Spring goes and autumn comes.

Population is equally important for people in the North Caucasus.

After losing to Truchen twice in a row, the Chechens were greatly weakened. Originally, their population was not dominant in the Terek River basin, but because of the special sect, it was dominated.

There is no airtight wall in the world. After the second defeat, the Chechens strengthened the deprivation of the Tatarstan region (which is roughly within the scope of the later Republic of Dagestan, with many tribes inside).

These tribes belong to the Islamic religion, so they are naturally dissatisfied with this. The most numerous Avals, the Lezkins, took the lead in launching a rebellion.

Azerbaijani Khan Azart, who was defeated by Georgia, naturally was happy to see this because of his sharp decline in prestige. In name, the Persians handed over the Chechnya region to Azerbaijan for management, but in fact, Mansur was independent.

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In Azerbaijan, on the surface, Azart Khan is mainly composed of but in fact it is divided into more than a dozen small countries. He is just a nominal Khan. This loose alliance Khan is very fragile, and it is okay to be calm and quiet.

The wind and grass will cause the danger of getting pregnant.

Of course, these are all intentional for their master, Persians.

In order to calm the complaints in the territory, Azart Khan decided to completely take over the Tatarstan area, and Mansour had to raise an army to fight.

For people in the Tatarstan region, it is almost the same as those of Chechens or Azerbaijanis, but at least they are more willing to accept the rule of the seemingly stronger Azerbaijani Khan.

So, they counterattacked, and Mansour was defeated again, and finally had to retreat to Grozny City.

At this time, on the north bank of the Telec River, there was a large area of ​​Chechen ranch. Qitad naturally wanted to push his territory to the Telec River, which was a big river that never froze all year round.

It was not feasible for Mansur to send people to inform the Persians to come and save him. The road to the Caspian Sea was blocked by Azerbaijanis and Tatarstans. On the other side of the Caucasus Mountain were Georgians who believed in Christianity.

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So, rarely, he sent someone to find Qitad.

....

With Qitad's current ability, he could reach the north bank of the Telec River with pure military strength. However, when he thought of the Chechens' performance later, he was still scared and was waiting for the right opportunity.

Now the opportunity has finally come.

If the land can be obtained in the form of a treaty, it will naturally be more popular than purely military means. Otherwise, the Mongols in history would have been rough, but they did not completely conquer them.

For Azart Khan, although he had heard of the power of the Turguts, his father had fought with them more than ten years ago, he had never encountered it.

Lucky, this is the common characteristic of all people with mediocre qualifications.

This time, he reluctantly convinced the leaders of the small country in his territory, giving him a last chance to try, pieced together 10,000 cavalry, and then escorted the Tatarstans all the way north, and at first let them consume with the Chechens.

When the war is almost over, it is already very successful.

So, along the way, the Azerbaijani troops suffered not much loss, but the Tatarstans suffered heavy losses. Of course, the Chechens were the same.

They surrounded Grozny City and had been attacking for several days.

This is the news that three brigades have been dispatched to Qitad, who has arrived at the north bank of the Telec River.

"A mess"

This was Qitad's first reaction. When he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel confused.

You should know that the north bank of the Telec River is a large open area, but there is only a small piece of plain on the north bank, and behind it is the endless Caucasus Mountains. For thousands of years, whenever a strong enemy arrives, he will definitely run to the mountain.

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It is not easy to conquer them on the mountain, unless you are a powerful country.

But obviously Truchen is not now.

Mansour finally agreed to Qitad's request. For them, the Chechens, they were originally mountain tribes, and they lost the territory on the north bank of the Terek River and the plains on the south bank. They had a small population, plus the alpine pastures.

Enough to support them.

If it weren't for the strong religious factors, it would be actually the best choice to keep the south bank of the Telec River.

In the big tent, Qitade, Shen Muhua, Su Wenyu, Nolbu and others are discussing.

These people's understanding of religion is naturally not as deep as Qitad. They are about to obtain all the territory on the north bank of the Terek River, and they are all very excited.

Qitade was as calm as ever.

"Norb, with the information from spies near Grozny and Makhachkara, how much has the Tatarstans consumed at present?"

Norb replied: "The population of Tatarstan is about 500,000, and the Chechens are about 300,000. This time, the Tatarstans dispatched 30,000 young and strong, which is the essence, because they followed the Chechens to attack Alan City.

