The palace of the Great Khan of Barasagon was a bit shabby and narrow, as the court of a powerful khanate that once dominated Central Asia. Mo said that compared with the royal palaces of Baghdad and Isfahan, even compared with the Alka Forbidden City in Bukhara, the capital of the Western Qarakhanid Dynasty, it is not much worse - the Arka Forbidden City is the forbidden palace of the Samanid Dynasty that once owned the territory of Persia.

Just from the size and decoration of this khan's palace, you can probably see the poverty of the Eastern Qarakhanid Dynasty. To put it mildly, the Eastern Qarakhanid Dynasty, which was founded on the basis of the four towns of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty, was a poor ghost khanate with no wealth. The country's territory still had some income in the era of the Silk Road, but after the start of the Song-Xia long tug-of-war, the trade volume of the Silk Road dropped significantly, and the countries and cities along the way lost their prosperity and wealth in the past.

In fact, the lack of money is not particularly fatal for a Turkic khanate, and the Qarakhanid was poorer than it is now!

However, the impoverished Qarakhanid State learned the Samanid Dynasty's disease of wealth and nobility - the Ghulam military system, and spent a huge amount of money on the Ghulam war slave soldiers. And he had to compete with the Turks and the Fatimid dynasty who occupied the Middle East for limited Ghulam resources, how could he not become a weak chicken?

As for the Achilles' heel of his own khanate, the Irik governor of the Eastern Qarakhanid Dynasty, Yusufu, was very clear. Therefore, after being caught by the ten thousand households under the command of Yelu Dashi, Han Dagou quickly recognized the general trend of the reunification of the motherland, resolutely abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and returned to the arms of the people.

In the dim light of the audience hall of the Great Khan's Palace, Yelu Dashi, the self-proclaimed commander of the Broken Leaves, and Xiao Heda, the chief military officer of the Hexi Army, sat side by side, and in front of the two of them stood a young man in Tang costume named Fugu Zhongyi.

This young man is the original King of Gaochang, the current protector of Beiting, and the younger brother of Zhao Bijia, King of Gaochang. Because he was proficient in Chinese, Uighur, Turkic, Khitan, and Persian, he became an interpreter for the army, and followed Yelu Dashi all the way to Barasagon.

Now he is translating the words of Yu Sufu, who was kneeling in front of Yelu Dashi and Xiao Heda, into Chinese, word by word.

“…… This Seljuk Turkic State and the Great Food Kingdom are actually one! The Great Food Kingdom has long been weakened, and it is only because the Caliph is the leader of the Heavenly Sect that he was used as a puppet by the Seljuk Turks to order the countries that believe in the Heavenly Sect. It's a bit of a coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes. Therefore, once the leader of the Seljuk Turks, Governor Jaber, decides to go to war with the Great Song Dynasty, then the caliph may declare a holy war, and all the Heavenly Sect countries in the world will support Governor Jaber!

And this governor of Jaber was very powerful, because he controlled most of Persia and could also receive tribute from the port of Basra and the Western Qarakhanid. Therefore, there is enough financial resources to support Gulam, and it is said that there are tens of thousands of Gulam warriors under his command! It is not comparable to the lion Khan of the Eastern Qarakhanid.

At present, Governor Jaber is leading his army to fight in the kingdom of Chalvand. The kingdom of Chalvand was just south of the Green Mountains, and was bounded by the Eastern Qarakhanid Dynasty by the snow-capped mountains and the Penchi River. If the governor of Jaber had subdued the Ghaznavid, it was still very possible to cross the green mountains into Kashgar to aid the Lion Khan with the might of a great victory. ”

Yelu Dashi and Xiao Heda listened carefully, their brows furrowed slightly, obviously each with their own thoughts. The Seljuk Turkic armies in the kingdom of Chalsenda were good news for Jerodashi. This meant that he had more time to tidy up the Broken Leaf Water Basin.

According to the plan, the first step in his expansion into Central Asia was to conquer the Broken Leaf Water basin north of Stone Town (Tashkent). Centered on Stone Town and Barasagon, rebuild Shatterleaf Town. If possible, conquer the Qarluqs in the Seven Rivers Valley (one of the Seven Rivers).

The Qarluqs were important allies during the rise of the Qarakhanid dynasty, and after the rise of the Qarakhanid dynasty, they were given nomadic rights in the land of the Seven Rivers, and each tribe enjoyed a high degree of autonomy.

If these tribes can be subdued, Yelu Dashi's rule in Shattered Leaf Town can be truly stable.

The conquest of the Qarluqs requires not only force, but also political, diplomatic, and even religious means – after all, the Qarluqs living in the Seven Rivers Valley have been influenced by the Celestial Religion for many years, and most of the tribes have been converted.

In short, this is a slow work, and it is not easy to achieve some results in a few years or even ten years.

Therefore, if Jaber and Hexi had a long-term struggle between Shule (Kashgar) and the Ghaznavid Kingdom, it would definitely be good news for Yelu Dashi.

Xiao Heda has another plan at the moment. Jaber is strong, and the road is dangerous. If Jaber has possession of the Green Ridge to resist the Hexi army, I am afraid that the Hexi army's plan to enter the northwest Tianzhu will be ruined.

There is no rich Northwest Tianzhu to loot, even if the Hexi Army takes the two towns of Shule and Khotan, it will die of poverty in the end!

