The rebel Kokand tribe, whose real name was the tribe, had ancestors who had migrated from the Golden Horde and claimed to be descendants of Shaybani.

The Ferghana Basin, originally belonging to a nomadic society.

More than 100 years ago, the Uzbeks brought farming techniques, and today farming and nomadism are intertwined.

In addition, He Zhuo often held the position of tribal chief.

is both Hezhuo and the leader of the tribe, and it will become a matter of time before the division is divided. With the decline of the Bukhara Khanate, the chieftains of Hezhuo preferred to stand on their own feet in order to get rid of the king's exploitation of them.

The leader of the Mingge tribe, Mehmur, is a Hezhuo.

This tribe is large, with thousands of people, and is one of the ninety-two Uzbek tribes.

The city of Kokand was a small castle with artisans and merchants living outside the city, and farmers and herders scattered around.

Inside the city of Kokand.

An Uzbek businessman, trembling, knelt in front of Mehmur.

Mahmur gripped the hilt of his knife and asked, "I have captured many merchants, and I can finally determine that you are the one who spread the rumors. Do you dare to deny it?"

"No...... No, I've heard from others." Shang Jia trembled with fear.

Mahmur suddenly smiled: "Don't be afraid, I have already killed the Bukhara officials and am willing to help the squadron fight." Tell me how to contact the squadron."

The merchant was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "It is enough to send someone to the Pamir."

"Very well, I'll send someone, and you'll be responsible for leading the way." Mahmur said.

After sending away the merchants, Mahmul's smile suddenly disappeared, and he sat there alone with a cold expression.

What he really wanted was tribal independence, and he hated both the Bukhara Khanate and China, which came out of nowhere. But then again, as long as his interests are protected, it doesn't matter which country rules it.

In this rebellion, rumors were only the catalyst, and the real reason was the tyranny of the king of Bukhara.

And Zhuo, I have wanted to rebel for a long time!

Mahmur sent dozens of people to liaise with other Uzbek tribes. Those Uzbeks and Zhuo were all silent, and to put it bluntly, they were waiting and watching, neither cooperating with the governor's troops to quell the rebellion, nor helping the Mehmor rebellion.

After all, the remnants of the King of Bukhara are still there.

……

Andijan.

It is the birthplace of Babur, the founder of the Mughal dynasty in India, and the heart of the Ferghana Basin.

Governor Mirza had gathered 10,000 elites here, and forced the nearby tribes to send 6,000 troops to kill the city of Kokand. Whether the squadron is coming or not, Mirza can't take care of it, and he must first put down the rebellion of the Division.

As the army marched to the south of Namangan, Mahmur received the news.

Mahmur did not dare to resist, and with his own people, immediately withdrew to the mountains of the south, where the Tajiks were located.

The Tajiks were reluctant to fight the and made a pact with Mehmor in private. As long as the did not plunder along the way, the Tajiks allowed them to flee by the route, otherwise they would have helped the governor to destroy them.

So the governor and the rebels began to go around in circles.

And Mehmour's goal was to lead his people to flee to the Green Ridge and fight back with the help of the Chinese army.

……

The green ridge leads to the mountain pass of Ferghana.

Liu Qin, dressed as a businessman, joined the 3,500 Datong army.

Missionary Lei Zhiji personally took out a set of clothes: "Mr. Liu, this is made by the governor himself."

Liu Qin arched his hand and said, "Thank you!"

After getting the clothes, Liu Qin changed his clothes in the army, and the clothes of the Central Asian businessmen soon became a Confucian shirt, and he also wore a square scarf.

Seeing Liang Zhen and Lei Zhiji again, Liu Qin was a little embarrassed: "For several generations, I have been far away from my homeland, and I can't even wear the clothes of the Han family, so I have to ask the sergeant to help."

Lei Zhiji handed over a scribe's sword: "I cherish my homeland, why bother with clothes."

Let's be honest

, Liu Qin was wearing a Confucian shirt, and he looked really nondescript. He is close to 1.8 meters tall and thin, and he has the appearance of a Central Asian race, which is very similar to the style of those European officials in Nanjing.

Riding forward, Liu Qin stroked his clothes from time to time.

As the prince of Zhongshun, Ji Shan, when his ancestors fled Hami, they took a large subset of scriptures with them. Later, he fled Turpan and lost most of the Han classics. When they migrated to Dayuzi, most of them were lost.

By the time Liu Qin was born, there was only half a set of "Four Books", half a set of "Zizhi Tongjian", a "Shuowen Jiezi", and a "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". There is also a "Three Character Classic", which was handwritten by his grandfather, and the memory of the first two ancestors is disordered, and there is a content error with the real "Three Character Classic".

His family is doing business in Dayuzi, and the business is not big or small, but it is difficult to get Han books, and only one copy of "Selected Tang Poems" has been obtained for more than 100 years.

Liu Qin began to read and write at the age of five, and at the same time began to learn Chinese, and at the same time learned the official dialect of Nanjing. But actually speaking Chinese to people is a bit similar to Mandarin with a Xinjiang accent.

The last words of every ancestor are to let their children and grandchildren return to their hometown in Anhui to worship their ancestors!

"Brother Liu has been here?" Lei Zhiji asked.

