Bukhara, Forbidden City, White House.
Emir Hamid is described as haggard, and now he needs help even if he leans on the bedside. From a distance, he looks like a scarecrow supported by a wooden frame.
But everyone marveled at Emil's tenacious vitality, because he was like this four years ago, looking as if he would die at any time, but he has survived until now.
A gust of cool wind blew in the middle hall of the White House, that is, the wind chimes hanging at the door of Hamid's bedroom swayed, and the jingling of the bells was followed by the sound of chaotic footsteps.
Hamid asked the palace maid to help him up and lean on the bedside. He saw that there were many people coming.
Four of the five deputy Wazirs came, almost two-thirds of the Diwan (Shang Shu Province) officials from various ministries came, and there were also a bunch of various nobles.
Generally speaking, except for the Grand Wazir (prime minister) and Hajib (general of the Guards) who are deeply bound to Hamid’s eldest son Salah, and the Ghulam commander Haras who controls the city defense, three points Secondly, all the high-ranking officials from Bukhara came.
Hamid knew what they were there for.
More than a month has passed since the defeat of Abu Yusuf. The Jeddah Fortress is still in danger. The country has desperately recruited, but only 30,000 troops have been recruited.
These 30,000 Mustava levies, plus the remaining 4,000 Gulam guards in Bukhara, are the last weapons of the huge Samandro.
The Mustava levies do not have much combat effectiveness, so the only thing they can rely on is the four thousand Gulam Guards.
In this case, as long as the Jeddah Fortress is breached, Samandro Persia will be destroyed.
These people came to him. They came to him, the emir who had long since lost all power but had an empty reputation. They must have come to use him as a stepping stone.
Sure enough, a group of people came over, pretending to care about Hamid's body, and then started crying. It was not a pretense, but really because they were worried about the unknown fate that was about to come.
Thousands of words were condensed into one sentence, which was to have Hamid, as the emir, send a personal letter to Baghdad, requesting His Majesty the Caliph to send troops to rescue Saman Persia.
Well, the Caliph Muti of Baghdad is now just a puppet of the Bouveshi family, so the army coming from Baghdad can only be the army of the Buwesi family.
Hasn't Adud Daulai already worn the title of King of Kings of Persia? Naturally, he has a strong interest in Saman Persia, which occupies most of the Persian homeland.
Hamid had a thoughtful look on his face, but he sneered in his heart.
After the Bouveshi family takes control of Samampos, the interests of these people will not be harmed much, but not many of his Hamid descendants will be alive.
Although Hamid only had three sons due to health reasons, the second son died young, and the eldest son Saleh seemed to be dead, but the youngest son Mansour still had to be saved.
Just as these people were surrounding Hamid and persuading him with sweet words, the trumpet sounded, and everyone in the White House was in an uproar and ran outside.
The whole room became quiet again. Except for the fierce yelling and fighting outside, it seemed as if no one had been here just now.
A sneer appeared on Hamid's face. It was Saleh who he sent someone to secretly inform.
The sound of fighting became more and more intense. No one could have imagined that at this moment when Samandro was about to be destroyed, it was not the enemies who came in, but the high-ranking officials of Samander who started fighting among themselves in the city of Bukhara.
At this time, Saman Persia had not yet begun to recruit Turks on a large scale to enter the city of Parthia to serve as gulams. Most of the gulams at this time were children of Persian nobles.
So when Salah ordered the arrest of high-ranking officials who entered the White House in the forbidden city, the news leaked immediately.
These high-ranking officials dared to come to Hamid with so many people because they had insider information and a large number of subordinates and servants who could be drawn out to fight at any time.
The two sides were evenly matched in a certain sense. The Crouching Dragons and Phoenix Youngs had a big fight in the city of Rest (Bukhara). There were cries and howls of killing everywhere. A raging fire broke out in the city. The local gangsters began to take advantage of the fire and looted. The citizens He ran out of the city in panic.
On the second day, the war spread outside the city of Parthia, between Salah's side and the high-ranking officials who wanted to join the Bouveshi family.
They all began to issue war calls to the various Ikta vassals and Dikhkans outside the city who supported them, and the scale of the battle began to grow larger and larger.
Hamid was sitting on the balcony of the palace, holding his seven-year-old son Mansoor with his left hand. His right arm was supported by his confidant, the palace steward, and he looked at the firelight of the city in the distance blankly, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Seven-year-old Mansour already understood some issues. Looking at the fire in the distance, the little guy was very anxious.
"Father, can you ask my brother and the others to stop fighting? If we continue to fight, our family will be destroyed."
