Hami is a small city, but there is a governor's palace in the city, which belongs to Babai.
Babai is the acting Khan of Turpan Khan in Hami. He is very young, but to be honest, this Khan has been very useless in Hami in the past six months.
The main reason for being cowardly was that the intelligence was wrong. To be honest, he almost hated Chai Shihua.
Babai's Han language is very good, and he has a very good relationship with Chai Shihua, the leader of the Gansu army smuggling. They have had deep interests in these years... but Chai Shihua has never talked to him. Liu Chengzong is the rebel leader of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, he was the Grand Marshal of Qinghai Marshal's Mansion, Han Khan, and Daiqing Khitan Khan.
He always thought these were the four fucking forces entrenched in Qinghai.
This directly led to the Junggar tribe and Liu Chengzu approaching the city with troops. He also thought about helping Liu Chengzong to defeat Batur Huitaiji... Who knew that the clown was actually myself. We wouldn't know each other without fighting, and we became a family.
If this is the case, it is not considered a coward for Babai Khan. It is just that those who know the current affairs are heroes. If you can't defeat them, join them. Surrender, there is no shame.
For a Khan, it doesn't matter whether he is loved, hated or feared, but he must not be ignored, but Liu Chengzong just ignored him.
He surrendered, prepared several sets of clothes, and planned to go to Liu Chengzong's court to show off his Han Chinese language that he had practiced for many years, and to plan a good way out for Ha. He had Turpan and even Yarkand in East Chagatai as his back, and there were too many things to follow. It’s time for Liu Chengzong to talk.
Trade routes, tribute, and exchange of supplies, these are all things we can talk about... There is no reason why Troos in Dzunggar can do it, but we Bo'er can't do it.
The Han official named Zhou Zhouqiang excitedly rode into the pass, and then ran back excitedly. Then the Han army launched a massive recruitment drive in Hami City. Like a gust of wind, it swept away all those who could fight and those who could. The weapons and armor used were not even left behind by the pony.
Then they left.
Until he was convinced that the Han army and the Junggar people had no intention of coming back, the more Babai Khan sat in the Governor's Mansion, the more uncomfortable he felt: What about me?
How come you, the generalissimo, and the Khitan Khan of Daiqing, cannot read back the news of Babai Khan’s surrender?
His mentality changed. He climbed to the top of the city of Hami every day to reflect on time, and constantly reviewed his actions during the Han army's transit. He thought about it for a whole month, but he didn't find any fault.
He determined that the fault did not lie with him, but with Liu Chengzong.
A full month after Liu Chengzu led his army to leave Hami, Babai Khan finally determined one thing: he thought he surrendered, but in fact the Marshal's Mansion did not accept his surrender, and simply looted his Hami city in an organized manner. Empty.
After realizing it later, Babai Khan was so angry that he closed the door in the Governor's Palace and cursed: How dare this goat-fucking donkey ball look down on him!
But being angry, Babai had no other choice. Sunday Qiang took away almost all the soldiers and armor of Hami. Now he only had enough trained soldiers to form an army of twenty.
The Tianshan Army, who were born as rebels in the mainland, have excellent material collection capabilities. In Hami City, which they turned upside down, there are only two old blacksmiths left, who are working day and night to build armor to supply this army.
Compared with armor that can be reforged, the problem of mounts is obviously more difficult for Babai. Twenty of his soldiers searched all over Hami, but could not find a second animal to ride on.
The last soldier who went to Turpan to report the news was riding Babai's horse.
Babai hoped that his second brother Ajihan, who ruled Turpan, would send more troops to him, but it turned out that it was like a dream, and Yarkand fell into internal strife again.
The civil strife this time was in the Turpan Khanate. Their eldest brother Abdullah was released by Yarkand Khan and succeeded to the throne of Khan in Chalishi. The first thing he did was to stabilize the internal situation. After the removal of Babai Khan, he Several brothers outside have made promises to ensure their power.
With the invisible support provided by his brothers, Abdullah expelled a large number of nobles from the previous dynasty. More than 200 nobles were executed alone. After that, he supported a group of nobles who were not valued during his father's lifetime and controlled the country. Confidential location.
