Chapter Forty-Nine: The First Hearing of Jihad

War dividends have always been accompanied by wars that fall suddenly and quickly on the heads of a certain country or force.

Just as blood can nourish the weeds on the earth, because Hami of Tiexinyuan was not involved in the war, his status suddenly became very important.

When faced with these sudden benefits, Tie Xinyuan's outstanding historical insight can help him, and he can always find a bridge from a certain period of history that corresponds to the current situation.

By eliminating the element of deception, he will naturally know how to deal with the situation in front of him and figure out the best way to deal with it.

The Qarakhanids' army was an ambitious army, and having just completed their domination of the two river valleys, they began to advance feverishly to the east.

Many years ago, Khotanese stood in their way, and after suffering severe losses, they had to stop in Khotan, and even retreated to the border of Tochar for a time.

The Uighurs easily filled the gap, enjoyed it for decades, and now it was time to settle the score.

The people of Darba live on the land of Khotan, three thousand miles away from Hami, and God knows how much suffering these people had endured and suffered before coming to Hami.

To put it mildly, Tie Xinyuan did not believe that the fourteen severely disabled people of Darba alone would be able to transport food back to their tribesmen in the war-torn Uighur country.

After Tie Xinyuan finished his judgment, Ah Da sighed and said, "Carrying a heavy treasure for three thousand miles, I still can't find a place to provide food, which shows that the entire Uighur country has fallen into a war and cannot extricate itself.

Moreover, the process of the war is still intensifying, and all the tribes are in retreat to protect themselves, which is the main reason why they still can't find food after walking 3,000 miles. ”

"Three thousand miles without food to feed a tribe? It's not for nothing, it's not a problem to change the food of one or two hundred camels in that golden jade robe, this is only the boundary of the Western Regions, if you take it to the Great Song Dynasty and Khitan, there is no problem with 10,000 loads of grain. ”

Yu Chilei laughed miserably and said: "Khotan has been in war for a hundred years, and now it is common for people to be uninhabited in Khotan, we are a royal family who is pitied by the people, and we can't find food three years ago, and the Yukun tribe is just a group of selfish jade pickers, they have always been rich, but now they are in trouble, and anyone will take the opportunity to step on them, let alone help." ”

Tie Xinyuan said with a smile: "Don't talk about those tragic things in the past, Old Lieutenant Chi, you talk about this Qarakhani, we are confused about him." ”

Yu Chilei closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, organized his language, and then said, "The Qarakhanid is actually a Uighur as well.

They were a tribe that moved west from the Mobei Uighurs to the west of the Green Mountains, and then formed a tribal alliance with other savage tribes that were operating in the area at the time, and then created a state that we generally call the "Black Khan Dynasty".

It is said that the founder of the Khanate was named Vigarik Qadir Khan.

About 170 years ago, after the death of Qadir Khan, the two sons led his people, and the eldest son, Basil, established the capital in Barasagon and called himself Aslan Qarakhanid, who was the main Khan;

The second son, Ogurchak, built the capital of Talas, and called himself Bugra Qarakhan, who was the deputy khan, and the Kashgar region at that time also belonged to him.

One hundred and sixty years ago, the Samanid king Mayil bin Mahmud defeated Henglos, killing 10,000 of Ogurchak's warriors and taking his wife and 15,000 men prisoner.

Ogurchak was forced to move his capital to Kashgar, ready to continue the battle against the Samanid dynasty and retake his homeland.

Ogurchak married his brother Basil after his death and took in his brother's son, who later became known as Satuq Bogra Khan.

Ogurchak sheltered Nasser Samani, a prince who had fled from the Transoxiana region, and let him live in Artush.

It was this man who opened the dark page of my kingdom in Khotan, and under the persuasion of this man, Satuq converted to ****** religion and secretly developed his power.

Basil's death was not passed to his son, but to his brother Olguchak, who did not want the throne to be passed on to his nephew, Satuk, Basil's son.

Thus, Satuk, with the support of the ****** Mujahideen in the Transoxiana region, defeated and killed his uncle Ogurchak, seized the throne of Khan, called Bogra Khan.

Soon, with the support of ****** followers, he recaptured Henglus from the Samanid dynasty, and then captured Balasagon and basically unified the homeland of the nine surnamed Hu people, and his prestige was great for a while.

After Satuq's death, he was succeeded by his son Musa, known as Arslan Khan, and stationed in Kashgar.

Suleimanjibalasagon the second son of Satuq and the younger brother of Musa. With the help of Sufi clerics, Musa achieved the ****** of the Khan. Ninety years ago, Musa declared ****** religion the state religion, and 200,000 Turks were converted. Thus began the birth of the first non-Great Food Language Khanate.

