Conquest of the Western Turks
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Conquest of the Western Turks
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The conquest of the Western Turks, known as the Western Tujue in Chinese sources, was a military campaign in 655–657 led by the Tang dynasty generals Su Dingfang and Cheng Zhijie against the Western Turkic Khaganate ruled by Ashina Helu. The Tang campaigns against the Western Turks began in 640 with the annexation of the Tarim Basin oasis state Gaochang, an ally of the Western Turks. Several of the oasis states had once been vassals of the Tang dynasty, but switched their allegiance to the Weste
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquest_of_the_Western_Turks
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2013-06-20T06:26:59Z
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2024-09-14T09:49:16Z
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