"Hiss-"

In September, as the golden rice and wheat on the territory of the Ming Dynasty were harvested in patches, crossing the yellow sand and the Gobi Desert, the city of Beshi Bali, two thousand miles away from Jiayuguan, also ushered in a very embarrassed team of soldiers and horses.

As one of the few cities in the Western Regions in the hands of the Oirat Alliance, this city has a history of nearly a thousand years.

The first Han dynasty to build a city here was the Tang Dynasty, which was one of the most powerful empires in the world at the time.

The surrounding scenery is beautiful, with abundant water and grass, continuous forests and the famous Flaming Mountains to the south, fertile farmland to the west, and verdant hills and pastures to the north and east, and the city is extremely rich in water.

Strategically speaking, in peacetime, it is a treasure trove for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, and once the smoke rises, even if the city is besieged by the enemy, it can hold on to the arable land and water for a long time.

The Tang Dynasty officials carefully explored and planned the location and construction of this city, so that the later generations of the Uighurs of Gaochang and the Chagatai Khanate chose to build the city on the foundation of the Tang Dynasty after they came to this place.

However, even the most powerful dynasty would decline, and after the decline of the Chagatai Khanate, the Oirat alliance quickly took the city, and Gushi Khan used it as a base for the Hoshute tribe, grazing cattle within a radius of hundreds of miles.

After moving to Beshin Bali City, Gushi Khan asked people to strengthen the city, and after several years of reinforcement, what is now presented is a square city as a whole.

The city covers an area of more than 250 acres, which is not large, but its overall structure is divided into the outer city, the inner city, and the Miyagi district.

In addition to this, there were moats and moats outside the city, which went around the city.

It's just that for the army that was suspected of being defeated, they didn't want to appreciate the layout of Beshin Bali, but rode their horses and rushed into Beshbali City.

In the city, the outer city was where the junior officers and their families lived, the inner city was where the middle-ranking generals and their families lived, and the palace was where only Gushi Khan's family lived.

The city defense of Beshibali is not very strong, and it may have something to do with the fact that the Mongols were not good at defending the city.

After casually checking the general's token, the soldiers and horses in the inner city let one thousand households and two hundred households enter the inner city.

They turned over and dismounted, holding the scimitar at their waists all the way towards Miyagi, and soon saw a Miyagi with the style of the Western Regions.

Gushi Khan's palace city was not very large, covering an area of less than an acre, and he and his family lived.

There were more than a dozen soldiers guarding the gate of Miyagi, and they obviously knew Chiho, so they did not stop him, but let him enter the palace.

The palace, which covers an area of less than one acre, is actually not much big after removing the part of the harem, and the two buildings that present the word hui, as well as the open-air Bailaiping courtyard, are the places where Gushi Khan deliberates.

When Qianhu walked into the courtyard, he soon saw Gushi Khan sitting in the palace and drinking.

"National Teacher!"

Qianhu let the two Baihu stay outside, walked in by himself, and after entering, he hugged his chest and said: "The Batut Department and the Huite Department have been defeated, and they are now retreating towards the defeat of Beshu Bali, Lin Dan has occupied their pasture, and his army has more than 50,000 people. ”

When Qianhu's voice sounded in the hall, Gu Shihan, who was drinking, also put down his wine glass and raised his head with a not very good-looking face.

His appearance is very ordinary, typical of Mongolian looks and hairstyles, but if you know the first half of his life, people will have to sigh that a politician like him can still be born in this yellow sand land in the northwest.

As the nineteenth grandson of Genghis Khan's younger brother Ghazal, Gushi Khan's family has been the leader of the Oirat (Warat) alliance for generations.

In the 22nd year of Wanli, when the Ming Dynasty and Japan were at war, Gushi Khan, who was only thirteen years old, led his troops to defeat the "Gogar" tribe that believed in Yin * Lanjiao, and began to assist his eldest brother Baibagas.

In the thirty-fourth year of Wanli, Gushi Khan occupied the area of Balikun and Urumqi in later generations.

In the same year, because of his meritorious contribution to mediating and quelling the war between the two major ministries of Oirat and Transkhalkha, he was respected by the Taiji of the Oirat, and was jointly awarded the title of "Great Teacher" by the Taiji of the Trans-Khalkha and Oirat, and was subsequently translated as the National Teacher Khan and Gushi Khan.

