Text Volume 3 The Road to Empire_Chapter 638 Haidar's Persuasion II
Haidar looked at Abu Aggis with a twinkle in his eyes and said: "You are also one of the candidates who have the right to inherit the throne of the Khan, if you can get the support of the Ming people, you may not become the next Khan of Bukhara."
In fact, everyone knows very well that the body of the Khan King can't last long. After such a defeat, Lord Nadir seemed to be a little further away from that seat.
The distribution of forces throughout the Khanate, you should know better than I do. The defeat of the Balkh army and the southern garrison of Khiva had almost exhausted all the mobile forces that the khanate could mobilize.
Unless the Khan is able to abandon the defenses of Bukhara and Samarkand and personally lead the Janissaries into battle, I really can't think of where the Khanate can find men and horses to fight against the coalition forces.
However, the forces of the coalition formed by the Ming people are still being transported into the basin, and this war is already doomed. All we can do now is to preserve some vitality for the Khanate so that this war can end as soon as possible. ”
Abu Aggis looked at the other party in surprise and said, "It's not enough to surrender to the Ming people, but also take the initiative to help the Ming people conquer their own country?" Are you trying to turn me into a shameless person through and through? ”
"Please don't get so excited, Prince Abu. I thought that those who surrendered to the Ming people and did nothing would become shameless people who were scolded by the people.
If you surrender to the Ming, you want to become the Khan of Bukhara, gather the power of the entire khanate, and then gain independence from the Ming. Then the people will only remember that you saved the country, and what we are doing today is just a forced burden of humiliation. ”
Abu Ajith was finally moved, and from the moment he left his father and fled, he knew that there was no way out. Even if he fled back to Balkh, he would not be able to be forgiven by his father.
That's why, when he was turned away from the city by the Kokands, he was reluctant to flee any further. Because he feels that this is God's destiny for him, he doesn't want to run anymore, but this doesn't mean that he really has nothing at all.
Hedar, the traitor who betrayed him, really showed him a path to follow. If he could do so, Abu Ajis thought that the people of the Bukhara Khanate would not remember what he had done now.
However, he was still a little hesitant, so he asked Haidar, "Will those Ming people give us such a chance?" ”
Hearing Abu Aggis say the word "us" for the first time, Haidar's heart suddenly became a little excited, and he replied in a calm tone as much as he could: "The Ferghana Basin has a population from all regions, but there has never been a people who claim to be from China.
But we all know that in China's Han and Tang dynasties, Chinese people have been here. The Chinese, unlike us, do not want to live in an area beyond the control of the Central Plains Dynasty and become a foreign people in another country.
Therefore, when the Central Plains Dynasty arose, the Chinese would migrate outward. When the Central Plains Dynasty declined, the Chinese returned to their homeland.
It can be seen that the Ferghana Basin is actually the outer edge that China can reach during the period of its power. They rarely crossed the mountains to the west of the basin and broke into the middle of the river, and they did not maintain order in this area for more than a hundred years.
So, as long as you can get the support of the Chinese to ascend to the throne of the Khan of Bukhara, the worst plan is to lose the Ferghana Basin. As long as the Lands of the River are in your hands, you will remain the king of Central Asia.
As for the Fergana Basin, just wait for China to decline again, and this land will still belong to your khanate, and now it is just a matter of depositing them in the hands of the Chinese. The Chinese can't move this land back to China, can they? ”
Abu Aegis fell silent, his shoulders suddenly drooped, and he sighed softly before he said to Haidar, "So what do you want?" You didn't say all this to me out of a sense of guilt. ”
Haidar rolled his eyes and said, "You see, I am just the son of a Berke who surrendered to the Yarkands, and in the eyes of the high-ranking officials of the coalition army, there is nothing special except for the earlier surrender.
And after this battle, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries who surrendered to the coalition forces will inevitably abound, and once the high-ranking officials of the coalition forces value some of them, my current position will soon be replaced.
I have lost my family and my reputation, and I can't even give up my power. So, I would like to be your assistant, and before I help you put on that crown, please allow me to dip a little bit of your light into it..."
The one-man conversation between Haidar and Abu Aguis before the battle did not arouse suspicion among the soldiers on both sides, and everyone thought that the two men were negotiating the terms of surrender. Although the Andijan and Yarkand armies had a great advantage, the fact that they could disarm this force without force was also great news for the low-level soldiers in these armies.
The bravery of the Guards Knights in battle still left a deep impression on them. Although they can win this battle, God knows how many people will accompany these knights of the guard to hell.
Therefore, when the two commanders announced that the negotiations were complete, and Abu Aggis would hand over all the armor and long weapons, leaving only the short daggers for body protection and flesh cutting, Haidar's men could not help but cheer.
While Abu Aggis was surrendering his arms to Haidar, his father was also being pursued by Gushi Khan. Nadir Mohammed had a chance to escape from the pursuit of Gushi Khan, but he was reluctant to give up his subordinates, so after about 2 or 30 miles from the battlefield, he began to stop and collect the fleeing soldiers.
