Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 203
Under the thirsty city, it is obvious that the army has already suppressed the situation, but the atmosphere is not as tense as if the mountain and rain are about to come, but instead reveals all kinds of weirdness.

Khotan's [-] troops, carrying [-] to [-] people and peasants, stopped thirty miles away from Kesai City.

They didn't seem to have the intention of coming to attack the city immediately, but slowly started to build siege equipment, collect food and grass, and even pulled up a large net to catch fish in the medicine-killing water.

Where is this for war?It looks like a spring outing for later generations.

The situation in Kesai City is even more strange. It is said that the enemy army is coming from a distance, so we must quickly fortify the walls and clear the fields to destroy the traffic!

But the defenders of Kesai City only pretended to destroy a small pontoon bridge closest to them, and several bridges upstream were not destroyed at all, as if they had been forgotten.

The Khotan scouts who went to investigate even suspected that if it was the season of ripe wheat, maybe he could still see patches of wheat fields.

And the Saman Persian army stationed two hundred miles away to the south is just as weird, they don't seem to come to rescue at all.

Not to mention hurrying on their way, they even walked slowly for dozens of miles before setting up a camp, fighting steadily and without panic.

Zhang Zhao rubbed his chin, it seems that they are all thousand-year-old foxes!He saved his mind to fight for help, so he was not in a hurry.

Yu Supu was probably afraid that the Saman Persians would arrive first before Zhang Zhao arrived, so not only did he not destroy the pontoon bridge on the Yaosha water, but he did not even drive away the boats.

And the Persians probably also saw Yu Supu's careful thinking. The [-] troops who came to support him were so rigid, as if they had to protect themselves first when the situation was wrong.

All right!Seeing that the Persians were so cautious, Zhang Zhao decided not to go down the river and attack them first. This Saman Persian warrior, Tihakm, was quite capable.

"Tiance, go and inform Pei Jieshi and Ashina Sili to send another two hundred soldiers to explore along the Yaoshashui.

Give them all the chain mail and ring armor in the army, we must defeat the horses released by Saman Persia, and first make the Persians blind and deaf! "

Zhang Zhao quickly changed his strategy. Since the Persians were fighting steadily and decided whether to fight or not, he didn't have any scruples, and surrounded Kesai City first.

"Liu Zaisheng, use your position as the striker, gather a large army, and pull out the fortresses around Kesai City first!"

. . . .

Thirsty, Yu Supu frowned, his heart sank, and he couldn't help but want to swear.

What about the siege army of Khotan?What about the Persians who came to the rescue in the starry night?Both of you don't come here, where can I sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight?
It's really embarrassing, the bait was thrown out, but the two tigers hesitated to come forward, what's the matter?

"Brother, there is good news. Fort Kadir has sent a messenger to ask for help. A large number of Khotanese troops have crossed the river before dawn today. They are surrounding Kadir Fort. It is said that there are no fewer than [-] people, all of whom are elite soldiers in armor. "

It was Yusup's younger brother Mousa who ran in happily. Although Yusup thought this brother was as stupid as a pig, his other brothers were stupider than pigs, and only Musa was barely usable.

If this news happened a few days ago, Yu Supu would definitely think it was good news, but not now.

Because the Khotan army has been here for so long, but the Persians have not arrived.

This means that Hakem Abdul, who was mentioned in the war, probably saw through his plan and would not be easily fooled, at least he would not come until Yusup's strength was greatly damaged.

"Who is Abdul's backer in Bukhara? Does he have any enemies?"

Yusupu didn't show any joy on his face, but turned around and asked Musa about the situation of Juzhan Tihakem Abdul. Musa touched his chin and pondered for a moment.

"Abdul is a member of Prince Salal Hamid, and he was highly recommended by Hamid for his ability to sit in the battle.

As for the enemy, Abdul was promoted from a slave by Prince Hamid and has been serving in the local government, so he should have no enemies.

But Prince Hamid and Grand Wazir Baal Ami and Dargah Ahmad have been hostile to each other for many years. "

Salar, this is the official position of Saman Persia, which is a bit similar to that of Emperor Taizong's Tiance Mansion Admiral.

This is the supreme commander of the Saman Persian army. Except for the Emir guards in the forbidden city of Alka, the troops including the Gulam guards belong to the commander of Salar.

Prince Hamid is the second son of the current Emir Nasr II of Saman Persia. He has served as Salar for more than ten years. He is the de facto crown prince and has a high prestige in the country.

The Grand Wazir, on the other hand, was the head of the government, in effect the prime minister.

Dargah is the chief executive of the palace, responsible for the internal affairs of the entire royal city-Alka Forbidden City, somewhat similar to the chief eunuch of the Ming Dynasty.

These two positions are also close aides of King Nasr II.

This is to maintain the stability of Saman Persian power, especially the 'separation of powers' of Nasr II's power.

That is to say, the crown prince is Salar, and the general power is controlled in the hands of the heirs of the dynasty.

With the Great Wazir as the head of the government, the internal affairs of the palace were handed over to Dargah (the head of the palace), and the guards of the royal city were controlled by the emir himself.

It looks really good. The crown prince controls the standing army outside to limit the power of the imperial guards and ensure that the guards obey the emir himself.

Use the court chief to balance the prime minister, so as to control the government affairs in the hands of the emir himself.

Then use the prime minister and the court chief to work together to check and balance the crown prince Salar who holds military power.

