In the evening, the city of Dunhuang became a sea of joy, and Li Hongyu set up a grand banquet to celebrate the triumphant Bahat and others.

Speaking of which, Li Hongyu and Bahat have not seen each other for many years, Li Hongyu was transferred back to the capital from Liaodong by Emperor Wanli and the two went their separate ways, but the friendship established during the Liaodong period did not dissipate.

Moreover, Bahat is Narentoya's own brother, and the two are relatives, so the relationship between them is naturally close.

Compared with a few years ago, Li Hongyu felt that Bahat's body had a more majestic momentum of a superior person, after all, the Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army, which was dominated by the Khalkha Department, had been fighting for many years, and the scale was constantly expanding, and Bahat, as the commander of the Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army, naturally became more mature and stable and full of temperament.

It was not for nothing that Bahat arrived three days late this time, as they inadvertently encountered the most powerful Dzungar tribe in Moxi Mongolia on the way here, and the two sides had a big fight, which delayed time.

If it weren't for Bahat's rush to Dunhuang, then he would definitely have a fierce fight with the Dzungar tribe, and if he wanted to conquer the Moxi Mongol tribes, he would first have to defeat the Dzungar tribe.

Fortunately, Tumur was delayed for two days at Yumen Pass due to his suspicions, and Jabbar set fire to make Tumur delay for two days, which in turn bought time for Bahat, otherwise Dunhuang City would have already started fighting, and Bahat's task at that time was probably to rescue Li Hongyu who was besieged in Dunhuang City.

On the second day of the celebration banquet, Li Hongyu sent 10,000 Ming troops to Hami to accept the local government of Hami.

For this attack, Tumor has almost exhausted the troops in the Hami region, and there are not many troops left on the Hami border, except for Hami City, there are more than 1,000 Yarkand soldiers, and there are only people guarding the barracks in other places.

Jabbar and other leaders of local forces in Hami have sent their men to assist the Ming army in Hami, they are all local leaders, so with their assistance, the Ming army will not encounter any resistance, and at the same time to ensure that their interests will not be damaged in the process of the Ming army.

Because the Warat people were eyeing the Mongol army of the west, Bahat did not stay in Dunhuang for a long time, and after resting for a few days, he said goodbye to Li Hongyu and hurriedly led the army back.

Li Hongyu reorganized the Hami army of Jabbar and other local forces in Dunhuang City, which was something he had agreed on in the agreement with Jabbar a long time ago, and those leaders of Hami also agreed, so even if he was unwilling to do so, he was helpless.

After selection, among the 35,000 Hami soldiers, Li Hongyu left 18,000 behind, and the other 17,000 were sent home by Li Hongyu.

Those who were left behind by Li Hongyu were all healthy young and middle-aged men, and those old, young, sick and disabled men were obviously not suitable to stay in the army.

In addition, Li Hongyu formulated a rule, that is, only one male should be left in each family, and a maximum of two people should be left if there are many people joining the army.

Of course, Li Hongyu did not simply dismiss those people, he gave each of them a very considerable resettlement fee in the Hami area, which was enough for them to go back and live a happy life.

Li Hongyu's move immediately won the favor of those Hami soldiers, they must have served as soldiers to fill their stomachs, and many of them were strong men who were forcibly recruited, and they died on the battlefield, and they couldn't even get a pension, let alone any resettlement fees.

Obviously, Li Hongyu did this to buy people's hearts, but at the same time, it was also to ensure the stability of the Hami region and promote the economic development of the Hami area.

Those dismissed men will become idle labor, and if they have nothing to do, they will inevitably become a factor of social instability, so Li Hongyu gave them a resettlement fee to support their families so that they can live with peace of mind, which can not only ensure social security, but also invisibly promote economic development.

This is the biggest difference between Li Hongyu and the attitude of those officials before the Ming Dynasty towards the Kansai region, in the past, the officials of the Ming Dynasty only needed the submission of the Guanxi Seven Guards, and ignored the military and political affairs of the Guanxi Seven Guards.

But Li Hongyu is different, and governs his Kansai region as the capital of the inland Ming Dynasty, and only in this way can Kansai be truly incorporated into the Ming Dynasty.

The 18,000 Hami troops were incorporated into the Western Expeditionary Army by Li Hongyu, and Jabbar became the deputy commander of the Western Expeditionary Army second only to Man Gui.

Originally, Abdul-Jabbar thought that Li Hongyu would use the Hami Army and the original Western Expeditionary Army separately, and he would command the Hami Army, which is a practice that people usually use, after all, the Hami Army is a subordinate army, which is different from those descendants of the Western Expeditionary Army, and there must be differences between the two sides.

But to the surprise of the leaders of Jabbar and Hami, Li Hongyu actually mixed the Hami Army and the former Western Expeditionary Army after breaking up, and put on a posture of treating everyone equally.

Not only that, the officers of the Hami Army also participated in a series of training for military attachés of the Western Expeditionary Army, which not only had the content of ideological education, but also the study of cultural knowledge and military knowledge.

Speaking of which, in ancient times, soldiers were usually forced to be helpless, and the soldiers were almost all children of poor families, and they joined the army to fight just to eat a full meal.

Li Hongyu attaches great importance to the personal qualities of soldiers and officers, and in his opinion, only by improving the personal qualities of those soldiers and military attaches will they be more cohesive and centripetal, and then finally march westward and no longer be loyal to their original masters.

