The Tatanir tribe is one of the three major tribes of the Cuman region. With the other two tribes of the Kut tribe and the Kopyali tribe, it can be said that in the Cuman it is the absolute dominant tribe.

During this period, although there were more than 100 large and small tribes in the Cuman region, the three major tribes were the absolute hegemons here.

Neither tribe can challenge the authority of the three major tribes.

And the tribal hatred between those small and medium-sized tribes under the three major tribes also comes from the three major tribes.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the source of the turmoil in the Cuman region is the three major tribes.

The Tataniel Ministry alone has a population of more than 800,000, of which more than 100,000 are adult males who can fight.

In addition, the Tatanirs controlled the trade routes between the Ottoman Empire and the states of Iraq and Persia, so the Tatanils could easily extract trade taxes and use the money to buy goods that could not be produced in the Cuman region.

For example, iron weapons and food, and other necessities.

Therefore, compared to the small and medium-sized tribes in the Cuman region, the life of the people of the Tatanir tribe is really very good.

The same is true of the Kut and Kop Yali tribes, who control the golden arteries of the Cuman region and can easily obtain rich wealth, which can then be used to strengthen the tribe.

For a large tribe like the Tatanirs, the population of 800,000 is only the number of their ethnic groups. And that's not even counting the small tribes that are under their command and driven by them.

Especially during this period, in order to compete with the other two tribes for the supremacy of the Cuman region, the Tatanir tribe was able to obtain the last recognition of the Ottomans, and it had annexed dozens of small and medium-sized tribes, which made the tribe's strength rise to a higher level.

Although dozens of small and medium-sized tribes have been annexed and conquered, the population of these tribes has not been completely digested for the time being, and there are still some hidden dangers.

But it is undeniable that only the Tatanil ministry can control the number of people. It has already broken through the million mark.

At the same time, if urgently called up, they can even have an army of around 200,000 men to fight.

Of course, in an army of 200,000 people, it is certainly impossible for all of them to be young and mature men. There must be some underage boys in there, and some old males.

But one thing that cannot be denied is that even this is the combat effectiveness of the Tatanil Division, which cannot be underestimated.

Similar to the Tatanirs, the same is true of the Kut tribes and the Kopoyali tribes.

In the current Cuman region, there is still a Bedouin tribal union. It has not been conquered, annexed, or wiped out.

The three major tribes, which had already taken the initiative, would certainly not be in the eye for the thousands of imperial troops who had entered the Cuman region.

They were not afraid of the Ottomans at the beginning, and of course they will not be afraid of the current Song Empire.

Unlike the rest of the world, the Cuman region is a world of yellow sand, and the temperature varies greatly in the morning and evening, and it is difficult for outsiders to adapt to such an environment if they are not local Buraku.

So, here it is. The three major tribes believe that they have absolute superiority.

Besides, where did the Song Empire come from, although I heard some merchants mention it, and the Ottomans also said it. But the high-level of the three tribes don't think so. The Song Empire will definitely be able to eat them.

You know, the Ottomans were at their most powerful and did not completely bring the three major tribes to their knees. In the end, he had to put down his shelf and negotiate with the three tribes, so that the three tribes had the right to govern themselves.

Could it be that the Song people could be stronger than the Ottomans?

What does it matter if it is stronger than the Ottomans. In Cuman, the dragon is coiled, and the tiger has to lie down.

The environment alone is enough to make outsiders suffer.

So. It would be naïve for an army of thousands of men to want to gain a foothold in Cuman.

Therefore, when the news was received, the three major tribes began to send troops to destroy this army of the Song Empire. Although there is no agreement between the three major tribes, in the spirit of the attitude that anyone can destroy it, everyone can send their own troops.

If you can't meet the army of the Song Empire, then you will destroy the armies of other tribes.

The armies of the Kuts and Kupuyali did not meet this army of the Song Empire, and it has to be said that they were lucky.

Instead, the Tatanir army won the jackpot and encountered the Song army in a sand dune near the oasis abandoned by the Bajir tribe.

Although the Tatanir army was only more than 2,000 people, it was half the strength gap compared to the Song Empire's army of more than 4,000 people.

However, the commander of the Tatanir cavalry believed that the enemy had been marching in the Cuman desert for some time and must have had enough of the conditions in the Cuman region.

At the same time, there was a lack of water and food in the Cuman area, so the enemy's army must have begun to run out of supplies. Even they don't know how many days they haven't rested and eaten well.

Therefore, even if the enemy has twice as many troops as his own, the enemy's morale and energy cannot match his own.

