I have to say that Yaolevas's skin and flesh are very sun-resistant.

When he was put down, the whole person lost weight, his skin lost its elasticity, and his head was swollen.

If it weren't for the fact that it was late summer and the weather was getting cooler, it is estimated that this guy would have to ascend to heaven on the first day.

When the deputy envoy of the Yarkand mission helped Yaolevas, he left a worrying dent on his bare arm, which did not heal and disappear for half an hour.

(Some foreigners have personally tested that the skin will lose its elasticity after a period of time under sun exposure.)

The Yarkand envoy left Nanjing City with his own Taiji, and wanted to come to test it, but he didn't want to suffer this crime, and was killed by the Ming Dynasty as a chicken to deter the rest of the envoys.

Herovas went home and returned with remorse.

It took several months to walk from Nanjing to the city of Yarkand in the Pamir Plateau.

When Yaolevas was still eating sand on the road, Princess Kunxing had officially married and happily married.

Sun Yunqiu, an academician of the Ming Royal Academy of Sciences, became the son-in-law of Emperor Zhu Youzhen, the brother-in-law of Emperor Zhu Cihong of Tianwu, and the captain of the Tianwu Dynasty.

In order to avoid the difficulties of evil slaves, Zhu Cihong abolished the rule that the princess and the concubine could not live together, and the stewards and servants of the princess's mansion could be replaced at any time.

The princess and the concubine have the same status, and there is no need for the concubine to bow to the princess, and the princess returns the second salute, and the etiquette is the same.

After Princess Kunxing's wedding, the joy has not dissipated, and there is a happy event in the palace again, and the concubine Yang Yuerou gave birth to the second prince.

Zhu Cihong named the second child Zhu Heyuan (yì), which means journey and journey.

The princess got married, and another grandson came, and the emperor Zhu Youzhen was very happy, saying that he would teach the two emperors and grandsons hand in hand and train them to become talents.

Especially the crown prince Zhu and His Majesty, who are the focus of the emperor's care, even learning to walk all the way, teaching the whole process.

However, towards the end of the year, a sensational and unexpected thing happened.

The Yarkand Khanate killed the envoys of the Ming Dynasty!

It turned out that after Yaolevas returned to Yarkand City, he cried and told Yarkand Khan Abdullah how rude the Ming Dynasty was, how the Ming Emperor humiliated him, and he was hung on the noon gate and his face was tanned.

The clay man still has a three-point temper, not to mention the king of Yarkand Khan, who is the lord of a country, and he was immediately angry after hearing this.

It happened that the envoys of the Ming Dynasty came to announce the decree, and listening to these terms, Yarkand Khan, who had great self-esteem, became even more angry.

You said that if you return Hami, you will return it? You say that if you pay tribute every year, you will pay tribute if you pay 3,000 horses? Am I too cowardly?

Although he was angry, Yarkand Khan did not dare to do anything to the Ming envoy, fearing that he would cause big trouble, so he just ordered the expulsion.

However, where did Yaolevas take care of so much, and in anger, he took advantage of the return of the Ming envoy and intercepted him on the way.

Hearing the news, Yarkand Khan was immediately shocked and reprimanded Yaolevas fiercely.

Yaolevas naturally added fuel to his defense, and he said: "Father Khan, the Ming State named Hami, it can be seen that they have long coveted the fertile soil of my Yarkand Khanate, even if I don't kill their envoys, they will take the initiative to call!" ”

Abdullah, the king of Yarkand Khan, thought about it, and felt that even his eldest son was hung up and tossed by others, and the Ming Dynasty did not put the Yarkand Khanate of this Khan in his eyes!

After figuring it out, Yarkand Khan changed his attitude on the spot and praised Yaolevas for killing the Ming envoy, saying that this was a great move to make the Yarkand Khanate raise his eyebrows!

Subsequently, he ordered the blockade of Turpan, Hami and other roads to the Western Regions to prevent the Ming army from retaliating.

After the Ming envoy was killed, and the news reached Nanjing, the Manchu civil and military forces were enraged, and the entire Ming people were also enraged.

A small country in the Western Regions that lives in the desert and is arrogant and arrogant, even the envoys of the Ming Dynasty dare to kill it, it is really bold!

