"Emir, it's true. Hamidey, the most intelligent jurist in Kashgar, personally followed the peach blossom stone man to Shache Oasis. He saw countless harvested wheat fields on both sides of the South Pamir River, and also saw the piles of wheat in Shache City!"

Sanjar, who had arrived in Kashgar, half closed his eyes and leaned against a pile of blankets. He suffered a lot along the way, and he lost weight all over the place. He didn't fully recover after going down the plateau and went to Kashgar City. Now he was tired and sleepy, and his brain still felt a burst of pain. He was dizzy for a few times and his eyelids were heavy. It seemed that he had to sleep well and have a nice meal of really cooked and hot food to recover.

But he couldn't sleep now! Because as soon as he arrived in Kashgar, Aslan Khan, who left the city to welcome his army, told him a very terrible news that the army of Shangpei Stone, who came from afar, had actually cultivated and sowed seeds in Shache Oasis, and had harvested a season of wheat.

Hundreds of thousands of acres of wheat harvested last season, enough for a large army of 100,000 people to eat and drink for the past year!

Upon hearing this news, Sanjar could not sleep! He had the urge to get up and return to Herat immediately.

How can these pagans do this? They are noble warriors! Warriors should be with swords and swords and horses! How can they farm? This is undedication and has no knight spirit at all. The warriors of the Tianfang Sect would rather fight with the Crusaders than fight with these unemployed peach blossom stone farmers and knights.

But there is more than this bad news!

"In addition, there are about 20,000 elite Khitans who are stationed at the Datulu Atitaban Pass..."

"What!?" Sanjar, who was a little sluggish and was sleeping lazily, sat up straight. "Ahmad, are you sure they are Khitans?"

"Of course they are Khitans! The Datulu Attidaban Pass is the main throat to Balashaguen. Now Balashaguen has fallen into the hands of the hateful Khitan pagans. Of course, the pagan army from Balashaguen is Khitan..."

"Damn!" Sanjar suddenly stood up, circled around the soft carpet for a few times, then turned his head suddenly, staring at the Lion Khan who was "already locked in a cage", "Have you ever contacted those Khitans? Do you know what their intentions are?"

"No, no, never contacted..."

It should be said that I haven't been in contact yet!

After Hamidyye returned to Kashgar, Aslan Khan did not let him take a breath, so he sent him to the envoy of Balashaguon. Since the Song Dynasty did not allow him to retire in Kashgar, there might be a better offer in the Liao Dynasty?

In order to convince the Khitans to protect him, the Lion Khan, who was about to become a lion dog, he spent a lot of money and took out the most precious treasure of Kashgar. His beautiful daughter Dilinaza was ready to offer it to the owner of the desert and grassland. Emperor Yelu Yanxi of the Great Liao Dynasty... Yelu Yanxi was also unfair and inexplicably became one of the most vicious enemies of the Tianfang Sect. Now there are still people who give him a woman, and I don’t know if he can see him in the end?

By the way, this Princess Dilinaza has a high nose, big eyes, melon-shaped face, a little cherry mouth, and a white skin that is similar to milk. She has a figure that is neither fat nor thin, and is graceful and plump. If she is really sent to Yelu Yanxi's palace, she will probably squeeze out a few girls named Xiao to guard the empty tent day and night.

Of course, you can't tell Sanjar about giving up his daughter. What if Sanjar wants one too? Sanjar already has four wives (female slaves do not take up their wife's quota, but Aslan Khan's daughter will not be a female slave for Sanjar). The quota is full, so you can't tempt him to make mistakes. Moreover, Aslan Khan has only one beautiful daughter. If she gives it to Sanjar, Yelu Yanxi will be gone. If the Khitan Emperor gets angry, the Karakhan Dynasty will have no way out.

"Then send envoys here quickly!" Sanjar didn't care about diplomatic etiquette and directly said to Aslan Khan in a tone of order, "Anyway, you must stabilize the Khitans... Even if you surrender to those Buddhists, you must stabilize them!

Also, don’t forget to send troops to deploy defenses!”

"The envoys and the troops that were deployed have been sent out. In addition, the Khitans at the Datuluatidazan Pass are still calm... and do not show too much hostility."

Sanjar breathed a little relieved and thought to himself: Maybe these Khitans just arrived at the Turuatidaban Pass to make profits in the chaos. I heard that the Song people who were on the peach blossom stone and the Khitan people who were on the peach blossom stone are enemies! They must not be willing to let the wealthy city like Kashgar fall into the hands of the Song people who are on the peach blossom stone...

"As long as the Khitans can be stabilized," Sanjar thought, "there are still defeated by tens of thousands of enemies on the peach blossom stone!"

He looked at it and had already stood up, bent down slightly, and looked flattering, "I brought 13,000 Gulam warriors, 7,000 knights from Gazni, Sigistan, Bukhara and Gur, as well as 5,000 Persian mercenaries, and more than 10,000 auxiliary soldiers and entourages, enough to defeat the enemies on the Peach Blossom Stone.

However, they had just crossed the Pamir Mountains and were struggling and had to rest for at least ten days to recover. Now you can send someone to the camp of the Peach Blossom Stone People to fight to the decisive battle, and ask them to fight ten days later on the grassland north of the Chakmak River!”

