Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 848 Ili River Valley
Under the bombardment of hundreds of mortars, at least several hundred Yarkand Khanate stragglers were killed in their sleep.

The other stragglers who were not bombed didn't have time to wear their clothes, so they hurried out of the tent to watch in private, only to see that the surroundings were as bright as daylight, and they couldn't open their eyes under the strong light of thousands of cannons.

They were stunned, they had never seen such a scene before, and they all panicked and shouted:
"What's going on... what is that..."

"I don't know, it might be haunted! Get on your horse and get out of here..."

Li Yan looked at the stragglers of the Yarkant Khanate who were at a loss, and then waved his hand:
"Fight, leave no one behind!"

"Bang bang bang..."

The rifled gun in the Ming army's hand suddenly spewed out streams of anger:

"Puff puff……"

The unsuspecting stragglers were shot and fell to the ground one after another. The regular army had never fought against any troops using thermal weapons. Of course, these stragglers had never seen rifled guns and headlamps, and saw the blood mist constantly splashing from their companions. , they can only scurry away...

But there was no place for them to hide at all. No matter where they went, they were shot by mini bombs spinning rapidly. In half a stick of incense time, more than 3000 Yarkand stragglers were all killed.

If they were allowed to mount their horses and escape, although the Ming army had a large number, it was impossible for the Jedi to kill them all. Now that they surrounded them and shot them with rifled guns, these skirmishers had absolutely no chance of escaping.

Seeing that almost all the opponents were killed, Li Yan immediately issued an order:
"Go up to a thousand-man team to see, and the others pay attention to see if there are any stragglers pretending to be dead."

Immediately, a team of thousands of people rushed into the skirmisher tents and searched carefully. There was really no one alive, but they found a lot of gold, silver and jewels, which they snatched from the hands of the common people and merchants.

They came out of the tent with gold, silver and jewels, and others began to shoot at the dead, not a single living person could be spared.

Because of the thorough deployment of this operation, the battle ended very quickly. Even Li Yan himself did not expect the battle to end so quickly.

When he came here, he estimated that he would have a hard time chasing after him, but he didn't expect that all these people would gather together at night, and it happened to be a pot for them.

From then on, Turpan will be completely quiet, and the Silk Road should be the safest period in history.

At the end of the battle, Li Yan ordered the army to return to Turpan immediately:

"Soldiers, take gold, silver, jewels and [-] war horses, and immediately return to Turpan to deliver orders to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Yes"

While Li Yan led the army to encircle and suppress the stragglers of the Yarkand Khan, Zhu Cihong also sent an order for the brothers Huang Dahu and Huang Xiaohu to lead 2 horses to eliminate the remnants of the enemy inside and outside the city of Turpan.

Almost all the remnant soldiers who escaped by chance were wiped out, and a small number of remnant soldiers who were not caught hid among the common people tremblingly. They all secretly vowed not to fight against the Ming army, and they would be safe and secure as ordinary people in the future.

Li Yan led the army back at noon. When he learned that the stragglers of the Yarkand Khanate in Turpan had been wiped out, Zhu Cihong was overjoyed and immediately ordered the soldiers to rest for two days. After two days, the army will continue to march west.

Two days later, the army continued to march westward. Before Zhu Cihong and the others left, Hong Niangzi led an army of [-] to take over Turpan and Hami.

Shaanxi and Gansu are Li Yan's bases, and now the country is in an era of peace. If there is any emergency, their subordinates are fully capable of handling it.

The red lady led the army to sit in Turpan, which was a great support for Li Yan and Zhu Cihong.

In this way, Zhu Cihong and Li Yan no longer had to worry about the future, and just led the army to continue to attack the city and destroy the Yarkand Khanate.

Zhu Cihong and Li Yan were full of confidence in the demise of the Yarkand Khanate.

Zhao Puonu, Marquis of Zhuoye in the Han Dynasty, led an army of tens of thousands to attack Gushi and captured King Loulan!Gao Xianzhi of the Tang Dynasty, traveled the Western Regions, crossed the frontiers, and captured the king of the Stone Kingdom!
In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Gao Xianzhi beat all the countries in the Western Regions to cry for their fathers and mothers, and the Tang army's prestige was greatly shaken. The 72 kingdoms of Futu and Dashi were shocked and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty!
Gao Xianzhi was also hailed as the king of mountains by Tubo and Dashi!

But this time, the heavy responsibility of history falls on Zhu Cihong and Li Yan, and they will definitely let history repeat itself, and even go further than history.

Before leaving, Zhu Cihong and Li Yan held a military meeting. At the meeting, Zhu Cihong opened a letter in front of the generals.

"Generals, my father gave me a letter when I was leaving, and told me to open it after the recovery of the Kansai Seven Guards and Turpan. Now is the time."

While speaking, Zhu Cihong opened the letter and saw that it was the marching route and attack direction formulated for the Ming army.

After reading the letter, Zhu Cihong handed the letter to Li Yanhe to read, Li Yan bowed and took the letter respectfully with both hands.

After reading it, Li Yan's face changed very wonderfully, and he bowed in the direction of the Great Ming capital:

"My Emperor Shengming"

It turned out that the Ming emperor's route for their western expedition was to directly attack the Ili River Valley and the capital of the Yarkand Khanate, which is now Shache.

The Yili River Basin, where the snow-capped horses are located, is an extremely important northwest frontier for China, and it is still a pain for the Chinese people.

The Ili River Valley is located in the Ili River Basin in the northwest corner of Xinjiang, China. It is between the Guqin Mountains in the North Branch of the Tianshan Mountains-Poluo Kenu Mountains and the Harke Mountains-Nalati Mountains in the Middle Branch. It is the mountain section with the richest mountain water resources in China. .

The Yili River is the river with the most abundant runoff in Xinjiang. The river flows into Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan, with an annual runoff of 228 billion cubic meters.

The Yili River Basin is just above the geographical connection point between Xinjiang and Central Asia. To the east, you can walk along the Tianshan Mountains to the Balikun Lake or Luntai Mountain Road to enter Yumenguan or the southern Xinjiang area, and to the west you can avoid the towering Papa. Mill Plateau.

Going southward along the Mesopotamia to enter the core area of ​​Central Asia is an undoubted geographical hub of transportation.

In addition to this important location advantage, the animal husbandry resources in the Yili River Valley are also very rich.

Yili River Valley is also the mainstay of my country's animal husbandry development.You know, in the era of cold weapons, an excellent war horse is equivalent to trucks and tanks on the battlefield, and it is a very important war material.

Yili area has abundant rainfall, humid climate, beautiful mountains and clear waters, and rich products. It is the hometown of the famous "Xinjiang sheep" and "Yili horse".

Therefore, such a treasure land with geographical advantages and natural resources has always been a battleground for military strategists in history.

Yili has been the habitat of many ethnic groups in China since ancient times.In the pre-Qin period, it was the pasture land of the Serbian people, and in the early Western Han Dynasty, it was occupied by the Da Yuezhi. From the Han Dynasty to the Yili area of ​​Jin Dynasty, it was the seat of the famous Wusun Kingdom, and Wusun is one of the ancestors of the modern Kazakhs.

Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions through Kongkong, Han Wutong was good, Han Princess Xijun and Jieyou married Wusun King one after another.

The Sui and Tang Dynasties were the territories of the Western Turks and Uyghurs; the Yuan and Ming were fiefdoms of the Mongol kings; the late Ming and early Qing periods were nomadic lands of the Junggar tribe.

(End of this chapter)