Han Shizu

Chapter 2137 Sejong Chapter 12 The Storm in Central Asia (Part )

Chapter 2137 Sejong Chapter 12 The Storm in Central Asia (Part )

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, a group of tourists came from the west. They were not many in number, around thirty, and had a miserable temperament. The one who enjoyed the core guard treatment was a young man. Although he was dressed in fancy clothes, he clearly had a Hu Feng vibe. Of course, Hu clothing and Hu Feng are very common in today's Han Empire. Even in the core ruling areas of the empire such as Gyeonggi, the trend of Hu Feng has also been set off.

The majestic and majestic figure of Luoyang City came into view from a distance. It was too shocking to describe in detail. The tired face of the young man was full of hesitation and cowardice. After looking at it for a long time, he asked a middle-aged man next to him: "Wang Uncle, is that Luoyang?"

The middle-aged man analyzed with a somewhat uncertain tone: "If the information is correct, if you travel eastward after Chang'an, there is no doubt that the first great city of the Han Dynasty will be Luoyang!"

Hearing this, the young man showed a little sadness on his face and said, "Now that we have arrived in Luoyang, can the imperial court accept us and make decisions for us?"

Regarding this question, after a short silence, the middle-aged man gritted his teeth and said: "Khotan regards small things as big things. He has always been respectful to the court and paid constant tributes without slacking off. The Kang State bullied others, bullied the weak by relying on its strength, destroyed my ancestral temple, and killed my subjects. This is An unjust conquest was even more contrary to Emperor Taizong's policies.

As the suzerain of the vassal states in the world, if the imperial court could not make the final decision on Khotan and bring order to chaos, how could it face the vassals of the world, and how could it restrain its vassal states at home and abroad? "

When he said this, the middle-aged man's eyes were dancing with excitement, as if he was convinced by his own insights.

After listening to his narration, the young man pondered for a while and said sadly: "However, Kang State is connected by blood with the Han Dynasty, and King Kang is the son of the Holy Emperor. How can the current court ignore the clan and support us foreign vassals?"

In response to this, the middle-aged man's expression changed a few times, and finally he said extremely solemnly: "Your Majesty, you should know that although the world is big, Khotan is surrounded by Han on three sides, and the high mountains in the west are blocking each other, and they are feuding. The only place to go is The only hope for a big man is the imperial court.

The past twenty years have been a turbulent period of great fission for Central Asia. Everything was accompanied by the large-scale western expedition of the Anxi Three Kingdoms and the invasion and conquest of the YSL civilization by the Han civilization.

In the end, it was only with the coordination of the belated welcome envoy from the Lifan Academy that they were able to enter the city smoothly. Yuchi Jue and Yuchi Guanglin were even arranged to stay at the Concierge Hotel. As for the entourage, they had to find a place to stay by themselves. Luoyang The rental market in the city is still very broad. As long as you have money, you will not have to worry about finding a house.

In terms of territory, since Beiting was not bordering the country and only had demands for goods and population, it divided up a large wave of spoils and more than 30,000 captives and slaves. However, after careful consideration, King Liu Min of Anxi decided to allocate a piece of land to Beiting. The Ahal region (central and western Turkmenistan), which originally belonged to the southwest of the Samanid Dynasty in the east of the Caspian Sea, was allocated to Beiting. This is a strategic transportation place.

However, Dingding Gate is the pass that connects Tianjie to the Imperial City. It is the south gate of the imperial capital, and its gate officer is not something that ordinary people can be. At least, he was well-informed and well-informed. Hearing his words, he sneered and said, "Why are the monarchs and ministers of the country subjugated?" The faces of the monarchs and ministers were severely torn off and trampled on the soles of their feet.

From the conversation between the two, we can know their identities. The king of Khotan, Yuchi Jue, and his uncle, Yuchi Guanglin, are both descendants of the former Khotan king, Yuchi Baoxiang. And when they come to Xijing this time, of course Not for tribute

Although Xijing Luocheng looked far away, it still took more than an hour to reach the city. We had to go around from the outside and enter from the south city. Then he was stopped by the guards of Dingding Gate, which put him in a difficult situation, and of course there was a dispute.

In the DPRK, there may be hope for restoration of the country, but in other places, we either live under the shelter of others or die without a burial place.”

At that time, the Three Kingdoms Expeditionary Force fought as far as the Caspian Sea before withdrawing its troops. The weak Samanid Dynasty became the nutrient for the expansion and growth of the Anxi Three Kingdoms, and its remaining legacy was also divided among the Three Kingdoms.

