Khorasan is a place where most of it is in northeastern Iran, and part of it is in the area of Herat in Afghanistan and the area of Mare in Turkmenistan.

And Khorasan further east, across the Amu Darya River, is the middle of the river, which is now the territory of Great Qin, and Su Jin's army is stationed in the river.

From 1609 to 1610, a bloody war broke out between the Safavid Empire and the Kurds.

The cause of the war was a citadel in the area near Lake Urumiyah in northwestern Iran.

Local Kurdish chieftains tried to maintain independence between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire.

After a long and bloody siege of the citadel by the Safavid army, the citadel fell. Abbas I ordered a bloody sweep of the entire province and the relocation of large numbers of Kurdish tribes to Khorasan.

Forty years later, the Kurds in Khorasan are approaching 300,000. Because of their different beliefs, these Kurds were subjected to severe enslavement, burdened with heavy taxes, forced labor, and extortion by officials.

The Kurds, who could not bear to be enslaved, constantly resisted and were repeatedly brutally suppressed by the Safavid army.

On this day, a small caravan of more than a dozen camels came to the Kurdish settlement west of the city of Mashhad, bringing exquisite silk produced in Daqin, as well as tea and so on. The Kurds look at these goods with envy, only they live in hardship and cannot afford them.

Seeing that no one was patronizing the business, the merchant had no choice but to go directly to the Kurdish patriarch and sell him goods.

The merchants, the small caravan was received by the patriarch Mudra, who were mostly Kazakhs, but also Turkmen, Uzbeks, and even two turbaned Orientals who looked a bit like the Dzungar Mongols.

After Roque, the leader of the caravan, presented Mudra with some gifts, the conversation began to heat up.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Roque suddenly burst into a sentence: "I deeply sympathize with seeing your people live so hard. I wonder if the patriarch wants to free your people from their current life of slavery? If the patriarch wishes, I can show you a clear path. ”

The smile on Mudra's face closed. He looked at Roque with a serious face.

Roque said with a smile: "Patriarch, don't worry, we are from the east, and we are definitely not spies of the Persians, I believe it is not difficult for the patriarch to figure this out." ”

Mudra was still looking at him with a blank expression. Silent.

The Kurds are the fourth most populous ethnic group in the Middle East after the Arabs, Turks and Persians, and have established their own state several times. Later, it perished in several invasions by the Turks and Mongols, and later came under the rule of the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire.

They had been trying to maintain independence between the Ottoman and Safavid empires, seeking to establish a state. But they were brutally suppressed, and it was because of this that Mudra and his people were relocated to Khorasan to live a life of slavery.

Roque knew that he would not be able to gain Mudra's trust without coming up with something practical.

So, he took out a piece of paper from his bosom and handed it to Mudra.

The document was written in both Chinese and Persian, and Mudra's fingers trembled slightly after reading it.

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Samarkand is one of the oldest cities in the Transoxiana region. An important hub city on the Silk Road, connecting the Persian Empire, India and China.

It was once a Sogdian settlement, and the Sogdians, who were good at business, built Samarkand into a beautiful capital.

It is recorded in the history books: Samarkand, that is, the Han Dynasty Zongbindi, the Sui Dynasty called Caoguo, and the Tang Dynasty renamed Zongbin, all of which are connected to China. Yuan Taizu leveled the Western Regions, all to the kings, horses for the king, Yi before the name of the country in Mongolian, the name of Samarkand. Go to Jiayuguan for 9,600 miles. The king of the Yuan Dynasty. Horse Timur also.

Now, the Hanzhong region has been pacified by Su Jin, and Samarkand has been used by Su Jin as the location of the commander's tent. The mosque in the city has long since been bulldozed, and there is no trace of Islam in the city. Books were burned, even the writing on the walls was chiseled off, and ordinary people were ordered to wear Hanfu instead.

The pacification of the river not only attracted a large number of Great Qin caravans, but also Buddhism and Taoism also came here to develop believers. Raise funds to build Buddhist temples and Taoist temples.

In this regard, Su Jin gave great support and transferred some prisoners as laborers. In just one year, two temples and Taoist temples have been built in the city, with more than 200 monks and Taoists;

They are working hard to promote the Dharma and morality, and they are doing well. It has developed thousands of believers. Merchants from Daqin also went to temples and Taoist temples to offer some sesame oil money, and the incense became more and more prosperous.

In the military palace in the north of the city, Su Jin lost a lot of weight because of a serious illness a while ago, but fortunately, after being treated by the military doctor, he was fine.

Staff generals Chen Runan, Li Sheng, Yang Zaicheng, guerrilla Wu Tian, and staff officers Qian Da and Wang Yu gathered in front of the map and were talking to each other.

