Turpan.

Liberated by the house arrestee, Babai Khan asked: "Lost?" ”

"Lost," said Abdullah, hastily, "the Han army is too strong, their artillery is innumerable, and their cavalry is more powerful than the Mongol cavalry. I don't know what my brother thinks, even if he wants to resist, he should defend the city, how can he fight in the field? ”

Babai Khan said: "Send messengers and ask for surrender." ”

Abdullah worried: "But the Han army slaughtered nobles everywhere, and we fought a battle, I am afraid that we will not be forgiven." ”

Babai Khan asked, "What else?" Where do we flee? Now that Yarkand has two kings, and Aksu is the closest to us, should we flee to Aksu? Your cousin is a puppet king, he can't call the shots, and he has long been controlled by Hezhuo. Do you think that when the Han soldiers are killed, Aksu will be able to hold it? ”

Abdullah was silent.

Babai Khan asked again: "How many troops do we have?" ”

Abdullah said: "Many of the nobles, commoners and serfs in Turpan and the surrounding areas were sent to fight by the Long March. I only brought back a few hundred cavalry, and there are still more than 300 soldiers in the city, and if I forcibly recruit them, I should be able to call up one or two thousand civilians. ”

Babai Khan said: "Tell the nobles who have come back with you that if they do not want to surrender, they should flee to Aksu as soon as possible. ”

The Datong army came quickly, and after only half a day, thousands of vanguard troops had arrived in Turpan.

Babai Khan, with his family and ministers, opened the city gate and knelt down to ask for surrender, but was all detained by the vanguard general Liang Zhen.

Liang Zhen is of Mongol descent from Jeju Island, who once led his troops in pursuit of Duoduo, and now has also become a deputy division commander. He led his troops to take control of the Turpan Castle, immediately sent people back to report the news, and then questioned Babai Khan: "I resisted stubbornly before, but now why have you surrendered?" ”

Babai Khan explained: "I was about to surrender, and my son put me under house arrest. ”

"It's really a father's kindness and filial piety," Liang Zhen couldn't help but smile "The nobles who fought with our army before, their families can be here?" ”

Babai Khan said: "Hearing of the defeat at the front, many people fled to Aksu. ”

Liang Zhen smiled: "You are not honest." It must be up to you to decide to surrender and let those people escape early! ”

"Don't dare, they fled on their own." Babai Khan quibbled.

Liang Zhen called his lieutenant: "You lead two thousand horsemen and immediately chase to the west." The families of those nobles, men and women, young and old, and with a lot of goods, must not have gone far at this moment. Since he fled, he had other thoughts in his heart, and all the men were killed, and only the women and children could live. ”

"Yes!"

The lieutenant general Zhong Qi immediately led two thousand light horsemen and chased westward along the wheel print.

At this time, it was already evening, and I didn't dare to run too fast at night, but fortunately, the roads along the way were relatively flat. After chasing for two hours, they stopped to rest, fed the horses salt water and bean cakes, and then slept on the spot and waited for dawn.

In the morning light, the pursuit continued, and in the middle of the morning, he finally caught up with the fleeing team.

There were more than a hundred noble cavalrymen, as well as countless noble wives and children, some of whom took their slaves on the road, and the carts were full of goods. Many rural aristocrats were reluctant to even give up their cattle and sheep, so they took their livestock with them and fled westward.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves behind them, the hundred or so noble cavalrymen immediately said to their families: "Hurry up, I don't want anything!" ”

These guys rode away on horseback, leaving behind countless old and weak women and children.

The outcasts, the men of their families, have largely died on the battlefield.

Zhong Qi led his troops to kill, leaving a hundred cavalry to guard the prisoners who stayed where they were and did not run. There were also many old and weak women and children, who scattered and fled to the Gobi Desert, and 800 cavalry were responsible for chasing them. The remaining 1,100 cavalry, under the leadership of Zhong Qi, chased after the more than 100 noble cavalry.

The aristocratic cavalry was still with their families, and they couldn't run fast at all, seeing that the pursuers were getting closer and closer, they finally couldn't care about their wives and children, so they threw down their relatives and whipped them to speed up.

Zhong Qi stopped chasing and went back to clean up the scene.

The male captives with slightly better clothes and fabrics were indiscriminately beheaded on the spot, and the cry was shocking for a while. Only slaves, women and children will be allowed to live, and the slaves will be freed, and the women and children will be arranged for future emigration bachelors.

Turpan over there.

Jiang Liang finally arrived and said to Babai Khan: "If you surrender early, you can keep your property." But you surrendered late, take your family and go to Liaoning to be a civilian. You can't bring anything other than a change of clothes, and the government will provide you with food along the way. ”

"Thank you General for sparing your life!" Babai Khan breathed a sigh of relief, he had a cowardly personality, as long as he could save his life.

The nobles of the Western Regions, even if they can survive, cannot stay here, otherwise they will be the source of turmoil. The imperial court has long decreed that only civilians will be left in the Western Regions, because the civilians have no culture, let alone any social influence, which is convenient for the next indoctrination work.

After Jiang Liang occupied Turpan, he did not march immediately.

While resting the army, send out small forces to sweep the surrounding castles and villages.

There are also a few nobles who still control the place.

For example, Shanshan, there is also a castle, and Hezhuo in it did not follow Toluntai on the expedition. When the Datong army passed through the castle, he sent someone out with Zhuo to negotiate the conditions, and he would only surrender if he retained his position of power.

This guy also incited the people, the civilians of the streets outside the city, all poured into the castle to hold on.

Now, the 5,000 Datong army is besieging the city, and dozens of artillery pieces are bombarding it in turn, and it is estimated that the news of the city will be received tomorrow.

Before waiting for tomorrow, Jiang Liang received good news that night.

