Su Haisheng is very used to this kind of thing.
When dealing with the Jin Army, the Xixia Army, the Song Army, and the various tribes on the grasslands, the political cadres did a very good job.
As a result, the Ming army continued to have more soldiers, officers, and instructors from other ethnic groups besides Han people, such as Khitan people, Dangxiang people, Bohai people, Xi people, etc.
This fully proves that the Ming army's prisoner-of-war policy and the Ming country's ethnic policy were very successful and effective.
He believed that the political cadres in the army could do a good job in this matter. What he was most concerned about now was not this matter, but Xiao Weili, the commander of the Western Liao Army who had successfully fled to the Kingdom of Western Karakhan.
The two Karakhan Kingdoms in the East and West were originally independent countries. The Eastern Khanate, like the Western Uighurs, was conquered by Yelu Dashi.
The Kingdom of Western Karahan was originally a vassal of the Seljuk Empire. After the decisive battle between Yelv Dashi and the Seljuk Empire was won, the Kingdom of Western Karahan also became a vassal of Western Liao.
However, like the Xizhou Uighurs, also known as the Gaochang Kingdom, Yelu Dashi did not destroy them. Instead, he chose to make them a vassal state, maintain their original existence, adopt milder governance methods, and be satisfied with collecting lower taxes.
Because of this gentle ruling method, the vassal states of Xiliao preferred Yelu Dashi and were willing to submit to Xiliao without making much trouble.
But now the situation is different.
The Western Liao Dynasty was over. Part of the army of the Eastern Karahan Kingdom was wiped out by Su Haisheng in the Quxian area. The remaining force was on Jiang Liangping's attack route.
However, the Kingdom of Western Karahan still exists as another vassal state. As a result, the Kingdom of Western Karahan is in an embarrassing situation.
The dog is still there, but the owner is gone.
what can we do about it?
Su Haisheng actually had no idea about this matter, because the previous agreement with the Khwarezm Kingdom was to use Husi O'er, Balkhash Lake and Congling as the dividing line of the empire's territory. The east belonged to the Ming Dynasty and the west belonged to the Hua. Lazimo country.
This means that the Kingdom of Western Karakhan, a vassal kingdom of Western Liao, already belongs to the sphere of influence of the Khwarezm Kingdom.
Ming Dynasty does not interfere, does not cross the line, and has no interest in them.
To be honest, this is definitely not Su Yonglin's complacency, nor is it Su Yonglin's great kindness, but the joint calculations of the Privy Council and the Ministry of Finance, which concluded that the actual limit of Ming Dynasty's control can only reach this area at most, and further west, Something is wrong.
Either the Ming Dynasty moved its capital to Chang'an or Luoyang, or it had to give up. Otherwise, it would directly exceed the extreme wall of the empire and rule would be meaningless.
The current transportation and communication situation has not yet achieved substantial breakthroughs. Although the Ming Dynasty has entered the stage of modern civilization in terms of ideology, it is still in the pre-modern stage in terms of imperial examination technology.
This situation cannot be changed until new power equipment and communication equipment achieve breakthroughs. This is a practical problem in the Ming Dynasty.
From the perspective of transportation and communication environment, the current situation of the Ming Dynasty is the situation of the Tang Dynasty at its peak. Expanding its power to the Congling area of the Western Regions is the limit.
So no matter how you look at it, although the territory and population of the Western Karakhan Kingdom are not bad, the Ming Kingdom is out of reach, so there is no plan.
The Khwarezm Kingdom was able to put some effort into it, although it was a bit awkward.
Su Haisheng had already learned that the Khwarezm Kingdom had suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of Xiliao in the previous decisive battle. If they had not arrived with their troops in time to threaten Hu Siyu'er, the Khwarezm Kingdom would have knelt down and sang conquest or been completely destroyed.
Despite this, out of practical considerations, the Ming Dynasty decided to fulfill its previous agreement and leave the disposal power of the Western Karakhan Kingdom to them and let them handle it themselves. As long as they did not cross the border and invade, the Ming Dynasty would not interfere.
