Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 839 Yanqi

midsummer.

The emperor left Turpan, which was getting hotter and hotter. The Gaochang New City in Xizhou had begun to take shape, and the Tianshan Fortress in the west had also been completed. The imperial guards guarded the emperor through Boluotu Mountain and Haidu Mountain.

It suddenly became clear before the eyes, no longer the vast Gobi and desert, but entered the open basin oasis.

Yanqi Basin, here is the former Yanqi Kingdom.

Zhu Yihai looked at this mountain basin right away, the scenery here was completely different from the scenery along the way from Hexi Corridor to Turpan.

Compared with the dryness of Turpan, the climate here is humid, with lush water and grass, crisscross rivers, vast farmland, and dense towns.

Bosten Lake, Yanqi, Kulongle, Yugul, Yuli, Tiemenguan...
"This is the most suitable place to live in the Western Regions. Compared with Kashgar, Hotan, Aksu and other places in the southern Xinjiang, Yanqi has more water resources, and there are few sandstorms. Compared with the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains, Ili River Valley, Tacheng, Altay and other places in the northern Xinjiang, the climate is warmer.

This place is like a paradise beyond the Great Wall! "

Wang Hong is a senior spy of Jin Yiwei. He has been in the Western Regions for more than ten years. He has traveled almost all over the Tianshan Mountains, crossed the Congling Mountains, and even went deep into the Hezhong area. He knows the Western Regions as well as his own courtyard. He is telling the emperor When introducing the Yanqi Basin, he said it was the most livable place.

Even in terms of strategic position, it is still very prominent.

Yanqi Basin is a mountainous rift basin surrounded by high mountains and relatively closed. It is about 350 miles long from east to west and 160 miles wide from north to south.

Regulated by the waters of Bos Lake, the temperature here does not vary greatly, the climate is livable, and grapes are abundant.

What's even more rare is that Bosi Lake is a huge natural freshwater lake. The main river in the basin, the Kaidu River, also has a large amount of water. In Journey to the West, this river is the famous Tongtian River.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Yanqi State here was the most prosperous city-state among the 36 countries in the Western Regions. In the Tang Dynasty, the Dudu Mansion was established in Yanqi, and it became one of the four Anxi towns in the Tang Dynasty.

Yanqi connects Turpan in the east, Urumqi in the north, Kuqa and Aksu in the west, and Ruoqiang and Dunhuang in the south.

This place not only has fertile soil for farming, but also has aquatic plants for grazing, and the transportation is convenient. It is on the Silk Road, which is very favorable for business and trade.

From a military point of view, compared with large basins such as the Turpan Basin, the Junggar Basin, and the Tarim Basin, the Yanqi Basin is relatively small, but it is more conducive to defense.

Its Iron Gate Pass was once one of the most famous passes in the world.

Yarkand established the governor of Kulongle here.

Before the Junggar and other Oirat coalition forces attacked Yanqi twice, they once occupied half of the basin. The Junggars even renamed Yanqi Karashar, which means black city.

It's a pity that the Junggars failed to take it in the end, and finally lost the Wu, Tu, and Ha that they got.

It's just that Yarkand repelled two Oirat attacks before, but this time the Ming army captured the entire basin in one fell swoop.

It was relatively easy for the Ming army to take the Yanqi Basin.

Amulun, the governor of Turpan, established himself in the eastern border and attached to the Ming Dynasty, which made Yanqi directly lose the support of the eastern barrier.

Although Yarkand Khan Abdullah Khan left Yarkand with his own army and marched eastward, as soon as he left the capital, his eldest son Yaolebas, the governor of Kashgar, rebelled, and under the instigation of the Baishan faction, he became Khan in Kashgar .

Abdulhara angrily turned around and went to quell the chaos.

Although his younger brother, the governor of Aksu, declared that he would send troops to serve the king, he ended up taking the opportunity to recruit troops, and actually established himself in Aksu.

Chechen Khan Oqiertu, who was in charge of the Rut Khanate, led his troops southward from the Ili River Valley in the north, crossed the Tianshan Mountains, and attacked Baicheng and Kuche, which made the governor of Aksu overwhelmed.

Southern Xinjiang was also completely in chaos.

Governor Kulongle led troops to rescue Kuqa in the west, but Zhu Yihai, who built Gaochang City in Turpan, decisively dispatched troops to the south.

The emperor had been staring at Yanqi for a long time.

Before taking advantage of the Hami white hat riots, they took advantage of the vacancy and entered Hami one step ahead of the Junggars, and then used the Junggars' attack to force the governor of Turpan, Amulun, to surrender. Turpan, even in Manas also set up a static sergeant army.

Yanqi's mouth meat has long been regarded as a taboo by the emperor.

