Li Shizu's partial division got the Tianshan South Road, and Li Xianzhong was not surprised.

After all, Li Zicheng had long lost the hearts of the people, and he had the guide sent by Abdullah to make Song Xiance as an internal response.

Conquering Shache is not a sure thing, but it is basically nine out of ten!

If it weren't for the adventurous attack at Qinghai Lake, this was actually the first time Li Shizu led his troops on an expedition.

In addition, it was another adventurous surprise attack, and Li Xianzhong naturally wanted to do everything possible to escort his son.

In the next generation of the Chinese royal family, there must also be someone who can command the army.

Although these leading governors are loyal to themselves, they cannot completely pretend to be in the hands of others.

No matter how trustworthy a subordinate is, he is not as reliable as his own son.

The next generation of the royal family is full of talent, which is not a good thing for these founding heroes.

If it weren't for the great threat to the imperial power, which founding monarch would be willing to kill the heroes and attack the old brothers who fought the world with him?

Fortunately, the second child did not disappoint himself, and he achieved such a feats at the age of 14, which can be regarded as a good start.

This path was chosen by Li Xianzhong for him, but it is up to him how to go next.

Although he now controls Tianshan South Road, the situation facing Li Shizu is still not easy.

First, Li Xianzhong's main force in China still has not conquered Turpan, and it cannot immediately enter the South Tianshan Road.

Second, after Li Zicheng learned that the nest was ended, he was likely to give up the entanglement with the Dzungar Mongols and kill him directly.

Li Shizu understood that his current situation was similar to that of Dashun before, although the army of more than 20,000 Yarkand people was willing to accept his dispatch, but the core of his hands was only 3,000 people.

Once Li Zicheng comes back, there is a high probability that these "wall grasses" will return to Li Zicheng's arms.

However, fortunately, there is Song Xiance, the military advisor of Dashun, to rectify his internal affairs, and the Yarkand people are relatively stable at present.

Although Li Shizu is not very old, he has also received a lot of systematic education since he was a child.

While he sent people to protect the Yarkand royal family in Yarkand City, he also hosted a banquet for the leaders of the surrounding tribes, promising them that Huaxia would come to restore the kingdom on behalf of Abdullah this time.

The Yarkand Khanate will become a protectorate of China in the future, and it is up to the Yarkand people to decide here.

In addition, he sent people to open the treasury of Shache and distribute the gold and silver in the treasury to the leaders of the Yarkand tribe who sent troops to help him capture Shache.

This not only won the hearts of the people, but also convinced these Yarkand people that China had no intention of ruling Yarkand directly.

Although Li Zicheng also swore at the beginning, he regarded the materials in the treasury as more important than money.

If Huaxia really intended to rule the Yarkand Khanate directly, Li Shizu would definitely not distribute the money and grain from the warehouse to them.

The leaders of the various departments who got the money, food, and materials naturally wanted to work with Li Shizu to prevent Li Zicheng's counteroffensive and liquidation.

This series of operations really impressed Song Xiance around him.

The second prince's political skills were really good, and he used some treasury goods to tie these Yarkand people firmly to himself.

Originally, he also thought that this raid was just Li Xianzhong's attempt to pave the way for his son to become famous.

Now it seems that even without his own secret help, Li Shizu can take Shache with his own ability!

At this time, Li Shizu said: "Song Junshi, do you know why the rebellion has been unable to swallow the Yarkand Khanate for a long time? ”

Song Xiance said: "Yarkand and I are not of the same race, the customs are very different, although Li Zicheng can conquer here in a short time by force, but it is difficult for the Yarkand people to really return!" ”

Li Shizu shook his head and said with a smile: "The Mongols are not of the same race as the Yarkands, but they can rule here very well. ”

"Ethnicity is certainly a major obstacle, and Li Zicheng's biggest failure is that he did not integrate into Yarkand's religious beliefs."

"At this time, Yarkand was a khanate dominated by Mughurs who believed in Islam."

"Although Li Zicheng Dashun's set of things to fool the peasants is not completely without a market, it is far less than religion can fool people."

"The reason why the Mongol Chagatai Khanate, including the previous Ilkhanate, was able to rule these regions for a relatively long time was because they both accepted the religion there and the two sides shared a common faith!"

Although he has been in the Western Regions for several years, Song Xiance himself still rejects these religions in Yarkand, let alone Li Zicheng.

Although the religion of the Yarkand Khanate was divided into the White Mountain sect and the Black Mountain sect, they all belonged to the Islamic Sufi sect.

The founder of the White Mountain Sect is the eldest son of the sect leader Mahatum Azamu, and the founder of the Black Mountain Sect is the youngest son of Azamu, so it can be said that this is a sect derived from within the family, but their essence is the same.

The struggle between the two factions was actually a dispute within the family.

