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Chapter 1579: Battle of Samarkand

Heng Ross.

"Report! The Seljuk army has invaded Samarkand and is looting!"

A cavalryman came to report.

"Well, it's almost time, the army will attack and kill!"

Sun Lei nodded and gave the order casually. The Seljuk Turks were not a strong enemy at all and there was no need for any strategy. They could just rush over and push forward like a bulldozer.

"Yes!"

Hebula and other foreign generals were overjoyed and responded in unison.

The army rushed towards Samarkand, hundreds of miles away.

Lin Chong, Wang Jin, Sun Li and others also led troops to attack. The vanguards of foreign races were not reliable. Even if they were the supervisory team, they were only the second-tier combat troops.

"Let's go, the central army should also go up!"

Sun Lei said.

Samarkand is a city built more than 700 years ago by the business-savvy Sogdians. It is a commercial capital that connects the East, India and Persia. It is one of the few wealthy cities in this land.

Samarkand was controlled by Khwarezm, and after the rise of Western Liao, it later became part of Western Liao, which made the Seljuk Turks very dissatisfied.

Now the Seljuk Turks are burning, killing and looting in the city. This is their common method of conquering a land. Force is their language.

"Ha ha!"

Sanjar laughed as he looked at the mountains of gold and silver in front of him. He had been coveting this commercial city for a long time. Ever since his defeat by Yelu Dashi, betrayal began to appear within the Seljuk Khanate, and the Khanate began to refuse to pay taxes.

This put Sanjar, who was in urgent need of a large amount of money to recruit soldiers, in a very difficult position. It would be difficult to become strong again without money, and the fastest way to get money was to rob.

"Sultan, we have found a lot of gold and silver!"

Several generals came happily with dozens of boxes, which were filled with gold and silver when they were opened.

"Haha, these traitors deserve it!"

Sanjar laughed.

There were constant screams and cries in the city. Men were killed, women were raped, and old people and children were lying dead on the ground.

But the Seljuk Turks had no intention of stopping. They wanted to completely destroy the city. What they couldn't get, no one else could get.

The marching Qi army also received reports from scouts and learned about the situation in Samarkand.

"These stupid aliens deserve it. They treat us as their enemy, so let them be powerful!"

Sun Li said that they had issued orders to Samarkand before, asking these people to guard the city, but these people have been disobeying the orders and have not paid taxes until now.

"Let the Fan army go first!"

Wang Jin gave orders to the soldiers around him. They were less than a hundred miles away from Samarkand, and the leading foreign troops were even fifty miles away.

In the city of Samarkand, burning, killing and looting continued. The Seljuk Turks were not aware of the enemy's arrival at all. Addicted to looting, they only had money and women in their eyes.

"Report, a large number of cavalry appeared in the east, about 20,000 people! They are less than 40 miles away from the city!"

Sanjar, who was sitting on gold and silver treasures and laughing wildly, heard the scout's report.

"Enemy? Quick, gather the troops and prepare for battle!"

Sanjar immediately shouted that he had not taken away the gold and silver he had looted.

The sound of trumpets rang out in the city of Samarkand, and the soldiers who were still looting finally came to their senses. They put on their clothes, took their weapons, mounted their horses and gathered together.

It took a long time for the 50,000 Seljuk cavalry to gather outside the city, and at this time the vanguard of Qi's barbarian troops also arrived.

"Ajis, you actually surrendered to the Orientals and betrayed Allah!" Sanjar roared immediately when he saw Ajis and others. The countries in this land changed quickly, but the faith remained unchanged.

"Sanjar, your time of death has come! Kill!"

Ajisike was too lazy to talk nonsense with Sanjar. What's the point of believing or not believing? Being alive is the most important thing! They, Huaxizimo, originally believed in Zoroastrianism, and later believed in Shamanism and Buddhism. In recent years, the Arab religion has become stronger, so they also believe in Arab religion. What's wrong with believing in the emperor of the East now?

"kill!"

The rest of the people were roaring and rushing forward, vying for the first place, as if they were not going to fight but to grab some treasure. If they fell behind, they would lose everything.

The crazy murderous intent made the Seljuks panic. They couldn't understand what those people on the opposite side were thinking and why they were so crazy.

"Kill me!"

Sanjar roared orders, saying they had the upper hand in numbers and there was no need to be afraid.

The two armies rushed directly into each other.

Although the Qi foreign troops were relatively small in number, they had received death orders and charged forward fearlessly.

On the other hand, the Seljuks were a little hesitant. They were not used to this kind of fighting and they didn't want to die. Their purpose in coming was just to plunder.

"Are they crazy? Are they willing to sacrifice their lives just for the Qi Kingdom in the east?"

Sanjar did not expect such a situation. After just a charge, both sides suffered over a thousand casualties. This kind of casualties was very rare. The fighting on their side was all exploratory and there was no real fight between life and death.

"Sultan Khan, the enemy is charging too fiercely, and the army in front can't stop them!"

A general looked at Sanjar anxiously. The battle did not develop as they expected. The Khan's coalition forces fought too fiercely.

"Send more people up!"

Sanjar gritted his teeth and said, how could he, the Sultan of the Seljuk Empire, be defeated by a group of ragtag khans.

Another Seljuk army also rushed into the battle.

The addition of new combat forces stabilized the morale of the Seljuk army, but the Qi barbarians on the opposite side showed no fear and continued to fight desperately.

"What on earth did Qi give them?"

Sanjar became more and more frightened. Even when Western Liao was strong, these people were not so loyal. Or it could be said that there were no loyal vassal states in the West. Each of them had their own ulterior motives and pretended to submit.

The Qi army arrived late, and when they saw the extremely brutal fighting on the battlefield, they were not moved at all.

"This is how the foreign troops should be used. Fighting their best is what they should do!"

Du Fu smiled and said that the loyalty of the foreign troops was unreliable. The reason why Gao Xianzhi was defeated was that he trusted the foreign troops too much. If they were stabbed in the back, he would suffer a disastrous defeat.

The arrival of the Qi army made the Seljuk army panic again. After a series of trumpet sounds, the Seljuk army retreated into the city.

The foreign troops continued to pursue and kill, and only stopped when they reached the city of Samarkand.

"Sanjar, come out and die!"

Anbahai was roaring outside the city.

Sanjar's heart sank when he saw the army outside the city. If it was just the foreign kings' troops, he would not care and could still win by relying on the advantage in numbers. But now he had to face a large number of Qi troops, which made things difficult.

"This place is too far from the Wuhu River, there is no way to evacuate quickly!"

Sanjar finally realized the problem. He seemed to have fallen into a trap. Because of his greed for Samarkand, he went deep into the Transoxiana region and was now surrounded.

"Sanjar, leave the city and die!"

The army outside the city shouted in unison, and the shouts spread throughout Samarkand.