Chapter 556 Battle of Ili River Valley
Central Asia, the Ili River Valley, and the battle between the three armies determines the hegemony of Central Asia.
The valley is hot and the valley wind in the valley makes people restless, and sweat flows down the armor and falls on the ground.
Thousands of war horses neighed, and the great Khan of the Chagatai Khanate led hundreds of Mongolian commanders, thousands of commanders, and a group of Central Asian minions to fight the coalition forces of the Seljuk Empire and the Khwarezm Kingdom that were attacking.
The Seljuk Empire and the Khwarezm Kingdom sent 400,000 troops, most of which were mainly cavalry.
Central Asia produces good horses, and Dayuan horses come from Central Asia, and even the famous horses belong to the Dayuan horse breed.
The Seljuk Empire Sultan Tugril and Khwarezm Sultan Mahamo were frightened by the Chagatai Khanate and believed that the Chagatai Khanate, like the Western Region Protectorate of the Han Empire, would try to control Central Asia and affect their hegemony.
The Chagatai Khanate replaced the Western Regions Protectorate and became the number one enemy of the Seljuk Empire and Khwarezm.
The dry and gravel is hot, and even in the Yili River Valley, this month is as hot as the air is distorted by the too high temperature.
The Seljuk Empire Sultan Tuglile wiped the sweat from his forehead with a silk handkerchief. This time, he came from afar to destroy the Chagatai Khanate and lift the threat posed by the Chagatai Khanate to the Seljuk Empire.
"I didn't expect that the Mongols would really dare to come to fight. I really don't know how to live or die. We have 400,000 cavalry on our side, and the other side only has 200,000. Defeat the Mongolian cavalry as soon as possible, seize the palace, and cool off my soldiers."
In the hot and hot weather, Tuglile traveled thousands of miles to fight the Chagatai Khanate. He just wanted to defeat the Mongols as soon as possible, seize the royal city of the Chagatai Khanate, and dominate Central Asia.
The Seljuk Empire army could not bear such a climate and was eager to win.
Among the Seljuk and Khwarezm army, there were even tens of thousands of camels, as well as special camel cavalry.
Unlike in imagination, the Central Asian region is almost all light cavalry. Seljuk and Khwarezm have many heavy cavalry, which are specially used to attack enemy formations.
In order to defeat the Chagatai Khanate, the two sultans brought as many as hundreds of military generals.
If the opponent is the main force of the Mongol Empire or the four major khanates join forces, it may also make the Seljuk Empire and Khwarezm panic, but their opponent is only one of the Khanates, Chagatai Khanate.
In the eyes of the two sultans, this battle was won by the Seljuk Empire and the Khwarezm Kingdom coalition forces in any case.
Among the Chagatai Khanate, Temujin's second son Chagatai served as the head coach and fought with 400,000 Central Asian coalition forces with an army of 200,000.
A general appointed by Temujin and Subutai to assist the Chagatai Khanate as deputy commander.
In addition, the Khan of the Ogedei Khanate, Ogedei and Temujin, the third son of Temujin, secretly came to Chagatai Khanate to support Chagatai.
It is obvious that even Temujin and Subutai believed that the Chagatai Khanate suffered losses by one against two, so they secretly united the forces of the two Khanates and gave a fatal blow to the Seljuk Empire and the Khwarezm Kingdom.
"The Seljuks and Khwarezmites were brave and warlike, and were powerful countries in the Western Regions. If they could force them to surrender, they would all be for us."
Chagatai's sharp eyes were like sharp blades, stabbing straight at the Central Asian coalition forces opposite.
The culture of Seljuk and Khwarezm is different from that of the Mongol Empire.
The Mongol Empire was most influenced by primitive beliefs, followed by the Confucian culture brought by Yelu Chucai, who served as prime minister.
If you want Seljuk and Khwarezm to surrender, you can only conquer it with force and powerful force!
Ogedei looked at the Seljuk cavalry opposite and the Khwarezm cavalry, as if coveting their land and population: "Chagatai, it is better to divide the territory of the Seljuk Empire into me and give you the territory of Khwarezm. In this way, it will be not for me to secretly draw elite cavalry to help you defeat the enemy."
