Gao Pragmatic can confirm that Burihatu "definitely does a lot of work" through this analysis, but after all, he is not really a god of things. I really can't understand why Burihatu chose to continue Kou Bian Daming in the first step. .
In Gao Pragmatic's view, Burihatu's move may have failed to distinguish between primary and secondary conflicts. Putting himself in someone's shoes, if he is now Burihatu, he feels that the first thing he should consider is to establish a dominant position in Central Asia, and then he should use various means to integrate the power of Central Asia, and finally consider Do you want to go back to Daming for revenge?
In other words, going back to seek revenge against Daming should be regarded as the "ultimate goal" to a large extent, and should not be the number one goal, or the primary goal.
This consideration has a basis in reality and is also a strategic thinking that has been proven to be very successful countless times. If we want to summarize it, it is the strategy of "weak first and then strong". That is to say, "attack the weakest security force first, then the stronger Central Army, and finally the strongest Gui Army."
Gao Pragmatic believes that Anda Khan only sent all Huangtaiji troops to conquer the Oara all the way to the west. After that, the Oara was not unified and was still in a state of melee among various tribes. So even if ten years have passed, the Oara is still there now. It shouldn't be any better than it was back then.
Although Chahar is slightly inferior to Tumut in terms of strength, he was defeated by himself a few years ago and even lost his hometown. However, since Burihatu had already anticipated the Ming Dynasty's use of troops at that time and had already made up his mind to run away, although Chahar was injured in the battle against Yuan Dynasty, it did not break his spine after all.
From this, Chahar defeated Yarkand and re-emerged in the Western Regions. And after they occupied and indeed conquered Yarkant, their lost strength would definitely be greatly replenished.
It’s difficult to say the specific extent of this supplement, because Gao Pragmatic doesn’t know how Burihatu quelled the sectarian struggle within Yarkant. In fact, the biggest reason for the decline of Yarkant is probably the sectarian struggle. The two parties in the struggle are called White Mountain Sect and Black Mountain Sect.
These two names sound a bit like martial arts sects, but they have nothing to do with martial arts, but a typical "heretic is more worthy of death than heretic" problem.
The White Mountain Sect and the Black Mountain Sect are originally of the same race, sect, and religion. However, due to their different sects and different viewpoints, they have been in opposition for a long time. The two factions began to compete for religious rights and gradually turned into a political struggle. The long-term oppositional struggle was one of the main reasons that led to the continuous rebellions launched by their descendants and Zhuo, resulting in continuous wars and long-term turmoil in the local area, which directed many tragic tragedies.
The Yarkand Khanate was originally a regime established in 1514 (the ninth year of Zhengde) by Said Khan, a descendant of Eastern Chagatai, centered on Yarkand (today's Yarkand, Xinjiang). In the Yarkand Khanate, a certain religion with the status of the state religion developed rapidly, and two opposing sects, the White Mountain Sect and the Black Mountain Sect, emerged within it. The two factions split over political power struggles and engaged in a bloody struggle that lasted for decades.
The founders of the White Mountain Sect and the Black Mountain Sect are descendants of Mahitumu Azamuhezhuo, the leader of the Nahesi Bandiya sect from Central Asia. In the beginning, these two factions were only created as political forces.
The rise of Mahitumu Azamu and his Hezhuo family had a great impact on the political structure of the Yarkand Khanate. As the struggle between the two factions continued to intensify, the political-religious relationship in the Yarkand Khanate also took on new characteristics.
At first, the rulers of the Yarkand Khanate needed to take advantage of the special role of the government to maintain and consolidate their dominance. As the power of the Communist Party increases, the secular political power is gradually controlled by the political power.
The final result is obvious. Due to the extreme expansion of political power, sectarian and Zhuo forces replaced the secular rulers of the Yarkand Khanate and established a political and political regime.
Without the flapping of highly pragmatic little wings, Chahar would not have moved westward to Yarkand. Then the Yarkand Khanate should have been able to exist for 166 years, and it would not have been conquered and destroyed by the Junggars in 1680.
During this period, the power of local sects was concentrated in the hands of the Eshtin and Zhuo families for a long time. Because his family had meritorious service in persuading Tuhelu Timur Khan to convert to a certain religion, he has been controlling various religious affairs in the Khan. Of course, the power of the Eshdin family will also develop rapidly.
