Water Margin people

Chapter 1594 Betrayal

More than 20,000 foreign troops arrived at the city of Isfahan.

Sanjar's prison van was pushed to the front.

"Listen, Turks on the city wall. Your Sultan is right here. Open the city walls and surrender immediately!"

Ajisi yelled at the defenders on the city wall.

But what came was a rain of arrows from the city. Ajisi hurriedly spurred his horse to avoid them, but soon he found that something was wrong. These arrows did not seem to be aimed at him, but at Sanjar in the prison cart.

"You actually killed the king!"

Sanjar also saw all this and quickly hid behind the wooden fence and roared at the city wall. He had not expected all this. His own people actually dared to kill him.

"Sanjar, you are a disgrace to the Arabs. How can you face us? You were defeated and captured by the infidels. If you are loyal to Allah, commit suicide to prove your innocence!"

Shouts came from the city.

"Satai, it's you!"

Sanjar was furious when he heard the voice, because the person who spoke was not his ministers or generals, but someone from the Abbasid Kingdom.

"Sanjar, you have been defeated, and the Seljuks have perished. Isfahan now belongs to us, the Black Caliphs!"

Satai roared, and all the defenders stood up immediately, holding up their scimitars and shouting, all wearing black robes and black turbans.

"Traitors, you actually betrayed your oath, Allah will not forgive you!"

Sanjar roared in anger that Abbas's people dared to take advantage of the opportunity to seize his Seljuk capital.

Sanjar roared and called out more than a dozen names, including his sons and trusted generals.

"Stop shouting!"

The people on the city wall burst into laughter, and more than a dozen heads were thrown to Sanjar by the catapult.

"what!"

Sanjar looked at the bloody heads and could vaguely recognize that these were his close relatives. At this moment he realized that something big had happened in Isfahan. It was not that reinforcements had arrived, but that a coup had broken out. Otherwise, how could all his confidants have been killed and how did the Abbasids enter the city.

"Sanjar, we will treat you today just as you, the Suljuk Turks, treated me, Abbas, in the past!"

The people on the city wall roared again, and then many of them were thrown off the wall and died. These were Sanjar's family members and descendants.

Sanjar slapped the cage frantically. His eyes were red, like a man-eating demon. He was extremely angry and kept hitting his head against the cage. But even though his head was broken and bleeding, he was still powerless.

"Prepare to attack the city!"

Ajisi and others were not moved at all by what they saw. In their eyes, the actions of the black-clad Arabs were too normal. The fate of losers in this land was never good, so they cherished everything they could still preserve.

Archers went straight to the foot of the city and shot arrows at the city walls in a torrent of arrows.

The black-clad Arabs on the city wall hid behind the city wall and fought back. The bows and crossbows of the Tibetan army were obviously more sophisticated, and they were able to suppress the black-clad Arabs even though the terrain was at a disadvantage.

The black-clad Arabs on the city wall were furious and directly brought in several cannons. Although they had just mastered this technology, simple operation was no longer a problem for them.

After a few cannon shots, bullets hit the Fan army outside the city. The solid bullets had limited killing power, but the deterrent effect still forced the Fan army to retreat quickly.

The Qi army arrived at this time.

Looking at everything in front of them and listening to the soldiers' reports, Lin Chong and others frowned. They had also witnessed the barbarity of these barbarians.

"These people actually have artillery!"

Yang Zhi was a little surprised. This was the first time he saw the enemy using firearms since the Western Expedition.

"Your Majesty said that the Jin country's fools were in collusion with these Arabs. They brought gunpowder here as a trade, and Yelu Dashi also brought technology."

Wang Jin spoke.

"How can they get their hands on gunpowder? Just kill them!"

Du Bo said.

"Generals, the enemy has artillery guarding the city, we can't attack it!"

An Bahai looked at Lin Chong and the others and bowed.

"You cut wood on the spot and build siege ladders!" Lin Chong did not rush to attack, but asked the foreign troops to prepare ladders. Isfahan was the capital of the Seljuks and the city walls were strong, so ladders were necessary if they were to capture the city.

"Yes!"

When An Bahai received the order, he immediately ordered his soldiers to go to the surrounding mountains to cut wood and build ladders.

When the black-clad Arabs on the city saw the Qi army coming, they were on high alert. With the solid city of Isfahan behind them, they were not afraid of anything.

"General, the enemy is cutting down trees!"

An officer walked up to Sadai and said.

"Logging?"

Satai immediately walked to the other side of the city wall and saw the enemy cutting down trees on the mountain.

"Maybe he wants to build siege engines and ladders!"

Someone said that no matter where the city was being attacked, siege vehicles and ladders were indispensable.

"Humph, they want to conquer Isfahan with just these few people? I'll let them all die under the city!"

Saji said in a cold voice that he was confident that he dared to bring 20,000 people to defend Isfahan. This was a fortified city. The enemy had only tens of thousands of people, which was not enough to attack the city. They could not defeat Jerusalem even with an army of 100,000.

The city of Isfahan was in chaos at this time. The original Seljuk nobles and ministers were massacred by the newly arrived Black Arabs, and the army was also controlled by the Black Arabs. The civilians were in panic.

Saji didn't care at all that the enemies outside the city were building siege equipment. He went straight to the palace with his personal guards.

"Break it open for me!"

Sage gave the order, pointing at the door to the treasury.

The guards immediately stepped forward with sledgehammers and smashed open the locked door, revealing a golden glow inside.

"Haha, they really didn't take it away! The Seljuk treasures of the past hundred years are all here!"

Saji laughed as he looked at the treasures. They had been staring at the treasures for a long time. Only after they were sure that the money was all in the city did they take decisive action.

"General, we're rich!"

The guards all burst into laughter.

"Well, send a message back. The goal has been achieved. Fifty thousand enemy troops are outside the city. The Caliph can lead his troops to go around and block the enemy's rear, and let the enemy die under the city!"

Saji looked at a light guard and spoke.

"Yes, General!"

The guards immediately ordered to leave.

After it was completely dark, the city gate was opened a crack, and a cavalryman went out of the city and headed west, soon entering the mountains to the west. Across this mountain range was the Abbasid Kingdom.

All of this had already been seen by the Qi army.

Not long after the cavalry entered the mountains, the horses suddenly let out a mournful cry and fell down.

Because the incident happened suddenly and the warhorse was running too fast, the knight was thrown out and fell heavily to the ground and slid for seven or eight meters before stopping.

"What a fool you are, riding so fast at night!"

Lu Fang looked at the person who fell and shook his head. The mountain road was already difficult to walk on and it was dark. Not to mention the tripwire, even if there was a rock or a hole on the ground, he would fall.

"General, he fainted!"

The soldiers stepped forward and tied up the cavalryman, then spoke.

"Is your head and mouth okay?"

Lu Fang asked.

"It's okay, just an arm and a leg are broken!"

The soldier replied.