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After some urgent discussions, Li Ding finally accepted the construction of Yu Xingguo and others, and temporarily retreated to the Kazakh Khanate to rest. At the same time, he sent people south to contact Su Jin, who was located in the area of the Syr Darya River.

It is about 2,000 miles from the Central Tent of the Kazakh Khanate to Turkestan, which is about the same distance as the distance from Datong to the north to the Langjuxu Mountain in Mobei, and almost spans the entire north and south of the Kipchak steppe.

It was not easy for the messenger to find Su Jin's army along the way, because the steppe of the two thousand miles from the Middle Tent to Turkestan had not been swept away, and there were still many Kazakh tribes scattered, in other words, it would have passed through the enemy-occupied area for two thousand miles.

Considering these circumstances, Li Ding once sent 200 men and horses, led by 100 general Jing Yang, to the south to find Su Jin, and asked Su Jin to divide his troops to the north, and take advantage of the Kazakh chaos to sweep the Kipchak steppe, so that the two armies can be united.

With the cold current of Siberia and the ardent hopes of Li Ding and others, Jing Yang roared south, which was destined to be an arduous journey, two hundred people went south, and I don't know how many people returned.

The most difficult thing to overcome in fighting in a distant foreign land is the feeling of helplessness and loneliness, which is why Li Ding heard Su Jin's news in Tyumen and the whole army boiled, which prompted them to enter the Kipchak steppe.

For an army far from their homeland, it is not only the fierce enemy that must be defeated, but more importantly, the loneliness in their hearts.

If he can successfully join forces with Su Jin, the loneliness in the soldier's heart will be greatly reduced, and the courage to move forward will be maintained.

And Su Jin, who swept through the Kazakh tent, had already led his army across the Syr Darya River at this moment, and the army of 16,000 forced towards the city of Bukhara.

On the shores of Lake Aydarkul at the northern foot of the Nuratau Mountains, the autumn colors and autumn leaves surround the shore, and the beautiful scenery makes you almost forget the fatigue of the war.

Su Jin was stationed on the shore of Ma Lake, watching his soldiers happily slaughter cattle and sheep. Then I took it to the lake to wash it up, and was about to prepare dinner for tonight.

Ma Yiwen was born as a literati, and when he saw the slanting sun sprinkled on the blue lake, the golden light jumped, and it was beautiful, and he couldn't help but chant in the wind: "The lake is even green and the grass is even the sky, and the autumn wind blows the strings." The good news wants to spread across the green mountains, and the west goes out of the river for another year"

When Su Jin heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Master Ma, what a poem!" Ben will listen, though. How can I feel a little emotional? ”

"Let the general laugh, a moment of play, a moment of play, the general don't take it seriously."

In addition to Su Jin's campaign, he often reads at night, among Qin Mu's henchmen and generals, this phenomenon is very common, and even Liu Meng, who is known for his roughness, has not read much in recent years. This is all influenced by Qin Mu.

Su Jin followed Qin Mu to fight for many years. Qin Mu also occasionally writes poems.

Most of the imperial poems of the Son of Heaven are magnificent, which makes people's blood boil. Ma Yiwen's poems, good or bad. The momentum alone is not half a bit.

Su Jin took off his helmet, sat under the maple tree by the lake, thought for a while and said, "Li Ding's 20,000-strong army broke through the Kazakh tent, although it has not been confirmed. But I think this news will not be fake, what do you think about this? ”

Ma Yiwen hurriedly put aside the poem. "I believe that this news will not be false, this is a surprise for us. At present, our biggest problem is that we do not have enough troops, and many places that should have been won by victory cannot be taken care of for a while.

Now Li Ding's 20,000-strong army has entered the northern part of the Kipchak steppe, forming a north-south response with us, and if it can be connected, it will be more advantageous to form a shì. ”

Su Jin picked up a stone casually and gently threw it into the calm lake water, and the lake water suddenly rippled in circles and spread in all directions.

If they had entered Central Asia before, it was like throwing a stone that caused ripples, then when the stone fell silent underwater, the waves would soon calm down again.

Now that there is a response from Li Ding in the north, this effect will be magnified exponentially.

"What Lord Ma means is that we should send troops to sweep north, trying to unite with Li Ding?"

"Not bad."

