The struggle of the reborn prince

"I swore before that I would fight for my kingdom and people until the last drop of blood and my last breath. But God punished me for betraying Da Song, and the one who once swore to resist all invaders for us The allies abandoned us at the last moment, I decided to accept the conditions of the Song army and surrender! Although accepting this fact is more painful than drinking poison, in order to save my people from the war, I still have to drink it go down!"

The next day, the lord of Gaochang, Bi Lege, announced his decision in the early court. All the officials in the hall were very surprised by the sudden decision made by the lord, and they had mixed feelings in their hearts. After all, it is not honorable to be forced to surrender the whole city. However, I was relieved, after all, the king's decision rescued them from the nightmare and saved tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city, but he didn't understand why the king changed his mind overnight.

In fact, Bi Lege was also forced to make a desperate decision. Last night, he convened several important ministers of the king to discuss and analyze the current situation.Everyone thought that the people in the city were angry and dissatisfied with the lord's inaction, the army suffered heavy losses and the soldiers had no fighting spirit. As long as someone jumped out, it would cause riots, and they could do nothing about it.But the Song army will definitely take advantage of the vacancy, and the result at that time will be unimaginable.

Furthermore, it is a foregone conclusion that Xiliao is unable to provide assistance in the face of the invasion of the Seljuk Empire, and the opponent they are facing is very powerful, especially an old empire with strong soldiers and strong horses ruling the entire West Asia.Although Xiliao is not weak, it has only been established for more than ten years, and there is still a considerable gap with the strength of Seljuk, and the outcome is unknown.It's okay to win, but once you lose, it will be a disaster for Gaochang.Bi Lege knew that the Seljuks were a hundred times more greedy and cruel than the Xiliao and Song people.And what they believe in is Islam, and the countries they conquer will convert them to their religion.Otherwise it is death.

Bi Lege and several ministers did not dare to bet on Xi Liao, because they could not afford to lose.Although the Song Dynasty in front of us is an enemy, they are also an empire that has lasted for hundreds of years. They dominate the economic prosperity of East Asia, and their emperor is also enterprising. It is not easy for the Seljuks to defeat their opponents.More importantly, Da Song did not reject their belief in Buddhism.Never do anything that would require them to convert.

After a night of deliberation and repeated weighing of the pros and cons, it was a hundred times better for Bi Lege to surrender to Song Dynasty than to slaughter the Seljuks.As for Xiliao, they had already lost confidence. In their eyes, Gaochang was just a pawn, a tool that could make money for them, and a pawn that could be discarded at critical moments.So he decided to accept Song Jun's conditions unconditionally.Sent against himself, sold his title, handed over the national seal, and waited for the emperor's disposal. At the same time, he ordered the states under Gaochang to give up resistance and stop all supplies to the Western Liao Army...

Gao Chong and Zhao Li looked at Bi Lege's surrender.They also breathed a sigh of relief, their ammunition will be exhausted after another two days of fighting, and the men and horses will all starve!The two accepted Gao Chang's surrender, ordered the shelling to stop, and at the same time ordered the ministries to prepare to enter the city.The gate of Gaochang City, which had been closed for nearly a month, was finally opened to the Song army.Bielego took off his royal robes and issued the imperial seal outside the city.He led the civil and military surrender of the Manchu Dynasty.

Gao Chong immediately led his troops into the city to control the main traffic routes, occupied the city wall, and ordered Gaochang's army to lay down their weapons and leave the city.At the same time, Zhao Li led a brigade of infantry to station in Miyagi, took over the palace and government office, sealed up the warehouse property, and imprisoned Bi Lege and his concubines and children in the inner palace.Then, in the name of the commander-in-chief's mansion of the Western Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty, the two went out to comfort the people.

Three days later, Gaochang City regained its calm. The Song Army replenished food and supplies. Gao Chong led the Dragon Riding Brigade, the Desert Army, and other ministries to the two states of Kucha and Yanqi to meet the Xixia Army who was still confronting Xiliao.Zhao Li led two infantry brigades, a supply team and a hunting cavalry brigade to stay in Gaochang City. At the same time, he counted the spoils and prepared to transport them back to the country to report the victory to the emperor and wait for the next step of the court.

So far, the war to conquer Gaochang in the west has basically ended, but the battle to attack Gaochang City, which was thought to be the most difficult, ended with zero casualties.They relied on their superiority in weapons to attack the enemy's deep and important targets, which not only reduced the loss of the army, but also achieved ideal combat effects.This kind of long-range attack with artillery fire has brought unbearable pressure on the enemy's politics, economy, and people's psychology, and has greatly promoted the process and outcome of the war. The shock of 'heavy hammer decides the universe'!

