Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1236 The Destruction of Yarkand

Just as Wang Yan expected, the Kingdom of Jin was indeed planning to take advantage of the fact that the Ming Dynasty had more soldiers in the south and fewer soldiers in the north, and launched a surprise attack on Yarkand when winter was approaching.

Han Chaoxuan, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Jin who was sent to the Ming Dynasty, brought back news that Wang Yan did not usurp the throne after he returned to the court after winning the victory.

Everyone in the Kingdom of Jin is looking forward to Wang Yan's usurpation of the throne, learning from Sima's replacement of Wei, waiting for the internal chaos of the Ming Dynasty, and preparing to support Guanqiujian, Wenqin, and Zhuge Dan of the Ming Dynasty to fight against Wang Yan and plunge the Ming Dynasty into civil strife , no time to look around.

Unexpectedly, Wang Yan, who is as stable as an old dog, actually held his breath. After hearing this, Hauge was full of admiration in his heart. He had to admire Wang Yan, and told everyone that Wang Shiheng ruled the world because of the word "stable" .

While lamenting that Wang Yan did not usurp us, the whole Kingdom of Jin also became anxious and began to hurry up to prepare for the Western Expedition.

It was August, the preparations for the Kingdom of Jin had been completed, and the weather had already entered autumn, but there was no sign of the Ming Dynasty launching an attack on the Kingdom of Jin.

Originally, the Kingdom of Jin was going to wait until the beginning of winter in October before sending troops to the west, but at this time, news came from the south that the attention of the Ming Dynasty was attracted to Nanyang. , Immediately march west.

This time, the Kingdom of Jin assembled an army of 4 troops, with Sun Kewang as the North Route Army, and dispatched Hamiwei to attack Huozhou and Turpan. There were [-] troops on this route, half of which were garrison troops with worrisome combat capabilities, and mainly consisted of infantry troops. Lord, responsible for frontal attack and attraction.

Also [-] elite cavalry as the South Route Army, led by Wu Sangui, responsible for directly attacking Huanglong.

In mid-August, Sun Kewang of Hexi led an army of [-], first out of Xingxing Gorge, and after arriving in Huozhou, he used artillery to blow down the severely weathered sandstone city wall of Huozhou. The army rushed into Huozhou City, and then the army approached Yarkand The important town of Turpan.

After hearing the news, Yarkand Abdullah Khan had to leave his eldest son, Yao Levas, to stay in Shache, the capital of the country, and personally lead an army of [-] to Turpan to defend against the enemy.

In order to quickly solve the Yarkand and avoid falling into a long-term confrontation, Jin Guo even transferred out Wu Sangui, who was guarding Hanzhong. In terms of the overall strategy, Jin Guo formulated a strategy of feigning attacks in the north and attacking Huanglong in the south.

Under the attack of the Northern Route Army, Yarkand Khan had to lead an army of [-] to resist Sun Kewang, which successfully weakened the military strength of Yarkand capital Shache.

At the same time, Zhongyuzi Khan, an ally in the west of the Kingdom of Jin, led an army of 5000 troops to attack the Congling line from the west in mid-September. Yao Levas, who stayed behind in Shache, quickly mobilized more than [-] people to defend the enemy in the west. .

As a result, Shache's strength was further weakened, leaving less than 1 people.

At this time, the [-] cavalry of the Golden Army, which had already gathered in the northern part of Qinghai, led by Wu Sangui, walked along the northern foot of Kunlun Mountains, crossed the ancient Khotan Kingdom's territory and a large desert, and directly killed Shache City, gaining the Black Mountain forces in the city. In response, he hid in Shache City, the capital of Yarkand, in one fell swoop.

Wu Sangui and the Black Mountain forces in the city massacred the Baishan faction, and then surrounded Abdullah Khan's rear without stopping.

On October 25th of the seventh year of Jin Yongzhang, the Jin army defeated Abdullah Khan's [-] troops in Turpan. After the capture, the Jin army escorted Abdullah to Shache, and asked the Montenegrin faction to execute Abdullah.