If you don't hold this hatred, what's the use of Daming! What's the use of raising soldiers!

The atmosphere of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs and the people from all over the country asking for war was in full swing, which made Zhu Cihong very pleased.

Originally, he thought that there would be some opposition to sending troops to the Western Regions, after all, Yarkand City, the capital of the Yarkand Khanate, is 5,000 miles away from Jiayuguan and nearly 7,000 miles away from Xi'an.

Zhu Cihong originally only planned to recover Hami, and marched at most 2,000 miles to take Turpan.

Now it seems that the Ili Valley must be taken and dried up to the Pamirs!

Zhu Cihong mobilized an army of 100,000 and appointed Zhou Yuji as the general of the expedition to the Western Regions, and Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, sat in the rear to supervise and arrange the marching baggage.

In later generations, there was a saying that the eighteen provinces of the Han Dynasty said that now, it is time for the Ming Dynasty to break out of this inherent territory and march to the Western Regions!

The goal of this expedition is clear, to destroy the country!

With great strength to destroy the Yarkand Khanate and occupy its geographical location, the Ming army was like a steel knife stuck in the passage of the Western Regions, shocking the countries of the Western Regions and Central Asia.

When the time comes, the Ming Dynasty will set up the Western Capital Protectorate here to truly control the Western Regions, and the Jungar Khanate and the Heshute Khanate can truly integrate into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The main force of the army on this expedition was the Dingxi Army of the Western Army Governor's Office, and the Eastern Army Governor's Office sent 20,000 horses to assist, as well as the Western Army formed by the King of Jin with the help of the King of Jin, and gathered 100,000 horses.

As in the past, major military operations were personally deployed by Zhu Cihong.

According to the situation, he gave instructions to Zhou Yuji, the general of the expedition to the west: the expedition to the west army first sent a vanguard army to take Hami, if the army of Yarkand is found, it will be crippled and destroyed, but it must not be rushed to march and the army will be fully moved!

Only after the vanguard army conquers Turpan can the army move in full force, and the battle will be won!

Zhu Cihong's will repeatedly warned: "Before completely taking Turpan to stabilize the situation, we must not continue to advance westward!" If you advance, you will lose, we don't miss this time! ”

In the middle of the Yarkand Khanate is the Taklamakan Desert, the largest desert in China, the tenth largest desert in the world, and the second largest mobile desert in the world.

The whole desert is about 2,000 miles long from east to west, about 800 miles wide from north to south, from the Central Plains to the Western Regions, and only through the Silk Road of Hami and Turpan, because this line is basically an oasis.

This is a military plan with a long history, all dynasties and dynasties will attack the Western Regions, must attack from the Silk Road, this is almost a fixed routine, from ancient times to the present.

If Turpan is not completely taken, the Ming army may be cut off from the back road.

After all, Yarkand Khan Abdullah was the governor of Turpan before, and it was his base for many years, and most of the main army of the Yarkand Khanate were also soldiers there, and they were very familiar with the terrain of Turpan.

In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Abdullah, the son of the ruler of Turpan, Abdullah, succeeded to the throne, taking advantage of his brother's struggle for the ruling power of Turpan, Abdullah led the Turpan army to Yarkand, once again unified the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and made Hami subjugate.

Yarkand Khan Abdullah appointed his younger brother Sulitan as Turpan Aqimu (meaning governor) and directly administered Turpan.

Under Abdullah's leadership, after a series of wars, the Yarkand Khanate entered its heyday.

Even so, the army of the Yarkand Khanate was still not enough to confront the heavily armed Ming army head-on, as long as the Ming army fought steadily, it was only a matter of time before the Yarkand Khanate was destroyed.

Zhu Cihong's most worried front-line general rushed forward in order to make meritorious contributions, not afraid of god-like opponents, afraid that his teammates would float away when they met rookies, all kinds of show operations, and were used by others to use the terrain to kill him.

Or the line of troops is pressed too far, and it is attacked by the jungle, and those who are caught don't want it.

In February of the fourth year of Tianwu, after several months of intense war preparations and army mobilization, the Western Army officially swore in and marched from Jiayuguan to the Western Regions!