Central Asia, in the Ili River Valley, the battle of the three armies decided the hegemony of Central Asia.

The valley was hot and dry, and the valley wind in the valley was restless, and sweat ran down the armor and fell to the ground.

Thousands of war horses neighed, and Chagatai, the Great Khan of the Chagatai Khanate, led hundreds of Mongol commanders and commanders, as well as a group of Central Asian servants, to fight a decisive battle with the combined forces of the Seljuk Empire and the Khorezm Kingdom that came to attack.

The Seljuk Empire and the Kingdom of Khorezm sent 400,000 troops, most of whom were cavalry.

Central Asia is rich in good horses, and the Dawan horse is from Central Asia, and even the famous horses belong to the Dawan horse breed.

The Seljuk Sultan Tugril and the Khorezm Sultan Mahamat were terrified of the Chagatai Khanate, believing that the Chagatai Khanate, like the Han Empire's Western Protectorate, would try to control Central Asia and influence their hegemony.

The Chagatai Khanate replaced the Protectorate of the Western Regions and became the number one enemy of the Seljuk Empire and Khorezm.

The sand and gravel are hot, and even in the Ili Valley, the month is just as hot, as if the air is distorted by the high temperature.

The Sultan of the Seljuk Empire, Tugril, wiped the sweat from his forehead with a silk handkerchief, and this time he came from afar to destroy the Chagatai Khanate and remove the threat posed by the Chagatai Khanate to the Seljuk Empire.

"I didn't expect the Mongols to really dare to come to fight, I really don't know whether to live or die. We have 400,000 cavalry on our side, and the other side has only 200,000. Defeat the Mongol cavalry as soon as possible, seize their palace, and give my soldiers a cool day. ”

Braving the hot and hot weather, Tugril traveled thousands of miles to fight the Chagatai Khanate, hoping to defeat the Mongols as soon as possible, sack the royal city of the Chagatai Khanate, and dominate Central Asia.

The Seljuk army could not stand such a climate and was in a hurry to win.

Among the Seljuk and Khorezm armies, there were even tens of thousands of camels, as well as special camel cavalry.

Unlike the imagined light cavalry in Central Asia, there were many heavy cavalry in Seljuk and Khorezm, which were specially used to storm enemy formations.

In order to defeat the Chagatai Khanate, the two sultans brought hundreds of generals.

If the main force of the Mongol Empire or the four khanates joined forces, they might still be able to panic the Seljuk Empire and Khorezm, but their opponent was only one of the khanates, the Chagatai Khanate.

In the eyes of the two sultans, this battle was won by the combined forces of the Seljuk Empire and the Khorezm Kingdom in any case.

In the Chagatai Khanate, Temujin's second son, Chagatai, served as the commander-in-chief, and fought with 200,000 troops against 400,000 Central Asian coalition troops.

A military general appointed by Temujin and Subutai to assist the Chagatai Khanate served as his lieutenant.

In addition, the Great Khan of the Ögedai Khanate, the third son of Temujin, secretly came to the Chagatai Khanate to support Chagatai.

Obviously, even Temujin and Subutai thought that the Chagatai Khanate would suffer with one enemy and two enemies, so they secretly united the forces of the two khanates and dealt a fatal blow to the Seljuk Empire and the Khorezm Kingdom.

"The Seljuks and Khorezmians are brave and warlike, and they are powerful countries in the Western Regions, and if they can be forced to submit, then all the Western Regions will be owned by us."

Chagatai's sharp eyes were like sharp blades, stabbing straight at the Central Asian coalition forces opposite.

The culture of the Seljuks and Khorezm was different from that of the Mongol Empire.

The Mongol Empire was the most influenced by primitive beliefs, followed by the Confucian culture brought by Yelu Chucai, who served as prime minister.

If you want to make the Seljuks and Khorezm submit, then you can only conquer them by force, strong force!

Ogedai looked at the Seljuk cavalry and Khwarazm cavalry on the opposite side, and seemed to covet their land and population: "Chagatai, it is better to divide the territory of the Seljuk Empire into me, and the territory of Khorezm will be given to you, so that it will not be in vain for me to secretly draw elite cavalry to assist you in breaking the enemy." ”

Among the four khanates, the Golden Horde had an elite legion of the eldest sons, and the Ilkhanate had legendary heroes of the Golden Family such as Tolei, Möngke, Kublai Khan, and Hülegü.