Hamid shook his head and asked instead: "Have you read the biography of King Ni Nirvana that I asked you to read?"
Little Mansour nodded obediently. Although he didn't know why his father always asked him if he had read the biography of King Ni Nirvana, he was really familiar with this story.
Mansour even felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with the mahogany empire that was described in the book as being extremely wealthy and like a palace in the sky, thousands of miles away.
Hamid finally showed a rare smile, "My Mansour, remember, you are the descendant of King Ni Nirvana. In the distant land of Peach Blossom Stone Zhou, there are also descendants of King Ni Nirvana, that is, we The tribe is here.
From today on, you will be a Peach Blossom Stone man, and you will be loyal to His Majesty the Peach Blossom Stone Emperor.
If you don't have your father around in the future, you must think twice before doing anything. Don't be like your brother and bring disaster to yourself and your family. "
After saying that, Hamid waved his hand to the palace attendants to take away Mansour, who was half-understanding.
Waiting until the moment when the youngest son disappeared behind the curtain, the doting expression on Hamid's withered face disappeared, replaced by the cold look that an emir should have.
"Have the people sent by Sefiye arrived?" Hamid asked the palace steward beside him.
"Here we are, already outside the Jeddah Fortress. The news came back saying that as long as the emir can wait until he enters the city, all problems will be solved!"
The palace steward answered carefully, but his brows immediately wrinkled, "The messenger also sent a special message, saying that His Highness the Emir should break the relationship immediately, and don't make it difficult for her."
Hearing this, Hamid smiled instead, "It seems that Sefiye still feels sorry for my brother. The people sent are so ruthless, they should be able to control the situation and save little Mansour's life."
. . . .
In February of the ninth year of the Shaoming Dynasty (AD 954), a fire broke out in the city of Anxi. The prince Saleh, who was actually in power, and the high-ranking officials who wanted to join the Bouveshi family fought fiercely in the city.
At the same time, Emir Hamid ordered his confidants, the Palace Manager, to take advantage of the chaos and set fire to the White House in the Forbidden City, burning the biological mother of his youngest son Mansoor and dozens of palace officials and chamberlains to death.
In mid-February, Prince Salah, unable to resist, ordered Pegasus to rush to the Fortress of Jeddah, and ordered Abu Yusuf, who had been holding on to the fortress, to return to the city of Rest to help.
Although Abu Yusuf knew that he would be in danger as soon as he left the Jeddah Fortress, he watched the Zhou army basically retreat, considering that if Saleh had a problem, his whole family would die.
So his deputy Omar was left to guard the area, while he personally led 2,500 elite cavalry back to the city of Parthia (Bukhara) to help Prince Salah put down the rebellion.
However, Abu Yusuf could only drive away the emissary of Hamid Emir who set out from the White House in the Forbidden City within three days and arrived at the Jeddah Fortress.
At the same time, Guo Tinger also sent Hubbard, the governor of Herat Province who had already taken refuge, to enter the Jeddah Fortress with the support of internal agents.
Omar had a big beard and looked quite loyal, but under the orders of the Emir and the solicitation of Princess Sefiye's special envoy, he quickly betrayed Abu Yusuf.
He put Guo Tinger's 300 Zhou Zuojinwu guards and 2,000 Persian soldiers recruited from prisoners into the Jeddah Fortress.
In early March, Prince Saleh, who was supported by Abu Yusuf, finally won a decisive victory.
Abu Yusuf's soldiers can't defeat the macho macho men, so they can't defeat you group of fat nobles in the city of Anxi.
But just when Prince Saleh was about to capture the White House in the Forbidden City and kill these high-ranking officials and nobles who had caused rebellion, and even directly killed his father Hamid and his younger brother Mansoor, Guo Ting'er arrived!
As the sun rises, Zhang Mei is wearing a silver-white cloth-covered armor. Looking at the Xi'an City in the distance, which is still extremely majestic despite being caught in the flames of war, he can't help but feel excited. He looks at the Basimi people An Cunxiao and Shi on both sides. Shouxin said:
"Looking at this majestic city, think back to those days when the saint accurately seized the opportunity and fell into this majestic city with less than 15,000 cavalry and captured the leader of five million people. What kind of hero must he be!"
"Then as I wait until today, I must not fall back from the glory of the saint, and let these barbarians see what it means to be a great heavenly soldier!"
Shi Shouxin was even more intoxicated. He rushed towards Guo Ting'er behind him and cupped his hands.
"Mrs. Guo, I would like to invite you to be the vanguard!"
