Ali Duraf was paralyzed on the ground like a dead dog. When he was less than ten miles away from Ashpurai City, he was completely blocked.
The ones who entangled him and killed most of his guards were none other than the God Warriors and Mustafa who he had abandoned.
'Gudongdong! 'A bouncing bloody head was thrown in front of Ali Duraf. The owner of this head was Masudi, the general he arranged to rear.
The person who threw the head was a strong man with a little bit of Scythian blood. His eyes were shining with excitement, as excited as a hungry wolf discovering a yellow sheep.
"Who are you? Who are you?"
Durav, who was paralyzed on the ground, asked in a low voice, his eyes full of confusion. He really didn't know which force could mobilize the armored cavalry.
Li Ruotai originally wanted to say that he was the general of the Khotan Kingdom, but when the words came to his lips, he spoke out of nowhere.
"Okay! Let you be clear, a certain family is the Prince of Wudu County of the Tang Dynasty...!"
Ali Duraf screamed. He stopped listening when he heard the word "Datang". Originally, titles such as "Wudu County King" and "Prince of Wudu" were extremely difficult to pronounce for the Persians, so just listening to "Datang" was enough.
The country of the Tang Dynasty sounded even more terrifying to him, and it turned out that a Tang Dynasty prince led an army.
"Datang! How could Datang come back?" Ali Duraf groaned in pain.
"Noisy!" Li Ruotai, who was interrupted by the screams to show off his family background, was extremely dissatisfied. He drew his sword and walked towards Ali Duraf. The head of a country's governor would be his best trophy in this battle!
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Zhang Zhao did not go to watch Ali Durav's beheading, he had no interest in it.
But it wasn't that he was soft-hearted. In the eyes of the captured warriors and officers of the Mustafa army, the elegant-looking pagan noble in front of them was simply more terrifying than the devil.
Because he will deliberately indulge himself to plunder his own people. In their view, Zhang Zhao and the Uighurs and other Turkic ethnic groups are the same people.
"Here I have compiled a list of tribes that will be punished. How much punishment they should receive and what kind of punishment are all marked one by one. I hope you can strictly follow what I say.
Similarly, we must get the treasures, livestock and other materials you offer before we can clear the way back to Tashkent, and you will get enough food and grass to support your return to Tashkent. "
The one who spoke was not Zhang Zhao, but Ma Yaozi. Only this kind of appearance that looked like a villain at first glance could impress the defeated generals below.
"You still don't know the noble man's name? I wonder if you can tell me. When someone asks in the future, we will know by whose hands we lost."
The bearded officer who initially agreed to cooperate with Zhang Zhao made a strange request.
A playful smile flashed across Zhang Zhao's face, but was instantly replaced by a more malicious smile.
Because he suddenly thought of a fierce man in history, a ruthless man who was much more prosperous than him in Balasagon.
Yelu Dashi, the clan member of the Liao Kingdom and the Tianyou Emperor of the Western Liao Dynasty.
Husihan'er, the capital of Yelu Dashi, is Balasagon, and Yelu Dashi also became famous thanks to the battle of Katwan, which killed the Seljuq Empire, the great Tianfang Sect empire that ruled the hometown of the nine surnames of Zhaowu.
Although his Duke Zhang defeated Ali Durav, the governor of Tashkent in Saman Post, and was completely incomparable to the defeat of the Seljuq Empire in the battle of Yelu Dashi Katwan Grassland, my Duke Zhang is very good at putting gold on his face. ah!
"Ahem!" Zhang Zhao coughed twice, "So that you ignorant barbarians know that this Khan is Ju'er Khan from the Peach Blossom Stone Empire!"
Not only these captured Tianfang Cult God Warriors, but also Yan Jin and others behind Zhang Zhao were shocked!
Self-proclaimed Khan! You really dare to say it!
How can a self-proclaimed Khan be justified? If you put this in the Central Plains, you would be proclaimed emperor! Moreover, he was not proclaimed emperor by his subordinates, but proclaimed emperor by himself.
But that’s it! Zhang Zhao had just broken from 20000 to 30000 and won a big victory. The soldiers in Shandu were his closest confidants. Of course, no one would come out and make irresponsible remarks. Besides, wouldn't this also deter these gods? The role of a warrior.
Look at these warriors, their faces turned pale when they heard that Juerhan from the Peach Blossom Stone Empire was coming, and they didn't dare to mess around on the road without their eyes even thinking about it.
The god warriors who were completely shocked went down. It was too scary. They were actually fighting against the legendary Peach Blossom Stone Empire Ju'er Khan.
Although an empire can have many Khans, a Khan from a Peach Blossom Stone is still too scary. The five words "Peach Blossom Stone Empire" represent power.
"This march to the west is led by Yin Yaozi, with Yan Jin, Li Ruotai, and Bai Congxin as auxiliaries. Hu Guang, Ashinasili, Guo Guangsheng, and Guo Guang will become generals. You will join forces and lead five thousand people. It is said to be twenty thousand.
But you must remember not to cross Talos!
Our purpose is not to occupy territory, but to supervise the implementation of the planned plan by these defeated troops, and at the same time unite the tribes who are willing to return to the embrace of Buddha and Aloha, so as to hold on to the east of Talas and defend Balasagun. .
