"Next..."

Kitard asked.

"Naturally, we will go straight to Kungel"

Kitard couldn't believe it, "Do you still want to get those wealth back?"

Rahim shook his head, "Wealth is enough for me to stabilize the situation in Turkmenistan, but I am about to ascend to the throne of Khan. If I want to establish a foothold on this land as a Zoroastrian tribe, it is obviously not enough.

"

"In the Khiva Oasis, there are still a large number of Turkmen slaves, who are either herders or serfs, and the Khiva Khanate has been an Islamic country for hundreds of years."

"In this khanate, the upper-class people are the nobles of the four major tribes, and the middle-class people are the Khorezm people, the original owners of this place. They are civilians, mostly farmers, and there are also many craftsmen."

"The lowest level are slaves, and the largest number of them are Turkmens. This is why the Turkmens are not a large number, but they have always been excluded from the big tribes."

"According to my secret knowledge over the years, there are at least 50,000 Turkmen households in the oasis. Together with the desert Turkmen, they are the largest among the major tribes."

"If I want to gain a foothold in the Khanate, I can't do it by continuing to hide in the desert. I must capture part of the land in the oasis zone."

"Now that you are here, give me a chance"

"What about your goal?"

"Chimboy, the city is on the east bank of the Amu Darya River, and the oasis area it is located in is the first of the Khiva oasis. This is the home base of the Manjit people, Yilac Artuk"

"Kungele is just a place where the Manjit Atareks and Hongjira people live together. If you want to attack Kungel, you must face attacks from the Manjit and Hongjira people at the same time. These two

The tribe can quickly mobilize 10,000 tribal cavalry"

"Including the 10,000 standing troops under Artuk, this is 30,000. But if you only attack Chinboy, you are not a powerful force. You know, the last time the Persians invaded, they brought 200,000 troops.

”

"Therefore, the Hongjira people will stand by and watch, especially the Kipchaks and Naiman people in the south. As long as the Manjit people fall, the remaining three families will continue to fight for the position of the Khanate."<

/p>

"They won't have a chance to pay attention to me for a while"

"But in the end they will definitely join hands to deal with you. They cannot tolerate the existence of a Zoroastrian tribe in the Khanate"

"You are right, but the Manjit people have been the most powerful for hundreds of years. The remaining three families are about the same. If we want to finally decide the winner, any one of them must win over me."

"At this time, I can continue to be coy and coy, delaying the idea of ​​one of them wanting to come to power quickly."

"Secondly, doesn't this country still have King Khan? Can't I secretly support King Khan and make him a real King Khan instead of just appearing as a puppet?"

"Third, I am the Deputy Envoy of Light..."

Kitard suddenly woke up, "You mean, since you have become the messenger of light and the leader of the church, you can let your deputy serve as the Khan of the tribe as a dark cultivator. He will probably fight

Under the banner of Islam?"

"Under his command, freedom of religious belief will most likely be implemented?"

Rasim stared at him for a long time, then sighed and said: "Please forgive me, although you are extremely smart, there are some things that are impossible to tell without a lot of experience and knowledge."

"Originally I thought you were just a smart nobleman from the Mongolian tribe, but now it seems that I was mistaken. Your knowledge is far higher than that of most people in this world, and it is incompatible with your origin, tribe, and age."<

/p>

Kitard ignored him and continued: "Since Chimboy is Artuk's lair, it must be heavily guarded."

Rahim seemed a little angry.

"Dear Huntaiji, you still haven't told me the truth? Only part of your troops came to the desert mine, and your main force is attacking Kungel!"

Kitard asked: "How did you know this information hidden in the distant tower of loneliness?"

Before Rahim could answer, another thought occurred to him, "So it wasn't you who ambushed us in Sharkar last time?"

"It's Arslan." A strange expression suddenly appeared on Rasim's face, which seemed to be a complex expression full of pain, resentment and regret.

"He is my disciple. He was originally a wonderful fire envoy in the sect and an excellent candidate for the future deputy envoy of light. Unfortunately, he chose comfort and surrendered to Artuk, and issued an order to intercept and kill you."
p>

His voice was very calm when he said this, which surprised Kitard.

A disciple who had taken away his family property and was planning to kill him, wouldn't he be thinking about revenge?

"The Zoroastrian theory of dual cultivation of light and darkness is too complicated, and it is difficult for ordinary people to understand it, forget it"

"Okay, so you got news about Kungel?"

"That's natural. Although I am hiding in the Tower of Loneliness, it is not far from the coastline. Wherever there is a coastline, there is my source of information."

"To tell you the truth, your people were discovered by the Manjit people when they arrived about fifty miles away from the city of Kungele. Because at this time Artuk was leading troops north to prepare to put down the rebellion of the Sarykamysh people, so on the one hand,

Go forward to meet the attack, and on the one hand mobilize at the headquarters..."

