Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 18: Hiding one’s strength, biding one’s time and seizing neighboring countries

"Dian Lips·Wolf Smoke"

There is so much smoke and dust in the war.

The man was so loyal that he drew his sword and frightened the flying birds.

The iron horse fights fiercely, and the grass by the river is stained with blood.

The flute played, and a long sigh came out, I just love the good spring.

This is a poem written by the Mongolian Khan Sultan in memory of the life-and-death struggle between the Oirat and the Khalkha. The lyrics are intense, but in fact, the Huite tribe he belongs to has always paid attention to preserving its strength during the war, and the losses were not large.

"Dataiji, in accordance with your order, we are waiting for refugees from various ministries in the Yuledus Grassland. We have already taken in nearly a thousand households," Tiemoer and others reported respectfully to Nomudale.

As soon as the war began, Nomdale followed the advice of his son Suletan and sent generals Tiemoer, Balsi, and Xirimo to lead troops to patrol the border to accommodate the Junggar, Turgut, Durbot and other tribes. of refugees. Unexpectedly, the population of his headquarters increased from 2,300 households to 3,300 households, which greatly increased his strength. Nowadays, he likes his eldest son more and more. This boy knows how to persuade himself to preserve his strength and weaken his opponents at a young age. He is really a smart "sage"!

"Well, thank you for your hard work. Stay safe and wait for my orders." He ordered solemnly.

"Yes", all the generals responded in unison.

Nomudale called Suletan to his side: "Son, you advised my father to avoid war and expand his power. Now that my father has taken in thousands of families of herdsmen, his strength has greatly increased. What should we do next?"

"Eqi Ge, next you should build cities and farm land." Little Sultan was just seven years old, but his voice was mature.

"Building a city is easy. Expand the camp at Yingsu River in the Great Yuledus Valley and build a city with earth around it. But it's very difficult in this kind of land. We Mongolians can only ride horses and herd sheep, but we can't farm. "Earth".

"The Mongols don't know how to farm, but the Yarkand people in the south do. I heard that the country has been fighting internally over the years, and even their khan was stabbed to death. It's a time of weakness. Why don't you raise troops and go south , hijack their wealth to enrich the treasury, rob their population to farm for you, and then let their craftsmen build weapons for you?" When it comes to robbery, the little guy's eyes shine brightly.

"Robbing the Yarkand people?" They are not a family, and they don't enter a house. After hearing this, the old father kept nodding. In the past, the Yarkand Khanate of the Eastern Chagatai Clan was a behemoth compared to itself, and they did not dare to provoke it. But over the years, they have been torn apart, and while they have strong soldiers and horses, they are a big piece of fat that can be chewed.

Starting from Sayyid Khan, the Yarkand Khanate has believed in the Naqshbandi sect among Sufis. After the death of its fifth imam, Mahatum, the eldest son Emin's sect became the Baishan sect, and the fourth son Yisi's sect became the Baishan sect. Huck's faction became the Black Hills faction. The two factions fought back and forth in the Hezhong area at first. Later, Ishaq came to Yarkand City and gained the trust of Mahema Khan, which brought the Montenegrin faction to power.

After the death of Mahima Khan, according to the tradition of elder succession, the Khan's throne should be succeeded by Mahima Khan's younger brother, Prince Adulain, Governor of Turpan, or his nephew, Prince Shah Haidar, Governor of Hotan, but Ishaq His son, Hezhuo Shadi of the Montenegrin sect, supported the eldest son of Ma Heima Khan, Ahemah, to succeed him. Things went wrong this time. First, the governor of Chali, Prince Hasim, rebelled. After being suppressed, the governor of Turpan, Adulayin, separated Turpan for independence. Then the governor of Kashgar, Prince Sharaf, and his son-in-law Yiskandar rebelled one after another. .

Ahema no longer believed in these big nobles and promoted small nobles and commoners to fight against the powerful Shah family, which aroused the jealousy of the family and planned to send assassins to kill King Khan. Someone told Ahemah Khan the news, but the king did not believe it. He believed that he was kind to the Shah family. If they wanted to rebel, "the Supreme Allah will be the witness and witness." As a result, he was surrounded by rebels during the safari. In order not to implicate others, the brave King Khan shouted before his death: "You are looking for Khan, and Khan is here." Then, it turned into a pile of bones. The turmoil was not over yet. The Shah family supported Aheimahan's cousin Husuke Khan. Only nine days later, Prince Latifu, the son of Aheimahan, killed Husuke Khan, eradicated the Sha family, and then and Drazak deported. The powerful nobles died and fled, and the real power of the Khanate was transferred to the Montenegrin faction Shadi and Zhuo.

What He Zhuo is best at is assassinating political opponents. There is a joke circulating in the Yarkand Khanate:
Hezhuo Shadi visited Yarkand Aqimu, "I am Heishan Hezhuo Shadi, and I want to speak to the widow of Aqimma Heima."

"Widow? Has Azimu been alive all this time?" the guard at the door exclaimed.

Hedrosadi walked out of the door and shouted at the Caliph next to him: "Asshole! Why did you postpone the original action time?"

Such a chaotic and terrifying political situation will naturally bring about the weakening of national power.

Nomudaleda Taiji led 2,500 Huite warriors from the Dayuledus Valley, crossed the Tianshan Mountains, and suddenly appeared under the Kuqa City of the Yarkand Khanate.

In what was supposed to be a heavily guarded military town, not many soldiers were seen. The city gate was wide open, and the business travelers coming and going blocked the city gate.

The battle ended as Phitexiao general Tuoli rushed up the city wall and cut down the guard general Ishagar Bekhale with a sword.

The Mongolian bandits ransacked the entire city, plundering a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry and livestock. They also tied the people in the city, including nobles, commoners, craftsmen, and Talyazi (serfs) who knew how to farm, into strings with ropes. String them together and escort them back to Yuledus Grassland.

Then, the army captured Baicheng without any effort, and once again looted and looted, and gained a lot.

It is said that the harvest is huge, and it should be stopped as soon as possible. But the victory came too easily. After conquering two important towns, the Huite Army only suffered more than thirty casualties. Nomudale saw through the weakness and incompetence of the Yarkand army, and led his army to the west, reaching the city of Asu (Aksu), another important town in Yarkant.

An incredible thing happened. Mohammad Azimubek, the Asu guard, did not dare to fight and sent an envoy to sue for peace: As long as the Mongolian army retreated, he was willing to offer 10,000 gold coins and 100,000 silver coins. Nomudale, who had already eaten and drank enough, actually wanted to go home. He took the opportunity to extort a large sum of money and returned to the Yuledus Grassland.

This time, he made a fortune, which not only filled up the somewhat empty treasury, but also plundered a large number of cloth, livestock and more than 11,000 people.

Nomudale followed his son's advice and placed a thousand craftsmen he had stolen in the Yingsao River. He also placed more than 5,000 people in the Great Yuledus Valley and the Little Yuledus Valley each to cultivate land and build cities.

Sultan suggested that he turn these two small towns into food bases for the Huite tribe and imitate the official management of the Ming Dynasty. Nomudale was convinced of this, and established Dayuledus County and Little Yuledus County, and set up magistrates, county magistrates, chief registrars, classics and other officials to manage them, encouraged farming, collected taxes, and vowed to transform the two places into Become your own big granary.

(End of this chapter)