For a time, there was a turmoil within the Turpan Khanate. Not to mention other nobles, even the several clans that supported Dong Khan had their tails between their legs, for fear of accidentally angering this eldest brother who was not familiar with them.
In a letter written to Babai Khan, the second brother Aji Khan told him not to look for trouble. Their eldest brother was held hostage in the Yarkand Khan Court at the age of seven and stayed in Yarkand City all his life. He is now more than half of the year Bai succeeded to the throne and was very suspicious.
As for not giving him the promise of power, Aji Khan told Baba not to take it to heart... Who told him that when his eldest brother came back, Hami would have no troops and would provoke the big monster in the east?
Aji Khan did not dare to mobilize troops and only sent 500 horses to Babai Khan. Babai was so angry that he tore up the letter on the spot: It was not me who provoked others, but others who pressed my head to the ground and stepped on it. Got it!
It turns out not to be the case.
Because right under Babai Khan's nose, a monster was resurrected. This monster's name was Chijin Wei.
The commander of the Chijin Guard in the Marshal's Mansion is named Kang Liangfu. He is the leader of the Mongolian Chijin Tribe. He used to be the leader of Suzhou Pass. He has more than 200 herdsmen of the Chijin Tribe under his command.
He received Liu Chengzong's order and added 300 heavenly soldiers to rebuild the Chijin Guard.
This task is not difficult for Kang Liangfu. It has been three months since Liu Chengzong entered the customs. He gathered the Chijinwei family outside the customs and gathered together 500 herdsmen, 200 horses, and 300 heavenly soldiers to form a force of 800 cavalry. The horse and mule teams, falsely claiming to be thousands of people, mobilized the barbarians in the areas of Yumen, Guazhou and Dunhuang, and opened a territory of 700 miles outside Jiayuguan for the Marshal's Mansion.
Recruitment is the best job to do. There are no ordinary people in the Gobi outside the pass who are making a living. There are young and middle-aged people. If they are not horse bandits, they are immersed in honing their skills in the hope of joining a gang soon.
For no other reason, Yumen, Guazhou, and Dunhuang are three major land areas connected together with a total radius of 700 miles. There are less than 10,000 people living here. This kind of population density, coupled with the war and chaos in recent years, Chuoke What does it mean that Tu Tai Ji and Lin Dan Khan's armies and defeated troops came and left here?
It means that everyone who can survive has withstood enough tests. If he sees a sheepherder herding sheep, he may be a sheepherder, or the defeated army may have killed the sheepherder and let his sheep go. It is more likely that the defeated army killed the sheepherder. He was killed by horse bandits again, and then the horse bandits were herding sheep.
But the origin of these people is not important to Kang Liangfu. What is important is that the general who gave him the kindness of knowing and meeting asked him to recruit Zhu Hu, so he should recruit them.
No matter who you were in the past, as long as you can shoot arrows, bring twenty men over and give them to Xiaoqi; bring one hundred men over and give them to the general banner; bring two hundred men over and give them to hundreds of households... Just register, no matter what There’s no need to do anything, it’s where you used to be and where you’re still after you’ve registered.
At first, the people who were struggling to make a living in the Gobi were not attracted by this kind of condition. They didn’t care about food or salary. It was just a matter of issuing a commission of appointment for recruitment and security. I took the commission of general marshal to rob, and I could still rob more. Two sheep can't make it?
Kang Liangfu had no choice. If they really pulled the troops over, his Chijin guards would be as poor as pants, and Liu Chengzong didn't care about their military rations, so they couldn't afford to support them even if they came.
But as Liu Chengzong captured Gaotai Qianhu Station, Kang Liangfu saw the rewards for the military exploits received by the Suzhou Battalion. His mind got excited, and he added another condition after it. The generalissimo was generous to the army. If you don’t believe me, look at the Suzhou Battalion. If you conquer a city, everyone will be rewarded.
The major gangs in the Gobi heard the news and came to seek registration one after another. Some self-employed individuals also came over. The number of Chijin Guards suddenly increased to nearly 4,000.
The unfettered fleeing frontier soldiers in the customs, the exiled military families who cannot bear the poverty, the defeated Khalkha troops of Chuoktu Taiji, the down-and-out nobles of the Chahar tribe, and the defeated soldiers of Oirat can be said to be a group of heroes. Collection.
