The Red Banner Armored Cavalry had just opened a crack in the Allied Army's central camp, and before the 20,000 cavalrymen could follow, Sanjar made a quick decision, led the Gulam Cavalry, and turned around to leave.
As soon as the coach left, and the Chinese army camp was overrun by the Song cavalry, Masoud and others had no intention of fighting. They also knew that the battle had been lost by 70%, so they left the general to hold on, and he followed with his elite guards.
Ran away.
The collapse of the Seljuk coalition in a short period of time caught many people by surprise.
"They...how did they lose?" Zhao Kuo said in disbelief.
"Soon?"
"Less than an hour after the war started, the enemy's army completely collapsed, and our reserve forces began to mobilize to join the pursuit. This was really fast and unexpected."
"Sometimes the outcome of a general battle is clear in a short period of time. But for this battle, we fought with the Seljuk coalition for more than a month, and fought more than 30 large and small encounters and battles. But you
They won't pay attention to that, they will only focus on the decisive battle that determines the outcome, and then say that victory came suddenly."
Zhao Si educated his eldest son without any courtesy.
"How long have we been preparing to achieve this victory? More than ten years of material preparation, intelligence collection... Just to prepare for this battle, starting last autumn, the former staff analyzed a massive amount of intelligence, and on the sand table
They conducted repeated deductions and even disguised themselves to go deep into this area to conduct on-the-spot investigations..."
"We have done so much, and we won quickly today, shouldn't we?" Zhao Si's tone became more profound, "You are all princes, and you have responsibilities on your shoulders. In the future, you may all be responsible for it, so don't bring any
Look at the war with prejudice. I will take you to carefully observe every detail before the war, during the battle, and after the war, so that you can experience everything about it personally, rather than learn about it from fluffy paper."
Zhao Si pointed forward and asked: "Now you know why Sanjar used the elite Ghulam heavy armored cavalry in this battle?"
Zhao Kuo held the reins tightly, "According to previous intelligence analysis, in the encounters and battles we had with the coalition forces in the past month or so, they always attacked with cavalry archers first, and then the Moslin death cavalry rushed forward, followed by
The Yinketa cavalry followed up, or outflanked... This time it was completely different. Could it be that Sanjar felt that the previous methods were ineffective and decided the outcome directly?"
"Haha," Zhao Si raised his head and laughed a few times, "You think Sanjar is a gambler! Brother, tell me your opinion..."
When Zhao Si taught his son, Sanjar was already dozens of miles away from the battlefield under the protection of Zagut.
Looking back at the battlefield filled with black smoke, Sanjar asked: "How far are we from the Xihong River?"
"Your Highness, there are still sixty miles. Dmitri has already prepared the boat by the river." Zagut replied, and after a while he asked.
"Your Highness, why don't we just turn around and get lost?"
"Where are you going? What are you going to do? Are you waiting to die?"
Hearing Sanjar's somewhat unhappy tone, Zagut quickly explained: "It's just a pity that there are mountains of grain and grass there."
"Those grains and grasses are not ours, they were plundered from the river by the stupid pig Muhan Mood." Sanjar's tone actually contained a hint of schadenfreude, "For these grains, he searched desperately in the river and offended too many people.
If he is defeated now, he will die if he goes back."
Zagut understood the meaning of Sanjar's words. He rolled his eyes a few times and replied: "Will Masud and the others be resentful of His Highness?"
"Resentment? There are winners and losers in a war. I'm not the God of War, so I can win for sure. Besides, what's the use of resenting me? Let's wait until they go back safely."
Zagut said with a smile: "In this world, everyone will have friends and enemies. The happiest thing is to be surrounded by friends and enemies are far away. The most tragic thing is to be surrounded by enemies, but they are far away."
Not a single friend came to help."
Sanjar smiled, pointed to the southeast, and said energetically: "This place was once the place where we Seljuks arose. According to the Song people, it was the place where the four wars took place! Since ancient times, there has been no peace.
At that time, it should have been the base and rear area of our Seljuk people, but now it is occupied by Gurs, Ghaznavids, Sistanites, Karaites and all kinds of emirs."
