When Khamenielf heard this, his face immediately turned earthy.

Because Salah Hes is located on the banks of the River Therul, in the northeast of the Mashhad Valley, it is an important eastern town into Mashhad. Although he was not sure that he would be threatened from the east, he still deployed a certain number of troops there for security reasons.

It's just that I didn't expect it to be captured so quickly.

Fortunately, after two years as governor, he still saw strong winds and waves. So after a short period of panic, he came back to his senses and said, "Is it the Gur Kingdom that led the troops eastward?" ”。

In recent years, the land of Khorasan has been changing hands repeatedly between Khorezm and Gur. In the 594th year of the Hiharram (1198), the Sultan of the Gur Kingdom, Jiyasuddin, defeated the Western Liao army and occupied the entire territory of Khorasan.

In the year 600 of Hijri (1204), the army of the Gur Kingdom was driven out of the hinterland of Khorezm by the Western Liao coalition army. And in Andicon (Andehui), he was defeated by the army of Western Liao. Gulsultan's dominance in Khorasan was also severely challenged.

In the year 602 (1206), the successor of the Sultan of the Ghor State at that time, Muyizuddin, the younger brother of Jiyasuddin, was assassinated again. The power of the Gur state in Khorasan is even more in decline. The Sistan and Kerman regions south of Khorasan were also further removed from the control of the Gur state.

Originally, if it had not been for Lee Seung-ji's birth, Khorezm would have occupied Yeli (Herat) this year. Sistan and Kerman will also fall into the hands of Khorezm one after another.

But now, everything has changed. Although the power of the Gur kingdom in Khorasan was significantly weakened, Khorezm's control over the land of Khorasan was not secure. Counties such as Malu and Yeli are all loyal to them on the surface, and secretly armed to divide the territory.

And under the influence of Mahamat's defeat at the Western Liao and the civil strife in Khorezm, the local armed forces were further strengthened.

Only Mashhad, because of its proximity to Khorezm and its blockade by high mountains. So that all along, it has been under the control of Khorezmo.

In previous years, the Ghor kingdom had also attacked the area, but due to the heavy deployment of troops along the Tezhan River, the Ghor army was never able to penetrate deep into the hinterland of Mashhad.

But at the moment, Salah Hes said that if he didn't, it was gone! Apart from the Gul army, Khamenirf really can't think of any other forces.

"N-no! The enemy came from the north, saying that they were ordered by the governor of Khorasan to regain Nishapur. The general shook his head vigorously and explained.

Khamenilf frowned even more and exclaimed, "North? Governor of Khorasan? Could it be the yellow-haired child? ”。

In the past, Li Chengji sent envoys to Mashhad to appoint county guards, qadi, emirs, etc., but he refused to receive them on the grounds that he was busy with official business. If it weren't for the fear that Li Chengji was standing behind him with the Great Liaozhong Order, he would definitely not even have the mind to be false and wronged.

Not to mention accepting Li Chengji's invitation to send an envoy to Puhua.

At this moment, when he heard that Li Chengji actually took the initiative to attack Mashhad, he was extremely surprised in his heart. For if the cathars wanted to conquer the vast land of Nishapur, they would have to pass through Maru. It was a city deep in the Karakum Desert, and it was impossible for the cathars to avoid it.

But now, the cathars have captured Salahs. On Malu's side, there was no wind at all. This sounds incredible.

He said uncertainly: "Can you see clearly, it's the cathars?" ”。

"Surely the Guardians! Their handsome flags were embroidered with Chinese characters. ", the general said firmly.

At this point, Khamenielf was a little convinced. After all, the Chinese language can only come from Da Liao!

And thinking about the current situation of the Gul Kingdom falling apart and the dragons without a leader, the possibility of the Guardian Army doing it has also greatly increased.

It was the Gur State that had always been too threatening to Khorasan, so he instinctively thought that the army attacking Salah was coming from the Gur State.

Seeing that he had roughly believed his words, the general went on to explain: "At the beginning of the month, the governor of Khorasan sent an envoy to appoint the magistrate of Nishapur! Those people now call themselves cathars. Suddenly the soldiers are coming to the city! and borrowed the unbelievable divine fire, and defeated the garrison...", speaking of this, the general's face showed a heavy look of panic.

It was also the cathar army that gave him an impression that was too shocking!

The fireworks in the sky are bright and beautiful. But at the same time, like a demon, it quickly harvests their lives. If the guards hadn't pushed him at that time, he would have been hit by the fireworks that rushed to the city.

So when a wave of fireworks was tested, there were no more people standing at the head of the city. In order to survive, he climbed down the city wall in humiliation. and led the garrison, ready to defend the city to the death. But the scattered sparks scattered all over the city, causing a great fire.

Before he could put out the fire, the cathars attacked the city.

Since the army, this is the most embarrassing battle he has experienced. I watched the enemy rush to the city, but no one dared to stop it. Even he didn't dare to go to the place of death at the head of the city.

Thinking about it now, he felt scared.

But before that, he was just like Khamenilf. For the young governor of Khorasan, he didn't pay attention to it at all.

Even after a series of events such as Lee Seungji's accession to Puhua, the seizure of the Sultan of Mahamad, and the exchange of the city of Amu, he also felt that Lee Seungji was an exaggerated embroidered pillow.

In the end, behind Li Chengji is Da Liao! All of this is nothing more than a conspiracy by the Great Liao to occupy Khorasan. Li Chengji, a yellow-haired child, is simply a disguise pushed out by Da Liao.

This statement is relatively common in the upper classes throughout Khorasan.

But inevitably, Li Chengji's fame is getting bigger and bigger in the land of Khorasan. Merchants who traveled from the south to the north also spread Li Chengji's actions of benefiting the people and valuing commerce along the Silk Road to other boundaries.

Although many people don't believe it, deep down, they still have a little bit of snooping thoughts.

"Divine fire?!" Khamenilf couldn't understand the fear of the generals, and only murmured to himself, a little hesitant.

"Yes! Governor! The divine fire shot far away, and it was like thunder, and it was so evil. ”。

Khamenilf frowned a little and said unhappily: "Is it a divine fire that can't be extinguished by water?" Salahs's barracks, isn't there? ”。 Although at this time, the term oil was not yet known. But the existence of oil is already known. And because of its characteristics, it created a divine fire.

In Khorezm's army, this is no secret. But the effectiveness is far from what the generals said. The range is extremely long, and the movement is extremely high.

"It's not! This divine fire is not fire...", describing the terrifying scene when the divine fire was launched.

Actually, this is fireworks!