The Zhou army preparing to enter Saman Persia this time only had 300 people from Zuojinwu Guards half the capital and 300 cavalry drawn from 20,000 households in Basimi and Yili.
Of course, these 600 people alone cannot completely suppress the army. The real leader of the army, Zuo Jinwu Guards General Cao Binzheng, led a thousand elite Zuo Jinwu Guards just into Khotan, and it will take more than a month to reach Samampos.
So now this army is militarily composed of Zhang Mei, An Cunxiao, and Shi Shouxin, each of whom controls a part of the Zhou generals and captured Persian troops.
The three of them had no affiliation, so it was temporarily decided to use Guo Tinger as the symbolic official.
Guo Ting'er's heart surged. Even though Shi Shouxin was not the top elite of Yulin Guard, Jinwu Guard, Hanhai Town, Wuwei Town, and Yingyang Town, the Forbidden Army Shenshe Town was also born out of Hanhai Town, a battle-hardened lion.
"Yes, General Shi, please quickly capture and kill the disobedient thieves in the city!"
Although the fire in Xi'an City began to extinguish, the area near the Forbidden City was almost turned into a white ground. The residents' houses were demolished and used to make various siege equipment and even weapons.
Shi Shouxin led 300 Zhou soldiers and a thousand Persian Huru troops, rushing towards the place where the two sides were fighting. In the hands of the cavalry on both sides of Shi Shouxin, each held a silver-white three-star flag fluttering in the wind.
What came face to face with Shi Shouxin were ordinary people who were supporting the elderly and the young and running for their lives with large and small baggage.
Since the defeat of the high-ranking officials and ministers a few days ago, the North City under their control has completely lost order. Even the city gates are no longer guarded. Therefore, Shi Shouxin can easily lead 1,300 cavalry into the city.
'Poof! 'A middle-aged man wearing a rolled-brimmed pointed felt hat suddenly stopped and then knelt directly on the ground.
His eyes were fixed on the silver-white Sanchen flag in the knight's hand, and he suddenly screamed loudly.
"Peach Blossom Stone, Peach Blossom Stone, Ju'er Khan's warriors are here again!"
Time flies, as if everything has gone back twenty years.
Twenty years ago, the middle-aged man was still a teenager. He was also in the north gate. He was also frightened and wanted to run out of the city with his family. Then he encountered someone entering the city holding the Sanchen Flag. army.
At this moment, just like that moment, the middle-aged man suddenly remembered that back then, he had a cousin who was selected by the Peach Blossom Stone Man to earn a few silver coins, and then...
Then she gave birth to a baby who looked like a peach blossom stone man.
Suddenly blessed, the middle-aged man took his whole family and knelt on the cold muddy street, and then pushed his twenty-year-old 'Peach Blossom Stone' nephew to the front of the crowd.
The cavalryman had drawn out his long sword, and he was about to chop it down, because he couldn't let these people block the way of their attack.
Then he saw a barbarian with a Han face like him, and at the last moment, he retracted his saber.
Immediately afterwards, many residents of Anxi City recalled the scene that year. Although Ju'er Khan's army was fierce, they did not kill people randomly. They even paid people to warm their beds.
More and more people chose not to run away but to kneel on both sides of the road. The crowded streets, which were originally crowded with people, slowly began to flow smoothly.
Shi Shouxin was also very smart. When he saw this situation, although he didn't understand why, he immediately ordered not to let the soldiers use force, even if the advance was slower.
. . . .
Saleh looked at the hourglass held up by the attendant beside him. He issued a death order. If he could not break through the White House in the Forbidden City within an hour, he would severely punish the generals around him.
The reason for being so anxious is because Prince Saleh has no time. If these guys dare to rebel, it cannot be a temporary initiative. They can only start taking action when the soldiers of the Bouveshi family have already set off from Baghdad.
Fortunately, someone reported to him secretly, and Prince Saleh felt scared.
If no one reported to him, he would be dead when these rebels took control of the entire Forbidden City and Buveshi's army arrived not far from the city of Rest.
Just as he was about to give the order to launch rockets into the city, Saleh heard a sound of horns that he had never heard before, coming from far and near, and then he felt as if a pot was exploding around him.
Dust rose up from nowhere, and then people were running for their lives everywhere, and he didn't even know what was happening until he heard countless people shouting: "Peach Blossom Stone, Peach Blossom Stone."
Shi Shouxin first covered it with a rain of arrows, and then led his cavalry to charge directly. Hundreds of people swept through the Saleh army's position like a storm, and then the infantry followed up to encircle and suppress them.
