The Ili River valley is surrounded by mountains on the north, east and south, and there are Kogurqin Mountain and Borokonu Mountain in the north; to the south there are the Halktau and Narati Mountains; In the middle, there are also Wusun Mountain, Aulal Mountain, etc., which constitute the geomorphological outline of "three mountains and two valleys".

The water and grass here are abundant and beautiful, and the Ili River Valley is known as the "Wet Island of the Western Regions" and "the South of the Yangtze River".

What's more, Batur discovered a very large gold mine there.

Batur understood what it would mean for the Dzungars to lose the Ili River valley and the rich Ili River valley.

Even if he can break through Shache City, he can't make up for the loss of being stolen by Li Xianzhong.

That's why he was so angry that he fainted.

After reviting, Batur quickly made the decision to withdraw.

Of course, if he retreated in a hurry, he was likely to be pursued by the Huaxia army, so these "Baishan factions" were left outside Yache City to contain the defenders in the city.

Returning to his heart, Batur hurriedly led his army north, and he must recapture the Ili River valley from the Chinese.

However, the Dzungar army, which was already demoralized, is now stolen from their hometown, and the hearts of the people are even more fluctuating.

In addition, they retreated in a hurry at this time, and they did not carry much baggage with them.

In desperation, the Dzungar tribe had no choice but to grab grain from nearby tribes.

The "White Mountain Faction" can be described as luring wolves into the house this time.

The key is that there is more than one "wolf" in their family, Li Zicheng's Dashun, the Huaxia Army and the Dzungars, all of whom are ambitious "big bad wolves".

In addition to a few "ambitious wolves", the "White Mountain faction" also has to deal with its own enemies, the "Black Mountain faction".

It is clear that they have become lambs to the slaughter by this time.

Batur thought to himself that he had already torn his face with the "Baishan faction" anyway, so he simply didn't do anything and took down Kashgar, the old nest of the "Baishan faction".

Without supplies in the city of Kashgar, it was difficult for his army to obtain adequate supplies.

So the Dzungar men and horses began to attack the city of Kashgar.

At this time, the main force of the "White Mountain faction" was fighting with the "Black Mountain faction" under Yache City, and there were not many people left behind in Kashgar.

The Dzungar attack went well, and it didn't take long for them to storm the city of Kashgar.

But soon, the fighting in the city, which had gradually subsided, became fierce again.

I saw that a large number of Chinese soldiers suddenly appeared on the city wall.

"Bang, bang, bang"

With the sound of firecrackers, countless Dzungar soldiers who rushed into the city fell in pools of blood.

At this moment, they realized that the Chinese had already occupied Kashgar, which was deliberately lured into the city.

What's even more terrifying is that the Huaxia Iron Cavalry, who was ambushed in Kashgar at this time, was also rushing towards them from the streets of the city.

The Dzungar soldiers who were besieging the city turned around when they saw this situation and fled outside the city.

But how did two legs run over four legs, and the Chinese soldiers had already entered the cavalry's favorite cover link at this time.

They wielded their spears and sabers and slashed the fleeing Dzungars.

In a short time, most of the 5,000 Dzungar soldiers who attacked the city were killed.

Just when Batur realized that he had been fooled and was about to retreat, black cavalry appeared around him.

Those feathered arrows that kept flying told themselves that these were the cavalry of Mobei Mongolia.

It is clear that these Mongols have become pawns of the Chinese.

At this time, the Dzungar army was already under siege.

The battle soon lost its suspense, and finally Batur led the remaining 10,000 Dzungar soldiers to surrender to the Chinese.

He prostrate at the feet of the Chinese Emperor Li Xianzhong.

begged: "The Dzungar Mongols are willing to submit to Huaxia, and I, Batur, myself are willing to be His Majesty's most faithful servants!" ”

Li Xianzhong helped Batur and said: "Huaxia has always been kind to all ethnic groups in Mongolia, and most of the Mongolian tribes have been attached to Huaxia. ”

"But I don't need a slave, the land of the Western Regions is not a Mongol ranch in the first place."

"I heard that the rest of the Oirat Mongols, such as the Turghut tribes, have already entered the Volga valley to graze."

"The vast Kipchak steppe is the best pasture for the Mongols. The Dzungar Division, as the head of the four Oirats Division, should return there to lead the Oirat Mongols. ”

Li Xianzhong's words were not only for Batur, but also for several khans of Mobei Mongolia.

Li Xianzhong's meaning is very simple, the Oirat Moxi Mongols led by Dzungaria went directly to the Kipchak steppe, and the Russians fought for pasture.

Huaxia will support the westward migration of the Dzungar people.

Although the Russians wiped out the Golden Horde, as well as several Mongol khanates that split from the Golden Horde.

