Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 840
Defeat Dzungar with Dzungars.

Powerful fortresses are often breached from the inside. Batur Khan and Duoheqin are indeed heroes of a generation, but Mongolia's traditions for hundreds of years have made it impossible for Mongolia to have the same centralized power as the Central Plains Dynasty. Duohuitaiji was promoted to khan, and his control over Etuoke and others was still limited.

Bosten Lake was called the Sea of ​​Fish in Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Yihai worshiped the Tang Dynasty, so after he came, he directly called this big lake a sea of ​​fish.

"The mist is vast, the water and the sky are the same color, the sun is blue and the sky is shining, what a good place!" Zhu Yihai took a boat on the lake, with the breeze blowing his face, feeling relaxed and happy.

It is hard to imagine that there is such a large lake in the remote Western Regions.

Bosten, which means standing in Mongolian, got its name because Sandaohu Mountain stands in the center of the lake.

The lake is only a few dozen miles away from Yanqi City, and the Kaidu River connects Yanqi and Yuhai.

"This place is really beautiful. I thought that another military town could be built between Yanqi City and Yuhai."

The east, south, north, and three sides of Yuhai are all Gobi sandy land. There are several oases in the Gobi in the north and south, while the west bank is the flat and endless Yanqi Basin oasis, and the Kaidu River is also the core of this oasis.

The sea of ​​fish is very large, slightly triangular in shape, 110 miles long from east to west, and [-] miles wide from north to south.In the southwestern part of the Great Lake, there are dozens of small lakes of different sizes. The lake is shallow in the west and deep in the east. The deepest is more than five feet, the shallowest is less than three feet, and the average is more than three feet.

The small lakes are relatively independent and connected by branches and streams. In summer and autumn, reeds and cattails grow densely around the lake, the lake is clear and green, and various aquatic plants and flowers such as Dutch and water lilies are blooming, and water birds can nest everywhere on the water.

In the lake where the emperor was boating, various water birds passed by from time to time and above his head.

Leaping fish and singing birds, the fragrance of lotus refreshes the spleen, as if you are in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Some new fishing villages can also be established on the shore of the estuary lake, where the fishing resources are very rich."

The Yanqi Oasis is really a treasure land. The oasis here immigrates to reclamation, and also herds and fishes. It has unique resources, which can make the immigrants self-sufficient quickly, and the agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery can quickly supply the garrison.

Zhu Yihai picked up a net and cast it skillfully from the bow of the boat. This kind of hand-throwing net was thrown out at will, and the net was quickly brought into the water with the sinker, and then pulled the rope to slow down the net with the rope connected to the edge of the net. Take it back slowly, and the fish is pulled out of the water by the net in the pocket.

It seems simple, but it is actually quite skillful.

After a few breaths, the emperor closed the net.

"There are fish."

"many."

Several ministers who were accompanying them were surprised to see that the net was pulled out of the water, and there were already five or six boats inside, because there were too many fish.

Two or three fish weighing several kilos.

"I'll cook the fish in the pot in a while, it's fresh."

My father-in-law Yan was born in Jiaxing water town, where the water nets are criss-crossed. He is an expert in fishing and eating fish. He smiled and said, "This fish looks really fresh. It must not smell like earth. I will get it."

Zhu Dadian also came up with itchy hands and cast two nets. Although he was not skilled enough to cast the nets, he managed to catch a few.

"He Duo and Qin are now besieged in Fort Hobokseli, and there are thousands of troops. Can they be surrounded? Do we need to send more troops or artillery?" Zhu Dadian asked while picking fish from the net.

The fish that come from the net are mainly bullhead and sharp-billed fish, also known as flat snout and Tarim Schizothorax. There are many kinds of fish in the Great Lakes and rich in resources.

The sharp-billed fish has a small head and a sharp mouth, a bit like grass carp. It is the main fish in various water systems in the Tarim. It has thin scales and small eyes.

But the taste is very delicious, similar to Taishan Shixi fish.

Scrape the scales, remove the gills, break the belly, remove the internal organs, make a few flower knives, cook in a casserole, add a few slices of ginger and peppercorns are enough.

Big-headed fish looks a bit like a sharp-billed fish, with a slender body, but it can grow very large. It is also a fish unique to Qinghai and Tibet in the Western Regions. It has a big head, somewhat similar to a fat-headed fish. The species of fish are fierce and eat small fish.

The big ones can grow to more than 100 catties.

