. "conquest of Western Turks" . . "Tang campaign against the Western Turks" . . . "losing their territories to Tang Chinese" . . "*Strengthened Tang rule ofXinjiang" . "defeated the Western Turk tribes" . . "absorbed" . . . . "*Ashina Helu defeated and captured" . . . "campaign" . . . "defeats Holu" . "657 Conquest of the Western Turks" . "invaded the Western Turks" . "dispatched an army" . "*Dissolution of the Western Turkic Khaganate" . . "conquered the Western Turkic Khaganate" . "conquered the Western Turks" . . "Tang dynasty" . . "657 invasion of the Western Turkic Khaganate" . "conquest of the Western Turks" . . . "*Regions controlled by the Western Turks under Tang suzerainty" . "Former vassals of the Western Turks (Uighurs)" . "Conquest of the Western Turks" . "Conquest of the Western Turks" . . "defeated in 657 CE" . "100,000 infantry and cavalry" . "launched against the Western Turks" . "Decisive Tang victory" . "Tang Dynasty" . "military campaign" . . "Western Turkic Khaganate" . "10,000+TangandUyghurinfantry and cavalry" . . . . "Tang conquest of the Western Turks" .