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When it comes to Hami, we have to talk about the Hami Guard, which was established by Emperor Yongle in the second year of Yongle.

With the rise of the Turfan Khanate and the Yarkand Khanate, Hamiwei gradually became a dependency of these two khanates, until Li Hongyu defeated Tumor and recovered Hami.

Since February, Ming and Mongol armies have entered Hami and are stationed in Hami and the surrounding areas, with a total strength of 100,000 troops.

According to Li Hongyu's plan, he will attack Turpan in May, and then the Western Expeditionary Army will also recuperate, and then spend time on the management and construction of the captured Guanxi, Hami, and Turpan.

At this time, Abdullah had already been defeated in Turpan and led his soldiers to escape from Turpan and seek refuge in Hami.

Mangui acceded to Abdullah's request and placed him and the thousands of troops who had escaped with him in a military camp near the city of Hami.

Speaking of which, Abdullah was also really unlucky, originally Turpan's Huozhou City had a strong city defense, and he had also hoarded supplies for two or three years.

If the army of the Yarkand Khanate attacked, Abdullah would definitely be able to hold out for a year or two, and then the army of the Yarkand Khanate would definitely retreat, in addition to logistical factors, it was also related to the situation in the Yarkand Khanate.

Because there are many small khanates in the Yarkand Khanate, once the army of the Yarkand Khanate is dragged in Turpan for a long time, then the small khanates oppressed by it will definitely rebel, which is the biggest difference between the Yarkand Khanate and the Ming Dynasty, which has a stable and unified internal government.

In this regard, the Yarkand Khanate is similar to the Mughal Empire, in addition to the central power, there are many local governments in the territory, which dooms their armies to be unable to go on expeditions for a long time.

Taking the Timurid Empire, which dominated Central Asia as an example, when Timur died of illness on the way to the Ming Dynasty, the huge Timurid Empire immediately fell into a situation of civil strife, and rebelled one after another.

And the Ming Dynasty will never encounter such a thing, even if the emperor dies outside, then the crown prince will succeed to the throne with the support of the ministers, and there will be no rebellion in the local area.

The reason why Abdullah is said to be unlucky is because when the army of the Khanate of the Yarkand Khanate surrounded the city of Huozhou, there were traitors in the city of Huozhou, and the city gate was opened in the middle of the night, and the army of the Khanate of the Yarkand Khanate, which was outside the city, entered the city and caught the defenders of the city by surprise.

Of the 40,000 Turpan troops, Abdullah escaped with only a few thousand people in the chaos, and was followed by the pursuers all the way, from Huozhou City to Hami City, looking very embarrassed.

Due to the suddenness of the incident and the chaotic situation at the time, Abdullah's wife and concubine and children were all separated from him, and it was only later that he received the news that his wife and concubine had been occupied by the generals of the Khan's court, not to mention, and almost all his family and children were killed

This devastated Abdullah, and then it was the traitor who opened the city gates, who was spared by him, who was entrusted with a heavy task by the Yarkand Khan court for his dedication to the city, and became the new ruler of Turpan.

Abdullah could never have imagined that it would be Tumor who betrayed him, and if he had known that this guy would have killed him in the name of defeat, why did he cause such a catastrophe?

Now, Abdullah only has the word "revenge" in his mind, but unfortunately his strength is limited, not only only thousands of troops but also military supplies are provided by the Ming army, so he can only rely on the Ming army, hoping that one day he can break through the city of Huozhou and cut Tumor with a thousand knives.

Therefore, after learning the news that the Ming army was going to attack Turpan, Abdullah made a plan and did his best to help the Ming army.

Li Hongyu naturally reused Abdullah, Abdullah has been operating in Turpan for many years, which can be said to have a deep foundation, and it will be much easier for the Ming army to capture Turpan with his help.

Since the army of the Yarkand Khan court has been divided, the army of Turpan has 50,000 or 60,000 people, of which there are 30,000 people in Huozhou City, and the rest are local armed forces scattered in various places.

These local armed forces are what people call small khanates, and in order to protect themselves, they have become grass on the wall, and they will take refuge in whichever side of the power has the upper hand, and no matter who is in power, they need to govern the place.

Although Turpan did not have many troops, Li Hongyu still prepared 100,000 troops, which were certainly not prepared for Tumol, but to deal with the army of the Yarkand Khanate, once the Ming army captured Turpan, then the Khan of the Yarkand Khanate was likely to send a large army to fight, and a major war would inevitably break out at that time.

