Lower Peach Blossom Stone, Kashgar.

The spring sun shines on the earthy yellow ancient city, reflecting a dazzling golden light, and at the same time giving people a sense of tranquility, peace and holiness.

On the walls of the Kashgar royal city clinging to the surging Chakmak River, a middle-aged man with a noble temperament, wearing a delicate silk robe in the style of Tianfangjiao, with a turban wrapped around his head and a beard, sighed leisurely, turned his gaze from the ancient city, and turned his gaze from the ancient city to a Buddhist temple on the other side of the Chakmak River that had been abandoned for an unknown number of years. It was a large temple built in the Tang Dynasty, which had been abandoned for many years......

An old man with a snow-white beard, also dressed in a rich silk robe, followed the middle-aged man closely, and in the distance, there were many warriors wearing chain mail and carrying scimitars, guarding the passage from the city wall to the city.

The old man also turned around with the middle-aged man, and then also looked at the desolate Buddhist temple, and said to the bearded middle-aged man in Uighur language: "Khan, although the Buddhist army on the peach blossom stone is weak, it is even worse than the Khotanese Buddhist army encountered in the past, but the khanate of today is not as good as in the past, I think you should make up your mind as soon as possible, follow the example of your ancestor Qadir Khan, and ask for help from the great Turkic states in the west." ”

It turned out that this bearded middle-aged man turned out to be the khan of the Qarakhanid Dynasty, Ahmad. Arslan Khan!

It should be noted here that the so-called "Qarakhanid Dynasty" is actually a dynasty name, not a real national name. "Qara" is a transliteration of the Turkic language, which literally means "black", and the Qarakhanid dynasty is also "black Khan", and the Han Chinese call them the Black Khan Uighurs – which is of course a misnomer.

Because their ruling people are not pure Uighurs, although they sometimes speak Uighur languages, such as the Akhmad. The old man who spoke in Arslan Khan was in the Uighur language.

Since neither the Qarakhanid nor the Black Khan Uighurs were officially names, what was the name of the country? It is called "Lower Peach Blossom Stone", which means "Lower China" and "Lower Qin". However, in order to increase the momentum, the "down" in "Lower Peach Blossom Stone" is usually omitted.

So this country is China...... It was the most official title at the time!

Moreover, although this Khan of "Lower China" converted to the Celestial Sect, this country is not an official member of the Celestial Sect world. This can be seen from their khan name.

The official Khan name of this bearded Khan King is Peach Blossom Stone. Arslan Khan. Arslan is the Turkic word for lion. If translated into Chinese, this is the "Lion King of China" – this is not a casual statement, it is written on the silver coins they issue...... It's all engraved on silver coins, can there be any mistakes?

As for the surrender to the caliph, it is actually a miscommunication, and there is no such thing. Otherwise, it can still be called "Khan"? "Khan" and the caliph are big on one side, how can they kneel when they say they are sweating?

In addition, the father of this "Chinese Lion King" is known as "Peach Blossom Stone. Bogda Khan, "Bogda" means god or god mountain, and Bogda Khan means god Khan, heavenly khan. "Peach Blossom Stone. Bogda Khan "is the Chinese Heavenly Khan or the Chinese Heavenly God King."

If it's a serious Heavenly Sect, can you call it that? God is Allah!

However, the good days of arrogance of the khans of the Peach Blossom Khanate were gone long after the rise of the Seljuk Turks. Less than twenty years earlier, Bukhara, the capital of the divided western Khanate (the Khanate had split in two in 1041), had been captured by the Seljuk Turks, and the Western Khanate had been forced to become a vassal of the Seljuk Turks.

And the eastern part of the khanate, centered on Kashgar and Balasagon (the Eastern Qarakhanid was called by others, they themselves still called the Peach Blossom Stone Khanate), now faced an enemy from the Upper Peach Blossom Stone.

Although the Buddhist army on Taohuashi is said to be very weak, the army of the Taohuashan Khanate has long been not the one that destroyed Samanid (Persia) in the west, Khotan in the east, and Khitan in the north (Taohuashi. Togan Khan once defeated some of the Khitan nomadic tribes that entered the territory).

The country's armed forces have long since weakened, and there is no possibility of revival at all!

The reason for the weakening of the Peach Blossom Khanate was ridiculous and fatal, as the Uighurs, the Qarluq Turkic tribes, had converted to Celestial Christianity. According to the laws of the Celestial Sect, they were not allowed to sell their followers into slavery. Therefore, the Peach Blossom Khanate had no way to select the Ghulam Guards among the people who had converted to the Heavenly Sect, and had to turn to the Kipchak steppe to buy them.

However, it is very difficult to obtain boys suitable for training to become Gulam's guards from the Kipchak steppe, where the population is already small, and there are powerful and wealthy Seljuk Turks to grab "resources", and the Taohuashi Khanate, which has few silver coins in its pocket, can buy a few teenagers who can train into Gulam?

