Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 877
Northwest of Yanqi.

The Bayinbulak Grassland, also known as the Yuledusi Grassland, has an area of ​​35 hectares, and the usable grassland is more than 30 hectares. It is the largest grassland in the Western Regions.

Zhu Dadian, a cabinet scholar who was envoyed by the imperial envoy to manage the Western Regions, rode a horse and looked at the Yuledusi River Basin in front of him. The grassland is flat and rich in water and grass. This is a treasure land integrating mountains, basins, and grasslands.

"Kundulun Wutaishi has such a good pasture, but I'm still not satisfied." Zhu Dadian looked at the galloping horses, countless cattle and sheep, and could only sigh that Kundulun was really blinded by greed.

Such a treasure land is not enough, and they still have to compete for the position of King Khan.

This prairie once belonged to the Chagatai people, then the Yarkand people, then the Turhut people, then Duerbert, Huite, Junggar, and then Heshuote.His previous master was the late Qinghai Heshuo Tegu Shihan Tulu Baihu, the elder brother of Kundu Lun Utaishi.

After he went to Qinghai, this treasure land was left to his brother Kundu Lun Utaishi, and Yili to his nephew Eqiertu.And Oqiertu, which was originally a nomadic Tacheng area, also reached an agreement with Batur Khan of Junggar to hand over the Tacheng area, which was originally a Turghut people, to Junggar, and the Qihe River Basin to the east of Lake Balkhash. Most of them were given to Oqiertu, especially the most precious Ili and Suiye River Valley.

Back then, Turghut was squeezed out, and Gushi Khan also took half of Heshuote away to Qinghai-Tibet, giving respite to the Oirat Alliance, which was crowded in the north of the Tianshan Mountains and scrambled for pastures, especially Durbert and Hui. After being divided up, the remaining Junggar and Tianshan Heshuote still have ample territory.

It’s just that the good prairie in front of us can’t make Kundu Lun Utaishi settle down. Back then, he and Duerbert and other Taiji were nomadic in the Seven Rivers Basin. The territory was not so big, so they had to compete with the Kazakhs For pastures, they have to compete with Junggar and others for pastures.

"Women of the right age are assigned to border guards as wives and concubines. Old women, young men and women are rewarded as slaves to officers and soldiers. The rest of the young and strong, who have the rank of Taiji or above, and those who have the title of hundreds of people, will be beheaded. The rest will be escorted to Yongning Pagoda. Slaves to armored men!"

Zhu Dadian looked at the subordinates of Kundu Lun Utaishi who were defeated and captured by the Ming army in the Western Regions, and waved orders unceremoniously.

On that day, more than 4 people were directly beheaded on the Yuledus prairie with blue sky and white clouds, and more than [-] people were captured as slaves.

Although the Deputy Khan of Lute defeated his nephew Oqiertu Chechen Khan on the battlefield, and even captured Ili, he did not expect that in the end he made the best of his best and let the Ming army completely take over his old nest.

The Ming army has been inactive for more than half a year, and people even mistakenly think that the Ming army is a sleeping sick cat. They have forgotten that in fact, the Ming army in the Western Regions is just a tiger pretending to be sleeping.

After Kundu Lun Utaish captured Ili, he and Chu Hu'er joined forces with Kazakh soldiers to besiege Tacheng and Bohuoxi, but Yanqi's Ming army suddenly killed his Khan along the Yuledus River. account, killed on the prairie.

In the past six months, he recruited everywhere, and his original troops stayed on the grassland with more than 1 tents. After lacking the main elite, he was caught off guard, and one tribe after another was attacked and destroyed.

Kundulun Wutaishi went to Tacheng and Bohuoxi, and he also left his son in Yili to guard the newly occupied and allocated treasure land. He also left his son to guard the house in his hometown of Yuledusi Prairie. The wife stayed behind with her young son, and has been keeping a close eye on Baicheng and Aksu in the southwest, preventing Oqiertu from making a comeback from there.

Take all precautions, but I didn't expect that the Ming army hadn't made a move when it should have been a long time ago, and suddenly made a move when they were lax.

Previously, the Ming army in Yanqi sent troops to garrison in Kuqa, and even at the request of Oqiertu, they dispatched troops to garrison Baicheng in the northeast of Aksu to guard the important military castle in the north. This ancient road can directly cross the Tianshan Mountains and enter the Yili River Valley.

The Yanqi Ming army even transferred troops to the Tianshan post road newly built by the Ming army, and went to Wusu to reinforce the garrison.

However, the Yanqi Ming army's several transfers were all to strengthen the defense at the Castle Army Town on the left and right post roads, and they did not intend to take the initiative to attack at all.

Who would have thought that Yan Qi had no soldiers and no generals, but the dignified veteran Jing Lue personally led the troops to kill him.

What was even more unexpected was that the soldiers he led were many and miscellaneous.

