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Shen Jian and several officials were busy all day long.

After finishing the affairs in the town and resettlement, I have to go to the countryside to preach the policy.

The two thousand immigrants were distributed armor, mainly spears, crossbows and leather armor.The land they cultivate will be exempted from tax within five years, and will be halved within ten years, and they will be drilled during the slack season. To put it bluntly, they are quite military settlements, but they all belong to civilian registration.

In the town there was a small businessman of a foreign race who was very cooperative in his work. Shen Jian stayed by his side as an interpreter, and would apply to help him become a small official in the future.

Shen Jian took the translator and headed to the nearest village, accompanied by a team of peasants and soldiers.

He was afraid that the local peasants would violently kill people, but those peasants were afraid of him.Because the local farmers are all serfs under the aristocratic manor system, they were used to being bullied by the aristocrats in the past, and they beat and scolded anyone who came.

Several farmers chatted with Shen Jian tremblingly.

Ask them what ethnicity they belong to, and these people can't tell.

The translator said next to him, "My lord, they are all Sarta."

The original meaning of Salta is "merchant", and it is specially designated for the believers of various ethnic groups in Central Asia, and many of them have moved to Xinjiang and Gansu.There are Turks, Tajiks, Kazakhs, Persians... After leaving their homeland, many of them can't figure out which ethnicity they are, and the outside world collectively calls them Salta.

Those who can speak scriptures are nobles, and the nobles have been killed.

Facing this group of confused serfs, Shen Jian muttered, "The town needs a few eminent monks!"

Shen Jian returned to the castle and immediately reported to the court, introducing himself to the situation here.He suggested that a large number of monks be placed here. Now is the best time to preach, and the opportunity will be missed in a few years.

The imperial court attached great importance to this, and Zhao Han even personally issued an order to check the situation of temples across the country.Once a fake monk is found, he will be sent to the Western Regions immediately, and a ultimatum will be issued at the same time.

In addition, it called for the encouragement of monks and Taoists across the country to go to the Western Regions to open up religious territories.The imperial court was responsible for helping them build temples, and as long as they went there, they would have a great chance to become abbots, and even if they failed to become abbots, they would still be the second or third in command in the temple.

According to history, eight thousand monks entered the Western Regions!

But the imperial army marched all the way to Yumen.

The Yumen Pass in the Han Dynasty has long been abandoned, and Yumen here is Yumen County.

The lord of Yumen heard that the Han army was coming, so he ran away ahead of time, and fled to Hami to ask for asylum.These so-called lords have a standing army of at most a few hundred people, and if they are armed with the small nobles in the village, they can have two to three thousand troops.How dare they fight against the Datong army?

The Datong Army dispatched more than 5 infantry and cavalry this time, and more than [-] civilian husbands (most of them will stay in the Western Regions to reproduce).On the other side of Qinghai, there are still thousands of cavalry of various ethnic groups, who are about to cross the mountain pass and enter Xinjiang.

The army quickly recovered Yumen, Guazhou, and Dunhuang, and all the nobles along the way fled and crowded together in Hami in an attempt to resist.

Hami lord Muhanmaiti Xia Hezhuo, who was already terminally ill, got the news while lying on his hospital bed.He called his son Ebedura: "We can't beat the Han people, so don't try to keep Hami. You have only two choices, one is to take people to Turpan, and the other is to surrender to the Han people immediately. I am too sick to walk Alright, you can figure it out yourself."

Abedura hesitated and said, "I heard from the nobles who fled to Hami that the Han army will kill the nobles when they see them. After we surrender, will the Han army also kill us?"

Muhan Mai Tixia and Zhuo frowned, and then said: "I don't know."

"I know." Abedura said.

Erbedura planned to run away and took people to Turpan for help.I definitely can't win with this strength, so I will lure the Han army to Turpan and force the governor of Turpan to join forces to fight.

This man, in history, first surrendered to Galdan, then played backstab, surrendered to Kangxi in a hurry, and finally became King Hami.

In fact, he wanted to surrender directly, as long as he continued to rule Hami.

He can even tolerate the imperial court sending troops to station, but the position of Lord Hami cannot be lost.But the Nanjing court obviously didn't intend to do so. They killed the nobles they saw along the way, knowing that they wanted to eradicate the nobles and leave only the common people of all ethnic groups.

