Chapter 219 Father's Kindness and Son's Filial Piety (Part 2)
"His Highness Emir, my noble father, in the heaven and earth, praise the noble Allah on the festival of Eid, may the praise of heaven and earth be sublimated by my Lord.
Your son Hamid hopes to present the most precious prey to the great Emil in the upcoming hunting event. Please allow me to leave early so that you can prepare enough hunting targets for everyone!”
Prince Hamid walked forward and made a request to Nasr II in the eyes of everyone.
Nasr II nodded gently. Gathering together to eat and drink on Eid on Eid is of course just a part of the festival. In order to demonstrate the force of the dynasty, hunting games will be held later.
It has always been the crown prince's job to prepare enough prey such as leopards, wolves, and yellow sheep in advance.
Originally, Nasr II wanted Prince Sadid to preside over the preparation this year, so that he could stimulate Sadid even more so that he would not retreat in the last moment.
However, since Hamid had come out and demanded, Nasr II decided to give Hamid a little kindness and let Hamid enjoy his final glory as the crown prince.
"I accept your blessings, go! My child, remember to have richer prey!" Nasr II showed his gentle and kind side as a father.
Prince Hamid also smiled even brighter, like a child who was exaggerated by his father, but his eyes looked at Lahore, the secretary of the North City, who was sitting among the ministers.
Lahore has changed into an unusual cuckold, which is the code agreed upon by the two.
When Juerkhan's army arrived on time, the secretary Lahore would change into this hat.
At this time, Prince Hamid had to make an excuse to leave and then meet with General Hussein who led his army out.
A trace of gloom flashed across Sadid's face, but he became firm in an instant. He stood not far behind Prince Hamid, and an officer with a four-petal helmet nodded slightly. This was the Gulam Guard officer he brought from Herat, and his confidant.
Sorry, my brother, there can only be one emir in the Saman Dynasty.
Zhang Zhao did arrive, but he did not arrive completely, because he divided the seven thousand army into two parts.
The first thousand people in the front army were all light cavalry, led by Bai Congxin, and there were more than 300 Western Cao Knights who were familiar with the local situation.
They wore the robe of the Gulam Guards outside to cover the cotton armor and thorn armor inside, and now they have sneaked into less than fifteen miles from the venue for Ramadan celebration outside Bukhara City.
The remaining five thousand troops were waiting in a small village thirty miles away from Bukhara.
Zhang Zhao was still very cautious. He is now alone and has only brought military rations for ten days in order to quickly pass the Red Desert, which can be said to be taking great risks.
The army is arranged separately to prevent the opportunity to react in case of traps and dangers.
In the last part of the 1,000 heavy infantry army, Zhang Zhao left them outside a small town called Kagan.
It is about thirty miles away from Bukhara, with a population of about 7,000 or 8,000 people in the city, and it is also the key point between Bukhara and Samarkand.
Once the fight starts, they will immediately conquer the city regardless of Bukhara's direction or whether there are any traps or not.
At the same time, the army of Ju Zhanti, who was in agreement, should leave the pass today. Under the leadership of Yan Jin and Liu Zaisheng, under the banner of Ju Zhanti's defenders, they approached Samarkand.
Zhang Zhao and his seven thousand people traveled through the Kizilkum Desert and arrived directly at Bukhara, so the defenders of the Jun Zhanti could use the disguise given to them by Prince Hamid to forcefully break into Samarkand City. It would be best if they could enter the city directly. If they could not open the city gate, they would also encircle Samarkand.
This is Zhang Zhao's double insurance. One is to invest a thousand people first to determine whether it is a trap.
In the end, if there is a trap or the plan is not successful, the entire army will retreat to Samarkand after Kagan collects enough food.
The worst result was that the Saman Persian army confronted under the city of Samarkand, and even retreated to fight against Tu.
Zhang Zhao would not do anything that would lead to victory or defeat and life in the hands of others.
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Mahmoud was full of doubts, because the road Prince Hamid was walking now was not to arrange the way to hunt prey, but to Bukhara.
As a Guram officer from Herat and the confidant of Prince Sadid, Mahmoud knew what he was going to do, but he didn't care. Although Prince Hamid was the crown prince, he was only loyal to Prince Sadid.
Mahmoud looked at the dozen or so Golams from Herat around him with vigilance, and all of them looked into the robe at the same time.
They wore chain mail in their robes, hid a long dagger, and had already clamped Prince Hamid in the middle in a font.
However, after solving Prince Hamid, they would not go back and wait for death as Nasr II imagined.
Instead, he would inform Prince Hamid's death to Gulam of Bukhara. These Prince Hamid's confidants would definitely fight to the death to find trouble for Nasr II.
When both sides fight to the dark, Prince Sadid will lead them to a sudden counterattack and kill Nasr II.
In this way, the Emir is gone and the Crown Prince is gone. As long as you are willing to be appointed as an official and spread coins, the Gulam of Braha will definitely make the wisest decision.
