Emperor Ming Dynasty

Compared with the vast Western Regions, the Turpan Basin is a place where wealth gathers.

In the Western Regions, the oasis is only a stronghold of life, with an area of ​​less than one percent. In Turpan, the oasis occupies [-] percent of the land, where the Gaochang Kingdom was located in history.

Although it is arid and rainless, and it is the location of the famous Flame Mountain, it cannot sustain sufficient water sources. There are fourteen long rivers, large and small, so that people can multiply in the oasis.

More importantly, due to the shape of an intermountain basin and the undulating terrain, the mining conditions for many minerals are extremely easy, which makes the ironmaking industry prevail.

This is why Turpan is so important.

After Gao Yigong took Hami City, it was equivalent to occupying the gap in the east of the Turpan Basin, condescending, and Turpan had no danger to defend at this time.

"Prosperous, Commander!" At this moment, the generals under his command ran over and shouted.

"I heard that in the southwest, there is a salt lake called Aydin Lake."

"That's salt. How much does it cost to dig it out?"

"Salt Lake, is it another solution pond?"

Gao Yigong was overjoyed to hear that there is iron, salt, and water. How can Turpan not be rich?

In comparison, Guazhou and Suzhou in the Hexi Corridor are nothing at all.

He walked around, no matter how much salt he had, he could sell it. Wouldn't the treasury of Gansu be rich?
Using troops in the northwest can also provide some help.

"I'll see who dares to make noise and let us waste our strength."

Gao Yigong patted the table, and after everyone's smiles stopped, he laughed loudly: "The Western Regions have been a prosperous place since ancient times, Hami is ours, Turpan is also ours, these are all ours."

Who fights on rewards and military pay?Then how do you get rich?

Especially the frontier army is poor, tired and hard-working, so the court seems a little loose, turning a blind eye.

For example, if the troops were stationed in Suiyuan, they would resell cattle and sheep; when they were stationed in the Hexi Corridor, they would collect tolls.

But now it is relying on a salt lake, the soldiers don't need to do anything at all, as long as there is a slight leak and some workers are hired to dig it, they can be sold to merchants.

It will take at least a year and a half before the imperial court sends people to deal with it, and they will already be making a lot of money.

Only by being profitable can the army be driven to fight for a long time.

But at this time, Hami shook, and Turpan shook.

Although Turpan is large, most of its economy is grazing, which is caused by the habits of the Mongols. As a result, there are not many cities, only Anle City, Liucheng, and Huozhou.

Hami is the fourth city and the most important gateway.

Aqimu in Turpan (similar to the governor), Su Litang, the younger brother of the Yarkand Khan, was taken aback:
"I intend to form an alliance with the Ming army, why do you want to beat me?"

So a letter asked.

Gao Yigong was overjoyed when he learned about it.

He is worried that there is no excuse to send troops to Turpan?Really drowsy came the pillow.

Turpan has little rain and snow in winter, and it is close to no, which is a good opportunity to use troops.

Moreover, the existence of the Aydin Salt Lake has caused huge waves in the army. Everyone is sincere, morale is boosted, and the army's morale is available, which is suitable for military use.

In fact, he actually understands the legal dilemma.

The troops were sent to Hami because they used the pretext of recovering their homeland and reorganizing Hami. Although the soldiers complained, they were still able to drive the troops.

The legal principle also works in Hami, because Hami originally paid tribute to Daming, and it has only been occupied for a hundred years, and it has close contacts with Gansu, so once the city of Hami was reached, the nearby tribes surrendered one after another.

This is the same as when the emperor occupied Nanjing and the seven huge southern provinces surrendered without a fight.

Regardless of the soldiers who sent troops to Turpan, even if he took the three cities of Turpan, those tribes would not be able to surrender easily, and I don't know how much manpower and material resources were wasted.

And once Turpan took the initiative to send troops, then after its defeat, the opponent's forces would inevitably be centrifugal, and it would be logical for him to counterattack, and no one could pick a typo.

"Mulla, what's Suritang's favorite?"

Gao Yigong summoned scholars from the University of Peace Education and asked about the situation of the governor of Turpan.

The university student has a slender beard, and he can tell at a glance that he is well-educated and a man of high morals.

He saluted first, and then said: "Dear Chief Soldier, Su Litang Aqimu is the most devout believer in the holy religion, but he can't control the desire in his heart, he likes beautiful women and drinks..."

Speaking of this, it has to be the peace sect that is popular today.

This faction belongs to the faction that the government likes, because it is not rigid, more flexible, and has the "principle of choosing the good", that is, the opinion of the ruler is the main one.

So, very sensible.

As a result, the faction spread to the world and came to the Western Regions.

"understood."

Gao Yigong nodded, then asked someone to write a provocative letter, and sent ten roasted pigeons to taste.

Sure enough, Su Litang was furious.

Sensibles don't eat poultry.

This is no less than someone using the portrait of Confucius as toilet paper to wipe his ass. Which scholar can bear it?
Mingren is not only a humiliation to him, but also a blow to his prestige.

Such a provocation, if he does not fight back, it means that his beliefs are not pious and his prestige will not drop.

So, he had to fight back.

So, less than a month after Gao Yigong 20,000 people took Hami, Turpan Aqimu Sulitang sent all Turpan's Anlecheng, Huozhou, and Liucheng, and gathered more than [-] troops.

"It's not far from what I estimated."

Gao Yigong sneered, Turpan has only 400,000 people, and [-] is already the limit.

"Dear Chief Soldier, let's defend the city."

University scholars have a lot of fear of war, and even Turpan people will inevitably have irregularities.

"Defend the city?" Gao Yigong shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "I just hope that through a frontal war, I will completely drain the courage of everyone in Turpan."

"As long as I defeat these 50,000 people, I don't need to attack the city one by one and surrender the tribes one by one."

"Mullah, you haven't seen the true strength of our Ming army."

The university student could only sigh.

At the beginning of October, Aqimu and Sulitang in Turpan gathered an army of [-] troops, traveled hundreds of miles, and came in a menacing manner.

Gao Yigong glanced at it and shook his head.

The armor rate of the soldiers was less than [-]%, and most of them were leather armors, and there were almost no iron armors. Most of the weapons in their hands were scimitars, long hair, and some shields.

Due to the long distance, the cavalry accounted for [-]%.

"Light cavalry!"

Although he is also a light cavalry, but he can't stand it and equip it well!
With a word of emotion, Gao Yigong stopped talking and let the Ming army outside the city who had been preparing for a long time take the initiative to attack.

So, after thousands of pioneers loaded the gunpowder, they walked forward quickly, and the Suifa guns in their hands were shining brightly in the sun.

"Kill—" Su Litang didn't hesitate, and raised his scimitar, fifty thousand against twenty thousand, he had the advantage.

"Crackling-"

Cold weapons meet hot weapons.