????“ Governor, Hami is unmanned, and the vanguard of our army has taken this city. ”

????“ Where did Hami Burke flee? ”

????“ It is reported that they fled westward, most of them to Turpan. Along the way, many rural nobles also fled, and all the things they couldn't take with them were burned, leaving not a grain of money and food for our army. Even the food of those serfs was robbed by the rural nobles, and the countryside ahead was full of hungry people begging for food. ”

????“ Hehe, the wall is clear. Ordered the logistics officer, let him first allocate 50,000 stone of military rations, and give it to the civilian officers of the army to help the people here! ”

???? Muhammatisha and Zhuo were already so sick that they were carried away even to escape.

???? His son Ebedullah was in power, and he was determined to confront the Datong army, so he actually played the game of Jianbi Qingye.

???? Jiang Liang distributed military rations all the way in this way, and he would definitely not be able to recover the northern Xinjiang region, because the grain would not be enough to eat, but it would be greatly beneficial to his future rule.

???? As the father of the uprising in Wuxing Town, Jiang Liang was relatively mediocre in all aspects.

???? However, Jiang Liang has an advantage, he likes to figure out what others are thinking. After being transferred to Xi'an, Jiang Liang knew that he was going to fight the Western Regions and spent two years in advance to study the intelligence of the Western Regions. Later, Zhao Han sent another secret letter, asking him to pay attention to the ethnic and religious issues in the Western Regions, and Jiang Liang immediately understood the emperor's thoughts.

???? It's no problem that the north of the Tianshan Mountains can't be recovered this time, what the emperor wants is long-term stability south of the Tianshan Mountains!

???? The army continued to march.

???? From Dunhuang to Hami, you can occasionally see corpses along the way, which are serfs who have been killed or died of disease and starvation.

???? Serfs were of no race, and there were even Persian descendants. They were hungry for several days, and even their houses were burned down, and they were even more panicked when they saw the Datong army, and they hid far away and shivered.

???? At this time, the civil officials and officials accompanying the army brought the people and military rations, and boiled porridge to call the hungry people to eat. The military propaganda officer took the opportunity to preach the policy to the serfs of all ethnic groups, and held a meeting to complain about their grievances so that the serfs could express their feelings.

???? Many serfs were half-fed, and at first they began to talk and slurp, and then they began to cry in front of the crowd.

???? When the army arrived in Hami, Jiang Liang suspended his march and prepared to spend two or three days reorganizing his troops, waiting for the news of the vanguard army returning to Turpan.

???? Chief Missionist Luo Bingcheng came to report on the work with a smile: "Governor, as soon as the grievance meeting opens, the people's hearts will belong to our army." Many serfs learned that they could divide the land, and for fear that the nobles would come back, they begged our army to stay and not leave. There were also some serfs who were willing to join the army to help in the war and help our army transport grain and grass. ”

???? Jiang Liang sighed with emotion: "This trick has not been used for a long time, and I don't think that it can work in the Western Regions." ”

???? Luo Bingcheng said: "These serfs didn't look like people before. The harvest is aristocratic, and I am thankful that I can not starve to death. As soon as we came, we cooked porridge for them to eat, won the trust of the serfs, and held a grievance meeting to let the serfs tell all the grievances in their hearts. Then he promised to divide the land, who can not treat us as their own? ”

???? Eighty years ago, there was a Harlem Khan in the Yarkand kingdom.

???? He abolished aristocratic privileges, abolished serfdom, and granted personal freedom to the peasants. He did not allow the local nobility to collect taxes on their own, and all taxes were prescribed by the Khan's court, and local taxes had to be handed over to the central government. The gentry, nobles, and officials were also taxed, and more than the common people.

???? He also established a system of examinations for officials, selecting students from the schools of madrasa and appointing them after passing the examinations, and the officials were no longer permanent and hereditary.

???? He also reformed the judicial system, taking judicial power back from local religious leaders and appointing judicial officials with full authority from the Khan's court.