It was lost more than 10,000 yuan”

"They went to fight, and most of the people who were dispatched were on the plains, and the mountains were too scattered and could not gather in a hurry. According to the confession of the prisoners captured by our company, when they hit the city of Grozny, the Tatarstans lost half of them. In fact, they didn't want to fight again.

but Azart Khan forced them to continue besieging Grozny”

"The Chechens are almost the same. They originally had the advantage, but whenever the battle is fierce and difficult to separate, the Azerbaijani cavalry suddenly entered, making it difficult to defend. Therefore, their losses are greater than those of the Tatarstans"

"At least 20,000 people were killed or injured. Even if there were no Azerbaijanis, they would take at least one or two decades to recover."

"Grozny is a big city with earth and stone structure. It is not easy for the Azerbaijanis to conquer..."

Qitad inserted: "Are you the nobles of the Chechen tribe living in the city?"

"Yes, in addition to these people, there are religious people sent from Persia, and there are about 10,000 people in the city who can take up weapons to fight."

"Neither Tatarstan nor Azerbaijani have large artillery and not even catapults. It is not easy to conquer this city"

"Then I'll wait here"

Qitade's final decision.

"When will you have to wait?"

"It's almost done. Azart has probably seen us. To prevent the night and dreams, he will definitely speed up the attack. Although Grozny City is a soil and rock structure, it is only more than ten feet high. If you are not afraid of dead ants, you will still

Can be won quickly”

"If Azart Khan wants to control this land as soon as possible, he can only kill all the nobles in the city. In the past, this place was assigned to them by the Persians, but it did not do it. Obviously, there was also resentment in it.

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"In history, whether it was the Golden Horde or the Ottoman Empire, the measures adopted were to kill all the people on the plains and lure people on the mountain to come down to farm. I believe Azart Khan knew this well"

....

This wait is ten days.

Just as Qitad gradually became a little impatient, Norbu ran over excitedly.

"Sweat, I have it!"

"What's there, the city is broken?"

But Nolbu shook his head.

Qitade cursed: "What the hell is going on?"

Nolbu quickly said, "It's not broken, it's burned!"

"Burn?" Qitad suddenly understood, "Azerbaijan, but it has natural Greek fire. In Baku, there is Biatrao, and Culisaré has more oil on the ground!"
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"It seems that Azart Khan has no choice but to use his trick when he sees the city is not good!"

“How did they do it?”

"Khan, although they did not use a catapult to attack the city, they placed wooden balls wrapped in oil on the catapult, which weighed much lighter than stones and could be easily thrown into the city. In the last three days, the Tatarstans suffered heavy casualties due to the deaths and injuries of the Tatarstans in the last three days.

, Azerbaijanis have to go into battle, too”

"It's probably quite damaged, so I used this trick"

Qitad quickly rode his horse to the side of the Terek River, but unfortunately it was too far from Grozny City, and there was nothing to see except for the distant horizon.

I saw several Azerbaijani cavalry patrolling the south bank.

"Let him burn it, let's talk about it in three days, but..."

"Sweat, what's it?"

"Since all the elite Tatarstans have arrived here, isn't their capital Makhachkara very empty? Tell me, should we conquer people with virtue or strength?"

Everyone didn't understand why, Qitad explained: "I naturally wanted to take the land south of the Tereke River, but there was a hornet's nest. If they were not satisfied, they would cause trouble. They could not defeat them and then ran to the mountains to hide.

Make you feel at ease”

"In my original idea, it is enough to get the north bank of the Telec River, but since Azart Khan came in person, he had another idea"

Su Wenyu seemed to understand something, "What the Khan meant to eliminate all the Azerbaijanis and Chechens here?"

Qitad glared at him, "Where have you thought of?"

"I believe that after this battle, the Tatarstans also understood what the Azerbaijanis were. Even if they were ruled by Azart Khan, they would be dissatisfied."

"But they have not fought with us directly. It is impossible to conquer people with virtue. This world is no, no, no, it has been the same principle throughout history. The use of both civil and military affairs is the way to govern the country."

"Well?"

“Makhach Karaka is between the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian Sea, and Azart Khan wants to withdraw to Azerbaijan, which is the only passage…”

"He can also climb over the Caucasus Mountains and return to Azerbaijan"

"Just, you killed all the Chechens in the plains and burned the city of Grozny. How could Chechens in the mountains not take revenge? Besides, there is no easy way to go. The only easy way to go is Alan City, which is even more difficult."

"If we send out a surprise force to reach Makhachkara City, it means we are here to deal with the Azerbaijanis. The people there must have understood the situation in our country, and the tragic situation ahead will most of them reach their ears"

"So, we can lock Azart's retreat, and then cross the Terrek River openly. A brigade fought from west to east from the direction of Alan City, further locking in the possibility of retreating to the Caucasus Mountains, two
Chapter completed!