After the death of Mahitumu Azamu, his sons divided their families due to the competition for the succession of the leader. Among them, the struggle between the eldest son Yishan Kalang and the youngest son Yinshak was particularly prominent, which became the source of the later confrontational struggle between the White Mountain Faction and the Black Mountain Faction.
After they entered the Yarkand region, in order to recruit more disciples and expand their influence, the conflict between the two sides continued to deepen and gradually evolved into a life-and-death bloody struggle.
The Nahesi Bandiya sect was divided into two factions. One faction was headed by Yinshakhe Zhuo, and mainly used the Yarkand region as a missionary center. It was called Yinshakye, or the Black Mountain sect.
The other sect, headed by Mohammad Yusuf, the son of Yishan Kalang, mainly used Kashgar as the missionary center and was called Insaniya, the Baishan sect.
In fact, the White Mountain sect and the Black Mountain sect do not have much difference in doctrine. They only differ in the color, ceremony and form of the hat (for example, the Black Mountain sect recites Zikr in a high way, while the White Mountain sect recites it in a low tone). The two factions often have disputes over unprincipled issues. Eventually, this dispute developed into a bloody struggle for dominance.
The repeated struggles between the White Mountain Faction and the Black Mountain Faction were mainly manifested in politics. At first, the focus of the struggle between the two factions was the leadership of the government. However, since the father and son Muhammad Yusufu Kho Zhuo and Apak Kho Zhuo became the leaders of the Baishan Faction, the nature of the struggle between the two factions has also changed. From then on, the essence of the struggle between the two factions gradually evolved from the struggle for political leadership to the struggle for secular dominance.
The White Mountain Faction and the Black Mountain Faction were locked in an inextricable struggle for inheritance rights, and it was difficult for anyone to achieve a complete victory. Therefore, the Black Mountain Faction Yin Sihak and Zhuo decided to develop outward. After receiving the invitation from Abdul Kerim Khan, he entered the Yarkand Khanate.
In the original history, in 1592 AD, which was the twentieth year of Wanli, after the death of Abdul Kerim Khan, his younger brother Muhammad Khan succeeded to the throne. His coming to power would have marked a major political victory for the Montenegrin and Zhuo forces. Until the late period of his rule, the Black Mountain faction and Zhuo forces had seriously interfered in the government affairs and could truly influence the situation of the government affairs.
However, the arrival of the Chahar people changed this historical process. When Abdul Kerim Khan was not yet dead but already seriously ill, the Chahar people suddenly killed him.
It is a coincidence that not only Abdul Kerim Khan of Yarkand was seriously ill at this time, but Tumen Khan, the "Mongol Khan" of Chahar, was also seriously ill - he actually died during his flight to the west. He was already ill, so it was then that he arranged for Burihattu to assist Zuobuyantaiji.
Now, the leaders of both sides are ill, so it depends on who among his subordinates is more capable and united.
There is no doubt that at this point, Chahar has all the advantages. From the perspective of his subordinates, leaders like Burihatu are mature leaders who have been trained by Gao Pragmatism for many years.
From the perspective of unity, there is no doubt that there are sectarian disputes within Yarkand and people are divided, but the Chahar people are bent on fighting because they know that whether they and their tribe can survive depends on whether this battle can be fought. Win.
In this case, the war was completely one-sided. I don’t know if it is a characteristic of war between nomads, but the huge Yarkand Khanate was completely defeated by the Chahar people in less than three months.
Abdul Kerim Khan, who was seriously ill and dying, chose to commit suicide in despair, which did not disgrace his status as king. Later, Tumen Khan learned the news, and perhaps out of sympathy, he helped him hold a grand funeral.
But at this time, a really unexpected accident happened. This funeral actually became the trigger of the next war-because the funeral was held in accordance with the lama tradition that Chahar had practiced for many years.
Tumen Khan's good intentions were actually considered by the local Yarkand people as a deliberate humiliation of them, and then large-scale unrest broke out under the deliberate instigation of the Black Mountain faction.
Tumen Khan was so angry that he died soon after. According to his last words, Buyantaiji succeeded to the throne and was named Buyan Chechen Khan. As the "Minister of Guan Ming", Burihatu was officially appointed as the Grand Master, in charge of the Nine White Papers, and exercised great power.
