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In the autumn of that year, all the merchants who returned from Kashgar brought back the false news that "20 Datong troops are about to attack Fergana".

The merchants bought by Jiang Liang spread rumors everywhere that King Bukhara wanted to increase taxes.

Two false news came out together, and the whole basin became jittery.

On the one hand, the governor was nervous and sent people to various tribes to gather troops.

On the one hand, there are complaints from various ministries. The king has raised taxes several times. If taxes are raised again, it will force everyone to death.

Liu Qin, who has a foreign appearance, has already disguised himself as a merchant and entered Fergana with goods.

He first contacted the nearest Tajik leader to preach the tax reduction policy of the Chinese court.Adding fuel and vinegar, it tells how powerful the Chinese army is and beat the Yarkand Khanate into a mess.Besides, once the 20 Chinese army arrives, the governor of Bukhara will definitely not be able to resist it.

If you don't help China fight the war, you have to help Bukhara fight the war. It is your choice whether you live or die.

The Tajik leader immediately agreed, willing to help China fight.Anyway, I agree first, and depending on the situation, I will help whichever side has the upper hand.

I visited several Tajik tribes in a row, and all the leaders agreed.

It went so smoothly, but it made Liu Qin feel bad, and he immediately changed his plan temporarily.

Liu Qin quietly contacted the bribed merchants and asked them to spread the "truth".Shake out all the tribes that have promised to help, saying that these tribes want to rebel, and finally simply say that the Tajiks want to rebel.

After the incident became serious, this guy immediately went to the territory of the Kyrgyz people.

After visiting a few more tribes, they spread the "truth" again, saying that all the Giligis in the north had defected to China.The Kyrgyz people in the Fergana Basin have been bewitched by their kinsmen, and they plan to defect to help the Datong Army.

In the end, Liu Qin was too lazy to go to the west, and directly said that the Uzbeks in the west were going to rebel.

This place was originally a powder keg, and King Blaha's violent expropriation had already sparked many uprisings.

Rumors are flying all over the sky now, the governor and the leaders of the ministries all know that someone is doing something.However, the governor did not dare not believe it, and the leaders of the ministries did not dare to believe that the governor did not believe it.

The Datong army hasn't arrived yet, and the fight is about to start here.

The governor ordered that before winter, all ministries must lead troops to gather, otherwise they would be regarded as malicious.

The governor wanted to frighten the ministries, but the leaders of the ministries were terrified, thinking that the governor was going to act in advance.

The most powerful Kokand Department directly killed the officials of Kokand City and announced that he had been appointed governor by the Chinese emperor.This dude really raised the flag to rebel!

Chapter 1052 [Love the Homeland]

The Kokand tribe who pulled the flag to rebel, the real name is the Minge tribe, whose ancestors moved from the Golden Horde, and claimed to be descendants of Shaybani.

The Fergana Basin originally belonged to nomadic societies.

More than 100 years ago, the Uzbeks brought farming technology, and now it has formed a state where farming and nomadism are intertwined.

Moreover, Hezhuo often served as the leader of the tribe.

As both Hezhuo and the leader of the tribe, separatism became a matter of time.With the decline of the Bukhara Khanate, Hezhuo leaders are more inclined to stand on their own, in order to get rid of the king's exploitation of them.

Makhmur, the leader of the Minger tribe, is a Hezhuo.

This tribe is relatively large, with thousands of people, and is one of the 92 Uzbek tribes.

The city of Kokand they conquered was just a small castle. Craftsmen and merchants lived outside the city, while farmers and herdsmen scattered in all directions.

In the city of Kokand.

An Uzbek businessman knelt in front of Makhmur tremblingly.

Mehmur held the handle of the knife and asked: "I have arrested many merchants, and I can finally confirm that you are the one who spread the rumors. Do you still dare to deny it?"

"No...no, I also heard from others." Shangjia was trembling with fright.

Mehmur suddenly smiled: "Don't be afraid, I have killed Bukhara officials and am willing to help the Chinese army fight. Tell me how to contact the Chinese army."

The merchant was overjoyed and said, "Just send someone to Pamir."

"Very well, I will send someone there, and you will be responsible for leading the way," Mehmur said.

After dismissing the merchants, Mehmur lost his smile and sat there alone with a cold expression.

What he really wants is tribal independence. He hates the Khanate of Bukhara as much as China, which came from nowhere.But then again, as long as his interests are protected, it doesn't matter which country rules.

Rumors were only a catalyst for this rebellion, and the real reason was the king of Bukhara's excessive expropriation.

He Zhuo, I have long wanted to rebel!

Makhmur sent dozens of people to contact other Uzbek tribes.Those Uzbek and Zhuo all expressed silence. To put it bluntly, they just waited and watched, neither cooperating with the governor to send troops to suppress the rebellion, nor helping Makhmur rebel.