For this reason, Li Hongyu has prepared enough grain and grass in Guanxi and Hami, after all, the Western Regions are not as inland as the grassland and the Ming Dynasty, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are many neighbors and deserts, so it is simply unrealistic to replenish them locally, so he made preparations in advance.

In early April, Li Hongyu held a pledge meeting in Hami City, with Man Gui as the vanguard, commanding 30,000 Ming Western Expeditionary Army to open the way, and he led the remaining troops to postpone.

Abdullah actively asked for war for this reason, became Man Gui's lieutenant general, and opened the way for the army with Man Gui.

Due to the menacing arrival of the Ming army this time, coupled with the factor of Abdullah, the vanguard troops of Mangui marched very smoothly along the way, and the cities and local armed forces along the way surrendered one after another.

After all, the great victory of the Ming army at Dunhuang two years ago is vividly remembered, and Tumol's betrayal of Abdullah is despicable, so people naturally will not fight for it.

As a result, when Man Gui and his entourage arrived in Huozhou City, Abdullah's side actually gathered 20,000 Turpan troops, which really surprised Li Hongyu, and it seems that Abdullah's reputation in Turpan is very good.

In the face of the attack of the Ming army, Tumol of Huozhou City actively prepared for war while asking for help from the Yarkand Khanate, and it was obvious that he could not stop the Ming army, so he pinned his hopes on the Khanate of the Yarkand Khanate.

In early May, Man Gui and Abdullah led their troops to besiege Huozhou City, and in just one year, the people of Huozhou City experienced two sieges, and this time it was very calm compared to the panic last year.

After all, this time it was Abdullah who besieged the city, and Abdullah was once the ruler of Turpan, so he naturally would not let his soldiers burn and loot after entering the city.

When Man Gui and Abdullah arrived in Huozhou City, Li Hongyu's army was still in Hami City, and Li Hongyu didn't seem to be in a hurry, and slowly trained the team in Hami.

Moreover, although Man Gui and Abdullah surrounded Huozhou City, they besieged it but did not attack it, which made the defenders in the city fearful, and they did not dare to sleep peacefully at night, God knows when the Ming army will attack the city.

Obviously, Li Hongyu did this by aiming at the army of the Khanate of the Yarkand Khanate, which came to the rescue, and it was a typical encirclement point to send reinforcements.

In Li Hongyu's view, the Turpan army in Huozhou City is not to be afraid at all, and if you want to hold Turpan, you must pass the pass of the Khanate army of the Yarkand Khanate.

Therefore, Li Hongyu used Huozhou City as a bait, wanting to lure the Yarkand Khanate to send troops, as long as he defeated the army of the Yarkand Khanate, then Turpan would be safe.

However, to Li Hongyu's disappointment, from May to August, the entire three months passed, and the Khan court of the Yarkand Khanate had no intention of sending troops.

Only later did Li Hongyu know that when the Yarkand Khanate found that the people and local forces of Turpan not only did not resist, but welcomed the attacking Ming army, so that the Ming army arrived at Huozhou City without blood, he realized that Turpan was a territory not worth recovering against, otherwise it would inevitably fall into the quagmire of war.

After all, the Ming army is not one of those small countries in the Western Regions, it has strong national strength, and once the war starts, the Yarkand Khanate will definitely be greatly damaged.

Besides, the Turpan region was no longer ruled by the Yarkand Khanate, and the kings and ministers of the Yarkand Khanate decided to abandon Turpan, an area that was difficult to govern, after some weighing left and right.

This made Li Hongyu smile bitterly for a while, he had already known that the Yarkand Khan Congress would abandon Turpan, why did he work so hard, and waited in Hami for three months in vain.

Although Li Hongyu was not in a hurry to attack Huozhou City, after a three-month siege, the defenders in Huozhou City were in panic all day long in this highly tense torment.

Eventually, one of the city's generals decided to learn from Tumor and did it more thoroughly than Tumor, and in one night there was a mutiny, storming the Khan's palace and imprisoning him, and the battle in the city lasted all night.

The troops in the outer city of the city were awakened and watched the excitement, and the general who carried out the coup d'état the next day opened the city gate and put Man Gui and Abdullah inside, which made Man Gui cry and laugh, and undoubtedly disrupted Li Hongyu's plan to surround the point and send reinforcements.

However, there was no way to do it, Man Gui had no choice but to enter the city first, and then told Li Hongyu everything that had happened.

Li Hongyu sighed helplessly after learning of this, and led 20,000 horses to Huozhou City, as the supreme commander of the Ming army, he naturally wanted to go to Huozhou City to announce the birth of the new master.