If there was no Prince Yaolebas's rebellion and self-reliance, Oqiertu would send troops south to Aksu according to the order.

Aksu in the west and Turpan in the east were all in chaos, and Yanqi was naturally isolated and helpless.

The Ming army sent troops at this time, but it was a matter of course and easy to capture.

However, the governor of Kulongle led his troops to rescue Kuqa, and he only cared about the end, not the end. The elite imperial guards of the Ming Dynasty had been waiting for this moment, and the army quickly marched westward, traveling two hundred miles a day to attack.

Governor Kulongle was still assisting in the defense of Kuqa, but a fire broke out in the backyard. When he received the news, the Ming army had quickly occupied the four cities of Yanqi and blocked the mountain passes on all sides of the entire basin.

Governor Kulongle was blocked outside and couldn't come back, and there were still some Yarkand troops in the basin, but they were already closing their doors to beat dogs and catch turtles.

The most elite Imperial Army of the Ming Dynasty raided the black hat militiamen, almost as easily as the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, without any effort.

The emperor looked at the fertile land of the oasis in the Yanqi Basin and felt the cool wind in the basin, which was much more comfortable than in Turpan.

"Nice place!"

"Immigrants must be stepped up."

The Ming army took the Yanqi Basin in one fell swoop, and also took the oasis Kulongle, Yuli, Tiemenguan, and Yugul in the south of the basin. The oases on the front side reach the Tarim River in the south, and the Taklimakan Desert is on the other side of the river.

Kulongle was the later Korla. The oasis was huge, but it was not as good as the Yanqi Basin militarily.

For the emperor, the best way to conquer the Western Regions, once and for all, is to change people.The land will never change, but the people on it can change.

Just replace the current people in the Western Regions, and the Yarkand people in Yanqi will move out, and the Han people will move in, then this place will be completely stable.

In history, the Junggars conquered Yarkand, but they still ruled the area with the black and white faction as the Burke lords. Although they were allowed to surrender in the short term, they paid taxes and served, and they were very docile, but they did not follow the Junggar. He even took the initiative to attract the Qing army to fight the Junggars.

Later, when the Qing army destroyed Junggar and took over the northern and southern borders, they still appointed these Burkes as lords and allowed them to govern themselves. As a result, rebellion was still rare. In the final analysis, the biggest problem was still the problem of people.

Zhu Yihai was welcomed into the city of Yanqi. This black holy city that was renamed Karashar by Junggar was actually very small. There are two doors.

A city built with rammed earth.

The layout of the city is also relatively simple, with streets, squares, and a small population.

The governor is not in Yanqi, but in Kulongle City.

Before the arrival of the emperor, the imperial army emptied the entire black city, and even went through a simple rearrangement.

A wooden fence was also surrounded outside the city, and troops were sent to defend it as the first guard. The original city was used as the inner city, and cannons were set up on the city, and the imperial guards were heavily guarded.

"Where are the original Yarkand people from Yanqi and Kulongle?"

"The natives here are mainly Uyghurs, and there are also some Mongols. Most of them are black hats, and there are fewer white hats and red hats. After the capture of Yanqi, the black and white Wuchang Ahhuns have been killed. The rest of the people are temporarily sent to repair the city. After building roads and transporting materials, when the situation is stable, some of the artisans will be transferred to the artisan camp, and the rest will be left behind. Some of the docile ones will be taken to towns and government offices as official slaves, and the rest will be taken back to the interior or border areas as slaves."

At this time, Zhu Yihai no longer has the same hypocrisy as when he first came here. The era is like this. In this era, it is difficult to break away from the constraints of the era. If you don’t do it, others will.

"Don't be too hard on these people, just work hard, keep them fed, behave well and keep their family together.

Tell them that even if they resist Ming Dynasty and are now defeated and reduced to captives and slaves, I am merciful. As long as they work hard, I promise that I will return them to freedom after ten years of hard work, and then they can change from slaves to tenants. No matter how stable and honest they have been without breaking the law and discipline for ten years, they can still settle in the border areas and become new citizens of the Ming Dynasty, free benefactors, self-cultivating farmers, free handicraftsmen, even landlords, and wealthy businessmen. "

Give them hope.

Let them who have sunk into the darkness still see a ray of light, and have the motivation to grit their teeth and obey, which is an effective incentive for management.

For the Ming Dynasty, these people cannot be directly regarded as the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, which is an unstable factor, especially they cannot directly stay in the local area and let them live freely.

But it can't make them feel hopeless, otherwise they will definitely continue to resist, which will increase management costs.

Properly give some hope, if you have worked honestly as a slave for ten years, you will be able to become a free citizen. Move them to the frontier to divide the land and grant land to settle down.

For them, 20 years may be the second half of their lives, but their next generation at least has more hope.

