This is how Ambassador Yang's infiltration plan began.
This is also perfect for Ha Zhi. If he wants to rule this land in the future, he must rely on the power of foreign races.
The ruler!
I would rather be with a friend than a domestic slave!
There are employees sent by Yang Feng for development inside the city, and there are Ugeqiha Shiha herdsmen outside the city. Whoever dares to resist his rule will directly use troops to suppress the bandits.
As long as he serves these two families well, he can basically last for generations.
Next, Yang Feng plans to set up a Dawan company...
Zhu Di has already made a formal report, asking Zhu Yuanzhang to confer Ha Zhi as the King of Dayuan, and confer Uge Qiha Shiha as the Commander of the Capital of Dayuan and the Commander of the Capital, and then make him a Marquis.
He did not agree with Yang Feng's suggestion of making a vassal king. In his opinion, those forces that did not belong to the Yuan Dynasty in the past could be given vassal kings, such as King Zhongshun of Hami. After all, they used to be part of the Chagatai Khanate system.
The forces within it that used to belong to the Yuan Dynasty should be treated as areas directly under the Ming Dynasty, and then be granted lordships and hereditary commanders. This is equivalent to all the forces under the Yuan Dynasty being included directly under the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, it's mainly for his own sake.
In the future, he will establish a country in the Western Regions, and even according to convention, all commanders and envoys in the Western Regions will be under his control.
Mahamu was treated the same way.
The one he granted Mahamu the title of Marquis was also the hereditary Commander of the Kunling Capital and the Commander-in-Chief of the City of Kunling.
These two command divisions are bounded by the Tianshan Mountains, with Kunling in the north, Dawan in the south, and the Ili Valley in the middle, Rehai, Suiye and Talas, which are the fiefdoms of the King of Yan. They will definitely be added in the future.
When Aksu arrived at Iron Gate Pass, the operation had already begun. Mahama had already gone to complain to King Yan, saying that his nephew had sent someone to poison him...
Of course, I would have poisoned him in the past.
Now that his nephew is in Beslopali, he may not even know that Samichakan is dead based on time. But in the past, his nephew was suspicious of him. Although his brother treated him with all his heart, his nephew had always been deeply suspicious of him. He had been very suspicious of him in the past.
Poisoning him, luckily his brother has always protected him. Now that his brother is dead, his nephew will definitely not let him go after he succeeds to the throne. He begged King Yan to save his life, and he also told King Yan a little secret,
His nephew may not necessarily be his brother's father.
Ha only gave him evidence.
The latter obviously wanted their uncle and nephew to fight.
King Yan has already reported this matter to His Majesty the Emperor, and soon Yarkand and other city secretaries will also send a petition to the Emperor, the content of which is of course that they are unwilling to surrender and do not lose Bali.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang will send people to investigate, and then the investigators will report to Zhu Yuanzhang, reporting the various crimes committed by King Biesebali, and the original few monks will also join the accusation.
In short, in the end, after careful consideration, His Majesty the Emperor decided to split the territory of King Beshu Bali, giving part to Mahama, part to Nahei Shizhihan, and part to King Yan as a fief, so that King Yan could isolate them to avoid their uncles and nephews.
Killing each other is also the reason why His Majesty the Emperor protects their uncle and nephew.
Of course, some compensation will be given to Naheishozhihan.
Give him a title.
Give a surname.
Give him the surname Zhu.
What a great honor!
In the end, the Western Region in the future will become Beiting, Anxi, Kunling, and Dawan, four capital commanders, one vassal king, and three vassal kings mixed with the capital commanders. And the core of this system, of course
It is His Royal Highness King Yan who has the most distinguished status among them.
Then in fact it was King Yan who controlled the Western Regions.
Perfect.
In addition, although the Hanhaidu Commandery Department does not belong to the Western Region, due to its location, it must be controlled by King Yan.
The actual arrangement is not important. As long as the King of Yan starts development in the Western Regions, Guilichi and Yue Jibie will definitely rely on trade with the Western Regions, and they will inevitably depend on the King of Yan.
This means King Yan has a bright future!
This territory, once integrated, is enough for the Eastern Expedition.
It is not ruled out that Zhu Di has such thoughts, but he certainly does not have such thoughts at present. At least when Yang Feng is still alive, he will not have such thoughts, but he will definitely not survive Yang Feng, so his layout should be for the future, the next generation and even
In the next few generations, if he and Yang Feng both die, and Zhu Yunxi's next generation is incapable of running the country, and his next generation is talented and strategic, won't they be able to rely on the Western Regions to march eastward and aspire to dominate the country?
The key is to have this foundation.
Governing the Western Region well is his foundation.
This has nothing to do with Yang Feng.
What he wanted has been achieved.
