Battle of The Ross
There are titles for speech diseases
When you see the topic we talked about today, your first feeling must be that there is something wrong with this topic.
At the very least, there are syntax errors.
What is an important war that is not called an important war?
But one thing to state first is that I'm not here to make a big splash.
Because of the topic we are talking about today, its true nature is what it is.
If a war has the effect of influencing the world, it must be that both sides have invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, otherwise how can it be called affecting the whole world?
Reasoning according to normal logic is indeed such a truth.
But today's topic, or this war, it really has the effect of affecting the world.
But it is really a relatively small war.
This war was mentioned in the topic we talked to everyone before, that is, the Battle of Qiros.
Battle of The Ross
Battle of The Ross
Although the previous article has talked about this war, it is only a brush stroke and has not been discussed in detail.
Today, I would like to take this opportunity to talk to you about this war.
As for the course of the war, I will not talk to you more here.
For war itself is meaningless.
So we put our limited space on something more meaningful.
First of all, this war was the first confrontation between Chinese civilization and Western Islamic civilization.
Or rather, it was the first official confrontation between Chinese civilization and Western civilization.
Notice that the word I use is formal confrontation.
There will certainly be objections to that.
And even the real historians disagree about the Battle of Tiros.
So I'm just stating my personal point of view, don't like it.
Where did this battle take place?
This took place in today's Central Asia.
Or it happened in the western part of the western region.
The Western Regions were officially incorporated into the Territory of China during the Western Han Dynasty
The western region is further west
The Western Regions once belonged to a foreign land in the eyes of our Chinese civilization.
Not to mention that it is still west of the Western Regions.
What area is there?
The figurative statement is that it is a Gobi and the natural environment is very harsh.
Therefore, in such a natural environment, it must be sparsely populated and agriculture is not developed.
Therefore, a strong regime cannot be formed.
So it has always been under the oppression of exotic civilizations.
Zhang Qian's most original purpose in passing through the Western Regions was to find the Great Moon Clan and prepare to attack the Xiongnu.
At that time, the Ōtsuki clan had already migrated to Central Asia and became the master of a land.
Presumably, they may have conquered this land.
Later, the Turks became conquerors of the land.
Later, the Turks split, and the Western Turks became the masters of the land.
However, as the military pressure of the Tang Dynasty gradually increased, and the problems of the Western Turks themselves, the Western Turks gradually lost control of the land.
In this way, the land formed a power vacuum for a period of time.
Almost all of this is part of the background of the Battle of Qiros.
Black clothes eat big food, green clothes eat big food, white clothes eat big food
The burgeoning Arab Empire
The Arab Empire was one of the protagonists of the Battle of TheRos.
Or specifically, Islamic civilization is one of the protagonists of this war.
Mohammed was the founder of Islam and created a theocratic system of government.
Later, there was a change of power, and around 660 AD, the Umayyad dynasty became the master of Islamic civilization.
You may not be familiar with the Umayyad Dynasty, but the white-clad food is certainly familiar to everyone.
There are not only white-clad foods, but also black-clad foods, and green-clad foods.
I'll have time to talk about this later.
In 750 AD, the Abbasid dynasty replaced the Umayyad dynasty.
That is, the black-clad food replaced the white-clothed food and became the master of Arab civilization.
(The white-clad eclipse did not end there, and some remnants of the Iberian Peninsula survived, knowing that they were dying at the end of the fifteenth century.) ）
Note that here is the internal change of power.
The year after the change, the Battle of Tiros broke out.
At its peak, the Tang Dynasty was in territory
Chinese civilization in japan and heaven
In 751 AD, what was the state of the Tang Dynasty during this period?
It is at the peak of the Tang Dynasty.
Emperor Tang Ming and Yang Guifei were soaking in the hot springs in Huaqing Pool.
The Empire has long since fallen out of its way.
But why is it still said that the Chinese civilization is like a day in the sky?
This requires a long-term perspective:
The Anshi Rebellion was only a turning point in Chinese civilization.
Although the Song civilization and the civilization after the Song Dynasty are slightly different from the Tang, they also represent a new height of Chinese civilization.
So the Battle of TheRos was the first collision between two civilizations.
Notice that this is not the bullying of a thriving civilization against a backward civilization, but the peak collision of two civilizations.
Silk Road
A war for the trade route
I have just explained to you the geographical environment of Central Asia.
The harsh natural environment in Central Asia makes it unsuitable for the development of agriculture.
But the East is not bright in the West, but here is the only way for commerce and trade.
Specifically, it was the only way to go through the Silk Road.
The most impressive thing about Arab civilization is probably not how powerful they are.
Being good at business should be one of the main impressions left on everyone.
In the middle of the eighth century AD, the fledgling Arab Empire was concentrating its forces on expanding to the East.
Chinese civilization is also determined to win the trade route.
Here is another question, later the Tang Dynasty lost the Western Regions, the Silk Road on the road has been interrupted since then, can the whole cause be attributed to the Anshi Rebellion?
This question involves academic issues, and it is not something that I can answer at my level.
Gao Xianzhi
A small war
Now back to the war itself.
I have just explained a lot about the background of the war, and everyone has an understanding of the importance of this war.
But the title of the opening chapter is "An Important War That Cannot Be Called War."
why?
That's what it means, the scale of the war is small.
How small is it?
It is said that only about 40,000 people on both sides participated in the war.
According to the criterion of the halving, the Tang Dynasty only dispatched 20,000 horses.
In a battle of Dingxiang, the Tang Dynasty and the Turks sent nearly one million men and horses.
A battle of a million people is a world-class battle.
In comparison, the battle of forty thousand horses was too shabby.
Therefore, it can be speculated that neither the Tang Dynasty nor the Arab Empire paid too much attention to this war.
Or rather, the war happened by chance.
The commander of the Tang Dynasty was Gao Xianzhi, who enjoyed a high reputation in the Tang Dynasty.
If it were not for the Enshi Rebellion that followed, the Tang Dynasty would not have had time to look west, and it is unknown whether there would have been conflicts in the western region.
Of course, history cannot be assumed.
What do you think?