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Chapter 1120 Kangju City's Self-Rescue
Chapter 1120 Kangju City's Self-Rescue
This man was called Amir, and he was originally a Shia Muslim. Just as there are Catholics and Christians in the West, Islam in Central Asia is actually divided into Shia and Sunni.
When Timur the Great was still in power, he was a Sunni, so he killed many Shiites during his conquests. The remaining Shiites did not feel a sense of belonging to Timur's empire. After the Ming Dynasty defeated the Timurid Empire, these people were cleverly won over by Yao Guangxiao.
Nowadays, a large part of the remaining Shiite forces have "converted" to the "Tianyi Sect" dominated by the Ming Dynasty forces.
The original intention of Tianyi Sect, which was initiated by Huang Guan, was to deal with the complex religious situation in the Shentu region in order to divide and win over a group of local believers who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
However, Yao Guangxiao, a monk, soon discovered the great potential that the "Tianyi Sect" could bring into play in Central Asia. Relying on the influence of the Ming Dynasty's victory over Timur, he used the Tianyi Sect to win over some of the suppressed Shia believers, allowing the Ming Dynasty to quickly gain a foothold in Central Asia.
Afterwards, Yao Guangxiao spread Tianyi religion, which further increased the influence of Kangju City in Central Asia. Today, Kangju City has become a more prosperous trading city than any other city in the three major sultanates, gathering many merchants and believers. Many students from the Ming Dynasty also traveled thousands of miles to this ancient Han and Tang Dynasty site in a foreign land to study and practice the teachings of the new school of "reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles".
Because of the gathering of believers and merchants, as well as the existing Ming Dynasty garrisons, Kangju City also gathered a strong military force. If Yao Guangxiao ordered a conscription, he could at least pull out a troop of 10,000 people.
It was for this reason that the Kingdom of Khalil sent envoys to Kangju City to ask Yao Guangxiao for help.
Yao Guangxiao sat in front of the statue of Haotian, with his back to the emir. He was still wearing a black monk's robe, but he no longer regarded himself as a Buddhist monk, but as a follower of Tianyi Sect. This emir was Yao Guangxiao's disciple. Hearing the emir gloating over the Khalil Kingdom, Yao Guangxiao said, "These three sultanates are not your former enemy, the Timurid Kingdom."
"You shouldn't be so hostile to it."
"Don't forget that you are no longer Shia members of the Muslim sect, but believers of the Tianyi sect."
"Yes, Master. I will remember this." Emil shuddered and said with his hands clasped together in a solemn manner.
Yao Guangxiao nodded. He vigorously promoted Tianyi Sect in order to win over these foreigners and make them turn their hearts to China. Therefore, he did not want to see the Emir reject the three sultanates established by Timur's descendants because of past grudges. "Then tell me, Sultan Khalil sent an envoy to ask for help. Should we save him or not?"
Amir had a conflicted look on his face. He thought for a long time, then heaved a sigh of relief as if he had let go of something, and said, "Master, I think we should go and save him."
"The Western Crusaders came in large numbers, talking about holy war, but in fact they were just here to plunder."
"So, those people will not let go of a rich place like Kangju City. They are also slaughtering pagans everywhere. If we sit back and watch the three sultans being defeated, we will also lose their support."
"Well, in our Ming Dynasty, there is a story called 'The lips and teeth are interdependent.'" Yao Guangxiao said.
The Emir was already quite proficient in Chinese studies, and he understood the idiom instantly. Yao Guangxiao had already stood up and said, "Now the relationship between our Kangju City and the three great sultans is like lips and teeth."
"If we sit back and watch the three sultanates being destroyed, we will not end well."
"Then Master, why did you ignore Sultan Khalil's envoy?" asked the Emir.
"Kangju City is more than capable of defending itself. If we send troops to aid Khalil Sultan, how will the hundreds of thousands of people in the city defend themselves?" Yao Guangxiao said. He looked up at the statue of Haotian: "If we want to completely resolve this disaster, we need our homeland to send heavenly soldiers to come..."
"The Ming Kingdom... is too far away." Emile sighed. Although they had sent a letter to the Ming Kingdom, it would take at least a year for the Ming Kingdom to receive the request for help and send troops.
If the Ming court was deceived by the envoys sent by the Western barbarians and thought that the Western barbarians' Crusaders were only for "missionary service", in order to confirm the true situation, the time for sending troops might be delayed even longer.
At this time, Kangju City itself needs to find a way and do its best to save itself.
"Since we need to defend ourselves and cannot go to help Khalil Sultan, and we cannot just sit back and watch Khalil Sultan be destroyed by the Crusaders, then Master, what should we do?" Emir asked. Looking at his expression, it seemed as if he had encountered an unsolvable problem.
"...I have made arrangements." Yao Guangxiao still looked at the statue of Emperor Haotian, and kept twirling the rosary in his hand.
"Since we can't actively attack, we can only lure these Western barbarians over to fight..."
At this time, a large number of Crusaders were still active within the Ottoman Empire.
The Crusaders were a coalition formed by many Western European countries. After the Battle of Nicopolis, the Crusaders unexpectedly won a great victory due to the butterfly effect. The Ottoman Empire went to pieces, leaving behind vast and rich lands and wealth. These Crusaders composed of various countries immediately entered a state of "scattered like stars in the sky", and taking advantage of the momentum of a great victory, they began to frantically plunder the spoils of the Ottoman Empire and even the three major sultanates further east, and even began to infiltrate the Persian region.
The three sultanates had just been broken up by the Ming Dynasty and were almost unable to resist. This also made the crusaders, who were almost crazy about looting, even more unscrupulous.
Even after the war had basically subsided, European countries and the church continued to recruit soldiers to join the "holy war" in the East and plunder the spoils after learning the news of the great victory of the Crusades and the profits in the East.
Even some medieval mercenaries called themselves "Crusaders" and attempted to go to Central Asia to get a piece of the pie.
The Pope also wanted to use the power of the great victory to infiltrate the church's influence into Central Asia and further reduce the sphere of influence of Islam.
The chaotic forces of various European countries were constantly pouring into the former sphere of influence of the Ottoman Empire, and even into Central Asia. At this time, the nominal leader of the Crusaders, John Nevers, the eldest son of Philip, Duke of Burgundy, was actually still in Constantinople and had not entered Central Asia.
In the war that destroyed the Ottoman Empire, John had already captured enough spoils. Moreover, the three major sultanates were still resisting.
They wanted to wait for a suitable opportunity, until those greedy and stupid Crusaders from other countries had exhausted the strength of the three major sultanates, and then they would seize the opportunity to take action and seize the final fruits.
(End of this chapter)