"Found it. Without their help in the past few days, would Hamuyang be able to successfully implement the plan to attack Artuk at night?"

"By the way, the new Khan Sangkun of the Saly Kamysh people is also willing to move to the North Caucasus..."

"Then what are you waiting for? Send someone quickly to inform Shen Muhua and Hamuyang, so that the Hamuyang tribe and the Salikamysh people can go north together. We are going north from the east coast of the Aral Sea."

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier that I had already sent the people out!"

"Just send some more, why don't you hurry up?!"

"..."

......

Kitard naturally had his own considerations when preparing to go north from the east coast of the Aral Sea. If he brought a large number of seizures and households from the west coast, he could only take the bridge near Muirak, and he would inevitably be attacked by the Hongji people.

Although he is not afraid of Hongji stabbing people, it is obviously not the time to fight them now.

Ten days later, just as Rasim expected, everything around him was calm.

And when faced with how to effectively govern the large number of Manjit people in Chimboi City, Rahim showed that he far exceeded his military capabilities.

He adopted a strategy of beating and pulling. For those who were obedient, he released a group of nobles and allowed the vast majority of civilians to stay. He also killed a group of disobedient ones. In ten days, the city of Chinboy was destroyed. Calm was restored.

The grain shipped by the Nukus Turkmen naturally followed Truchin's army on its return journey intact, and was escorted by more than 2,000 young Turkmen.

In addition, after being persuaded by Rasim, Kitard made a promise not only to regain their freedom, but also to allow their children to study in Truchen's school and freely practice their original religion. More than 2,000 Turkmen slaves followed him. The car is moving.

The food on the cart is sufficient for these people to return to Truqin smoothly.

In addition to the food in the city, Kitard made a batch of dry food for the army to use on the road, and left all the rest to Rasim.

The large convoy was escorted by Shen Muhua's dragoons.

In the past few days, Shen Muhua's troops were short of food and could only eat one meal a day. They were already hungry and weak. Fortunately, Artuk had the idea to run out of ammunition and food. Otherwise, if he continued to launch a fierce attack , I’m afraid the dragoons that Chitard worked so hard to form will be left there.

He asked Tiechina to lead five hundred cavalry to clear the way in front, and Chu Huer led another five hundred cavalry to break off the road. The large group of people drove on the desert road on the east coast of the Aral Sea. Ten days later, they arrived at the north coast of the Aral Sea. Join Hamu Yang and Sang Kun's troops who have already arrived there.

At this point, Kitard's men still have more than 2,500 tribal cavalry and more than 4,400 Truchen troops, which totals nearly 7,000 people. In addition to the dragoon's ammunition, which is almost exhausted, there are about 100 remaining troops. Half the balance.

Facing the possible obstruction from Kazakh Xiaoyuzi in front, he still has the ability to win.

Of course, if Nur Ali Khan learns that he has gained so much wealth, he will definitely do his best to intercept it.

Before that, he sent fast horses to the Zaisanbaodunge tribe stationed on the west bank of the Yayk River (Ural River). With his support, it will be much easier to pass through the Kazakh territory.

The Kazakhs will intercept the large groups of Turguts, but they will never intercept the scattered cavalry. This is a common practice on the grassland.

Of course, the exception is that the two sides are essentially in a state of war.

But now they all belong to the Tsarist Russian Empire, so Nur Ali Khan must not be so blind.

Before leaving, Kitard reached an agreement with Rahim to continue trading rubies.

However, when he learned from Rasim that from now on the seat of Turkmen Khan would not be occupied by him, but by someone else, he was almost shocked.

The new Turkmen Khan is apparently dealing with the other tribes, yes, it should be said that it is the other three tribes, and the person who deals with the other three tribes is actually Arslan!

You’ll understand when you think about it.

Arslan’s actions show that he is a true secret cultivator.

He betrayed Rasim and secretly killed Kitard. Isn't he the incarnation of darkness respected by Zoroastrian teachings?

The secret cultivator only comes out to save the believers at critical moments.

When the dark cultivator is immersed in his own world of cultivation, he completely regards himself as a bad person. This is exactly what Zoroastrianism encourages.

The decline of Zoroastrianism may be related to this.

However, when Arslan took over the city of Chimboy and the surrounding oasis area as an Islamic believer, on the one hand, he was able to gain recognition from the surrounding tribes of the same faith.

Furthermore, according to Rasim, Arslan has become a meditator at this time, and his identity as a Christian is just a cover. He will appear as an upright and upright person among the Zoroastrians.

Light always goes hand in hand with darkness, this is the true meaning of Zoroastrianism.

As for Rasim, he will become a dark cultivator, but he will continue to retain his identity as the leader of Zoroastrianism and also become a light and dark cultivator.

There are all kinds of complex and obscure things that laymen like Kitard cannot understand, so I can only wish them good luck.

With this strange arrangement, Rasim and the others will be able to bring a large number of Turkmennu households from the oasis area to the vicinity of Chimboy. Coupled with the power of the surrounding desert nomadic tribes, they may really be able to stand on a foothold with the other tribes.

But Kitard knew clearly that this land would eventually become the Islamic world.

