eldest son of Ming dynasty

The Turpan Khanate roughly started in the [-]th century and died in the [-]th century.

This period happened to be the Chenghua, Hongzhi, Zhengde and Jiajing years of the Ming Dynasty.

When the dynasty's national power was weak, it was difficult to read the records of this period in history books. Even if Zhu Houzhao himself read the records of the previous dynasty, he would have a headache.

First of all, the name is very strange and hard to remember.

Secondly, there are constant attacks between the Tu and Ming parties, which can easily stun people.Before Mansur invaded Hami in the [-]th year of Zhengde, the two Sutan (Sultans) Ali and Amahei in front of him had already invaded Hami four times.

But Turpan is not a great super dynasty. They got involved four times and lost four times.

During this process, the two sides had victories and defeats, and suffered casualties. It can be said that they had a great feud. However, at the same time, Turpan's tribute to the Ming Dynasty never stopped.

There were even mutual deceptions and insults, such as defrauding the trust of the Ming Dynasty, saying that we would return Hami if you granted us a gift, but in fact we did not return it.

However, the new Turpan Khanate was generally dominant. In addition to the first two Sutans, the third Mansuer was also a relatively strong leader. He finally occupied Hami during the Zhengde and Jiajing years.

Even the loss of Hami caused a political struggle in the court in the early years of Jiajing called "Prison of Border Borders".

In short, this is a relatively chaotic background of fighting and peace. The reason for this is that no one party has decisive power.

But this time is different.

On the sixth day of the seventh lunar month in the tenth year of Zhengde, the Ming army, which had rested for three days, began to blow the trumpets and set out for battle.

While on the expedition, Zhou Shangwen finally adopted Ling Weifeng's advice, which was to focus on stability, avoid fighting opportunities, avoid going into battle rashly, and not send small groups of troops to go deep alone, so that they could be invincible first.

In Hami City, he left the Suzhou left guard with 600 troops, led by his old general Sun Xilie.

This is the magic needle to stabilize the sea, preventing Mansuer from leading his troops to make dangerous moves.

Outside Hami City to the west, he led Ma Rong as the front army, Ma Sheng on the left, and Huang Yang on the right. He himself led the left and right guards of Ganzhou and Lingweifeng, the Hami guards and the three thousand households in the center.

In this way, [-] troops appeared in this battle field.

Logically speaking, as long as an army of this size moves, there is no chance that it will not be discovered. However, in the desolate northwest, oases are far apart from each other. The Ming army also closed down nets and eliminated many small operations in Suzhou and Ganzhou, so it was full of Sur also just learned that the Ming army had carried out such a large-scale operation in recent days.

As soon as the news came, Mansuer's two brothers and his brother-in-law were all shocked.

These Mongols live in tribal groups, and their governance methods retain a large amount of family rule. Most of the main powerful figures are relatives, and a few have other identities.

After the original Zhongshun King Baiya surrendered to them.Mansuer was thinking about taking Hami back again.

Did not expect such a result.

In fact, because the news was so shocking, his brother-in-law and his most important general, Ya Mulan, simply did not believe it was true. He flatly said: "Suzhou, the westernmost city in the Ming Dynasty, is at least 40 days away from Hami." How could there be such a huge army at such a long distance! Couldn't this be a cunning strategy by the Ming army commander of the Hami Guard?!"

It is indeed possible, because it is too counterintuitive.

Mansuer maintained his composure, "This matter needs to be confirmed!"

"I'll go!" A young general stood up.

"Remember, be careful. The Ming army has indeed been somewhat different in recent years."

"Don't worry, Sutan. In the wilderness, the Ming army has nothing to do with our warriors."

"Okay, hurry up and get back!"

This is a major premise and must be accurate.

Mansuer then asked the second question, "Now that the Ming army has left the city, where is their marching direction?"

No one can answer this question for the time being, because they may have gone from all directions.

In the past few years, Turpan has not only harassed Hami, but also the Seven Guards of Kansai in the south. Several of them were even destroyed by them.

The main subjects of these guardhouses are not Han people. In this alpine grassland area, they actually exist in the form of tribes.

But nominally, these people still belong to the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and it is possible that the Ming army will also go in that direction.

So it’s hard to say.

But two days later, the situation gradually became clearer.

