Baishui City is a city between the Song Dynasty and Seljuk. This city is strange. After the Song army captured it, it retreated. The Seljuk people had almost no troops stationed here.

The Song army captured Baishui City but did not occupy it. Instead, it retreated back to Hengluos because it was located on a plain and had no gateway.

In Zhao Zhen's eyes, such a city has no strategic significance. Even if it captures the expansion of the city defense, it still requires a large number of troops to station. It does not have the geographical advantage of Hengluos City as a single man who can be a pass without a thousand men.

Therefore, the Song army retreated to Hengluos City and gave up a flat city like Baishui City. To the north is the Middle East, where the land was full of barrenness for the Song Dynasty, which was not suitable for farming or grazing.

But Hengluos City is different. It is the heart of Eurasian Great 6. It is a key place at the intersection of the hot desert and the tall snow-capped mountains.

Since the Song Dynasty occupied Henglus, it has built this place into a fortress in the northwest, and its strategic center of gravity has been tilted here. The strengthening of city defense forces has made this city located at the foot of the Xitian Mountain like a barrier.

Baishui City in front of the barrier is like a little lamb that can be swallowed at any time. The Seljuks also adopted the same policy towards Baishui City. The city defense of Baishui City has not been strengthened, but has gradually withered and destroyed.

The Seljuks could think of what the Song people could think of, but in the attitude of the Song Dynasty, they just set up tax collectors in Baishui City, collecting taxes on merchants and transactions in the city.

As for the number of troops stationed, there are even fewer pitiful. There are less than a hundred garrisons in the entire Baishui City. It is said that they are garrisons, but in fact they are militias who maintain local public order. Although these people are known as soldiers, in fact, the local people are simply armed.

No one cares about their power, the Seljuks don't care, and the Song Dynasty doesn't care. This city is equivalent to a buffer zone. Once the war begins, Baishui City will be destroyed. This is a fact that everyone knows.

The main city defense force of the Seljuks was Eddash City. This city is located on the east bank of the Xihong River and is the gateway of the Seljuks. If Eddash City is defended, it means that the Xihong River is guarded, and the Song army cannot easily cross the Xihong River and soldiers enter Seljuks.

History has quietly changed. Zhao Zhen has read the information about Seljuk. After reading it, he can only look at the sky speechlessly. While he changed the Song Dynasty, he almost changed the whole world.

The rise and strength of the Song Dynasty led to an unprecedented revival of the Silk Road. This revival surpassed the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and the huge number of industrialized products of the Song Dynasty began to enter the Western world.

But it also brought endless wealth to the Seljuks. The power accumulated by the Seljuks through the Silk Road gave the originally turbulent and unstable Seljuk Empire the ability to stabilize the situation and gain greater control over the territory.

The original Seljuk was like being built on gravel, but now these gravels have been reinforced. The black flag of the Abbas family has been completely replaced by the white flag of Tugluk. While the family is heading for decline, it has also put the focus on the Abbas dynasty.

The powerful power of the Seljuks has spread to the southernmost tip of the Arabian Peninsula, which has never appeared in history.

More important news is that Damascus fell and Jerusalem was in danger. The Kingdom of Israel established by the Leye people was defeated step by step under the attack of the Seljuks. Even with the weapons and equipment assistance of the Song Dynasty, it still did not work.

Their population is small, their territory is small, their resources are barren, and they do not have a lot of wealth to compete with Seljuk. Zhao Zhen knew that they would destroy the country again, and the Song Dynasty had no possibility of helping them.

The reason why Zhao Zhen first aided Yici Leye people was because he saw the benefits, but now the benefits have turned into nothingness. The trade between Yici Leye people and the Song Dynasty has caused dissatisfaction among the Seljuk Empire. Cutting off trade does not necessarily start from the Song Dynasty, but also from the Yici Leye people.

Merchants are all seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune. When the Seljuk Empire fought with Israel, even if the merchants who did not stop the Song Dynasty, they would not go again. The turbulent areas of the war will always be a forbidden area for merchants.

Stepping there means giving your life to the word "luck". No matter how much money you make, you must have a destiny to return to the Song Dynasty.

The messenger of Yici Leye has been to the Song Dynasty many times, but the final result did not satisfy them. Zhao Zhen did not intend to summon Yici Leye again, because the current Yici Leye no longer has the value of exploitation.

They paid less and less tribute to the Song Dynasty every year, and the debts they owed to the Song Dynasty were basically paid off. In fact, Zhao Zhen's purpose of investing in Yicai Leye people has achieved. While these smart merchants earned benefits for the Song Dynasty, they also promoted the advertising of Song Dynasty products to every corner of the Western world.

From the beginning, the relationship between Zhao Zhen and Yici Leye people was mutually exploited. This is very clear and clear. Just like the contract spirit of Yici Leye people, no one will violate it.

But now the contract has been fulfilled and both sides do not owe each other time. The Song Dynasty helped the Seljuk people restore the country, and provided all the assistance they needed, and even gave a large amount of exquisite goods to help them stabilize the foundation.

But the final result is still to resist the general trend of history. Jerusalem is in danger. A wise rabbi, a wise man from the capital of God, has led a group of wise sages at the gate of the palace for three days.

People who fainted were constantly carried away by the imperial guards outside the palace gate. They knelt on their knees without food or drinking, and could not hold on for a few days, or even for several hours. However, those who fainted were carried away and woke up, they returned to their identity as rabbi again.

This piety and loyalty made the court officials and people of the Song Dynasty sigh, and that they were willing to pay any price for their own country. This is the quality of a person who enjoys his career.

Of course, at this time no one would say how Yicai Leye people can make money and make ill-gotten wealth...

But no one would have thought that the people who are the best at doing business would be defeated by Zhao Zhen. The transaction between the Song Dynasty and Yici Leye people seemed fair, but in fact they were taking advantage of their eagerness to restore the country.

The rabbi was finally summoned by Zhao Zhen. A large group of Yici Leye people could no longer stand up and rely on other people's support to barely move to the shop to rest, but their eyes never left the gate of the palace.

The rabbi was lucky. He received a soft-challenged treatment, which was a treatment that only respected old ministers could enjoy when entering and leaving the palace, which showed that Zhao Zhen had already regarded him as a minister of the Song Dynasty.
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