Chastity Layman

Especially in the Tocharian area, it is more complicated here.

First of all, Tocharian is controlled by the Western Turks, but most of the large and small states below are Tocharian, and there are even Naida people who conquered here from outside. In addition, there are also Persians, Tianzhu people, etc. Sogdians, Khwarazm and other fish and dragons mixed together.

Even in later generations, this area is known as the imperial cemetery, and the three major gangsters of the Five Constants fell to the ground here, which shows the complexity of this place.

Cyrus the Great of Persia made an expedition and incorporated this land into Persia. Alexander conquered the East and incorporated it into his empire. After Alexander's death, the empire was divided into three parts, and Afghanistan was transferred to the Seleucid Dynasty in the east.

Theodotus, governor of Bactria, became independent from the Seleucid dynasty, and established the Hellenized Kingdom of Bactria (called Bactria, Tocharo, etc. in Chinese historical records), which once expanded to the Indus River Basin. Later, it declined due to civil strife.

Later, the Da Yuezhi people who were originally stationed in the Hexi Corridor were defeated by the Huns, so they moved west to the Amu Darya River Basin, and then went south to conquer Bactria and drove the Greeks in Central Asia to northwest India.

Later, Guishuang unified the tribes and expanded into a powerful Guishuang Empire, advocating Buddhism, from the Aral Sea in the west to Congling in the east, across Central Asia and the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, and gradually declined and split after hundreds of years. for many small countries.

Later, it was annihilated by the White Huns from the north.

The Yanda people were originally stationed in the Jinshan area and surrendered to Rouran. Later, they moved westward to the Western Regions and entered the Seven Rivers Basin. The empire once beheaded the Persian emperor, ruled Central Asia, and believed in Zoroastrianism.

It is a pity that the Yanda people were wiped out by the Western Turks and Persia, and Tong Yehu Khan sent his son Dadu to establish a Turkic dynasty in Tocharian.

Although the Western Turks sent a Yehu to establish a khanate controlled by the Western Turks in Tocharia, but in fact the Tocharian area is still dominated by the original city-states, and these city-states are not all the people who hate them. The Yanda people are just outsiders. There are many small countries established by the Da Yuezhi people, the Bakritia people, and even the Yanda people.

No matter who came to conquer this area, they would submit anyway. For thousands of years, this place has not changed much in general. It is just a city-state alliance. Only the leader is exchanged, and the younger brothers are always the same.

The Cypriots, Persians, Greeks, Dayuezhi people, Yanda people, and Turkic people gradually assimilated in this land, especially the special geographical conditions of this land, mainly oasis, so tribes, The city-state model has become an unchanged tradition for thousands of years.

It doesn't matter who you come, whoever is stronger will be the boss, but the bottom line remains the same.

Regardless of whether it is the Yanda people or the Western Turkic people who come to be the leader, or the Eastern Tiantang, all countries are willing to surrender, and the tribute that should be paid will also be paid. However, each country manages its own internal affairs, and others must not easily interfere.

Even in the era of Yanda or the Western Turks, it was the same. If the leader said he wanted to fight, everyone would send troops as they should, and they would pay some money and food, but everything had to be done according to tradition.

But Li Yin broke this tradition before.

He wants to conquer the Xindu River Basin in the west, take that fertile plain, and also plans to take the Punjab region in the northeast.

However, in fact, although there were many small countries in the Xindu River Basin and the Punjab region at this time, they all surrendered to the Kubin Kingdom and were the vassal states of the Kubin Kingdom.

As for the Kubin Kingdom, it paid tribute to the Tocharo Yehu of the West Turks, and the Tucharo Yehu of the West Turks paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty.

Although this seems to be complicated, it is also a continuation of their consistent tradition. The nature of the alliance of city-states and tribes is one level, but they are all relatively independent.

The Kubin Kingdom had been extensive before, and its birthplace was in the area of ​​the Kabul River. Later, Kubin was conquered by Alexander, and then it was ruled by Bactria. Later, a group of Serbians crossed the Hindu Kush Mountain, occupied the Kabul River Basin, replaced the Greeks as rulers, and established their capital in Xiuxian City. That is, the ancient city of Gapi, which was originally built by Alexander the Great of Macedonia, and is called the Alexander City of the Caucasus.

Later, Kubin established contact with the Western Han Dynasty, and the Silk Road was opened, and Kubin became an important branch of the South Silk Road. Later, the Guishuang Empire conquered Kubin, and it developed into an important Buddhist center.

After Guishuang weakened, another group of Serbs rebuilt the Kubin Dynasty, which lasted from the Jin Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty.

When Xuanzang traveled to the west, he also passed through this place, which is translated as the country of Jiapishi.

However, at this time, the Kapishi Kingdom was no longer the king of the Cypriots, but was led by a special Qin Aye of the Western Turks to kill the king and seize the king. Aye moved the capital to the Gandhara area (Peshawar).

However, its main body is still the Cypriots, as well as the Da Yuezhi, Sogdian and so on.

Before the Tang Dynasty, the Governor's Mansion of Xiuxian was established to lead the ten prefectures.

Although the Dudu Mansion was set up, it was only a vassal of the Tang Dynasty in name. In fact, it was still a Cypriot dynasty controlled by Turkic nobles and believed in Buddhism.