If Chagatai can dominate Central Asia, then it has a strong army of servants.

However, the Ogedai Khanate in the Western Regions was suppressed by the Protectorate of the Western Regions and was difficult to grow.

This made Ogedai, who was the third son of Temujin, very dissatisfied.

Not to mention, in the battle of the Ili River Valley, which decided the hegemony of Central Asia, Ogedai was ordered by Temujin to come to support the second brother, and if he didn't want to benefit, then Ogedai thought that he had suffered a loss.

"The Seljuks and Khorezm are in my sphere of influence and cannot be ceded to you. When Seljuk and Khorezm surrender, I will help you break through the Western Regions Protectorate with Subutai. The land controlled by the Protectorate of the Western Regions is all owned by you, how about it? ”

In order to allow Ogedai to fully assist him in defeating the Central Asian coalition forces, Chagatai promised him to attack the capital of the Western Regions.

Ogedai also knew that his hand could not be stretched too long to compete with Chagatai for control of the Seljuks and Khorezm.

At present, under the control of Temujin, the four khanates of the Mongol Empire did not dare to fight among themselves.

If Temujin was killed, then it would be difficult to say.

Temujin's four sons were all fighting openly and secretly over the division of the territory.

Whoever is stronger will have a greater right to speak, and it is possible to inherit the throne of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. Some descendants of the Golden Family would rather be emperors in Central Asia, West Asia, and Eastern Europe, or even give up returning to Mobei to compete for the position of Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, but establish a kingdom on their own.

"The Seljuk cavalry and the Khorezm cavalry seem to be on the offensive side, are you sure that this battle will be won? Don't wait until the main cavalry of our two khanates will all be killed in this battle, otherwise, what will we use to attack the Western Regions Protectorate? The Western Regions Protectorate couldn't even take it quickly. ”

Ogedei squinted, and the Central Asian cavalry on the opposite side stretched as far as the eye could see. Ogedai didn't dare to say that he would definitely win.

The Central Asian cavalry was moving frequently, and according to Ögedei's speculation, the Central Asian coalition army would attack the Chagatai-Ögedai Khanate in a quarter or two.

"Lead it to the valley."

Chagatai handed over command to the lieutenant marshal.

When Wokotai saw this general, he changed color slightly: "This person is a military general recruited by my father Khan after the national war, and he was the lord of the main city in the north at that time. ”

"That's the man."

When the Mongol commanders deployed their forces, the Central Asian coalition forces had already begun to attack!

"Cut off the head of the Chagatai and hang it at the gate of the city as an example!"

The Sultan of Khorezm pulled out his golden sword and pointed it at the army of the Chagatai Khanate!

The Khorezm cavalry galloped out and swept past Mahamat!

As a nomadic civilization that stands out, the Khorezm cavalry is equally good at equestrianism and archery!

"Destroy the Chagatai Khanate, their population, gold and silver, cattle and sheep, grain and grass, all are your spoils!"

The Tugril Sultan of the Seljuk Empire drew his Turkic sword and ordered his generals to launch an offensive against the Mongol cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate!

The two armies of the Seljuk Empire and Khorezm moved together, and the iron hooves of the war horses rolled forward, raising sand and dust, and the Ili River Valley was shaken!

The Ili River Valley could not deploy such a large force, and the Mongol cavalry, which was relatively small in number, was not left behind, and fought with the Seljuk cavalry and the Khorezm cavalry, and the corpses were scattered all over the field......

"Conquer this city, so as to leave a way back!"

In the western part of the Junggar Basin, Huo An, the capital of the Western Regions, personally led his generals Chen Tang, Gao Xianzhi and others to attack the capital of the Ogedai Khanate!

As for the Subutai Legion in the northern part of the Junggar Basin, it was handed over to Huo Quai, one of the two walls of the Han Empire, Li Siye of the Tang Mo Knife Team, and Wang Xuance, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Western Regions, to block the Subutai Legion to the north of the Tianshan Mountains and south of the Altai Mountains, and not to give the Subutai Legion a chance to support the Ogedai Khanate!

