Next to a clear spring in the sand dunes, the emperor stood up and raised his wine glass high.
"I wish the Yarkand extermination will be successful, let's do it!"
Junggar Khan, Heshuote Khan, Durbot Khan, Chechen Khan, Zhasaktu Khan, Tuxietu Khan, Jorut Khan, Turghut Khan, and Kazakh Khan stood up one after another.
Khan raises a toast together.
"Congratulations!"
On the other side, envoys from the Uzbek Khanate of Bukhara, Khiva Khanate and Mingge from the two Uzbek khanates also raised their glasses.
The envoys from the two major forces further south, the Mughal Empire in Tianzhu and the Safi Dynasty of the Third Empire of Persia, also raised their cups together.
At this moment, a new powerful alliance was formally established. The alliance proposed by the Emperor of the Eastern Empire was established. The common purpose was to destroy the Yarkand and rebuild the international trade routes in the Western Regions.
Zhu Yihai drew a big pie for everyone. Everyone will benefit greatly from this alliance. The Moxi Oirats, Kazakhs, and Uzbeks can directly obtain land, while the Mobei Mongols can obtain slaves, livestock, and money.
Even the Mughals and Persia were able to open trade lines and even obtain slave money.
At this moment, no one cares about the Yarkand people anymore. Although they have always claimed that they are the heirs of the Chagatai Khanate and the heirs of the Mongolian Golden Family, who cares.
The Mughal Empire originally had a deep connection with the Yarkands. The founding emperor of the Mughal Empire, Babur, who was founded for more than a hundred years, was the sixth grandson of Timur, and Timur was a Turk with Mongolian ancestry.
People, separated from the Chagatai Khanate and established themselves, occupied the middle of the river and dominated Central Asia.
His sixth grandson, Babur, was born in Fergana. At that time, the Timur Empire had already collapsed. Although he inherited the throne of Fergana and took the opportunity to recapture Samamur, he was defeated by Doncha.
Mahamu, who was united in Taiwan, led the Uzbek Shaibani to defeat him and had no choice but to flee to Kabul.
He waited until Shaibani's death before taking the opportunity to form an alliance with the Safavid Empire of Persia and fight back to Samarkand. However, he could not get the support of the locals, so he had to retreat to Kabul, turned around and entered northern India, defeating the Sultan of Delhi.
country, defeated the coalition of Indian princes, and finally established the Mughal Empire. From then on, it developed in the South Asian subcontinent with peace of mind.
The Mughal Empire has always been fond of the Transoxiana region, but unfortunately it has never had the chance to come back.
When Said, the founding king of Yarkand, was in exile, he attached himself to Babur Khan. At that time, Babur Khan was still in the Transoxiana area.
Babur Khan, Said Khan and Shaibani of Uzbekistan at that time, the three of them can be called the wandering little princes of Central Asia, and they can also be called people favored by God. They failed again and again and fled, but in the end they each established a
A powerful khanate.
The khanate established by Shaibani back then was now divided into the Bukhara Khanate and the Khiva Khanate, as well as the almost self-reliant Mingge tribe. During the hundred years of division and turmoil, Yarkand finally provoked the wrong people.
Anyone who offends will be terminated.
The envoys of the Mughal Empire followed the emperor's order and came to form an alliance. In the end, they did not choose Yarkand, which they had a close relationship with, but decided to join forces with the Ming Dynasty to carve up Yarkand.
Regardless of whether they come from the same source or share the same beliefs, these are not worth mentioning in the face of real national interests. Just like Said and Babur who repeatedly jumped back and forth, there is no justice, only interests.
The Safavid Dynasty was also called the Third Empire of Persia and the Safavid Dynasty. Just by looking at the name of this Third Empire, you can tell that it was related to the First and Second Empires of Persia.
The First Persian Empire was a powerful empire that preceded the Roman Empire by more than 500 years. It conquered Asia, Africa and Europe. It was later defeated by Alexander of Macedonia and underwent a brief period of Hellenization.
Later, after two dynasties, the Sassanid Dynasty emerged, which was also the second empire of Persia. It was one of the two great powers in the West that fought with the Byzantine Empire for hundreds of years. Later, in the early Tang Dynasty, the Arabs rose and competed with the Eastern Roman Empire.
The Sasanian empire was weakened and was attacked and destroyed by Abe. The Persian prince fled to the Tang Dynasty and was named the Protector of Persia by the Tang Dynasty.