‘Haha!’ Before Mahmud could do anything, suddenly Prince Hamid rushed forward without warning.
A Guram from Herat quickly pulled out a long dagger, but a flash of sword light flashed. The guards were on Prince Hamid's personal guard and suddenly pulled out a short sword from the side of the horse, and with one sword, the long dagger in Guram's hand was cut down on the wrist.
"Do it!" There was a strange language that sounded at the same time as his companion's screams, which Mahmoud had never heard before.
The guards beside the two princes suddenly drew out a very small crossbow, raised their hand to shoot at Heratgulam who was blocking the prince.
With the sharp sound of breaking through the air, two Heratgulams were caught in arrows and fell to the ground.
Taking advantage of this gap, four guards protected Prince Hamid and rushed out more than a dozen Heratgulam's double-teams at the fastest speed.
Mahmoud's cold sweat came down. He shouted loudly, grabbed the horse's belly, pulled out the riding bow hanging on the side of the horse, and was about to shoot.
At this moment, the bushes on the roadside sounded, and Bukharagulam, wearing the iconic chain mail, strung out hundreds of people, and everyone aimed at them with longbows in hand.
The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind!
If Mahmoud knew this Chinese idiom, he would have sighed before his death, but unfortunately he didn't understand.
The dense arrows shot towards each other like raindrops. Among the dozen Heratgulams, most of them were shot into hedgehogs except for a few who pulled out their horses and ran away.
"Rich the wolf smoke and notify Juerhan!" Prince Hamid shouted loudly to the guards beside him, and then rode his horse directly into Bukhara City.
At this moment, the horse's hooves were heard in the Gulam military camp in Bukhara City.
General Hussein, who had already lurked here, first assembled thousands of the most loyal troops, and at the same time, he gathered officers above the hundred-ranking households in Gulam, Bukhara City, into the military camp.
"Dear loyal guard officers! You are the bravest warriors in the kingdom, but you have not received the treatment they deserve, because the traitor of the Great Wazir Bal Ami, who embezzled all his treasures and lands.
At the same time, the incompetent nobles of the Diwan Council colluded with the guards of the forbidden city of Arka to control Emir. The so-called guards were not worthy of three times the military salary each year than you.
Please follow me and let us rescue His Highness Emil and eliminate the treacherous ministers around His Highness!
Me! Hamid here promises that as long as everyone is willing to follow me, the gold, silver and land of Bukhara and even the entire kingdom will be shared with me!"
Prince Hamid's speech was very direct and incitement.
As Bukharagulam, who obeyed him, must have been cut by the Diwan Parliament controlled by the Great Wazir in terms of treatment. The anger of dissatisfaction has long filled the hearts of every officer.
"Your Highness, we are willing to follow you, rescue Emil, and kill all the traitors!"
As for soldiers, there are few people who are afraid of causing trouble. Only by causing trouble can they bring power and wealth.
Before Prince Hamid's words could be finished, the officers became restless. In the chaotic venue, more than a dozen officers planted by Baal Amian were cut into meat sauce. Then, under Hussein's instructions, the officers began to assemble the army separately.
More than ten minutes later, more than 15,000 Bukharagulam gathered and completed.
Prince Hamid left his son in the city to defend the city and closed the main exit of Bukhara. Then, 12,000 people rushed to the outside of the city to pay off the Eid al-Fitr ground.
Almost as the wolf smoke was lit, Nasr II felt something was wrong.
He had just summoned the head of the Imperial Guards to make people go to find out the situation, and wolf smoke floated in the direction of the Arka Forbidden City, which meant that the Arka Forbidden City was being attacked.
Nasr II's face suddenly turned ashen. As an Emir who had ruled the country for more than 20 years, he really didn't expect anyone to dare to resist his rule, nor did he expect that the timid son Hamid would dare to make trouble.
"Kill all of them, retreat into the city, send people to various towns around them, and let all Iqta be armed to serve the king!"
Nasr II quickly made arrangements and shouted at the cannon fodder left by Prince Hamid.
These people are all small officials who depend on Hamid. Nasr II could not understand why Hamid brought these people here. He thought it was because he wanted to strengthen his power, but he did not expect it to be used to cover up so that Hussein could sneak back to Bukhara.
The celebration of Eid al-Fitr is located under a small hill, with a wide dense water on the left.
On the hills, there is a stone city that has been built, and it is to prevent such things from being built according to the management.
In previous years, when Nasr II was in a good mood on Eid on Eid, he would rest for one night in this stone city.
Ikta is the land system of Saman Persia. Most of the landlords who can be called Ikta are landlords with hundreds to thousands of acres of land.
The Alsalia's standing army was drawn from them. At this time, there were still thousands of Iqta around Bukhara City. With the extreme mobilization, it could still lead to tens or 20,000 people.
Chapter 219 Father, kind and filial son (Part 1)
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