Liu Qin replied, "The boy often comes. At that time, there was war around Ili, and Dayuzi cut off trade with China. My uncle and I traveled here from the west to buy Chinese goods in Andijan and ship them back to Dayuz for sale. Not only does it earn hard-earned money, but it is also desperate money, and it is often plundered by tribes along the way."

Lei Zhiji sighed: "It's not easy."

"After taking this place, I want to go back to Huizhou to worship my ancestors, but I have fulfilled the last wishes of my ancestors." Liu Qin said.

Lei Zhiji asked, "If Brother Liu's ancestor is from the Anhui clan, he may be able to find the ancestral grave. If not, I'm afraid it will be difficult, after all, it has been more than 100 years."

"Give it a try." Liu Qin said.

Not far from the mountain pass, I met a Tajik tribe.

Although the Datong army only has 3,500 people, they are all elite when they wear armor, and they are not easy to mess with at first glance. As for the logistics troops, they were Tajiks from the Green Mountains, who recruited more than 5,000 with real money.

As a result of their submission to China, the Tajik tribes in the green mountains were obliged to send troops to help.

However, the Datong army actually returned the money, which made the Tajik leaders very happy and strengthened their determination to fall to China.

The regular army plus Tajik logistics, a force of nearly 9,000 people, made the Tajik tribes here dare not resist.

Liang Zhen said to the tribal leader, "Surrender, or fight!"

Liu Qin immediately translated: "Either surrender or be the enemy, this is just the vanguard of China, and there will be 200,000 troops to kill later."

Where can a small tribe in the mountains on the edge of the basin with hundreds of people dare to be the enemy of the squadron?

At this point, the leader of the department took the plunge and gathered an army of nearly 100 people, bringing his own dry food to follow the squadron.

When Liang Zhen led his troops to approach the city of Osh, the size of the army was already 12,000 men.

Except for the 3,500 Datong Army, the others are all miscellaneous troops. If the battle is lost, the motley forces will be scattered, and maybe someone will fight back.

The garrison of Osh City was only 1,000 men, and the rest were all pulled by the governor to quell the rebellion.

The defenders temporarily recruited people outside the city to defend and gathered thousands of people to defend the city. The civilians outside the city, mostly Tajik artisans and merchants, had long heard the news spread by the merchants that the Chinese emperor had lighter taxes than the king of Bukhara.

Craftsmen and merchants alike choose to believe!

Why?

Because the Silk Road passes through here, a large number of Chinese goods are shipped every year. The artisans and merchants who lived in the bazaar outside the city, although they had never met Chinese, had long admired the great name of China for generations.

In their imagination, China is rich and powerful, with honey flowing everywhere, otherwise how could so many Chinese goods be shipped?

Since China is rich, there is no need for the Chinese emperor to levy heavy taxes!

Liang Zhen led the army to the city, and the civilians who had long been dissatisfied with the governor's rule, how could they still have the intention of defending the city at this time?

When the hot air balloon was raised, a large number of craftsmen and merchants who were dragged to defend the city shouted that the devil was running away. The "devils" were just an excuse for them to get out of the way, and even to break up the real garrison, and quickly open the gates.

Before the balloon could be dropped, the gates were opened, and the guards fled with their soldiers.

Taking Osh City was of great significance, and Liu Qin's strategy began to take effect.

A large number of Tajik tribal leaders came with soldiers to take the initiative to vote. Regardless of whether there are still 200,000 Chinese troops, anyway, the squadron is coming, and someone has taken the lead in the rebellion, and this time they will drive the governor of Bukhara away.

The troops under Liang Zhen's command soared to more than 20,000 in more than half a month.

Liu Qin advised, "General Liang, don't fight to the west, it's better to fight to the north. There are a large number of Gilligis tribes in the north, and the Gilligis people west of Kashgar have all submitted to the Celestial Empire, and the tribesmen here will follow suit. It is more difficult to go west, and the farther west, the more Uzbeks there are, and they are more loyal to the king of Bukhara."

That's the role of a high-level guide, and it's easy to get twice the result with half the effort when you fight.

Liang Zhen listened to Liu Qin's suggestion and led the army to the north, and sure enough, a large number of Gilligis people came to take refuge. Among the three major ethnic groups in the entire basin, the Gilligis belong to the lowest level of oppression - the most want to rebel, but also the least afraid to rebel, desperate for a leading big brother.

Historically, at the beginning of the establishment of the Kokand Khanate, it was the surrender of the Gilligis that allowed the Kokand Khanate to gain a firm foothold.

The Gilligis came to vote one after another, and Liang Zhen's troops were already close to 50,000.

Governor Mirza received the news that he no longer dared to pursue the rebels and hurriedly returned to fight with his troops. At the same time, Uzbek soldiers from the west were recruited along the way, and more than 40,000 people returned day and night.

When Mirza arrived, Liang Zhen was already besieging Andijan.

Andijan, an important node of the Silk Road, has been the scene of numerous wars over the millennia, and now it is the decisive place that determines the ownership of the basin.

The main force of Bukhara, with a high rate of firearms armament, had a musket team of 2,000 men in Mirza's hands.

In addition, the proportion of cavalry is also high, and there are also a large number of heavy cavalry.

Dominating Central Asia is not for fun!

It's just that a country that is about to fall apart, how high can the morale of the army be?

Even many cavalrymen and musketeers were chronically underpaid.