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    On New Year's Day of the 10th year of Longjing's reign, the entire city of Beijing was shrouded in thick smoke.  Almost every household set off firecrackers, and the shredded paper on the ground was piled up to a foot high.  ??It has been thirty-two years since the Donglu sneaked over in the second year of Chongzhen. This is the first time that Beijing has restored its prosperity.  Even in the first five years of the Longjing Dynasty, there was no such scenery in the capital. Now in the tenth year, it seems that the sky has suddenly become brighter and every household has savings.  Wu Di came out from the palace on duty, smelled the smell of gunpowder in the air, took a long breath, and formed a white line in the cold wind.  At the first watch of the night last night, the sound of firecrackers rang out in the city, which lasted almost all night.  This morning, Shuntian Prefecture reported that 14 or 15 houses had floods. Fortunately, everyone was watching the New Year's Eve and no one was sleeping. Only a few slow-responsive people were burned, but no one died.  This has not happened for many years, and it can be regarded as a by-product of the return of the prosperous age.  The old family members who were waiting to take Wu Xing back came over with a four-wheeled carriage and stopped steadily in front of Wu Xing.  As the chief assistant, Wu Di can use the four-horse system, which means using a four-horse cart. This is the treatment of a county king or above.  Otherwise, even the prince and crown prince can only ride in a two-horse carriage.  As for the eight-horse cart, that was a regulation that could only be used by the emperor.  The Ming Dynasty was still a country with strict hierarchical ethics.  "Mr. Wu." A clear and crisp cry cut through the air. It turned out to be You Shiwei in court uniform.  After Qin Liangyu took off his armor, he declined the emperor's offer to stay and returned to his hometown in Sichuan to spend his old age.  As a result, You Shiwei became the leader of the military generals. His ceremonial status was no less than that of Wu Di's, and he also rode a Si chariot.  "Grand Governor." Wu Di stopped and turned around in one breath, with a smile on his face and bowed his hands in salute.  You Shiwei was still a little prejudiced. He took a step aside and said that he only dared to accept half a courtesy.  Now the status of generals is indeed earth-shaking.  At that time, Li Chengliang guarded Liaodong with the dignity of an earl, but he also treated Zhang Juzheng as his disciple and called himself a "student".  As for Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, etc., they are also not exempt from vulgarity.  "Old sir," You Shiwei stepped forward quickly, "Spring is coming and the sun is rising, can you use your feet to take a few steps?" "Don't you dare disobey me." Wu Yan said with a smile.  You Shiwei smiled, but the tension in his heart did not relax at all.  He knew that each of these civil servants looked like a Bodhisattva, but he couldn't figure out the many twists and turns in his heart.  The status that military commanders have today is mainly due to the powerful emperor, which may not be what civil officials like to see.  But overall, this is a good start, at least they haven¡¯t turned you away thousands of miles away.  You Shiwei is not younger than Wu Zong, but he has never put down his efforts. Now he is walking in parallel with Wu Zong, and his pace is obviously much more steady.  He took Wu Di's arm and sighed: "My sons still lost the battle." Although the cabinet can no longer intervene in the military, such national events must be notified to the cabinet as soon as possible, so Wu Di naturally knows that,  This is last night's urgent report.  And judging from the time when You Shiwei came out, His Majesty the Emperor must have summoned him to have breakfast with him.  "I read the newspaper copy." Wu Di said calmly: "But the people above only said that the defeated ones were Tulubaihu and Sengge." "It is indeed just the Oara soldiers of Tulubaihu and Sengge."  You Shiwei said: "If any of the main divisions of the Northwest Group Army participated in the battle, they would not be defeated." He paused and said without concealment: "At least it would not be such a miserable defeat." Wu Hong's steps hesitated slightly.  Said: "You can't tell from the newspaper copy." The report copied to the cabinet only said that the Oara soldiers encountered the Oros, Kazakh, and Cossack coalition forces and were defeated for 60 miles, with no calculation of losses.  However, this was just a battle failure, which was heartbreaking at best. The Ming Dynasty's real combat power in the northwest had not yet been deployed, so it was not a disastrous defeat.  When You Shiwei called Wu Zong to stop, he was actually asking for something from someone else.  Since you have something to ask for, of course you can't hide it when you speak.  "The defeat is like a mountain. I'm afraid we won't even be able to save the line from Lake Balkhash to Kashgar." You Shiwei said seriously.  Wu Di was quite surprised: "Why did he lose so miserably?" You Shiwei was a little embarrassed to talk about this problem.  It¡¯s not that I¡¯m ashamed, but I¡¯m not sure whether Mr. Wu can understand.  ?According to today's military terminology, the Wara people are still in the cold weapon war stage.  Indeed, they do have a certain number of artillery and muskets, but their tactics are still the routines of the cold weapon era, strictly speaking, the routines of the Genghis Khan era.  But the enemy they faced used a tactics of alternating hot and cold weapons, which was more advanced and efficient.  This of course refers to the Oros Stoltz Legion. As for the Kazakh and Cossack cavalry, they are no more advanced in tactics than the Varas.  In You Shiwei¡¯s view, the Ming army¡¯s tactics, tactics, and equipment?The morale is definitely more than that of the Stoltz Army, and defeating them is inevitable.  So we can only tell from the results.  "Tulubaihu has 30,000 people and Sengge has 40,000 people, which is a total of 70,000 troops. After the war, less than 20,000 men and horses were gathered." You Shiwei said: "Twenty thousand people are not enough to guard the lands in the Far West.  