Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 878 Sneak Attack
The military officers who reacted were all gearing up secretly. Only war can reflect their value, and only war can promote them.

When the civil servants saw that the emperor's face was wrong, they didn't dare to say a word of disapproval. Considering that the emperor hadn't killed anyone for a long time, no one wanted to be the first bird.

Zhu Youjian looked coldly at Manchao Wenwu, and gradually smiled when he saw that no one objected to her:

"For thousands of years, China's harassment and invasion have all come from the North and the Western Regions. Only the Eastern Captives came from the Northeast, but their ancestors also came from the North. Isn't the Western Region important to our Ming Dynasty?

As long as the Western Regions are fully and actually controlled, foreign enemies will not be able to cause harm to China, so no matter how bad the living conditions are, Ming must actually control the Western Regions.

During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the Western Regions were almost completely controlled, but there was nothing they could do about Tubo. Today, I want the entire Western Regions and the North to be conquered by the Ming Dynasty and included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

From today onwards, you must work together and unite to the outside world. If someone makes irresponsible remarks about the Ming army's westward expedition, I will decide to exile his whole family to the useless bitter cold place that he said, and he will never be able to return to the pass. "

Zhu Youjian's words immediately frightened a large number of civil servants, and they all kowtowed to admit their mistakes:
"Your Majesty, I am short-sighted, I know my mistake..."

Zhu Youjian waved them back, and then said:

"Sun Chengzong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Qi Jiguang, Governor of the Five Armies, Ni Yuanlu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, Meng Zhaoxiang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Zhao Shizhen of the Weapons Manufacturing Bureau, all of you must absolutely guarantee the supplies of the army in all aspects. There are casualties in the army, you all go home and farm!"

Several yamen leaders hurried forward to receive the order:

"According to the purpose"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, as long as I have a breath, I will absolutely guarantee the logistics supplies of the army's westward expedition, so that the soldiers can devote themselves to the battlefield and make new contributions to Ming Dynasty..."

On the third day, not only did the soldiers of the Western Expedition fail to triumph, but a large amount of military supplies and supplies were continuously transported from Daming Pass and Shaanxi to Jiayuguan.

In fact, with the current ability and wealth of Ming Dynasty, just transporting materials from Shaanxi and Gansu can guarantee the supplies of the soldiers of the Western Expedition.

In order not to hinder the soldiers of the Western Expedition with supplies, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Finance did exactly that.

Their first batch of materials were collected and delivered from Shaanxi and Gansu, and then began to be continuously transported from inside the pass to outside Jiayuguan.

The Ming Dynasty was stepping up preparations to send troops to the Kazakh Khanate, and Li Yan led the army in the Ili River Valley without a day's rest. The soldiers of the Ming army were training every day.

Today Li Yan led the army to train as usual. After the training, he sent an order:
"Come here, pass on the order of the governor, everyone hurry up to eat and rest early."

It was just getting dark, and the Ming army had already fallen asleep.

In a large virgin forest about [-] kilometers away from the Ili River Valley, [-] Kazakh Khanate troops are waiting for the dawn.

In the 15th century, internal strife broke out in the Golden Horde (White Horde Khanate), which split into the Nogai Khanate and the Uzbek (Yue Jibei) Khanate.

In 1456, Kere Khan, the son of Barak, the last Khan of the White Horde Khanate, took advantage of the defeat of Uzbek Abel Khan in Oala, and together with Janibek Khan, led some nomadic tribes to migrate eastward.

Entering the south of Lake Balkhash, the descendants of the Chagatai regime in the Western Regions of the Ming Dynasty in China also entered the territory, and gradually formed the Kazakh nation on the vast land of the Chu River and the Talas River.

After the establishment of the Kazakh Khanate, Kere Khan, Janibek Khan and the rulers of Yili Bali allied to fight against Abul Khaier Khan.

In the winter of 1468, the Kazakhs took advantage of the opportunity of the death of Abul Khaier Khan on his way to conquer the Kazakh Khanate and the civil strife in the Uzbek Khanate to conquer the nomadic tribes in the East Chincha Grassland, and took the opportunity to occupy most of the Karatau Mountains in the Syr Darya River Basin. area.

The nearby Kazakh tribes joined in one after another, forcing the Uzbek successor Muhammad Shaybani Khan to flee to the city of Turkistan in the Timur Khanate.

In 1470, he led an army to attack the city of Turkestan, forcing Shaybani to flee to Bukhara.With the military victory, the territory of the Khanate continued to expand to the vast grasslands in the northwest of Lake Balkhash and the Chu River and Talas River basins in the south, until Tashkent, Andijan, Samarkand and other places in Central Asia.

And it continued to integrate with the Uzbeks who moved south and the Mongolians who changed from nomadic to settled in the Chagatai Khanate.

At the beginning of the 16th century, the Kazakh Khanate was in the period of Hasim, the son of Janibek Khan.

Hasmu Khan joined forces with the rulers of the Eastern Chahatai Khanate to wage a long-term war with Shaybani Khan.

Internally, the Kazakh tribes were unified. Its territory included the Darya River Basin and its cities in the south, the Seven Rivers Basin in the southeast, the east and south of Lake Balkhash in the northeast, and the Yake River Basin in the west.

The capital was moved from Siyannak to Turkestan

The Kazakh Khanate was founded in the 90th century by the descendants of the Mongolian Golden Family, eight or [-] years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

As a powerful country in Central Asia, the Kazakh Khanate has a vast land and rich resources, with a total population of more than 100 million.

According to the traditions left by the Mongols, the conscription standard of the Kazakh Khanate is "five soldiers to one soldier or three soldiers to one soldier." Recruited from settled residents and nomads, the total strength of the entire Khanate is theoretically as high as more than 30!

Needless to say, the strategic position of the Yili River Valley in Central Asia and the excellent environment comparable to Jiangnan.

Therefore, in order to obtain a better living environment and curb the westward advance of the Ming Dynasty, the Kazakh Khanate is determined to capture the Ili River Valley!
The military organization form of the Kazakh Khanate is very similar to the Mongolian army, consisting of troops of ten, one hundred, one thousand, or ten thousand people.

This organizational system is similar to that of the Ming army. Daming is the head of the banner, the head of the army, the head of a thousand, and three thousand are a battalion...

Although it is almost approaching June, June in the Little Ice Age was still very cold, especially in the Western Regions.

These Kazakh khanate cavalry were all wearing two layers of fur jackets, but they still felt very cold at night.

It's not that their fur doesn't keep them warm, it's that they spend too much time in the woods.

After Zhu Cihong led the Ming army to take the Ili River Valley, they came to support.

After hearing the horse scouting report and knowing that they were one step late, Shadar, the leader of the Kazakh Khanate this time, ordered the army to enter the woods and wait for the order from above before acting.

Today they received an order from Yangir Khan, the Great Khan of the Kazakh Khanate, to take the Ili River Valley at all costs.

Shadar has received information that the Ming army stationed in the Ili River Valley reached an astonishing 15.

And he led [-] cavalry of the Kazakh Khanate, Shadar would not dare to send troops easily, so he decided to sneak attack the Ming army at night and caught the Ming army by surprise.

Because of the support of Tsarist Russia, this Kazakh cavalry also has a thousand musketeers among them. These 1000 musketeers are Shadar's trump card in this battle.

(End of this chapter)