Chapter 821, it's all here, naturally I have to lay more ground
Liu Jin was riding a horse on the battlefield. The battle was over. Looking up, he saw corpses strewn across the fields, blood flowing into rivers, and vultures hanging high in the sky. They gathered more and more, and from time to time they heard excited chirps.
The injured people were wailing in pain, the fallen horses were struggling to stand up again, the fireworks burned the flags, and the blood dyed the ground red...
There were no surprises. This battle was a complete one-sided massacre. The hundreds of thousands of Ming troops were like the most efficient killing machines. In just two hours of fighting, they easily killed more than 20 people in front of them.
The army of the Wanchagatai Khanate was well fed.
Yang Yun and his cavalry were chasing Ma Hemu, Manzala, Haidar and others who had escaped, while Wang Shouren was clearing out the few remaining enemies.
There are surrendered enemies tied up with ropes, one string after another. What awaits them is the fate of slaves.
For the Ming army in front of them, it either becomes everyone's military merit or everyone's money. There is no other choice. Everything captured on the battlefield belongs to everyone, including these prisoners.
In the past, we might have talked about carrying forward the so-called big-bellied spirit, pardoning these people and letting them return to their own tribes, thinking that they would be grateful to the Ming Dynasty, but they didn't know that they would call you a fool in their hearts, and then wait for their strength to recover.
Pick up the machete and kill you again.
It's the same now. They are prisoners. Even if Emperor Hongzhi says so, the prisoners are just like cattle and sheep. They are the spoils of the Ming army. The Ming army attaches great importance to their own spoils.
It is okay to sell these slaves or assign them to soldiers to use as slaves, but the only thing is that they cannot be put back in vain.
Some merchants who had smelled the smell of blood came here with white silver coins. When they saw the thousands of captives in bunches, they immediately laughed from ear to ear. Business was coming.
As soon as the silver coins are handed over, you can immediately take the slaves you bought and leave. As long as these slaves are transported to Nanyang, any one of them can be sold for forty or fifty taels of silver. But here, they get from the military
When purchasing, the price of a slave was only less than twenty taels, two or three times the huge profit, so that the army was followed by a large team of merchants.
On the one hand, these merchant teams help transport the military's supplies, grain, baggage, etc., and on the other hand, they also provide various services for the military.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are no longer the Qiu Ba of the past. When talking about the Ming army in the past, they were all described as Qiu Ba, breaking military households, etc., but the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are now.
Under the compulsory military service system, soldiers of the Ming Dynasty not only had a high income, but also had a stable income. Once there was a war, their bravery in killing the enemy would not only receive military merit, but also receive a large number of rewards.
The capture of Hami and Turpan has made everyone's pockets bulging in the Western Expedition's army, and there is plenty of money. Their business is actually very easy to do.
As for the Ming army, they are actually very happy to have merchants following them. Many needed things can be purchased from these merchants at any time. As long as they have money, these merchants are not afraid of death, cold, long journeys, etc.
Whatever, they can deliver it to you in time.
In addition, the trophies obtained on the battlefield can also be disposed of centrally by merchants. If the Ming army carried prisoners like these by themselves, it would definitely be very inconvenient and would hinder their march.
But by selling these captives to slave merchants, the Ming army not only got the money quickly, but also saved a lot of manpower, not having to take care of the captives, and also saved its own food.
It can be said that it achieves multiple things with one stone.
Of course, the premise of all this is based on the fact that the Ming army was victorious in every battle and conquered every battle. Because of the strength of the Ming army, these merchants dared to follow the Ming army deep into the Western Regions and do business in the Western Regions.
There was already cotton, and wool merchants began to purchase wool and cotton from the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. The price of cotton and wool here was very low. After the purchase, it was shipped to the Ming Dynasty and resold for several times or even more than ten times the huge profit.
This is the huge business opportunity brought by war.
Liu Jin knew this very well, but he had no intention of blocking it. He wanted to support anything that was beneficial to his marching and fighting.
"One general's success will lead to ten thousand bones~"
Looking at everything in front of him, Liu Jin couldn't help but sigh.
Too many people died in this battle.
Because the Ming army relied on military merit to gain promotions and rewards, when they killed the enemy, the Ming army was very crazy. Many people were killing and killing, and their eyes were red. Sometimes even if they surrendered, Ming
The military will not let you go easily.
In addition, Liu Jin was planning to carry out mass killings in the Western Region from the beginning to frighten the tribes of all sizes in the Western Region, and he had no restraint on this.
On the battlefield, more than 200,000 Chagatai Khanate troops were almost completely killed.
Shaking his head slightly, Liu Jin began to think about his next action.
