After the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turks, the Uighurs rose and quickly unified the grasslands, replacing the Turks' position in the desert grasslands.
But less than a hundred years later, due to Yu's long-term unjust rule and internal turmoil, the Uighurs gradually declined and were eventually conquered by the Kyrgyz. After the demise of the country, the various Uighur tribes moved away.
Some of them fled to the Western Regions and became Ganzhou Uighurs, Shazhou Uighurs, Hexi Uighurs, Gaochang Uighurs, Kucha Uighurs, etc. Eventually, in the course of history, influenced by external enemies and internal annexation, the Gaochang Uighurs gained the upper hand, unified the various tribes, and established the Western Uighur Royal Court.
Another part fled to Central Asia, which is almost the border of Xinjiang in my country, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, etc., and established the Black Khanate together with the Karluk people.
Although the main ethnic groups of Gaochang Uighurs and Kara-Khanid Khanate were both Uighurs, due to long-term separation and changes in beliefs on both sides, the Gaochang Uighurs believed in Buddhism and the Kara-Khanid Khanate believed in Islam, and since then the two countries have completely cut off contact.
Even if the Tianshan Mountains and the Tarim Basin had not been blocking the way, war might have broken out between the two countries long ago, because the Buddhist Kingdom of Khotan was destroyed by the Kara Khanate forty years ago.
According to the History of the Song Dynasty, the Kara-Khanid Khanate spread Islam to Khotan, but Khotan was determined not to accept it. They accused each other of being pagans, and decades of war broke out. Although Khotan put up a tenacious resistance, it was eventually destroyed in 1004 AD.
Therefore, the Kara Khanate at that time was a vast empire stretching from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Tianshan Mountains in Ili, my country in the east, from Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan in the north to the Hotan region in my country in the south.
Basically, the Xinjiang region controlled by the Kara Khanate is actually Kashgar, Hotan, Aksu, Yili and other places on the border of our country, while the Gaochang Uighurs controlled the core area of the Western Regions. When the Song Dynasty destroyed the Gaochang Uighurs, it was almost like it had recovered most of the Western Regions.
However, the Kara Khanate was only powerful for a short time. In 1041 AD, the Kara Khanate split into the Eastern Kara Khanate and the Western Kara Khanate.
The Western Kara Khanate was roughly located in the area from Turkmenistan to Uzbekistan, while the Eastern Kara Khanate was centered on Lake Issyk-Kul. Its sphere of influence included parts of Uzbekistan, part of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and my country's Ili and Hotan regions.
The Kara-Khanid Khanate was very far from the Gaochang Uighurs; even the Hotan region was over a thousand kilometers away. If the Song Dynasty were to attack the Kara-Khanid Khanate, their royal court would be not far from Talas, suggesting the scale of the challenge.
"Um."
After listening to everyone's words, Di Qing finally realized that the Black Khanate was not just a few thousand miles away from the Song Dynasty, but tens of thousands of miles away.
Just remembering the words of the governor before leaving, he said in a deep voice: "No matter how far away the Black Khan is from us, the will of the court is the will of the court. All countries in the Western Regions should submit to the Song Dynasty and send envoys to the Black Khan! If they do not submit, they will be destroyed!"
"yes!"
Everyone was extremely excited. Since the Tang Dynasty, the might of the Han people was finally going to descend upon the Western Regions during the Song Dynasty.
(End of this chapter)
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