The time came to July in a flash, it was the hot season in Dunhuang, and the reorganization of the Western Expeditionary Army was in full swing, and Li Hongyu came back from the barracks every day and his body was as wet as water.

There is no way, because the Western Regions have different customs and culture from the Ming Dynasty, so there are many matters that need to be paid attention to in the process of reorganization, and Li Hongyu is a little uneasy, so he does it himself.

In addition to military affairs, Li Hongyu also has to deal with the complicated government affairs in Kansai, these things cannot be done by Mangui and other big bosses, and he must handle them personally, and he can breathe a sigh of relief when those administrative officials under him mature up.

Although he was tired enough every day, the reorganization of the Western Expeditionary Army was very smooth, and seeing him working so hard, even Jabbar and other Hami people couldn't help but be in awe of him from their hearts, which made Li Hongyu feel very gratified.

According to the plan, when the reorganized Western Expeditionary Army will be able to go into battle to kill the enemy next year, Li Hongyu can start his next plan.

At the end of July, Li Hongyu finally waited for what he wanted, and Abdullah of Huozhou sent a letter to send a truce with Li Hongyu, using the existing territory as the boundary, and the well water did not interfere with the river water.

Abdullah had to sue Li Hongyu for peace, and if he was taken aback by the annihilation of Tumer's army, then the fact that Jabbar and other local chiefs of Hami had thrown themselves into the arms of the Ming Dynasty dealt him a fatal blow and made him discourage the idea of retaking Hami.

Because once he sends troops to attack Hami, then the enemy will not only be the Ming army, but also the Hami army, so he will suffer a lot of casualties.

What particularly scared Abdullah was that he was defending against the Yarkand Khan royal family in the southwest, and if he raised troops to attack Hami, then the Yarkand Khan royal family would definitely take the opportunity to attack in a big way.

In fact, after losing the Kansai region and the Hami region, Abdullah's strength had been reduced by forty percent, which can be described as a great loss of vitality, and now what he had to do was not to take back Hami but to avoid war with the Ming army.

As long as the Ming army crosses Hami to attack him, then the royal family of Yarkand Khan will definitely attack as well, so that he will fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy on his back and will definitely be defeated.

Therefore, Abdullah's immediate priority now is to negotiate peace with the Ming army, avoid being attacked from the east, and make every effort to defend the Yarkand Khan royal family in the southwest.

Li Hongyu saw the situation of Abdullah clearly, so he sent 10,000 troops to the west to enter Hami, he expected that Abdullah would not send troops to attack, so he was at ease in Dunhuang City to reorganize the army.

Abdullah's peace quest is in the hands of Li Hongyu, the Ming army has just obtained the Hami region, and there are many contradictions within Kansai, so Li Hongyu now needs to recuperate.

Therefore, Li Hongyu very happily agreed to Abdullah's proposal, agreeing to mutual non-aggression and peaceful coexistence.

According to the custom, in order to show his sincerity, Abdullah decided to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and sent people to Beijing to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and meet the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Abdullah's envoys arrived in Beijing in November and met with Emperor Chongzhen in the name of envoys of the Turpan Khanate, offering Abdullah's tribute.

Knowing that Li Hongyu had regained the land of Kansai that had been lost since the Jiajing period, Emperor Chongzhen was very happy, and he had just ascended the throne of the Ming Dynasty and recovered a large piece of territory, which was a good sign.

At this point, it is no secret that Li Hongyu went to Kansai, which makes the whole capital not surprised that the Ming army recovered Kansai, and thinks that it is a natural thing, and it would be a rare thing if the Ming army was defeated in Kansai under the command of Li Hongyu.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but congratulate himself that it was a correct choice to let Li Hongyu leave Beijing in the first place, and a capable person like Li Hongyu should make contributions in the local area, and it was not suitable for the deceitful officialdom of the capital, which would bury his talent.

In mid-August, Li Hongyu got the good news that after months of pursuit, Tumol, who had fled into the Qilian Mountains, had finally been arrested and had been escorted to Dunhuang City again.

According to the reports of the pursuing cavalry, after several months of traveling, only a few of the more than 100 guards cavalry around Tumol remained, and the rest either died or ran away.

Unable to get food to replenish and sleep in the open, he and his guards were so thin that they didn't even have the strength to resist, and the first thing they did was to reach out to the pursuing soldiers to get something to eat, and they would have to be full even if they died.

In order to show his sincerity in negotiating peace with Abdullah, Li Hongyu sent someone to send Tumor and others to Huozhou and handed them over to Abdullah.

Abdullah did not kill Hami's Tumor, since he knew that Tumor's opponent was the most powerful official of the Ming Dynasty, the hatred for Tumol in his heart disappeared into invisibility, not to mention that Tumol would have failed miserably if he were replaced.

Besides, Tumer's family is a prominent clan in Huozhou, and Abdullah is now the time to use people, so naturally he will not kill Tumol, but let him be reinstated and make meritorious contributions to ensure the stability of Huozhou.

At this moment, no one knew that the pattern of the Western Regions had turned a new page with the Ming army's recovery of Hami.

If someone is sensitive enough, they will find that the Ming Dynasty's current rule over Kansai and Hami is completely different from that of the Kansai Qiwei period, which is a very unusual thing, which means that the change of the Ming Dynasty's policy towards the Western Regions will have a significant impact on the pattern of the Western Regions.

(End of chapter)