"But, Your Highness, have you thought about it?" Hu Guozhu said worriedly, "This is equivalent to completely tearing up the face with the Uzbeks and Turkmens, so that the opposition that was already hostile to the Ming will only become more determined, and the middle source that originally tended to wait and see will also turn to tough, and the situation in Bukhara will become worse." ”

After a pause, Hu Guozhu continued: "Moreover, the situation in the entire Central Asia is mutually influential, and the turmoil in the Bukhara region will inevitably affect the surrounding Kokand region, the Khiva region and the Kazakh region, and even the Safavid dynasty of Persia further south may take the opportunity to send troops, so that the entire Central Asian region will be completely chaotic." ”

Zhu Cijiong was unmoved, and said with a gloomy face: "Hu Guozhu, you have already thought about these orphans, but these are not problems, even if the remnants of the Bukhara Khanate, the Khiva Khanate, and the Kazakh Khanate all form an alliance, and even the Persian Safavid Dynasty also sends troops to participate, we are not afraid at all." ”

"We have six cavalry divisions, and a head-to-head confrontation is enough to crush any strong enemy."

"On the contrary, now, the rebellion of hundreds or even dozens of indigenous people has made us very passive."

"Since entering the Kazakh Khanate in late August last year, in less than three months, we have successively destroyed more than a dozen countries such as Kazakhstan, Khiva, Bukhara and Kokand, and annihilated more than 200,000 troops of each khanat, but our own casualties were less than 1,000, and the number of casualties did not exceed 100."

"However, since the counterinsurgency operation began at the end of last year, more than 3,000 people have been killed and wounded, and in the past six months or so, the officers and men of the whole army have been busy quelling the insurgency everywhere, which can be described as physically and mentally exhausted, and we will be dragged down sooner or later."

Speaking of this, Zhu Cijiong's face showed a resolute look: "Instead of this, it is better to completely tear your face and let the indigenous people in Central Asia see what the consequences will be if you anger the Ming Dynasty." ”

Hu Guozhu actually felt that Zhu Cijiong's strategy was right.

The problem is that the Holy One does not agree with them to carry out massacres in the conquering countries.

At that moment, Hu Guozhu whispered: "But the will of the Holy God is...... Moreover, the Holy Lord is already recruiting monks and students to be sent to Central Asia to carry out indoctrination. ”

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Cijiong said, "I don't believe that the indigenous people of Central Asia will be determined to resist to the end, and when the Mongols went west, didn't they also give in?" What the Mongols can do, our Ming army can also do, for these uncivilized natives, it is useless to reason with them, only iron and blood can make them submit. ”

Zhu Cijiong finally made up his mind, and said with a gloomy face: "Immediately give orders to the cavalry divisions stationed in Kokand, Khiva and Kazakh, from today onwards, there will be no more tolerance for the rebellious indigenous people in various places, if a city rebels, a city will be killed, and if a place rebels, the natives will be slaughtered, don't be afraid of killing, my father said that population is the most valuable resource, but the population that cannot be used by me is not only not a resource, but a burden!" Since it is a burden, it can never be tolerated! ”

Zhu Cijiong was also really annoyed and a little anxious, because he didn't want to delay too long in Central Asia.

Because further south from Central Asia, you can already smell the curry of the Mughals, and if you go west, you can hear the camel bells of the Persian Favi Dynasty, and from Central Asia to the north is Tsarist Russia, further west is Ottoman Turkey, and from Ottoman Turkey further west is Europe, there are too many countries waiting for him to conquer.

Zhu Cijiong has a faint ambition in his heart.

He wanted to be the greatest conqueror in the history of China.

The order was given, and dozens of flying horses immediately scattered.

Zhu Cijiong asked Xu Wuniu to call the Turkhut merchant Abaiyi to his line.

"Abayy, have you Turkuts moved to the Volga now?"

"King Huiding, yes, we Turguts have moved to the lower reaches of the Volga."

"Did Tsarist Russia keep their promises? Did you give you enough respect? ”

"Bullshit, the tsar just used our Turghut Department as mercenaries, and always forcibly recruited our strong men to fight for him, and the dry food for the war was also brought by us, even if we won the battle, there was not much reward, so in the past few decades, our Turghut Department has had a very bad life, and the number of strong men in the clan has also plummeted to less than 50,000 ding."

"Then move back, move back to the Kazakh steppe." Zhu Cijiong said.

"Dingwang, such a big thing and a villain can't be the master." Abayyid.

"Of course, Lone didn't say that you should come up with ideas." Zhu Cijiong said, "You go back and tell the head of your tribe that as long as the Turkut tribe is willing to move back, you can choose the grassland in Central Asia, of course, the Turghat tribe also needs to send troops to accompany our army on the expedition, but Lone will not be as untrustworthy as the Russian tsar, as long as your Turkut tribe is willing to send troops and follow our army to win the battle, Lone will definitely have a reward, a heavy reward, cattle, sheep, horses, camels and even women will not be less." ”

Abayi said reverently: "King Ding, the villain will surely bring your will back to the tribe." ”

"Go ahead." Zhu Cijiong waved his hand, and Abaiyi turned around and hurried away.

