Chapter Four Hundred Tau Khan
Chen Ping widened his eyes and could hardly believe everything he heard in his ears. Seeing Chen Ping's stiff expression, Ata asked, "General, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me."
"No, no, no, I'm fine, you say what you just said again." Chen Ping said.
Ata repeated the words just now, but Chen Ping reaffirmed: "Land belongs to the empire, women belong to the imperial soldiers, and men belong to the great prince, right?"
"Yes! This is Prince Yu's genius idea!" Ata said.
"Genius conception, genius conception! It's such a fucking genius. This... it turns out that Prince Yu has been hiding this trick. This... I'm so stupid. I can't even guess this!" Chen Ping said at the end, slapped himself hard, but then he thought about it, and he didn't feel ashamed.
What are you ashamed? I didn’t expect that Shen Jing’s group didn’t expect that he was so smart that the emperor was secretly asked the emperor, but he was scolded for not trusting his brothers. Chen Ping felt wronged for the emperor. Isn’t it normal for the emperor to be the emperor to not trust his brothers?
Chen Ping rubbed his stiff face, but saw Ata going to work. He quickly grabbed Ata and asked, "Ata, don't leave, I have another important question to ask you."
Taking Atta aside, Chen Ping whispered: "Did Prince Yu think of this personally?"
"How about not thinking about things yourself? General, you asked this. It seems that your brain has been handed over to someone else for use." Ata said with a smile.
Chen Ping gritted his teeth and said, "I'm worried that this is the masterpiece of the great prince. There are hundreds of thousands of people in Kazakhstan. It's very simple to pull out 100,000 strong men. If you hand them over to the great prince, you'll be 100,000 soldiers......Ata, did you think of it when you look at Prince Yu?"
Ata was even more puzzled: "General Chen Ping, I can't see through what others think. I heard that except for gods and Buddhas, only the Supreme Emperor can see through other people's ideas. Don't make things difficult for me. I know that Prince Yu is a little unrestrained in everyone's eyes, but that's just his personality. In fact, Prince Yu is a very smart person. Ata has never met someone smarter than him. He can come up with such an idea.
If you don't believe it was him who came up with it, it wouldn't be the plan of the eldest prince, because if the eldest prince knew that there would be 100,000 soldiers to join him, he might have to send troops this year! You said, "No King Yu or the eldest prince, who would it be?"
Chen Ping's eyes widened again. If it weren't for these two people, he would be the Supreme Emperor far away in Shen Jing.
"Okay, go and do it. I want to digest this matter. One hundred thousand soldiers, one hundred thousand soldiers!" Chen Ping was still in a state of aftershock. If the 100 thousand soldiers were organized, even if each person only gave a spear and one thin horse, he could sweep the Kazakh grassland. Fortunately, now the eldest prince Li Jundu has a large-scale enemy like the Mughal Empire, and his strategic focus has completely gone to the subcontinent. Chen Ping was a little relieved to give the 100,000 soldiers to the eldest prince.
Chen Ping couldn't help but think about it again, why did King Yu have such a plan, but he couldn't think of it. In the end, he realized that his head was determined by his butt. He was in the position of General Dingbian of the Empire, and all he thought about was the interests of the empire. The eldest prince was the biggest threat to Western Xinjiang, which seriously restricted Chen Ping's thinking.
But Li Junwei is not. He only regards himself as the son of the Supreme Emperor, the brother of the emperor and the eldest prince. This distribution is full of family affection and brotherhood, rather than full of cold-blooded and compromised political wisdom.
For the empire, the Kazakh treatment plan was full of the warmth of the imperial royal family, but for the Kazakh people, no matter how they were arranged, they were cold-blooded.
Since the death of Jianggeer Khan in the 27th year, the entire Kazakh ethnic group was in a state of fragmentation. The three Yuzis were not convinced by each other. In the past few years, the empire and the great prince Li Jundu have successively attacked Da Yuzi in the Qihe Basin, but Xiaoyuzi and Zhongyuzi have not provided assistance to him. On the contrary, the Dingbian General's Mansion has repeatedly seen envoys from various Kazakh tribes, trade, tribute, and even marriages, and have various requirements. Among the three Kazakhs, only the son of the old Khan king, Touke, remained vigilant against the empire, refused to accept the imperial position and title, and demanded the return of the Qihe Basin. However, Chen Ping has been busy guarding Li Jundu, who is in the river, and has not taken time to deal with him. However, Chang Aday, the minister in Xinjiang, has been fighting with him all year round and using various means to restrict his development. Touke Khan has been in internal struggle with the princes and dukes of the headquarters for most of the time.