Of course, the premise is that the Khwarezm Kingdom must fulfill its previous commitment-to provide half of the military expenditure for the Ming Kingdom.
To be honest, Su Haisheng did not think that the Khwarezm State, which was beaten into a dog by Xiliao, was capable of conquering the Western Karakhan Kingdom.
This king
Although the country is the eldest son of Xiliao and suffered heavy losses in the previous Bishkek battle, the Khwarezm country also suffered heavy losses. Everyone was beaten into dogs. Who is better than whom?
If the Khwarezm Kingdom cannot surrender this vassal kingdom, then it is really unknown whether the land included in the war agreement can be owned by it.
If this war continues, the Kingdom of Western Karakhan will regain its independence and compete with the Kingdom of Khwarezm.
The Central Asia region is particularly interesting.
Anyway, Su Haisheng doesn't plan to make any big moves until there is a new change in the situation. He wants to rest and recuperate in Hu Si'or'er, and then rectify the civil affairs situation in the Xiliao Directly Administered Area and the Gaochang Uighur Land, and then see what the military personnel will do. Disposal.
It was his duty to restore stability to the area before the court's administrative team arrived.
So while handling military affairs, he inquired about Jiang Liangping's side and planned to ask Jiang Liangping how the fighting was going.
Of course, the results are no surprise.
On December 19, the 10th year of Hongwu, Su Haisheng received military intelligence from Jiang Liangping, saying that he had successfully completed his military mission.
He successfully eliminated the Eastern Karahan Kingdom that controlled this area, conquered the Anduan area, eliminated and captured all the royal dignitaries of the Eastern Karahan Kingdom, and further led the Ming army to occupy Congling. Everything that should be done has been done. arrive.
As a result, the Eastern Karakhan Kingdom was de facto destroyed.
From Shazhou to the Congling area, Jiang Liangping occupied eight cities, established eight military supply points, set up tens of thousands of road signs and water supply point signs, and drew very detailed maps to provide Latecomers have done their homework.
In addition to the Eastern Karakhan Kingdom, he also wiped out all the hostile tribes in this area. He annihilated more than 38,000 enemy troops and captured more than 200,000 tribesmen. The results were pretty good, but the battle was different from what he imagined. Expectations for a tough fight were far off.
There are no powerful enemies here at all, and the danger of lack of water is much greater than the danger of enemies.
The 70,000 Ming army has plenty of room to build garrison replenishment points, including establishing a complete defense mechanism in Congling, all of which are sufficient.
What's more significant is that when he led his troops over the mountains and ridges to drive away the enemy and occupy the transportation thoroughfares in the Congling land, he discovered a military site full of traces of time.
They found some boxes buried underground. When they opened them, they found some wooden signs and parchment.
According to the vaguely visible contents on the wooden plaque and parchment, they found that there was a record of the year number of the Kaiyuan year.
Due to the popularization and education of "Records of the Western Regions of the Central Plains", the grassroots soldiers of the Ming army generally have relevant historical knowledge. They all know that Kaiyuan is the reign name of Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, so they are basically certain that this is a Tang Dynasty site.
They further deduced that this was probably the military garrison established in Congling during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. It was the place where the pioneers of the Central Plains in governing the Western Regions fought four hundred years ago.
In the middle period of Kaiyuan, the Tang Dynasty established Congling Guards in Congling, and arranged troops to garrison Congling to effectively rule the western frontier.
In addition to these things, the soldiers also unearthed some rusted and unusable swords, as well as crossbows, arrows, shields, etc., which were all rusted beyond use.
But there are also a few swords with sheaths guarded among them, which are still as bright as new when they are pulled out.
In a daze, the vicissitudes of more than four hundred years were reflected in the eyes of the soldiers with the reflection of the blade, and further sunk into their hearts, never to be forgotten again.
The boundaries of time and space seemed extremely void and blurred at this moment.
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