There are those from Monan Ordos, those from Chahar and Tumed, and even the cavalry sent by the two Khan kings of the Xilin Gol Dufu Mansion and Horqin Duhu Mansion in Eastern Mongolia, which were newly established by the Ming Dynasty.

There are also people from Haidong Jurchen, and even from Ningyong, Qudumei's Sauron tribe, Hezhe, Feiyaka and other tribes.

There were also Dahuer and other tribal soldiers recruited by the crown prince in the Northern Expedition to destroy the Jianlu puppet court in Lingbei Province established in the newly conquered Hulunbuir.

There was even a battalion head composed of musketeers from North Korea and Japanese ronin warriors, as well as chieftain camps from Annan and Burma.

These barbarian soldiers from all over the world were all selected elites from all over the world. After being supplemented with Ming equipment, they were transferred to the Western Regions to guard the Western Regions with the Ming army.

Thousands of people from various tribes were divided into battalions, which became Zhu Dadian's secret trump card for the success of this raid. These people were very brave and brave. Although they came from different tribes, they cooperated very well under the unified command of Daming. , infantry coordination, infantry coordination.

The artillery support of the Ming army, coupled with the superb archery skills of the Saurons, the cavalry of eastern Mongolia such as Horqin, Ujumqin, and Haoqit are very good at riding. The pig sudden tactics are very scary, the mountain infantry in Annan and Burma are very fierce, and those western mercenaries with blond hair, blue eyes and big eagle hook nose...

The combination of these people swept across the grassland.

Every time a tribe was defeated, Zhu Dadian directly divided the captured population, cattle and sheep, etc. into two. There are rewards. Under this style of play, those barbarian emperors' allies are very motivated.

In a short period of time, thousands of people in Kundulun were copied.

"Ge Lao, a complete victory, no one escaped."

A Ming army general reported happily.

Zhu Dadian stroked his beard on the horse, "There will definitely be some fish that slip through the net. Send more Qingqi to chase and intercept them as much as possible."

After the victory, the generals all proposed to pursue the victory. Of course, there were also civilian officials who accompanied the army, joined the army, and some generals thought that the treatment of the Kundu Lun Utaishi’s tribe was too strict. They should kill less and more. Don't worry about it.

It should still be allowed to graze in the same place, or recruit 5000 people to form a new army, and take them to fight against the rebels, which is also a way to draw salary from the bottom of the stick.

But Zhu Dadian ignored them, and killed more than 1000 of the [-] people. The remaining married women were all sent to the soldiers as wives and concubines, and the old and weak were distributed to the soldiers of the Western Regions as slaves. Young and strong, they will go all-in to the northeast to serve as slaves to the border guards.

Instead of keeping the young and strong in the local area, they insisted on sending them to the far northeastern frontier because the Ming Han immigrants are still a minority in the Western Regions. The emperor's strategy for dealing with rebellion in different places is the same.

It is also a practical consideration for young women to marry soldiers and concubines stationed in the Western Regions. These people are young and unable to bear children. They are not as threatening as Oirat men. After giving birth, Hua Yi intermarries. According to the rules of Ming Dynasty, One of the parents is Xia, and the children are Xia, who are the people of Ming Dynasty. They must receive Han culture education and learn Han customs and etiquette. This is essentially the basic mode of conquest in this era.

Conquest by force, colonization and assimilation, basic operations.

Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, French, English, all of them.

Daming is now recruiting some young and strong elite fighters from the surrounding barbarian tribes that belonged to them, and they are transferred to various parts of Daming to fight for the country with the battalion as a unit. In fact, it is not a way to weaken the strength of the barbarians. Soldiers, at the same time, use them to conquer barbarians with barbarians. In addition, during the battle, these barbarians who survived will slowly learn the Chinese culture of Ming Dynasty, language, characters, customs, rules, and even get rewards and promotions for meritorious service. His tribe is surrounded by Ming people, and gradually under the influence of the environment, he is no longer the original barbarian.

When he intermarries with another tribe and gives birth to children, their second generation grows up in another environment that is even more divorced from the original tribe, and they are no longer members of that tribe at all.

"The sage is very kind and generous to all those who belong to him, but they are so rebellious, they will never be forgiven lightly, and they must be killed and severely punished."

"It's not my job to forgive them, my mission is to wipe out the rebels!"

"This time, the victory over the Utaishi tribe in Kundu Lun, whether it was our Daming Imperial Battalion, or the Anxi Provincial Patrol Battalion, or the Western Region Tun Town, or the children's militia, or Mobei Modong, Qingkang Mongolia, or Haidong Haixi Jurchen, and the battalions of the vassal states such as Annan, Burma, Korea, Ryukyu, etc., thousands of people, each rewards a young woman first, and those who have no wives will be wives, and those who have wives will take them back. As a concubine, those who have made great contributions can get a few more points."

"Ox, horses, camels, flocks and other properties, half of the seized property will be distributed to the soldiers."

