Shots exploded one after another, like the scythe of death, constantly taking away the lives of others.
The horses fell to the ground and the cavalry howled.
A single volley killed and wounded hundreds of people.
The Yarkand people were shocked when they saw such a scene for the first time.
Unfortunately, the Ming army did not give him a chance, and fired a series of artillery fire continuously, instantly knocking him unconscious.
Taking advantage of his trance, Li Dingguo immediately sent the cavalry forward and defeated him in one fell swoop.
"Crackling-"
Ye Erqiang's former army had arrived, and when they saw the well-equipped Ming army, they showed a ferocious smile.
Unfortunately, they were greeted by a barrage of musketry.
Cavalry musket.
As usual, the cavalrymen aimed and fired their loaded muskets, then stuffed them into the sides of their horses.
After that, he picked up the prepared igniter, lit the grenade, and threw it forward.
"Boom——"
My own horse wears earplugs and likes to watch the sound of cannons, so it is almost unaffected.
This was not the case for the Yarkand cavalry. Many of their horses were frightened, and many were even stunned by a series of grenades.
Afterwards, the Ming army picked up their scimitars and charged and fought like clouds and flowing water.
This general operation is completely different from the ordinary face-to-face riding battle, and it is not consistent with common sense at all.
More importantly, all of the Ming army's cavalry were wearing leather armor, which was too much.
You know how many cavalrymen in the Western Regions wear armor?
This is a crushing battle.
The outcome of this war has already been determined.
More than half an hour later, Ye Erqiang was defeated and fled.
The Ming army pursued them and arrived directly at the foot of Shache City.
Abdullah was in a panic: "This is impossible, absolutely impossible."
The former sweat sat slumped on the wolfskin chair that he had been proud of for many years of hard work. His once tight muscles turned into fat, and his proud and meticulously combed beard was curled up in a messy ball.
Several young and adult sons looked panicked, not knowing what to say or what to do.
"Khan, let's retreat!"
His younger brother Su Litang couldn't help but said: "Yarkand can no longer be defended."
"Where to go?" Abdullah raised his bloodshot eyes.
"There are only two places to go now. One is to go north. There are many people in the Kashgar area. It is a suitable place to start. It is enough for us to regain the lost territory——"
As soon as Su Litang spoke, the ministers immediately fell silent and listened carefully to his words.
"Second, go west and cross the Badak Mountains to reach the Badak Khanate (eastern Kyrgyzstan, northern Afghanistan, vassal state). There are 200,000 people there. If you can't hold Kashgar, you can still go Recharge your batteries there.”
"Third, go to Ladakh (Northern Kashmir, which believes in Zang Buddhism). It is more remote and closer to the Mughal Empire. The Ming army will not come over the mountains..."
There are no candidates for these three directions at all.
The first is the right choice, the second is escape, and the third is loss.
Abdullah gritted his teeth: "My brother, do you still have to choose?"
"Go to Kashgar, where I still have my people."
So, they packed up, took the dignitaries and 10,000 defeated troops, and fled towards Kashgar in embarrassment.
Gao Yigong was not in a hurry about this. He slowly entered Shache City and captured this large city with a population of more than 50,000 people.
Yarkand City is different from the Central Plains and Gansu. Its agriculture is very unique, and it is mainly based on manors.
In terms of land composition, it is divided into state-owned land, private property land, and religious manor land.
Official land was cultivated by tenant farmers, called Taliaqi (serfs), who were required to hand over 50% of the harvest to the Khanate court, while private land (free people, nobles) was 10%, which was determined by scriptures.
Religious land is exempt from tax.
Serfs surrounded the estate, nobles lived on the estate, and commoners served the nobles.
The Great Khan, on the other hand, controls the distribution of water sources and thus owns the most fertile land and pastures.
In a sense, the pace of centralization of power in the Yarkand Khanate was much faster than that of other Mongolian tribes.
There is no way. If we look at it horizontally, the Mongolian khanates and the khanates that believe in the Peace Religion will have existed longer and are more advanced. The higher the level of centralization, the more civilized they are than the nomadic khanates.
In later generations, people may be seen as being backward, but in the agricultural feudal era, the Peace Sect's combat effectiveness was off the charts and they could win almost all the surrounding countries.
Unfortunately, success is the same as failure. In modern times, the Peace Sect is an obstacle to entering the era of industrialization.
Although Gao Yigong was not sensitive to politics, he was aware of the harm to the Ming army caused by Abdullah's escape.
"The two most powerful Yarkand forces are one in Yarkand and one in Kashgar. The latter has hundreds of thousands of people and can easily raise tens of thousands more."
