"Did the other party mention the location of the 10,000-strong army garrison and the amount of support?" King Slytherin of Shi Kingdom asked.
Constantine nodded, "There are two garrison locations. One is in Samarkand, with about 5,000 people, and the other is in Aral Sea City, with also 5,000 people. They are all cavalry. The supply amount is nine coins per person per month.
Gold coins, that is, ninety thousand gold coins, and then food for ten thousand troops and war horses."
All the kings can accept 90,000 gold coins. The key is that the amount is not large. They can reduce their own troops and it is basically balanced.
Of course, 90,000 gold coins are equivalent to 180,000 guan, which is equivalent to the monthly military salary of 30,000 Tang troops. This actually includes the military salaries of the 10,000 Suiye garrison and the 10,000 Beiting garrison.
This is equivalent to a disguised protection fee, and the imperial government's finances will no longer bear the military expenses in the Hezhong area and Beiting.
Slytherin was a little worried and asked: "Is ten thousand Tang troops too few? Can they stop the Dashi army?"
Constantine smiled slightly, "Don't worry, everyone. In fact, the Tang army stationed 30,000 troops in the river and 10,000 troops in Shiguo. They were stationed in Tuozhi City and Juzhanti and were supported by Shiguo, because Shiguo did not have its own army.
Now, I fully accept the protection of the Tang Dynasty. Everyone, Princess Qianquan will become the concubine of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The path of Shiguo is different from ours.
There are still 10,000 Tang troops stationed in Suiye. Once Dashi goes eastward again, including the 20,000 troops stationed in Anxi and the 30,000 troops stationed in Hezhong, there will be a total of 50,000 Tang troops stationed in Suiye. I don’t think there’s anything to worry about.”
Constantine then handed over the garrison agreement to everyone for review, in duplicate, written in Chinese and Sogdian.
"Let's take a look! No objections. All of us will sign and seal it on behalf of our respective countries. After handing it over to Special Envoy Li, the 50,000 Tang troops from the Shi Kingdom will immediately send troops. As for how to distribute the 10,000 Tang troops, we will discuss internally.
, we can use population as the basis for distribution, which I think is more fair."
Once the specific distribution of support is mentioned, it involves the interests of everyone, and everyone starts talking about it.
Of course, the agreement was signed to the letter, and Constantine immediately sent someone to deliver the agreement to Li Chenghua.
Li Chenghua left Samarkand overnight and returned to Shiguo.
The Tang army's 50,000-strong army gathered together to fight, and Guo Xin led 5,000 troops to temporarily garrison Tuozhi City in Shiguo.
At this time, Bai Xiaode was notified by Li Chenghua that he had signed agreements with various Sogdian countries.
Bai Xiaode received the news that the Dongcao Kingdom was attacked by a large food army and the situation was critical. He immediately led an army of 50,000 through the Juzhanti Canyon and quickly attacked the Dongcao Kingdom three hundred miles to the west.
In the second year after the Abbasid Caliphate established the empire, the Black-clad Dashi launched the Battle of Talas and was ultimately defeated by the Tang army. The governor of Khorasan, Abu Muslim, was also killed.
He had to temporarily withdraw from peeking into Transoxiana and Tocharia, and began to concentrate on attacking Egypt.
It was also the good fortune of the Hezhong region that when the Tang Dynasty fell into the Anshi Rebellion, Rahman, the only survivor of the Umayyad family, fled to Spain and re-established a new dynasty, forcing the black-clad Dashi who had just conquered Egypt to continue to conquer Spain.
The Hezhong area temporarily escaped disaster.
The conflicts between the Saint Sisters and various secular kingdoms intensified, and internal strife continued. This gave the black-clothed foodies another opportunity. At this time, after more than ten years of preparation, they placed a large number of warriors and merchants in the Hezhong area.
After collecting all kinds of intelligence, the conditions for the Khorasan Governor's Mansion to attack Hezhong again gradually matured.
Three months ago, the Great Eclipse Caliph Mansur issued an order to march north.
The army of Dashi needs an opportunity to attack the countries in the river. The best opportunity is for Tang to retaliate against the countries in the river, causing the countries in the river to panic and ask for help from Dashi. This is the reason why the Sabah army attacked Suiye, which attracted the Tang Dynasty.
North Korea's revenge on the Transoxiana region.
But this strategy completely failed after Li Chenghua visited Samarkand.
The food army then waited for a second opportunity, and the Sabah army attacked and occupied Bukhara.
