As expected of Gushi Khan, although the Ming Dynasty had already learned the news in advance and mobilized troops, it also sent messages to the western frontier.
However, the Western Allied Forces launched simultaneous attacks from multiple points. Yunnan, Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places were all attacked and some of their land was taken away.
The most important components of this coalition are, to be precise, the Khoshote Khanate, the Qinghai-Tibet Khanate established by Gushi Khan, as well as the Dzungar Khanate, the Tsarist Russian Empire and the Yarkand Khanate
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The Yarkand Khanate was actually very powerful originally. Their founding king and the founding emperor of the Mughal Empire in India today were brothers. They could not defeat the enemy and ran away. At that time, one developed eastward and established
The Yarkand Khanate developed southward and established the Mughal Empire.
There was a historical stage when the Yarkand Khanate was still very powerful, but by the time of Chongzhen, it was already declining.
In the western region of the Ming Dynasty, the most powerful force was the Heshuote Khanate established by Gushi Khan, followed by Wasac. However, when Wasac was divided and disintegrated, leaving only the Jungar Khanate, its strength was relatively weak.
The Yarkand Khanate is still stronger, but if the original historical development is followed, the Yarkand Khanate will eventually be destroyed by the Dzungar Khanate.
At this time, under the strong pressure of Ming Dynasty, these countries finally united and launched an attack on Ming Dynasty.
Suddenly, urgent reports from Yunnan, urgent reports from Sichuan, urgent reports from Shaanxi, and urgent memorials flew to the capital like snowflakes.
The people along the way were all shocked when they saw this scene.
"What's going on? Where's the war again?"
"Haven't all the bandits been pacified? Even the Liaodong Jianlu were pacified, so why are the military reports urgently delivered?"
"I heard that the news came out from the Yamen that the barbarians from the west are attacking our Ming Dynasty! And it's not just one barbarian, but several barbarians united. They are very powerful. Many places have been lost at the border!"
"How could this happen? Our Ming Dynasty recruited them or provoked them. Why did we attack our Ming Dynasty?"
"You are childish. When will you not fight if you are not provoked? Unless your fists are strong enough, others will not dare to provoke you. This is true between people, and it is also true between countries!"
"..."
Compared with the worries of the people in the western part of the Ming Dynasty, the people in the central and eastern parts were not so worried after seeing the continuous urgent delivery of military reports, and were even a little lucky.
"As expected by the imperial court, there is indeed a war in the west. The imperial court should just send troops there!"
"No, don't think about it. We are protected by Emperor Taizu! It's a huge thing for so many enemies to attack our Ming Dynasty together. Emperor Taizu will definitely show up and tell the current emperor!"
"The imperial court is right. If they are not under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court, those chieftains or vassal states will attack our Ming Dynasty once they become stronger. Instead of doing this, it is better to destroy them!"
"But, can it be destroyed like this? If one country is destroyed, there will be a new country that is close to our Ming Dynasty!"
"Then continue to destroy it, what's wrong?"
"If you put it like this, the whole world seems to be called the earth. I heard it from my nephew's study of geophysics. All the countries on the earth were destroyed by our Ming Dynasty. In the end, there was only one Ming Dynasty left.
Already?"
"What's wrong? Isn't it possible?"
"Actually, that's not the case. Aren't there still vassal states with vassal kings? It's not all the same country as the Ming Dynasty!"
"..."
They, the common people, living in the central and eastern part of the country, knew more about the news that the imperial army had just regained Liaodong and wiped out the Korean pirates. Therefore, they had more confidence in the imperial army.
In addition, they saw armies setting off to the west. Therefore, after seeing this urgent military report and hearing that the barbarians in the west had united to fight against the Ming Dynasty, they had no worries even if they lost part of their territory.
However, the occurrence of the Western War had an impact on them to some extent.
In the past, a small number of people thought that after the imperial court regained Liaodong and eliminated the Korean Japanese pirates, it could already release Nanshan and the world would be at peace. As for other surrounding places, it only needed to be vassal and pay tribute. This view is no longer heard
Not here anymore.
If anyone mentions this, they will definitely be besieged by a group of people. Others have already come to knock on your door, why don't you just let Nanshan go?
After experiencing troubled times, most people know that peace in the world is not achieved through talk, but through fighting.
The idea that people who are not from my race must have different minds is accepted by more people.
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In the Wuying Hall of the Forbidden City in the capital, Sun Chuanting, the Second Assistant to the Cabinet, and others were reporting frontline battle reports to Emperor Chongzhen.
On a screen, there is also a map of the western part of the Ming Dynasty, on which the received enemy and enemy situation maps are marked with red and blue eyes.
As can be seen from this map, many places were indeed captured by the Western Allied Forces. The lost places were mainly concentrated in southwestern Sichuan and some places in Shaanxi.
