Chapter 303: Gansu Town (Page 1/1)

The war against the Kazakh Khanate was not mentioned for the time being, and at this time, Gushi Khan finally started a war with Lin Dan Khan after many temptations.

On Lin Dan Khan's side, in addition to the Chahar tribes he brought, there were also 40,000 Khalkha tribes outside the tent brought by Choktu Taiji (Choktu Taiji was named Chotu Khan by Lin Dan Khan), as well as Zangba Khan in Tibet and Baili Tusi Yuedun in Kham District. The Anti-Yellowist Alliance has a total of 200,000 members, 200,000 people who control the strings, and claims to be 400,000.

Gushi Khan has 150,000 elite soldiers under Gushi Khan, these are elite soldiers who followed Gushi Khan to fight in all directions, and the Ming recognized Gushi Khan's right to rule the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and appointed him as the commander of Duogansi Xuanwei Sidu, and Wusizang Xuanwei Sidu, and the Northwest Military Region of Daming said that when the war was stalemate, it would unconditionally support Gushi Khan and fight against Lin Dan Khan, who caused trouble.

So in May of the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, when the war horses had enough food, Gushi Khan launched an attack on Lin Dan Khan. The battlefield was chosen near Dacaotan, and according to a later report by the Military Survey and Statistics Bureau, the two sides fought in the dark, with countless casualties, and finally ended in a crushing victory for Gushi Khan.

There was no real winner in this war, Lin Dan Khan happened to be sick, and as a result, he was so angry that he died with a whimper. Chotu Khan was killed by the Watt Thorns, Zangba Khan saw that the situation was not good, and after giving up the next one, he broke his tail to survive, and the main force hid back on the plateau, and Baili Tusi Yuedun also took some of his subordinates and headed towards the west. At this point, the anti-yellowism cleverness fell apart.

On the other hand, on the side of Gushi Khan, Gushi Khan himself was injured in the battle and was shot in the jaw by an arrow. The eldest son, Latsi, took over the command of the army, and paid the price of more than 20,000 dead and captured about 30,000 prisoners. After the war, due to the epidemic of epidemics, thousands of people died, and the wounded were everywhere, so that the strength was greatly damaged, so that the Wassan people were unable to enter the Wusi-Tibet area for a while.

At this time, Man Gui finally jumped out, and he ordered Zhang Xinchen's troops to quickly march to Dacaotan, and wiped out the remnants of the anti-Yellow Sect alliance, capturing more than 30,000 Chahars and more than 20,000 Transkhalkhas of Chotu Khan. He also occupied the Yonggu Castle of Dacaotan, and used the captives to start overhauling the city defense and the road between the Yonggu Castle and the Gulangsuo.

Shaanxi had a large amount of potatoes in storage, which was used to feed the captives. Most of these captives were physically able, and under the premise of having enough food, under the threat of the Ming army directly seeing red with bayonets if they disagreed, they launched a vigorous large-scale construction campaign in the border areas of Shaanxi. Under the guidance of the Ming people, cement kilns were quickly built, and a large amount of cement was used to build a high-grade road eight steps wide. And near the road, the officials of the Ministry of Railways let the captives build the roadbed of the railway.

These captives who only need to fill their stomachs and will do their best to work make the Ming people very satisfied, they don't need money, and adapt to the local climate, and after they die, they can make their companions satisfied by burning them casually, and the officials of the Ministry of Railways reported to the above, thinking that this kind of prisoners are much better than the Indians, and hope that Mao Shangshu can negotiate with the army and catch more prisoners, so that the roads and railways in Shaanxi can be repaired more quickly.

Mao Yuanyi took the following report as a joke and told the emperor to listen to it, and Zhu Youxiao also smiled after listening to it: "This idea is good, you can contact the General Staff and let them hand over the prisoners to you to deal with, but there is one thing to remember, and at the same time let them provide the army under supervision." We can see these captives as tools and property, and if the tools rebelled, it would really be a joke. ”

Mao Yuanyi was overjoyed, he just tried it, but he didn't want the emperor to give him such an answer. He thanked him and turned around and went to the General Staff. After hearing what he said, Xiong Tingbi said, "Since Your Majesty has allowed it, of course we have no problem. It's just that when you use it, you should also have a little mercy and don't damage it too much. This captivity is not something we can catch if we want to, but Cao Bianjiao heard that there are a large number of Kazakh Khanate captives, except for the nobles among them who are used to extort ransom, the other captives have to consume food, so we discussed with the Watters to see if we can transport these captives back to support the construction plan of the Ministry of Railways. ”

Mao Yuanyi said with a smile: "We are willing to pay for the freight of the Waspur people, anyway, there are just too many potatoes in Shaanxi to eat, they will transport the prisoners over, and then transport the grain back, which will be beneficial to both sides." As for the captives who built the roads, we can cherish them, and we will also serve them with some other food on weekdays, and there is also a special doctor to treat them. ”

Xiong Tingbi nodded and said, "Of course, those who can work must see a doctor, but if they lose their ability to work, then deal with it." This matter is left to the supervising army, we can't raise prisoners in vain, even if we have a surplus of potatoes, it is the hard work of the Ming people, and we can't give it to foreigners in vain. ”

Mao Yuanyi was a little unbearable, but he also knew that what Xiong Tingbi said was right, and it was impossible to feed a group of prisoners who couldn't work with food. Anyway, it was the army that did this kind of thing, and no one would listen to him even if he wanted to oppose it.

At this time, Gansu Town has been dilapidated for many years, after Man Gui personally sat in Yonggu City, Zhang Xinchen came to Gansu Town (Zhangye), as soon as he arrived in Gansu Town, he convened a meeting of all parties to discuss the specific matters of Gansu Town in the future, in his private words, is to let the people here understand, who is the boss of Gansu Town.

The meeting was attended by Mongols, Wasang, local Hui, and Tibetan Tusi representatives. Zhang Xinchen first said: "Gansu Town is my Ming military town, this time I came, I found that my Ming Han people basically live outside the city, and life is quite poor, I heard that the Han people grow rice, the most of them have to pay taxes to the three forces, what is going on." ”

At that moment, a local Hui representative stood up and said: "Since the Great Yuan, the Han people in Gansu Town have been planting rice, and they have always paid taxes to the Great Yuan and our Huihui, but now they have just changed to pay taxes to Washuang and Huihui." ”

Zhang Xinchen squinted at the Hui representative and said, "Da Yuan, now it's a big Ming." The Han people did not need to pay taxes to any ethnic group, and only the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was eligible to collect taxes from the Han people, and from now on, all taxes imposed on the heads of the Han people were abolished. ”

Now that you have the army in hand, whatever you say is what you say, everyone understands this truth, so no one objected, but Zhang Xinchen's next sentence made everyone blow up.

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