After all, the remaining prestige of the King of Bukhara is still there.

……

Andijan.

This is the birthplace of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Dynasty in India, and the core area of ​​the Fergana Basin.

Governor Mirza has gathered [-] elites here, and forced the nearby ministries to send [-] troops to kill Haohan City.Whether the Chinese army came or not, Mirza could no longer take care of it. He had to put down the rebellion of Minge's tribe first.

When the army marched south of Namangan, Mahmur received the news.

Makhmur did not dare to resist, and immediately withdrew to the southern mountainous area with his tribe, which was the territory of the Tajiks.

The Tajiks did not want to fight against the Ming forces, so they reached an agreement with Mahmur in private.As long as the Minge tribe did not plunder along the way, the Tajiks would allow them to escape, otherwise they would definitely help the governor to destroy them.

Ever since, the governor and the rebels began to go around in circles.

And Makhmur's goal is to lead the tribe to escape to Congling, and to fight back with the help of the Chinese army.

……

Onion Ridge leads to the mountain pass of Fergana.

Liu Qin, dressed as a merchant, joined the 3500 Datong army.

Lei Zhiji, the missionary officer, personally held out a set of clothes: "Mr. Liu, this was ordered by the governor himself."

Liu Qin cupped his hands and said, "Thank you!"

After getting the clothes, Liu Qin changed clothes in the army. The clothes of Central Asian merchants soon changed into Confucian shirts, and they also wore square flat scarves.

Seeing Liang Zhen and Lei Zhiji again, Liu Qin was a little embarrassed: "I have been away from my homeland for several generations, and I don't even know how to wear the clothes of the Han family. I have to ask the sergeant for help."

Lei Zhiji handed over a scribe's sword: "If you have your homeland in your heart, why should you stick to your clothes."

to be frank

, Liu Qin was wearing a Confucian shirt, which looked really nondescript.He is nearly 1.8 meters tall and thin, and has a Central Asian appearance, but he is very similar to those European officials in Nanjing.

Riding forward, Liu Qin touched his clothes from time to time.

As Ji Shan of Zhongshun Prince's Mansion, when his ancestors fled Hami, they brought a large collection of scriptures and history.After fleeing Turpan, most of the ancient books of the Han family were lost.When they migrated to Dayuzi, most of them were lost.

By the time Liu Qin was born, there were only half of the "Four Books Complete", half of the "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", one "Shuowen Jiezi", and one "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". There is also the "San Zi Jing", which was handwritten by his grandfather, and the memory of the first two ancestors was confused, and there is a content error with the real "San Zi Jing".

His family is doing business in Dayuzi, and the business is not big or small, but it is difficult to get books from the Han family. For more than 100 years, only one copy of "Selected Poems of Tang Dynasty" has been obtained.

Liu Qin began to read at the age of five, and at the same time began to learn Chinese, and he learned Nanjing Mandarin.But speaking Chinese with people is a bit like Mandarin with a Xinjiang accent.

The last words of every ancestor are to let their children and grandchildren go back to their hometown in Anhui to worship their ancestors!

"Brother Liu has been here?" Lei Zhiji asked.

Liu Qin replied, "I used to come here when I was young. At that time, there was a war in Yili, and Dayuzi cut off trade with China. My uncle and I went here from the west, bought Chinese goods in Andijan, and then shipped them back to Dayuzi for sale. Not only hard money, but also hard money, often robbed by tribes along the way.”

Lei Zhiji sighed: "It's not easy."

"After taking this place, I want to go back to Huizhou to worship my ancestors and fulfill their last wishes," Liu Qin said.

Lei Zhiji asked: "If Brother Liu's ancestors were from a wealthy family in Anhui, maybe we can still find the ancestral grave. If not, I'm afraid it will be difficult. After all, it has been more than 100 years."

"Give it a try," Liu Qin said.

Not far from the mountain pass, we met a Tajik tribe.

Although the Datong Army has only 3500 people, all of them are elite in armor, and they are not easy to mess with at first glance.As for the logistics troops, they were Tajiks from Congling, who recruited more than 5000 people with real money.

Due to surrender to China, the Tajik tribe in Congling is obliged to send troops to help.

But the Datong Army actually returned the money, which made the Tajik leaders very happy and strengthened their determination to fall to China.

The regular army plus Tajik logistics, a team of nearly 9000 people, made the Tajik tribes here dare not resist.

Liang Zhen said to the tribal leader: "Surrender, or fight!"

Liu Qin immediately translated: "Either surrender or become the enemy. This is only the vanguard of China. There will be another 20 troops coming later."

