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Chapter 422: Twenty-Seven Marches into the Great Northwest


During the Ming Dynasty, the area north of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang was annexed by the Oirat Mongols in Moxi.The Oirat Mongols were known as the Yuan Dynasty and the Warat during the Ming Dynasty.At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Warat part was divided into four major departments: the Junggar Department, the Heshute Department, the Dulbert Department, and the Turghut Department.The Dzungar tribes, under the leadership of Great Khan Geldan Khan, grew stronger and stronger, annexing not only the areas south of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, but also launched an attack on Outer Mongolia.Outer Mongolia belongs to the Khalkha Mongol tribes and is divided into the Tushetu Khan, the Zasaktu Khan, and the Chechen Khan.At one point, Geldan defeated the three tribes and occupied Outer Mongolia.At one time, his sphere of influence reached the west of Qinghai, the east of the Green Mountains, and the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and Xinjiang and Outer Mongolia were all under his rule.At that time, the three divisions of Outer Mongolia had two options, one was to submit to Russia and seek Russian protection.One was to submit to the newly established Qing court and seek the protection of the Qing court.Finally, under the persuasion of the Kulun Living Buddha of the Lamaism of the three religions of Outer Mongolia, he raised troops and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.The Living Buddha Kulun once said something far-reaching, "Russia has a different religion, and it is necessary to regard me as an outlier, and it is better to go to the land of China's Yellow Religion." ”It was precisely because of this sentence that the three ministries of Outer Mongolia asked the Qing court to send troops to help.Emperor Kangxi immediately dispatched the elite troops of the Eight Banners and went north to Outer Mongolia to defeat Geerdan.In the end, Geldan was defeated and committed suicide, and Outer Mongolia officially became the land of the Qing Dynasty at this time.After Geerdan's death, the Dzungar tribe did not die out, but retreated to the north of the Tianshan Mountains and had many more conflicts with the Qing court.Later, until the Qianlong period, the Uyghur tribe south of the Tianshan Mountains also rebelled.Emperor Qianlong sent troops to conscript, which completely defeated the Jungar tribe north of the Tianshan Mountains, and defeated the large and small Hezhuo tribes south of the Tianshan Mountains.It was at this time that the Qing court completely pacified the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and this place was officially named "Xinjiang" by Emperor Qianlong.The other three tribes of the Warat tribe, the Heshute tribe moved to Qinghai, and the Dulbert tribe was nomadic in the area of the Kobdo Altai Mountains, and later settled in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province.The Turkuts first moved west to the banks of the Volga River and later back to Xinjiang.The Mongolian tribes of Bortala and Bayingolin living in Xinjiang are partly the Turkut tribe and some are the Jungar tribe.Therefore, the Mongolian tribes in Xinjiang at this time actually have little to do with Outer Mongolia.On the contrary, during the period of the strength of the Dzungar Khanate, the two tribes were enemies.The Mongolian tribes in Xinjiang are, from the root, all Oirat Mongol tribes belong to Moxi Mongolia.The Mongolian tribes of Outer Mongolia are all Khalkha Mongolian tribes from the root and belong to Mobei Mongolia.This time, the three major tribes of Outer Mongolia strongly demanded the seizure of Xinjiang, just to show off their current strength and avenge the shame of being attacked by the Oirat-Mongol tribes that day, and they did not really come to rescue the Mongol tribes in Xinjiang.Of course, the Qing court's request for troops to send troops to Outer Mongolia was unwanted, and they were no longer able to control Xinjiang, so they wanted Outer Mongolia to muddy the waters there.In normal times, Outer Mongolia and the Qing court were only an alliance.Outer Mongolia has never been enthusiastic about the affairs of the Qing court.Because of the exploitation of the herdsmen of Outer Mongolia by the Qing court, Outer Mongolia still thought about how to separate from the Qing court and establish an independent state from time to time.One more day of Outer Mongolia's entanglement with the Huaxing army in Xinjiang will be able to win one more day of peace for the imperial court.Inner Mongolia because of its assistance to the Qing court to pacify the Central Plains, compared with Outer Mongolia, I don't know how much more valuable it is, and the relationship with the Qing court is also very close.Monk Greenqin, the prince of Horqin, also responded to the call of Outer Mongolia on the surface this time, waving the flag and shouting for Outer Mongolia in the imperial court.However, for the Outer Mongolian troops to Xinjiang this time, Seng Lin Geqin still followed the orders of the Qing court.All the tribes of Inner Mongolia remained unmoved and continued to defend the Huaxing army in Ningxia to the north.This time, the three major tribes of Outer Mongolia raised 200,000 cavalry to go south.The Ningxia horse plague did not spread to Outer Mongolia, and only raged in Inner Mongolia for a period of time.Before handing over the virus to Qiao Zhiqing, Li Jishi had already confirmed the extension period of the virus.No matter how severe the plague is, once it breaks out, it only has a two-month spread period.In Ningxia, more than 100,000 war horses were infected and died within a month.After the Hui people released the war horses with the plague, most of these sick horses ran to the territory of Inner Mongolia, and a small part ran to northern Shaanxi.The control of the plague in northern Shaanxi was timely and proper, and there was not much chaos.Inner Mongolia, on the other hand, suffered heavy losses, and half of its horses died of illness.Fortunately, the land is sparsely populated, and the horses are not raised together like the Ningxia Hui people, otherwise Inner Mongolia will not see a single war horse."

Ladies and gentlemen, our chance to wash away the shame of our ancestors has come.Now that Xinjiang has been invaded and occupied by the Han people, the imperial court has promised that if we drive the Han people away, Xinjiang will belong to the three major tribes of our Outer Mongolia" On the vast Mongolian steppe, although it is just autumn, the temperature has dropped rapidly.The bitter northwest wind blew the battle flags, and people couldn't help but feel a chill.The leader of the three major tribes of Outer Mongolia, Naxun Yuktu, raised his arms and shouted on the platform."

