Amulun, the governor of Turpan, looked at the Apack's head brought back by his son Abdullah, his eyes were red and filled with resentment.
The respect I once had for the saint has now turned into anger after being betrayed.
"Is it done cleanly?"
"Father, don't worry, no one escaped, it was clean and tidy, no one knows that I have taken off this guy's head!"
Amulun nodded.
At this point, there is no way back.
If you retreat, you will be on the cliff, and your body will be shattered into pieces.
night.
Amulun invited the great and small Beks of Turpan and Ah Hui of the Baishan sect to a night banquet at the Governor's Mansion to discuss the plan to defend the city against the Ming Dynasty.
After receiving the governor's invitation to a banquet, the Baishan faction, which had already colluded and prepared to riot and rebel, planned to wait for Apak and Zhuo to return secretly and act in unison. Currently, Apak and Zhuo have not returned yet, so everyone is waiting patiently.
, there is no doubt that Amulun’s invitation came from him.
In the governor's palace, cattle and sheep were slaughtered and a sumptuous banquet was held. Amulun personally greeted them in front of the governor's palace.
Abdullah took his people to reward the white hat soldiers in the city who returned.
The night was dark and windy, and the weather was cold, but everyone was happy to have beef and sheep barbecue.
midnight.
After eating and drinking enough, many people fell asleep.
Abdullah took action with the Giljis Guards.
A massacre began in the dark night.
In the Governor's Mansion, Amulun also quietly exited the hall. Outside the door, the guard captain had been waiting for a long time. Amulun made a gesture to him and put his right palm across his neck.
The guard captain nodded.
When the signal for action was given, the Giljis Guards, who had already secretly surrounded the Governor's Mansion, immediately took action.
The door was knocked open.
The cold wind blew in, and the somewhat half-drunk Governor of Hami, Babai, raised his head dissatisfiedly. When he saw a group of Geligis coming in, he immediately cursed, "You bastard, what are you doing?"
The captain of the Gilgis guard walked straight towards him, fully armored, followed by a large group of soldiers.
Babai thought he was here to see his brother Amulun, "The governor just went out."
The guard captain smiled at Babai and said, "I'm here to find you."
After saying that, he suddenly drew his sword, and then pierced Babai's chest with the sword. Babai, who was half drunk, didn't even have time to react, and felt severe pain.
"You...rebellion, damn...Giliji...people..."
Sudden sudden change.
Other guests in the banquet hall screamed in panic, and the Giljis began to attack and kill people.
The guests who came to the banquet had neither armor nor weapons, only knives for eating meat, and they were still half drunk. They were no match for these tough Giljis.
After a while, all those who had been killed were wiped out.
The entire city of Turpan was screaming in chaos.
Amulun changed his armor and walked back to the banquet hall. He came to his brother who still had a few breaths left.
"Why?"
Amulun looked at this brother, but just said lightly, "I have already known about your collusion with Apak. Do you think Apak is trustworthy? Do you really think he wants to riot and make you the Turpan Khan, or even Ye
Erqiang Great Khan, yes, Apak has colluded with the Junggar people for a long time. He also told Prince Yaolebas in Kashgar that he would make him the Great Khan and let him betray his father. It is like this again here.
I told you to betray me, but in fact, you have all been deceived by him. He has secretly colluded with the Junggar people, and 20,000 Junggar cavalry are on the way. He has sold all of us.
A good price, in exchange for him becoming the governor of Kashgar and other four cities, and his brother and son becoming the governor of Turpan, Hami and other cities."
Babai's mouth was bleeding and he still refused to believe it.
"impossible!"
"I will send you to see Idayetullah, and when you meet, you can question him face to face." After saying that, Amulun swung his sword and chopped off his brother's head.
At this time, Amulun killed his brother. The reason was very simple. Babai, the governor of Hami, now had nothing. His son Turuntai had gone to Gansu to aid Mirayin and other troops, and was defeated and killed. His Hami was captured again.
He conspired with Apak, believed Apak's words, planned to riot and overthrow Amulun, and then become Khan himself.
