Tal Bahatai.

In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, under the efforts of the eminent monk Zanyabandida, Khalkha Zasaktu Khan initiated a gathering of four Oirat tribes, three Khalkha Mobei tribes, and three Hutuktu great lamas. Twenty-seven

The leaders gathered at the Tarbachatai Guild.

Torgut, who moved to the Erji River (Volga River), also traveled thousands of miles to attend the meeting. At the meeting, various ministries reached a consensus and formed an alliance to end the endless melee to resist the aggressive Jurchens. In order to restrain all parties, establish a pattern

Due to the orthodox status of the Lu sect, the Khalkha-Oirat code was specially formulated, with a total of 121 codes. All participating tribal leaders announced that they would abide by the code, and violators would be severely punished.

Twelve years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Talbahatai became lively again, with countless people arriving in this early autumn season.

In the summer that just passed, the Western Region was very lively and even chaotic, but in this autumn, the chaos has ended.

All forces rushed to gather at Tal Bahatai.

The three Khans of Mobei Khalkha, the three Khans of Monan, Moxi Oirat Durbot, the second Khan Lut, and Junggar Khan, as well as the protector king Gushi Khan from far away in Tibet, the Gelug sect's

The regent Suonan Raodan, the eldest son Hongtaiji Dayan who commanded the Eight Banners of Dangxiong, the Dalai Lai Hongtaiji who commanded the left and right wings of Qinghai Heshuote and so on.

Even Kazakh Khan, Turpan Khan, Uzbek Khan, and Nogai Khan also came.

For a time, there was an endless stream of people and horses on the ancient Silk Road, and Tacheng was even more lively.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Duling Protectorate was established here. Cheng Yaojin served as the general manager of the march on Congling Road. He led troops to attack the rebellious Ashina Helu of the Western Turks, conquered Yanmian Prefecture near Tacheng, and quelled the rebellion. Tianbao

During this period, there were Caolu Prefecture, Huoba Prefecture, Qing Haijun City, Yehe Shoujue, Heishui Shoujue, etc.

And at this time.

A brand-new earth city, Tacheng, was built in Talbahatai.

The city is three square meters tall, has four gates, and has an appeasement bastion, one large and one small, standing on the southern grassland of Talbahatai Mountain, where the terrain is flat and the water source is abundant.

The land is fertile, with lush water and grass, patches of trees, and mountains. On the southern slope of the north mountain, a lot of groundwater flows out from the surface along the east-west direction, forming many springs of different sizes. The Mongolians call it Chuhuchu, which flows southward into the Emin River.

This has always been an excellent spring and autumn pasture, and it is also the only passage between winter and summer pastures in the north and south.

After defeating Junggar and killing Batur Khan in the summer, the Ming imperial army entered the Tacheng area and built Tacheng and Appeasement Fort in the area where Junggar Khan's tent was originally located.

The reason for the disclosure is, of course, that Tacheng was later used as a border market for trade and exchange, while the appeasement fort and garrison were used as a post station to facilitate communication and protection of the border market.

In fact, of course the Ming army took the opportunity to strengthen control.

After the Tacheng and the Appeasement Fort were built, the Ming Dynasty could station troops and immigrants to cultivate this grassland, drive a nail here, and establish themselves for a long time.

This place is beautiful, with mountains to the north, east, south, and Tugule Lake to the southwest. This is a very important passage, suitable for farming and grazing, and has very good defensive conditions.

To build a fort and station troops here, of course we should not miss the opportunity.

Although Chu Hu'er was dissatisfied with the Ming army's westward advance, he was busy integrating the various ministries in Junggar and eager to secure his position as Mergen Khan. At this time, he did not dare to openly fall out with the Ming Dynasty.

However, the Ming army was somewhat unyielding and eager to push forward. Not only did they build towers and fortresses here, but they also moved more than 200 miles westward, building a city in Yar (Urzal) and moving troops to farm.

, built Yaer City and Zhaofeng Bastion.