Ya Mulan came back from afar with the military newspaper in hand and braved the howling wind. He rushed into Mansuer's tent and shouted: "Sutan, the Ming army is going to Turpan!"

"What?!" Mansoer turned around instantly, "Did you detect them?"

"I saw it from a distance, but I didn't dare to get close. The scale is really huge. Looking at the direction of the march, they are going to Turpan!"

Mansur frowned, this is not good, Turpan has women and children, cattle, sheep, fine wine, and everything they have. The key is that he has led more than 2 soldiers out!
"What should we do?" Ya Mulan gasped deeply. He had been fighting the Ming Dynasty for a lifetime. "Do you want to attack this Ming army! Stop their progress!" "We must fight." Mansuer He clenched his fists and said, "We can't just watch them go. But in the battle... we can't be rash. Let's test it out first."

"Night attack?"

Mansuer thought about it and said, "Okay. Call everyone here and discuss it carefully... By the way, who is the general of the Ming army?"

"The commander-in-chief of Gansu Province, Zhou Shangwen."

"Zhou Shangwen..."

Because they had guarded Gansu for many years, they still knew Zhou Shangwen's name.

And Zhou Shangwen is very tough. Over the years, he has had some "small contacts" with the tribes of Oara in the north and Qinghai in the south.

In this land and in their minds, this was a very powerful general who had risen within the Ming Dynasty.

Mansoer also felt a lot of pressure.

"Ya Mulan, we have to be prepared."

"What does Sutan mean?"

"Send envoys to pay tribute to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and I will write another memorandum of submission. The Han emperors are so happy about their achievements and face, they like to hear this. As long as we are willing to accept their canonization, they will soon withdraw their troops. In the past, It’s all like that.”

"it is good!"

The crisis has come, and there is no way to avoid it.

They will not surrender until the last moment.

"...Do you want to ask Said Khan for help?"

Said was Mansur's brother. After the brothers separated, Said gradually established the Yarkand Khanate in the southwest through his own struggles.

The two khanates were also reconciled and peace was maintained.

"Not for now."

……

Desert, camels, camel bells...

As soon as the Han people entered here, they couldn't help but become interested in these, as if the wind blowing from a distance carried the sound of camel bells.

They also encountered some merchants on the march, but when they saw the army, most of them were so frightened that they ran away.

Ling Weifeng said: "Whether it is Hami or Turpan, these are one of the few oasis areas. From the Han and Tang Dynasties, merchants from the Western Regions and the Central Plains used these places as transit places when traveling between them."

Ma Rong said: "Not only was it their transit place, Turpan was called Gaochang during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the 14th year of Zhenguan, Hou Junji led his troops to destroy the Gaochang Kingdom, so this is the hometown of the Han and Tang Dynasties that your Majesty said."

He had read some books that no one else knew about.

Huang Yang understood this for the first time, "Tang Taizong also fought against these Tatars?"

"Not only did they fight, but the reason was the same as today. At that time, Hami was called Yiwu, and Qu Wentai, the king of Gaochang, prevented the countries in the Western Regions from paying tribute to the Tang Dynasty through his territory, and sent troops to harass the nearby Yiwu. Therefore, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was determined to destroy Gaochang country. Isn’t this similar to Turpan’s attack on Hami today??”

Such a crude analogy may not be accurate, but these warriors don't care about many details.

Ma Shenghao was very angry, "Then let's go and destroy this country. I don't recognize Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. I only recognize the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhou Shangwen also knew the original history. Who was Hou Junji?

Among the 24 meritorious officials of Lingyan Pavilion, whom Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty personally granted him, he ranked first among the five others including Changsun Wuji, and was later granted the title of Duke of Lu.Although he rebelled in the end and ended badly, his achievements were extremely dazzling.

No one thinks about the reward for this battle, but everyone knows that destroying the country and expanding the territory...

"boom!!"

While they were chatting, a huge explosion suddenly came from outside.

All the generals in the tent stood up.

"Who the hell is scary?!"

On the main seat, Zhou Shangwen sat still. He said calmly: "Since we are going to fight, the initial test is inevitable. Ma Sheng, are you willing to fight?!"

Ma Sheng was overjoyed, "The general is willing to go, please give me the order!"