Today, they have their own followers, and most of them are Montenegrin sects on Tianshang South Road near the capital, Shache.

The Kashgar area in the northwest is dominated by the Baishan faction.

Li Shizu's big rewards this time were all tribal leaders who believed in the Montenegrin faction.

This was naturally dissatisfied by the Baishan faction in the north.

The two sides were already full of contradictions and fighting.

Li Zicheng's invasion made them temporarily let go of Chen Jian, and now that Li Shizu provoked him like this, the Baishan faction was naturally unwilling.

Originally, the Montenegrin faction occupied the area of the capital Shache, and its strength was stronger than that of the Baishan faction, and the Baishan faction naturally had to rely on external forces if it wanted to change this situation.

Li Zicheng, who had already become a lost dog, was certainly not their target, and the external force they wanted to use was the more powerful Dzungar Ministry.

Dzungaria, as the head of the four Oirats, now occupies the rich Ili River valley, which naturally arouses the jealousy of many people.

That's why it was attacked by the Kazakh Khanate and Li Zicheng.

However, this time the Dzungaria can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, the joint invasion of Kazakhstan and Li Zicheng, instead of defeating the Dzungaria, they completely took the Ili River Valley with the help of Mobei Mongolia.

Due to the news from the Baishan faction in Yarkand, Batur, the leader of the Dzungar tribe, received the news of the Huaxia occupation of Yachecheng and the announcement of the Yarkand tribes turning to China almost at the same time as Li Zicheng.

The cunning Batur soon sensed that this was a good opportunity to take down Yarkand.

But he is not stupid, he knows that Li Zicheng is more anxious than himself at this time.

At this time, Li Zicheng, who saw Li Yan, was extremely angry.

Niu Jinxing was already at odds with Li Yan, and at this time he deliberately arched the fire and said: "Song Xiance was recommended to His Majesty by Li Gongzi at the beginning, but now Song Xiance is reversed, how do you know that Li Gongzi is not his comrade?" ”

Li Yan glared at Niu Jinxing, and then said: "Although Wechen didn't notice for a while and let the Huaxia army kill under Shache City, if someone hadn't instigated Your Majesty to let Wechen send troops north to support, wouldn't he have given Song Xiance the opportunity to sacrifice the city?" ”

After hearing this, Niu Jinxing knew that Li Yan had been angered by his success, so he said: "It is Your Majesty's will to transfer the chariots and horses to the north, and your own 30,000 horses can't stop the 3,000 people in Huaxia, so you actually blame Your Majesty?" ”

When he was in Guanzhong before, Li Zicheng was stabbed in the back by Prime Minister Guangdao and lost Xi'an; Now he has been sacrificed by Song Xiance, a confidant military advisor who has followed him for many years.

To be honest, he also had doubts about Li Yan.

Although Li Yan has been giving advice since following him, he will never give up.

However, the path of light has been with him for a longer time, and he also trusts Song Xiance.

However, he still said: "Li Gongzi will never abandon me, and it is impossible to betray me; Don't speculate! ”

Although Li Zicheng said this, Niu Jinxing still saw that he had become suspicious of Li Yan.

However, in the absence of conclusive evidence, it is unrealistic to ask Li Zicheng to kill Li Yan.

So he said: "Now that the morale of the Dzungar tribe is in full swing, if we retreat south like this, Batur will definitely be suspicious; Once he gets the news, he will take the opportunity to attack Yarkand, and then we will face a situation where we will be attacked on our backs. ”

"We must send a eloquent emissary to negotiate with Batur in order to hold back the Dzungar cavalry and prevent them from being killed all the way!"

"Li Gongzi can speak well, and he must be able to complete this difficult task."

Niu Jinxing's move was indeed able to temporarily prevent the Dzungar Ministry from directly pursuing southward, but this envoy went to deceive the Dzungar Ministry, and most of them would be killed by the sacrifice flag after the East Window incident.

It was clear that he was going to kill someone with a knife.

Li Zicheng hesitated for a moment, and finally said to Li Yan: "I think about it, I have to worry about this matter!"

At this moment, Li Yan was a little desolate in his heart, and he would never abandon Li Zicheng, but he chose to abandon himself without hesitation.

No matter what, after all, it is a monarch and a minister.

Li Yan took the red lady to the camp of the Dzungars.

Batur was clear about the purpose of Li Yan's trip and knew that he was just here to stall for time.

However, he did not expose Li Yan, and he also needed Li Zicheng to fight for him.

Li Zicheng originally led 20,000 horses to attack Dzungaria with the Kazakh Khanate, but after the Mongol troops were increased in Mobei, they suffered heavy casualties, and now there are only more than 10,000 people left.

When he returned to Yarkand, he actually had two choices.

One was to support Turpan along the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and to join forces with Li Guobu there.

