Surrey, the spring rain continues.

Hainan Prefecture (Tubasidan) in May makes people feel extremely comfortable in both the climate and the feeling.

But Sun Xiurong, the King of the Qin Dynasty who was still stationed here, was not at all relaxed.

"King"

The latest news from all over the world has reached here, and the censor Su Xijie is reporting to him.

"Shakel City is taken down"

"oh?"

"Brans' second son Simon, when he learned that Petcheneg's Khan Gechus was heading south and was only more than a hundred miles away from him, he immediately left the city to fight Nie Feng and Erzhu Chong. Nie Feng used the tactic of a chain of horses to defeat his infantry and Erzhu Chong defeated his cavalry again. Simon fled in a hurry, Erzhu Chong chased after him. Because Simon pulled all the regular troops in the city out of the city to fight, he was followed by Erzhu Chong and broke into the city..."

"It won't be that simple, right?"

"Yes, there were only dozens of cavalry following Erzhu Chong at that time, and Simon had more than 200 cavalry under his command, and there were still thousands of young and strong people in the city. These people could not stop Erzhu Chong from entering the city, but they could close the city gate in time. Seeing this, Simon also led the hundreds of cavalry to turn over and kill back."

"When Erzhu Chong saw this, he relied on the city gate to fight fiercely with the Xhosa people, and finally successfully saved the city gate before the reinforcements arrived. However, all the dozens of cavalry who followed Erzhu Chong were killed in battle except Erzhu Chong himself. Simon saw that he could not take Erzhu Chong for a short time, so he ran from the north gate in a frightened state."

"Our army successfully captured this city. King, this city is the largest castle in the north of the Khanate of Khanate and is also the stronghold for the Khanate to deter the tribes in the north. As soon as this city came, Gechusi in the north immediately retreated, and Simon followed him to Sarah Fort."

"After this war, the Khan of the Bulgar Khanate, located on the southern edge of the dark forest, immediately stopped recruiting young and strong people within the tribe, and sent people to show kindness to Bai Xiaode, who was in the heart of the North Caucasus."

"Oh? Ge Chusi did not make any further moves?"

"Of course there is, the king, the Pecheneg tribe is the largest tribe north of the Khonza Khanate, with nearly 40,000 households, and immediately responded after the Battle of Shakr."

"Let me guess." Seeing that he had no intention of panic on his face, Sun Xiurong knew that it was definitely not bad for the Thunder Ye Army. Now to the east is the jurisdiction of Bai Xiaode's Lianghai Governor's Office, so it is impossible to go there. To the west is the Mazar people. If the Qin Kingdom had not entered the west of the Dnieper River, Ge Chusi would naturally attack the Mazar tribe in large numbers and then approach the weaker Pannonia area.

But when the Qin Kingdom had already penetrated into the eastern edge of Pannonia, Ge Chusi would not do this, so he had only one way out.

"His he headed north?"

"Yes, king, after Gao Juren was struggling in the dark forest, almost all the essence of the Viajiki people was included in the Shattered Ye Army. Except for some who followed him to Fort Kiev, most of them gathered in Orlo to Perm's front line."

"So, in the north of the Pecheneg people, by the way, the radius of five hundred miles near Moscow was marked on the King's map and almost became a deserted area. Gechus let some of the Pecheneg people enter there first."

"However, the Varyags defeated by Gao Juren are also approaching there. After a fight between the two forces, the Pechenegs who were riding horses finally gained the advantage and completely occupied the area near Moscow."

Su Xijie suddenly frowned when he saw Sun Xiurong, and suddenly thought, "The king had arranged for the eldest prince, Bai Jieyou and others to go deep into the dark forest in order to prevent these tribes from rushing north into the dark forest when conducting the Xhosa strategy, but now..."

Then he carefully suggested: "King, Bayan's two scattered leaves camps are still in Orlo and Perm, so it's better..."

Sun Xiurong waved his hand, "Forget it, I'm not thinking about it. The dark forest is so big, can it be easily covered? Let them fight with the Varyags first before talking. I guess Ge Chusixing is mostly a trick of cunning rabbits. He will also watch the Attila River. If our army completely gains the advantage, he will definitely send envoys to the king."

"If our army's attack is unfavorable, he will still stand on the side of the Xhosa people. No matter what, among the tribes in the north of the Xhosa Khanate, the Pechenegs are the strongest. When our army implements the Xhosa strategy, as long as he doesn't make trouble."

"By the way, the spring is already blooming, and the large number of cavalrymen of the Xhosa people can stay in the castle? Let me guess, if the cavalry is the most newly built Xhosa City, I guess..."

(City of Xhosa, later generations Stavropol)

"The king saw Wanli clearly, and it was indeed the case. The one who guarded the city of Kosa was Brans' nephew Suwut. He placed 10,000 tribal cavalry in the castle, and there was a cavalry camp outside the city, forming a horn of each other."

