In October, just as Kitard was preparing for the attack by the Chechens and Azerbaijanis, a piece of excellent news came.

"Huntaiji, the Persians evacuated East Georgia, and the garrison also left its capital Tbilisi. It is reported that it was because of the fierce competition for the throne of the Persian Empire"

"Originally, Azerbaijani Khan Azat had mobilized an army of 30,000 people and was preparing to attack our troops together with the Chechens. After receiving this news, he ignored the Chechens and invaded East Georgia with an army of 30,000 people!"
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(Real historical events)

Kitard's heart was finally relieved.

However, Azat Khan's invasion made his sense of urgency even stronger.

By this time, he had equipped one hundred of his guards with new miniguns. Seeing that winter was about to enter, he couldn't help but want to go out to explore.

At this time in the North Caucasus, the lower reaches of the Kuban River were basically controlled by the Russians, and the Terek River Basin was controlled by the Chechens. The vast area in between was the so-called neutral zone in the tripartite agreement between Russia, Ottoman, and Persia.<

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Relying on the Chechens are the Kalbajin people, who are half pastoralists and half farmers. They are actually the collective name of the later generations of Adyges, Circassians, Kabardians and Balkars.

Among them, the Kabardians and Balkars mainly live near the later Nalchik, the Adyges live near the later Pytigorska, and the Circassians live near Stavropol.
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The west of Stavropol is basically the sphere of influence of the Circassians. Since most Circassians swore allegiance to the Tsar as early as the Rurik dynasty of Russia, the Circassians there still remain

Get close to the Russians.

But there is no particular preference for Pytigorska and Nalchik in the middle. In fact, the Ady people and the Circassians come from the same origin, but the current Ady people believe in Islam, but

It is not a pure Islamic religion, but an Islamic religion mixed with a lot of polytheistic content.

The Kalbachin people (the collective name of the Kabardians and Balkars) in Nalchik also believe in Islam, but their beliefs are more mixed than those of the Adige people, and polytheism almost goes hand in hand with Islam.

The Russians are naturally the dominant force at the moment. Although the Circassians nomadic in the forest and grasslands near Stavropol also consider themselves "neutral zone people", due to their strong backing, they often invade the pastures and pastures of the Adige people.

Farmland.

Sometimes, cattle and sheep are also driven into the farmland of the Adige people, sweeping away the grain that they have worked so hard to plant but that has not yet headed.

Out of fear of the Russians, the Adiges, and the Kalbajins had to gradually shrink their sphere of influence southward.

Originally they were all on the plains, but now a considerable number of them have retreated to the Caucasus Mountains.

Truqin, who is their close neighbor, naturally knows all this information.

At the same time that Kitard received news of the Azerbaijani invasion of East Georgia, another shocking news came.

"The Circassians from Stavropol invaded Neveno, looted one of their villages, killed all the men and children there, and robbed all the women"

Nevenno, later Nevennomesk, a few dozen miles south of Stavropol, is currently the sphere of influence of the Adi people.

"Adige was unpopular, so he joined forces with the Kalpagins, gathered thousands of horsemen, attacked Stavropol at night, defeated the Circassians, took back his women, and burned the

"Wood City"

After returning to Pytigorska, the Adi people were afraid that the Kuban Cossacks would come to retaliate, so they sent envoys to the Chechens and Truchin to ask for help at the same time.

The people of Adige and Kalbachin are nominally Islamists. The Chechens took this opportunity to interfere in the affairs of the neutral zone. I am afraid that Mansour wanted it.

But what happened when they asked Truchin for help at the same time?

The envoy is an Adige businessman, about thirty years old. Unlike the Chechens who have big beards, he only has a short beard.

At this time, Kitard had already started his inspection with a hundred soldiers, and happened to arrive at Kayasura.

At that time, Raphael brought nearly 10,000 Armenian families to Truchen. This was by far the largest force in Truchen. Although Raphael was allowed to build the city of Kayasula, there were also many Kitards.

I have a clear mind.

He moved 3,000 Armenian families to the vicinity of Magar City. After the arrival of the Sarykamysh people, he secretly asked the new Zaisang Daiqing to set up a stronghold on the grassland near the city of Kayasura and use it to

The thoughts that control them are naturally obvious.

Also, although Raphael placed the nobles, merchants, and craftsmen of the tribe in the city, public facilities, including schools, hospitals, and military camps, were controlled by Truchin, who had eight thousand troops.

To deal with the Chechens nearby, he released two thousand people here.

One thousand hussars, one thousand dragoons.

In order to speed up the integration of Armenians into Truqin as soon as possible, after having a large number of gold and silver coins in hand, they implemented a strategy of free schools and medical care in the city, and included half of the Armenian children of school age in schools.
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Therefore, there are more schoolchildren in Kayasura than in Magar.