In fact, this battle did not need to be fought at all, because the Jeddah Fortress, which was the main force of Saleh's side, returned with reinforcements. As soon as they saw the silver-white Sanchen flag flying in the distance, their military morale collapsed.
They didn't care at all how many people Shi Shouxin brought, but they thought with utter fear in their hearts that Jeddah Fortress must have been captured after they left, and the boundless army of peach blossoms came to hunt them down.
Abu Yusuf was even faster than Saleh. He had been frightened by the battle in Heyang Town. He turned around and left the battlefield with a dozen of his trusted guards, leaving Saleh standing there. .
This was a defeat without any suspense. Shi Shouxin defeated more than 4,000 Saleh Persian troops with more than a thousand men.
At the same time, An Cunxiao and Zhang Mei, under the leadership of Neiying, surrounded them from both sides, and the battle was resolved in just an hour.
. . . .
In the White House, Guo Ting'er looked at Emir Hamid in disbelief, and then turned to admiration. She was so sick that she didn't even take her last breath. It's really pitiful for the parents in the world.
Hamid developed a high fever, which for a weak man like him was undoubtedly the death knell.
When he was feeling dizzy, Hamid looked at Guo Ting'er and asked softly: "How is Sefiye doing? Does she still hate me?"
A sarcastic look flashed across Guo Ting'er's face, but it quickly disappeared, "Hate? How could you hate it?
Sai Zhaorong rose from a princess of a small barbarian country to the beloved concubine of the most powerful monarch in the world. It was not too late to rejoice, there was no hatred, only contentment and happiness. "
Hamid wanted to say that Samampos was not a barbarian, but he did not have much time and no longer had the energy to dwell on such matters.
"Okay, just don't hate it." After saying this, Hamid handed over a piece of paper, and then asked the palace minister to hand Mansoor, who had just lost his mother and burst into tears, to Guo Ting'er.
Guo Ting'er looked at the little boy with gray hair and brown eyes in front of her. Fortunately, he was not a yellow-headed barbarian. He looked quite pleasing to the eye.
"The people on this paper are all worthy ministers who can be used. They have seen the power of His Majesty the Emperor's army and will cooperate with you."
Guo Ting'er nodded and walked outside without saying a word. Hamid shouted from behind: "Will Salman be handed over to Sefiye's son to rule in the future?"
Haha, Guo Ting'er sneered twice in her heart, and said casually without looking back: "His Royal Highness the Emir, take good care of your health. How His Majesty the Emperor will make decisions is not something that people like us can guess."
After walking out of the palace gate, Guo Ting'er handed the paper in her hand to Shi Shouxin beside her, "General Shi, kill according to the list. Just kill half of them."
Guo Ting'er didn't care if Hamid had mixed sand in the list, because she understood the truth that no one could withstand the combination of threats and temptations of death and wealth.
Shi Shouxin hesitated for a moment. He was currently considered a young newcomer and had never done such a thing before. "Madam, which half of these people need to be hunted and killed?"
Guo Ting'er chuckled, "General Shi, that will be decided by you, because you are the conqueror, and this is your right!"
. . . .
In April of the ninth year of Shaoming Dynasty, 954 AD, Guo Tinger basically took control of Xi'an City. Then she placed the death of Prince Saleh, who was killed by the Zhou army, on the head of the rebellious high-ranking officials, and then began Great purge.
On April 17th alone, Guo Ting'er killed 13 families, a total of more than 700 people, and the heads of people in Xi'an City were turned upside down.
On April 22, Abu Yusuf, who fled south to Lasebo, the city of Xiaoshi, was caught by the Zhou army and was immediately taken to the city of Anxi and executed in Lingchi.
On the same day, the Emir Hamid of Samambath finally breathed his last in worry.
Only three days later, on April 25, Guo Ting'er hugged Mansour and proclaimed him as the new Emir of Saman Persia in the Forbidden City.
On the third day of the fifth lunar month, Cao Bin, the general of Zuo Jin Wu's guard, led a thousand elite Zhou troops into the city of Anxi, bringing with them the canonization edict of the Great Zhou Emperor, Tian Khan, and the King of Persian Kings, Zhang Shengren.
Mansour was officially canonized as the King of Samandrov, and Guo Ting'er was made the wife of Anxi County. As Mansur's adoptive mother, she had the right to take charge of the state affairs of Samander.
At the same time, Guo Tinger began to rely on a group of people she had never thought would exist as the basis for governance.