As soon as Zhu Dadian's generous reward method was announced, no matter it was the Ming army or the barbarian army, everyone cheered excitedly. No matter if it was a woman, a horse, or a cow, sheep, or fur, no one would dislike it. They could sell it if they didn't need it. What about silver?

Especially those barbarians, barbarians, their productivity is backward, and their lives are naturally not good. This is such a great harvest in the first battle in the Western Regions, who would not be overjoyed.

"Next, we will take advantage of the victory to pursue, and take advantage of Kundulun Wutaishi and Chu Hu'er to besiege Tacheng, Bohuoxi and other places. Let's make persistent efforts and take Ili down."

"There are two roads to the Ili River Valley, which one do you take?"

"The road is along the Tianshan Road, which was expanded by the Ming army in recent years, which is roughly the route of the later Duku Highway. It goes north across the Tianshan Mountains and enters the Nalati Grassland of the Gongnaisi River in the upper reaches of the Ili River Valley. This route only needs to pass between the two grasslands. Erinhabierga Mountain, after crossing this mountain, has been a smooth road on the grassland.

The other way is to take the ancient Wusun road, starting from the Bayinbulak prairie to the southwest, crossing the Karakul Ridge to Kuqa, which is the ancient Kucha country, and then going northwest to Baicheng in Aksu. An ancient castle in the salt ditch, here is the secret road for the Wusun Kingdom, which originally lived in the Hexi Zongkou, to move westward all the way to the Ili River Valley.

Through this mountain path, they crossed mountains and rivers, crossed 260 miles, crossed the Tianshan Mountains from Qiuci and entered the Ili Valley, drove away the Da Yuezhi people who also moved from Hexi, and established the Wusun Kingdom in the Ili Valley.

The road is dangerous.

"After Kundulun captured Ili, he sent troops to guard the eastern mountain pass of the Alati Grassland. In addition, he also sent his son to lead troops to garrison the mountain pass of Wushi, the main road from Ili to Aksu. The ancient road of Wusun is difficult to walk. , and now that it has snowed, the mountain will be closed immediately, and the ancient Wusun Road will not be able to walk.”

"No, the mountain hasn't been closed yet. You can still go. It's just difficult to go. You don't have heavy artillery, just some light artillery. There is no problem. Whether it is Wushi's side or Alati's side, there are soldiers on both sides. Horse defense, especially Alati's side, the more people and horses." Zhu Dadian looked at the map, "I think it should be taken by surprise, the soldiers are dangerous, and the surprise soldiers cross the three hundred miles of Wusun Ancient Road and appear directly in the hinterland of the Yili River Valley. Annihilate the remaining troops of Kundu Lun Utaish from behind one by one."

"Crossing the Wusun Ancient Road is very risky in this season," said a general.

"War is an adventure."

"If the sons of Kundu Lun Utaishi find us, only a small number of soldiers and horses can block us in the mountains, and we will be in a dilemma when we fall down. It will be a disaster."

"I still have a backup. Hasn't Oqiertuchechen Khan already recruited more than 1 horses in Aksu? Let him lead his troops back and march from Aksu Wensu along the Xiata Ancient Road to Yili Zhaosuxiat Ranch, make more noise, they are in the open, to attract Yili's attention, we are in the dark."

"This is called Mingxiu plank road, secretly crossing Chencang."

Like the Wusun Ancient Road, the Shate Ancient Road is also a shortcut ancient road to cross the Tianshan Mountains. It starts from Zhaosu Shate Ranch in the north and ends at Wensu in Aksu in the south. Domi's Hatamuzdaban.

Before Eqiertu was ordered to conquer Yarkand in the south, [-] households were specially arranged to dig ice ladders on the glacier. The Mongolian language for the stairs is Shatu, and the Shate Ranch is the transliteration of Shatu, and the full name is Shatua. Full.

When he sent troops to capture Aksu, and retreated to Aksu after defeat, Oqiertu always found this way, but when he fled to Aksu, he ordered people to destroy the Shatu Ice Ladder to prevent pursuers.

"Let Oqiertu build the Xiata Ice Ladder with great fanfare to attract the attention of the people left behind in Yili. We will cross the Wusun Ancient Road quietly. This season happens to be when the Wusun Ancient Road is about to be blocked. They will definitely relax their vigilance. , if the ice ladder is built on the ancient Shata Road in the south, it will be led over, and we just crossed it in one fell swoop."

Zhu Dadian is familiar with the art of war, is also a master of strategy and tactics, and has a lot of actual combat experience. This trick is extremely impressive.

After hearing this, the generals all felt that this plan was feasible, convenient and able to avoid the enemy's interception, cutting edge, going straight into the enemy's rear, stabbing the heart, it was perfect.

The plan was made, Zhu Dadian took a pen and paper, and personally wrote to the emperor the great victory in the Yuledus grassland, and at the same time reported his post-war disposition to the emperor.

It won't be long before he will be able to report another victory to the emperor in the Yili River Valley!

(End of this chapter)