Toukhan maintained the courage inherited from his father's generation. In the days after his father's death, he was in battle all the time. Now at the age of 47, his temples and beard are gray, but he still maintains his energy. However, one morning, when his subordinates discussed how to resist the Cossack cavalry of the empire after the beginning of spring, he was defeated by a piece of news. The tribe of Xiaoyuz to the west was attacked, and the main attackers were Uzbek soldiers and Junggar cavalry.
This is far beyond the scope of Tou Khan's understanding. The Uzbek tribes in the river have disappeared in the past few years. Nearly half of his subordinates are Uzbeks who have come in exile. These people are also enemies of the Junggar. How could they unite? Moreover, the Junggars have completely surrendered to the empire and are located in the east of their own. How can they attack Xiaoyuzi by circling the west?
At first, Tou Khan thought this was a false news, because there was a powerful Turgut tribe in the west of Xiaoyuzi. Perhaps the guys in Xiaoyuzi regarded the Turguts as the Junggars, and the Nogai and Tatars as the Uzbeks, but as time went by, more and more tribes retreated. The words were said to be a coalition force between the Uzbeks and the Junggars. More importantly, it was not just Xiaoyuzi, but also some tribes in Zhongyuzi were defeated by the Uzbeks from the river. It is said that the cavalry exceeded 30,000.
The Khan received all the defeated soldiers and herdsmen, sent them to each department separately, and informed everyone of his expectations of the current situation, that is, the empire had declared war on the Kazakh Khanate and was prepared for it, and was siegeing from the east and south directions. Each department had its own thoughts, but for safety, the ministries would definitely be in Astana in the Isim River Basin. Anyway, this is also the spring and summer ranch of Zhongyuzi, so sooner or later, everyone would have to go there.
When Khan arrived at Astana, a large number of sultans of Zhongyuzi and Xiaoyuzi appeared in the tent. Some of them were in high spirits and seemed to have had a good winter. Most of the nobles of Xiaoyuzi were pale and thin, with embarrassing, and some were still injured.
As soon as Toukehan entered the tent, someone jumped up and cursed: "It's you, it's you, everything is blamed. This time the disaster was caused by you!"
"Is that true? The Han people from the East attacked Erbud near the Caspian Sea in order to capture me. It was ridiculous. Only idiots would believe this statement!" The Khan did not look at the noble chief at all. He sat cross-legged on a sheepskin mat, pulled out a gorgeous short knife, and cut the mutton from the iron rack to eat.
Toutek Khan has heard of this statement. The empire’s words were not declared war on the Kazakh Khanate, but just to wipe out the Toutek Khan tribe who fled on the Kazakh prairie and avenge the haunted imperial subjects. The attacked tribes were all tribes that supported or condoned Toutek Khan.
But this statement is also in line with the facts. Xiao Yuzi has no border with the empire for many years. In view of the old Khan, he has helped Tou Ke Khan a lot. Tou Ke Khan has hid near the Caspian Sea several times to restore his strength, but no one expected to encounter such a catastrophe.
"Okay, don't make a noise. Now we need to discuss how to deal with the empire." Zhongyuz's Khan said loudly. He moved his body and his fat belly trembled. He said: "In the past ten years, we have always had a good relationship with the empire, and we have never stopped tribute and trade. After Sengge died, the biggest threat was also lifted. Why did everything suddenly change? Tougu Khan, did you do something?"
"What can I do? I have less than 15,000 tents!" Tou Kehan asked coldly.
"Did you really not do anything bad? You didn't fight those Cossacks, nor did you enter the Seven Rivers Basin again?" Bahrain asked with wide eyes.
Tou Kehan shook his head: "Everyone, winter has not passed yet, and snow will fall from time to time. Even if spring comes, it will be muddy on the ground. What can I do?"
"Okay, it's great that you didn't do anything," said Bahrain.