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At the end of the Battle of Gaochang, another great war has also begun.The banner of the crescent moon was slowly rising in the sky, and the warriors of Allah heard the news of the jihad and rushed from everywhere.Under the preaching of Sanjar, Muslim princes from Khorasan, Gur, Gejining, Sigistan and other places led their troops. There were [-] Muslim fighters from all over the place, gathered in the Sancar's flag.The grand military parade before the expedition lasted for six months.Four centuries ago, Muslim warriors defeated Gao Xianzhi's Tang army at Talas, turning Central Asia into the territory of Allah.Now, Sancar is trying to do it again.

In April, Sancar led his army, crossed the Amu Darya River, entered the city of Samarkand, joined Mahemu, and a great battle was imminent.At Mahemu's request, Sanjar ordered to attack the Geluolu people who had rebelled against Mahemu and attached themselves to Xiliao.The Geluolu people were unable to resist Sanjar's [-] troops, so they sent envoys to Xiliao for help.Yelu Dashi in Husiurduo City immediately wrote a letter to Sanjar after receiving the letter from the Geluolu people asking for help, asking Sanjar to stop the attack and the two sides to resolve the existing disputes peacefully.

But the arrogant Sanjar regarded this letter as Yelu Dashi's weakness.He believed that his Allah would bless him and that he would be victorious over the heathen.He threw Dashi's letter aside contemptuously, and sent another envoy to bring a letter to Yelu Dashi as well.The letter written by Sancar was not a call for peace, but a "chi luo" naked intimidation.He believed that with his own strength, he could easily smash Yelu Dashi's resistance.

In the letter, Sanjar asked Yelu Dashi to lead his men to surrender unconditionally, and at the same time to give up his belief and convert to Islam.He flaunted his mighty force, and warriors from all over the world gathered under his banner. He boasted that the warriors of Allah were so skilled in arrows that they could cut off the beard and hair of the enemy with their arrows.Facing the menacing envoys of the Seljuk Empire, Yelu Dashi finished reading the letter under the guard of his ministers. From the letter, he read Sanjar's arrogance and arrogance.

Yelu Dashi ordered Sanjar's envoy to pull out one of his beards and gave him a needle.Let him prick his own beard with a needle to verify Sancar's boast that his warriors can shoot the beard of the enemy with an arrow.This was an impossible task at all. The beard slid to one side after the needle pierced it, and it was impossible to cut it off. Naturally, the envoy of the Seljuk Empire was completely humiliated in front of the Xiliao people.But Yelu Dashi decided to fight, and asked the messenger of the Seljuk Empire to tell Sanjar that he would decide the outcome with him on the battlefield.

Such a battle between the two powerhouses was inevitable, and Yelu Dashi immediately mobilized his troops to prepare for the expedition after sending away Sanjar's envoys, only then did he realize that he was in a very embarrassing situation...

Although the Seljuk Empire was also a country established by the Turks, it was very different from the so-called Turkic countries that Xiliao once conquered. After a hundred years of territorial expansion and the absorption of foreign cultures, it has changed from the original slave The society has transitioned to a feudal society, and it is no longer a nomadic tribe, but has a more advanced political system and a complete social system.However, unlike the Central Plains civilization accepted by Xiliao, what they accepted was Western Islamic civilization.

The Seljuk Empire followed the political system of the Abbasid dynasty and the Persian dynasties. Under the sultan, there was a prime minister, and the plenipotentiary caliphate dealt with political, military, financial and religious affairs.The provinces were governed by governors, mostly Seljuk nobles.Economically, the military fiefdom system is implemented, and the military chief can inherit the land bestowed by the Sultan.Farmers pay land tax in kind, part of which is turned over to the state treasury.The treasury spent huge sums of money digging canals, building roads, and opening postal stations to ensure the smooth flow of east-west commercial roads.

In religion, believe in Sunni.A large number of mosques were built in the empire, and religious universities named after Nizam Mulek were established in Baghdad and Neshapur, and large sums of money were hired to teach famous scholars from all over the world to spread the teachings of the Sunni Ashari School Shafi'i school of teaching and legal theory, training religious scholars and government officials.In terms of academic culture, scholars are rewarded for conducting academic research and writing books.It also built a new observatory, recruited scholars to engage in astronomical measurement and research, revised the Persian calendar, and compiled the famous "Jelal Calendar", which is more accurate than the "Gregorian Calendar".

It is much more difficult to deal with a highly civilized country than a barbaric tribe. Song Dynasty is a good example. The two countries have fought and killed for more than a hundred years. Although they once won military victories, they finally chose To live in peace with it and learn its advanced culture and political ideas, and Sanjar is an arrogant, greedy and bloodthirsty monarch. It is not an easy task to defeat him.

What makes Yelu Dashi even more uneasy is that the Song army, which is also highly civilized and possesses the most advanced weapons in the world, is watching behind him. Turned into powder in the collision...