"Put out the fires in the city as soon as possible, send men to look after the granaries, armory, and dwellings of Arslan, to guard his correspondence, and send a detachment of men and horses to meet the king of Khotan and the general Bilgo. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info "Li You issued a series of orders that the city would become a strong fortress against the Qarakhanid forces of the coalition forces, so it must be kept as intact as possible, and the damage caused in this battle would be repaired by the Qarakhanid captives.

Thanks to the efforts of the coalition forces, order was gradually restored in the city, the fires were extinguished, those who tried to take advantage of the chaos were executed on the spot, most of the troops had already entered the city to find a suitable place to start repairing, the doctors were busy in the wounded barracks, and the monks were scattered around the city doing rituals to overtake the dead.

The next day, Yuchi Sinhala Rama and Bilgo, who had gone to pursue Ali-Arslan, returned with a large group of men and horses, and before they reached the gate of the city, Yuchi Sinhala Rama raised the head in his hand high, and a huge cheer suddenly sounded on the head of the city.

"Their Great Khan is dead, and it seems that this war will soon be over." Lu Sheng said optimistically that it might not be long before he could return to Ganzhou with his soldiers and horses.

"I'm afraid it's still early, the Qarakhanid doesn't only have this strength." Otherwise, he would not have allowed Yuchi Sinhala Rama to send letters for help to the Guiyi army many times.

When the army entered the city, Lieutenant Chi Sinhala Rama and Bilago happily told them how they had caught up with Arslan's deserters and killed them cleanly, these soldiers who had been tired from the battle for days were not their opponents, and the destruction of the city of Kashgar made them have no intention of fighting, and they only cared about fleeing, so they were easily caught up and annihilated by them who had accumulated morale for many days, and Ali Arslan, the Great Khan of the Karakhanid State, also died in the chaos, It was also with great difficulty that Yuchi Sinhala found his head in the pile of corpses.

"Although Kashgar has been defeated, the Qarakhanid still has a large number of troops in Barasagon and Pakhania, and if they know that Arslan is dead at our hands, the armies of the Samanids will be rushed back immediately." He clearly understood that the Qarakhanid was far more than that, and if it weren't for the battle with the Samanid kingdom, which involved most of their strength, I am afraid that the army of the Qarakhanid would have invaded Khotan.

"This is a letter from Arslan's room, I have already found someone to start translating it, and judging from the results of the translation, even if we don't come to attack Kashgar, it won't be long before they will attack us with a large army." Li You threw a pile of letters on the table, "Nasser has joined forces with the Ghaznavid to attack the Samanid kingdom, and the Samanid kingdom will be wiped out by them by next year at the latest, and then they will be able to draw their forces out of the river." ”

"Although Arslan is dead, neither his son Nasser nor Harun Bogra Khan's son Yusuf Qadir Khan is an easy guy to deal with, I have already interrogated the captives on the way back, Yusuf Qadir Khan is not in the city of Kashgar, if this guy hears the news, he will definitely go to Bukhara to ask for reinforcements." The Sinhala was well aware of the situation in the Qarakhanid.

The Qarakhanid implemented a dual monarchy system, the Great Khan was Arslan Khan, stationed in Barasagun, and the deputy Khan was Bogra Khan, who was previously stationed in Talas, and after Kashgar was defeated, he moved here to prepare to continue to expand eastward, but due to their conquest with the Samanid Dynasty, there was a brief change, Nasser continued to command the army to fight in the river, Arslan came to Kashgar to plan a battle with Khotan, and Yusuf-Qadir Khan stayed behind.

The dual monarchy led to a constant struggle for power between the two Great Khans, but in a sense it also ensured the safety of the kingdom, and now that Arslan Khan was dead, Yusuf-Qadir Khan had escaped and could still unite the remaining forces of the Qarakhanid without falling apart in a short period of time.

"Judging from these letters, Arslan has contacted Ghaznavid, Baghdad, Khorezm and other forces that believe in the True God and is preparing to gather volunteers for the Eastern Crusade, and Ghaznavid, Baghdad, and Khorezm have begun to organize their men, and they will arrive in Kashgar again next year at the latest." They will face far more enemies than Yusuf Kadir Khan alone, as well as many more religious warriors from the West.

"We're just waiting here for them to attack? Why not preemptively send troops against Barasagon, Talas, and Bakhanna? Lu Sheng was a little impatient, for by the time he left Ganzhou, the Great Khan of the Ganzhou Uighurs had been weakened day by day, and if he had not returned to Ganzhou by the time he died, the Great Khan's position might have been occupied by someone else.

"The distance between Kashgar and these places is too far, and there are deserted places along the way, so it is really difficult to send heavy troops on an expedition." Khotan is not as powerful as the Tang Dynasty, they do not have the strength to carry out such a long-distance expedition, Li You also guessed Lu Sheng's worries, and said comfortingly, "General Lu Sheng does not have to worry, no matter what happens in Ganzhou, the position of this Great Khan will be yours." ”

Lu Sheng thought that he had taken away the most elite troops of the Ganzhou Uighurs, and with the support of the Guiyi army, even if someone rushed to the throne of the Great Khan before him, he would be easily driven down, so he reluctantly complied.

Immediately, everyone began to discuss the next countermeasures, first of all, to repair the city wall of Kashgar, and secondly, to constantly send small groups of soldiers and horses along the road to sweep the small towns of Kashgar leading to the north and west, to destroy the offensive route of the Qarakhanid State, to create more trouble for them, and to send envoys back to Khotan, so that they can provide supplies for the army stationed in Kashgar, of course, the Guiyi Army and the Gaochang Uighurs must also help, and Khotan alone cannot support an army of 100,000.

Li You was even busier, he wanted to take this time to reintegrate the Four-Nation Alliance and twist them into a rope, Ban Chao stayed by his side and used his rich experience to help Li You solve the problems that constantly arose during the training process, and Wei Chi Sinhala, Bilgo, Lu Sheng and others assisted on the side.

As time passed, the city of Kashgar regained its former fortification, the coalition army became more and more elite under Li You's training, and the news of the arrival of the Qarakhanid army came from afar.