???? Chijin Town, Yumen City, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, is the hometown of the iron man Wang Jinxi.

???? The word red gold comes from Chijin Mongolia.

???? During the Ming Dynasty, between Yumen Pass and Jiayu Pass, the imperial court set up Chijinwei, and a large number of Mongols lived here. With the rise of Yarkand, more than 100 years ago, the Chijin Mongols were killed and returned to Jiayuguan, and the local religious beliefs changed color.

???? Now, the Chinese court has sent troops here again, and the vanguard tribe of 5,000 people has come to the outside of Chijin Fort.

???? The local nobleman's name was Mahmu, and his official position was Chijin Burke, which means lord of Chijin. He relied on collecting commercial taxes on the Silk Road, and he had been quite nourishing in the past twenty years, and he never thought that he would be besieged one day.

???? He sent his cronies out of the city to negotiate, and the cronies soon came back and said, "Lord Burke, the Han generals want you to surrender immediately, and they will not discuss any conditions for surrender. ”

????“ Don't talk about how to drop? Ma Hemu was annoyed.

???? The cronies said: "They say that this is China's homeland and must be taken back. Last year, documents had been sent to the Berkes of the Western Regions, but no one was willing to donate the soil, so this year they brought troops to collect it. ”

????“ Nonsense, here is my grandfather who shot it down! Mahmu was furious.

???? Chijin Fort and its surrounding areas belong to the flood alluvial plain of the Qilian Mountains. Compared to the generally barren Western Regions, it is suitable for farming and grazing, and has been identified as a resettlement site, where 2,000 Han Chinese will migrate.

???? Ma Hemu made money by collecting merchant taxes, and although he did not expand his army on a large scale, he renovated his castle.

???? He stood at the head of the city, looked at the thousands of Datong troops outside, and said with a hideous face: "My castle is strong and tall, and thousands of Han troops can't be defeated!" ”

???? The reason why Ma Hemu was reluctant to surrender was that he was reluctant to pay taxes here.

???? He has already tasted the sweetness, how can he who has eaten meat want to go back to eat grass? Once he surrenders, even if he can survive, the right to collect taxes will definitely be snatched away by the Han officials.

???? The vanguard of the 5,000 Datong Army, seeing that Ma Hemuzhen did not surrender, immediately retreated several miles and camped. They were all cavalry, and they didn't bring any siege equipment, so they had to wait for the big army to come.

???? When he didn't sit and wait, he began to sweep the surrounding villages the next day.

???? The Yarkand Khanate has developed to the present day, and it has implemented a noble manor system. The land of the whole country belonged to the Sultan and was then distributed among the local lords, who in turn were distributed among the minor nobles.

???? Basically, in every village, there are nobles, and the whole village land is noble.

???? Five thousand Datong cavalry, divided into ten groups to sweep the village. They did not bother the commoners, but went straight to the best houses, which were certainly the homes of the minor nobles.

???? Kill the men, capture the women, and don't say a word at all.

???? There will definitely be no innocent people, because these little nobles were still living in Turpan more than a hundred years ago, and this land was robbed by their ancestors. At that time, the process of grabbing land was extremely bloody, and the cruelty was far greater than that of the same army.

???? The small nobles of the village who were not killed by the Datong army all fled to Chijin Fort, which was just right for a pot.

???? The more the Datong army "plundered" the village, the more comfortable Ma Hemu was in the castle. He felt that China did not send many troops, and he must have rushed to leave, and his castle should not be in danger.

???? In this way, more than ten days passed, and Ma Hemu saw the army in the distance, and the whole person was stunned at the head of the city.

???? How many people should there be?

???? Under the warm sun, countless armies marched in, horses, livestock, and vehicles stretched beyond the horizon.

???? The vanguard of 5,000 had already circled to the west of the castle to prevent the enemy from escaping to the Jade Gate.

????“ Besiege! ”

???? As soon as it came, it started fighting, and there was no nonsense.