Among the four Khanate countries, the Golden Horde has the elite army of the chief legion, and the Ili Khanate country has legendary heroes of the Golden Family such as Torei, Mongke, Kublai Khan, and Hulagu.
If Chagatai can dominate Central Asia, then it will have a powerful military servant.
However, Ogedei's Khanate in the Western Regions was suppressed by the Western Regions Protectorate and could not grow.
This made Ogedei, who was Temujin's third son, very dissatisfied.
Not to mention, in the Battle of the Ili River Valley, which decided to be the overlord of Central Asia, Ogedei came to support his second brother under the order of Temujin. If there is no benefit, Ogedei thinks he is at a disadvantage.
"Seljuk and Khwarezm are all in my sphere of influence and cannot be cedeed to you. When Seljuk and Khwarezm surrender, I and Subutai will help you break through the Western Protectorate. The land controlled by the Western Protectorate is owned by you, how about you?"
In order to allow Ogedei to fully assist him in defeating the Central Asian coalition, Chagatai promised him to attack the Western Regions Protectorate.
Ogedei also knew that his hands could not be stretched too long to compete with Chagatai for control of Seljuk and Khwarezm.
At present, under the control of Temujin, the four major Khanates of the Mongol Empire dare not fight intra-fighting.
If Temujin was killed, it would be hard to say.
Temujin's four sons are all fighting openly and secretly over the division of territory.
Whoever has stronger strength will have greater voice and may inherit the throne of the Khan of the Mongol Empire. Some descendants of the Golden Family would rather be local emperors in Central Asia, West Asia and Eastern Europe, or even give up returning to the northern desert to compete for the position of the Mongol Empire Khan, and instead establish a kingdom alone.
"The Seljuk Cavalry and the Khwarezm Cavalry seem to be about to launch an offensive. Are you sure you will win this battle? Don't all the main cavalry of our two Khanate will be killed in this battle. Otherwise, what will we attack the Western Regions Protectorate? The Western Regions Protectorate cannot even be taken down."
Ogedei narrowed his eyes, and the Central Asian cavalry opposite him were endless. Ogedei didn't dare to say that he would definitely win.
Central Asian cavalry are being mobilized frequently. According to Ogedei's speculation, the Central Asian coalition will launch an attack on the Chagatai-Ogedei Khanate coalition within one or two minutes.
“Turn it to the valley.”
Chagatai handed over the command to the deputy commander.
When Ogedei saw this general, he changed his color slightly: "This person was the general recruited by his father Khan after the National War. He was the lord of the main city in the north at that time."
"It's this person."
When the Mongolian general deployed his troops, the Central Asian coalition had already begun to attack!
"Cut off the head of Chagatai and hang it at the gate of the city to serve as a warning to others!"
The Mahamoth Sultan of Khwarezm pulled out his golden sword and pointed it at the army of the Chagatai Khanate!
The Khwarezm cavalry rushed out and flew past Mahamo!
As a nomadic civilization that stands out, the Khwarezm cavalry are also good at equestrians and bowing!
"Destroy the Chagatai Khanate, their population, gold, silver, cattle, sheep, food and grass, are all your spoils!"
Tuglile Sultan of the Seljuk Empire drew out the Turkic sword and ordered his generals to launch an offensive against the Mongolian cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate!
In the Seljuk Empire, the two armies of Khwarezm moved together, and the iron hooves of the war horses rolled forward, raising sand and dust, and the Ili River Valley was shaken by it!
The Ili River Valley cannot deploy such a huge force, and the Mongolian cavalry with a relatively small number of people will not be at a disadvantage. They will fight with the Seljuk cavalry and Khwarezm cavalry, and corpses are everywhere...
"Capture this city to leave a way out!"
In the western part of the Junggar Basin, Huo'an, the Western Regions' Protector, personally led his generals Chen Tang, Gao Xianzhi and others to attack the capital of the Ogedei Khanate!
As for the Subu Taiwan Legion in the north of the Junggar Basin, it was handed over to Huo Qubing, one of the double walls of the Han Empire, Li Siye of the Modao Team of the Tang Dynasty, and Wang Xuance, the foreign minister of the Western Regions, to block it, and drag the Subu Taiwan Legion to the north of the Tianshan Mountains and south of the Altai Mountains, and to give the Subu Taiwan Legion the opportunity to support the Ogedei Khanate!
