Kham, the de facto ruler of Kham, the eldest son of the fifth son of Gushi Khan, was angry and agitated at this time.

Although Gushi Khan laid down the Kham region, his ruling foundation was very weak, and rebellions broke out. And Handu is the most brave and intelligent person among the three generations of nobles.

As a result, Khan was sent to govern the Kham district, and he almost re-defeated the Kham district, brutally suppressing all the conspirators and rebels. Then, the Reformation was carried out, and it is inconvenient to say more about this content, otherwise it will definitely be blocked chapters.

The reform was finally completed, but Gushi Khan died suddenly, and officials were sent from Lhasa to pick the fruits of the reform.

In a fit of rage, the Batang Zongdui appointed by Lhasa was expelled from Kham by force by Khamdu.

Gushi Khan's eldest son and sixth son actually didn't fight at all. After only a few small fights, the sixth son conceded defeat, and the brothers had to join forces to deal with the local rebel forces.

The main reason is that the arrangement of Gushi Khan before his death is too strange.

The eldest son, who was in charge of Tibet, was thrown to Qinghai for grazing. The six sons in charge of Qinghai were thrown to manage Tibet.

The eldest son is good at fighting and has the right of first refusal.

The six sons are good at governance and have a great view of the overall situation. In the face of the local rebel forces in Qinghai and Tibet, and in the face of the Datong army that was about to move, he took the initiative to give up the struggle for power and assisted his eldest brother to clean up the rebels.

The situation now is that the eldest son is communicating with various forces in Tibet. The six sons returned to Qinghai to appease the interior, as several other brothers were fighting for pasture. In particular, the fifth brother fought the hardest, because the fifth brother's son Handu actually controlled the entire Kang District.

Internal and external troubles!

"The Han army has arrived close to the Arrow Furnace (Kangding)?" Handu asked. The subordinate replied: "Half a month ago, I had already approached the arrow furnace, and now I am afraid that it has been defeated." ”

Handu said: "Seqin Nai, but he voted for the Han people? ”

The subordinate replied, "Not very sure." ”

Seqin Nai is the Batang Zongdui who was expelled by Handu.

Zongdui, magistrate. In an important area, there are two sects, one monk and one layman. The secondary area has only one dzong, either monk or layman.

"I'll find out the news again." Handu ordered.

"Yes!"

Here of the Mongols, the Kham region was divided into upper, central, and eastern (western Sichuan Plateau). The core territory of the Mongols was the central Kham, while the Tibetan nobility in the upper and eastern regions was in great conflict, and the Mongols were able to maintain their rule through mediation.

Handu's strategic plan is to directly abandon the western Sichuan Plateau. One can lengthen the supply lines of the same army, and the other can choose to fight at higher altitudes.

When the Mongols arrived in Qinghai-Tibet, they were choked by the plateau climate, and Handu also wanted to let the Datong army taste it.

The commander-in-chief of the southern front of the Datong Army was Huang Qi, who marched all the way from Sichuan to fight the arrow furnace (Kangding), and all the way from Lijiang to Zhongdian (Zhongdian). The number is not large, 5,000 soldiers on each side, and the rest are all logistics troops.

It went surprisingly smoothly and there was no resistance along the way.

The troops from Lijiang quickly took Zhongdian and then killed Shangri-La. Continue up the river valley and capture Batang without much effort.

The troops led by Huang Qiqin were in a similar situation, killing all the way from the arrow furnace to Gandosi (Ganzi), and even the shadow of the Mongolian soldiers was not seen.

"If it's so perverse, there must be a trick!" Huang Qi frowned.

Se Qinnai said: "The general must be careful, Handu is resourceful and brave and good at fighting, Kang District is actually single-handedly defeated, and he also suppressed more than ten years of rebellion in Kang District. ”

"Hmph, it's nothing more than luring the enemy deeper." Huang Qi sneered.

Immediately afterwards, he ordered the march to be suspended, and he was stationed at Gandosi (Ganzi) for a few days of rest.

During this period, the non-combat attrition of the whole army was counted.

This is only the western Sichuan Plateau, and the altitude is not very high. And the soldiers brought by Huang Mi are stationed on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau all year round, and they have no fart reaction in the western Sichuan region. On the contrary, some of the peasant soldiers in the logistics units have been abnormal, but there are no deaths for the time being.

The peasants and soldiers were separated from the logistics troops, occupied the key cards along the way, and settled the grain stations along the way, and then Huang Mi continued to advance.

On the way to Zaquka (Shitang), at an altitude of 3,000 meters, some Datong troops suffered from altitude sickness, and two people in the logistics unit died suddenly.

This situation is acceptable, after all, the army does not go by plane, nor by train or bus. By increasing the altitude little by little, the human body has enough time to adapt, and the altitude sickness will not be too serious.

Arriving at Zaquka, at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, dozens of Datong soldiers fell ill, three of whom died one after another.

The Mongols here also ran away!

Huang Mi held back the fire in his belly, he couldn't destroy the enemy's living forces, and it was useless to occupy so many plateau territories?

Se Qin Nai said: Handu must be in Jiegu (Yushu). There were a lot of small flats in the mountains, which were convenient for cavalry to fight, and outsiders had difficulty breathing. ”

The average altitude of Yushu is above 4,200 meters.

This Seqin Nai belonged to the Belt and Road Party, and after being expelled by Handu, he went directly to Sichuan. It is inconvenient to elaborate on sectarian and power struggles in the middle, and similar problems in the Qinghai-Tibet region will not be described in the future (there was a previous chapter that was deleted before it was reviewed).