Hauge immediately issued a decree to set up the Anxi Protectorate, and renamed Sun Kewang as the King of Anxi, who was in charge of managing the Western Regions.

In this way, Sun Kewang became the pioneer of the Kingdom of Jin. Although he was somewhat unwilling, after the recovery of the Western Regions, the Han gentry in the Kingdom of Jin needed benefits, so he had to hand over Hexi and lead 50 soldiers and civilians to move to the Western Regions.

Sun Kewang used Shache City as the residence of the Protectorate and King Anxi, but Yarkand has been completely afforested, and the rule of the Kingdom of Jin is not firm. control.

Just one month after Sun Kewang took charge of Shache, he used the anger of the Baishan faction to instigate the Baishan faction to kill all the Heishan factions in Shache city.

By the end of December, the strength of the Baishan faction and the Black Mountain faction in Yarkand had been greatly damaged, and the conflict between the two sides was further expanded in the vendetta. Sun Kewang mediated from it and reaped the benefits.

This war started in August and ended in December, and it only took more than four months before and after, which can be said to be extremely fast.The reason why the Jin army took Yarkand so smoothly, in addition to the strategic success, was mainly because of the internal contradictions in Yarkand, and the fact that the khanate had already decayed.

In history, it will not be long before it will be easily wiped out by Zhungeer because of the internal struggle between the Black Mountain faction and the White Mountain faction. The Jin Kingdom's attack only made history ahead of schedule.

When the Kingdom of Jin launched the Western Expedition, the war in Nanyang was also expanding.

The war between the Ming Dynasty and the barbarians was originally only on the sea, but as the Dutch organized an allied force to attack the border of Chenla, the entire Southeast Asia immediately became chaotic.

After receiving the order of the Ming Dynasty, among the three kingdoms in Guangnan, the Gaoping Mo clan was the least powerful, sending 2000 troops, the Annan Zheng clan sent [-] troops, and the Guangnan Ruan clan sent [-] troops. They immediately went south to support the Chenla Kingdom.

The next time, because of the distance, the Ming army was still assembled in Guangzhou, but the three kingdoms of Guangnan had already entered the Chenla Kingdom at the end of September, and together with the Chenla Army, they faced the Dutch one hundred miles west of Phnom Penh.

The two sides fought a big battle, and the battle was extremely fierce. It was just because the three countries in Guangnan were upset and their commands were different. After the Dutch realized that there was little cooperation between them, they ordered the troops of Masaka and other small Sudanese countries to contain the frontal forces. The Zheng army and the left-wing Chenla army ordered 3 battle statues from Malacca to attack the left wing of the Ruan family. Then the Dutch musketeers pressed their guns. The Zheng master in the front did not support the Ruan family. The left wing was defeated by the Dutch, and [-] horsemen Returning in defeat, he hurriedly returned to Phnom Penh, confronted the [-] coalition forces formed by the Dutch, and waited for the suzerain's rescue.

In addition to the battle between the Ming Dynasty and the two barbarians, King Ping Dali of Toungoo ordered his younger brother Bai Mang, the one who launched the "Curse of Water" in history to kill the officials accompanying Yongli and hand over Yongli to the Qing court. , He led the [-] Burmese army, and while Siam was defeated by the Dutch, he defeated the Siamese army in a row and was about to approach Ayutthaya, the capital of Siam.

Nanyang, which was originally in a state of balance, because of the arrival of Spanish reinforcements, the Netherlands broke the contract again and broke the original check and balance. Immediately, it was like a boulder smashed into the calm water, causing waves to stir.

On the Indo-China Peninsula right now, two battlefields have formed, one is the contest between the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands, and the other is the Taungoo Kingdom taking advantage of troubled waters to attack Siam.