These people are the descendants of the generals who followed Zhang Zhi into the city of Anxi (Bukhara). There are more than 400 people. This is only counting the men. If you include the girls, there are enough There are as many as nine hundred people.
Considering that many pregnant women had been taken away at that time, Guo Ting'er was speechless.
What kind of stallions were those who followed Saint Zhang into the city of Anxi in the first place! How can you sow seeds!
What is somewhat shocking is that these mixed-race children were originally somewhat discriminated against in Xi'an City and their families, but now, they suddenly became more expensive.
Because at that time, all the soldiers who followed Zhang Zhi into the city of Anxi who survived are all officials now. Maybe some of them are the blood of Chen Guogong Ma Zhaoyuan, Tian Guogong Liu Zaisheng and other great generals. Isn't it expensive?
Therefore, Guo Tinger relied on them and the family behind them to quickly stabilize the situation.
On May 26th, General Muhammad Qayim of the Bouveshi Dynasty finally arrived at Mulu City, seven hundred miles southwest of the city of Anxi, with 50,000 infantry and cavalry.
This city belonged to Turkmenistan in later generations. At this time, it was an important town in the river. The garrison of Mulu, including the garrison of Rai (Tehran) further west, had all surrendered to the Bouveshi dynasty.
The army of the Bouveshi dynasty appeared in Mulu, which marked that the entire Khorasan belonging to Saman Persia had been lost.
This is also the reason why the army of the Bouveshi Dynasty arrived late, because they were taking the opportunity to digest the Persian homeland headed by the city of Rai (Tehran).
On the fifth day of June, Cao Bin personally led 32,000 cavalry to the north of Mulu City, and the two armies began a confrontation in the Gobi on both sides of the Murgabu River.
On the tenth day of June, Mohammed Qayim, who could not hold himself back, led his army across the Murgab River and began to attack Cao Bin's army.
Cao Bin hid 2,000 of Zhou's elite cavalry among the army, and only went to battle with 30,000 Persian servants.
The two sides fought for about an hour, and the Persian army began to be unable to withstand it. The killed people fell on their backs. If they had not known that there was someone behind them, they would have collapsed.
Muhammad Qayim was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately pressed forward with all his troops, surrounding him on three sides and beating him fiercely.
This three-sided attack looks very powerful, but in fact it is a wide open door.
Upon seeing this, Cao Bin immediately ordered two generals, Shi Shouxin and An Cunxiao, to lead two thousand fine cavalry and rush directly to the commander of Bouveshi army, Muhammad Qayim.
Muhammad Qayim did not expect that there were such elite cavalry in the Persian army. He was caught off guard and had no time to respond. Before the defensive forces were deployed, Shi Shouxin and An Cunxiao rushed in front of him.
Shi Shouxin fired three arrows in a row and hit three hits, killing Muhammad Qayim directly. An Cunxiao held a long Ke ax and cut off the banner of Bouveshi's army.
Bouvesi's army suddenly fell into panic. Cao Bin immediately raised his arms and shouted, personally leading the army to counterattack.
The commander of the Bouveshi army was killed, and the entire army was like headless flies. Under the counterattack of the Persian servants with high morale, a landslide occurred, and the 50,000-strong army began to flee crying.
The Bweshi army suffered heavy losses. In order to cross the Murgabu River first, they suffered heavy casualties and drowned countless people. Some of them ran into the vast Gobi. The only way waiting for them was death.
In this battle, Cao Bin's formation killed more than 20,000 people, and Buwexi's 50,000-strong army was almost wiped out together with its commander.
With this great victory, the precarious political situation of Saman Persia was finally completely stabilized, and at the same time, the evil-minded Bouveshi dynasty was greatly frightened.
At the end of June, the army recaptured Mulu, Cao Bin left Shi Shouxin to guard the place, and then led the army back.
But the war is not over yet. The next step is for Guo Ting'er to start to take advantage of the situation to stir up the hatred between the Saman Persians and the cannibals, and to regain Khorasan to the west, artificially creating hatred between the two races.
At this time, Bai Congxin and Lu Sanlang, who were far away in Shiguocheng, finally received the canonization.
Not surprisingly, Zhang Gao also handed over Baishui City to Bai Congxin. The Jin Dynasty named him King of Zheng and changed Shiguo City to Xinzheng King City.
Lu Sanlang was conferred the title of Grand Duke of Dinghai, with the capital of Zeng, and he was ordered to lead 3,000 households of Bu people in the west and 1,000 households of Han people to establish a country around Lei Zhuhai (Aral Sea).
