"Your Majesty Alamgil, Khujand is not close to Samarkand, if you want to climb over the Turkic Mountains and bypass the oasis of Jizzak...... With the pace of the march of the Uzbeks and Turkmens, I'm afraid it will take 8-10 days, right? The Turkmens are okay to say that they will be willing to take the risk if they give a little more rupee, but will the Uzbeks agree? Did Anusa Khan take such a risk? ”

It was Shesta who raised the question. Khan, he frowned and said: "And there are so many deep behind enemy lines, if you can't succeed, I'm afraid you won't even be able to go back to the Khorezm Oasis." If I were Anusa Khan, I wouldn't agree. ”

Aurangzeb laughed: "But you are not Anusa Khan, you are Shesta. Khan, you are only my Wazir, not the king of the river!

So it is impossible to understand the ambitions of Anusa Khan...... He is also a descendant of Batu Khan, how could he be willing to be the master of only one Khwarazm oasis? And there is only such a small place in the river that there is no room for two tigers!

Although I am known as the emperor of the Timurid Empire, my roots are in India after all, and it is impossible for me to stay in the river for a long time. Win or lose the battle of Samarkand, I will return to India.

Therefore, the only one who stayed in the river to compete with him in the future was the monk king of Jungar...... And the battle of Samarkand is directly related to who can become the master of the whole river between him and the Sangha! ”

Aurangzeb still deserves the evaluation of "resourceful", although his army is not very capable of fighting, but this does not mean that he lacks intelligence.

He still saw the current situation in the river very clearly, and he could also see through Anusha Khan's thoughts.

He continued: "If the Sangha succeeds in capturing Samarkand, the Khiva Khanate, which only owns the Oasis of Khorezm and Bukhara, will sooner or later be wiped out by the Zhunger kingdom of the Sangha.

Conversely, if the Sangha were defeated in the Battle of Samarkand, then Samarkand would quickly fall into the hands of the Khanate. Anusa Khan is one step closer to his dream of dominating the river!"

Shesta. Khan frowned and said, "But if Anusa Khan loses too much in the battle to attack Ferghana, I'm afraid he will die faster, and even if he wins, he won't get anything!" ”

"You're right!" Aurangzeb nodded, and then glanced back at his bravest general, Singh, "Singh, you also have to go with Anusha Khan and take your Rajput cavalry." ”

The bearded Singh was taken aback by Aurangzeb's order, and a brave looking face suddenly burst into tears, "Your Majesty Alamgil, I, my army has suffered heavy losses......"

Aurangzeb smiled and comforted him: "You don't have to worry, there will be no big problem with Uzbeks and Turkmens going out with you." If anything, I'll think of a way to save your life for you...... There won't be much to lose. ”

Shesta. Khan still shook his head, "I'm afraid it's not enough!" ”

Aurangzeb's brow furrowed slightly, "If that's not enough, I still have a trump card!" No, it's two trump cards! ”

......

One of Aurangzeb's two trump cards is, of course, his most beautiful and favored daughter, Princess Nissa...... I don't know where Anusha Khan's son, Prince Alim, came from, and he dared to rob a woman with the emperor of the Celestial Empire!

And this woman is not at all good in the eyes of Prince Alim's father, Anusa Khan, not that she is not not beautiful enough, but with a gloomy and melancholy temperament (inherited from Aurangzeb) and a nasty bookish air.

It may be appropriate for such a woman to marry into the Ottoman or Persian courts, but marrying into the Khiva Khanate, a desert oasis, is a bit unattainable.

But Aurangzeb has another trump card, and that is Samarkand!

"Your Majesty, I have been away from India for too long...... So much so that those little ones on the Deccan plateau are ready to move again! So after the battle of Samarkand, I'm going back to India. After I am gone, Samarkand will be ruled by a brave and wise governor who I hope will be my son-in-law, Nissa's husband! Alim, will you inform Samarkand for me? ”

How could Prince Alim not want to?

