Battle of Jushi, a battle between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu
According to the Chinese histories, the Shiji and Hanshu, the original inhabitants east of the Tianshan to the beginning of the first millennium AD, the Jushi, were a people who 'lived in felt-tents, kept moving in pursuit of water and grass for grazing, and had a fair knowledge of farming.'
The Battle of Loulan (樓蘭之戰) in 108 BC marks the earliest Chinese military venture into Central Asia, after a conflict of the Han Dynasty with Loulan and Jushi and a switch of allegiance to the Xiongnu.
In 75, on the death of the short-reigned Emperor Ming of Han, the Xiongnu with its allies seized their opportunity and captured Jushi and Liuzhong, and killed the Protector General Chen Mu.
Jushi then further differentiated into two kingdoms, the Nearer Jushi (Turfan) and the Further Jushi (Jimasa).