Emperor Guangwu is in a good mood recently. Not only did he win Hami, he also gained three vassal states: Bukhara Khanate, Khiva Khanate, and Kazakh Khanate.
The Bukhara Khanate was defeated.
The country is located in the northwest of the Yarkand Khanate and is mainly composed of Uzbeks and a small number of Tajiks. Unlike the Kazakhs and Kyrgyz who look like Han people, these two ethnic groups are mostly descendants of the Turkish people and have more ancestral origins.
The West has a vast territory. In addition to the traditional Zerafshan and Kashka river basins, it also includes parts of later Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan, the north bank of the Syr Darya River, the city of Turkestan and its surrounding areas. In its heyday, it included
Khorasan in Persia.
In Central Asia, it is a big and rich country with developed agriculture, animal husbandry, and handicrafts, especially the irrigation project. The country's former capital, Samarkand, was a famous arms trading center in Central Asia. The capital is located in
Bukhara city.
When a country has money and a large amount of armaments, it is easy for ambition to breed. Aziz Khan of the Bukhara Khanate was a mediocre leader with great ambitions and limited talents, and was unpopular. Many nobles and tribes in the country did not obey him. Samarkand, Shahri
There were signs of rebellion in Shabuz, Ulatpe, Huzhen, Katakurgan and other places. In order to consolidate his rule, Aziz Khan urgently needed to launch a foreign war and establish his prestige.
He was very lucky. In the Yarkand Khanate to the east, a civil war broke out between the Black Mountain Faction and the White Mountain Faction. Subhan Kuli, a nobleman of Da Shigan, asked him to send troops, and he would be struggling under the cruel rule of the Yarkant.
The Uzbeks in Fergana were rescued.
He thought this was a good opportunity and led 20,000 troops to march eastward. Due to the civil war, the borders of the Yarkand Khanate were empty, so he easily captured Dashungan and the Fergana lands and became the "Uzbeks"
National hero".
Not long after he became a hero, Hu Zhigong, the governor of Qinghai-Tibet in the Ming Dynasty, sent troops to capture the Yarkand Khanate, which became the Tiannan Province of the Ming Dynasty. Governor Hu looked at the map of Yarkand and thought, Huh? Why is there a missing piece of Tiannan Province? He sent people to the Yarkand Khanate.
Aziz negotiated and asked him to return Fergana and Darshgan.
How can there be any reason to spit out the meat that has been eaten into the mouth? Aziz Khan naturally refused.
Hu Zhigong carefully analyzed the strength of the Bukhara Khanate and felt that it was nothing remarkable. He directly ordered the commander-in-chief Chen Bao, Ma Ning, and Zhou Shimin's 15,000 troops to recapture Fergana and Dashengan.<
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Chen Bao was a fierce general, and he fought as fast as the wind. He conquered Fergana and Akxi and approached the city of Seram on the flank of Dashungan.
The Battle of Selam started on October 29, the eighth year of Guangwu reign of the Ming Dynasty.
Aziz Khan gathered nearly 20,000 soldiers outside the city. Because he owns Samarkand, the arms town in Central Asia, his army has a large number of artillery and muskets. The musketeers lined up and fired thousands of guns.
Although the Ming army has slightly fewer numbers and firearms than the Bukhara army, they are all veterans who have experienced a large number of actual battles. They are fighting with mountains of corpses and blood, and they have rich combat experience. Seeing that the enemy has many firearms, the Ming army is in front of the formation.
The infantry quickly dispersed and gave way to the passage. The cavalry rushed along the passage through the snow towards the Bukhara army. Regardless of casualties, they galloped on their horses, brandished their swords and axes, and charged into the formation of Bukhara musketeers on a snowy night.
They were dyed mottled. Then they continued to harvest the lightly armored Bukhara cavalry like wheat, destroying everything. The Ming army's infantry then arrived and attacked the Bukhara army with bows, arrows and firearms.
Aziz Khan was stunned and made a mistake. He had to leave the infantry and flee. The Bukhara cavalry panicked and fell into the snow pit one after another during the escape. They were killed and injured by the Ming cavalry. The battle continued.
By daybreak, Aziz Khan was severely defeated, losing most of his troops and horses, and only more than 3,000 defeated troops fled back to Bukhara.
After seeing how powerful the Ming army was, I no longer dared to provoke them, so I apologized and became a vassal.