Siam, which is between the Ming Dynasty, the Netherlands, and Taungoo, is undoubtedly unlucky. Historically, it was only 100 years later that the Burmese army invaded Ayutthaya. However, due to changes in the situation, it was caught between the three major forces. Siam in the middle of the world is now fighting with gods and causing fish in the pond, and it is in danger of being wiped out.

But at this time, neither the Netherlands nor Ming had the time to pay attention to the war between Siam and Toungoo, which was a shit-stick. Both sides devoted their energies to the offense and defense of Phnom Penh.

At this time, the [-] main force of the Ming army was still gathering in Guangzhou, but the Dutch had already defeated the army of the vassals of the Ming Dynasty and entered the city of Phnom Penh.

The Dutch, who had won the victory, did not take the Ming Dynasty seriously, intending to break through Champa along the way and drive the Ming Dynasty navy back to Guangdong.

The Dutch burned, killed and looted all the way, but as far as military discipline is concerned, the Sudanese army assembled by the Dutch is actually a little better than the Dutch, and they are more hygienic.

Hundreds of warships were moored in Huangpu Port in Guangzhou Prefecture and the Pearl River Estuary, among which three three-masted cannon ships were particularly conspicuous.

This time, the Ming Dynasty really made a move. The main warships of the East China Sea Division were all transferred, and [-]% of the other ships were also transferred to the south to help in the battle.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were 25 three-masted gunboats assembled in Nanyang, more than 200 large blessing ships, and nearly a thousand other ships.

In terms of Xiyi, the Netherlands has 35 armed merchant ships, and Spain has [-] large ships. Because they are used in the ocean, they are all large ships. There are about [-] large ships in the Ming Dynasty and Luzon, which is less than Xiyi. There were hundreds of Fuchuan ships in the Ming Dynasty, and they were no less than Xiyi in terms of the number of artillery.

At this moment in the port, there are many masts and sails like clouds, but their current mission is not to fight the Xiyi navy, but to send more than 3 elite Ming troops to Champa to break the siege of Phnom Penh.

On the east side of the Pearl River, there are more than [-] military tents distributed. The camp stretches for more than ten miles, the flags are like clouds, and the tents are neatly arranged, which is very spectacular.

The [-] elite who came from Yunnan and Guizhou and retreated after the end of the Northern Expedition were stationed here. Commanded by Li Dingguo, with Chen Youlong and Liu Wenxiu as lieutenants, they were preparing for the Southern Expedition.

At this time, Li Dingguo was standing on the pier, watching the hanging tower in the distance carrying military rations and supplies onto the ship. Chen Zilong, who was standing next to him, said, "The Duke has never fought against He Yi, do you know the situation in Nanyang?"

Li Dingguo turned his head and glanced at him, and said with a faint smile: "You can rest assured, the governor. I did some research when I came here. The Netherlands has less than 1 people in Nanyang and only over 2000 in Phnom Penh. No matter how powerful they are, how can they be?" My opponent of thirty thousand tigers and wolves!"

Chen Zilong was still a little worried, "My lord, besides the Dutch, there are also troops from Malacca and other countries this time, especially the war elephants in Nanyang. Defeated in the elephant formation in Malacca, the Duke must not underestimate the enemy!"

Li Dingguo laughed, "Although I have never seen this war elephant, it is not unknown in history. When we fought against Dongyu in the past, we met it many times, and Chen Youlong and Liu Wenxiu both fought in Yunnan. I have seen the chieftain’s war elephants. Moreover, Jian Guo also explained when he was leaving that he should first guard against war elephants, secondly guard against miasma, and finally pay attention to the Dutch. I have a bottom line in my heart, and the governor can rest assured.”

Chen Zilong suddenly realized, and couldn't help laughing, "It turns out that the prison has already made arrangements, it seems that I can rest assured."

At this time, a general came to report in a hurry: "Report to the commander, all supplies and food have been boarded!"

Li Dingguo nodded, clasped his fists and said to Chen Zilong: "Governor, then Dingguo is leaving!"

"Okay! The governor is waiting for the good news from the Duke..."

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