Chijin Castle.

This fort is also the area of ​​Yumen City in later generations. The 63-year-old Tulubaihu (Gushihan) was sitting in the big tent and pondering.

Tolubaihu wants to give 30,000 Jingqi to rest, Jiayuguan will definitely not work. However, there is an oasis about 250 miles long from Guazhou to Chijin Fortress, and about 30 miles wide from north to south. It is a place with a mixed desert, and there are more oasis than deserts.

This is because in this area, Mazong Mountain to the north and Qilian Mountain to the south, there was a lot of snow flowing down. When it was left in this area, most rivers became underground rivers and streams, but this was enough to make this area a suitable place for farming and grazing.

Although it is January now, it is still easy to spend in Gansu. The weeds on the ground are enough to feed cattle, sheep and horses. Moreover, since Turubaihu took over the entire Qinghai-Tibet, according to the agreement reached with the Dalai Lama, he will be responsible for political affairs and religion. Of course, many temples also have huge temple properties.

So, he also had a lot of grain in his hands - barley. With barley, he had barley wine and a large number of healing medicines. This was nothing, at most it was just icing on the cake.

Qinghai-Tibet, originally called Tubo, was also a powerful existence in the Tang Dynasty. In addition to the fact that Buddhism had not spread widely at that time, they were able to skillfully smel steel and make cold weapons and armor. The most famous one was armor.

According to legend, at that time, the cavalry and knights of Tubo were all wrapped in armor and only the calf was exposed outside. You can imagine how powerful they were. There were famous generals of the Tang Dynasty emerging like crucian carp across the river, as bright as a galaxy, but repeatedly shattering their troops in Tubo. The plateau was naturally beneficial to the Tubo people. In addition, their bravery, excellent armor, and wisdom are also important factors.

During the Tang Dynasty, the Tubo people once occupied southern Xinjiang and Gansu, and passed their armor making technology to Central Asia in the Western Regions. Many of the heavy armored cavalry in Central Asia in later generations also adopted the Tubo methods, including Kazakhstan.

In the Ming Dynasty, Tibetans' combat power was naturally incomparable, but their methods of making armor were preserved.

After Tulubaihu occupied Qinghai-Tibet land, the first thing he did was to gather all the craftsmen in the territory who were proficient in making swords and armor, and to create weapons and armor for him day and night.

Over the past few years, he finally owned a heavy cavalry wrapped in the "Tubo armor"!

His armor is actually a kind of fish scale armor, but it is just a small rectangular piece of armor connected together with a belt. The knight's body is slightly thicker and the war horse's body is slightly thinner.

Five thousand riders!

This was the five thousand cavalry he carefully prepared to deal with the Hanhai Army. In addition, he also had a mesh gun unit, mainly used by Uyghurs who had been captured from southern Xinjiang and Tibetans in Qinghai-Tibet. The mesh gun was also obtained from the Yarkand Khanate.

There were not many people, only 1,500, but in Tulubaihu's opinion, he had already put in a lot of effort.

He is already sixty-three years old this year. At this age, he should give his great achievements to his children and grandchildren and enjoy his old age. But at the age of sixty-three, he is still sitting upright in the big tent. In addition to his white beard and slightly old, his figure is still strong. To this day, he can still pull out a two-stone hard bow.

What's more, he was sixty-three, just last year, his wife gave birth to his tenth son, Dashbatul.

Don’t underestimate Dashbatul. His reputation is not very good in later generations, but his son’s reputation is very great - Luo Buzang Danjin, the one who confronted Nian Gengyao and Yue Zhongqi during the Yongzheng period.

Tulubaihu closed his eyes, thinking about all the details of how he would deal with it if he met Hanhai Army - with his ability to leap into Qinghai with thousands of miles to defeat the 40,000 troops in history, he was definitely not a person who was huddled west of the Qilian Mountains and lived a closed life.

Adventure, courage and complete plans are the main reasons why he kept Batuer down when he was in Xinjiang, not his identity as the Golden Family.

While he was thinking about a problem, his eyelids were also beating constantly, and soon he finally opened his eyes.

"There will be a battle in the end"

This is his sigh and his decision.

To be honest, if Nikan had not intervened, in history, he could have firmly suppressed the vast Qinghai-Tibet land with his tens of thousands of elite cavalry, and would not have needed much armor and elite weapons. With the vastness of the Qinghai-Tibet pasture, there would be a large number of cavalry.

With this heavy cavalry, as long as it can entangle the Hanhai Army for a while, its light cavalry will then use side attacks, harassment, and division and encircle techniques, just like the Mongols have always done in history, there should be no big problem. The most powerful Hanhai Army is the flying dragon cavalry wrapped in a complete armor. According to their regulations, three thousand cavalry is a brigade, and there are only one thousand cavalry among them. No matter how unbearable their cavalry, five thousand heavy cavalry can withstand three thousand flying dragon cavalry?