Zhu Yihai and the others found a few online, and the big ones weighed more than ten catties.

Cut directly into pieces, marinate and fry the fish pieces.

Yan Wogong is indeed a master at cooking fish. Although this is not a species of fish in the water towns of the south of the Yangtze River, one method can master all methods, and it is still easy to catch.

"He Duo and Qin should not be underestimated, this person is not simple."

"I think there is no need to exaggerate Batur Khan too much. After all, he is just a tribal chief. He can't even control his own brothers. There is nothing to be afraid of. Now he is just a fish on the chopping board, just like this one of my subordinates. Like a big-headed fish, it wriggles fiercely, but it's still just a fish waiting to be slaughtered."

In fact, the Shaotian Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty did not think highly of the Junggar Khanate and Batur Khan. He Duoheqin was indeed a capable Mongolian tribe Khan, but that was all, and was far from a threat to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yihai still has some preconceived ideas, because he has a preconceived impression of the Junggar Khanate in history. The Junggar Khanate in history was indeed very strong. It unified the Western Regions, Qinghai-Tibet, and even conquered Kazakhs, and conquered Karkamo and northern Mongolia.

After entering the Central Plains, the Manchus suffered several major defeats. After three dynasties, it took decades to finally destroy Junggar. It can be said that Junggar was really strong at that time.

But this time and space was greatly influenced by Zhu Yihai.

The Ming Dynasty stabilized, regained the Central Plains, and expelled the Manchus. The Mongolian tribes were even influenced by the Ming Dynasty. Under the emperor's intentional alliance and win over, they remained stable, and there were no major mergers.

Heshuote Gushi Khan still arrived in Qinghai-Tibet, and Turghut also moved westward long ago, but Junggar, who stayed in the Tianshan Mountains, failed to take advantage of the turmoil in the Central Plains and had no time to look west, and successfully annexed Duerbert, Huite and other places, and also Unable to take the opportunity to seize the land of Yarkand, they fell into the trap that Zhu Yihai had set early.

Not only failed to dominate the Western Regions, but now it has become the target of public criticism.

Such a Junggar, whether it is Zhu Dadian, Yan Wogong, or other ministers of the Ming Dynasty who are far away in the interior, who would be afraid?
The strength of the Junggar people in history was the accumulation of generations and seizing every opportunity to rise. But now they have missed the opportunity. The emperor intends to support Chechen Khan of Heshuote to suppress Junggar, and also took the opportunity to let Duer Bert established the khanate together with Junggar, and set aside land to stand on his own.

Junggar was dug by Zhu Yihai one by one, and the pits were full of heads. It was already too late to recover and fight back.

If Junggar alone faces any side in the Western Regions, whether it is Heshuote, Yarkand, or even Kazakhs, he will not lose. Support behind the scenes or even go off in person.

This is not just a dragon crossing the river from the Central Plains expedition, this is a new army with artillery and guns.

In the face of cannon fire, the Junggar people who are good at riding and shooting can't resist. After all, all the Junggar tribes add up to only 20 households.

The Junggars, who are mainly nomadic, are not the Junggars who were able to defeat the Qing army repeatedly in history. They are still dominated by nomadic light cavalry.

When Daming beat Junggar, it really felt like an adult beating a child, reducing dimensionality.

In particular, the way Ming chose to enter the Western Regions was very ingenious. It was not a direct entry into the Western Regions, but to first win over all parties in the Western Regions to establish an alliance.

Taking the opportunity to take Hami first, and then conquer Turpan, the forced Junggar rebelled violently, but the resistance of Junggar has not ended directly in Ming Dynasty, and it is only the war between Junggar and Turpan and Durbert. Not involved.

Even Heshuote, Duerbert, Jianlute, Turpan, etc. are still providing logistical support for the Ming army with livestock, food and grass. It can be said that the Ming army’s entry into the Western Regions is not going too smoothly. Stealing towers, one tower at a time, is a joy.

From Hami to Yanqi, directly and completely occupied.

Then in Turpan and Durbert Khan, post stations were built, castles were built to garrison troops, and they were also supported to establish a new army under common command.

Even if Junggar wanted to fight Daming directly, he couldn't reach it.

This kind of division and wooing made Daming enter the Western Regions, not facing the entire Western Regions at all, but pulling a group of people to teach the disobedient children one by one.

Now it is further divided, and Batur Khan's brother Chu Huer was recruited against him, and he was canonized as the new Junggar Khan, which completely crippled Junggar.

