Silfan is not only built on the mountain pass, but also located on the bank of the Kula River.

The Kura River is the largest river in the Transcaucasus. This means that even if you break through the Sylvan Fort and want to go deep into the Great Plains, you will still face the obstruction of the Kura River.

Historically, the first line of defense of the Persian Empire against the nomadic tribes from the North Caucasus was Makhachkara City, the second line of defense was Jeerbint Great Wall (only more than one hundred miles), and the third line of defense was Kura River.

As night fell, a small team of fully armed cavalrymen galloped on the plain between Sirvan and the Kura River.

I saw that they were all wearing iron helmets, and they also had chain mail on their upper body, and all of them were tall Arabian horses.

A man with a beard but looks very young man is covered with armor, and the front of the iron helmet also has devices to protect his nose. The upper body is a chain armor, and the lower body is a chain armor to the knees.

Alabama under his seat is a pure dark horse, very majestic.

After crossing the Kura River, this small team of cavalry accelerated their efforts toward Fort Hilfan.

Soon, they saw the stone fort between two bare mountains.

Unlike the large number of white castles along the Caspian Sea, Sylvan Fort is a yellow-brown stone fort with the stones neatly polished. However, judging from the weeds emerging from the cracks of the rocks, this stone fort is obviously a bit old.

The Castle of Hilfan was built during the Roman Empire and was later destroyed by the Xhosa and then restored by the Persians. It looks like a stone castle, but it is divided into several floors and uses a large amount of Caucasian oak to make floors.

At first it was pointed at the top, but later it was changed to a dome but with spikes.

Seeing the arrival of this cavalry from afar, the soldiers on the castle immediately shouted.

"Saladin Muhare is here!"

It turned out that the Kurdish cavalry with iron armor was called Saladin, and Muhare meant the warrior.

Saladin was the first brave general under Faisal, the governor of Tabriz, Persia, and the captain of the guards, who led the few heavy cavalry under him.

The Kurds are the third largest tribe in the Middle East after the Arabs and Persians, and are also the most popular cavalry team in the Ottoman Empire and Persian Empire.

In the Ottoman Empire, their status was similar to that of Cossacks in Russia, while in the Persian Empire, they were once marveled with the Turks.

"Crouch..."

The heavy wooden door as high as two feet tall opened. Aladdin looked at the sky. After a whip, the big dark horse ran towards the city gate.

....

Although the castle is small, with a front of only about a hundred meters, it is very high, with as many as seven floors.

On the seventh floor, on the fortress, in the monocular, Saladin saw the Truchens' camp.

The campground is located in a relatively wide valley one mile away, with a circle of low walls around it, and tents are densely packed inside. One of the tents is larger, and there are flags flying on the roof.

"Twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one"

Saladin put down his telescope after observing for a while.

He turned around and said to the officer guarding the fort: "There are thirty-one tents in total, and the middle one is not to mention the officers living there. According to our country's intelligence, the Truqins are accustomed to using ten people as a team and staying in a tent when camping."

"Thirty tents mean that there were 300 people coming to them, and according to their name, it was a camp"

"At farther apart, there are some tents, which are dense, but I can't see clearly. It seems that they are preparing to attack Sirvan"

"Of course," he looked back at his personal soldiers, "It may also be a fraud. This road lacks water and enough forage"

"Their Khan Qitad is best at using fraud, but the troops in a battalion a mile ahead are not fake. I saw someone appearing inside, and most of the people on the outside are fake."

"They want us to think that the main force is all here, and the real main force is bypassing the Altan wasteland and attacking Sirvan from behind"

The castle officer said: "Since they will bypass the Arat wasteland, why not attack Sabilabad directly, but entangle with our army in Sirvan"

Saladin nodded, "I can't confirm this, but if they want to attack Sabilabad directly, they have to cross the lower reaches of the Kura River, where the river is wide and the water is deep, and it is not so easy to cross."

"At present, the Truchens have completely given up on the countryside and have all been huddled in the three coastal castles of Arat, Nevtehara, and Koran. The river bank has been controlled by our army. If you want to attack unexpectedly, you can only be a fantasy."

"What's more, Sabilabad has an army of more than 10,000. They only had two brigades of 6,000 people. They came from afar and definitely did not carry heavy artillery. Although Sabilabad City is a dirt city, it cannot be easily captured."

"Then we..."

"The base of this castle was built by the Romans in ancient times. It was about one meter wide and was built of huge rocks. Even if they had small cannons, they were helpless. What should they be afraid of? Just wait and see what they want to change."

That night, everything was as usual.

Not only that night, until the end of April, when the waters of the Aras and Kura Rivers soared, the Kurds still did not see the Truchens!

Because a camp of the Truchens sealed the road to explore the east of the Silvan Fort, and its side demolished all the pontoon bridges in the lower reaches of the Kula River. Although it affected the Truchens' attack, its news was also blocked in disguise.

