Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 22 The Khitan People
There is no clear record of the number of Xiliao troops, but only 2500 people are known for their left and right wings.Yelu Dashi personally led the Chinese army and guarded 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 divided into three ways to attack.In the first round of confrontation, the two sides were evenly matched, but during the reorganization, Sancar keenly discovered that there was a gap between the Xiliao Central Army and the right wing.

Sancar immediately seized this opportunity and ordered the left wing to charge and open the breach.The Seljuk army was so numerous that it broke through the connections between the various ministries of the Western Liao Dynasty and pushed the Central Army of the Western Liao Dynasty to the left.Seljuk's central army and right wing also pressed up, preparing to encircle the opponent.

However, the dispersed right wing of Xiliao did not break up, and continued to fight, and detoured to the left of the Seljuk army.After discovering the changes in the battlefield, Yelu Dashi did not try to rescue him, but chose to believe in the fighting power of his subordinates.He directed the central army against the entire Seljuk army, and let the left wing also turn to the side to outflank the right side of the Seljuk army.

In this way, the two wings of Xiliao took the opportunity to complete a detour, and successfully surrounded the opponent's 10 people with thousands of people.

The main force of the Seljuks, including Sancar himself, were all squeezed into the canyon behind the Xiliao army formation, and the vassal light infantry defending here also took the opportunity to attack them.Under the siege, the Seljuk army was defeated and scattered, and Sancar fled with only a dozen entourages.The corpses of the Seljuks lay 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 result of this battle caused a very strong shock to the Tianfang Sect world.

There is no clear figure on the losses of the Seljuk army on the battlefield, but it is estimated by later generations that there are about 5 to [-] people.But the biggest problem is not the loss of ordinary soldiers.

In order to increase the chance of victory, Sancar mobilized all the backbone troops from various places. "History Encyclopedia" records that this time, there were 1 religious scholars who died in battle alone, and said with emotion, "There is no greater war in the history of Tianfang Sect, and there is no greater war in Khorasan." That's more casualties."

These people are the real grassroots managers of the Tianfang Sect regime, and it can be said that they are the ruling foundation of each dynasty, which is roughly equal to the priests and knights in Europe.The loss of ordinary soldiers can be replenished, but the loss of these people cannot be recovered in a short period of time.

Sancar's family fortune and prestige that 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 disintegrated again, and Xiliao became the actual overlord.Even the Caliph was bullied by the Turks, so he had to go to them for mediation.

The successor "Shogunate Sultan" was succeeded by Khwarizmo.However, this may be the weakest sultan.While dominating the world of Tianfang Sect, they are still paying tribute to Xiliao, relying on the military power of Xiliao for a long time.

Khwarizmo could not defeat the Gur dynasty in Afghanistan, so Xiliao sent troops into Afghanistan to help him defeat the Gur army; Khwarizmo also did not fight against the remnants of the Seljuks in Persia, and also begged Xiliao to send troops. Help him settle.As a result, in this way, relying on tribute and asking for help, they successfully "shangluo" Baghdad.

The only luck is that Xiliao did not choose "new thinking" like the Turkic tribes.They still stared at the east very traditionally, thinking about fighting back to their hometown every day, but were not interested in entering Baghdad to capture the caliphate, and did not cause an impact that would further shatter the perceptions of Persians and Arabs.

The story of Yelu Dashi spread to Europe and was regarded as a mythical figure.There are rumors among the Crusaders that there is a priest king in the east, who is extremely powerful and will help everyone kill the heretics.This myth has been widely believed by people for hundreds of years, and has been influential until modern times.

Guo Kang himself, in fact, is also in the light of Yelu Dashi.

In Mongolia, the Western Regions, and Central Asia, people actually couldn't tell the Han from the Khitan.For example, in the Mongolian language, there is no separate vocabulary to describe their differences.The official translations of the Yuan and Ming dynasties are also very clear: Khitan in Mongolian, Han written in Chinese, read as Khitan.It's the same word.

Farther away, in the worldviews of Persia, Arabia, and Eastern Rome, the concept of "peach blossom stone" has been formed, and it is believed that starting from the two rivers in Central Asia and heading east, there are all "peach blossom stones".The Karahan Dynasty in Central Asia all considered themselves part of the Peach Blossom Stone—they believed that Central Asia to the Western Regions was the "Lower Peach Blossom Stone", the Liao Kingdom 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, which is the former territory of the Tang Dynasty.

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

People in the west may not know the origin of his Guo clan.But just looking at his face is enough - for a long time, the Persian warlords would spend a lot of money to hire the Khitan survivors brought by Xiliao to serve as generals here.It doesn't matter whether you have enough military literacy or not.Because as long as you go to the front of the battle to brush your face and let the enemy realize that there are Orientals in this army, they can deter them.

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

As for Timur, there was a general in those days whose name was "Khitan Batur".It is difficult to explain why a Turkic Mongol called himself a "Han Warrior", but these days, everyone is happy to do so.

It was hard for people in his time to imagine such a situation.At that time, I am afraid that everyone will think it is too embarrassing "Wolf Warrior" behavior.

Guo Kang complained about this phenomenon to Tuo Huan and others, but he said it smoothly, and he also said words that did not belong to this era.Unexpectedly, Tuo Huan liked this word very much, and he called himself "Khitan Warrior Wolf" every day, and would brag about it to everyone.

Strictly speaking, the four nobles who participated in the meeting today have different backgrounds: the Guo family is from the Guo family of Yanyun, the Li family is from the Li family of Shatuo, the historian is from the Ashina family of Turkic, and the Cao family is from the Zhaowu Cao family of Central Asia. .According to the viewpoint of the Southern Song Dynasty, which claimed to be orthodox Han people at that time, none of these four schools were orthodox 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 recognition of "Peach Blossom Stone-Tang".

When it came to the boundaries of Rome, this scope was even further expanded.Today's Nanya Army, even the Greeks can be regarded as "Han Shihou".

It's just that these Greek nobles, whose martial arts have been neglected for too long, will only deceive each other and hold them back.Therefore, for the time being, there are no such senior generals.

(End of this chapter)