The Great Moon Clan's Crusade: The Battle of the Western Regions in the Eastern Han Dynasty (6) Ban Chao used letters to attack from afar, mobilizing the Kushan Empire, known as the "Great Moon Clan", to coerce the Kang Juguo outside the Green Ridge to evacuate and aid Shule

The Great Moon Clan's Crusade: Battles in the Western Regions in the Eastern Han Dynasty (6)

Ban Chao had sent letters to close attacks, mobilizing the Kushan Empire, known as the "Dayue clan", to coerce the Kang Juguo outside the Green Ridge to withdraw the soldiers and horses who had assisted Wang Zhong of Shule in his rebellion. Later, the king of the Dayue clan sent his deputy Wang Xie to lead an army of 70,000 troops to attack Ban Chao, but Ban Chao was not afraid, and his main support came from the Scythian states of Shule and Khotan, which had a low-end version of the Scythian cavalry troops. In terms of equipment and arms, the Han army was mainly armed with iron armor, suitable for defending cities and shooting, while the small states in the Western Regions had low-end versions of Scythian cavalry units. In terms of cultural affinity, the Kushan Empire as a whole had an advantage over the Han Dynasty.