However, at the moment their main focus is on the struggle with Turkey for the Black Sea Crimean Khanate, so there are only a small number of Cossack mercenaries in Siberia and Central Asia.

If they could harass themselves with Cossack mercenaries, why couldn't they let the Dzungars harass the Volga valley?

As for the three tribes of Mobei Mongolia, it is only a matter of time before they completely turn to China, and Li Xianzhong will still be able to wait for a few years.

As the Dzungar people moved westward, China also smoothly expanded its influence to the Balkhash Lake Basin.

Since Emperor Xiaowu sent Zhang Qian to open up the Western Regions, the connection between the Western Regions and the Central Plains Dynasty began.

In 60 B.C., the Han Dynasty set up the Western Regions Protectorate, which was officially included in the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Although the Central Plains Dynasty was strong and weak, except for the Great Song Dynasty, it basically maintained its influence on the Western Regions.

The vast majority of the western regions of the Yuan dynasty belonged to the Chagatai Khanate, although several major khanates never recognized the legitimacy of the Yuan dynasty.

Kublai Khan was not recognized by the "Kuritai Congress", in fact, he was self-reliant.

However, the Great Yuan did not conquer the Western Regions, resulting in the fact that it was effectively separated from the direct jurisdiction of the Central Plains Dynasty.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, when the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was relatively strong, it was still able to control the "Guanxi Seven Guards" west of Jiayuguan with Hamiwei as the core, and maintained some influence on the Western Regions.

However, in the eighth year of Chenghua (1472), after Hamiwei was occupied by the Turpan Khanate for the first time, the influence of the Ming Dynasty on the Western Regions became weaker and weaker.

In the eighth year of Jiajing (1529), after more than half a century of fierce battles with the Turpan Khanate, the Ming Dynasty decided to finally abandon Hamiwei.

It was not until the 5th year of Qianxi that Huaxia completely flattened the north and south roads of the Tianshan Mountains, so that the Western Regions as a whole returned to the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty.

In fact, both the Ili River Valley and the Altai Mountains have a large number of gold resources.

The Altai Mountains themselves are the meaning of the Golden Mountain.

It's a pity that there is a cost to mining gold, the cost of mining and transportation here is too high, and the lack of labor in the Western Regions is naturally not as valuable as the gold mines in the Japanese and Manila.

However, it is also an important source of wealth.

Some businessmen who value the development of the Western Regions are still willing to invest.

After all, there are few people investing here now, and the long-term benefits are still very considerable.

Li Xianzhong also intended to exploit the rich resources of the Ili River Valley, and used the pastures here to become the core of China's rule over the Western Regions.

So he set out to build a large-scale Ili New City on the banks of the Ili River.

and made Ili the ruling core of the entire Western Regions.

In addition to the Ili New City, Li Xianzhong also ordered the expansion of the three cities of Shaye, Kashgar, and Shache, and stationed heavy troops here.

Soon, Yili, Shaye, Kashgar, and Shache became the "Four Towns of the Western Regions" in China.

Li Xianzhong appointed Xiong Tingbi as the governor of the Western Regions, but he assigned the Turpan region to Gansu.

Huaxia garrisoned 70,000 troops in the Western Regions, and if you count the tribal armies that can be mobilized in Yarkand and other places, the total strength exceeds 120,000.

In addition, they found Li Yan and his wife imprisoned in the military camp of the Dzungars.

Li Yan had long been disheartened by Li Zicheng at this time, and seeing such a powerful Huaxia Empire, he was naturally willing to serve Huaxia.

The Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated, and Song Xiance alone will definitely not succeed, but now that Li Yan supports Xiong Tingbi together, Li Xianzhong is even more at ease.

After all, Li Yan himself belongs to the ability to be literate and martial, and he still has the ability to lead the army and train the troops.

It's not like Song Xiance will come up with crooked ideas.

Of course, at this time, the supply transportation from the Hexi Corridor to Ili was still very difficult, and Huaxia had to stop its expansion.

Instead, it will develop the economy and road construction in the Western Regions.

The imperial court will fund the construction of two complete post station systems on the north and south roads of the Tianshan Mountains.

As for the roads between the post stations, they can only be built slowly.

After all, today's China has not achieved industrialization.

Although Liaodong University has already begun the research and development project of the steam engine, and Li Xianzhong believes that Huaxia has initially met the conditions for the development of a steam engine.

But I'm afraid it will take 1-2 years before it can actually be manufactured.

Before the invention of railways and telegraphs, the ancient post station system was an important cornerstone of China's rule in the Western Regions.

In addition, he planned to send 100,000 people to the Ili River Valley to ensure that the Ili River Valley could be completely controlled by the Chinese.

To the west of the Yarkand Khanate is the Green Mountains, also known as the Pamirs, which means flat-roofed house in Persian.

