Battle of Bolchu

Battle of Bolchu
Date711
Location
close to Urungu River,
now in Xinjiang, China
Result Göktürk Victory
Belligerents
Second Turkic Khaganate

Turgesh
Toquz Oghuz[1]

Tang dynasty[2]
Commanders and leaders
Tonyukuk
Kul Tigin
Bilge Qaghan[3]		 Suoge †
Strength
20,000

100,000

20,000+ Tang soldiers.

The Battle of Bolchu was a critical battle in the Turkic Khaganate history in 711.

  1. ^ [1] Archived 2018-06-24 at the Wayback Machine "Their people were killed then. The third time we fought against Oguz at Bolču. Kultegin mounted his Azman horse and attacked and stabbed. We fought at Učuš headwaters."
  2. ^ Parker Je. G. Tatary: istorija vozniknovenija velikogo naroda [per. s angl. T. E. Ljubovskoj. M. : Centrpoligraf, 2010 p:222
  3. ^ Tonyukuk Inscription, north face, line 7.