The first campaign in 644 was led by the Tang commander Guo Xiaoke, protector-general of the Anxi Protectorate in western China, who defeated the oasis state and a Western Turkic army and installed a Tang loyalist as ruler.
Den første kampagne i 644 blev ledet af Tang-kommandanten Guo Xiaoke, protektor-general for Anxi-protektoratet i det vestlige Kina, der besejrede oasestaten og en vestlig tyrkisk hær og installerede en tang-loyalist som hersker.