Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 162 Bacishagun is still Suiye
Balasagun, this city is of special significance to the Kara Khanate, because the Kara Khanate before the fall of Balasagun and the Kara Khanate that lost Balasagun can be said to be two countries .

The original Kara Khanate was the Khanate established in Anxi by Pang Teqin, who could not get along on the border of the Tang Dynasty after the collapse of the Uyghur Khanate in 840.

After Ponteqin's death, he handed over the khanate to his two sons, Basil and Olguchak. Among them, Basil was the father of Saktu, and Olguchak was the unlucky uncle who was killed by Saktu. .

At that time, Basil was stationed in Balasagun, and he was called Arslen Khan, the right Khan.

Olguchak was resident in Talas, and he was called Bugla Khan, and he was Deputy Khan.

But the good times didn't last long. This nascent Kara Khanate met the Persian Saman dynasty in its heyday.

In 893, Mahmud, the emperor of the Samanid Dynasty, led his army to conquer and successively captured important cities such as Baishuihu City and Talas. Deputy Khan Orguchak fled to Shule, and Zhenghan Basil continued to stick to Balasa Dagon.

During this period, the political structure of the Kara Khanate changed accordingly. Due to the factor of distance, the Deputy Khan gradually changed from being a subordinate of the Zheng Khan to a national leader at the same level as the Zheng Khan. It became a tribal khanate with two chiefs.

If Zhang Zhao's arrival hadn't disturbed the historical process, the later Kara Khan would continue to be divided into two countries, West Kara Khan and East Kara Khan.

The reason for the formation of such a dual-leader political structure is determined by the geographical environment of Anxi and Hezhong.

Between Balasagun and Shule lies the Tianshan Mountains and the Pamir-Alai Mountains. Just by looking at the two words Tianshan and Pamir, you can imagine how difficult the terrain here is to cross. How difficult it is to make contact.

And now, Zhang Zhao is climbing this extremely difficult plateau and snow-capped mountains, and the guide for him is a young man with the blood of King Shule's Pei family.

Pei Shengyuan rubbed his nose. He and some didn't like Zhang Zhao's feeling of treating him like a young man, because he was actually a little bit older than Zhang Zhao. Pei Shengyuan was 21 years old this year, and Zhang Zhao was only 20. years old.

But in terms of their status, ability and knowledge, Zhang Zhao can indeed regard him as a young man.

Because apart from the champion Hou in history, Pei Shengyuan can't imagine anyone else who can do such a career at this age.

Yan Jin and Ma Yaozi glanced at each other. They both have a deep understanding of Pei Shengyuan's feelings, because Mr. Zhang Erlang, who has just turned 20 years old, often treats his two 26-year-old subordinates as young people coming.

Uh!Who told me that Mr. Zhang Erlang's body contained a soul in his thirties from later generations. For these ancient people who were "younger" by ten or twenty years old, Zhang Zhao naturally regarded them as young people.

"According to what you said, Saktu should be staying in Balasagun. After all, his father Basil is Zhenghan."

While walking carefully with the horse on the muddy mountain path, Zhang Zhao did not forget to learn about Saktu's life with Pei Shengyuan.

This is also a preparation for the upcoming entry into Balasagon. After all, he is not going to capture Balasagon this time.

This trip to Balasagun was at the invitation of the Uyghur nobleman Ye Hu and the leaders of the Nestorian and Buddhist sects in the city to discuss the matter of Balasagun's surrender to the Kingdom of Khotan, so it was necessary to understand the political situation in the city.

"Returning to the Duke, the reason is very simple, because a few years after Talas was captured by the Persians, Balasagon was also captured by the Persians.

After his father Basil died, Saktu's mother had no choice but to take him to Shule and seek refuge with his uncle Olguchak. "Pei Shengyuan replied.

It turned out to be so, Zhang Zhao nodded, and the trajectory of Saktu's life later became very clear.

This guy came into contact with Tianfang Sect in Shule City, and then successfully rebelled by relying on the power of Tianfang Sect, killing his uncle Olguchak's family.

After taking power, Saktu continued to accumulate strength, and led his army to recover Balasagon and Talas four years ago.

"Looking at it this way, Saktu can be regarded as the master of ZTE. He not only regained the old capital, but also took down the land of Khan that belonged to the Saman dynasty!"

"The Duke of the county is watching him." Zhang Zhao thinks that Saktu has two brushes, but Pei Shengyuan doesn't think so.