This great melee in the Western Regions ended with Timur surrendering. Just as Timur led his troops to retreat in a hurry and rushed back to face Bayezid, Yang Feng and Zhu Di also hurriedly led their troops.
When we return to southern Xinjiang, it will be winter no matter how late it is. It will not be easy to cross the Tianshan Mountains at that time. The vassals also hurriedly returned to their respective homes. They also had to prepare to survive the long winter ahead. Fortunately, everyone could say that they would lead the way.
With the joy of harvest, this winter will be very comfortable.
With wine, meat, and a new woman, of course I will be happy.
Although most of the troops suffered a lot of casualties, fortunately, those who were alive were very happy, and they were also full of gratitude to Ambassador Yang.
As for the dead...
I will take care of your wife.
Ambassador Yang and King Yan didn't even stop at southern Xinjiang, and headed east as fast as possible, leaving the rest to Song Sheng.
They led the first Ming army to participate in the Western Expedition and soon left Tiemen Pass.
Fork force lost to the north.
Uyongbulak Salt Lake.
"Didn't you say we were in Hami? Didn't you say there was no man's land in the 400-mile desert? Why can I see an oasis here?
Is that an oasis there?”
Tan Yuan pointed to the camels wandering in the dry river bed in the distance, chewing on scattered camel thorns and said.
"Well, you have to know that there was still a little difference between us at that time and you now. Do you understand the changes in the sea? We were in a desert no man's land at that time, and it was normal for you to be an oasis at this time. It's just a small error, and it's not worth it.
Mention.
Besides, it's just a dry river bed, what kind of oasis?
Is Camel Thorn considered an oasis?”
Yang Feng said.
"Hundreds of thousands of people died in the Western Regions just for this small error like yours."
Zhang Fu sighed with emotion.
This is their saltpeter mine.
Wuyongbulak Salt Lake, this dry salt lake is an important source of potassium saltpeter, but it is not what was said when the war in the Western Regions was triggered. It is a few hundred miles away from Hami, and there is no man's land in the desert along the way. It can be said that it has gone there.
It is true that the place where I narrowly escaped death was hundreds of miles away from Hami. After all, it is indeed hundreds of miles from Hami to Turpan.
But……
It is less than a hundred miles away from the commercial road from Turpan to Chalishi.
In fact, this is a vast salt lake. There are many mines in the entire mining area. Of course, Yang Feng chose the closest one for them, so it is seventy or eighty miles away from the real oasis. However, because there is almost no population in this era,
Therefore, the length of seasonal rivers is generally much longer than in modern times, and the wet length of groundwater is also much longer than in modern times. Therefore, even within their field of vision, they can still see scattered camel thorns, and occasionally wild camels wandering around.
Of course, calling it an oasis is indeed an exaggeration.
If you walk a few dozen miles upstream, you can probably see vegetation that is barely enough for grazing.
"Stop talking nonsense, Lao Liu, hurry up and take a look."
Zhu Di said to the craftsmen beside him.
The latter quickly walked towards a white salt-alkali land ahead.
"I finally know what it means to kill people without blood. A small error can lead to the loss of nearly 30% of the population of the Eight Miles."
Tan Yuan was still sighing with emotion.
Of course, no one is paying attention to him now. Yang Feng is also looking at Lao Liu. This potassium saltpeter mine is not the saltpeter cave that the Ming Dynasty was accustomed to, so he can't guarantee whether these craftsmen can tell the difference. After all, this kind of work
There are a lot of impurities in the salt lake, not only fire salt, but also Glauber's salt, and even other things. If it didn't work, he could only ask Sister Liu to provide treatment technology, but soon Old Liu shaved off a lot, and looked at the sun,
He was even still licking it and carefully ran into the sand to get it burned.
"My lord, it is indeed true, but it is not pure enough. I need to go back and endure it."
He then walked up to Zhu Di and said.
"Everyone digs a bag and brings it to Turpan."
Zhu Di said.
This is a natural dry salt lake, and salt crust has long formed in the low-lying areas, so you only need to scrape off the hard crust and take it away.
And as far as the eye can see, it is boundless, and there is plenty to pick from.
Of course, there are all kinds of messes here, and the rest depends on the craftsmanship of the craftsmen of this era.
However, this technology is now very mature. In fact, the biggest impurity here is salt, but the crystallization temperatures of sodium chloride and potassium nitrate are different. They can be separated through a series of complex operations. The remainder is potassium nitrate, which can then be purified using the same method.
, you have to add radish and other adsorbed impurities. In addition, the sodium sulfate inside will also be separated. In short, boiling the salt is a very complicated process. It has to be said that without any systematic chemical knowledge, those craftsmen can rely on generations
The knowledge passed down from generation to generation to complete this process is also amazing.