Huoan sent scouts who infiltrated the Mongol Empire and the two major khanates to find out that Ogedei secretly went to assist the Chagatai Khanate in dealing with the Central Asian coalition.
So Huoan believed that this was an opportunity to sneak attack on the capital of the Ogedei Khanate, and personally led the cavalry to attack the capital of the Ogedei Khanate Yemili City!
Once the country is defeated, the Ogedei Khanate will collapse!
Under the fierce attack of Chen Tang and Gao Xianzhi, a small town controlled by the Ogedei Khanate was captured. Chen Tang personally climbed first, opened the city gate, and welcomed the army of the Western Region Protectorate in Huo'an.
The Western Regions Protectorate Legion, including the Han army and the local soldiers and horses of 36 countries, was considered to be strong after years of operation by Huo'an.
If the Fourth National War had not come, then the person who competed for Central Asian hegemony with the Seljuk Empire and Khwarezm at this time would be Huoan.
As long as you defeat the Seljuk Empire and Khwarezm, basically, Huo'an's territory will be similar to the territory of Western Liao in history.
However, the existence of the Subu Taiwan Legion and the Ogedei Khan forced Huoan to shrink the troops of the Western Regions Protectorate.
"The Khanate of Ogedei dared to destroy my strategy and must break through Yemili City and pass by Ogedei's family and cattle and sheep."
Huoan holds a map of the Western Regions in his hand.
The area where the Ogedei Khanate arrived was within the original sphere of influence of Huoan, so Huoan was very familiar with the terrain here.
"The whole army replenishes food and grass and restores its physical strength!"
Huoan did not waste any time and ordered the Western Regions Protectorate Army to take a quick rest. Once the physical strength is restored, he will forcibly march again until the army is approaching!
The Ili River Valley, the Seljuk Empire, and the Khwarezm cavalry fought hard. A group of Central Asian cavalry who were fighting jealously tried to break through the gap of the Mongolian army and were unconsciously led into the depths of the valley. The ambushed Mongolian cavalry and Khitan cavalry rushed out and attacked the Central Asian cavalry, resulting in the defeat of the Central Asian cavalry!
The shouts of killing echoed in the river valley. The Ili River Valley was shaking, and the Seljuk people and the Khwarezm people were still resisting tenaciously, but the situation was hopeless. The Mongolian cavalry and the Khitan cavalry suddenly rushed forward. Thousands of Seljuk cavalry and Khwarezm cavalry were killed in battle, and blood stained the red valley.
"Don't retreat! Those who retreat will all be executed with their families!"
Seljuk Sultan personally stepped forward to supervise the war, but still could not curb the defeated army.
Chagatai Khanate and Ogedei Khanate coalition attacked on the whole line, Seljuk and Khwarezm cavalry were killed and injured, flags fell to the ground, corpses, war horses, armor, round shields everywhere...
The Central Asian coalition was defeated and fought in the Yili River Valley. 150,000 cavalrymen were killed, and the remaining more than 200,000 troops were all defeated. Along the way, there were many bones.
The Khitan general who replaced Chagatai to command the Chagatai Khanate-Ogedei Khanate coalition, brought the Khwarezm Sultan to Chagatai.
The Sultan of Khwarezm was extremely frightened when he saw the great figures of the two Khanate countries.
He is half of Central Asia and has not encountered such a failure.
Four hundred thousand troops and fifty thousand were killed in the Yili River Valley!
Chagatai's cowhide military boots stepped on Mahamo's face and did not regard Mahamo as a human being: "Khwarezm dared to provoke our Mongolian Empire on its own initiative, and your fate will be extremely miserable."
Khwarezm Sultan Mahamo's face was distorted: "Khwarezm will not surrender to you..."
"This is your choice, not the choice of the Khwarezm nobles, you can die."
Chagatai killed Mahamo with one sword and wiped the blood-stained sword: "Yelu Dashi, you lead the vanguard army and go to conquer the Seljuks and Khwarezmians..."
Khitan generals went down.
At this time, a Mongolian military general came to Ogedei and whispered.
Ogedei's face changed.
Seeing that his younger brother was disgraceful, Chagatai asked, "What happened?"
"Huo'an of the Western Regions Protectorate is attacking my Khanate."
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Chapter completed!