100,000 keys were transported onto the ship and went south along the Tongji Canal into the Huai River to reach Lianyungang. After being sent from Lianyungang to Songjiang Mansion, change to a big boat and set off, transfer to a rail ox cart at the Siam Isthmus to enter Tianzhu Yang, and then go north from Tianzhu Yang. In June, the steam-sail-powered ships had a smooth sail and docked at the port of Mumbai in mid-July to join the already ready fleet, arriving in the southern ports of the Ilkhanate in late July.

When the fleet docked, the flag of the True God Cult was fluttering on the flagpole high above the harbor. The huge flag fluttered proudly in the summer breeze, and the person in charge of the fleet was nervous, so he cheered himself up to the group of business representatives who had gathered on the flagship: "That flag should be made by our Great Song Dynasty, right?" Look at the fabric, it doesn't look like Tianzhu can make it. ”

The delegates, who also needed to relax, said: "It must be embroidered, and if it is painted with paint, it will not be so fine." ”

Later, they even talked about the business rivals they faced, the local embroidery products of the Great Song Dynasty had already covered the entire Tianzhuyang market, and the only small opponents were the province of Europa and the Eastern Roman Empire. It's not enough to go to Europa, and the embroidery factory was opened by the Great Song Dynasty. Twenty years ago, the Eastern Roman Empire had been in such decay that it had suddenly recovered with the help of the Quadripartite Alliance, and the embroidery products produced in the official factories that filled the legions' families became more and more exquisite.

The purpose of talking about this matter here is certainly not to make an inventory of business opponents, and after a few words, everyone talked about how to unload the goods. Prioritization, how to accept and make sure that the other party pays the money. Of course, these are prepared, and from the port of Mumbai, there are two ships carrying unloading platforms in the Great Song fleet. There is no need to enter the port, as long as the waves are not high, the cargo can be unloaded onto the small boat carrying the cargo using equipment such as cranes.

While chatting, several boats followed the liaison boat sent out by Da Song out of the port. Liaison boats are usually placed on large boats, and in order to facilitate storage, there is no complicated structure, and the volume also belongs to small boats. It's just that with the help of the unloading ship, after putting it into the water, a few external devices that are usually inconvenient to add are added. I saw a small sail erected on the liaison boat, and behind it was a propeller driven by a loaded gas engine. Although several ships from the slave dynasty that came out were considered local ships, they still did not show an advantage over the liaison boats.

It didn't take long for several personnel from the Slave Dynasty to board the Great Song fleet. As soon as the two sides made contact, the people of the slave dynasty said, "We have ordered a batch of keys, can you bring them?" ”

The representative in charge of this project was full of joy, squeezed into the middle in the middle of everyone's attention, and said loudly: "I'll take care of this." ”

"Bring something." The people of the slave dynasty immediately said to the deputy.

One by one, the big boxes were lifted up, and when they were opened, they saw small paper bags on the paulownia board under the boxes. Pick up a random one and open it, and the inside immediately shows beautiful colors. The cloisonné key, with green and black as the base color, has other color blocks added to it. Holding it in his hand heavily, when he changed the angle to the sun, he could see that the colors similar to the rainbow were reflected. Read the text on the front of the key carefully, it is a combination of extremely delicate color blocks and pure black color blocks, and the 'true god is greatest' gives people a solemn feeling when they look at it. The 'Die for God, Go to Heaven' on the back is equally delicate and unpretentious.

The others were surprised by the reaction of the slave dynasty, how they remembered the key when they were fighting. When someone picks up the key and looks at it, they have to sigh that it is excellent from design to workmanship.

"That's all?" The personnel of the Slave Dynasty questioned.

The representative immediately uncovered the paulownia plank, it turned out that the thing was not only the upper layer, the paulownia plank was very thin, and the paper bags were placed on the layer of paulownia plank, which was anti-collision and easy to count. The slave dynasty counted the numbers and laboriously put them back together. I don't care about the cumbersomeness. A few people were not enough, so many boxes were transferred to their ship first. The representative here hurriedly asked for money, and saw that the people of the slave dynasty frowned and brought some small boxes. When it was opened, it was full of gold leaves, and the eyes of the other representatives were almost spewing fire. So much gold, but I've made a fortune. The Great Song Dynasty made a lot of money in the trade of Tianzhu Ocean, not to mention the current stage, even if it was rare to see so much gold trading before.

