The Seven Kingdoms Alliance in the Warring States Period has long told the descendants of China that the essence of the alliance is the combination of interests. The weak countries in the north and south unite to fight against the powerful Qi and Qin, which is called Hezong. Qi and Qin in the east and west unite some weak countries to annex
Other weak countries are called Lian Heng.
Zhu Yihai's alliance did not call Tsarist Russia nor Ottoman. Firstly, these two powerful countries were too far apart. Secondly, Ming Dynasty had already declared war on Tsarist Russia and was competing for the Far East. There were even conflicts of interest in Central Asia.
There is no need to attract this polar bear.
As for the Ottoman hyenas, Zhu Yihai did not want them to come. These people considered themselves Turks and even recognized their ancestors as the Xiongnu Chanyu who was beaten by Wei Qinghuo Qubing. However, many khanates in Central Asia considered themselves Turks.
Turks.
Even the Mughal Empire, which used the banner of Mongolia, felt unlucky when mentioning Mongolia and always labeled itself as Turkic.
"Idayetullah is plotting a rebellion in Turpan. Batur Khan has personally led the Junggar cavalry to approach. He has mobilized a total of 20,000 Junggar cavalry."
Zhu Dadian told the emperor the latest situation.
The Western Region can be roughly divided into three major blocks, North and South Xinjiang and Eastern Xinjiang, or Congling can also be added. Eastern Xinjiang has three core blocks, East Gate Hami, Turpan Basin and Wucheng.
Turpan originally means lowland in the Uighur language. This is a basin oasis on the southern slope of the eastern Tianshan Mountains, a typical graben basin. Since the Han Dynasty, the Turpan area has been the land of the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Rouran, Gaoche, and Turks.
It was a battleground for nomads such as the Uighurs, Khitans and Mongols in their westward expansion. It was the military garrison fortress of the Central Plains Dynasty and the only place where the Silk Road led to the Western Regions.
Turpan people used karez to turn this oasis in the desert into a pearl of the Western Region, forming a unique oasis civilization.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there was the Gaochang State here, which was a Han civilization country established by the descendants of Han immigrants during the Han Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Later, the Tang Dynasty destroyed Gaochang and established Xizhou.
"As long as His Majesty gives the order, the imperial camp can take the lead and capture Turpan." Zhu Dadian said directly.
Turpan has three major oases, which are no worse than Hami in the east gate. Moreover, it has tens of millions of acres of arable land. Farming in the three major oases is very developed using karez, and Turpan's grape, cotton, wine and other industries are also very developed.
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The emperor smiled.
"If we take the lead again, Batur will probably turn his back immediately."
"Then just leave it to them like this?"
The emperor picked up the glass and gently shook the wine inside. It was brewed from Turpan and had a very mellow taste.
"Of course we can't let them achieve their goals so easily," the emperor called Ma Jixiang, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, "divulge the information you collected about Turpan and Luntai to the Yarkand people, and tell Amulun and Babai that the Baishan faction wants to
There is a riot, and the Dzungars are coming."
Amulun and Babai are two brothers. One is the governor of Turpan and the other is the governor of Hami. Amulun is the second eldest son and Babai is the fourth eldest son. They are both sons of Abdullahin. Their eldest brother Abdullah Khan is the current
Yarkand Khan.
Adurayin separatized eastern Xinjiang and established himself as Khan for more than 40 years, while the Yarkand Khanate was in chaos for more than 30 years, with nine Khans.
Relying on the solid foundation laid by his father Abdullah, after inheriting the throne in the eighth year of Chongzhen, Abdullah led his troops to march westward and invaded Yarkand in just a few years, ending the Yarkand Thirty Years.
After years of division and internal strife, he reunited and then sent his younger brothers to serve as governors of Turpan and Hami.
Abdullah is a relatively capable man. When he was seven years old, he followed his father on the Western Expedition. As a result, he was tricked into the city by the Governor of Kuqa and captured. However, the Governor of Kuqa was as powerful as the Yarkand emirs at that time.
They are all separated from each other.
Abdullah did not kill him, but instead entertained him with good wine and food. He also married his daughter and kept him in Kuqa to raise him. Through this son-in-law, he made friends with Abdullah in the east, etc.
As soon as Abdul Layin died, the governor of Kuqa sent troops to send his son-in-law back to inherit the throne of Khan. When his son-in-law set out to conquer the west, he also sent troops to support him. He contacted many emirs to support his son-in-law and help him unify Yarkand.
After Abdullah Khan unified Yarkand, what he faced was that the central government had no authority, and the princes in various places supported their own troops. The power of the Khan was weakened, and powerful ministers relied on their power to run rampant. The black and white factions became increasingly powerful, stealing power, and fierce internal fighting.
After he succeeded to the throne, he boldly re-appointed and dismissed a large number of central and local officials, exiled a large number of former dignitaries, and executed more than 200 nobles and powerful men in Kashgar, including some upper-level officials of the Black and White faction. Yarkand also executed a
More than a hundred people.
