Once the situation is broken, it will be irreversible, and the entire Western Region will be plunged into turmoil. For the Black Khanate, perhaps the upper echelons of the country do not want to break the balance, but the current situation forces them to have to
Invest your troops and participate in the final battle between Han and Liao in the Western Regions.
After all, if the remnants of the Liao army were wiped out by the Han army, then the next target of the Han army would definitely be them. If it was just to deal with Luntai, the Khitan remnants of the Beiting would not need to mobilize so many troops to march westward.
Although the remnant of the Liao army is weak and on the verge of death, as long as it exists, it will be an effective help to Hei Khan, and it will also buy them more time to digest the newly occupied land, strengthen the army's armament, and deepen public security construction.
Strengthen town defenses.
In fact, in the past ten years, after successive confrontations with the Liao and Han armies, the Black Khanate has already learned some lessons. While continuing to maintain its expansion posture, it has secretly regretted becoming an enemy.
In the past ten years, we have marched eastward, launched several eastern expeditions, and fought dozens of brutal and fierce battles with eastern forces. We eventually claimed to have captured half of the Uighurs in Gaochang, but in fact, everything was still depressed in Qiuci and Yanqi.
, two places where wealth and blood have drained away.
The price paid was enough to frighten the entire Black Khanate. More than 50,000 people were injured and more than 30,000 people were killed. Even if half of them were recruited jihadists, the remaining half was also very heavy for the Black Khanate.
,hard to accept.
Despite the development and construction of several generations of monarchs, the Black Khan has become a small hegemon in the Western Regions and has gradually become famous in Central Asia. However, in terms of strength, it is not much better than the original Xizhou Uighurs. Tens of thousands of casualties,
It can also be said to be a strain on the muscles and bones.
After so many years, the desire for expansion belonging to the newly rising forces has long been released when faced with the wall of reality. They have calmed down and realized their sorrow.
The reason why they moved eastward was that the Samanid dynasty in the west was at its peak and completely blocked its way of expansion. It could only suppress its ambitions and find another way out. At that time, the two empires of Han and Liao were wrestling with each other, which affected all directions and reflected in the Western Region.
The Liao army's westward expedition and the collapse of the Uighur kingdom gave the Black Khanate an opportunity and a channel to vent its desire for expansion.
However, by now, the Black Khans, whether they are monarchs or ministers, generals or officials, armies or people, have realized that those countries from the east, which claim to be the center of the world and the Central Plains Celestial Kingdom, are really difficult to deal with and difficult to defeat.
.Whether it is the Liao army or the Han army.
In the past, the Liao army fought with them for hegemony and suffered numerous casualties before they captured Kucha. However, the enemy that was once so powerful and difficult to defeat has fallen and completely lost its control over the Western Regions. As a result, they continued to expand eastward for hundreds of miles.
Occupying the core area of Yanqi.
However, this is not a cause for joy, because a stronger and more terrifying opponent has appeared in front of us. The name of the country that once showed its power in the Western Regions thousands of years ago and made all countries surrender and dare not look at it was once again defeated by those group of people.
The heroic and energetic knights spread out. They used their swords to show the strength of the Han Dynasty and used their military formations to demonstrate the majesty of the empire.
Hei Khan is already timid about this. This is nothing to be ashamed of. After suffering a loss, Hei Khan will have a better memory. Therefore, Hei Khan has no idea whether he can hold on to the occupied land under the threat of the strong Han army.
How much confidence.
The national strength is short, the defense is more than enough, and the progress is not enough. This is a true portrayal of the Black Khanate in the past ten years. The jihadists from the Central Asian world are not really endless. Even if there are, they are not the Black Khanate in this period.
The Khanate can take whatever it wants.
Moreover, the timing of expansion was indeed not chosen well, or in other words, the timing was too early. Its opponent was not the long-dead Xizhou Uighurs, but first encountered the Liao Empire, which still had strength, and then a more ferocious Han Empire.
It started to show its teeth and claws. Such a fate and such a result are really sad for the Black Khanate.
However, no matter how anxious you are, you cannot be afraid of war because of this. Fear of the enemy will give up this large piece of land soaked in the blood of its soldiers and people. The heavy price paid for the ten years of eastward march has made the Black Khanate somewhat unable to survive.
