Aksu region, was the exiled Baishan faction and Zhuo murdered the governor.

In the Kashgar region, Yaolevas, who killed his father and usurped power, was also engaged in religious struggle. He has only introduced the Black Mountain faction for more than ten years, and there are still a large number of remnants of the White Mountain faction among the people.

Historically, Iolevas was assassinated. The Great Khan of Dzungaria bribed the remnants of the Baishan faction and assassinated Yaolevas in public by burning jade.

Another time and space, Dzungaria, was able to rise thanks to the internal strife of the Yarkand Khan. The Baishan faction even enthusiastically led the way, volunteered to follow Galdan's army, and captured the city of Yarkand without fear of death, killing all the believers of the Montenegrin faction in the city.

To be honest, if the Datong army killed the nobles without seeing them, they could easily recruit tens of thousands of troops from the White Mountain faction, and then take these troops to attack the Black Mountain faction.

Hearing that the Han army had occupied Aksu, Yaolevas was a little flustered.

Because the nobles who fled described the Han army as "Zhenni" (devil, elf). It is said that Jiang Liang, the commander of the army, is a "big town nun", and the other Datong soldiers are all "town nun", everyone can use evil magic, and can also summon meteorites to smash tens of thousands of enemy troops.

Of course, Yaolevas didn't believe this kind of nonsense, but he also knew the strength of the Han army.

At the beginning, the mission that escorted Aqiyu back to China passed through Kashgar with cavalry, and the war horses were well-equipped, so they were not easy to mess with at first glance.

But Yaolevas annexed his father's men, and now a large number of nobles were armed, and they were frightened by the Datong army to defect to him. He has more than 10,000 "elites" in his hands, as well as thousands of miscellaneous garrisons, and can also gather tens of thousands of serfs.

With such a powerful army, how could Yaolevas be willing to escape?

Yes, run away.

Elovas never thought of surrendering, at most he fled. With his great strength, he can't get along in Kashgar, and he can escape to Central Asia to dominate.

Just like more than a hundred years ago, there was a pair of cousins who couldn't get along in Central Asia anymore and each led more than 1,000 people to escape. One fled to India and founded the Mughal Empire; One fled to Xinjiang and established the Yarkand Khanate.

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Ush.

This is the largest city encountered on the way from Aksu to Kashgar. It originally belonged to Aksu's territory, but it was just defeated by Yaolvasi last year, and 3,000 troops were stationed to guard against Aksu's counterattack.

Herovas gave the defender a death order that he must hold out for more than 20 days so that he could recruit more soldiers for a decisive battle.

The city of Wushi is more than two zhang high, one zhang and five feet thick, and is built by rammed earth.

More than ten steps outside the city, there is a moat, and the spring water continues all year round.

The bazaar (market) outside the city was empty, and all the people fled when they heard the news. There were even Han Chinese shops here, but the Han had to flee because of the risk of retaliation from the Montenegrin faction.

The few people who did not run away were captured and sent into the city to fill the army, and most of them were engaged in hard labor, helping to carry the materials for defending the city.

The commander was Abdullah Tif and was the illegitimate son of King Jolvath (the son of whom he had been killed). Yaolevas now believed in no one but his own son, so he threw him to garrison the city of Ush.

"Your Highness the Governor, the Han army is already several miles away, and there are only a few thousand cavalry, and their infantry is not seen." The ministry will run to report.

"Got it."

Although Abdullah Tif was young, he followed his father to fight at the age of fourteen, and he was a veteran of the battlefield.

He had only 3,000 elite in his hands, and he was mainly infantry.

This person can only defend the city, and he will never dare to go out of the city to fight. After all, the fleeing nobles said that the Han army had hundreds of artillery.

But if there were really hundreds of artillery, defending the city would be dead, and the city wall would be collapsed.

Abdullah Tif could only take chances, hoping that those were aristocratic exaggerations.

Liang Zhen led the leading troops to approach the city, and found that the city was well defended, and knew that the defender was a good fighter. He immediately divided his troops into three and scattered to sweep the surrounding countryside, by the way to get some food from the nobles who had not yet escaped.

The effect of the grain production was extremely poor, and the rural nobles in the Wushi region ran away with their families in advance, leaving only a group of poor serfs.

A few days later, Jiang Liang led the main force to come.

