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The most direct advantage is that it can solve the problem of shortage of military rations, and the sale of cloth and silk woven by wealthy businessmen can bring a lot of tax revenue, and can also promote the circulation of goods and stabilize prices.

And the Ming court only paid a few places.

The quota is all imaginary, and if you don't grant it to these rich businessmen, it's not rotten in your own hands, and it's far less cost-effective than cashing it out.

"Can it still be like this?"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned.

Why Xie Shen could think of this, he couldn't think of it.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "That's it!" However, it seems that the war between Li and Yili has to be put aside. When enough food and grass have been raised, it is not too late to go to war. At the moment, we still have to teach this group of Turpan barbarians a lesson. ”

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Civil officials, eunuchs, and wealthy merchants.

These are the three forces that affected the political situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but the importance of merchants was not so high during the Zhengde period, at least there was a significant gap with the first two.

Xie Shen firmly believed that the benefit he gave would make the wealthy merchants in Jiangnan donate money to buy military rations without hesitation.

But for now, the most important thing is to retake Hami from the Turpan people.

There is no doubt that this burden falls on Yang Yiqing, the governor of the three sides.

In the early years of Zhengde, Er Yang was undoubtedly the most glorious governor. Yang Tinghe was in charge of Datong, Xuanfu, and Liaodong. Yang Yiqing has a general system of Yansui, Guyuan, and Ningxia. Yang Tinghe was transferred from the household department, while Yang Yiqing was promoted from the governor of Shaanxi, and Yang Yiqing made more money in comparison.

Moreover, after Yang Yiqing was promoted from the governor of Shaanxi to the trilateral general system, the imperial court did not appoint a new governor of Shaanxi, which is equivalent to giving Yang Yiqing enough space to exert his strength, and it can be regarded as having full trust in him.

Of course, this is not that Emperor Zhengde is kind, but that the official position of governor of Shaanxi is too powerful.

The governors of other places must have a larger territory than the governors, but the governors of Shaanxi are more special, because in the Ming Dynasty, there were two administrative divisions: the Shaanxi Buzheng Division and the Shaanxi Xingdu Division.

The Shaanxi Political Division basically included Shaanxi and Ningxia in later generations, while the Shaanxi Xingdu Division included most of Gansu in later generations.

Looking at it this way, the governor of Shaanxi actually manages a territory similar to that of Yang Yiqing, the governor, and even more extensive in name.

One is a big official position, and the other is a big real power, and there will be a situation where no one is subordinate to the other.

Yang Yiqing doesn't have the king's flag, if he sends a governor, wouldn't it be unpleasant for him.

Therefore, the imperial court deliberately vacated the governor of Shaanxi, so that Yang Yiqing would not have to be restrained.

Of course, Yang Yiqing is also very good, and he takes care of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division and the Shaanxi Political Division in an orderly manner.

Yang Yiqing does the work of two people by himself, which can be said to be both a father and a mother, which is really hard. Emperor Zhengde in order to Jiajing Yang Yiqing, but also personally inscribed the four words "the minister of the humerus", and gave it to Governor Yang, and the moved Yang Yiqing Dynasty knocked three times in the east to thank the saint.

Of course, the specific military affairs are still done by the general soldiers, garrisons, and thousands of households, and if everything bothers Governor Yang, he will be so tired that he vomits blood and can't be busy.

pressed those gossips and didn't mention it, but said that the Son of Heaven personally sent the imperial envoy Peng Ze to Yansui to deliver a decree, ordering Yang Yiqing to recapture Hami within three months.

Yang Yiqing did not dare to slack off and immediately convened several general soldiers to discuss countermeasures, and finally mobilized Suzhou Wei, Shandanwei, Yongchangwei and other guards to reinforce them, which was led by Han Li, the general soldier of Gansu Town.

At this time, Hami City was already under the control of the Turpan people.

Bai Yalang fled with his family to the sandbank.

When Han Li, the chief soldier of Gansu Town, led his troops to Shazhou City, he found that the lord of Hami was still drunk and dreamed of death, and he was furious.

But after all, this is the loyal and obedient king canonized by the imperial court, with the gold seal in his hand, Han Li can't beat or scold him, so he can only suppress his anger and discuss the matter of counterattacking Hami with Bai Yalang.

Who knew that Bai Yalang actually said that Hami was lost and lost, and the sandbar was not bad anyway.

Han Li almost lost his breath, so he decided to make his own battle plan. It's a big deal to wait until Hami City is taken, and then send this plague god to the city. At that time, his task will be completed.

