The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

In the early morning of the next day, the little lords from the territory of Grand Duke Feichia led their troops to help. Could it be that the majestic castle, which was once the symbol of power and wealth in their minds, had turned into ruins, and the corpses everywhere were stinking, and the tall main building became

A huge stove was filled with thick smoke and flames, and countless holes on the building were spewing out the flames, and the rolling heat waves emitted made people dare not approach it.

Through the costumes on their bodies, the little lords found the grand duke couple who had turned into a pile of meat paste and the headless brave guard captain Chiton Knight, which made them unable to help but shed tears of sadness from the dead rabbit and fox. But wiped the tears and turned around to the little lords.

Then they fought and made a group of people. They all realized that the death of the Grand Duke was a good time to re-dividate the power and land, and everyone wanted to get the best benefit from it. But in the dark night, the main building of the Grand Duke Castle of the Grand Duke, burning like a torch, was in the middle of the night.

Remind the people around you not to provoke oriental people, otherwise that will end up.

The news of the martyrdom of the Grand Duke of Feichia spread quickly on the Somenian plains, saying that a group of demons from the East destroyed the castle with magical tools, killed all the people in the castle, snatched away the family's century-old savings, and

The castle was set on fire. It was coming along the Tigris River, claiming to wash away the entire plain and take away all the wealth and women. For a moment, the entire plain was full of war, and the lords of all sizes hid in the castle and kept their doors away.

The nobles packed up their fine lines and went to the imperial capital to take refuge.

The Expeditionary Force did not know that it had become a "demon" in the Seljuk population, but felt that the "flies" of the past were gone. But the closer they were to the imperial capital, Ma Wei and others felt pressure. They attacked

The Grand Duke of Feichia experimented with the new tactics and gained some experience. However, he realized that his troops were weak and it was difficult to encircle a big city, so he began to deliberately slow down the marching speed and expand the scope of the sweep.

After the deaths of two powerful leaders of the Seljuk Empire, Maliksha and Nizamu, the empire had begun to split, the royal family fought for the throne, the royal family was in conflict, and the military and feudal lords in various places were the most powerful. Various sects also joined the fight, and they occupied it.

The empire began to disintegrate by building a fortress and attacking the dynasty army. Decades later, the empire split into the small Seljuk Sultan dynasty centered on major cities. The dynasties fought each other, weakening their ability to resist foreign enemies.

The actual control of Sanjar, known as the Great Seljuk Sultan, has been greatly reduced. As a result, all troops sent to Western Liao have to mobilize various forces to participate in the name of jihad. This allows Ma Wei and others to use them to fight each other and fight each other.

The situation of disagreement was defeated one by one. He respected his religious beliefs, did not interfere with his territorial affairs, did not plunder their property as bait, and induced them to give up resistance. Of course, if there is something, it is necessary to directly siege the city and make a forcibly landing. Those little lords thought about it

The fate of Grand Duke Feichia often handed over his own private army to save his life, land and property.

The expeditionary army swept across the banks of the Tigris River, extorting and surrendering many local forces. Anyway, they were dozens of people, and there were no more than 1,800 people. As long as they were not disabled, they would accept them, and some of them wanted to use the help of Song.

The army's strength took the opportunity to expand its power. There were also bandits who wanted to make money with them uninvited, including the private army "Guram" offered by the lords under the muzzle. As the mobilization area expanded

They formed a tower of sand and actually pieced together a cannon fodder army with thousands of people.

And those "Gulams" who took advantage of their tricks are very obedient to their new masters. This may be the tendency of their benefit to get rid of their current status; perhaps they were born in nomadic peoples and believed in the principle of the strong as respect; perhaps it was

The cruel training of slaves and the cruel training of childhood had already left a mark of "obeying the master" in their hearts. The surrender of the Song army was just sold to the new master by the old master.

Ma Wei and others formed such a team. At first, they just wanted to strengthen their momentum. They were grateful for the idle business of leading the way, raising grain, and running errands and doing odd jobs. But the cannon fodders are too capable. The cannon fodder army composed of professional soldiers is not weak in combat.

And when they go to the battlefield, they are not ruthless to their own people, and they are even more cruel than ordinary troops. Let them go out and "grass and valleys" are often like locusts passing through the border. Needless to say, gold, silver and grain, and even the population is not spared.

Fire 'destroys'.

Not only did the Song army not have to go forward or run for many things, but the team also expanded rapidly with their attacks everywhere. Now the number of people has reached more than 20,000. They also discovered what the cannon fodder army did.

It won the reputation of "brutality" for the Song army, but it also made no one dared to confront each other publicly. Seeing the team expanding continuously, Ma Wei and others felt that it would be impossible to continue like this and they must be reorganized.

Change the chaos of the three and two groups.

