In a small ruined temple, the desperate King Crisila II was trapped here.
There are still several guards around him, but all the horses have been lost. In order to resist the attack of Juerhan's knights, he has lost all his most elite knights.
The gray beard was wet from the rain and sticky on Crisila II's chin.
With an army of more than 60,000 people, he attacked and destroyed the Pala dynasty, captured Rajyapura alive, and fulfilled the last wish of all the kings - annexing the Pala dynasty. It seems to have happened not long ago, but now, everything has disappeared.
However, although the defeat came very suddenly, Krisila II knew that he was not unjustly defeated, because Juer Khan's army was much better than his army.
For example, the fifty knights who have been pestering him are only half as many as him, but their shooting skills are superb from a distance, and they are extremely fierce at close range wearing two layers of armor. One of them can beat ten of them.
With his elaborate escape plan, the most elite guard cavalry of the Balihar Dynasty were almost crushed in front of these people.
"Your Majesty, there is still some clean water in the water tank in the temple. Take a sip! Let's continue running after we take a sip. As long as we can return to Qunu City, we can raise an army and fight again!"
As the resurgence leader of the Balihar dynasty, if one were to rank the kings on the Tianzhu continent at this moment, King Krisila II must be the top one.
But he is afraid of comparison in everything. If in the Central Plains, a person like Guo Rong can get this ranking, and Zhang Dahan can become Guo Rong in history twenty years later, he will be very satisfied.
But in Tianzhu, the top wise king is like that, because he must be controlled by the overall environment.
Although China's late Tang Dynasty and Five Dynasties were chaotic, they were not weak at all. On the contrary, their fighting power was overwhelming. Those who could be praised as Ming Zhu in such an era, whether it was Guo Rong or Li Cunxu in the early period, were genuine saint kings and Ming Zhu.
But in the Tianzhu continent, after the Harappan civilization was mysteriously destroyed, neither the Dravidians, who worked hard later, nor the Aryan kingdom that had been established by foreign invaders, but claimed to have defeated Alexander the Great, could not change it.
The basic trend of Tianzhu Continent.
That is, after the early conquerors became corrupted in this gentle land, other strong men coming from the Khyber Pass would successfully completely change the power structure here.
Then these invaders will begin to corrupt again, until the next wave of strongmen comes and washes them away.
Moreover, many of these strong men who came to Tianzhu were losers in political struggles in other places. It is self-evident how strong the local wise rulers who were overthrown by these strong men were.
More importantly, this kind of gameplay is played by the powerful invaders at various stages, and has nothing to do with the local dark Dravidians.
So despite the fact that the Balihar dynasty had a population of at least seven to eight million, what Krishna II could really rely on were the more than 10,000 Kshatriyas of the same origin as him and the population they controlled.
In addition to the tens of thousands of vested interests among the hundreds of thousands of Vaishyas at most, and the barely useful ones among the hundreds of thousands of Sudras, there will not be more than 200,000.
Calculated in this way, it is not true that Crisila II could fight against Zhang Zhao with a population of 7 to 8 million.
Instead, they are using 60,000 to 70,000 people recruited from a maximum of 4 to 50,000 people to fight against Zhang Zhao's 20,000 to 30,000 people. The real strength gap between the two sides is not that big!
Thinking of this, Crisila II let out a long sigh. At this time, people shouted from outside the temple, and large groups of cavalry surrounded the small temple. It seemed that Ju'er Khan had arrived.
Crisilla II hesitated for a moment before putting down the broken bowl of water.
"Go! Go and tell Ju'er Khan that I want to take a bath and change clothes, wear the clothes that a king should wear, and eat a delicious mutton burrito. If possible, I want to meet him!"
Outside the ruined temple, Zhang Zhao looked at the guard of Crisila II who came out to make a request to him with a very indifferent expression.
"Tiance, ride a fast horse and take off the king's robes that Queen Avachi brought to Rajyapura. He doesn't need it!"
Guo Tiance looked at Zhang Zhao in astonishment. He always felt that the king seemed a little dissatisfied when he mentioned the name Rajayapura. This was not the case before!
Poor King Polo, his clothes are probably about to be pulled off before he even wears them.
"Hurry up and get the mutton burrito, and go get a jug of my wine!"
The gorgeous king's robe, although a little too bulky, was better than nothing. After bathing and washing, Chrisilla II finally regained his royal look.
The mutton burritos and wine were even more devoured by the old king who had been on the run for more than half a month.
Perhaps because he was finally full, Crisilla II finally stopped after drinking a full bowl of wine in one breath.
“It’s so delicious! I haven’t felt the lamb burrito taste so delicious in years!”
"If your Highness feels that it is not enough, I can ask someone to send you some more!" Zhang Zhao showed off his attitude very well, and he also gave King Crisila II face.
After all, with the two big pineapples as the king of Shahi, Madapura, and the king of Polo, Rajyapala, he finally looks a bit like a king.
"The Khan will definitely not let me go, right?" Crisila II tried to test him without giving up.
"Your Highness, please stop joking. If you were here, how could I sleep?" Zhang Zhao's answer was very direct, without any hesitation.
"Alas!" Crisila II sighed longly, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.
"It seems that being a king like Rajyapala is sometimes a good thing! Then can Khan leave some blood for me?"
"It depends on His Highness's choice. The most ideal situation is this." Zhang Zhao stretched out his hand and scratched the wooden board where Crisila II was eating.
