Three days later, when Li You came to Khotanese again after hundreds of years, Yuchi Sinhala Rama still decided to meet Li You as the king of Khotan, he led the army to meet Li You in the oasis east of Khotan, and when he saw the other party's flag, he hurriedly greeted him, "Xiao Wang thanks the king of Dunhuang for his great assistance, I am grateful to the people of Khotan." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"The king of Khotan is polite, and this king would like to thank the king of Khotan for blocking such a vicious enemy for us all these years." For such a heroic figure, Li You still has special respect, so he didn't think of taking advantage of his kinship, so he hurriedly turned over and dismounted to meet Yu Chi Sinhala, and by the way, he introduced Lu Sheng, who commanded the Uighur army in Ganzhou, to him, at least in this battle, Lu Sheng would be their right-hand man.

"Reinforcements from the Uighurs of Qocho (the title of the head of the Ghochang Uighur tribes, meaning "Lord of Happiness" or "His Majesty") are also about to arrive, and when they arrive, we will be able to lead a large army north across the Green Mountains to attack the Qarakhanids. After the ceremony, Captain Chi Sinhala Rama and Li You walked side by side and briefed him on the current situation.

There are three main countries west of the sandbank: Khotan, Qocho Uighurs and Qarakhanid, of which Khotan is located in the south, Qochang Uighurs are located in the northeast, and Qarakhanid is located in the northwest, because the Qarakhanid believes in the true god religion, and Khotan and Qocho Uighurs believe in Buddhism, so the conflict between them is inevitable, the Qocho Uighurs have also been attacked by the Qarakhanid over the years, and several cities in the west of the Qachang Uighurs have been occupied by the Qarakhanid, so they did not hesitate to join this war.

Like Khotan, the Uighurs of Gaochang also regarded themselves as vassals of the Central Plains, and the Khan of the Uighurs of Gaochang called himself "nephew of Xizhou" when he wrote to Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty more than ten years ago, and regarded the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty as his uncle, and Li Shengtian also continued to marry the "uncle and nephew" of Khotan and the Tang Dynasty in the same year, and it seems that it is the consistent custom of the Western Regions to recognize the monarch of the Central Plains as his uncle, and he also has the title of "Uncle of the Han Family" in the Han Dynasty.

After entering the city of Khotan, after resting, Li You and Ban Chao toured the scene in the city together, comparing the difference between this city and the time of the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, and also observing the weather of the military and civilians in Khotan, and found that although they believed in Buddhism, they were not as weak as those Buddhists in Li You's impression, but tempered a heroic spirit in the years of conquest, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled, with such a spirit of the army, the next battle is very promising.

Yu Chi Sinhala Rama was also a little surprised to see the Guiyi Army and the Ganzhou Uighurs coming from afar, in his impression, the Guiyi Army had many disputes with the Ganzhou Uighurs over the years, perhaps their strength had already been wiped out, but he didn't expect that they still maintained a strong combat effectiveness, and they seemed to get along with each other relatively well?

In fact, these are the merits of Li You and Ban Chao, Li You has strong training skills, and can continue to train this army during the march, so that they can gradually return to the state of their peak, and Ban Chao, who was able to skillfully handle the relationship between dozens of countries in the Western Regions, used various means along the way to temporarily eliminate the contradictions between the Guiyi Army and the Ganzhou Uighurs, so that they could twist into a rope and face the Qarakhanate together.

A few days later, the Uighur army also arrived, and their Yiduhu sent a general Bilago to lead more than 20,000 troops to Khotan, and since then all the horses and horses of the Khotanese coalition army have arrived, and the four forces have gathered nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, ready to go, and only wait for the commander to give an order to cross the green mountains to attack Kashgar.

But before that, there is one more thing to be discussed in advance, that is, who will be the leader of the coalition army, if the Khotanese army was the main one, and the rest of the Guiyi army and the Uighurs of Gaochang only sent a small number of troops to assist, then Yuchi Sinhala Rama is undoubtedly the best candidate for the commander of the coalition army.

But now it is very different, the Guiyi army, the Ganzhou Uighurs, and the Gaochang Uighurs have all sent a large number of troops, and the number is not much less than that of Khotan, so it is still a question whether the Weichi Sinhala Rama can suppress these people.

From the point of view of the leaders of the Quartet, Lu Sheng and Bi Lege are both subordinates of their respective kings, and they cannot be compared with Yu Chi Sinhala Rama and Li You in terms of identity, so the candidate for the commander can only be selected from the two of them, Li You has just defeated the Ganzhou Uighurs, Lu Sheng is extremely obedient to him, and in terms of seniority, he is the elder of Yu Chi Sinhala Rama, and the Great Song Dynasty has just named him the king of Dunhuang, and his status is above the rest of the people.

Therefore, although Yuchi Sinhala Rama was more familiar with the terrain near the Green Ridge and the Qarakhanid State that he was going to face this time, he still expressed his support for Li You and was willing to fight under his aunt's command. Of course, Lu Sheng would not object, Bilge didn't think that he could be the commander of the coalition army, in his opinion, it didn't matter whether it was Wei Chi Sinhala Rama or Li You, so the choice of commander was quickly decided, and Li You became the supreme commander of the 100,000 army

Li You also reciprocated Li canonized Wei Chi Sinhala Rama as the deputy commander, helping him to deal with military affairs and command operations, and for Lu Sheng and Bilgo, he also ordered them to still lead their respective armies, so it also reduced a lot of command troubles, you must know that the combat habits of the command system of these four armies are very different, and integrating them into one army can only lead to a rapid decline in combat effectiveness, which is also the experience he learned from Ban Chao, and he has to do this in the Western Regions.

In addition, Li You also appointed Ban Chao as the chief military division of the coalition army, and every time the big war had to be discussed by the four of them and Ban Chao before making a decision, this method can just play the maximum role of Ban Chao, after listening to Ban Chao's judgment of the current situation, everyone was impressed and recognized Li You's arrangement.

After resting in Khotan for a few days, Li You, Yuchi Sinhala, Ban Chao, Lu Sheng, and Bilge held a grand departure ceremony together, and then led the army to leave Khotan and march north in the direction of Kashgar.

Along the way, the familiar windy yellow sand and snow-capped mountain oasis made Li You and Ban Chao feel a lot of emotion, and they seemed to recall the good times when they were crisscrossing and sweeping all countries on this land at the same time.

Every time they thought of this, they were full of confidence in this victory, since even the previous dangerous situation was smoothly resolved, then this time with such a powerful army, they would definitely be able to defeat the Qarakhanid. (To be continued.) )