This plan was successful. Ziad immediately announced the dispatch of troops. The 70,000-strong army marched in two stages. First, General Apdi led 30,000 troops across the Amu Darya River and entered Anguo. After the former army gained a foothold, Ziad personally led 40,000 troops across the river.
After crossing the Amu Darya River, they came to the Sogdian region with great force.
At this time, Anguo gathered 85,000 food troops, including 15,000 troops of Sabah, who had become the new king of Anguo.
However, the Great Food Army did not immediately attack the Sogdian countries. Ziyad had been paying attention to the situation in Juzhanti. He received intelligence that tens of thousands of Tang troops gathered in Juzhanti. This made Ziyad wary. If his army went north, it would be easy for him to be defeated by Juzhanti.
The Tang army was forced to cut off the retreat.
Sabah's army was the first to go to war, but he was not attacking Juzhanti, nor was he attacking the country closest to Anguo, but Dongcao.
The reason for attacking the Tocao Kingdom was an obsession from Sabah and the hatred in his heart. The wife and two daughters of the former king of Anguo, Amman, successfully escaped from Bukhara and fled to the Tocao Kingdom.
In addition, Anyiti, the businessman who killed his son, was also in the Tocao Kingdom. The hatred for killing his son and taking away his wife made Sabah lead an army of 15,000 to attack the Tocao Kingdom 500 miles away as soon as he became the king.
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Ziyad, the governor of Khorasan, got the news, but he did not stop Sabah's actions. He also wanted to see Sabah's situation against the Tang army.
The capital of Dongcao Kingdom is called Urati, which is also an ancient city with a history of nearly a thousand years. This city originally had a group of food warriors protecting merchants. However, before the Sabah army attacked Bukhara, more than a hundred food warriors
Rushed to Bukhara.
As a result, there is no longer Sabah's internal support in Urati City, and it is not easy for his army to capture this strong city.
Tocao Kingdom is a small country, with only two cities in the country, one is the capital Urati, and the other is Juzhanti. When Juzhanti was occupied by the Eastern Legion of Dashi, it no longer belonged to Tocao Kingdom.
Only the city of Urati is left in the Dongcao Kingdom, with a population of nearly 200,000, accounting for nearly 80% of the country's population. The city walls are relatively tall and strong, and 20,000 troops are guarding the capital under the leadership of Prince Raj.
The combat effectiveness of the Dongsao National Army is very weak, but everyone knows that once Sabah's army enters the city, the people in the entire city will suffer disaster.
He would not even spare his own people in Bukhara, and would also spare the people of Dongcao Kingdom. Therefore, the army and the people shared the same hatred and defended the city.
Sabah's army attacked for three days, suffering nearly 2,000 casualties, but failed to capture the city of Urati.
That morning, Sabah suddenly received news that a Tang army came from the east, with approximately 12,000 to 3,000 men, less than thirty miles away from them.
Sabah immediately gathered 13,000 troops to fight against the Tang army. His troops were all cavalry and were very good at fighting. Perhaps they easily invaded Suiye City and killed 2,000 Tang troops.
They did not feel how powerful the Tang Army was. On the contrary, they coveted the Tang Army's equipment.
They have three thousand troops whose spears, sabers and armor all come from the Broken Ye Tang Army. Except for their different helmets, these three thousand troops are exactly the same as the Tang Army. You can tell at a glance that they got them from the Tang Army.
These three thousand troops became Sabah's guards. If he could defeat the Tang army again and seize 10,000 sets of armor, he would be able to establish a river empire.
With only 13,000 Tang troops, Sabah saw an opportunity.
On the vast Gobi Desert, the ground seemed to be steamed and extremely hot. The Tang army set up a large formation with difficulty, consisting of 10,000 cavalry and 3,000 heavy infantry. The leader was Xi Wanli. Xi Wanli was afraid that Sabah would escape, so he
So they reduced their troops to a minimum, and of course there were 10,000 cavalry who had cut off Sabah's retreat.
Sabah's 13,000 cavalrymen appeared three miles away. They were obviously more adapted to the high temperature and arid climate here than the Tang army. Everyone covered their faces to block the sun's scorching heat on their faces.
Sabah saw that the Tang army was not adaptable to the climate. The Tang army could not hold on for long before their physical strength would be exhausted. He was immediately overjoyed and swung his sword and said: "Kill the entire army, leaving no one behind. Kill all the Tang army!"
At this time, Xi Wanli also issued a killing order.
Sabah's cavalry attacked in overwhelming numbers, stirring up yellow dust all over the sky. They shouted loudly and charged at the Tang army like a pack of wolves.
Xi Wanli coldly ordered: "Heavy armored infantry fight!"