"The reason why Saktu was able to recover Balasagon and Talas was not because of his strong ability. In fact, it was because the Persians forcibly implemented the Tianfang Sect after they captured these two places, which made the sectarian conflicts between the two places very deep. If Saktu does not come, the Persian rule will not last long.

However, due to the distance between them, Master Titsigu of Balasagun did not know that Saktu had also converted to Tianfang Sect. He thought he was still a Buddhist believer, so he instigated a large number of uprisings by believers of the three religions, and opened the city gate to release Kakashi. When Lahan's army entered the city, Saktu took the opportunity to regain the two places. He actually took advantage of it. "

"Then I guess that after Saktu recovered Balasagon and Talas, the believers of the three religions in these two places would know that Saktu also converted to Tianfang Sect, so they could only refuse to recommend Saktu as Arslen Khan .

After a few years of stalemate, Saktu lost his patience and simply led the army to attack his old capital again. "Yan Jin interjected beside him.

"The general is right, that's how it is." An envoy from Balasagun nodded in agreement at the front.

"So in order not to cause such a thing that just killed the man-eating tiger and then came to harm the hungry wolf again, Ye Hu of Balasagun City, Master Titsigu of Buddhism, and the Nestorian Weiyi Master His Excellency Dexuanqing sent his subordinates here to express his surrender to the Great Sage Emperor of the Great Jin Kingdom and Ming Dynasty."

While speaking, everyone walked into a cave that was half buried on the mountainside. The cave was so wide that it could even be seen that there were traces of a large amount of food, rice, military equipment and other supplies inside.

These burrows are the secret of Saktu's ability to quickly withdraw his troops from Balasagun to Lower Artush.

As early as three years ago, Saktu began to build such a cave warehouse on the road from Balasagun to Shule, and stored a large amount of weapons, armor and food for emergencies.

It seems that in history, Saktu quelled domestic opposition while beating up the Samanid dynasty in Persia. At the same time, he was able to frighten Li Shengtian, so that Khotan Jin did not dare to go north to fight Shule for decades. of.

This kind of extreme operation of dancing on eggs was actually done by him. If there is any mistake in it, Saktu will be lost forever, such as this time when he met Zhang Zhao.

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Atami, also known as Lake Iksai in Kyrgyzstan, is a beautiful lake known as the pearl left by God in later generations. It is located in the Tianshan Mountains and is the deepest alpine lake in the world.

The most important cities in the Tang Dynasty, such as Dongcheng, Heliecheng, and Yezhicheng, as well as the most important military town of the Tang Dynasty, Suiye Town, one of the four towns in Anxi, are all located around Atami.

The scale of He Lie City is not large. If it is placed in the Central Plains, it is not as big as a county seat in Zhongxian County.

In this city, the tallest and largest building is a temple built of white stones, and there is a white minaret several feet high in the temple.

If you think this is a Buddhist temple, you are wrong, it is actually a Nestorian temple.

This Nestorian Christianity that spread to the East is not quite the same as Christianity in the traditional sense.

The appearance of his temple is similar to that of Buddhism, and he also absorbed a lot of Buddhist and Taoist scriptures in terms of teaching.

Even the immortal system has begun to change, it has become a polytheistic religion, and King Jingtong, Tianyuan Allah, Arhaha, etc. have been believed in.

All right!This is not just a Christian heresy, in fact it should be a new religion.

Perhaps when the Nestorians left Greece, it still belonged to the scope of the Orthodox Church, but when it crossed the mountains to the east, and after hundreds of years of changes, it was no longer the original appearance.

"Father, the believers in Suiye City revealed that Titesigu, a bald donkey monk, had already sent someone to contact the King of Khotan in advance. Maybe not only the envoys of the King of Khotan came this time, but even Khotan army."

In the temple, a young man in a black one-piece robe and a black hood looked anxious.

Another man with a cross in his hand and a majestic expression glared at the young man.

"I've told you many times, you should say Bala Sagon instead of Suiye, Yuchi's family is the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, not the king of Khotan, let alone the word Fanseng, if you can't even remember this If so, how will you take on the important task of protecting the clan in the future?"

"The child knows his mistake, but his father taught him a lesson!" The young man hastily admitted his mistake with a low eyebrow, but his lips wriggling quietly said clearly.

'Don't let me say it, so why did you teach me this? '

(End of this chapter)