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Chapter 129 Alliance
The Tatar Tumed tribe, three hundred li away from Jinzhou Pass.

Yaqub Beg and his men were nearly wiped out by the Tatars as soon as they entered the tribe.

The Tatar Tumed tribe had long been vying with the Kashgar Khanate for dominance in the Western Regions.

There have been constant minor frictions year after year, and the relationship has never been close.

However, in terms of kinship, the Tatar Tumed tribe also has another identity: they are descendants of the Golden Family.

They are natural enemies with the State of Bei!
A rival tribe wants to form an alliance with them to attack a common enemy.
This is quite novel!
Sodo Khan, the leader of the Tatar Tumed tribe, was intrigued and allowed Yaqub Beg to use his silver tongue to recount the history between the two countries and the advantages and disadvantages of cooperation.

Yaqub Beg provided a detailed account of the state of Bei, which was engulfed in a large-scale peasant uprising and whose court was in grave danger.

Finally, he added:
“Most esteemed Sodo Khan, we cannot simply stand by and watch as the peasants of Bei grow stronger and eventually seize the throne, can we?”

The Golden Family ruled that land for over a hundred years as Khans. Don't you want to restore the glory that the Heavenly Khan established?"

His words truly struck a chord with Sodo Khan.

It is quite persuasive.

Who doesn't want to surpass their ancestors?

And lead the entire family to prosperity!
Han Chinese.

In the eyes of the descendants of the Golden Family, high-ranking officials and nobles were all inferior people.

And those peasants who were revolting and causing trouble.

They were even lower than the Han Chinese, who were considered the lowest class!

How could they tolerate those lowest of men ruling over this fertile land of the Central Plains?
As for the matter mentioned by the Kashgar Khanate envoy regarding the division of Bei State's territory between the two countries after the war.

Sodo Khan remained silent.

The Mongol Tatars did not have the custom of sharing the spoils of victory with others.

In order to ensure the survival of the tribe and prevent it from being swallowed up by other tribes.

They have to steal everything.

We need to seize territory.

Food must be fought over.

Women are going to fight over it.

Between tribes, the tribe with the higher fighting strength has the right to speak.

Think about this.

The alliance with the Kashgar Khanate to attack the Bei Kingdom should not be led by their commanders.

As for the information provided by the envoy regarding the important border towns of the State of Bei.

That's something we can make good use of.

Jinzhou Pass was not only an obstacle for the Kashgar Khanate to enter Longxi, but also the first pass that prevented them from entering the Central Plains.

Taking this hurdle is of great significance!
Upon learning that the Kashgar Khanate had stationed more than 30,000 troops outside Jinzhou Pass, Sodo Khan personally selected 60,000 elite soldiers to lead the expedition.

Another five days passed.

The three thousand cavalrymen who came from the border town arrived at Jinzhou Pass on the same day as the elite troops of the Tatar Tumed tribe!
After entering the pass through the East Gate, General Tian Jiu, weary from his journey, immediately saw the main street reduced to ruins by fire.

Upon their first meeting, he openly expressed his disdain for the abilities of the garrison commander of Jinzhou Pass.

Commander:
Guerrilla General Tian Jiu had a fiery temper and was quite domineering.

His first demand of the garrison commander was that he take over the temporary command of Jinzhou Pass.

Seizing power at this moment means that General Tian Jiu will be the person primarily responsible for guarding the pass from now on.

There was no reason for the garrison commander not to respond.

Tian Jiu, who had a bad temper, didn't even have time to eat a bowl of hot noodle soup. He immediately led his men to inspect the existing defense system.

Seeing that there were still many elderly, weak, women and children inside the fortress, he looked very unwell.

They were making arrangements on the spot to send the elderly, women, and children to the prefectural city across the street.

In his words.

These people's combat power is negligible, and there is no point in keeping them in the city.

Just after completing the first wave of deployments, Tian Jiu was informed that there was unusual activity at the Hu people's headquarters.

He clapped his hands hard, his face gleaming:
"Well done! I'm used to killing Mongols and Tatars, but this is my first time dealing with the Uyghurs from the Western Regions. I'd like to see just how formidable they are!"

When he climbed to the top of the West Gate Tower and saw the dense crowd of people on the West Gate Road with his telescope, he gasped in shock.

His voice trembled slightly: "Damn it, how many more people have come?"

Are reinforcements being sent to Jinzhou Pass, and have the Hu people also increased their numbers?
Inside the Kashgar Khanate's headquarters.

The Supreme Commander and Sodo Khan of the Tatar Tumed tribe are having a historic meeting.

Both sides reached an agreement to take Jinzhou Pass quickly and at all costs.

In order to achieve fairness.

Both sides agreed that each side would contribute half of its troops to the vanguard.

Having successfully scaled walls, the Kashgar Khanate's horse archers naturally wanted to rebuild the mud-brick walls.

In just half an hour, the plan for a full-scale attack was finalized.

With a force of nearly 100,000, both leaders were quite confident about the battle.

After summarizing the lessons learned from the two failed night raids, they deliberately chose to launch a full-scale attack in broad daylight.

"Knock knock knock knock knock."

The familiar drumbeats signaled the return of the nightmare.

The loud drumming made Yuan Yuan, who was trying to fall asleep, very uncomfortable in her ears.

She opened her mouth and burst into tears.

She cried while twisting her arms and legs.

It looks just like a little turtle.

Her own father, who was holding and comforting her, almost dropped the little one.

At this moment.

The garrison commander's personal guards came running breathlessly and knocked on the door: "Scholar's wife, scholar's wife, our general invites you!"

Zuo Wenkang and his wife exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with helplessness.

They all know very well that they have no choice in the current situation.

She glanced at the cheap man, sweating profusely, holding his wailing daughter; her worried mother-in-law; and her son, who was watching her anxiously.

Gan Minglan said to her personal guards, "Please help me make arrangements for my family, General."

Faced with such a stunningly beautiful scholar's wife, the guard, his heart pounding wildly, swore an oath:
"Please rest assured, Miss Scholar, General Tian Jiu is arranging for the elderly, women, and children in the city to travel by sheepskin rafts from the ferry to the prefectural city on the other side. Your family can be included in the first group."

Zuo Wenkang hurriedly handed the sobbing Yuanyuan to Madam Luo:
"My wife, let me and the children go to the prefectural city! I want to stay at Jinzhou Pass and fight alongside you."

Gan Minglan ruthlessly attacked him:
"How many barbarians can you kill on the battlefield? How can your mother take care of two children by herself? Yuanyuan is only a little over ten days old; a mere cold could kill her!"

That's just how heartbreaking the truth is.

He lacks his wife's abilities; he's the one who holds her back.

Zuo Wenkang's shoulders slumped instantly.

Gan Minglan patted his shoulder and asked with only one hopeful question: "Can you let me go to the battlefield without any worries?"

"Yes, I can!" Zuo Wenkang answered firmly, chest out and back straight.

"Alright, I'll come to the prefectural city to pick you up after I've killed Hu Jun!"

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She gave Fatty a few more instructions, telling him to stay close to his father and grandmother and not to go with strangers.

The war waits for no one, and there's no time for family members to pour out their hearts to each other.

"boom"

"boom"

"boom"

The eight cannons on the gate of Jinzhou Pass fired simultaneously.
(End of this chapter)