The city was built by Sammo (Samarkand later generations).

On a winter evening when the sun sets, in the mansion provided by King Kang, thirty-five-year-old Ahmed Nasr was leisurely in the bathhouse.

The bathtub is made of grinding and extremely smooth marble. Each piece of marble is about three feet long, one foot, one foot high. The front is carved with flame patterns. A lion-headed camel-body statue stands in the west end of the bathtub. Below the statue is a round slope for people to lean against.

This mansion was originally the residence of the Western Turkic Khanate, the current residence of King Kang's ancestors in Kang's country. Now the king has been given out to serve the generals to live in the country of great food, which is in line with the old saying - thirty years, Hedong and thirty years, Hexi.

But it has a unique charm for Nasr.

Nasr, you will know that he is a descendant of the Turkic tribe.

Yes, decades ago, he was a descendant of the Western Turkic Khanate who remained in Shilifa. After the demise of the Western Turkic Khanate, his family went into exile to Khorasan. Due to the prestige of Shilifa, hundreds of Turkic people gradually gathered around him. After the rise of the Great Food, Khorasan, whose geographical environment was very similar to that of the Arabian Peninsula, became an important base, and the Turks who converted to the Tianfang Sect gradually became the power used by previous governors of Khorasan to suppress the increasingly powerful Eastern Persians.

So, the Nasr family rose again.

The Nasr family was the beginning of the large-scale launch of the Turkic people. The large-scale launch of the Turkic generals and soldiers had to wait until the Battle of Talas and the Tang Dynasty completely withdrew west of the Tianshan Mountains.

At present, the Governor of the River Emir appointed by Governor Khorasan is a Persian from the eastern part of Khorasan. He promised that once Nasr took over the area north of the Amu River, he would appoint him as the Governor of Hebei, and naturally he would suppress Emir.

Nasr was an outstanding representative of the Turks in Khorasan. In the past, the Turks mainly served as mercenaries there, and the highest position was the centurion, which was somewhat similar to the attitude of the Poles who held Ukraine's sovereignty hundreds of years later toward the Cossacks. However, Ahmed Nasr became the commander of the thousand-man with his great military achievements. After marrying the daughter of the Great Imam of Khorasan, it was the first time in the history of the Turks in Khorasan.

In the original history, Nasr effortlessly captured Shiguo, Kangguo, and Anguo, and changed his previous attitude towards these places to be simply restrained, and began to station troops in various countries.

Of course, due to the internal strife between the Turks, the Great Cannibals, and the Persians, the Great Cannibals' occupation of these countries was not so reliable. Complete control would require waiting for the establishment of the Abbasid Dynasty (750 years, this year was 741 years).

After Nasr occupied Kangguo and Anguo, he immediately asked the Soddian infantry to replace him with a small number of Turkic generals as the backbone, the Dashi Cavalry and the Damascus infantry as the main force, surrounded the capital of Shiguo Qishi City, and brought his main force to Samo to build the city.

Nasr knew that Shi State was actually a vassal of the powerful Shi State in the north. Once Shi State was surrounded, if there were reinforcements, Shi State would definitely be the first to bear the brunt.

As for the farther Tang Dynasty, the Great Cannibal had not yet contacted it. However, when Nasr was the commander of a thousand men, he followed Governor Khurasan to fight several battles with the Tukha Shi Khan Kingdom, which had previously occupied the northern foothills of the Snow Mountains. The strength of the two sides was almost the same. Since the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Tukha Shi Khan Kingdom, its strength should naturally not be underestimated.

Therefore, in order to completely take over the Shi Kingdom and use Shi Kingdom as bait, besieging the city and attacking aid was Nasr's established strategy.

Therefore, as soon as his subordinates surrounded Qishi City, he would deceive the world and transfer all his elite forces to Samo Jiancheng. Now from Shiguo to Shiguo, he must experience Kangguo. To reach Kangguo, he must travel through a valley about fifty miles long - the Jizak Valley.

The Jizak Valley is formed after the flow of the Jizak River originating from the western end of the Pamir Mountains. Both sides are full of continuous small desert mountains. The mountains are not high, mostly between two or three hundred meters, making it easy to hide ambush.

Three days ago, after learning that a reinforcement army was brought from the Shi Kingdom, Nasr ordered 5,000 Damascus infantry to ambush at the end of the valley near Samo Jiancheng.

As an excellent general, Nasr did not devote all his strength to it, and he still had three thousand great horses in his own hands.

Before the Persians and Turks entered the Dashi army system, the Dashi cavalry almost had no armor, and there was no bow or arrow, and there was nothing except a scimitar. The Dashi people were able to rise in the Middle East, and the young and strong people from the former Damascus and Babylonian former Rome, and the Persian jurisdiction played a great role.

After the demise of Persia, the great cannibals naturally accepted the Persian army and weapons. Only then did they have systematic armor and weapons. After joining the Turks, their cavalry tactics became further enriched.

Naser's Dashi Cavalry was no less capable than the Turks in terms of individual skills, but they were not good at tactics, and it was only in Naser's hands that they played their greatest role.

After Nasr mastered this army, he equipped it with armor and long-range weapons. It was impossible for a great man to suddenly master all riding and shooting, but it was still possible for him to have some javelins. With the strong support of the Damascus infantry, his elite combat power is still quite considerable.

