There is no clear record of the number of Western Liao troops, only that they only had 2,500 men on the left and right flanks. Yelu Dashi personally led the Chinese army, guarding the exit of a canyon, taking advantage of the terrain to guard the rear. In the canyon, there are also an unknown number of local vassal soldiers.

At the beginning of the battle, neither side used any tricks, but directly attacked in three ways. In the first round of confrontations, the two sides were evenly matched, but when it came time to regroup, Sanjar keenly noticed that there was a gap between the Western Liao Central Army and the right flank.

Sanjar immediately seized the moment and ordered the left flank to charge and open a breakthrough. The Seljuk army was outnumbered, and in one fell swoop broke away from the various departments of the Western Liao, squeezing the central army of the Western Liao to the left. The Seljuk center and right flank also pressed up, preparing to encircle each other.

However, the scattered right flank of Western Liao did not break down, and continued to fight, making a detour to the left of the Seljuk army. After discovering the changes in the battlefield, Yelu Dashi did not try to rescue, but chose to believe in the combat effectiveness of his subordinates. He commanded the Chinese army against the entire Seljuk army, making the left flank also detour to the side, outflanking the right side of the Seljuk army.

In this way, the two wings of Western Liao took the opportunity to complete the detour and successfully used thousands of people to hold the other party's 100,000 people.

The main Seljuk forces, including Sanjar himself, were squeezed into the canyon behind the Western Liao army's formation, and the light infantry of the vassal army defending here also took the opportunity to start attacking them. Under the siege, the Seljuk army was defeated and scattered, and Sanjar fled with only a dozen followers. The Seljuks were scattered for dozens of miles, and the commanders of the left and right wings, a large number of nobles, and Sanjar's wife were all captured alive by Xiliao.

The outcome of this battle caused a very strong shock to the world of the Heavenly Sect.

The losses of the Seljuk army on the battlefield are not known for a definite figure, but later generations estimated that they were about 30,000 to 50,000 men. But the biggest problem is not the loss of ordinary soldiers.

In order to improve the certainty of victory, Sanjar drew from all over the country, and all the backbone troops were recruited. The "Encyclopedia of History" records that this time, 12,000 religious scholars died in the battle alone, and lamented that "there has never been a greater war in the history of the Heavenly Sect, and there have been no more casualties in Khorasan."

These people are the real grassroots managers of the Heavenly Sect regime, and they can be said to be the basis of the rule of each dynasty, which is probably equal to the priests and knights of Europe. The losses of ordinary soldiers can be replenished, but the losses of these people cannot be recovered in the short term.

Sanjar's family and prestige, which he had worked hard all his life, were also lost here. After that, he was even kidnapped by some tribes and became a puppet.

The Seljuk dynasty collapsed again, and Western Liao became the de facto hegemon. Even the caliph was bullied by the Turks, and he had to run to them for mediation.

The successor "Shogunate Sultan" was succeeded by Khorezm. However, this may be the weakest of the sultans. While dominating the world of the Heavenly Fang Sect, they were also paying tribute to the Western Liao and relied on the military power of the Western Liao for a long time.

Khorezm could not defeat the Ghul dynasty in Afghanistan, so Western Liao sent troops into Afghanistan to help him defeat the Ghul army; Khorezm also did not fight the Seljuk remnants in the Persian region, and he also asked Western Liao to send troops to help him settle the situation. As a result, in this way, relying on tribute and begging for someone to fight on his behalf, he successfully "went to Baghdad".

The only fortunate thing is that Western Liao, like the Turkic tribes, did not choose "new thinking". They still kept their eyes on the East very traditionally, thinking about returning to their homeland every day, and they were not interested in going into Baghdad to capture the caliphate, and did not cause an impact that would break the Persians and Arabs even more.

The story of Jerodashi spread to Europe and was regarded as a mythical figure. There were rumors in the crusaders that there was a priest-king in the East, who was extremely powerful and would help everyone to kill the infidels. This myth has been widely believed for hundreds of years and has had an impact until modern times.

Guo Kang himself is actually stained with the light of Yelu Dashi.

In Mongolia, the Western Regions, and Central Asia, people actually couldn't distinguish between the Han and the Khitans. For example, in the language of the Mongols, there is no separate word to describe their differences. The official translations of the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are also very clear: the Khitan in Mongolian, and the Han in Chinese, are read as Khitan. That's the same word.

Further afield, in the worldview of Persia, Arabia and Eastern Rome, the concept of "peach blossom stone" was formed, which believed that starting from the two rivers of Central Asia and going eastward, all were "peach blossom stone" lands. The Qarakhanid Dynasty in Central Asia all considered themselves to be part of the Peach Blossom Stone - they believed that Central Asia to the Western Regions was the "Lower Peach Blossom Stone", the Liao State was the "Middle Peach Blossom Stone", and the Song Dynasty was the "Upper Peach Blossom Stone".

The origin of this word is not clear, but the scope is obvious, that is, the former territory of the Tang Dynasty.

For people who have migrated overseas in this era, the Tang Dynasty is a concept that has long since disappeared, but it is ubiquitous. The Liao and Western Liao carried forward the influence of the Tang Dynasty, and finally, formed the situation that Guo Kang sees today.

The people in the west may not know the origin of his Guo clan. But just looking at his face, it was enough - for a long time, the Persian warlords would spend a lot of money to hire the Khitan remnants brought by the Western Liao to serve as generals in their own place. It doesn't matter if you have enough military literacy or not. Because as long as you go to the front of the battle to brush your face and make the enemy realize that there are Orientals in this army, you can deter them.

When Guo Kang first came to this world, he also felt outrageous: the Qarakhanid princes living in Bukhara would repeatedly claim "I am Chinese" everywhere, for fear that others would not know.

And under Timur, there was a general back then, and his name was "Khitan Batur". It's hard to explain why a Turkic Mongol calls himself a "Han warrior", but in these days, everyone is happy to do so.

It was difficult for people of his time to imagine such a situation. At that time, I am afraid that everyone will think that it is too embarrassing "wolf warrior" behavior.

Guo Kang complained about this phenomenon to Tuhuan and others, but he said it smoothly and said words that did not belong to this era. Who knows, Tuhuan likes this word very much, and calls himself a "Khitan wolf warrior" every day, and he has to brag about it when he meets people.

Strictly speaking, the four princes attending the meeting today have some problems with their backgrounds: the Guo family is from the Yanyun Guo family, the Li family is from the Shatuo Li family, the Shi family is from the Turkic Ashina family, and the Cao family is from the Zhaowu Cao family in Central Asia. According to the views of the Southern Song Dynasty, which claimed to be the orthodoxy of the Han people at that time, none of these four families were serious Han people.

Therefore, although it is called "Han Shihou" by the locals, it is not easy to say whether it is true or not. In this case, instead of accepting the theory of the Song Dynasty, it is better to continue to follow the identity of "Peach Blossom Stone - Tang".

By the time of the Roman Territory, the range was even further extended. Today's Southern Ya Army, even the Greeks can be regarded as "Han Shihou".

It's just that these Greek nobles, whose martial arts have been abandoned for too long, will only trap each other and drag them back, and they are really not very good at fighting, so Li Xuanying once suggested that they should all have the surname Zhao with their Han surname. Therefore, for the time being, there are no such high-ranking generals.