Troops were also stationed at the Hobokseli Fort to the east, and Zhenyuan City was built.

The Ming army established three military bases in the core area of ​​​​the original Junggar area, stationed troops in each of the towns, and also enclosed land and farmland there.

Another troop arrived.

But it was the new Great Khan of Junggar, Mergen Khan, Chu Hu'er and his son. Chu Hu'er was riding a horse and looking at the two new castles, one large and one small, from a distance.

"Father, these Han people are bullying others too much!" Chahan Taiji said angrily.

However, Mergen Khan Chuhu'er did not rush to answer, and his eldest son Bagabandi on the other side did not say anything either. Both of them were silent, holding back a fire in their hearts, but both of them had experienced the Ming army.

It was so powerful. Bagabandi led 5,000 men, but was defeated by 3,000 Han Haijun, the servants of the Ming Dynasty. He was even captured in the tent, and was released as a prisoner for several months.

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Chu Hu'er betrayed her brother at the critical moment and led her troops to retreat westward. She thought she could sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers. Even if her elder brother Batur Khan lost to the Ming army, he could still cripple Dulbert and even injure the Ming army.

Yuan Qi, when he comes out to clean up the mess, who would have expected that not only Karawusu's side was defeated, Batur's entire army was also wiped out in Hoboxer.

Dulbert and Shuoqi Khan said that Batur stubbornly refused to surrender and surrendered, and was massacred after the city was broken.

But Chu Hu'er also found out some news. Batur Khan was assassinated by Gentel Taiji. Gentel led his people to surrender and offer the city. As a result, Heshuoqi Khan accepted it on the surface and slaughtered cattle and sheep as rewards, but he died in the middle of the night.

He sent his son to lead a sudden attack and massacred thousands of people.

This was an ending that Chu Huer never expected.

Junggar raised troops to fight against Turpan Khan, then went north to fight Dulbert, and then Wusu was attacked in the rear. After several battles, they lost 30,000 horses.

Chu Huer wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but was caught off guard and regretted it too late.

Now the Ming army not only destroyed 30,000 Junggar troops, but also took advantage of the situation to build three cities. They even summoned the Khans to hold an alliance in Tacheng.

And he got some news. During this alliance, the emperor wanted to divide Junggar into two parts, separating the east and west. He wanted to give half of the territory and population to Batur Khan's son to inherit, and named him deputy khan and deputy capital of Jinong.

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Chu Hu'er was angry in her heart, but she didn't dare to act rashly. The defeat of her eldest brother was right in front of her. No matter how reluctant she was, she had no choice but to come from Ayagus on the banks of the Aigus River.

They had already passed by Yaer City and Zhaofeng Fort before, and now that they had arrived at Tacheng and Appeasement Fort, they felt even more uncomfortable, especially because there was an extremely lively scene here. There were tents, cattle and sheep everywhere outside the city.

Various ministries came to form alliances and also came to trade.

The emperor arrived before them.

From a distance, a group of Ming Dynasty Guards cavalry galloped over.

After asking for their identities, they were led to camp. Chu Huer and his son were also taken to the city to meet the emperor.

In the bastion of appeasement, the emperor was discussing matters with Zhu Dadian, Yan Wogong and some Forbidden Army generals.

This autumn, there is joy of harvest everywhere.

After the Yarkand Khanate had just experienced internal strife, Abdullah Khan was defeated by his son and had to abdicate and went to Mecca alone. However, it was not easy for Yaulebas after he won the throne. The Khanate has always been dominated by the Montenegrin faction.

For the Lord, now he converted to the Baishan Sect and seized the throne with the help of the Baishan Sect.

However, the Baishan sect was exposed in the east as colluding with the Junggar people to betray the Yarkands. As a result, the black-white fight became more intense. However, Yaolebas Khan was also very domineering and still supported the Baishan sect. He began to vigorously purge the Blackshan sect. Through the purge,

In the Black Mountain Faction, he is also vigorously purging the old ministers left behind by his father, as well as some local Berk lords.