Erbedura could only be forced to fight to the end!

Chapter 1045 [Mantis arm as a cart]

"Captain, no one is stationed in Hami, our vanguard has captured the city."

"Where did Hammy Burke escape?"

"It is reported that they fled to the west, most of them fled to Turpan. Along the way, many rural nobles also fled. All the things they could not take away were burned, and they did not leave a single grain of money for our army. Even the grain of those serfs was taken by the village. The nobles robbed them all, and the countryside ahead was full of hungry people begging for food."

"Hehe, strengthen the walls and clear the wilderness. Order the logistics officer to allocate [-] shi of military rations to the civilian officials accompanying the army to help the people here!"

Muhanmaitixia and Zhuo were already so ill that they were carried away even when they fled.

His son Ebedura was in power, and he was determined to fight against the Datong army, so he actually played the trick of fortifying the wall and clearing the country.

Jiang Liang's way of distributing military rations along the way will certainly not be able to regain the northern Xinjiang area, because the food will not be enough to eat, but it will be greatly beneficial to future rule.

As a hero of the uprising in Wuxing Town, Jiang Liang is relatively mediocre in all aspects.

However, Jiang Liang has one advantage, he likes to figure out what other people are thinking.After being transferred to be stationed in Xi'an, Jiang Liang knew that he was probably going to attack the Western Regions, so he studied the intelligence of the Western Regions two years in advance.Later, Zhao Han sent another secret letter asking him to pay attention to the ethnic and religious issues in the Western Regions, and Jiang Liang immediately understood the emperor's thoughts.

It is no problem that the north of Tianshan cannot be regained this time, what the emperor wants is the long-term stability of the south of Tianshan!

The army moved on.

From Dunhuang to Hami, corpses were occasionally seen along the way, which were serfs who had been killed or died of illness and starvation.

Serfs were of no race and even had Persian descent.They starved for several days, and even their houses were burned down. Seeing the Datong Army, they panicked even more and hid far away trembling.

At this time, the civilian officials and officials who accompanied the army brought civilian husbands and military rations, and cooked porridge to call the hungry people to eat.The military mission officer took the opportunity to preach the policy to the serfs of all ethnic groups with an interpreter, and held a complaint meeting for the serfs to express their emotions.

Many serfs were half-fed, and at the beginning they hesitated to speak, then they started to speak quickly, and then burst into tears in front of everyone.

When the army arrived in Hami, Jiang Liang suspended the march, preparing to spend two or three days to reorganize the troops, and waited for the news from the vanguard to return to Turpan.

Chief Propaganda Officer Luo Bingcheng came to report with a smile: "Commander, once the meeting of complaints is held, the hearts of the people will all belong to our army. Many serfs learned that they could divide their fields, and they begged our army to stay and not leave for fear that the nobles would come back. Some serfs are willing to join the army and help our army deliver food and grass."

Jiang Liang said with emotion: "This trick has been useless for a long time. Unexpectedly, it will also work in the Western Regions."

Luo Bingcheng said: "These serfs didn't live like human beings in the past. The harvest belonged to the nobles. I am thankful that I didn't starve to death. We cooked porridge for them as soon as we came, and gained the trust of the serfs. The serf spoke out all the grievances in his heart. Then he promised to divide the land, who can not treat us as our own people?"

Eighty years ago, a Halim Khan came out of the Yarkand Kingdom.

He abolished the privileges of the nobility, abolished the serf system, and allowed farmers to gain personal freedom.He forbade the local nobles to collect taxes independently. All taxes were regulated by the Khan Court, and local taxes had to be handed over to the central government.Squires, nobles and officials also have to pay taxes, and they pay more taxes than ordinary people.

He also established an official examination system, selecting students from the School of Economics and appointing them after passing the examination. Officials are no longer lifelong and hereditary.

He also reformed the judiciary system, withdrawing judicial power from local religious leaders, and appointing judicial officials by the Khan Court with full power.

This series of reforms is obviously learning from China.

But in Xinjiang at that time, classical Islam was popular, and there was not even a unified religious leader, let alone a thought of loyalty to the Great Khan and the court.People naturally oppose this kind of centralization reform, so the effect of loud thunder and little rain is extremely weak.

