Everyone had no choice but to wait patiently for Suleiman to return from the battle.

This situation continued until late December. The Song envoys received no news of Suleiman's return, nor did they receive any battle reports from either side.

After staying in the Kingdom of Kara-Khan for more than twenty days, and seeing that the New Year was approaching and they were still waiting, the three envoys finally could not sit still anymore and decided to leave the Eastern Kara-Khan and go to the Western Kara-Khan first.

Anyway, they have to return by then, so it won't be too late to discuss with Suleiman on the way back after their mission to the Western Black Khanate.

So they asked for their leave from the Black Khan Prince Muhammad who was in charge of the reception.

Although Muhammad tried his best to keep them, he was still unable to stop them. One day in late December, the Song Dynasty envoys set out again and headed southwest to the Fergana Basin - the direction of the Western Karakhanid Khanate.

At the same time, Di Qing, who was stationed in Gaochang, was still waiting for news from Sun Youtong, Li Tao, Liu Bingyan and others. He knew that the road was long and it was winter, so it was normal for the journey to be slow.

So Di Qing was not impatient.

In fact, the purpose of this diplomatic mission was not to immediately invite the surrounding countries in the Western Regions to go to Bianliang to attend this year's court meeting.

It’s too late in time.

It’s for next year.

The 13th year of the Qingli period was the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the Song Dynasty.

From Song Taizu Zhao Kuang, Song Taizu Zhao Guangyi, to Song Zhenzong Zhao Huan, and then to the current Emperor Zhao Zhen, it is already the fourth generation.

It was under Zhao Zhen's rule that the Song Dynasty reversed its previous decline, swept away powerful enemies around it, and established a powerful empire.

To this end, Zhao Zhen planned to take this opportunity to communicate with the Western Regions, complete the Han and Tang dynasties' glorious achievements in the Western Regions, and then hold a grand celebration in the 12th year of the Qingli period.

He wants to invite four countries.

On the one hand, it demonstrated the power of the Song Dynasty, and on the other hand, it announced to the world that Chinese civilization would stand at the top of the world for the third time after the Han and Tang Dynasties.

It includes the Liao Dynasty in the north, the Bohai Kingdom and the Jurchen Kingdom that split from the Liao Dynasty, Goryeo on the Korean Peninsula, Japan in the east, Dali and Yue Dynasty in the south, and some small Tibetan states on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the west.

There are also many small countries in the Arab Empire that are pro-Song in the Western Regions, Central Asia, West Asia, the Middle East, etc. The list of invited countries will reach more than sixty or seventy countries, and its momentum will be close to that of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and then surpass them.

Therefore, as long as all the envoys of the Song Dynasty can convey the news before the second half of next year, it will be fine.

As for whether you will come next year, you should consider the consequences.

Soon it was the beginning of the twelfth year of the Qingli period. In mid-January, the Song army stationed in Qiuci discovered more than ten disheveled and emaciated people while cruising along the border.

They quickly approached and realized that these people were actually envoys from the Black Khan.

Of the more than one hundred people who went on the diplomatic mission, only Sun Youtong, a doctor of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Bingyan, a deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and more than a dozen followers returned. The remaining one hundred people, including Li Tao, a doctor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, all died in the West.

The diplomatic envoys were not completely without weapons. They brought swords and guns, but because of the long journey, they needed to carry more baggage, so they only had more than 20 guns and not many bullets.

Upon inquiry, it was learned that they were attacked by the army of Ibrahim, the King of Western Hellas, on the way, but fortunately they had guns to fight back.

Not only did they successfully repel the enemy's first wave of attack, but they also obtained a key piece of information from the prisoners - they were not Ibrahim's soldiers, but people from the Eastern Black Khan Suman!

And they also knew why the Kara Khan Suleiman did this, which was to prevent the Western Kara Khanate from becoming a vassal state of the Song Dynasty, to receive the protection of the Song Dynasty, and to prevent the Song Dynasty from hindering their great cause of unification!

But precisely because of the miscalculation of the envoys' combat effectiveness, Suleiman learned that the envoys were not only unharmed, but also had a clear idea of ​​their intentions.

So Suleiman had no choice but to choose the worst option and sent people to attack frantically in an attempt to kill and silence them.

Under the fierce attack, the envoys soon ran out of bullets and had to flee in separate directions, heading south into the Pamir Mountains. Finally, Li Tao led his men to cover their retreat, and only a dozen or so of them escaped back!

"Bang!"

A few days later, in Gaochang.

Di Qing slammed the table and shouted angrily, "If we don't avenge this, how can the Song Dynasty dominate the world? Send out orders to march west to Barsi Khanate and destroy the Black Khanate!"

The Song army quickly assembled, and two months later, the Song army conquered Bashishagun, and the Black Khanate was destroyed! :dingdiange