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Chapter 1366 Yili Balili
The Ming army took Yili Bali City without bloodshed, and the back was comfortable. There was sufficient food and grass supply westward to Yili Hei, which borders the Kazakh Khanate.

The city lord of Yili Bali actually wants to fight the Ming army who came from afar, who is willing to hand over the power?
In fact, it was Daming's Mongolian light army besieging the city to beg for food, which made him lose his mind and mess up the bottom of his heart.

However, any military struggle is always a matter of life and death, and wars should not be easily fought.

Enemies who are full of food and drink are stronger and more energetic. If they come from a long distance and cannot attack for a long time, they will retreat. Holding a fortified city with a small army may not be impossible to win.

But enemies who are hungry are different. If you look at a hundred years ago, enemies like this are nothing to be afraid of. If you starve for three days in the city, you will have internal strife.

Now the Zhejiang army has placed a hundred cannons under the city, and it is obvious that they will bombard the city if they disagree with each other. They will not leave until the city is taken down, because they are hungry.

There is Jiayuguan in the far east. From there to here, only Hami, Tubo, and Yili Bali have food to eat. When the Ming army came here, it was obvious that the first two cities had changed hands.

This city lord has lived to such a great age, he had seen a cannon once when he was in Samarkand in his early years, and heard that when the cannon was fired, it would have the power of heaven and earth.

The sky does not collapse, the earth does not crack, no one knows.

But everyone knows that if he resists stubbornly, he will definitely burst.

Since the city lord surrendered, Yili Bali City was full of heat inside and outside the city. There was an endless stream of soldiers who came to station in different ways. The families of the Qing army drove the cattle, sheep and horses, almost blocking the Yili River Valley.

There are quite a few ethnic groups and tribes living at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, but the living standards of the Yarkand people here are obviously not as good as those at the Aksu side at the southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains. It does not mean that they have no land to farm. The Ili River Valley has vast fields and grasslands. Enough for them to cultivate and graze.

Yarkand has also gradually completed the transformation from Mongolian Turkic nomadism to farming in recent decades.

To be honest, there is only one shortcoming for the local people - under the rule of Yarkand.

The Ming army outside the city couldn't feel it, but when they were stationed for a few days, the common people's attitude towards them became strange, they were too polite, so polite that they were grateful.

And the direction of being grateful to Dade made thousands of households of the Ming Mongolian Army confused. They actually praised the Ming Army for its good military discipline, which made people feel ashamed.

Indeed, the Zhe Army is not a corrupt army led by fellow villagers in their hometown. They have Qi Jiguang's military law hanging over their heads.

What is the level of Qi Jiguang's military law?
It is impossible for a normal person to be a teacher and ask a class of [-] people to hand in their homework. He can make thousands of soldiers leave the team during the march from the camp to the camp, and no one will leave the team even if they piss their pants.

And even if the soldier peed his pants, he still respected and loved him from the bottom of his heart.

But it can't hide that most of the generals below are leading the hungry Mongolian Qingjun.

The limit that the generals can restrain is not to abuse people and not to burn houses. If it is said that not burning houses is considered good military discipline, then they are indeed very good military discipline.

The [-] Ming army moved eight miles and did not burn down a single house.

The people respecting them so much gave Qi Jiguang and others a sense of unreality that was too strong. Qi Jiguang ordered four times to his subordinate commanders and Qianhu Yixun to strictly guard against death. Burke had to pay for them, too.

When you buy it, you have to check the grain and the water source carefully.

They are afraid that others will poison them, and this excuse to approach them is too hasty. Just like the Mongolian Qingjun who was reincarnated from starvation, can this be called good military discipline?
The people in Yili Bali really didn't have any conspiracy, they just supported the Ming army from the bottom of their hearts.

It's not all the problem of the rulers of the Yarkand Khanate, the main thing is that this matter has no loss for them and is good for them.

Yarkand has been going downhill in recent years, mainly from nomadic to agricultural settlements. They themselves do not have a large population, and they cannot fully utilize the vast arable land.

Therefore, although part of the labor force was liberated after switching to farming production, mining and nitrate mining were also started, but there was no transition time, so it seemed a bit militaristic.

The military strength of the agricultural country is strong because of its large population and high productivity. The population of Yarkand has not yet grown up, and all the people in the tribal form have become standing troops and conscripts. The strength becomes weaker.

But they have been in the war all the time. In the early years, they fought against the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, gathered the Eastern Chagatai, and continued to have friction with the Kazakh Khanate in the west. The brothers in their own family still fought back and forth every day. , the people did not pay less taxes, nor did they fight less wars.

If you win the battle, your home will be deserted, if you lose, your life will be gone.

And the group of people who will fight against the Yarkand Khanate and themselves have the stink of nomadic tribes in the west, and they regard plunder and massacre as glory.

People in the Ming Dynasty used the brains of fellow villagers to lead the army. People knew it was a performance that was rotten to the bone. Even if the army over there really did this, no one dared to say it... because this is their personal behavior, which is not only a violation of the law, but also suffers. Moral condemnation is a shame for fear of war and harm to the people.

But it is different in the west, including the Yarkand Khanate, people doing this is like eating and drinking water.

The khans of the brothers fought each other and killed the common people in the past, and it was a collective act, starting from the khan's order, and the subordinate soldiers happily carried out it.

Until the Ming army approached the city.

Cross-sword soldiers with long braids are approaching, their nostrils protruding to the sky, standing at the door without speaking,
The common people in the countryside are sticking to their houses and fields and are unwilling to leave. They are ready to step over his dead body if they want to rob his house. The daughter is holding scissors in the house and is about to commit suicide.

The leading Han captain took a step forward and gave the soldier a light slap on the head from behind: "Speak."

"I!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, his momentum naturally became three points lower. After a pause, he became discouraged, and said: "I want to eat a chicken, can you sell me the chicken, I don't have money, take this in exchange."

As he spoke, he reluctantly spread out his palm and held out a finger.

Saying the weakest words in the most arrogant manner has fooled the common people: "The chicken is here, take it away."

The coming of the Ming army did no harm to the people at all. On the contrary, the former master became the servant of the Han general, and the former wife became the maidservant of the Han general. The official positions of the Han people are now called the master book and the official list.

The people...don't think there's anything wrong with this at all.

On the contrary, the Han officers were generous, and the people all sharpened their heads to find out where the Ming army was going. It wasn't until someone was caught as a spy to extract a confession that they wanted to inquire about the direction of the Ming army. The Ming army acted as a guide.

In particular, he persuaded the Ming army to continue westward and fight all the way to the west of Yibohai to clean up the Kazakh Khanate who bullied them. They all know their way, can be guides, are familiar with local merchants and people, and can also serve as internal support.

And persuade the Tianjun to take the time to go south, and also save the compatriots in Aksu.

　Good morning! Chapter 2 will be released at night.

　　
　
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