Chapter 374: The Ming Dynasty and the Western Regions in a Different Time and Space (Part 3)

Last time, when the "Timurid Empire" turned from prosperity to decline, the "Uzbek Khanate" ushered in its eastern rival - the "Warat Army" that severely damaged the Ming Dynasty.

In 1457, the second son of the Mongol Warat chieftain Yexian, Ashi Timur, led a Mongol army of 50,000 and entered the Chu River valley in the territory of the "Uzbek Khanate" (Blue Horde) westward. The "Uzbek Khanate" Abu Hair mobilized 80,000 troops to meet the enemy, and the 50,000 Mongol cavalry of Abu Hair fought against the 50,000 Mongol cavalry of Abu Hair in the valley plain next to the Chu River. Abu Khair, knowing that the Mongols were fighting to plunder their possessions, had preserved their strength.

In order to preserve the strength of the descendant troops, Abu Khair's non-descendant troops were arrayed and periphery. In the battle between the two armies, Abu Hair saw Abuhair's intention to preserve his strength, so he led the main force to attack the other armies with all his might. As a result, the main force of the Mongol army launched a fierce attack on the Kereh and Ganibek tribes, which did not belong to the Siban family. By the end of the afternoon, the Uzbek army was largely defeated, but Abuhair's main forces suffered little losses.

Due to the heavy losses of other tribal armies, after the "Battle of the Chu River", the Mongol army carried out brutal killing and plundering of the "Uzbek Khanate", resulting in a tragic situation of ten rooms and nine emptiness. The crushing defeat of the "Battle of the Chu River" greatly weakened Abu Hair's authority, because his actions shook the "national foundation".

On the other hand, Abu Khair's descendants of the "White Horde", namely Kereh Khan and others, had long been jealous, because the "White Horde" had ruled the "Golden Horde" for a long time, which made Abu Khair's presence make his "Great Khan's position" insecure, because Abu Khair's had always followed the example of "Timur".

Abu Khair: He aspired to build a powerful empire comparable to the "Timurid Empire". For this reason, Abu Khairer not only advocated settlement and centralization of power, but also believed that the development of agriculture, commerce, handicrafts, and the strengthening of centralized power were the cornerstones of building a strong empire. What Abu Khair, however, did not understand was that the "Timurid Empire" was based on the extremely large number of settlers in Central Asia, while his own foundation was herdsmen who lived on water and grass.

When Abu Khair's Uzbek cavalry marched south into the "Timurid Empire" in Central Asia and began to control the unsuccessful descendants of "Timur", he had unknowingly begun to drift away from his nomadic life. This poses a lot of risks for his "Uzbek Khanate".

As various contradictions gradually accumulated, in 1456 AD, Kereh Khan and Janibek Khan led their tribes to break away from the "Uzbek Khanate" along with the nomadic tribes who were dissatisfied with Abu Khair's advocacy of a settled life. When Abu Khair's "nomadic empire" changed its path and prepared to become a purely "settled empire", his "Uzbek Khanate" began to uncontrollably disintegrate, because it was the herdsmen who had supported him.

After breaking away from the "Uzbek Khanate", Kereh Khan and Janibek Khan led their troops all the way to the east, and gradually came to the territory of the "Eastern Chagatai Khanate".

At that time, the khan who ruled the "Eastern Chagatai Khanate" was "also not a sweater", and because he was threatened by the Mongol Walla, he readily accepted Kereh Khan and other tribes, and settled them in the "Seven Rivers Valley" (near "Issyk-Kul" and "Balkhash Lake") to guard the border and resist the westward advance of the Walla.

In 1463, Kereh Khan and Janibek Khan led their troops to fight against the invading Mongol army of Timur in the area of "Haner Mountain" in the "Seven Rivers Valley". After repelling the Mongol cavalry of Asha Timur, in 1464, the tribes of the "Seven Valleys" that had separated from the "Uzbek Khanate" gathered together and jointly elected Kereh as the "King Khan" and named the new "Khanate" "Kazakh Khanate". "Kazakh" means "adventurer".

The establishment of the "Kazakh Khanate" expressed the desire of the nomadic people of the Central Asian steppes to never give in and advocate freedom, and the "Kazakhs" also named the "slogan" of their ancestor "Arash", and used it to inspire their fighting spirit. Subsequently, a large number of nomadic peoples, such as the "Nogai", voluntarily broke away from the "Uzbek Khanate" of Abu Hail and took the initiative to join the new "Kazakh Khanate", which made the power of the new "Kazakh Khanate" stronger.

"Nogai", also known as "Caucasian Turks", uses "Nogai", belongs to the Kopchak branch of the Turkic language family of the Altaic language family, distributed in the Republic of Dagestan and the Ural River in Russia, once had its own "khanate" after the division of the "Golden Horde", and there are large and small divisions.

Some of those who moved to Podolia, Russia, and remained in the "Kipchak steppe" to continue to accept the suzerainty of "Tokto", were called "Little Nogai"; The other part of the "Nogais" who remained in the Ural region north of the Caspian Sea were called "Great Nogai", and there should not be too many "Nogais" who joined the "Kazakh Khanate".

Due to the invasion of the Mongol-Walla people, after sacking the prosperous "Turkestan" cities along the Syr Darya River such as "Tashkent", only empty cities and ruins were left behind. This devastated the "Uzbek Khanate", forcing Abu Khairs to resort to the abolition of the "poll tax" to attract residents from other countries to settle down, so that his country could recuperate and gradually recover, which made him slightly relieved.

In 1468, in the face of a large number of nomads who had left the "Uzbek Khanate", Abu Khairer thought that he could no longer sit idly by, so after settling the internal situation, he gathered a large army and marched eastward to begin to conquer the new "Kazakh Khanate". In this battle, even the "Timurid Empire" in the south sent 15,000 troops to help. In this way, after Abu Khair's army was gathered, the total strength reached 70,000 men, and he slaughtered the "Kazakhs" in a mighty manner.

In July 1468, the 70,000 troops of the "Uzbek Khanate" and the 30,000 troops of the "Kazakhs" fought in the Kuzibash valley near the Chu River.

While the two armies were fighting, Abu Khair suffered a stroke and died, most likely due to the nomadic people's preference for a high-protein diet. The sudden death of Abu Khair, the army of the "Uzbek Khanate" had no intention of fighting again, because many soldiers in the army were related to the "Kazakhs".

As a result, the army collapsed as soon as it withdrew. In 1470, the "Kazakh Khanate" counterattacked the "Uzbek Khanate" and killed Abu Khair's heir Haidar in the battle between the two armies, and also besieged the capital of the "Uzbek Khanate", Samarkand.

In September of the same year, the Chinese army in Samarkand surrendered in Kaesong, marking the end of the "Uzbek Khanate". At this time, the "Kazakh Khan" Kereh was wounded by a hidden arrow when entering the city, and when his life was dying, he passed the throne to "Janibek Khan". In September 1470, "Janibek Khan" ascended to the "throne" of the "Kazakh Khanate", and the "Timurid Empire", "Ming Empire" and other nearby neighboring countries successively sent envoys to congratulate "Janibek Khan".

After the proclamation of Khan, "Janibek Khan" began to purge Abu Khair, the descendants of the "Shabban" family. However, under the "Great Purge", there was a descendant of the "Xiban" family who successfully escaped, and that is, the "Xibani" who later restored the country to "Uzbekistan" and established the "Xibani" like the hegemony of "Timur".

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