It’s quite bearable! Zhang Zhao touched his chin, and Ma Yaozi's group had dried up the curses below. A group of people on the top of the city were crying and shouting. This Saktu actually had no intention of leaving the city to fight.
The person's cuckoldry is not your own cuckoldry, right? This is to force me, Duke Zhang, to take a cruel move!
Zhang Zhao's face sank. Although Atush was only a small earth city, there was no reason for two or three thousand people to attack more than ten thousand or twenty thousand people!
Saktu Khan must be allowed to come out of the city and take the initiative to attack!
Zhang Zhao stood up and looked around and saw that there was a small dirt bag more than a mile east of Lower Atush City, which could be used to set up his stacked formation.
Because this formation was originally designed to be used by the Song Army in the valleys and flatlands of Sichuan and Shaanxi, this formation only has protection on the front, left, and right sides, but not on the back. Therefore, it is necessary to position the butt of the formation toward mountains or rivers. Get out of battle.
Just go ahead and do what you said. In addition to leaving more than a hundred Yue cavalry under the city to protect Zhang Zhao, the large troops who had collected the water began to move into the small soil bag.
Yin Yaozi commanded the soldiers from each capital to spread out under the mountain bag, and placed the last horned crossbowman in the stack at the front of the mountain bag. Two to three thousand civilians drove the mules, horses, donkeys, etc. that accompanied the army and simply drove into the mountain bag. Stay on top of the bag.
The spearman at the front of the stacked formation was served by Monk Huitong's Yi Cong, who was the more capable of the three religious believers in Shule City. He was assisted by more than a hundred miners brought by Shi Chongmin.
The first row of hard archers was served by the Khotan palace guards led by Liu Zaisheng.
The ordinary archers in the second row are the soldiers of Zhitong Master Shenjidu and some of the followers of the Three Doctrine.
In the end, the largest number of horned crossbowmen were still the Khotan Palace Guards and a small number of elite archers selected from the rest of the soldiers.
As for the soldiers in Hanshandu, they were all arranged by Zhang Zhao to the two wings of the stacked formation.
This place is actually more important than the front formation of the stacked formation, because in this era, armored cavalry who can charge on the wall and charge through the forest with spears do not yet exist, so after the long gunmen in front of the stacked formation do not disperse in a hurry, The place where the enemy is most likely to attack must be the thin wings, and elite troops must be used.
As for the two ribs used to disperse and cover the light cavalry, the three hundred Yue cavalry given by Cao Yuanxin were still responsible for it. The one who rested behind the formation and had the final say was Li Ruotai's one hundred and fifty armored cavalry.
Seeing that the formation was almost completed, Zhang Zhao sneered and urged his horse to move forward slowly. Now he was waiting to completely anger Saktu and make him desperately attack his formation.
"In the Kingdom of Khotan, Duke Fengtian, Taibao Zhang of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Zhao, the great grandson of Duke Yi Chao, sent a letter to Prague Khan Saktu, who was angry with the people and hated by ghosts and gods.
His ancestor, Pang Teqin, was just a dog in Monan who lost his parents. He only survived because of the kindness of the Tang Dynasty. He did not want to repay, but instead wanted to occupy the magpie's nest. The saint was angry, and the heavenly soldiers arrived, and Pang Teqin was in panic. Like a bereaved dog, it whines to the west, just trying to survive.
As for you, you are even more shameless. Your father refused to convert to the Persian Tianfang religion, so he was killed.
As a son of a human being, not only do you not always think about avenging your father, but you consider a thief as your father. You collude with Nasr, the prince of Saman of Persia, convert to Tianfang religion, and persecute the believers of the three religions. You are really an unfilial son who is angry with God and resented by people.
I often think about it, how can such unfilial descendants come out in the world? Could it be that you are not the descendants of Basil Khan, but the descendants of Nasr, the Persian? "
Bragg Khan Saktu's temples had veins popping out. He wanted to smile contemptuously at the men around him, and then pointed out coolly that the Khotanese were insulting and slandering.
But when he really wanted to laugh, the insults hit him in the chest like nails, making it impossible for him to laugh.
The reason why he had the heart to bury all his uncle's descendants alive was because his father Basil died in the war and he followed his mother to seek refuge with his uncle. The cousins of his uncle's family used this to humiliate him, saying that he was his mother's servant. Gou Hecai gave birth to him, saying that he was not Arslan Khan Basil's biological son, trying to use this to deny his status as Arslan Khan's heir.
However, even though the scars in his heart were dug out, Saktu, who was on the verge of going berserk, took a few deep breaths and was able to suppress the anger in his heart. The principle of not starting an army out of anger still exists in Saktu. in mind.
Cough cough cough! After shouting this long string of words, Ma Yaozi was still so tired that he coughed repeatedly even though he had a tin trumpet in his hand. He glanced at Zhang Zhao, indicating that his throat was filled with smoke and he couldn't shout anymore.
Zhang Zhao walked over and gently took the tin trumpet. He cleared his throat. It seemed that Saktu could resist insulting his ancestors and questioning his bloodline. I wonder if he could resist this huge green hat. .
