Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 830 Kansai Seven Guards
Hearing that under the persuasion of the ministers, Father Khan not only exempted him from the crime, but also named him the commander in chief of fighting against the Ming army.

Hassan was immediately elated, and hastily knelt down at Abdullah's feet, and vowed:

"Thank you, Father Khan, for your trust. Hassan will definitely live up to your expectations, and will definitely let the Ming army come and go."

Abdullah patted his son on the shoulder:

"Let's live! Since Daming looks down on my Yarkand Khanate from the bottom of my heart, we have to show them some color. Father Khan hopes that you can lead the Yarkand warriors and use our geographical advantages to defeat the Ming army!"

"Thank you father Khan!"

After thanking Hassan, he got up from the floor, looked towards Daming and said:
"Father Khan, the navy is the strongest in the Ming army, and the Yarkand Khanate has no sea and they are useless.

How can the rebels and Tungus people of the Ming Dynasty compare with our Yarkand Khanate? My ministers will definitely let the Ming army come and go..."

Abdullah knew that Hassan was capable, at least in the Yarkand Khanate:
"Okay! I hope you lead the Yarkand warriors to meet Mingjun and the result is the same as what you said, go!"

"Thank you father Khan, my son will leave!"

Hassan came out of the palace, feeling full of strength, and the beautiful figure of Princess Kunxing of Daming appeared before his eyes again.

"The dog emperor bullied me too much. After I defeat you, I will exchange the land in your pass for a princess."

Although Hassan is a little arrogant, he is not a fool who can only brag and do nothing else.

In the entire Yarkand Khanate, his military ability is the strongest, even his younger brother Yao Levas is not as good as him.

The Yarkand Khanate has an army of 30, of which 15 are cavalry, and this is what Hassan relies on.

The Yarkand Khanate is also a descendant of the former Mongols. They are all nomadic people. Even children can ride horses and shoot arrows. Otherwise, how could they have such a large territory.

Hassan took away 15 troops from the capital, plus the defenders of Hami and Tupan, his army was nearly 20.

The main force was in Tupan, and the remaining forces were stationed in the original Seven Guards of Kansai outside Jiayuguan.

The Seven Guards of Guanxi are the seven prison guards conferred by the Ming Dynasty in the west of Jiayuguan.

Also known as "Northwest Seven Guards" and "Mongolian Seven Guards", they are Anding, Aduan, Quxian, Handong, Shazhou, Chijin Mongolia, and Hami Seven Guards.

Later, Shazhou Wei moved inward, and Handong Zuowei was established in its old place. After Jiajing, it was completely annexed by the Turpan Khanate.

It was carried out against the backdrop of the canonization of the Seven Guardians of Kansai and the elimination of the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty by the Ming Dynasty. [space]
The Ming Dynasty was established in 1368, but Tubo, the Northwest, the Desert, the Northeast, and Yunnan were all still controlled by the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty.

So Zhu Yuanzhang continued to send troops to attack Beiyuan.At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang continued to send envoys to Tubo, the Northeast and the Northwest to make envoys, which made Mongolia basically retreat to the desert area.

In the northwest region, it is also one of the most powerful regions in Mongolia.

In addition to the expansion of Timur in the Northern Yuan Dynasty who occupied the northwest, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate ruled the Western Regions, and the Mongolian princes and nobles occupied the Hexi Corridor.

In 1370, Xu Da and Li Wenzhong defeated Kuokuo Timur in Dingxi, Gansu, and then Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Zhao Yong, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde and others continued to defeat the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the northwest.

The sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty expanded to the Jiayuguan area, and then established Ganzhou, Suzhou and other guards, "Gansu Xiping".

However, just when the Ming Dynasty thought that Le Ming Yanran was about to be realized, the army suffered a major defeat.

In 1372, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, and Feng Sheng each with [-] cavalry to attack Beiyuan in three directions.

During this expedition, Xu Da's Central Route Army was besieged by Kuo Kuo Timur and He Zongzhe. The army suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat.

However, the West Road and East Road were victorious, but they gained very little. After this defeat, Zhu Yuanzhang believed that it was difficult for Mongolia to calm down for a while.

So he changed his strategy from offense to defense, ordered the army to be stationed south of the Great Wall, built cities, and strengthened border defenses.

At the same time, a policy of appeasement was also adopted for the Mongolian princes in the northwest.

To the west of Jiayuguan and to the east of the Chagatai Khanate, there are many Mongolian forces entrenched.

From the Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, Chagatai was divided into two factions. One faction united with the Wokuotai Khanate and others to oppose Kublai Khan.The other faction, headed by Heban and Chubo, supported Kublai Khan.

Later, Chu Bo and others defected to the Yuan Dynasty, and Kublai Khan placed them west of Jiayuguan.

Developed to the Ming Dynasty, the Mongolian princes in this area were basically descendants of Chubo.

The ethnic composition of this area is complex, the geographical environment is harsh, the farming is barren, and the residents are scarce, which is not conducive to the garrison of large troops.

Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to canonize these Mongolian princes as local governors.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty canonized seven Jumi guards west of Jiayuguan, and the Hami guards were canonized in the Yongle period.

All levels of official positions in the guard, such as governor, commander, and thousands of households, were conferred on the original Mongolian nobles and allowed to be hereditary.

The canonization of the Seven Guardians of Kansai brought Hexi and parts of the Western Regions into the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty, which was conducive to blocking the connection between the Mongolian headquarters and the Chagatai Khanate.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not exercise administrative jurisdiction over the Seven Guards of Kansai, nominally, the Seven Guards of Kansai belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

When there is a conflict between the seven guards, the Ming Dynasty can come forward to mediate.

For example, in the ninth year of Xuande, Handongwei and others plundered the people and animals of Shazhouwei.

With the Seven Guards of Kansai, the Ming Dynasty could concentrate on dealing with Oirats and Tatars, reducing the pressure on border defense.

The Kansai Seven Guards can sometimes help the Ming army in combat.For example, in the early years of Zhengtong, the Chijin Mongolian Guard fought against Mongolian Tuohuan Timur and Mengge Buhua and won.

In the ninth year of Chenghua (1473), Turpan invaded Hami and sent envoys about Chijin Mongolian Guards to rebel together.

As a result, Chijin Mongolia killed its envoy and "presented it with his book".During the recovery of Hami by the Ming Dynasty, both Chijin Mongolia and Handong sent troops.

Among the seven guards in Kansai, the reuse of Hami guard is the most important.Located in the northeast of the Tarim Basin, Hami is a transportation hub on the way from the Central Plains to the Western Regions, Central Asia, and West Asia.

Chen Cheng of the Ming Dynasty called it "the important road for the exchanges between Hu and Hu in the Northwest".At that time, countries in the Western Regions and Central Asia conducted tribute trade with the Ming Dynasty, and the transfer point was Hamiwei, which was the Silk Road.

It went deep into the Western Regions, and it was the Ming Dynasty's outpost for defending Chagatai.

Therefore, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty paid more attention to the management and win over of Hami.

Kansai Qiwei was also one of the main horse producing areas at that time.In order to obtain horses from the Kansai region, the Ming Dynasty opened up frontier trade and carried out a mutual market.

The Ming Dynasty stipulated that Chijin and Handongwei "approximately approach the city of Suzhou once a quarter".

Of course, private smuggling trade is much more frequent than government-controlled trade.Tea horse trade is one of the main forms of trade between the two places.

(End of this chapter)