Han Khan

Chapter 109: Civil Unrest in the Karakhanid Khanate

"Oh, you are a princess? Then why did you run to this golden mountain from the distant Seven Rivers Grassland?" At this time, Zhang Sheng walked out of the formation and asked the Karakhanid girl named Sarah in Uighur.

Sarah was a little surprised when she saw the Tang leader come out and ask her in Uighur.

"Reporting to the general? ...Chief?" Sarah was confused and didn't know how to address Zhang Sheng.

At this time, Koza was about to explain when he was interrupted by Zhang Sheng. He said to Sarah:

"I am the leader of these people. They call me Special Forces, and you can call me that too!"

Isn't this what we Uighurs and Turks call "special forces"? Aren't these people Tang people?
But Sarah quickly shook off other thoughts and immediately replied to Zhang Sheng:
"Your Excellency, I am the daughter of Bogd Khan of the Karakhanid Khanate. My name is Sarah, and this is my brother Ilhan."

Hearing this, Zhang Sheng nodded in a friendly manner to the young Hu man named Ilhan. He looked no different from a Han Chinese boy, except that his clothes were different from those of the Tang people, which made it clear that he was not a Tang Chinese. Zhang Sheng was really curious why this was the case.

"We were chased by the Ubili people all the way from the Yili River, passing through Zaisan Lake (called Xuanchi in the Tang Dynasty), Irtysh River (called Duoluosi or Yishui in the Tang Dynasty), and then entering Jinshan, and we escaped here...

At this moment, before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Jinwei Yanzhi.

"Your Highness, nearly a hundred Ubili people have escaped. Should we chase them?"

Zhang Sheng looked at him and said:
"Don't worry about it. Just let them run away. In two days we will reach the camp of the Ubili tribe and conquer them and the Dubo tribe before winter.

Now blow the horn to assemble the warriors, then clean up the battlefield, kill the wounded and surrendered Ubili, leave no prisoners or slaves, and then burn everything.

They stripped off the usable armor, spears, and bows and swords and put them all together. They dissected the wounded and dead horses and put them together.”

"As ordered!"

The soldiers produced by the system resolutely obeyed Zhang Sheng's orders, but they were too rigid and dull.

Zhang Sheng also thought that he could appoint some centurions and decapitation officers from these system soldiers, but after trying many times, the results were always unsuccessful, so he gave up the idea.

At this time, Zhang Sheng gradually understood that these soldiers produced by the system could only serve as his personal bodyguards in the future.

Because the system can only produce 500 manpower at most, and if Zhang Sheng wants to take these soldiers to fight on the battlefield, he must command them personally. If he wants to make the Jinhan tribe stronger, he can only rely on real and genuine talents.

Then the guards from all over gathered together. There were no prisoners in this battle because the Jin Han people did not give them the chance to surrender, so except for the more than one hundred who escaped, the rest were all killed.

Zhang Sheng looked at the busy guards in front of him and felt a surge of pride in his heart.

This land is extremely vast, but the Jin Han warriors are not afraid and have been fighting hard and arduous battles with the Hu cavalry.

Today, they have grown into a powerful army and all of them are qualified cavalry soldiers.

With such an elite cavalry unit, they are well versed in the grassland's fighting methods.

The world is so big, is there any place they can't go?
Why should we fear the numerous tribes of the Hu people on the grasslands? They are so poor in weapons and armor that they cannot even fight against the Jin Han people.
Thinking of this, Zhang Sheng smiled slightly.

Then, he turned to look at the more than one hundred remaining members of the Karakhanid Khanate, his eyes fell on their leader, Sara, and said in a firm tone: "Well, it's getting late. Princess of the Karakhanid Khanate and the special agent, please follow me back to our camp first!"

Sarah looked around and found that her people were controlled by the Jinhan people and she could not escape. But then she thought again and realized that she and her brother were fleeing from Karakhan and were preparing to go to the Tang Dynasty.

They had already encountered the Tang people at this time, and from the look of the Tang leader's intention, it seemed that they did not intend to treat them as prisoners of war, nor did they have any intention of harming them, so they let go of their nervousness and anxiety.

Whether she was willing or not, she bowed to Zhang Sheng and said:
"Thank you for your help, honorable special agent."

Then she began to gather all the remaining soldiers to gather around herself and her brother. Zhang Sheng stayed in Koza and led a regiment of guards to clean up the battlefield. The rest of the guards immediately gathered in an orderly formation and followed Zhang Sheng back to the camp.

It's only about ten miles, which would take less than an hour to walk, let alone ride on horseback.

Along the way, she said nothing, her heart full of curiosity and nervousness.

That powerful Tang dynasty ruled Western Turkic and the Western Regions for about a hundred years.

But faced with the powerful military force of the Jinhan people, she understood that resistance at this time would only bring more trouble.

Soon, the group arrived at the Jinhan people's camp.

Do you know what a stone wall that stretches for nearly ten miles looks like?

There were almost no such buildings on the vast prairie. In an era when there was no production and everything seemed dilapidated, the long fences and rows of wooden houses made anyone who saw them sigh, "This is the breath of civilization."

"Oh my god!" Sarah and Ilhan looked around and subconsciously exclaimed: "How can there be such a place on the grassland?"

The Uighurs and Turks once built simple and low town walls on the grasslands, but that was near Selenge and the ancient site of Longcheng east of Mount Yanran.

How could there be such a majestic and solid stone building on the grasslands of Jinshan? Could it be that the Naiman people here have transformed into settled nomads?

The Jinhan camp that appeared before the Karakhanids was huge in scale. From a distance, it looked like a wide and solid stone wall. Inside the wall was a tall building with a tower and a bronze bell.

After entering the wall, I saw tents scattered around a huge golden tent.

At this time, a bonfire was burning in the camp, and the Jinhan people warmly welcomed the triumphant Jinhan people.

Sara, a Karakhanid, felt that he was always being hunted and could only live in remote areas, where prosperity and civilization were impossible.

The grassland has always been grassland. Only a few places have a prosperous appearance, but that may not be the case with civilization.

After the fall of the Uighur Khanate and the loss of order, everything on the grassland became extremely chaotic.

No matter what tribe it is, if they only know how to rob livestock, plunder women, and cause widespread destruction, there is no civilization to speak of.

In fact, the small town formed by the temple and walls created by Zhang Sheng was not very prosperous, but it appeared to be well-organized.

Never underestimate the role of order. Having order and having no order are completely different.

Now the camp of the Jinhan people, whether in terms of its layout or the people moving inside and outside the walls, is like a bright firefly in the darkness amid the chaos of the many tribes on the prairie.

To be able to manage tribes and territories in an orderly manner requires not only sufficient prestige, but also a wide range of knowledge and talents, that is, sufficient internal affairs capabilities.

In fact, governing a place is much more difficult than expanding territory. Ordinary people think that those who expand territory are heroic, but they don’t know that internal construction is more difficult.

Only those who stand at a certain height will understand that the latter talents are more rare than the former.

Sarah and Ilhan are Karakhanids. The Karakhanid Khanate has been established for several decades, almost three generations.

However, the situation in the Karakhanid Khanate was not good.

(End of this chapter)