Chapter 11 The turbulent situation starts from Gansu, and the four strikes from the east to the west and the lonely army goes deep
It’s still autumn, and the Turpan area is clear and refreshing.
After Gushikhan's Heshuote tribe went away from the Qinghai-Tibet area, most of the tribes followed him, but there were still quite a few herders left near the Tianshan Mountains, and these herders were headed by Gushikhan's nephew who stayed here.
Eziertu, a strong man in his thirties.
At present, in name only, the jugugar Khanate still uses Batur and Eziertu as their joint leaders. In fact, those with discerning eyes have long seen that Eziertu, as the golden family, has already been declining.
In recent days, the Junggar Khanate suddenly invaded the Yeh Qiang Khanate on a large scale. Sengge personally led a large army to pounce on the Ili River Valley. More than ten days later, just as the Yeh Qiang Khanate mobilized heavy troops to confront Sengge in the Ili River Basin, Eziertu also sneaked into Daban Natural Hacks and succeeded, leading the army of the Heshuote tribe to cross the Tianshan Mountains and suddenly appeared under the city of Turpan.
Now Abdullah and Khan of the Yeh Qiang Khanate were stunned. He couldn't sit still in Yeh Qiang (Shache County), so he immediately led the army northward in person.
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Lop Nur is still a large lake with vast waters at this time.
Just as Abdullah and about to arrive in Turpan, a large army came over the south side of Kunlun Mountain!
This is the Heshuo army led by Gushikhan Turubahur himself, with a total of 30,000 people. His goal is also clear, and he uses Lop Nur as a base to attack the Hotan area with all his strength.
Since there were not many defenders in the Khotan area, some of them were recently transferred by Abdullah. In a few days, the entire Khotan area was taken down by Gushikhan. At this time, Abdullah and he was still in a tense confrontation with Eziertu under the city of Turpan!
Going westward to Khotan is the foundation of the Yeli Qiang Khanate, and Yeli Qiang in the Yeli River Basin!
Seeing that the Weila people were not so easy to take Turpan, Abdullah and quickly withdrew their troops to rescue Ye Liqiang.
Sure enough, once Abdullah and retreated, Eziertu had no ability to attack Turpan, which was governor of the Qiergis nobles, and immediately retreated along the Tianshan Trail. However, the Sengge army in the Ili River Valley was still there, and it was still confronting another Qiergis army.
Speak east and attack west!
It turned out that this was Turubahur's plan. He first used Ezhe to attack Xining City to let the Yeh Qiang Khanate relax his vigilance, and then used the plan of "fighting the Yeh Qiang Khanate to join forces" between Junggar's tribe and the small Heshuote tribe (the Heshuote tribe who stayed in Xinjiang) to take the lead in occupying the Khotan area.
Just as Turubahur was full of confidence and marched further into the Yarkand River Basin, he received a letter from Darantai, his third son who stayed near Qinghai Lake to control the overall situation.
This letter was not written by Darantai, but by Hu Luksesan to Ezhe.
Thousands of miles away, Ezhe, who was besieging the city under Xining City, also received this letter. The letter was written in Mongolian words, which means, "Dear Hutuktu Khan (Ezhe inherited this title, is the Huddun Rabbit). I deeply regret that I did not stand firmly with you when the Weila people invaded. Now Turubahur has drawn all the troops near the West Sea, leaving only a small amount of troops. It is the time when we wait for the Chahar people to fight."
The letter also agreed on how to contact the two sides and how to deal with Omubu (the second son of Gushikhan) and Darantai (the third son of Gushikhan).
When Ezhe saw this letter, he sneered. When Tuhan and his two men were in Tashhai before, when they were brutal blows from Gushihan, Hu Luksesan was watching from the side and even sent troops to attack the two men. Now they were stuck in the middle and were so moved that they thought of themselves?
Among Gushikhan's ten adult sons, the eldest Dayan is in Lhasa's jurisdiction over Tibet, the second Damubu still stays in the Kangba area to suppress the big and small toasts there, while the third Darantai stays near the West Sea to guard against the tiger Ruksesan and himself
There are at least 20,000 people under Omubu and Darantai. Is it that easy?
However, when another exact letter was sent to him from Gushihan, Ezhe couldn't help but panic, and he woke up.
I have fallen into a trap!
Now no matter whether Hu Luke Sesan is true or not, he can't get it to Gushihan anyway.
what to do?
Return to the east of the sea to apologize to Gushikhan? Discern the truth?
But if he has such a handle in his hands, will he still care about the promises of his ancestors and the righteousness of his name to forgive himself again?
I also thought that my father Lin Dankhan was a legitimate Mongolian Khan, who had not received respect from all tribes, let alone the Heshuo Special tribe, one of the four tribes of Weirat?
It's hard to say who would win if Ezhe fought to death. However, he had seen Gu Shihan's guy who was nearly 60 years old and could shoot his bows right away immediately. As soon as the strong old man appeared in his mind, he shuddered.
If Xining can be taken down immediately and occupied the Hehuang Valley, it would be better to say that you can still deal with that old guy by relying on the city wall.
But what if the Ming army and the Heshuo army flocked to me by then?
Surrender to the Ming army?
