In the map room of the Korla Governor's Palace, Gushi Khan was a little uneasy, and every few minutes he craned his neck to look at the door, wanting to see if the information on the battle situation in Bukhara had been sent today.

Seeing this, Meng Qiaofang, who was looking at the map, couldn't help but persuade: "The national teacher Khan doesn't need to be so worried, the daily intelligence is only here at one o'clock in the afternoon, and it is estimated that it is not yet one o'clock." ”

Gu Shi Khan finally sat down again, poured himself a glass of cold pomegranate juice and drank it all, and suppressed the anger in his heart before saying, "According to the time estimate, there should be a fight on Osh's side."

It was indeed a good plan to surround the reinforcements of Oshta Andijan, but the army of the Yarkand Khanate was really not reassuring. If the Yarkand army had not been defeated by the Andijanites more than a month ago, we would have taken Andijan long ago. I'm a little worried if they're going to spill the cooked mutton broth. ”

Meng Qiaofang looked at the map and said disapprerovingly: "Regardless of whether this pot of mutton soup is spilled or not, at least those emirs who are swaying from side to side will be difficult to be grass on the wall this time." I don't think it's a bad thing to fail last time. At least now the emirs of the Yarkand Khanate can hardly refuse our army entry into their territory. ”

Gu Shi Khan hesitated and said, "General Meng, you said that if I ask Lord Fan again, will he allow me to send troops?" ”

Meng Qiaofang glanced up at him, and then said, "Probably not, with the current situation, Bukhara doesn't need you yet." But the northern Xinjiang side urgently needs you to take the seat, and Lord Fan probably took this into account before leaving you behind. ”

Hearing Meng Qiaofang's judgment, Gu Shi Khan leaned back in his chair and said: "The affairs of Northern Xinjiang are really troublesome, I would rather lead my subordinates to fight with the Uzbeks than talk to those bastards." ”

Meng Qiaofang was silent, he knew in his heart that Gu Shi Khan's complaint was not a fake. Beginning in the spring, the Overseer sent personnel to assist the Hoshot in coordinating relations with the leaders of the Oirats, in order to seek the formal establishment of the central administration of the Oirats at the Autumn League, thus transforming the loose tribal alliance into a local government.

This was not only an effort to integrate the northern Xinjiang region into the Ming territory, but also a measure to ensure that the Ming caravans could get free passage in the northern Xinjiang region and reduce tolls. Unlike the Monans and Mongols, the Oirat tribes bordering Central Asia and Russia were influenced by mercantilism in these regions, and they also had to charge a certain amount of protection money for the large caravans that passed through their own territory.

However, the Oirats that have not yet become a country have always collected their own taxes and fees for their caravans, and the standard of fees is also extremely arbitrary, for the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, such a charging method is too difficult to estimate the cost. With the prosperity of the Sino-Russian tea trade, a reliable and safe trade route obviously became the greatest desire of the Ming merchants.

When the Heshuo Special Department fell to the Ming Dynasty, both the Southern Xinjiang Governor's Mansion and those merchants were overjoyed by the news, thinking that the most troublesome step had been taken. But the next facts educated them, and they were still too happy to communicate with the leaders of the Oirats and get them to recognize Oziertu Khan as Oirat Khan was the beginning of trouble.

Although Oirat has four main tribes, the four main tribes are not harmonious within themselves, Khan, Hongtaiji, Jinong, Morgen, Daiqing, Chuhur, Tabunang, the big and small nobles with these titles, each with their own small calculations.

For example, in the current Oirat, there are Russians squeezing space in the north, feuding Kazakhs in the west, and Khalkha Mongols in the east who have fought a civil war for hundreds of years, so all the Oirats have a consensus that a Great Khan should be elected to deal with the enemy from all sides.

However, the chiefs of the tribes also hoped that the Great Khan would only need to do two things: to mediate the internal contradictions between the Oirats and to rally the tribes to resist the external enemy. They did not wish to cede their power to the Great Khan and make him the real Oirat Khan. In other words, they wanted to be able to enjoy the Great Khan's protection, but they did not want to fulfill their obligations to the Great Khan in order to maintain their supremacy among the clan.

There is not much opinion on the Ozir Tu Khan's desire to become the Oirat Khan, except for the Tsurus and Turghut tribes, but they hope to receive benefits from the Ozir Tu Khan in exchange for their support for the Ozir Tu Khan.

After all, the Heshute tribe was not a powerful clan, and the Ozirtu Khan, who had a split with his uncle Gushi Khan, was not a strong monarch. The other chiefs did not believe that the Oziertu Khan could threaten their power in the clan after becoming Oirat Khan.

The reason why the Turkuts opposed the Ozirtu Khan was because the Ozirtu Khan's father, Baibagas, had died in the conflict with the Turks, and they feared that the Ozirtu Khan would hate the Turghat tribes because of this.

As for the opposition of the Khiras tribe, it was Batur Huntaiji who felt that he had been betrayed by the Ozirtu Khan. Accepting the title of Chechen Khan canonized by the Ming State and trying to ascend to the throne of Oirat Khan, such a major event was not notified to him, which made Batur Huntaiji furious.