The second is to go all the way south to recapture the city of Shache.

Turpan is thousands of miles away, and he may encounter Li Xianzhong's main force, so he naturally does not dare to go.

Soon he led his army south to Shache.

Although the Baishan faction in the northern region of Yarkand ostensibly declared their allegiance, they had long been dissatisfied with Li Shizu's reward and reuse of the Black Mountain faction.

Facing Li Zicheng, who went south, they naturally gave the green light all the way.

Although he did not "open the city gate to meet the king", it did not prevent Li Zicheng from going south.

At this time, Li Zicheng was not in the mood to entangle with these Baishan factions, he just wanted to quickly go south to recover Shache City.

It only took more than 20 days for his men to arrive at the foot of Shache City.

At this time, in Shache City, in addition to the 3,000 Huaxia army, there were also 25,000 Yarkand coalition troops dominated by the Montenegrin faction.

Originally, Li Shizu wanted to take the initiative to go out of the city to ambush Li Zicheng, but Song Xiance and Zheng Sen disagreed.

The city of Yache has plenty of food and grass, and the people in the city are stable, so they just need to hold on.

Although Li Shizu was eager to make meritorious contributions, he finally followed their advice.

In the face of the fortified Shache City, the Dashun army, which advanced lightly, had to build a simple siege ladder on the spot.

The troops are not superior, they are even more casualties under the blow of the Huaxia Army's Lu Mi Gong!

The morale, which was not high in the first place, quickly fell to the extreme.

But Li Zicheng never expected that soon after he went south, 30,000 Junggar elites, under the response of the Baishan faction, entered the Yarkand Khanate.

Batur has been stationed north of Li Zicheng's camp for more than ten days.

Although his original plan was to wait until both the offensive and defensive sides were exhausted, he would suddenly appear.

But now Li Zicheng's fighting spirit is completely gone, and if he doesn't make a move, he is likely to collapse without a fight.

So Batur directly attacked Li Zicheng, which can be regarded as revenge for Li Zicheng's attack on him.

Of course, Li Zicheng knew that his army was unstable at this time, and the Huaxia army in the city was likely to surprise him, so he arranged many sentry posts and dug several trenches in front of the camp.

But he didn't expect that the enemy would come from behind his back.

In the face of the sneak attack of the Dzungar Department, the Dashun army was almost overwhelmed, and soon collapsed completely.

In the end, Li Zicheng only led 800 horsemen and escaped at night, and he had no choice but to cross the green ridge and come to the Pamir Plateau.

At this time, Batur, the leader of the Dzungar tribe who defeated Li Zicheng, was in high spirits.

In addition to the 30,000 Dzungar troops under his command, there are also 20,000 coalition troops of the Baishan faction.

In his opinion, it would be easy for an army of 50,000 to ask you to take Shache.

In the Western Regions, 50,000 horses is definitely not a small number.

Even in China, which has abundant financial resources, it is difficult to use more than 50,000 troops in the Western Regions today.

However, Li Shizu did not panic, and the market in the city was still trading every day.

Except for food, which is regulated, other commodities can still be traded freely.

Although the Dzungars were superior in numbers, the Dzungars, who were not good at besieging cities, did not perform much better than the Dashun army.

Out of religious hatred, the "White Mountain faction" wearing white hats even personally participated in the siege.

At this time, Li Shizu naturally handed over the responsibility of resisting the "White Mountain Faction" to the "Black Mountain Faction".

The Huaxia soldiers only provided some long-range fire assistance.

The war has been in a stalemate, but more than two months have passed, and Shachecheng is still under the control of the Huaxia Army.

Li Shizu was still waiting, although Shachecheng could not get information from the outside world at this time.

But he knew that if the main force of Huaxia had not appeared in Yachecheng at this time, then it must have appeared in the lair of Dzungaria.

He didn't believe that Li Guo's mere 20,000 horses in Turpan could hold off the main force of Huaxia for so long.

He even suspected that his father deliberately did not march in time as a test for himself.

Li Guo of Turpan was finally unable to defeat the heavy artillery of Huaxia, and led more than 10,000 people to surrender to Li Xianzhong.

Li Shizu had a tacit understanding to attract Li Zicheng and the main force of Dzungaria to Shache City, and Li Xianzhong naturally would not miss this opportunity to level Dzungaria in one fell swoop.

When the Mobei Mongols supported the Dzungar Ministry, they had already made their troops clear.

Now the main force of Dzungaria is exhausted.

Li Xianzhong personally led 30,000 Huaxia main forces and 50,000 Mobei Mongol coalition troops to occupy the Tianshan North Road, and took the Junggar Basin and the Ili River Valley that he longed for.

When Batur received the news of the loss of Yili Jiangli (now Ili), he fainted directly.

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