Thousands of Mongolian cavalry did not enter the city to loot, because everything that could be looted was almost robbed by Turpan, and the people in the city only had a little ration left.

As for the military rations left behind in Turpan, Ya Mulan behaved very generously, sending troops out of the city and handing them all over to Wang Yuan for unified deployment.

In this regard, Wang Yuan particularly admired Yamulan and asked, "What is the strength of Turpan?" ”

Yamulan took out the map and said: "Mansuer calls himself the Great Khan of the (Eastern) Chagatai Khanate, but the land of Monastan has long been occupied by the Kazakhs. Mansuer's father and uncle were also defeated by Yuejibean (a descendant of the Golden Horde, not the real Yuejibee Khan), and after Mansuer inherited the throne of the Great Khan, he could only voluntarily abandon the national capital Aksu. Yuejibean then attacked Baicheng and Kuxian, and took all the populations of these two places captive to Aksu. Now, Man Suer only has Turpan, Huozhou and Liucheng, and his other territories are negligible. ”

Wang Yuan looked at the simple map, and was so moved that he almost wanted to cry, he finally knew the true situation of the enemy, and finally his eyes were no longer black!

Ya Mulan pointed to the map again and said, "Man Su'er has several brothers, and they were all driven away by him. One of the brothers, named Said, rose rapidly over the years, and even defeated Yuejibee Khan and reoccupied the national capital Aksu, calling himself 'Yeerqiang Khan'. ”

Wang Yuan asked, "If you contact Said, will he help attack Turpan?" ”

Mulan nodded and said, "Yes." But after defeating Turpan, Mansuer is likely to defect to Said, and Turpan and Yeerqiang will become one and become a real (eastern) Chagatai Khanate. Then, Saeed will become the Great Khan and turn around and attack us! Of course, this is only one of the possibilities, and Full Speed could also flee westward, leaving Saeed to fight us to the death. ”

Wang Yuan pondered: "That is to say, as long as we occupy Turpan, Sayid will definitely come to attack us?" ”

Yamulan said: "It is not necessarily an immediate attack, it may be ten years later, after all, Sayyid has just established the Yarkand Khanate, and he needs to deal with a lot of internal affairs." ”

Wang Yuan asked again: "What is the national situation in Turpan?" ”

Yamulan said: "Because of Mansu'er's continuous attacks on Hami, the Ming Dynasty and Turpan cut off trade. From the princes and nobles to the merchants and the common people, they all hated his brutal rule. However, no one dared to oppose him, because Man Suer was militarily strong and his soldiers were also very brave in battle. I am just a slave, but I can become a firefighter because of my military exploits, and I am a young fireman who has just turned twenty years old. If it weren't for seeing the banner of Qu Xianbu, I would have continued to be loyal to Full Speed. ”

Wang Yuan was silent.

According to Ya Mulan, Turpan's internal affairs were in shambles, and there was widespread opposition to Mansuer's rule in the country. But this is a war machine, slaves can be promoted by fighting, how can ordinary soldiers not fight to the death?

"How many troops are there in Turpan?" Wang Yuan asked.

Yamulan said: "The infantry guarding the cities should add up to tens of thousands, and the cavalry should be at least 20,000 or more. If we take the initiative to attack the city, we can gather tens of thousands of foot soldiers at any time, and even women and children can be captured to fight. ”

Wang Yuan asked, "How about leading troops to attack the pastures and villages and towns in Turpan?" ”

Mulan said, "Yes. To deal with those pastures and villages, we must kill all the young and strong, rob their women and children, rob their livestock and food, and leave them with only a bunch of hungry old people! Man Su'er must be furious and personally lead the cavalry into battle, so that we don't have to attack the city, but only need to deal with the Turpan cavalry. ”

Although this guy Ya Mulan has a true temperament, he is also cruel and cold-blooded, and he often kills all the young and strong, snatches women and children, and learns the Turpan set thoroughly.

If it weren't for Hami to stay and negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that there are not a few people left in the eight cities of Hami at this moment.

Thousands of cavalry didn't sleep all night, and Wang Yuan stationed in Lamu City.

