When Zhu Youxiao received the report of the Yarkand Khanate invading Yumen Pass, he immediately summoned the ministers of the commander to discuss the issue of regaining the Western Regions.&1t;/p>

"Report to Your Majesty, the Yarkand Khanate had already been divided, but after Abdullah succeeded to the throne last year, he began to reunify the Yarkand Khanate. If they were allowed to continue to expand everywhere, it might take a few years for the Yarkand Khanate to control the entire Western Regions." Xu Xianchun, deputy command room of the Jinyiwei, responsible for studying the enemy's intelligence, told Zhu Youxiao that the Jinyiwei's external intelligence system has begun to be laid everywhere, and the key intelligence investigation targets are Mongolia and the Yarkand Khanate.&1t;/p>

"What's going on in Mongolia?" Zhu Youxiao asked.&1t;/p>

"Lin Danhan may be preparing to re-expedition against Mongolia in the northern part of the desert, but Mongolia in the northern part of the desert and Mongolia in the western part of the desert are very close this year, and it seems to have the intention to unite." Xu Xianchunhui reported.&1t;/p>

Mongolia is now divided into three parts, namely, the south of the desert, the north of the desert, the west of the desert, and the south of the desert, Mongolia was led by Lin Dankhan. There were 400,000 males who could fight. After the war with the Ming Dynasty, 100,000 Mongolians have defected to the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the loss of the war, Lin Dankhan had only more than 200,000 troops left.&1t;/p>

The Mongol in the northern desert is the Khalkha tribe. It was bullied by Lin Dankhan a few years ago, so he signed a city alliance with Lin Dankhan. However, seeing that Lin Dankhan was defeated by the Ming Dynasty, he turned against him.&1t;/p>

Mongolia in the west of the desert is the Junkar tribe, living in the Junkar Basin, controlling the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, as well as the Ili River Valley and other places. Its territory expands north to the Altai Mountains and west to the Balkash Lake area, which is a rapidly rising Mongolian tribe.&1t;/p>

At this time, the Yarkand Khanate was also rising again, and for a time, the alien forces in the northwest region were a little complicated.&1t;/p>

"My dear friends, do you think if Lin Danhan and Mobei and Moxi Mongolia start a war, who will win and who will lose?" Zhu Youchao asked everyone.&1t;/p>

"Report to Your Majesty. I think Lin Dankhan has a great chance of winning." Lu Xiangsheng analyzed: "Although the Mongolian in the south of the Monan led by Lin Dankhan was defeated by the court and lost a large area of ​​grassland and population. However, now trade has recovered, and the Ming Dynasty has also exported some weapons and equipment to Lin Dankhan. With these advantages, even if Mobei and Moxi Mongolia are united, they may not be Lin Dankhan's opponent. If Mobei and Moxi Mongolia are united, it will not be easy to swallow them with Lin Dankhan's strength."&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao nodded, and Sun Chuanting said: "The current division pattern in the northwest region is most beneficial to our Ming Dynasty. Any force that may unify the northwest region is a threat to our Ming Dynasty. Since the Yarkand Khanate took the initiative to invade our Ming territory, it is indeed a good opportunity. The court can annihilate it in one fell swoop and then fully intervene in the situation in the northwest to ensure that the foreign races in the northwest will not have a unified pattern."&1t;/p>

"What Sun Aiqing said is reasonable, but to eliminate the Yarkand Khanate, the court will not fall into the quagmire of war. We must resolve them as soon as possible." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Please come up with a combat plan!"&1t;/p>

"Thank you, the road to Gansu can be built before the spring of next year. At that time, the logistical guarantee will be given to the conquest of the Yarkand Khanate." Sun Chuanting said: "Therefore, the dispatch of troops can be arranged after the spring of next year. Our cavalry unit has also been expanded to a scale of 100,000, and half of it can be used for combat. The field army can also draw more than 100,000 troops for combat. To destroy the Yarkand Khanate, it is enough, but if the Yarkand Khanate is only excluded, there are foreign races around, and the national defense border will be very long."&1t;/p>