If nothing else, he would have been his eldest brother's right-hand man, but as in history, in the ninth year of the Apocalypse, his eldest brother Baibhagas was killed in the civil strife in Oirat.

After the civil strife was put down, Gushi Khan succeeded to the position of leader of the Oirath League, but his position was not easy to sit on.

Because of the previous civil strife, the Heshute division was seriously weakened, and after many internal and external wars, the Dzungar division of the four Oirats was strong and stronger.

With the rise of the Dzungar Ministry, the Heshute Department was no longer able to control the entire Oirat Mongols.

In order to establish his prestige and allow his tribe to multiply and his herd to flourish, Gushi Khan first sent people to Ufa in the north to negotiate with Tsarist Russia, and then tried to hoard grain and grass.

Finally, in the winter of last year, Gushi Khan united with the Dzungar tribe to launch an expedition against the Kazakh Khanate, and won a complete victory.

However, when they returned from the expedition, the Russians began to intend to invade the south, and the two sides had just clashed in February of the 15th year of the Apocalypse.

In March, Gushi Khan finally settled Tsarist Russia and stabilized the pastures on the northern frontier, but on the fifth day of April, Subudi moved westward under the pressure of the Ming army.

He led the Karaqin tribe to the west to reach Horin in mid-May, and Lin Dan Khan, who had already unified Gillighis and Buriyat, gradually became impatient after the arrival of the Karaqin tribe and announced a westward expedition in July.

With the abundance of troops, the breakthrough point of their westward expedition was no longer the weak Tiliang Guxi in the northwest of the desert, but the Heshute Department as the leader of the Oirat Alliance.

When the two-month migration time passed, at the end of autumn, Lin Dan Khan led 50,000 cavalry and 260,000 troops from the southern foot of the Jinshan (Altai Mountains) into the Western Regions, and clashed with the Batut tribe to the east of the Heshute tribe.

The war between the two sides lasted for half a month, and judging from the current return of thousands of households, the result of the war ended with Lin Dan Khan's defeat of the Batut and Huite tribes.

"How many of our people have been killed or wounded?"

"More than 300 people, more than 2,000 were killed or wounded in the Batut and Huite divisions."

Knowing that Lin Dan Khan had 50,000 cavalry, Gushi Khan felt a pressure.

Different from what later generations believed that "Dzungaria was very powerful", in fact, the entire Dzungaria dispatched only 30,000 or 40,000 troops in various battles between the Qing and Zhun countries, and the total number of troops was less than 60,000.

The Dzungar Khanate, which unified the Western Regions, could only dispatch 60,000 soldiers and horses, let alone the Oirat Alliance, which was currently only entrenched in the northern part of the Tianshan Mountains.

At present, the total number of troops and horses of Oirat is only 30,000, and their only advantage is that they have a certain number of arquebuses.

800 arquebuses, the firearms they had acquired in their conquest of the Russian and Kazakh khanates, and they captured many Russian soldiers who could make gunpowder.

However, this number of muskets is a bit of a fool's dream to cover up the gap of 20,000 troops.

Gushi Khan wondered if there was a way to keep the peace without fighting, but no matter what he thought, he couldn't think of any way to keep the peace.

Perhaps the only way was for them to submit to Lin Dan Khan in exchange for peace.

However, Gushi Khan knew that the other tribes were okay, but Batur Huntaiji of the Dzungar Department would definitely not agree to submit.

Therefore, even if he wanted to exchange submission for peace, he would need to get the consent of Batur Huntaiji.

Thinking of this, Gushi Khan was ready to delay the army first, after all, it was already September, and it would enter winter in half a month, and then it would be delayed, and it could be delayed until the beginning of spring.

"You go and tell Hutuktu Khan in person, I really want to lead the troops of Oirath to surrender to him, but I still need to convince some Taiji to ask him to give me half a month."

"This ......" Hearing the words of his own Great Khan, Qianhu was a little incredulous, but Gushi Khan continued to order:

"Let people gather all the ministries to discuss the matter, and by the way, let them tell them about the troops and subordinates of Khutuktu Khan."