???? This series of reforms is obviously learning from China.

???? But at that time, Xinjiang was popular with classicism, and there was no unified religious leader, let alone the idea of loyalty to the Great Khan and the imperial court. People naturally oppose this kind of centralized reform, so the effect of loud thunder and small rain is extremely weak.

???? It just so happened that Sufism began to become popular in Persia, and the Mughals almost destroyed the country that year, and the emperor went into exile in Persia, which was to restore the country with the help of Sufi power. Harlem Khan found that the Sufi faction was conducive to centralized rule, so he also took the initiative to introduce it, and then Yer

The chaos of the Qiang State began.

???? After the death of Harlem Khan, the New Deal was completely abolished, and the peasants were turned into serfs again, and the exploitation of serfs intensified.

???? Luo Bingcheng said: "The serfs here are worse than the tenants in the late Ming Dynasty. Although they are all aliens, but people's hearts are flesh and blood, and since they are willing to join the army, I plan to recruit a group of people temporarily. There are not many of them, and only one or two are recruited from each village, so that they can see the military might of Datong. When they return to the village, they can also spread the word to the villagers. ”

????“ It's up to you. Jiang Liang agreed.

???? ……

???? Turpan.

???? Tolontai was full of ambition and instigated: "Father, now the nobles of Turpan and Hami have come to us with their armies. We already have tens of thousands of soldiers, and the soldiers are strong, and it is the time to do great things, so don't hesitate anymore! ”

???? Babai Khan sighed: "Alas, we can't even defeat the Mongols, where did we win the army of the Han Chinese?" Haven't you heard that the Mongols were beaten by the Han and couldn't fight back? ”

???? Toluntai said: "This time is different, the Han people want to kill all the nobles, and the nobles are willing to fight for their lives. ”

????“ I'll think again. Babai Khan said.

???? Toulontai said impatiently: "Father, don't think about it anymore, the nobles are waiting for you to send troops!" ”

???? Babai Khan was the fourth brother of the Yarkand king who died on pilgrimage, and can be understood as the prince of Turpan, and ruled the area west of Jiayuguan.

???? As for Tuluntai, there was a rebellion against Shunzhi in history, and occupied Suzhou with the Hui generals of the Ming Dynasty. The Qing army was killed, the city of Suzhou was broken, and thousands of people under Touluntai were slaughtered.

???? Not only did Babai Khan not have the recklessness of his son, but he could even be said to be cowardly to the bones. The Manchus sent envoys to Yarkand to ask for guilt, and the king of Yarkand took the opportunity to remove his power, and Babai Khan was obediently escorted to the city of Yarkand, giving up the power of Turpan to the king's son.

???? Babai Khan said to his son at this time: "When the Han army is coming, we can't resist, otherwise there will be no way to surrender." You go first to appease the nobles from all over the country, and I will send someone to Hami to ask for surrender. As long as we are obedient, we will definitely be able to survive, and maybe we can still keep our property. ”

???? If he really did what Babai Khan said, the Datong army would really not kill, after all, he was the prince of the Yarkand Khanate, and it was of great significance to be able to recruit him.

???? At most, he will take away his land, and he will not even touch his floating wealth, and he will still be a rich man in the future.

???? But Toluntai felt that his father was too sloppy, and the nobles from all sides brought troops to vote, and they had tens of thousands of troops (many of them serf soldiers) What else were they afraid of? As long as they repelled the squadron, their father and son would gain great prestige, and with two Great Khans in the west and fighting among themselves, they might be able to take advantage of the opportunity to seize the throne of king.

???? Tolontai pretended to agree, and when he went back, he conspired with his henchmen and connected with some local nobles.

???? During the night, Tolontai suddenly led troops to surround his father's mansion and put Pabai Khan under house arrest, waiting for his father to make a pilgrimage to Mecca after the war.

???? Two days later, Toluntai ordered to send troops, and launched a holy war, taking the initiative to kill the Datong army.

