Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 891 An unexpected enemy
Through the telescope, Pei Yun could clearly observe the number and size of the arrivals.Judging from their clothing, they are obviously barbarians from the Kpchak Khanate.

There are black-haired and yellow-skinned people, and there are brown-haired and white-skinned people. It is obviously a multi-tribal mixed caravan.

With such a team, the most came from the Kepchak Khanate.

It was already late autumn, and the second shearing of the sheep on the grassland had ended long ago, but the overwhelming snow in the cold winter had not yet fallen. During this time, caravans from the Kipchak Khanate came frequently.

Standing behind these caravans are different tribes, either close or close in distance, and now they are rushing to Jinhu City at the last minute to buy tea, salt, shochu and other items needed for the winter.

Most of the herdsmen who stayed in Jinhu City were members of the nearby Naiman tribe. Naturally, these herdsmen were also exploited by the nobles of their own tribe, but because of the distance, the leaders of those tribes would not do too much. up.Compared with the caravan formed by the tribe, the items sold by these herdsmen are much cheaper.Every businessman of the Han family who is nostalgic for Jinhu City is looking forward to a time when all the tribes of the Naiman tribe will be registered as householders.

However, as the deputy general of Jinhu City, Pei Yun was very displeased with the herdsmen of the Naiman tribe.In his opinion, these people are just "Tartars", who are all mothers if they have milk, and they don't know what loyalty is.

They have stayed in Jinhu City for a long time, and they still have an attitude towards Lu Qi's policies, and they have a good understanding of the number of Han people and the garrison in Jinhu City.A lot of news was easily spread to the Kipchak Khanate by them.

Moreover, those Tartars are rude, and after drinking two mouthfuls of cat urine, they often get drunk and make wild troubles.That is to say, you have to be punished every time, but you don't need to ask how it feels to people.

The caravan did not enter Jinhu City. The latter is a military center after all, and not just anyone can come in. All foreign caravans must first settle in the goods yard outside the city.Not long after, a report with detailed information on the visitors was delivered to him. How many people there were, how many goods they brought, and what they wanted were all recorded one by one.

Pei Yun signed and stamped the report. This was his daily routine, but an inexplicable melancholy surged deeply in his heart.Could it be said that Jinhu City will be truly peaceful from now on?Will the Kepchak Khanate and Lu Qi really become good neighbors?

If his memory was correct, His Majesty the Emperor was originally going to grant Huo Guogong Tianhu the eastern territory of the Kepchak Khanate.

When Pei Yun on the top of the city sighed for his hard-to-use military career, there was a pair of gloomy eyes outside the city, looking coldly at the heavily guarded city on the shore of Jinhu Lake.This gaze came from a tall and burly man wearing a gray felt blanket.From his high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, light golden greasy curly hair, and those gray-blue eyes, it can be known that he is a Caucasian.Expressed in terms of geographical knowledge at the moment, this person is a member of the right wing of the Eastern Kepchak Khanate.

The big fluffy beard covered more than half of his face, and he always lowered his head slightly, covering his sight with a felt hat.At first glance, it was hard to tell his face apart.

As for what is the right wing of the Eastern Kupchak Khanate, this is the unavoidable end of the tribal alliance when it expands to a certain extent.

Just as the Kara Khanate was divided into the East and the West, the Kipchak Khanate split into the East and West soon after the Kara Khanate split.

It can be expressed by Sikpchak Khanate-Confederate States and East Kepchak Khanate-Confederate States.

The geographical scope of the two is roughly divided by the center line of the northern shore of the Caspian Sea. The western one has the Caucasus and the northern shore of the Black Sea as the core area, and the eastern one has the northern Caspian Sea and the Irtysh River Basin as the core area.

Later, the Eastern Kepchak Khanate-Allied Powers split again, giving birth to left and right wings.

Roughly speaking, it is the right wing centered on the Caspian Sea and the Ural River Basin, and the left wing centered on the Irtysh River Basin.

The one who has the deepest contact with Lu Qi now is the left wing of the Eastern Kupchak Khanate-the Alliance.

The race of the left-wing part is mainly black-haired and yellow-skinned people, while the race of the right-wing race is a mixture of yellow and white, especially the pure-blooded whites, who are all of Caucasian descent.Just like this person in front of me!
At this time, the freight yard personnel who were concentrating on checking the goods did not notice the existence of such a person.They also saw a lot of blond people, so they didn't find it surprising.After finding that there were no contraband, they gave a few instructions as usual, and then turned back to the freight yard hall.Seeing that he had passed the inspection, the head of the caravan immediately called for those who unloaded the goods to unload, those who set up tents to set up tents, and those who lit the fire to light the fire. Everyone became busy like ants.

And although the man with the gray felt blanket was also helping to unload the goods, his eyes never left the Jinhu City not far away for a moment.Absent-mindedly, he only moved two packs of furs, and got into a tent that had just been erected.The people around him seemed to turn a blind eye to his actions, and they still went to various places to do their own work.

It wasn't until another bearded man turned into the tent that he took off the felt hat on his head.

The visitor lowered his voice and reported next to the man's ear: "Master, the information I just heard from a few Tatar natives is exactly the same as what we have inquired before. This is a prominent part of the northwest border of the Chinese people. , every time heavy snow falls, we will lose contact with the castle behind."

"Jinhu City is guarded and managed by a commander, with a frontier battalion under his command. There are about [-] soldiers. There are more than [-] Han households in the city. There are five cannons on the top of the city, and there are several small cannons."

The Kepchak Khanate does not have the term 'Yingzheng', so it is replaced by the commander.

"Five hundred soldiers, one hundred households, artillery and crossbows, and a strong city..." The gray blanket man lamented in his heart, this is really a big trouble.

If possible, he would never want to lead a small force in the ice and snow across the vast Kipchak steppe [Kazakhstan] to join forces with strangers thousands of miles away to attack such a city.That means huge sacrifices, and it also means there is a high chance of encountering a disastrous defeat or even annihilation of the entire army.All it takes is a sudden snowstorm.

but……

The blanket man's expression changed, he lowered his head, closed his eyes, and sincerely prayed to Heavenly Father and Holy Mother.

"O Lord, Son of God, by the prayer of your most pure Mother and of all saints, have mercy on us. Amen."

Surely bless them with victory, and bless his loyal people.

The blanket man is just a person who obeys orders, and the real mastermind will not come here in the cold and serious danger.But the apostle had a heart of "anxiety for public good and righteousness". Even if he was faced with the prayers of the pagan Seljuks and the promise of the Seljuk Sultan - ceding the land on the southeast coast of the Caspian Sea, he couldn't resist the temptation. He wholeheartedly agreed to Sancar's request.

The eastern part of the Caspian Sea is full of desert, and there are only a few oases dotted on the vast land. The owner of the blanket man has no resistance to the green belt area in the southeastern part of the Caspian Sea promised by Sanjar.

What Sanjar asked him to do was to stir up a war between the Eastern Kupchak Khanate-the left wing of the Alliance State and Lu Qi.This was used to contain Lu Qi and reduce the pressure on the Seljuq Empire in the east.Even if this is temporary.

This is the biggest reason why the blanket man came to Jinhu City all the way.

Because this is the place where the conditions are most suitable among the several points of contact between the Chinese and the left-wing ministries of the Eastern Kupchak Khanate-Allied State.After the heavy snow fell, there was no way to get in touch with the Qi army in the rear.

For Lu Qi, this is really an unexpected enemy.A tribe located in the [north] area on the east coast of the Caspian Sea, a tribe that believed in monotheism, actually worked hard for the Seljuks who believed in Tianfang religion.

(End of this chapter)