Although the various Turkic tribes who were constantly fighting against each other finally gave up their hatred and reunited together thanks to the efforts of Princess Hesijia, however, as Cheng Dong said: Military is the most cold and objective existence in the world. Nothing false.
If your strength is not good enough, no matter how passionate and courageous you are, you will only suffer defeat on the battlefield.
This so-called strength includes not only the morale, training and experience of the army, but also important conditions such as the number of troops, weapons and equipment and logistics resources.
At this time, except for the high morale, well-trained, and experienced Turkic army, all other conditions were at an absolute disadvantage.
At the beginning, the Great Khan Ashina Zhijin led 550,000 Turkic men to march eastward. In a huge gamble, almost all the assets of the Turkic Empire were lost.
Not only were all the elite cavalry lost at the foot of the Zijin Pass and in the Weinan Plain, but a large number of famous generals who were good at fighting were also defeated on the battlefield and lost their souls in foreign lands. Not to mention the amount of war horses, weapons, gold, silver, grain and grass that day, the losses were as huge as mountains and seas, countless.
Coupled with the remaining forces of the various tribes who were lucky enough to return eastward, as soon as they returned to their homeland, they immediately opened up their posture and fought bloody battles. They repeatedly fought and tore for two or three consecutive years, constantly consuming the remaining blood of the Turkic Empire.
To this day, even the empire's border guards are reduced to tenth.
On the other hand, the invading foreign enemies, the Persians alone, dispatched 300,000 armored troops at once, covering the sky and the sun with majestic momentum.
They have been watching the turkish and Shengtang wrestling with cold eyes. After several years of recuperating, they finally reached the point where their military strength completely surpassed that of their neighboring countries.
If it doesn't move, it will be fine. If it moves, it will be like a thunderous force.
Under such a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, even someone as powerful as Yun Qianxue could not quickly reverse the unfavorable situation of being passively beaten.
In the battle of Yingge City, the Turkic coalition's left army was defeated and Queen Cang withdrew three hundred miles;
During the offensive and defensive battle at the Iskuli Mountain Fortress, all 2,600 condor soldiers were wiped out, resulting in the loss of the fulcrum of the Cancun defense line and the collapse of the entire defense line;
In the raid at Sailon Canyon, tens of thousands of Golden Clan cavalry attacked the 80,000 Persian main force for six hours, but still failed to break through the enemy's position and had no choice but to retreat;
The important towns on the west bank of the Bom River fell one after another. The Persian army and the Semitic army successfully joined forces at Denning Ferry, and the front troops began to invade the Yakut grassland;
In the Battle of Khorzigit, the Turks were defeated again, and the Flame Maple Forest City was in danger!
A series of failed retreats not only embarrassed the Turkic army, but also suffered the people of various Turkic tribes. The Persians and Semites also suffered a lot of casualties due to Yun Qianxue's vigorous resistance, and they could not help but gradually become more ferocious. Incidents of killing civilians became more and more frequent, and in the end, the Persian commander personally issued an order, vowing to completely wipe out the entire Turkic nation to avoid future troubles!
In this way, a large number of refugees began to flee their hometowns and move eastward. Before the enemy's butcher knife fell on their heads, they hid in the borders of Western Xinjiang to seek a way out.
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After hearing everything that happened in the Turkic Empire, Xie Tanzhi and others fell silent.
Li Jiangyao had previously written a letter to the Persian emperor through his old friend Emene regarding the Turkic civil war, hoping that the Persian Empire could exercise restraint and not be easily involved in the Turkic civil war in order to maintain peace and tranquility in Western Xinjiang and the Western Continent. .
Unexpectedly, the huge temptation still prompted the Persians, who were gradually becoming stronger, to think of invading neighboring countries.
To be honest, before venturing eastward to conquer the Holy Tang Dynasty, the Turks had always been a king-like existence in the Western Continent. Punching Persia, trampling Tianzhu, enslaving Semites, and far-reaching Europe, the iron hooves of the Turkic war horses were enough to make the surrounding neighbors tremble and not dare to have the slightest idea of disobedience.
The reason why the Persian emperor was willing to use Emani's hand to fully support Li Jiangyao's development and growth when the Turks instigated the Western Xinjiang countries to rebel against the Holy Tang was also because he wanted to try to hold the Turks back into the quagmire of war and unable to escape from the invasion. Persia.
In these extremely precious years, the Turks became weaker and weaker while the Persians became stronger and stronger, and finally reached the critical stage of changing offensive and defensive positions today. How could the Persians let go of such a golden opportunity?
Not only the Turks, but also the Persian emperor also turned his attention to the east.
If the traditional enemy of the Western Continent can be successfully conquered, could the next prey be Shengtang, who has also been weakened by the war?
At least, there is always a chance for Xijiang Ghost Desert to try and win, right?
Li Jiangyao saw the Persians' ambitions very clearly, and so did his comrades. Xie Tanzhi immediately decided to write a letter to the Protector General, reporting in detail the latest war developments in the Western Continent, and asking Li Jiangyao to decide on the next step of action as soon as possible.
Before waiting for the order from the Metropolitan Protector, Xie Tanzhi sought Holia's opinion, and finally agreed to order the left-behind legions to begin full mobilization in the name of the Zhenjiang Military Government, increase the alert level of the western defense line, properly resettle Turkic refugees, and prevent The defeated armies from all directions invaded and harassed the country.
