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The envoy and Ayuqi continued westward, and when they arrived in the Aksu region, they found that the division of Yarkand had reached an irreversible point.

The Governor of Aksu, as a close confidant of the king, actually held his own troops and refused to obey anyone's orders.

King Yarkand, who nominally owns half of Xinjiang, is stuck in Yarkant City (Yecheng County) and cannot get out. And it was his son Yaolevas who blocked the king.

Passing by Kashgar, Yaolewas personally greeted him.

After getting drunk with wine, Yaolevas said at the banquet: "Your Majesty, my father has become unpopular. Please ask the Emperor of Heaven to crown me as the new King of Yarkand."

Xie Yuan said in an official tone: "It is inconvenient for the Celestial Empire to interfere in the internal affairs of Yerkang. After all, your father is the king canonized by the Celestial Empire. Unless he dies, the Celestial Empire cannot canonize a new king."

Yaolevas was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "I understand."

This guy had long wanted to fight a decisive battle with his own father. After the envoys left, he would gear up and plan to kill Yarkand City next year.

King Abdullah Khan heard that his son was collecting food and immediately responded harshly - kill his own grandson and granddaughter!

Yaolevas only had one son and one daughter, and they both lived in Yarkand City. If they were all killed, there would be no descendants.

It's a drama of human relations. The son wants to lead troops to attack his biological father, and his biological father kills his grandchildren so that his son can have no descendants.

Hearing that his son and daughter had been killed, Yaolevas couldn't wait until next year, and he didn't care that the food and grass were not fully prepared, so he immediately led his troops to Yarkand City.

The king and the prince fought for supremacy, while the other governors watched.

In fact, it was the army from Kashgar that went to fight the army from Yecheng County. The total number of troops participating in the battle was barely over 10,000.

Abdullah Khan was unfortunately defeated and was forced by his son to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He "died" of illness less than two months after setting off.

The Montenegrin faction He Zhuo fled to Aksu with the little prince, and the governor of Aksu supported the little prince as king. The two Yarkand kings coexisted and began a more intense civil war, completely ignoring the Mongols' southward invasion.

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After Kashgar, it is the territory of the Kyrgyz people, which is later known as Kyrgyzstan.

The Kyrgyz people did not establish a nation. For hundreds of years, they were beaten in turn by surrounding forces. But no one killed them all, they all regarded this place as a subordinate force, and nominally submitted to the Jungar tribe at this time.

When arriving here, of course, he went to Suiye City to pay his respects, where Xie Yuan paid homage to Li Bai.

There are mountains blocking the front, so you can only go southwest or northwest.

To the southwest is the Bukhara Khanate, a Persian cultural country established by the Uzbeks. At the same time, it went to Persia from time to time to plunder and fight.

Ayuqi had little communication with the Bukhara Khanate, so he was not sure whether it was safe there.

So everyone walked northwest and soon came to the grassland of Dayuzi.

The Kazakhs in Dayuzi were eyeing the envoys. But seeing that they brought cavalry and claimed to be Chinese envoys, no one dared to rob them.

Some tribes here are semi-nomadic and have built many cities in the river area. There are many Kazakhs who are half-cultivating and half-grazing.

When I arrived at Zhongyuzi's territory, my style of painting obviously changed.

There are almost no cities in Zhongyuzi. They are all nomadic tribes, just like the Mongols in Mobei.

After about six days of marching on the Kipchak grassland, someone finally came to contact me.

The scout in charge of guarding the rear rushed back on a fast horse and blew the horn before the people arrived.

"The entire army is wearing armor!"

Sun Ruotao, the cavalry general responsible for escorting the envoy, immediately shouted orders, and Aqiyu's cavalry also began to put on armor.

Not long after, the rumble of horse hooves came.

About three thousand Kazakh cavalry stopped a hundred steps away from the envoy.

Deputy envoy Pang Anguo said: "You are an envoy, but your riding skills are not good. I will go and negotiate with the other party."

Xie Yuan nodded and said, "Be careful."

Pang Anguo led several cavalrymen and rode out with Aqiyu.

Several Kazakhs also rode over.

The leader was a young man in his twenties. He spoke with a loud voice: "I am the son of Djangar Khan, the leader of the Kazakh Communist Party. Are you an envoy from China?"

Pang Anguo said: "I am the deputy envoy of the Celestial Dynasty, and I was ordered to go to the Torgut Khanate to enthrone the king."

Tou Kehan ​​asked: "I heard that China defeated Zhungeer in the east. Is this news true?"

Pang Anguo said: "The Zhungeer tribe was divided into two. One group occupied Mobei, China, and has been annihilated by His Majesty the Emperor's troops."

"China is so powerful," Toukhan couldn't help but sigh, and asked, "Can I send an envoy to China? I would like to represent the Kazakhs and respect the Chinese emperor as the co-owner. I have a sister who is thirteen years old this year and is beautiful. And clever, willing to marry the great Chinese Emperor."

Aqiyu reminded in a low voice beside him: "This person cannot represent the Kazakh Khanate, or even Zhongyuzi."

Pang Anguo asked: "What is his origin?"

Aqiyu explained: "His father was Jianger Khan of Zhongyuzi. He led troops to resist the many invasions of the Zhungeer tribe. Later, he was defeated and killed, and Zhongyuzi fell into pieces. There are people who call themselves Khans. Seven or eight. He was less than ten years old at the time and went into exile with his mother and tribe. When he was more than ten years old, he suddenly came back with troops and conquered several Zhongyuzi tribes."

