Chapter 53: Chahan drove the people to the border and encouraged him to enter the enemy camp

Zhao Jin saw Fang Yuandu's archery and said happily, "Water battle bow and arrow first, your archery turned out to be so strong!"

Fang Yuandu bowed down and said, "Master's praise!"

Zhao Yu laughed and said, "It's notfallible, it's notfallible! I practiced arrows myself and know the mystery of it. This requires not only talent, but also hard practice! I think my talent is not bad, but because of my lack of hard practice, I am still at this level so far--" So Zhao Jin wanted to pass the Yuandu hard bow, aim at a pillar about 30 or 40 steps away, and shoot five arrows in a row, all of them, but the area is very large.

Mangzhi and Jianzhi quickly praised: "My lord is too modest! The lord has made great progress!" The Lord's Day is full of opportunities, and there is no time to practice hard. The Lord is a genius, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people." The eldest brother has been learning arrows since he was a child. The two of us are not persistent in practicing, and the arrows are not as good as the master!"

Zhao Yu laughed and said, "You are also too modest! In fact, I have known for a long time that the three of you can travel around the country, and you must also have some martial arts skills. Otherwise, if you dress so well, won't the thieves cove over you rich businessmen?

Yuan Du smiled and said, "The lord is aware of Qiu Hao. How can we hide it from the lord's wisdom?"

"Yes." Zhao Jin asked, "How are your family going to pick it up?"

Simplified: "Originally, the little minister has sent a pigeon letter to the Meng brothers, who are now in Damascus, inviting them to vote for the Lord and move my family in Venice by the way..."

He encouraged: "I didn't expect that there was a war between Ellie and Mamruq. The Mamruq people were in urgent need of weapons, and the Meng brothers had never been able to escape."

Zhao Yu said, "Meng brothers? What kind of person?"

Yuan Du said, "Meng Yu's nephew is also. Has the lord ever heard of it?

Zhao Yu said, "Meng Yu? Could it be... the famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty who stuck to the Fishing City and killed Mengge Khan?"

Yuandu said, "Yes! My uncle is Meng Yu's nephew. He is good at martial arts and is my father's best friend. When Xiaochen was young, he boarded the Meng family and was instructed by his uncle to study martial arts with the Meng brothers.

Zhao Jin nodded: "No wonder." So he called the three brothers of the Fang family to go out and perform martial arts together to understand their real martial arts. Yuandu is comparable to *, and the encouragement and simplicity are only comparable to ordinary lieutenants. Zhao Jinqi said, "Why are you two so different from your eldest brother?"

Munzhi and Jianzhi shook his head and sighed, "Big brother is predestined. He was carefully taught by his uncle, so he learned martial arts. We don't have this opportunity, and we don't have the power to tie chickens.

Zhao Yu smiled and said, "You are too modest. If you can't tie the chicken, the chicken is really powerful! And I don't think it's because you don't want to learn martial arts well! If you have the heart to learn, for ten years, with your eldest brother's teaching, it will not be bad!"

mian zhi and Jianzhi nodded like pecking rice: "What the lord said is very true!" The lord has insight into human feelings!" One of us is good at cooking and the other is good at raising, and we are not good at martial arts!" The eldest brother is more than ten years older than me, just as the lord famously said, 'Jiang is old and spicy!'

Zhao Jin went back home with them and asked what kind of people the Meng brothers were. It turned out that they were two brothers, named Meng Shixiao and Meng Shixin. They saw through the corruption of the Southern Song Dynasty and refused to serve as an official. Because they were worried about the death of the country and they loved weapons, they sought the source of sharp swords from the West and came to Damascus, the capital of weapons. They settled in Damascus and began to work as apprentices, and now they are excellent weapons craftsmen. During their ten-year business, the Fang brothers visited the Meng brothers in Damascus many times, and their friendship was very strong. After receiving the pigeon letter from the Fang brothers, the Meng brothers replied that they were willing to come, but because they were closely monitored by the supervisors of the Mam Liuke Dynasty - weapon production is an undisherent secret of Damascus. The senior craftsmen are well treated but their personal freedom is very limited, and they have not been able to escape so far.

Zhao Yu understood the situation and said, "Well, don't wait for them. I'll take my vacation. Go back to Venice to pick up your family by yourself. By the way to Byzantium, greeting the emperor and princess.

The three brothers are very happy and grateful. Yuandu immediately set out for Venice. Imengzhi also had a mission to go to the Illi Khanate to learn about their recovery after the great defeat. Zhao Jin felt that taming pigeons was a good talent and had practical value, which made Jianzhi lead a group of people to train more pigeons for Yan Han to spread the news. Although there are some limitations in pigeon biography - it must be between the two places that pigeons are familiar with, and it can cause pigeons to crash due to weather, raptors and other factors; however, as an auxiliary means, it can sometimes play a special role.

When the time came in February, Zhao Jin got an emergency report on the border and sighed, "What should come will always come, but I didn't expect it to come like this!" It's a big deal, and I have to sign it again..."