With the approval and authorization of Cheng Xishou, the head coach of the Expeditionary Army, Ma Wei formed the cannon fodder army into three 10,000 teams in accordance with local customary practices and different sects:

The 10,000-man team consists of 'Guram' acquired 6,000. They are well-trained and well-equipped heavy cavalrymen, and the Turkic knight Bakr, who adheres to the mercenary principles of 'Guram', is the commander of the ten thousand men.

Because of its bravery and good combat, it is praised by the people of the plains as "Atar", which is the name of the god of war in the Arab world, so this army is called the "Atar" army.

The 20,000 team consists of opposition armed forces led by 7,000 bandits and some religious figures who have been hit by different sects. Because they have no stable base, they are always surrounded and pursued, and their best attitude is to

Mobile warfare, of course, is also very skilled in looting and murdering and setting fire. The position of 10th Man is the Persian Mulek, who once rampant in the Zagros Mountains and is now forced to 'wander' everywhere. People call it

Brak, that is, the half-human and half-beast monster in myth, is just as appropriate for them who have mixed praise and criticism.

The number of 30,000 people is as many as 8,000 people, including civilian troops, slaves, landless civilians and bankrupt businessmen, etc., and their combat effectiveness can be imagined.

He knew that he could only do some rough work such as transporting materials, building fortifications, raising food and grass. The 1000-man master of this miscellaneous brand was a ruined little lord named Sirod.

In his early years, Sirod owned two merchant ships specializing in silk business between the Song Dynasty and Seljuk. Because he could speak Chinese and knew the rules, he was deeply trusted by several Song Dynasty generals. He also performed extremely maliciously.

The ability to flatter the masters is like the "three grandsons", which makes the masters happy. However, they regard themselves as nobles and act arrogantly, and are famous for extorting the lords of the occupied land.

People jokingly call it "Dahak" an evil dragon that symbolizes hypocrisy and sin in mythology. Poor people also followed the ten thousand men and became the evil "Dahak" army.

Ma Wei knew that although the three 10,000 teams were not satisfied with the organization, they would develop at this speed and would have to be super-organized if they could not get to Baghdad. With the joining of the army, the team of the Western Expedition Army doubled, and they were in a mighty way.

The marching army continued for several miles, with great power and much more beautiful. However, in line with the old saying that the tree attracted the wind, the rapid expansion of the expeditionary army finally attracted the attack of the Seljuk Empire army...

On this day, the Expeditionary Force sent a coalition force composed of the Dragon Cavalry Brigade and the Atal Army and the Brak Army to attack the city of Jigia, which is less than a hundred miles away from Baghdad. Now, due to the large number of people, the consumption has increased exponentially, and this

The city is a larger city leading to the imperial capital. After the capture, it can solve the food and grass problem of the entire army for a month. In addition, the power is very clear. If you want these "cannon fodder troops" to truly follow the Song army to fight, you only rely on

Deterrence is not enough, and a quick and effective method is no more effective than generous rewards, and the money required can only be made on the spot.

According to the experience of attacking the city these days, as long as they surround the city and show their flags and fire a few more shots, the people in the city will ask for surrender and offer their property in exchange for not being beaten up. However, this time they kicked the iron plate.

Before the coalition forces arrived at the city, they encountered an interception from a large army. Faced with the coalition forces' attack, they took a defensive posture and arranged cavalry in an orderly formation, and used strong bows to attack with a wave of volleys.

Wang Gang, the leader, soon discovered that these knights were different from "Guram". They had superb archery skills and could accurately shoot the enemy at a considerable distance. The dense rain of arrows gave the attacking Ata, who was wearing heavy armor.

The army knights caused great casualties. He immediately realized that this was their usual defensive counterattack tactic? It was just replaced with the cold weapon version, which used long-range weapons to cause a large number of casualties to the enemy and consumed their living power.

, When the formation is distracted due to excessive casualties and morale is low, the cavalry will charge again.

Wang Gang, who saw through the enemy's attempt, could order to stop the attack and adjust his tactics and fight again. At this moment, the tenement-in-command of the Atal army, Bakker also found that they were not against the Seljuk Empire's army, but Romsudan from Asia Minor

National cavalry. It belongs to the Seljuk people. It has always been attached to the Great Seljuk Empire and is in a semi-independent state. Decades ago, the Roma Sultanate stubbornly resisted the invasion of the Crusaders and saved it

In central Asia Minor, their army became famous.

The main body of the army of the Rom Sultanate is similar to that of Gulam, both of which come from slaves and have to undergo strict military training since childhood. But unlike Gulam, they are more focused on bends while learning various martial arts.

Knife, spear, and especially cavalry and shooting. In cavalry coordinated training, every soldier needs to pay attention to how to coordinate with the overall tactical unit. The most obvious point is that they pay more attention to a strict and neat team.

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