And although Kubin is weak, there are still many vassal states attached to him. Basically, the Kapal Valley south of the Hindu Kush Mountains, to the Sindhu River Basin, and even the Kashmir area, many small countries are now The vassal state of Kubin.

The strategic goals of the Tang Emperor's Western Expedition were actually his vassal states.

As soon as the news reached Tochara, King Gubin was naturally unwilling.

Although Kubin went to Chang'an for 12,000 miles, the Tang Dynasty has not been playing tricks these years. Previously, the kingdoms of Khotan and Kucha in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains were destroyed. Everyone has a deep memory, otherwise they would not be so willing to go to the The Tang Dynasty proclaimed its ministers and paid tribute, and re-established the Dudu Mansion.

But before, it was called Dudufu Prefecture to Datang, and everyone continued to be their own king after closing the door, and they should collect taxes and live their lives.

It's different now, Datang seems to be coming to play for real.

But at this time, the imperial court abolished the Western Turks again, killing two Khans and abolishing ten surnames.

Tocharian was originally a Western Turkic Yehu Kingdom established after the Western Turkic Khan sent his sons south to conquer the kings and princes of the Tocharian states, and it was a part of Western Turkic.

It's just that the internal fighting in the Western Turks was fierce, and the khans rotated like a revolving lantern, so the relationship between Tucharoye Huguo and the Western Turkic Khan Court was a little bit distant.

But in the final analysis, Tucharo Yehu is also the royal family of Western Turks, and even the princes of many of the following states have long been replaced by nobles and secret agents of Western Turks. In other states, there are also Tutuns sent by Western Turks. Waiting for officials, or using means such as marriage to control.

In essence, the control of the Tocharian region by the Western Turks is the same as that of the control of Yanqi, Qiuci, Gaochang and other countries in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains by the Western Turks.

The weaker ones were directly annexed, and the Turks became kings, while the stronger ones were married, and Turkic nobles were sent to serve as Tutun officials.

Li Yin killed the two Khans, abolished the Western Turkic Khanate, and had to use military confidence. This was full of crisis for the Western Turkic nobles in Tocharian.

Is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty going to pacify Tocharo?

No one is willing to hand over the power in their hands. The repeated leaps and bounds of Gaochang and Qiuci back then have proved all this.

No matter how great the disparity in strength is, when personal interests are involved, they will always resist to the end.

Tuqishi and Ge Luolu had already decided to turn against each other. They contacted other Western Turkic tribes, and sent people to contact the nine surnames of Zhaowu in Hezhong, Tucharoye Huguo, and even the distant Khazarye Huguo in the Black Sea.

We are all part of the Western Turks, and the Western Turks were abolished by the Tang Dynasty. After that, everyone's life will be difficult, or even difficult.

This time the emperor of the Tang Dynasty wants to send troops to Xindu, is this to destroy Kubin by force?

Or is it to destroy Guo by false means, in name to send troops to Xindu, but in fact it is to uproot the entire Zhaowu and Tucharo, and then completely reform the land and return it to the people?

Under the common interest, the Turks decided to unite.

At the beginning, Tocharian, Zhaowu, and Khazar countries were recruited by the Tang Dynasty. The most important thing was the Tang Dynasty’s means. It divided and wooed the Western Turks, supported one Khan to suppress the other, and the Western Turks were always in civil war. The Tang Dynasty did not have any real interference with Tocharian and others, so everyone was forced by the might of the Tang Dynasty and was willing to return to the attached Dudu Mansion to set up the state.

And Datang, under the banner of expanding the Silk Road, said that he would share the benefits of the Silk Road trade with everyone, and everyone accepted it.

But now, the flames of war are going to burn to the head, everyone finally wakes up, this Tang Dynasty has never been peaceful, this is to completely destroy me Turkic.

The reaction was a little slow.

But after all, the interests are close to each other, so it is also the same hatred.

The Queen is not very interested in the distant Western Regions. What she cares more about is Qin Lang's new South China Sea Ten-Nation Alliance, which is a spice trade agreement.

What does the Western Regions, which are too far away, have anything to do with Linyi?

Even if the Western Regions do not fall into chaos and the Silk Road is blocked, the maritime trade will be more prosperous in the future, which is a good thing for Lin Yi.

"Even if all the Turkic ministries join forces to rebel, there shouldn't be any threat, right?"

Qin Lang smiled helplessly.

"Tigers can't hold back a pack of wolves. If Datang cleans up one by one, the Western Regions will naturally be invincible, but if he offends everyone at the same time and becomes an enemy of everyone, it will be a bit troublesome. After all, the Western Regions are thousands of miles away from the Middle Earth. The power that Datang can exert is Limited, beyond what you can understand.”

When Li Shimin was in power, he made very clever strategic decisions about the Western Turks. He always fought one by one, divided them, and united the strong. And Datang, every time he finds the right opportunity, he bites off a piece of meat, and constantly expands his territory and strength in the Western Regions.

When the Tang army was in Zhenguan, it left Yumen to the west, and then Yiwu, Gaochang, Yanqi, Qiuci, Khotan, Shule, and Tingzhou expanded step by step, fighting steadily and only dealing with one target at a time.

Engaging in long-distance and short-range attacks, uniting the weak and separating the strong, for Tocharo, Zhaowu, and Khazar, etc., it is easy to pull, and it is not easy to make enemies. Died and pulled again and again, and then the territory continued to shrink. Almost all the city-state vassals in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains were taken away by the Tang Dynasty.