The army on the peach blossom stone finally arrived at the stone city.

Seeing their appearance, Mahmoud Berry felt something was wrong.

He was a rigorously trained Gulam warrior, and he also participated in wars with the Sikara Khan Dynasty, Gaochang Uighurs and Kaseni Dynasty, and had considerable experience.

So he knew that if an army that had traveled more than 1,500 miles in the rarely-peed plateau, mountain and desert could still appear in front of the enemy with full morale and strict formation, singing war songs. Then there was no doubt that they must be the elite among the elite... more elite than all the troops he had ever seen. They could almost be regarded as an army with Gulam warriors as the main force.

And now the stern army that appeared under the Stone City has at least eight or nine thousand people! Eight or nine thousand Gulam warriors... This is impossible? The Khan on the Peach Blossom Stone cannot be so rich. The Sultans of the Seljuk Turks are not sure that they can produce so many Gulam warriors now.

And this time, the Khan of the Pagan who went to the Peach Blossom Stone personally was not in the personal expedition. There were eight or nine thousand gulams. If they were to the personal expedition, how many gulams would have to be dispatched? Twenty thousand or thirty thousand? This is incredible? How rich is the Khan of the Peach Blossom Stone? The annual income of one million silver coins (what? A big house in Kaifeng is worth one million?) is not enough!

However, what made Mahmud Berry feel the most is not that the enemy's Gurams are too many, but the supply columns following these Guram soldiers... They actually drove a lot of cattle and sheep!

Are they here to fight or to herd sheep?

There are a lot of cattle and sheep, and there are all over the mountains!

There are many plump pastures around Stone City. As long as the cattle and sheep are placed there, a lot of meat can grow every day. This is awful, and it is probably difficult to drive the enemy away from Stone City by hunger.

"Berry, they don't have any siege equipment!"

Burke of Stone City, the Ikta Knight named Yusufu, said in a relaxed tone, "Even if they drive cattle and sheep, they will have a day to finish their meal. And it will definitely not be enough for them to eat for a year!"

One year is definitely not enough. The cattle, sheep and cake cut by Ma Zheng to Stone City can last for up to one month, and then slaughter some pack horses, so that they can last for a month and a half.

But Stone City will definitely not last for half a month...

"Resist the enemy!"

"The last one will be here!"

Just when the army was camping, Ma Zheng had already called the young military officer named Luo Gang, whose name was defeated by the enemy.

Luo Gang looks a bit stupid and rough, and looks like a vulgar warrior without much education. But in fact, he is a top student at the Yuntai Academy and the School of Construction. He has also studied in the Knights Academy. He is also a favorite student of Huang Zhisheng, a Siye of Jiehe Academy. He is a true master of Jiehe Academy!

"The siege and blasting are left to you!" Ma Zheng waved his hand and issued an order directly. "How many days can we break through the Stone City?"

In the past few years, the Knights Academy and the School of Construction have not yet left behind the research on the blasting of caves. Scholars who specialize in gunpowder and tunnels have found a relatively secluded place in Beicangzhou and exploded it every now and then. Although hundreds of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder were wasted, they still obtained enough data.

How to dig a hole, how to install gunpowder, how to explode the earth city, how to explode the brick city, and how to explode the stone city, the gunpowder used for blasting should be better to package large or small packaging, all research has been conducted.

In addition, the technology of gunpowder production has also made considerable progress. Now it is distributed to engineers of the Great Education Regiment, but the granular black gunpowder with very good purity is now available.

"The general army, the last general doesn't know yet." Luogang looked at Shitou City, "When you dig a trench tomorrow, you will know the soil around Shitou City, and you will be able to estimate the time to break the city."

"Okay!" Ma Zheng nodded, "Go and do it."

"Here."

Luo Gang responded, turned around and went to work on his affairs.

In the military academic of the Yuntai Department, both engineering and logistics are responsible for heavy responsibilities. Logistics is not only responsible for transferring and raising materials, but also for the consuming materials according to the situation, and also for the hygiene of the troops' garrison, the health of soldiers and livestock, and to take care of the wounded and sick to establish a military clinic. This time, I went to a high-altitude wasteland, and the situation was relatively serious.

So far, the number of non-combat reductions has exceeded 3,000. This is the total number including combat soldiers, auxiliary soldiers and herdsmen, most of them are patients. It can be saved if you take good care of them!

The engineers are responsible for the construction of camps, fortifications, construction of engineering equipment, management of gunpowder weapons, blasting and repairing city walls. Of course, the engineers are also responsible for the engineers.

Just as Rogan and his engineers and some of their auxiliary soldiers were busy with construction, Mahmoud Berry and Yusufu did not expect that they would soon see Allah and him.

When they saw the Song army under the city construction, they felt relieved.

The siege is expected! And you are not afraid of siege... There is a whole year of food in the stone city, and because the city is on the shore of Da Ahmad, the water with abundant water flowing, there is no need to worry about not having water to drink.

