Based on the principle that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, the Jurchens who were hunted by the Ming Dynasty all over the world and the Zhungeer Mongols who were hunted by the grasslands are definitely natural allies.

Talihutai thought about it seriously, and then nodded to Jierhalang.

The road back to Russia naturally took a turn. He was going to Aksu to meet Luobuzangdanjin, the last king of the Mongols.

The distance from Yili to Southern Xinjiang on the map is not that far, it seems to be only a finger's distance away. However, it is very difficult to walk. The Tianshan Mountains lie across the Western Region, naturally dividing the Western Region into two parts, the north and the south.

The Tianshan Mountains are the largest independent latitudinal mountain system in the world. They are also the farthest and driest mountains in the world from the ocean. The famous Taklimakan Desert is located here.

It is almost impossible to cross the Tianshan Mountains. The Jungar people were lucky enough to find a little-known path. Following this difficult path, you can achieve things that were almost impossible before in a very thrilling way.

Danger! Really dangerous!

In several places, half of the wheel of the Lele chariot was just outside the cliff. The broken rocks kept falling into the abyss, and Jierhalang did not even dare to look down.

There is a golden eagle chirping overhead. Perhaps only this king of eagles can fly on the top of this mountain.

An unlucky guy was accidentally knocked off the cliff by a falling rock. The screams echoed in the mountains and stopped after a while.

Jilharang felt that this guy was probably scared to death before he fell to the ground and fell into a meat pie.

A finger's distance away, Jierhalang walked for eighteen days. The hardships were simply inhumane. Jierhalang swore that he would never walk this road again. It was too damn dangerous!

Aksu is also known as White Water City, and to its south is the vast Taghlamakan Desert.

In the beginning, it was just an oasis on the edge of the desert. After years of growth and development, it finally became a city.

However, in the past few thousand years, Baishui City has never had so many people come in.

Only King Ul also knew that the Mongols were like wolves by nature. Once they became stronger, the consequences would be disastrous. But in order to cope with the possible conquests of the Ming Dynasty, he had to make use of these Mongols.

For the purpose of both ends, King Wuer lent Baishui City to Luobuzangdanjin as a place to stay.

The roaring Tarim River brings abundant water sources to Baishui City. There are few creatures in the world that don't like water. With water, there will naturally be oases, and with water, there will naturally be pastures.

In fact, this is the place with the richest water resources in the entire southern Xinjiang. There are not only the Tarim River, but also the Aksu River and the Duolang River.

Jirharang felt that it was a mistake for King Wei Uer to give this place to the Mongols. Although this temporarily stabilized the Mongols, the satisfied Mongolians would not cause trouble.

But once the Mongols recover their strength, they will madly snatch pastures like jackals. At that time, it will be the nightmare of the Uyghurs.

Following Talihutai, we walked into Baishui City. Although it is said to be a small city, it is actually very small. It is a standard three-mile city with a seven-mile wall, and there are scattered Mongolians on the edge of the wall.

More Mongolians hunt and herd in distant places. Mongolians are different from Han people. Two to three hundred thousand Han people gather together and occupy much smaller land than two to three hundred thousand Mongolians.

Baishui City doesn't seem to have a large population, probably only ten to twenty thousand people.

Almost everyone was dressed in rags, and there were many beggars on the street. They held up broken wooden bowls in their hands and begged from passers-by. They were so dirty that Jilharang could even see the lice on their hair and beards.

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Most of the houses are made of rammed earth, and some are built of stone. Anyway, I didn’t see a single reinforced concrete building in Jierhalang!

However, Mongolians prefer to live in tents and do not have high requirements for houses.

Although he did not have high requirements for the house, Jierhalang was still shocked when he came to the entrance of Luobuzangdanjin Palace.

Half of the wooden door was missing, and it was full of holes. There were three houses made of stone in the yard. The yard was large and there were many horses in it.

After receiving the news, Luobuzangdanjin stood at the door and welcomed Jierhalang's arrival.

"Hello, old friend!" Luobuzangdanjin hugged Jierhalang warmly.

Jierhalang frowned. He was very afraid that the lice on Luobuzangdanjin would jump to him. He had traveled to so many places and learned a lot of knowledge. Jierhalang already knew that lice are actually the source of many diseases.