When the exiled Khotan monarchs and ministers dived into the "dragon pool and tiger's den" of the Imperial Capital of the Han Dynasty, the senior officials of the imperial center were actually having a headache for this group of visitors from the west. Obviously, the Khotan Kingdom is not worth mentioning, but the situation in Anxi and the issue of the vassal state derived from it have to be carefully considered by those in power in the empire.

Facing the unreasonable Luoyang City Guards, the Khotan monarchs and ministers were greatly humiliated, but they had to bow their heads under the eaves. Yuchi Jue groaned and dared not speak. Yuchi Guanglin suppressed his anger and loudly declared that he and his party " Khotanese mission”.

The most important reason why Liu Wenggong was willing to follow the two emperor uncles in the Western Expedition was to seize wealth, population and enhance national power through war and plunder. Directly returning to the feudal country with war supplies is an option, but how can this kind of one-time deal stay and reap long-term benefits?

Therefore, Liu Wen was tempted and took his second brother Liu Wentao as the governor of Haidong. He built an administrative army with Mingcheng (probably in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan) as the center. He led 3,000 troops and stationed them on the spot to establish rule.

But after careful consideration, we still agreed. The Beiting Kingdom at that time had a small land area. Only by expanding to the north could the Balkhash Lake area be brought under nominal control. The population was even more scarce. Compared with the Hezhong area, the gap was not small.

Of course, there is a premise, that is, Beiting must leave an army to carry out guarding, public security, and defense. Taxation is naturally its power. Liu Wen, the king of Beiting, knew the reason why Liu Min, the emperor's uncle, made such generous arrangements.

In the seventh year of Yongxi's reign (999), Anxi, Kangju, and Beiting formed a bloody alliance, jointly sent troops, and launched a large-scale western expedition. In that year, the Samanid Dynasty, which occupied the essence of the river, and was once a powerful dynasty in Central Asia, perished.

This is not an easy choice to just lie down and grab profits. The troops stationed in Beiting Kingdom need to face a protracted security war, endless mob resistance, religious attacks, and rebellions by old nobles and tribes.

However, this situation is all too common when one civilization takes violent actions to conquer and assimilate another civilization.

And those who are also facing these include Anxi and Kangju. In terms of the distribution of spoils, Anxi gained the most because he occupied the most elite area of ​​the original Samanid Dynasty, the vast area of ​​the Jihun River (Amu Darya River) basin, including Phualuo (Bukhara), Samad A big city like Samarkand. The better the territory occupied, the more difficult it is to rule. After all, the traditional power is stronger and the groups of vested interests are denser. You must know that at the end of the Samanid Dynasty, Puhualuo had long lost control of local nobles, generals and other forces. Under strong external pressure and internal centrifugal betrayal, it had long existed in name only.

The invasion from the Han Empire destroyed the Samanid Dynasty, but the actual invaders were those local powerful factions. The Anxi system built by Liu Min was also a system full of expansion and plundering desires. The interests of those powerful factions and old nobles were bound to be damaged, and they would not be able to surrender easily. The process of public security wrestling is destined to be long and cruel.

In contrast, the burdens of Beiting and Kangju are much smaller, especially Beiting, which is just an enclave. Even if the strategic territory is lost, it does not matter. The vested benefits are the most important. It is determined by the different fundamental interests of the three countries in Anxi.

The Kangju Kingdom was between the two countries. King Kang Liu Ye was assigned to the southern region of the Samanid Dynasty (including Tajikistan and part of Afghanistan). Compared with those big cities and fertile fields, the resistance forces were relatively weaker, but also more stubborn.

On the other hand, the area along the upper reaches of the Jihun River directly borders the Ghaznavid Dynasty in the southwest. The terrain between the two sides is intertwined, and the situation is complicated. Without the obstacle (or the first goal) of the Samanid Dynasty, directly It's something that can be expected.

In fact, during the Western Expedition of the Three Kingdoms in the seventh year of Yongxi's reign, the Ghaznavid dynasty, led by its third-generation monarch Mahmud, was in a period of strength. Politics, military, economy, and culture were all moving towards becoming a powerful country. Some aspects of development.

Mahmoud was also a wise lord, outstanding in both civil and military skills. He conquered Saman in the north, destroyed Saffar in the west, and conquered India in the south. This emerging MSL dynasty, which is also rising and growing, is destined to be the biggest stumbling block for the Anxi Three Kingdoms in Central Asia. , roadblock, and judging from the subsequent development of the situation, that day is not too far away.

Before that, it took the Three Kingdoms of Anxi more than three years, until the eleventh year of Yongxi's reign, to begin to stabilize the situation in the Hezhong area. Of course, this stability must be enclosed in double quotes.

