Sandwiched between the Caspian Sea and the eastern foothills of the North Caucasus Mountains, the Terek Valley Plain, two armies are closing in on each other. In later generations, it was one of the regions with the highest density of wars, and after the disintegration of the alliance, several large and small republics fought together for various interests, and in the time and space of more than 700 years ago, the two khanates were not to be outdone, and fought many times for this narrow region.

Under the banner of his family, who was of Genghis Khan's blood, Abha was held on a high ground by a group of princes, who gathered almost all the races in the khanate. On the left flank were the light cavalry of the Turks from Anatolia and the Persians from the valley of the two rivers, in the center were the phalanx of Azerbaijanis, Gelugines, and Greeks, and on the right flank the heavy cavalry was made up of Armenians and Nicaans.

The Mongol cavalry, which was under the command of the Great Khan, numbered as many as 50,000 men, and farther away, the mechanically skilled Semu men were busily building trebuchet positions, and they were garrisoned by nearly 10,000 light infantry armed with shields and long knives, their banners neither insignia nor strange patterns, but square letters.

The enemy on the opposite side looked similar, soldiers of various tribes in disorganized costumes rushed to the front, the left and right flanks were also weighted with light and heavy cavalry, the vanguard of the two armies in the valley was already fighting together, and the roars of various languages resounded in the air.

Abaha looked at Yiqiē in front of him with some boredom, this situation had been the case since the time of his father Xuregu, when the heir of the first Golden Horde Batu suddenly invaded the area under their jurisdiction in the name of the latter's massacre of the Muslims in Baghdad, provoking a civil war among the Golden Family.

It's just that the two sides know each other well and have equal strength, and they have won and lost each other back and forth for more than ten years, and no one can take much advantage, and there is nothing to kill people, but in this way, his energy is dragged here, and it is impossible to realize his father's last wish before his death.

Like Kublai Khan's obsession with Jiangnan, Hülegü also had goals that he thought about day and night, that is, Syria and Egypt. If it weren't for the sudden death of Möngke Khan, how could Hülegü, who had already occupied Damascus, give up what he had in his hands and return to his division, and now, with the support of these rebellious families, the Mamluks have not only recovered Syria, but also those Christian countries along the Mediterranean coast have been destroyed one after another.

Abaha was a little depressed, he didn't understand why he was considered a heretic by those Westerners under the same cross. Just last month, Bohemond VI, Duke of Antioch, died in Tabriz, and the Jerusalem flag at the head of Acre fluttered alone, waiting for its final fate.

At this moment, the battle situation in front of him seemed to have a new change, due to the stalemate in the middle, the opponent began to move, the Bulgarian and Pecheneg light cavalry and the Rus heavy cavalry on both flanks began to move, Abaha nodded, and the herald raised the flag in his hand and ran in their respective directions.

The Turks and Persians drew their scimitars and greeted them with the name of Allah, the Armenian iron-armored heavy horsemen destroyed their horses, lowered their cross-embedded visors, raised their spears and began to line up, and the Mongols' horns sounded behind the battle, and they did not know which side it was.

It seemed that the balance of power on the right flank had been broken, and the well-armed Armenian heavy cavalry had countercharged against the Rus' and drove them to the rear. When Abaha was helping his opponent of his clan to think of countermeasures, a long and three short horns sounded behind the enemy's formation, and his face changed.

This was the signal for the Mongol cavalry to move, and the dense rain of arrows immediately restrained the assault of the heavy cavalry, and just when they were at a loss, the enemy cavalry, also in heavy armor, came up, and the heavy mace swung up and down, chiseling through their iron helmets, and the opponent actually sent cowardice! Is this going to be desperate?

"Maria." Abha turned his head and cried out, he was fluent in at least five languages, and the only one that could make the little wife understand was Turkic.

"Yes, my majesty." Maria. Palaiologous replied similarly in Turkic, and at her words, the tall captain of the guard saluted, turned and mounted his horse.

His destination was fifteen hundred Nicaean cavalrymen on the right flank, who called themselves "Romans", wearing star-shaped semi-conical helmets, multi-layered armor, horses covered with iron scales under their hips, small round shields tied to their arms, and twelve-foot-high cavalry spears carrying triangular flags, which looked like moving iron towers from a distance.

This party came from Maria's dowry, and Abaha only knew that this wife was born to a certain woman of his emperor's father-in-law, and did not understand the meaning of the word illegitimate daughter, so he understood it as a concubine according to the meaning of the Orientals, but even if he had no territory, he was still happy to bring so many pleasing armies.

Seeing that the Armenians who had lost the distance of the dash were in a predicament, Abaha hesitated for a moment and decided to let them go first, and the Mongol cavalry behind the formation was his killer weapon, since the opponent used it first, he decided to strike later.

"For Nicaea! For Rome! Despite his lack of knowledge of Latin, he was able to guess the general meaning of this sentence.