The succession system of the Khiva Khanate is the "fire and inheritance system" - in these years, the Heavenly Sect countries are all on this path, and the old emperor died, and the sons were on fire as usual!

Therefore, if Prince Alim can marry Princess Nissa and gain the territory of the Samarkand Oasis, his position as the heir to the Khiva Khanate will be secure...... His life is also equivalent to an insurance!

However, he is not completely brainless, and he must first seek the support of his father Anusha Khan - because in the Heavenly Sect camp, the "fire and inheritance system" does not necessarily have to wait for the old man to die, and sometimes the old man does not die, and the sons still fight!

Therefore, Anusa Khan may also oppose this matter.

But seeing Anusha Khan's smiling face, Prince Alim was finally relieved! There are beauties, the throne is stable, and the little life is also insured!

Anusa Khan nodded and asked, "So when will the wedding take place?" ”

"Hold it when the Dzungars retreat!" Aurangzeb smiled, "With you as the commander in chief, commanding a coalition of 60,000 troops to attack Ferghana in a roundabout way, the Dzungars will definitely retreat." ”

The 60,000 coalition troops mentioned by Aurangzeb included 30,000 Uzbek cavalry from the Khiva Khanate, 15,000 cavalry from the Turkmen tribes, and 15,000 Rajput cavalry under Singh.

Aurangzeb then added: "If you agree, King Khan, I will immediately let the 20,000 Uzbek cavalry led by Prince Alim enter the city...... Make him the governor of Samarkand right away! ”

"What about Her Royal Highness?" Anusa Khan was still not at ease.

"Of course I stayed in Samarkand!"

"Good! So be it! Anusa Khan finally relented, "Let's start moving the camp tomorrow...... At the same time, Princess Nissa and Alim are married! ”

"Good!" Aurangzeb nodded repeatedly, "Let everyone know about this happy event...... Every Coalition officer and soldier will receive 10 rupees of silver for this happy event! ”

Anusa Khan was completely relieved.

If the emperor of the Timurid Empire in India still wants to show face, this marriage will not be yellow! And Samarkand can also be obtained, and now the problem is to hit the army of Dzungar outside Samarkand so hard.

As long as they can be defeated, the Khiva Khanate, no, it should be the Uzbek Khanate, will be able to revivenation!

......

"King, King, something is wrong!"

Outside the city of Samarkand, in the center of the Jungar military fortress, a monk who was flipping through a gold-roofed tent to read the traditional masterpiece "R Futon" suddenly heard someone say something wrong...... Subconsciously hid the famous book under his buttocks, and as soon as he hid it, he saw the Mingzhu Lama come in with the chain open.

The monk sighed: "Mingzhu, what are you calling for?" I thought it was Anu coming! ”

"King, something is wrong!" The Pearl Lama stomped his feet, "Samarkand City has sent troops!" Fifty or sixty thousand horsemen left the castle and crossed the river 50 miles to the west, and are now heading for the Turkic Mountains! ”

The monk looked at Mingzhu in a daze and said, "This...... Nothing. Most of them are going to pounce on Ferghana, and with the tiger loyally guarding it, there will be no major incident. Besides, Anu still has a large army in his hand, by the way, Anu really didn't come? ”

The monk only took 33,000 troops and 15,000 people to Samarkand, and after completing the fortress outside Samarkand, he had already repatriated the people - he came to consume food with the enemy, of course he couldn't bring more troops, otherwise the people in the city would not starve to death, and the people outside the city would starve to death first.

The Mingzhu Lama shook his head: "Kedun really didn't come...... Check this out! ”

As he spoke, the Mingzhu Lama handed a letter written in Persian to the Sangha.

The monk took the letter, unfolded it, and did not understand it at all.

"What is written?" He asked.

The Pearl Lama said, "The letter is that Shesta. Khan wrote that it was Anusa Khan of the Khiva Khanate who forced Aurangzeb to marry Princess Nissa to his son Alimu! ”