The three kingdoms only achieved the occupation of large and small towns in the newly occupied land, and established a new Chinese population management and taxation system (camp system) that was barely operational and functional. In terms of public security, the level was also poor. It doesn't go very high, and it only uses strong force to ensure the stability of the town, and there are no large-scale rebellions under its rule. As for small disturbances, it is a normal thing.

In the process of admission and treatment, bloodshed and death are naturally inevitable. Conquests between civilizations and conflicts over beliefs can never be tender. The end of killing and death is stability and prosperity.

What has happened on the land of Hezhong in the past twenty years, and is still going on in the first year of Jianlong of the Han Dynasty, is that the "Han" civilization, with "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness" as its foundation of morality, is facing another strong civilization. Barbaric rule and crazy plunder.

Many bloody and cruel things were beyond the imagination of the literati and gentlemen in the empire who had been at peace for a long time and talked about morality. Since the demise of the Samanid Dynasty, although the Three Kingdoms of Anxi and the Empire still have deep-rooted blood ties, they have actually taken different paths.

To be fair, in the Hezhong area, the invasion from the Han people is not completely unacceptable. In the past thousand years, various foreign tribes and forces have robbed and ruled this land, large and small. The country was established on this land. Now, it seems that it is no big deal for another group of Chinese to come.

The biggest contradiction between the vassal states from the Eastern Han Empire and the Hezhong region and even the entire Central Asia, the entire Persia, and the entire Dashi region lies in their beliefs.

After all, ysl has long taken root in this land, is deeply rooted, and is spreading everywhere. The civilization of the Han Empire from the east hates this. This is something that has set the tone and direction since the time of the ancestors, and After more than half a century of development, entanglement, and conflict, there is little room for compromise.

Races are diverse, nationalities can merge, and cultures can intermingle, but faith is the only one. Because of faith, those devout believers still dare to draw their swords to resist even when faced with the sharp steel knives and artillery of the Han people.

Liu Min implemented a comprehensive "de-YSL" policy in Anxi in his early years. In the Hezhong area, he still pushed it forward firmly, comprehensively and thoroughly. For example, Puhualuo, as the capital of the former Samanid Dynasty, was a city with splendid Islamic culture. However, shortly after the Western Expeditionary Alliance entered the city, all the temples, seminaries and related sacrificial places inside and outside the city were ordered to be demolished. .

In the early days, the soldiers who carried out the Western Expedition still had the desire to plunder and collect property and treasures, but there were too many religious sites, and there were too many believers who opposed, resisted, and attacked. In the end, the Han army soldiers lost patience and Started setting fires everywhere.

In order to extinguish the religion, Puhualuo, a famous city in the middle of the river, was almost half burned down. In order to protect the religion, tens of thousands of people died in and outside the city. Liu Min, the king of Anxi, also condensed a "pure" person with a bloody fire. A city ruled by the Han people.

"The Sorrow of Puhualuo" can be called a devastating blow to the YSL culture in Hezhong. Even if other areas are not as thorough and cruel as here, bloodshed is inevitable. It is precisely because of Puhualuo City. After learning the lesson, the subsequent resistance was relatively weak.

However, when we zoomed in to the entire ysl world and learned about the "atrocities" committed by the Han people in the Hezhong area, we became excited again. Under the call of the Caliph of Baghdad, the voice of the Eastern Expedition for revenge resounded throughout the Dashi region. Around the twelfth year of Yongxi's reign, after a lapse of thirty years, another YSL coalition was successfully formed again.

It's just that this time, the Bouveshi dynasty is no longer useful. Most of the other ysl countries are weak or have perished in the great changes. Therefore, the main force is the Ghaznavid dynasty, which is growing in power.

Before the formation of the coalition, its monarch Mahmud had just won a victory in expanding the Indian region and returned to the country victoriously. Mahmoud was also extremely enthusiastic about the Eastern Conquest of the Three Kingdoms of Anxi. Although the issue of faith was one aspect, the fundamental reason was that the Three Kingdoms of Anxi, especially the two Kingdoms of Anxi and Kangju, were too aggressive and were too aggressive towards him. The dynasty is too threatening.

In fact, it has caused serious damage to the ruling interests of the Bouveshi dynasty. Originally, he could obtain more benefits from the Samanid dynasty, but in the end, most of them were occupied by the Han people.

At the same time, as the expansion of the Three Kingdoms of Anxi continued, the next one to face their aggression was the Ghaznavid dynasty. Therefore, a YSL Eastern Expedition led by the Ghaznavid dynasty was also inevitable.

(End of this chapter)