There are personnel here to inspect immediately, and it is still a happy person. After inspecting the gold, a person from the Joy Industry said, "It's all smelted in sand." ”

Sand gold is found at the bottom of rivers or in low-lying areas, mixed with stone sand, and washed gold. Sand gold originated from the mine, because the gold ore is exposed to the ground, after a long period of wind and rain, the rock is weathered and cracked, the gold will be separated from the vein along with the sediment and go down the water, naturally precipitated in the stone sand, in the bottom of the river or under the sand and gravel deposited as a gold-bearing layer, thus forming sand gold. The characteristics of sand gold are: the size of the particles is different, the large ones are like broad beans, the small ones are like fine sand, and the shapes are different. The color varies according to the level of color, more than ninety percent is reddish yellow, eight becomes pale yellow, and seven becomes blue-yellow.

The original Arab Empire had a lot of sand, and it was not uncommon for sand to be golden. It's just that the fineness of the sand gold is quite different, and the uniform purity of the refined gold of the Great Song Dynasty is much different, which does not make the jealousy of the other delegates less in the slightest. Whether it is sand gold or refined gold, gold is gold. Gold and silver are gradually withdrawing from the monetary field of the Great Song Dynasty and becoming the 'reserve' for the issuance and payment of banknotes by the Great Song Dynasty. In the Great Song Dynasty, the higher the production, the higher the price, there are not many things, and gold is undoubtedly the best among these few commodities. As the people became more and more affluent, women who did not wear a few pieces of gold jewelry, men also liked to bring a ring and wear some gold trinkets. For example, shirts with cufflinks, shirts are becoming more and more popular, and cufflinks are also becoming popular. Gadgets don't use much gold, but they can greatly increase the dignity of the owner. These gold leaves smelted in sand are shipped back to China, which is a big profit.

The cloisonné keys of the large boxes were replaced with gold leaves of the small boxes and small boxes. The first deal ended quickly, and just when the delegates thought it was time for them to make a fortune, the slave dynasty ended the deal on the grounds that it was too late, much to everyone's disappointment. The next day, the slave dynasty did not take out any more gold and silver, but resorted to barter. The deputies were even more disappointed, embarrassed to say anything in front of the other party, and began to scold vigorously when they arrived in the cabin.

The slave dynasty didn't care, and the first batch of 100,000 keys were quickly loaded on a camel team and sent to the front. At this time, the two sides had already set up a battle line near the capital of the Ilkhanate, and the joint operation stretched for dozens of miles. From the perspective of high altitude, the two sides are roughly divided into north-south directions. The army of the slave dynasty was in the east, and the Mongol banner army was in the west. After a long period of fighting, the joint ventures on both sides were staggered.

The generals of the large camp of the banner army here are in a meeting, and the camps of both sides are roughly marked on the map. The commander-in-chief of the banner army, Angmar, pointed to a place where the True God Cult was relatively weak, and said to the generals: "Break through here and cut those barbarians into two pieces. ”

The generals looked solemn, and for the time being, no one volunteered to undertake this breakthrough task. Angmar looked at the generals, and his voice was full of pain, "I know that everyone doesn't want to fight this tough battle, but the Great Khan is already angry, and he wants us to defeat the barbarians on the opposite side as soon as possible." And this battle is fought like this, we can only fight like this. The barbarians have learned to be obedient, and when they send out their troops, they are very careful and refuse to engage us head-on. We tried to take a long detour several times, but the pastures were eaten clean by the barbarian cavalry, and the horses could not bring much grain and grass. There's no long way to go. ”

The generals were silent, and finally someone said, "Could it be that the barbarians read the letter of Marshal Boyan from somewhere?" ”

Everyone's eyes fell on the man, and Commander-in-Chief Angmar had not only anger but also disdain in his eyes. This guy is Kong Youqi, the general of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and he is also the general of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty in the two banner armies that suffered heavy losses last time. Angmar actually knew that the defeat could not be blamed on all the holes, he was ordered to flank the enemy with another Mongolian Eight Banners Army, but he did not expect that the number of enemies was as high as 30,000, and the general was also a talent. It almost collapsed under the impact of the two banner armies several times, but it still held on. In the end, it was until reinforcements from the 50,000 slave dynasty arrived.

The two banner armies combined with 10,000 people, and they were exhausted after several hours of bloody battles in the face of 30,000 people. When they encountered the slave dynasty army that came to the aid in several ways, they were not afraid, but attacked the enemy army that came to help.

Angmar discussed the battle after the battle, believing that the two banner armies should not divide their forces, but should go all out to completely defeat the enemy, who was already on the verge of collapse. But in hindsight, anyone can be responsible, and in the situation at that time, the enemy in front of him had been supported for several hours. Those who didn't participate in the fight said to give them one more full blow, and they would collapse. The previous two banner armies had already given them several blows in a row but had failed to defeat them, so why should they succeed in the last blow.

