Book of the Later Han: The Protector General Ban Chao crushed Yanqi and Weili, beheaded their king, and the Western Regions submitted (over fifty…
The Protector General Ban Chao crushed Yanqi and Weili, beheaded their king, and the Western Regions submitted (over fifty states offered hostages).
西域都護班超大破焉耆、尉犂，斬其王。
Location: 後漢書卷4 孝和孝殤帝紀 永元6年
Ban Chao, the Protector-General of the Western Regions, led more than seventy thousand troops of eight kingdoms including Kuche and Shanshan to attack Yanqi. He lured the King Guang of Yanqi and the King Fan of Weili into Chenmu old city, killed them, took five thousand heads, and set up Yuan Meng as the new king.
西域都護班超發龜茲、鄯善等八國兵合七萬餘人討焉耆，到其城下，誘焉耆王廣、尉犁王泛等於陳睦故城，斬之，傳首京師；因縱兵鈔掠，斬首五千餘級，獲生口萬五千人，更立焉耆左侯元孟為焉耆王。
Location: 資治通鑑 卷048 (원문 단락 #3712, 94년)
Place: 焉耆
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