The cities of Turpan were like this, with a large number of civilians living outside the castle as the center, and a large number of civilians lived outside the castle to form a city.

In addition, there are some castles, which are also affiliated with the cities of Turpan.

For example, Tuoxun County in later generations, called "Three Cities of Tuoxun" at this time, was a satellite castle of the Turpan Royal City, and civilians also gathered outside the castle to form a city (town level).

After Wang Yuan captured the Turpan Royal City, he ignored those remote satellite cities, and only rested for half a day before heading east to Huozhou.

The ancient city of Gaochang is near Huozhou, and the remaining city walls are as high as eleven meters. If the defenders of Turpan were stationed in this city, and the city wall was intact, Wang Yuan would not dare to attack the city, and he could directly choose the original way to return.

More than 200 years ago, Huozhou City was the ancient city of Gaochang.

At that time, the Mongolian tribes were infighting, and Haidu sent the Balu Gu to attack Huozhou (Gaochang's ancient city), and the army besieged the city for half a year and did not defeat it, which shows how impregnable Huozhou City was at that time.

After decades of war, Huozhou (the ancient city of Gaochang) was completely destroyed, and the Mongols built a new Huozhou city nearby.

What Wang Yuan is going to attack now is New Huozhou City!

If the royal city of Turpan is the political center, then the city of Huozhou is the religious center and the educational center.

In the original words of "The History of the Ming Dynasty: The Biography of Huozhou", that is: "Huozhou...... More than ten miles in the city, there are more monks and temples than dwellings. ”

This is the territory of the fire man He Ding, the ghost knows why he was captured in Turpan, he should live in Huozhou all year round.

"More than ten miles in the city", very, very large, but unfortunately there is no city wall on the periphery, only a private castle about the same size as Wang Yuan's house.

Wang Yuan met fierce resistance here, and the civilians and "monks" feared death and launched a suicidal attack on thousands of cavalry.

If you don't slaughter, you have to slaughter!

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Before Man Su'er rushed back to Chiting City, he had already received the news that he had been raided!

Messages were constantly coming on horseback, but the content of the messages was extremely confusing.

Some say that the enemy army has tens of thousands; Some say that the enemy army had only a few thousand cavalry.

No matter a few thousand, or tens of thousands, the hinterland of Turpan, where the army is empty, cannot be stopped.

Full Speed left 500 horsemen to escort the booty, and led the army to accelerate westward return. As soon as he passed Liucheng, he received a battle report again: "Sutan, it's not good, Huozhou City has fallen!" ”

Man Su'er was furious and asked, "How many enemy troops are there?" ”

The man said: "According to the report of the sentinels, the enemy has only a few thousand horsemen, but ......"

"But what?" Full Speed asked.

The man said, "However, the cities of Liucheng have spread wildly, and the enemy army is as high as 20,000. Many Warat tribes north of the Tianshan Mountains are fighting with the governor of the Ming Kingdom, and some Ordos tribes have also joined. It is rumored that the governor of the Ming Kingdom will reward Yangji Bali and Weilumu to the Heshuote ministry, reward the cities of Turpan to the departments of Ordos, and reward the cities of Huozhou to the Xiaoliebald tribes, and set up Liuchengwei in Liucheng. ”

Man Su'er was furious: "Nonsense, disturb the morale of the army, drag this person down and cut it down!" ”

The man exclaimed: "Su Tan, I'm not talking nonsense, Liucheng is really spreading this news wildly!" ”

"Shut his mouth!" Full Speed shouted.

It's easy to gag one person, but it's hard to gag an entire city.

Man Su'er came to Liucheng and set up camp, and found that the news had spread all over the world, and countless people had fallen into a state of panic because Wang Yuan threatened to kill all the Mughul people.

The people's hearts have fluctuated, and soon the morale of the army has also floated.

First of all, the leaders and soldiers of the area occupied by Wang Yuan were worried about their goods and families, and they couldn't wait to kill them. But reason made them dare not kill back, because Wang Yuan had already occupied Huozhou, and the goods and population of those cities in the rear were estimated to have been emptied long ago, and this was what they did when they fought in the past.

The second is the local lord of Liucheng, that is, his brother Sazer. More than 10,000 troops gathered in Liucheng, and the army's food and booty could not last long.

"Sutan, either hurry up and kill Huozhou, or hurry up and think of a way out." Saji'er said that he was afraid that the army commander would eat himself poor if he stayed here, and he was even more afraid that the full speed dove would occupy the magpie's nest and swallow Liucheng.

Another small lord, Ma Mulu, said: "Sutan, the enemy has 20,000 horsemen, and he has already occupied Turpan and Huozhou. We only have more than 11,000, and I'm afraid this battle will not be easy to fight. ”

"Twenty thousand enemies are just rumors, not necessarily true." Another lord said. He is the newly rewarded little lord after Mansu'er annexed his brother, and he is eager to fight to reclaim his territory.

The lords of all places say a word to me, and those who seek war and avoid war account for half of each.

There are only Sachers, it doesn't matter how to fight, just make a decision as soon as possible, and don't let the army always rely on their own territory to consume food.