Because the Ming Dynasty implemented a policy of restraint on the guards west of Jiayuguan, the garrisons in the guards were basically Hu'er, but the garrisons of Shazhou and Guazhou were Ming people, which was also the reason why Han Li chose to use Shazhou as the base camp to counterattack Hami.

Those who are not of my race will have different hearts.

Expecting these Hu'er to sell their lives to fight the Turpan people is better than spending more effort to formulate a battle plan.

The distance from the sandbank to Hami is 600 miles in a straight line, but it is almost 800 miles away from a desert to bypass.

This is a very serious problem......

To the west of Jiayuguan, there are mostly deserts and sand dunes, and the distance between them is very long. For example, if Hamiwei is captured, it will take several days for the news to reach the nearby Shazhou and Guazhou, and reinforcements will definitely be too late.

A city like Hamiwei is not like Xiongcheng, an important town in the Central Plains, with towering stone walls, and the city walls are basically made of rammed earth. In the rammed earth, the red willow and reeds common in the desert are used as muscles and bones, and they are not much stronger than the cottage earthen walls of horse thieves. Such a city has little resistance to a besieging army that is several times larger than the defenders.

Therefore, it has changed hands many times here, and whoever has a strong force and a hard fist can control Hami.

Fortunately, grain and grass are not a problem, General Han brought 20,000 people to Shazhou this time, plus 5,000 garrisons in Shazhou and Guazhou, a total of 25,000 troops, relying on the grain stored in Shazhou and Guazhou is enough to eat for three months, after all, the grain and herbs stored in Liangwei are enough to eat for a year and a half.

Three months, if Han Li can't take Hami in three months, it is estimated that his Gansu Town General Soldier will not have to do it.

The walls of Hami were not very high, nor were they strong, so they only needed to be equipped with simple siege engines to launch a general attack.

The key question is whether it is a night attack or a frontal siege during the day.

To besiege a city with less than 5,000 defenders with 25,000 men is basically crushed.

You must know that the city wall of Hami is not as high as two zhang five, but only one zhang five, this height can not be held by rolling stones and sassal wood alone, and it needs enough troops to suppress it with bows and arrows. The Turpan army has only 5,000 people in total, and it has to guard four city gates, so no matter how you look at it, you can't take care of it.

As long as Han Li uses suspicious soldiers to contain the defending forces, the main force can basically take the city by storming one place. Of course, this will lose some troops, but the risk is small, and there will be no accidents.

In the case of a night attack, once successful, there is basically no loss, because the defenders are mostly asleep, and they will be killed in the tent before they have time to react.

But in the event of defeat, it is likely that the entire night attack force will be lost.

The two can be said to have their own advantages and disadvantages, and how to choose is really a headache.

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"Lord Commander, this is the map of the vicinity of Hami City."

Sandbank Garrison Officer Luo Yong said respectfully, pointing to the giant map hanging on the wall of the barracks.

Although the general army of Gansu Town could not control him during the regular time, this time the general army of Han was ordered by Governor Yang to reinforce in order to recapture Hami City.

Luo Yong had great respect for Yang Yiqing, so he even treated Han Li with respect.

"Yes." Han Li replied lightly and began to look at the Hami map intently.

He is the chief soldier of Gansu Town, so he is only familiar with the terrain near Gansu Town, but as for this Hamiwei, he is really blind, and he is completely unclear about the terrain.

Therefore, he asked Luo Yong to show him the map of Hami first, and only by thoroughly studying the terrain around Hami City could he formulate a targeted battle plan. Such a combat plan is also the most effective.

Han Li looked at it for a long time, and couldn't help but take a deep breath and said, "The people of Turpan are from the direction of Heifeng River?" ”

Luo Yong nodded and said: "Yes, Heifeng River is a necessary place to come from Turpan, and after Huozhou, Liucheng, and then Hanhai (a desert), you will arrive at Heifeng River." ”

This Heifeng River at the intersection of Turpan and the Ming sphere of influence, often changed hands, because of the difficult terrain, the Ming army once built a fortress here.

It's just that in the past ten years, Heifeng River has been in the hands of the Turpan people, so the construction of this fortress can be regarded as making a wedding dress for others.

"But Lord Commander, why are you asking this?"

Luo Yong asked with a puzzled expression.

"You just said that this Black Wind River is a necessary place for Turpan to come to Hami, that is to say, as long as we take this Black Wind River, it will be equivalent to cutting off the retreat of the Turpan people."

Han Li said unhurriedly.

"The chief soldier is wise!"

Luo Yong suddenly realized and praised from the bottom of his heart.

At first, he was still thinking about how to break the city, but who knew that the chief soldier looked further and decided to take the Black Wind River first.