After occupying Yanqi, during the half-year-long stalemate with the Han Dynasty, although there were many battles between the two sides, they were all low-intensity confrontations and no large-scale fierce war broke out.
The Black Khan's army has become increasingly conservative in its operations. The heavy casualties, excessive costs, stretched front lines, and powerful enemies have all made the Black Khan's country intimidated.
After successive blows from the powerful empires in the east, the arrogant ambitions of expansion in the past have been extinguished. If the Han army remained stationary as they had in the past few months, they would be willing to live in peace and maintain the status quo, and even look forward to negotiating peace.
However, the Han Dynasty did not have this intention from the beginning to the end. They did not take their overlord of the Western Regions seriously at all. Their strength remained unchanged and never changed.
When Guo Jin made a big fanfare and raised his troops to march north, Yanqi's Black Khan army was also forced to send troops and mobilized troops from the rear to march eastward, posing as a large-scale march eastward to show the threat to Gaochang and to intimidate the Han army.
, luring Guo Jin to come back and help the Liao army.
In the past, this situation happened three times, and the Black Khan Army also succeeded. But now, time has changed, and with the arrival of the Helong Army to the west, the situation in the Western Region has changed drastically. The Han Army has insufficient strength and a weak foundation.
It has been made up for, and the balance of strength between the two sides has also undergone a fundamental change.
However, the Black Khan Army has not changed much. It is still the same as before. How can it have the same effect as before? How can the Han Army do what they want.
The Black Khan army marching eastward from Yanqi, together with some servants with poor equipment and weak combat power, only had less than 10,000 cavalry. The road from Yanqi to Gaochang was four hundred miles smooth, and there was no resistance or interception. They just walked
After ten days, they still haven't arrived.
The hesitation and hesitation of the Black Khan Army was clearly revealed, and behind the fanfare, its weak and incapable nature was also completely exposed.
The commander-in-chief of the Han army who stayed in Gaochang was Cui Han. He was a rare and brave general in the Han army who was capable of both civil and military service.
Although the family has been in decline for a long time and has lost its power and reputation, it is still enough to make most people envious. It is even more special now that the nobles of the Han Dynasty who were born in the rough have begun to move closer to the nobles.
Although Cui Han arrived in Gaochang for the first time, he did a good job in preparations and had a detailed and full understanding of the situation in the Western Regions and the enemy's situation. The strength Wang Yansheng left for him was enough to deal with it.
The hesitant posture and weakness of the Black Khan Army were also keenly captured by Cui Han. Therefore, he prepared his troops for battle and waited for work. When the Black Khan Army slowly approached Gaochang, Cui Han did not hesitate at all and led the attack.
The two sides fought at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains in the southwest of Jiaohe Prefecture. The two sides combined invested more than 20,000 troops in the war. This was the first time. Compared with the massive and vigorous Han and Liao wars, which often involved tens of thousands or 200,000 troops, it was really
It was insignificant, but in the Western Region, which had been devastated by wars for a long time, and was in dilapidated state, it was already a major war.
Judging from the battle process and results between the two sides, this battle was also a bit boring. The Han army won easily, and the Black Khan army also retreated simply.
In the past, when the Black Khan's army approached, the Han army could only resist at the city pass, but this time they took the initiative and marched boldly. From the beginning, under the command of Cui Han, the Han army showed bold determination and strong combat effectiveness.
That is to say, the Black Khan Army marched in a slow and cautious manner, and did not lose much combat effectiveness. Even so, they were at a disadvantage from the beginning. Although they did not collapse at the first touch, they were defeated step by step under Cui Han's calm deployment of attacks.
The commander-in-chief of the Black Khan Army was also a decisive person. From the strong attack of the Han army, he also felt its strong will. He also knew that his plan to respond to intimidation failed, and the Han army no longer tolerated intimidation at all.
Therefore, less than an hour after the battle, and before the soldiers of both sides were completely entangled, they ordered a retreat. Without being deeply involved, thanks to the terrain of the Tianshan Mountains and the cover of the cavalry, they finally got rid of the Han army's pursuit.
The nearly two thousand casualties became the price of the Black Khan's army's further eastward advance.
As the Black Khan Army took the initiative to withdraw, the remnants of the Liao Army in the north completely lost hope. In fact, they had no chance to get any news about the fighting in the south.
This time, it was also the last time the Black Khan Army marched eastward. Another failure completely made them give up their ambition to expand eastward.