Raphael didn't know what Chitard was thinking. He originally wanted to rely on this place to develop his ambitions. However, after Chitard's long-distance attack on the Khiva Khanate was successful and brought a large number of people, he had to temporarily stop.

Come down.

His ancestors were the Mamikonyan family, which was said to be a descendant of the Chinese Ma Chao family. Naturally, he also had his own cavalry. As soon as the city of Kayasula was built, he immediately restored the establishment of a thousand cavalry.

Of course, his cavalry obviously cannot be a standing army. According to his previous agreement with Kitard, his young people either joined the Truchen Army or entered the school to study. He could only live in a half-herder and half-farmer household.

Recruitment at home.

In fact, his standing army only had three hundred men, and the rest were just knights from the former nobles.

Since Truchin collected 20% of the tax, and Raphael still wanted to collect it, in fact the burden on the Armenians in Kayasura City was still very heavy. If there had been pressure from the Chechens recently, I am afraid they would have been there long ago.

Instigated by the great nobles, they broke away from the Truchen people.

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Nominally, the Georgians, Armenians, and Alans in Alan City are also people in the neutral zone.

Kitard naturally knew this, so he made the first stop of his inspection here just to have a good talk with Raphael.

Before the agreed meeting time with Raphael arrived, Adi's envoys arrived first.

"A tricky opportunity"

Kitard had been thinking about this man for a long time before meeting him.

"In the past, it was the Ottomans who took the initiative to attack the neutral zone. It was natural for me to officially show up in Trucen. This was the only reason why the Russians let me go."

"But I have very few opportunities, especially in the Caucasus. In any case, let's talk about it first."

At this moment, the soldier said that Raphael was here.

Kitard pondered for a while and then decided to let him participate.

Thirty-year-old Raphael Mamikonyan is still handsome, and he can't help but be a little surprised to see that Kitard actually asked him to participate in things with Adi.

However, he still sat down below, and above him sat Shen Muhua, who was in charge of Kayasula City, and opposite them was the Adige envoy.

"Great Khan, please help us no matter what"

As soon as the messenger came up, he straightforwardly stated his reasons.

Kitard said: "How to help? There must be more than 5,000 families of Circassians in the Stavropol area. This is 5,000 cavalry, plus a Cossack brigade in the Kuban area. What do you want me to do?

Blatantly going against the Russians?"

The man said: "Great Khan, the Circassians in Stavropol are different from those in the Kuban area. Although they also believe in Orthodox Christianity, they are at a distance from the Russians. They want to rely on the Russians to enjoy the cool weather.

I don’t want to pay taxes and serve the Cossacks”

Kitard picked up the tea cup and took a sip, "I heard that in the North Caucasus, the Circassians are the best cavalry, and they can trade freely in Kuban City, and they have obtained many Cossacks who were replaced by them.

We have muskets, 5,000 cavalry, and nearly 5,000 Cossack regular troops behind us. It’s not easy to deal with.”

The envoy was a businessman and naturally knew the meaning of his words, so he quickly said: "As far as I know, the last time the Russians, Ottomans, and Persians demarcated the neutral zone, the western boundary was based on the big bend of the Kuban River.

....."

In this section, Kitard naturally knew that the so-called U-turn refers to the U-turn between Kropotkin and Kubansk in later generations, and then drew a line straight to the north, with the Russian power to the west.

Scope.

The east side is completely bounded by the Kuma River, and the middle zone is the neutral zone.

"You mean..."

"Since it is a neutral zone, they will not care about the fights between the tribes inside."

"But my department has been canonized by the Russians"

"This..."

Just when the messenger was also confused, Kitard suddenly remembered something.

"The Russians canonized me as Manech Khan. I originally thought it would only create a gap between me and the deputy khan. Now it seems that it also contains this meaning."

At this time, the corner of his eye caught sight of Raphael, and he suddenly had a solution.

He smiled at Raphael and said: "In that case, you might as well ask this Armenian leader"

Raphael smiled bitterly and said: "Great Khan, our army has just experienced the battle in Alan City, and the young men suffered heavy losses. How can we still have the energy to interfere with this matter?"

Shen Muhua understood immediately after seeing Kitard's smile.

He quickly gave Raphael a gentle push.

Raphael still didn't know what was going on, so Shen Muhua quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this is a serious matter, why don't you go to the lounge and stay for a while, and we will make a decision after discussing it."

The messenger had no choice but to go out first.

As soon as the man left, Kitard licked his lips at Shen Muhuanu. He understood and said: "Don't you still have a thousand standing troops? There are also two thousand Truqin troops who have joined our army. These people wear their own clothes."

, and then you will lead it"

Only then did Raphael understand.

However, he also thought about it, "If the Truchin Army joins, the chance of winning will definitely be better. With the addition of the Adige people and the Kalbachin people, their strength is no less than that of the Circassians. However, since I have taken the lead,
Chapter completed!