Although the situation is not very favorable, Emil Sanjar still has the confidence to win, because he brought up to 13,000 Gulam warriors. This is a very terrifying force, enough to crush a powerful country in the world of the Tianfang Sect!

...

Of course, the Song army across the Chakmak River observed the situation when Sanjar led his army to Kashgar!

A huge watchtower had already been erected in the Lion Prison City, and stood on it with a military opportunity of a distant tube and witnessed the reinforcements of the Turks from the southwest.

"More than 30,000 people, almost all cavalry!"

In the Shizhuo City, Zhang Yuan was listening to the report of military opportunities in the central army's tent, and then glanced at Zhao Zhongshun and Ma Zheng who were sitting on both sides.

"He came from afar and crossed the Palacio Mountains. Although he was a tired army, he must be an elite soldier!" said Ma Zheng, "Or they wouldn't have come!"

Now our army is well-fed, but the enemy must be in short supply. Therefore, our army is beneficial to long-term and the enemy is beneficial to speed. It is better to confront the enemy by following the Lion City and the Chakmak River!"

Zhao Zhongshun shook his head and said, "The thieves come from afar, and there are many cavalry, and there are insufficient food. How can they confront me for a long time? They will definitely look for shallow water along the Chakmak River to cross the river, then go around the side of our army, and approach the Shache Oasis in order to lure our army out of the camp to fight.

For the current plan, we should still use the main force to retreat and show weakness, use the partial army to guard the Shizhuo City to lure the thieves, and use the Western Liang cavalry to harass and plunder the fields, so that they can get in a dilemma and get tired. This is the perfect way."

Their suggestions actually had their own plans. Ma Zheng's plan was to fight the decisive battle with the Turkic Eastern Karakhan coalition along the Chakmak River, either attacking halfway, or fighting a dignified formation on the wasteland.

This is something that Yuntai Department’s military science is more good at military science. It is a technical route and does not emphasize strategy, but focuses on tough battles, especially tough battles in the wild.

Zhao Zhongshun now wants to fight a skillful battle and avoid a head-on decisive battle as much as possible. It is best to lure the enemy around the Lion Prison City. Then he maintains contact without launching a decisive battle, just like the most common practice of nomadic cavalry, he uses procrastination, harassment, plundering logistics supplies and other methods to hit opponents. He puts them in a dilemma, insufficient supply and exhaustion.

Finally, take advantage of the enemy's unbearableness and start pursuing the opportunity to retreat. Use heavy cavalry and light cavalry to continuously defeat the enemy's rear guard troops, and create an atmosphere of panic, forcing the enemy to fall into a retreat.

The reason why he wanted to fight like this was not because he was worried that Ma Zheng would not win the battle, but because he wanted to lose less strength.

Although the Hexi Army is now strong, both the Iron Harrier Cavalry and the Xiliang Cavalry are at their peak. If you want to compare the combat effectiveness, it is probably only the Xixia army of the Yuanhao era that can compare.

However, Hexi Road itself does not have the ability to support the Hexi Army, and neither financial resources nor population are enough to maintain and supplement the Hexi Army. Therefore, the Hexi Army is an army that lacks potential. Once the existing power is consumed, it will be all over.

For two solutions, the final decision is of course in Zhang Yuan’s hands! This feeling of holding a hundred thousand tigers in his hand can determine the rise and fall of a country in just one word is really good!

"Just follow Zhao Tongjun's plan!" Zhang Yuan quickly made a decision, and he also had his own plans.

Although the Hexi Army had changed its brand of Western thieves, it was still nominally armed by the Song Dynasty! If the Hexi Army could really defeat the Karakhan and cross the Pamirs and enter India as the Great Education Corps hoped, then the Song Dynasty would be able to surpass the Han and Tang dynasties in its territory.

The nominal territory of the Song Dynasty is already very scary. The territory that originally belonged to the Western Xia was basically incorporated into the Song Dynasty. The map on the other side of Qinghai Road was also drawn to the border of the Karakhan Dynasty.

In the Western Regions, the Gaochang Uighurs had become the Beiting Protectorate, which was also considered the territory of the Song Dynasty. The Dongkarakhan Dynasty was about to perish. Although the Khitans intervened and took down the Thunder Ye Town, the three towns of Shule, Khotan and Kucha had all entered the territory of the Song Dynasty, and this contribution to opening the border was considered a great martial arts in history.

If the Hexi Army could still go to India and take over the already fragmented territory of the Jiaseni Dynasty. Then why did the Song Dynasty surpass the Han and Tang Dynasties?

And this contribution to the development of thousands of miles of the border was not his Zhang Yuan ranked first? This is a great achievement that has been famous in history!

Just as Zhang Yuan was proud, a notice came from outside the tent: "Report to the great teacher, the envoy sent by Kashgar City is here to issue a letter of war!"

"Shu of War?" Zhang Yuan laughed and looked at Zhao Zhongshun and Ma Zheng. "It seems that the enemy is really good for quick battle. The soldiers had just passed the Paoling Mountains and rushed to issue the Shu of War! But I am not in a hurry at all... just beat the sticks out!"

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