Chapter 532: Ili River Valley
At that moment, Tata Tonga didn't want to be bored anymore, so he closed his mouth and looked like an old monk. Li Chengji was not interested in arguing with him whether Qarlu was the territory of Mongolia or not. And he commanded that he should be brought down, and that he should be placed under the rules of the messengers.
Then he turned around and took over the credentials of the Zar, which was regarded as a formal acceptance of the surrender of the Zar.
"Let's get up first! The king will choose a day to ask the Ministry of Rites to draw up a knighthood. Li Chengji handed over the credentials to the attendants on the side and said loudly.
He was overjoyed and hurriedly shot Li Chengji's grace of not killing.
Originally, he thought that it would be good to save his life, but he didn't think that Li Chengji would give him a knighthood, which was a surprise. Ge Yunfei was not surprised! Because Zarzar was the king of Qarluq, Khorasan would have to borrow his influence if he wanted to rule this place in peace.
It's just that the matter of knighthood is not a trivial matter, and the specific rank to be awarded must be carefully formulated. It doesn't take a day or two to do it.
However, at present, the chief officers of the six departments are staying in Malu, and all the important military affairs in the old land of Daliao are from Li Chengji's line. The counselors of the General Staff Department are almost equivalent to the Privy Council ministers of the old Liao. Therefore the errand of this title will be decided by them.
This is a good time to show off the status of the Chief of Staff! Gretin thought, looking at Zar'er
His eyes also had more sparkle.
Then Li Chengji, surrounded by Huzaer and others, led the Khorasan army into Alimali City with great momentum.
Although according to the history of the founding of the city, Alimali is not as famous as Hezhou, Balasamun, and Xunsigan, but the scale of Alimari's city is not smaller than that of Hezhou, Balasagon and other cities.
It borders the southern foot of the Dakgan Mountain in the north, Kegan Seyi in the south, Tuhuruk in the east, and Kanawi in the west, with a length of 5 kilometers from east to west and a width of more than ten miles from north to south. Li Chengji had earlier ordered someone to run around Alimari, with a circumference of about 50 miles.
At the foot of the Tien Shan Mountains, Alimali is the premier city!
The successive dynasties of the Qarluq Kingdom have set their capital here, which is to take a fancy to the unique geographical advantages here.
After Li Chengji entered the city, the Khorasan army had already held the place where Li Chengji must pass in advance. It's also for his safety, and he can't be sloppy. Therefore, the whole city was ordered to stay at home and not to go out.
The whole city is very quiet, too! In addition to the ruins shattered by artillery fire and the few corpses that had not had time to be cleaned up, they remained in the streets. Only scattered pieces of wood and rags rolled back and forth in the slightly chilly spring breeze.
Looking at it like this, it's really a bit desolate.
But Li Chengji didn't do that much, and let the people come out to welcome!
For if an assassin were hiding in the crowd and shooting cold arrows, he would be very happy.
Sitting on horseback, Li Chengji took a good time to look at the scenery along the way. Unlike other cities in Daliao, there are large fields on both sides of the streets of Alimari. These are irrigated fields near rivers and used to grow crops such as rice, wheat, and corn.
Now that the temperature has warmed up, the fields that had been abandoned for a winter have been re-turned. Some have also planted crops, but they are rare. There are also rows of apple trees and pomegranate trees standing on the ridges, waving in the wind.
The front and back of the houses of the people were also used, and large vines covered them. It's just that it's not time to set the grapes yet.
In Turkic, 'Alimari' means apple. Now it seems that the city is indeed true to its name. It is also located in the Ili River valley region, which was famous in later generations. Separated by high mountains, a large amount of water vapor from the Black Sea and the Khorezm Sea gathers here.
As a result, while the summer is high and hot, there is extremely abundant precipitation. Crops such as rice, wheat, melons and fruits are also growing well.