"Headquarters?"

"Haha, although Artuk is the chief minister of the Khanate, Yilak, he cannot command the other three tribes in the most critical situation. However, this time Hongjila people responded and sent out five thousand tribesmen.

The cavalry, plus the 10,000 Manjits themselves, totals 25,000."

"The northern part of the oasis is their fundamental place, and they obviously don't want to bring the war to their heart."

Kitard was silent.

"Twenty-five thousand people! Darling, if this is the case, I don't know if Hamu Yang and the others can hold on. No wonder I haven't heard from them now. They are probably surrounded. I hope Shen Muhua can hold on."< /p>

"Then now I..."

"Attack Chinboy with all your strength. Once you attack Chinboy, they will divide their forces without knowing where they are. The Hongjira people were originally assisting the Manjit people, and they will definitely withdraw to Kungel City at this time."

"In order to prevent the Manjit people from destroying their nest, Artuk will personally bring his standing army to come to the rescue. In this way, you will have a chance to defeat them in the field..."

"Wait a minute," Kitard suddenly interrupted him, "He has a standing army of 10,000 people, and I only have 3,000 people. Defeat him in the wild? It won't be easy, right?"

"Haha," Rahim said with a smile, "I originally thought you were a great big shot, vaguely similar to your predecessors Genghis Khan and Batu, but I didn't expect you..."

"Stop talking nonsense, tell me, what are the characteristics of Artuk's standing army?"

"There are no special features, but his standing army inherited the characteristics that the Khiva Khanate has had for hundreds of years. They are divided into heavy cavalry and light cavalry. There are about two thousand heavy cavalry, all riding tall horses, war horses, and cavalry. Wearing heavy armor, holding heavy weapons in his hands"

"There are five thousand light cavalry, but they only have sabers, and a few have muskets."

"There are also three thousand musketeers like you. They can fight on horseback and on foot."

"But none of them have artillery"

"Where's Chinboy?"

"There should be about 3,000 infantry troops there. Artuk imitated the Ottomans and selected and trained Turkmen slaves from childhood. I don't want to deal with these people. They are complete Islamic believers."< /p>

"So, there are still 10,000 tribal cavalry in the desert to deal with your main force. If my guess is correct, your main force is less than 10,000, and you rely on the camp to defend it. 10,000 tribal cavalry is enough to cope with it."

"Also, although Artuk trusted me, he did not let me set up a stronghold in Chimboy. Therefore, it is impossible to deceive the city like Zarafshan City."

"You want me to have 3,000 people to deal with 13,000 people? Although I, the Turgut people, are brave and good at fighting, we don't have such a fighting method."

Seeing Rasim's confident look again, I suddenly woke up.

"By the way, there are also desert Turkmens"

Then he relaxed a little and said with a smile: "Tell me, how many people are you planning to send out?"

Rasim nodded, "You alone can't take down the city of Chinboy. Give me ten days. In ten days, I will mobilize 10,000 people from the tribe to help."

"Ten days?"

"I know this is difficult, but I have just taken office and I still have to calm down the internal affairs. Plus conscription, ten days is already the shortest time."

"But don't worry, although Chimboy City Artuk did not let me enter, I still have my manor outside the city. Although Arslan accepted it, as long as I give an order, they will provide you with food and grass.

, ten days of food and grass will be no problem”

......

Kitard finally decided to listen to Ciracim's advice. He left two hundred people in the desert mine and took the remaining people to march at night, arriving at the city of Chimboi in a day and night!

The city of Chimboi does not have a great commercial role like the city of Kungal. It is a solid city like a complete base. The city wall is also built with a stone. Although it is not very tall, it is built according to the existing features of Chitad.

The ability is impossible to break.

The size of the city is smaller than that of Kungel, but just because of this it is easier to defend.

The castle is surrounded by large expanses of endless farmland. Now that the grain has been harvested, the north wind is picking up, and the fields are drying up. It is a natural battlefield.

As soon as they saw them, the defenders in the city were naturally startled. Without knowing what was going on, they did not dare to go out to fight at will. This made Kitard's luck come to nothing.

However, the fact that the city's defenders did not attack also gave them the opportunity to make arrangements calmly.

Since the city is surrounded by flat plains, it is impossible to occupy the commanding heights and use it as a leverage point. In addition, the number of people is small, and it is always faced with a surprise attack by the 10,000 standing army of Yilak Artuk, the most powerful force in the Khiva Khanate.

, we can only station more than 2,700 people in the west of the city.

To the west is the road leading to Kungel.

To his slight relief, Rahim did not break his promise, and a large amount of food and grass was delivered the day after setting up camp.

Under his command, the Truchen Army has built a low wall nearly two hundred meters long and wide near the west gate, naturally using straw bags.

The low wall is about one and a half meters high and one meter thick, with short cannons hidden underneath.
Chapter completed!