The next day, a cavalry unit was separated, and the Qinghai cavalry was sent to the southwest to capture Luobu (Lop Nur), Qiaotai (near Jimo), Hotan and other places. He also divided a cavalry unit, with thousands of foot soldiers, and went to the northwest to attack and lose his strength.

It was also lost to the south of Urumqi, which was the sphere of influence of Turpan.

And Urumqi, which was still called Yangji Bali at this time, was the pasture of Kuben Noyat, the Mongol leader of the Heshute Department. Although this person belonged to the Hoshute tribe, he nominally obeyed the Great Khan of Dzungaria.

In other words, Jiang Liang sent troops this time, only to the south of the Tianshan Mountains, and looked at Urumqi across the mountain pass.

After taking it and losing its strength, leaving an army to garrison to prevent the Mongols from coming from Urumqi, Jiang Liang led the main force towards Aksu.

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Aksu.

The king of Yarkand here is called Ismayele, and the king of Yarkand in Kashgar is called Yaolvas.

Before the two kings could fight, Aksu was already fighting among themselves.

The exiles of the Montenegrin faction and Zopadisha, with the help of their religious power, murdered the governor of Aksu, and made the king a puppet, and took sole control of Aksu.

Hearing that the Han army was coming, King Ismayele was not panicked, but was still a little excited in private. He didn't want to be a puppet for a long time, before he had the Governor of Aksu to control him, and now he had Padisha to control him.

After surrendering, you may be able to regain your freedom.

Padisha panicked, this Montenegrin faction and Zhuo had a strong desire for power. He will not hand over power if he dies, it is absolutely impossible to surrender, and he will not be able to run, because further west is the power of the Baishan faction, and the Baishan faction heretics are more hateful than the Han heretics.

"Holy war, send an order to the nobles and commoners of Aksu, I will launch a holy war to defend my homeland!"

He Zhuo, who was supported by 10,000 people, launched a holy war, and in just half a month, tens of thousands of people were gathered, and even slaves came with farm tools.

Then, Padisha started to have a headache.

Due to the successive wars with the Kashgar region, Aksu's food has long been almost consumed. Tens of thousands of jihadist troops also have to eat, he can't get enough military rations at all, and the nobles don't have much food to bring.

If you wait in place, you don't need the Datong army to make a move, and you will have to starve collectively after a month.

After hesitating for a few days, Padisha was forced to take the initiative and bring the puppet king Ismaelle with her.

The battle-hardened governor of Aksu has been murdered by Padisha, and his cronies have been liquidated.

There are no generals in the army, and Padisha herself has never fought. Not to mention fighting, the march is a mess, after all, there are too many civilians and serfs mixed in the holy army.

Some aristocratic generals feel bad, this kind of army is a.

Several nobles, with their own private armies, deliberately slowed down the march. As he walked, he suddenly slipped away and went to Kashgar to join King Yaolevas.

The troops under his command were formed into deserters, and Padisha didn't even notice it.

He only had the experience of lecturing to thousands of believers, but he did not have the talent to command tens of thousands of troops. The cargo rode forward, oblivious to the situation behind it, and finally someone came the next day to tell the truth.

Padisha was a little flustered, but pretended to be calm, saying that the deserters had been sent back to defend the city.

After three days of marching, Padisha's holy army collided with the vanguard led by Liang Zhen.

Liang Zhen only had 5,000 cavalry in his hands, and he originally planned to retreat, but he saw tens of thousands of enemy troops in chaos, like homeless people gathered together.

"Storm the enemy's left flank!"

Of the 5,000 cavalry, 2,000 were dragoons, and the remaining 3,000 were cavalry.

They rushed into the most chaotic array of serfs, and when the Datong cavalry rushed in front of them, Padisha hadn't even fully formed their formation.

First, two thousand dragoons fired a volley of muskets, which made the serf soldiers even more chaotic, and then put away the muskets, drew their waist knives and charged with the cavalry.

There were still more than ten paces away, and the thousands of serf soldiers in front of them were already frightened and fled, and the nearby serf soldiers followed. The real elite of the enemy army are all gathered around Padisha, and there is no time to rescue at this moment, because the holy army is too chaotic, and the miscellaneous troops have blocked the passage of troops.

The 5,000 Datong cavalry, when chasing and killing the rout, were divided into battalions.

A group of 500 cavalry, divided into ten groups, chased and killed the rout. Those routed soldiers would help to charge the formation, and all the nearby formations would be disrupted, often 500 Datong cavalry, and they would quickly crush thousands of enemy troops.

After a short time, the left flank of the holy war army all broke and fled, and the front army also became chaotic, and then the Datong cavalry rushed from the left, and the entire front army completely collapsed.

The elite troops under Padisha's command, before they even engaged in battle, saw the front and the left side of the army rout.

"Run!"

The aristocratic generals, who had long felt that something was wrong, immediately took their private soldiers and drove away, they all had the same idea, and fled to Kashgar to join another king.

Padisha stood up from the carriage and stared blankly at the chaotic battlefield, he had no idea how to command. At this time, he wanted to shout a few holy war slogans, but he saw that the elites around him were also fleeing, and even his own cronies began to flee, and no one listened to him anymore.

Finally, Padisha drew her dagger, cut the ropes of the carriage, and fled the battlefield on horseback with the rebels.

Realizing that no one cared about him anymore, Ismayel excitedly rushed out of the carriage and shouted: "I am the Great Khan of Yarkand, and I am willing to surrender!" ”

But seeing countless routs coming, Isma's face changed drastically, and he shouted: "I am the Great Khan, don't come here!" ”

One by one, they fled from the king's side, and at last the king was knocked down. Immediately afterwards, another rout stepped on the king, kick after kick, and trampled the puppet king to death.