The change in Gushi Khan's attitude towards Lin Dan Khan was reflected in the title, and the Qianhu who heard the words also knew that his Great Khan was not laughing, so he could only return the salute, and then turned around and walked out of the palace.

However, after he left, Gu Shihan's brows were furrowed, and the atmosphere in the hall was extremely poor.

He was well aware of the predicament he was facing, with Lin Dan Khan with 50,000 troops to the east, the three major Yuz of the Kazakh Khanate to the west, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate to the south, which was divided into Turpan and Yarkand, and the Rakshasas to the north.

In such a predicament, with less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, he can't do anything at all, and if he can't unite the Oirats tribes, then he can only choose to leave the Western Regions.

But even if he wanted to leave, where could he go?

Originally, he could go to Qinghai, but now that the Ming army is stationed in Qinghai with a large number of troops, he has no chance to gain a foothold in Qinghai.

Lin Dan Khan, who was beaten westward by the Ming army, was able to have 50,000 troops, what is the difference between his 10,000 people going to Qinghai and looking for death.

"Do you want to surrender ......?"

Such an idea flashed through Gu Shi Khan's mind, but his thoughts were not aimed at Lin Dan Khan, but at the Eastern Daming.

At least judging from the Mongol tribes who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty before, they did not suffer any unfair treatment in the Ming Dynasty, and they also received knighthoods.

If you bring 10,000 soldiers and horses and 70,000 people to take refuge, you may also be able to get a knighthood.

It's just that this kind of thing is destined to be a decision that can only be made when there is no way out, and he still has many cards to play at the moment, and when these cards are played, it is not too late to think about surrendering.

Thinking so, Gushi Khan began to add wine to his wine glass again.

A day after he poured wine for his glass, Qingri Ranch, which was less than 500 miles away from Beshibali, had been completely occupied by Lin Dan Khan's troops.

After autumn, the grassland was stained with blood, and the corpses were abandoned on the Gobi Desert not far away, and as the former pastures of the Huite and Batut tribes, the water and grass in Qingri can be described as fertile.

After the great war, the horses, cattle and sheep who had sown the joy kept grazing to store fat for the coming winter.

In the distance of the mountain pass, a large tent that has just been erected and tens of thousands of tents look extremely spectacular.

"Good!"

When the sound of Lin Dan Khan clasping his wine glass on the table sounded, he wiped his mouth in the big tent and looked at everyone in the tent with a bright look.

Subudi, Tashhai, Huluke Zhaisang, Badasi Zhaisan......

Looking at these four people, Lin Danhan couldn't help but feel a little proud and complacent.

He also thought how powerful Moxi was, but he didn't expect that Oirat was no longer the Oirat of the year, and he might be the first Mongol Khan to conquer Oirat after Dayan Khan.

Thinking of this, Lin Dan Khan also spoke:

"Although Qinggeri's pasture is good, this pasture is still too small after all, only enough for two thousand households to graze here."

"I want my son Ezhe to lead his people to graze here for a short time, and while the autumn is not completely over, we will attack Beshin Bali and occupy Beshbali, so that we can use the cultivated land there to farm."

After Lin Dan Khan's words came out, Subu Di and the others glanced at each other and nodded.

Grain, which was the most unstable factor in Mongolia's westward migration.

Historically, all powerful nomads have tended to point their skills in the same place, that is, farming.

Whether it is the head of the Xiongnu, or the Xianbei city of Xianbei, Shengle City, or the Turkic tent, Mongolia and Lin......

All in all, the nomads who were able to rise were often able to farm, and they farmed well.

The rise of the Ida Khan was due to the naturalization of the city in the Hetao area, and the absorption of a large number of Han people who fled north to cultivate the land, so that the Tumut tribe had a stable grain output and the population was increased.

Although the Chahar, Karaqin, Chechen, Tushetu, Zasaktu and other ministries were briefly united, it was because the Ming Dynasty was too strong.

It is precisely because the Ming Dynasty is too powerful that they have encountered a war madman Zhu Youzhen who can't be defeated, so the Mongols in Monan and Mobei want to survive, and there are only two ways to move west and surrender.

Faced with a choice, some people choose to surrender, and some choose to move west.