It's still the old routine of being too lazy to fill in the moat, and set up artillery to bombard the city wall directly across the river.

At the same time as the artillery bombardment, the cavalry all crossed the river far away and blocked the rear road of the enemy when they fled.

Abdullah Tif looked at the cannons lined up outside the city, and his mood instantly fell into despair. There are only four artillery pieces for his defense of the city, and they are antiques from decades ago, but there are dozens or hundreds of artillery pieces for the siege of the Datong army.

After two days of continuous shelling, the city wall directly east collapsed in many places.

Due to the dry climate, the rammed earth walls here are too brittle to withstand the rain of cannonballs.

My father let himself hold the Han army for twenty days, but in the current situation, he couldn't hold it for even ten days. Abdullah Tifu wanted to abandon the city and flee, but he didn't dare, because he was afraid that he would be slaughtered by his father for disobeying military orders, and second, the Han cavalry had already gone around to the west to intercept him.

"Governor, southeast wind!"

"Raise the hot air balloon."

With Jiang Liang's order, several hot air balloons rose across the river. Most of the eastern wall had collapsed, and the defending artillery had been crushed under the broken wall, and the defenders could only watch the hot air balloons rise into the air.

One of the guards shouted, "Zhenni (devils), they take Zhenni!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the defenders changed color and looked at the hot air balloons in horror.

"Boom!"

The first 10,000-strong enemy smashed down, killing and wounding only a few people.

But the ensuing panic caused by the explosion caused the defenders to begin to crumble. They were already in a desperate situation, a large part of the eastern city wall collapsed, and they heard many terrifying rumors about the Han army, and at this time, the tense nerves finally could not bear it.

"Run, Zhenny is here!"

Countless defenders ran to the west, opened the gates and rushed out. They didn't care whether there were enemy cavalry interceptors, they just wanted to escape the city as soon as possible, and get as far away from those hot air balloons as possible.

Abdullah Tif did not stop it, and was powerless to stop it.

Historically, after the assassination of Giolevas, he was proclaimed king by the Montenegrin faction. When encountering Galdan's army, it was also a thousand miles away, not because of his command ability, but because the hearts of Yarkand's people had long been scattered.

Fighting all day long, fighting with the same clan, who wants to fight?

Ten years ago, if the Datong army had been killed, it would have met with stubborn resistance. At that time, Yarkand was unified and could be twisted into a rope, but now it was split into several forces, which were easily broken by the Datong army.

The defenders of the city had almost fled, and only a dozen loyal guards remained.

Abd al-Taif said to the guards: "Flee also, for I must remain in the city, for this is my father's command." You know how strict my father was, and I would be put to death if I dared to flee this city. ”

A few guards said goodbye immediately, and a few guards actually stayed behind to accompany him to his death.

Three thousand defenders, more than a thousand people who had been captured to be strong men, fled in panic to the west. The Datong cavalry, who had only escaped two or three miles and had already crossed the river far away, rushed over to kill these routs.

In particular, the Yarkand cavalry was taken care of by the Datong cavalry.

The infantry of the Datong army also began to cross the river and rush into the city, but only Abdullah Tif and a few guards remained. These guys did not commit suicide either, but charged with knives and were shot and killed by the Datong army.

There were always a few fish that slipped through the net and fled to Kashgar in a panic on a war horse.

Yaolevas asked, "How long have you been defending the city of Ush?" ”

The nobleman who fled back said, "The enemy can summon Zhenni ......"

"Nonsense!" Yaolevas was furious.

"Great Khan, it's true," said the nobleman, "the Zhenni summoned by the enemy is a very large ball that can fly into the sky. Then drop a small ball, which hits the ground and explodes, and a small ball can kill dozens of people. If the Great Khan did not believe him, he could ask the other soldiers who had fled. ”

Of course, Yaolevas did not believe that it was a devil summoned by the Han army, but the nobleman spoke with a very serious attitude, and it did not seem to be a lie.

Yaolevas guessed that it was most likely the secret weapon of the Han army.

"Does the enemy really have hundreds of artillery pieces?" Iolevas asked.

The nobleman replied, "I don't know if there are hundreds of gates, but there should be a hundred." ”

There are 100 artillery pieces, so how many muskets should there be?

