Nasr knelt down in front of Zhang Zhao in disgrace, and the cavalry behind him also knelt down in darkness.
Just half an hour ago, this former head of a thousand households in the Kara Khanate was confident that he would complete the blocking task for Bugra Khan and then go to Zhangbao to defend the city and meet up.
So, when he saw Zhang Zhao leading 600 cavalry to cross the river without a stable footing, he stepped up and made a sliding shovel!
As a result, very good results were achieved!
Six hundred Liang Kingdom elite cavalry wearing cotton armor smoothly defeated Nasr and others.
Of his two deputies, one was shot to death by Li Cunhui's three consecutive arrows, and the other was shot open by Wang Shenqi with a horse spear.
The battle ended in a little more than a quarter of an hour, and the pursuit took about two-quarters of an hour. In less than half an hour, Nasr knelt in front of Zhang Zhao.
Five hundred elite cavalry were killed on the spot and more than a hundred were injured, and almost all the rest are here.
But when he knew that the person in front of him was Zhang Zhao, who had beaten them to death outside Poluzhou City nine years ago, Nasr's posture changed from a sliding shovel to a sliding kneeling.
"Great Khan of Heaven, your defeated general Nasr is willing to become your slave and minions, and his descendants will serve the Khan of Heaven!"
Zhang Zhao looked at the guy in front of him who called himself Tian Khan.
This is a black-headed Uighur, with skin and hair color somewhere between Han Chinese and Indo-European.
He must be in his twenties, and the combat effectiveness of the hundreds of cavalry under his command is not bad, but the equipment is too poor, and he encountered Zhang Zhao again.
"Looking at your name, you should be an old subordinate of Saktu. Are you willing to join me so quickly?"
"It is only natural for the warriors on the grassland to follow the strong. Bugla Khan was defeated in many battles. His servants followed him and fought for thousands of miles. Two brothers and a brother-in-law were killed in the battle. Today, they were captured by Tian Khan again.
I am worthy of Saktu Khan."
"Well! In this way, he can be considered a loyal minister." Zhang Zhao nodded.
"I order you to recruit a thousand elite Geluolu cavalry, and then you will follow a certain person. There is no shortage of money and official positions for you. If you dare to have second thoughts, hum!"
The biggest reason why Zhang Zhao forgave this guy was that it was useful. Maybe he could use their status to deceive Jie Lipijia of the Gaochang Uighurs.
Nas was immediately overjoyed, knowing that his life had been saved.
"I converted to Christianity with Saktu in my early years, but now that I have converted to Buddhism, the name Nasr will no longer be used.
In the early years of our ancestors, there was a Han surnamed Zhai, but later he lost his name. I dared to ask the Khan to give him a name."
Quite good at it, Zhang Zhao thought for a while, the names of the barbarians in the Tang Dynasty were the ones that were repeated over and over anyway.
Either you want to be loyal and considerate of etiquette, or you just want to be loyal and honorable.
Zhang Zhao thought for a while and realized that Ayiguli's adoptive father and the deputy governor of Talos was named Li Guoshou by him, so he should also give this Uighur a Chinese character.
"Since you have taken refuge in someone after fulfilling your duty as a monarch and a minister in Hesaktu, then I will bestow you with the word "Guozhong", and from now on you will conduct your life as Zhai Guozhong!"
After reading the names, Zhang Zhao thought of something. Since he wanted to use the improved Tang Mi to replace Manichaeism and Tenggerism in the Land of Seven Rivers and north of the Altai Mountains, he might as well experiment with these barbarians who had taken refuge first.
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Let’s see if this improved Tang Mi can work from the perspective of a person being taught it.
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In Tingzhou City, as soon as Zhang Zhao entered the city, Murong Nobunaga walked in with two petite Uighur women.
There are two girls, one big and one small. The older one is petite and pretty, and the younger one looks good too, but her body has not grown yet and there are no curves at all.
"Sir, this is the daughter of the governor of Tingzhou of Gaochang. I just took them to identify her and found out the governor of Tingzhou of Gaochang Uighurs.
If we had his help, it would be easy to pass through Baishuijian Road."
Baishuijian Road is the Dabancheng City of the later Republic. It is a long and narrow river valley road and is the only way from Tingzhou and Luntai to Gaochang.