In fact, compared with the cavalry, the five thousand Damascus infantry are the real backbone. They all have armor, holding scary spears, supplemented by short swords and shields, and can be taken out alone against the cavalry of the Tuksch Khanate.

Not long ago, in the battle between Sulu, the Great Khanate of the Tukhan Kingdom and Governor Khorasan, Sulu had won a great victory and could have pursued the victory, but after seeing the Damascus spear formation that was as dense as spider webs on the banks of the Amu River, he finally chose to retreat.

Nasr firmly believed that only three thousand "Tang Army" and two thousand stone reinforcements were enough to deal with by the five thousand Damascus infantry, not to mention that he still had three thousand Great Food Cavalry here?

The marble countertop was filled with wine that had just been brought in from outside. Nasr picked it up and took a sip. The heat from the bathtub added the cold wine, which felt so wonderful.

However, he was a general after all, and was not overwhelmed by the victory of Anguo and others quickly. For him, taking the entire Shi Kingdom and Bakhanna country was a complete victory, especially Bakhanna, an ally of the Tang Dynasty. Before he took these two countries, he, the "Governor of Hebei", was not in line with his name.

After drinking the cold wine, he sorted out his plans in his mind, and finally he felt that there should be no surprises.

"The Damascus infantry has strong combat power and favorable terrain. Even if it is not as good as the Tang army, it is impossible to retreat within a few days. In these few days, the cavalry led by itself can rush out from any gap on both sides of the valley!"

"There are more than a dozen gaps on both sides of the Jizak Valley. After entering the gap, you will encounter gaps leading to all directions. If it weren't for the locals, you would definitely be dizzy. The Tang army's detective cavalry would definitely be confused. When the Tang army and the Damascus infantry were fighting fiercely, my cavalry suddenly appeared and victory was at your fingertips..."

Thinking of this, Nasr smiled with satisfaction. He waved his hand and the two Sogdian female slaves serving in the bathtub came over.

...

Soon, the night completely enveloped the city of Samo.

Most of the military and civilians in the city of Jiancheng, which had just taken over by the Cannibal, believed in Zoroastrianism, and a few people believed in Buddhism and Nestorianism. Under the Zoroastrian system, huge torches will be lit on the tops of several major temples in the city at night, symbolizing the "Eye of Darkness" from Ahura Mazda, the highest god of the Zoroastrianism. The torches have wind shelter and will not be extinguished in strong winds.

As an important town of the Zoroastrian religion, there is a Zoroastrian temple in the east, south, west, north, and middle of the city, symbolizing the five disciples of the wonderful wind, wonderful fire, wonderful water, clear air, and Mingli under the command of the Venerable Guangming. The night is now dark, and you can see these five fire lights at the highest point of Qianqilifa Mansion, which is located in the middle of the city.

In the past, in order to monitor the military and civilians of Kang State, there was a three-story building in the mansion of Qi Lifa. It was originally a place where the Turkic Shi Lifa prayed to Changshengtian. Later, I saw that most of the Kang State believed in the Zoroastrianism and gradually accepted it. Therefore, Nasr is not unfamiliar with the Zoroastrianism.

In fact, in the mind of the Nasr family who had not long been converted to the Tianfang Sect, the immortal heaven, the true Lord, Ahura Mazda (hereinafter referred to as Mazda) has been appearing alternately. Now it is just the one in the middle who temporarily occupies the main position.

"If we occupy Kangguo and other countries this time, we must let them all convert to Tianfang Sect, otherwise they will be demoted to slaves."

When Nasr, who was standing at a high place and looking at the flames in the five directions, he couldn't help but look solemn.

Of course, he was not only solemn for the sake of the Zoroastrianism.

Just half an hour ago, he received a message that made him feel a little uneasy.

"Governor"

What I reported to him before was a descendant of a former general of Shi Lifa, an extremely excellent detective. According to the highest evaluation of the Turks, "That was a real wild wolf, who could travel hundreds of miles alone, not eat or drink for several days, be able to wear fur coats on hot days, and be ambushed for a long time in a cold winter."

"The Ministry of Service discovered that about 5,000 reinforcements from Shiguo arrived in Jizak and suddenly disappeared!"

"oh?"

"On the third day, two thousand five hundred people were driven out from there. Look at the costumes, they should be the five hundred Tang army and the two thousand stone cavalry. They arrived at the Jizhak Pass before dark, but did not cross the pass overnight, but stopped at the northern end of the pass."

"There are more than two thousand Tang troops who have completely disappeared..."

"How is it possible? Mostly still in Jizak Castle"

"Governor, we have spies in Jizak. We have witnessed five thousand reinforcements entering Jizak's military camp and mingled with the locals who delivered food and grass to the military camp, but found that there were only those 2,500 people, and there were no traces of more than 2,000 people left!"

"How is it possible? Is there a secret passage in the military camp leading out? It's impossible. If it's possible to say Zhezhe City, but Jizhak is impossible. By the way, your spy saw them entering the military camp with his own eyes?"

"Yes"

"You still contacted according to the previous method?"

"Yes, that method was carried out in the unique way of our Turkic people. There is no possibility for outsiders to see through it. Governor, you know it too. It is an ancient method. Even among the Turkic people, only a few people know it."
Chapter completed!