After the Arabs conquered Persia, they were forced to convert. At that time, the princes and nobles of Persia also continued to rebel, and the Tang Dynasty in the East also made expeditions to the Western Regions, constantly driving the Turks westward.
The Arabs drove away tigers and devoured wolves, hired Turks to suppress the Persians, and at the same time allowed the Turks to migrate into Persia.
After that, the Turks gradually gained strength in Persia and established several Turkic dynasties, but they were eventually destroyed by the Mongols' iron heel during the Western Expedition.
During Hulagu's western expedition, the Khwarazm established by the Turks was destroyed. Kublai Khan's brother Hulagu established the Il Khanate with Persia as the center.
However, less than a hundred years after its founding, Timur rose to prominence. This Turkic man with Mongolian ancestry swept through Central Asia and conquered the Ilkhanate. However, after his death, the Timur Empire quickly became chaotic and became a branch of the Turks.
, the Turkmen invaded the Persian region and replaced Timur as the new ruler. They established two dynasties. After the war, the White Sheep Dynasty defeated the Black Sheep Dynasty and unified Persia.
Later, the Persian Ismail, the grandson of the founding king of the Aries Dynasty, united with the militia of Azerbaijan and Eastern Turkey to overthrow the Aries Dynasty and establish the Safavid Dynasty. This was established again by the Persians eight hundred years after the fall of the Second Persian Empire.
dynasty, so it was also called the Third Persian Empire.
The Ismailis adopted Islam as their state religion and claimed that they had the blood of the Sasanian royal family of the Second Persian Empire to gain more support from the Persians.
The Safavid dynasty can also be said to have originated from the Safi Order. At that time, the Safi Order was an important ally of the Aries Dynasty. It helped the Aries Dynasty almost unify the entire territory of Persia and made great contributions to the demise of the Aries Dynasty and the Black Sheep Dynasty.
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But when the Black Sheep Dynasty fell, the Aries Dynasty was unwilling to share wealth and honor with Safi and wanted to get rid of it.
It was after Ismail experienced a tragic childhood in which his father and brother were killed in battle and he was exiled everywhere. At the age of fifteen, with the help of the Safi order and the red-headed militia, he finally defeated the main force of the Aries Dynasty and took control of Tabriz.
Founded the Safavid dynasty.
After he wiped out the remaining forces of the Aries Dynasty, he set his sights on the Hezhong area. In the Battle of Mulu, he defeated the Uzbeks and killed their khan. Babur Khan, the grandson of Timur VI, even directly
Retreat to South Asia.
Since then, a pattern of Central Asia has been formed that has remained unchanged for nearly a hundred years, with the Safis ruling the Khan-Persian region, the Mughals ruling the South Asian and North Indian regions, the Yarkants ruling Hui Xinjiang, and the Uzbeks ruling Hezhong.
As the Oirat Mongols were driven to the western desert by Khalkha, the situation in the Western Regions began to change. When the Emperor of Heaven also led the Eastern Army, the situation became more complicated.
The time of great change has arrived.
At that time, Tamerlane swept through the eight wastelands and Liuhe without any rival. In his later years, he planned to conquer the Ming Dynasty, but he died halfway. Said also planned to conquer Weizang, but he also died halfway.
After the arrival of the Oirat people, the Yarkand people were in chaos and weakened due to internal royal battles and religious sect battles, and were constantly oppressed by the Oirat people. The Uzbeks in the river also split into two Khans and one army, which became increasingly weak.
Neither the Mughal Empire Shah Jahan nor the Safi Empire were willing to divide Central Asia between the Ming Dynasty and the Oirat Mongolia. After weighing the left and right, they did not intend to help the Yarkands who were also in the green camp, but joined the Ming Dynasty.
Divide Yarkand.
The century-old pattern in the river will be completely broken, and everyone will want a piece of the pie.
"Dry!"
Zhu Yihai was all smiles.
This is the law between countries where the jungle prevails.
This alliance agreed that after the Yarkand Khanate was destroyed, all Yarkand land, population, livestock, and money would be divided up.
Zhu Yihai looked at Junggar Batur Khan from the corner of his eye. He was secretly communicating with the Baishan Sect of Yarkand. Zhu Yihai had long known that Batur had reached a secret agreement with the Baishan Sect and would provide gunpowder and weapons to the Baishan Sect to support them.
Launched a riot and sent troops to support the capture of Yarkand cities.