"Great Khan, it's not good!" Another minister came in a panic.

Giolevas asked, "What is it?" ”

The minister said: "There are nobles who have fled from Hotan, and there are also Han troops there, with more than 10,000 cavalry. And it was the news from ten days ago, and now I'm afraid it's almost approaching Yarkand City. ”

It was the Southern Route Army that Jiang Liang had separated, with several thousand Datong cavalry and eight thousand Qinghai cavalry.

The Southern Route Army attacked Yarkand City from Hotan, and the main force attacked Kashgar from the north, a pincer offensive, flanking on both sides.

Yaolevas said: "Herald nobles, come with me, we will go to the Great Yuz!" ”

This cargo is going to run away, take the army and nobles, and go to Central Asia to regain its territory, anyway, Da Yuzi is very weak now.

Jiang Liang led the main army to Kashgar, and found that all the nobles here had fled, and the ruling place had run away, and all those who remained were civilians and serfs.

Tens of thousands of elite soldiers, thousands of miscellaneous troops, this powerful force flocked to Da Yuz, and Yao Levas was enough to turn Da Yuz upside down.

Jiang Liang summoned the general He Yudu: "You bring 5,000 soldiers to recruit the troops of Jilijis." Tell them that as long as they are attached to China, they will no longer be oppressed, and the court treats the Gilligis (Kyrgyz) equally. ”

The territory of the Gilligis people is the Kyrgyzstan of later generations.

Their ancestors lived in the upper reaches of the Yenisei River, and were forced to move south during the reign of Genghis Khan, and for the next few hundred years, they were bullied by major powers.

What's even more rare is that although all of them believe in the Green Religion around their territory, the Gilligis people at this time still maintain totem worship. Historically, the Gilligis were greened in the Qing Dynasty, and some of the Gilligis also converted to Buddhism.

Yaolevas fled with his troops to the Great Yuz, where he had to pass through the territory of the Gilicis.

This frightened the Gilligis so much that the tribes gathered warriors. But they did not dare to fight it, and when they learned the truth, they were forced to agree to the passage of Yaolevas.

said that it was a passage through the border, but in fact, it was a rush all the way!

The Gilligis still dare not speak out against this kind of looting. They were attached initially to the Chagatai Khanate, then to the Yarkand Khanate, and now to the Dzungar Mongols. They have no autonomy at all, not even a recognized leader, because the suzerainty does not allow them to have a leader.

They could only disperse into numerous tribes, farming or grazing cattle in the mountains.

Finally sent Yaolevas out of the country, and before the Gilligis people could breathe a sigh of relief, He Yudu came with thousands of Datong troops.

This was a powerful force that defeated Yarkand, and the Gilligis did not dare to resist, and the leaders of the various tribes sent envoys to meet them.

"Call all your leaders, I'm going to have a meeting!" He Yudu said to the messengers.

Twenty days later, the leaders of more than 80 tribes gathered on the shores of Atami (Lake Ixey).

The translator conveys He Yudu's words: "From now on, the land of the Gilligis people is the territory of Datong China. All the Gilligis people are also Chinese. The imperial court will send troops and immigrants to build a city here! ”

The leaders of the various departments instantly fried the pot, and some stood up on the spot, clamoring to fight the Chinese army.

He Yudu raised his hand and said, "Quiet, listen to me finish speaking." ”

After a long period of noisy, the venue finally fell silent.

He Yudu said: "First, the imperial court will not force you to convert to religion. You tribes, you can continue to worship your totem! ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of most of the leaders softened.

He Yudu continued: "Second, the tribute you bear will only be less than before. And it's not called tribute, it's called tax. ”

"Thirdly, there will be Atami Prefecture here, which will be subordinate to the Anzai Prefecture. Atami Province will be divided into a number of prefectures, with Han Chinese officials serving as prefects. The head of a large tribe can serve as the county governor. The leader of a small tribe can be the mayor of the town. ”

"Fourth, the imperial court will not force you to buy and sell your goods. Han merchants, there will be a lot of cheap goods, and you will have a better life in the future! ”

He Yudu said this, and the leaders of the various departments believed it for the time being.

If you don't believe it, you can't help it, do you still have a fight?

The whole of Kyrgyzstan was taken without blood.

Li Bai's birthplace finally returned to the embrace of the motherland.