Yusuf swallowed a sip of the wine, closed his eyes slightly, and let the aroma swirl in his throat and mouth. Then he exhaled comfortably, and suddenly felt that all the bones in his body were two pounds lighter.
"The people of the Song Dynasty were exquisite and good at making wine. There are so many wines in the world, but the wine they made is the only one that is strong yet gentle, mellow yet sweet. It is truly unique."
Yusuf shook his head and sighed: "And the silk they made is smoother than a girl's skin; the porcelain is so exquisite that it cannot be made by human craftsmen; the tea leaves, I will lose them if I don't drink them for one day."
Soul. In recent years, there are also glass, soap, cotton, and clocks. Everything makes people involuntarily open their wallets and take out gold and silver coins, as if they are being tempted by the devil."
"Such a country, in our imagination, should be docile, kind, and weak. They should be good at civilization, but short on fighting. But we didn't expect that they were so brave and defeated the Dangxiang and Khitan people. The Dangxiang people
Only the Xizhou Uyghurs can appreciate their bravery, but we can deeply understand the strength of the Khitan people."
Dawutim echoed with deep feeling: "Yes, a hundred years ago, we destroyed the Khotan Kingdom and began to fight with the Xizhou Uighur Kingdom. At that time, our military strength was sharp, and the Xizhou Uighur Kingdom could not resist for a while, so they attacked
The Khitans, the suzerain country, asked for help. With the support and instigation of the Khitans, 30,000 pagan tribes (mainly Khitans, Tatars, and a small number of Turks) went south to harass us."
"The great Ahmad Togan Khan spent a lot of effort to defeat 30,000 pagans and settled them in Alimari (located in the Kegan Plain in the northwest of Huocheng County) and Yemilili (Er.
On the grassland near the south bank of the Emin River in the southeast of Min County. The war with the Xizhou Uighurs just ended. The Khitans only made a slight move to thwart our eastward advance. Such a powerful khanate was actually defeated
The people of Song Dynasty perished! It’s incredible.”
Yusuf drank the wine from his glass and said with squinted eyes: "Now those thirty thousand pagans have become the backbone of Xixia and Xiliao."
Dawutim used a short knife to cut off a piece of meat from the roasted lamb leg, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it until his mouth was full of oil. He rubbed it with his hands casually and continued: "I heard that the sweat
Was he determined to launch an attack on the Eastern Kingdom because Ahmad Khan of the Eastern Kingdom had the intention to surrender to the Song people?"
"That's right. So in addition to preparing for war, the Great Khan also insisted on searching out the Song merchants in the country, killing them all, showing their heads to the public, and confiscating their properties. In these years, the Song merchants were very active and had good relations with many nobles.
.This order was opposed by many nobles, and I heard that many Song people fled eastward under their cover."
Dawutim didn't care how many Song people were killed or how many Song people escaped. He was concerned about another issue.
"Ahmad Khan of the Eastern Kingdom is a pious ***, how could he kneel down his noble knees to a pagan monarch?"
Yusuf replied: "In recent years, the Song people have put too much pressure on him. Every year, the Song people's cavalry with white flags comes from the north to harass the Yangji Bali (Manas) of the Uighurs in Xizhou and the people of Dongguo.
Why did Ye Mili, Bala (northeast of Sailimu Lake), Alimari, and 30,000 pagans go to the Qihe area? They were driven away by the Song cavalry with white flags."
“The Song people’s cavalry with red flags came from the south to harass Khotan, Kriya (Yutian), Yuechang (Qiemo) and other places, and established the pagan separatist regime in the old Khotan area... In the first two years, the red cavalry
The Japanese Uchi (Wushi) and Moman (Aksu) have begun to harass Kashgar (Shule) and Xizhou Uighurs..."
Dawutim put down the wine glass in his hand in surprise. The Eastern Kara Khanate used Balashagon (Tokmak, Kyrgyzstan) as its political and military capital, and Kashgar as its religious and cultural center. The Song people's cavalry all fought
Arriving at the gates of Kashgar, Ahmad Khan indeed felt tremendous pressure.
Fight back?
The snowy plateau in the south has a harsh environment. The Red Banner Cavalry of the Song Dynasty fights at home. No matter how many cavalry you send there, they will die.
In Jinshan in the north, I heard that there were only a small number of Song white-banner cavalry entrenched there. In the vast grasslands to the north and east, there were hundreds of thousands of their companions.
If you defeat ten, a thousand reinforcements will come; if you defeat a hundred, ten thousand reinforcements will come.
"So, Ahmed Khan is indeed feeling uncomfortable." Dawutim couldn't help but take another sip of wine, smacked his lips and said, "Eighty years ago, our Kara Khanate was divided into two.
With Samadan (Samarkand) and Puhualuo (Bukhara) as its winter and summer capitals, it controls the east of the Jihun River (Amu Darya River), the western Hong River (Sir Darya River) basin, and Malyinang (
Fergana) and other places in the west. Our area is slightly smaller, but we are better because of our unity."
"The Eastern Kingdom controls Talos, Baishui City, Shicheng, the Seven Rivers Basin, the eastern part of Malyinang, Balashagon, Kashgar and the old land of Khotan. The area is much wider than ours."
"But apart from the fact that Ahmad Khan can control some areas such as the eastern part of May'eryinang, Balashagon, Kashgar, etc., the rest of the areas are divided among the tribal leaders - Yehu. It all depends on whether he will obey or not.
Are the benefits given enough? Now that the Qihe area is under the control of the Tuqishi tribe, we have lost one-third of our strength."
"The Song people's cavalry with red and white flags raided from north to south, which seemed to have put tremendous pressure on Ahmad Khan. But in this way, could he bow down to the pagans? Bileg, the Uighur Khan king in Xizhou, was close to the Song people.
In Chichi, he is still standing still. After all, Ahmad Khan is also a descendant of Satuk Bogra Khan, a great khan favored by the true God, how come he is not as good as Bilgo?"
Dawutim slammed the wine glass on the table, the anger on his face almost bursting out.
Yusuf saw this and just drank silently.
After receiving no response for a long time, Dawutim couldn't help but ask directly: "Yusuf, do you have a different opinion on Ahmad Khan's actions?"
"Different views?" Yusuf curled his lips, "Balashagon, Kashgar is thousands of miles away from Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty. So what if we grovel? At most, it will only lose some face, Ahmed
The Khan can continue to be his Great Khan. How far is it from the city of Samadha? It takes six days of horse racing. Such a big place cannot accommodate two Great Khans."
Dawutim remained silent, holding the wine glass, and drank four glasses in one breath. After drinking hard, he felt hot all over his body, and blood rushed to his head.
He slapped the table and said: "I am a reckless man and don't care about these intrigues. I only know that I must be pious to the true God and loyal to the Great Khan. Ahmad Khan betrayed the True God and became the enemy of the Great Khan. I
So he rode on horseback and brandished his sword, and led his loyal warriors into Balasagon and Kashgar, cut off his head and hung it on the gate of Samadha City!"
Yusuf watched Dawutim smelling of alcohol and speaking eloquently, raised his glass, toasted him across the table, and drank the wine in one gulp.
At this time, the sound of bells came from the distant mosque, and the sound of chanting sutras could be heard faintly.
It's time for evening prayers.
Yusuf and Dawutim, whose faces were red, knelt on the carpet, facing the Holy City, holding their faces in their hands, chanting scriptures in their mouths, and kneeling on the ground devoutly.
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