During the Tang Dynasty, Baishui Military City was set up here to guard the city, and the Gaochang Uighurs also placed hundreds of soldiers here to control the fortress.
It's okay to directly attack with the army, but it would definitely be better if you can call or trick the White Water Army City away.
Zhang Zhao nodded appreciatively. Murong Nobunaga has become more and more willing to use his brain recently.
But..., he looked at Murong Nobunaga doubtfully, and said what he said was true. Why did he bring two Uighur women here?
If he said he wanted to dedicate it to himself, he didn't see any action!
However, when Zhang Zhao looked at her, Murong Nobunaga's eyes always glanced at the smaller woman in front.
Zhang Zhao understood, this guy was attracted to this falcon woman.
Poor baby!
Murong Nobunaga is now twenty-three years old, but except for Kang Jinshan's daughter, whom Zhang Zhao initially adopted, he has no other concubines. Princess Yongle watches him closely.
Now one wife and one concubine are pregnant, and they are probably holding it back.
Thinking of this, Zhang Zhao suddenly felt a little sympathy for himself. He only had six wives and concubines now, and he couldn't just take any more.
Because for wives and concubines, if they are overpaid, they will still cause inflation and devaluation.
Since he wants to take over the Central Plains, and marriage politics is the most effective method, before ascending to the throne, the necessary candidates must be given to the wives and children around Zhang Zhao.
However, I think so, but Zhang Zhao will not stand up for Murong Nobunaga.
"Let's settle him in Tingzhou first. When we return to Liangzhou, let your mother help us talk about it."
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Just when Zhang Zhao defeated Saktu in Tingzhou, he killed more than 4,000 Geluolu people and captured more than 3,000 people. He appointed the surrendered general Zhai Guozhong as the commander of the Prince's capital, and organized his troops and horses to prepare to cross the Baishui River Road and arrive directly.
When in Gaochang.
Emperor Yelv Deguang of the Liao Dynasty also personally commanded an army of 100,000 troops and was stationed in Yuanshi (south of Luancheng, Hebei).
At the same time, Xi Renhao, Chief Wei Wang, was sent to stabilize the West Route Army, and Zhao Yanshou was the vanguard of the East Route Army. The two routes went south to attack the Later Jin Dynasty.
Among them, the leader of the West Route Army, King Wei, won the battle. Tens of thousands of Xiren cavalry caught Liu Zhiyuan by surprise at extremely fast speeds.
After successfully capturing Yanmen Pass in Daizhou, the gateway to the north of Taiyuan, the forwards reached Xinzhou and were able to threaten Taiyuan.
Zhao Yanshou of the Eastern Route Army, under the guidance of the internal intelligence department, bypassed Shenzhou, Hebei and other prefectures, and unexpectedly landed directly at the gate of Beizhou (Qinghe County, Hebei Province).
Beizhou was an important town for the Later Jin Dynasty to store grain and grass. It had many defenders and could not have been easily captured.
But at this moment, Wang Lingwen, the military governor of Beizhou Yongqing Army who was supposed to be responsible for defending this place, was ordered by Shi Chonggui to go to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo to have an audience.
Who knows what Shi Chonggui was thinking! Such an important place, such a local official, was summoned to the court when the war was about to break out.
In Wang Lingwen's absence, the Yongqing army in Beizhou, which was suddenly attacked, was in chaos.
Shao Ke, a military academy student, was usually fierce and rebellious. When Wang Lingwen left, he was expelled from the Yongqing Army.
Just as the Khitans were heading south, Shao Ke secretly contacted Zhao Yanshou outside the city, and then recruited scum who also wanted to reap benefits in the city. Suddenly, the west gate of Beizhou was opened at night, and the Khitan troops swarmed in.
This important town of Beizhou, which had stocked more than 150,000 shi of grain and grass, fell instantly.
Dozens of Beizhou Yongqing Army Jiedushi Tuiguan, Beizhou Judge and other officials were killed, and hundreds of Yongqing Army soldiers who refused to surrender to the Khitans were all killed.
Even Wang Lingwen's family of more than 40 people, including young and old, were all kidnapped by the Khitan people.
Zhao Yanshou had obtained more than 100,000 shi of grain, and he was determined. While recruiting the scum of the Yongqing army to expand his army, he continued to move south, and his forwards reached Puyang Nanle on the north bank of the Yellow River.
