Two thousand five hundred cavalry sailed along the road on the west coast of the Caspian Sea, crossed the Great Wall of Derbint built by the Persians and entered Baku.

Since the Kurds who occupied the land left Persia, there have been few Azerbaijanis left here. Qitad brought a group of people from the mountain group to farm from Alan City.

After learning that Qitade personally led the army, Nian Wangyi took a few people north to Sumgate to greet him.

"How?"

Qitad asked.

"Khan, everything is normal. Now I have concentrated the Azerbaijanis here in the Sumgait farm, and my regiment is farming near Baku. The one thousand herders moved here are nomadic on the remaining wastelands. These thousand households have performed well in militia training and can be collected at any time."

Qitad nodded, "Your biggest enemy is not the Avals, nor the Azerbaijanis, but the Chechens on the mountainside"

"The Caucasus Mountain on this side of Baku is very flat, and Chechens can easily get down the mountain. Be careful"

"Please rest assured that I built a military camp at the mountain pass where the easiest mountain is to go down, and a company was placed there. If the Chechens arrived, this company had the advantage of firearms and could soon pass the message to Baku"

"If they go around from other places, the number of people will definitely not be too large, and they will easily contact our herdsmen, so they are not afraid of it."

"What's the situation with Sumgate?"

"The Khan, the original ruler of the Baku Khanate, was the Turkmenistan leader. However, with the death of Azerbaijan Khan, the country was disturbed, and the Kurds rose up. They attacked and killed the Baku Khan and massacred all the Turkmen nobles, leaving only civilians behind"

"It's a cheaper one. There are only two castles in the Baku Khanate, one is the castle Sumgate in front of me. According to your instructions, I chose a descendant of the Baku nobles as the city lord and let them migrate all the Baku farmers to nearby farming"

"As for Baku City, it is also made of white marble, which is only slightly smaller than Makhachkara City, and naturally exists as a military camp and city in our country"

"Well, how many Baku people still have?"

"The Khan originally had about 15,000 households and about 50,000 people, half of which were herdsmen and half were farmers. The farmers were local Azerbaijanis, and the herdsmen were Turkmens"

"It's not just that after listening to someone's instigation, the herdsman leader decided to attack Sumgate City and wanted to compete with Baku Khan. Since becoming the master of Baku Khan, Baku Khan has been relying on farmers. He has few cavalry in his hands, most of them are infantry, so he naturally loses to this rebel."

"In the end, I had to ask for help from the Kurds who were nomadly on the southern foot of the Eastern Caucasus Mountains. Unfortunately, the wolves left and the tigers came. In the end, the Kurds occupied the magpie's nest and became the master of Baku"

"After the Kurds left, about a thousand Kurdish herders continued to nomadic on the southern slopes of the Eastern Caucasus Mountains"

"My country is well-known. Whether it is the local Azerbaijani farmers or Turkmens, the Kurds are obedient"

"Don't take it lightly. The Turkmen, Kurds, and Azerbaijanis here are all Islamists. If the Azerbaijan had not been divided, this place would be a powerful force. Their young and strong losses are now heavy, so we will take advantage of the situation."

"Yes, the generals of the ranks always keep in mind"

Qitade placed his ego in Baku area, and naturally considered that he was a slave of Baoyi, and had farmed the land and was both civil and military. Although he was accustomed to flattery, he was still a rare talent.

Since he transferred half a brigade to East Azerbaijan, his regular brigade in his local area has reduced his strength and he can only place one regiment here.

But as East Azerbaijan becomes unified, the biggest enemy they actually face is the Chechens. Unlike the Avals, a regiment that has forgotten about the firearms is a team of well-known firearms. If the Chechens knew about it, they would not have made any idea here.

After leaving Sumgate, Qitad did not go to Baku City, but went south directly.

When approaching Arat, they met a scout sent by Paul.

At this time, they were twenty miles away from Arat City.

In Qitad's tent, the detective cavalry spread out a map.

"This is Arat, this is Nevdehara, this is even Koran, close to the Caspian Sea, and it is also a gathering place for the three tribes, with castles"

"This is Sabilabad, this is Palsabad, two castles in East Azerbaijan and a gathering place for the other two tribes in East Azerbaijan"

"After our brigade entered, one brigade was divided into ten battalions, and five castles were stationed in two battalions"

"Except for the three castles on the coast, the taller ones, the inland Sabilabad and the walls of Palsabad are very short..."

Qitad knew very well, not because the city walls were small, but because he killed the nobles of East Azerbaijan and made the Azerbaijanis in each city disobey.

"So, Brigade Commander Paul decided to shrink his defense line and transfer four of Sabilabad and Parsabad's four revenues to three castles along the coast..."

Qitade naturally heard the unspoken voice.

