And if you lose most of the generals, middle-level officers, and even the backbone of grassroots veterans, and even all the craftsmen and even weapons and equipment with the army. If you want to create a decent army from scratch, it will be basically impossible to create a decent army without a few years. However, Xiao Xuan, of course, felt that this was not enough once and for all, so after the decisive victory of the army over the Kazakhs in the upper reaches of the Epil River, the army carried out an extensive sweep and cleanup of the entire Kazakh Khanate in the winter period.

When winter comes, even some local nomads have to spend the winter in some pastures along the lake and river to avoid the mass death of livestock. Compared with the Mongolian steppe, the concentration of the Kazakh steppe is higher, which also provides a lot of convenience for the movement of the army.

In the first place, in the face of the invading foreigners, the local tribes of the Kazakh Khanate, of course, also launched a broad resistance for their own interests. But when people gradually learned on the battlefield, these foreigners from the east were also very tough on the battlefield. However, after the victory and control of the place, a large number of upper echelons were purged, which brought all kinds of war readiness and unprecedented reduction of burdens. Not only that, many of the plundered cattle, sheep and livestock were also relatively equally distributed to the local people, which made the resistance faced later weaker and weaker.

In a foreign land like the Kazakh Khanate, the grassroots work is easier than many provinces in the interior, which also strengthens Xiao Xuan's understanding of Kazakh people a lot. In the Stalin era, this nation had become a kind of "destabilizing factor" because of its confrontation and hostility to the Soviet system, but in essence, it did not belong to a very religious or even stubborn nation, and was more "reasonable" than many surrounding peoples. At the same time, what is even more commendable is that the public often has a much stronger sense of rights and interests and a spirit of resistance than the Han people. This also made Xiao Xuan somewhat understand why, during the Vietnam War, when the American ruling class completely abandoned the masses and turned to the right, and the global wealth gap was also widening in the late Cold War and beyond, the Kazakh groups in Central Asia were able to maintain a relatively low income gap in the context of the collapse of the Soviet Union.

During the days when the army was wintering in Kazakhstan, the Bukhara Khanate in the original Uzbek region also heard from many fleeing nobles and even ordinary merchants about the terrible things that happened in the entire Kazakh Khanate.

Unlike the Kazakhs, who were more like a nomadic empire, the Astrakhan dynasty, based on a riverside agrarian civilization, was more like an agrarian dynasty characterized by a settled civilization and centralized power. Corresponding to this, there is also a more consolidated and affluent upper class.

Imam Kuri also ordered the maximum mobilization of the whole country before the onset of spring, and in addition to the main force of the cavalry group of about 100,000 men, the number of defenders around Samarkand reached 70,000. There is no doubt that this level of mobilization will affect the interests of spring ploughing and even many people.

However, Imam Kuri solemnly said to the leaders and even generals of the sect: "In the past, you may have learned a lot about what happened to our traditional old opponents through some channels. This may be the biggest test and pass faced by the entire river area and even the whole world. To use an inappropriate analogy, if we had died in previous campaigns by the Kazakhs or the Persians, the worst outcome would be to become slaves. However, if we die to those bloody Han people, who are completely different from the Han people in the past, not only will we not be able to get slaves. They will also let the lowliest of us come and put 10,000 feet on our corpses and never turn over, and we will pass it no matter what... ”

Perhaps it was the defeat in the battle with the Persians many years ago that caused many nobles in the khanate to lose their courage, and the entire khanate was faced with an unprecedented foreign situation. The idea of "saving the country by curves" is not without a market.

"Can we defeat those terrible demons by mobilizing all those who have courage from the age of fifteen and under the age of fifty? The Kazakhs were once our old rivals, and their strength is well known to many people, but it is only a winter's time. The entire Kazakh khanate has begun to fall from the lowest level of nobility and military officers. I have heard of the most decisive battle, in which those terrible and powerful enemies annihilated tens of thousands of the main forces of the Kazakh Khanate with half their forces in just one night... ”

"Yes! The Prophets have taught us that temporary surrender is a wiser option than resistance to ruin if we encounter an enemy that we cannot deal with... ”

Imam Curry couldn't help but be a little moved when he saw that the forces of compromise were so huge. After all, it seems that the rising Yanger Khan is still the entire Kazakh Khanate, and the destruction of the entire Kazakh Khanate in a short period of time also makes Imam Kuri begin to doubt whether the khanate can really survive even at any cost.

However, in order to avoid some trouble, Imam Kuri still said solemnly at this time: "Whether it is war or peace, it is not a simple matter. Think about it for yourselves, if the attacking enemy makes an impertinent demand, such as asking us to surrender the whole country, where is our bottom line? What do I, and you, have to sacrifice for the sake of peace ... ”

The Astrakhan peace mission had not yet arrived in the spring, and the grassroots changes in the Kazakh Khanate had not yet been truly consolidated.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the Astrakhan Dynasty has come to pay tribute to the Celestial Empire to make up for the long-term disengagement with the Central Plains. This time our king does not ask for any reward, but simply a unilateral gift with the respect of a subordinate nation ... ”

Xiao Xuan looked at the bill sent by the envoy of the Astrakhan Dynasty, and couldn't help but maintain a sideways look: "One and a half million taels of silver? That's almost one or two per population. Although this is not a lot of money for me, it is more or less enough to show your intentions. But a few hundred fine stallions and a thousand one-man tall horses don't seem like a light gift, but I don't think you, who own the richest part of the river, would be so stingy? ”

Hearing such remarks relayed by the interpreter, the heart of the mission that had always been hanging was finally relaxed. After all, when the monarch said this, it meant that he could accept gifts and even bargain. If the other party is determined to destroy the country, then he will not talk about these words with himself at all.

(End of chapter)