Amulun didn't like this brother very much. In the past, one of them advocated being friendly to the Ming Dynasty, but Babai always advocated conquering the Ming Dynasty.
Now that Amulun has joined forces with the Ming Dynasty, he has pledged himself to the Ming Dynasty, how can he still stay with Babai.
Under the dark night.
The city of Turpan was on fire, and the Abdullah brothers and others were leading the Geligis to purge the entire city.
"Kill all the damn Baishan sect!"
Amulun was furious after being betrayed, and purging the Baishan Sect was not only a way to vent his anger, but also to stabilize his rule, and to submit a petition to the Ming Emperor.
Amulun did not show mercy to the armed forces recruited by the Baishan faction.
Now that we have taken action, there is no room left.
Fortunately, the Giljis in his hands are a reliable and capable force. As long as the reward is in place, these people are the best warriors.
A night of chaos.
At dawn, the entire Turpan was filled with the smell of blood.
The purge is still continuing, but Amulun has already sent to Hami to report the victory to the Emperor of Heaven, and also sent the heads of Idayetullah and Babai.
He also carried a large sum of gold, silver and jade, and drove a large number of cattle, sheep, etc., hoping to purchase another batch of firearms for the Junggar people. He also asked the Ming Emperor to send Ming army reinforcements to Turpan.
In the city of Hami.
Zhu Yihai, Wen Anzhi and others were celebrating the birth of the emperor's eldest grandson. When he received the news that Jin Yiwei had taken the lead, he just laughed.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Yihai was very happy that Amulun had joined the Ming Dynasty at this time, which would make the water more muddy.
"Draft a decree to ennoble Amulun as Turpan Khan, and confer his eldest son Abdullah as the governor of Urumqi."
"Turpan was renamed Xizhou Prefecture, and Urumqi was renamed Tingzhou."
Hami was renamed Yizhou, Turpan was renamed Xizhou, and Wucheng was renamed Tingzhou. These were all under the Beiting Protectorate in the Tang Dynasty. Zhu Yihai now placed Yiwu under direct jurisdiction, and Xi and Tingzhou were given to Turpan Khan first.
But even if Amulun, the Turpan Khan, was canonized by the emperor, if he wanted to stabilize his position, he would still have to face the attack of 20,000 Junggar cavalry.
"How much wealth and livestock Amulun can bring, then sell him as many firearms and arrows as possible and let him fight with Junggar."
Zhu Yihai sold arms but did not send troops.
He didn't even send anyone to negotiate with the Dzungars for reconciliation. He wanted them both to suffer losses.
Batur Khan probably couldn't accept the fat in his mouth, and now it was taken away from his mouth by Zhu Yihai. As long as Zhu Yihai didn't directly send troops into the two cities of Xi and Ting, the Dzungars would definitely still fight.
Let them fight.
According to the agreement, these two cities were originally assigned to Junggar, but if Amulun directly surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, it would be difficult to say, and if Junggar could not be defeated, it would be even harder to say.
"The Junggar people are probably furious!" Wen Anzhi said with a smile. He followed the emperor on his western tour for more than a year. Now that spring is about to begin, the emperor didn't mention anything about returning to Beijing, so Wen Anzhi was no longer in a hurry.
The scenery in the Western Region is not bad. We eat beef and mutton every day, but there is a lack of vegetables. We can only drink tea and dip it in wild leek flower sauce, pickled cucumbers and other things.
Wen Anzhi also knew very well why the emperor had to stay in the Western Regions. It was not just for fun, but because this battle was crucial to the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty once abandoned the west of Jiayu Pass, and more than a hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.
If the emperor's strategy succeeds this time, then the Ming Dynasty will truly return to the Western Regions, destroying the Yarkands first and then the Junggars, and even splitting and weakening Bukhara and Kazakhstan. Then, by then, the Ming Dynasty will become the Western Regions
The strongest side.
It will be able to regain a stable foothold in the Western Regions. From now on, the Ming Dynasty's western frontier will be in the distant Tianshan Mountains, even in the river, or the Yibo Sea, restoring the old frontiers of the Western Regions of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
What will follow will be the reopening of the Silk Road in the Western Regions, and even direct suppression of Tsarist Russia into Eastern Europe.
