Except for the unlucky Handu who was left behind, the rest of the Qinghai Mongolian tribes really ran away.
They passed through the Dangjin Pass and arrived at the Aksai Kazakh Autonomous County hundreds of years later. But at this time, Aksai was not the residence of the Kazakhs.
Most of the people living there are Tibetans, and there are also a small number of Mongolians and Saliweiyuaners (Yugu ethnic groups).
These common people belonged to the Handong Guard in the early Ming Dynasty, and all successive commanders were Mongolian nobles.
During the Zhengde period, Handong Wei declined, and various tribes fled to Jiayuguan.
The Ming Dynasty officials allocated and resettled the area, and only a few remained on the original site. For more than a hundred years, because the Aksai area was so poor, the rulers of all ethnic groups did not take it seriously.
Currently, Babai Khan rules the Turpan region, and Muhammetisha Hezhuo rules the Hami region.
Buddhists who did not want to convert were either killed or fled. But on the Aksay side, they were ignored and only asked to pay tribute and taxes.
Eqir led more than 70,000 Mongolian tribesmen and easily crossed the Dangjin Pass. He immediately took a few monks with him to contact the local western chiefs.
Under the auspices of the monks and under the intimidation of the cavalry, thousands of Buddhists from all ethnic groups all supported Dayan Khan Eqil. They also gathered a thousand troops to fight with Eqil, and they rushed towards the party city in a furious manner.
(Subei County).
Here in Dangcheng, there are some scattered small Mongolian tribes, which total only two to three thousand people. They are also unable to resist the Mongolian army.
Moreover, they were fed up with the oppression of Muhammetisha and Zhuo, and even forced them to change their religion. This time, they simply followed Eqil in rebellion.
Continue along the Danghe River to reach Dunhuang!
"kill!"
There are no city walls here in Dunhuang, and the lord's name is Ebedulla.
Ebedulla was the first Hamihui king conferred by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. At this time, not only did he not claim the title of king or khan, but even Domuhammetisha Hezhuo was just a Hamibek appointed by Babai Khan.
Similar to senior officials).
Although Turpan and Hami are the territories of the Yarkand Khanate, they are actually in a state of separatism.
Ebedulla was eating melon in Hami when he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves and shouts of death coming from the south. Without saying a word, he went to put on his armor and went out to check what was going on. He saw his soldiers running away with wolf whiskers. Some soldiers were wearing
Armor, some soldiers didn't even have time to wear armor.
"What's wrong?" Ebedulla asked an officer and said, "The Mongols are coming from the south!
"Let's go!"
Ebedulla took his wife and children, and hundreds of remaining soldiers, and rode on horseback in the direction of Hami.
They are both Mongolians. Although they have different beliefs, the ability to run away is engraved in their genes. There is no city in Dunhuang, and the enemy suddenly attacked. Ebedulla had no time to gather his troops, so he had to escape to the city of Hami first.
Galdan, who was twelve years old, was charging on horseback. There were many cavalrymen of his age.
The aliens were being chased and killed along the way. As long as they did not kneel down and surrender, even innocent people would be killed. As for those who surrendered, those who were willing to convert would be spared death.
Those who did not want to convert were made slaves.
Unfortunately, Ebedulla ran too fast and did not meet Galdan.
Historically, Galdan destroyed Yarkand and also conferred the title of Darhan on Ebedulla. After the victory of the Qing army, Ebedulla defected and was conferred the title of first-class Zasak by the Qing court.
But it was said that Ebedullah fled back to Hami, and when he saw his father, he said: "The Mongols are coming. Recall Barkol's troops quickly and go to Turpan for help!"
Part of the elite main force here is stationed in Hami, and part is stationed in Barkol.
Barkol was originally inhabited by Mongols, and they were Heshuote Mongols, who were related to the Mongols in Qinghai. Gushi Khan borrowed troops to conquer Qinghai and Tibet.
But the tribes who stayed in Barkol were killed by Babai Khan and forced to leave their base.
All those who did not leave have changed their beliefs.
Muhanmatixia and Zhuo were surprised: "Are they the Mongols from Qinghai?"
Ebedullah said: "Most likely.
The father and son quickly sent envoys, first to Barkol in the north to recall troops, and secondly to Turpan in the west to request reinforcements.
Less than half a day after the envoy left, 10,000 Mongolian vanguard troops came to kill him.
Hami City at this time was very small, but the Mongols were not good at attacking cities and could only plunder around the city.
When Barkol's reinforcements arrived, Eqil also came with the main Mongolian force, and the two sides faced off a few miles north of Hami City.
Barkol's troops were all fanatical believers from southern Xinjiang. At first, Babai Khan and Muhammetisha and Zhuo couldn't defeat the Mongols, so they went to southern Xinjiang to recruit these people to fight jihad.
The Mongols were driven away, but the fanatic believers refused to leave. The leader even became the lord of Barkol. He did not pay much taxes and became a separatist force. The specifics are as follows: the lord of Barkol is Hamibo.
Hamibek is a vassal of Ke, and Hamibek is a vassal of King Turpan Khan, and King Turpan Khan is a vassal of King Yarkand - all belong to a state of separatism!
Barkol's fanatic army is small in number, with only more than 3,000 riders, but all of them are wearing strong armor.
After a short confrontation, the Barkol cavalry actually took the initiative to attack, attacking the tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry on the flanks.
The Mongolian cavalry originally planned to follow the tradition, first shoot arrows back and forth, and then wait for the right moment to charge. However, the Barkol cavalry ignored them and just charged straight at them. Some of them were hit by several arrows, but they still continued to charge.
Not to mention the backward equipment, the Mongolian cavalry was defeated in terms of momentum.