Along the road that the Armenians got out of, the wedge-shaped charge of the Nicaean cavalry had an effect, the Mongol cavalry bow was not very lethal to them, many people were still struggling forward with arrows inserted in their bodies, and the heavy cavalry spears drew a bloody path like the crossbow arrows of the Song people, Abaha shook his head, they are all descendants of Genghis Khan, why fight so hard.

The victory and defeat had been divided, and the Daxu in the distance, which was the same shape as himself, began to slowly retreat, and Abha knew that it was time for him to retreat, and if he pursued, he was afraid that he would fall into the trap of his opponent, because around his khanate, there were enemies on three sides, the Chagatai Khanate on the right, and the Mamluks, the henchmen below.

"Khan, urgent report." Before the order to collect the troops was issued, a messenger was picked up by the guards, untied a cylinder from his back, and handed it forward on one knee, without looking at him he knew where it came from, this was a special delivery made by the suzerain Kublai Khan, and he took out the letter inside and hurriedly read it, and Abaha's face changed several times.

"Order, collect troops." The defeat of the southern expedition, the rebellion in Hexi, and the kings of the grassland are about to move, do they want to have a family scuffle like a few years ago? Abaha no longer hesitated and immediately gave the order.

Immediately afterward, even more unfavorable news came from the west, that the Mamluks had blatantly invaded his vassal state of Armenia, and that Abaha's hand trembled slightly as he held the piece of paper. If you don't care about yourself, it's a difficult enemy to deal with, and the slightest mistake will put your territory in danger.

"Maria, thank you for your hard trip, go back to Constantinople, go now, and help me bring a letter to your father. Sue him, Abaha needs his support. Turning around, he said solemnly to his wife, who was a little surprised.

Unbeknownst to Liu Yu, the originator of this incident, thousands of miles away, a small storm of butterfly wings swept across Eurasia, and because of that defeat, the event occurred a year earlier, bringing more unexpected consequences.

"Is what she says credible?" Sending the anxious woman out of the county office, Jiang Cai opened his mouth and asked, he didn't care if Liu Yu knew her, and he cared about whether he could do it.

"It's hard to say, but it's better to be on guard." Liu Yu shook his head, although she is a historical celebrity, only God knows how much she has a good impression of the Great Song Dynasty, and exposing this qiē is also to make her have some scruples.

Speaking of which, she is a native of Huating, western Zhejiang, and is a fellow villager with Zhu Qing and Zhang Xuan, so she may know each other. In later generations, it was the most economically developed area in China, and countless people wanted to stay in that city to work hard, so it had a very popular name "Magic Capital".

Of course, maybe she is telling the truth, but there are countless Yi people in the mountains, and they should be vigilant about the Song people's general feelings, and there are also Yi people called "Shuli" at the bottom of the mountain, who work in the fields like the Song people, even if they are not involved in the rebellion of the cliff thieves, what if the official army loses? Then the consequences are unpredictable.

"A certain opinion is that you might as well agree to her invitation to exchange markets, but this place should be located at the foot of the mountain, it is best to be remote, let them come down the mountain, so that it is easy to control, don't rush into the mountain, find out the real details before making plans."

Looking at the reckless mountains in the distance, Jiang Cai nodded wordlessly, this caution is necessary, his manpower is limited, he can't afford to lose it, the thieves are trapped in the mountains to eat and drink, as long as they have action, there will be no chance, there is no need to worry.

Liu Yu touched the hard stubble under his chin, he thought more long-term, there is not even a horse on the island, which means that it is difficult to detect anything, even if it is a risk, the court wants to verify it in months, and whether it is suppressed or not is actually a matter of Jiang Cai's words, but this kind of thing can't be said to him now.

"Let's find a way to deal with the things of the mutual market." After thinking about it, Liu Yu added another sentence, it is nothing more than some salt, rice, ironware, daily utensils and the like, these things are not produced locally, and it is not convenient to go inland to get them, it is better for him to get them from the later generations.

Jiang Cai wants to expand his strength here, these things are also indispensable, it seems necessary to open a sub-base on this island, and when he finishes these things, his good days will not be far away, the first marriage of two time and space, Liu Yu can't say whether he has any expectations in his heart, thinking about the little wife, he smiled slightly.

Thousands of miles away in Ye Mansion, Ninghai County, Jing Niang, who was threading the needle and thread and preparing to close the edge, felt a palpitation in her heart for no reason, the tip of the needle pierced her finger, and the pain made her frown, and looked at the somewhat bored pheasant slave in front of the table, and didn't seem to notice her side.

"This is also what he sent, why don't you take it apart?" It was the square box in the pheasant slave's hand, she had always thought that this thing was the flower on it, and she couldn't help but be stunned when she heard it.

The pheasant slave glanced at her, and saw that she didn't say anything against it, so she began to dismantle the flower-shaped wrapper, and the familiar appearance made Jing Niang a little strange, why didn't she think that this was a package?

"Huh?" The pheasant slave took out a white thing from a transparent bag, flat and long, and wrapped with iron edges, which looked like a mirror, but it was not very clear to people, Jing Niang took it in her hand and looked left and right to see clearly, but the pheasant slave opened the cardboard box, and there was a note inside, which said "instructions for use". R1058