"So strategically, we can first destroy the Yarkand Khanate, then destroy the Junkar tribe, as well as the Qinghai Heyi tribe. Sweep the surroundings, and the last remaining are Mongolians in the south of the desert and Mongolians in the north of the desert. Lin Dankhan now wants to continue to attack the north of the desert. We can export a batch of weapons and equipment to the north of the desert to balance the strength of both sides."&1t;/p>

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Just when Zhu Youxiao held a meeting of the command department, public opinion also began to work hard. As newspapers spread to the invasion of Yumen Pass, people's attention was immediately attracted to the Western Regions. Newspapers such as the Daming Daily began to constantly re-record the history of the Western Regions, and a public opinion to regain the Western Regions was brewed out.&1t;/p>

"Da Ming Daily": "The Western Regions have been my Chinese territory since ancient times. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the foreign races were abolished by the Western Regions, and eventually Mongolia unified all parts of the northwest, causing the disaster of Mongolia entering the pass. Now the Holy Emperor ruled the four directions. The foreign races in the northwest invaded the Ming Dynasty, which was tantamount to seeking death..."&1t;/p>

After some public opinion brewed, many people in the Ming Dynasty became indignant about the behavior of the Yarkand Khanate and supported the court to send troops to sanction the Yarkand Khanate.&1t;/p>

After the meeting of the Supreme Command, Zhu Youxiao immediately began to dispatch troops.&1t;/p>

The strategic goal of this war is clear, that is, to recover the entire Western Regions and establish a stable and secure Western Regions national defense.&1t;/p>

Therefore, the targets of elimination are not only the Yarkand Khanate, but also the Jukar tribe that occupies the Jukar Basin, and the Heyi tribe that occupies Qinghai, which are all the annihilation targets of this war.&1t;/p>

After annihilation of these forces, the surrounding forces were only two forces, including Mobei Mongolia and Monan Mongolia. Lin Danhan planned to attack Mobei again at this time. In order to defeat Lin Danhan's expansion, and avoid Lin Danhan from unifying Mongolia, Zhu Youxiao immediately sent an envoy to formally contact with Mobei Mongolia and planned to export a batch of weapons and equipment to Mobei Mongolia, so as to control Mongolia with Mongolia.&1t;/p>

While the strategic intention is clear, logistics support is also able to keep up with the supply of logistics supplies because the road is built to Gansu.&1t;/p>

Before spring began, Zhu Youxiao had already started transporting combat supplies to Gansu.&1t;/p>

Although Zhu Youxiao intends to sweep the Western Regions quickly, he still needs to be prepared to fall into the quagmire of war. Therefore, he made sufficient preparations for the preparation of combat materials. He continued to mobilize grain, gunpowder and other materials to Shaanxi and Gansu.&1t;/p>

Among them, more grain is stored in Shaanxi, and Gansu is still of great use.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao remembers that the year Chongzhen came to power, a severe drought broke out in Shaanxi, and there was no rain throughout the whole of northern Shaanxi. There will definitely be many victims. Although they have been immigrating from northern Shaanxi in recent years, the population in northern Shaanxi is still large. At that time, disaster relief and other things need a lot of food to support.&1t;/p>

Even if the grain is transferred to Shaanxi, Gansu will not be used for wars and disaster relief will be available.&1t;/p>

In the sixth year of the Tianqi period, because the Northeast region and Taiwan and Luzon had grain output, and the Northern Zhili once again harvested, so the grain in Zhu Youxiao became more abundant for a time.&1t;/p>

A lot of food is not a bad thing. These foods are important materials that support the next large-scale construction activities or war activities. As long as these foods are not allowed to pour into the market all at once, the food prices are too low. If the food prices are too low, the production enthusiasm of agricultural producers will be hit.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!