Through the telescope, Pei Yun could clearly observe the number and scale of the visitors. Judging by their costumes, it is clear that this is a barbarian detachment of the Kupchak Khanate.

There are black-haired and yellow-skinned people with black hair, as well as brown-haired and white-skinned people, and it is obviously a multi-tribal caravan.

Such a team has the largest number of people from the Kupchak Khanate.

It was already late autumn, and the second shearing of the sheep on the steppe had long since ended, but the heavy snow in the cold winter had not yet fallen, and during this time caravans from the Kupchak Khanate frequently arrived.

Behind these caravans stood different tribes, either close to each other or close to each other, and now they all took advantage of the last time to rush to Jinhu City to buy tea, salt, shochu and other items needed for the winter.

Most of the herdsmen who stayed in Jinhu City were people from the nearby Naiban tribe, and these herdsmen were naturally exploited by the nobles of their tribe, but because of the distance, the leaders of those tribes would not do too much. Compared to caravans made up of tribes, these herders sold goods much cheaper. Every Han merchant who is nostalgic for Jinhu City is looking forward to a time, and all the tribes of the Nabarian tribe are organized to gather their households.

However, as the deputy general of Jinhu City, Pei Yun was very displeased with those herdsmen of the barbarian tribe. In his opinion, these people are just "Tartars", and they are mothers with milk, and they don't know what loyalty is.

They stayed in Jinhu City for a long time, and they still had an attitude towards Lu Qi's policies, and they all knew about the number of Han people and garrisons in Jinhu City. A lot of the news was easily spread to the Kupchak Khanate.

Moreover, those Tartars have a rude temperament, and after drinking two sips of cat urine, they often get drunk and go crazy and make trouble. That is, they will be punished every time, but they don't know what kind of sensation they have.

The caravan did not enter Jinhu City, the latter is a military stronghold, but no one can enter casually, and the caravans from outside the city must first settle in the freight yard outside the city. In a short time, a report with detailed information about the person who came was delivered to him, how many people, how many goods they had brought, and what they wanted, all of which were recorded.

Pei Yun signed and sealed the report, this is his daily life, but there is an inexplicable melancholy surging in his heart. Could it be that Jinhu City will really be peaceful from now on? The Kupchak Khanate and Lu Qizhen are going to be good-neighbors and friendly?

If his memory is not bad, the eastern territory of the Kupchak Khanate, but His Majesty the Emperor was going to give it to the Huo State Gongtian Hu.

When Pei Yun at the head of the city sighed for his military career that was difficult to use, there was a pair of gloomy eyes outside the city who were coldly looking at the heavily guarded city on the shore of Jinhu Lake. The gaze came from a tall, burly man draped in a gray felt blanket. From the bridge of his nose, his deep eye sockets, his greasy curls of pale blonde hair, and his gray-blue eyes, you could tell that he was a Caucasian. To express it with the geographical knowledge of the moment, this person is the right-wing of the Donkepchak Khanate.

His face was obscured by his shaggy beard, and he always kept his head slightly bowed and covered his vision with a felt hat. At first glance, it's hard to tell his face.

As for what was the right wing of the Donkepchak Khanate, this was the inevitable fate of the clan alliance when it expanded to a certain extent.

Just as the Qarakhanid was divided into East and West, the Kupchak Khanate was divided not long after the Qarakhanid State was divided, and it naturally split into two regions, the East and the West.

It can be expressed in terms of the Sykpchak Khanate-Union State and the Eastern Kepchak-Union State-Union State.

The geographical scope of the two is roughly divided by the center line of the northern shore of the Caspian Sea, with the Caucasus and the northern shore of the Black Sea as the core area in the west, and the northern Caspian Sea and the Irtysh River basin as the core in the east.

Later, the Eastern Kupchak Khanate-Union State was divided again, giving birth to the left and right wings.

Roughly speaking, the right flank with the Caspian Sea and Ural basins as the core, and the left flank with the Irtysh basin as the core.

The one who had the deepest contact with Lu Qi at the moment was the left wing of the Donkepchak Khanate-Union State.

The left-wing part of the race is dominated by black-haired and yellow-skinned people, while the right-wing race is a mixture of yellow and white, especially the whites of pure blood, who are all of Caucasian blood. Just like the person in front of you!

At this time, the freight yard personnel who were spending their minds on checking the goods did not notice the existence of such a person. They have seen a lot of blonde people and are not unusual. After finding that there was no contraband, they gave a few words of advice as usual, and then turned back to the freight yard hall. Seeing that he had passed the inspection, the principal of this caravan immediately beckoned the people to unload the goods, set up tents, and make fires, and everyone was busy like ants.

And although the man in the gray felt blanket was also helping to unload the goods, his eyes never left Jinhu City not far away for a moment. Distracted, he moved only two bags of fur and slipped into a tent that had just been erected. The people around him seemed to turn a blind eye to his actions, and still went to their own places to do their own work.

It wasn't until the other bearded man also moved into the tent that the man took off his felt hat from his head.

The man whispered in the man's ear, in a low voice, "Master, the news I have just heard from several Tatar natives is exactly the same as what we have heard before. It is a prominent part of the northwestern border of the Chinese, and when heavy snow falls, it loses contact with the castle behind. ”

"Guarding and managing the city of Jinhu is a commander of a thousand with a frontier battalion of about five hundred soldiers. There are more than 100 Han people in the city, and there are five artillery pieces and a few small cannons on the head of the city. ”

There was no word for 'camp zheng' in the Kupchak Khanate, so it was replaced by a commander.

"Five hundred soldiers, a hundred inhabitants, artillery and crossbows, and a fortified city......" the man in the gray felt carpet lamented in his heart, what a big trouble.

If it were possible, he would never want to lead a small army through the vast Kipchak steppes [Kazakh] in the ice and snow to join forces with strangers thousands of miles away to attack such a city. That means a huge sacrifice, and it means that there is a good chance of a crushing defeat or even total annihilation. All it takes is a sudden blizzard.

But......

The man in the felt carpet changed his expression, lowered his head, closed his eyes tightly, and prayed sincerely and sincerely to the Father and Mary.

"Lord, Son of God, have mercy on us by the prayer of your Most Pure Mother and all the saints. Amen. ”

Bless them with victory, bless his loyal people.

The man in the blanket is just a man who obeys orders, and the true messenger will not come here in the face of severe cold and deep danger. But the Lord had a heart of "impatience for justice and righteousness", and even in the face of the pagan Seljuk pleadings, and in the face of the Seljuk Sultan's promise to cede the land on the southeastern shore of the Caspian Sea, he could not resist the temptation to agree to Sanjar's request.

The eastern part of the Caspian Sea is a desert, and there are only a few oases scattered in the vast land, and the owner of the felt carpet man has no resistance to the green belt area of the southeastern Caspian Sea promised by Sanjar.

What Sanjar wanted him to do was to provoke a war between the left wing of the Donkepchak Khanate, the Union State, and Lu Qi. In order to contain Lu Qi and reduce the pressure on the Seljuk Empire in the east. Even if it's temporary.

This is the biggest reason why the man in the felt carpet came to Jinhu City thousands of miles away.

Because this is where the conditions are most suitable among the several points of contact between the Chinese and the left wing of the Donkepchak Khanate-Union State. After the heavy snow fell, it was impossible to contact the Qi army in the rear at all.

For Lu Qi, this is really an unexpected enemy. A tribe located in the [northern] region on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, a tribe that believes in monotheism, actually worked hard for the Seljuks who believed in the Heavenly Sect.