Even if Batur Khan is amazing, Junggar is just a tribal alliance after all, how can he play against Ming who has changed his shotgun?

They couldn't even defeat Turpan and Durbert, who were backed by Daming.

This is even a tiger can't stand a pack of wolves.

Zhu Yihai smiled, feeling that he was too much influenced by his original ideas, and the current Junggar is not the same Junggar, and the butterfly effect is great.

He now has to consider who the next threat will be when Junggar is down.

"What do you think about dividing Junggar into the east and the west? With Balakash Lake and Aisigu Lake as the boundary, divide it into two parts, the east is handed over to Chu Hu'er, and the west is handed over to Heduohe Qin, or canonize his son as Deputy Khan Commander?"

Zhu Yihai didn't trust Chu Hu'er very much, a person who could even betray his father and brothers at any time, how could such a person have any loyalty and loyalty at all.

"Your Majesty, He Duo and Qin cannot stay. If this person stays, it will be a disaster. If Your Majesty wants to continue to divide Junggar, he can appoint his son as Jinong Deputy Khan to rule the west, but He Duo and Qin cannot be kept. Once the tiger is released , there will be endless troubles, he can't surrender." Yan Wogong persuaded.

"Well, yes, how about Nali Sengge, he is Batur's fifth son, he used to be my bodyguard, and now he is isolated in Hami."

"Your Majesty is not afraid that he will rebel after becoming a vice-khan and full-fledged?"

"This is how I think about it. Let Seng Ge, the son of Batur Khan, be the Deputy Khan. Only in this way can he have weight, and he can have a certain appeal among the Junggar people, so that he can divide the power of Chu Hu'er, otherwise he will have no weight at all. On the other hand, if Chu Huer betrayed Batur Khan and appointed his son as Deputy Khan, it would be impossible for the two parties to reconcile at that time, and their confrontation will only serve the interests of Ming Dynasty."

20 households of the Junggar tribe, at that time, [-] households will be given to Seng Ge, and let him lead the nomads across the Aigusi River to the west bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Irtysh River. It can deal with the expansion of Tsarist Russia and at the same time contain the Kazakhs.

"If Your Majesty wants to appoint Sengge as Deputy Khan, it is best to deal with He Duo and Qin first."

"Ah."

The sharp-billed fish and fried big-headed fish pieces cooked by Mr. Yan are delicious and very delicious.

When they returned after eating the fish, Yuying was organizing a large net for fishing in the lake. Yuying took a small boat and lowered the huge net into the lake, and then shouted a chant to pull the net together from all sides.

The fishing net is slowly tightened, and countless fish such as sharp-billed, big-headed, grass carp, carp, and silver carp are jubilantly jumping in the fishing net.

"Fish is out!"

"Fish is out!"

The guards cheered loudly. This scene of leaping and jumping made everyone feel the joy of a good harvest, even Zhu Yihai felt it.

The first net directly caught eight thousand catties of fish.

Harvest.

The guards became more and more excited, several huge nets were launched into the water one after another, and then pulled up again with a chant.

Tens of thousands of catties of fish are caught a day.

It really feels like beating a roe deer and scooping fish.

"We need to build a shipyard and build more boats. By then, they will be used as patrol boats on the lake or as fishing boats for fishing in the village."

"Well, the Kaidu River flows into the Sea of ​​Fish, and the Sea of ​​Fishing is the source of the Kongque River. There are boats that can patrol the lake. It is very convenient to patrol the Kaidu River and the Kongque River. Such rich fish resources can provide a lot of military supplies for the troops stationed in the Western Regions. Woolen cloth."

The Kongque River is very special. It flows from the southwest of Yuhai. It is a rare tributary-free water system. The only source is Yuhai, which is also the only downstream river of Yuhai.

The Tiemenguan in the Tiemenguan Canyon was also an important passage pass between the Yanqi Basin and the Korla Oasis in the Han and Tang Dynasties. Into Lop Nur.

The ancient country of Loulan was brilliant for a time because of the injection of the Kongque River and the Tarim River.

Zhu Yihai’s biggest impression of Korla before was that it is rich in fragrant pears, known as the city of pears, and the small Korla fragrant pears are very crunchy, refreshing and sweet. But now, in the eyes of the emperor, although the Korla Oasis is not as dangerous as Yanqi, it is also a place for the development of immigrants, farming and garrisons. great place.

"Let's build it. Yuhai will build a shipyard, and Korla will also build one. Build some boats on the Kaidu River, Yuhai River, and Kongque River. They can be used for fishing, patrolling, and transportation."