Moreover, although the Tianshan Mountains are tall, the altitude of the boundary where Alimali is located is not high. Most of the mountainous areas are between 750 and 840 meters, sloping from north to south. On both sides of the river, there are large areas of flat land with fertile soil. Whether it is raising horses or planting crops, they are all left to man.
This is also the foundation of the city of Alimari.
It's spring, and the northeast wind prevails in Alimari. When Li Chengji entered the city, the flag was blown to the ground. It's a pity that it's not yet the time for the apples to grow, otherwise Li Chengji would really have to taste many varieties of apples such as Apolte, Red Montpais, and Quinta Gan in Ali Mari.
In later generations, these three types of apples were famous! Among them, Apolt is also known as Hada fruit. Fruit?? The shape is large, the color is beautiful, the width is conical or round, and it can generally weigh up to 300 grams, and the largest is 800 grams. The fruit surface is smooth, the background color is yellow-green, and the cloth is covered with bright red coarse stripes or all red glow. The flesh is yellowish-white, crunchy in texture, juicy, sweet and sour, and it tastes really refreshing and moisturizing.
Red Montpis is an early-maturing variety, oblate, pale yellow-green, with a red halo, a fruit weighing 120 grams, white, crunchy, juicy, and a sweet taste. Jintagan is also known as the green fruit, conical or fan-round, the background color is yellow-green, there are red glow and purple-red intermittent stripes, the fruit weighs 120 grams, the flesh is yellow and white, and the juice has its own aroma.
But it's a pity, Li Chengji has no regrets. Because Ali Mari is his territory, why worry about not being able to eat apples in the future.
He rested in Alimari for two days, and collected a large amount of grain and grass for the army. It was also the old year that Da Liao suffered, and Khorasan collected a lot of money and grain from Malu to go north. But it can only maintain the supply of food and grass for the people in the surrounding areas of Balasa, and it is impossible to satisfy the people of the army for several months to eat and chew horses.
Fortunately, when the Kipchak and Khitan tribes came to vote, they also brought cattle and sheep to eat. This made the supply of food and grass for the Khorasan army a lot less in an instant. But the entire food gap still exists. Therefore, the conquest of Alimari also has a reason to collect grain and grass.
It's just that Lee Seungji wants to establish a stable rule in Alimali, so he can't go too far and catch fish. When collecting grain and grass, don't expect to be able to meet the needs of the entire army. Fortunately, this is a good grain producing area, and the grain output is definitely higher than that of many lands.
Li Chengji had already thought about it, and after the war was over, he planned to move away some of the Qarluqs. Then some people moved from Kipchak, Persia, Sindh, Ghor and even Khorasan, which greatly reduced the number of Qarluqs here.
Fortunately, it will become one of the important granaries in the northern part of Khorasan in the future!
Moreover, the neighboring Kuye private tribe must also be relocated, and one place cannot be allowed to become a tribal state within a country.
So on the day he left the city, Li Chengji left Sun Ji to guard Alimari. And he left behind 20,000 soldiers and horses, and listened to his command, and crusaded against the northern Bura and even the more north. Sun Ji was originally a person who was born in the army, and staying in the General Staff Department all the time buried him.
And Li Chengji himself led the army eastward into Yili. Due to the surrender of the Zar, Yili had surrendered the city before the arrival of the Khorasan army.
Compared to Alimari, Yili can only be regarded as a small city. The walls are not high and the area is not large. If it weren't for the merchants who came and went back to the crane to make some oil and water, there would be no need to exist at all.
But Yili has a lot of potential for development!
Abundant precipitation, pleasant climate, beautiful scenery and abundant products. There are not only majestic and magnificent snow peaks and glaciers, but also handsome and charming rivers; There are not only tranquil and leisurely, fertile and vast grasslands, but also agricultural land woven by people and gods.
Even if Li Chengji came to fight, looking at such a beautiful scenery, he had to call it 'picturesque'.
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