On the first day of the first month of March in 761 AD, Zhao Ziliang left the Li Sheng Department of the Third Legion, the Erzhu Department of the Guards Legion, and the Nuer Department of the Dragon Guard Legion to stay in Henglus City, leaving the Ninth Army Corps led by Xuan Si and Zhao Ting to guard Tingzhou, and personally commanded 5,000 guards to set off from the city of Henglus, advance along the upper reaches of the Henglus River, pass through Baishui City and join the Bai Xiaode Department of the Second Legion, and then arrive west to the bank of the Yaozhishui (Syr Darya) River. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The cavalry of the First Legion was led by Zhao Hu, and the cavalry of the Sixth Legion was led by the commander of the legion, Xuan Yitong, and the two cavalry marched together from the city of Achuan in the Tocharian region and marched downstream along the Wuhu River (Amu Darya).

The cavalry of the 7th Army was led by Xuan Ertong, starting from the city of Samad in the Sogdian region, advancing west along the Nami River until they reached the banks of the Wuhu River, where they joined up with the Zhao Hu Division of the 1st Army, and then together they went northwest along the banks of the Jiaodao River, passing through Huoxun County (Hua Thorn Zim) and finally reaching the north shore of the Aral Sea.

The cavalry of the Fourth Legion was led by the commander Wei Meng from Broken Leaf City, marched downstream along Broken Leaf Water, and then crossed the desert to the bank of the Yaozhishui River at the end of the Broken Leaf Water disappeared into the desert, and then joined Zhao Ziliang along Yaozhishui and went to the north bank of the Aral Sea together.

The Fifth Army Corps left the infantry to defend the Kimak Khanate by the adjutant general Wu Ke, and the cavalry was led by Hokan Tong from the Kimak Khanate, and marched to the north shore of the Aral Sea with 20,000 Kimak cavalry and 10,000 Kipchak cavalry, 20,000 Kimak cavalry and 10,000 Kipchak cavalry can be said to be all the strength of Kimak, and these soldiers and horses were transferred, and the Kimak Khan's country was almost empty, and the infantry led by Wu Ketong, the deputy general of the Fifth Army Corps, had no pressure at all, and there was also the Mobei Army and the cavalry of the Mobei steppe in the east to deter, The monarchs and ministers of the Kimak Khanate could only be honest and did not dare to move in the slightest.

The Eighth Army Corps had been stationed near the Aral Sea, with its main battalion near Aralsk, and its divisions and battalions setting up camps along the Aral Sea.

On the northern shore of the Aral Sea, Aralsk, the camp of the Eighth Army of the Western Qin Army was stationed.

A scout galloped into the camp and came to the big tent of the Chinese army, and ran into the big tent to report to Xuan Sanyu: "General Qiyu, the mission to the various tribes of Pecheneg has returned, escorted by the rangers of the Oghuz tribe, and it has reached fifty miles to the northwest!" ”

Xuan San immediately instructed the deputy general Han Chuang: "General Han, you immediately take five hundred horsemen to meet you!" ”

"No!"

Soon, Han Chuang escorted the mission with five hundred cavalry to the camp of the Eighth Legion, and Xuan San led people to greet the delegation at the gate of the camp.

"Master Gu, you're finally back! A few days ago, the Rite Department of the Royal Court sent someone to ask for your news! Did you have a smooth trip? Xuan San said and welcomed the delegation led by Gu Ming into the camp.

Gu Ming said as he walked: "Thank you for your concern, although our trip is difficult, it is safe, and the loss of personnel is not big!" ”

When they arrived at the tent of the Chinese army in the large camp, several main figures of the mission were welcomed into the tent to rest and drink tea, and the rest of the people were placed in other tents to rest.

Xuan San asked, "Master Gu, what is the result of this trip?" The king sent someone to inquire today, and I am still waiting for your news! ”

Gu Ming said: "The Pecheneg people are not too harmonious and unified internally, because the Yier Tianbu and Zou Wuer of the Pecheneg people located in the west of the Khazar Khanate are too far away, and there is a Khazar Khanate in the middle, we did not go, we only sent the Ji Thorn Division, Kol Rebellion Division, Cha Thorn Bo Yi Division, Taramati Division, Zoben and Zou Headquarters that stayed in the north of the Khazar Khanate. Among these six divisions, only the Ji Thorn Division, the Xuan Headquarters, and the Zou Headquarters were willing to send troops to assist us, while the three tribes of Kol, Chaspur Boyi, and Taramati were unwilling, their territory was located in the north, and they did not border the Khazar Khanate, and they had no grudges with the Khazars, so they did not want to fight the Khazars! ”

Xuan San asked, "How many troops are each willing to send from the Ji Thorn Division, the Xuan Headquarters Division, and the Zou Division?" ”

Gu Ming said: "Their population is not large, and there are not many warriors in the clan who can be gathered, and each can only send 3,000 troops!" ”

When Xuan San heard this, he immediately instructed the deputy general Han Chuang: "The king's soldiers and horses are already on their way to this place, so immediately send someone to report to the king the results of the mission to the Pechenegs!" ”

"Yes!"

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Court of the Khazar Khan, Samandar (near present-day Makhachka).

Thirty years earlier, the Khazar Khanate had been seated at Barungar, at the source of the Surak River, a tributary of the southern Terek River, but in 732, the Khazars had to base their court farther north in Samandar when the White Eaters invaded Barungar.