Buyantai Ji—well, let’s call him Buyan Khan from now on. Although he has a somewhat impatient personality and seems to be too emotional in dealing with many things. There was a time when his attitude towards Buyan Hatu was relatively doubtful, but along the way west In the process of advancing, especially in the process of conquering Yarkand, they established friendship-this may also be one of the manifestations of Burihatu's methods.
After that, as the Great Khan, he cooperated very well with Burihatu's work, and began to show one of his personal strengths-bravery.
Under the planning of Burihatu, Buyan Khan's bravery was fully demonstrated. They formulated a counter-insurgency strategy of capturing the thieves first and the king first. Every time the army was dispatched, they would distinguish Hezhuo from the Black Mountain faction from ordinary people in Yarkand. During punishment, they would only kill Hezhuo and their "mentors".
[Note: Due to space limitations, Yerqiang’s ZJ mentorship system has not been explained previously. Interested friends can check the relevant information by themselves. ]
This move was very effective in removing the firepower, and the results were outstanding, but it was still not enough. After understanding the local people's sentiments, Burihatu quickly contacted the Baishan Sect, and introduced the Whiteshan Sect to Yarkand to replace the Blackshan Sect. forces quickly calmed down the turmoil.
However, Burihatu knew that such an approach would not cure the root cause—it didn’t matter whether he was a white mountain or a black mountain, they were all doing the same thing. When the Black Mountain Sect was prosperous, it would erode the authority of the Great Khan. Could it be that the White Mountain Sect would not do so now?
This was something Burihatu could not allow, so he had already decided when he introduced the Baishan Sect. This introduction was just to suppress the situation first and calm the situation. The next thing to do is to completely eliminate the sect's influence. influence.
However, at the same time, Burihatu also knew that this matter was difficult to handle. If he suppressed it forcefully from the beginning, there would be another great chaos in the Khanate, so other means were needed.
Because the land, pastures and other social wealth of Yarkand were previously concentrated in the hands of the Black Mountain sect and Zhuo, after the introduction of the White Mountain sect, only a small part of this wealth was taken away by the Chahar people, and most of the rest He returned to the Baishan sect again.
This leads to a big trouble. It is difficult for Burihatu to effectively collect taxes on behalf of the Khanate. There is no doubt that all countries in the world are similar on this issue. Don’t expect them to pay taxes if the sect is too strong. Tax.
Burihatu is one of the very few people who can realize that the organizational form of Mongolian nomadic society is not advanced enough, and taxation is a major problem.
He once thought about why highly pragmatic reforms can succeed? Later he came to the conclusion that highly pragmatic fiscal reforms were actually the basis for all his reforms. Even if some reforms are launched before fiscal reforms are carried out, in fact, the previous reforms will not be considered thorough and solid until the fiscal reforms are completed.
As a result, Burihatu launched a vigorous "cotton planting and weaving" movement. The reason for making this choice is that in addition to the fact that the local area is suitable for growing cotton and weaving, a big reason is that the places suitable for cotton fields were not valued by the Yarkand people in the past, that is, many of them were not in the hands of the sect and Zhuo.
Through this movement, a few years later Burihatu led the Chahar people and the Yarkand locals who were willing to cooperate with Chahar to become rich, completing the financial overtaking of the sect's power. At this point, Burihatu's cleanup plan has entered a new stage.
Although he had the advantage of military strength and financial resources, as a smart man, Burihatu knew that it was better to kill someone with a borrowed knife than to kill someone himself. So there was a move to win over the Ottoman musket trade and Kou Bian Daming.
As mentioned before, even if Burihatu tried his best to fight and buy, the Chahar people could only gather 16,000 musketeers, but this time they invaded the Ming Dynasty, they claimed to send 100,000 troops.
Here is the key: although there are not 100,000 troops sent, there are indeed about 80,000 troops. There is not much water in this "claim". However, among the 80,000 troops, Chahar headquarters actually sent only about 25,000 troops, and the rest were all Yarkand's "local warriors."
There is no doubt that these "local warriors" are not ordinary people. They are all armed forces in the hands of the Hezhuomen of the White Mountain Faction and the few remaining members of the Black Mountain Faction. They are all a group of people with the strongest sectarian beliefs.
Burihatu did not simply use force to force them to send troops, but mainly used inducement and supplemented by coercion. He used the interest of "he went to plunder the cities of Gansu and did not give back what he got" to drive them for his own use.