Man Su'er was dizzy from the noise, slapped the table and said, "Don't make any noise, you all go and rest first, let me think carefully for a while!" ”

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

The biggest problem now is that he can't figure out the reality of the enemy, because all kinds of rumors are too evil.

He immediately sent a thousand cavalry to Huozhou, seventy miles away, to inquire about the military situation.

As a result, the 1,000 sentry cavalry returned in embarrassment, saying that they had encountered an enemy sentry three times their size, and they could not get close to within five miles of Huozhou City.

Man Su'er was therefore undecided, he was afraid that if he rashly sent troops, he would be surrounded by enemy legions in Huozhou.

But subconsciously, Full Speed didn't believe that the enemy really had 20,000 horsemen.

After thinking about it for another day, Man Su'er called Sa'er: "Sa'er's fire, you immediately lead five thousand horsemen to Huozhou to see what the situation is on the Huozhou side." If you encounter heavy resistance, you will immediately retreat, if you encounter scattered enemies, do not pursue too deeply, and immediately send someone back to report the news when you arrive in Huozhou. ”

Sajaer was very dissatisfied with this order, because there were many signs that the dove had taken over the magpie's nest. Liucheng is his territory, but Man Su'er sent him to lead his troops away, and Man Su'er himself led the elite to stay in Liucheng.

But Sazer had to be obedient again.

Sazer led 5,000 troops to the west and encountered 3,000 cavalry five miles outside Huozhou.

Without waiting for the engagement, the 3,000 cavalry directly chose to flee, and the cavalry in Huozhou City also ran away.

Sazer led his troops and cautiously came to Huozhou, where he found that the city had been burned to the ground. Countless domed temples were all baptized by fire, and there was not a single monk left.

As for his brother's private castle, when Sa'er entered, he saw the same mess, and all the valuable things in it had been emptied.

Another day, Man Su'er led the army to Huozhou, and looked at the ruins stupidly.

This battle can't be fought!

Turpan, Weilumu, Yangji Bali...... These cities, like Huozhou, must have been looted by the damned enemy.

Even if the turf is brought back, there will be no way to live in the future.

Now in the entire khanate, only Liucheng has not been damaged at all, and Sa'er's strength is dominant.

Even though Sazer is the teacher's own brother, he is his most loyal ally and subordinate. But who can guarantee that the sole Sajah family will not rebel and stand on their own feet in the future?

Man Su'er didn't even dare to regain the lost territory, once he recovered the Turpan Royal City, he had to move to Turpan and return the territory of Liucheng to Sa'er.

Turpan has become a white land, what does full speed rely on to survive the winter? Let the Sachar give food and relief? If you ask too much for food, will Sacher agree?

In history, because the trade was cut off for several years, many lords ran to the Yeerqiang Khanate, and some ran to the Ming Dynasty. And now, it's not just as simple as cutting off trade, half of the hinterland of Turpan has been occupied!

Now it is no longer a military issue, but a political one, and the ruling structure of Turpan is too loose.

This situation happened once a few decades ago, when Mansuer's grandfather was not yet the Great Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

The name of the Great Khan was Mahema, or Muhammad.

This person is very ridiculous, and after inheriting the throne of Khan, he wants to marry his father's concubine. The Mongols often did this kind of thing, but after the greening, they could not do it again, because it was against their teachings.

Ma Heima insisted on marrying his mother, and killed seven priests who opposed the matter.

Just this small matter of sesame mung beans caused a large-scale defection in an instant, and countless lords ran to join the Kazakhs, or ran to join Mansuer's grandfather.

Mansuer's grandfather took the opportunity to send troops, and thus became the Great Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

What Wang Yuan did was much more serious than Da Khan marrying his little mother!

Now, only by immediately sending troops to recover all the cities can he reassert his authority by relying on military victories. But after the victory, Sajaer must be removed, because Sajaer is already superior to him. Once Sa'er is eliminated and the economy cannot be revitalized, it is estimated that all the lords under his command will have to run.

It's a dead knot that can't be untied at all.

How can we tie everyone to their chariots and follow their own private lives with one heart?

Full Speed thought for a long time and finally made up his mind.

That night, Man Su'er raised the butcher's knife again against his people. Without warning, he slew Sazer and his followers, and swallowed up Sahuer's men. Then he returned to Liucheng, took the army, grain, financial reports, livestock, and population, and went straight to Hami.

Naturally, it is not to attack Hami, nor to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty.

Instead, he led all the tribesmen through the mountain passes north of Hami and ran to the grassland to rob the pastures of Xiaolie.

Once in the grassland, those lords are rootless and must unite around Man Su'er.

There may be people who are reluctant to leave their territory, but most of their territory has been destroyed by Wang Yuan. After Man Su'er killed Sa'er, he took out seven components of Sa'er's property and gave it to the lords, and immediately encircled the army's heart again.

Only Sa'er, who didn't believe it until he died, would kill him.

The two of them have known each other since they were teenagers, and they studied the scriptures with him. Sa'er, who once helped Man Su'er compete for the Khan position, and once made countless military exploits for Man Su'er, although they are not brothers, they are closer than brothers.

However, Man Su'er still killed Sa'er and used Sa'er's property to buy the hearts of the army.