As for the rest of the soldiers and horses, Li Hongyu let them continue to rest in Hami, which can be regarded as a deterrent to the local forces in Turpan and the Yarkand Khanate.

It is worth mentioning that out of hatred for Tumol, Abdullah had his subordinates slaughter Tumer's entire family after entering the city, and personally cut off Tumer's head with a knife to commemorate his dead relatives.

By the time Man Gui received the news and rushed over, Tumer's family had already collapsed in a pool of blood, and the head on Tumer's shoulder was gone.

Considering Abdullah's hatred for Tumor and Abduda's special status, Man Gui did not pursue this disciplinary incident, and asked people to pack up the bones of Tumor's family and bury them.

After Li Hongyu arrived in Huozhou City, he quickly established a local government department, which was responsible for handling the daily affairs of the local area, and implemented a series of reforms in Turpan to improve people's livelihood and strengthen governance.

In October, when Li Hongyu was busy in Huozhou City, the Yarkand Khanate sent an envoy, hoping to sign a peace agreement with the Ming Dynasty and was willing to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

The Yarkand Khanate also had no way to do it, and the Ming army's easy capture of the Turpan region caused panic among the officials of the Yarkand Khanate, and in order to avoid war, the only way to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty was to be adopted according to the custom.

Now it seems that this seems to be a rather humiliating thing, but during the Ming Dynasty, it was a very normal behavior, for example, although Timur, the founding Khan of the Timurid Empire, who once dominated Central Asia, wanted to conquer the Ming Dynasty, but he had also called tribute to Emperor Hongwu before, after all, the Ming Dynasty was the most powerful Eastern Empire in the world at that time.

Li Hongyu naturally doesn't want to fight now, not only Turpan, but also the Guanxi and Hami regions need to recuperate and govern in order to consolidate their rule, otherwise the previous battles will be in vain.

When the news of the Yarkand Khanate's claim of tribute to the Ming Dynasty spread in the Western Regions, the khans of those small countries in the Western Regions came to Huozhou City to meet Li Hongyu in order to seek Li Hongyu's protection, which made Li Hongyu's prestige reach a new peak in the Western Regions.

In order to appease Li Hongyu, the khans of the small countries in the Western Regions have presented gold, silver, jewelry and beauties to Li Hongyu, Li Hongyu is all according to the regulations, and only uses the jewelry to govern the Western Regions.

In fact, Li Hongyu has been busy being a matchmaker since he came to Huozhou City, anyway, Guanxi, Hami and Turpan have died a lot of men in the war in recent years, so that the number of women in the local area exceeds that of men by a lot, and he just happens to be the wife of the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army.

In this way, the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army could also take root in the local area with peace of mind, which was of great benefit to the rule of the government, and immigration to the real border was an important policy to stabilize the frontier.

After a decade or two, the descendants of the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army will become an important force in maintaining local stability.

For Li Hongyu to give them a family, the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army are extremely grateful for this matter, it is not so easy for poor families in ancient times to ask for wives, and wives, children, and hot kang heads are the pursuit and yearning of ordinary people, and Li Hongyu helped them realize this wish.

I have to say that when Li Hongyu was unable to emigrate to the Western Regions, those soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army who stayed in the Western Regions were the greatest contributors to maintaining the peace of the Western Regions, and their exploits will last forever and will not be forgotten by future generations.

Li Hongyu originally wanted to stay in Huozhou City for a longer period of time, to deal with those local affairs as much as possible, and to provide an example for the local officials in the yamen to do things, so that they would know the scale of handling affairs.

However, the news that he received at the end of November from the capital in an urgent matter shocked him and made him decide to return to the capital as soon as the spring of next year became.

Li Hongyu never imagined that in July, Huang Taiji actually led the Houjin army to bypass the Guanjin defense line, on which the Ming army relied on it, and entered Gyeonggi after crossing the Outer Great Wall, until it reached the city of Beijing, and carried out a burning, killing and plundering along the way.

This made the whole country shake, who would have thought that the Guanjin defense line, which had cost the imperial court a lot of money to build, would become a pile of useless decorations.

Emperor Chongzhen was quite angry about this, since the Tumubao Incident, the Gyeonggi area has never been disturbed by the enemy, is it a waste for the Ming Dynasty to raise so many soldiers?

Li Hongyu knew that Yuan Chonghuan was going to be unlucky this time, and a big change would happen in the officialdom of the capital.