The Turpan Khanate roughly began in the 15th century and died in the 16th century.

This period happened to be the Chenghua, Hongzhi, Zhengde and Jiajing periods of the Ming Dynasty.

When the national strength of the dynasty was weak, it was difficult to read the records of this paragraph in the history books, and even Zhu Houzhao would feel a headache when he read the actual records of the previous dynasty.

The first is that the names are very strange and difficult to remember.

The second is the constant back-and-forth attacks between the Turkish and Ming sides, which can easily make people dizzy. Before Zhengde's 10th year of Mansuer's invasion of Hami, the two Sutan (Sultan) Ali and Ah Mahei in front of him had already been involved in Hami four times.

But Turpan is not a great super dynasty, they have been touched four times and lost four times.

In this process, the two sides won and lost each other, killed and injured each other, and it can be said that they had a great enmity, but at the same time, Turpan's tribute to the Ming Dynasty has not stopped.

There have even been acts of mutual deception and insults, such as deceiving the trust of the Ming Dynasty, saying that whatever you give, we will return Hami, but in fact we will not return it.

However, the new establishment of the Turpan Khanate was generally dominant, in addition to the first two Sutan, the third Mansuer was also a relatively strong leader, and he finally occupied Hami during the Zhengde and Jiajing periods.

Even because of the loss of Hami, it caused a political struggle in the 'prison of the frontier' in the court in the early years of Jiajing.

In short, this is a relatively chaotic backdrop of fighting and peace between each other, and the reason for this is that neither side has a decisive force.

But this time was different.

On the sixth day of the seventh month of the tenth year of Zhengde, the Ming army, which had rested for three days, began to blow the trumpet and set out.

On the expedition, Zhou Shangwen finally adopted Ling Weifeng's suggestion, that is, to focus on stability, the fighter plane does not appear, and he will not easily go into battle recklessly, let alone send a small force to go deep alone, so that he can be invincible first.

In Hami City, he left 5,600 men and horses of the Suzhou Left Guard, led by his old general Sun Xilie.

This is the Dinghai Divine Needle to prevent Man Suer from leading his men and horses to make dangerous moves.

Outside the city of Hami to the west, he took Ma Rong as the front army, and Ma Sheng on the left and Huang Yang on the right, and he led the left and right guards of Ganzhou and Ling Weifeng Hami Wei and the three thousand households in the middle.

Thus an army of 40,000 appeared in this battleground.

As long as an army of this size moves, it stands to reason that there is no possibility of not being discovered, but in the desolate place in the northwest, the oasis is far away from each other, and the Ming army has collected a lot of nets and cleared up a lot of detailed work in Suzhou and Ganzhou, so Man Suer has just learned that the Ming army has such a large-scale operation in recent days.

As soon as the news came, his two brothers and a brother-in-law were all surprised.

These Mongols lived in tribal groups, and their means of rule retained a large number of family rules, and most of the main powerful figures were relatives, and a few had other identities.

The original King of Loyalty, Baiya, surrendered to them. Mansuer was thinking about taking Hami back again.

I didn't expect this to be the result.

In fact, because this news was too shocking, his brother-in-law and his most important favorite general Ya Mulan didn't believe it was true at all, and he said categorically: "Suzhou, the westernmost part of the Ming Dynasty, is at least 40 days away from Hami, how can there be such a huge army at such a long distance!" Wouldn't this be the cunning ploy of the Ming army commander of Hamiwei?! ”

It's possible, because it's counterintuitive.

Full Speed kept his composure, "This matter needs to be confirmed!" ”

"I'll go!" A young general stepped forward.

"Remember, be careful. The Ming army has indeed been a little different in recent years. ”

"Don't worry, on the wasteland, the Ming army has no good way to take our warriors."

"Okay, go back quickly!"

This is a big premise, and it must be accurate.

Man Suer then asked the second question, "Since the Ming army has left the city, where is the direction of their march?" ”

No one can answer this question for the time being, because in all directions, they may all go.

In the past few years, Turpan has not only harassed Hami, but also the Kansai Seven Guards in the south, and several of them have been destroyed by them.

The main body of these guards is not Han Chinese, and in this kind of alpine steppe area, in fact, it also exists in the form of tribes.

But nominally, these people still belong to the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and it is possible that the Ming army will also go in that direction.

So it's hard to say.

But two days later, the situation gradually became clearer.