"Saktu, you shrink-headed slave, do you still recognize these sets of headwear? You gave these to your four concubines. Back then, you promised them that they could follow you and enjoy wealth for generations. But now, the Great Sage and Emperor I look down upon your fallen flowers and willows, and want to give them to the generals below. I am kind-hearted, so as not to embarrass you too much, so I reluctantly accepted your queen.
She is well-behaved now. Look at the brocade robe on someone's body. This was embroidered by your queen working day and night. Originally, this matter should belong to you, but Cao said that you have betrayed your ancestors and should be wearing a Persian beard. What's the point? Can anyone consider themselves of Chinese origin? "
The brocade robe Zhang Zhao wears is the kind of robe often worn by military commanders in the Tang Dynasty that exposes the right arm. This was the standard outfit for high-ranking military commanders in the Tang and Song Dynasties.
There is something different here from the perception of later generations. Before Zhang Zhao traveled through the country, he thought that a country like Karakhan, composed of nine surnames of Ogus and three surnames of Geluolu, must be very Central Asian Turkic.
But the fact is exactly the opposite. Before Saktugai’s Tianfang religion was introduced into Persian culture, the entire Kara Khanate was very Tang-style. From food, clothing, housing and transportation to palace utensils and military equipment, they were all Tang-style. .
This is especially true for the Jin Kingdom of Khotan and the Uighur Khanate of Gaochang, which bordered Karakhan. Even their official positions imitated those of the Tang Dynasty.
Even though Saktu introduced the culture of Karakhan to Persia, in his heart, he actually regarded himself as Chinese. This was even reflected in the coins of the Khans of Karakhan.
Many of the coins of Karakhan in the past dynasties have titles such as Peach Blossom Stone, Bragg Khan, or King of Qin, King of Qin and the East.
This shows that the kings of Karakhan throughout the dynasties actually regarded themselves as Chinese rather than Persian Turkic races.
In the documents of the Samanid Dynasty of Persia and the Abbasid Dynasty of the same period, the Song Dynasty is also called the Upper Peach Blossom Stone, the Khitan Liao Kingdom is the Middle Peach Blossom Stone, and the Kara Khanate is the Lower Peach Blossom Stone.
Many of the kings of China or Taohuashi Khans referred to in many Arab history books in later generations did not refer to the Liao, Jin, and Song dynasties in the Central Plains, but to the Kara Khanate that ruled the Western Regions and the Transoxiana region of Central Asia.
Historically, the Khan of the Kara Khanate's sense of superiority over the Chinese people reached its peak after Yelu Dashi established the Western Liao Dynasty. Although it began to gradually decline after that, it still continued until the country was almost destroyed.
This habit of self-awareness and self-belonging was something that Qiu Chuji had seen since he went to Central Asia. It finally disappeared only when the Chagatai Khanate of the Mongols was completely greened.
After that, many ethnic groups in the Western Regions and the River began to psychologically regard themselves as members of the Tianfang-educated Turkic race.
Prague Khan Saktu only felt a burst of pain in his head. As everyone thought, although Saktu converted to Tianfang Sect, in fact, this did not mean that he was any different from the Persians and the cannibals. In fact, his conversion to Tianfang Sect was based on three considerations.
First of all, the political system of the Tang Dynasty was actually not very suitable for the economy and culture of Anxi after the Tang army withdrew from the Western Regions. On the contrary, the political system of the Samanid Dynasty of Persia, which also had semi-nomadic habits, was more adaptable to the new situation in Anxi.
Saktu's conversion to Tianfang religion was largely to transform the Kara Khanate from a tribal alliance disguised as a country into a real khanate.
Secondly, Kara Khan actually had the same idea as Zhang Zhao, that is, the Samanid Dynasty of Persia seemed to be in its glory and glory, but in fact, under the triumphant fooling around of Nasr II, extravagance became common in the country and separatism spread everywhere. Sectarian conflicts are fierce, and there is a faint smell of deterioration.
Saktu vigorously promoted the conversion of the Uighurs and Geluolu people to Tianfang religion. In fact, he wanted to take advantage of this excellent opportunity to have a son-in-law and a wife.
From a convert to a master, he took over the entire hometown of the nine Zhaowu surnames, mainly Bukhara and Samarkand, and his descendants did this in history.
Finally, it is out of a mentality of simply joining if you can't defeat it. The eastward expansion of Tianfang Sect has become a trend. If Saktu does not convert to Tianfang Religion, then the Kara Khanate will have to take on the task of resisting the eastward expansion of Tianfang Sect. .
Looking at the tragic situation of Khotan and the descendants of Li Shengtian in history, Saktu, who foresaw the outcome, decisively chose to convert.
In this way, not only can he marry a son-in-law and devour his master, but he can also use the power of the divine warrior to kill the biggest threat to the Kingdom of Khotan.
Therefore, Zhang Zhao did not insult Saktu's conversion, because it was useless. The vested interests of the Kara Khanate around him would not feel any shame because of their conversion to Tianfang Sect.
