Chapter 49 Whose snowflakes are as big as a seat

Every time King Yan saw the information sent from Beijing, he had a deep feeling that this place was already far away from the Central Plains.

This sense of distance was transformed into loneliness and worry in his heart.

It took more than 100 days, or about three months, for a piece of information to travel from Beijing to Tingzhou, where he was newly stationed.

After all, from Beijing to Liaodong, from northeast Liao, through Mobei, all the way to northern Xinjiang, this road is too long.

Many times, when it came to King Yan's hands, it was already a long time ago.

It's not that King Yan didn't let people venture over the Hanhai Sea, enter the northern frontier, and then go to the northern frontier, which can narrow down a long way. But alas, sending a message like this is simply a gamble.

The post road across the Hanhai Sea is not nothing. At the height of the Yuan Dynasty, several routes of direct communication with Mobei were maintained, but with the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, such routes were interrupted. For Beijing, there is no idea of operating these post roads.

But for King Yan, he doesn't have this energy.

In terms of the maintenance of the national strength of the Yan State, it is already very difficult to rule Mobei and Northern Xinjiang, and even the current Yan King has formed a de facto double-headed politics, with the princess and the prince sitting on the banks of the Nen River and guarding Eastern Mongolia, which is the nest run by the Yan King. And the king of Yan himself, with his cronies, is sitting in the northern Xinjiang, so that these Mongols who have just surrendered are honest.

In the second half of the first year of Longwu, King Yan made a circle in northern Xinjiang and selected the land of abundant water and grass as the core of his rule in northern Xinjiang.

In this piece of land, there are some abandoned cities, King Yan stepped on a horse to look for it, found the remnants of the monument, rubbed and carefully identified, but saw the word Tingzhou. Fang knows that here, it is Tang Zhitingzhou. As a result, King Yan established Tingzhou in the same place. The Northern Tribes will be summoned to spend pastures. It can be regarded as establishing the rule of the northern Xinjiang region.

And Lian Zining was the first governor of Tingzhou.

Began to build Tingzhou City, and shouldered the responsibility of building Tingzhou into the largest city in northern Xinjiang. It became the most important logistics base for the confrontation between the Yan State and the Timurid Khanate, after all, if everything was transported from the rear, it would be too costly.

And Yan Wang's choice is not bad. In other words, heroes have seen the same thing since ancient times.

The Tingzhou chosen by King Yan was the core grassland of Washuang, that is, the capital of Xinjiang Province in later generations, Urumqi.

In the Han Dynasty, it was one of the fields of the Western Regions, and the Tang Dynasty was an important base of the Jungar Khanate in the Qing Dynasty, and it was also an important place for the Qing Dynasty to operate the Western Regions.

In other words, in the geographical situation of northern Xinjiang, there are not too many places for people to choose from.

Yan Wang carefully looked at Beijing's various decisions three months ago, and even more hesitated about Beijing's northwest strategy.

Almost instantly, King Yan decided that he must promote Beijing's northwest strategy as much as possible. Without him, this strategy would be of great benefit to him. Not to mention anything else, his logistics line alone has changed from the original Beijing Liaodong Mobei background to Beijing Ningxia Northern Xinjiang, saving a thousand-mile journey and reducing costs.

More importantly, increase the morale of the soldiers.

King Yan's heart is like iron and stone.

He will not change his mind because of the situation in the outside world, but he has such an ability, but it does not mean that the soldiers under the command of King Yan have such ability.

Once there is a change in northern Xinjiang, it is impossible for Mobei to support northern Xinjiang.

It was also divided into several divisions by the army of King Yan and the vast territory, which were too far away from each other to support each other.

That's it.

Especially with the arrival of winter, the further north you go, the colder it gets, and this kind of cold makes people breathe instantly. In this case, the traffic in various places is also cut off, and it is polite to say that even if King Yan is dead now, the Central Plains gets the news, and it is after the beginning of spring.

Under such circumstances, the morale of the soldiers is also low, which can be imagined.

Whether for practical logistical reasons, or for the morale of the military, shorten the time of contact with the rear. It's all a must.

Even if King Yan finally bowed to Beijing, it may not be without such realistic factors.