If we abandon our defense, we will have to abandon Dayuzi, and even Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, and retreat all the way to Kashgar If the Oros and Kazakhs pursue them, Kashgar may not be able to hold it." Youshwei paused.  , added: "Yang Wei, the chief of staff of the West Route, believes that the Russian-Kazakhstan coalition forces can easily attack the north and south roads of the Tianshan Mountains. Of course, if they do this, our army will be waiting for work." After Yang Wei became the chief of staff of the Northwest Group Army, his military rank was naturally promoted from colonel.  When he reached major general, he broke Wang Yi's record and became the youngest general in the Ming Dynasty.  However, Wang Yi was a military commander who was fought out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ??blood, while Yang Wei was a staff officer, so he still couldn't compete with the former in terms of popularity.  Wu Di had come into contact with Yang Wei and learned about the "geographic theory" from Yang Wei.  He had absolute trust in this young hero's military vision, especially since this hero was in the Western Region and must have sufficient and reliable first-hand intelligence.  ¡°It¡¯s God¡¯s will to make things happen, and it doesn¡¯t matter if you can¡¯t keep them.¡± Wu Di has no enthusiasm for the vast development of the Western Regions, such as Balkhash, Kashgar These names make people feel that they are not Chinese places, and they are really emotionless.  You Shiwei thought to himself: I really didn¡¯t come to you in vain. What I¡¯m afraid of is that you think like this!  "Actually, the relationship between this is quite big." You Shiwei said: "Your Majesty's earliest intention was to push the country's border to a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, such as the Three Passes of Qin. Then China will naturally be able to consolidate for thousands of years, and there will be no more dangers.  The barbarians are invading. Now that the Far West has been defeated, the national border has been pushed back thousands of miles. In the future, troops will be stationed, and the military expenses will be huge!" Wu Zong continued to walk, glanced at You Shiwei, and said: "Those lands, to be honest,  It cannot be regarded as the homeland of China." "When countries compete for supremacy, it doesn't matter whose homeland it is." You Shiwei paused and said, "Even if Kazakh Sanyuz is not the homeland of China, is it the homeland of the Oros people?  They actually sent out the entire country's elite, just to occupy the land of the Seven Rivers. "The Kazakh Khanate was the Mongol Khanate founded by Jochi's lineage after they dragged away the Golden Horde.  They had never ruled for the Northern Yuan Dynasty, so even if the Ming Dynasty claimed to inherit the Mongolian Yuan legal tradition, the reasons for ruling them were not legally sufficient.  Especially today's Kazakh Khanate is divided into three Yuzi, among which Dayuzi Khan is the Kazakh Khan, and the main force of the Great Yuzi Khanate is Tuqishi - a Turkic part, which is also the main force in the expansion of the Arab Empire.  .  One hundred and thirty-five years ago, the Wara people and the Kazakhs began a war. If in the history book of Zhu Cixang's previous life, this war was called the "Two Hundred Years' War", the Kazakhs were always at a disadvantage and were eventually defeated by Ge from Junggar.  Defeated by Erdan.  In this time and space, the Wara people have received the support of the Ming Dynasty in terms of logistics and armaments. They have put on unprecedented strong armor, brandished sharp sabers, followed the results of their ancestors, and annihilated Da Yuzi in one fell swoop, forcing Kazakhstan to  Khan fled to Xiaoyuzi and asked the Oros for help.  Oros was originally quite afraid of the Mongols in the east and south, and the monks of Junggar had an extremely tough attitude towards Russia. They even had small-scale battles and attacked Russian fortresses.  When he heard that the Oara people were invading Great Yuzi, the Oros Tsar, who had already extended his claws to Little Yuzi, mobilized a large army, and finally defeated Sengge and Tulubaihu who underestimated the enemy and advanced in the Battle of Syr Darya.  Judging from the current intelligence, the Tsarist Russian and Kazakh coalition forces only have 50,000 people, and they can achieve a complete defeat, which somewhat hints at the contradiction between Sengge and Tulubaihu.  This contradiction is actually very realistic. First of all, Sengge was resentful that Tulubaihu formed an alliance with the Ming Dynasty to seize the north and south roads of Tianshan Mountain. Secondly, he was unhappy with Tulubaihu because he was greedy and followed to attack Kazakhstan.  As for Tulu Baihu, since he is able to do such greedy things, he probably has a look that should be disliked by others. He might even betray his teammates in the decisive battle.  Although there is no written report on this, how can these people in the capital not think of it?  "It's another Talas!" Wu Di sighed, without revealing his other position.  In the tenth year of Emperor Xuanzong¡¯s Tianbao reign, the Tang army led by Gao Xianzhi and Li Siye fought a great battle with the Arab Empire in Talas, west of Congling and south of Balkhash Lake. Unfortunately, they did not win.  After this battle, the Arabs captured tens of thousands of Han troops and learned papermaking and other Tang technologies.  In terms of the military and political situation at that time, the Arab Empire therefore replaced the Tang Dynasty and established hegemony in Central Asia.  Soon after the Battle of Talas, Abu Muslim was imprisoned for his great achievements and shocked his master.Murder, his general Ziyad ibn Sali was also executed, which triggered a large-scale rebellion. The Arab Empire was busy quelling the rebellion, so it did not expand the results of the war.  "The difference from Talos today is that our dynasty is not in danger of Anshi." You Shiwei said.  Two years after the defeat of Talos, the Anxi side of the Tang Dynasty had regained its combat effectiveness. However, due to the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion and eight years of civil war, when Tang Suzong finally rebuilt the Tang Dynasty on the ruins, the Tang Dynasty was no longer the one built by Tian Khan.  The Tang Dynasty.  r1152
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