How could a small tribe with hundreds of people in the mountains on the edge of the basin dare to be an enemy of the Chinese army?

At this point, the leader of the department bite the bullet and assembled an army of nearly a hundred people, bringing their own dry food to follow the Chinese army.

When Liang Zhen led his troops to approach the city of Osh, the size of the army was already 2000.

Except for the 3500 Datong Army, the rest are all miscellaneous troops.Once the battle is lost, the miscellaneous troops will collapse, and maybe someone will fight back.

There are only 1000 troops left in the garrison in Osh City, and the rest were all taken away by the governor to counter the rebellion.

The guard temporarily recruited people from outside the city to defend the city, gathering thousands of people to defend the city.The civilians outside the city here are mostly Tajik craftsmen and merchants. They have long heard the news spread by the merchants that the taxation of the Chinese emperor is lighter than that of the king of Bukhara.

Both craftsmen and merchants choose to believe!

why?

Because the Silk Road passes through here, a large number of Chinese goods are shipped in every year.Although the craftsmen and businessmen living in the bazaar outside the city have never seen Chinese people, their ancestors have admired China for a long time.

In their imagination, China is rich and powerful, with honey flowing everywhere. Otherwise, how could so many Chinese goods be shipped in?

Since China is rich, there is no need for the emperor of China to impose heavy taxes!

Liang Zhen led the army to the city, and the civilians who were dissatisfied with the governor's rule had long been dissatisfied. At this moment, how could they have the thought of working hard to defend the city?

When the hot air balloon rose, a large number of artisans and merchants who were dragged to defend the city shouted the devil and began to escape. The "devil" was just an excuse, they just wanted to run away, and even dispersed the real garrison, and quickly opened the city gate.

The hot air balloon didn't even have time to drop the bomb, the city gate was opened, and the guards fled with the soldiers in a hurry.

Winning Osh City is of great significance, and Liu Qin's strategy has begun to take effect.

A large number of Tajik tribal leaders took the initiative to vote with their soldiers.Regardless of whether there are still 20 Chinese troops, anyway, the Chinese army has come, and some people have taken the lead in rebellion. This time, the Governor of Bukhara must be driven away no matter what.

The troops under Liang Zhen's command increased to more than 2 in just over half a month.

Liu Qin suggested: "General Liang, don't fight westward, it's better to fight northward. There are a large number of Jirijisi tribes in the north. The Jirijisi people west of Kashgar have all surrendered to the Celestial Empire, and the tribes here will follow suit. It is more difficult to go west, the more Uzbeks there are, the more loyal they are to the king of Bukhara.”

This is the role of the high-level guide, and it is more effective in fighting battles.

Liang Zhen listened to Liu Qin's suggestion and led the army to the north. Sure enough, a large number of Jirijisi people came to seek refuge.Among the three major ethnic groups in the entire basin, the Giligis belonged to the bottom of the oppressed group—the most wanted to rebel, but the least daring to rebel, and they desperately hoped for a big brother to take the lead.

Historically, at the beginning of the establishment of the Kokand Khanate, it was the support of the Kyrgyz people that allowed the Kokand Khanate to gain a firm foothold.

People from Jirijisi came to vote one after another, and Liang Zhen's army strength was already close to [-].

After receiving the news, Governor Mirza no longer dared to chase the rebels, and hurried back with his troops to fight.At the same time, Uzbek soldiers from the west were recruited along the way, and brought back more than 4 people day and night.

When Mirza arrived, Liang Zhen was already besieging Andijan.

Andijan, an important node of the Silk Road, has seen countless wars over the past millennium, and now it has become a place of decisive battle to determine the ownership of the basin.

The main force of Bukhara has a high rate of firearms, and Mirza has a musketeer team of 2000 in his hands.

In addition, the proportion of cavalry is also high, and there are a large number of heavy cavalry.

Dominating Central Asia is not just a joke!

It's just that, how high is the morale of the army in a country that is about to fall apart?

Even many cavalry and musketeers have been owed wages for a long time.

Chapter 1053 [Brave Rider]

The camp built on the mountain has been surrounded by Braha's army.

The soldiers of all ethnic groups who came to seek refuge were inevitably afraid, and it could even be said that they were panicked.

As the former overlord of Central Asia, although Bukhara has become extremely decayed, it still has power at this time, and many tribes under the rule dare not resist.

On the second day after the encirclement of the camp, Governor Mirza came to call for battle.

Liang Zhen observed with binoculars for a while, and immediately laughed: "It's actually this kind of army. Fortunately, we have few soldiers, and the enemy came to fight on their own initiative. Otherwise, it would be hard to chase after them if they were scared away."

Lei Zhiji was also observing the enemy army, and asked with a puzzled face, "Did Bukhara not learn how to fight on foot?"