In the night, a fire dragon is still winding on the mountain road of the high-altitude Pamir Plateau, rolling forward.

The terrain of the Pamir Plateau is almost comparable to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The average altitude is between 4,000 meters and 7,700 meters. The mountains are undulating, continuous and winding, with snowy peaks standing in groups and towering into the sky. The pronunciation of "Pamir" means "roof of the world" in the language of the local alpine Tajiks.

Although the average altitude of the Pamir Plateau is amazing, the difficulty of access is not too high. The eastern terrain of the plateau is relatively open and open, consisting of two mountains and mountains running northwest and southeast and a series of river valleys and lake basins. The western part of the plateau is relatively steep, consisting of a large number of high mountains and deep valleys. The relative height difference between the mountains and deep valleys can reach 20003,500 meters, but there are still many channels to enter.

In addition, the precipitation conditions on the East and West Pamir Plateau are also very different. The reason for the high in the east is that the mountains block the wet airflow, so the precipitation will be very small. However, during this period, there are also some basins, and river valleys are relatively humid because they have alpine snow melting to replenish water sources, and there are also large areas of grasslands that can be grazed around.

Therefore, after entering the open but arid and barren eastern Pamir Plateau from the relatively humid western plateau, the army led by Khorasan Emir Sanjar began to suffer. In order to reach the next valley or basin that can feed horses and accompanying cattle and sheep as soon as possible, the Guram and Ikta knights of Sanjar often need to endure high altitude hypoxia and the cold wind at night to move forward rapidly. Although they were riding horses, everyone felt chest tightness and shortness of breath and extremely tired.

Sanjar was also in the queue. He rode a short plateau horse, wrapped in a thick blanket, and held a very unclear wine pot in his hand. From time to time, he drank a sip of warm warm body. Compared with defeating the enemy without faith to save Karakhan, drinking some wine was nothing. So in order to reduce the reduction in personnel crossing the plateau, Sanjar prepared a lot of wine when he was in Herat, and gave a little to every Gulam warrior and Ikta knight under his command.

"Kashgar..." Sanjar whispered to the destination of his trip. Until the last moment of attacking from Herat City, he was hesitating whether to go through this journey. If it weren't for his empire being attacked from all sides and his army could not allow his army to stay in Herat City for a long time, he would rather choose to set up heavy troops in Herat City than risk crossing the Pamir Plateau.

But the current situation is grim and he cannot be allowed to abandon the Karakhan ally to the Tianfang Sect. Just as Sanjar was waiting for the Khitan prince (Yelu Dashi who cheated people) who occupied the land of the Seven Rivers to reply to him to his request for peace, the terrifying news came from the two sides of the Sanfoqi Strait.

At the beginning of the year, the Shangpei Stone Fleet stationed in the Sanfoqi Strait launched a naval battle near the Port of Aceh at the west entrance of the Sanfoqi Strait (known as the second Sanfoqi Strait Battle).

According to the report of the secret envoy sent by Pu Abu, who was "lurking" on the side of the Shang Taohua Stone Man, in this maritime battle, the Shang Taohua Stone Fleet dispatched fifty-five galloping warships and one hundred and eighteen armed merchant ships, including twenty-one galloping warships and eighty-one armed merchant ships, and were provided by the Tianfang Sect Maritime Merchant... This really made Sanjar vomit blood!

This war was obviously a dog-biting dog between the two enemies of the Tianfang Sect, Shang Taohua Stone Kingdom and India Zhuluo Kingdom, but the Tianfang Sect merchants, including the Pu family, who were doing business in the Sanfoqi Strait and Shang Taohua Stone, had to attack with the fleet of Shang Taohua Stone. Because the Hindu Zhuluo Navy blocked the Port of Aceh and blocked the Sanfoqi Strait... If the Navy of the Zhuluo Kingdom was not defeated, the merchants of the Tianfang Sect would have to wait endlessly on Nanxin Island.

Time is money! And participating in the war can also divide the spoils and get a tax-free opportunity to pass the strait.

Therefore, almost all the Tianfang Cult sects of the Tianfang Sect were involved in the fleet of the Peach Blossom Stone Kingdom. With their help, plus the four killer weapons of Roman fire, explosion rockets, iron man warriors and Japanese boys. The expeditionary fleet of the Jura Kingdom naturally suffered a crushing defeat, losing more than 100 galloping warships and 20,000 soldiers! In addition, a Jura Kingdom was besieged in the Gatoho Kingdom of Crates... Regardless of whether they could be saved in the end, the Jura Kingdom, which was forcibly powerful in the Indian Ocean, would definitely be severely damaged.

The rule of the Shang Taohua Stone Kingdom in the Sanfoqi Strait will also become very solid. At the same time, the reputation of the Shang Taohua Stone Kingdom will also penetrate into the Indian Ocean.

If Sanjar could not defeat the land power of the Peach Blossom Stone from the north as soon as possible, then soon, the Navy of the Peach Blossom Stone would exert influence on the Indian coastline before he entered India.