It just so happened that Sufis became popular in Persia. The Mughals almost destroyed the country, and the emperor went into exile in Persia to restore the country with the help of the Sufis.Harin Khan found that the Sufis were beneficial to centralized rule, so he also took the initiative to introduce them, and then the chaos in the Yarkand Kingdom began.

After the death of Harlem Khan, the New Deal was completely abolished, and the peasants became serfs again, and the oppression of serfs intensified.

Luo Bingcheng said: "The serfs here are worse than the tenants in the late Ming Dynasty. Although they are all aliens, their hearts are fleshy. Since they are willing to join the army, I plan to temporarily recruit a group of peasants. The number is not large. Each village only Recruit one or two, and let them see the might of the Datong army. After they return to the village, they can spread their knowledge to the villagers."

"It's up to you." Jiang Liang agreed.

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Turpan.

Touluntai was full of ambition and encouraged: "Father, the nobles from Turpan and Hami have come to join us with their troops. We already have tens of thousands of troops, and the soldiers are strong. It's time to do big things. Father, don't hesitate any longer! "

Babai Khan sighed: "Oh, we can't even beat the Mongols, how did we win the Han army? Didn't you hear that the Mongols were beaten so hard by the Han that they couldn't fight back?"

Toulontai said: "This time is different. The Han people want to kill all the nobles, and the nobles are all willing to fight for their lives."

"I'll think about it again," Babai Khan said.

Toulontai said impatiently: "Father, don't think about it anymore, the nobles are waiting for you to send troops!"

Babai Khan was the fourth younger brother of the Yarkand king who died on a pilgrimage. He can be understood as the prince of Turpan and ruled the area west of Jiayuguan.

As for Touluntai, who rebelled against Shunzhi in history, he occupied Suzhou together with the Hui generals of Ming Dynasty.The Qing army came, the city of Suzhou was destroyed, and thousands of people below Toulontai were slaughtered.

Not only does Babai Khan not have the recklessness of his son, he can even be said to be cowardly to the bone.The Manchu Qing sent envoys to Yarkand to question the crime, and the king of Yarkand took the opportunity to relieve him of his power. Babai Khan was obediently taken to the city of Yarkand, and the power of Turpan was handed over to the king's son.

Babai Khan said to his son at this time: "When the Han army comes, we can't resist, otherwise there will be no way to retreat. You go to appease the nobles everywhere, and I will send someone to Hami to ask for surrender. As long as we are more obedient, it must be Those who can survive may be able to keep their property."

If Babai Khan did what he said, the Datong Army would really not kill him. After all, he is the prince of the Yarkand Khanate, and it is of great significance to recruit him.

At most, he would take away his land, and he would not even move his floating wealth, so he would still be a rich man from now on.

Toulontai felt that his father was too useless, and the nobles from all over the world brought troops to vote. They have tens of thousands of troops (many of them are serf soldiers), so what are they afraid of?As long as the Chinese army is repelled, their father and son will gain great prestige. There are two great khans in the west fighting side by side, maybe they can take the opportunity to seize the throne.

Toulontai pretended to agree, and conspired with his confidants when he returned, and connected with some local nobles.

At night, Toulontai suddenly led troops to surround his father's mansion and put Babai Khan under house arrest, waiting for his father to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca after the war.

Two days later, Toulontai ordered troops to be sent out, and it was a holy war, and he took the initiative to kill the Datong army.

The vanguard of the Datong Army retreated voluntarily and sent people back to report the news. Jiang Liang immediately led the army to set off.

At this time, 8000 cavalry of various ethnic groups in Qinghai had arrived in Hami to meet up.

On the side of the Datong Army, there are 6 cavalry and more than [-] civilian husbands (more civilian husbands are distributed on the grain road, extending from Gansu to Hami).

Toulontai's army had more than 7 soldiers and riders.There were no peasants, and serfs were also drawn into the army, and they all had to take up arms in battle.The real core force is only the standing army and the nobles' armed forces totaling more than [-].

But Toulontai was full of confidence, and he didn't know where the confidence came from. It was as confusing as when he went to Gansu to rebel in the Shunzhi Dynasty in history.

