"Li Yuanhao occupied Qiuzi, and expanded westward with the foundation here, and all the materials and craftsmen he looted before were also placed here, it seems that his plan is not small, and the target is likely to be Qarakhanid further west!" In the side hall, Li Zhang held a long stick and pointed at the newly built sand table in the Western Regions and analyzed.

Since learning that Li Yuanhao had entered the Western Regions, the Great Song Dynasty has also been paying attention to his activities in the Western Regions, and Li Yuanhao quickly settled down in Qiuzi after looting in Gaochang, after all, he brought so many people, plus looted materials and craftsmen, he must use a fixed station, and Qiuzi just met his requirements.

To the west of the Gaochang Hui is the Qarakhanid, they are also a dynasty established by the Hui people, the land area is very vast, in general, it is most of the former Tang Beiting Protectorate and Anxi Protectorate, and the strength is also quite strong.

The main ethnic group of the Qarakhanid is the Hui people, who have been marrying the Tang Dynasty for many years, so the Qarakhanid has always regarded the Central Plains Dynasty as an uncle, and wrote a letter to the Central Plains Dynasty and called himself a nephew, which is the same for the Gaochang Hui Dynasty, they have always maintained a good relationship with the Great Song Dynasty, although they have also been afraid of the Liao State to call it a vassal, but now they have cut off contact with the Liao State and strengthened the connection with the Great Song Dynasty.

However, just a few years ago, the Qarakhanid was divided internally, resulting in the division of the Eastern and Western Qarakhanids, of which the Western Qarakhanid became a vassal of the Seljuk Empire, and later even attached to the Western Liao, and finally was destroyed by the Khorezm Dynasty.

In contrast, the Eastern Qarakhanid retained the main part of the original Qarakhanid, and after the split, he also sent envoys to the Great Song Dynasty and asked for the canonization of the Great Song Dynasty, and the exchanges between the two sides were also quite close, but the old and new nobles within the Eastern Qarakhanid alternated, resulting in a very chaotic situation in their country, nominally ruled by one and one deputy two Great Khans, but in fact, the internal division has long been divided into more than a dozen large and small forces.

"The Eastern Qarakhanid is in chaos, even if there was our mediation before, but it still failed to solve their internal contradictions, and now it has encountered the invasion of Li Yuanhao, a strong enemy, I'm afraid it will be ......" Zhao Zhen also showed a solemn expression in the end, Li Yuanhao chose the Eastern Qarakhanid as the target, it is likely that he has already thought it through, after all, the other party is a huge but weak khanate, which is simply a godsend for the party.

Li Zhang also frowned at this time, originally he hoped that Li Yuanhao would be unfavorable, and it would be best to suffer a big loss in the Western Regions, even if he could gain a firm foothold in the Western Regions, it would take decades at best, and then Li Yuanhao would be old, and his successor would probably be difficult to have Li Yuanhao's ability, and then the Great Song Dynasty should also be able to reach out to the Western Regions, just enough to solve the problem of the party.

However, now it seems that Li Yuanhao's plan is very smooth, Gaochang Huifu was beaten by him, although the national capital Gaochang City was saved, but some other important cities were almost all breached, the materials and craftsmen in the city were looted, and the Gaochang army had been killed by the party, and there was no intention to resist.

"Have our envoys been sent, have you contacted the countries of the Western Regions?" I saw that Li Zhang pondered for a moment and finally asked, the internal problems of the Eastern Qarakhanid are too serious, so Li Zhang does not plan to expect them to be able to block the party members, and the only hope now is the coalition forces of the countries in the Western Regions.

"Gaochang Hui and Huangtou Hui are willing to send troops, but the strength of Huangtou Hui is too small, Gaochang is a new defeat, even if the armies of the two countries are united, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the cavalry of the party people, in addition, the Qiangtang departments are still hesitating, the envoys are still lobbying them, maybe there is hope that they will send troops, but the hatred between the Western Qarakhanid and the Eastern Qarakhanid is too deep, and they wish that the Eastern Qarakhanid would be unlucky, so they will definitely not send troops." At this time, Zhao Zhen talked about the lobbying situation of the envoys in the Western Regions.

"Even if the Qiangtang tribes agree, but they join forces with Huangtou and Gaochang, I'm afraid they can only barely protect themselves, and these three are in the east, I'm afraid it will be difficult to rescue the Eastern Qarakhanid in the west!" At this time, Li Zhang shook his head and said, it is impossible to achieve the strategic goal of exterminating the party by relying on these countries or tribes in front of him.

"I also know this, but in addition to these countries, the other countries in the Western Regions are either too weak, or they are not close to our Great Song Dynasty, and the most powerful Eastern Qarakhanid is full of internal contradictions, in fact, if they can solve the internal contradictions and unite with the outside world, they may not be able to take advantage of the party!" Zhao Zhen sighed again at this time.

"If you want to solve the internal contradictions of the Eastern Qarakhanid, I'm afraid it is more difficult than directly sending troops to destroy the party, after all, our interference in the Western Regions is only in diplomacy, and it doesn't have much impact on them internally, and it is impossible for those Eastern Qarakhanid nobles to listen to us, and now the only thing I hope is that when they are faced with external threats, they can temporarily put aside the internal contradictions and work together with the outside world, so that they may be able to preserve some of their strength like Gaochang." Li Zhang said with a wry smile at this time.

For this Qarakhanid, Li Zhang has a description of ancient Central Asia at hand, and in the original history, after the Qarakhanid was divided into two parts, the civil strife in the Eastern Qarakhanid has not stopped, the nominal main Khan and the deputy Khan can not rule the whole country at all, and the remaining aristocratic separatist forces are divided into more than a dozen large and small countries to fight endlessly, and later although there was a period of prosperity, but the early war caused serious losses to the Eastern Qarakhanid.

Later, the Liao State was destroyed by the Jin, and some Khitans fled to the Western Regions to establish the Western Liao, and conquered the two khans, which also made the Eastern and Western Karakhanid also become vassals of the Western Liao, and later perished almost at the same time as the Western Liao.

"Although the coalition forces of Gaochang, Huangtou, and Qiangtang are weaker, but with our support, maybe we can also contain the party, and then look at the performance of the Eastern Qarakhanid, if the other party can really unite, maybe the situation in the Western Regions will take a turn!" Zhao Zhen was quite optimistic in the end.

Li Zhang also nodded when he heard this, their influence on the Western Regions is still too weak, and everything they can do now has been done, as for which direction the situation in the Western Regions will develop next, it is not something they can control, so being optimistic can at least make them less worried.

"By the way, hasn't the navy already rushed to Goryeo, have you found the exiled Wang Heng?" At this time, Li Zhang suddenly thought of another thing, so he asked.

Some time ago, news came from Goryeo again, the capital of Goryeo Kaijing finally failed to hold, and was once again broken by the Liao army, the king of Goryeo Wang Heng escaped from the city, his whereabouts are unknown, and the navy of the Great Song Dynasty also rushed to the coast of Goryeo, preparing to receive the exiled nobles of Goryeo, and plan to contain the Liao State in the future.