His Highness King Yan took it upon himself to scrape a whole bag. It was obvious that he was very excited. This salt lake was his future!
In order to realize firearms, nitrate is necessary. There is no shortage of sulfur in the Western Regions. In fact, sulfur is included in the commodities traded from the Western Regions to the Ming Dynasty.
Now there is saltpeter again.
His great cause is just around the corner.
In the end, all the Ming soldiers scraped a bag of salt slabs based on potassium nitrate. It is estimated that this mining was enough for Zhu Di to use it for a year.
Hundreds of thousands of kilograms.
Even if half of the ingredients are potassium nitrate, it would be enough to prepare one million kilograms of gunpowder.
This is not boiling saltpeter, this is directly a mineral, so the actual potassium nitrate content is extremely high.
Zhu Di stopped after they arrived in Turpan. He did not receive an imperial edict to return to the capital. He was still the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition, so he temporarily stayed in Turpan, waiting for his father's order. At this time, Turpan had fully recovered.
The original beliefs and even the scriptures buried in the past were dug out. The few beggar-like monks also put on their cassocks again. As for Don't Lose the Bali King...
currently there is not.
Shamichagan himself had not been officially canonized. In fact, the news of his father's death had just reached Zhu Yuanzhang at this time.
Not to mention the news of his death.
Besides, Naheishi Zhuihan was still young, and all the troops in Beishi Bali were marching westward, so even if he wanted to interfere, he would not be able to interfere.
Now that Turpan, Shanshan, Huozhou, and Chalishan have united, only Naheishizihan, the city of Bieshe Bali, has not been destroyed by them. It is already relying on the face of the Ming Emperor, and even in the future he will not be destroyed.
He has no ability to control these cities. More than half of the direct descendants brought by his grandfather and father to the Western Expedition were killed or injured, and a large part of them were taken away by his uncle. Only 10,000 of them could return to Beishebali, but this
The number of people from the four cities who could come back was twice as many as them.
In the future, even if Zhu Yuanzhang granted him the title of King of Bieke Bali, he would only be the Lord of Bielos Bali City.
If he obeys in the future, the Ming Dynasty will make him a Taiping King in Beshubali. If he disobeys, even if an imperial edict is revoked, he will not be able to resist.
In the past, his grandfather also relied on Dugrat's troops to suppress Turpan and other cities.
Now Dugrat's tribe has broken with them, and they themselves are divided, and their strength is not even one-third of what it used to be.
Who can he control?
This result made Tan Yuan once again marvel at Yang Feng's insidiousness.
Not only did they lose eight miles, but all the troops in the Western Expedition, except the Ming army, suffered heavy losses. The Hami and Guanxi guards sent a total of 20,000 cavalry twice, and the final 13,000 returned, the real first batch of elites returned.
There were only five thousand, and half of them died. The worst was Ugqi Hashha. He could have assembled 30,000 cavalry, but he lost 10,000 in Kashgar alone. In addition, he lost 10,000 in the river, including those who followed Zhu Di.
At present, his group can actually gather 15,000 cavalry.
Kun Timur currently has five thousand cavalry.
In other words, each army in the Western Expedition suffered a loss of one-third in good condition, half in bad condition, and only the Ming army suffered a loss of less than 20%.
It can be said that after this battle, no one in the Western Region had the strength to fight.
As for the original group of Mongolian Khan and Choros, in fact, more than half of them were lost, and they have been divided into three groups, Guilichi, Mahamu, and Taiping.
The latter did not receive the commander-in-chief.
but……
He was appointed as the escort commander by Zhu Di.
It can be seen that this guy is very comfortable with Zhu Di's service and is directly regarded as a confidant by Zhu Di. This is better than giving him a general commander. Even his tribe, with the gift of Zhu Di, is currently nomadic in the Ili Valley and gives him a temporary
He also tried his best to guard the inner city.
The future vassal city of King Yan.
That is Yining.
Yang Feng separated from Zhu Di in Turpan, and then returned eastward with his troops.
This was a huge team, more than 7,000 in total, including more than 10,000 horses and camels, but there were no other men among them except him and the more than 100 tunnel diggers.
What remains are four hundred and fifty-six beautiful girls who are respected by others.
Not counting Gu Lina, who is now the Lord of Khuzhan City, counting the seeds he left in the Western Region.
Then the others are all girls, 6,147 girls, and this is only the first batch, because the ones collected in the river have not come yet. They will not be brought back to him until the spring of next year by Xu Huizu who returns. For now,
Under the care of Gu Lina, this batch was larger in number, totaling more than 10,000. It must be said that Ambassador Yang's special hobby amazed everyone.
I have seen people raising adopted daughters, but who has seen people raising tens of thousands of adopted daughters?
Fortunately, she is an adopted daughter. If this were an adopted son, it would be very scary.