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Chapter 698 Speculators
Dahe Zhuo Emin of Turpan died, and Emin's eldest son Suleiman also died, leaving only the clever little son Maosa fleeing in embarrassment.

This guy no longer dared to surrender. The actions of the Ming army on the battlefield frightened him.

Anyone wearing iron armor will be killed without mercy, and even those wearing leather armor may not survive if they surrender.

The Han Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty is determined to kill all the nobles of the Western Regions!

It cannot be regarded as killing them all. If Emin can really call on all the nobles in Turpan, Barkol and Hami to surrender their weapons and surrender, and take the initiative to give up their land and property, he can be resettled in the mainland and become a stable and wealthy man.

It's a pity that the gap is too big. From holding the power of life and death in Turpan, to being able to rely on religion to indirectly influence and control Balikun and Hami, Yusubu has to give him some face.

Without the threat of Junggar, he would be the emperor of the Eastern Territory. If he was asked to go to the countryside to be a rich man, he would have to be watched by Han officials all the time and couldn't bully the people. Then what's the point of living?
Maosa also thought so. He retreated all the way from the battlefield to Luqin, and summoned the remaining religious nobles in Turpan who had not responded to the previous call to directly promote what the Han army had done on the battlefield.

He didn't need to exaggerate. When news came back from the battlefield, all the nobles were frightened. They finally responded to Maosa's call and gathered in Lukqin to defend to the death.

It is false to defend to the death, but it is true to use this to negotiate terms with the Ming army.

The Ming army spent three days counting battle losses, capturing and selecting the nobles hidden among the prisoners, and then dragged them all to behead them to sacrifice to the flag.

Then they continued to march westward and soon reached Shanshan City.

At this time, Shanshan was called Bizhan and Pizhan by Han merchants... The translation changed due to the accent. After the Manchu and Qing Dynasties pacified Junggar, a minister for Pizhan was officially established here.

Shanshan has become an empty city. The Ming army asked a few people and found out that the nobles of Shanshan had fled early.

Not only did he run away, but he also took away all the food, grass and baggage in the city. He said that he was responding to the call of "Xiao Hezhuo" in Maosa and went to Lukqin to fight against the Han army.

Emin's "big" Hezhuo died in the battle, and Maosa, as the only surviving son of Hezhuo, naturally became the "little Hezhuo".

Zhou Haizhong sneered: "It's like using a mantis' arm as a chariot!"

Yu Xiaomin shook his head: "Although he is short-sighted, he can gather the local nobles to defend him, which saves us from finding excuses and killing them one by one."

Zhou Haizhong did not lead the army himself, but directly stationed himself in Shanshan and established logistics and food routes on the spot.

While resting and reorganizing the army, they divided their troops into several groups. The infantry and some cavalry went directly to attack Lukqin City.

The Qinghai coalition cavalry teamed up with a group of dragoons to go southwest to attack Lop Nur (tribe in the Lop Nur area), Zhalichang (Qiemo), Yiliqi (Hetian), Halahash (Moyu), Kritiya (Yutian), Cheyou (Cele), Yulonghash, Tucker and other places.

These towns in the Western Regions, except for Lukqin City, which was fought by the main infantry force, and as the castle of Turpan Burke, may have some defensive capabilities, the rest of the towns are as brittle as paper, and some places may not even have decent walls.

For example, Luo Bu Nuo'er is simply a loose tribe. It would be good to have a few rammed earth walls. When its leader Gurban saw the Ming army coming, he immediately led thousands of troops from the Karakul, Sadaktu, Karahezhuo tribes to join him.

And he was really attached, directly requesting to move to the rich Gansu, and willing to give up his aristocratic status and become a commoner who could farm.

There is no way, Lop Nur has been extremely unsuitable for human survival since a long time ago. During the more than 200 years of the Qing Dynasty, Lop Nur was a dry, salty land that could not be cultivated.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the water here finally rose a little, but it was only eighty or ninety miles long from east to west and two to three or one or two miles wide from north to south. It was an extremely narrow saline-alkali lake with extremely high salt content.

Luobu Nur asked for help. Although the Ming army was a little surprised, they did not kill them all. The people here, including the leaders, were poor, so they simply allowed them to move to Hami, which happened to be short of people to farm. He also promised that the court would transport food from the interior. , will not impose heavy taxes and oppression, and will also be exempt from taxes and servitude.

Zhou Haizhong rested in Shanshan for two days, and news came back from Lukqin City that the infantry had attacked Lukqin.

All the noble believers in the city were killed, and their severed heads could be piled up in the capital.

Maosa "Xiao Hezhuo" wanted to negotiate terms with the Ming army, but the Ming army directly killed the envoy and then fired dozens of artillery fire.