"Perhaps something went wrong in the process of dual cultivation. The dark cultivator cannot practice the method, and his dark side is completely revealed, and he may even abandon Zoroastrianism."

In any case, the history of the Khiva Khanate has changed, and where will the Zoroastrians go? Although Kitard has some vague expectations, it is not the most important thing to him after all.

His roots are still on the west coast of the Caspian Sea.

As for Sangkun, the new Khan of the Salay Kamesh tribe who once humiliated himself as a joker in a desert mine, after another coup, the tribe's population has been reduced to just over 2,000 households.

Fortunately, when they headed to the east coast of the Caspian Sea, they absorbed many small tribes along the way, and when they finally arrived at the north shore of the Aral Sea, the tribe had returned to a size of about three thousand.

For them, both the Salykamysh Lake and the Karakum Desert are extremely desolate existences. It would be great to be able to move to the North Caucasus, where there is abundant water and grass for nomadism.

Therefore, when Sang Kun talked about moving, he received almost no objection.

With the burden of large vehicles and households, the brigade moved very slowly, and it took twenty days to arrive at Kulisary, where the Kazakh king's tent was located.

The strange thing is that they did not see the Kazakh army that was preparing to intercept and attack them.

There was just a small group of tribal cavalry near Mucheng watching them nervously.

This place is only a hundred or two hundred miles away from the mouth of the Yaik River and the seaport city Atyrau controlled by the Russians. Kitard quickly sent out another fast horse.

Walking along the northern shore of the Caspian Sea to the midway between Atyrau and Kulisare, he saw Baodung.

With Baodunge able to come here, it is clear that the situation in Kazakhstan has been brought under control.

Baodungfu was also shocked when he saw such a huge team, but when he heard from Kitard that large gold ingots, silver ingots and top-quality gems worth nearly half a million silver coins were to be presented to Lash Khan.

, he was also overjoyed.

"Huntaiji, your appearance has attracted the attention of Nur Ali Khan and the Sultan of Zhongyuzbala near Orkes, so both sides are gathering their forces and preparing to intercept your troops."<

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"Unfortunately, they both chose a place called Sharkar. The two sides were feuding. When they met, they both thought they were coming for each other, so naturally they started a fight without ceremony. This time the two sides were evenly matched."<

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"In the end, the defeated generals returned to their respective stations with the remnants of their troops greatly damaged."

"They have all forgotten that there is another force between Kulisare and Orkes, which is the Khitan tribal alliance ostensibly affiliated with Nur Ali Khan"

"The leader, the Datov family, has been coveting the position of Xiaoyuzi Great Khan, or the position of Sultan one level below him for a long time. Seeing the decline of Nur Ali Khan, how can there be any reason to let it go?"

"So, he suddenly appeared while Nur Ali Khan was retreating hastily. After a big battle, Nur Ali Khan fled to Orenburg with only a few hundred horses."

"However, the Khitan Alliance belongs to the non-golden family descendants in Xiaoyuzi. If you want to call yourself the Great Khan, you will not be recognized by the Great Yuzi and Zhongyuzi. At this time, the Russians who were watching coldly appeared. After some reconciliation, Nur Ali Khan

Datov’s title of Sultan was recognized, but Xiaoyuzi’s Great Khan is still Nur Ali”

"The king's tent in Kulisare still belongs to him"

"After this battle, Nur Ali Khan's vitality was severely damaged. In fact, he had completely handed over the management of the tribe to his eldest son, Eshmu, and hid in Orenburg to lick his wounds silently."

"But the Russians became the winners. After that, Nur Ali Khan completely surrendered to the Russians, while Datov faced huge pressure from Zhongyuzi and Dayuzi, and had to continue to crawl in front of them."

"In order to show his loyalty, this time he took his whole family to completely convert to Orthodox Christianity"

These changes were unexpected by Chitard.

But in any case, these changes indirectly helped him. Without these changes, he would most likely have to go through a bloody battle to successfully pass through the Kazakh jurisdiction.

It's all right now. It's a smooth journey and we can reach the west bank of the Yaik River.

It has been nearly three months since he left the Manuto Sea, and now it is winter. The northeast wind from Siberia and the perennial westerly wind are howling, intertwined and ravaging this land.

Facing the cold wind, Kitard tightened his cotton armor and walked towards the seaside.

Looking at the vast Caspian Sea, he couldn't help but wonder: "Is there really a god to help?"

At this time, the Russian prisoner Petronov walked up to him.

Kitard looked at him and smiled and said: "I heard that we came back successfully. Bekotov will definitely be not far away to greet you. Your good days are about to come."

Petronov looked anxious. He grabbed Kitard's clothes and said, "I don't want to go back to where I was. Please take me to Truchin."

"What would I answer if Bekotov asked me?"

"Just say I died long ago"

"But there are other prisoners"

"From now on, please allow me to follow you. When he asks, he will say that I am half-dead of illness."

"Why do we do this?"

"Alas," Petronov sighed, "I came back successfully. Bekotov will definitely have a problem in his throat and will definitely find an opportunity to kill me."

Kitard finally agreed to him.

Petronov has studied and served as a soldier. Truchin is surrounded by Russian influence. For Truchin people, learning Russian well is very important. Petronov can still be a teacher in Truchin’s school.
Chapter completed!