Among them, after Chechen Khan Shuoli, who had often exchanged markets with the Ming Dynasty, led the Karaqin westward move in Subudi, he decisively chose to send people south to negotiate in July, preparing to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty.

Once Shuo Lei led the Chechen Department to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, the Tushetu Department would face the Ming army's offensive.

Faced with such danger, Tushetu Khan Gunbu sent someone to inform Lin Dan Khan in August that he would begin to move west to Helin in September, and if Lin Dan Khan could take Moxi, he could lead his troops to follow Lin Dan Khan's westward expedition.

Although he knew that Gunbu chose to go west with him because of the pressure of the Ming army, this still couldn't hide Lin Dan Khan's happiness.

"How's going on over there in Subadi?"

Lin Danhan leaned back in his chair and asked his son Ezhe, who also shook his head in the face of such an inquiry:

"Subati was reluctant to start a war with the Heshuo Special Division, and he felt that the Ming army would not be able to digest the pastures east of Buerhan Mountain (Wolf Juxu Mountain), and he would not pose a threat to him for the time being."

"Coward!" Hearing Zasaktu Khan Subadi's choice, Lin Dan Khan sneered.

Maybe it's the confidence that beating Battut and Hutt gives him, but now he feels that Oirat is nothing more than that.

With more than 40,000 cavalry under his command, he was enough to destroy Oirat and occupy the land of Moxi for grazing.

As long as he has a firm foothold in Moxi, he can then choose to attack Turpan and Yarkand in the south, or attack the large, medium and small Yuz in Kazakhstan in the west.

Taking all these places, plus Gunbu's surrender, he can pull out at least 100,000 soldiers and horses to confront the Ming army.

Across the vast desert Gobi, Lin Dan Khan didn't believe that Zhu Youzhen could still bring troops to the Western Regions to fight him.

Thinking of this, Lin Danhan touched his beard, and at the same time, Subudi also spoke:

"Now only Gunbu of the three major departments of Trans-Khalkha has taken refuge in us, Shuo Lei is ready to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and Subadi is waiting and seeing."

"It is not difficult to destroy Oirat, but after the destruction of Oirat, we still need to face Turpan and Yarkand, Kazakh ......"

"This group of jackals will not sit still and ignore Oirat being swallowed up by us, we can send troops to fight Behahali, but we must also be wary of them sneaking up on us."

"It's better not to fight Turpan, let Turpan become a buffer between us and Daming."

Subudi's suggestion was spoken, and many tribesmen who had a lingering interest in the Ming cavalry nodded in agreement.

They moved from Mobei to Moxi, and it seemed that they were farther away from the Ming Dynasty, but if they really counted it, they were actually closer to the Ming army now.

It is less than 2,400 miles from Qingge to Jiayuguan of the Ming army, and less than 2,000 miles from Juyan County, where the Ming army is in Juyanhai.

At such a distance, the Ming army could launch thousands of cavalry to attack them.

None of them believed that the Ming army would sit back and watch them gain a foothold in Moxi.

Therefore, they had to have a buffer that could separate them from the Ming Dynasty.

Turpan is a good buffer zone, it is 2,500 miles long from east to west, 800 miles from north to south, if it is there, if the Ming army wants to fight them, it must first fight Abulun in Turpan.

"Let someone send a message to Abron saying that we are only here for Oirat this time and will not clash with him."

Although Lin Dan Khan was a little reckless, he was not a fool, he knew very well how to appease Turpan, so he was ready to have someone send news to Abron, who was the actual controller of Turpan.

Abulon's troops are only 10,000 or 20,000, as long as he doesn't fight him, he will definitely not dare to conflict with him, and now as long as he is at ease, the two can live in peace.

"Great Khan is wise......" Subu praised Lin Dan Khan rarely, Lin Dan Khan just wanted to say something about the tribe when he heard this, but the curtain of the big tent was opened.

"Great Khan, don't lose Bali's Tulubaihu (Gushi Khan) sent a messenger."

A hundred households spoke, and Lin Danhan also raised his hand when he saw this: "Let him in." ”

"Yes!" Baihu lowered the curtain, and Lin Dan Khan also said to Subu Di and the others: "Let's see what he wants to do first." ”

"Hmm......" Subudi and the others nodded.