???? The vanguard of the Datong army took the initiative to retreat and sent people back to report the news, and Jiang Liang immediately led the army to set off.

???? At this time, 8,000 cavalrymen of various ethnic groups in Qinghai had come to Hami to converge.

???? On the side of the Datong army, there are 60,000 foot cavalry and more than 40,000 people (more people are distributed on the grain road, extending from Gansu to Hami).

???? And the army of Tolontai had more than 70,000 cavalry. There were no people, and the serfs were also brought in as soldiers, and they all had to take up arms in battle. The real core force is only more than 10,000 standing armies and aristocratic armies.

???? But Tolontai is full of confidence, and he doesn't know where to get his confidence, just like his history in the Shunzhi Dynasty and went to Gansu to rebel.

???? The two armies met between Turpan and Hami, and the main road was walked by caravanserais, and the road was full of Gobi and desert on both sides.

???? Two or three miles apart, each stopped marching and spread out in formation.

???? On the side of the Datong army, at the forefront were charioteers, followed by all musketeers, traditional pikemen

The warp was eliminated.

???? Between the musketeers, there were a handful of grenadiers.

???? Grenadier usually do not wear armor, and when they need to attack a fortification, they will use a war hammer to fight with heavy armor. After all, a person is tall and big, but the projectile is too wasteful, and sometimes it is necessary to trap and siege the city.

???? Artillerymen and dragoons, sheltered in formation.

???? The two wings and the middle army are all Xiao cavalry and Yi cavalry, and there are also some dragoons on the two wings. As for the 8,000 Qinghai cavalry, led by two tribal leaders, they also spread out towards the two wings.

???? Except for the 8,000 Qinghai cavalry, everyone in the Datong Army is wearing armor.

???? Even the musketeers wore cotton armor.

???? The army of Tolontai barely exceeded 10,000 soldiers in armor, and most of them were in leather armor. There are at least 50,000 or more serf soldiers who have been temporarily brought in, which has the flavor of conscription and war in Tsarist Russia.

???? The troops of both sides gradually approached, and then stopped to form a group.

???? The cavalry on both wings was already running in the Gobi.

???? The fanatic cavalry from Balikun, after losing their territory, defected to Hami and was arranged to live in a rural area. In recent years, they have also replenished their manpower, probably recovering to about 1,500 riders. The rest of the cavalry were basically rural nobles and servants, and there were very few real standing cavalry.

???? On the side of the Datong army, the Xiao cavalry and the Yi cavalry did not move, and the dragoons went up to fly kites with the enemy.

????“ Bang bang! ”

???? The sound of gunfire from time to time means that the two armies are already fighting.

???? The cavalry of 1,500 fanatics rushed to the front, met with a round of bullets, and after firing the shots, the group of dragoons immediately ran away. The other group of dragoons, who fired from the side, also fired and ran.

???? I'm not afraid of the enemy rushing over, anyway, there are Xiao cavalry and Yi cavalry waiting.

???? The fanatic cavalry ran for a while, but before they could get close to the range of the bow and arrow, they were shot and killed by indiscriminate shooting.

????“ Boom Boom! ”

???? Artillery from both sides exchanged fire.

???? More than twenty artillery pieces were gathered in Touluntai, and even the artillery for the defense of the Turpan Castle was brought.

???? As for the Datong Army, there are a full 100 guns, all of which are front-loading linear rifled cannons. There are also many tiger squat cannons and the like, which are only fired after the enemy approaches, and they are still hidden in the formation at this time and do not appear.

???? Front-loading rifled guns, which were not much longer than smoothbore guns and did not have the accuracy of spiral rifled guns, were invented purely to increase the rate of fire.

???? The number of artillery pieces of the Datong Army was already four times that of the enemy, and the rate of fire was much faster.

???? After several rounds of shelling, the artillery position of Tolontai had been completely destroyed, and the Datong army continued to push the artillery forward and began to fire at the enemy's large array.

???? (End of chapter)