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"This Hu Zhigong, knowing that I was about to concentrate my forces on the Dzungars, why did he provoke the Bukhara people? Is it more effective to poke people with a single finger, or to hit them with a clenched fist? How come he doesn't even know this truth? It's really ridiculous.
, stupid, bastard! I’m so angry!”
After receiving the military report that Hu Zhigong had marched into Fergana and lost his position, Emperor Guangwu was so angry that he slapped the imperial court and cursed.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, so he wrote a small note, no, the Holy Edict, eight hundred miles hastened to reprimand Hu Zhigong, "I thought that among all the ministers, you were the one who understood my heart best, but unexpectedly you turned out to be ignorant. I was about to send troops."
Junggar, what are you going to do to provoke Bukhara if you have nothing to do? You are really a bastard!"
Not long after the small note was sent, Hu Zhigong's second military report arrived, saying that Fergana had been recaptured, Da Shiqian was defeated, and Aziz Khan of Bukhara was defeated, and he sent an envoy to apologize and surrender.<
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Emperor Guangwu was overjoyed, and quickly sent his horse to recover the insulting note, and changed it into a complimentary note. No, the Holy Edict said, "You fought the Bukhara people this time, and you did a good job, and it was very much in line with my wishes."
I am very happy to have destroyed the majesty of the Ming Dynasty and the ambition of the barbarians!"
As soon as the emperor was happy, he appointed him an official and ordered Hu Zhigong to be honored with a national honor.
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"The guilty minister Aziz paid his first hundred tributes to His Majesty the Ming Dynasty Emperor Guangwu:
The emperor's order from Heaven governs all directions. Your Majesty is the Lord of the Nine Provinces and the Four Seas. Every sun, moon, mountain and river will obey the emperor's order. His kindness will be spread forever and ever. The six universes will support each other and sing songs from all directions. Even though he is the only one.
Your small country also appreciates the emperor's kindness.
The guilty minister lives in the wilderness, does not know the holy virtues, is a frog at the bottom of a well, is a arrogant night man, thinks that his army is strong, and offends the dynasty. He must be punished for his crime. Now that he has returned from defeat, the whole country is in fear and uneasiness. Inside and outside the city, there is only a cry of sorrow and regret.
, shyly apologized to heaven.
God has the virtue of a good life, and the holy king has a compassionate heart. If I am forgiven, I am willing to become a vassal and make a grass ring for generations to repay. The wild people are mourning, and I would like to pay my respects and listen to it."
After receiving Aziz's apology form, Zhu Hengjia beamed with joy. This feeling of ruling over all nations is really great!
Along with the envoys from the Bukhara Khanate, there were also envoys from the Khiva Khanate.
The Khiva Khanate is located in the Khorezm Oasis on the lower reaches of the Amu Darya River to the west of the Bukhara Khanate. It is the hometown of the ancient Khorezm Kingdom. The main residents are Uzbeks, as well as some Turkmen, Karakalpaks and Kazakhs.
People.
The country is not big, and its original national strength was weaker than that of the Bukhara Khanate. After Abkhaz **** Khan succeeded to the throne, he worked hard to govern, and the country gradually became stronger. He led his troops to invade the Bukhara Khanate many times. Later, the northern
With the rise of the Rakshasa and the Junggar people in the east, the two countries felt threatened at the same time and united to resist foreign humiliation.
These two khanates have the same religious beliefs and are united. After hearing that Aziz Khan professed his tribunalship to the Ming Dynasty, the Khan also sent an envoy to profess his vassalage to the Ming Dynasty. To show his sincerity, he even sent his son Anusha
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In addition to these two khanates, Tou Ke Sultan of the Kazakh Khanate also sent envoys to proclaim himself a vassal and pay tribute. In addition to proclaiming himself a vassal, Tou Ke also requested the Ming Dynasty to make himself a khan.
Zhu Hengjia did not pay much attention to the envoys of the Bukhara Khanate and the Khiva Khanate. Weak countries had no diplomacy, and the majestic emperor of the Celestial Dynasty naturally did not take these two weak countries seriously. But he did not pay attention to the envoys of the Kazakh Khanate.
, Zhu Hengjia was much more polite, received him in person, and rewarded some property. This is a powerful country in Central Asia, with a population of more than one million, and its armored men are said to be 300,000.