Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 26 A good opportunity arises to seize chestnuts from the fire

News of the Heshuote civil war reached Yuledus Grassland. Suletan admired Liu Haogu so much that he said: Master Liu is really a god, and the Heshuote tribe actually killed each other! He also had some doubts: Why didn't the "History of the Four Guards" that made him travel through time have no record of this civil war?
In fact, not only the "History of the Four Oirat", but also other historical books about Mongolia have very few records of the civil war in the Oirat. Mainly because Oirat is located in a remote location; secondly, the Mongolian script at that time was created by borrowing the Uighur alphabet of the Naiman tribe after Genghis Khan destroyed the Naiman tribe. This Uighur-style Mongolian script was obscure and difficult to understand and difficult to spread. It was not until 1648 that the eminent Oirat monk Zanyabandida changed the Uighur-style Mongolian script into "Tote Mongolian script", and the history of Oirat Mongolia was clearly recorded. On the contrary, Russian history books recorded the civil war in Oirat in great detail.

Although the time traveler Sultan had little impression of this civil war, it did not mean that this war was unimportant. On the contrary, this war had an extremely profound impact on the entire Oirat!
At that time, Oirat was divided into two camps: most of the Heshuot nobles, Durbot tribe, and Junggar tribe supported Baibagas; the Turghut tribe and some Heshuot nobles supported the Noer Guards in their conquest of Chukur, and the two sides fought. for five years. After the war, the power of the Heshuote Tribe weakened, and the Junggar Tribe took the opportunity to rise, often relying on its strength to insult the Oirat. In order to avoid another civil war with the Junggar people, the Heshuote tribe went south to Qinghai-Tibet, leaving the Tianshan area to the Junggar tribe. Oirat gradually formed a dual alliance system of Heshuote and Junggar. Because of the discord with Junggar and Durbot, Minister Torgut and Orlek led 50,000 Torgut tribesmen and some Durbot and Heshuote herdsmen to move westward to the lower reaches of the Volga River. Established the Torgut Khanate.

In short, this civil war changed the political landscape of Oirat, and the Junggar tribe became the biggest winner.

Sultan also wanted to make a fortune from the civil war, so he summoned Liu Haogu and asked: "Master Liu has a clever plan, and the Heshuote tribe is indeed in civil strife. In your opinion, which side should I, the Huite tribe, join?"

"For the strong ones, they should support the weak and suppress the strong; but for the weak, they can only follow the strong. Shaotaiji thinks the Huite tribe is a strong or a weak one?" Liu Haogu asked with a smile.

Hearing what the teacher said, Suletan couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. Although the Huite tribe has kept a low profile and its strength has increased over the years, it is still the weakest among the Oirat tribes. It is definitely the weakest tribe. He sighed: "You mean that we want to join the camp of Bai Bagas Khan? But you also advise us to make friends from far away and attack close by. Bai Bagas is close to us, and Kundulun Ubash and Noer Guards attack Chukul. We are far away, and it will not do us any good to help Bhagash."

Liu Hao Gu Le, everyone said that Mongolians are straightforward, but as a disciple, all he thinks about is profit, how can he be like Mongolians? "Shaotaiji is right. Helping Baibagas will not benefit the Huite tribe, so you only need to verbally support Baibagasi, secretly shelter the refugees from the Heshuote tribe, and sit back and watch the fight between tigers and tigers." .

"You mean we do nothing?"

"No, you sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight first. After the Heshuote people are greatly weakened in the civil war, you can raise troops to seize their pastures in Taragar and Saratohai. In addition, East Chagatai in the south The Yarkand Khanate, which is related to the Han Dynasty, has fertile land, weak national strength, and is divided into pieces. Seizing it can become the basis of kingship and hegemony."

Sultan was stunned, "Yarkand Khanate? Eqige sent troops to attack them in the past few years. The Kuqa and Baicheng areas were all robbed by our army. I'm afraid there won't be much profit."

Liu Haogu curled his lips, these Mongolian Tatars only know how to rob, can't they set up officials to govern for long-term peace and stability?

"cough~"

He coughed lightly and spoke: "The places captured in this southern expedition should be guarded by officials and made into the territory of the Huite tribe. In addition to places like Kuqa and Baicheng, we should also march into Turpan and capture The Xiacha lost its strength and was stationed in the Iron Gate Pass area, relying on Bosten Lake. From Turpan to Hami, passing through Jiayuguan and entering Suzhou in the Ming Dynasty, it was the famous tea-horse trade route. The reason why the Yarkand Khanate was rich was that it occupied this road "Golden Road", such an important place should be mapped out slowly."

Sultan thought for a while and said: "The Yarkand people regard the Turpan-Hami-Suzhou trade route as their lifeline. They will fight whoever wants to take advantage of it. Although the country is weak, its population and wealth are far behind. There are more than my Huite troops, and I’m afraid that I might be able to defeat them but not be able to hold them!”

"It doesn't matter. We are only occupying the Chalicha and Tiemenguan areas in the northwest of Turpan. We are not marching into Turpan and will not affect their trade routes. Moreover, Turpan is currently divided, and Latifu Khan of Yarkand may not be able to take care of it." , Liu Haogu’s voice is full of confidence.

Seeing that he was so confident, Sultan made up his mind, "Okay, I will meet with Eqige and tell him your strategy."

After hearing the brilliant idea relayed by Suletan, Nomudale happily said, "Son, when my father asked you why you insisted on worshiping that sour scholar who had no power to tie a chicken as your teacher, you said he had something in his heart. Qiu He can be called Zhuge Kongming. Looking at it now, this person is really Zhuge Kongming of my Huite tribe."