This is a good idea. Judging from Gu Shihan's withdrawal from Xining at the beginning, this guy is still a little afraid of Ming Kingdom.
His ancestor Altan Khan was able to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, so he could do so.
However, since he entered the Hehuang Valley, he burned, killed and robbed everywhere. The Ming army died under his command, and there were at least a few thousand people. Moreover, the attack and defense of both sides have become more and more intense in the past few days, and it has reached a stage of extreme jealousy. It is probably not easy to shake hands and talk.
Just in the camp outside Xining City, Ezhe and Zaisang were worried and speechless. When they were facing each other, someone came from outside the tent.
Batuul!
Of course, it was not the great khan of the Quasi-Ger Khanate, but Batur of the Dorot tribe, one of the core tribes of Chahar.
"Go back to your hometown"
Batuer said to the two with a confident smile.
Zaisang sarcastically said, "Old Place? Is there any pasture in the old place where we are waiting for?"
Batur nodded: "According to Bogda Khan's plan, my part will be moved to the newly won Anxi land, the northern foot of Daqing Mountain, Daihai, Ulanqab, and Ulanhada (another Ulanhada, near the volcanic group) will be empty, enough to accept you and wait."
Ezhe was also a little strange: "As such a good ranch or the core ranch in Chahar before, you just gave it up so easily?"
"I gave it to you," Batu's expression did not change. "After hearing about this, when I thought of Hutuktu Khan, I finally agreed. In order to compensate my tribe, Bogda Khan provided a full set of equipment for my standing army for free, and also provided brand new tents, iron tools, stoves, and the matter of Arukorqin, I had no choice but to relocate. Besides, I heard that the pastures in Anxi are more abundant and the area is wider, so why not do it?"
"What arrangements does Bogda Khan have for his master?" Zaisang asked.
Batur nodded, "I have said before that in addition to the ranch in Ulanqab, the title of prince will be granted, but the tribes must be included in the jurisdiction of the Imperial Household, and... "
Bathur paused for a moment, "You can continue to believe in the Red Cult, which can fulfill one of Lin Danhan's dreams. You can build a temple in Ulanqab. At that time, the living Buddha of the Mongolians, Zhebuzundanba II, will come to consecrate and give him a title."
“Is there any more?”
Batuer continued: "Of course there are some. In order to show the sincerity of the Khan, he is willing to marry Su Tai Daxian and the second princess Taisong. He will be a family in the future, and everything will be easy to say."
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In Lanzhou, Ma Duo met Wang Wenhui and Zhao Liangdong.
"What? Can you let the Mongols stop the army?"
Ma Du looked at the pale "dead eunuch" in front of him with disbelief.
"General Ma, according to my news, in three days, the Mongols will take Xining. They have nearly 10,000 households, and they can send 20,000 young and strong people to the east. Lanzhou City will be the first to be affected by that time. May I ask, can you resist it, General?"
"Then you mean..."
"Let open the gate of Anning Fort and let our army enter Xining. As an intermediary, we will naturally have a way to let them return to Chahar. You don't have to worry about the rest."
Ma Yu was still hesitant, "If the border wall is released, the court will blame him... let alone the court, Shaanxi Xingdusi and Gansu Governors will not be able to bear the blame."
Wang Wenhui stood up. He did not look at the horse, but looked out the window. There, in the corner of the yard, there was a flowerbed, and golden autumn chrysanthemums were blooming in full bloom.
"First, it's not that I use my power to suppress people. From Jinglu Guard to Lanzhou, and from Lanzhou to Zhuanglang Guard, Gulangou, there are less than 600 miles away. The walls are broken. It's a bit of opportunity for us and our two countries to break up. It's not good to come and tell you that you will be the end of kindness and righteousness."
"Secondly, we are willing to deal with military officers and are unwilling to interact with those corrupt scholars. They are stubborn regardless of the situation of the enemy and us. Therefore, we will not go to the governor of Gansu. As for the general of Gansu Town, Li Qifeng, his servant was almost completely lost in the last battle of Wangzizhuang. What is his face to discuss with us?"
"What's more," Wang Wenhui suddenly turned around, with a cold look on her face, "General Ma, do you know the outcome of the war in the Central Plains?"
The horse shook his head.
"I have received the news that the Ming army was defeated in Kaifeng. The Governor Ding Qirui, who was waiting for, was arrested and issued an imperial prison. The new Governor is Hou Xun, and he has lost one after another. Now he has retreated to Tongguan with his remaining defeated generals."
He suddenly turned around and continued to ask: "General Ma, you are in Longyou, so you naturally don't know about the war in the Central Plains, but you can deduce it."
"After the end of the Central Plains War, Li thieves had expanded to hundreds of thousands of troops and 40,000 cavalrymen, which was so powerful that they were... uncontrollable."
"Henan is broken and they cannot stay for a long time. General Ma might as well imagine where their next goal is?"
Ma Yu was completely stunned at this time. The Ming army who went to Henan was all elite. It was also considered the last two powerful troops of the Ming Dynasty in the northern border (the other one was naturally the army of Shanhaiguan). Why did he lose again and again?
"Impossible, it must be fake!" He shouted in his heart, thinking: "As the general who guarded the Ming Dynasty, we have not received these messages yet. How did those foreigners know about it?"
Chapter completed!