Soon, the envoy sent by Gushi Khan also entered the big tent, he didn't bring any weapons, and after entering the big tent, he first saluted Lin Dan Khan: "See Hutuketu Khan, I have come to discuss the great khan's westward migration on the order of the national teacher." ”

"What tricks does Tulubaihu want to play?" Lin Dan Khan was eating the mutton on his plate and asked who was coming.

"The national teacher thinks that the Great Khan's soldiers are strong and strong, and Moxi and Monan are originally one family, if the Great Khan does not dislike it, please give him half a month to persuade the Dzungar Department and other tribes to submit to the Great Khan."

"It's kind of interesting...... "Lin Dan Khan didn't believe that Gushi Khan would surrender to him, he knew in his heart that this was Gushi Khan's delaying tactic.

"Great Khan ......" Subdi also saw that this was Gushi Khan's delaying tactic, but he opened his mouth and said:

"We can give the national teacher ten days, but we need to send someone to Beishi Bali to see his sincerity."

Suburi wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to explore the city defense of Beshibali and plan to attack Beshibali.

"Yes!" Lin Dan Khan heard the meaning of the Subu dialect, so he said to the visitor:

"You go back and tell Tulubaihu that I need to send someone to Beshibali to see if he really wants to surrender, and if he is sincere, then I can give him half a month."

"Thank you for the Great Khan's kindness......" Although the envoy had a headache, he still thanked Lin Dan Khan on the surface.

"You can go."

Lin Dan Khan issued an order to expel the guest, and the envoy could only return the salute when he saw this, and then walked out of the big tent.

After he left the Great Tent, he rode back to Beshbali.

Four days later, while Lin Dan Khan was preparing to move his army, Gushi Khan sent a message agreeing that they would send people to Beshai Bali, and Lin Dan Khan also sent a hundred troops to Beshai Bali.

Both sides knew what the other was doing, Gushi Khan began to call on Dzungaria, Dulbert and other departments, while Lin Dan Khan was harvesting grass and preparing for the winter war.

The actions of the two were told to the Jinyi guards in the tribe by some Taiji in Karaqin, and these Jinyi guards, who had only moved into Karaqin in the past two years, also seized the opportunity to go out and sent the news to the capital with carrier pigeons.

In just four days, the carrier pigeon arrived in the capital with the news and was taken to the palace of the king of Qi by Lu Wenzhao.

When Zhu Youzhen saw the contents of the carrier pigeons, he didn't think there was anything strange, and at this moment he was immersed in the good news of the surrender of the Chechen Ministry.

Throwing the letter paper into the incense burner and burning it, Zhu Youzhen raised his head and instructed Wang Chengen in the corner:

"Long live Shangshu, canonized the Chechen Department of Shuo Lei as Mobei Bo, and his subordinates scattered and moved to Modong and the East China Sea, Shaanxi."

"Ordered Sun Yingyuan to build a stone fort all the way west along the Nan River, and take over the pastures of the Chechen Ministry and the Tushetu Department."

"The slave and maid receive the order...... Wang Chengen responded when he heard this, and as for Zhu Youzhen, after he responded, he instructed Lu Wenzhao in front of him:

"Let people continue to stare at Moxi, and try to see if they can find out the person who betrayed the information to Lin Dan Khan back then."

"Humble and orderly......" Lu Wenzhao responded, and Zhu Youzhen was also ready to wave his hand to let him step down.

However, when he was about to wave his hand, he asked curiously: "Where is the prince now?" Have you arrived in Sichuan? ”

"This ......" Lu Wenzhao paused, and couldn't help but be a little embarrassed and replied:

"Originally, according to the route, he was supposed to go to Sichuan, but the prince stopped and stopped along the road, and now he has just arrived in Hanzhong, and if he wants to cross Daba Mountain to Sichuan, I am afraid it will take half a month."

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"......" Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen was a little dumbfounded, and then he smiled again:

"At his speed, I'm afraid it will take two years to walk this circle."

As he spoke, Zhu Youzhen put away his smile again, but there was still a smile in the corner of his eyes:

"Two years later...... He's fifteen years old, and it's time to get out of the cabinet. ”