The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

The flat sand is boundless, and the wind blows wildly.

Going north to the hinterland of Karhan, Song Jiang's soldiers lost their viciousness and greed when they first arrived, their lips became pale, and they moved with difficulty.

After the capture of the city, too much property was robbed, which became a burden instead. Song Jiang had to discuss this with the generals, and set up a special transportation team to keep the soldiers' trophies one by one and transport them back.

At the beginning, everyone was still not at ease, and wanted to hold peace of mind for themselves, but it became more and more difficult to go later.

Yu Chirong, the prince of Khotan, was tired and irritable, chattering on horseback.

Song Jiang really thought he was noisy, so he said in a low voice, "Go ahead and ask when you can arrive in Samarkand."

Hua Rongxin urged his horse forward reluctantly, and after walking a few steps, he shouted loudly: "Haha, brother, we are here."

Song Jiang patted his horse forward, and saw cities in the sand in front of him, oases everywhere, full of exotic buildings and altars, this city that suddenly appeared in the desert for so long gave people a dreamlike feeling Feel.

Behind him, the countless soldiers didn't feel this way, they were more like Huarong, slowly touching the handle of their knife.

"Mother Rita, finally arrived, hurry up and go in to rest." Hua Rong drew his saber in his hand, took the lead, and rushed down.

What he said simply spoke the hearts of the soldiers. With a wave of Song Jiang's hand, the Chinese army command flag was waved, and there was no formation, no matter what tactics, tens of thousands of troops rushed down howling.

The soldiers and civilians in the city were praying, lying on the ground piously, feeling the tremor of the earth.

There are alarm bells everywhere. Samarkand is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia and an important hub on the Silk Road, connecting the three empires of ancient China, the Persian Empire and India. The Sogdians who were once good at doing business took Samarkand Markan was built into a magnificent capital.

In the 4th century BC, when Alexander the Great of the Macedonian Empire captured the city, he couldn't help but admire: "Everything I've heard is true, but Samarkand is more spectacular than I imagined."

The Karakhan Dynasty controlled the trade between China and the West for a long time. For a long period of time during the Song Dynasty, they all pocketed the profits from the Asia-Europe Silk Road trade.

20 years ago, the Karahan dynasty was officially split into two. Xihan is a descendant of Ali, commonly known as the Ali family, who owns the middle of the river and the west of Fergana, with Samarkand and Bukhara as the capital;

The Eastern Khan is a descendant of Harun Bugla Khan, commonly known as Harun or Hasan, and owns Taluosi, Baishuicheng, Shicheng, eastern Fergana, the Seven Rivers and Kashgar, with Balasagun as the center. The political and military capital, with Kashgar as the religious and cultural center.

In the history of later generations, this place will be the home court of Yelu Dashi in a few years.Yelu Dashi, who was defeated by the Jurchens and fled around, will kill the Quartet here and establish Xiliao.

But now Song Jiang came one step ahead of him, and the blades of the Song army entered Samarkand. The defenders in the city were unable to resist, and were soon broken into the city.

Under Song Jiang's intentional connivance, Samarkand suffered a bloody baptism. Countless nobles and religious leaders were killed, and their wealth was staggering.

If these people are not eradicated, this place will always be a land of disaster, and Afghanistan, known as the cemetery of empires, is like that.

Fanatical religious beliefs will make them lose their ability to think and stand, and they will not accept rule in order to seek stability.

Song Jiang fought all the way and summed up an experience. The coexistence of multiple religions and freedom of belief promoted by Shaozai are absolutely necessary.

The Western Expeditionary Army divided into two groups and marched side by side. When they were nibbling away at Kar Khan step by step, the weather gradually warmed up.

As soon as the weather warmed up, the Jurchens who were huddled in the upper capital couldn't bear it anymore. Now they gradually understood the importance of Yang Pu, and began to try to listen to him, so they didn't persecute the Khitan slaves so harshly.

Many Liao people were gradually used by Jurchen and began to work for the Kingdom of Jin.

The smelting technology of the Liao people has always been comparable to that of the Song Dynasty, and they are more diligent than the Song people.

In the Song Dynasty, few people went to dig iron ore, and the output was far less than that of Khitan.

This New Year, the Jurchens silently smelted weapons and prepared equipment in the city. Having tasted the sweetness, they did not intend to stop their conquest.

Who doesn't want to have thousands or tens of thousands of raw slaves under their own accounts, and who doesn't want to wantonly plunder the rich areas that have not yet been conquered.

For them, fighting at this time is more like hunting, a bloody and rewarding hunt.

