Gao Hanmei received a call from Gao Junshan, knew the purpose of the Kazakh Legion's operation, and also clarified her mission.

At this time, the Kazakh regiment was resting in Samarkand.

Samarkand is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia, an important hub city on the Silk Road, Samarkand connects the Persian Empire, India and China, and the earliest records of Samarkand can be traced back to the 5th century BC, when the Sogdians built Samarkand into a beautiful capital, which is now part of the Yuz Province of China.

Samarkand is more than 3,000 miles from east to west, the land is wide and flat, and the soil is plastered. The city where the king lives is more than ten miles wide, and the dwellings are dense. The goods of the southwest are gathered here, and it is called rich. There is an earthen house in the northeast of the city, it is the place of worshipping the sky, the regulation is exquisite, the pillars are all bluestone, the carving is the flower text, and the hall of preaching is set up in the middle. and in lacquered scriptures, wrapped in sheepskins. Alcohol is forbidden. The characters are beautiful, the craftsmanship is too Harry, and the customs and local products are mostly the same. Beside it, there are Shalu Hague, Da Lostan, Sailan, and Yangyi in the near east, and there are the Thirsty Stone and Dieli Mi tribes in the west, all of which now belong to the Huaxia Kingdom.

The Kazakh regiment lost five or six thousand people in the ambush against the Ottoman Empire last year, fortunately one regiment was equipped with mini guns, otherwise the number of losses would be even more, but this batch of mini guns was eliminated by Cao Wenzhao's corps, and the rate of fire was far inferior to the mini guns that the regular army in Gao Junshan now has, and the Type 48 mini guns are even more incomparable.

Half a year after they returned to Samarkand, men and horses were replenished, and wounded soldiers were sent to the field hospital in Sarkhes, a small town on the banks of the Murghab River.

On 5 April, Cao Wenzhao's vanguard marched into Samarkand, and although the Marine Brigade had only 7,000 men, it was equipped with advanced weapons and excellent personnel, and the brigade commander was Sun Dahai.

Gao Hanmei learned that Sun Dahai's team was coming, and she said to her husband Maimaiti Aili excitedly: "My eldest brother is about to enter the city, I want to set up a banquet for him to wash the dust, Maimaiti, do you think it's okay?" ”

Maimaiti Aili smiled: "Dear Mei, I am also very happy to meet General Sun, of course he is very welcome to come to the house as a guest!" ”

The 7,000 men of the Marine Brigade came to Samarkand in a four-wheeled carriage, three infantry regiments plus an artillery battalion.

Outside the city, after Sun Dahai ordered the troops to set up camp, he led the first regiment and the artillery battalion into the city, they wore a blue and white navy uniform, wore a steel helmet, each with a mini gun on their shoulders, lined up in four columns, and marched into the city with neat steps.

The artillery battalion was divided into two columns, and the artillerymen sat in wagons, behind which field guns were pulled, marching behind a regiment.

Sun Dahai walked at the front of the procession, Mamatiyali led his guards to greet this mighty and majestic team at the city gate, and when Sun Dahai walked to the city gate, Mamati Aili came forward and hugged Sun Dahai warmly.

"Welcome, let's fight side by side!" Maimaiti Ali said excitedly.

Sun Dahai said: "It is also an honor for us to be able to fight side by side with the heroic Kazakh regiment. ”

The two men clasped their palms together and walked side by side towards the city, Mamatiyali's guards following closely behind the artillery battalion.

The first regiment and the artillery battalion were stationed in the city, and Maimaitiali had already prepared barracks for them, and after arriving at the camp, Gao Junshan asked the regimental commander to be responsible for arranging the barracks, and he returned to his house with Maimaitiali.

Maimaitiali's family has prepared a family banquet, waiting for Sun Dahai's arrival, and the hostess Gao Hanmei personally cooked a table of hometown dishes and prepared mare's milk to entertain the guests.

Sun Dahai knew that he had a godsister, although he had not met, but in terms of etiquette, he also wanted to come and see this sister, so when Maimaitiali asked him to come to the house as a guest, he gladly accepted the invitation.

When Sun Dahai and Gao Hanmei met, the two cooperated very well and naturally, so that people could see that the two brothers and sisters met at a glance, and there was no trace of fraud.

Maimaitiali was very curious to inquire why the surnames of the two brothers and sisters were different, Sun Dahai told him that he was the emperor's godson, so he did not have the same surname as the emperor, and told him that the emperor had a total of five godsons.

Maimaiti Ali dispelled the suspicion, invited Sun Dahai to the table, and took out the mare's milk to entertain the guests.

At the banquet, Sun Dahai asked Maimaiti Aili for advice: "Maimaiti brother-in-law, you are neighbors of Persia, we are far away in the Central Plains, and we are not very clear about the grievances between the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Kingdom, can you tell me about it?" ”

Maimaiti Ali said: "If you want to talk about these two countries, it will be a long time, and it will start from more than a hundred years ago. ”

Sun Dahai said: "It's okay, anyway, we have time, I'll listen to you tell me slowly." ”

So, Maimaitiali started with the religion of the two countries and told Sun Dahai how their war began.

The Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Persia both believed in the religion of the two major feudal military powers in medieval West Asia, but due to the different factions they belonged to, the struggle for religious dominance and the territory of the two river basins was very fierce.

Persia followed Shia as the state religion, while the Ottomans embraced Sunni. There were many Shiites within the Ottoman Empire, and the Persian kingdom used its proxies to move around Anatolia and stir up rebellions against Sunni Ottoman rule.

In 1513, the Ottoman Empire brutally suppressed a Shiite rebellion, slaughtering 50,000 people and waging war against the Persian kingdom.

The Ottoman Empire marched its troops into Transcaucasia and occupied parts of South Georgia. The Ottomans invaded East Georgia and East Armenia, and then entered North Azerbaijan and occupied Shirvan.

In 1579, the Ottoman Empire again sent 100,000 troops to wage war against the Kingdom of Persia, and they marched all the way to conquer all of Azerbaijan and western Persia. Later, the Persian kingdom fought back, and between 1587 and 1629, the Persian kingdom won a great victory, not only recovering the western territories occupied by the Ottoman Empire, but also annexing some new territories such as Afghanistan in the interior of central Asia.

Later, the Persian kingdom was forced to sign the Treaty of Istanbul with the Ottoman Empire in March 1590 because it was busy waging wars against Uzbek feudal lords in the interior of Central Asia and suppressing popular uprisings at home. According to the treaty, Persia ceded almost all of Transcaucasia and most of the territory of Luristan and Kurdistan (northwestern Persia) to the Ottoman Empire.

"So, what's the situation now?" Sun Dahai asked.