It turned out that Haidu defeated his strong enemy Chahan Timur last year. Chahan Timur was originally a general of the Chahodai Khanate. After his monarch Du Wa Khan was killed, he rose up against Haidu, but he was not the opponent of Haidu. After the defeat, Chahan Timur fled to the Turkmen area west of the Am River, gathered the local Turks, and then fought a bloody battle with Haidu. As a result, he was defeated again. Haidu took the opportunity to collect Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan is adjacent to the Persian region controlled by the Illi Khanate, and Haidu first sent troops to the Illi border. The Ilili army defended the fortress and did not dare to send troops to help Khan Timur. Under the encirclement and suppression of Haidu, Chahan Timur had to lead hundreds of thousands of Mongolian and Turkic people to migrate north in the snow to the south of Cangling. So the current situation is that Yan Han is facing the invasion of Chahan Timur, and the sea is staring behind him.

Haito has basically eliminated the country, and the winning chance is in hand. It deliberately does not force Chahan Timur. It depends on the battle between the Chahan Timur army and the Han army! Haidu mobilized his own troops later and prepared to wait until the spring and snow melted to march to seize the territory of the former Golden Horde - the most important of which was the former new city, now Anhanfu, the capital of Yanhan. Hai knows that a large amount of wealth of the former Golden Horde is concentrated here, and it is very coveted!

In this way, Yan Han is very tricky. Zhao Jin picked up the people of Beijing and sent an envoy to Chahan Timur, hoping to collect Chahan Timur and fight against Haidu together. However, Chahan Timur was stubborn and killed Yan Han's messenger!

Zhao Yu had no choice but to lead the army to the Cangling Pass and join the troops of the governor of Zhendong.

Qi Jin has been guarding the Cangling Pass and is familiar with geography and hostility. Zhao Jin asked Qi Jinjing. Qi Jin said, "Don't worry, Lord, Chahan Temur is brave and resourceless, and there is no climate. The Mongolian and Turkic tribes were driven by it to trek through the snow and worked very hard. Our army only needs to guard the Cangling Pass and constantly attack it with a small number of people, which will increase its suffering. When it has no fighting power, it is very easy to destroy it.

Zhao Jin nodded: "That's it! However, the bigger enemy is behind, how to deal with it?

smiled and said, "Haidu, it's not big, and it's bigger."

Zhao Yu immediately understood: "You mean... Yuan Dynasty?"

"Exact!" Qi Jin explained to Zhao Jin what he sent to find out. The Yuan army has begun to mobilized troops this winter, and it is estimated that they will soon attack Haidu. Haidu will soon be overwhelmed. How can there be time to beat Yan Han?

Zhao Yu was overjoyed: "That's good! As the saying goes, 'The mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind.' Haidu still has to worry about the bigger opposition, ah ha..." Laughing here, suddenly stopped laughing: "Wait! In case the Yuan Dynasty destroys the sea and fights us again, then... we will face the biggest enemy directly! Don't worry!"

nodded deeply: "Yes. According to the opinion of the general, it is better for the lord to make peace with Haidu, so that Haidu can deal with the Yuan army at ease.

Zhao Yu thought for a long time and said, "You are reasonable. Fang Mianzhi is the best at defending diplomacy in China. When he comes back from Yili, he will be sent to negotiate with Haidu.

In this way, the Han army set a strategy.

After that, Chahan Temur's army did not come to fight the Cangling Pass, but walked west along the shore of the lake in the Sea, trying to go to the lush Ural River at the beginning of spring to herd the remaining livestock of their tribe.

In fact, there are only a few thousand people left, with hundreds of thousands of people, trekking in the desolate land in cold weather. People and animals fell along the way, and a small number of people and horses of the Han army continued to attack, making it more and more difficult.

The Han army originally planned to lure the enemy to go deep and let the Chahan Temur soldiers and civilians go to the Ural River. They were exhausted and blocked by the river, and then surrounded and annihilated them! Unexpectedly, the Turkic tribe led by Chahan Temur participated in the battle against the sea capital because they were cheated by him before. They suffered great losses and were forced to migrate, and they all blamed him in their hearts. Now they are hungry and cold and extremely embarrassed, and finally can't help it!

Several Turkic chiefs conspired to assassinate Chahan Timur and surrendered to the sea to survive. But they were not secret, and they were first known by Chahan Temur. Chahan Temur made a quick decision and led his troops to raid the Turkic tribe that night! He was so cruel that he killed the Turks all over the corpses, and even the children did not let go! The Turks struggled to resist and tried their best to kill the Mongols. As a result, more than 100,000 people killed each other and killed them tragically!

Zhao Jin received the news from Tanma and hurriedly led his army to the west. By the time they arrived, the Turks had almost been slaughtered, and the Mongols were also greatly damaged. More than 100,000 corpses are scattered on the snow, mixed with red and snow-white colors, which is simply hell on earth!

Chahan Timur saw the Han army coming and knew that he was powerless to fight again. Unexpectedly, he ordered the sergeant to kill the Turkic women who had been abted and drive away the horses to flee!

