Qinghai Lake is located in the northeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and is the largest inland lake in my country. The lake is more than 100 kilometers long and about 60 kilometers wide. It was originally connected to the Yellow River and was a freshwater lake. However, due to the movement of the earth's crust, the surrounding terrain increased, and the lake's salt content increased year by year, so it gradually became a saltwater lake. However, due to the continuous improvement of the surrounding environment in recent years, the injection volume of surrounding rivers has increased, and the area of ​​the lake has expanded year by year, and it is a tendency to turn back into a freshwater lake.

During the Ming Dynasty, the Qinghai Lake area was flat and the water and grass were abundant, which was a natural high-quality pasture, of course, now too!

During the Zhengde period, Yibla, the leader of the right-wing tribe of Tatars, was hunted by Dayan Khan, and then led his troops to migrate south from the Hetao area. After being expelled by the Ming army's border troops, he could only migrate west along the Great Wall. He repeatedly asked the Ming court to stationed in Suzhou, but the Ming court refused to allow it, so he continued to go west, bypass Jiayuguan, and finally went east to grazing in Qinghai Lake area, and then could not drive it away.

So, four or five years later, Yibula nominally occupied the Qinghai area, and the Ming court also accused him of his existence. The Han people in the nearby Ganliang area even privately engaged in business with the herdsmen of Yibula's subordinates, and the government turned a blind eye to this.

Last year, the Ming Dynasty started a war with Turpan, trying to recover the seven guards of Guanxi. In order to temporarily stabilize the countries in the Western Regions, Xu Jin not only suggested that the court send envoys to Yarkand, but also allowed border residents to conduct normal trade with the Yibla tribe in Qinghai. Therefore, since the second half of last year, the trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Yibla tribe has normalized. The herders of the Yibla tribe can openly drive horses to the city of the Ming Dynasty for sale, and the vendors of the Ming Dynasty can also transport goods to the Yibla tribe's herder camp for sale.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Since the Ming army lost the three passes of Dunhuang, and even Jiayuguan and Suzhou were successively lost, Yibula's awe of the Ming Dynasty had disappeared. In less than a month after the New Year, many vicious incidents of robbing and killing Ming vendors, and even directly plundering the Ming border residents.

Of course, the people of the Yibula tribe did not dare to do this blatantly. When they were working, they covered their faces and pretended to be horse thieves and bandits. The border generals of the Ming Dynasty sent people to question them. The tribe leader Yibula just refused to admit it, and even "indignantly" rebuked the other party's slander and threatened to "break off diplomatic relations."

Due to the lack of evidence, and the current situation is not good for the Ming Dynasty, in order not to make enemies from all sides, the highest military commander of the Shaanxi Xingdu Department had to order the temporary endangering and wait for the new General Pingxi, King Xu Jin of Beijing to make a decision. To put it nicely, Mingzhe protects himself, but to put it bluntly, he is cowardly. Otherwise, the Yibula tribe would not have allowed the ox to occupy the nest under his nose.

That's right, He Zhang, the commander of the Shaanxi Xingdu Department, is a coward, but this guy is good at dancing, and he is more like a civil servant who is good at playing politics. He has done everything from top to bottom, and the position of commander is so jailed, but he has stood firm after two dynasties.

Xining Guard is one of the garrisons under the Xingdu Division of Shaanxi. It is closest to Qinghai Lake and located on the east side of Qinghai Lake. The herders of Yibula tribe often come to the city to do business, and the merchants in the city often sell goods to the tribe's headquarters to hawk. However, since the caravan was robbed and killed, no one dared to do business with Yibula tribe, and Xining City no longer allows Yibula tribe herders to enter.

On the 25th day of the first lunar month of the seventh year of Jiajing, a small team of Ming cavalry appeared outside the east gate of Xining City. The number was not large, with only eleven cavalry in total. Except for the leader, the other ten people were very young, about 17 or 18 years old.

At the beginning, the soldiers who were in charge of guarding the city gate were careless. When the leader revealed their identities, the guys were so scared that they crawled to report on the spot. Soon, Dan Bin, the commander of Xining Guard, ran out to greet him in a hurry.

"Dan Bin, the commander of Xining Guard, met Deputy General Xie!" Dan Bin respectfully saluted Xie Erjian.

That's right, the man in the leader looked unruly, and it was Xie Erjian, and the ten young cavalrymen standing behind him were Liu Xian and Li Guangqi.

On the 17th day of the first lunar month, Xie Erjian led Liu Xian and ten "rookies" from the martial arts hall to leave the brigade and galloped westward. After nine days of trekking, he finally arrived from Datong to Xiningwei near Qinghai Lake. He traveled almost 500 miles a day, and even if he had weak physical strength, he would probably not be able to bear it.

Xie Erjian didn't say anything nonsense. After a brief introduction, he went straight into the city and asked about the situation when the caravan was robbed and killed and the nearby border residents were looted.

Xie Erjian himself was famous in the Ming army. In addition, as the deputy general of Pingxi, his status was second only to Xu Jin. His sudden arrival had already made Dan Bin, the commander of Xining Guard, thrilled. When he heard him ask about this, he couldn't help but jump around, afraid that the other party was sent by Xu Behead to question him, so he thought about it before he carefully narrated it.

After listening to Dan Bin's narration, Xie Erjian raised his eyebrows and asked coldly: "How many people are there in Yibula's tribe?"

Dan Bin stammered: "It's probably only 10,000...twenty thousand!"

Xie Erjian couldn't help but say angrily: "Yibula's troops are just under your nose. Until now, you still don't know how many people the other party has. I think you should not be the commander."

Dan Bin's face changed drastically and explained: "The Yibula tribe was stationed in the area of ​​Qinghai Lake during the Zhengde period. At the beginning, there were only two or three thousand people. More than ten years have passed. In addition, some small tribes come to surrender every year, so it is really difficult to figure out how many people they have now. Otherwise, Deputy General Xie will give his subordinates a few days, and his subordinates will immediately send someone to figure it out."

Xie Erjian said coldly: "No need. From today on, this deputy will temporarily take over Xining Guard. As for you, Danbin, suspend the position of commander and wait until the commander arrives before handling it."

But the commander's face was covered with blood. After all, Xu Beitou really wanted to come to Xiningwei. Oh my god, what did he want to do? Aren't he going to Ganzhou? At this time, Ganzhou needs him the most. What happened to Xiningwei, who came to come to avoid shit? Alas, why am I so unlucky!!!

Xie Erjian Lei was a regular trend. As soon as he entered the city, he abolished the commander and took over the entire Xining Guard.

It is obvious that the first person Xu Jin wanted to use was not Yarkand, but the weakest Yibula tribe. This is clearly the old lady who eats persimmons - picks soft ones.

However, this just fits the usual style of our Marshal Xu. He always cuts from unexpected parts. He doesn't go to the front line of Ganzhou. Hami is worried that he doesn't care, he just wants to pinch Yibula's troops, and it's the kind of pinched and burst.

Poor Yibula, who wandered like a dog for several years, finally settled in the Qinghai Lake area, but ended up provoking Xu Dashaxing, afraid that his head would have frozen over the water of Qinghai Lake.
Chapter completed!