For a whole month, the Truchens did not move at all.

Sabilabad.

Faisal, the governor of Tabriz, was walking around the room anxiously, with Saladin standing by, not daring to breathe.

"What the hell are the Truchens? Do you want to waste us to death? We have two castles of Sabilabad, Palsabad, and the vast countryside, and there is no problem to support them for another half a year. Although they occupy three castles along the coast, they are separated on the east bank of the Aras River"

"After a few months of bloody battles there, a large number of farmers who were unwilling to accept Raphael's control fled to the West Bank. It is the spring plowing season now, but there are no farmers farming. They are fighting in foreign lands. Can they waste us?"

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Saladin said carefully: "Are they waiting for reinforcements?"

Faisal nodded, "It's probably true. Originally, we only had five thousand troops. Qitad came here in person. He thought he could easily defeat him. Unexpectedly, he suddenly had more than 10,000 people. He was a big knight, so he naturally would not take risks easily."

"However, they are far away and have to carry a lot of food and grass. After arriving, they are also struggling and exhausted..."

It was another dusk, and he pushed open the door. At this moment, a burst of thunder sounded in the sky.

He smiled.

"The rainy season is about to enter, neither the Aras River nor the Kura River can be easily crossed"

Saladin nodded.

Generally speaking, in April, due to the melting of snow in the Caucasus Mountains, the Kura River will rise sharply, and the river water will even flow back into its tributary, the Aras River.

And Fort Hilfan is located not far from the intersection of the Aras River and the Kura River.

At that time, the widest part of the lower reaches of the Kula River was almost four or five miles, and the deepest part was dozens of meters, and large ships could also be used in the Alas River.

It was late at night, and occasionally thunder sounded from the sky.

But not just thunder, there were no rumbling sounds coming from the Kura River, which was filled with rivers.

A fleet is heading against the current.

There are five large ships in the fleet, one of which is slightly larger, located in the middle, with two in front and two in the back, which are lined up in a zigzag shape and roaring forward.

As soon as the fleet entered the Kura River, it attracted Saladin's idea of ​​patrolling the cavalry on the bank. They followed the fleet north and then followed them from near Fort Hilvan to the west.

This is a strange fleet.

At this time, the Kura River could pass through wooden boats to Yevrah, Georgia, upstream, but this was the first time that the cavalry had seen such a large ship.

What's more, when Persian merchants took a boat to Yevrah, the ships were all merchant ships with upturned at both ends. The largest one was only 60% of the size of such ships in front of him. The main mast on the ship was also wearing the flag of Persian.

Also, although these ships also have masts, they did not rise at this time, but could sail on the river out of thin air!

This is really weird.

If Dobassan was still in the hands of the Persians at this time, it would be obvious that the Kurdish cavalry would not have been surprised, because Dobassan had seen such a ship.

However, Tubasi has never seen a single boat that does not need to lift sails or paddles!

The owner of this fleet obviously has only one person in this world.

Truchen!

Of course, Truchen would not use a steam engine when he sailed in the Caspian Sea, but this time they had to use it for special purposes.

They naturally have experience in sailing, but they obviously cannot do it if they want to sail on winding rivers without any worries.

Rahman, the former horse thief and pirate from Aral Island, stood on the deck with a serious expression, and used a telescope to observe the movements on both sides of the straits from time to time.

Fortunately, the river is wide now, and the boats only need to sail in the middle of the river.

Lanterns are hung around the ship. When you look at it in the dark, it looks like a giant dragon shining on the river.

The reason why I travel overnight is naturally to make people confused.

Just as the fleet attracted all the Kurdish cavalry along the coast, at the Salyan Ferry (later Salyan District, Azerbaijan), ten other large ships were transporting the 4,000 troops of Qitad to the other shore.

At this time, it had been four hours since Rahman's fleet headed north, and the other side was dark.

By the time his two thousand troops arrived on the other side, it was already three o'clock in the morning.

At this time, Rahman's fleet finally arrived in Sabilabad!

Sabilabad city is next to the south bank of the Aras River.

Faisal, Saladin and others all climbed to the city walls, all watching nervously at the fleet that could make strange noises.

Faisal brought Azerbaijan with a total of 20,000 troops, of which 5,000 were in Parsabad, and 15,000 were in Sabilabad. Naturally, they would not all live in the city. There were only 5,000 people in the city, and the remaining 10,000 people were all outside the city.

In order to facilitate water draw, almost all these 10,000 people are stationed near the river bank!

After observing this, Rahman finally issued an order to bombard the side-spiral artillery.

At this time, the core of the Aras River is about 300 meters away from the enemy camp, all of which are located within the effective range of 300 kilograms and 500 kilograms of short-barrel cannons on the ship!

"Boom..."

Just as the Kurds looked at the ships in confusion, all eight cannons on each side of the five large ships blew up!
Chapter completed!