In just half a day, the city wall collapsed.

Maosa had no choice but to fight to the death.

His ending was similar to that of his father who died in the war. He was blocked in an alley in the city and shot to death indiscriminately, along with several fanatic followers.

After regaining Lukqin City, Liuzhong County will be established here. Its name is taken from the Liuzhong County established here in the Tang Dynasty. In the former Ming Dynasty, Liuzhong Wanhu Prefecture was also established. As for Turpan in later generations, it is still a vast Gobi desert and has not yet had its turn to build a city.

Further north from here is Urumqi, which has also not started building the city.

However, it is close to the Tianshan Mountains and is just across the mountain from Turpan.

Zhou Haizhong sent troops this time, just to the south of the Tianshan Mountains, and it was difficult to intervene further north.

After leaving an army stationed in Lukqin and guarding Urumqi, the Junggar Mongols took the opportunity to move south, and the remaining main force of the Ming army continued to march westward.

Below Turpan to the middle of Aksu, this is where Yanqi and Kucha (Kucha), two of the four Anxi towns in the Tang Dynasty, were located.

Yanqi also has the largest freshwater lake in China - Bosten Lake. Bosten means "oasis" in Uyghur, which shows how rich it is here (Western Regions).

When a large force of the Ming army came to attack, the nobles He Zhuo of Yanqi sent people over to negotiate terms with the Ming army. He wanted to retain his rights and status. He could not garrison and build a city here, nor send out officials. Only in this way did he want to Surrender.

This guy also called on the common people and nobles to assume a posture of defending the Communists against the Ming army. He seemed to think that this would scare off the Ming army and agree to his conditions.

Then, Zhou Haizhong just mobilized an artillery battalion and bombarded his "big army" indiscriminately, blowing up the Yanqi aristocratic coalition to collapse without using a single soldier.

He Zhuo of Yanqi was captured alive. This guy wanted to beg for mercy and was willing to persuade He Zhuo to surrender in Kucha, but the Ming army didn't want to listen at all and just pulled him out and killed him with a knife.

The head was taken by the vanguard cavalry to Yugur (Luntai) and Qiuci. The nobles of Yugur were frightened and hurriedly opened the city and knelt down to ask for surrender.

Qiuci and Zhuo did not dare to surrender, nor did they dare to resist, so they simply fled to Aksu with their troops.

Aksu Hezhuo is Huojisi. This guy's official position in the Yarkand Khanate is Aqimubek, which is the highest military and political officer in the region. He can also be called the Governor of Aksu.

This guy lives in the city of Wuch (Wushi), and the jurisdiction granted to him by Yarkand Khan Danier covers the vast area from Aksu to Wushi.

However, the actual population is not much, because Yarkand is at war with Junggar, and a lot of people have to be mobilized every year to prevent the Mongols from northern Xinjiang from going south.

"What? The Han emperor sent a large army to the Western Regions. They have captured Hami and Turpan, and are now attacking Aksu?" Huojisi exclaimed and stood up.

The embarrassed Qiuci Hezhuo cried: "The Han army not only captured Hami and Turpan, but also killed (almost) all the nobles in the two places. They threatened that there was no need for nobles in the Western Regions and would release those humble serfs..."

Huo Jisi's expression changed several times, and he suddenly asked: "You just said, how many troops have come from the Han army?"

"The cavalry must be at least forty or fifty thousand, and the infantry is overwhelming and innumerable. It should be summoned as soon as possible..."

Before Qiuci Hezhuo finished speaking, a knife suddenly came out.

He could neither react nor believe that Hojis would kill him with a knife.

"Pfft~~!"

Under the gushing blood, Qiuci and Zhuo fell to the ground without making a sound even if they struggled twice.

Huojisi suddenly went into a murderous rage and ordered his subordinates to cut off his head and send it directly to the Ming army.

At the same time, messengers were sent south quickly to inform King Daniel of Yarkand Khan that the Ming army was invading the Western Regions in large numbers.

Historically, this guy was a complete opportunist. Seeing that Junggar was about to die, he immediately led his troops to set up an ambush on Junggar's retreat. He successfully captured Dawaqi, the last Khan of Junggar, and led the nobles of southern Xinjiang to join the Manchus. imperial court.

Subsequently, the nobles in southern Xinjiang rebelled, and Huojisi repeated his old tricks. After failing, he quickly reported the march route to the Manchu Qing court.

In this way, by constantly speculating and playing both sides, he successfully obtained the title of King Aksu Hui.

However, because this guy was too speculative, he quickly aroused the dissatisfaction of the Burkes in the Western Regions. They jointly reported corruption, malfeasance in power, and was sent to Beijing under house arrest by the Qing government.

(End of this chapter)