When the Song Dynasty Expeditionary Fleet went upstream and was more than ten miles away from Bosaro City, I saw thick smoke rolling in front of me, as if something big happened. When the fleet arrived, I found that the lord of Bosaro City Misuti was discovered.

After fleeing back to the city with great defeat, thinking that the enemy was about to arrive, his troops were completely damaged and could not resist, so he simply abandoned the city and fled. Before leaving, he did not forget to plunder the troops and set off a fire, thinking that he could not get it.

It cannot be left for the enemy to enjoy.

Fortunately, the Song army chased each other tightly, and Misuti walked in a hurry. Moreover, the canal and waterway in the city intersected and formed a natural fire belt, so the fire had not spread to the whole city. The fleet drove along the canal into the city and quickly controlled it.

The Governor's Office quickly put out the fire. Fortunately, Misuti only rolled away the most valuable items, and snatched a lot of good things from the fire, especially the shining gold coins full of the warehouse, which was simply blind

The eyes of everyone.

The Governor's Mansion is an independent castle, luxurious as much as an imperial palace, with a large area and mostly stone structure. In addition, half a house is available for use in time to save fire, and the temporary general's mansion was set up here. Cheng Xishou then dispatched troops to control the Hekou Wharf.

, occupied the main traffic roads, executed the robbers on the spot and exposed them to public, quickly calming the riots in the city, and the people in the city also spontaneously organized to extinguish the fire points in the city.

Cheng Xishou did not kill indiscriminately in the city. The next day he summoned officials, religious leaders and chamber of commerce who failed to escape from the city, and explained that the Song Dynasty's navy did not want to hurt the people here, and wanted to find their Khan to punish them.

Everyone performs their duties and is content with their own affairs. If they do not attack the Song army, they will be safe. If they do not cooperate and try to make trouble, they will never be polite. What can these people say under the threat of swords and guns? Most of them chose to cooperate with the Song army. So these

Former government officials and religious figures formed a temporary government and continued to manage the affairs of the city. This reduced people's resistance and the situation in the city was quickly stabilized.

Although it was over, Bosaro City was also an important town on the main transportation route, an important market at the intersection of East and West. The developed commerce made the materials very sufficient and abundant, providing convenience for the Song army to raise supplementary materials, and also continued to move northward

With sufficient material guarantee, they obtained their first place on the land of Seljuk, and the city of Bosarro became its forward supply base for marching into Baghdad.

The Tigris and Euphrates are two famous rivers in the Western Regions. They have special significance for the Arminian Plateau in arid areas, nurturing and irrigating the Mesopotamian Plain. They have long been a fertile and rich land.

By opening up the water and land passage between the Mesopotamus and the Persian Plateau, the Arabs dug up the canal in the "Horamshahr" where the Karen River and the Arab River were close to the intersection, and officially opened up the two major water systems.

The through-canal allows ships to navigate to the port of Bosarro on the Arabian River through the waterway in the middle of the Tigris River. The Song army was able to continue to take a boat north to attack the Seljuk capital Baghdad. But now it has entered the inland expeditionary force,

The roles of the navy and army also changed. The infantry and cavalry who had watched such a long time will become the main force in the next battle, and the navy will become the auxiliary force to help them.

Because the water level of the Tigelus River ahead is shallow, the five-leg and god-class warships are tall and have deep drafts and cannot navigate in the inland rivers. At the same time, hurricane season will also come, with strong winds raging in the Persian Gulf, and ships cannot go into the sea. 10

Several main ships had to become a garrison with Cheng Xishou, who was also useless in the field, and acted as the garrison of Bosaro City, so as not to be snatched by the enemy's retreat...

In Persian, the word Baghdad means a place given by God. At the beginning of the eighth century, Alifamansour, the second king of the Abbas dynasty, discovered that this place was a key to land and water, and the climate was pleasant, so he used it on the basis of the original town

A hundred thousand skilled craftsmen and migrant workers took four years to build a magnificent new city on the west bank of the Tigerus River. It was officially designated as the capital of the Abbas Dynasty, and was once named 'Medina Selan'

.It means a city of peace, but it is still called Baghdad in custom.

The seventh and eighth centuries were the prosperous period of Baghdad. Large-scale construction was built in the city, and buildings with Arab style appeared one after another. Mansur built another palace, "Eternal Palace" on the outskirts of the city, and built camps for the crown prince on the east bank of the river.

With the mosque, the east and west banks of the river were connected by floating bridges, and they were connected to each other as a supportive momentum, making it the most important cultural and trade center in the vast majority of Middle East at that time.

From the mid-8th century to the ninth century, Baghdad City was expanded again, and mosques, religious schools, libraries, observatories, inns, inns, markets, bathhouses and municipal transportation facilities were built. At the same time, academic activities were also very active, and scholars from all walks of life were built.

Under the patronage and protection of the palace, he wrote books and made great achievements in Quran, hadith, teaching law, Kelam and literature and art. These brought the city to its heyday and became the Caliph's Empire.

