"Hahaha."

"You're a good man."

Big Tent.

Ghost Power Red Khan praised.

He was agonizing over the annexation of Hami.

Hami surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, how to smoothly annex Hami without causing the Ming Dynasty's counterattack, is what the ghost force Red Khan has always considered.

The main one is Anker Timur.

As long as this person is cut off, he will be able to take advantage of the situation to become Hami.

The Han people in front of him brought him good news, Daming is now very unstable internally, the people's grievances are boiling, and the ghost power Red Khan is definitely waiting for the opportunity.

Suddenly.

Arutai Taibao asked curiously: "You are buying cotton in Hami, I heard that the business is not small, why do you want to help us?" ”

Inside the tent, people all looked at the Han people.

"The emperor's grandson acted perversely, relying on his power to oppress us and other people."

The man's face did not change and said: "The king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the king as the heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; The king regards the minister as a mustard, and the minister regards the king as a wolf. ”

"That's a good point."

Ghost Power Red Sweat laughed.

He doesn't care what the Han man is sincere, as long as he can take Hami, it doesn't matter if he gives the other party a little benefit.

"Ben Khan takes Hami, and the entire cotton business of Hami will be handed over to you."

"Thank you, Great Khan."

The man smiled from ear to ear, and said: "But please ask the Great Khan for permission in this matter, and the villain will make a layout, otherwise the country will know about the villain's move, and I'm afraid it will be unfavorable to the villain." ”

Wait until the man is gone.

There was silence in the tent.

"I'm afraid there is a plan for this."

The right prime minister, who was at odds with Arutai, raised his concerns.

He didn't have to object.

But the people brought by Arutai, he will inevitably oppose them, and he will not easily let Arutai get the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

It's him again.

Arutai frowned.

As long as he supports it, the other party will oppose it, and as long as it is what he opposes, the other party will support it.

This man must be removed.

Ghost Power Red Khan asked, "What is the opinion of the right prime minister?" ”

The people in the tent were different from the desert and the forces that arose in Hami and Elitari.

They were all aristocrats of the former Yuan Dynasty and were deeply influenced by the culture of the Central Plains.

With the decline of the situation, the internal contradictions became more and more intense.

The Ghost Force Red Khan was the Great Khan who took advantage of the civil strife in Warat and was supported by others, and split with Warat to form a separate force.

Arutai's power is great, and the ghost power red khan relies on Arutai, but he also has to guard against him, so he supports Ma'erhawe and others.

"The cotton purchased by the Han merchant in Hami is sold to the Central Plains, and his interests are in the Central Plains, so why should he risk helping us."

"What's strange, haven't Han merchants always been like this?"

Arutai scoffed.

"As he said, the Ming Dynasty is internally unstable, unable to take care of Hami, we annexed Hami, in the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, for the Ming Emperor, just a change of person, as long as he abides by his rules, he will definitely not raise troops to fight, not to mention the internal instability of the Ming Dynasty."

"At that time, didn't he monopolize Hami's cotton, and the Han merchants were the most profitable."

"Doesn't the Great Khan want to annex Hami?"

Arutai asked rhetorically.

Ghost Power Red Khan changed his attitude.

Regardless of whether there is a Han merchant or not, the annexation of Hami is his goal, and only by annexing Hami can he plot to make a fortune, and then turn around and annex Wara.

"But Hami already has a garrison of the Ming army."

Seeing the attitude of the ghost power red sweat, Ma Ha hurriedly reminded.

"It's only a few hundred."

Arutai was unimpressed.

"I heard that the new army of the Ming Dynasty is strong and should not be underestimated."

"Huge Hami, where can a few hundred people be guarded against? Even if he is strong, what can he do if we don't fight with him. ”

"A few of him attacked him today, and a few of him tomorrow, but we have to see how long he can be prepared."

They dared to split from Warat, and they must have had an adventurous spirit.

Expansion is their desire.

Even if it is Ma'erha, he also wants to expand in his heart, but he is just unwilling to make meritorious contributions to Arutai.

"Taking advantage of next month's conference, I will arrange for someone to poison Ankh Timur, and the Taibao will be responsible for harassing the Ming army and exhausting them, and finally I can find an opportunity to wipe them out."

It's like history.

Still, the Ghost Red Khan decided to poison Ankh Timur and then annex Hami in one fell swoop.

The difference is.

Hami has a few hundred more Ming troops, which is also the upper limit of the size of the garrison that Ankh Timur can accept from the Western Regions Province.

……

The desert is lonely.

The yellow sand in the sky makes people unable to open their eyes.

"I really want to go home."

A veteran was tired of walking, stopped to take a breath, looked at the endless desert, and couldn't help but think of his hometown.

At the beginning, dozens of their guards followed Lian Zining to the north, and later Lian Zining left, but they stayed.

I didn't expect to be divided back and forth, but in the end, I couldn't stay in Beiping, and I came to the Western Regions Province.

There was movement in his waist, and the veteran turned his head to see a young man bent over his knees, unplugging his water bag.

"You're going to change this habit, how old you are."