Beijing's northwest strategy, King Yan is too happy. Once Beijing's northwestern strategy was successful, he would only need to take Turpan to connect with Beijing through another route, and after the logistics were shortened, he would be invincible when he fought Timur.

It's just that He Xi hesitated very unpleasantly.

King Yan hated to fly to Beijing to discuss this matter with He Xi, but he immediately dispelled this idea, without him, King Yan knew very well that even if he flew to Beijing, he might not be able to say that He Xi changed his mind, He Xi was never a person who was easy to convince.

The way to persuade He Xi to do a good job is not how to say, but how to do it? How to change the actual situation will be oriented in a direction favorable to the northwest strategy.

King Yan thought for a long time, and suddenly turned his head. Saw Turpan.

King Yan of Turpan has always wanted to fight.

Without him, King Yan's strategy is very simple, that is, to attack and defend.

This is the character of King Yan himself, and it is also the rule of cavalry engagement.

King Yan himself is a strong person, with a military style, and he is very tough. Bold assault, bold advance, when fighting, fearless with less to fight more, with fast to fight slow. Take the initiative into your own hands. At the same time, the cavalry was on the steppe, and there was no city to defend.

Today's so-called Tingzhou is just a group of tents. The walls were nothing more than wooden fences.

Defense is limited.

This situation, for quite some time, is unlikely to change.

The cavalry on the steppe is engaged, and it is easier to attack than to defend, and attacking means holding the initiative. This is also in line with King Yan's intentions. Before King Yan, he didn't make a move on Turpan, just because the time was not right.

He has just taken the northern frontier, and it is not easy to completely control the northern frontier in his hands.

After all, Northern Xinjiang is a grassland, not a city. And the Tile Thorn is a tribal confederation. 、

Therefore, defeating the main force of the tile spurs does not mean that the Mongols in the entire northern frontier have been subdued.

This is not just a matter of fighting a war, it also requires a certain amount of political skill.

It took King Yan half a year to complete this thing, which is already considered fast.

But as soon as that's done, it's winter. The entire Tianshan Mountains were covered with heavy snow, and most people in northern Xinjiang began to endure this difficult winter. There was no idea of foreign conquest at all.

Naturally, we have to put aside our thoughts about Turpan first.

It's just that now, King Yan's mind is a little shaken.

After thinking about it, King Yan called Zhang Yu, Qiu Fu, and Lian Zining over.

"It is of great benefit to us that Beijing must be allowed to carry out the Northwest Strategy. Is there anything you can do?" As King Yan spoke, he locked his gaze on Lian Zining.

When Lian Zining saw King Yan's appearance, he knew that King Yan wanted to listen to him.

Lian Zining said, "My lord, if Beijing implements the northwest strategy, it will naturally be excellent. If nothing else, we will have enough money for the war with Timur."

As soon as these words came out, King Yan was taken aback, he didn't quite understand what else he didn't know, so he asked, "What's going on?"

You must know that Beijing's finances are very tight, but in fact, Yanwang's finances are even tighter, and if there is no He Xi appropriation to support some. Now King Yan can't fight anymore. Financial problems have seriously limited the combat effectiveness of King Yan.

The armament of King Yan's department, that is, the five or sixty thousand elite cavalry of King Yan's three guards, is almost the same as the system of cavalry of the Ming army. More cavalry were conscripted Mongol cavalry, and they won and divided the spoils of war, and if they couldn't win, they would take care of the food.

This is effective in suppressing military spending. Coupled with the animal husbandry reform implemented by King Yan, more Mongolians survived.

Among the troops of King Yan, the Mongolian cavalry had high morale and strong combat effectiveness.

But even then, a lot of things stumble. Not to mention anything else, King Yan wants to establish Tingzhou as the center of northern Xinjiang, which is his base camp for the war with Timur, this wish, doesn't he need money?

It's not just that, it's a lot of money.

Even the Yan Wang's department is asking for money in all aspects, although the Yan King has conquered the northern frontier, there are also

Some such and such gains. But it was difficult to fill this gap for a while.

King Yan is in need of money now, especially money. It's just that I never thought that Lian Zining would say something related to money. King Yan was naturally more interested.