Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 8 Defense of Stalingrad
In order to completely solve the lost forces of Tuotuo, Timur once again mobilized the army to go north.Not to be outdone, Tutuo Lost assembled a larger army.However, before the war, the Mongols and Turks who were lost under Tuotuo discovered that Timur's army was different from them.

Although it stands to reason that the Timur Khanate is also a Mongol-Turkic regime, and its main force should be the nomadic cavalry of the headquarters, but there are actually a large number of Persians in the army in front of it.

The Persians have always been known for their weak soldiers. Filling these people into the front line shows that Timur's strength has been greatly reduced, and he can only act as a facade to embolden himself.As a result, the nobles who lost their hands fell into the mood of blindly underestimating the enemy, and even ignored the orders of the Great Khan himself, insisting on a decisive battle with Timur.

However, the combat effectiveness of the Persians under Timur was much higher than expected, and the Golden Horde army was defeated instead.At this time, the general Guo Xian of the Zizhang had already invaded Beergosarai. Tuotuo was lost and homeless. He led a few defeated soldiers and fled to Lithuania.The hometown of the Golden Horde changed hands again.

Timur originally planned to completely destroy Belgosarai to prevent any opponents that could threaten him from growing here again.But the Purple Horde believes that under such circumstances, the enemy has lost the ability to make a comeback, and there is no need to abandon the city.

At that time, the Purple Horde Khanate was quite interested in the north, and always wanted to re-open the grassland Silk Road. Belgosarai's important position was a key hub to open up trade routes, so it was reluctant to give up and destroy it.

After all, Timur did his best. In order to show respect, Zizhang Khan suggested that Beergosarai should be renamed "Timur Sarai" to commemorate his illustrious military exploits.From now on, the city will be jointly operated by both parties, collecting business tax and tribute from the surrounding grassland tribes.

Although at this time, the eastern section of the Grassland Silk Road has basically been cut off, but as a regional trade center, Sarai City is still quite lucrative.Timur was very satisfied with this proposal and agreed to their request.

After that, the Purple Horde began to invest energy here.

Sarai means "city" in Persian.The first capital of the Golden Horde was "Batu Sarai" established by Batu.Later, the successor Great Khan, Bergo, moved the capital to the Volga River and established a new capital, "Bergosarai".

Even if these places have been destroyed many times in history, they can always be rebuilt because of their important location.In the era of the rise of Russia, the city of Tsaritsyn was established near Bergosarai, and Batu Sarai became Astrakhan, which shows the significance of geographical location.

The main force of the Purple Horde Khanate is limited and cannot stay here forever, so the Khan court hired nearby Slavs to serve as guards.The biggest threat here is the Tuotuo lost remnants, and the Slavs have hundreds of years of hatred with the surrounding nomadic tribes, so they resist very hard.

"Timur" means iron, and "Salai" means city.Therefore, the local Slavs also call it "Stalingrad", which also means "City of Iron".

After the army withdrew, the Tuotuomi Lost Party launched several attacks as expected, but they were all defeated by the mercenaries defending the city.The city gradually settled down and became the core of stabilizing the surrounding area.

After solving Tutuo lost, the Ottoman Sultanate, which was entrenched from Asia Minor to the Caucasus, became the next target.

Although the land area is small, Ottoman is not an opponent to be taken lightly.Because the strength of such a country is often not determined just by looking at its territory.

Ottoman is located at the junction of the two civilizations, and can also be regarded as the frontier of the Tianfangjiao world.The cultural customs here are quite different from those in the hinterland.

The backbone of the Ottomans is the jihadist group known as the "Gazi".The nomadic tribes, exiles and fanatical believers who kept coming from the east provided him with a steady stream of soldiers, allowing the Sultan to use troops far beyond the territory.

This tradition has a long history in Minor Asia. In 1071, the Seljuk Turks defeated the Eastern Roman army in Manchikot. It is generally believed that this battle opened the door for the Turkic tribes to move westward.

Of course, this statement is not accurate, because Turkic is just their own name.In the eyes of the most educated Persians in the area, these people can only be called "Turkmen", which means people who look like Turks rather than Turks. After all, the Persians have seen the real Turkic Khanate. , people really won't admit it.

Moreover, not all the Turkmen tribes were Turkmen from Central Asia. In fact, the first wave of people who invaded Asia Minor, plundered and occupied Roman territory were mainly local Armenians.

The history of the Armenian country is very long, and their Christian church is also older than those in Europe.The territory of this country has changed a lot in history, and it is often a somewhat vague general term, and its internal forces are also quite complicated.

These Armenian tribes from the Caucasus quickly occupied a piece of land in Asia Minor under the banner of jihad and established the Danishmand dynasty.Therefore, the first batch of "Turks" who invaded Rome may not even be Turkmen, but Armenians.

After a few years of local jihad, these Armenians seem to find that their religion is not right.Then, they reacted and announced that they had joined the Tianfang Sect.

(End of this chapter)