Firmament

It is better to carry a stone with a wise man.

- Uyghur proverb

In 1217, after teaching the unruly Bai Gao Daxia Kingdom a lesson, the steppe kingdom sent its army south to attack the Nuzhi kingdom, and at the same time began to covet the vast land and infinite wealth of Khorezm.

Soon, the army of the steppe country stopped moving south and was stationed in the same place to prepare for the westward expedition.

Why did the steppe country suddenly stop attacking the country in the south and turn its attention to Khorezm in the west?

A wise philosopher once said that everything has a cause. Aladdin Mahamat, the king of the Khorezm Empire, made a fatally wrong decision, directly exposing his looming intentions with the steppe country. Their intentions are the same, that is, they want to dominate the world and dominate the world.

The Khorezm Empire grew from small to large and from weak to strong, gradually unifying all the countries of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya Valleys, occupying the rich Iranian Plateau, Afghanistan and Arabia, monopolizing the traditional trade routes between the East and the West, and accumulating a large amount of wealth. These are all lacking in the northern prairie, which makes the generals of the grassland country think about it and are very red-eyed.

Initially, the steppe countries hoped to establish a smooth trade partnership with Khorezm, and transfer the luxury goods they plundered from the East to European countries through Khorezm, earning tenfold or hundredfold profits for the benefit of the country, making the steppe country richer and stronger, and finally achieving the goal of conquering and dominating the world.

Aladdin Mahamat was also an ambitious monarch who was no less hungry for the world than the king of the steppe country. He had been planning to choose the right opportunity to conquer the steppe country and the eastern country, expand his territory to the rich and distant east, and obtain a large amount of silk, tea and ceramics.

Aladdin Mahamat sent a large delegation to the steppe country in the name of business, allowing them to conduct business and trade while spying on the steppe country's military intelligence.

Previously, the king of the steppe country knew very little about the situation of the Khorezm Empire, and was considering how to find out the bottom of the other party. Now, when he saw the Khwarazm mission, he attached great importance to it and personally came forward to entertain the members of the mission.

The king of the steppe country learned about the basic state of Khorezm through his conversation with the mission. He believed that Khorezm could now become a trading partner for spices, woollen fabrics, precious stones, and various daily necessities for the steppe kingdom, and then conquer it when the steppe nation was strong enough.

The king of the steppe country warmly entrusted the head of the mission to convey to King Aladdin Mahamat: I am the ruler of the north, and you are the ruler of the west, let us always maintain friendly relations, and let the merchants of the two countries communicate freely. This will do us more than any harm to our two great nations.

The king of the steppe kingdom issued a decree allowing the merchants of Khorezm to carry out trade activities in various places.

Those who were nominally Khorezm merchants but were in fact spies roamed freely in the steppes because of this order, secretly gathering all kinds of information and sending it back to the country through secret channels.

The King of the Prairie Country is not an idiot either. He also had the idea of Khorezm.

Between Khorezm and the steppe country is a large country, the Western Khitan. The Western Khitan controlled the Chu River valley and the Tarim Basin, often blocking trade routes between the East and the West, seriously affecting the trade of the steppe countries. Moreover, the current monarch of the Western Khitan is not a Khitan, but the prince Qu Qu Lu, who usurped the throne of the Western Khitan and the main opponent of the steppe country back then.

The king of the steppe country decided to go on an expedition to Western Khitan to eliminate his former enemies, clear the trade barrier between the two empires, and directly contact Khorezm, successfully obtaining Khorezm and European products, and laying the foundation for the future conquest of Khorezm.

In 1217, the king of the steppe country ordered the general Jebe to lead 20,000 cavalry to march to the Western Khitan. For a time, on the road leading to the west, the war horses galloped and neighed, the soldiers roared like thunder, and the wolf smoke rolled out, covering the sky and the sun.

The phoenix that falls on the shelf is not as good as a chicken.

At this time, Xiqidan was no longer the tall and mighty lion he had been, but a docile and pitiful little lamb who was slaughtered. It didn't take much effort for the iron cavalry of the grassland country to pocket all the vast territory of the Western Khitan.

It stands to reason that the army of the steppe country was an invading army from afar, but not only did it not meet with strong resistance from the people of Western Khitan, but it was widely supported by the people because of its tolerant policy.

Qu Julu became a loner and fled in a hurry. He was intercepted by the common people and handed over to Jebe to be killed on the spot.

The once hegemonic West Khitan perished, sinking like a boulder into the Ili River without making any sound. The territory of Western Khitan has naturally become the territory of the steppe country. Since then, the western part of the steppe country has directly bordered the northeastern territory of Khorezm.

Two ferocious tigers stay in a mountain forest, and bloody and bloody fights are inevitable.

In the spring of 1218, Aladdin Mahamat received the envoy of the steppe country in the palace of Samarkand and received a letter from the king of the steppe country. He gladly accepted the proposal of "peaceful coexistence and mutual trade" and agreed that the two countries should establish good-neighborly and friendly relations and guarantee the safety of businessmen who go to each other's countries.

The parties formally conclude a written agreement. The palace was filled with a joyful and cheerful atmosphere.

That night, Aladdin Mahamat secretly summoned Mahmud, the head of the Steppe Mission, with the Minister of National Defense, Ismaili and Ahmed.

Mahmud was a subject of the Khorezm Empire and later moved to the north to do business. Because he was proficient in the steppe language and Khorezm, he was hired as a special envoy by the king of the steppe country.

Aladdin Mahamat held a priceless sapphire and offered it as a reward to Mahmud.

He said meaningfully: "No matter how long the Amu Darya River is, it has its own source, and no matter how good the grassland is, it is not as good as the motherland." This precious sapphire is priceless, and I would like to present it to you as a souvenir, so that your heart will always remember the warmth of the motherland. "

Flattered, Mahmoud humbly said, "No matter how high the mountain is, it will never forget the foundation given by the earth." Although Xiaomin is the head of the mission of the grassland country, he will never forget the blessing and nurturing of the mother country no matter what. Xiaomin has never made such a small contribution to the mother country, and he has always felt guilty in his heart. Today, His Majesty has given the people precious gems, and the people should remember His Majesty's kindness and repay the country with their lives. "

Aladdin Mahamat smiled and said, "It's a trivial matter, but it's not enough to worry about. It's just that after you return to the northern steppe, report the movements of the steppe country's army in time. After the deed is completed, I will definitely reward you with a beautiful and prosperous city and a group of fairy beauties. "

Mahmud took the sapphire with trepidation, bowed deeply to Aladdin Mahamat reverently, and then swore allegiance to Aladdin Mahamat with his hand in his heart.

He flattered and said: "The little people are willing to serve their mother country loyally, and they will die." "

Aladdin Mahamat sent away the mission of the steppe country, and immediately called a meeting of the military generals, asking them to speed up the military deployment, taking advantage of the chaotic situation of the recent demise of the Western Khitan, to ensure that Khorezm was ahead of the steppe country in sharing the interests of the Western Khitan.

Aladdin Mahamat personally led the elite troops to seize the territory of Western Khitan.

When two fierce tigers meet on a narrow road, who is willing to bow their heads and retreat? The yellow-haired children under the sky know that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.