The conquest of Khotan and the Qarakhanid has lasted for a long time, starting from Li Shengtian, the great-grandfather of Yuchi Sinhalaram, to his grandfather Li Congde, and his father Yuchi Daruma, all of whom led the warriors of Khotan to tightly block the Qarakhanid's road to the Western Regions, during which countless warriors of the Western Regions fell under the scimitar of the Qarakhanid, and of course the Qarakhanid also paid a huge price. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Like the Uighurs of Ganzhou, the Qarakhanid was a branch of the Uighurs, who migrated west of the Green Mountains and united with many local tribes to establish a local government, occupying a vast area from Barasagon to the city of Talas, and gradually growing from strength to strength.

A hundred years ago, the Qarakhanid Empire lost the battle against the Samanid dynasty, which dominated Western Asia, and they lost the city of Talas and had to continue their eastward migration, moving their capital to Kashgar, and thus began their expansion to the east. It is possible that their khan came from the Qarlu tribe who had turned their backs on the Tang Dynasty in the Battle of Talas, well, another old acquaintance of Li You.

In the war between the Qarakhanid and the Samanid Empire, the upper echelons of the Qarakhanid Kingdom were gradually influenced by the other side, and converted to the religion of the other party, after decades of management of the Qarakhanid Kingdom gradually grew, but the Samanid Dynasty gradually weakened, ten years ago Ali-Arslan Khan and Harun-Bogra Khan led an army of 150,000 troops into the Transoxiana region, the Qarakhanid army was invincible, and captured its capital Bukhara five years ago, and Harun Bogra Khan died in the process of returning to Barasagon, Arslan Ilik (Lion King) Nasser (son of Arslan Khan Ali) succeeded to the throne and returned to his fiefdom after leaving a satrap in Bukhara.

In the process of fighting with the Samanid Dynasty, the Qarakhanid State also launched attacks on the Khotanese State again and again, Li Shengtian, Li Congde, Yuchi Dharma and Yuchi Sinhala Rama successively united with the Gaochang Uighurs, Guiyi Army and other Buddhist forces in the Western Regions to carry out hard battles with them, Li Shengtian and Li Congde and others have won great victories, but unfortunately the strength of Khotan is too weak to give the Qarakhanid a fatal blow.

When he arrived at Yuchi Sinhala, he had launched an attack on Kashgar four years ago when the Qarakhanid State was attacking the Hanzhong region, hoping to pull out this nail at the gate of the Western Regions, so that the Qarakhanid State would lose its bridgehead to enter the Western Regions, so as to maintain peace in the Western Regions.

Unfortunately, although Ali Arslan Khan and Harun Bogra Khan took away 150,000 troops, the remaining defenders of Kashgar were still not something that Yuchi Sinhala Rama could deal with, and after a fierce battle, the Khotanese army was defeated, and Yuchi Sinhala Rama was very sad about this, and he could only return to Khotan to slowly accumulate strength and wait for the second attack.

With the news from the west, the Qarakhanid was becoming more and more successful in the war against the Samanid Dynasty, and the Sanhala knew that time was running out for him, and if they waited for Arslan to return to Kashgar, then it would be their turn to attack him, so he sent envoys to the Uighurs of Gaochang and the Guiyi army again and again, hoping that they could provide him with strong help and capture Kashgar before Arslan's return.

However, Cao Yanlu was unable to withdraw due to the internal problems of the Guiyi army and the containment of the Ganzhou Uighurs, and the Gaochang Uighurs also had many excuses, and now they finally waited for the news of the Guiyi army's troops, and the Weichi Sinhala Rama was overjoyed, and he nervously calculated the time, hoping that the Guiyi army could arrive in Khotan before the return of the Qarakhanid army, and if they wanted to seize this opportunity, they would also launch an attack next year at the latest.

If there is no accident, this time the Sinhala Rama will return again in the city of Kashgar, but in the following war, they killed Ali Arslan Khan near Ingisha and achieved a brilliant victory, but unfortunately this victory did not last long, the next year, the four imams from Bukhara, led the volunteers recruited from Ghaznavid, Baghdad, Khorezm and other places, and cooperated with the main Qarakhanid army led by Yusuf Qadir Khan to conquer Khotan. Yuchi Sinhala Rama had to flee with his men into the Kunlun Mountains and continue to fight stubbornly against the Qarakhanid. All four imams were killed in the Khotanese revolt, and it was not until more than 50 years later that the Khotanese revolt gradually dissipated.

It's just that at that time they couldn't pose much threat to the Qarakhanid, the Qarakhanid has been maintaining their rule in this land, decades later the Qarakhanid was divided, and after nearly a hundred years, after the Liao State was defeated by the Jurchens, Yelu Dashi came to this land with his men and horses to completely defeat the Eastern Qarakhanid, and they became vassals of the Khitans, and after nearly a hundred years, the barbarian prince Qu Chulu replaced the rule of the Western Liao Emperor Zhilugu, and the last Great Khan of the Qarakhanid State was put back to Kashgar, It was killed by the local nobles, and the Eastern Qarakhanid State completely disappeared. However, at this time, the Khotanese State and the Guiyi Army had already disappeared in the long river of history.

Now the envoys and monks who came to Khotan from the far Central Plains had already told him that Cao Yanlu, who had just been crowned king of Dunhuang, had already organized his army in the city of Shazhou and was about to cross the sea of sand to provide aid to him.

After more than a month of waiting, the cavalry sent finally brought back good news to him, "King Qiyu, the Guiyi army and the reinforcements of the Ganzhou Uighurs have entered Khotan and are rushing here, and there are a total of 20,000 Guiyi soldiers and 15,000 Ganzhou Uighur soldiers, led by the king of Dunhuang himself." ”

"Good! Where did they go? The king himself will go to meet them! With the help of more than 30,000 people, plus reinforcements from the Uighurs of Gaochang, the hope of capturing Kashgar was greatly increased.

What made him even more overjoyed was that the king of Dunhuang actually led the army to come to help, which was rare in the previous exchanges between the two sides, and he also explained the great support of the Guiyi army for them, but what made Wei Chi Sinhala Rama feel a little embarrassed was what he should call Cao Yanlu? If you count according to the generation between relatives, people are characters of his grandfather Li Congde's generation. (To be continued.) )