It is only necessary to know that Seqin Nai is from Lhasa and is a mortal enemy of the local nobles of Chang District.

"Stop the army and recuperate, wait for the opportunity." Huang Mi decided to play in the miscellaneous card (

Shitang) stationed to let the soldiers under his command adapt to the plateau environment.

This time, troops were dispatched to the north and south.

The Shaanxi troops must have reached Qinghai, but the news is uncertain whether it has reached Handu.

Se Qin Nai continued: "General, Khandu has built many temples in the Kham district, and the monks there can be expelled and the treasures in the temples can be obtained. ”

Huang Qi sneered: "You don't have the idea of ghosts, once I attack the temple, all the rear areas that I occupy will be messed up." ”

Sechin Nai bowed his head and remained silent.

This is the battle between the Datong army and the Mongols, and as long as the temple is not moved, the Tibetan nobles are happy to watch the play. They resented the repressive rule of Khandu, and at the same time did not want the Datong army to come, and it was better that the Datong army could lose both the Mongols. Jiegu (Wang Ming.

"Taiji, the Han army is not leaving in Zaqu Ka."

"Got it."

Handu is not in a hurry, as long as Huang Qi continues to march into the army, he is completely sure of winning. Even if there are a few small defeats, you can continue to retreat, continue to stretch the supply line, look for opportunities to cut off the grain route, and directly starve the Datong army to death!

"Dada-da-da!"

Several fast horses galloped over: "Taiji, there are a large number of Han soldiers entering Qinghai, Batur Taiji ordered you to quickly lead the troops to help." ”524°

Batur is the sixth son of Gushi Khan, and at the same time the one with the most overall vision.

"Go back and tell my sixth uncle, I also have Han soldiers here, I really can't leave, let him deal with it himself." Handu refused, he still thought that Qinghai allies would come to save him.

Handu is entrenched in the Kham district, how carefree, and will never leave here.

However, the situation in Qinghai also made Handu worried. In case the Han soldiers occupy Qinghai, they will be trapped, and they must fight quickly. After winning the Han soldiers here, and then going to the aid of Qinghai, after making great achievements, no one can take his position.

But the Han general on the opposite side didn't move his troops halfway, did he take the initiative to kill him?

The terrain of Zaquka (Shitang) is more fragmented than that of Jiegu (Yushu), and he is full of cavalry in his hands, so he takes the initiative to go to war and suffers a lot.

Huang Qi really didn't leave, he didn't have many cavalry in his hands, and all of them were southwestern cavalry, and he suffered a lot from fighting with the Mongolian cavalry. The terrain of Zaquka is good, wait for Qinghai to fight slowly, and the friendly troops will come to support Qinghai after fighting. His title is already the Duke of the Kingdom, so what about his meritorious service? Keeping the troops is a credit.

Huang Mi, who used to be good at rushing and rushing, and was good at adventurous pursuit, is now calm.

This is the impact of status, Grandpa Guo, jade can be used to fight with clay pots?

However, Ma Hongjie sent troops from Lijiang and broke out first.

Ma Hongjie made meritorious contributions on the battlefield in Burma, and is Qin Liangyu's nephew, and has been promoted to deputy division commander.

He led his troops towards Chamdo, and when he passed through Chaya (Chaya), he collided with a large army of Tibetan nobles in the area.

The commander of the army is called Nanse, and his position is Qamdo Zongdui. Although this fang is a Tibetan nobleman, he has completely surrendered to Khandu, and his relationship with Lhasa is extremely bad.

The two sides met on the banks of the Maiqu River.

It was mountainous and the march had to rely on river valleys.

Nanse chose a relatively wide area, and he wanted to take advantage of the large number of people to wipe out all Ma Hongjie's soldiers.

Ma Hongjie commanded 5,000 regular soldiers, and the rest were all minfu (peasant soldiers)

Not only can these men transport food, but they can also turn into soldiers at any time and occupy key towns that have been defeated. They also had military pay to fight with them, and every time they recruited people, the peasants and soldiers enthusiastically signed up. Military salaries can make money faster than farming, meritorious service can also be rewarded, and the next conscription will give priority to recruiting into the army.

Comparison of the strength of the two sides: Ma Hongjie has more than 8,000 people, and Nanse has more than 14,000 people.

The more than 3,000 people around Ma Hongjie are all leading the southwest pony, and the most inferior southwest pony. It was of little use except for carrying goods, but it was really powerful to pull goods, and the horses were loaded with food, ammunition, armor and other items.

There are many more people, on the grain route along the way.

It is a small station in ten miles, a large station in sixty miles, and the supply line is more than 1,000 miles long. This kind of terrain is still a plateau area, and the number of people who do logistics for 5,000 regular soldiers is as many as 40,000, and there are tens of thousands of mules and horses.

Ma Hongjie observed the situation with a clairvoyant mirror, and then sighed: "The enemy general ...... Very bold. ”

Of the 14,000 Tibetan soldiers under Nanse's command, there are only more than 1,000 wearing iron armor and less than 3,000 wearing leather armor. What's the rest? He wears cotton clothes, has a shield on his back (which can be worn as a hat on his head), and his only weapon is a spear in his hand.

Those ironclad soldiers, the armor is also very shabby, and only the key parts of the upper body have armor pieces.

But Nanse was very confident, the Han army had very few cavalry, and he was only afraid of cavalry. As for the infantry, he was not afraid of anyone, as long as these outsiders ran violently, they would be so tired and out of breath that they would even fall to the ground and die as they ran.

Hmm····· … Nanse didn't know what a musket was.

"Surround the past and kill all the Han army!"