In fact, it is not flat, and it is the highest plateau in the world.

At this moment, there were less than 1,000 people left around the Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng, and he finally escaped here by robbing the tribes of the "Baishan Faction" along the way.

At this time, both sides of their northeast had been occupied by the Chinese, and it was not realistic to defect north to the Kazakh Khanate.

The westward migration of the Dzungar tribe itself was the Kazakh Khanate, where there is now a lot of chaos.

As a result, he had only two options: to go west into Persia and south into the Mughal kingdom.

The territory of Persia is the birthplace of the Yarkand religion, and Li Zicheng is really not interested.

In this way, the Mughal Empire in India became their target.

Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, was originally a royal nobleman of the Timurid Empire, and he originally wanted to restore the Timurid Empire, but after being beaten up in Central Asia, he found that the Persians were not easy to mess with.

So he turned his attention to the Delhi Sultanate in India, and after changing his goal, Babur instantly reached the peak of his life.

Babur, who was violently beaten in Central Asia, entered India like a god descending to earth and soon occupied a large area of India.

Entering its heyday during the reign of the third emperor, Akbar, its territory included present-day Afghanistan and almost the entire South Asian subcontinent.

Today, the Mughal Empire is still in its prime.

Of course, many of the strongholds along the coast were occupied by the Western powers, such as the Grape Asians occupied the Goa region on the west coast of India, the Chinese Empire occupied the Calcutta region on the east coast of India, and the British occupied many strongholds on the southern coast.

Not counting the strongholds of these colonists, the Mughal Empire was still very strong.

Li Zicheng never thought that he could conquer such a huge empire with a team of less than 1,000 people under his hands.

The upper echelons of the Mughal Empire were Muslims, and Persian was the language of the court, public affairs, diplomacy, literature, and high society.

But the foundation of the state is actually the vast number of indigenous Indians who believe in Hinduism.

During the reign of the third emperor, Akbar, a policy of cultural integration and religious tolerance was practiced within the Mughal Empire.

However, it was not long before these policies were abolished by the next generation of emperors, leading to sharp contradictions within the empire.

When Li Zicheng and others went south, they happened to encounter the Governor's Governor in Afghanistan, Obu, who was preparing to raise troops to overthrow Shah Jahan, the fifth emperor of the Mughal Empire.

"Shah Jahan" means "ruler of the world" in Persian.

During his reign, Shah Jahan built the world-famous Taj Mahal for his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal (a Persian, legend has it that she was so beautiful that her skin was as transparent as glass that she died in childbirth).

It was precisely because of this emperor's expropriation of the indigenous people of India that the Mughal Empire began to fall apart.

When Li Zicheng and others came to Kabul, they happened to encounter the army of the Mughal Empire encircling and suppressing Obuze's independent army.

Although Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing and others are not very clear about the situation here, according to the meaning of the translation, what Obu did should be similar to what Li Zicheng did in Daming, which is a rebellion.

This living Li is mature!

The two sides were originally in a stalemate, and Li Zicheng's men and horses suddenly killed, which shocked the imperial officials and troops besieging the city.

In addition, the combat power of these Indian soldiers is really not flattering.

Li Zicheng's team of less than 1,000 people was like a divine soldier descending from the sky at this time, and instantly killed the Mughal officers and soldiers to the ground.

In particular, Li Ziyuan himself, holding a spear and rushing back and forth in the formation.

It was even more direct to the city that Obu, who was watching the battle, admired it.

Don't look at Li Zicheng's rebellion for more than ten years, he was born in the 34th year of Wanli, and he was only 30 years old at this time.

Coupled with the fact that he was born tall and mighty, he soon fell in love with the governor's youngest daughter, Amita.

Governor Obu saw that Li Zicheng's men and horses could fight well, and only more than 1,000 people killed more than 10,000 imperial regular troops outside the city, so he had the idea of recruiting them.

The father and daughter looked at Li Zicheng more and more.

And Li Zicheng is the emperor of Dashun, and his status is not low.

His Dashun succeeded in taking control of the Yarkand Khanate, and these Obus had also heard of it.

Li Zicheng's original partner Xing had already let Gao Jie abduct him, although he also found some beauties in Yeerqiang to enrich his harem, but he was also served by Li Shizu in Shache City.

Now that the governor's daughter has taken a fancy to her, he naturally can't ask for it.

In this way, Li Zicheng became the son-in-law of the Governor of Afghanistan, Obuze.

That's not all, Obu has been in poor health since his daughter got married, and the military and political power in Kabul fell directly into the hands of Li Zicheng.

Obuzze's son died decades ago, and as long as he swallowed it in one gulp, the Afghan region would be directly in charge of Li Zicheng.

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