Where did Nader Muhammad think that in order to force them to not be able to stop at Kokand to build a defensive line, Gushi Khan did not even clean the battlefield, so he chased and killed his descendants.
When Nadir Mohammed was stationed at a distance from the battlefield and it was still very bright, the scouts of the Hoshut tribe had already found them.
Gushi Khan did not even adjust the formation, but simply divided his troops of nearly 3,500 men into three teams, and then ordered three of his subordinates to lead a team to take turns to attack Nadir's camp.
At this time, Nadir Mohammed had gathered thousands of defeated troops, but these defeated troops had not yet recovered from the battle just now, and they were at the time of the most confusion in their minds.
Therefore, as soon as they saw the Mongol army charging under the banner of Gushi Khan, they immediately rushed out of the camp gate again and fled westward.
The Guards Knights, who were dispersing their ranks to reorganize the deserters, suddenly fell into separate battles under such a sudden blow, which undoubtedly gave the Mongol cavalry a great encouragement.
The battle, which was close to dusk, finally broke Nadir Mohammed's bones. His most loyal knights of the more than 1,000 guards lost nearly half of them at once, and incidentally lost the last bit of baggage food carried by the troops
When Nadir Mohammed broke through with the remaining four or five hundred knights of the guard, he felt extremely uncomfortable. However, Gushi Khan's side did not give up the pursuit of Nadir's army, and after leaving 500 men to guard the prisoners and urging the rear army to follow quickly, Gushi Khan continued to pursue with 3,000 men early the next morning.
Although the Bukhara Khanate was a semi-nomadic state, the knights of the Guards were much better at surviving in the wilderness than the cavalry of ordinary agrarian peoples. However, compared to the Mongols, they are still not enough.
Moreover, the horses used by the Bukhara Guards cavalry were all good horses from Central Asia, although these horses were much better than Mongolian horses in short sprints and weight-bearing capacity, but this kind of horse still had relatively high requirements for feed.
After losing what little baggage was left, Nadir and his men had to go hungry themselves, not to mention feed the horses. Fortunately, although the Fergana Basin is dry, where there is water, there is excellent meadow where the horses can forage for themselves.
But this way of raising has almost made these horses lose their physical strength to fight. The scorched earth strategy implemented by the coalition forces along the Narin River Avenue made Nadir quickly abandon his plan to advance along the avenue, otherwise they would either starve to death or be eaten by the Mongol cavalry behind them before they could escape.
Nadir's choice deprived him of the opportunity to join his son Abu Ajis, but he also escaped the danger of being surrounded by coalition forces. However, when he fled to the vicinity of the city of Kokand, Gushi Khan's army had already surrounded the city before him.
Nadir gave up his intention to storm the city of Kokand to regroup, and after sacking a village near the city, the remnants of the army, replenished with food, went directly over the mountains to Tashkent.
On the fourth day of the eighth month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Fan Yixuan and Meng Qiaofang arrived in Andijan with a large group of men. Five days later, the city of Kokand opened its gates to Gushi Khan, and by this time the Ferghana Basin had fallen completely into the hands of the coalition forces.
Fan Yixuan did not rush to march to Tashkent, northwest of the Ferghana Basin, but, after investigating the customs and customs of the Ferghana Basin and talking with the generals of the coalition forces, he convened a post-war meeting in Andijan on 8 September.
The meeting was essentially a meeting between the coalition forces as outsiders and the representatives of the various ethnic groups of Ferghana to make a ruling agreement and to divide the spoils. The Yarkand Khanate gained the Uzgen region; The Kyrgyz divided equally with the princes Ibraim and Ismailil, and the land between Mount Fergana and northern Andijan was divided.
Ma Shouying acquired the village of Osh and the surrounding territories, and he subsequently changed the village of Osh to Zhumadian.
The city of Andijan was able to resist the Bukhara army, so Andijan Berksafi still controlled the city, but the Ming army established the Fergana Governorate in Andijan and stationed it in the city to dominate the entire basin.
Haidar was made lord of the city of Namkan, while the region of Kokand was given to Gushi Khan, and the tribes of Arslan were given the city of Margalang. The main communication routes near the Naryn River were controlled by the coalition forces, and the marginal part of the basin was subjected to a large-scale land exchange, which deprived the villages and ethnic minorities of their inherent sphere of influence and had to surrender to the coalition forces.
Although some villages were reluctant to relocate, the majority of the people obeyed the seemingly blind order despite the military deterrence of the coalition forces and the persuasion of Abu Aggis, the heir to the Khan.
Through a series of policy operations, Fan Yixuan finally initially established the ruling power of the Ming Dynasty over this region. The establishment of the local ruling order also made it unnecessary for the coalition forces to transport a large amount of materials from southern Xinjiang, which laid the foundation for the next step of the coalition forces.
Just as Fan Yixuan was rectifying the ruling order within the basin, the news of another great victory of the coalition forces within the basin was spreading in all directions, bringing great shock to the forces within and around the Bukhara Khanate.