At this time, Shi Chonggui felt that something was very wrong. The emperor, who was shouting that he would honor his grandson but not his ministers, was frightened.
He quickly summoned Jing Yanguang to discuss countermeasures, but Jing Yanguang never thought that the Khitans would go south so soon, so he was unprepared and had no countermeasures.
So Sang Weihan was recalled by Shi Chonggui to serve as Privy Councilor, but Sang Weihan, who had no power and had been suppressed by Jing Yanguang, took the opportunity to propose a letter to Khitan requesting peace talks, and Shi Chonggui immediately agreed.
Well! Good fellow, they made a fuss and sharpened their swords with thousands of eloquent words. In the end, the Khitans defeated Beizhou, and the whole court of the later Jin Dynasty actually used the trick of suing for peace again.
What's even more bizarre is that Jing Yanguang didn't stop him, and Shi Chonggui readily agreed and immediately sent Meng Shouzhong, who was familiar with Khitan dialect, to the Yuan clan to seek peace.
But seeing that the situation was so good, how could Yelu Deguang stop?
His first reply was to ask the Later Jin Dynasty to cede the two prefectures of Jingping, and to pay him one hundred thousand yuan in money and silk.
Later, news of the victory of the Western Route Army came again, and Yelu Deguang simply replied to Shi Chonggui and said: "This has become a trend that cannot be changed!"
After receiving Meng Shouzhong's return, Shi Chonggui knew that it was impossible to sue for peace, so he could only plan to use the Yellow River as a barrier to stabilize the situation first.
He ordered Gao Xingzhou to deploy the camp capital in the north and lead 20,000 troops to Qicheng, south of the Yellow River. He also ordered Zhang Yanze, the commander of Shenwu on the right, to lead 20,000 troops to Liyang.
These two cities are both on the Yellow River, one is located to the north of Chanzhou (Puyang, Henan), and the other is located to the northeast of Chanzhou.
After Gao Xingzhou and Zhang Yanze stabilized the situation, Shi Chonggui personally led the imperial army of 60,000 people, with Jing Yanguang as the commander of the guard army Ma Budu. He took full control of the imperial army and stationed in Chanzhou to confront Yelu Deguang.
In addition, Shi Chonggui also ordered Liu Zhiyuan to serve as the Youzhou Daoxing camp to recruit envoys, rectify the troops in Hedong, and go north to block the Khitan army in Xinzhou.
To be honest, the strength of the Later Jin army at this moment is still very good.
Gao Xingzhou, Fu Yanqing, Murong Yanchao, Huangfu Yu, Wang Zhou, Pan Huan and other generals were brave, resourceful and loyal.
Even in the later period of Zhou Shizong and Guo Rong, these people were all famous generals who shone brightly.
Although Li Shouzhen, Zhang Yanze and other generals were brutal, they had no intention of surrendering to the Khitan at this moment.
The Forbidden Army of the Later Jin Dynasty also had very good combat effectiveness. Shi Jingtang only did two major things since he came to the throne.
The first is to hold on to the Khitan's thighs and send gold and silk to the north of the Great Wall in a steady stream, and the second is to rectify the forbidden army.
This Shi Jingtang was originally a strong general, and of course he was very knowledgeable about military affairs. Under his rectification, the combat effectiveness of the Forbidden Army of the Later Jin Dynasty was greatly enhanced.
The infantry had famous generals such as Jiao Jixun, and the cavalry included Shi Jingtang, a powerful Hu Jile from Zhang Zhao, and Hu Guang and his son, who led 700 Liangzhou horses.
In fact, its combat effectiveness exceeded that of the Luoyang bodyguards of the late Emperor Li Congke of the late Tang Dynasty.
Moreover, although everyone in the Later Jin Dynasty did not agree with starting a war against the Khitans at this time, they all hated the Khitans.
Especially the warriors, because the goods Shi Jingtang used to please the Khitan should have been given to them.
Therefore, although the military strength is slightly smaller than that of the Khitans, their combat effectiveness and fighting will are not low, and can even be said to be very high.
Just after Shi Chonggui arrived in Chanzhou, Yelu Deguang also broke camp from Yuanshi and headed south. At the end of October, the Khitan army reached the north of the Yellow River.
A war between the two sides is about to break out.
This chapter has been completed!