Kill, kill, kill" 200,000 war horses under the stage stood in the wind, and all the cavalry shouted under the leadership of the banner owners, killing all day long."

Departure" Naxun Qiuketu League leader turned on his horse and led his troops through the vast prairie outside, directly attacking Urumqi in Xinjiang.In the heart of Naxun Ketu, the thief captures the king first.Urumqi is the largest city in Xinjiang, and the Han Chinese have deployed the most troops there.Therefore, he felt that if he took Urumqi and wiped out the defenders here, the Han army would naturally withdraw from Xinjiang.At the headquarters of the Huaxing Army in Urumqi, the scouts on the front line have already sent back information one after another.Coupled with the information that Qiao Zhiqing asked Firefox to bring, the generals of the command headquarters had already made the combat intentions of the Outer Mongolian army clear."

Two hundred thousand cavalry, these Mongol Tartars are really crazy.The total population of all Outer Mongolia is only more than 500,000, are they all dispatched?"

After Zhang Xian, commander of the Lanzhou Military Region, read out the information, Luo Sanyuan, deputy commander of the Taiyuan Military Region, was the first to widen his eyes and exclaim."

This time, the prince of Horqin in Inner Mongolia did not send troops and horses, but other tribes close to Outer Mongolia sent 50,000 cavalry.In fact, Outer Mongolia only dispatched 150,000 soldiers and horses. ”Zhang Xian looked at the information in his hand and explained lightly, with a wry smile on his face."

How many soldiers and horses will the Bortala Mongolian tribe and Bayingolin Mongolian tribe send this time" Wu Xuming, deputy commander of the Sichuan Military Region, still had that calm expression, and asked Zhang Xian with his eyebrows."

The Bayingolin Mongol tribes are now united with the Hui to pacify the southern part of Xinjiang, and they have to cross the Tianshan Mountains to attack them, and there is no sign of their northward advance.It is impossible in terms of time and location, so it is excluded this time.The Bortala Mongol tribe has a total population of less than 50,000 people, and can dispatch up to 20,000 soldiers and horses. ”Zhang Xian pointed to the map with his baton and gestured up and down, looking at the information and introducing it to the generals."

That means that the soldiers and horses of the Hui army's attack on Urumqi this time are more than 200,000,000,000," Wang Baotian, deputy commander of the Lanzhou Military Region, frowned slightly."

Yes, that's right, conservatively estimated at 220,000" Zhang Xian replied calmly, put down the military report, and made it down on the main seat of the council table."

These Mongolian Tatars really look up to us, we haven't sat on the hot butt in Xinjiang yet, they want to uproot us" Luo Sanyuan joked, without a trace of nervousness."

Yes, these three major tribes of Outer Mongolia don't know if they have taken the wrong medicine.For the sake of this distant relative, I really moved my character.This posture is trying to find us desperately. ”Wang Baotian chuckled and agreed, "I guess they want to kill people and take advantage of this opportunity to annex Xinjiang."

They have been under the oppression of the Qing court for many years, and they have long been resentful.This time, they took Xinjiang, just to show their force.And they think that we people are easy to bully and treat Xinjiang as a piece of fat" Wu Xuming followed and analyzed, his eyes bright and bright."

This is also the reason why the commander will not let us attack the south of Xinjiang, if we go south now.It is estimated that before he crossed the Tianshan Mountain, he was copied by the Mongols" Zhang Xian nodded and explained Qiao Zhiqing's previous military report.At the beginning, the generals were full of grievances, and they didn't understand why Qiao Zhiqing didn't take advantage of the situation to go south, and watched Ma Zhanao and Ma Yaobang grow big in southern Xinjiang.These two people really lived up to Qiao Zhiqing's expectations and killed the Uyghurs in southern Xinjiang.It successively captured the four major cities of Aksu, Alarbu, Tumshuk, and Gash in southern Xinjiang, and slaughtered more than 300,000 Uyghurs.Now there are just over 200,000 Uighurs fleeing from the Sahara Desert north to Hotan to the south, where they are preparing to fight the Hui to the death.The big mullah Ablizi of the Uyghur ethnic group in northern Xinjiang took the lead in jointly submitting a letter to the Huaxing army.Ask the Huaxing army to go south and rescue the Uyghurs in southern Xinjiang.Zhang Xian kept saying that as soon as the supplies in the customs arrived, he would immediately send troops south.But after waiting for more than two months, I saw that the Uyghurs in southern Xinjiang were killed by Ma Zhanao.The entry of Mongolian soldiers into Xinjiang this time is another nightmare for all ethnic groups.Everyone knows that the Mongols and the Hui are on good terms, and once the Huaxing army is defeated, the second one will inevitably attack the other ethnic groups.The people of all ethnic groups heard the news, and there were more than 100,000 Uyghur tribes in northern Xinjiang uniting to fight the Hui people across the Tianshan Mountains.Now it's all hard to protect itself, and I don't have that mind.All of them were in a wait-and-see state, only afraid that they would help the Huaxing army, and they would provoke the dissatisfaction of the Mongol army.If the Huaxing army is defeated, it is estimated that the Nawei people will also disappear completely in Xinjiang.If you remain neutral, there may be a glimmer of life.Although the Mongols are friendly with the Hui, it is impossible to see the Hui as strong and thus threaten their interests.Even if they defeat the Huaxing army, they must maintain the balance between the Hui and Uyghurs, and they will definitely not break this balance and put themselves threatened.After repeated deliberations by the Uyghur tribal mullahs, it was finally decided to remain neutral.No one helps, no one provokes

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