By the next morning, Wang Yuan divided the cavalry into six divisions and attacked the remaining six cities of Hami. Some cities did not even have city walls, and there were not a few Turpan soldiers to defend them, and they were almost defeated without bloodshed.

So far, all the eight cities of Hami have been recovered.

Zhu Ying, Zhang Wei, and Zhu Dangshu arrived with their troops, and they were overjoyed by this, and they were already busy sending people back to Beijing to report their merits.

Wang Yuan didn't have any sense of accomplishment about this, and quickly recovered eight cities, which seemed to be very awesome. In fact, in the face of one or two thousand scattered Turpan soldiers, hundreds of whom took the initiative to surrender and annex, the military difficulty is not as good as fighting with the anti-thieves.

Of course, it was very simple for Wang Yuan, but it was not easy to say for other Ming officials. Just like Peng Ze in history, he didn't even dare to go out of Jiayu Pass, let alone summon the Guanxi Mongolian cavalry to fight.

Well, those Mongol cavalry are a headache!

After recovering the eight cities of Hami, they all wanted to go home to graze and farm, fearing that they would delay the critical season of spring. At the same time, because he didn't get much loot, the leaders of the various departments were also resentful, and Wang Yuan was almost unable to command.

"Brother Zhu, have you sent your report?" Wang Yuan asked Zhu Ying.

Zhu Ying said: "It has been written. ”

Wang Yuan took out a note: "Help me send it back together." ”

Wang Yuan's recitals mainly include the following:

First, the eight cities of Hami have been recovered, but the king of Hami is dead, and the golden seal of the king of Hami is still in the hands of Turpan.

Second, the Hami Sangha Gang Division has been slaughtered in Turpan, and the imperial court is requested to send some monks over to re-establish the Hami Sangha Gang Division.

Third, he asked the imperial court to allow the newly attached Mongolian tribes to be nomadic in the Xihai region, set up Xihaiwei, and canonize Yibuci, a descendant of the Golden Family, as the king of Zhongyi.

Fourth, send monks to the West Sea and set up the West Sea Monk Compendium.

Fifth, among the monks sent to Hami and Xihai, two eminent monks can be canonized as living Buddhas by the imperial court, and it is best to send a few living Buddhas to other Guanxi tribes. The living Buddha is priceless, packaged and wholesaled.

In addition, Wang Yuan wrote a letter to Shaanxi and Gansu respectively, asking them to bring all the displaced people who were difficult to resettle to Hami. The population of Hami has decreased sharply, which can enrich the population and increase the proportion of Han people.

All that was left was to urge the food to be transported quickly, and there was not much military food left in Wang Yuan's hand, because he allocated a lot of money to help the seven guards of Guanxi, otherwise how could those Mongolian cavalry be willing to die?

As soon as these letters were sent, the heads of the various ministries came to petition collectively: "General Wang, everyone wants to withdraw the troops, after all, it is spring. Only by withdrawing the army can livestock multiply, the land can be cultivated, and the horses can be re-raised. ”

Wang Yuan kicked over the table and sneered, "What's the point of producing it yourself?" Go to Turpan with Lao Tzu to rob! and they will not attack the cities, but their pastures and their villages, and they will take enough for you to produce for years. ”

The leaders of the various departments looked at each other, only Turpan used to rob them, but now they ran to rob Turpan, they were really a little scared, and ...... Inexplicably excited!

Wang Yuan added: "If you don't rob Turpan in the spring, in the autumn, it's time for Turpan to make a comeback and rob you." When the time comes, everyone is scattered all over the place, who can resist the tens of thousands of cavalry in Turpan? ”

The governor of Chijin asked, "What if Turpan mobilizes a large army to chase and kill?" ”

"Run, let's run back to Hami," Wang Yuan said with a smile, "The army under my command has already set off from Gansu, and it will be able to garrison the cities of Hami within a month." ”

Coupled with the armies of Hami and Yamulan, Wang Yuan led a full 8,500 cavalry and went straight to Turpan to burn and loot. They brought only a small amount of rations, and if the robbery failed, they had to come back hungry.