The current Saman Persian operation is like this. When Prince Hamid becomes powerful, the prime minister and the court chief will unite against him. Nasr II also strengthens the military strength of the guards to prevent accidents.

So although these three people have been fighting each other for seven or eight years, no one can do anything to the other. As long as one of them is too strong, the other two will join forces to deal with him.

However, there may be a small mistake now. Nasr II was not young when he succeeded to the throne. Naturally, Prince Hamid was basically an adult at that time.

King Nasr II served as emir for ten years before handing over the post to Prince Hamid.

He originally thought that he was already in his fifties, and if he lived another ten years, it would be almost the same.

But no one would have guessed that today, ten years later, the 63-year-old Nasr II is still in good health, and a princess is even born this year. It seems that it will be no problem to stay in power for another dozen or 20 years.

This is troublesome, because of Nasr II's longevity, Prince Hamid has been Salar for ten years.

This kind of position in charge of military power is easy to form cliques to recruit confidants, so after ten years, Prince Hamid has also gathered a large number of powerful factions who want to be heroes.

Nasr II had several chances to get rid of Prince Hamid, but he was his son after all, and he did not make any mistakes. Nasr II still couldn't bear it, so he could only look at Hamid step by step. The prince of Germany grew stronger.

Up to now, he can only support Grand Wazir Baal Ami and the court chief Ahmad, and use them to fight against the increasingly powerful Prince Hamid.

It seems that there is no big problem, but whether it is Grand Wazir Baal Ami or the palace chief Ahmad, they are first of all human beings, and they all have their own little thoughts.

Nasr II wants to support them to check and balance Prince Hamid. They have no objection, but Nasr II is over sixty!Maybe one day I will go to see Allah.

If they can't deal with Prince Hamid before this, then the day Nasr II goes to see Allah, his entire family will also have to go to see Allah.

Therefore, in these years, Saman Persia centered on the capital Bukhara, and amidst its glory and prosperity, extremely fierce political struggles broke out.

In every "fight", a large number of dignitaries fell, and the methods of both sides became more and more cruel, even to the point where King Nasr II couldn't control it.

"Musa, you set off at once, take all the treasures of the city, and go to Bukhara to find Grand Wazir Baal Ami.

Be sure to pass on the news that we are willing to go to Bukhara to meet and we will fight Tihaqm Abdul to stand still! "

A trace of cruelty flashed in Yusupu's eyes, and then he looked at his younger brother Musa.

"The old man Abdul wants to see both us and the people of Khotan suffer. We must not let him succeed, otherwise you and my brother will definitely die in the prison of Bukhara."

"Okay! I'll go get ready and set off tomorrow morning." Musa nodded and agreed. He is not good at strategy and military affairs, but he is still very good at intrigue.

Seeing his younger brother Musa go out, Yusupu heaved a sigh of relief, his mind was in chaos.

Why did the Khotan army come so quickly?If it was a year and a half later, he would be able to train officers who were loyal to him. How could it be like this, and he could only take a risky gamble.

. . . .

In the dark night, the Saman Persian army, wearing black and white Persian-Dashi-style robes, had already built a military camp.

The mighty [-] troops and more than [-] civilians lined up along the long snake shape of the Yaoshashui. The low voice of conversation and the bright lights of the barracks made the whole Yaoshashui seem to come alive.

Abdul is 47 years old this year. He is of medium build, but extremely strong. Although he is over middle-aged, he has no sign of gaining weight at all.

Brown skin and brown hair indicate that he is not a pure Persian, but has a large number of Turkic ethnic ancestry.

Hakem is also the official position of Saman Persia, and he is actually the governor, but it is smaller than the real governor, such as the governor of Tashkent Province, Ali Dulav, who was captured and killed by Zhang Zhao. Call this post.

As an officer who was promoted from slaves, Abdul was very self-disciplined, because he knew that if a person like him lost his military ability, he would soon be abandoned by the court of Bukhara.

Moreover, the competition in this industry is still very fierce, because with the glory and prosperity of Saman Persia, a large number of Persian nobles are not willing to go to various frontiers to suffer, they prefer to spend their money in big cities such as Braha and Samarkand. .

This led to the fact that a large number of middle- and lower-level officers were occupied by converts from various Turkic ethnic groups. There were only so many positions, and there were as many Turkic slaves as gazelles on the grassland, so the competition was naturally fierce.

"Father, our search range has been suppressed to less than twenty miles, and now we can only keep the two banks of Yaoshashui from being infiltrated.

Those Khotan scouts are very difficult to deal with. Whether it is armor or weapons, they are better than ours. Except for horses, we can't take advantage of anything. "

Seeing blood stains on his son's armor, Abdul hurriedly asked the guards to fetch a basin of water for him to wash.

"The people of Khotan, in my impression, they are better at fighting in infantry formations, similar to the disappeared Peach Blossom Stone Empire.

When can these people have such elite cavalry scouts?Dare to put them more than a hundred miles away to harass us, the commander of the Khotan people is very confident in his soldiers! "

Abdul looked at his son who had taken off his armor and washed it, and sighed, "Alput, do you think these people should have something to do with Juer Khan coming from Tashkent?"

"Ju'er Khan?" Alpte, who was cleaning his body, was taken aback for a moment, "The Khan of Glory! Could it be that another Khan has arisen on the grassland?

Father, tomorrow night I will personally lead our wolf guards out to catch some alive. If a Khan really appears on the grassland, then we will be in serious trouble. "

(End of this chapter)