When necessary, the Xinjiang Suppression Army can directly send troops across the border, take the initiative to take over and control the Turkic towns adjacent to Western Xinjiang, expand its own defense scope, and prevent the Western Xinjiang countries from being affected by the war.
In addition, the intelligence agents stationed in the Western Continent have also begun to strengthen the collection of information on Persia, especially the Persian army responsible for attacking the Turks, which is the key intelligence target in the next stage.
At the same time, Situ Wushou contacted Emene through Efentia to learn more about the true intentions of the Persian Empire's top officials, and expressed the Zhenjiang military government's concerns about the Turkic war, hoping that the other party would respect the advice of the Governor Li Jiangyao. Try to maintain peace in the Western Continent to ensure the smooth operation of the Silk Road trade routes.
Li Jiangyao, who was far away on the Jiangnan front line, received the report from Xijiang and immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.
As a neighbor of Guimo in Western Xinjiang and a staunch ally of the Zhenjiang Army in the fight against the Turks, the Persian Empire was no stranger to Li Jiangyao. On the contrary, because of his relationship with Efentiya and Emene, he was very familiar with various situations in the Persian royal court.
Persia is located at the intersection of the Eastern and Western continents. Like the Turks, it also borders the Ghost Desert of Western Xinjiang. It has been an important hub and actual beneficiary of the Silk Road trade routes since ancient times. In the eyes of the people in Western Xinjiang, or in the impression of the entire Shengtang people, Persia has always been a peace-loving and uncontested country. It is rare to hear that they are at odds with anyone, and we have never seen them sending troops to bully anyone.
However, Li Jiangyao knew very well that Persia was not as kind and peace-loving as they seemed on the surface. The reason why he is so obedient is because there is always a fierce Turkic Empire squatting next to him.
The Eight Pillar Tribes don’t even get enough of the meat from the Western Continent, so how can there be a portion for Persia? In other words, Persia itself is a target in the eyes of the Turks, so who does he dare to bully?
As the saying goes, it's either unwilling or unable.
At that time, a rebellion broke out in the Ghost Desert of Western Xinjiang under the instigation of the Turks. Not long after the Western Xinjiang Alliance was formed, the Persian Empire sent a large number of business missions, led by the emperor's teacher and a giant businessman in the Western Continent, Emene. team, come to visit.
Nominally, they hoped to reopen the Silk Road trade route and ensure that the trade interests between the Persian Empire and the Eastern Continent would not be lost. But in fact, their purpose is not limited to business exchanges, but they hope to get a share of the chaotic Western Xinjiang. They do not even rule out sending troops to occupy some lands in Guimo and expand Persian politics here with the approval of the Turks. Influence.
But later, by mistake, Emine met Li Jiangyao through her daughter Efentiya, and the Zhenjiang Army rose rapidly in desperate circumstances. In the end, the Persian emperor decided to fully support the Zhenjiang Army in Metasequoia City. Li Jiangyao represented their interests and gradually took control of the Ghost Desert in Western Xinjiang.
During the eight-year counter-insurgency war, Persia demanded money and supplies. Weapons, armor, war horses, and mountains of equipment were continuously transported to Metasequoia from the Western Continent. Except for not directly sending troops, the Persian Empire helped with all its resources.
Of course, Persia also received huge rewards for doing this.
The most valuable result among them was that the main Turkic army was blocked by the Western Xinjiang people in the area east of Zijin Pass and Shengyuguan, and finally the entire army was annihilated.
From that moment on, Persia's greatest threat in the Western Continent was completely eliminated.
However, the Persian emperor, who had broken free from the constraints of force and coercion, still did not dare to attack his former enemies easily. After all, the Turks were too fierce and powerful. They had suppressed the Persian Empire for hundreds of years, and their psychological shadow had long been cast. In particular, Li Jiangyao suddenly made a move to reconcile before the war, releasing Gemma Khan and Prince Tanli and returning with his troops, which immediately frightened the Persian monarchs and ministers into not daring to act rashly.
We are all smart people, and we all understand this truth in our hearts: for Li Jiangyao and Xijiang Guimo, it is definitely not a good thing for another overlord to rise again in the Western Continent.
Therefore, the Persian emperor chose to continue to be patient, and secretly split up to support the two Turkic forces, prompting Gema to lead the Turkic tribes to fight with Tanli, Hesijia and Yun Qianxue, losing their troops.
Until Gema's coalition forces once again captured the Flame Maple Forest City, and Tanli quickly counterattacked, organized an army to drive the coalition forces out of the capital, and retake the city, the monarchs and ministers of the Persian Empire agreed that the time to take action had finally come!
Persia immediately sent heavyweight envoys to contact the Semites, who had also been oppressed by the Turks for many years, and negotiated to jointly send troops to eliminate the cancer in the Western Continent in one fell swoop, turning the Turkic nation into the dust of history.
Although the Semites were far inferior to the Persians in strength, they had numerous tribes and strong folk customs, and they were already extremely dissatisfied with the Turks' long-term suppression. Therefore, as soon as the Persian Empire expressed its intention to attack the Turks, the Semitic high priest immediately nodded in agreement and called on all warriors from all tribes to assemble, as allies of the Persian army, to advance into the Turkic border and attack the enemy.
At this point, the western continent was filled with clouds of war and the sounds of killing were everywhere. Hesijia, Tanli, Gema and others are about to face a huge crisis of national annihilation!