Li Dingguo said in a deep voice: "You sit in Shache and I will lead the cavalry to kill him. I will never let him reappear."
"Not urgent."
Gao Yigong shook his head, pointed to Kashgar on the map, and then slid up to the Ili Valley:
"The Ili Valley is very close to the Junggar tribe, and the Mongols are cunning. It is expected that they will not miss this banquet and will definitely tear this place to pieces."
"And if possible, it will even be close to Kashgar."
"It is also possible to take in Abdullah." Li Dingguo also reacted, his eyes focused.
"It's very possible." Gao Yigong nodded.
If the Oirat tribes take in Abdullah, they will be qualified to interfere in southern Xinjiang, and they may send troops at any time to cause trouble to the Ming army.
Although there are Russians harassing them, how can they think of Mongolians and go south as soon as their heads get hot?
Yarkand, which was finally captured so hard, was in chaos again.
At that time, the continuous dismissal from school will be a huge burden for the court.
"When you go to Kashgar, don't let Abdullah gather his young men and try to capture him. If that doesn't work, go west and don't let him go north."
Seeing Li Dingguo's calm and thoughtful expression, Gao Yigong was in a daze for a moment. This was the "enemy of ten thousand people!" back then.
"Leave it to me!" Li Dingguo smiled slightly on his stern face, and strode out without changing his blood-stained armor.
Gao Yigong suddenly smiled, how many Li Dingguo are there in this world?
I'm really jealous of him. Why does this kid have a son?
In the seventh year of Shaowu's reign, in the second month of spring, the dragon raised its head.
The emperor left the city and came to a royal field. Wearing a straw hat and shorts, he worked tirelessly on an iron plow and drove the cattle.
Sweat was dripping from his forehead, and his face was full of excitement.
In front of the cow, Zhao Shu, the first assistant, was wearing shorts and shorts, holding the cow's nose and leading the way.
Zhang Shenyan, Yan Chongxin, Lu Daqi and others were working with the plow, digging up weeds and sowing wheat seeds, sweating like old farmers in the countryside.
The princes didn't mind being dirty, so they spread the seeds along with their buttocks, and they were very happy.
As for the others, they could only stand on the ridge and watch helplessly, and were not allowed to step forward at all.
This was a scene like a historical scroll, and they had no qualifications to participate in it.
Qi Julang writes like a spirit, writing continuously and then deleting, striving to be true and full of emotion.
At the same time, missionary Wei Kuangguo's brown eyes widened. He couldn't believe that the emperor of a huge empire was actually working in the fields himself like a serf.
As for the civil servants and military generals, not only did they not dissuade them, but they watched it with great interest and wished they could go over to help and participate.
Even after coming to China for several years, Wei Kuangguo still found it difficult to understand such strange stories.
"Chief Wei——" At this time, the eunuch Tian Ren, the eunuch who was responsible for the etiquette, Bingbi, came over, with a friendly attitude, and whispered: "I heard that you Europa are good at painting. How can you not leave a painting ink for such a scene?"
Although he was a little depressed by the word Taoist Master, Wei Kuangguo was keenly aware that this was a major event for him to participate in the empire, and he hurriedly said:
"You are right, I will draw it when I get back."
As he spoke, he widened his eyes, looked left and right, and even mobilized the missionaries around him to observe together to prevent any omissions.
After working for half an hour, even if he was just stepping on the iron plow, the emperor was so tired that he could hardly stand upright.
A few pampered pavilion elders were sweating profusely from the sun and panting like cattle.
The princes were also so tired that they could fall asleep even sitting down.
However, this event is meaningful after all.
Agriculture is the most important at all times.
"Long live the Lord—" Liu Afu quickly brought warm water, while Tian Ren on the side personally wiped the khanate for the emperor and was extremely attentive.
After taking a bite, it had a light salty taste, and I added salt to replenish the moisture.
Then, he changed his clothes on the spot to avoid catching cold in the wind.
"He is led by Baiyenong, who is practical and knows etiquette. Only when the people's stomachs are filled will no one rebel."
Zhu Yixi stepped on the ridge of the field and looked at the soft land she was plowing. She took a long breath and said sincerely: "Farmers are always the most miserable."
Although several pavilion elders were depressed, they still agreed.
"Farming is the foundation. Your Majesty's benevolence is a blessing to the imperial court and to all people."
Zhao Shu said hurriedly.
"Yes, everyone knows that I value business and am greedy for profit, but that is also the reason why I value agriculture."
Zhu Yixi looked around and said calmly: "The so-called emphasis on agriculture means that we must reduce the burden on farmers, lighten the corvee and pay less in taxes, and follow the four seasons."