Therefore, the number of the Ghulam Guards of the Peach Blossom Khanate has also been reduced from 15,000 at the peak to two or three thousand now, and it is still the total number of the two Peach Blossom Khanates.

Without a sufficient number of Gulam heavy cavalry, the khanate had to rely on the land-tied Ithaq feudal cavalry and improvised tribal militias and urban militias to defend it.

Can these people defeat the weak Buddha army of the Peach Blossom Stone?

Seems to be a bit of a problem!

The "Lion Khan", who knew that his strength was a little weak, had to consider asking the Seljuk Turks for help. However, the Seljuk Turks were not friends of the Peach Blossom Khanate, but enemies like the Upper Peach Blossom Stone...... The western part of the Khanate was conquered by this group of bandits from the west.

Therefore, although the "Lion Khan" had long released rumors that he had asked for help from the ministers of the Great Turkic State, the envoys asking for help were never sent, hoping to scare off the enemy.

But in the past two days, another spy came from the two states of Gua and Sha in Upper Peach Blossom Stone, and reported the bad news that the Upper Peach Blossom Stone Buddha Army gathered there had been reinforced again!

Allegedly, half a month ago, another 6,000 cavalry came from the east, and 2,000 of them were heavy cavalry in black armor!

If you count the heavy cavalry that arrived in Gua and Shazhou long ago, the Shangtaohuashi Army has concentrated more than 5,000 heavy cavalry...... That's 5,000 gulams!

"Okay!" Lion Khan sighed, "Yusufu, immediately send messengers to Isfahan and Bukhara!" No, it's better for you to go and bring the most precious gifts. ”

The old man named Yusufu was the uncle of the lion Khan and the prime minister of the khanate, and his Turkic name was "Irik".

"Yes, Great Khan." The old man had long persuaded Lion Khan to ask the Seljuk imperialists for help, but Lion Khan always hesitated and dragged it on until now.

Obviously, he did not inherit the wisdom of his father "Bogda Khan" at all, and he did not know if he could lead the Khanate to defeat the enemy from Shangtaohuashi.

The prime minister, who received the khan's decree, did not leave immediately, but went on to make a second suggestion.

"Khan, you should pay attention to the 30,000 Khitans in Ye Mili and the Alimali grassland!"

This is another trouble that gives the old prime minister Yu Sufu a headache to death!

The 30,000 Khitans who were settled in the Yelimi and Alimari grasslands were a historical legacy, and those people did not know where they offended the Khitan emperor, and were sent to the territory of the Taohuashi Khanate more than a hundred years ago to carry out nomadic herding and raids to aid the Gaochang Uighurs who submitted to the Khitan.

As a result, these people were defeated by the powerful Togan Khan and surrendered, and were settled in the steppes of Alimari and Yemili, where they multiplied for more than a hundred years, and now have grown to 30,000 people...... About two or three hundred thousand people!

"Aren't they weak?" The lion Khan said, "Every year they give us cattle, sheep, horses and women...... If they weren't Khitans, Ben Khan would have wanted to buy teenagers from them to train them into Gulam. ”

"Khan," the old prime minister shook his head, "the reason why they have been oppressed by us for hundreds of years is not because they are weak...... None of these people have converted to the Heavenly Sect until now, and they have not forgotten that they are Khitans! They are weak only because of our iron ban that keeps them out of weapons. But once the army of Shangtaohuashi entered the Alimali and Yemili grasslands through Gaochang Kingdom, these Khitans would get the weapons they wanted! Then, 100 years of hatred will turn into flames! ”

"So, what then?" Lion Khan asked, "Do you send troops to destroy them?" ”

Of course, this is impossible, because the army of Upper Peach Blossom Stone will invade at any time, and the army of Lion Khan must go to Khotan to stand by, how can it be possible to run thousands of miles to Yemili?

"Khan," said the old prime minister Yu Sufu, "it is better to let these Khitans return to their homeland."

The Khitan Emperor who went to the peach blossom stone must have been very happy to learn that his people had returned...... At least it would allow him to remain neutral in future wars. ”

Lion Khan frowned and said, "That's 30,000 Khitan!" You can make a lot of offerings every year, but if you put it back to the Khitan, is the loss too great? ”

At this time, I was still thinking about my belongings...... The old prime minister sighed quietly.

"And Ye Mili is very far away from Khotan...... "as long as Ben Khan's army can hold Khotan, the army of Shangtaohuashi will definitely be defeated." ”

Can it be kept?

The old prime minister thought about it, and it didn't seem to be a big problem. The Khaqmu commander who guarded Khotan was the Gullam warrior Mahmud, who had 800 Guram warriors and 500 Ithaq cavalry, as well as more than 20,000 tribal and urban militiamen.

In addition, because the news of the imminent invasion of Shangtaohuashi had already come, the city defense of Khotan had already been reinforced, and the surrounding trees that could build siege equipment were also cut down. And they are always ready to clear the wilderness, so that the enemy from afar cannot obtain the necessary supplies. In this way, even if they are difficult to defeat, they will be defeated by lack of supplies.

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