The two armies met between Turpan and Hami. The main road was traveled by traveling merchants, and both sides of the road were full of Gobi and desert.

Two or three miles apart, each of them stopped marching and formed formation.

On the side of the Datong Army, there are chariot soldiers at the front, followed by all musketeers. The traditional spearmen have been eliminated.

Among the musketeers, there were a few grenadiers.

Grenadiers usually don't wear armor, and when they need to attack, they will focus on armor and use warhammers to fight.After all, a person is tall and strong, but throwing bombs is too wasteful, and sometimes it is necessary to trap and attack the city.

Artillery and dragoons, hiding in the formation.

The two wings and the central army are all Xiao cavalry and Yi cavalry, and some dragoons are divided into the two wings.As for the [-] Qinghai cavalry, led by two tribal leaders, they also spread out towards the two wings.

Except for the eight thousand Qinghai cavalry, everyone in the Datong Army is wearing armor.

Even musketeers wear cotton armor.

In Toulontai's army, there were barely over ten thousand armored soldiers, and most of them were in leather armor.There are at least [-] serf soldiers who were temporarily drawn in, and they have the taste of Tsarist Russia's conscription to fight.

The troops of both sides gradually approached, and then stopped to regroup.

The cavalry on both wings were already running in the Gobi.

The fanatic cavalry from Balikun, after losing their territory, went to Hami and was arranged to live in a rural area.In the past few years, they are also replenishing their manpower, and they have probably recovered to about 1500 riders.The rest of the cavalry are basically rural nobles and followers, and there are very few real standing cavalry.

On the side of the Datong Army, the Xiao cavalry and Yi cavalry did not move, and the dragoons went up to fly kites with the enemy.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Gunshots from time to time meant that the two armies were at war.

1500 fanatic cavalry rushed to the front, facing a bullet. After firing, the team of dragoons immediately ran away.The other team of dragoons fired from the side, and also ran away after shooting.

I am not afraid of the enemy rushing over, anyway, there are Xiao cavalry and Yi cavalry waiting.

The fanatic cavalry ran for a while, but failed to get close to the range of the bow and arrow, and more than 200 people were killed by random guns.

"Boom boom boom!"

Artillery from both sides fired at each other.

Toulontai gathered more than 20 artillery pieces, and even the artillery for the defense of Turpan Castle was brought.

As for the Datong Army, there are a total of one hundred artillery pieces, all of which are front-mounted straight-bore cannons.There are also many tiger squatting guns and the like, which are fired only after the enemy approaches, and they are still hidden in the formation and have not shown up.

The front-mounted straight-bore artillery is not much longer than the smoothbore gun, and it does not have the accuracy of the spiral-bore artillery. It was invented purely to increase the rate of fire.

The Datong Army had four times as many artillery pieces as the enemy, and the rate of fire was much faster.

After several rounds of shelling, Toulontai's artillery position had been completely destroyed, and the Datong Army pushed the artillery forward and began to fire into the enemy's formation.

Chapter 1046 [Gobi Horse Riding]

Another son of Babai Khan, named Abdullah Shit, was also in the Toulent army at this time.

His father is a coward, his brother is a reckless man, and he himself is a clever little ghost.

This guy was in command of the Turpan cavalry, and when he saw the number and equipment of the Datong cavalry, he felt that he might not be able to beat them.Therefore, when the cavalry fought, his private soldiers did not enter the battle at all, and only let the fanatic cavalry and noble cavalry rush to kill.

Seeing that the fanatic cavalry had not achieved an inch, but hundreds of them had been killed by muskets, Abdullah Shit had the idea of ​​defecting.

The various Toulontai began to sound their bugles to urge him, and he had to lead his private cavalry to rush out.However, this guy doesn't care about the flanking battlefield at all, but is always staring at the frontal battlefield.

He soon discovered that his brother's artillery had been scrapped, and the former army was bombarded by Chinese artillery and the formation was chaotic.

Abdullah Shit immediately shouted: "Go around to the enemy's flank!"

This guy seemed to be walking around with private soldiers, but he was actually staying away from the battlefield.As long as the situation is not good, you can quickly flee back to Turpan, or you can go around and stab your brother in the back.

Of course, if the Chinese army weakens, he will immediately rush to the Datong army.