Qiming 1158

Chapter 1466 The vicissitudes of the years spanning 400 years

Su Haisheng was used to this kind of thing.

When dealing with the Jin army, the Xixia army, the Song army and the tribes on the grassland, the political cadres did a very good job.

As a result, soldiers, officers, and instructors of other ethnic groups other than Han people, such as Khitan people, Dangxiang people, Bohai people, Xi people, and so on, continued to appear in the Ming army.

This fully proves that the prisoners of war policy of the Ming army and the ethnic policy of the Ming kingdom are very successful and effective.

He believes that the political cadres in the army can do this well. What he is most concerned about now is not this matter, but Xiao Weili, the commander-in-chief of the Xiliao army who successfully fled to the Western Karakhan kingdom.

The two Karakhan kingdoms in the east and west were originally independent countries. The Eastern Khanate, like the Uighurs in Xizhou, was conquered by Yelu Dashi.

The West Karahan Kingdom was originally a vassal of the Seljuk Empire. After Yelu Dashi and the Seljuk Empire won the decisive battle, the West Karahan Kingdom also became a vassal state of Xiliao.

However, like the Uighurs in Xizhou, which is Gaochang Kingdom, Yelu Dashi did not destroy them, but chose to make them vassal states, maintain their original existence, adopt more moderate governance methods, and be satisfied with collecting lower taxes.

Because of this gentle ruling method, the vassal states of Xiliao prefer Yelu Dashi, and they are willing to submit to Xiliao without causing much trouble.

But now things are different.

Xiliao was over, and part of the army of the Eastern Karahan Kingdom was wiped out by Su Haisheng in the Quxian area, and the remaining part of the force was on Jiang Liangping's attack route.

But as another vassal state, the kingdom of Xikarakhan still exists, so the situation of the kingdom of Xikarakhan is very embarrassing.

The dog is still there, but the owner is gone.

what can we do about it?

Regarding this matter, Su Haisheng actually has no idea on this side, because the previous agreement with the Khwarizimo country is to use the line of Husi Orer, Balkhash Lake and Cong Ridge as the boundary of the empire, and the east belongs to Daming, and the west belongs to Huahua. Razimo country.

It is equivalent to the kingdom of Xikarakhan, the vassal kingdom of Xiliao, which already belongs to the sphere of influence of the kingdom of Khwarizmo.

Daming does not interfere, does not cross the line, and has no interest in them.

To tell the truth, this is definitely not Su Yonglin resting on his laurels, nor is Su Yonglin being kind, but under the joint calculation of the Privy Council and the Ministry of Finance, it is concluded that the actual control limit of Daming can only reach this area at most, and further west, it will be There is a problem.

Either the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Chang'an or Luoyang, or it had to give up, otherwise it would directly surpass the extreme wall of the empire and rule would be meaningless.

The current situation of transportation and communication has not yet achieved a substantial breakthrough. Although the Ming Dynasty has entered the stage of modern civilization in terms of ideology, it is still in the pre-modern stage in terms of imperial examination technology.

Until the breakthrough of new power equipment and communication equipment, this situation cannot be changed. This is a real problem in the Ming Dynasty.

From the point of view of the transportation and communication environment, the current situation of the Ming Kingdom is also the situation of the Tang Dynasty's heyday, and it is the limit to expand its power to the Congling Mountains in the Western Regions.

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, although the territory and population of the Kingdom of Xikarakhan are not bad, the Ming Kingdom is in a situation beyond the reach of the whip, so there is no conspiracy.

After all, Khwarazi Moguo has exerted a little force, although this force is a bit twisted.

Su Haisheng had already learned that the Khwarizimo country had been defeated by Xiliao in the previous decisive battle. If they hadn't led the army in time to threaten Hu Siyuan's ears, the Khwarizimo country would probably have knelt down and sang conquest or completely subjugated the country.

Nevertheless, out of practical considerations, the Ming Kingdom decided to fulfill the previous agreement and handed over the disposition of the Xikarakhan Kingdom to them, and let them handle it themselves. As long as they did not cross the border, the Ming Kingdom would not interfere.