In addition, the enemy is all infantry, and compared to his own cavalry, which is all on camels, it is at a disadvantage.

Desert warfare is no different than other environments, the soft sand is largely limited to the infantry, on the contrary, the cavalry on camels can exert a long combat effectiveness.

In such a situation, even if the opponent has twice as many troops as himself, it is not impossible to defeat.

You must know that in the battles of the Arabs in the Cuman region against outsiders, it is not uncommon, and there are even many cases of winning more with less.

Although camels are not as fast as horses, they have a stronger advantage than horses in the desert, that is, they can make the knight more stable, and at the same time have speed.

Even if the enemy is very strong, you can still run if you can't beat it yourself.

He didn't believe it, could an enemy with only two legs still be able to compete with his own army on camels in the desert?

Yes, the commander of this Tatanir army was not wrong at all.

If it was under normal circumstances, they encountered a foreign army in this era, and it was indeed possible to arrange it like this.

It's just that he didn't think at all about the enemy he was going to face now. It is very different from all the armies of this era.

Even though the opponents were all infantry and were not very accustomed to the desert environment, they were greatly affected mentally and physically, as he had guessed.

However, it is not something he can deal with with more than 2,000 camel cavalry.

After all, the army of the Song Empire had excellent muskets. This weapon has surpassed the technology of this era by more than a century, and it has also been improved.

The army of the Tatanir Department still uses cold weapons.

Therefore, when they and the use of sophisticated muskets, the Song Imperial Army, which had musket warfare beyond this era, met. After launching an offensive on its own initiative, the result was destined to be a tragedy.

The sun in the sky is scorching, and in the desert environment, the sun's rays are even hotter.

In this Song Imperial Army that entered the Cuman region, many soldiers were sunburned to varying degrees, and their faces, mouths, and other places on their bodies were dry and cracked, as well as some damage from the wind and sun.

At the same time, due to the lack of water, some soldiers began to show symptoms of dehydration.

This is in the desert. is very common.

If it were the army of this era, it would collapse because of it.

Not to mention that the enemy who suddenly appeared now immediately launched a fierce attack on them.

Although there were some hardships and difficulties, the soldiers of the Imperial Army. After all, it was still supported.

At the same time, they maintained a strong will to fight and did not get depressed because of this.

Because they believe, with a weapon in their own hands. It is perfectly capable of coping with any crisis.

After all, what they have is something that people of this era do not have.

The environment and the things that everyone has. It's not a notch at all.

The commander of this Song Imperial Army is not a genetic person with authority like Zhang Tie and Wang Shan, otherwise he could buy fresh water and food from the virtual world every day, and this kind of problem would not have occurred at all.

However, the soldiers of the Imperial Army also carried an abundance of food and fresh water.

The reason why some soldiers faint is because the sun here is too hot during the day, and the temperature can drop by more than 20 degrees or even 30 degrees at night, such a large temperature difference makes the soldiers unable to adapt for a while.

Fighting in the desert, not to mention in this era, even in the modern age of another time and space, there are some difficulties.

So, there is nothing to make a fuss about when such a problem arises.

The commander of the Song Empire could think so, but the commander of the Tataniel army who appeared didn't think so.

According to normal reasoning, he now believed that the enemy he was facing, that is, the army of the Song Empire, had basically dropped its combat effectiveness by more than sixty percent.

Therefore, you can defeat or even destroy the other party.

Thousands of Tatanir cavalry, on camels, rushed down from behind the dunes.

They uttered a loud 'Oh! Oh! Oh! The voice, waving the scimitar in his hand, rushed over with an excited and hideous face.

In their eyes, the enemies on the other side under the dunes were nothing more than lambs to the slaughter. As long as you rush over yourself, with a gentle wave of the scimitar in your hand, you can send them to hell.

No one thinks that the enemy on the other side can still confront them, because it is unreasonable.

As the cavalry approached, the Tataniel cavalry could even see the chapped lips of the enemy, and the faces of the somewhat depressed and damaged by the wind.

Hey!

This is our home turf, how can outsiders not be affected.

So, let it be!

"Line up, load your ammunition, and hold the line!"

"Don't panic, there are not many enemies, try to finish them after two rounds of shooting!"

"The first platoon raises its guns, steady, and let the enemy approach!"

The Song Imperial army had already lined up in formation, and the non-commissioned officers at the grassroots level were constantly loudly giving orders to the soldiers under their respective squads.

In the face of the menacing enemy, this army, which had been tortured by the desert environment for many days, did not show the slightest panic at all, and was still so orderly.

All this amazed Elder Aziz, the envoy who accompanied the army...... (To be continued......)