However, from the map, it can also be seen that the enemies are not advancing hand in hand, because behind the battle between them and the Ming army, there are actually some cities that have not been removed and still belong to the Ming Dynasty.
Listening to Sun Chuanting's explanation one by one, Emperor Chongzhen nodded from time to time, without any expression of embarrassment at losing the city and the land.
After Sun Chuanting finished his report, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly became concerned about the situation in the south. He asked Sun Chuanting: "What's the news over there in Annan?"
"Back to Your Majesty, there happened to be an urgent report from the south, and I was about to report it to Your Majesty!" When Sun Chuanting heard this, he immediately reported, "Previously, the Zheng family in the north of Annan and the Ruan family in the south united under the plan of the Dutch.
After ambushing the imperial officers and soldiers, on the surface, the two sides have shaken hands and made peace, and still respect the Li family as the main one, but in fact, the Lingjiang River is still used as the boundary, and each side goes his own way."
After a pause, he continued: "They should have heard from the Dutch about the power of the imperial navy. They were all worried that their strategic focus was not enough, so they were attacking neighboring countries in the west, even the Ruan family in the south.
At the same time, they also attacked south, intending to occupy more places to deal with our Ming Dynasty."
"This is also confirmed by the neighboring countries of Annan asking for help from the Ming Dynasty." Sun Chuanting said this with a hint of disdain in his eyes, "At least from the current point of view, the offensives of the Ruan family and Zheng family in Annan are fierce.
, these small countries are no match for them.”
Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately smiled and nodded, but before he could say anything, he heard the chief minister He Fengsheng came out and said: "Your Majesty, these small countries are also vassal states of my Ming Dynasty. Now they are asking for help from my Ming Dynasty.
Isn’t it inappropriate to press the button and not reply?”
Previously, Emperor Chongzhen had already given instructions to ignore any requests from the vassal states in Southeast Asia.
In this regard, He Fengsheng believed that now that the Ming Dynasty had become very powerful, it needed to have the airs of the Celestial Empire to show off its power and respond immediately to whatever they raised.
But now, everyone has urgent matters. We have to put on the airs of the Heavenly Kingdom again. What if we are not careful and they cannot resist and are destroyed?
Therefore, he finally reminded the emperor that of course it was okay to put on the airs of the emperor, but he also had to pay attention to his propriety!
But who would have thought that when Emperor Chongzhen heard what he said, he sneered and said: "In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen's reign, I issued an imperial edict to the countries in Southeast Asia, asking them to pay tribute of grain. The more the better, but can any country respond?"
He remembered clearly that at that time, whether it was for disaster relief or military rations, there was an urgent shortage of food. So, he followed Liu Weichao's suggestion. Knowing that the Nanyang countries had food, he issued an imperial edict to the vassal countries in Nanyang and asked them to pay tribute to them.
Unexpectedly, none of the vassal states paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and they all found various reasons to refuse.
According to Liu Weichao's guess, maybe those countries in Southeast Asia were greatly influenced by Western colonists, and they felt that the Ming Dynasty had become such a mess and had little strength, so they listened to the Western colonists.
Although some vassal states may have difficulties in this situation, Emperor Chongzhen will not care about this!
He just remembered that no one came to help in times of need! If Zheng Sen had not been used as a breakthrough to take back the Zheng family and use it for the imperial court, the day of reviving the Ming Dynasty would definitely have been postponed.
Emperor Chongzhen always remembered this matter!
Therefore, when he heard He Fengsheng say this, he responded like this.
When He Fengsheng heard this, he was a little dumbfounded. He didn't expect that the emperor was so narrow-minded that he still remembered this!
He wanted to remind you that you should have a lot of it, but looking up at Emperor Chongzhen's expression, he finally forgot about this idea.
What’s the point of making the emperor unhappy for the sake of those small Southeast Asian countries?
While he was thinking this, he heard Emperor Chongzhen continue to say to these ministers: "I just want to use Annan's knife to harvest well in Nanyang first. When they are almost destroyed, I will take action and destroy them all.
By the way, you can also find a few places to banish a few feudal princes!"
"..." When He Fengsheng heard this, he couldn't help but be speechless. He thought to himself, look, this is the result of offending the emperor! Stop talking about people, the country will be destroyed!
After hearing this, Sun Chuanting opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, in this case, due to the propaganda in the south, the Ming Dynasty is being attacked by millions of enemy troops from the west. The south also suffered heavy losses when it was ambushed by the Annan Army, so it takes time to regroup the army.
good!"
At this point, before Emperor Chongzhen could speak, he thought for a moment and added: "In addition, some more warships will be dispatched to the Annan seaside to make a show, so that Annan will think that when the imperial court sends troops to conquer Annan, it will definitely be on its coastline.
The launch of attacks in certain places forced them to more urgently need strategic depth to deal with the attacks of the imperial army!"