.He decided that he would take a good bath after going back in the evening.

"Haha! My lord, I see you again." Although he was unwilling to do so, Jierhalang and Luobuzangdanjin hugged each other warmly and exchanged greetings.

"Hahaha! Friends from afar, the mutton has been roasted and is waiting for you to come." Luo Bu Zangdanjin was tall and his curly beard was covered with oil stains.

Sure enough, a felt blanket had been laid out in the yard, not far from the stables. After walking past, a fishy smell hit my nostrils.

A few meters away from the carpet, a fat roasted sheep was skewered on a wooden shelf.

Before the sheep had time to eat, two bowls of kumis had already been finished. Mongolians always drink a lot of wine, and the toasters would sing and toast at the same time, pushing the atmosphere to the extreme in a very short time.

"How was your time in southern Xinjiang?" After two bowls of koumiss, Jierhalang's face turned red. While eating mutton, he looked at the radish hidden in the radish.

"Hey...! If this ghost place in Southern Xinjiang hadn't been too dry and barren, we wouldn't have let the Uighurs stay here without coming to rob it.

There is too little pasture and there is no way to graze. The herdsmen are starving, and if this continues, people may starve to death." Luobuzangdanjin sighed.

Galdan once ruled the huge Jungar Khanate, with a population of no less than three million. But now..., the population is less than ten and a large number of people are starving.

Think about the prosperous times of the Jungar Khanate in the past, and then look at the current ruin, how can it be described as miserable.

"Even for these pastures, we still have to share them equally with the Uygur people. Fortunately, the Uygur people also farm, and sometimes we can get some food from them."

Luobu Zangdanjin said it lightly, but Jierhalang knew that the so-called getting some food was probably just grabbing some food.

Mongolians are wolves by nature, and the strong are respected on the grasslands. The strong rob the weak, which is the most normal thing on the grasslands.

In fact, this was also the case with the Jurchens a long time ago.

"This is not the answer. You know, the reason why the Ming Dynasty has not extended its claws to southern Xinjiang. That is because they do not have the strength to spread their stalls so big. Once the problem in northern Xinjiang is solved, they will not let go.

Passing through southern Xinjiang.

After all, there is such a large area of ​​land here, and the people of Ming Dynasty are greedy for land. They always want to get land and get profits from the land. Perhaps, they are the nation that is best at utilizing land in the world." Jirharang and Luo Bu

Zangdanjin clinked a glass and drank the wine in one gulp.

"Then what do you think we should do? We can't defeat the Ming Dynasty in a fight. It's not that we haven't tried before. Galdan is so powerful, but in the end it didn't end in a disastrous defeat." Luo Bu Zangdanjin drank a bowl of kumiss in annoyance.

He also knew that with so many people hiding in southern Xinjiang, it was simply impossible to keep the secret secret.

There is only one reason why Ming Dynasty did not come to conquer them, and that is that Ming Dynasty did not want to conquer them.

"Follow me, and the whole family will migrate to Russia. Your Mongolian Tuhut tribe migrated all the way to Russia. They live a very good life in Russia. Under the rule of the Russian Queen, at least you will not starve. You will not need to rely on others.

Eating while robbing someone!"

"Migrate to the Rakshasa Kingdom?" Jierhalang's words were very tempting to Luobuzangdanjin.

Mongolians are always on the move, not to mention that southern Xinjiang is really not a good place for grazing. Only the Uighurs can stay in such a dry place.

"Yes! Dorgon and I are both there, and we can take care of each other when we get there. Moreover, Dorgon has a very good relationship with the Queen of Russia, so it will not be difficult to find a fat pasture for you."

What Jilharang said is true. Although all the countries were exhausted from this European melee, Russia still took the opportunity to occupy a large area of ​​the Eastern European prairie!

There is a shortage of more shepherds there now!

There is nothing that can be done about this. Although Russian men work hard enough, Russian women just don't like to get pregnant. Russia has conquered a huge land in vain, but there is no corresponding population filling.

Now that there are two to three hundred thousand people filling in, Queen Catherine will definitely give them large tracts of pasture very generously. Of course, when Russia is in trouble, they will also have to pick up the saber to help fight.

The Mongols have a good impression of Russia because Russia had a two-hundred-year period of Mongolian rule.