"In this way, if the agricultural tax is low, the commercial tax will be used to make up for it."
"It's worth the hardship for a businessman to let the farmer eat an extra piece of meat."
"Instead of paying lip service to agriculture, we turned around and doubled taxes. The people were unsatisfied and many people fled."
These words brought awkward smiles to many people's faces.
In fact, in feudal society, what is actually called physiocratic means paying attention to agricultural taxes and preventing losses, rather than treating farmers well.
There is no doubt that today is a show, or a necessary show, to show the emperor's emphasis on agriculture and refute those messy claims.
After all, no matter how much you talk, you might as well do it.
Simply, Zhu Yixi directly broke the pretense of previous emperors and went straight to the actual practice, which was definitely beyond everyone's expectations.
After the morning's work was over, the emperor returned directly to the Forbidden City.
As soon as I sat down, I learned the urgent news from Liubaili, Gansu.
Finally, Gao Yigong starts to play:
Since the end of the year, he will go south on December 12, the sixth year of Shaowu. He will first enter Yanqi and then Kuqa.
Aksu defeated the enemy...
When we arrived in Hulman, the enemy stationed 20,000 troops in an attempt to stop our royal army. Relying on the blessing of our ancestors and your majesty's kindness, the enemy Baishan faction surrendered to me, attacked their food routes, and forced them to fight...
Later, the enemy captured Abdullah and fled to Kashgar. Li Dingguo, the commander-in-chief of Qinghai, led 20,000 troops to chase him...
"The Western Region is half settled."
Zhu Yixi slapped the table excitedly. It was beyond his expectation to capture Yerqiang so easily.
After this battle, the so-called Chagatai Khanate was completely destroyed.
"Since the loss of the Western Regions in the Tang Dynasty during the An-Shi period, China has not heard the name of Loulan for nine hundred years. Today, during the reign of Your Majesty, the Western Regions have been recovered, which can be said to be an unprecedented feat."
Zhao Shu couldn't help but marvel anymore, and he quickly bowed down: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to the Ming Dynasty——"
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to the Ming Dynasty——"
Eight ministers and four major pavilion elders bowed down together.
The eunuchs and maids, who always looked at others, knelt down and cheered.
Zhu Yixi accepted their cheers calmly and felt extremely happy.
The territory of the Yuan Dynasty was large, but the Western Regions were
Without it, we would stop at Hami and not be able to go any further west.
The early Ming Dynasty had a special environment. Historically, it is known that during the Qianlong period, the Western Regions were recovered and General Yili was established.
At that time, the Central Plains Dynasty had lost the Western Region for almost a thousand years.
In the past thousand years, the Han people in the Western Regions have long since disappeared. Buddhism and the Peace Sect took turns taking turns, and finally the Mongols occupied this place for hundreds of years.
There is no doubt that China’s classical imperial era was in the Tang Dynasty, and the peak of feudalism was in the Qing Dynasty.
Not to mention the pinnacle of his autocratic monarchy and centralization of power, let's just say that his territorial scope was the widest in all dynasties.
"With the Southern Border, why worry about not being able to get the Northern Border?"
Zhu Yixi opened the map behind the screen and looked at the newly drawn Yarkand and Oirat tribes. All eyes were focused on Northern Xinjiang for a while.
Dulbert, Heshuote, Junggar.
Only Junggar is the most stressful.
How come the famous Galdan doesn't make people afraid?
However, that kid Qianlong allowed the Qing army to massacre the Junggar people and cede the northern border to the Uighur people. As a result, Buddhism and the Peace Sect were evenly divided, and the Peace Sect was completely unified.
This is not good!
At this time, a series of emotions popped into Zhu Yixi's mind, and various governance plans kept wandering around.
In the end, the provincial system was killed.
In a place like the Western Region, this is unrealistic.
"How about setting up Tianshan Xingdu Division?"
The emperor turned around and smiled at the ministers.
A very bright smile.
Several people in the cabinet looked at each other and expressed their agreement.
The eight ministers who were watching the decision felt the emperor's unparalleled prestige and power, and became even more respectful.
The Tianshan Xingdu Division's jurisdiction is naturally the territory of the Yarkand Khanate in the Tarim Basin, the Pamir Plateau and other places.
According to the practice of Jilin Xingdu Division, the Tianshan Xingdu Division has Tianshan General, which combines military and political affairs to command the army and people of the entire Xingdu Division.
However, each major oases established capital commanders to exercise military and administrative duties in the oases. They were appointed by the imperial court and led by the Tianshan generals to jointly manage the Tianshan Xingdu Division.