There was even a gang leader named He Chongan, whose strange life experience made Kang Liangfu find him specially because this man was defeated twice by Liu Chengzong.
He Chongan was born in the Ningxia border army. He first accompanied He Huchen on the expedition to Yan'an Prefecture to suppress the rebellion as a horse army commander. He was defeated and captured at Huanglong Mountain. He drank Liu Chengzong's ginger soup and followed He Huchen back to Ningxia.
When he went back to recruit new soldiers, he was promoted and became the general manager for a period of time. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. When he caught up with Lin Danhan, he bumped into the wall. He was leading the team to clear the sand and was outnumbered. He wanted to lead the team to break out, but was beaten by several people. A small entrepreneurial expert from the Chahar tribe was hooked back with a hook and sickle gun and became a prisoner.
Fortunately, he was familiar with the Mongolian dialect of Monan, and he was quite popular among Chahar's large migratory troops. Many Tumote who had been recruited and surrendered were willing to play with him.
Following Lin Dan Khan to Qinghai, he learned that Liu Chengzong was in Qinghai. He originally thought he could use it to capture the pirates, but he never expected that Lin Dan Khan actually reached an alliance with Liu Chengzong and angrily dragged more than 30 surrendered Tumote soldiers across the Qilian Mountains. , joined the army again in Gansu Town - this time his commander was called Zhao Zhirui.
After Liu Chengzong broke through the customs, He Chongan led a group of defeated soldiers to live in the Subei Gobi. He wanted to cross the Alxa Desert and return to Ningxia. Unexpectedly, Liu Chengzong's army beat and ran away faster than their group of stragglers. In Tenge He was almost caught by Zhang Tianlin's patrolmen at the edge of the desert.
In a fit of anger, He Chongan led his team and ran back to the outside of Jiayuguan Pass, where they fell into disgrace.
This time He Chongan also figured it out. He thought that at this rate, it wouldn't be long before Liu Chengzong reached Ningxia. Now that he had voted for the Chijin Guard, it would be easier to go back home, so he led the team to Kang Liangfu to register. .
He was pretty cool, and he even proposed terms to Kang Liangfu when he came. After all, he was the one Liu Chengzong beat during his time at the Lion Camp. He spoke very forcefully: "I'm all good players, and you have to give me military rations."
Kang Liangfu was very happy when he heard this: "Look at which one of us is not a good player? The one-eyed dragon is the Qianqi Commander of the Mongolian Khan Xue Ge, and the lame man is He Shuoqi of the Mongolian Khan. What's the use? That's not There’s no food to eat.”
"I know you are all capable people, but to be honest, your abilities are not that great. Your abilities are as high as heaven. Now it's time for me to write to you and request for allocation of food and grass."
Kang Liangfu did not finish his words. After saying this, he smiled and said: "But you are the only Han soldier leader in the Gobi. I will write you a letter and you can send it to Ganzhou to Governor Cao yourself. There will definitely be no rations for the soldiers." , but maybe I can give you an official position in the regular army."
Kang Liangfu did not dare to offend people who were born in the Ningxia border army, so he would give them a favor if he could. After all, Dai Daozi who went to Tianshan and Ma Xiang, a close ally of the Tang soldiers beside the marshal, were both border soldiers from Ningxia.
However, before He Chongan was on his way, an urgent letter came from the north direction of Hami asking Chijin Guards to be forwarded to Ganzhou. Kang Liangfu had no choice but to take He Chongan on a special trip to Ganzhou.
The letter was written by Liu Chengzu. No matter what the content of the letter was, it was a top priority secret letter for Kang Liangfu. It was impossible for him to let a newly defected soldier like He Chongan escort such a letter.
When the group arrived in Ganzhou, Kang Liangfu easily took He Chongan to meet Cao Yao at the Governor's Mansion. Cao Yao was currently in a state of distress due to the military situation on the front line.
He also couldn't figure out how Liu Chengzong fought this battle. Wang Ziyong, who was stationed at the front line of Yongchang, sent a message saying that several Ming troops broke out in the mountainous area southwest of Liangzhou. They ran fast, charged fiercely, and marched in formation. They are quite organized and difficult to suppress at first glance.
