There is no clear record of the number of the Xiliao army. It is only known that there were only 2,500 people on the left and right sides. Yelu Dashi personally led the central army and guarded the exit of a canyon, using the terrain to defend the rear. In the canyon, there were an unknown number of locals.

Vassal soldiers.

At the beginning of the battle, both sides did not use any tricks, but directly attacked in three directions. In the first round of confrontation, the two sides were evenly matched, but when regrouping, Sanjar keenly discovered that the Xiliao center army and the right wing

A gap appeared in between.

Sanjar immediately seized this opportunity and ordered the left wing to charge to open a breakthrough. The Seljuk army was outnumbered and broke through the connection between the various departments of Xiliao in one fell swoop, pushing the central army of Xiliao away to the left. Seljuk's army

The center army and the right wing also pressed forward, preparing to surround the opponent.

However, the dispersed right wing of Xiliao did not collapse, but 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, but chose to believe in the combat effectiveness of his subordinates. He commanded the central army to fight

The entire Seljuk army moved the left wing to the side and outflanked the right side of the Seljuk army.

In this way, the two wings of Xiliao took the opportunity to complete the detour and successfully used thousands of people to capture the opponent's 100,000 people.

The main Seljuk forces, including Sanjar himself, were squeezed into the canyon behind the Western Liao army formation. The vassal light infantry defending here also took the opportunity to attack them. Under the siege, the Seljuk army was massive.

Defeated and dispersed, Sanjar escaped with only a dozen of his followers. The Seljuk people lay dead for dozens of miles. The commanders of the left and right wings, a large number of nobles and Sanjar's wives were all captured alive by Xiliao.

The result of this battle caused a strong shock to the world of Tianfang Sect.

There is no clear figure for the losses of the Seljuk army on the battlefield. Later generations estimated that it was about 30,000 to 50,000 people. But the biggest problem was not the loss of ordinary soldiers.

In order to increase the certainty of victory, Sanjar deployed backbone troops from various places. The "Historical Encyclopedia" recorded that this time, 12,000 teaching scholars died in the battle alone. He lamented that "the teachings in Tianfang

There has never been a greater war in history, and there have been no more casualties in Khorasan."

These people are the real grassroots managers of the Tianfang Sect regime. It can be said that they are the basis of rule of various dynasties. They are roughly equivalent to the priests and knights in Europe. The losses of ordinary soldiers can be replenished, but the losses of these people cannot be recovered in a short period of time.

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Sanjar's family fortune and prestige, which he had worked hard for all his life, were all lost here. After that, he was even kidnapped by some tribes and became a puppet.

The Seljuk dynasty collapsed again, and Xiliao became the de facto overlord. Even the caliphate was bullied by the Turks and had to go to them for mediation.

The subsequent "Shogunate Sultan" was succeeded by Khorezm. However, this was probably the weakest sultan. While dominating the world of Tianfang Sect, they also paid tribute to Xiliao and relied on Xiliao's military power for a long time.

Khorezm could not defeat the Gur dynasty in Afghanistan, so Xiliao sent troops to invade Afghanistan and help him defeat the Gur army; Khorezm also failed to defeat the remaining Seljuqs in Persia, so it also asked Xiliao to send troops.

Help him settle the matter. As a result, just like this, relying on paying tribute and asking for help to fight on his behalf, he successfully "went to Luo" to Baghdad.

The only good thing 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, and were not interested in entering Baghdad to capture the Caliph, and did not cause more confusion between the Persians and the

The impact of shattering the Arabs’ outlook on life.

The story of Yelv Dashi spread to Europe and was regarded as a mythical figure. There were rumors among the Crusaders that there was a priest king in the east who was extremely powerful and would help everyone kill the pagans. This myth has been widely believed for hundreds of years.

, which has been influential until modern times.

Guo Kang himself was actually inspired by Yelu Dashi.

In Mongolia, the Western Regions and Central Asia, people actually cannot tell the difference between the Han and the Khitan. For example, in the Mongolian language, there is no separate vocabulary to describe the difference between them. The official translation books of the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty also

The writing is very clear: Khitan in Mongolian, Han in Chinese, pronounced Khitan. This is the same word.

Further afield, in the worldviews of Persia, Arabia and Eastern Rome, the concept of "peach blossom stone" was formed, and it was believed that starting from the Mesopotamia region of Central Asia and going to the east, all are the land of "peach blossom stone". Central Asia

The Karakhan dynasty all considered themselves part of the Peach Blossom Stone - they believed that Central Asia to the Western Regions were 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 very clear, but the scope is very obvious, which is the former territory of the Tang Dynasty.

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

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People in the west may not know the origin of his Guo family. But just looking at his face is enough - for a long time, Persian warlords would spend a lot of money to hire Khitan survivors brought from Western Liao.

, serving as a general here, it doesn't matter whether you have sufficient military literacy or not. Because as long as you go to the front of the battle and brush your face and let the enemy realize that there are Easterners in this army, you can deter them.

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

There was a general under Timur named "Khitan Batur". It is difficult to explain why a Turkic Mongolian called himself a "Han warrior", but these days, everyone is happy to do so.

It was hard for people of his time to imagine this situation. At that time, it would probably have been considered too embarrassing a "wolf warrior" behavior.

Guo Kang complained about this phenomenon to Tuo Huan and others, and it turned out that he spoke smoothly and even used words that did not belong to this era. Unexpectedly, Tuo Huan liked this word very much and regarded himself as a "Khitan Wolf Warrior" every day.

, brag about it to everyone you meet.

Strictly speaking, the four noble families participating in the meeting today all have questionable backgrounds: the Guo family is from the Yanyun Guo family, the Li family is from the Shatuo Li family, the Shi family is from the Turkic Ashina family, and the Cao family is from the Zhaowu Cao family in Central Asia.

.According to the viewpoint of the Southern Song Dynasty, which claimed to be Han orthodox at that time, none of these four families were serious Han people.

Therefore, although he is called "Han Shihou" by the locals, it is actually hard to say whether it is true. In this case, instead of accepting the theory of the Song Dynasty, it is better to continue to follow the theory of "Peach Blossom Stone-Tang"

Agree.

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

It's just that these Greek nobles have been neglecting their martial arts for too long. They only try to trick each other and hold back each other. They are not very good at fighting. Li Xuanying once suggested that they all use the Chinese surname Zhao. Therefore, there are no such high-level generals for the time being.
Chapter completed!