Thirty thousand elite cavalry are already waiting in the city.
Everyone in the city knew that the Han army was about to attack Turpan.
In the palace in the city, the Great Khan of Eastern Chagatai, Abrun Mohammad Aziz Khan, looked nervous.
He looked at Baishanjiao He Zhuo who was sitting next to him.
The situation in Eastern Chagatai is very complicated, with the major Mongolian tribes dividing and uniting, and uniting and dividing.
Eastern Chagatai Mongolia was divided most of the time.
They still maintain the name Eastern Chagatai Mongolia.
In addition to being located in the Western Basin, it is surrounded by huge mountains and is completely isolated from its surroundings.
In particular, the two huge mountain ranges of the Tianshan Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains prevented them from being annexed by their powerful neighbor Erut Mongolia to the north.
Dashi defeated the Tang Dynasty, and the Tianfang religion that was introduced also played an important role. The belief in Allah united everyone.
The Eastern Chagatai Mongolia controlled by the Tianfang Sect is incompatible with other Mongolian tribes.
Only in this way can we remain independent even when our forces are weak.
Eastern Chagatai Mongolia was relatively stable and the royal power was not strong, so the religious power replaced the royal power and became the most important force in Eastern Chagatai Mongolia.
Abrun Mohammad Azi Khan had received the message from the front, and the city of Hami could not be defended for even a day.
The Han cavalry has already attacked Turpan.
Abrun Mohammad Azihan asked the Baishan Sect Hezhuo slightly nervously: "Hezhuo, the Han people are coming fiercely and want to destroy us.
He Zhuo, do you have any strategies for retreating from the enemy?"
He has no choice now but to seek help from Baishan Cult He Zhuo.
He Zhuo put down the scripture in his hand and said slowly: "The Han people's offensive was very strong. It only took them one day to conquer Hami City.
The Han people are powerful, and we are not lambs to be slaughtered.
Don't worry, Khan, we still have the strength to fight.
We have three major advantages to resist the Han attack.
The first major advantage is that all the people are soldiers.
Our Baishan Church has always stood on the side of the Great Khan, mobilizing the herdsmen to take up arms and resist the Han attack.
The Han people only have 200,000 troops, but we have millions of herdsmen.
The Han people reject the Tianfang Sect, and we will never surrender to the Han people.
The Han people forced a county to have only one temple.
Children are not allowed to believe in religion and the teachings are not recognized.
Various practices of the Han people prevented Tianfang Sect from developing and growing in places ruled by the Han people.
As a branch of the Tianfang Sect, we, the Baishan Sect, will never allow this place to be ruled by the Han people.
The Baishan Cult supports the Great Khan and, under the guidance of Allah, will surely win."
He Zhuo held the scripture in his hand and said firmly.
The Han people advocated Confucianism and other doctrines and suppressed other religions.
Religions such as Buddhism and Taoism are shrinking in the Central Plains.
Once the Eastern Chagatai Mongols are occupied by the Han, their Tianfang Sect will also suffer a major blow, and it will completely lose its power.
Others can surrender to the Han people, but the Baishan Sect holds the power of Eastern Chagatai, and they must not surrender to the Han people.
He Zhuo continued: "Our second biggest advantage is our geographical location.
The vast desert has an extremely harsh living environment.
Our ancestors have lived in the desert for generations and are familiar with every sand dune here.
The desert is full of death traps, and the powerful strength of the Han people is completely unable to be exerted in the desert.
With the great desert as a barrier, we will be invincible.
Even if the city of Turpan is captured by the Han, we can still hide in the desert and deal with the Han."
After listening to He Zhuo talking about the two major advantages, Abrun Mohamed Azihan's face gradually returned to color.
After this analysis, they still have the strength to fight.
He also believed that the Han people could not stay in the Western Regions for long. As long as they could block the first wave of Han people's advantage, they would have a chance of survival.
Abrun Mohammad Azihan saw He Zhuo continuing to talk, and he listened carefully.
"Our third greatest advantage is that we still have allies.
The Han people have an idiom, which is called "lips are dead and teeth are cold".
We also have two important allies.
The Han people came in force this time, and their goal was to unify the Western Regions.
Monan Mongolia had already been conquered by the Han people.
The Outer Khalkha Mongols were also afraid of the strength of the Han people, and many tribes surrendered to the Han people.
Only the tribes in Beihai, who were too far away, had not yet surrendered to the Han people.
Sutan Mahem Khan of Aksu City had just launched a rebellion, overthrew his nephew, and seized the throne.
If he wants to defend his foundation in the western part of Eastern Chagatai, he must give up his hatred with our tribe and unite to deal with foreign enemies.