Seeing Abayi leave, Hu Guozhu asked in a low voice, "Does King Ding plan to replace the indigenous people of Central Asia with the Turks?" ”

"It's not Turgot, it's Oirat IV." Zhu Cijiong tapped the woolen carpet under him with his fingers, and said thoughtfully, "Including Dzungaria, the four herdsmen of Oirat have performed very well on the way to follow the army to the west, and the most important thing is that they have seen the strength of the Ming army and have enough respect for the Ming court, so it's time to loosen the dog chain around their necks and give them the status of Ming subjects." ”

Hearing this, Hu Guozhu's eyes suddenly lit up.

Hu Guozhu already knew what Zhu Cijiong was planning.

Zhu Cijiong's idea was to change the cage for birds, and give the homeland of Kazakhstan, Khiva, Bukhara and Kokand Khanate to the four tribes of Turghut, Dzungaria, Heshute and Durbot, and then kill most of the Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Kyrgyz and Turkmens, and the rest were coerced as servant armies, and then continue the western or southern expedition with these servant armies, of course, they could also attack Tsarist Russia in the north, anyway, this is the idea.

Hu Guozhu felt that Zhu Cijiong's idea was very successful.

First of all, the servant army of the four Oirat divisions has been fighting in coordination with the Ming army for nearly a year, and in the process it has fully demonstrated the strength of the army, and has also established a certain friendship and mutual trust, so compared to the indigenous people of Central Asia, it is naturally much more obedient and easier to educate, so after replacing the indigenous people of Central Asia with the four departments of Oirat, Central Asia will be smoothly integrated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Then, by coercing the Kazakhs, Uzbeks and other natives to go out under the name of the servant army, they can obtain a new batch of servant army as cannon fodder, and over time, this group of servant army will obediently submit like the Dzungar servant army, and after conquering the new land, this group of Central Asian servant army can replace it.

The more Hu Guozhu thought about it, the more he felt that this method was extremely feasible.

At that moment, Hu Guozhu asked Zhu Cijiong: "King Ding, once the Turkut Department moves back to Central Asia, where do you plan to fight next?" The Persian Plateau or the Mughal in South Asia? Or Tsarist Russia? ”

Zhu Cijiong said without thinking: "Of course it's the Mughal Dynasty." ”

The reason why Zhu Cijiong chose the Maku'er Dynasty as his next target is simple.

First, the Safavid Dynasty of Persia is already dying, as sick as the Ming Dynasty ten years ago, and there is still the containment of Ottoman Turks in the west, so even if the Ming army in Central Asia is dispatched, the Persians are unable to invade, although the Mughal Dynasty has been established for more than 100 years, but the country is still strong, so the priority is ahead of Persia.

Second, taking advantage of the fact that the Second Cavalry Army led by Li Yan was in a bitter battle in the snow area, the Mughal Dynasty actually extended its tentacles into the Shannan Snow Area, which made the situation of Li Yan's department worse, so Zhu Cijiong's troops in South Asia were also to respond to Li Yan's department and form a flanking attack on the Mughal Dynasty from the northwest and two directions.

Third, Tsarist Russia was relatively far away.

Based on the above three points, Zhu Cijiong chose the Mughal Dynasty as the first target.

Hu Guozhu said happily: "The last general also thinks so, although the Mughal Dynasty is a descendant of Mongolia, but because it has stayed in the Tianzhu Continent for too long, it has long lost the courage of the ancestors, and the number of Mongols is also very small, compared to the Persians and Rus, it is actually easier to conquer." ”

……

A few days later, the "atrocities" of the Ming army at Valdanz quickly spread throughout the homeland of the Bukhara Khanate.

Knowing that the Ming army had slaughtered Valdanz and hung the bodies of all the Uzbeks in the city on the city walls, the small tribes that had already been submissive rebelled again.

Within ten days, the entire Bukhara Khanate rebelled.

In another month, the Kokand, Khiva and Kazakh khanates also rebelled.

The Safavid Dynasty of Persia and the Mughal Dynasty also sent an army to Central Asia from the homeland of the Khiva Khanate and the Bukhara Khanate, respectively, and the situation in Central Asia suddenly became grim.

Zhu Cijiong decisively reduced his forces, first defeated the Mughal army, then defeated the Safavid army, and then inflicted heavy losses on the Bukhara Khanate, the Khiva Khanate, the Kokand Khanate, and the Kazakh Khanate.

As a result, fortresses were breached, and cities were conquered.

The indigenous people of Central Asia who lived in the fortresses and in the cities were to be put to death, except for women and children.

In just half a year, hundreds of cities and thousands of fortresses in Central Asia were captured by the Ming army, and millions of indigenous strong men living in the cities and fortresses were slaughtered by the Ming army, and all women and children were reduced to slavery.