Many times, Mongolians regard Russians as one family.

"You defected to the Russians? How is it there? Did the Ming Dynasty attack them? I heard that the Ming Dynasty occupied India and that Great Khan Geldan also died in India." The trade routes in southern Xinjiang are blocked, and the news is naturally blocked.

In the past few years, Luobuzangdanjin has heard some news from outside intermittently. It is all fragmented news, and many times one has to rely on guessing.

Now it’s easy to look forward to coming to Jilhalang. Of course, I have to ask clearly.

"The Ming Dynasty did not occupy India, but split India into many small states. Now those small states are all in a state of intoxication, and it is estimated that they will not live for many years before they will suffer from famine.

Great Khan Galdan did indeed die in battle in India, and he died very heroically. The last five thousand cavalry under his command launched a death charge against the Ming Dynasty.

What a pity! They have sharp firearms, so we are no match for them."

Jierhalang told Luobuzangdanjin what happened in the past two years.

Luo Bu Zangdanjin remained silent. He did not expect that in just two or three years, the Ming forces would actually reach places he had never heard of.

He had heard of the Ottoman Empire. According to businessmen, it was a very powerful country in the Middle East. The Persians would tremble at their feet!

Unexpectedly, the Ming Dynasty dismantled such a huge empire in just nine months.

"Come with us. Now the Ming Dynasty is stepping up its internal development. Once they free up their hands, you will be the first to be unlucky. Don't forget that you are the descendants of Ye Xian, and how Ye Xian treated the Ming Emperor.

The emperor of Ming Dynasty was raised like a dog by you. Now is the time for Ming Dynasty to take revenge.

I heard that Li Xiao once said that he wanted to turn Zhungeer into just a place name. In other words, he wanted to kill all you Zhungeer people."

"Humph! Just come here! Am I afraid of them? We Mongolians have many warriors who are not afraid of death." Luo Bu Zangdanjin felt somewhat guilty when he said this.

With the current strength of the Mongols, if they were to fight against the Ming Dynasty, they would probably have to fight to the death.

In the heyday, we were able to defeat Xiong Dexing, but now...! How to defeat him?

"You can migrate if you want, but you have to find us some guns and ammunition. You know, the best way for us to go to Russia is to take that path and go north along Ili.

Along the way, we will not only be blocked by the Ming Dynasty, but also attacked by the Samargan Khair Khan. Without these guys, it will be difficult to rush out." Luobuzangdanjin was very helpless.

Southern Xinjiang is sandwiched between the Tianshan Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains, in the Tarim Basin.

A small closed area has naturally formed here, and the only way to communicate with the outside world is through a few mountain passes. The Ming people have been organizing agricultural reclamation divisions in the past two years. These half-military and half-civilian organizations are all stuck between various mountain passes.

If the Mongols want to get out of southern Xinjiang, other than crossing the Kunlun Mountains to reach the plateau, they have to break through these mountain passes. Even if they take this path, the place they go out is the Ili Valley.

There are also land reclamation divisions stationed in the Ili Valley now. It is absolutely impossible to break out without a fierce battle.

"This guy can get you some, and he can even send some people to pick you up. You may not know that Russia also has airships now.

But the airship can only deliver things to the Ili River Valley at most. If you want supplies, you have to go to the Ili River Valley." Jirhalang's eyes rolled and he came up with a plan.

Simply getting these 200,000 to 300,000 people who have an unforgettable hatred for the Ming Dynasty to Russia is not enough; they must also be allowed to cause some trouble on the way.

"When we arrive in the Ili Valley, can we get guns and ammunition?" Luo Bu Zangdanjin suddenly became excited.

Since entering southern Xinjiang, guns and ammunition have become increasingly scarce. Especially bullets, which have no need to be replenished at all, and are at the point where one shot is missing.

"I will contact you when I get back, and then transport it over by airship. I will get you 1,500 rifles, and 100,000 bullets for you first." In order to fool Luo Bu Zang Dan Jin out of the mountain, Jier Harang was very hard.

Er's deception.

"Okay! As long as I have these guns and ammunition, I will take good care of the Ming army's colonists. His grandmother has been bullied and destroyed by them in the past two years." Hearing that there are guns and ammunition, Luo Bu Zangdanjin is very confident.
Chapter completed!