"It's just a top priority, we must first take the two khanates of Bukhara and Burut, these more than 10,000 troops are already stretched, and then we must divide our troops to the north, I am afraid that there will be a big fork in the road, and all the previous achievements will be wasted."

Ma Yiwen also knows this very well in his heart, don't look at the Qin army's victory, in fact, it is already the end of the strong crossbow, once the weapons and ammunition are exhausted, they will not have any advantage.

The current Bukhara Khanate has learned the lessons of Yangir's defeat and has tried to avoid fighting them hard.

The thousands of troops of the Bukhara general Hami, since the Qin army crossed the Syr Darya, have been near the Qin army, and have waged guerrilla warfare with the Qin army.

"What are the general's plans?"

Su Jin thought for a while and said: "We are far away from the Central Plains, and there are no reinforcements in the future, just like a rootless drifter, so it will be difficult to sustain it for a long time." It seems that the time has come for a change of strategy. ”

"What does the Great General mean"

"Kazakh, Bukhara, Brut, these three khanates, in fact, are mixed with various ethnic groups, the composition is complex, many small tribes and these three khans are not necessarily the same heart, we should try to absorb these small tribes, accumulate sand into a tower, at that time, we will no longer be as passive as now, and we can be regarded as laying a foundation in Central Asia."

Although the general's words are reasonable, most of these small tribes believe in Islam, and the main reason why these small tribes have not yet joined our army is that they do not want to change their existing beliefs.

If you want to quickly open up the situation and win over these small tribes, you can only allow them to keep their existing beliefs. And today, once they agree to keep their original beliefs, I am afraid that in the future, there will be endless troubles, which is not what His Majesty wants to see, and the general will have to think twice. ”

Su Jin frowned slightly and did not answer, this is a difficult problem to decide, in fact, it is not difficult to lay down a place, the difficulty lies in how to incorporate effective rule.

Especially in places like Central Asia, where it is difficult to project troops, and the surrounding areas are all large countries that believe in Islam, which constantly affects these newly conquered places.

If drastic measures are not taken now to force the local people to convert, it will be even more difficult to change in the future.

Ma Yiwen said: "General, it's better to do this, let the 5,000 soldiers and horses from Moxi turn around and go north, and connect with General Li Ding in the north as soon as possible, and on our side, we will also try to persuade some small tribes that as long as they are willing to give up their original beliefs, they will be given preferential treatment, and they will be lured over with heavy profits to change the current unfavorable situation." Wait for the imperial court to send reinforcements again, and it will be easy to do as soon as you can. ”

Su Jin nodded and said, "It seems that it has to be like this." ”

After the two discussed, Su Jin immediately sent an order. He originally brought a total of 30,000 Tibetan youths to Moxi, but only 20,000 to attack Kazakhstan;

Originally, there were still 10,000 horses left to graze in Moxi, and after defeating Turkestan, Su Jin felt that the troops were not enough, so he sent people back to transfer 5,000 troops, and now these 5,000 troops have just arrived in Shaye.

Now Su Jin sent someone to pass the order, that is, to ask the 5,000 men and horses to turn around and go north, with the Kazakh Central Tent being broken by Li Ding, although the entire Kipchak steppe has not had time to sweep, but it has been like scattered sand, if the command is right, the 5,000 army to the north, it should be enough.

Staff generals Chen Runan, Huo Dongsheng, Li Sheng, Wu Anbang, guerrillas Song Chao, Hu Tian, Yang Zaicheng, Yang Tianfang, and others all expressed their support for this decision, and they did not have as many things to consider as Su Jin and Ma Yiwen, they only had to consider how to defeat every enemy they encountered, and they were not so worried about the situation in front of them.

Of course, after a night's rest, early the next morning, more than 10,000 troops set off again and went straight to the city of Bukhara, and Su Jin also hoped that this blow to the heart could force Bukhara Khan to fight a decisive battle with him.

But Su Jin was disappointed, and after the army had advanced for half a day, news came from the front that the Great Khan of Bukhara Aziz had abandoned the city of Bukhara and retreated to Samarkand in the east.

After all, Bukhara is Aziz's capital, Su Jin didn't expect him to give up so simply, so the situation will be even more difficult, if Aziz has been avoiding without fighting, what should he do?

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