Chapter 1,663 Black Sweat

Geng Laosan thought about the same truth and spat on the ground: "It's lucky for him to be a straight bitch! I'll go for a run."

Chen Zhen turned his head and sighed in his heart when he saw the smoke rising from the beacon.

After all, this place is quite far away from Khotan, otherwise it would be great if the telegram could be sent here.

Three hundred miles is almost the limit for the traditional cavalry to leave the country. Yuchiwei now has the help of the Song Dynasty. The cavalry is quite capable and has withstood several conflicts with the Black Khan, but at most it can only go so far.

Soon, several gunshots rang out in the west of the city, and the Black Khan cavalry began to stir, and finally retreated toward Ya'erkan, a small town in the northwest.

Ya'er saw that it was the Yarkand of later generations, located in the Yarkand area of ​​Xinjiang, six hundred miles away from Khotan.

Geng Laosan came over with a gun on his back: "Scared them away! If you don't give them anything powerful, they think we are easy to bully!"

Liu Wuer also came over: "Ji Changgong, when will we withdraw?"

Chen Zhen muttered: "The safety of the living Buddha is related to the cohesion of the entire Western Region, so we cannot take risks. Let's wait until Yuchiwei comes to take over."

Liu Wuer put the gun on his back: "Then I'll call a few Uighur guys and go out to check the sentry to see if the black cavalry army just retreated!"

…

In November of the sixth year of Yuanyou, Su Yuanzhen, the Ningxia envoy, and Zhang Kai, the Hexi envoy, Yu Chiwei, the governor of Khotan City, Liu Changzuo, the governor of the Western Regions, and Tong Guan, the military supervisor, urgently reported the great changes in the Western Regions.

In the fifth year of Yuanyou, the Black Khan King Hassan forced 200,000 of his tribe to convert to Christianity. At the same time, he brutally suppressed non-believers and people who believed in Buddhism, deprived them of their property, and expelled them from the tribe.

The Living Buddha Alingjing, who spread the teachings on the West Road, was discovered by Ahmad, the prince of the Black Khan, in the process of secretly spreading the teachings in Ya'erkan, and was arrested and imprisoned.

It happened that the Han merchant Chen Zhen visited Ya'er, bribed the jailer, and rescued Alingjing.

After Ahmed found out, he sent the elite "Gulam" Guards to pursue him. The two sides fought in the ancient city of Xihebao, 300 miles away from Khotan. It was not until Yuchiwei's reinforcements arrived that Ahmed withdrew.

After Alingjing arrived in Khotan, he exposed the atrocities committed by the Black Khanate in destroying Buddhism and called on Buddhists from all over the world to save believers in the Black Khanate.

In the Western Region countries such as Khotan, Qiuci, Yanshi, Gaochang, Yizhou, and the Tatar tribes in the Buddhist areas, people are excited. Now many tribes have braved the wind and snow and moved to Shazhou and outside the city of Khotan.

War seems inevitable.

If these people are not properly managed, they will cause chaos. Now Khotan, Yuechang, Qilian-Kunlun Valley, Guazhou, and Shazhou have all been affected to varying degrees.

The city guards from all over the country were devout Buddhists, and they wrote letters one after another asking the Western Region Protectorate to take charge of the overall situation. The Protectorate and the Transport Department did not dare to act without authorization, and urgently needed the central government to provide a response strategy.

In addition, he presented a blood-pierced document of Alingjing Living Buddha, describing the serious injustice suffered by Buddhism in the Black Khanate and the dark life of Buddhists there, and requesting the Song Dynasty to send forces to rescue the Buddhists there.

Gao Taotao was also a Buddhist. After receiving Alingjing's blood letter, he couldn't help crying and immediately summoned the courtiers to discuss the matter.

When Lu Dafang received the edict, he couldn't help but be puzzled. The Black Khanate was thousands of miles away, bordering Khotan, and separated from Shazhou by the Uighur of Xizhou. Isn't this the same thing as the Song Dynasty?

I heard that people believe in Tianfang religion there. During the Song Dynasty, there are also people who believe in Tianfang religion in Hangzhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Yunzhou, and even Bianjing. They are all gentlemen, love cleanliness, care for their tribesmen, and get along well with everyone.

Is it like what is said in the book on the blood of the Living Buddha?

Let’s talk about the conflict between religious people. Is it necessary to escalate it to a national dispute?

Liu Zhi was also a traditional scholar, and his knowledge of the culture of that region was limited to the Dunhuang Journal. He also had little understanding of the complex diplomatic relations and traditional conflicts among the countries in the Western Regions.

Simply call the experts from the Capital University and let's have a meeting.

…

At the court meeting, Han Jiayan used a map of the Western Region to popularize geopolitical science for a group of novices.

"Black Khan is called 'Kara Khan' in Turkic language. Kara Khan originally means black, so it is called because the country is still black."

“The earliest citizens were the Uighurs with nine surnames who moved into the river during the Tang Dynasty. The specific time of the founding of the country cannot be determined.”

