 In 101 BCE, the Kangju allied themselves with the Dayuan, helping them preserve their independence against the Han.The account on the 'Western Regions' in the Han Dynasty Chinese chronicle, the "Hou Hanshu", 88 (covering the period 25–220 and completed in the 5th century), based on a report to the Chinese emperor c. 125 CE, mentions that, at that time, Liyi 栗弋 (= Suyi 粟弋) = Sogdiana, and both the "old" Yancai (which had changed its name to "Alanliao" and seems here to have expanded its territory to the Caspian Sea), and "Yan", a country to Yancai's north, as well as the strategic city of "Northern Wuyi" 北烏伊 (Alexandria Eschate, or modern Khujand), were all dependent on Kangju.Y.