Through these thunderous means, he attacked the powerful forces and weakened the power of the local governors and lords. After that, he raised troops to conquer foreign countries many times, plundered and plundered. A few years ago, he defeated the Gilghis army in Aksai. After that, he and his brothers
They jointly defeated the robbers of the Dzungars, and their reputation was unprecedented.
However, the Yarkand Khan, who has been in power for more than ten years, has re-raised the banner of war that Yarkand had interrupted for decades and won many battles, but he has not been able to expand the territory.
The territory of the Yarkand Khanate in its heyday was restored.
But this resurgence was short-lived. Although he raised troops as local separatists, he eventually destroyed the Khan Court and unified Yarkand, and then made his brothers governors to suppress the original local separatist emirs. However, Yarkand did not
Times are no longer what they used to be, especially when the struggle between the black and white factions is too fierce.
In the past, the Khanate respected the Black Mountain sect, while Abdullah, who established himself in Eastern Xinjiang, respected the White Mountain sect. However, Abdullah was captured at a young age and has been living in Kuqa.
The Qiang queen still respected the Heishan sect. After the death of Hezhuo Shadi of the Heishan sect, he also continued to respect his son Mamut as Hezhuo, the national teacher.
However, the Baishan sect is somewhat entrenched in Eastern Xinjiang. Yusufu and his son took the opportunity to support Abdullah Khan's eldest son Yaolebas, who was appointed by Abdullah Khan as the governor of Kashgar. Yusufu and his son
The people in Eastern Xinjiang have been planning to support this prince, and then find an opportunity to mutiny and seize the throne. As long as the prince supported by the White Mountain Faction takes the position of Great Khan, the Black Mountain Faction can be suppressed from the source.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The prince, who was the governor of Kashgar, also actively supported the Baishan sect, so now the Baishan sect in Kashgar also has great momentum.
Father and son are separated from each other.
However, according to the tradition of the Yarkand royal family, although Abdullah Khan appointed his own brothers as local governors, after they consolidated their power, they began to plan for more power and became new local separatists.
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Yeerqiang fell into such an endless loop.
If you don't use your own brothers and sons, you won't be able to control the central and local power, and the khan power cannot be established. You can use your own brothers to replace the other governors of the royal family, Burke, which will lead to a new separatist regime. The pervasive infiltration and struggle between the black and white factions will intensify this kind of internal strife.
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The younger brother wants to seize the elder brother's power, and the son wants to rebel against his father. This is the Yarkand tradition, and there is no trace of normal ethical order.
The winner is king.
Zhu Yihai did not like these people who claimed to be descendants of Genghis Khan, especially Babai, the former governor of Hami, who was ambitious and had always wanted to invade the Hexi Jin District of the Ming Dynasty. Now that Hami was gone, he was eager to make a comeback.
They thought they were raising the Baishan Sect, but they didn't know that the Baishan Sect had packed them up and sold them to the Junggar people.
They didn't even know that Daming had been looking down at them from the dark.
"If they need weapons, we can support them. Of course, the price must be high, no matter what, it must be several times higher than usual."
Ma Jixiang understood what the emperor meant.
When others are fighting, the people watching are handing out knives. This is because they think the matter is not serious enough.
The Baishan faction colluded with Junggar to launch a riot, and the plan was very secret. The Babai brothers were bound to lose, but the emperor wanted to help them, not only by selling information, but also by selling equipment. Junggar, Apak and Zhuo wanted to seize the city as easily as Hami.
, I’m afraid it will be difficult.
Turpan and Wucheng may turn into meat grinders. The riots that originally came and went like a storm may turn into a meat grinding ground for a protracted war. By then, several forces may be trapped in it.
This is naturally the most beneficial to Ming Dynasty.
The emperor didn't care at all how many people would die. Anyway, none of them were his own. As long as the land was still there, he wouldn't be afraid if all the people died. Then he could just immigrate here and save some trouble.
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Bokeda Mountains.
Palm Mountain, Hongshan Pass.
Amulun, the governor of Turpan, and a group of close followers of the Giljis waited anxiously at the mountain pass.
"Father, will they really come?"
"Does Father believe what they say?"
"Did the Baishan sect really betray us? My father has always treated Apak and Zhuo and his son well. Why?" Amulun's sons were full of doubts.
They even suspected that this was a trick by the Han people to alienate each other, and they did not believe that they would sell them firearms, etc. However, their father still brought the people here despite the dissuasion.
My father only brought the Kirijis with him, and it was obvious that he was very cautious.
The Kirgiz people call themselves the Kirgiz. It is said that Gekun among the northern tribes conquered by the Huns a long time ago are their ancestors. By the Tang Dynasty, the Kirgiz people who engaged in nomadic herding and hunting had a population of hundreds of thousands, including victorious soldiers.