At this moment, the group of broken soldiers had been wandering around the foot of the mountain, and Wang Ziyong didn't know what they wanted to do.
Cao Yao looked at the map in the Governor's Mansion, looking left and right, thinking that no matter how Liu Chengzong's battles at Gulang Gorge and Zhuang Lang River ended, there should not be a defeat in that place, which made him very confused.
No matter how he thought about it, he would never have imagined that in that mountainous area, his family member Cao Wenzhao was fighting with the air in the old forest.
Cao Wenzhao was even more puzzled than he was. According to his plan, they took such a long detour, and the place they came out of was a must-pass between Liangzhou and Yongchang. The cannons in Gulang Gorge were roaring, and the front line was clearly fighting It's very intense, and it should be Liu Chengzong's food path as soon as it comes out.
As a result, his reconnaissance cavalry came out of the mountains and reported that outsiders were going to Baokong. Cao Wenzhao felt that it was a scam, so he did not dare to hide his head and go out, and first sent a small team of horses to wander outside.
The information sent back was even more frightening. The cavalry was running around in a radius of fifty miles, but no one was seen, as if it was haunted.
Just because of this confrontation in the air, Cao Yao had been restless for the past two days. He was not happy when he saw Kang Liangfu coming with Han soldiers. He even frowned when he looked through Liu Chengzu's letters.
The content of the letter was nothing special. It was just that Liu Chengzu asked how the war was going here, and by the way, reported that Oirat was preparing for a war.
But when Cao Yao saw the back of the letter, his brows straightened and he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, it's good to fight!"
Tianshan North Road is a place where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. For Cao Yao, as long as Liu Chengzu and his gang of Han troops are fine, the leaders of Oirat can do whatever they want there. He has no control over it and is not even interested in knowing.
But if Batur Hutaiji wants to do something big, the Marshal's Mansion needs to provide equipment support as promised. In exchange for this support, Liu Chengzu said in the letter that Batur Hutaiji is preparing a large amount of goods as promised.
These included 50,000 sheep, 5,000 horses, and 1,000 oxen.
This very long letter, just this one line, made Cao Yao smile. He was either greedy or simply liked small animals.
The entire army of the Marshal's Mansion also likes small animals. This letter means that every soldier of the Marshal's Mansion can receive his own little lamb this year, and the soldiers of the Marshal's Mansion plus the little lamb - all problems are solved.
Cao Yao smiled from ear to ear, then noticed that Kang Liangfu hadn't left. He raised his hand and said, "Hey, it just so happens that you didn't leave..."
"Captain, his name is He Chongan, and he joined the Chijin Guards." Kang Liangfu thought that he had found a chance to speak, and then whispered: "The Ningxia border army is an officer."
Cao Yao frowned and looked at He Chongan. He didn't even believe the punctuation mark. How could there be any serious officers from the Ningxia border army and Chijin Guard running outside Jiayuguan?
But at the moment, he didn't care about these problems at all. He stretched out his hand to pull out the map, pointed to the position of Hami, raised his head and said to He Chong'an: "Border Army officer, do you understand military law?"
When He Chongan nodded, Cao Yao said: "Okay, you are allowed to temporarily serve as the commander of the Chijin Guard, and then your people..."
He looked at Kang Liangfu again and said: "Go and occupy Hami and lock the western main road. Before next year, not a single bird from Turpan can fly over. Do you understand?"
Kang Liangfu nodded dazedly, and saw Cao Yao looking at He Chongan again: "You are in charge of the Fourth Grade Guard Office, in charge of military training and military discipline. When you occupy Hami, you must strictly control the army. Well done, no matter what you did before. , after the war, Cao asked the commander-in-chief for you to take credit for correcting the affairs of the Chijin Guards Commander."
"It's not good, huh! You came from Ningxia, so you can run pretty well... But you definitely can't run as well as me. I came from Liaodong, so this time, if you don't do well this time, don't make me find it hard. Just wipe your neck yourself, you won’t be able to run away.”
good morning!
(End of chapter)