As for long-range weapons, he equipped all the javelins for these five thousand heavy cavalry and performed a lot of exercises. Naturally, the accuracy cannot be the same as the musket, but the advantage is that it is uniform and has amazing momentum.

What's more, these are his secret weapons, and the training of heavy cavalry was completed near Lhasa. No matter how powerful the Daxia Kingdom is, it is impossible for him to come to Lhasa to investigate.

"call……"

Tulubaihu stood up, and he had thought about every detail of the enemy. According to his thoughts, even if he lost to Hanhai Army again, there would be no problem in self-protection.

"Self-protect?"

He walked out of the big tent. It was still a shocking cold near Chijin Castle in January, but the moment he stepped out of the tent, he suddenly thought of this word.

This word was impossible for him to appear in his mind when he was near Tianshan Mountain. At that time, he was unparalleled in riding and shooting, and was invincible in command of troops. Even Batu, who had always been domineering, could only crawl at his feet and be submissive.

There were two people standing at the door of the big tent. One of them was his bravest second son, Omubu, who was named Chechen Taiji. He was thirty-five years old this year. He was the commander of the five thousand heavy cavalry when his power and wisdom was at its peak.

Opposite the Omubu stood a man taller than him. He was about thirty years old, but he didn't look like a Mongolian person. He had a Turkic meaning, about 1.90 meters tall, with wide shoulders, bee waist, long hair, and a pointed flower hat common to the Qiergis.

Halgen is the brother of the concubine of the Omubu side. A Qiergis master who appeared as a "raiser" near Lake Isek. The Qiergis near Lake Isek is the best in the middle pressure area. It is the target of Kazakhs, Junggar, Hoshuot, and Yarkand to win over. For example, the Gaochang, Turpan and Hami area on the southern foot of the mountain is still the current Yarkand Khan Abdullah and the in-laws invited by Isek Lake Isek as the governor.

As a whole, the Chirgis people near Lake Isek are powerful enough, and the elites who appear as rangers are among them.

Hargen can not only pull a large bow of two stones in a row (just like Suha mentioned at the beginning of this book), but also charge with an iron spear and an Uz steel knife.

Hargen is the vanguard of the five thousand heavy cavalry of Omubu, the leader of the most elite one thousand cavalry, and the son-in-law of Turubaihu.

The knights of this thousand cavalry are all selected from thousands of miles away. They are all strong and experienced in cavalry battles. The war horses are also tall horses with specialties in Qinghai.

"Come with me"

Omubu and Hargen were both surprised when they heard this. Gushihan often sat quietly in the big tent, and then rode his horse for a while. The guards around him could only follow him from a distance and could not disturb him. What happened today? He actually had to walk around?

Before his death, Turubaihu appeared in front of the world with a majestic appearance. Now, it is no exception. No one has ever refuted his words.

The two accompanied him to walk south. Soon, the gray-yellow desert in the distance and the black mountains of the Qilian Mountains were vaguely visible on the top of the snow-capped mountain.

Just above the mountain, his other army was hidden. He had done his best for possible war. In Lhasa, his eldest son Dayan had only 10,000 cavalry, but he had to monitor the entire Tibet.

"A desperate bet"

Looking at the distant mountains, Tulubaihu suddenly had this idea in his mind.

"Go ahead, walk forward and look at the river"

The two knew that he wanted to judge the climate through the ice layer of the river. Hargen took the lead in front, and Turubaihu and his son followed behind.

"Dadadada"

Just as I was about to approach the river, I flew in from the direction of Chijin Castle.

Soon, the rider got off the horse about three feet away from Turubaihu.

"Khan, emergency military information!"

"oh?"

Tulubaihu was still expressionless, but he was thinking in his heart: "Is that Nikan fighting?"

"Khan, the news I just received was that half a month ago, the Hanhai Army suddenly moved south, and Zhang Yong from Ningxia Town surrendered. Yan'an Prefecture, Qingyang Prefecture, and Pingliang Prefecture were all taken into account by them."

Tulubaihu suddenly looked relieved.

"Li Zicheng is strong. If Hanhai Army can take the initiative to attack the Dashun Army, it is probably because it has no spare energy to pay attention to me. If I had known this, I would have robbed Liangzhou further..."

So he said: "Is there any news in the direction of Xining in Lanzhou?"

"Yes, Da Khan, a legion of Han Hai Army has entered Lanzhou, Xining, and occupied Liangzhou, but there is no news about Ganzhou and Suzhou."

"oh?"

Tulubaihu was wondering now. With the power of Hanhai Army, they would never let the two states go in because they were afraid of him. However, with their military strength, if they wanted to attack the Dashun Army with all their strength, they would not have much spare energy to provoke us.

"Go back and call the leaders to discuss matters!"

Just when Turubaihu was hesitating, an army was trekking in the north of Chijin Fort, a desert about 500 miles long from east to west and about 100 miles wide from north to south.

And near Jiayuguan, an army has arrived.
Chapter completed!