Baghdad, this ancient round city, as the center of the caliphate's rule, achieved supreme glory and prosperity, but with the decline of the caliphate, the city also declined.
But the Abbasid Caliphs still did not leave. Even if they were ousted by Persian warlords and Turkic chiefs, they still stayed here and continued their rule.
However, even if it becomes a puppet, Baghdad still cannot escape the entanglement of the war. After all, nominally, it is still the center of the entire Islamic world.
But also because of the war, the Seljuk Sultan's control over the Abbasid Caliphate has become increasingly loose. If this continues, the Abbasid Caliphate will gradually regain their power. If they can seize the point of the war, then they may even
The Mesopotamia region can be taken back at once, but whether we can seize this opportunity depends on the qualifications of the current caliphate.
And in terms of results, the current Abbasid Caliph is doing very well.
The key point of the Battle of Baghdad occurred on the last day of 1102. After nearly two years of fighting, the area around Baghdad had been reduced to scorched earth, and the Monomakh and Seljuk armies fighting here were also extremely exhausted.
During this period, the two sides kept going back and forth, and the siege of the round city was also intermittently. Today I will capture your camp, and tomorrow you will capture my fortress.
Bakyaruk made up his mind not to fight a decisive battle with Monomakh. He chose to continuously build strong camps to consume Monomakh. And his strategy was successful, allowing Monomakh to waste his time and military power.
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Monomakh was very unwilling to do this, but he had no choice. If he rashly launched an attack on the strong camp of the Seljuq army, he would simply be sending his army in front of Bakiyaruk to be annihilated.
But Monomach could not retreat. He had a strong feeling that if he retreated here, he would never come here again in the future.
And this opportunity soon appeared in front of the Caliph.
Therefore, he stayed here like this, squeezing out all the resources in his kingdom to support this war. As for how many people would die from starvation, that was not what he cared about. Regardless of the increasingly serious war-weary voices below, he continued
This war with no end in sight.
This was the opportunity that the Abbasid Caliphate had been waiting for for a long time. Mustazr ordered the entire army to attack. He had been waiting for this day for a long, long time. Under the black banner of Abbasid, he had been recuperating in Baghdad for a long time.
The Abbasid army rushed out of the city.
As for Bakiyaruk, Monomakh did not retreat, so he could only suffer. The Seljuk Sultan was very unwilling to accompany Monomakh to spend time, unlike Monomakh who could eliminate all the sequelae as long as he won the war.
, every tax increase and every conscription he made for the war were shaking his rule.
While the armies outside the Round City were still fighting like wallows in a mud puddle, inside the Round City, the Abbasid Caliphate was quietly accumulating strength, observing the two armies, waiting for the right opportunity to allow himself to ascend as a hero.
battlefield.
Both sides are suffering like this, fighting a long war, and the soldiers below are complaining. They have not fought such a sustained war for a long time. This war has bankrupted many people, but they still have to continue to hold on here.
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When Monomakh's army took action, the Turks did not notice this at all. In the constant confrontation, they had already acquiesced that the current situation would continue. So when Monomakh's army launched an attack, the Turks simply failed to do so.
After reacting, facing the wolf-like and tiger-like Monomach army, they collapsed and fell apart.
But the war must continue after all, even if it is unwilling to do so, it must continue. If the war cannot be won, then everything is zero. Bakiyaruk must hold on. The Seljuk Empire at the moment cannot withstand a war.
fail.
Only Baghdad was a blessing in disguise. No one starved to death in the besieged city, and reinforcements even continued to enter the city.
Under such circumstances, Monomakh realized that if a decisive battle was not carried out quickly, his army would collapse in such an exhausting confrontation.
The Abbasid Caliphate has been a puppet for too long. If he wants to clear his reputation as a puppet, he can only win through a hearty victory. Only victory can remind people of the past glory of the Abbasid dynasty.
So he took out his own collection and used the various rare treasures he had accumulated over many years of war as bait to awaken the fighting spirit of the soldiers. In the end, he succeeded. When he saw that all the rare treasures were destroyed by Mo
After Nomacher made his promise, the soldiers' fighting spirit finally increased.
As for the officer lords, they directly received gold and silver from Monomakh, which increased their mobility, and Monomakh also promised a large amount of land, including Baghdad.
Those who entered the city were mainly Islamic jihadists from various places. Their arrival greatly enriched the Caliph's army and also improved the quality of the army.
Since the two armies have been facing off near Baghdad for the past two years, the city received the news immediately. When they saw the collapse of the Turks, the guards on the city wall immediately reported the information back.
After a long war, the two armies were extremely tired, and more and more deserters were deserting every day. The officers and lords were powerless to do anything about it, and some even turned a blind eye to it. In those daily
In the war, both sides also need to deal with more and more.
The sudden appearance of the Abbasid army took everyone by surprise. No one expected that an army would appear at this time. After all, the Abbasid Caliphate was a player that had already been eliminated in everyone's eyes.
This was always unacceptable to the commanders of both sides, so both sides carried out many rectifications in unison, but the results were extremely rare. The reason was that the officers and nobles who were the executors were also very dissatisfied with the status quo, so they also began to make changes.
rotten.
Previously, even if the Caliph had assembled a large number of troops, everyone thought it was the Caliph's guard brigade. After all, the Caliph had been a puppet for so many years, and everyone regarded him as a pawn.
As a result, now this player has resurrected and is attacking them, and everyone has discovered that they were wrong.
The Abbasid Caliphate had approximately 10,000 troops. Although it was inconspicuous compared to Monomakh and Seljuk, if this army was used well, it could change the situation, and now was the time.