"So the Persians' governor of Tabriz is a lot?"

"Yes, at first they had only five thousand riders, but after they occupied Sabilabad and Palsabad, a large number of people drove from Tabriz"

"Recently today, we caught several Persian scouts to learn something"

"Oh?"

"At the junction of Persia and Ottoman, there are a large number of Kurds, and Faisal, the governor of Tabriz, was the Kurds and the leader of the Kurds near Lake Van. He made great contributions in the war in which Karim Khan of Persia almost unified Persia"

"Therefore, he was granted the title of Governor of Tabriz. He had at least 20,000 troops in Tabriz. After occupying two cities, he transferred a total of 10,000 squadrons from there. It seemed that he was preparing to recover the entire Azerbaijan region."

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"Also, according to the captive's confession, Karim Khan has promised that once he recovers Azerbaijan, he can become a great khan in the entire Azerbaijan. This is the reason why he did not hesitate to offend us and entered here"

"Recover the entire Azerbaijan?"

Although he knew that Azerbaijan was once a province of the Persian Empire, Azerbaijan had actually been independent for a long time, and recovery was just a cover. Faisal wanted to become the Khan of the entire Azerbaijan.

"What about Georgians?"

"They are very cunning. Seeing that the Persians are about to meet our army, they are so happy to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. They have no intention of joining hands with us to fight against the Persians"

"Oh?"

Qitade immediately had a different thought in his heart.

"Where is Faisal?"

"In Sabilabad, he only placed five thousand men in Parsabad, and the remaining 15,000 men were placed in Sabilabad"

"So he knew that Ben Khan was coming and was going to fight me there?"

"I don't know about this department, but after arriving in Arat, there are two roads to reach Sabilabad. One is to go straight west, and after crossing the mountains, you can enter the Azerbaijan Plain"

"But there is a small Sylvan Fort at the end of the mountain, which just stuck the pass. The small fort was originally surrendered to us, but after the Persians entered, they rebelled."

"If you want to arrive at Sabilabad from here, you must first take down the Castle of Sylvan. Although the Castle of Sylvan is not big, it is built in a dangerous place. It is a castle with earth and stone structure. My brigade has tried it and it will definitely not be able to be bombarded with a short-barrel cannon"

"Also, there are cliffs on both sides of the small fort, and there is only a clear road that passes through it. The road is covered with stones. That's not all. There are a whole huge rock near the two city gates. You can't get it if you want to dive near and then blow it up with gunpowder."

"The other road is to bypass the Sylvan Fort, go straight south, and after crossing the Arat wasteland, you can enter the Great Plain, and then you can reach Sabilabad in the northwest, but the distance is three times longer"

Qitad nodded, "Where are the Georgians? Where are their chiefs?"

"Khan, please see, this is the Aras River, the dividing line between East and West Azerbaijan, this is the city of Beragan in the west of the river, only a few dozen miles from Palsabad and more than one hundred miles from Sabilabad"

"The one stationed in the city of Beragan was King Teimuzara II of East Georgia. He brought five thousand Georgian infantry and cavalry and about ten thousand Azerbaijani vassals"

Qitad felt a stern.

"This is not a place to watch the tiger fight. He knew that Faisal's army was on the east bank of the Alas River and still dared to station in such a close place. Wouldn't he be afraid that Faisal would send troops to attack him?"

"However, Bayar has been on missions to the country many times before, and he has clearly reached a friendly agreement with him. They have been under the jurisdiction and oppression of Persians for a long time. Do you rather have a good relationship with Persians than see our country enter Azerbaijan?"

"Do they actually regard our country as a more terrifying existence than the Persians? It's impossible. They are surrounded by Islamic forces. Only by having good friends with our country can we achieve a stable situation"

He couldn't help but stand up.

After a while, he finally understood.

"Like our country in East Azerbaijan, they will not have smooth sailing invasion of Western Azerbaijan as Christians. Moreover, the essence of Azerbaijan is in the west. The former Azerbaijan also came from the Balda region, where the tribal powers were stronger than the east."

"It is also more difficult to control, but these people have been subject to Persians for hundreds of years, and have the same religion. In their consciousness, it is probably like North Korea in East Asia's recognition of China"

"So, for Eastern Georgia, it is best to reach a secret agreement with the Persians who have made a comeback, reduce their taxes on the Persians, and obtain a certain piece of land in Azerbaijan."

"The population of Georgians is smaller than that of Azerbaijan and are pagans. If there are no such means as Truchen, it will be difficult to occupy it for a long time"

"In the face of such close interests, all diplomatic agreements are not worth mentioning at all"

"In other words, Dieimulazar II was not here to compete for the benefit of the fisherman, but was preparing to join forces with the Persians to completely defeat our army!"
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