Seeing that the enemy was killing women, Zhao Yu hurriedly led the cavalry to rush to rescue him with Hu Ben Lieutenant He Pan, Zuo Weiwei Lu Xiang, Right Guard Li Qingxi, Ti Qi Duwei Xu Yu and other generals. Chahan Timur led his troops to flee and was out of order. Zhao Jin was deeply shocked when he saw the tragic scene of the massacre and thought that he could not keep the fierce hero and chase him closely.

Chahan Temur ran away from the horse and bent his bow to shoot Zhao Jin. Three arrows in a row were quickly dodged by Zhao Jin. Zhao Jin took the "two hundred and five" of the treasure bow, and also shot Han Temur, and two arrows were not hit. Chahan Temur put on an arrow again and thought it would be difficult to hurt Zhao Jin, so he changed his goal and shot an arrow at Lu Xiang, who was guarding Zhao Jin! Lu Xiang only cared about his lord, and he neglected to take precautions and was shot in the upper arm!

Lu Xiang was brave and wanted to chase again with an arrow, but suddenly felt that the wound was different! It turns out that the arrow is poisoned! Zhao Jin stopped and asked about Lu Xiang's injury. When he learned of the poisoning, he hurriedly drew an arrow for Lu Xiang. Xu Yu didn't care about "not being intimate" and hurriedly helped hold Lu Xiang's arm. Zhao Jin pulled out the arrow and saw that there was no one else, so he personally sucked the venom for Lu Xiang. Xu Yu was shocked and said, "My lord!" I want to do it instead of Zhao Jin. Zhao Jin pushed Xu Yu away: "You warn the enemy!" That is, several mouthfuls. Later, Li Qingxi arrived and quickly replaced Zhao Jin and continued to suck. Thanks to their emergency rescue, the venom did not enter Lu Xiang's body much. Lu Xiang fell into a coma for a while and saved his life.

Because of this reason, Chahan Temur escaped. Lu Xiang was ill for a few days and gradually recovered after detoxification treatment. Zhao Jin and Li Qingxi's faces were as swollen as pig's scalp that night because of the poisoning. A school grass and a national grassman looked at each other under the care of the imperial doctor and couldn't help laughing, but their whole face was stiff and smiled very painfully.

"Lord, Lord forgives and forgives sins." Li Qingxi pleaded guilty in horror for his rude behavior of laughing at the king's face.

"No, nothing. I also...no, I can't... laugh." Zhao Jin generously forgave Li Qingxi.

Get up early in the morning and the swelling subsided slightly. When the two met again, Zhao Jin couldn't help laughing bitterly, and Li Qingxi finally resisted. In fact, Zhao Jin was more swollen than Li Qingxi before Li Qingxi. Who is more ridiculous? It's self-evident.

The Han army cleaned up the funeral in place and dug many large pits to bury the bodies, so that hundreds of mounds were arched. This area was later called "hundreds of land" by herdsmen, which is a microcosm of human life than grass in troubled times.

Only thousands of Turkic women survived the massacre, crying for the Han army to kill tens of thousands of captured Mongolian people. Zhao Jin is quite difficult to deal with. If it were the people of this era, they would probably listen. Some of the tens of thousands of people also participated in the massacre. According to the practice of this era, it is not wrong to kill all of them. However, Zhao Zhen also has Mongolians in China, which is afraid it will make them very uneasy.

Zhao Jin looked at the broad and sweet and Li Huazhen who followed him to fight. Both Kuo Gan and Li Huazhen bowed their heads. Although their temperament is tolerant and different from ordinary women, the massacre is too tragic to be seen.

"For your own view, I won't kill these people." Zhao Jin thought for a long time and finally decided.

Death crimes can be avoided, and life crimes can't be avoided. If they are allowed to be free people and happy, the army and people of Yanhan will not be happy. If you release them, you will surrender to the enemy. Zhao Jin then sent people to take them to the north to open a mine, collectively served ten years of hard labor, and then released them as free people. This is much more generous than slaughtering them for tat or being slaves for life. If you perform well, you can reduce your sentence and be released early.

As for the scattered soldiers and civilians of Chahan Timur, some died on the way to escape, and some were captured by the sea. Haidu's cruelty was no less than that of Chahan Temur. He cut out his eyes and tongues of the captured people and killed the public in various cruel ways to warn the soldiers and civilians of the Khanate not to resist. In the end, Chahan Temur had only a few horses left to follow him. By eating horse meat and drinking horse blood, he escaped from the Haidu army and defected to the Elli Khanate.

(to be continued in the next section)

Note:

Turkmen: Turkmen is another transliteration of Turks. Turkmen is the "land of Turks" and is located on the southeast coast of the Ciphate Sea. In the Tang Dynasty, the territory of Anxi Protectorate used to reach this area. The Arab Empire defeated the Tang Dynasty and controlled the area. Due to the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty greatly weakened its national strength and was unable to return from then on. The Arab Empire also lost control of Turkmenistan due to civil strife. Turkmen was later ruled by Khorezm and Mongolia, and became the territory of the Hiva Khanate in the 16th century. It was merged into Russia at the end of the 19th century and became independent after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Turkmenistan is poor and sparsely populated. It is a relatively backward country in Central Asia, but it is rich in oil and natural gas. In 2010, its proven natural gas reserves were 23 trillion cubic meters, reaching a quarter of the world!