On the third day of the sixth month of the sixth year of Jiajing, after Muhaner, the Turpan envoy left Suzhou, he immediately rushed back to Anle City. Xu Jin, Duke of Jingguo of the Ming Dynasty, refused to discuss peace and repair, and the lion spoke loudly, demanding that Turpan return the seven guards of Guanxi, plus compensation of five million taels of silver, and threatened that he would receive a reply within ten days, otherwise he would send troops to attack Turpan.

Although Muhaner's official position in Turpan was not high, he also understood that Mansuer Khan would definitely not agree to these conditions proposed by Xu Jin, so it is inevitable that the two countries will go to war.

Therefore, Muhaner did not dare to neglect at all. In order to pass the news back as soon as possible, he even rushed to the road without stopping. He also reminded all towns along the way to increase their vigilance to deal with the attacks that the Ming army was about to launch.

It took Muhaner four days to travel from Jiayuguan to Anle City, Turpan's capital. On the seventh day of the sixth month, he finally returned to Anle City and informed Mansuerhan of the results of this mission.

Sure enough, Man Suer Khan was furious after hearing this, and slapped the table with a heavy palm, cursing: "The person surnamed Xu is too arrogant and arrogant. He actually asked me to return the seven guards of Guanxi to compensate him for five million taels of silver. It was simply fantastic. Okay, if you want to fight, you will fight. My Khan will accompany you to the end. Are you still afraid that you will not succeed?"

The civil and military officials present looked solemn and no one dared to answer the conversation. Man Suer was even more angry when he saw this and snorted coldly, "Can you all be scared by the Ming people?"

A civil servant wearing a white hat stepped forward and said carefully: "Stop the anger of a great knight. We are not timid, but the situation is not optimistic. Hami reported a few days ago that Oirathad and Torohuo led their troops to approach, which was obviously in line with the Ming army. If the Ming army and Oirat join forces and launch an attack from the two lines, our army may not be able to withstand it."

Man Suerhan's eyes flashed with a sharp light and said in a cold voice: "According to what you said, should I give the Seven Guards of Guanxi and five million taels of silver to the people of Ming Dynasty with both hands?"

The white-hawk civil minister shivered smartly and said quickly: "I don't mean this. I think... should I send another envoy to negotiate with the Ming people? Even if the negotiations are not reached in the end, we can delay some time. We can take the opportunity to mobilize troops and strengthen our defense."

Man Suer's expression cleared a little, and he waved his hand and said, "No need. Since the person surnamed Xu dared to speak like this, he was clearly looking for excuses to use weapons and sending an envoy to go there. It was just a waste of time. Besides, there are still six days, which is enough for us to deploy.

As for the Oirats, they had just suffered a great loss from the Ming people, how could they be willing to help the Ming people? So Hami doesn't have to worry too much. As long as our enemy seizes the attack of the Ming army, the Oirats will definitely not get involved. Ben Khan knows this old fox, Sanghad, just to reap the benefits of the fisherman, so he will never take action until the situation is unclear."

I have to say that Man Suer did analyze the situation very thoroughly. He would not be a fool if he could sit in his position!

At this time, Prime Minister Abra came out and said, "What the Khan said is very true, but once we are unfavorable in the fight with the Ming army, Sanhad will definitely take the blame without hesitation. Therefore, the old minister thought that an envoy should be sent to impose a false conspiracy and temporarily stabilize the Oirats."

Man Suer nodded after hearing this and said, "Okay, let's follow what Zaisang said."

Abra continued: "The Ming army is powerful, and it is difficult to resist with the strength of our Turpan alone. The Khan should also send envoys to lobby Yibla and Yarkand to jointly resist the Ming army's attack."

Mansuer's brows frowned immediately. He just sent someone to send an envoy to the Yibla tribe, but he could not save this face when he sent an envoy to Yarkand for help.

As mentioned earlier, the current Khan of the Yarkand Khanate is Mansuer's younger brother Sayide. To be precise, it should be the third brother.

As the saying goes, "Brothers in the battle, father and son fight in battle", but there is another saying, "The most ruthless imperial family". Supreme power has supreme temptation. For the sake of power, the drama of flesh and blood has been staged in almost all dynasties. For example, Sa Yide once caused his elder brother Mansuer Khan's rebellion, and it was done by joining the second brother Helilie.

Unfortunately, Sayide and Helilie's rebellion failed. Afterwards, the second brother Helilie was killed. Sayide went into exile to the Pamir Plateau and surrendered to a distant cousin. However, Sayide later came to work, and his cousin was killed by a group of hostile forces. Sayide took over the cousin's five thousand subordinates.

When Sayide came, he began to make a fortune, constantly annexing nearby forces, and finally unified the Tarim River area in Xinjiang, ascended the throne to Khan and established the capital of Shache. The forces continued to develop northward and eastward, and finally returned to Turpan's nose and established the Yarkand Khanate, which was larger than Turpan.

My younger brother who rebelled in the past and wanted his own life came back and established a powerful country bordering him. Just imagine how Mansuer felt at that time?