This led to the unstable status of Yaulebas Khan who had just succeeded to the throne, and rebellions broke out everywhere.

But for this young new Khan, his position is not right. If he can't take action, those people will still oppose him. It's better to strike first. If he doesn't take down those people, it will be impossible for him to do this.

It's quite stable.

But this person seems to have forgotten that at this time, the Ming Dynasty pulled many allies to fully attack Yarkand. While his father and son were attacking each other and cleaning up internally, Heshuote Gushi Khan and his sons had already pulled Qinghai-Tibet and

Shuote troops and Weizang soldiers came all the way, and Kazakhs, Dawans, Bukharas, etc. naturally took the opportunity to bite and seize territory.

The leader of the Oirat alliance, Oqirtu Chechen Khan, also led the Heshuote tribe in the north of the Tianshan Mountains to fight over, captured Baicheng and Kuqa, and began to attack Aksu.

Ye Erqiang was exhausted and could not hold on much longer.

This time Zhu Yihai summoned all the ministries to meet again in Tacheng. One of them was to discuss the partition issue after the destruction of Yarkand. The previous agreement was somewhat inappropriate now. After all, Junggar Batur Khan was killed and Turpan Khan surrendered.

There are huge variables, not to mention that the Ming army directly captured Hami, Wusu, Yanqi, and Korla.

"We plan to take the original Qiwei area to the west of Jiayu Pass, which is the newly established Anxi Prefecture, plus Hami, Turpan, Barkol, Gucheng, Urumqi, Wusu, Yanqi, and Korla to form Anxi Province.

For a special province, there is a governor, three divisions, a patrol camp, a garrison defense camp, and a garrison town.

Among them, Anxi Prefecture, Hami, Wusu, Yanqi, and Korla were directly set up as prefectures, counties, and garrisoned by the imperial court. Urumqi, Turpan, Barkol, and the ancient city were under the command of Turpan Khan, and the imperial court set up some military forts and garrisons there.

Towns, post cities, these military stations and surrounding areas are managed by officials sent by the imperial court, and the rest of the areas are still governed by Turpan Khan."

"Collect tithes from the Turpan Khanate..."

Of the four cities established within the original boundaries of Junggar, only Wusu was included in Anxi Province, while the other three cities, including Tacheng, were still part of Beiting Province and were designated as Junggar Jisi Province, and the three cities were special areas.

"As for the Junggar Khanate, after discussion, everyone believed that Chu Hu'er should live in the west and Sengge should live in the east. Sengge should have better control."

Zhu Yihai shook his head.

"Chu Hu'er will never agree to your division like this. Don't push it too much. It's better to stick to the original plan and let Chu Hu'er stay east of the Aigus River to be Junggar Khan, and Sengge to be the deputy Khan to Aigu.

West of the Si River.”

To the north of Talbahatai Mountain, to the west of Zhaisang Lake, to the north and west of the Aigus River, and to the south of the Irtysh River, these areas were given to Sengge.

The core areas of the Junggar from the Kukwusu River Basin in the northeast of Lake Balkhash to the east of the Aigus River, from Tugule Lake to Ala Lake, to Manas Lake in the east, and Shatuo Moraine, are all given to Chu.

Hu'er.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty had already taken away the direct jurisdiction of Wusu and established the direct jurisdiction of three counties including Tacheng.

The important thing is to divide Junggar and give more tribes to the Sengge, rather than dividing the land. Without the population, tribes and livestock, everything is in vain.

"Didn't Junggar originally have twelve Otoks, old and new? Sengge was divided into twelve new Otoks, Chu Hu'er was divided into twelve old Otoks, and the rest of the troops were also divided in half, dividing Junggar into left and right wings, each with

Twelve governor's mansions."

"There are two more important things for me here. One is that I plan to let the Huite tribe attached to Dulbert stand on its own, establish another Huite Khanate, and transfer the land east of the Altay Mountains from the former Altay Mountains of the Dulbert Khanate.

In addition, the land in the north of Gansu will be allocated to Huite."
To be continued...