The Chagatai Khanate has been completely defeated. It is hard to say whether Mahemu himself can escape Yang Yun's pursuit. It can be said that the Chagatai Khanate has been destroyed in this battle, and the vast Western Region
All officially fell into the hands of Ming Dynasty.
"There are some Oara tribes to the north of the Altai Mountains, and then there is the vast Siberian Plain. It is a vast land with sparsely populated areas, but the territory is large enough and the resources are abundant, so this must be captured."
"Here in the Western Regions, we can gather all the tribes from the Western Regions, large and small, and establish the Western Regions Chief Envoy Department, appoint officials, set up garrisons, and bring over what we have here in Nanyang."
"To the west of the Western Region are the Kazakh Khanate and the Shaybani Khanate. The Kazakh Khanate is now in its heyday and powerful, as is the Shaybani Khanate. At one time, it was at loggerheads with Mahem."
"Now that the Chagatai Khanate has been destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, these two khanates will inevitably make some changes. If you want to stabilize the Western Region, you must first attack these two khanates. No matter what, first
Give them a good beating and let them know how powerful I am, so that the Western Region can be stable."
"When the Western Region is stabilized, we will deal with these two khanates at that time, and then push westward to the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea to form the Kipchak Khanate."
"In addition, the Hezhong area is considered the most fertile and fertile place in the entire Western Region and Central Asia. With two rivers flowing and abundant rainfall, it is a very good place for both agriculture and animal husbandry."
"The Western Region has been conquered, and we must not let it go. By then, agriculture will be developed in the Hezhong area, and animal husbandry will be developed in the Tianshan and Altai Mountains. There will be a continuous supply of wool and cotton, and the Western Region will be self-sufficient."
The map of the Western Region and Central Asia appeared in Liu Jin's mind. After conquering the Western Region, he would face three opponents. The Oara tribes in the north were entrenched in the Siberian region to the north of the Altai Mountains.
The Kazakh Khanate in the west of the Western Regions was established for a very short time. It was probably established around 1456. It has only been half a century now. And although it is a Kazakh Khanate and is dominated by Kazakhs, it is actually gold.
The khanate established by the descendants of the family was a purely nomadic khanate.
To the southwest is the Shaybani Khanate, which is also a khanate established by Shaybani, a self-proclaimed descendant of Jochi, the eldest son of Genghis Khan. It was established in a shorter period of time and was established in the 13th year of Hongzhi.
Shaybani defeated the Timurid Prince Babur, won the Battle of Sar-Pul, and occupied Samarkand before establishing it.
Of the three powers, the most powerful one is the Kazakh Khanate in the west, which is at its strongest at this time. It is said that the entire Kazakh Khanate has a population of one million and 300,000 cavalry, which shows that they
How powerful is it.
You must know that the Kazakh Khanate is a purely nomadic khanate, with a population of one million and 300,000 cavalry. It is absolutely powerful and can sweep across Central Asia.
The weakest one should be the Shaybani Khanate. At this time, it had no stable foothold at all. It also offended the Timur Khanate and even had conflicts with the Safavid Dynasty of Persia in the south.
As for the Oara, they are also purely nomadic, and all of them are Mongolian tribes. Although their strength is not very strong, and the tribes within are also divided, and no one is convinced by anyone, it is not a worry.
"Continue to attack the Kazakh Khanate, and then attack the Shabani Khanate, capture Samarkand, and seize the entire Hezhong area. Without the Hezhong area, the Western Region will not be perfect, and there will be no way to compete with the capitalists of the Ming Dynasty.
They explain that the five Central Asian countries in later generations are the largest exporters of cotton in the world, and Uzbekistan is known as the platinum country."
Soon, Liu Jin already had a plan in mind and roughly thought of the next course of action.
A visit to the Western Regions is naturally not in vain. More than 200,000 troops have arrived in the Western Regions. The Chagatai Khanate has been destroyed, and they don't mind conquering the Hezhong area as well.
The Central Plains Dynasty has always felt that it was useless to rule the Western Regions.
Despite the vastness of the Western Region, it is very arid. Oasis and pastures can be formed only by melting water from the snowy mountains of several major mountain ranges. However, compared to the Central Plains, it is still far behind.
The Han people are unwilling to migrate here. Relying on the tribes here, once the Central Plains Dynasty weakens, it will quickly lose control of the Western Regions. Therefore, the key is to find a fertile land that can develop agriculture.
Only by owning such a piece of land and moving a large number of Han people here to establish a foothold can the rule of the entire Western Region be stabilized.
Obviously, the mid-river area formed by the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers is definitely the most ideal area. By conquering this area, the Ming Dynasty would have a permanent base to rule the Western Regions.