Samandar is located near Makhachka, near the central part of the western shore of the Caspian Sea and north of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. The Khazars were a branch of the Western Turkic people, and like Oghuz, they were all descendants of the Turkic people. The Eastern Roman Empire and the West also referred to the Khazar Khanate as the Khazar Khanate, and the title of the Khanate Khanate was Tarakhan, similar to the title of chieftain, chieftain, king, etc.

After twenty or thirty years of accumulation, the Khazars have set up settlements here, and many buildings and houses have been built inside and outside the royal court, due to the in-law relationship between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Khazar Khanate for two consecutive generations, the Eastern Roman Empire sent a team of architects and architects to the Khazar Khanate after it was destroyed by the Great Cannibal in Barengal, and helped the Khazars establish this town in Samandar, and some of the main buildings in the city were designed by the architects of the Eastern Roman Empire and built by the Eastern Roman architectural team.

In the middle of Samandar there is a tall building, which is the royal palace of Habir, the Khan of the Khazar Khanate.

Habil, who was in his sixties and had white hair but still a rebellious face, sat on the throne with a crown, flanked by chiefs of the tribes, captains of men, commanders of thousands, and ministers of government.

A minister in his forties, Molda, stood up and saluted Habil's chest: "A: Assassin Han, the news has been confirmed, the Western Qin royal court of the Tang Empire has decided to send troops to us, according to reliable information, their army has divided the route to the Aral Sea east of the Caspian Sea, preparing to complete the assembly on the north shore of the Aral Sea." There is also news that the Western Qin army has conquered the Kimak Khanate and the Kipchaks in the north, and that they have 20,000 Kimaks and 10,000 Kipchaks as servants, and it is said that the Oghuz and a part of the Péchenegs around the Aral Sea have agreed to send troops to attack us together! ”

The Khazar Khanate was the most Chinese Turkic people in Europe, who learned from the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains, the Great Food Kingdom of Western Asia, and the Eastern Roman Empire.

Habil said to the ministers, the heads of the various departments, and the commanders and commanders of the army with a solemn face: "It seems that we are in big trouble this time, and the Tang people of Western Qin are going to take a real look at us!" ”

After speaking, Habil looked at the Jewish bishop Magath and asked with an unkind face: "Your Excellency Magat, didn't you say that you plundered the caravan of Western Qin, and the people of Western Qin were helpless?" Now it's okay, the Western Qin people first sent an envoy to Xingshi to ask for guilt, and now they have sent a large army to attack us, with the 50,000 troops of our Khazar Khanate, they can't confront the Western Qin coalition army at all! Your suggestion has ruined our Khanate! Someone, arrest Magat and put him in prison after hearing it! ”

"Yes, A. Thorn Han!" Several Khazarian warriors rushed into the temple and dragged Magat out.

Magat shouted: "Answering the Assassin Han, the Western Qin coalition army is a rabble, and it is not the opponent of the army under the command of the Answering Assassin Han at all・・・・・・"

At this time, a general of Jewish descent named Bulan stood up and shouted, "Slow! ”

Beginning in 740, Habir, the Khan of the Khazar Khanate, began to convert to Judaism from the Shamanism at the initiative of Bran, who was the initiator of the spread of Judaism among the Khazar Khan's princes and nobles.

The Khazar warriors who were dragging Magat stopped, and General Bran saluted Habil and said: "Answer: "Answer, Your Excellency Magath has been preaching in my Khazar Khanate for twenty years, and has played a great role in the well-being and stability of my Khanate's subjects, and His Excellency Magath has a prominent position in the Eastern Roman Empire, and his relationship with the Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine V is extraordinary, we can't dispose of him casually, so as not to offend the Eastern Roman Empire, please answer Assassin Han and think twice!" ”

Habil hesitated a little, and a minister stepped forward and whispered: "Answer, you can't deal with Magath for the time being!" Although the former emperor Justinian II and the current emperor Constantine V of the Eastern Roman Empire are your brother-in-law and son-in-law respectively, but after all, this matter involves the relationship between the two countries. ”

Habil has lived for more than sixty years, and he has long since become old, he immediately suddenly realized, his face became extremely ugly, and said: "Ben Khan understands, Ben Khan fell into the trap of the Eastern Romans, all this is the ghost of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Western Qin caravan went to our Khazar Khanate and caused the Eastern Roman Empire to lose a lot of taxes, so they let Magat bewitch and persuade Ben Khan to send troops to attack the Western Qin caravan, so that the Western Qin caravan did not dare to take our road again, and could only take the southern route, so that he, their taxes increased, And we can no longer collect the taxes of the Western Qin caravans! Why was Ben Khan so confused and fell for the tricks of the Eastern Roman Empire! ”

The minister said in a low voice: "Answer, it's too late to regret now, we can only form a group with the Eastern Roman Empire to resist the attack of the Western Qin army, and wait to get through this crisis before finding a way to get back from the Eastern Roman Empire!" The Eastern Roman Empire will definitely not let us go if we are attacked by the Western Qin army, once we are defeated, the caravan of the Western Qin can bypass the Eastern Roman Empire and go directly to the west, and the Crimea in the north of the Eastern Roman Empire will also be threatened by the Western Qin army! ”

Between being deceived, angry, and reasonable, Habir finally chose to swallow this bad breath, and he commanded the Khazar warriors at the gate of the main hall: "Put him in prison first, and then deal with it when Ben Khan has thought it through!" ”

"Yes, A. Thorn Han!"