Kundulun Ubashi and Nuoer Guards marched 30,000 troops from Chukul, Mergentemuna, Guyang, and Tabantai Wutai and Kyrgyzstan to pursue Bagas Khan, vowing to let him conquer the occupied Qing Dynasty. Taishi's inheritance is returned.

Baibagas and his troops had just arrived on the west bank of the Syr Darya River when they suddenly heard loud shouts of killing from behind, and tens of thousands of troops came overwhelmingly.

He knew that things could not get better today, so he ordered his subordinates to form a formation to defend against the enemy, and at the same time sent people to Kobdo to ask for help from his good brother, Hala Hula of the Junggar tribe.

In the vast Kobdo grassland, another crop of green grass has grown! Huitai Jiharahula of Junggar was riding his horse happily in his own territory. He was in a tailwind, and since the death of Shuolei Ubash of the Tohuit tribe, he not only recaptured Khovd, but also conquered the Kyrgyz people from the Abakan River to the Yenisei River basin. Although the Junggar people suffered heavy losses in the war with the Khalkhas, as long as there is sufficient pasture, the population and livestock will grow quickly like grass. "Eqige, there is a civil war in the Heshuote tribe, and Baibagas Khan is asking you for help." When he was full of ambition, the eldest son Batur brought a letter from Baibagas asking for help.

"Haha, the great Weilat Khan will also beg me to beg Junggar one day." Halahura stroked his beard anxiously, "Send the order and immediately assemble troops and horses to follow me to rescue Bagas Khan."

"Father Khan, this is an internal matter between them and the Shuote people. Why do you bother to fight for Nabai Bagas Khan?" Batur asked in confusion.

"I am not worshiping Bagas, but for our Junggars. After this battle, Heshuote will no longer be the same Heshuote, and Junggars will no longer be the Junggars of the past. Hahaha!" Halahula Laughing triumphantly.

In the name of rescuing the Great Khan, the Junggar army occupied a large number of Heshuote pastures and plundered a large number of livestock. When marching to the Syr Darya River Basin, Halahura met the leader of Dulbert's tribe, Jida Laitaish, who also learned the news and came to rescue. The two joined forces, with a strength of more than 20,000.

At this moment, Baibagasi Khan, who was surrounded by the Wutai-Kyrgyzstan coalition forces, had reached the most dangerous moment. Although his guard army was extremely elite, they were too few in number and were outnumbered.

Minhan Nuoyan (head of a thousand households) Agula took out an armor-piercing arrow and shot it at the enemy. One of the enemy's Zawinoyan (head of a hundred households) was killed in response. He ignored his happiness and reached for the quiver on his back. It was empty and he had finished shooting the arrows.

Oirat Mongolia still retains the military system of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties. The Mongolian king led the army, and his subordinates included Tumian Noyan (head of 10,000 households), Minhan Noyan (head of 1,000 households), Zawun Noyan (head of 100 households), Tabin Noyan (head of 50 households), Na Ban Noyan (head of ten households) generals. If the Great Khan personally conquers, in addition to the troops of Noyan, there will also be the Qixue army directly under the Great Khan, organized into ten thousand households, commanded by the head of ten thousand households, with one thousand households of guards, one thousand quiver guards and three squads. There are thousands of households, each with a thousand heads. Divided into four squads, each of three days and nights, they took turns to guard the Great Khan, also known as the Four Cowards Xue Taiguan or the Four Cowards Xue Chang.

Agula is the Kutuzinar (the official in charge of the chief's camp affairs) who worships Bagas Khan and is responsible for the security of the Great Khan. After a month of bloody fighting, he had finished shooting his arrows. He saw more and more enemies rushing into the formation, and knew that the formation was about to break. He stumbled to Baibagasi's side and said, "Great Khan, it's urgent! Please break out of the encirclement quickly, and I will take the rear."

As a hero, Bai Bagas knew not to hesitate, so he nodded and led his bodyguards to rush out of the enemy's formation. Agula followed closely behind, desperately trying to stop the pursuers.

"This Kutuzinar under eldest brother is indeed a brave man." Kundulun Ubashi marveled at Agula's bravery and ordered his surroundings, "Shoot him to death!"

A volley of arrows was fired, Agula was shot into a hedgehog, and a ray of loyal soul scattered on the battlefield.

"Seize Baibagasi, and the bounty will be a thousand taels," the Noor Guard Zheng Chukul roared angrily. If he could not kill the snake, he would be bitten by the snake. No matter what, he did not want to let Oirat Khan go.

It was so miserable that he finally escaped across the Syr Darya River, with only a hundred riders left beside Bai Bagas. The glorious Khan of Oirat was like a bereaved dog, and he really wanted to cry without tears.

There was no time to be sad, the pursuers arrived again, and the leader was actually his brother Kundulun Ubas.

Baibagasi sighed and said to his bodyguard: "I am a great Khan, and I cannot bear the humiliation of being captured. I can only kill myself. If you raise my head and surrender, the enemy will not make things difficult for you."

"We have all sworn allegiance to the Great Khan, and today we are willing to follow the Great Khan." Everyone on the left and right had a death wish.

There is no road ahead, and the reinforcements from Dalai Taishi and Hala Hula arrived. The sudden reinforcements caught Wu Taiji by surprise, and the military formation was quickly disrupted. Kundulun Ubashi, Nuoer Guards Zheng Chukul, Mergent Muna, Guyang, and Tabantai could not restrain their men and had to flee in disorder.

Under the protection of two old brothers, Dalai Taishi and Hala Hula, Baibagas finally escaped back to Urumqi. The great Khan of Weilat had never been humiliated like this before. The first thing he did after escaping back to his headquarters was to gather troops and vow to fight the rebels to the end.

(End of this chapter)