So, although Sa Yide and Mansuer are brothers, they hate each other to the core. Mansuer sent troops to attack Yerjiang several times, but unfortunately they couldn't get any advantage and even suffered a small loss. Therefore, at this time, Prime Minister Abra actually suggested that Mansuer join forces with Yarkand to fight against the Ming Dynasty. How could he save this face?

Prime Minister Abra naturally understood what was going on when he saw Mansuer Khan's expression and advised: "The Khan and Sayide Khan are brothers after all. Now the enemy is in front of him, let go of their prejudices for the time being and unite to fight against Ming Kingdom..."

Mansuer's face darkened, and before Abra finished speaking, he interrupted coldly: "You need to say nothing, even if Ben Khan is destroyed, he will not ask him for help. This traitor, Ben Khan wishes he could kill him quickly and could not unite with him. What's more, this traitor will definitely not agree to unite. Why should I bring humiliation to myself and send him a face to the other person!"

Abra sighed inwardly when he heard this, so he stopped persuading him.

Next, Man Suer was confident in dispatching troops and preparing to compete with the Ming army. Although it was said that the army was very powerful and the firearms were sharp, Man Suer was also very confident in his army. He was a war madman himself. His army was through many battles and had very strong combat power. In addition, he might not be a match for the Ming army when fighting at home.

However, Man Suer ignored a little. Xu Jin said that if he gave him ten days to consider, would he really give him ten days?

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On the fourth day of the sixth month of the sixth year of Jiajing, the day after the Turpan envoy Muhaner left Suzhou, Xu Jin returned to Jiayuguan from Suzhou and summoned the fierce generals to the tent. After a day of discussion, he finally finalized the plan to send troops.

As the sun sets, the afterglow shines on the city of Jiayuguan, the wind is deserted and the heat waves are overwhelming.

All the generals came out of the commander's tent one after another. Yulin General Pei Laopi glanced at Datong General Yu Linsheng and said proudly: "Thank you, General Yulin Army, this time, this general leads the Yulin Army to take the lead. Before sunset tomorrow, I will definitely take down the red gold. Haha, Yu Manzi, I'm sorry, this time the first achievement belongs to our Yulin Army again."

The so-called Chijin is Chijin Town, which is about 150 miles west of Jiayuguan. It was originally one of the seven guards in Guanxi and the capital of Chijin Mongolian Guards. Now the Turpan people have also sent two thousand troops there.

Therefore, the first stronghold that the Ming army wanted to capture was Chijin Town. Xu Jin sent this task to Pei Xingjin, which was equivalent to giving the first contribution to the Yulin Army. No wonder Pei Laopi was proud of Yu Linsheng.

Yu Linsheng sneered unhappily: "Old Pei, I advise you to be less proud. Don't forget to win the top skills at that time, but instead become the top skills of the Turpan people!"

"Bao, babe, babe, let's go, just two thousand Turpan soldiers, I can all die if I fart you. You're still worried about whether you can take down Kuyu Valley, hehe!" After Pei Laopi said that, he held his head up and walked out proudly.

Kuyu Valley is located about 80 miles northwest of Chijin. It was originally the capital of Shazhou Guards, one of the seven guards in Guanxi. After being occupied by Turpan, Turpan also sent two thousand troops there.

"Tsk, look at this guy's virtue. His tail is so high up. If he doesn't get his head skills, I'll see where you put your face!" Yu Linsheng shook his face, held his head up and walked in the other direction with his chest raised.

Jing Dachu, the general of Xuanfu, shook his head helplessly. These two guys really misunderstood the door god. Alas, why did the Grand Marshal hand over the task of attacking Guazhou City to me?

It is worth mentioning here that Guazhou City is located nearly 200 miles northwest of Kuyu Valley. It was once the seat of the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty. It guards the main road of the Hexi Corridor. To the north is Hami and to the southwest is Dunhuang. The geographical location is very important. Because of this, Guazhou has a city built and is quite large in scale.

After Turpan occupied the seven guards of Guanxi, he sent heavy troops to guard Guazhou, Dunhuang and Hami respectively, with more than 5,000 troops. In addition, with cities defending, it was not easy to capture them.

However, the general of Xuanfu, Jing Dachu, was good at defending but not attacking, and was also the weakest among the generals. Xu Jin actually sent him to attack Guazhou, which was really puzzling. Even Jing Dachu himself was very puzzled. Whether it was Pei Laopi or Yu Manzi, they were better than him! However, the military orders were like mountains, and the general arranged all the tasks and had to be executed with a tough needle.

Seeing that the General of Xuanfu Jing Dachu had walked away, Wu Changwei, a Suzhou guard commander who attended the meeting, could not help but whisper to Xie Sanqi next to him, saying, "General Xie, didn't the Duke of the State say that he would give Turpan people ten days to consider [Bayi Chinese website www.x81zw.me]? Why will the troops be sent tomorrow?"

Xie Sanqian laughed and said, "Sir Wu, don't be naive. When the Turpan people finish thinking, the mounts of this general will probably be drinking water in the Crescent Spring in Dunhuang. Hehe, Zi said, soldiers will never get tired of cheating!"
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