The Chihe River, also known as the Kashgar River in later generations, is a magical river with a width of more than 40 meters but an average depth of less than three meters.
The riverside is mostly sandy with lush reeds, but it is only March and the reeds have not yet grown, so the entire Chihe River looks a bit desolate.
'Boom! 'A vibrating sound similar to a bowstring but different from a bowstring sounded,
'Bah! 'The sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh was heard, and a bearded warrior fell to the ground in response.
The short arrow completely penetrated his back, leaving only a little bit of tail feathers. This was obviously not something that an ordinary walking bow could do, it should be a crossbow arrow!
"Boom!" The fearful firing sound sounded again, and Mahmoud trembled in fear, but his steps did not slow down even a little.
Just as he quickly stepped over a lump of mud, another God Warrior beside him suddenly screamed and covered his neck, and blood spurted out from between his fingers.
The divine warrior did not fall down for a while, and ran forward for more than ten steps before falling forward with a crash into the water just above his ankles.
Isn't this a crossbow? There is no way a crossbow has such a fast rate of fire!
As a veteran warrior who has been in Peach Blossom Stone for five years, Mahmoud is very familiar with crossbows, the favorite long-range weapons of the Peach Blossom Stone Empire.
It has great power and high accuracy, but the reloading is very slow, and it definitely does not have such good maneuverability. No one can carry a crossbow weighing more than ten kilograms and still maintain running speed.
unless! The Gaochang people opposite have many crossbows!
While thinking about it, Mahmoud had already run to the beach on the shore. He remembered that there was a post station and a food shop not far away. It was the best resting place before entering Jiashi City. There were many merchants and herdsmen passing by, and there was also a There is a small guard guarding the place. As long as he reaches the vicinity of the inn, his life will be saved.
There was a shrill scream behind him, and Mahmoud didn't even look back. He knew that the warriors he had recruited and the ruffians from Shule City were being killed by those Gaochang people.
But every time a Gaochang man kills someone, his speed will slow down a bit. He doesn't care what happens to others, as long as he can reach the inn.
This defeat was inexplicable!
Mahmoud first bought a very important piece of information from a strong man named Geluolu in Shule City.
A nobleman from Gaochang Uyghur sent his confidant to bring three thousand guan of property to Shule to redeem people. They are currently repairing near Jiashi City. There are not many guards accompanying them, that is, twenty or thirty people.
After hearing the news, Mahmoud began to recruit warriors from all over the world, including Mahdia, Maghreb, and Egypt.
Of course, the largest number of people are from Baghdad and Isfahan, and many of them are experienced warriors.
But Mahmoud never expected that he gathered seventy people and annexed another group of Tiele people on the way who had the same intention. When he arrived near Jiashi, he already had 230 people, half of whom had armor. , although most of them are in dilapidated condition, they are not without any defensive capabilities.
But just when Mahmoud felt like he was holding something in his hands and searching everywhere, he was suddenly surprised by a completely new group of heavily armored soldiers early this morning.
They took advantage of the darkness to kill the secret sentry he left outside, and then rushed in. Mahmoud barely organized any resistance, eh! Maybe he never thought about organizing resistance at all.
What's there to resist? Wearing shiny heavy armor, he doesn't even make a sound when killing people, he is as silent as a stone man, and he can attack soldiers at night. Can he resist?
This was as elite as the Guards of the Caliph of Kahir, especially the giant holding a giant ax he saw in the moonlight, which put great mental pressure on Mahmoud. He couldn't think of anything else but running fast. Better ways to cope.
Fortunately, his choice was correct. Mahmoud looked at the hut of the inn so close and felt very happy for his choice.
Only then did he look back behind him. It was not bad. There were more than a dozen people following him, and they were all his trusted brothers. If he returned to Shule City, he could still protect himself.
"Everyone, hurry up. I still have a few Samani silver coins with me. Let's have a good meal and buy a few horses and then we can go back to Shule!"
I have to say that Mahmoud is a qualified leader. At this time, he also knows how to cheer up his men.
And it really worked. The originally panicked team suddenly regained some vitality after hearing Mahmoud's words.
I didn't have much silver coins, so I couldn't eat anything good. I could only serve a plate of extremely coarse multi-grain flatbreads, and let the store cook a large pot of soup with a little salt and a mess of small fish and shrimps.
The people, who had been running away in shock for more than an hour, started gobbling it up regardless of what they were eating.
While eating, Mahashid suddenly realized that something was wrong. This inn, which was usually crowded with people, was too deserted today!
Apart from them and the shopkeeper, there was only one man in a broad cloak and a man in a fur hat eating.
And... Mahmoud discovered that the man in the broad cloak was smiling strangely at him.
That kind of smile... made Mahmoud shiver. It was so weird that it made his heart skip a beat.
"The sky is bright today! I wonder if Chief Ashina has ever seen the glory of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty?"
After Zhang Zhao finished eating the last piece of semolina cake, he smiled and looked at Hu Er, who was wearing a fur hat and looking a little uneasy.
Even those who don’t know much about history have heard of the surname Ashina. This is the surname of a Turkic ruling family and is famous on the grasslands.
But some people know it from the TVB TV series "The Princess Marries". After all, the name Ashina Shabi is really magical.
The person Zhang Zhao called Ashina Chu was a Turk whose appearance was not much different from that of the Han people, except for the dark spots on his skin.
But strictly speaking, he is no longer a Turk and should be called a Basimi.
This is a branch of the Turks. Historically, they were called Guitang Bashmi.
When the Tang Dynasty sent troops to attack the Eastern Turks, the leader of the Basimi Tribe, Zhuan Chuchu, once led his army to follow the famous general Wang Sui during the Xuanzong period, so he had the post of General Manager of Jinshan Road granted by the Tang Dynasty.
However, the experience of the Bashmi tribe was a bit miserable. They wanted to follow the Tang Dynasty and fight against the Eastern Turks, but they were defeated and finally annexed by the Turks.
Later, the Turkic country was in chaos, and the Bashmi tribe, together with the Uighurs and the Geluolu people, broke away from the Turks. Together, they supported the Uighur Usumish Khan as their leader, and finally chose to stand on their own.
However, there are very few people who hang out with the Geluolu people who are not stabbed in the back by them.
During the Tianbao period, the Geluolu people attacked and killed the Bashmi Khan Ashinashi and swallowed up the entire Bashmi tribe.
Fortunately, the Ashina family, the leader of the Bashmi people who was not killed, was moved to the vicinity of Jiashi City and surrendered to the Kara Khanate.
Ashina Chu is the direct descendant of Ashina Shi who was killed by the Geluolu people.
Zhang Zhao would not let go of those Geluolu people who betrayed the Tang Dynasty and introduced the Tianfang Sect into Anxi and spread it violently, but the Basimi tribe could win over them.
Not only because they were the first tribe to seek refuge in the Tang Dynasty, but also because this group of Bashmi people later moved eastward to the southwest of the Liao Kingdom to recruit envoys to settle down in the area.
In the end, most of them integrated into the Han nationality, and a small number were brought back to their hometown by Yelu Dashi to participate in the establishment of Xiliao.
