The city of Alimatu trembled in the artillery fire. The Ming army surrounded Galdan in the city, and the cannons continued to bombard the city walls day and night.
There are cracks in the ancient city wall, like the wrinkles on a person's face.
On the back of the city wall, groups of Dzungar warriors sat on the steps and waited quietly, crowded but neat; not saying a word, their armors as thick as ink. The passing shells and thick black smoke could not shake them from the thought of death.
determination.
"The Ming army is attacking the city!"
Following the roar of the lookout on the city wall, the "mutes" who had been sitting and resting just now quickly ran up to the top of the city and entered their fighting positions, firing blunderbuss, arrows, stones, rolling wood, and boiling water.
Boiling water welcomes the Ming army.
Seeing that his offensive was repelled again, Wang Guoxun angrily cursed: "This Hu Chief Galdan is really stubborn. He is already a turtle in the urn, but he still dares to resist the heavenly soldiers."
Li Chengjue was happy, "What can he do if he doesn't resist? Can he stretch his neck and let us cut him? As the saying goes, don't chase the enemy when you are poor. These Junggar people have reached a dead end, and a hard attack will cause heavy casualties. It is better to send someone to persuade them to surrender."
"Persuade to surrender?"
Wang Guoxun shook his head, "That boy is very arrogant. He refused to surrender even after trying to persuade him several times. This matter is difficult to handle!"
"Not necessarily," Li Chengjue smiled, "In the past, he had a way out, so he refused to surrender. Now that he has no way out, what will happen if he doesn't surrender?"
The Ming envoy entered Alimatu City again and met Galdan.
"His Royal Highness the Prince of Junggar, you are now surrounded by enemies, why should you make any unnecessary resistance? Please surrender to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible! Your Majesty has already made it clear that if you surrender, your title of Prince of Junggar will remain unchanged."
"Keep my title of county king?"
Galdan smiled contemptuously, "I guess after surrendering, what awaits me is confinement and death, right?"
Although he didn't believe that there would be a happy ending after surrender, looking at the dull faces of his subordinates and the devastated city walls, he knew that this battle could not go on.
Why should you inflict additional casualties on your subordinates and people because of your own selfishness?
Galdan laughed miserably and shouted: "Open the city gate, abandon your weapons and surrender!"
"Huntaiji", Mahan, Omubu and Darhan all burst into tears.
"You don't have to be sad, everything is my destiny. The Junggar people have already shed enough blood, don't bleed any more."
Galdan, a great hero of a generation, surrendered helplessly. He thought that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would not let him go and he would definitely die. Unexpectedly, he did not die. Emperor Guangwu still named him the king of Junggar, but he was not allowed to stay in Junggar and moved to Lhasa.
Be kind and nurturing.
This made him happy, but also a little disappointed. He thought that because of his great talent and strategy, he would be regarded as a powerful enemy by the Ming Dynasty emperor and executed. Unexpectedly, Emperor Guangwu did not kill him! Is he really broad-minded, or does he simply look down on himself?
, don’t see yourself as a threat?
The arrogant Galdan couldn't bear the pain of being looked down upon and was depressed.
Instead of dying, you feel depressed. This is a true aristocratic spirit. Ordinary people can't understand it. They just want to live, even if they have to live humbly and without dignity, they still have to live. It's better to die than to live!
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The mountain road is rugged, and Oqiltu Khan led 20,000 people to march on the winding mountain road.
He was afraid of the might of the Ming army and did not dare to risk his life. He only wanted to preserve his strength. Although he had abandoned his territory and tribesmen, he still had 20,000 troops in hand. In troubled times, if you have an army, you have everything. What if you have 20,000 troops?
Can’t go anywhere?
But he ignored one thing. Soldiers are also human beings. No one is willing to leave their hometown, abandon their parents, wives and children to escape for their lives. Besides, fighting for life and death, fighting for power and profit are the business of you "Neyan" people, not ordinary "Ayinle"
What's going on?