Hoan sent scouts who had infiltrated the Mongol Empire and the two khanates to find out the secrets of Ögedei and assist the Chagatai Khanate in dealing with the Central Asian coalition.

So Huo An thought that this was an opportunity to sneak attack the capital of the Ögedai Khanate, and personally led the cavalry to attack the capital of the Ögedai Khanate!

Once the kingdom is breached, the Ögedai Khanate will collapse!

Under the fierce attack of Chen Tang and Gao Xianzhi, a small town controlled by the Ögedai Khanate was captured, and Chen Tang personally ascended first, opened the city gate, and greeted Huo An's army of the Western Regions Protectorate.

The Protectorate of the Western Regions includes the Han army and the local soldiers and horses of the 36 countries, and after years of operation by Huo An, it can be regarded as a strong soldier.

If it weren't for the advent of the Fourth National War, then the person who would compete with the Seljuk Empire and Khorezm for hegemony in Central Asia at this time would be Hoan.

As long as the Seljuk Empire and Khorezm are defeated, basically, Huo'an's territory will be similar to the territory of Western Liao in history.

However, the existence of the Subutai Army and the Ögedai Khanate forced Huo An to shrink the forces of the Western Regions Protectorate.

"The Ögedai Khanate dares to sabotage my strategy, and it will definitely break through the city of Yemili and pass by the family and cattle and sheep of the Ögedai family."

Huo An held a map of the Western Regions in his hand.

The area where the Ögedai Khanate descended was within the original sphere of influence of Hoan, so Hoan was very familiar with the terrain here.

"The whole army replenishes food and grass and recovers physical strength!"

Huo An didn't waste a little time, and ordered the army of the Western Regions Protectorate to rest quickly, and once his strength was restored, he would forcibly march again until the soldiers came to the city!

In the Ili River Valley, the Seljuk Empire and the Khorezm cavalry fought hard, and a group of Central Asian cavalry who fought to the point of red tried to break through the gap of the Mongol army, and were unconsciously led into the depths of the river valley.

The shouts of killing echoed in the river valley, the Ili River valley shook the mountains, the Seljuks and Khorezmians were still resisting stubbornly, but the general trend had gone, the Mongol cavalry and the Khitan cavalry that suddenly killed were rampant, and thousands of Seljuk cavalry and Khorezm cavalry were killed, and blood stained the valley red.

"Don't go back! Those who retreat, along with their families, will all be put to death! ”

The Seljuk Sultan personally stepped forward to oversee the battle, but was unable to contain the rout.

The combined forces of the Chagatai Khanate and the Ögedai Khanate counterattacked on all fronts, and the Seljuk and Khorezm cavalry suffered numerous casualties, the banners fell to the ground, and there were corpses, war horses, armor, and round shields everywhere......

The Central Asian coalition army, defeated, fought in the Ili River Valley, killed 150,000 cavalry, and the rest of the more than 200,000 troops, all of which were defeated, along the way, full of bones.

The Khitan generals who commanded the Chagatai Khanate-Ogedai Khanate coalition in place of Chagatai brought the Sultan of Khorezm to Chagatai.

The Sultan of Khorezm was terrified when he saw the great men of the two khanates.

He has traversed half of Central Asia and has not yet suffered such a defeat.

Of the 400,000 troops, 150,000 died in the Ili Valley!

Chagatai's cowhide military boots stepped on Mahamat's face, and he didn't see Mahamat as a human being at all: "Khorezm dares to take the initiative to provoke our Mongol Empire, and your fate will be extremely miserable." ”

Khwarazm's Sultan Mahamat's face distorted: "Khorezm will not give in to your ......"

"It's your choice, not the choice of the Khorezm nobles, and you can die."

Chagatai slew Mahamat with a single sword, wiping the blood-stained saber: "Yelu Dashi, you lead the vanguard army to conquer the Seljuks and Khorezmians......

The Khitan generals went down.

At this time, a Mongolian military general came to Ogedei's side and whispered in his ear.

Wokotai's face changed.

Seeing that his brother had lost color, Chagatai asked, "What happened?" ”

"Hoan, the protectorate of the Western Regions, is attacking my khanate."

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* Yelu Dashi, the last famous general of the Liao State, was also the founder of Western Liao, and the short-lived overlord of Central Asia.