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Although the formation of the Iraqi World Alliance was much faster than before due to the stimulation of the Central Army, the coalition forces needed to mobilize from various forces in the Iraqi World, and also prepared armor, war horses, and food, so Sanjar and others could only watch the Central Army fight.

After destroying Grolu and Kangli, the central army entered the Fergana Valley and continued to advance westward to reach Huwu.

Here, the Eastern Army led by Wang De, the powerful general of the central army, fought a decisive battle with the army of the Western Karakhanate that had to fight.

As a result, although the Karakhan army fought very firmly, because the strength of the two armies was too different, the Karakhan army was easily defeated by the central army. Mahmud Khan of the Karakhan Dynasty fled back to his capital Samarkand (the second largest city in later generations and the old capital of Uzbekistan).

Wang De ordered Yue Yun to be the vanguard and led the backbone army to chase Mahmud Khan, approaching Samarkand all the way.

Despair enveloped the hearts of every Western Karakhanate. They all thought: Our country is going to be over, we will end up with the Eastern Karakhanate and be conquered by the Eastern Emperor.

In desperation, Mahmud Khan could only go to Isfahan, the capital of the Seljuk Empire (a later city in central Iran, capital of Isfahan Province) to ask for help from his sect leader Seljuk Turks Sultan Sanjar, who asked Sanjar to lead the gathered coalition forces, quickly advance eastward and fight the decisive battle with the central army.

But as soon as Mahmud Khan arrived in Isfahan, he heard bad news - Yue Yun led the back cub army to attack Samarkand, and his whole family was captured by the central army.

Mahmud Khan really doesn't believe this news!

You know, Samarkand is one of the few strong cities in Central Asia, and there is a moat that is more than ten feet wide outside the city of Samarkand. How could it be broken so easily?

Mahmud Khan firmly believed that the news was fake and continued to urge Sanjar to send troops.

But a few days later, people from the Sikarakhstan fled to Samarkand.

Mahmud Khan called these people to ask carefully, and then he learned from these people that the Chinese army easily crossed the moat of Samarhan with magical wooden boards (flying bridges) together, and then used dozens of iron boxes (steel wheel fire cabinets) to easily explode the city walls of Samarhan and conquered Samarhan in one battle.

After listening to the story of the people who escaped from Samarkand, not only Mahmud Khan was shocked, but Sanjar and others were also shocked to an extreme extent.

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Sanjar and others also thought that the central army would dare to come from the east from thousands of miles away, and it would be a strong dragon crossing the river.

But Sanjar and others never expected that the strong dragon of the central army, a cross-river, would be so strong!

Mahmud Khan quickly put away his sadness and said to the representatives of various forces: "Li Yan came this time not just for the Karakhanate. If so, their purpose has been achieved, and there is no need to advance westward again, but you all see that they are still advancing westward. They must be for the Muslim religion this time. This is a holy war. If we don't win this battle, it will be the biggest disaster in the history of Muslim religion."

Anyone can figure it out that Mahmud Khan encouraged them so much because he wanted them to send troops to avenge Mahmud Khan and restore Mahmud Khan's country, and he had bad intentions.

But the Central Army's offensive is indeed here, which is obviously directed to the entire Iranian world and Muslim religion. What's more important is that as long as the Central Army takes over the Sikhrakh dynasty, it will border the Seljuk Empire. By then, there will be a battle between the two sides, so Mahmud Khan is not wrong.

As the boss of the Iranian world and the sultan of the Iranian religion, Sanjar must stand up regardless of whether he wants it or not.

More importantly, the central army was about to attack Sanjar's home.

So, Sanjar stood up and said, "This is the Yi world, the Yi world of our Muslim religion. If Li Yan goes back to the East now, we will stop the battle. Otherwise, we will fight to the East. I will write a letter to Li Yan now and give Li Yan another chance, the last chance!"

Sanjar did what he said, and indeed wrote a letter to Li Yan and sent an envoy to Guiyuan City.

During this period, the central army was digesting the territory of the Western Karakhanate. While pacifying the Western Karakhanate, Li Yan divided the territory of the Western Karakhanate, including the Eastern Karakhanate, into ten countries of almost a large size according to the actual situation. Then he made himself willing to be the son of the king of these ten small countries, and went to the king wherever he won. If he could not win, he would wait for the opportunity to come later. Those who became kings immediately took office and immediately led their respective personal troops to pacify their kings and build their own kingdoms. If the army was not enough, Li Yan would give them some reserve civilians to help them pacify. Their country was named by Li Yan. For example, Li Ji's country was called "Jiguo" and Li Xiu's country was called "Xuguo".

At this moment, the letter Sanjar wrote to Li Yan was delivered to Guiyuan City.

In the letter, Sanjar said: "Sultan of the Seljuk Empire to the Emperor Donghuang: Eastern countries and the Iranian world have always been friendly and mutually connected. Many countries in the Iranian world come from the East, and both sides should not fight each other. Therefore, in order for the two sides to live in peace, you immediately withdraw from the Iranian world and return the Eastern Karakhanate and the Western Karakhanate. This matter is just fine. Otherwise, when our army arrives, we will be burned together, and our millions of troops are invincible. The soldiers can shoot the enemy's hair and beard with arrows. Are you afraid that you are afraid?"

When the letter written by Sanjar was about to be sent out, even the ministers of Sanjar advised him, "Sultan, you cannot write such a letter. This letter is too insulting and there is no room for maneuver. Don't you leave yourself a way out?"

But Sanjar refused to listen and said that the letter must be written like this, otherwise he would not be scared away that coward, Li Yan, and said he would not be worried. Once this letter was delivered, Li Yan heard that they would send a million troops to fight, and they would definitely be scared away.

The ministers repeatedly tried to persuade him but failed, and the letter was finally sent to Li Yan.

After reading it, Li Yan smiled and then let his civil and military officials circulate it.

After seeing Yelu Dashi, he asked someone to bring a needle and asked Sanjar's envoy to stab his own beard with a needle.

Sanjar's envoy stabbed him with a needle for a long time, but he kept stabbing him.

Li Yan looked at the sweaty envoy and said, "You go back and tell Sanjar that I want to see how his soldiers shot the hair and beards of our soldiers with arrows. Tell him that there is no need to say more meaningless words, come and fight quickly, and I will definitely accompany you to the end."

Sanjar's envoy returned to Isfahan in shame, and then said to Sanjar: The minister of the Eastern Emperor asked me to stab my beard with a needle, but I didn't break it. The Eastern Emperor said that he wanted to see how our warriors shot the hair and beards of their soldiers with arrows, so let Sultan, you don't have to talk nonsense, come and fight quickly.

As a result, Sanjar was completely cut off from his back and could only grit his teeth and continue to gather the army and prepare for a decisive battle with the central army.
Chapter completed!