Compared with the latter thing, Ozirtu Khan's acceptance of the canonization of the Ming State made it even more difficult for Batur Huntaiji to sleep. Compared with the eastern Khan of Yarkand in the south, the Ming state, which annexed Hami, Turpan and other places, was a real behemoth. Ozirtu Khan introduced the power of the Ming Kingdom into Oirat, and although he himself was greatly assisted, it was very likely to be a disaster for the entire Oirat Department.

and the Qing State divided the Southern Mongolia of the Desert, and controlled the Northern Mongolia of the Desert, and the Ming State actually controlled most of the Mongolian tribes in the hands of the Ming State, not to mention that the bloodline of the Golden Family was also in the hands of the Ming State. Once the forces of the Ming State are allowed to enter the interior of Oirat, it is very likely that the Oirat tribes, which are already uneven, will be divided and co-opted by the Ming State one by one, and become another Mongolian part prostrate at the feet of the Ming Dynasty.

However, since the Turkuts moved to the lower Volga to the west, the distance was so great that the Turkuts were automatically excluded from the center of power of the Oirats League. As for the opposition of the Uzir Ministry, in fact, it strengthened the support of the other ministries for the Ozirtu Khan.

The thriving and well-developed Zoros tribes, because of their thriving power, have clashed with the Oirat tribes, and their strong strength makes them swallow their anger. In fact, even if the Ozirtu Khan did not jump out, the other tribes had already deliberately elected others to become Oirat Khan in order to curb the development momentum of the Uziran tribe.

Oziertu Khan, who was good friends with Batur Huntaiji, suddenly got the canonization of the Ming State, and wanted to further become Weilat Khan, which undoubtedly proved that there was a rift between the two, so everyone naturally wanted to add another fire to the relationship between the two. From this point of view, the opposition of the Ross tribe is actually good news.

Just when Meng Qiaofang and Gu Shihan were chatting, Fan Yixuan walked in with a stack of documents, looked at the two of them and said, "You guys should put aside the things at hand first, the latest information of the Southern Route Army and the Northern Route Army has been sent."

The strategy of the Southern Route Army in Osh was very successful, and as for the Northern Route Army, it has entered the Fergana Pass, and it is expected to be able to cross the Fergana Mountain in 15 days to reach the basin, and now we will sort out the follow-up battle plan..."

News of the native rebellion in Luzon and the entry of the Ming fleet into Manila Bay reached Beijing in August. Manila Governor Coqueira asked the ASEAN representatives in Beijing to protest to the Ming State, demanding that the Ming State withdraw the fleet from Manila Bay.

Because of this incident, there was a quarrel at the regular meeting of the Association in August, and Li Hanwen, a representative of the Ming Dynasty, advocated that if Manila could not quell the Turkish rebellion, the Ming fleet would not be able to leave Manila Bay, and the safety of the Chinese in the Eighth Union must be guaranteed.

The representative of Manila declared that the presence of the Ming fleet in Manila Bay was an affront to the territory of the Kingdom of Spain. The Luzon Native Rebellion was an internal affair of the Manila colony and had nothing to do with the Ming Kingdom. How to deal with the rebellion of the natives on the island is the power of the Manila government, and the Ming State has no right to ask Manila to do anything.

While the representatives of the Ming and Manila quarreled fiercely, the Portuguese, Dutch, Koreans, and Thais, unsurprisingly, remained neutral. Surprisingly, however, the representative of Japan, who was attending the meeting for the first time as an informal representative, made strong language to the representative of Manila.

Like the Ming Kingdom, Japan had a large number of people working on Luzon, and the riots of the natives on the island also posed a threat to the lives of these Japanese people. Therefore, the representative of Japan said that if Manila could not protect the Japanese diaspora, then they would take it upon themselves to protect the Japanese diaspora in Luzon.

The British did not say anything about the matter at the meeting, and after the meeting, the British delegate Wilson stopped Li Hanwen, the representative of the Ming Kingdom, and had a private conversation in a nearby tea room.

After a thorough exchange of views with Li Hanwen, Wilson returned to the Beijing Merchant House and reported to Methwald. Wilson relayed to him: "... Mr. Li replied to me that when the lives of our nationals are threatened, it is the enemies of our country who prevent our ** team from helping. The territorial sovereignty of hostile States is naturally not respected by law.

If the other party is a Ming ally, there shouldn't be such a situation at all. Since taking office, the new governor of Manila has been inexplicably hostile to China, not only overturning the free trade agreement signed between the former governor and China, but also deliberately conniving at the island's natives to launch attacks on Chinese nationals, which is obviously a provocation.

Under these circumstances, it was difficult for the Ming to recognize the Spanish sovereignty over the Philippine Islands..."

Methwald thought for a long time and said: "The Spaniards have a criminal record, no wonder these Chinese are so nervous. In the current situation, China is even more important to the UK. No, it should be said that for the foreseeable 100 years, the Sino-British relationship will be the most reliable cornerstone of the company's interests in Asia.

I think we should be on China's side a little bit. Of course, we should also make this attitude clear to China before that. We support them, but we hope that this matter can be resolved peacefully, and as long as Manila does not fire at the Chinese, we still hope that China will not target the Spaniards in Manila..."

Wilson thought for a moment and asked, "If Japan really sends troops to Luzon to protect the expatriate, what should we say?" ”

Methwold took a sip of tea before replying, "If Japan wins, we will recognize them as official representatives of ASEAN." ”

Methwold didn't say what would happen if Japan lost, but the two knew very well in their hearts that Japan was not worth mentioning.