"I only need one-third of the land of Balihar country close to the Xiaxi country, and the remaining one-third, I want to use it to trade with Buddhism.
With the remaining one-third, I can consider leaving a way for the princes to survive! So that they can continue to live a wealthy life."
As he spoke, Zhang Zhao looked at the three remaining guards around Crisila II.
"Even these loyal guards will be rewarded. If possible, I will give them a single surname and become Kshatriyas in my territory!"
"How can Khan guarantee that your promise will be fulfilled?"
"Your Highness has no choice. You can only believe it, but I can say that I will leave Tianzhu in five months at most!"
Crisila II looked at Zhang Zhao, and then at the guards who had been protecting him from the beginning. After sighing countless times, he finally trembled and nodded slowly.
"I will write a letter and ask Khan to bring it to Crown Prince Terra, and he will open the gate of Qunu City!"
After finishing speaking, Crisila II turned his back to Zhang Zhao tremblingly.
"The king is immune to poisonous water and weapons!"
Quite particular! Zhang Zhao gave Guo Tiance a look, and then walked out on his own.
Guo Tiance walked forward holding a wooden tray. On the wooden tray was a piece of parchment, a quill, and a rope made of silk.
"Three, the Great King of the Great Treasure of the Great Jin Kingdom, the Khan of the Uighurs, the Oghuz and the Bashmi, the conqueror of Saman Persia, the protector of Huwen City, and the great ruler of the Shahi Kingdom Ju
His Majesty Erhan personally bestowed a single-character surname, which represents a supreme honor. Please be prepared to serve His Majesty Krisila on her last journey!"
Just kidding, King Zhang's one-character surname is not that easy to get. If they don't send Crisila II away in person, why should Zhang Zhao trust them?
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Qunu City has been the ruling center of the Tianzhu Continent since the time of King Harsha more than 300 years ago.
Two hundred and seventy-five years ago, a major event occurred in Tianzhu, that is, King Harsha was killed by Prime Minister Aluanashun. Aluanashun immediately became independent and attacked and killed the envoys sent to Tianzhu by the Tang Dynasty.
Among these envoys, there was a famous ruthless man, Wang Xuance, who destroyed an entire country with one man.
Wang Xuance finally borrowed soldiers from Niboluo Kingdom and Tubo to capture Alonashun who had usurped the throne and established himself. This should have happened in Qunu City.
Therefore, there is a common sense that Zhang Zhao did not know about it until he arrived in Tianzhu. At this time, Tianzhu understood China far better than the Indians of later generations.
So after letting them know that Ju'er Khan came from Dongtu, they could easily think of the rumored Tian Khan.
When Zhang Zhao arrived at Qunu City, Yin Yaozi had already commanded an army of 30,000 men and had destroyed a section of the walls of Qunu City. The people in the city were already waiting to die with their eyes closed.
It seems that even if Crisila II's suicide note does not arrive, it will still be a matter of time before Qunu City is captured.
"Master Baotongzi, you didn't expect to be able to enter Qunu City again, did you?"
Zhang Zhaoyi asked pointedly, because during the Harsha Dynasty, Qunu City was the center of Buddhism in Tianzhu, but now, there are almost no Buddhists left.
"Thank you to the Khan for your great blessing!" Master Baotongzi tried his best to put on a smile on his face and reluctantly agreed.
What is spring breeze's proud horse's hoof disease? This is called spring breeze's proud horse's hoof disease. In just four months, King Zhang went straight down the river to open up most of the Ganges River Basin.
The bodies of Krishila II and his two sons of the Balihar dynasty had just been handed over to the Crown Prince of Tara of the Balihar dynasty, King Rajyapala of the Balihar dynasty.
Lead the horse in front.
Queen Avaqi, suck! Zhang Zhao took a sip. Queen Avaqi was hiding in the crowd at the moment, not daring to look directly at Zhang Da Khan.
As for Buddhism in Tianzhu, not only Master Baotongzi, the first master of Nalanda Temple, came, but also the chiefs of famous temples such as Chaojie Temple, Feixing Temple, and Kalana Temple.
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The founders of Qunu City and White Moon Palace, the Balihar Dynasty, were a nation called the Rajputs.
The origin of this nation is very complex. The paternal lineage includes Serbs, Kushans, Gaddas, Huns, and even Parthians and Greeks.
They merged with the local indigenous people and formed the present Rajputs.
At present, there are two branches of the Rajputs, the Saitites, the Kushans and the Parthians, who are mixed descendants of the Greeks and are called the Sait Rajputs.
The descendants of the Huns and Gaddas are called (white) Hun Rajputs.
What a coincidence, the royal family of Balihar are also the mixed descendants of the Huns.
It's just that they are not the Huns, whose main race is not much different from the Han people, but the white people in the west, known as the White Huns or Yellow-headed Huns.
In fact, this is still not very accurate. Perhaps we can say that the so-called Gaida and White Huns are mixed blood of the Yuezhi and Se people who migrated westward after the Xiongnu were defeated by the Han army in succession.
Made of.
The Gaida people and the White Huns are basically the same ethnic group.
When Zhang Zhao told this period of history to his subordinates, everyone immediately became excited.
It turns out that you are the descendants of the Huns! They looked at the Balihar royal family with eyes that seemed to say:
'Unexpectedly! We Han people are chasing you all the way to Tianzhu.'
‘Ouch! Isn’t this the Great Huns? We haven’t seen each other for hundreds of years. What’s happening?’
For a moment, everyone including Yan Jin felt a little bit like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were possessed! It was great!