Once this battle is fought, the pattern of Western Xinjiang for the next two to three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty will be determined.
If Zhu Yihai does this himself, he will certainly be better than leaving it to the next emperor. If Zhu Yihai does not do this, he is afraid that the next emperor will not be able to do it.
"The prince wrote a letter saying that the new Tatar Shunzhi wants to invade the south and is instigating Horqin and other ministries. The prince wants to go to Chifeng to take charge, and even wants to go to Shenyang. What does Mr. Wen think of this?"
Wen Anzhi also knew that the emperor had appointed Chen Qianfu, Huang Zongxi and other four ministers' daughters to the East Palace, and knew that the emperor had special trust in the prince.
But as far as this matter was concerned, he felt that the prince was a little impatient.
Eager to achieve military success.
The prince is young and very smart, but he does lack some military merit. He can understand the prince's eagerness to achieve military merit.
But as the chief minister, he still believed that the emperor was now in charge in the Western Regions, and the prince should stay in Beijing with peace of mind.
"Even if the Tartars invade the south this year, it is estimated that there will not be much movement. The greater possibility is to invade the two Liaos. The imperial court only needs to actively defend according to the previously determined strategy. With the current situation of the Tartars, we
We are not in a hurry to go on an expedition to the north. They are more anxious than we are. They are more anxious than us. The Tatars cannot afford to stop with silence. The longer they delay, the more alienated Horqin and other tribes will become, and they themselves cannot afford to support the people they have now.
And if they invade from the south, they are no longer the Nurhachi and Huang Jitai of the past, and we are no longer in the same situation as they were during the Apocalypse and Chongzhen era. They were waiting for work, and they could be beaten until their heads were bleeding. They would hit the wall a few more times, and they would collapse without attacking.
"
The imperial court's strategy against the Jianlu was very simple. It first tightened the fence between the two Liaos, then appeased the Mongols and weakened their wings. They even used the Mongols from the south and the north of the desert, as well as the savage Jurchens, etc. to consume the Jianqi.
The Art of Poverty.
They drove the Mongolian Jurchens and other eagle dogs to bite and encircle the captives, preventing them from recuperating and recuperating, forcing them to go south and invade the border. The Ming Dynasty formed a counterattack force in Liangliao with fortresses and imperial camps to wait for work.
With such a style of play, Jianlu would not be able to survive for more than a few years.
At that time, when they have completely collapsed, he will plow through the caves and seal their throats with a sword, and they will be completely destroyed.
"Well, then let the prince stay in Beijing to guard the country with peace of mind. The defeated bandits who are just surviving in Jianlu will not need him to take action."
"Tell the prince and the left-behind court to find ways to bring more immigrants to the Western Regions. Guanxi Qiwei and Yizhou are both short of people now. Soon, Xizhou and Tingzhou will also become empty cities, and they both need a lot of new people.
migrant."
Wen Anzhi smiled and said, "Back then, Taizu moved 500,000 households to Gansu. This time, I'm afraid we have to prepare a million households to move to the Western Regions in order to truly fully control the Western Regions."
"Then move. We will give them fields when they come. Each family will be given fifty acres of arable land. They will be exempted from ten years of land tax and a small amount of silver. The court will be responsible for all expenses on the road, and will also give them a pen of home money. I believe that there will always be someone who is willing to do so.
Come."
The Ming Dynasty has a population of more than 100 million, and the poor have always made up the majority. Most people have no land, or only a very small amount of land, and even some are in remote and backward mountains. As long as the conditions for immigration are good enough, we can still attract those people to go out.
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Think about it, Fujian people are not afraid of wind and waves. Going to Nanyang to make a living is not more risky than going to the Western Regions?
It's all about survival. As long as the court can provide enough protection, high enough benefits, and especially enough land, Zhu Yihai believes that many people are willing.
The real opposition was actually the powerful local gentry landlords, but Zhu Yihai ignored their opinions.