Touke became alert and asked, "What do you mean, Bahrain?"
Bahrain said: "Since you did nothing, the empire attacked you just for the old things, and what you did before was no big deal, and it was no different from a horse thief. Then we can use another way to solve it!"
"What method?" Touke tightened the short knife in his hand.
Balin smiled and said, "Of course the solution is not to kill you. You are the son of the old Khan. As for this, I am still your cousin. I think you should pay tribute to the empire. Like me, you will get a Khan throne granted by the empire, and then do whatever you should do. Anyway, I, the Khan, are the Khan who leads the people."
"No, I refuse. This is not the way the Kazakh Khan was born. The Kazakh Khan cannot be rewarded by the Han people. In the past hundred years, we have rejected the Russians' rewards. Now I also reject the empire. They are all enemies and do not believe in the Lord!" Touk Khan directly refused and delivered an inspiring speech, but unlike the past, there are few people who responded this time.
Balin laughed and said, "See, don't you? I'm going to cure the khan. This is the current situation. In the past, everyone did not make things difficult for you because you were Yang Jier's son, not because you were right. Now at the critical moment of life and death, who cares about bloodlines? Using Yang Jier's name can't scare those Han people!
As for you, the way the Kazakh Khan was born, it was necessary to hold a conference of Hullel Taiwan. Well, almost all the sultans of Yuzi have come here now. It is barely considered as the conference of Hullel Taiwan. Do we want to vote and recommend you as the conference of Hullel Taiwan?”
Tou Kehan smiled coldly. Of course, he knew that it was unpopular now. Everyone thought it was his trouble, and he did not have the strength to suppress everyone. For example, Bahrain in front of him, his strength was almost the same as him.
Touk Khan immediately chose to stop this topic and said, "Baling Khan, this is just an excuse for the empire. Do you think that I can exchange peace by paying tribute to the empire? Do you think that the Xiao Yuzi tribe annexed by the empire can be returned?"
"Just hand over your head to defeat the Khan!" a precious chief of the little jade school said loudly.
"You believe this, Sakh and Sultan, are there sheep dung in your head?" Toukhan asked gritted his teeth.
Sak, without showing any weakness, stood up and said, "We want to give it a try. How can we know if it doesn't work if we don't give it a try? I have nothing but four hundred defeated soldiers now, I must give it a try!"
"Yes, give it a try, kill Tou Ke Khan, and kill this guy who provokes God's punishment!"
"He has to be killed, and he has caused so many misfortunes over the past decade, and he is an ambitious guy who has been annexing other tribes!"
Everyone shouted loudly, Toukhan's face was calm, but he regretted not coming here. In fact, he also knew that it was a risk to come to this group of hungry wolves. His subordinates and sons suggested that he retreat northward and retreat into the territory of the Russians. After all, the Russians have always been involved in the Kazakh tribe, and the tribe's resignation will definitely receive various preferential treatments. In the near future, only the Tsar has the courage to fight against the empire!
But Toukhan didn't want to do this. Once he went to Russia, he would never come back. He would completely lose the legal basis for unifying Kazakhstan.
"Baling Khan, you are my uncle, one of the three Kazakh Khan kings, the hero of the fight against the Junggars and Russians back then, and the only remaining one of the twelve warriors who followed my father. Now my destiny is left to you. If I die here today, I hope you will kill me.
Come on, Bahrain Khan, just use this knife to break my chest, take out my heart, and see if my heart is the same as my father." Toukhan threw his short knife at Bahrain Khan's feet, tore his robe with his hands, revealing his hard chest as hard as iron, and said loudly.
"When I saw you, I seemed to see Yangjier Khan. Unfortunately, you are not him after all. Tok Khan, accept my advice and become a vassal of the empire, and then give away half of the cattle, sheep and tribes, disperse the Uzbek slaves who depend on you, cut off the executioners who had killed the people of the empire, and send your eldest and young sons to Yili as hostages. If you want, I am willing to protect you!" Balin Khan said seriously.
As he said, Bahrain Khan said to the others: "I will also want to return to your tribes and pastures, but you also need to swear allegiance to the empire, how about it?"
"It's better to recommend Bahrain Khan as our Kazakh Khan!"
Chapter completed!