In September of the 17th year of Jingkang, Han Shizhong, the marshal of the Western Central Army, crossed the Amu River and advanced towards Isfahan, the imperial capital of the Seljuk Empire.

Along the way, all resistance was defeated, and 30,000 people were captured, killing the rest.

These 30,000 people were incorporated into the Song army as the vanguard of the siege.

On September 25, 17th year of Jingkang, Han Shizhong's troops arrived in Isfahan and surrounded the capital of the Seljuk Empire.

Han Shizhong first sent the surrendered Seljuk army to attack the city, and after a day of attack, two thousand people died.

It did not conquer, and the next day continued, and two thousand more people died.

The bodies under the city have piled up like mountains.

Isfahan was ready to resist tenaciously. While praying, they firmly believed that the enemy would never be able to attack.

On the third day, Han Shizhong's patience was completely gone.

Fifty cannons that had just been transported from the back line rushed towards the city at the same time. The city was trembling violently, and more than a dozen soldiers were bombarded with blood and blood on the spot.

And the city gate was even more bombarded as a slag.

The Song army did not attack the city, but continued to bombard the city with artillery fire until it bombarded the walls of Isfahan collapsed a large piece.

The willpower of these Turks completely collapsed.

On September 28, 17th year of Jingkang, Isfahan fell.

When Rey, Ghazwin, Hamadan, Nihavan and Tabriz learned about the fall of Isfahan, they were shocked.

A month later, the three cities of Rey, Hamadan and Nihavan gathered 50,000 troops to advance towards Isfahan.

On November 5, 17th year of Jingkang, a 50,000 army was raided by the Imperial Guards and collapsed thirty miles from Isfahan.

The Imperial Guard killed 20,000 enemies and captured 20,000 people. The Turkic commanders died and one fled.

Half a month later, the missing Seljuk Sultan Sanjar was found and executed in Isfahan, marking the demise of the Seljuk Empire.

The enemy who suddenly arrived from the east crushed the Turkic world with its powerful and irresistible strength.

Gazvin and Tabriz also surrendered one after another.

Most of the land in the entire Turkic world was conquered.

It was not until December 3, 17th year of Jingkang that Yue Fei's army arrived in Baghdad, and 200,000 troops surrounded Baghdad.

Baghdad is another center of the Turkic world and the oldest city on this land.

In 3000 BC, ancient Babylon established a brilliant civilization here.

When Isfahan fell, what did Baghdad react?

Deserve it!

Baghdad was a gloating attitude at that time, thinking that the capital of the Turkic world would return to Baghdad.

As a result, my girl was only happy for less than a month and was surrounded by Yue Fei.

Among Zhao Huan's three major Western Expedition Legions, Yue Fei's legion is the most capable of fighting.

Yue Fei sent an envoy to ask Baghdad to open the door and surrender himself, and he would not make things difficult for them.

At first, Baghdad refused.

Until Yue Fei's artillery fire shattered half of the city walls of Baghdad, the nobles in Baghdad suddenly felt the true meaning of life.

So they went out to surrender collectively.

Since then, the front line of the Song army has been pushed to the banks of the Tigris River.

Even though there have been Han people in the Qihe River Basin and Hezhong area one after another, such a front is still too long.

Whether it was Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, or Wu Jie, they all began to support the war.

That is, he occupied the city and began to use the resources of that city to support his own army.

At this time, some people in the court began to worry that the Central Plains were too far away in the three armies, and they were self-reliant and separated from the control of the court.

In fact, this worry is very reasonable.

Anyone would have such concerns.

Moreover, because of the gap in military intelligence ahead for a long time, some people even suspected that Han Shizhong's army had been defeated.

Several sounds sounded in the court here.

Some people think that another army needs to be dispatched to Mulu City immediately to prevent Yelu Dashi from reviving.

Some people did some calculations and began to propose the idea of ​​withdrawing troops.

Because it would be too expensive to continue like this.

All the memorials for withdrawing troops were rejected, and relevant officials were severely criticized and fined their salaries.

It was not until March of the 18th year of Jingkang that news came back that Yue Fei's army had captured a large area of ​​land in the western part of the Western Regions, and Qin Hui had already contacted him.

At the same time, Qin Hui also sent a memorial.

It is about the governance of the Western Regions.

During the year Qin Hui took office, he did not do anything else. According to the map given by Zhao Huan, the entire Western Regions were divided into four pieces.

The Qihe River Basin is the same area.

The second part of the river to the Amu River is.

The third block is the Amu River to Isfahan.

Isfahan to Baghdad is the fourth piece.

Qin Hui suggested that these four parts be divided and managed, each sending a strategic envoy, each leading 8,000 elite troops, and stabilize their respective territory first.

At the same time, another Grand Governor was appointed to rule the four major regions.

Let the three legions continue to go west according to the will of His Majesty the Emperor Shengwu, and advance to the end of the entire Western Regions.

As for immigration, it is a long process. At this stage, we must ensure that the fruits made from the front line must be preserved.

Qin Hui's suggestion has been criticized by many people.

Some people accused Qin Hui of trying to use this approach to autocracy. He had already recommended himself as the so-called Grand Commander.

Zhao Huan held a half-month imperial meeting with the Political Affairs Hall, the Privy Council, the Military Governor's Office and the Third Division, and finally decided to appoint Qin Hui as the Grand Governor of the Western Regions.

In addition, four strategic envoys were selected and sent to the Western Regions to govern the Western Regions.

In June of the 18th year of Jingkang, a major event happened: the railway from Yumen Pass to Gaochang was completed, and the first train to the Western Regions was opened.

A large amount of cement and coal were transported from the Central Plains to Xingqing Prefecture, and then transferred to Yumen Pass, and entered Gaochang from Yumen Pass.

The transportation cost of the entire resource was saved by two-thirds in an instant.

Every day, coal mines are dug up from Hedong Road (Shanxi Province) and transported to the Western Regions.

There are many people who have passed by with those coal mines who have not found jobs in the Song Dynasty or have been released from prison.

Basically, there are some people who advocate adventure. They take a bus to the Western Regions.

I heard that the treatment of Han people there is very high, and as long as you are willing to go, the government will focus on supporting them, and there are many more opportunities than the Central Plains.

Some people have calculated that in the 18th year of Jingkang alone, 600,000 people crossed the Qihe area and entered the Hezhong area. More than 100,000 people arrived in Mulu City.

Even 30,000 people entered Isfahan.

Huge wealth opportunities attract those who are eager to make a fortune.

With their vigorous energy, they crossed the paths that the Song army had taken, traveled through mountains and rivers, and walked the Silk Road again.

I heard that the number of such immigrants is still increasing.
Chapter completed!