The current governor of Turpan, Abdul Rain, is a nobleman in his thirties. According to intelligence, this is a very ambitious guy. His ultimate goal was to become the Eastern Khan first, and then the Great Khan of the entire Yarkand Kingdom. He was stationed in Turpan and had 28,000 elite cavalry under his command. If necessary, he could also mobilize 10,000 cavalry reinforcements from Fork Liqi (present-day Yanqi, Xinjiang Province).

(I can't even remember the names of all the good twisters...... Sweat...... Xu Xingxia's eyebrows moved, and he said calmly: "Are you sure that Yaerqiang is going to fight?" ”

Gao Yigong shook his head and said, "It's not clear for the time being." Xuan Yingwei was in the Yarkand Khanate, and he did not establish a complete intelligence network, so he had no valuable information for the time being. ”

Xu Xingxia thought for a while and shouted outside, "Someone!" Bring Miss Sawana here! ”

The Yarkand Khanate mentioned by Gao Yigong did make Xu Xingxia vigilant. The main reason is not because they are of the same origin as the Mongols, but because of the relationship between the Green Religion. Judging by the names of these people, they are basically all green. Judging from the experience of later generations, this Green Sect is still relatively troublesome to deal with. It takes a lot of effort to get rid of them completely. In addition, the Green Sect's ability to expand externally is also very strong, so it has to be guarded against.

Of course, the relationship between the Tatars and the Green Religion is quite bad. In the past, the Hami area was "covered" by Mo Yuegen. The Hami area has always refused to be greened. Now, Mo Yuegen has retreated back to the north of the desert, and he has no ability to take care of it for the time being, and this area is almost abandoned. Won't the Green Church take this opportunity to swarm out and green it? In Xu Xingxia's view, this is simply certain.

"Discuss national affairs with me?" Sawana was not long in coming.

"The problem of Yarkand." Xu Xingxia nodded and said straight to the point.

"Oh? Is it? What to discuss? Savana said with interest. She didn't mind sitting next to Xu Xingxia as if there was no one around. Gao Yigong and the others pretended not to see it. This is a discussion of business, so don't think crookedly.

The staff officer of the Lion Cavalry gave a brief introduction to the situation in Yarkand. Sawanna smiled and said, "Okay, I know everything. When I came to the east before, I stayed in Yarkand for a short time, and I still had some contact with their upper echelons. I know all of what you're talking about. What you don't know, maybe I do. ”

She is the queen of Khorasan, and Hamiwei is the place where she must go home. The Kingdom of Khorasan was just west of the Yarkand Khanate. Her route home is generally through Hami, Turpan, Tiemenguan (Kule), Azov (Aksu), Togusak (Shule), and the Pamir Plateau. When she came east before, she also took this path. Obviously, without the cooperation of the Yarkand Kingdom, it would be impossible for her to come to the Ming Kingdom.

Xu Xingxia said calmly: "What we hope to be sure of is whether the Yarkand Khanate will take the initiative to fight us." Will they take the opportunity to seize the Hami region. ”

Sawanna thought about it very seriously and said cautiously: "I think that the Mongols of Yarkand should be unwilling to fight. ”

Xu Xingxia frowned and said, "Should it?" ”

Sawanna said cautiously, "Well, I'll talk to them personally." ”

Xu Xingxia said with some anxiety: "Are you sure?" Do you and their executives know each other? Can they keep you safe? Do you want me to send someone to escort you there? In case they're going to detain you or something......"

Sawana smiled and shook her head, and said confidently: "There should be seventy percent sure!" I still have a little connection with their upper echelons. Not everyone in the Yarkand Khanate wants to be greened, and their internal contradictions are also very intense. I'll just go over it myself. If you send someone to escort me, and outsiders are involved, they will misunderstand. ”

Xu Xingxia thought about it and said noncommittally: "Let's go to Dunhuang first!" ”

…… Coming out of Jiayuguan, Xu Xingxia's first destination, of course, was Chijin Mongolian Wei. This place is close to the city of Yumen in later generations. At that time, there was no densely populated area here, and it was mainly dependent on grazing for a living. This place, which also has no city walls, turned out to be only a large number of yurts. Later, when the white-clothed army arrived, the Tatars withdrew, and these yurts naturally disappeared. The current Chijin Mongolian Guard looks like a desolate piece.

Under the expulsion of the lion cavalry, the Mongols in the Chijin tribe were almost scattered, and the rest were Han slaves. Zhu Xieyuan, as the first station, had already arrived here, responsible for the registration and management of these Han slaves, and mobilized them to organize to provide intelligence and convenience for the white-clothed army. These Han slaves also built some simple houses by themselves. Due to limited conditions, the houses are pristine.