The center of politics, economy, trade, culture and religion was known as the three famous cities in the world at that time, together with Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty in China, and Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

..............

The road to march became increasingly uneven. Two hundred miles away from Baghdad, the fleet was constantly harassed from the shore and water, so it had to stop several times to drive away the enemy with its cannons, but for the fleet that stretched for more than ten miles

It was also unbearable, and it felt like he was losing sight of the other. Faced with the current situation, Ma Wei and several generals discussed that the infantry and cavalry abandoned their boats and landed on the shore, formed formations along the river bank, captured the castles along the coast, and swept away the outside of the city.

Enemy stronghold.

The infantry and cavalry chose a place with open water and gentle river banks to form a formation. The dragon cavalry cruised on the outside of the team and was responsible for detecting the enemy situation and driving away the small groups of enemies close to the brigade; the Hussars were arranged in the middle to form a solid structure.

The partitions of the dragon cavalry provide support for the dragon cavalry; the infantry is on the inside of the array, but their mobility also depends on the vehicles "recruited" along the way, so that they can avoid the pain of marching in the scorching heat and keep up with the footsteps of the cavalry;

The fleet accompanied the army slowly and provided fire cover and supplies to the army. Li Gong

In fact, what bothered the Song army the most was not the harassment of the enemy, but the hot weather here. During the day, the sun burned the earth all day long, and people sweated a lot when they moved a little. Even at night and in the early morning, it seemed that it was almost the same. Fortunately,

The roads are all leaning against rivers so that they do not have to worry about finding water sources.

In order to maintain combat effectiveness, Ma Wei ordered that except for the troops responsible for the guarding, soldiers could take off their leather armor and move in single clothes, but their weapons and equipment could not leave. They also arranged the marching time to be after sunset and before sunrise, and the sun was on the shore during the day

Camping and resting in the woods beside it. When camping, dig trenches, build fortifications, and arrange light and dark posts in accordance with regulations. The camping site must be within the effective range of the naval gun.

Since the infantry and cavalry landed, the number of direct conflicts with the enemy began to increase. Seljuk often chose the Song army to suddenly attack the Song army's brigade during the marching. These cavalry wore conical battle helmets on their heads, with the helmets on the top.

There is a cluster of colorful horse mane, wearing a chain mail, a round shield tied on its left arm, and a long cloak outside the armor. The head, neck, chest and other parts of the war horse are also hung with vests, and spears are inserted in the stirrups.

There are gun flags floating on it, with bows and arrows and long swords on it, and some horses with battle axes or iron bones hanging next to their saddles.

Judging from the dress of the enemy cavalry, it is basically possible to determine that they are heavy cavalrymen, but the movements of these people do not seem to be affected by heavy armor, and their war horses are very majestic, and the knights wearing heavy armor can still run quickly.

Once it appears, it often quickly approaches the squad ranger that first attacks the periphery. It can shoot five or six arrows in just a few breaths, but the range and accuracy are not satisfactory.

Even so, it can make the Song army's rangers busy, and the enemy cavalry takes the opportunity to approach and attack the Song army's rangers under the horse. If they have the opportunity, they will quickly launch an attack on the marching Song army brigade. Once they are counterattacked or there are brigades of cavalry intercepted.

They immediately turned around and fled without contact. The Song army was determined to pursue, but often because the speed of the war horses was inferior to the other party and were worried that they would be ambushed by the enemy, they could only watch them escape without any help.

"General Li, what do you think?" After being attacked repeatedly, the Song army often could not hurt a single hair, which made the whole army very angry. Ma Wei personally planned an ambush, captured three living people, and killed them.

Five of them also allow them to get to know their opponents at a close distance.

"The equipment of these people is no less than that of the Jin army's Iron Futu, and should be among the elite!" Li Quan said as he fiddled with the armor pulled from the enemy. The chain mail of these people can cover most of the bodies from their necks to their thighs.

, under his feet are iron battle boots, and there are also shining armor on his calf; iron gloves are worn on his hands and wrists, and only the arms are not armed, probably to maintain flexibility in using weapons.

"Well, these people are much more difficult to deal with than Tiefutu. They wear heavy armor but move quickly. In addition to being excellent in war horses, they are afraid they have received training since childhood. Otherwise, let alone wearing armor, they will wear this outfit on hot days.

It's roasted!" Wang Gang said, kicking the armor on the ground. A good armor is often regarded as a treasure by military generals, but it doesn't work much for the Song army. The firearms they hold are usually far away.

After solving the problem, I would probably not need the enemy to kill me if I wear this outfit during hand-to-hand combat, and I would be exhausted to death.

"Yes, these may be the elite of the Seljuk people. Not only are the armor exquisite and strong, but the weapons are also very exquisite and diverse. They should be professional soldiers!" Ma Wei picked up a handful of garlic iron bones and weighed them very heavily. This is obviously used
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