Facing the charge of more than 3,000 enemies, tens of thousands of Mongolian soldiers subconsciously dispersed and avoided, trying to distance themselves and continue flying kites and shooting arrows.
The Barkol cavalry rushed too fast. More than a thousand Mongolian cavalry were bitten and rushed to pieces in an instant. Batur, who was next to him, led several cavalry to surround him. After the Barkol cavalry broke the formation, they again
Accelerate and rush towards Batur.
The soldiers were afraid of their lives. There were more than 3,000 Balikun reinforcements, but only more than 200 people were killed. They broke through the resistance of the Mongolian army and ran all the way to the gates of Hami City.
The Mongolian cavalry pursued them, but were shot back by the defenders.
The leader of the reinforcements was angry towards the city: "Why don't you go out of the city to cooperate?"
Muhanmatixia Hezhuo said: "The Mongols are very deceitful, and I'm afraid they will seize the city."
"Open the city gate quickly!" the leader of the reinforcements shouted.
Muhammetisha and Zhuo said: "You are just outside the city. When fighting, you can cooperate with both inside and outside. It would not be good if we all go into the city."
The leader of the reinforcements was furious, but had no choice but to rest outside the city.
Muhanmatixia and Zhuo were afraid. Not only were they afraid that the Mongols would seize the city,
He was also afraid that these fanatical followers of Barkol would seize the city. He was indeed He Zhuo, but the ambitions of these Barkol troops from southern Xinjiang were becoming more and more visible to the naked eye.
Hami and Barkol are more like a cooperative relationship.
Barkol helped Hami resist the Mongols in northern Xinjiang, and Hami provided various material assistance to Barkol.
Muhammetisha and Zhuo looked to the west, waiting for Babai Khan's reinforcements to arrive before he would lead his troops out of the city to launch a general attack.
Turpan.
Babai Khan is also under attack, and the enemy is the Heshuote Mongols from northern Xinjiang!
Under the leadership of Sengge, the Junggar tribe took advantage of the situation and occupied Mobei.
However, the Heshuo Special Division went south to fight the Yerkang people, and even fought all the way to Hotan last year.
Logically speaking, it would be a blessing to be able to rely solely on Heshuote's Mongolian troops to avoid being attacked by Yarkant. It would be impossible for them to take the initiative to attack.
However, there is an internal problem in Yarkant!
After Abdullah Khan unified Yarkand, he began to reform centralization and sent his sons and cronies to serve as governors in various provinces across the country to take away the power of local lords.
Six years ago, he pretended to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca, then suddenly came back halfway to see which nobles would rebel.
As a result, the Yomi (lords) really rebelled and elected his eldest son as the leader of the country!
Abdullah Khan easily put down the rebellion and killed all the lords who opposed him. Then... what should the eldest son do? What should we do with the cronies who follow the eldest son?
He originally wanted to lure the snake out of its hole, but instead he lured out his own son and many of his cronies.
In desperation, he sent his eldest son to be the local governor, and then killed those cronies who participated in the rebellion.
But the cracks have appeared and can never be repaired.
The eldest son Yaolevas was terrified day and night, fearing that his father would kill him. After becoming the local governor, he vigorously supported He Zhuo of the Baishan faction and secretly collaborated with other governors.
The other governors were all close associates of the king and were tools to weaken the lord.
But after they became governors, they wanted more power and wanted to become lords themselves.
In addition, the king killed a group of cronies, and these governors became frightened.
He was flirting with the eldest prince like this.
Heshuote Mongolia encountered snow and cautiously went south to plunder, just to grab some food, but found that Yarkant's combat effectiveness had dropped sharply.
It's very simple. The governors of Ye'er played a trick of raising the bandits to respect themselves. The harder the Mongols robbed them, the more power they could gain. The eldest prince and the governors of various places, while raising the bandits, suppressed the bandits at the same time, official positions and power
They all continued to grow. Then they really began to conserve their strength. They would always give way when encountering a battle, for fear that their strength would be damaged and the king would take the opportunity to knock him out.
Such nonsense resulted in retribution last year, when the Heshuote Mongols almost wiped out southern Xinjiang.
We can't rob southern Xinjiang every year. Turpan and Hami have become very prosperous in recent years due to business with China, so we will rob Turpan this year.
Babai Khan of Turpan is already old, and his son is not very mature.
I have made a lot of money doing business with China, so I might as well enjoy it. Anyway, the Mongols are grabbing southern Xinjiang and have never visited his territory. The small lords of Turpan are also keen on annexing land and raising slaves. They have not done so for more than ten years.
Fight the Mongols.
Now that the Mongols are coming to Turpan, it's like entering a deserted land. The nobles all huddled in the city with their troops and allowed the Mongols to loot the Grand Bazaar outside the city.
"Have the reinforcements from Hami not arrived yet?" Babai Khan was anxious.
The envoys from both sides met halfway.
They dismounted and said hello to each other, and then began to communicate.
"There are Mongols in Hami. Please send troops to rescue them quickly!"
"There are also Mongols in Turpan, and I went to Hami to bring reinforcements.
The two groups of messengers looked at each other, with big eyes and small eyes.
The Mongols simply couldn't capture the much bigger city of Turpan, so they looted the bazar and then withdrew to northern Xinjiang.
On the Hami side, Ozil was also unable to capture it, so he simply led his troops to Barkol.
When the Barkol reinforcements saw this, they went crazy and took the initiative to catch up and fight. Because their tribesmen were still stationed, they could not let the Mongols kill them.
Muhanmetixia and Zhuo were forced to lead their troops out of the city to help. If he didn't help, he wouldn't be able to survive.