The powerful neighbor to the north is the Erut Mongolia, the powerful Junggar tribe, Choros Hodo and Qin Khan are very ambitious, and he will not remain indifferent when he sees the rise of the Han people."
Abrun Mohammad Azizhan listened and Zhuo talked about the first two advantages.
He believed that these two advantages gave his tribe the confidence to prolong the war.
After hearing what He Zhuo said about the third advantage, he couldn't help but cursed: "Idiot, idiot, this is a bunch of idiots."
Abrun Muhammad Azizhan was extremely angry.
When the Han people gathered heavy troops at Yumen Pass, he realized that the Han people were preparing to attack the Western Regions.
As a noble from Eastern Chagatai, he had a dedicated teacher to tell him history.
During the period when the Han people were strong, especially after the founding of the New Dynasty, when the country became strong, they would definitely clean up the surrounding nomadic forces.
The Han Dynasty did this during its heyday, the Tang Dynasty also did it during its heyday, Taizu Taizong of the Ming Dynasty still did it, and it was no exception after the founding of Dahua.
Abrun Mohammad Azizhan had realized that he could not resist the Han with his own strength alone.
He sent envoys to Aksu and Yilibari every once in a while to ask for help, and promised them many benefits.
More than half a year has passed now, and neither of these two quasi-allies has responded.
Abrun Mohammad Azihan said with some worry: "Hezhuo, this Khan sent many envoys to Aksu and Yilibali half a year ago.
Sutan Mahemu, Choros Hedo and Qin Khan did not respond to this Khan's request for help.
We can only rely on ourselves now, we cannot rely on these two companies, they don’t want to be our allies at all.”
He Zhuo shook his head slowly and said: "Our strength is limited, and we cannot stop the Han people with our strength alone.
The Han people had not attacked before, and our bargaining chips were insufficient, so they did not feel the imminent danger.
The Great Khan sent another wave of envoys to ask for help.
You must send people who have experienced the battlefield to explain to them the strength of the Han people. For the sake of their own tribe, they will definitely come to support you.
I will summon all the forces of the Baishan Sect to support the Great Khan in resisting the Han attack.
We must delay the war until reinforcements arrive."
When Abrun Muhammad Aziz heard this suggestion, he could only send another team of envoys to ask for help.
He extremely regretted the execution of the envoys sent by the Dahua Dynasty a year ago, which caused the Han people to abandon the peace talks and directly attack them.
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East Chagatai, western Mongolia, Aksu City.
Sutan Mahemu Khan once again received the messenger asking for help.
He sneered: "That guy Abrun still dares to send an envoy here.
Someone comes and puts him in prison.
The centuries-old blood feud between our two parts, East and West, can be overturned with just a little compensation.
Abrun encounters a strong enemy and wants to get our support. This is simply wishful thinking.
His tribe raised a butcher's knife to kill the warriors of our tribe, why didn't they expect this day?"
Sutan Mahemu Khan has received the third wave of messengers. Even though the conditions offered by the messengers are getting more and more generous, he remains indifferent.
If the Han people can really destroy the tribe led by Abrun, he will not be afraid at all, but will be even happier.
The tribe led by Abrun is the life and death enemy of their tribe.
Their tribe was originally weak, but after the massacre when he came to power, most of the tribe's warriors were lost.
If this strength continues to develop, sooner or later they will be captured by the tribal warriors led by Abrun.
Now that Abrun has offended the Han people, his tribe will soon be attacked by the Han people.
Abrun wanted to drag their tribe down.
Sutan Mahmud Khan was not stupid, he would not let the warriors of the tribe pay their lives for Abrun's life.
The Han people and their own tribes are separated by a vast desert.
The most likely possibility for the Han people is to wipe out Abrun and the eastern tribes of Chagatai and then retreat to Yumen Pass.
He also studied history. The Han people generally did not occupy grasslands and deserts, places where food could not be grown.
The Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu in the north, and the Tang Dynasty expelled the Turks, but they only defeated the tribes and did not occupy the territory.
Sutan Mahmud Khan waited until the Han people defeated Abrun's tribe.
He immediately marched his army eastward, unified the Eastern Chagatai Mongols, and became the real Great Khan.
Even if things are true according to what Abrun said, the Han people destroyed Abrun's tribe and continued westward to Aksu, preparing to destroy their tribe.
The warriors of their tribe could not withstand the Han attack.
Sutan Mahemu Khan had not offended the Han people, so he would immediately leave the city and surrender, expressing his surrender to the Han people.
So many Mongolian tribes surrendered, and the Han people accepted them. If his tribe surrendered, the Han people would not refuse.
According to previous historical development, when the Han people obtained the surrender of their tribes, they would allocate surrounding areas to their tribes for management.