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Fort Hobox.

Batur Khan and Duoheqin stood on the stone castle, the armor on his body was broken in many places, the dark red blood stains dried up, his eyes were red and bloodshot, and he was exhausted but did not dare to relax.

Looking at the company camp outside the city, he remained silent.

This small town was once the residence of the Junggar leader of Batur Khan's father, and it was also his early base camp. After the Turghuts were driven out, he moved to Tacheng, the original Turghuts.

The leader of this small fort became deserted. At this time, the city was retreated, and thousands of people were here. People ate horses and chewed food, and the food and grass were not enough. They had to start killing horses and eating meat.

Fort Hobok, in front of the Hobok River, is backed by the Surrey Mountains. Hobok means sika deer in Mongolian, and Sashi means horseback.

A castle by the river with sika deer at the foot of a horseback-shaped mountain.

In front of the river and behind the mountains, there are people to rely on, surrounded by good pastures and pastures. It used to be a treasure land after Junggar moved westward, but later found better pastures and pastures and moved away.

Now, the army is under siege.

"Dulbert..." Facing the siege of the Duerbert tribe who once had the same ancestor, Batur Khan scolded his mother in his heart.

At that time, Batur's father Hala Hula and Heshuo Qihan's grandfather Dalaitaishi, as well as the four chiefs of the Torghut leader and Orlek and the Heshuote leader Baibagas were all married to each other.

Batur Khan talked about the relationship, that is Heshuoqi Khan's biological uncle.

At the beginning, Batur Khan was able to agree to the proposal of the Emperor of Heaven to reunite the various tribes of Duerbert and establish a khanate. First, Daming proposed to give Junggar such places as Utuha and Yanqi Korla Aksu, which was enough to tempt them. It is also He Shuoqi who is his nephew. He believes that even if Duerbert establishes a khanate, this nephew has neither authority nor many troops, and he will have to rely on Junggar at that time.

Who would have thought that now he was forced to this point.

But in his heart, he scolded, but he also knew that it was a common practice for Oirat's ministries to marry each other, but relatives belonged to relatives, and it was ruthless to fight.I think the leader of Torghut and Orlekna were still his own uncles back then, and they were also beaten by him and moved westward, and he blocked them like Da Lai Dash, who was brother-in-law with Orlek.

Now Rutchechen Khan Oqiertu married Batur's daughter, his son-in-law, but he sent people to ask for help again and again, but Oqiertu ignored him.

On the other hand, Batur Khan also married a daughter to Da Mingzi, and Zhu Yihai is also his son-in-law, but he still secretly messed with him.

Even his own brother, Chu Hu'er, stabbed him in the back at this critical moment, and ran away with several troops, sitting on the well and watching.

"Sweat!"

"Gentertaiji wanted to see the Great Khan and said he had something important to report."

Batur looked at the joint camp outside the city again, then turned and went down the city.

Fort Hobok is just a small city, and it once played a big role in helping Junggar establish itself in the north of the Tianshan Mountains, but now it is very effective in the face of Duerbert's siege, especially since he has no reinforcements.

Zhu Taiji are very depressed.

Gentel Taiji is the son of the Batur Khan brothers, and he also leads a team of troops, which can be regarded as a powerful faction in Junggar.Gentle has complained a lot recently, and Batur has to try his best to appease him at this time.

"Khan, there are more and more soldiers and horses besieging the city. I sent the city scouts to report that another batch of artillery was brought in from outside the city today. This small town can't stop these artillery bombarding the city, so we can't wait any longer. "When Gentertaiji saw Batur, he immediately shouted.

"I know." Batur Khan said with a cold face, "You want to call me in a hurry, but that's it, do you have any good suggestions?"

"Khan, I have a plan to help out."

"Oh, let's hear it."

"Please Khan come closer, this matter is confidential and cannot be known to outsiders."

Batur Khan walked over, and Gentertaiji leaned into his ear, "I want to get out of the siege," he was listening, when suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his ribs.

Lowering his head, his nephew Gentertaiji actually stabbed a dagger into his ribs, penetrating into his internal organs through the nail leaf.

The knife twisted a few more times.

Blood flowed from the mouth.

Gentle leaned close to his uncle's ear, and said in a ferocious voice, "Damn Khan, we can only get out of the siege if you die!"

"Why?" Batur Khan trembled.

"Begging!"

(End of this chapter)