As long as this Black Wind River is taken, it is equivalent to cutting off the retreat of the Turpan people.

In this way, the Turpan army guarding the city of Hami was bound to be in turmoil, because the city of Hami became an enclave, except for the city of Hami itself, the rest of the cities were under the control of the Ming Dynasty.

Once the Turpan army is distraught, it will be much easier to attack the city again.

"You young people, you have to learn more and watch more, and some things will have unexpected results if you think about them for a while."

Han Li was very useful and accepted Luo Yong's compliment, and began to teach him some life experience, Na Luo Yong was not annoyed, and humbly listened to Han Zongbing's teachings.

Han Li stroked his beard and said: "This task will be handed over to you, you lead three thousand people, immediately detour to the Black Wind River, and be sure to take it down." ”

There were not many defenders of the Kurofeng River, and the reason why the Ming army never launched an offensive against it was not because it was not important, but because the Ming army had lost the determination to continue to advance westward. In this way, there is not so much benefit in winning the Black Wind River, so it is simply passable.

But this time, Governor Yang told Han Li in every possible way, asking him to expand the scope of Hamiwei's control to the west as much as possible, saying that it was to prepare for the future.

Although Han Li didn't know exactly what would happen, hearing Governor Yang say this, something big would definitely happen.

Since it is going westward, Heifeng River is a battleground that must be contested, and only by taking this place can it be possible to go to Liucheng.

From this point of view, this is not just as simple as cutting off the retreat of the Turpan people and annihilating them all, but paving the way for the Ming army to advance westward!

Han Li instantly felt that he was so good, and it was too condescending to be a mere Gansu town commander.

"The last general obeys!"

Luo clenched his fists with both hands and gladly accepted his life.

Since Governor Yang gave General Han full responsibility for the counterattack on Hami, he would naturally fully cooperate.

As long as the Heifeng River is taken, the Turpan people in Hami City will have no way to retreat, they can close the door and let the dogs go, uh no, it's a turtle in an urn!

That's 5,000 Turpan barbarians, and all the heads can be cut off to build a Jingguan.

Of course, Luo Yong would not be so extravagant to take the head of the barbarian to build the Jingguan, but would exchange these for rewards.

The Ming border army earns military merit by killing the enemy, and the more the enemy is killed, the more military merit it will be earned, the price is fair, and the child is not bullied.

"Well, go get ready. This matter should not be delayed, the military situation is urgent! ”

After Luo Yong left, Han Li summoned his own soldiers and ordered: "Send a sentry to investigate outside Hami City to see if there is any new movement of the barbarians recently." ”

He was not worried that the people of Turpan would gain an inch and plot against Shazhou and Guazhou. Rather, I want to see the deployment of the Turpan people's forces. In addition, he had another worry, that is, the Turpan people and dogs jumped over the wall in a hurry and fled back through the Tatars.

After all, to the north of Hamiwei was the area actually controlled by the Tatars.

As long as you pass the Ba'er thirst, you will basically reach the territory of Turpan if you bypass the Ba'er Sea.

The grassland is not as extensive as the Central Plains, and the tribes are mostly living on water and grass. They don't graze when the water and grass are not abundant.

At this time, the pastures near Baerhai had obviously not yet grown.

As for the joint mobilization of the Turpan and Tatars, the possibility is very slim. After all, the Tatars were mainly active in Mobei and did not have much interest in fighting Hami's ideas. Warat, who is closer to the Turpan people, may have some interest in Hami. But the two are feuds, and there is basically no possibility of cooperation.

Although these grassland tribes seem to have the same root and are inextricably linked, they actually have deep contradictions and suspicions with each other, and the number of mutual vendettas and fires is far greater than that of fighting with the Ming border army.

Han Li guarded the town of Gansu and dealt with the Tatars a lot, so he knew the habits of these steppe barbarians very clearly. They can only share riches and riches, and they can never share weal and woe.

When it is profitable, they may come together, and they may quarrel because of the uneven distribution of the spoils.

If the Ming Dynasty really uses troops against Turpan, it is good for the Tatars to watch from the sidelines, and it is likely to take the opportunity to raise troops to stab Turpan in the back and get a piece of the pie.

The steppe people only believe in strength, and in their eyes the weak should be annexed.

What worries Han Li is that he brought out nearly half of the garrison of Gansu Town with troops against Hami this time, and if the Tatars take the opportunity to invade Gansu Town, the pressure on the defenders will be great.

Therefore, he hoped for a quick victory, quickly recaptured Hami City, and annihilated all the Turpan people who came to attack, and then returned with the glory of the barbarian's head, enjoying the hero-like courtesy.

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