The stone castle of Jungar is the city of Tashkent. In Uzbek, Tashkent means stone city. The name Stone City does not come from the stone walls, but from the huge pebbles that are very common outside the city. Tashkent is also an ancient city with a long history. It appeared as early as the 2nd century BC and should be a product of Hellenism in Central Asia. Later, it became a necessary place on the Silk Road and became prosperous. But when the Sengge army came to Tashkent, the stone walls built in the Hellenistic era had long since ceased to exist, and the prosperity of the city had long become history.
In the face of the Mongolian invasion, the local Uzbek nobles showed great courage and resisted until the end. The city was almost razed by the flames of war.
The Dzhungar people who had begun to build cities and settle soon discovered the superior geographical location and climatic conditions of Tashkent - the city is located to the west of the Chatkar Mountains and in the center of the oasis in the Chirchik Valley, a tributary of the Syr Darya River. The area is not far from the main stream of the Syr Darya River and is surrounded by fertile farmland and pasture. As long as the Jungar people occupy Tashkent, they will be able to control a large area of land suitable for farming and grazing that is very rare in Central Asia.
In addition, 300 miles upstream along the Syr Darya River is the Fergana Basin, the most fertile and fertile area in Central Asia.
The Jungars only need to build a new strong castle on the ruins of Tashkent, then build a branch city at the confluence of the Chirchik River and the Syr Darya River, and finally control the city at the exit of the Fergana Basin. The ancient city of Khujand can firmly control the wettest and richest region in Central Asia.
What makes the Sengge King of Jungar even more satisfied is that the Chirchik Valley where Tashkent is located and the areas on both sides of the middle reaches of the Syr Darya River have experienced a significant reduction in population due to years of war. Almost no human habitation can be seen on the nearly 40,000 square miles (10,000 square kilometers) of land.
Therefore, after the war that destroyed the Bukhara Khanate, King Sengge decided to move his royal city from Chuhe City to Tashkent, and built a stone castle royal city on the ruins of Tashkent City as the capital of the Jungar Kingdom. .
A large number of people who farmed on both sides of the Chu River also moved to the vicinity of Shibao King City according to King Sengge's order, and they were all allocated fertile land.
As for the Mongolian heartland of the Jungar Kingdom, after absorbing a large number of Khalkha Mongolians, Horqin Mongolians and Eight Banner Mongolians who fled from the east, the number has exceeded 800,000. These people were divided into 12 ten thousand households and 120 thousand households by King Sengge. Among them, 40,000 households are royal court households, and 8 households are allocated to Sengge's brothers and uncles, called vassal town households.
All four royal households were moved around Tashkent, two along the Chirchik River and two along the Syr Darya River. Each household was allocated fifteen thousand square miles of land (almost 600 10,000 acres, nearly 100 acres per capita), began to transform from nomadic to half-farming and half-pastoral.
Among the 10,000 households in the remaining 8 vassal towns, two are "city-based households" that work half-farming and half-grazing. One belongs to Galdan and is placed in Chuhe City. An uncle who had returned to the Sengge, Chuhu'er Ubas, was placed on the plain on the left bank of the Syr Darya River to guard the southwest gate of the Stone Castle. A castle was also built as the ruling center, named Wangshu Castle. .
The other six vassal towns were nomadic households, and they were placed in Dayuzi and Zhongyu to the north of Chuhe Prefecture (the area around Shibao City was called Wangtingfu, and the area under the jurisdiction of Chuhuer Ubas was called Wangshufu). On the grassland, he was responsible for suppressing the resistance of the Kazakhs and resisting the Rakshasa people who invaded from the east.
To the north of Wanhu, the six nomadic vassal towns, are several tribes located in southern Siberia, sandwiched between the Jungar Kingdom and the Rakshasa Kingdom. They are considered vassals of the Jungar Kingdom.
The largest among them is the Dulbert tribe, one of the four tribes of Oara. They are now nomadic in the lower reaches of the Irtysh River, and their activity range is not far from Tomsk, the large stronghold of the Rakshasa Kingdom in Western Siberia. Since decades ago, the Rakshasa Kingdom, which is expanding eastward, has been trying to get the four Oara tribes, including the Jungar tribe, to surrender. Now that the Jungar tribe has evolved into the Jungar Kingdom, the Rakshasa Kingdom naturally has no ideas, but the Dulbert tribe and other small tribes are still the targets of the Rakshasa Kingdom.