The veterans, as ever, did not move, lest the young man choke on the water, just as he did when he was a child.

Young people have their own hydration bags.

But the young man lost his father when he was a child, and his mother didn't know whether he was abducted or ran away on her own, and she was added to the guard post and followed the veteran all the time.

That's how he drank water since he was a child.

It's just that he's bigger than a veteran.

He grew up, but the veteran got old.

"After two years, I have saved more money in my hand, I will go back with you, and I will also go to find my mother." The young man stood up and wiped his mouth.

He heard the nostalgia of the veteran.

"I'm old, you're different." The veteran shook his head.

"I'm always looking for my mother."

The young man smiled.

This reason is impossible for veterans to refute.

"Where to find it?" The veteran looked embarrassed.

"When I was a child, I was ignorant, and when I heard people say that I saw my mother on the red boat on the riverside, I didn't dare to look for her, but now that I have grown up, I have to find her, and if she was abducted instead of running away on her own, I will save her from anything."

"Although the Western Regions Province is desolate, you are doing well in the New Army, and it is a pity to give up." The veteran muttered.

No number of people who want to join the new army are eligible.

The old man is not qualified.

He and the group of people who came to Beiping were themselves military households, and they moved to the Western Regions Province in the name of military households.

But young people are different.

Because the Dusi Yamen sympathized with the young man at the beginning, the young man was well taken care of, and he just joined the new army this year, but he had to give up.

"Let's go."

The young man did not explain.

How can the old man not know the young man?

The young man took him as a father, and he should do his filial piety for him.

Camel procession.

It carried the staff of the Exploration Department, laborers paid for by the Ground Guards, soldiers from the Forces nouvelles, and local guides.

There are people of all identities, and more than 30 people run through the great desert of Hami.

People draw maps, look for water sources in the desert, and need to explore the clouds, which is the least exploration in the desert than in other places.

Because the desert is simply unsurvivable.

Starting from Andingwei, we finally walked out of the desert and arrived near Hamiwei.

They reached their destination.

The New Army was in a barracks two hundred miles east of Hamiwei.

Ankh Timur did not agree to supply the new army supplies, and he asked to limit the number of the new army, and in the end Zhu Neng only sent a small battalion of the new army, more than 450 people.

Although there are only more than 450 people, some materials can also be purchased from the local area, but they still need supplies from Jiayuguan.

In order to supply these more than 450 people, the military stations along the railway line within Bijiayu Pass need to pay dozens of times more material resources and manpower.

The military households in Jiayuguan have to transport supplies here every month.

According to the latest plan, it is planned to implement a system of large wells around the location of the barracks, and to operate half-farming and half-grazing.

This is the foundation for maintaining the local army presence for a long time.

It is also the reason why veterans want to go home.

Moved from Beiping to the Western Regions Province, the veterans did not complain much, and life was quite good.

But if you move from Jiayuguan to Hami again, the veterans are unwilling.

Although Hami also has a lot of green space, it is more of a desert, and they have to deal with yellow sand every day, and the veterans are not adapted to the climate and environment here.

The young man said goodbye to the veteran, went to report to his sentinel, and told the veteran that when he returned to Jiayuguan, he must come to him.

He wanted to take a leave of absence to send a veteran.

The staff of the Survey Department had to stay for a few days to sort out the information they had collected, and their entourage had to stay for a few days.

When the young men returned to their sentinels, their comrades were not training, but learning.

Li Jian was promoted from captain to sentry.

One is because he was sent to Hami, but because the soldier who did not return to their team at the beginning only learned after verification that he had sacrificed himself in saving people in the local area, so Li Jian's punishment was canceled.

The whole camp is learning.

And the party is a comrade of Li Jian's original team.

There are 90 officers and men on the outpost, and all of them are learning from the glorious deeds of their comrades who died saving people.

Li Jian was not here, he ran to find the guard.

"It should be escalated."

"Although he is only a soldier, his spirit is worth learning from everyone." Li Jian said firmly.

"As for how to deal with the aftermath, the general camp is already discussing."

The garrison reassured.

Li Jian watched the guard tightly.

The guard smiled wryly.

Eating sand in the desert is not something to be envied.

Just like the veterans, the military households that were relocated to the Western Regions Province belonged to a group of outsiders, and none of the military households like the Yanshan Sanwei moved out.

The same goes for the military.

It is true that many new troops have been transferred from the Western Regions Province, but the real old troops still remain in Jiayuguan.

It is already a strange thing to be able to send an elite team like Li Jian's.

Let's be honest.

It was nothing more than because Li Jian's team was burdened with punishment, and because some soldiers did not return to the team on time, their team was sent to Hami.

Although it is clear that things have come to an all, they have already arrived, haven't they?

"Captain."

"Where to station, there is not a single idea under the mark, it's true." Li Jian said sincerely: "But my comrade, he washed away his own shame and ours, he is a hero, so he should enjoy the treatment of a hero." ”

"Okay, I'll go to Jiayuguan in person."

At Li Jian's insistence, the garrison finally relaxed.

(End of chapter)