"Originally, General Bai Xiaode had six regular battalions, one of which went to Odessa and the other went to Shakr. By the way, it was Nie Feng's battalion, so there were only four battalions in the city of Kosa. When spring arrived, Suwut immediately dispatched, and the two camps each had five thousand cavalry..."

"Wait," Sun Xiurong seemed to think of something, "Their war horses eat hay even in winter. They must have stored fodder, but they must have been reluctant to let the horses eat food, so..."

Su Xijie nodded, "The king guessed it completely. Compared with the Slash Ye Army, both the Xhosa people and the tribes, their war horses are very weak at the moment. The Xhosa people can still eat some food every few days, but it is impossible for the tribes to do it."

Sun Xiurong took over the conversation, "In other words, for the tribes, the opportunity for them to send troops was not summer and autumn, or in the middle of winter, or when the river was just frozen, although the war horses were a little weak at that time, after all, there was still the remaining fat in autumn to be consumed."

"Yes, this is also the reason why the Mazar people, the Pecheneg people, and the Bulgarians dare not move easily at this time. In fact, if our army had just entered the territory of the Khanate of Xhosa, if these tribes worked together to assist Brans, our army would not have easily penetrated the heartland of the North Caucasus."

"They originally wanted to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, but they didn't expect to lose the only fighter opportunity."

Sun Xiurong nodded. To be honest, the movements of the northern tribes were what he was most worried about when implementing this Xhosa strategy. If the three tribes gathered their troops to the hinterland of the North Caucasus to support the Xhosa Khanate, it is hard to say whether the Ye army could gain a foothold.

But in addition to strength, the test of the war is psychology. Who told them to be still a Khanate? Since it is a Khanate, it can only be a loose alliance, just like the Turkic Khanate and the Hun Khanate. If all the tribes north of the Great Wall unite and truly invest millions of cavalry to go south at one time, even if Bai Qi is resurrected, Li Jing will be unable to get up again.

The biggest crisis in the history of the Central Plains dynasty was that time. That time, he really gathered millions of troops, but unfortunately he died suddenly in the middle of the journey. Then the powerful Xianbei was divided into pieces. Otherwise, the course of history was really hard to say.

"As soon as Suwut came out, he was hit by Bai Xiaode's head. As the king expected, Suwut was all tribal cavalry under his command. He had just recovered from the long winter and was at its weakest time. The battle ended in half a day. Suwut's army was more than half lost, and finally had to return to the castle to defend it again."

"As for Baicheng and Derbint, these two places were originally the important places where Persians used to manage the North Caucasus. When they were placed in the Tang Dynasty, they were Shuofang and Yunzhong. Therefore, in addition to the large castle, the defense line was also very reliable, and it was also back to the sea, so food could be transported there easily. Therefore, I estimate that these two places could last at least three months."

"Three months? How did you come up with it?"

"King, it's already spring with green grass, and horses are very sensitive to the climate. Even if they are locked in the camp, they will be restless. However, as long as they are castles, they will have food. According to our army's past experience, they will be fed to war horses for about seven to ten days, and they can still temporarily recover to a certain ability."

"The Xhosa must have known this, so it is impossible for them to still be in the castle after the spring comes, not to mention that when all the Mazars, Pechenegs, and Bulgars retreat."

"So there must be a place to open the gap. This place will obviously not be the port of Taman with weak military strength, nor will it be the city of Kosa, which is full of tribal cavalry. It can only be the White City or Derbint, which has a large number of main cavalry."

"Especially Baicheng, which is the capital of the Xhosa people. It was originally a Persian provincial capital. After the Xhosa people took over, they built another mountain city on the mountain near the west side. The two places are about five miles apart, and there are city walls connected to it from north to south. The city walls are also five miles apart from north to south."

"In other words, the war horses in Baicheng can now be released to eat grass. According to our company's previous information, Baicheng has an army of 20,000, including 10,000 regular elite cavalry, all of which are armored, at least half of them have iron armor, and the other half have leather armor. Originally led by Suwut, Suwut was stationed in Kosa City and then transferred to Brans's youngest son Levi."

"King, Levi is only twenty years old, but he is most loved by Brans, why?"

"Didn't you say before that this son was in Constantinople when he was over ten years old? Did he learn the Roman cavalry tactics? No, the Romans were not good at cavalry?"

Suxijie shook his head, "Our intelligence is wrong. Levi only stayed in Constantinople for three years. After the Romans and the Great Cannibals sent people to Baicheng to persuade the Xhosa to join their religion, although the Xhosa chose Judaism, at least they had a good relationship with the Roman Empire and the Great Cannibals."

"After that, the qualitative one in Constantinople was changed to the second son Simon, and Levi was changed to Damascus, the country of Great Garrison, as a proton. It was there that the son not only secretly learned the Damascus's technique of smelting steel, but also learned the cavalry tactics of the Great Garrison."

"The cavalry tactics of the great cannibals? What tactics do they have? They are just able to endure hunger and come and go in the desert like the wind. They don't know the art of archery, armor, bows and arrows, and they learn from the Persians. They are familiar with the art of cavalry, and their biggest reliance is horses."
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