"After the Five Dynasties Rebellion and the fall of the Uighur Khanate, Pang Teqin led fifteen tribes to go west to Geluolu and merged into this area. After that, he succeeded to the throne in Geluolu and officially listed himself in the certificate of credence.

Named Black Khan.”

"Pang Teqin built his tent in Balashagon on the upper reaches of the Chu River. In the early days, the Khanate's territory was limited to the Qihe area. Later, it fought with surrounding countries and gradually expanded to its current territory."

"At the beginning of the establishment of the Khanate, it was similar to the Turks and Uighurs. It believed in shamanism and Zoroastrianism, and there were also some Manichaeans and Buddhists."

"In order to fight against his uncle Orguchak, the third Great Khan Satuk vigorously promoted the Tianfang religion in the areas under his control, and with this, he received strong support from the Tianfang religion in the western part of the Khanate and ran a powerful Gula

Mu Guards."

"With the assistance of Saman, his neighbor from the Tianfang religion further to the west, Sartuk used force to seize the throne of Khan from his uncle who believed in shamanism."

"After seizing the throne, Sartuk established the Tianfang religion as the state religion, and then introduced the Samani system and vigorously reformed it. After decades of management, his strength was greatly enhanced, and he even joined forces with Ghazni, another regional power, to destroy

With the Amu Darya River as the boundary, the two countries equally divided the original territory of the Samanid Dynasty."

"The Black Khan reached its peak. Eighty years ago, it even wiped out Khotan. Shortly afterwards, there was another war with the Gaochang Uighurs of the same race. Although the Liao State supported Gaochang, the Black Khan did not succeed, but it shows the strength of its national power.

powerful."

"After that, the Khanate fell into decline. Fifty years ago, it split into two. The Western Khan is a descendant of Ali, with Samarkand and Bukhara as its capital; the Eastern Khan is a descendant of Harun, with Balashagon as its political and military capital.

, with Kashgar as the religious and cultural center.”

"The year before last, the Seljuks captured Bukhara, and the Western Khan existed in name only. Today's Black Khan actually refers to the Eastern Khan."

"The reason why the Black Khanate is strong is that it adheres to the military merit system. It is similar to the Qin State, so it can become strong rapidly. Because of this, it is also similar to the Western Zhou Dynasty. The various small Khan kings have power, each has its own affairs, and attacks each other.

Cut down, and eventually decline and fall apart.”

"Because he started out as a nomad, he pays special attention to cavalry. He is best at outflanking and luring the enemy deep into the tactics. During the battle, he first relies on the rain of arrows shot by the archers on horseback to kill the enemy, and then relies on the heavy cavalry in close combat to launch a fatal charge.

Defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."

"And its infantry tactics are quite backward, and it lacks heavy siege equipment, so siege warfare is a fatal flaw."

"During the Tusak period, in addition to politics, the Black Khan also vigorously reformed the military system. Tusak recruited a group of strong young men from various Turkic tribes and formed a guard unit loyal to him, called "Gulam"."

"This army has strict norms and disciplines, and regulates its own behavior through faith. Therefore, it is highly capable and can conquer any battle."

"Gentlemen, please look, this is the heavy cavalry of the Gulam Guards on the Dunhuang murals."

"They have tall and strong horses, fine chainmail, heavy armor, and pointed neck helmets. They also equip their horses with armor for added protection."

"The weapons used by warriors include hammers, knives, swords, and bucklers, and their riding and archery skills are also very superb."

Zhang Dun looked at the rubbings: "Their horses are very good, with shoulders as high as a man."

"Yes, and this is the strongest military force of the Black Khanate, and they are also taller."

"In addition, they also have ordinary militia called 'Askar', and 'Iqta' cavalry similar to those of small princes."

"Because of the widespread religious belief, they can also incite the people and organize a refugee army. The refugee army is also tough, good at fighting, brave and aggressive."

"But discipline is loose and there is a lack of restraint. Once the battlefield situation becomes unfavorable, the morale of the troops will be shaken, and in serious cases they will even disperse;"

"In the process of destroying Khotan, the refugee army was the vanguard. First they suffered a disastrous defeat in the Kunlun Mountains, and then, stimulated by the temptation of wealth, they first invaded the city of Khotan and carried out crazy looting of the Buddhist monuments in Khotan.

destroy."

"The relationship between the Black Khanate and our dynasty is mainly due to their envy of our dynasty's silks, clothing, gold and silver utensils and tea, and they trade with their national products in large quantities."

"First of all, the Tang Dynasty followed with a princess marrying a Uighur, so the Uighurs called Zhongchao their uncle. Every time Zhongchao gave him an imperial edict, he was also called nephew."

"Among the five dynasties, this is also the reason."

"In the credentials of King Black Khan and our dynasty, His Majesty is often referred to as the uncle of the Han family and the official family."

“In the credential of the Yuanfeng period, it is said that ‘Khotan is blessed with strength and grammatical power, the Black Khan King, and the book and the Eastern Sun originate from the great official’s house of the uncle of the Han family, the landowner of the Great World’.”
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