What's more, according to the situation, Angmar also knew that the reinforcements did not stupidly choose to join the front that was almost collapsing, but divided the troops into several routes, with flanking attacks and outflanking. Ignoring these enemy forces, the two banner armies themselves will be in an embarrassment even if they are victorious.

But no matter what, Kong Youqi's efforts did not solve the battle, but only tried to maintain the offensive of the Mongol banner army. After a night of repairs, the next day there was another fierce battle. The armies of the slave dynasty were defeated again and again, and they did not stop at all. Although the Mongol banner army was very good at fighting, in the end the losses were so large that they were unable to fight again, so they could only abandon their positions and choose to retreat.

It's just that if that's the case, Angmar won't be so annoyed that Kong Youqi speaks. The problem is that what he says is too disappointing. In fact, the 'Ten Strategies' given by Boyan were not shown to the flag army on the front line as said outside, but all the generals of the flag army had seen it. It's just that at that time, it had already been discussed and came to the conclusion that it was to defeat the enemy head-on, and then start a pursuit. What does it mean to say this now? Could it be that Kong Youqi can't defeat the enemy, so he is ready to retreat?

Before Angmar could speak, a general came out to oppose it. "If we retreat, the slave dynasty will chase after us. Can't we throw so much baggage to them? After all, the leaders of these people are slaves, and they are very reckless! If we dare to withdraw, they will dare to chase. ”

The Slave Dynasty is the dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate of Tianzhu, which was named the Slave Dynasty because the founder of the three emperors, including Kutb-ud-Din Aybak, was born as slaves.

The dynasty originally governed the northern part of the Tianzhu Peninsula and built the capital of Delhi, which was the beginning of the establishment of the capital of the Tianzhu True God Sect Lin Dynasty. The founder, Qutb-ud-din Aybak (r. 1206~1210), was originally a descendant of a Turkic family in Central Asia, and was sold to the chief judge of Persneshay and the governor of the Ghor dynasty, Izi-ud-ud-din Muhammad al-Guri. Because of his allegiance to Gul and his repeated military exploits, he was deeply respected and trusted by Gul. After Gul's assassination in 1206, Ibak was chosen to succeed him and proclaimed Sultan because he had no heirs. He was a devout believer of the true God, and during his reign he made great achievements, not only restoring peace and order in the country, but also building monasteries and schools in the region. He encouraged the development of true theological scholarship and enjoyed a high reputation in the true theological religion.

Therefore, the Great Song Dynasty expanded rapidly in Tianzhu, but it was reluctant to fight with the slave dynasty. This dynasty is powerful, and it has a very appealing banner and ideas. Not only did they settle the territory of the state, but in 1229 they were given robes and canonized by the Abbasid caliph of Baghdad al-Mustan Sul (r. 1226~1242). Now that the Arab Empire has completely collapsed, the Tianzhu Slave Dynasty can even claim to be the true successor of the True God Cult by virtue of the robes and canonization of the Caliphate.

The Great Song Dynasty's understanding of the world was completely different from that of Mongolia. In the eyes of the Great Song Dynasty, since the purpose of the Tianzhu Slave Dynasty was only to stop the war, not even to stop the war, but to go to the holy place to worship smoothly and safely, then why not go down the river and agree to it. However, in the eyes of Mongolia, the Tianzhu slave dynasty is a 'reckless' word, no matter how inferior its combat effectiveness is to the Mongolian banner army, but at critical moments, there are always troops who can stand up and be reckless.

This is a tactic that Mongolia has never seen before. The Mongol armies encountered enemies in the past dynasties were either able to fight, but they did not have sustained combat effectiveness. In the face of such an enemy, the Mongol army would adopt the tactics of a vicious wolf, staring at the enemy, and at the slightest opportunity, they would go up and bite the enemy's neck.

Either that or a firm defense from the outset, leaving the Mongols free to choose every opportunity. Suffocated to death in the gradually tightening noose of the Mongol army.

Or the Song army led by Zhao Jiaren, who were incomparably stronger, and the tactics they adopted were straightforward and plain. Completely relying on strength to press up step by step, this kind of method has never been seen in Mongolia. The Mongol armies encountered enemies in the past dynasties were either able to fight, but they did not have sustained combat effectiveness. In the face of such an enemy, the Mongol army would adopt the tactics of a vicious wolf, staring at the enemy, and at the slightest opportunity, they would go up and bite the enemy's neck.

Either that or a firm defense from the outset, leaving the Mongols free to choose every opportunity. Suffocated to death in the gradually tightening noose of the Mongol army.

Or the Song army led by Zhao Jiaren, who were incomparably stronger, and the tactics they adopted were straightforward and plain. Completely rely on strength to press up step by step,