su Xijie nodded, "Constantine V, the current emperor of the Roman Empire, has done a lot,

A war recently launched, defeating the Bulgarians north of the Balkans and forcing some of the Bulgarians to invade the Avalian territory to the north."

"Also, the large number of Slavs who moved to the north of the Roman Empire also showed signs of uniting with the Bulgarians. In this way, the situation of the Avals was somewhat dangerous. In addition, to the west of the Avals, it is said that there is a Germanic kingdom, and the specific situation is unknown."

Sun Xiurong looked at Ma Lin, "If a war against the Khanate of Xhosa at this time is launched, what do you think?"

Ma Lin said: "King, with our country's maritime strength, we can first dispatch a regular battalion to go north from the sea route. Baicheng and Derbint are too big and can't get off, but that's even the new Carthage is a castle with only three thousand people, which can be quickly taken down."

"According to Su Xijie, although the population here is not large, they are all Jewish merchants. The castle is extremely rich, with food and supplies, and after taking it down, you can cut off the connection between Baicheng and Derbint."

"At this time, the Bai Xiaode army in the north can be dispatched, and then restrained the tribal cavalry of the Pechenegs, Bulgarians and some Mazar people in the north of the Khanate of Xhosa, as well as the army of Brans' eldest son Ruben and second son Simon."

"Bai Xiaode has ten regular battalions in his hand. It only takes five battalions to restrain the Khosa people in the north. In the north of Baicheng, there is a big river called Surak River. There is a military fort at the mouth of the river, called Surak Fort. However, only 1,500 sailors guarded. Bai Xiaode's remaining troops only need one battalion to occupy this fort to restrain a large number of troops in the hinterland of the North Caucasus."

"At this time, my general army has probably gathered in Baku. According to my estimate, Persia will be safe for at least one year, so it is unnecessary to set up ten regular battalions there. Seven regular battalions can be drawn to Baku, and attack Derbint from sea and land."

"Then siege the city to attack reinforcements, annihilate the nearby Chechin tribe cavalry, and after taking Derbint, Bai Xiaode's army can all land on the Surak Fort and defend it with a regular battalion. All the remaining ones will advance south, at least ten thousand people will be best. Gather together and roll forward without giving the army in Baicheng."

"Since Derbint has already stepped down, the army of Baicheng obviously dared not divide too many troops to attack the Shattered Ye army of Fort Surak. Then our army can encircle Baicheng from the south, north and east of the sea."

"At this time, Brans thought about it. With the strength of the Xhosa people, Baicheng must have stored a large amount of food and grass. There was no problem with defending it for a year and a half, but his reinforcements were very suspicious at this time."

"If he really sticks to it, the only one who can come is naturally the Khossa tribes in the heart of the North Caucasus. The rest of them, such as the Peccheneg, Bulgarian, Mazar, Alan, and Aval, have no reason to come to rescue them if they fight to the death, so we can siege the city and fight for help, completely reducing the power of the real Khossa."

"If Brans is smart, he will flee west quickly at this time. If he can escape to the Taurus Peninsula, he can confront our army based on the Azov Sea and the Magyar River. If our army really succeeds in taking all the territory of the North Caucasus, it will definitely not march by taking advantage of the victory to deal with the Pecheneg people and the Alan people and Aval people in the hinterland of the North Caucasus."

"Although the Xhosa learns to farm, they basically ride horses. When Brans decides to escape, they can at least get the young and strong tribe out. If it is too late, they will probably only bring out a small part of the population. In that case, even if they escape to the Taurus Peninsula, they can only rely on their son-in-law. The Gothic Curtis breathes, Brans will definitely not do this."

(Taurus Peninsula, later Crimean Peninsula)

"Inappropriate", Su Xijie suddenly interrupted, "I forgot something just now. Brans obviously considered the situation mentioned by General Ma. They used Slavic slaves to build a new city in the hinterland of the North Caucasus since last year and named it Gesa City."

(Gosa City, later generations of Stavropol, Russia, the gateway to the Caucasus)

"At the same time, they began to move a large number of Xhosa people to the great plain west of the Mazar River. By the way, the Mazar River is the name of Xhosa people, and the Slavs in the dark forest are called the Dnieper River. The migration has been going on for a whole year. Not to mention anything else, most herders should have moved there. There are probably only a few herders and most farmers who stay in the North Caucasus."

"Although they are called Khanate, they still attach great importance to the core Geza tribe. Only this tribe still retains the tribe's name, and this tribe moved there."

Sun Xiurong nodded, "So, if Baicheng surrounded, wouldn't there be too many Xhosa tribe cavalry coming to rescue?"

"Yes, most of the Xhosa herders were basically included in the standing army. They had slaves graze them, farm them, and served in the army themselves."

"How did Gao Juren and the others do in the forest?"

"It's not bad. Gao Juren took a mountain camp, one of which was arranged in Perm. Now he recruited two thousand young soldiers among the Perm people there and trained for almost a year. In other words, if our army launches an attack on the Khonza Khanate and affects the Bulgarians, a mountain camp of three thousand people will stop them from entering the forest."

"As for Orov, there were originally two thousand people, Gao Juren personally took charge and had recruited 4,000 young soldiers from the Viajiki people. In other words, once the war affects the Bulgarians, the Pechenegs, Gao Juren has two mountain camps that can stop them from entering the forest."

Sun Xiurong shook his head, "It's okay for the Bulgarians to say that they are half-herding and half-hunting tribes, and they may enter the forest, but the Pecheneg people are all nomadic tribes and will not easily enter the forest. They have 40,000 or 50,000 households. Once they enter, how can Gao Juren and the six thousand people resist? They must make a long-term plan."

"Of course, before this, the main focus is on blocking. After all, if the Pecheneg people want to sneak into the dense forest, they can only rush into the river bank, and it is impossible to break in aimlessly."
Chapter completed!