This good impression includes his accurate judgment of the situation, but also his real talent.

Zhu Hou glanced at Ma Qi, at this time he felt that this Ma Qi was a little interesting, and he guessed his thoughts in such a short time; At the same time, I really dare to bet, and I can see that he is also an ambitious and skillful person, this person is not bad.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao smiled again and said, "Then you tell the palace about the Eastern Chagatai Khanate!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Ma Qi was immediately overjoyed, he knew that he had made the right bet, and at the same time calmed his emotions in his heart, so as not to let himself say the wrong thing because he was too excited.

"Your Highness, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was founded by the descendants of the Mongol Chagatai in the north and south of the Tien Shan Mountains, and we usually call it "Beshibali" or "Yili Rangli". During the period of Timur the Bald, he once sent troops to occupy the large city of Samarkand in Central Asia. The ruling area is as far as Samarkand in the west, Hami in the east, adjacent to Warat in the north, and bordering Khotan and other places in the south, and its power is unprecedentedly strong. ”

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Ma Qi in surprise, he actually knew so much about this Eastern Chagatai Khanate?

Although Ma Qi was suspected of being a showman, Zhu Houzhao was still very happy.

Such a general who knew about the Eastern Chagatai Khanate would be of great benefit to the Ming Dynasty in opening up Hamiwei and Dunhuang, and there would never be an unprofessional situation when continuing to march westward in the future, or in dealing with the affairs of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao is interested in Ma Qi, and he may really be able to command the newly established Jiayuguan military town that he is preparing for.

In the fourteenth year of Chenghua, Timur was in internal strife, and Yu Nusi, who was then of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, took the opportunity to lead his troops to the west in an attempt to expand his sphere of influence. In the middle of the way, some nobles and strangers did not want to live in agricultural areas and towns, and took the young son of Yunus Khan, Sutan Aheima, back to the steppe area. Hanusi Khan's westward expedition was successful, and Tashkent (i.e., Tashkent), Sairan and other places were all under his subordinate. ”

He took the tower as his rule, and never returned. Yunus died of illness in Tashigan City, and the eldest son Sutan Mahamu, who accompanied the Western Expedition, inherited the Khan's throne, but the actual scope of control was limited to the area near Tashigan, and the eastern part of the former Khanate, including the Mughulstan steppe area, belonged to Aheima, and there were cities such as Turpan, Chalisu (now Yanqi), Kucha, and Aksu under its jurisdiction. The Eastern Chagatai Khanate was divided into two parts, the eastern and the western. ”

Ma Qi said as he peeked at Zhu Houzhao, and saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked interested, and hurriedly continued: "In the third year of Ming Chenghua, due to the long-term absence of the throne of King Hami Zhongshun, the leaders of all ethnic groups strongly recommended it again, and the imperial court promoted the Tamur (Vultures) as the right governor and acted as the king's affairs. Hami still has no king to regent, and no government decree has been issued. ”

This situation lasted until the fourteenth year of Chenghua, and after ten years in Kuyu, Hahanshen's strength increased greatly. Taking advantage of the new death of Ali Khan and the unstable foothold of Aheima's succession, he united with the two guards of Chijin and Handong, supported 10,000 soldiers, and marched into Hami in the 14th year of Chenghua. Yalan was defeated and fled, and Han Shen successfully recovered the eight cities. Han Shen entered the left governor for his merits, rewarded platinum 100 taels and other objects, and was specially commended. ”

Zhu Houzhao sighed helplessly when he heard this, the policy of the imperial court was obviously problematic.

But thinking of the Chenghua Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao was relieved again.

In the first year of Hongzhi, the imperial court Jin named Hanshen as the king of Zhongshun, but Hanshen was not allowed to be the king of Ahima, in November of that year, he led his troops to Hami, threatened and lured, and finally killed Hanshen, the king of Zhongshun, and still ordered Yalan to guard. In the fourth year of Hongzhi, Ahei Mahjong returned the eight cities of Hami, the golden seal of the king of Zhongshun and more than 500 captive residents. ”

"The imperial court sent Shaanba, a member of the Anding royal clan (the great-grandson of the king of Zhongshun), to succeed the king of Zhongshun. In the sixth year of Hongzhi, Aheima captured Hami again and plundered Shaanba. ”

Zhu Houzhao was helpless when he heard this, the court was not tough enough on Ah Heima, which led to this guy's endless troublemaking and constant temptation.

As for Ah Heima's goal, it is actually very simple, he just wants to occupy Hami, when he feels that he can withstand the pressure of Daming, he will occupy it directly, and he will definitely not return it.

However, things later took a turn for the better, and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was divided into two parts, the east was led by Ahima, and Sutan Ahimama adhered to the Mongolian "Zasa" and maintained a strong steppe nomadic life customs. The leader of the west was his older brother, Sutan Maham, who inherited his father's mantle and was keen to settle down in the bustling towns. ”

"In the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, due to the complicated relationship with the Timurid Dynasty, first Sutan Mahamu in order to deal with the invasion of the Timurid Dynasty, in the same month that the other chieftain Sha also allied. After expelling the descendants of Timur to invade and occupy the city of Samarkand, as their strength increased, their ambitions swelled, and they in turn besieged the city of Tashigan, in a vain attempt to rebel against the Sutan Mahammu regime. ”

When Sutan Ahima, informed of his brother's siege, he handed over the affairs to his eldest son, the superintendent of Mansu'er, and led his subordinates to support him, accompanied by his youngest son, Sayid. Although the siege of Tashigan was lifted, the brothers' allied army, a place called Ahisi, fell under siege by the Yuejibean army, and eventually the entire army was destroyed. ”

Both brothers became prisoners of Sha Yi Khan, and Sha Yi Khan remembered the old feelings, released the Sutan Mahamu brothers, and allowed them to return to the east. The western part of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate thus collapsed. The following year, Sutanma Hei Ma Khan died of illness in Aksu City. After Sutan Mahamu returned to Aksu, due to the discord with several nephews, he angrily went west to seek refuge in Yue, that is, others. ”

Zhu Houzhao listened to Ma Qi's words, and probably had a score in his heart, raised his head to look at Ma Qi and asked: "That is to say, Ah Hei Ma is dead, and the current Eastern Chahatai Khanate is in charge at full speed?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, that's exactly the case." Ma Qi hurriedly said: "However, Mansuer's position is not stable, because of the internal strife, and the siege of the external Hashihar Dugrat Division, which caused the political situation to be unstable, Mansuer inherited the throne in Aksu, but was forced by the fierce offensive of the Yimi Ababajir, and finally forced to abandon the city and retreat east to the Turpan area. ”

"If we send troops now and march from Hami to Turpan, we can annihilate Mansuer in one battle." Ma Qi's eyes were shining.

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao suddenly smiled and looked Ma Qi up and down: "Come, tell me about this palace, how do you know these things?" ”

Looking at Zhu Houzhao's smile, Ma Qi shivered directly, screamed in his heart, and still got carried away, it's over, this is a trick!

Thinking of this, Ma Qi hurriedly knelt on the ground.