Ever since Wanyan Aguda, the first Jurchen emperor, raised troops in Huanglong Mansion, they were sure to win every battle, and they had gradually realized their great talent in war.

There will always be people in later generations who have doubts about the Jurchen's combat power, and deliberately ignore this period of history with narrow minds, but as long as you open any history book of this era, they will clearly tell you that they are the era of cold weapons The most combative group of people.

Although the Mongols' conquest campaigns occupied more places, they have always been accompanied by countless servants, fighting south and north.At the beginning of the Jurchen's war, the achievements of the uncorrupted Jin Kingdom Tartars in destroying the Liao Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty were actually quite eye-catching.

In the era of cold weapons, fighting depends entirely on the physical strength of the soldiers on both sides. When Wanyan Agu fought against the Liao Dynasty, there were only 2000 people, but within a few years they destroyed an empire spanning thousands of miles.

Talking in a self-deceiving way and belittling this group of savages is not only a disrespect for history, but also a disrespect for the countless ancestors who died fighting against gold.

Jurchen's ability to demonstrate their own fierce fighting power, in addition to the influence of being a fishing and hunting nation, to a large extent, has a lot to do with the Meng'an Mouk system established by Wanyan Aguda.

This is because the essence of the Meng'an Mouke system lies in the aggregation of the loosely-organized tribes of Shengjurchen into a powerful organization.

This kind of system, which was born for war, is very strong in troubled times, and of course it will quickly degenerate and degenerate after stability.

Today's Jurchen Tartars are still very good at fighting. They have been grinding their minions in the upper capital, lurking for a whole winter, and finally it's time to go out.

Outside the capital, there was an endless stream of cavalrymen running back and forth, all tribes were mobilized, and many Jurchen generals couldn't wait to seek more wealth.

This winter, they have tasted the fruits of victory and successfully aroused their greater desire.

At this point they have two choices, one is to go south to Youyan and take away the richest place in Daliao;

The second is to go west to Datong Mansion in Yunzhou and capture Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi alive without completely destroying the Khitan Kingdom.

In the main hall, Jurchen nobles gathered and argued endlessly.

Chapter 375 What's wrong with him, he just wants to eat a chicken

Beside the blazing bonfire, dozens of Jurchen generals gathered in their tents, all of them a little excited.

After being dormant for a whole winter, they could not restrain their animal nature long ago, and wanted to invade the new land and capture new slaves.

Wanyan Zonghan, as one of the royal family of the Kingdom of Jin, the eldest son of the Prime Minister Wanyan Sagai, spoke quite weighty.

In front of the Jurchen royal family, he was not stage frightened, and said loudly: "The west is barren land, except for the grasslands, but the south has boundless wealth. Why don't you go south?"

Wanyan Wu Qimai had been to Bianliang, nodded his head, deeply convinced: "The wealth of the southerners is [-] times more luxurious than that of Khitan."

Although Wanyan Aguda has absolute authority in the Kingdom of Jin, he is not arbitrary and likes to listen to different opinions.After pondering for a while, Xu Xu said: "It's not impossible to go south, but halfway through the campaign against Liao, and Yelu Yanxi hasn't been caught yet, so I'm always a little bit unwilling."

As soon as he finished saying this, Wanyan Wu Qimai slapped the table and said, "Brother, why hesitate, you send people to continue attacking Datong Mansion, and I will take Zong Bi and Zong Han to attack Youyan. Is that all right?"

Wanyan Aguda loves his younger brother very much, after hearing this, he laughed and said, "Second brother has such ambition, of course it's good, but I'm afraid you won't be able to defeat Youyan."

"Brother, why did you underestimate Wu Qimai, so let's split up and try it out, and show you what I can do."

The Kingdom of Jin is no longer the time when there were only 2 people in the past. Now each Moke has a hundred or ten people, and each person has countless servants. They have gathered an army, and the number is not small.

There are also Khitan surrendered troops, controlled by their strict military laws, and have good combat power.

Today's Jurchen Tartars have the qualifications to divide their troops, and they also have the strength.After such an agreement, all the generals in the tent dispersed one after another, with smiles on their faces.

The red clouds in the setting sun covered half of the city wall, and the horses neighed continuously outside the capital. Looking around, there was a battalion of blowing horns, eight hundred miles away, and a large army under its command.

The army gathered here, led by Wanyan Wu Qimai, is the main cavalry of the Jurchens, and there is also a part of the Khitan's descending troops as the auxiliary army.From here to Tokyo Prefecture within a hundred miles, but there are places where Kuanhei can camp, they are all stationed with troops and horses.