"Ancestor of the Li family, it's not that I want to bother you, I was forced by the county lord, please don't look for me if you have a lot."

The folk muttered quietly and brandished their hoes.

A hoe and a hoe dug up Li Zicheng's ancestral grave.

Mizhi County Commander watched from behind and was silent.

He was not afraid of "unjust ghosts asking for his life", but afraid that Li Zicheng would come to the door.

Ai Yingjia, a famous squire in Mizhi County, was killed by Li Zicheng because of framing Li Zicheng, and his head was hung on the tower of the county seat.

Now, Li Zicheng has deep roots, and if he offends him, I am afraid that the end will not be good.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard an exclamation from ahead.

The prefectural magistrate immediately asked, "What did you dig up?"

"No, except for the bones, only a broken bowl."

Minfu immediately replied.

"And what the hell are you called?"

"A snake came out."

"Snakes?" The prefectural magistrate thought about it for a moment, and then ordered, "Catch the snake and put it in a bag."

The men grabbed the snake twice and carefully put it into the cloth bag.

"Burn all the bones of Li Zicheng's ancestral grave."

The prefectural order was ordered uneasily.

Subsequently, he personally took the black bowl and the little snake to Wang Qiaonian for an errand.

Wang Qiaonian looked at the bowl and the snake and was silent for a long time.

"Dutang, these snakes and bowls have great origins, they were dug up from the ancestral grave of the thieves by the lowly officials."

The county commander bowed down and said, his expression quite respectful.

Wang Qiaonian said, "Even if it is dug up from the ancestral grave, it is just a broken bowl and a snake, what is there to be happy about. The superintendent urgently ordered me to leave the Central Plains, but I only got these few things, hey!"

"Your Excellency the Governor, how did you forget one thing?"

"What?"

"Han Gaozu slashed the White Snake and got into trouble."

"Oh?"

"Snake, since ancient times, has been called a little dragon, and cutting a snake is equivalent to breaking the king's spirit of the thief."

"Makes sense."

Wang Qiaonian nodded in agreement, and already had an idea in his heart.

On the day of the swearing-in meeting, Wang Qiaonian solemnly killed the little snake in public, broke the bowl and pressed it with a boulder covered with charms, and then ordered to go on the expedition.

In this battle, Wang Qiaonian led the five general soldiers of He Renlong, Zheng Jiadong, Niu Chenghu, Zhang Guoqin, and Zhang Yinggui, and 30,000 Qin soldiers out of Tongguan to aid You Shilu.

Looking at the devastated rivers and mountains, and the fact that he was about to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng when he went out of the customs, Wang Qiaonian was very prosperous:

In the past, chickens and dogs heard each other, and this time the depression is burning. The rubble is jagged and the walls are ruined, and the people are cut off from the dark clouds. The barren grass horses are lost, and the tigers roar in the deep forest. It is necessary to be free of guns and sweep quickly, and mourn Hong reunites and works hard.

The governors of the three sides stubbornly believed in their hearts that it was the peasant army that did not starve in An'an that caused all this tragedy, and as long as Li Zicheng was exterminated, the sun and the moon could be reopened.

He didn't know that the people were miserable, and the soldiers under his command were no better.

One by one, hungry, they marched with difficulty.

The five general soldiers he led, He Renlong and Zheng Jiadong, have become addicted to escaping, and Niu Chenghu is also learning from his predecessors.

Only Zhang Guoqin and Zhang Yinggui are more honest, but what happens to honest people?

Just when Wang Qiaonian left Tongguan and headed for Luoyang.

Yang Chengying's expeditionary force has arrived in Hami.

Under the guidance of the Heshute Tribe, they entered the Western Regions from the mountain pass and headed south to Mulei.

Then they marched westward and arrived in Hami on the third day of the second month of the 11th year of Chongzhen.

Because before entering the Western Regions, Yang Chengying had already sent an envoy to inform the leader of Hami, so he was stationed on the outskirts of Hami very smoothly.

Contrary to what everyone thinks, the Hami region was no longer under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty as early as the Zhengde period, but belonged to the Turpan Khanate, and later belonged to the Yarkand Khanate.

It has been harassed and even occupied by the Oirat Mongols.

But in 1605, a man named Wood

Hega of Khamatisha, who led a thousand men to fight a war against the Mongol rulers of the region and won the victory, lived in Hami from then on.

Muhammatisha was elected by the people as the "Aqimu Berke" of Hami.

And plus, it sounds very strange, if you change another transliteration, you will understand.

Another transliteration of it is...... And Zhuo!

Aqimu, from the Uyghur language, means fair hearing.

Burke is a general term for local officials, and the word is said to be a Turkic transliteration of chieftain.

Muhammatisha claimed to be a saint descendant, and established a unified rule of religion and religion in Hami, ostensibly subservient to the Yarkand Khanate.

This is also why Yang Chengying did not have to wait for the consent of Yarkand Khan to enter Hami.

Yang Chengying and Batur Huntaiji were warmly welcomed by Muhammaitixia, especially when they saw the army brought by Yang Chengying.

There is a famous local dish in Hami - roasted whole sheep, which is cooked with lamb for about four months, which is delicious and fragrant.

After taking a sip of wine, Yang Chengying smiled and said, "Hami is really a good place, I haven't seen such a green place for a long time, how far is it from Jiayuguan?"

"General, there's still a thousand and one thousand miles." Muhammatisha bowed and replied.

Yang Chengying nodded: "It seems that we still have to go a long way, but before that, I have to disturb Akimu Burke for a few days."

"Your Highness is gracious. It is a blessing for me and the people of Hami to be able to welcome the king."

"You don't know who I am, do you? I saw that the Burkes who greeted me were staring only at Batur Huntaiji, and eighty percent thought I was one of his men."

"Your Highness is in the sea of shock, how can I not know!" Muhamat said, "But I didn't know that His Highness had brought so many soldiers."

The Mongolian and Tibetan regions were greatly influenced by the Mongols, and as long as the Mongols were in trouble, they would immediately trigger a series of changes.

Over the years, Yang Chengying's soldiers and horses have never crossed the Jiayu Pass, but his prestige has long spread to Ili and even to the Yarkand Khanate.

However, the Mongols did not have many soldiers and horses, and mainly relied on the flexibility of the cavalry.

As powerful as the Yarkand Khanate, each time it sends troops, it does not exceed 50,000, and there are still young and old, uneven.

Yang Chengying had an expeditionary army, with 40,000 elite soldiers and young people.

The weapons and equipment are even more unbeatable.

Muhammatisha asked, "The old man has lived in the land of projectiles for a long time, and he is unheard of, and I don't know why His Highness came from afar?"

"Oh, I'm just dropping by." "On September 18 last year, we made an expedition to Transkhalkha Mongolia, went west to Uriya Sutai, joined the Mongolian tribes, and then went to Kobdo to receive an audience from the small tribes, and then went south to Hami."

Muhammatisha couldn't help but smack his tongue, an army that had been marching for five months was actually full of morale, which seemed impossible to him.

Looking at Batur Huntaiji's appearance of eating meat obediently, Muhammatisha knew that he had to bet on Yang Chengying.

"If Your Highness is willing, you can stay here for a few more days, and you can enjoy the friendship of the landlord below."

Muhammatisha said, "As for the supplies of His Highness's army, you can borrow food from Aqimu in Turpan."

"Thank you for your hospitality, we've been on our expedition for too long, and we're ready to go back."

Yang Chengying said, "But before leaving, I want to ask Burke for a favor and take us to see something."

"Your Highness, please speak." ap.

"I'm going to see your cotton fields."