Emperor Ming Dynasty

The first step of the Russian expansion in Central Asia was to destroy the Siberian Khanate, and then build the cities of Tyumen and Tomsk, and use them as bases to continuously erode the Mongolian tribes.

In particular, the city of Tomsk, located in the upper reaches of the Ob River, can directly flow down the river and directly rob Durbert, Junggar and other tribes, which is a heinous crime.

Afraid of its city, the four Oirats besieged the city more than once, but they were unable to break through.

For these Oirats, the castle built by Russia is like a blow to reduce dimensionality. For the Mongols who are not good at siege, they cannot be removed at all.

Relying on the city of Tomsk, the Russians relied on the tall horses in Eastern Europe to bully the Mongolian horses at a slow speed and attacked everywhere; and then relied on muskets and gunpowder to directly crush the Mongolians tactically.

If it weren't for the lack of gunpowder in the matchlock guns, and the Mongols took advantage of their numbers, the Oirats would have been enslaved long ago.

This is also the general trend and the basis of public opinion for the establishment of the Junggar Khanate after the Junggar tribe merged with the Duerbert and Heshuote tribes:

If the four Oirats are not united, they will be bullied to death by the Russians.

Sure enough, the Junggar Khanate, which merged the four tribes, was amazingly powerful. It not only destroyed the Yarkand Khanate that controlled southern Xinjiang, but also annexed Turpan eastward, took the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and almost conquered Mobei Mongolia.

With 300,000 soldiers and [-] troops, he dominated Central Asia, beat the Kazakh Khanate to the point of crying, and Russia was beaten to death.

It is a pity that the Junggar Khanate unified the Mongolian tribes and reproduced the idea of ​​​​the Mongolian Empire again, which violated the opposition of the Qing Dynasty and Russia, and was strangled by the two.

Naturally, Batur didn't know the great achievements of his son Gerdan. He raised his head and said excitedly, "I heard that he has muskets and cannons, and he is good at attacking cities."

"Blessed by the Buddha, as long as we get their help, what is the city of Tomsk? Tyumen can also take it."

He Shuoqi also nodded wildly, and echoed: "The Siberian Khanate has [-] accountants. As long as the Russians are beaten away, the vast pasture alone will make the three of us support!"

For the Duerbert Department in the Altai Mountains, the threat of Russia is on the throat, and it will not be relieved.

Hearing this, Oqiertu Khan couldn't help but put down the butter tea in his hand, thought about it, and swallowed.

The Ming people in the east can’t be provoked, and Yarkand in southern Xinjiang is too poor, it’s full of sand, and the Kazakh Khanate in the west is just a cow, if you are poor, you will go grab it for a while.

Moreover, Russians believe in the Orthodox Church and like to preach when they have nothing to do. This is the most unbearable for the four Oirats of the Yellow Sect.

The Russians have a large territory, a small number of people, and they are annoying and threatening enough. As long as a few cities such as Tomsk are captured, it is enough to expand a huge pasture for the third department.

At that time, the vast valleys of the Ob River and the Yenisei River, all the way to the vast grasslands of the Ural River and the Volga River, will be the world of the three parts.

"Muskets, artillery, as long as you have these two things, you can besiege Tomsk and beat back all their reinforcements."

Batur kept emphasizing, his eyes were red and excited: "When the time comes, who dares to bully us?"

"Turhu Special Department is afraid that it will regret it to death."

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"I heard that the reason why the Yeerqiang people gave up Turpan was because they bought and sold some muskets..."

Oziltu Khan couldn't help revealing some secrets at this time.

Batur was shocked. The Junggar tribe is located at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, bordering the Kazakh Khanate and the Yarkand Khanate. Any strong power is not a good thing for him.

"Then we should trade more, whether it's gold, horses, or whatever."

The three of them worked together and planned to send envoys to Turpan to trade guns with the Ming people.

Gaochang Mansion (Turpan), Anle City.

After the newly established Gaochang Mansion, Gao Yigong took the seat of Anle City and led more than [-] soldiers to suppress various ministries.

At the end of the fifth year of Shaowu, Gao Yigong was successfully promoted to the Marquis for recovering Hami and taking down Turpan, with the title of Marquis of Gaochang, and an annual salary of four thousand stones (plus 4000 yuan in silver). He was already the top honor of Ming Dynasty.

Due to the implementation of military control, the three counties of Gaochang can be said to be one-sided, and the mansion has become the political center of Gaochang Mansion.

Moreover, no accident, as the bridgehead for advancing to the Western Regions, the time of military control of Gaochang Mansion will be delayed indefinitely.

Also because of such a high level of merit, three staff members were invited, one in charge of military affairs, one in charge of tribal contacts, and one in charge of money and food.

"Dong Weng, just after Yarkand traded matchlock guns, He Shuote couldn't help it."

On the school grounds, Gao Yigong brandished a long spear, every move was very sharp, and several soldiers who were in charge of the accompanying training resolutely rushed forward, and they could only fight to a tie.

"Okay——" Seeing the cheerful staff, Gao Yigong put down his spear and spared the sweating soldiers.

Naturally he became the Marquis of Gaochang, Gao Yigong was full of energy, and he was full of energy all day long, thinking about how to be promoted to the Duke of the State.

Gaiyin received a letter from the emperor at the beginning of the year, intending to adopt Yu'er, born to his sister Gao Guiying, to his name and inherit his title.

Pity him at the age of 35, and he has no children so far. Now he finally has something to look forward to, and he is full of motivation.

"How many to buy?"

Taking off his gown, Gao Yigong asked while washing his body with warm water.

"Five hundred!"

"Give him two hundred sticks."

Gao Yigong smiled lightly and said, "Yerqiang only has [-] sticks, but [-] sticks is quite beautiful."

After capturing Turpan, Gao Yigong and his staff understood that both the Yarkand and Oirat Mongol tribes had tens of thousands of troops each, and with the vast deserts in the Western Regions, it was difficult to capture them.

After all, the cavalry of the Ming army can't count more than 20,000 people. Even with the blessing of muskets, it is difficult to win.

In this way, when Yaerqiang came to buy muskets, a strategy of sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight came into being:
Sell ​​some muskets to Yarkand, and then let the Heshuote and other departments know, so that the two parties will fight.

Gansu bought and sold muskets from it, and profited wantonly, and the money it earned was just used to arm Gansu's army.

When they were both defeated, the Ming army took the opportunity to annex the two sides in one fell swoop, completely recovering the great achievements of the Western Regions.

As for the fact that they possessed muskets to come from behind and surpass the Ming army, that was naturally impossible.

With gunpowder under control, muskets are nothing more than fire sticks.

Moreover, the Ming army was also equipped with more advanced flintlock guns, carrying guns, and specially designed short blunderbuss cavalry guns, which were enough to crush them.

Recently, the Fran cannon was brought in from Shaanxi, which added a bit of prestige to the field battle.

"One gun, two war horses, two cows, ten sheep, these three can be traded as he chooses,"

Gao Yigong sneered and said, "As for gunpowder, it will be priced separately."

"Wait until they start fighting, and then raise the price."

ps: I am ashamed that it is always a repeated version, but I can’t help it due to work reasons. I pushed a party today and updated it in advance.

I will try not to repeat it in the future...

Emperor Ming Dynasty