If the Buddhist army on the Peach Blossom Stone wanted to dig out the water source and force the city to surrender, they were prepared. In the stone city, there were not only water wells with abundant water, but also water storage pools. As long as they were strictly controlled, they could also supply the defenders and people in the city.

So the two of them were worried about the "Lion King" far away from the Tantan. Previously, Mahmood Berry sent a team of Gurams to inform him and asked him to come to Stone City in a month... I don't know if the elite soldiers led by Khan could defeat the eight or nine thousand "Gurams" outside the city?

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In the ancient city of Gutian, Ahmad Aslan Khan, the "Chinese Lion King", already knew that the army of Shang Taohua Stone had invaded his ruling area. It was not that the team of Gulam sent by Mahmood Berry arrived, but that the messenger sent a few days ago finally arrived in Gutian.

While bad news comes, there are some good news. Reinforcements from all over the country are constantly coming!

Although the Lower Peach Blossom Stone Kingdom has been divided into two for many years, the area controlled by Ahmad Aslan Khan is still very vast, larger than the Khanate controlled by Mohammed II in the west. In fact, due to the defeat of the Seljuk Empire twice, Khan's prestige was greatly damaged, many tribes and Ikta knights who were originally loyal to the Khanate in the west surrendered to the Eastern Khanate.

Now Ahmad Aslan Khan's will to collect troops has spread throughout the control area, and the loyal Tianfang soldiers are traveling day and night to rush towards the city of Khotan!

In addition, the jurisdiction of this "Chinese Lion King" also includes some territory belonging to later Afghanistan and Pakistan. There are many brave and warlike tribes living there, and believe in the Tianfang Sect. As long as the "Lion King" is willing to pay, he can hire many mountain warriors.

So now every day, many soldiers from the Tianfang Sect arrive in the city of Khotan.

Standing on the wall of the palace that originally belonged to the Buddhist kingdom of Khotan, we watched the camp outside the city becoming increasingly large.

The "Chinese Lion King" who was a little worried before has become ambitious now. Tens of thousands of troops have gathered under his royal flag! And more troops are coming, and there may be an army of 100,000 in the end!

The army of Shang Taohua Stone must not use so many soldiers, right? The "Lion King" thought to himself that after defeating the army of Shang Taohua Stone, he might be able to take advantage of the situation to go north and eliminate the abominable pagans in Gaochang in one fell swoop.

After the Gaochang Uighurs were eliminated, the Karakhan army could invade the territory of the Shang Taohua Stone! It should be let the Shang Taohua Stone people know how powerful the Shang Taohua Stone is...

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At the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, the place called the Turpan Basin later, is now called "Xizhou", also known as Gaochang. It is the capital of Gaochang Uighurs!

Although the Uighur Pugu family ruled Gaochang, the main residents here were Han people.

That's right, in history, Turpan, from the time when the Han Dynasty opened up the Western Regions, until the Yuan Dynasty, was captured by Chagatai Khan, who believed in the Tianfang Sect, and it has always been a land for the Han people to work and cultivate.

The first Han people who were cultivated in Gaochang were garrisons of the Han Dynasty. Since the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty, a large number of Han soldiers brought their families to farm here. During the reign of Emperor Yuan, cities were built in their places, and because of their "high and spacious terrain, people are prosperous", they were called Gaochang Wall. The name of Gaochang came from this.

Later, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Gaochang continued to develop proudly and belonged to Dunhuang County, Liangzhou. In the subsequent Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, Gaochang was also firmly controlled by the Han people. Four countries were established successively in Gaochang, the Zhang family Gaochang, the Ma family Gaochang and the Ju family Gaochang. During this period, Gaochang State grew stronger and King Ju Jia of Gaochang sent his second son to take over Yanqi as the king.

It was not until the Sui Dynasty that Gaochang was captured by the Turks, so it became weak and later destroyed by the Tang Dynasty. After the Anshi Rebellion, it was gradually occupied by the Uighurs.

However, because the Pugu family of Gaochang Uighurs believed in Manichi, which was a family planning system, it should be said that it was a religion that hated holding hands and giving birth, the Uighurs occupying the wealthy land of Gaochang did not grow and grow. Instead, they encountered the problem of "fewer births" and their population was getting smaller and smaller. By the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, they were far inferior to those of the Han people who believed in Buddhism who were ruled by them.

Because the population is too small, the Gaochang Uighurs have always been weak. In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, they could barely maintain the situation by relying on the alliance with the Dabao Khotan Kingdom and the Guiyi Army. In the process of the Guiyi Army, after the Guiyi Army was destroyed one after another, the Gaochang Uighurs could only become vassals of the Khitan. Relying on the support of the Khitan, they barely competed with the relatively powerful Karakhanate. In fact, the Karakhanate was not strong, but they believed in the Tianfang Sect and did not have the problem of "few births", so the population was large...
Chapter completed!