I believe in Buddhism in Khotan, and I rarely quarrel with others, but the Qarakhanid does not want to let us go, and they brazenly attack me in Khotan in the name of holy war.

The Holy King first defeated the enemy at Ingisha, and then led his army to occupy fourteen large cities near Kashgar, and won a great victory, and among the spoils of war were not only women and children, but also elephants and other booty.

And in the following five years, the Holy King took advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the Qarakhanid army to attack Persia and laid siege to Kashgar twice.

Although these two battles ended in a crushing defeat at Khotan, the Holy King still slain Ali Arslan Khan of the Qarakhanid near Ingisha in the last battle.

Fifty-two years ago, four imams from Bukhara led volunteers recruited from Ghaznavid, Baghdad, Khorezm and other places, and cooperated with the main Qarakhanid army led by Yusuf Qadir Khan to conquer Khotan at the end of that year.

According to my father, the fire in the royal city of Khotan continued for three months, and one of the royal cities of Norda was burned to the ground by the Qarakhanid.

They even closed the four gates to prevent the people of the city from fleeing, and more than 86,000 people who did not have time to flee were also burned to the fire.

Wang led the remnants of his army to retreat to the Kunlun Mountains and swore to fight the Qarakhanid.

This battle lasted for fifty years, until General Meng came to pick us up. ”

In the end, Wei Chilei couldn't cry, and then cried, even though more than 50 years have passed, the pain is still heart-wrenching.

Tie Xinyuan said after being silent for a long time: "It seems that we will eventually have to face this Qarakhanid in the future.

Jihad is a terrible thing, and once they have tasted the sweetness of jihad, then this war will continue until there is no war left. ”

Little is known about the Qarakhanid's holy war, but the crusade that is about to begin, the iron heart source is like thunder.

His memory told him that the war had been fought for 200 years, and in the later period, countless fanatical believers brought prostitutes and hooligans to the battlefield, and the war turned from a battle of beliefs at the beginning to a naked robbery and colonization.

It was this far-reaching crusade that created the bad habit of the Europeans to rob and colonize every battle.

Tie Xinyuan looked at Wei Chilei, whose mood gradually calmed down, and said, "Based on your personal judgment, how long do you think the Uighurs can resist the Qarakhanid?" ”

Yu Chilei wiped away his tears and said: "Three years, three years at most, my Holy King's martial arts have reached the peak back then.

The whole country worked together, and in such a situation, Mahmud, king of the Ghaznavids from Tochar, and Yusuf Khan of the Qarakhanid combined forces to break through our capital.

My father said that the fanatics who were in charge of the siege at that time regarded life as a mustard at all, and they continued to fight like a mountain of corpses, and they finally stepped on the corpses of their companions to attack the city from under the city.

The Uighur armies could tell from Asalam that they might be okay to fight with the wind, and that they were not looking down on the Qarakhanid dead soldiers, they were no opponent at all.

When I say three years, I don't mean the three years that the Uighurs were able to resist, but the three years that the Qarakhanid would need to take control of the Uighur lands. ”

Ah Da shook his head and said: "The people of the Western Regions have always governed the place roughly, and they can't govern their own land as meticulously as the Khotanese State or the Great Song Dynasty, which have long been naturalized.

As long as they find tax collectors and local spokesmen, they will continue to move forward, that is, collecting taxes and plundering are their main purpose, and such things as raising the people, raising the people, and educating the people are really none of their business.

Once the Uighur king was defeated, the Uighur homeland would be completely occupied by the Qarakhanid within a short time.

The reason why they chose to attack in the winter is probably to end the battle before the next winter!

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why they had invaded the Uighurs in such a big way at a time when it was very unsuitable for military use. ”

Meng Yuanzhi frowned and said, "In that case, wouldn't we only have one year?" ”

Tie Xinyuan said with a smile: "One year is just a tactical victory, if you want to completely win a strategic victory, it will take at least two years, one year of conquest, one year of governance and rest, and the third year of breakthrough, even if you are an iron fighter, it is impossible for you to have the strength to continue to advance after a year of high-intensity war." ”

Meng Yuanzhi stood up irritably and said, "What should we do now?" Everyone went to the Khitan and Song Kingdoms, and the people who stayed here were too dangerous. ”

Ah Da got up and said: "The more this is the case, the more Brother Yuan needs to go to the Khitan, only by appeasing the Khitan, can we deal with the Qarakhani wholeheartedly, otherwise once the enemy is attacked in the abdomen, this battle will not have to be fought." ”

Tie Xinyuan stood up, slammed his fist on the table and said, "According to the tasks assigned before, we will prepare for a day, and we will set off immediately on the day after tomorrow."

If we can get married, then everything will be fine, if not, we must prepare for the way back.

Pu Changhai may be our last place of refuge. (To be continued.) )