And the only way to successfully pass through the Green Ridge into the Ghaznavid Kingdom (Afghanistan) seems to be to make Jaber himself foolish and lead his Ghulam across the Green Ridge into Kashgar to fight the Hexi army in a decisive battle!

But will Jaber, who has been invincible for most of his life, be stupid?

Doesn't seem likely?

……

In the winter of the first year of the Great Song Dynasty, Wu Haowen had not yet arrived in Cangzhou.

Because the envoy of Hailu City has not yet arrived, Wu Haogu temporarily held two positions, and in the Xuanfu Fort in the south of Jiehe Shang City, he and several henchmen discussed the current general trend of the world.

The so-called world is no longer a country in the Great Song Dynasty, but within the universe!

"'The Khitan has profited from the chaos and has sent troops to break the leaves and rivers'. You have all read this document of Zhang Zhiping of the Great Education Group, right? Wu Hao Gu Gao sat in the right position of the festival hall, and took the document sent from Jiaohe City, Xizhou (just near Gaochang City, an abandoned ancient city), where the Anxi Great Education Regiment was stationed, and took it in his hand first, "These Khitans are really opportunistic, the Hexi army and the lion Khan are inseparable, and they took the opportunity to copy the lion's den." I wonder what you think? ”

Wu Haogu had long been angry at Yelu Dashi's unauthorized actions - because he knew that he was angry and useless!

At sea, he can control the affairs of the sea by constantly expanding the fleet, the inland side of Central Asia...... Hehe, he wasn't interested in it in the first place, it was completely Zhao Ji who was so happy that he dragged Wu Haogu and the Doctor Group into the water.

Now there is another Yelu Dashi who is making trouble in the republic, and Wu Haogu can't wait to have nothing to do with the expedition to Anxi.

Fortunately, he still has a few more reliable henchmen who control the situation in the Great Education Group.

Today's document issued by the Anxi Great Education Corps was actually reported by Wu Haogu's henchmen in the general military engine room of the Great Education Corps - although Wu Haogu lost his position as the military envoy, he still has the Doctor Group in his hand! For some of the officers from the Boundary River Knight Academy, they still have a certain ability to control.

Liu Xun, who previously served as the deputy chief military aircraft of the Great Education and Chemical Corps (Ma Zheng, the chief military machine, supervised the army on the front line), is also the cousin of Zhao Zhongge, who was born in the Liu family of Shenzhou, and is also the son of the Yan family.

After he learned of Yelu Dashi's actions, he immediately adopted the standard operation of deceiving and concealing the superiors. In the documents that were publicly reported, the truth was concealed, and it was only said that the Khitans intervened in the war and raided the capital of the Qarakhanid Dynasty, Balasagon.

At the same time, he also secretly reported the real situation he had mastered to Wu Haogu.

And Wu Haogu continued to pretend to be confused at today's Xuanshuai Mansion meeting, in fact, he had a superficial attitude - it was the Khitans who seized Broken Leaf Town now, and it had nothing to do with the Great Education Regiment and the Doctor Regiment!

Of course, Murong Wuwu knew what Wu Haogu meant, so he was the first to echo: "It's also a good thing for the Khitans to profit from the chaos, at least they won't form an alliance with the Heavenly Fang Sect to deal with us." ”

It's impossible! The people in power in the Great Liao Kingdom are all Buddhist maniacs, how can they join forces with the enemies of Buddhism? These words also fooled the ordinary people in the Great Song Dynasty.

"What the old gentleman said is very true. But will the Turks get involved in the war? The Eastern Qarakhanid people are now finished, if the Turks do not intervene tomorrow spring, the lion Khan will have to abandon Shule and leave! I don't think the Turks want the Lion Khan's soldiers and horses to cross the green ridge and enter the Ghaznavid, right? ”

What Xuan Shuai said was very true. However, the Hexi Army, the Beiting Army, and the Great Education Regiment are quite strong, and they should not lose to the Turks who came from afar. Now it's the sea that really needs to be watched! ”

Su Shi also came to participate in today's discussion. He didn't know very well what happened to Broken Leaf River? However, he knew that the Turks would not settle the account on the Liao state - Zhao Ji's two emperors (Zhao Qianshun and Zhao Bijia) alone had brought the Qarakhanid to the brink of destruction! The Turkic sultan didn't want to provoke Yelu Yanxi again, right?

In addition, he, like Ji Yi, is a great diplomat who opens his eyes to see the world. So it is clear that the real conflict between the Great Song and the Turks is at sea!

Those broken places in the Western Regions are all losing money, and if you take it down, the map is better, and there is not much actual benefit.

And the trade routes at sea are the real profits! If the Song navy had taken control of the West, the Seljuk Turks and the Great Eclipse would have gone bankrupt.

With the actions of the Great Song Dynasty in the Srivijaya Strait, the Turks should be vigilant.

If Ji Yi takes any inappropriate measures after arriving in the West, he is afraid that it will further deepen the vigilance of the Great Food Country and the Turks, and the competition at sea will become more and more intense.

"Then take advantage of the fact that the boundary river has not yet frozen, and then send some people to Nanxin Island!" Wu Haogu thought for a while, "The Sriwijaya City Bosi and the Sriwijaya Military Engine Room should also be dispatched immediately."

The city division will be handed over to ...... Flowers are full of mountains, are there any candidates for the military engine room? ”

Brother Zhao Zhong said: "Xuan Shuai, let Shi Bailang go." He was born in both the Knight Academy and the Ship Master Academy, and he studied both sea and land, but he was a little less qualified. ”