Ya Mulan pinched the military newspaper and returned from afar against the howling wind, he rushed into the big tent of Mansuer, and said loudly: "Sutan, the Ming army is going to Turpan!" ”

"What?!" Full Speed turned around in an instant, "Found them?" ”

"I saw it from afar, I didn't dare to approach, the scale was indeed huge. Look at the direction of the march, they are going to Turpan! ”

Man Suer frowned, this is not good, there are women and children, cattle and sheep and wine in Turpan, everything they have, and the key is that he also led more than 20,000 soldiers out!

"What are we going to do?" Ya Mulan gasped deeply, he could be regarded as having fought with Da Ming all his life, "Do you want to attack this Ming army!" Stop them! ”

"It's going to be fought." Full Speed clenched his fists, "You can't just watch them go." But the big war ...... Don't be rash and try it first. ”

"Night raid, huh?"

Full Speed thought for a moment, "Yes." Call them all together and take counsel...... By the way, who are the generals of the Ming army? ”

"Gansu General Soldier, Zhou Shangwen."

"Zhou Shangwen ......"

Because they have guarded Gansu for a long time, they still know Zhou Shangwen's name.

Moreover, Zhou Shangwen is very tough, and over the years he has had some 'small contacts' with the tribes of Warat in the north and Qinghai in the south.

In this territory, in their hearts, this is a very powerful general rising within the Ming Dynasty.

Full Speed also felt a lot of pressure.

"Ya Mulan, we have to prepare for both."

"What do you mean?"

"Send an envoy to pay tribute to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I will write a letter to the minister, the Han emperor is so happy and has a good face, he likes to listen to this, as long as we are willing to accept their canonization, they will soon retire. Before, it was like this. ”

"Good!"

The crisis has come, and there is no way to avoid it.

Until the last minute, they will not disarm and surrender.

“…… Do you want to ask Saeed Khan for help? ”

Said was the brother of Mansir, and after the brothers separated, Saeed gradually established the Yarkand Khanate in the southwestern region through his own struggle.

The two khanates were also reconciled and peace was maintained.

"Not yet."

……

Desert, camel, camel bell......

As soon as the Han people enter here, they can't help but be interested in them, as if the wind from afar carries the sound of camel bells.

On the march, they also encountered some merchants, but most of them were frightened and ran away.

Ling Weifeng said: "Whether it is Hami or Turpan, these are the few oasis areas, and since the Han and Tang dynasties, merchants from the Western Regions and the Central Plains have used these places as transit places in their exchanges. ”

Ma Rong said: "Not only is it their transit place, but Turpan was called Gaochang in the Sui and Tang dynasties. In the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, Hou Junji led his troops to destroy Gaochang Kingdom, so this is the hometown of the Han and Tang Dynasties mentioned by His Majesty. ”

He had read some books, and others didn't.

Huang Yang is the first time to understand, "Tang Taizong also beat these Tartars? ”

"Not only have I been beaten, but I have the same reasons as today. At that time, Hami was called Yiwu, and the king of Gaochang, Lu Wentai, prevented the countries of the Western Regions from paying tribute to the Tang Dynasty through his borders, and sent troops to attack and harass the attached Yiwu. Therefore, Tang Taizong was determined to destroy Gaochangguo. Isn't this similar to today's attack on Hami in Turpan? ”

Such a crude analogy may not be accurate, but these warriors don't care about many details.

Ma Sheng was very arrogant, "Then let's go and destroy this Laoshizi country, Tang Taizong I don't recognize it, I only recognize our emperor of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Zhou Shangwen also knows the original history, who is Hou Junji?

Tang Taizong personally sealed the twenty-four meritorious heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, and the eldest grandson Wuji and other five people were the first in merit, and later named the Duke of Luguo. Although he rebelled in the end and ended badly, his achievements were extremely dazzling.

Everyone doesn't think about the reward of this battle, but everyone knows that destroying the country and expanding the territory ......

"Boom!!"

While they were chatting, a loud explosion suddenly came from outside.

All the generals in the tent stood up,

"Who the fuck is scary?!"

On the main seat, Zhou Shangwen sat still alone, and he said with a calm face: "Since we are going to fight, the initial temptation is inevitable." Ma Sheng, are you willing to fight?! ”

Ma Sheng was overjoyed, "The last general is willing to go, please give the general an order!" ”