Of course, the premise is that the Khwarazm country must fulfill its previous promise - to provide half of the military spending for the Ming country.

To tell the truth, Su Haisheng did not think that the state of Khwarazm, who was beaten into a dog by Xi Liao, was capable of subduing the kingdom of Xi Kara Khan.

Although this kingdom is the eldest son of Xiliao, it also suffered heavy losses in the previous Bishkek battle, but the Khwarizimo kingdom also suffered heavy losses. Everyone was beaten into dogs. Who is better than who?
If Khwarizmo can't subdue this vassal kingdom, then it is really unknown whether the land that belongs to the war agreement can be owned by it.

If this war goes on, the kingdom of Xikarakhan will regain its independence and the kingdom of Khwarizm will sing opposites.

Central Asia is especially interesting.

Anyway, before there are new changes in the situation, Su Haisheng doesn't plan to make any big moves. He wants to rest in Hu Siyuan's ears, and then rectify the civil affairs of the areas directly under the central government of Xiliao and Gaochang and the Uighur Land, and then see what the military personnel should do. dispose of.

He was obliged to restore stability to the area until the administrative team of the court arrived.

So while dealing with military affairs, he inquired about Jiang Liangping's news, and planned to ask how Jiang Liangping's fighting was going.

Of course, the results were not surprising.

On December [-], the tenth year of Hongwu, Su Haisheng received military intelligence from Jiang Liangping, saying that he had successfully completed his military mission.

He successfully wiped out the East Karakhan kingdom that controlled this area, conquered the Orduan area, wiped out and captured all the dignitaries of the East Karakhan royal family, and further led the Ming army to occupy the Congling Mountains. arrive.

In this way, the Kingdom of East Karakhan was virtually destroyed.

Starting from Shazhou to the Congling area, Jiang Liangping occupied eight cities, established eight military supply points, set up tens of thousands of road signs and water resource replenishment point signs, and drew very detailed maps for The latter have done their homework.

In addition to the Eastern Karakhan Kingdom, all the tribal enemies in this area were also wiped out by him. A total of more than 20 enemy troops were wiped out, and more than [-] troops were captured. The results are not bad, but it is difficult to fight as imagined The hard battle is expected to be much worse.

There are no strong enemies here at all, and the danger of lack of water is far greater than the danger of the enemy.

The [-] Ming army has a lot of room to build garrison supplementary points, including the establishment of a perfect defense mechanism in Congling, all of which are sufficient.

And it is very meaningful that when he led his army over the mountains to expel the enemy and occupy the main traffic road in the green hills, he discovered a military site full of traces of the years.

They found some boxes and boxes buried in the ground. When they opened it, they found some wooden signs and parchment.

According to the vaguely visible content on the wooden plaque and parchment, they found that there was a record of the era of a certain year in Kaiyuan.

Because of the popularization and education of "Records of the Western Regions in the Central Plains", the grass-roots soldiers of the Ming Army generally have relevant historical knowledge. They all know that Kaiyuan is the era name of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Li Longji, so it is basically determined that this is a Tang Dynasty site.

They further deduced that this place is likely to be the army garrison of Congling Shouzhuo established during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, and it is the place where the pioneers who governed the Western Regions in the Central Plains once fought 400 years ago.

In the mid-kaiyuan period, Tang set up Congling guards in Congling, arranged for troops to garrison Congling, and exercised effective and effective rule over the western frontier.

In addition to these things, the soldiers also unearthed some rusted and unusable swords, as well as crossbows, arrows, shields, etc., all of which have been rusted and unusable.

But there are also a few war knives guarded by sheaths, which are still as bright as new when they are pulled out.

In a trance, the vicissitudes of the years spanning more than 400 years were reflected in the eyes of the soldiers with the reflection of the blade, and further sank into the bottom of their hearts, never to be forgotten.

At this moment, the boundaries of time and space seem incomparably nihilistic and blurry.

(End of this chapter)