On the way to Kazakhstan, soldiers kept escaping. They finally crossed the Chuyili Mountains and arrived at the border of the Kazakh Khanate. They counted the soldiers and horses, and found that they were less than half of the 20,000 troops, with only more than 9,000 people left. p>
In the Haratal Valley of the Kipchak grassland, Tou Ke Khan, the Kazakh prince conferred by the Ming Dynasty, conspired with his favorite Tolebi in the Khan tent.
"Tolebi, you are a wise man in the tribe. Now the Oqiltu Khan of the Heshuote tribe has come to join me because of his poverty. Emperor Guangwu of the Ming Dynasty ordered me to seal the border and prevent the Oqiltu Khan from entering. You
Tell me, who should I listen to?" Tou Kehan asked in annoyance.
"His Royal Highness", Tolebi deliberately used the title granted by the Ming Dynasty to call Tou Kehan, and the meaning is self-evident. He went to Nanjing to pay homage to Emperor Guangwu, and he knew very well that the man sitting on the dragon throne was terrifying, and it was best not to
It’s better to provoke.
"Excuse me, why did Oqiltu Khan fall to this point?"
"Is there any need to ask? It's because I took in Galdan," Tou Kehan replied without thinking, and then his voice paused.
"Yes, Eqiltu Khan took in Galdan, and that's why he suffered such a tragedy. If you took in Eqiltu Khan, wouldn't you make the same mistake again?"
Tou Kehan nodded, then shook his head, "But Oqirtu Khan has a long history with the previous Khan!"
"So what?"
Tolebi looked at Touchan calmly, "You are the head of a country, how can you put your children's personal relationships above the interests of the country?"
Under Tolebi's persuasion, in order to show his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, Tou Ke Khan personally led an army of 20,000 to intercept Oqil Tu Khan at the border.
Poor old Oqiltu, who traveled thousands of miles to seek refuge with his old friend's son, did not get any help, but was attacked by 20,000 Kazakh troops.
How could the exhausted Kushote army defeat the 20,000-strong Kazakh army? They abandoned their helmets and armor and fled.
Oqiltu Khan had no choice but to lead his defeated army and huddle in a small valley on the east bank of Lake Balkhash. He wanted to advance, but he couldn't; he wanted to retreat, but he couldn't retreat.
Really desperate!
"Father Khan~Father Khan~Father Khan~"
Suddenly there were shouts from the side of the valley. Oqiltu Khan thought he was hallucinating, but when he looked carefully, he saw that it was really his son, Heshuoteji Galdanmuba.
After the Ming army captured Tokmok City, Galdanmuba surrendered. When he heard that his father was trapped, he took the initiative to ask Li Chengjue for orders to persuade his father to surrender.
"Father Khan, the situation is over. My son has surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. You should surrender too! His Majesty Emperor Guangwu of the Ming Dynasty has a broad mind. Even Galdan was made a county king after surrendering. He will never embarrass you!"<
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After listening to his son's words, Erqiltu Khan no longer hesitated and led his troops to surrender. He was old and cherished his life. He heard that he would not die after surrendering, so he naturally wanted to surrender.
Zhu Gaojia did not give him any trouble, named him the Duke of Yili, and moved him to Shache City.
Emperor Guangwu, a man of great talent and strategy, merged Yili, Yili, and Junggar into Tianbei Province; he assigned Hami to Gansu and Turpan to Tiannan.
He appointed Wang Jiezhi as the governor of Tianbei, Guan Siqiu as the administrative envoy to Tianbei, and Lu Liuliang as the inspector of Tianbei.
Of these three officials, one is a backbone of any party, one is a pillar of the party, and the other is a lonely minister without a party. Zhu Hengjia likes to mix sand between officials from various places and let officials from various places belong to different factions, so that they will not collude.
Deceive me!
Governors of Tiannan and Tianbei were also established to oversee the military affairs of the two provinces. Jin Weixin, the former governor of Guangdong, was appointed governor of Tiannan and Tianbei.