"O warriors of the Karakhitan, wherever you come from, fight bravely today, before me, your Great Khan! You will follow me to glory. Although there are many enemies, but they are just a flock of sheep, you are my eagles, bravely pounce on them, they will ignore the tail, and mess with themselves! Let the enemies who bear the crescent moon tremble at the sound of your prestige, follow me, and trust me. Come, I am your Great Khan, and I will lead you to the final victory......"

Yelu Dashi rode a horse in front of the warriors of Xiliao, he was dressed in military uniform, heroic, as if the gods had descended, he rode his horse and galloped in front of the formation, patrolling his army, and his loud voice echoed in the sky. He deserved to be a politician who was good at propaganda, and his impassioned words won the support of the common people and ignited the patriotic enthusiasm of the soldiers. Everyone was emotional, and they all said that they would stand up and defend the motherland, and that they would drive the enemy away before they even set foot on the ground. The war drums beat like a rushing torrent, and the soldiers of Xiliao let out a shouting of killing that shook the heavens and the earth!

Of course, fighting a war is not just a matter of blood, and in addition to arousing everyone's patriotic enthusiasm, Yelu Dashi has also made a lot of preparations. Before the battle broke out, he carefully observed the opponent's formation, and found that Sanjar's army had 100,000 people, and divided his troops into three routes, left, right, and center, and personally led the middle army. Among his troops were not only the Khitans, but also the Turks, Han Chinese, Uighurs, and the Gelluqs. The elite composed entirely of Khitans consisted of only 20,000 people.

In the face of the strong enemy, Yelu Dashi was very calm, and according to reconnaissance, he found that the battlefield was in a grassland surrounded by mountains. Behind the Western Liao army were mountains with a long canyon in them. He decided to use the canyon to annihilate the enemy. So he also divided his troops into three ways and arranged his Chinese army in front of the canyon. There were 2,500 elite soldiers of the Western Liao on each flank, and the Qarluqs were arranged at the bottom of the canyon and on the cliffs on both sides.

After the battle began, the battle was fierce, and the Chinese armies on both sides were deadlocked. Sanjar's left flank, the troops commanded by King Sigistan were inserted between the center and flank of the Western Liao army, and Yelu Dashi's middle army and his own left flank were forced to move to the left, so that a gap appeared in the camp of the Western Liao army. Sanjar's forces immediately attacked the gap and soon broke through the camp of the Western Liao.

But this victory was short-lived, because the 2,500 elite cavalry on the right flank of the divided Western Liao army had already detoured back to Sanjar's empty left flank, and the cavalry on the left flank had detoured back to Sanjar's rear to attack his rearguard. And when the main force of Western Liao led by Yelu Dashi was squeezed and rotated to the left. It happened to attack the right flank of Sanjar's camp. In this way, the battlefield appeared in which the Western Liao was open and Sanjar was attacked on three sides.

Sanjar's forces were oppressed in the battle and could only continue to advance forward. Ahead is the canyon that Yelu Dashi has his eye on. The troops on both flanks of the Western Liao occupied the high ground on both sides of the canyon, and the troops of the Western Liao Association who had ambushed the cliffs and valley floors in advance used their crossbows to shoot the Seljuk coalition forces that entered the canyon. In the end, Sanjar's army of more than 30,000 people, more than 10,000 of whom were killed in this small canyon, and the king of Sigistan, the prime minister of Sanjar, Lian and his wife were all captured.

Sanjar and Mahmu fled back to Khorasan with the remnants of their soldiers, and Yelu Dashi entered the city of Samarkand as victors, which marked the end of the Seljuk Empire's crusade, and Sanjar, who suffered a heavy defeat, was no longer able to resist Yelu Dashi's dominance in Central Asia. From then on, its power will withdraw from the Hanaka region......

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The news of Sultan Sanjar's defeat in the Kavant steppe was like the wind and sent back to the imperial capital, causing more shock than the Orientals came to ask for their guilt. The prime minister and the sultan's wife were taken away, and the Black Khanate, which had won the battle, was still pressing forward step by step, and the sultan would certainly not be able to return for a while. However, they have always pinned their hopes on them to break the siege, and the city is not prepared for war.

In the panic, everyone deliberated that they had to find the caliph for this matter. Although he has long since lost his political power, he is the heir of the Prophet. The power of the caliphate, the spiritual leader of all Muslims, is the power of the demigods who reigned longer or shorter than these monarchs. It is eternal, or rather, they believe it to be eternal. When this group of dragons was leaderless, he had to be invited out to preside over the overall situation.

