"Father Khan, the Rakshasa people do a lot of evil, why didn't you join forces with the Crimeans and Bashkirs to resist them, but instead reported to the Rakshasa people?"
Ayuqi was shocked by his father's decision and asked angrily.
"Because this is not the place where I will stay for a long time after all!" Punchukhan sighed and said leisurely: "I just received the news that the Ming army defeated the Junggar tribe, and the tyrannical Galdan surrendered!"<
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"Father Khan, what do you mean??" Ayuqi's body suddenly shook, showing a pensive expression.
Punchukhan suppressed his excitement and said in a trembling voice: "Son, although Liangyuan is good, it is not a home for long-term love. The Junggar people have been defeated, and the Moxi grassland is leaderless. This is a good opportunity for us Turgut people to go home!"
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At that time, it was precisely because the Dzungars were too strong that the Turghuts were forced to move to the lower reaches of the Volga River in order to avoid the front lines of the Dzungars. Now the lower reaches of the Volga River are subject to constant aggression and oppression by the Rakshasa people, and there are so many excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes that they no longer
Suitable for settling down. The Ming Dynasty moved away this big stone from the Junggar tribe. Punchukhan felt that it was a good opportunity to lead his tribe back to the Moxi grassland.
Ayuqi's eyes brightened, "Father, you asked me to report to the Rakshasa people that the Crimeans and Bashkirs were preparing to unite to deal with them. You wanted to distract them and cover the people's return eastward."
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"That's right." Punchuk Khan stroked his beard with some pride, "The Han people have a military book called "Thirty-Six Strategies", and this is the sixth stratagem: 'Sound in the east and attack in the west'".
"Father Khan, my son has also read "Thirty-six Stratagems". It is said that this book was written by Tan Daoji, a general of the Song Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. However, I think that the plan you just used was not 'sounding east and attacking west', but 'golden cicada's shell'". p>
Punchukhan's face turned red. This son was good at everything, but he was too straight-tempered and tactless. He smiled awkwardly: "My son has read Chinese books very well recently, haha!"
Returning to the east is not a trivial matter. It cannot be decided by the Great Khan alone. It must be approved by the "Gurzha". The "Gurzha" is the princely council of the Turgut people, composed of the most respected nobles in the tribe.
They are composed of.
Punchuk Khan first met his father Shukuerdai Qinghan.
Although Shukuerdai Qinghan had given the Zen throne to Punchuk Khan a few months ago, his status in the Turgut tribe is unquestionable. Almost all the princes of "Gurzha" are Shukuer
Dai Qinghan follows the lead.
"Are you here?"
Shukuerdai Qinghan looked at his son with a smile, as if he had been waiting for a long time.
Punchukhan was stunned, "Father, you already know this?"
Shukuerdai Qinghan laughed self-deprecatingly: "Haha, as long as my old bones are alive, there will always be some troubles that will drift into my ears. I don't want to care about it, but I can't ignore it. This is the sorrow of the sweat! Sometimes
I really envy your grandfather, who can sleep under the city of Astrakhan without being disturbed."
"Father Khan, now that the Junggar tribe has been defeated and the Desert West is leaderless, it is a good opportunity for us to return to our ancestral land in the Desert West! Do you support your son's return eastward?"
"Go back east!"
There was a strange glint in Shukuerdai Qinghan's eyes, "It has been more than thirty years, does my son still remember what his hometown looks like?"
"My son was still young at the time. I only remember that there was a very tall mountain and a small wooden city in my hometown."
"Minihu (my son), that is the ancestral land of our Turgut people: Talbahatai Mountain and Yaer City!"
The old Khan's expression became excited, "Back then, Hutaiji Batur of the Junggar tribe was very ambitious and wanted to annex our Torgut tribe. Your grandfather had no choice but to lead us Torgut people to move westward and came here.
The lower reaches of the Ezil River (Volga River). That year, you were only seven years old. I held you in my arms and followed your grandfather, trekking all the way to this place, where we now have the foundation. After arriving here, your grandfather started from
He never mentioned his hometown. But I clearly remember that before he died after being seriously injured, his eyes were always looking in the direction of his hometown.
Having said this, the old Khan could no longer suppress his feelings and burst into tears.
With his father's support, the matter of returning to the east became smoother. Shukuerdai Qinghan talked through his two younger brothers, tribal elders Yilden Noyan and Luobuzang Noyan to support the matter; Punchuk Khan
It also notified the Taijis of the Turbot tribe and the Heshuote tribe who moved westward with the Turgut tribe.
Even so, not everyone is willing to return eastward.
After all, the Torgut people have lived in the Volga River Basin for more than thirty years. They have left their footprints and sweat on the grasslands and pastures here. It is not right to give up this land right away and just leave.
Everyone can figure it out at once.
The Nogai people, who are subordinate to the Turhut people, are the indigenous people of this land. Unlike other tribes, they have no feelings for their homeland in Moxi and refuse to leave.
Some of the nobles of the Turgut, Heshuote, and Durbot tribes who are accustomed to the life here are not willing to give up the pastures here and go nomadic elsewhere.
However, most of the nobles of the Moxi tribe are still willing to follow Punchuk Khan back to their hometown: the vast Moxi grassland.
Punchuk Khan held a "Gurzha" meeting.
The resolute Khan delivered a passionate speech to the Taiji tribes from all the participating tribes:
"Dear Taiji, brave warriors: Thirty-three years ago, in order to avoid the oppression of the Junggar people, my grandfather brought the Turghut, Heshuote, and Durbot people who were unwilling to be enslaved.
We arrived at this beautiful and fertile land. It was our hard work that turned this barren land into a paradise. However, the evil Rakshasa people came and we were subjected to even more miserable slavery. We had to pay more
We must pay taxes, provide them with more warriors, and convert to their Orthodox Christianity. If we do not resist, we will become a slave race. Are you willing to follow me, escape from the clutches of the Rakshasa people, and return to the land of your ancestors?
Looking for light?"
Punchuk Khan's speech ignited the flame of light in the hearts of the Turghut people.
They shouted in unison: "Go to the east, go to the place where the sun rises to find a new life. The mountain god of Talbahatai Mountain is calling us!"
The east and west banks of the lower reaches of the Volga River were boiling. Except for the Nogai and a small number of herdsmen who were unwilling to return to the western desert, most people were willing to return eastward. The Torgut Khanate had a total of more than 70,000 tents, and in the end there were
More than 60,000 tents and more than 300,000 herdsmen set out with Punchuk Khan.
Punchuk Khan led 10,000 Torgut warriors to seize the rear. He took the lead in setting fire to his wooden palace, and in an instant, countless villages were also ablaze.
This tragic and heroic act of burning the boat shows the determination of the Turghut people to never return and to completely break with the Rakshasa people.