In Anxi, religion is complicated and conversion is a common thing, but Zhang Zhao can use all his firepower to accuse Saktu of being unfilial and questioning that he is not Chinese.
As he yelled and cursed, Saktu's face became colder and colder, and the surrounding Karakhanate generals did not even dare to speak easily.
The queen has always been Saktu's thorn in the side, because his married queen was deposed because she opposed Saktu's conversion to Tianfang religion.
The queen he married was originally from Tocao. Saktu originally thought that Tocao had converted to Tianfang religion for hundreds of years and must be a devout believer of Tianfang religion. But what he didn’t expect was that this queen still showed dissatisfaction with Tianfang religion. A certain degree of resistance made Saktu feel extremely unhappy.
At the same time, he was still vaguely worried in his heart. Could his queen, whom he had only married for more than two years, really succumb to the Khotanese Jin under the city?
Because she has always been unwilling to truly convert to Allah. If this were the case, she would be in big trouble.
The old nobles who believe in the three religions of Balashagon have not yet been settled, and if there is another problem with the queen, then domestic opposition forces will surge.
The reason why they are not resisting fiercely now is actually because they do not have strong external forces to rely on and they dare not come forward on a large scale.
"Hurry! Call Ye Ye! Let's all call out. Whoever makes the loudest voice will be rewarded heavily by the Lord!"
Ma Yaozi smiled narrowly, and then started to call the children around him "yeye". These children were all carefully selected. The "explosion hero" Huangyang, Calico and Black Dog were all among the crowd.
"Yeah yeah!"
"Yeah yeah!"
"You are me!"
Amidst the screams of a group of children, Zhang Zhao raised his chest and raised his belly, then took another step forward.
"Saktu, have you seen this, you little bastard? Not to mention that your queen looks down on you for being willing to follow me, even your children voluntarily called me something.
Don’t worry, I won’t kill them, but I will raise them up and let them follow the surname of X. After you die and the country is destroyed, I will take your queen and children to your grave and let you listen again. Listen to how they call me "Yeah!"
What a thief! As long as you have the abilities of your ancestor Pang Teqin, you will go out of the city.
I am waiting for you with two thousand people, so that you can see what it means to be an elite, and to let you know that those so-called Gulam guards under you who cannot even save their families are nothing but chickens and dogs.
If you don't even have the guts, as long as you admit in public that your queen belongs to me and your children belong to me, and then put this tiara on your head and kowtow three times, then you will withdraw your troops and leave! "
"Hahaha! If you don't have the guts, you'd better run away to save your life!"
"It's true that there is no real king in Anxi, and Xiu You is also called the king. How dare such a pig and dog call himself the Great Khan?"
As soon as Zhang Zhao finished speaking, a burst of fierce laughter erupted outside the city of Xia Atushi. Dunzhu tied a headdress of Queen Cao of Saktu to a throwing spear, and then threw the spear with a loud shout. After crossing the moat, there was a bang on the city gate.
Then Shang Baiyue rode with his chest exposed and taunted loudly under the city of Lower Artush. Some fools took off their pants and started to make fun of him in the direction of Saktu. A group of children surrounded Zhang Zhao and said, "Yeah!" Yeah yeah! ' Shouting loudly, pieces of noble women's clothes with Karakhan style were continuously thrown into the sky and then fell down. All kinds of obscene words spewed out everywhere, and the demons were dancing in an indescribable way!
"Saktu! You bitch slave, if you don't dare to come down, you are definitely not even a man. Otherwise, if you come out of the city naked now, I will let you see what a man is on the spot. I will keep it if you don't want to in the future. If I become Lao Shizi Khan again, I will definitely follow Ye Ye all over the world!"
When it comes to scolding people viciously, Ma Yaozi is definitely the best among them. This strong taste made everyone look at him with "adoring" eyes.
"Great Khan! We must kill them! Let us get out of the city!"
"Great Khan! I swear to the death to avenge this!"
At the top of the city of Atush, Karahan's generals knelt on one knee and started howling. These obscene words and the excitement of their families being destroyed had already made them unbearably angry!
Saktu, whose heart was beating like a big drum and whose hands were clattering, was still angry and glanced at Angel at the critical moment when a volcano was about to erupt, and Angel nodded towards Saktu.
"Great Khan! There is indeed no sign of Khotan's army setting off. There are only five or six thousand civilians in the city. We have more than ten thousand cavalry. If we don't dare to go out of the city to fight, how can we live in this world with dignity?"
"Ah! Ah! Go out of the city and kill the enemy!" After being confirmed, Saktu roared and kicked the table in front of him. He knew that he had to fight this battle. If he didn't fight this battle, this matter would be spread today. , his Saktu's reputation was ruined, and no one would be willing to follow such a shrinking turtle.
"If we lose our strength, we will lead a thousand light cavalry to cut off their retreat. After we break Tang Gou's formation, we must annihilate them all. Put the scouts fifty miles away. If there is any movement of the Khotan army, report it immediately! "