Chanda said: "The Safavid has amassed nearly 100,000 troops in the Khorasan region, as well as a large number of artillery, and at this time, I am afraid that the Kurds will not dare to act rashly." ”

Su Jin said: "I don't expect them to act immediately, if the Safavid dares to attack us, they can play a great role in diverting the rear.

In addition, the meaning of the Holy One is that I, Daqin, will be bounded by the Amu Darya River. To the west of the Amu Darya River, we must support a small country close to our Great Qin as a buffer. This kind of thing is definitely difficult to accomplish overnight, so we must be patient and plan slowly. ”

General Yang Zaicheng said: "Now Yang Jier is very obedient, according to me, it is better to support Yang Jier to build a country west of the Amu Darya River to get Lisuo, we have not been in contact with these Kurds, and the ghost knows what they think." ”

Su Jin said: "Yang Ji'er can't do it, don't look at him so obedient now, if you really let him go west of the Amu Darya River to re-establish the country, it will be difficult to say what will happen in the future." Moreover, it is impossible to drive all the Kazakhs on the Kipchak Daji to the west of the Amu Darya River, and in the future it is inevitable that there will be internal and external collusion between their clans, which will be detrimental to the stability of the middle of the river. Supporting the Kurds does not have these hidden dangers, they have been enslaved and oppressed now, and it is undesirable for them to get the help of Daqin, no matter how you look at it, the Kurds have no reason to refuse. “

Staff officer Chanda said: "General, if we do not enter the war, even if we provide weapons to the Kurds, it will be difficult for them to withstand the halberds of the Safa army, let alone establish a state west of the Amu Darya River."

Therefore, I think that in addition to plotting against the Turks west of the Caspian Sea, we should also build up another force in Khorasan to form a link with the Kurds, so that it is possible to withstand the onslaught of the Safavid army.

The Uzbeks have always been the sworn enemies of the Safavids, and although the Uzbeks were defeated during the reign of Abbas I, they still have many ethnic groups west of the Amu Darya River, and with some support, it will not be difficult for them to form a left-right echo with the Kurds, so that the Safavids can take care of one or the other. “

Su Jin thought about it and felt that this move was very necessary, although the red heads on the Caspian Sea were powerful, they were too far away, and they could only sow discord and could not control it. Moreover, there is not much difference between fostering one force and fostering two forces. Daqin has a large number of eliminated weapons, and it is completely possible to give them on credit, even if it is not a big problem to give them away for nothing.

After some discussion, Su Jin and others quickly decided to send people to contact the Uzbeks, so that the redheads, Kurds, and Uzbeks would be equivalent to supporting three forces in the Middle East at the same time.

Soldiers do things, they don't like to drag mud and water, anyway, when they captured the three countries of Kazakhstan, Brut, and Blat, they seized a large number of weapons, these nomadic tribes, you give them firearms, they may not use them well, anyway, sabers, bows and arrows come really.

The envoy sent here to contact the Uzbeks had only been on for three days, and the caravan had returned to contact the Kurds.

As expected, the Kurds were overjoyed by the support for Daqin, and naturally agreed to Daqin's conditions.

However, how to transport a large number of weapons over, this is a difficult problem, the Safavid Empire has nearly 100,000 troops pressed on the border, the defense is extremely tight, a small caravan of more than a dozen people is not a problem, but to transport a large number of weapons over, it is not easy.

Just when Su Jin and the others were racking their brains to find a way, a surprising news came: the Safa Empire had begun to withdraw troops from the border.

Unbeknownst to them, Abbas II had suddenly changed his attitude and decided not to attack the Hanzhong region anymore, and was committed to establishing diplomatic relations with Great Qin. With the withdrawal of Safavid troops, there were many gaps on the border, and the opportunity could not be missed, so Su Jin immediately organized several groups of camel caravans to transport weapons to the Kurds in batches.

Immediately afterwards, the Uzbek leader Saibei Khan took thousands of men and horses, followed the envoys sent by Su Jin, and personally rushed to Samarkand to meet Su Jin, and the two sides also hit it off.

After Su Jin and he had a good time, he directly brought him back a large number of sabers and bows and arrows, of course, everything went so smoothly, it was all out of a combination of interests, and the Uzbeks got the advantage first, of course, it was refreshing.

Su Jin is not afraid that they will regret it, after all, following Daqin is beneficial and harmless to them, and if they can't ask for it, a fool will regret it;

As for the future, then we can only go and see, as long as we continue to strengthen the control of the Kurds and Uzbeks, plus they want to grab territory from the Safavid Empire, the division has been settled, and if they don't listen to the words of Daqin, they are sandwiched between the two great powers, they are looking for death.

In general, as long as Great Qin's control over the Hezhong region did not weaken, they would definitely not be able to make too many waves. (To be continued.) )xh118