Of course, those who are stubborn can be exterminated directly, but you cannot be the bad guy, let the Persians be the bad guy. "
Zhang Zhao said and glanced at Yin Yaozi, Yan Jin and others. This mission was no easier than this battle.
First of all, Zhang Zhao brought out an army of 5,000 for the first time. Although 4,000 of them were drawn from the Nestorian herdsmen of the Ye Hu and Guo families in Balashagon, it was still the largest army since Zhang Zhao formed his army. large-scale military operations.
Moreover, this westward march was supplemented by military and mainly political. Their main task was to supervise the surrendered warriors and punish the tribes of the original Kara Khanate west of Ashbulai City and east of Baishui Hu City. , using the butcher knife of Tianfang Sect to force them back into the embrace of Buddhism and Nestorianism.
In order to achieve this goal, the list of tribes that need to be punished and the degree of punishment were formulated by the ancient master Titusi and the three Nestorian sages.
Whichever tribe contributes the most to the Tianfang Sect's eastward advance and behaves the worst will be severely punished.
After forcing these tribes back, they will be relied on to guard the east of Talos.
This has two advantages. One is to give Balasagon enough buffer.
The second is to provide enough deterrence to Saman Persia, allowing them to start piling resources into Tashkent again.
This can greatly reduce the difficulty of Zhang Zhao's attack in the Fergana Basin, and he can even use this to threaten Saman Persia when he plunders India later.
As soon as he said it, Yin Yaozi, Yan Jin and others, as well as some Buddhist and Nestorian monks, began to bid farewell to Zhang Zhao, and Zhang Zhao wanted to return to Balashagon.
Li Shengtian threw this big mess to him. Originally, Zhang Zhao wanted to stabilize the situation and left before defeating Samampos, but now, he suddenly couldn't let it go.
In any case, this is the territory he won through bloody battles. What's more, Balashagon's vote, Ye Hu, Burke and the religious leaders really need a leader, and they are relatively convinced of him, or they can regard this as a leader. A place of your own?
Therefore, Zhang Zhao handed over the task of continuing to attack the tribes in Samampos, Talas and other places to Yin Yaozi and others, while he himself had to return to Balasagon to arrange the funeral arrangements.
So..., what kind of political system should be arranged in Balasagon to ensure stability and its own interests?
Zhang Zhao touched his chin and thought. He suddenly thought of another meaning of the word Juerhan.
Kul Khan is actually spelled Kul khagan. The word Kul means glory in ancient Turkic language.
Juer is the transliteration of Chinese, and sometimes we also translate this word into Gurhan or Chuluo Khan.
The key point is not here, but in its pronunciation, Juerhan, Juerhan, what does it look like if you read it faster? Doesn't it look a bit like John, that is, John.
This brings up a very nonsense thing. In Christian legends, a character, Elder John and his kingdom, is often mentioned.
This is a country imagined by Christians. It was caused by the Seljuk Empire slaughtering pigs and dogs to destroy the County of Edessa established by the Crusades in the eastern Mediterranean area, and it had the intention to continue to expand.
This caused extreme panic in several other small states established after the Crusades, such as the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Principality of Antioch.
It was precisely at this time that Yelu Dashi was on the Katwan grassland, and the Seljuk Turkic Empire collapsed in the First World War. In addition, Husihan'er, the capital of Western Liao at that time, also known as Balashagon, was a Nestorian religious center.
In this regard, Huge, the special envoy of the Principality of Antioch, who felt that he had narrowly escaped death, boasted a lot when he returned to Europe, especially when he met with Pope Eugenius III.
It is said that east of Armenia, there is a Nestorian country called Elder John who is very powerful and very righteous.
After hearing that the Seljuk Turks were going to attack the Christian brother countries, they immediately led their troops to defeat the Seljuk Turks and saved a large number of Christian countries, including the Principality of Antioch.
This guy, Juer Khan was called John after he inquired about it. The Battle of Katwan became a war to save the Principality of Antioch and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, so some later generations would jokingly call Yelu Dashi John Khan.
This feeling of escaping from death, combined with Christians' obsession with messianic culture, and the fact that the Seljuk Turks really bullied the Christian world at that time, Elder John's country directly became the most dreamy dream in the hearts of Christians.
This European country bumpkin, who had been beaten down by the Tianfang Sect in all aspects, spent a lot of effort to find the country of Elder John.
Even in the era of Genghis Khan, they were still looking for him, and for a time they thought Genghis Khan was Elder John.
Although the legend of Elder John has not yet begun to spread among Europeans, and the Macedonian dynasty of the Eastern Roman Empire is still in its glory days, you can pick up the legend of Elder John and use it!
Moreover, the Guo family has mastered Nestorianism so well, it would be a pity not to use it!
Perhaps, he should ask Guo Xuanli if he has a daughter or something, so that he can leave a family here.
In this way, as a Nestorian, we can go a little further west, go to the Volga and Don rivers, and go around the land of the Golden Horde.
After the collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire in the future, perhaps we can make a weak claim that the Nestorians are also Orthodox!
Is it possible to use the Nestorians to create a Yellow-Belarusian Principality with Chinese descendants from the Europeans?
Claiming to be the only Orthodox Church, and then treating Catholicism in Western and Central Europe as heresy?
correct! If you have a son, you can call him Little John Khan. Who knows that damn rat always likes pigeons and dares to be complacent!