He Zhuo of the White Mountain Faction and the remaining members of the Black Mountain Faction knew very well at this time that Buyan Khan and the others were not only powerful in terms of force, but also had completely surpassed themselves in financial resources. If they did not find a way to save it, the future outcome might not be good.
Although it is dangerous to send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty now, after all, our own side is all cavalry, but the Gansu Ming army is holding on to the branch city and fighting separately. So even if the battle does not go smoothly, at least it can preserve its strength to the maximum extent. And if you play well, "don't pay what you get", you will definitely make a lot of money, and maybe you can save the crisis.
Even if the bait dropped by Burihatu had evil intentions, he still had to bite it now. Maybe, as long as he bites more carefully, Burihatu can lose his wife and lose his troops?
Gao pragmatic carefully analyzed the situation outside the Northwest Pass for the emperor. Except for the sectarian disputes and Burihatu's borrowed knife killings, which even he himself didn't know about, the geographical pattern was generally explained clearly.
Jian Gao pragmatism was still struggling with the fact that Buri Hatu's move was "unreasonable" and "I'm afraid there is something wrong with him", but Zhu Yijun seemed very calm, even open-minded.
Zhu Yijun laughed, then shook his head and said: "Rixin, Rixin, you are a good person, but sometimes you rely too much on pre-war calculations, and you always unconsciously hope to think everything through before taking action. This is actually very difficult and may not be necessary.”
Gao Pingshi was a little surprised, but looked at Zhu Yijun without saying anything, apparently waiting for the emperor to explain what he meant.
Zhu Yijun did not play charades, he moved his chair closer to Gao Pragmatic, crossed his legs in an inconspicuous manner, and said: "Rixin, do you know that as the emperor, when I face this situation, What I’m thinking is completely different from yours. Why don’t you guess what I think?”
Gao Pingshi was shocked when he heard this, but he only looked surprised and said: "The emperor is joking. As the saying goes, the emperor, the emperor, the minister, naturally I can only think from the minister's perspective and position. How can I know what the emperor thinks?"
"Sigh... you are just a little boring sometimes." Zhu Yijun shook his head in disappointment, looking listless, and said: "Actually, it's very simple. I only need to think about a few things: Since I've been cheated again. , then when can we counterattack? To what extent should the counterattack be carried out? Which troops should be mobilized to be sufficient? How much money and other materials need to be prepared? And who can be sent to lead the troops to win? "
Gao Pingshi was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "The emperor's ideas are really... quite practical."
Zhu Yijun triumphantly arched his hands towards him: "Thanks to you, thanks to you - isn't this all because of your influence over the past thirty years?"
Gao pragmatic scratched his head and said thoughtfully: "If the emperor wants to say that...well, it seems right."
Zhu Yijun laughed loudly, and then said: "Okay, that's very good. Put away your wish to count the number of hairs on someone's hair in advance, and let's discuss the issues I just mentioned. .The first question: Now that we are being beaten, when can we fight back?"
Gao pragmatic stretched out his hand to stop, frowned and said: "Your Majesty, wait a minute, isn't it too early to talk about counterattack? Shouldn't we discuss how to defend ourselves first?"
"Are you like some people in the outer court who think that I don't know anything about the defense of the northwest?" Zhu Yijun sneered: "Gansu is too far away. We just discussed how to defend here and sent the order to Gansu. Over there I don’t know what the outcome will be, these orders have already expired before they took effect.”
Good guy, the emperor Zhu Yijun is really getting more and more proficient at what he does now. Gao Pingshi coughed lightly and said, "Then what the emperor means is..."
"Now the defense issues can only be determined by Gansu itself. No matter whether it performs well or poorly, we in Beijing can't be of much help." Zhu Yijun put away his smile when he said this and said seriously: "The only thing we can do is The next stage is to arrange a counterattack!
Humph, a bunch of homeless dogs still dare to bark at me. If I don't give them some color, how can I be regarded as the master of ZTE! "
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ps: 1, this chapter is 5k, and I still owe 4k. 2. Reply to the previous message: In fact, after reading this chapter and then reading the previous chapter, you will know that these two chapters are actually a supplement to "Chahar's Conquest of the Western Regions", because if you don't supplement this paragraph, then Buriha The movements in the picture are inexplicable, and Daming's future movements will also be like NPC automatic reactions.
Without antecedents, the consequences become neurosis. This is very inconsistent with my basic concept of writing a book: every important person's actions must have a reason and purpose, and this is especially true for every force.