Thinking of this, Sanjar once again looked into the distance, and then the moonlight, he saw many mountains, which was really a bit out of sight.

Sanjar, who was a little restless, asked: "Mohammed, how far is it from Lake Kala?"

An elderly Tajik tribe leader immediately rode forward and replied in a flattering manner: "We will arrive tomorrow morning, and we will have a good rest for a few days when we arrive at Kala Lake."

"I don't know how Kashgar is?" Sanjar murmured again.

This question is not something that the chief of the tribe of the Tajiks who led the way can answer. Ibn Ali, a confidant of Sanjar, immediately stepped forward, "Amir, I had been to Kashgar ten years ago, where there was the strongest city wall and the dangerous Chakmak River. As long as Aslan Khan was determined to stick to it, the pagans on the peach blossom stone would never be able to capture it anyway."

Sanjar smiled: "There is no city in the world that cannot be occupied... Even Constantinople can be broken, but the attackers have not found a way to break through the city."

"Emir, do you think the stupid pagans on the Peach Blossom Stone can find a way to break Kashgar?"

Sanjar shook his head, "This is not what I care about. What I care about is how could these pagan army stay near Kashgar for so long? What did they eat? Sand or soil? Could it be that Aslan Khan foolishly left a large amount of food and cattle and sheep to the attacking enemy?"

...

The same problem soon lingered in Aslan Khan's mind.

The distance between Shache Oasis and Shule Oasis is more than 300 miles, but it is not a wasteland. During this period, countless small oasis and pastures were scattered, and the water source was not very short. Several tributaries of the Nanpaoling River and the Chakmak River flowed into the wasteland between Shache Oasis and Shule Oasis. So Aslan Khan also knew that he could not rely on this wasteland to block the enemy. But he still laid countless nomadic cavalry between the oasis and rivers in the wasteland, trying to find out the reality of the enemy for the past few months, he had been trying to figure out how many Song troops there were in Shache Oasis? It would be great if there were too many people! If the enemy reached a certain level, he would have to escape.

However, with the long-term retention of the Song army in Shache Oasis, Aslan Khan's estimate of the number of Song troops has been continuously reduced.

After all, the abominable pagans also have to eat, and the two oasis of Khotan and Shache were cleaned up very clean by Aslan Khan's army. It is impossible for the Song army to find anything to eat unless they can eat grass!

So before today, although wars were rising on the wasteland between Shache Oasis and Shule Oasis, Aslan Khan was still relatively relieved. Because the number of enemies could not be too large, having 20,000 would be enough to make the Song army's logistics line crazy.

This is a transfer of luck for thousands of miles! If the enemy in front of him releases 100,000 to 80,000 people, how many people will transport grain to drive cattle and sheep in the rear?

However, when the Song army's vast marching team appeared on the wild grassland south of the Chakmak River, Aslan Khan's mood seemed to fall from heaven to hell.

There were too many enemies! The smoke and dust rose from the wasteland, endless, making Aslan Khan's eyes almost fall out of their sockets, who wanted to calculate their number.

There was a saying in the army: There were tens of thousands of people and horses, boundless! The Song army that appeared in front of Aslan Khan decided to exceed 10,000, no, 20,000... There should be at least 50,000! The 50,000 troops advanced in several directions and gathered together, and it was as vast as the sea. A black piece extends from more than ten miles south of the Chakmak River to the south bank of the Chakmak River. There were about 2,000 "Guram Cavalry", wearing half-body armor and long spears on their shoulders and carrying them. They ran across the sides of the army. With the sound of thunderous hooves, not only dust was raised, but also a strong sense of fighting spirit that was indelible.

"Why are there so many Buddhist soldiers in the Song Dynasty? Father Khan, let's retreat quickly!"

"Retreat now? Do you want the Gulam cavalry of Song State to chase and kill us and send us father and son to see Allah?"

Standing on the top of the city, Ibrahim, the heir of Karakhan, was so weak that his legs were weak. Fifty or sixty thousand people! And at least half of them were wearing armor! These are the standards of the Knights of Gulam and Ikta! How could the Emperor of Song afford to support so many Gulam and Knights? How rich should he be?

"But, but, Father Khan, what are so many of them eating?" Ibrahim soon thought of the problem of eating.

However, he never thought that the Song army would farm in Shache Oasis no matter what! The farming thing does not exist in the world of Tianfang Sect. Gulam warriors and Ikta knights are both master soldiers, so how could they farm on the front line? They don’t know. As for professional mercenaries and nomadic tribe soldiers, although they are not masters, they can’t farm either. Only some of the Saint Seiya mobilized from the countryside can farm. But they come to heaven, so how can they farm?

"It doesn't matter," Aslan Khan gritted his teeth, "they can't hit Kashgar City, and... they definitely don't have much food left, and they will definitely not be able to hold on to the autumn.

And Sanjar's army is coming! At that time, it will be the end of those pagans!"
Chapter completed!