Certainly some people will not be satisfied with such a result, but it can divide the group and facilitate management.

This is a cruel fact, but the rise and fall of every dynasty in history has been accompanied by such cruelty, and even the conflicts and attacks of various countries have become more bloody and cruel.

To be kind to your enemies is to be cruel to yourself.

Conquering the Western Regions and seizing land is also the best reward for the soldiers. Giving them land and giving them rich rewards for their campaigns. At the same time, the imperial court can also use some land to relocate and resettle new immigrants to stabilize the newly occupied land. .

"Report!"

"Your Majesty, Junggar Jinong Chuhu'er has withdrawn his troops and returned to the west. He also contacted several Otoks to retreat together. They have turned their backs on Batur Khan!"

"Hmm." Zhu Yihai didn't seem too surprised when he heard the latest news. Human nature is such that he had already planned carefully. The emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty formulated several sets of strategies for disintegration and disintegration based on the internal details of the Junggar Khanate.

Use the Turpan Khanate and the Durbert Khanate to block Junggar's eastward expansion road, use the Jingsai Army and the Han Navy to block Junggar head-on on the battlefield, and then send envoys to contact the powerful lords of Junggar, the princes and Taiji, to win over They, high-ranking officials and nobles, even tempted them to betray Batur Khan with Feng Khan and others.

Junggar's military defeat and the squeeze from the external environment will inevitably aggravate their internal conflicts. Chu Hu'er is already rebellious, even killing his brothers and beating his father. The conditions are sufficient for him to betray Pakistan. Turner is no pressure.

This guy wants to be a profuse sweater, but he is unwilling to do it directly. He wants to go back and wait for Da Ming to clean up Batur, and he will come to pick up the ready-made bargain.

Zhu Yihai saw through this guy, but it didn't matter. Chu Hu'er's retreat at this time was a fatal blow to Batur and Junggar, and it was of course good news for Daming.

The next day, another good news came.

The Ming army defeated the 8000 troops left behind by Junggar in Wusu, west of the Manas River, and occupied the city of Kuerka Lawusu, and then occupied the Jinghe River in the south of Aibi Lake to the west, and went west to Taleqi Mountain. Alashankou was also occupied in the north.

The Junggar was defeated, thousands were beheaded and more than [-] were captured. The Junggar tribes in Wusu and Jinghe were wiped out by the Ming army.

Another day later, another good news came from the north.

Batur Khan was betrayed by his brothers, and Chu Huer suddenly led his troops to leave, causing a big opening to appear in the west. Ji abandoned Batur and fled.

The Chinese army led by Batur became less and less as they fought more and more, and now they fled to the old capital Hobok Saili Stone Fortress. There were only a few thousand soldiers and horses left.

Batur Khan, a hero of the generation, has been unable to escape. Zhu Cunwu is dispatching cannons from Burqin Fort, temporarily encircling but not attacking.

In addition, there is another excellent news. Yarkand Khan Abdul Raha Khan returned to the army to crusade against his son Yao Lebas, but he was ambushed in Yingjisar and was defeated.

Abdullah Khan escaped from the battlefield with only a few hundred cavalry. After fleeing back to Yarkand, he had to send someone to tell his son Yaolebas who had chased after the victory that he was going to the holy land of Mai* for pilgrimage, and was forced to abdicate.

Yao Lebas accepted his father's abdication and let him leave Yarkand with more than ten riders. Yao Lebas entered Yarkand Cheng, officially proclaimed Khan, and became the tenth Great Khan of Yarkand.

"This is beyond my expectation. Abdul Raha is quite capable, but why was he beaten so hard by his young son?"

Ma Jixiang told the emperor that Abdul Raha Khan had been suspicious and suspicious in recent years, and no one believed him. He even killed many ministers because of his suspicion, including his confidants in the early years. Many local governors secretly supported Prince Yao Lebas.

Rather than saying that Abdul Raha Khan was defeated by his son, it would be better to say that he was betrayed by his relatives, so this battle must be lost, and if he loses, he will not be able to stand up. He wanted to stick to the city of Yarkand, but there was no one in the city. He was willing to defend the city and fight with him, so he had to abdicate to his son on the grounds of pilgrimage.

Zhu Yihai was not too worried when Yao Lebas succeeded to the throne as Khan.

Even if he defeated and drove away his father, but now Chechen Khan and Gushi Khan's uncle and nephew are starting to attack from the south to the north, and the Uzbeks are also coming from the west. .

After Zhu Yihai took down Yanqi and Yuli, he could digest it calmly.

"Call Yan My Lord and Zhu Dadian." Two accompanying scholars were called, and Zhu Yihai asked them to draw up an order to formally confer Chu Hu'er the new Khan of the Junggar Khanate and bestow the title Mergen Khan.

(End of this chapter)