Whenever the previous caliphs proved to be powerful, they would compromise and agree to rule the country with the sultans, becoming his co-rulers, and temporarily limiting their role to religion. They waited for the disappearance of these short-lived monarchs. When the time comes, the caliph will step up again, mediate disputes between monarchs, and deal them a fatal blow to restore their rule.

The caliph of this generation, Fatah, was not a lord of great wisdom, he could be said to be mediocre, and he fantasized about scheming against distant invaders. So he sent an envoy to the camp of the Great Song Expeditionary Force to convey his message and express his attitude.

After a translator and Sirod's detailed explanation, Ma Wei finally figured out what Fatah was trying to say. He said: 'Whoever believes in Islam is my army.' If I recruit them, there will be a million soldiers who can fight well, and if hatred is aroused, they will be able to overturn the mountains and seas. So far, all the monarchs who have attempted to invade the world city of Baghdad have had a very unfortunate end. It's just that I'm a peace-loving person who doesn't want to see the world in turmoil, and now you want to force me to submit by means of threats, like a pipe dream. ’

Finally, Fatah also came with a hard and soft message, saying: Embark on the path of friendship and return to your kingdom. If you make up your mind to fight, don't delay, don't run away, don't stay where you are, if you decide to fight, come, I'm here for you. All in all, I'm still very good, you fucking don't touch me, or I'll let you taste my awesomeness.

Ma Wei smiled after understanding the meaning of the 'Lord of the East and West', he was asking himself to fight. But I'm not scared, I sailed thousands of miles to ask you for my guilt, and I arrived at your door, if I turned around and went home because of a few threats from you, this is fucking impossible! So Ma Wei asked the messenger to bring a message to the caliph, the simple three words 'wait and see', and before leaving, he also had the messenger rewarded with ten big mouths, so that he could not accurately understand his meaning.

Because after entering August, the weather was no longer as hot as before, the evaporation decreased, and the water level of the river rose, making the big ships navigable. He was also anxious, in another month it would be time for the monsoon to come, and if they could not beat Baghdad, they would have to stay here for a year, and such a good time was hard to come by.

Ma Wei found that a group of mysterious people had come with the marshal, these people were wearing the uniforms of the Emperor's Guards, but they did not have military ranks and other symbols, they did not know their specific identities, and even he did not know when these people boarded the ship and arrived here with them. However, the marshal allowed these people to attend the military meetings of the expeditionary force and to come and go as they pleased. But they are not concerned about how to fight, only show great interest in the customs of the imperial capital, especially like to learn about the scenery and strange people in the city from the natives in the army, it seems that they want to travel inside, shop, and visit places of interest after the city is broken.

Ma Wei asked Dashuai about the origin and identity of these people with curiosity, Cheng Xishou shook his head and smiled silently, but he couldn't bear his soft grinding and hard bubbles before he revealed some inside information. This mysterious team came from the 'Gen Garden', which was placed in the fleet by the emperor before his departure, codenamed 'Pixiu' Task Force.

"Gen Yuan?!" Ma Wei was shocked when he heard this, he knew that Genyuan was a large garden built by the original Emperor Taishang who exhausted the country and caused turmoil in the southeast, and was later destroyed when the Jin army besieged the city. After the emperor succeeded to the throne, he ordered people to repair and transform, and since then it has become one of the most mysterious places in the Great Song Dynasty, without the emperor's special gold medal, no one can get close to it, let alone enter it.

"Yes, they have an edict from the Emperor ordering our expeditionary force to cooperate with their actions and not to interfere with their actions!" Cheng Xishou was not surprised to see Ma Wei's surprised appearance, and said with a smile after taking a sip of tea.

"Marshal, aren't these people sent by Qin to handle the case and come to us to supervise the army?" Ma Wei said thoughtfully.

"No, before the expedition, His Majesty said that as long as you don't violate the iron law and let us do it after you go to sea, don't be careful!" Cheng Xishou hurriedly said, this kind of thing is actually very tiresome to the generals, so the emperor rarely does it, and even if he sends people who are familiar with the military, he will cover people's ears and eyes, and by the way, he will block the mouths of the ministers. For example, the Western Expeditionary Army is supervised by Zhao Li, and its military cultivation is one of the best in the army, and it can lead the army to fight alone, and it is better to be a spare tire when it is a supervising army; And they simply did not send them this way, only the chief and deputy commanders.

"So what do these people do? One by one is very mysterious, and it is rare to have another mission! Ma Wei was a little puzzled and muttered.

"I can't figure it out, as far as I can see, these people are not simple, they are all people with unique skills and magical abilities, but they never interfere with our actions!" Cheng Xishou was also confused about the mission of these people with the emperor's secret order, and couldn't figure out what they were doing...... (To be continued......)