When Xu Xingxia arrived, those emancipated Han slaves were working collectively to build more houses under Zhu Xieyuan's arrangement. This time, the cavalry of the white-clothed army liberated more than 10,000 Han slaves from the Chijin Mongols alone. With so many slaves, it could have been possible to migrate to Gansu Town, which was already short of population. However, later, Xu Xingxia changed his mind again. He planned to build a humble town here to meet both the needs of the Han slaves and the white-clothed army.

As the war continues to develop, there will definitely be more and more white-clothed troops passing by. In addition to field troops, there will also be more and more teams responsible for logistics and transportation. War, without logistics, is simply unsupportable. If there is no garrison along the way, the logistics team is vulnerable to horse thieves or hostile forces.

This place, just between Jiayuguan and Shazhou City, is quite a bit of a feeling that there is no store in front of the village and behind the village. If the logistics transport team is attacked here, there is no place to hide. Therefore, Xu Xingxia felt that it was very necessary to build a strong stronghold here, stationed dozens of musketeers, to provide security protection for pedestrians.

It is completely different from the prairie, and the raw materials for all kinds of buildings can be obtained locally. Let the stone have the stone, let the sand have sand, let the earth have the dirt. The only thing that is a bit of a hassle is the cement. A strong stronghold that certainly cannot be separated from cement. However, this is just a stronghold, the scale will not be very large, therefore, the cement will not be needed, and a little in the most critical places will be enough.

"Let's do it!" Xu Xingxia made a decision on the spot.

Of course, the name of this stronghold could not be the name of the Mongols, and Xu Xingxia decided to name it Yumen City. Does this count as plagiarizing the patents of future generations? Shouldn't it count?

…… From Yumen City to the west, there are a series of distribution centers such as Shazhou, Guazhou, Bulongji, Gudunzi, Adan City, and Lugouer. Tatars in these places, and some remnants. When the lionriders arrived, they retreated. When the lion cavalry had passed, they crept out again. They have been lurking near these distribution centers, trying to find an opportunity to do something to the white cavalry. If the cavalry of the White Army is left alone, it is still very dangerous.

Shortly before Xu Xingxia's arrival, the sentinels of the hunting cavalry had fought fiercely with these remnants of the Tatar cavalry. Now, in the surrounding fields, there are still scattered corpses of Tartar cavalry. The battle didn't last long. The Tartar cavalry, who tried to sneak attack, encountered the resolute counterattack of the chasseurs, and were killed dozens on the spot, and the others were scattered. The soldiers of the chasseurs could not catch up and could not fight, so they had to give up.

Xu Xingxia couldn't help frowning. It seems that the Minnie gun is indeed lagging behind. Well, to be exact, it's a bit inapplicable. If it is an infantry battle, everyone plays in line and shoots, and the power of the Minnie gun is still very strong. Whether it is range or accuracy, rifled guns have to throw a smoothbore gun a few streets. The platoon of the smoothbore guns will definitely not be able to defeat the platoon of rifled guns. However, the Mini gun, as a front-loading rifled gun, was really not suitable for cavalry combat.

The biggest problem is that as a front-loading gun, it cannot be reloaded on horseback at all. The cavalry of the White Coats, after firing a shot, had to dismount immediately in order to rereplenish their ammunition. There is no doubt that this is a very tedious action. And when reloading ammunition, it is undoubtedly equivalent to giving your own life to the other party. To put it mildly, when there is no ammunition, the power of the moon gun is not as good as the burning stick.

However, it takes at least twenty seconds for the moon to reload the ammunition. In these twenty seconds, it was enough for the Tartar cavalry to shoot five or six arrows. In other words, in these twenty seconds, enough cavalry in white clothes died five or six times. If a lot of white-clothed cavalry got together and took turns shooting, this defect might be covered up. However, as soon as the number of people is small, this shortcoming is very fatal.

It is precisely because of this that no matter how powerful the chasers are, they dare not fight against the Tartar cavalry alone. Why did the white-coated cavalry use fishing tactics to lure enemy cavalry into a trap? A very important reason is also because the rate of fire of the Moon Gun is too slow, and it cannot meet the needs at all. Only when hundreds of moon guns are gathered together can they exert their power.

Xu Xingxia felt that it was necessary to develop a breech gun. It must be able to reload on horseback, and it must be able to form more powerful sustained firepower, so that the cavalry of the White Army can gain more powerful combat effectiveness. Otherwise, if you rely on the moon gun alone, it may be very difficult on the road to the west. The madness of the Green Cult believers is known to the whole world!

(To be continued)