Not only will the tribe's territory not shrink, it will probably expand.
He was able to develop rapidly by leveraging the power of the Han people.
You only paid for the name of Khan, but got a lot of benefits. This kind of beautiful thing is worth doing.
Heishanjiao Hezhuo trotted to the palace.
When he saw the envoy in the palace, he immediately shouted loudly: "Great Khan, you must not listen to someone with such arrogant ambitions as Abrun.
The news that the Han people attacked Eastern Chagatai Mongolia is probably false.
Three months ago, Abrun said that the Han people were gathering troops.
I just asked the people who came with the envoy and found out that the Han people have never sent troops.
The Han people did not send troops, but Abrun asked us to go to support them.
This should be his plan, he will probably send troops to ambush us, and after eating our army, he will unify Eastern Chagatai Mongolia."
As the leader of the Black Mountain Cult, he must prevent Sutan Mahemu Khan from falling into the trap.
Abrun must not be allowed to unify Eastern Chagatai Mongolia.
The Baishan Sect already has an absolute advantage among the eastern tribes of Chagatai.
They will use Abrun's strength to drive out most of the Black Mountain Cult, leaving only a little power huddled among a few small tribes.
Sutan Mahemu Khan laughed and said: "Don't worry! I'm not that stupid. A warrior of the tribe will never sacrifice for others."
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Erut Mongolia, Junggar king's tent.
The great Khan of Junggar, Choros Hedo and Qin, convened a meeting with the nobles of the Erut Mongolian tribe in the royal tent.
"Abrun Muhammad Aziz Khan of Eastern Chagatai asked us for help.
The Han people want to attack the Mongolians in Eastern Chagatai, should we send troops to support them?"
The nobles of the Jungar tribe heard the Khan asking about the news.
Immediately a big Mongolian man stood up.
"Great Khan, Green doesn't think we should send troops.
If the Han people attack Eastern Chagatai Mongolia, they may not let us Erut Mongolia go.
Our southeastern region is directly supported by Han forces.
They can attack us directly from Yumen Pass.
Transkalkha Mongolia also submitted to the Han people.
It is very likely that the Han people will launch an attack on us from the direction of Transkarkha.
We are separated from Eastern Chagatai Mongolia by a huge mountain range.
As long as we guard a few mountain passes, we don't have to worry about the Han people attacking us from the south after occupying Eastern Chagatai.
But the deserts and grasslands in the east cannot stop the Han cavalry. We must leave enough troops to prevent the Han from attacking our headquarters.
The current strength of the army is insufficient, so if we divide our troops to support Eastern Chagatai, we may have fallen into the trap of the Han people."
A big man with white skin and blue eyes stood up, raised his hands and said: "Great Khan, you are the Great Khan elected by all tribes in Erut Mongolia.
The Junggar tribe is the strongest force in Erut Mongolia, and all tribes obey the orders of the Great Khan.
Our Wulianghai tribe has been attacked by the Russians.
The Wulianghai tribe serves as the barrier for the Junggar tribe in the north. Once we are breached by the Russians, the Junggar tribe will not be able to survive alone.
The Great Khan has enough troops, please go north to support us immediately.
What does the dispute between the Han people and the Eastern Chagatai Mongols have to do with us?"
Choros Khodor and Qin Khan listened to the speeches of the tribal nobles.
Most of the nobles did not support them sending troops to support them.
Some people think that enough troops should be left to defend against Han sneak attacks.
Some people think they can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.
When the Mongols and Han people in Eastern Chagatai fell into anxiety, they sent troops to reap the benefits.
Choros Khodor and Qin Khan listened to the thoughts of these tribal nobles.
He also has his own ideas, and the Junggar tribe cannot blindly support him.
The northern part of Erut Mongolia was encroached by the Russians. These Russians used muskets, causing heavy casualties to the tribal warriors.
If the Erut Mongols want to develop, they must capture the Eastern Chagatai Mongols in the south to give them enough land to maneuver.
Before Choros Khodor and Qin Khan, he was also preparing to form an alliance with the Transkarkha Mongols.
He was confident enough to unite with the Outer Khalkha Mongolia through means such as peace, but he did not expect that the Outer Khalkha Mongolia would surrender to the Han first.
It was precisely because Choros Hedo and Qin Khan realized the ambitions of the Han people that he executed the Han people's envoys.
He wanted to attack the Eastern Chagatai Mongols through the Han people.
Observe the strength of the Han people, especially whether the Han people's firearms are as powerful as the rumors.
The Han people were too strong, so the Junggar tribe moved westward to avoid their advantage.
The Han people were not very strong, so the Junggar tribe united with surrounding tribes to expel the Han people from the Western Regions.