While the Rakshasa Kingdom was poaching the Jungar Kingdom, Sengge, who became the king of the Dzungar Kingdom, also began to poach the Rakshasa people - sending a lama mission to the Torgut tribe who had moved to the lower reaches of the Volga River. , lobbying them to surrender to the Jungar Kingdom.
In addition, the Kazakhs who were forced to Xiaoyuzi by Zhungar were also the object of competition between the Rakshasa and Jungar countries. Although the Kazakhs were defeated repeatedly, they did not stop resisting, so the Rakshasa people have been supporting the Kazakhs. resistance, while the Jungar Kingdom hoped to force the Kazakhs of Xiaoyuzi to surrender.
Because there are conflicts between Zhungar and the Rakshasa Kingdom in southern Siberia, the Xiaoyuzi Grassland and the lower Volga River, the contradiction between the Jungar and the Rakshasa Kingdom seems difficult to reconcile.
The contradiction between the Jungar Kingdom and the local Tianfang Sect forces in Hezhong is equally difficult to reconcile. When they joined forces to destroy the Bukhara Khanate, everyone thought that the Jungar Kingdom would just grab a handful and leave - the tribes on the Mongolstan grasslands had been doing this for a long time, coming to the Hezhong area when they had nothing to eat or drink. Grab a little of the rich oasis and leave when you're done.
But this time the Jungar Kingdom changed its rules and wanted to live in the river permanently, and it also enclosed the richest land in the river area. This angered the Khiva Khanate and the Turkmen tribe (originally submitted to the Khiva Khanate and the Bukhara Khanate). They had already discussed how to distribute the territory now occupied by the Jungar Kingdom.
Especially the Khanate of Khiva Khanate and the Khanate of Bukhara Khanate are still clan members... They were all ready to inherit, but they were snatched away by the Jungar Kingdom. Can you not hate it?
Because the Khiva Khanate is close to Persia and the Ottomans, it can receive assistance from these two advanced Tianfang religious countries, so its military strength has never been weak. Now it is the heyday of the Khiva Khanate. Abul, who passed away not long ago, Both Haz.**** Khan and his successor Anusha Khan were good at fighting. After confirming that the Jungar State would take root in the Transoxiana region, Anusha Khan began to reconcile with his old enemy Turkmen. He also sent people to ask for help from Persia and the Ottomans, and also contacted Aurangzeb who occupied Samarkand, hoping to mobilize the gods. The battle drove away the Jungar Kingdom.
As for Aurangzeb who occupied Samarkand, no matter how ferocious he was in India, he became a good gentleman after he got to the river... He sent people to Bukhara every two days. The capital of the Wakhanate has been moved from the city of Khiva to the city of Bukhara) and Shibao King City to send gifts, and also pretended to persuade Anusha Khan to reconcile with King Sengge.
So when Shesta Khan came to the Shibao King City with rich gifts, Sengge Khan gave him extremely high courtesy, went out of the city to greet him personally, and welcomed the Wazir (prime minister) of the Timur Empire in India. It is a newly built, very simple palace.
Seeing this palace made of wood and stones, it had good defensive functions, but it was definitely not comfortable to live in. Shasta Khan remembered the emperor of Hindustan - it seems that both Aurangzeb and Sangha He is a miser who is not willing to spend money!
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"What? Alamgir wants me to surrender and convert to Tianfang Sect? Is he crazy? Does he want to go to war with me?"
He happily welcomed Shasta Khan into the palace. King Sengge immediately became angry after listening to the general in the Timurid mission relaying Shasta Khan's words.
"Your Majesty, please calm down." Shasta Khan heard King Sengge's roar. He knew that the Mongolian was angry without the need for translation, but he still had something to say. "Your Majesty, please calm down. Alamgir didn't really want to You became his servant, but you want to reconcile the conflicts between you and the Tianfang believers you rule... Please listen to my explanation.
First of all, the Timurid Empire is the orthodox state in the Transoxiana region. Once you become a vassal of the Timurid Empire, you can legitimately rule Fergana and the Syr Darya River Basin.
Secondly, Alamgir also wants to marry his most beautiful daughter, Princess Nisha, to the king... and is also willing to provide you with an annual allowance of 10 million rupees in silver coins after you marry Princess Nisha.
Third, your conversion to the Tianfang Religion is just a formality... It is just to appease the people who believe in the Tianfang Religion in the Fergan basin, and also to avoid the war of gods... Now Shiva Khan The country is planning a war of gods. If you become a believer on the surface, there will be no excuse for a war of gods.
At the same time, converting is also to make it easier for you to marry the beautiful, wealthy, and wise Princess Nisha. "
