"Master, look, this telegram says that Ansanxi has crossed the Tangnuuwula Mountain, the cavalry army has gone north, and the entire territory of Tangnuuwulianghai is defeated. The recovery of the Wulianghai is just around the corner." Lin Yueru handed a telegram to Yang Fan.

Yang Fan picked it up and looked carefully. He put it on the table.

The Tuva people are the weakest and have no ability to confront the cavalry army at all.

Their defeat was inevitable. As long as An Sanxi waited for the heavy wind and snow to pass, he would be defeated as soon as he sent troops.

It's already spring now. While the snow has not melted and the road is not muddy, they quickly encircle them. They can only escape or surrender.

"The Turkuts are running fast, so ignore them for now. They probably went to Europe to find the people of Hallucci. Dulbert is the key point." Yang Fan took a sip of tea and said carelessly.

"The pasture of the master Dulbert is on the southern foot of the Altai Mountains, and they cannot escape. After leaving the pasture, they become a betrayal dog. Where can they go to make a living? I guess they will send troops to support the Tuva people." Lin Yueru said.

"That's a good thing. They gathered together and wiped out together. I was afraid that they would escape to Yili and defect to Baturhuntaiji." Yang Fan said.

"Oh! The Turkuts are really troublesome. Master, look at how far away the Volga River is." The little girl supported her chin with her little hands, snuggled to Yang Fan's left, and said, looking at the map on several tables.

"Why did they run away back then?" Xiao Niangpi asked curiously.

They were in crisis in early spring of 1616. That year, the Mongolian grassland had just thawed, and the herdsmen of the Turkut tribe began to find new pastures for cattle and sheep.

The grasslands were particularly cold in spring that year, with snow not yet melting, and there were few grasses.

When the leader of the Turkut tribe, Holluke Taiji, led his subordinates to patrol the pastures in various places, he found that the situation was worse than expected. Because at this time, the Hoshuote tribe had occupied the fertile pastures in the upper reaches of the Kobdo River, and their cavalry were advancing south. Other tribes in the desert and western Mongolia were oppressed and abandoned many pastures.

Starting from 1615, until the spring of the following year, the Hoshuot tribe continued to expand its sphere of influence. The small tribes around the Turkut tribe had been taken into vassals. They also controlled the key water sources and advanced along the river valleys. The surrounding situation continued to deteriorate.

Under their pressure, the herdsmen of the Turkut tribe were forced to migrate south. The Western Regions are vast, but many of them are Gobi and deserts, and there are not many good pastures.

This migration path is not easy to walk. Livestock die in large numbers due to lack of water.

But it wouldn't work if he didn't leave. Halluc knew very well that if he continued to stay in this grassland, the Turkut tribe would lose its independence. It was only a matter of time before he was annexed by the Hoshuot people.

He had vision and saw that Moxi Mongolia would be unified into a Khanate. But he didn't know that the final winner was the Junggars. The Choros family would make a comeback and reappeared the glory of Yesen.

Halfway through the spring of that year, Hallucir convened an important tribal meeting, and generals from various clans gathered in a large tent to discuss the future of the tribe. The meeting lasted for three days and three nights.

Some elders suggested that the Volga River Basin to the west was rich in water and grass, suitable for nomadic things.

But there were many people who opposed it, and a fierce debate broke out at that time. In the end, the westward migration faction had the upper hand. They began to prepare secretly. They stepped up the breeding of horses, reserved food and grass, built vehicles, and prepared for the long migration.

It was not until mid-spring of 1628 that 40,000 tents and more than 200,000 ethnic groups began a historic migration.

The vast army stretched for dozens of miles, leading millions of livestock to the west.

But there were still 100,000 people who did not leave and continued to stay in the local area. They would rather become vassals of the Junggars than give up their ancestral land.

Along the way, they walked through the Gobi and deserts, and walked extremely hard. Many people died and lost a large amount of livestock. In the late summer of 1630, the Turkuts, who had traveled for two years, finally saw the Volga River.

The water and grass here are rich and suitable for nomadic conditions, and are much better than the hometown.

When they left, they knew nothing about the situation here. After arriving here, they soon discovered that the land was within the sphere of influence of Russia. They only realized that a small state under the Mongol Golden Horde had now become a great empire.

In view of how dare he not bow his head under the roof, Hallucci sent an envoy to negotiate with the Governor of Astrakhan, hoping that Russia would allow them to set up troops here.

Russia was cautious at first, worried that this nomadic tribe of hundreds of thousands of people would affect border security.

At that time, Russia had weak control over the Volga River, Don River, Ural and the Black Sea Lower Grasslands in the lower reaches, but some urban strongholds had governors, such as Governor Tharizin, Governor Astrakhan, etc. They were actually unable to prevent the Turguts from settling down.

If they send troops to attack, they will be anxious. If they surrender to the Ottoman Empire, it would be bad. At that time, the Black Sea was much vast today, and the northern coast of the Black Sea had shrunk significantly southward by more than 200 kilometers.

After months of repeated negotiations, the two sides reached an agreement that Russia allowed the Turguts to settle in the Lower Volga grasslands, on the condition that they would pay tribute to fur and war horses every year and provide military assistance if necessary.

The Turkuts needed to protect the southern border of Russia and defend against the invasion of the Crimean Tatars.

Astrakhan is the last big city that the Volga River flows through. Astrakhan is located in the Volga Delta region and is distributed on 11 islands connected by canals and streams. His population today is about 500,000.

In the 18th century, Asthan was still on the coast of the Caspian Sea, and now the Caspian Sea has retreated more than 200 miles.

The Tatars of the Crimean Khanate are entrenched in the coastal areas of today's southern Ukrainian grassland, and the Crimean Peninsula is their old nest.

Although they were also descendants of the Mongols of the Golden Horde and claimed to be Mongols, they had a certain mixed race with the locals and generally maintained the Mongolian tradition in culture. Because they were sandwiched between the two major empires of Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empires, in order to survive, they depended on the Ottoman Turks and were the enemies of Russia.

These guys are evil enough. They are human traffickers. In addition to grazing, they make money by capturing slaves and specializing in juvenile men and women in Russia.

The blonde beauty was sold to Ottoman Sultans and nobles to enrich the harem. After the boy was castrated, he was sent to the sultans' harem to serve the royal family and concubines. The palace in Istanbul also used a large number of eunuchs like the Ming Dynasty.

Europeans are more cruel than East Asians. They have a historical tradition of castrating prisoners of war.
Chapter completed!