Eighty thousand, they were able to smelt iron and make weapons. In the Tang Dynasty, they were ruled by the Turks and were called Qigu. They were ruled by the Turks and married with them. Later, the Turks were destroyed and attached to Xue Yantuo. After that, they surrendered to the Uighurs and were called
Chigas.
Later, they continued to grow stronger and sent hundreds of thousands of troops to invade the Uighur Khanate, kill the Khan, and force the Uighurs to move southward and westward. The Gilghis occupied the land and established the powerful Qigasi Khanate, with its capital in Yeni.
Tuva, south of the Sayan Mountains on the upper reaches of the Sai River.
After the rise of the Khitan, the already weakened Xijias surrendered to the Liao Kingdom. Later, with the rise of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, the Giljis were severely invaded. After the Oara tribe became stronger, they became vassals of the Oara tribe. Until the Oara tribe became weak and gradually moved westward, they
After getting rid of Oara, they later established four kingdoms, namely the Kingdom of Tuva, the Kingdom of Yezer, the Kingdom of Altil and the Kingdom of Altissar, with Altissar as the head of the four kingdoms.
As the Junggar tribe became stronger, most of the Giljis became subordinate tribes and subjects of the Junggar tribe. The Ada Khan of Eastern Mongolia also fought against Oirat for them many times.
Many Kyrgyz people who migrated westward have always been the main vanguard force in the Junggar attack and harassment of the Yarkands. However, in many years of war, the Yarkands also conquered many Kyrgyz people, whether it was the Yarkand Great Khan,
The governors of Turpan, Hami or Kuqa gradually began to like to use these Geligis as the main force of the army, and even became their own bodyguards.
These warlike and heroic Kirigis also became the main force of the Yarkand army.
Even in the war between Yarkand and Junggar, the main forces on both sides were sometimes Kyligis.
There are still many Gilijis in their hometown of the Sayan Mountains, but most of them have already moved south and west to the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, serving in the Junggar, Yarkand and even Bukhara Khanate.
These are good mercenaries who are capable of fighting and have professional ethics. As long as the money is paid on time, they will be useful knives.
"wait!"
Amulun had always opposed his brother Babai's invasion of Gansu during the Ming Dynasty. After he succeeded his brother as the governor of Turpan, he began to send envoys to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute and open up the Silk Road in the Western Regions. He was dubious about the intelligence suddenly provided by the Ming Dynasty, but after all he did
After serving as governor for more than ten years, even if he is betrayed by the Baishan faction, as long as he investigates secretly, he can still find many clues.
Hongshan Pass is an important mountain pass from Hami to Turpan. Amulun was thinking about the current situation while waiting.
The Ming Dynasty has united all the countries in the Western Region to destroy the Yarkand, and now it suddenly wants to sell weapons to the Yarkant. This is indeed difficult to understand, but considering the current complicated situation, especially the sudden fall and loss of contact with Hami, it is a mess.
Mist.
The Ming Dynasty said that the Baishan faction rioted in Hami, seized the city, and then planned to dedicate it to the Junggar people. The Ming army just took advantage of it.
He half-believed this. Hami suddenly lost contact and was captured by the Ming army without any signs. In fact, it was very puzzling. After all, no matter how powerful the Ming army was, it was impossible to capture Hami so easily. The Ming army said
It makes sense for the Baishan faction to riot and seize the city.
"coming,"
In the distance, an army appeared at the mountain pass.
Sun and moon flag.
The Ming army has arrived.
Approach slowly and stop a few hundred steps away.
A small team rode over.
Amulun also came forward with a small group of people.
The two sides meet.
"Why do you want to help us?"
"This is just a deal. Swords, fire, guns and ammunition are exchanged for your gold, silver, jade, food, cattle and sheep."
The Ming officer gave him a list, which showed the sales prices of various equipment, which were several times higher than normal. However, there were actually matchlocks, lead bullets, gunpowder matchlocks and some iron cannons, which surprised him.
"Just these conditions?"
"The emperor hopes that you can surrender to the Ming Dynasty and be loyal to the emperor. As long as you pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, the emperor will not only sell you weapons and ammunition, but also canonize you as Turpan Khan, King of Loyalty, and Protector of Beiting."
"You want me to betray Abdullah Khan?" Amulun said harshly, but in fact, he felt like he finally understood and relaxed in his heart. It turned out that all Daming did was just to win over himself and get him away from Yeerqiang.
This actually makes sense.
"We are rescuing you. The Baishan sect Apak and Zhuo colluded with the Junggar people, and cooperated inside and outside. If we hadn't reminded you, you would still be in the dark, and you would have been like Hami when the city was destroyed and slaughtered without knowing anything.
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Surrender to the Ming Dynasty, otherwise you will not be able to resist the collusion between the Junggars and the Baishan Sect. Even if you know this now, you will not be able to defeat it. As long as you surrender and surrender, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will canonize you as Turpan Khan!"
