The situation in the Western Regions at the end of the Ming Dynasty was quite complicated. Even those who study history have a hard time sorting it out.
After the Oara Mongols were defeated by the Tatar Mongols, they had to move westward in order to survive and entered Yiliba.
The local local forces were very weak, so the Oara Mongols gained a foothold and had a place to survive.
Later, the Jurchens in Liaodong rose.
The Mongolian grasslands were overwhelmed by the strong oppression of the Jurchens, and Oara Mongolia further west finally had a relatively relaxed environment.
Originally, in order to survive, the three tribes of Wala were relatively sincere and united. Now that the environment has been relaxed, disputes have immediately arisen among them.
Among them, the Torgut tribe was the weakest, and they had no choice but to move westward to the Volga River Basin to avoid the risk of being wiped out.
The remaining Heshuote tribe and the Junggar tribe are becoming increasingly antagonistic, and the situation is gradually becoming tense.
Originally, the Heshuo Special Department had an absolute advantage, and it seemed that unification and control were not far away.
But the Junggar tribe took advantage of its geographical advantages to collude with Tsarist Russia who entered Central Asia.
With the help of Tsarist Russia, the Junggar tribe gradually became stronger, seriously threatening the survival of the Heshuote tribe.
Under such a situation, Gushi Khan decided to avoid the edge.
He asked Ertu Khan of Oqil to guard the southern border and block the front of the Junggar tribe. And he himself marched into Qinghai and secured a vast territory.
Not only that, in order to expand the space for strategic relaxation, Gushi Khan also set his sights on the plateau.
At this time, the political situation on the plateau was also very delicate.
The nominal rulers, the Zangba Khan Dynasty, were very hostile to the Yellow Sect and were ready to try.
The senior officials of the Yellow Sect had a premonition of the danger, and finally after discussion, they secretly sent an envoy to contact Gushi Khan.
They hoped that Gushi Khan would march to the plateau and eliminate the Zangba Khan dynasty in order to maintain their status.
The two sides hit it off immediately, and Gushi Khan had already begun preparations to cooperate with the Huang Jiao inside and outside to gain control of the plateau.
In this series of actions, in addition to ethnic conflicts, there are also religious conflicts.
Originally, the Red Sect occupied an orthodox position in the Mongolian grasslands.
Lin Danhan is a believer of the Red Sect.
In order to attack the Chahar Mongols and conquer the Mongolian grasslands, Huang Taiji tried his best to cultivate the Yellow Sect and win over other Mongolian tribes who believed in the Yellow Sect.
In the end, Lin Dan Khan was defeated, and the Yellow Sect became the orthodox religion on the Mongolian grasslands.
Soon after Gushi Khan marched into Qinghai, Lin Dan Khan could not withstand the military pressure of Hou Jin and also led the Chahar tribe to cross the Yellow River and come to Qinghai.
The two sides fought fiercely for control of Qinghai.
It was also at this time that Gushi Khan learned about the changes in the grasslands of Liaodong and Mongolia.
In line with the principle of making friends far away and attacking closely, after driving away the Chahar tribe, Gushi Khan sent an envoy to Shenyang to express his willingness to surrender to Huang Taiji.
This fully demonstrates the wisdom of Gushi Khan.
First of all, the Western Regions were too far away from Liaodong, and Hou Jin simply did not have enough strength to intervene in the affairs of the Western Regions. Therefore, this kind of surrender represents the absolute independence of the Western Region.
Secondly, through the Yellow Sect, a unified alliance was established between the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Mongolian grasslands and Qinghai, including the plateau.
Relying on this alliance, Gushi Khan could deal with the Junggar tribe supported by Tsarist Russia.
The subsequent historical process also proved that his choice was correct.
Although his descendants were wiped out by Galdan of the Junggar tribe, the Qing Dynasty quickly sent troops to suppress Galdan's rebellion and completely took the entire Western Region into its hands.
It is worth noting that when the Torgut tribe later returned to the east, it was during the Qing Dynasty that the rebellions of Galdan and Xiaohezhuo were eliminated successively, creating a vacuum of power in the Western Regions, which finally convinced the Torgut tribe to return to the motherland. Determination.
Gushi Khan made friends from far and near, and connected with each other, and his actions were naturally noticed by the forces here.
Batur Hutaiji naturally did not want Gushi Khan to capture the plateau, increase his strength, and threaten himself when he came back.
The Zangba Khan dynasty on the plateau was also wary of the alliance between the Yellow Sect and Gushi Khan.
Under such circumstances, through Xu Yaqing's connection, the Han-Mongolian coalition in the Hetao Plain, the Junggar tribe north of the Tianshan Mountains, and the Zangba Khan Dynasty on the plateau came together smoothly and established an alliance against Gushi Khan.
The timing is very clever.
It happened that the Manchu Qing Dynasty suffered a huge military defeat in Korea, and the pressure from all sides was huge. Although they can still firmly control the Mongolian grasslands, they will never be able to send troops to the Western Regions to support Gushi Khan.
In this way, Gushi Khan looked very powerful on the surface, but in fact he was trapped in a three-party siege.
Liang Yue led the Han-Mongolian coalition to march into Qinghai, which was the signal for this siege.
At the same time, Batur Hutaiji eliminated Oqirtu Khan in Yilibali. Garma Tenjun of the Zangba Khan Dynasty also offered sacrifices to the butcher knife, dyeing the entire plateau red.
After eliminating the civil strife, both sides quickly sent troops into Qinghai.
Gushi Khan had already mobilized all the forces in Qinghai and went to the east to fight Liang Yue. The empty rear area allowed Batur Hutaiji and Garmadan to gallop around at will.
The two men advanced quickly, wiping out countless tribes along the way and blocking all Gushi Khan's escape routes.
The hasty messengers rushed into the military camp like crazy and reported the true situation to Gushi Khan and all the tribal leaders.
Just as heavy snow fell from the sky and thousands of miles were frozen, the entire Qinghai Allied Forces fell into silence.
Fear began to spread.
"Great Khan, we must withdraw our troops as soon as possible. If we delay any longer, our tribe will be annexed. By then we will have nowhere to stand, and we will have no choice but to go to see the Immortal Sky."
"Yes! This is obviously a conspiracy. If we delay any longer, we will all die here."
Almost all tribal leaders had the same attitude.
When they learned that there was a fire in the rear and that their territory had been invaded, they just wanted to go back and take back everything.
As a nomadic people, without territory and tribe, it means losing everything.
It won't take long for them to be annexed, killed, and completely disappear from this world.
Gushi was trembling with sweat, and the wisdom he relied on in the past was of no use now.
Of course he understood that the situation at this time was extremely dangerous.
The Han-Mongolian coalition forces in front of them were extremely powerful and possessed extremely powerful firearms. The Qinghai coalition forces had no hope of winning.
The Junggar tribe and the Zangba Khan dynasty came over from behind again.
Once the main road is blocked and their logistical supplies are cut off, there is really only a dead end.
Retreating is the only option.
But where to withdraw from?
Before Gushi Khan could figure it out, a general rushed in in horror.
"Great Khan, the enemy on the other side is attacking!"