???? The commander of this battle is Jiang Liang, who is sitting in Xi'an, and after he recovers the Western Regions, it is time to transfer back to Nanjing. If the battle is fought well, it is very likely that he will be made a duke - he is also a duke now, but he belongs to the county duke with a double word prefix.

???? Outside Chijin Fort, there is a small river from the Qilian Mountains.

???? The Datong army had no idea of filling the moat at all

, the infantry guarded the artillery and set up a battery on the other side of the river towards the castle.

???? Sixty-four cannons were laid out along the river.

???? Ma Hemu was scared when he saw the black barrel, and his pants were almost scared.

???? Chijin Fort is just a small castle, not to mention sixty-four guns, even if there are only six cannons, it can destroy the rammed earth wall.

????“ I'm willing to surrender, ...... Open the gates! Mahmu yelled.

???? The little nobles who fled from all over the villages stepped forward to stop them: "Lord Burke, you can't surrender. Those Han soldiers killed the nobles when they saw them, and they killed them when they surrendered, which was not reasonable at all. ”

???? Ma Hemu said: "If you don't surrender, you will definitely die, and if you surrender, you may still live." Get out of the way! ”

???? While the city was entangled, the Datong artillery had already begun to test fire.

???? A cannonball landed in the city, smashing the roof, and it was only a dozen steps away from Mahmu.

???? The little nobles were frightened and dispersed on the spot, mounted their war horses, and fled in a swarm towards the west of the city. They also knew that they couldn't defend the city, so they ran as far as they could, and fled all the way to Hami to take refuge with Zhuosu.

???? Ma Hemu was stunned, and he didn't go out of the city to surrender, and fled with his wife and children.

???? These 5,000 vanguard troops, who had only escaped ten miles and were ambushed in Dadun Mountain, suddenly came out of the necessary way.

????“ Kill all the men, and leave not a single one! ”

???? Five thousand Datong cavalry instantly turned into tigers and wolves.

???? And those red gold nobles, who were already frightened birds, did not dare to resist at all, and turned to flee towards the Gobi area.

???? Many nobles, wives and children, were left untouched and taken captive along with their goods.

???? Chijin Fort was easily taken, and the mayor of Chijin had already been appointed to set off with the army.

???? The mayor of the town used to belong to the order of officials, but now it has been changed to an official from the nine grades, and the more prosperous and developed places are the nine grades. Many college graduates failed to get into the Jinshi and were thrown to the local area to become the mayor of the town.

???? Shen Jian is the loser of last year's imperial examination, he has a university diploma, he has already taken the imperial examination twice, and now there is only one chance left.

???? If the three opportunities are used up, even the Nine Rank Officials can't do it, so they can only go to the examiner by themselves.

???? Shen Jian didn't dare to take the exam again, and when he heard that the imperial court needed a large number of grassroots officials to recover the Western Regions, he hurriedly ran to sign up. The officials of the Western Regions are also officials, and the newly occupied land is easy to make political achievements, and maybe the promotion speed will be faster.

???? So, he drew lots for the position of mayor of Chijin Town.

???? The castle was too small for the people to live in, and it was used as the mayor's official residence in the future.

???? The market is outside the castle, similar to the castle town in Japan. Hundreds of artisans and merchants who accompanied the army were placed in the market, and they were the first to live in the town.

???? And the 2,000 people who dragged their families to help transport grain and grass used to help, and now they can stay and settle down.

???? The fertile land along the river was allocated to Han Chinese immigrants.

???? As for the local peasants, as long as they come to the town to register and settle down, they can also be allocated land. The nobles of the village have been killed, and they are emancipated. The government will not force them to convert, but if they are willing to convert, the quantity and quality of the land they will receive will be better.

???? Shen Jian and a few officials were busy all day long.

???? The affairs of the town are done, the resettlement is also over, and they have to go to the countryside to preach the policy.

???? The two thousand immigrants were given armor, mainly spears, crossbows, and leather armor. The land they cultivate is exempt from tax within five years, halved within ten years, and they have to practice when they are not working.

???? There is a small trader of different races in the town, who is very cooperative with the work, and Shen Jian is left by his side to be a translator, and he will apply to help him become a small official in the future.