Pang Anguo signaled to Xie Yuan behind him, and Xie Yuan also rode over. The two communicated and explained the situation clearly.

Tou Kehan ​​was also gesturing, and among the Kazakh cavalry, a girl came on horseback.

This Kazakh girl is only thirteen years old, but she looks like she is fourteen or fifteen years old. It seems that people here are very precocious. And she is indeed beautiful, with skin as white and tender as milk, and every smile is charming.

Central Asia has always been a melting pot of races, with genes from many ethnic groups mixed in. The style of Kazakh girls is not only different from that of the Han people, but also different from that of the orchids in India and Persia.

Xie Yuan smiled and said: "This guy is well prepared, and he actually brought his sister with him."

Aqiyu explained: "Zhongyuzi has been made a vassal state by Zhungar, and is still allied with Yarkand. Now that China has defeated the Zhungar tribe, Yarkand has fallen into division again. This person must want to find China Be a backer. Moreover, there are several khans in Zhongyuzi. If he marries his sister to the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty, he will gain great prestige, which will be more conducive to his unification of Zhongyuzi."

Xie Yuan said to Pang Anguo: "The imperial court needs to place a chess piece in Kazakhstan. This leader is very young and has great potential. I think I can win over him."

"Let them send people to Nanjing and let His Majesty make the decision himself." Pang Anguo said.

Xie Yuan took out a pen and paper, wrote a document, sealed it and handed it to Tou Kehan, saying: "Your envoy can take this document and pass it smoothly whether in China or Yarkand. If there is an encounter, When the Mongols plundered Heshuote, they also took out the documents. Injuring the envoys holding documents from the Celestial Empire is equivalent to waging war against the Celestial Empire!"

"Thank you very much, Your Majesty the Messenger!" Tou Kehan ​​was overjoyed.

Tou Kehan's residence was not far away. He invited the envoys to have a drink and prepared a grand and lively bonfire dance.

The next day, Tou Ke Khan sent a hundred cavalry to escort the envoy forward, and presented some horses, cattle, sheep, cheese and other food as gifts.

After the envoys left, Tou Kehan ​​immediately sent someone to China and took his sister with him. Determined to consummate the marriage, he must obtain the help of the Chinese emperor, even if this help only increases his prestige and reputation.

In another time and space, Touk Khan not only unified Zhongyuzi, but even unified the entire Kazakh Khanate.

Unfortunately, after he died of illness, the Kazakh Khanate split again and was attacked by Russia and Junggar at the same time.

The mission continued its journey, encountering many Kazakh tribes along the way.

Due to the terrible weather during the Little Ice Age, these tribes were not very prosperous, and a heavy snowstorm would often take away countless people and animals. After natural disasters, there must be man-made disasters, and various tribes are at war with each other all the year round, robbing each other of pasture, livestock and people.

Completely passing through Zhongyuzi's territory, no other tribal leader took the initiative to contact him.

No wonder Toug Khan was able to unify Kazakhstan, but his political vision was different. The other tribal leaders were all mediocre people and could not understand what the Chinese envoy meant. Only Tou Kehan ​​had a keen sense of smell. Not only was he the only one who took the initiative to contact him, but he was also eager to marry his sister to the Chinese emperor.

When we came to Xiaoyuzi, it was even more chaotic.

The ethnic composition is extremely complex and it is truly a melting pot of races. The Khan of Xiaoyuzi is nominally in control of the overall situation, but each tribe does its own thing.

Very weak!

Xiaoyuzi's territory on the east coast of the Caspian Sea was almost swallowed up by the Khiva Khanate.

More than a hundred years ago, the Khiva Khanate was still a Persian territory, and the Persian governor was stationed in Khwarezm. After driving away the Persians, the Khiva Khanate experienced decades of war.

Just when Zhao Han raised his army, a strong man emerged from the Khiva Khanate, who unified the country, developed the military and people's livelihood, and frantically annexed the territory of Xiaoyuzi. The new king had just succeeded to the throne last year, and he was a strong man. Later, he even defeated Peter the Great's expeditionary army.

Xie Yuan inquired about information along the way and recorded all the information, focusing on the city and climate.

"It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books," Xie Yuan said with emotion. "I have gained a lot from this mission. Kazakhstan and the countries to the south have very different customs and information from those in Europe. I have learned a lot."

Pang Anguo joked: "People are of different races, and there are orchids everywhere. People here grow up really fast. They look like they are fifteen or sixteen years old, or even seventeen or eighteen years old, but when asked, they are only twelve or thirteen years old."

"I don't know what the area around the Caspian Sea is like," Xie Yuan said. "If I didn't have a mission, I would really want to go all the way to Russia."

This gentleman, the envoy, regards this trip as a trip at public expense.

Xiao Yuzi was not a threat, and everyone was much more relaxed and successfully arrived at the territory of the Turgut tribe.

This is the north coast of the Caspian Sea. There are many desert areas. The living environment of the Torgut tribe is slightly harsh.

Aqiyu returned to the tribe's headquarters and asked his mother: "Why don't we see many people in the tribe?"

The mother replied: "Your grandfather and father led the troops to fight."

"Who are you fighting with?" Aqiyu asked.

My mother said, "Fight the Russians."