After the success, the Baishan sect became the de facto ruler of the old territory of Yarkand, which was both political and religious. It surrendered to the Junggar Khanate, accepted the canonization of Junggar Khan, and paid tribute, paid taxes, served, etc. to the Junggar Khan. It was basically a feudal system, and the Baishan sect was enfeoffed.
These caliphs were called Big and Little Beks and controlled the Hui Xinjiang region.
Their plan was very good. Zhu Yihai had known about it for a long time, but he did not reveal it. Instead, he made a big fanfare of the Dunhuang alliance and once again confirmed the plan of various countries to carve up Yarkand.
Batur Khan was obviously a little surprised by the development of the situation, and was even secretly dissatisfied. But on such an occasion, he was not willing to reveal his conspiracy with the Baishan faction. Should he just give up the fat he wanted to get?
Batur, who has always been ambitious, is unwilling to do so. He has already regarded this piece of meat as his forbidden meat. With the current development, he plans to do his own thing.
When the Baishan faction goes into riot, Junggar sends troops to respond and takes over the army. The other countries do not send troops. If they and their family attack and destroy Yarkant, who will have the dignity to take part in it?
At the worst, he would hand over some people, livestock, and money to share with everyone.
He didn't realize that his plan had already been discovered by the emperor, and he was even digging a hole for him.
The banquet is over.
Zhu Yihai also specially called the five Khans of Oirat, Jorut Khan, Heshuote Khan, Durbot Khan, Torghut Khan and Junggar Khan.
"We will be the main force in destroying the Yarkand this time. We will start fighting after spring. Is there anything else you want to remind me?"
Heshuote Gushi Khan now monopolizes five areas in the Snow Region, Wei, Tibet, Qinghai, Kangxi, and Ali. The territory is extremely vast, but in the past few years, he has been dealing with the political and religious local snakes in Tibet.
Very busy, but fortunately, I have already established a good relationship with Ming Dynasty, a powerful neighbor in the east, and with the support of Mongolian Mongolia, he, as the Dharma Protector, has done quite smoothly. He supports the elimination of Ye Erqiang.
After all, the Qiang belong to the green camp, and they have launched many wars against Tibet in the early years. If they have the opportunity to destroy the Yarkant, they will be able to eliminate the threat, and they can also take advantage of the trend to expand into the Kunlun and Congling areas.
"To crush them, the warriors of the Khoshote Khanate will send troops from Ali, march westward along the Kunlun Corridor, capture Ruoqiang, Qiemo, Khotan, Hotan, Aksai Chin and other places, and approach Yarkand
The city and the city of Harhalik." Gushi Khan was very direct. According to the agreement just now, after the destruction of Yarkand, the Khotan area, that is, from Ruoqiang to Aksai Chin, Karakoram Pass, and Sahazhu Mountain
To the east and to the Tarim River in the north, this large area was assigned to the Khoshot Khanate.
Batur Khan remained silent.
Zhu Yihai laughed and wanted to draw chestnuts from the fire. This time he would see if Junggar had the strength.
The huge temptation to devour Yerqiang in front of him will make this ambitious leader forget the danger behind him, and when he takes that step, Zhu Yihai's newly established alliance can play a real role.
That's right.
This grand alliance was not used to deal with Ye Erqiang at all, but Zhu Yihai killed two birds with one stone and used it to deal with Junggar. Ye Erqiang was just a bait to deal with Junggar.
In Zhu Yihai's heart, it was impossible for him to truly divide the Western Regions among the various tribes and build their own kingdoms, and to live in peace with them forever.
However, he had to prevent all the countries in the Western Region from becoming hostile to him, and he had to prevent them from uniting to fight against the Ming Dynasty. Then he could build a group to deal with Yarkand first, and then induce Junggar to betray the alliance and swallow Yarkand alone. Then he would be able to do it openly and honestly.
He summoned all the khanates to destroy Junggar together.
Killing two birds with one stone, destroying two khanates at once. The Ming Dynasty did not even need to use the main force and attacked in groups. The Ming Dynasty not only eliminated two powerful enemies, but also took advantage of the situation to enter the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. How perfect.
If Zhu Yihai directly attacks the Junggars, it may arouse public anger, but if the Junggars seize the Yarkand territory and population that have been allocated to the khanates, etc., this will be the Junggars offending the public.
"Cheers to the Alliance!"
Zhu Yihai poured a glass of wine for Batur Khan and handed it to him.
Batur took it and said somewhat unnaturally, "For the alliance!"
Chechen Khan, Gushi Khan and others also raised their glasses, "For the alliance!"