???? Shen Jian took the interpreter and went to the nearest village, followed by a team of peasant soldiers.

???? He was afraid that the local peasants would rise out and kill people, but the peasants were afraid of him. Because the local peasants were all serfs under the aristocratic manor system, they used to be expensive

The clan is used to bullying, and whoever comes is beaten and scolded.

???? Several peasants chatted with Shen Jian tremblingly.

???? When I asked them what ethnicity they were, they couldn't tell me.

???? The interpreter said, "Mayor, they're all Salta." ”

???? The original meaning of Salta was "Shangjia", and many of the followers of the Green Religion who lived in Central Asia also moved to Xinjiang and Gansu. There are Turkic, Tajik, Kazakh, Persian...... After being far away from their homeland, many people could not figure out which ethnic group they were, and the outside world collectively referred to them as Salta.

???? Those who can preach are nobles, and the nobles have been killed.

???? Facing this group of confused serfs, Shen Jian muttered: "The town needs a few virtuous monks!" ”

???? Shen Jian returned to the castle and immediately briefed the court about his situation here. He suggested that a large number of monks should be placed over, and now was the best time to preach, and in a few years the opportunity would be missed.

???? The imperial court attached great importance to this, and Zhao Han even personally issued an order to investigate the situation of temples across the country. Once it is found that there is a fake monk, it will be sent to the Western Regions immediately, and at the same time it will be sent to Dumu.

???? In addition, he called on the monks of the whole country to go to the Western Regions to open up religious territory. The imperial court is responsible for helping them build temples, as long as they go, they have a great chance to be abbots, even if they can't be abbots, they are also the second-in-command and third-in-command in temples.

???? History says that 8,000 monks entered the Western Regions!

???? But it was said that the imperial army marched all the way to Yumen.

???? The Yumen Pass in the Han Dynasty has long been abandoned, and the Yumen here is Yumen County.

???? When the lord of Yumen heard that the Han army was coming, he had already run away in advance and fled to Hami to ask for asylum. These so-called lords, with a standing army of several hundred people at most, pulled up the small nobles in the village, and survived the two or three thousand troops. Where did they dare to fight against the Datong Army?

???? The Datong army dispatched more than 50,000 foot cavalry this time, and more than 100,000 people (most of whom had to stay in the Western Regions to reproduce). On the Qinghai side, there are thousands of cavalry of various ethnic groups, who are about to cross the mountain pass and enter Xinjiang.

???? The army soon recovered Yumen, Guazhou, and Dunhuang, and all the nobles along the way fled, crowding in Hami in a vain attempt to resist.

???? The Hami lords, Muhammatisha and Zhuo, were already terminally ill and were lying on their hospital beds to get the news. He called his son Ebedullah: "We can't defeat the Han Chinese, don't try to defend Hami." You only have two choices, one is to bring people to Turpan, and the other is to surrender to the Han people immediately. I'm too sick to walk, so you can do it yourself. ”

???? Ebedullah hesitated: "I heard the nobles who fled to Hami say that the Han army killed the nobles when they saw them. After we surrender, will we also be killed by the Han army? ”

???? Muhammatisha and Zhuo frowned, and then said, "I don't know. ”

????“ I know. But Bedullah said.

???? Ebedullah planned to run away and take people to Turpan for help. With this little strength, he will definitely not be able to win, so he will lead the Han army to Turpan and force the governor of Turpan to join forces to fight.

???? This old man, in history, first surrendered to Galdan, then played backstabbing, surrendered to Kangxi in a slippery way, and finally became King Hami.

???? In his heart, he actually wanted to surrender directly, as long as he continued to let himself rule Hami.

???? He can even tolerate the imperial court sending troops to station, but the position of Lord Hami cannot be lost. But the Nanjing court obviously did not plan to do so, and killed the nobles when they saw them along the way, knowing that they wanted to eradicate the nobles and leave only the common people of all ethnic groups.

???? Ebedullah can only be forced to resist to the end!

???? (End of chapter)