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Raziel1975S (talk | contribs) the number of soldiers of the Göktürk was 300 because the Göktürk was at war with the Arabs so they could not be much more numerous than the Chinese empire especially since the Chinese empire was an empire which had a large army whether in number and the technology of the army and would have to get me the source of the 100,000 the Turk sources do not approve of such an army even the Chinese sources do not say that the Göktürk army was composed of 100,000 soldiers Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
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| commander1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Gokturk Kaghanate.png}}[[Qapaghan Qaghan]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the Gokturk Kaghanate.png}}[[Kul Tigin]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the Gokturk Kaghanate.png}}[[Bilge Qaghan]] |
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| commander2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Tang Dynasty (China).svg}}[[Sha Zha Zhongyi]] |
| commander2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Tang Dynasty (China).svg}}[[Sha Zha Zhongyi]] |
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| strength1 = 300<ref>http://www.genelturktarihi.net/kapgan-kagan/amp</ref> |
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| strength2 = 80.000<ref>https://belleten.gov.tr/tam-metin/2240/tur</ref> |
| strength2 = 80.000<ref>https://belleten.gov.tr/tam-metin/2240/tur</ref> |
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| casualties1 = Unknow<ref>http://www.genelturktarihi.net/kapgan-kagan/amp</ref><ref>https://belleten.gov.tr/tam-metin/2240/tur</ref> |
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| casualties2 = 6.000(chinese source) 10.000(turkic source)<ref>Hsin T’ang Shu 215A, p. 6945.</ref> |
| casualties2 = 6.000(chinese source) 10.000(turkic source)<ref>Hsin T’ang Shu 215A, p. 6945.</ref> |
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The battle of Ming Sha was a major battle between the Tang dynasty and Second Turkic Khaganate which occurred in 707.
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300[2] | 80.000[3] | ||||||
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Unknow[4][5] | 6.000(chinese source) 10.000(turkic source)[6] |
Battle
Kul Tigin and Bilge Qaghan were also present in the Göktürk army under the command of Qapaghan Qaghan. The Göktürks attacked the. Here, the 80.000 strong Tang army under the command of Caca, sent by the Tang dynasty against the Göktürks in Kul Tigin inscription, Kul Tigin’s role in the war is described as follows:
During the battle, Kul Tigin mounted first on Tadık Çor's gray horse, then on Isbara’s gray horse, and then on Yiğin Siliğ Bey’s dressed doru horses and attacked the Chinese, but all horses were dead. They shot Kul Tigin with more than 100 arrows from his armor and robe, but the arrows didn’t touch Kul Tigin’s Face and head[7]
When Caca realized that he would be defeated, he fled from the battle. Some sources mentioned that 30.000 Chinese soldiers died, also Bilge Qaghan said that he destroyed his army. This battle is mentioned in Kul Tigin inscription.[8]
In another Göktürk inscription, the Bilge Qaghan inscription, this battle is mentioned as follows:
At the age of 22 I went on a campaign against the Chinese. I fought Caca’s army of 80.000, I killed his army there![9]
References
- ^ Gumilev, Lev Nikolayevich, (2002). ancient Turks
- ^ http://www.genelturktarihi.net/kapgan-kagan/amp
- ^ https://belleten.gov.tr/tam-metin/2240/tur
- ^ http://www.genelturktarihi.net/kapgan-kagan/amp
- ^ https://belleten.gov.tr/tam-metin/2240/tur
- ^ Hsin T’ang Shu 215A, p. 6945.
- ^ Kul Tigin Inscription, lines 33 and 34.
- ^ Kul Tigin Inscription, D32.
- ^ Bilge Kagan Inscription, D26.
- Ahmetbeyoglu, Ali (2015). Ancient Turkish History with Questions. Istanbul: Yeditepe Publishing House. P. 111. ISBN 978-605-5200-41-1.