"They fight with each other, compete for territory and population, and ignore the orders of us Seljuks. They are a group of wolves. Now, I have a perfect opportunity to kill all these damn wolves!"
Zagut said worriedly on the side: "Your Highness, the Song people have not given us any guarantee, everything is your guess. What if..."
Sanjar smiled and said: "Only a king can understand the intentions of another king. And kings will not be bound by guarantees. Everything depends on us. If we make good progress and quickly integrate all forces, Song
People will naturally abide by their agreements. If our progress is not going well, the Song people will not mind continuing to bite us."
Soon, Sanjar and Zagut, as well as five thousand Gulam and Inkta cavalry, with the support of Dmitri, quickly crossed the Xihong River and returned to the river area.
"Dmitri, are everything arranged?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, everything has been arranged. Massoud, Fatah, Yag, Daoud... even if they can survive the battlefield, they will definitely not be able to return to their fiefdom."
Dmitri replied in a deep voice.
"Where Masud is, Saman will always follow him, and then wait for an opportunity to attack. Your people will guard the only way. As long as you see Saman and Massoud, kill them; if there is only Saman, kill him too, saying that you will avenge Massoud.
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"Yes, Your Highness. What if there is only Masud?" Dmitri asked.
"Kill him too, saying he would avenge Saman."
"yes!"
"Now I want to go back to Neshapur, gather my loyal cavalry to take over Semnan, Sistan, Yazd and other places, and then gather all the troops to go to Jihun River to set up defenses. At that time, I believe we have
Ability to prevent pagans from setting foot on the land west of Hexi."
"His Royal Highness the Sultan is extremely wise!" Dmitri and Zagut said in unison.
Everyone moved very quickly. By the time Sanjar and his party returned to Neshapur, his main force had been gathered together - only 30,000 of the 120,000 soldiers and horses he had brought to reinforce the Western Kara Khanate.
It is his direct troops, and the rest are recruited from Semnan, Sistan, Yazd and other places in the name of jihad.
The final result of the decisive battle was also transmitted back.
The first to collapse was the army of the Western Kara Khanate. The generals of the Western Kara Khanate, who had long been filled with resentment, killed Muhan Mo De II, and then took the remaining 40,000 troops to attack the Song Dynasty.
surrender.
The 90,000 volunteers from various places led by the emirs such as Fatah, Yaq, and Daoud were the key targets of the Song army and suffered heavy casualties. In the end, less than 10,000 people fled across the Xihong River one after another, and were quickly captured by the river.
The "mobs" in the area were overwhelmed. Fatah, Yaq, Daoud and other emirs have still not been heard from. They are believed to have died either on the battlefield of Talas or in the river area.
The war elephant troops that had high hopes in the Ghaznavid army were useless. They were bombarded by the Song army's artillery several times and immediately blew up the nest. Instead, they rushed their own cavalry and infantry troops to pieces.
The Song army took the opportunity to pursue and kill them, and was almost wiped out.
Masud escaped with the desperate rescue of Saman. However, after they crossed the Jihun River in Termi and rested near Balihe, Masud suddenly died of his injuries, and the few soldiers under his command also died.
Coaxed to disperse.
Dmitry, who returned to Balihe to take charge of the defense, invited Samman to come, fell out on the spot, and then traced the cause of Masoud's death. Soon, with conclusive personal and material evidence, the fact that Masoud was poisoned by Samman spread throughout the country.
Dmitry took the opportunity to march towards Yeli, the capital of the Gur Khanate, with his army. After receiving the news, Ibrahim, the Sultan of the Ghaznavid Khanate, was grieved and marched westward to Yeli with his army to save his son.
revenge.
When the Song army entered the Hezhong area, they had a tacit understanding that they were only clearing out the forces of the Western Kara Khanate, and did not go further west or south.
Everything was as Sanjar expected. After completely taking over Semnan, Sistan, Yazd and other places, he led his troops southward with confidence, preparing to attack Yeli City together with Dmitry and Ibrahim.
Destroy the Gur Khanate together. This chapter has been completed!
