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The real name of the Kokand tribe that rebelled was the Mingge tribe. Their ancestors migrated from the Golden Horde and claimed to be descendants of Shaibani.

The Fergana Basin originally belonged to a nomadic society.

More than a hundred years ago, the Uzbeks brought farming technology, and now farming and nomadic life are intertwined.

Moreover, Hezhuo often holds the position of tribal leader.

As both Hezhuo and the leader of the tribe, separatism became a matter of time. With the decline of the Bukhara Khanate, the Khedro leaders were more inclined to stand on their own feet in order to get rid of the king's exploitation of them.

The leader of the Mingge tribe, Mahmul, is a Hezhuo.

This tribe is relatively large, with thousands of members, and is one of the ninety-two Uzbek tribes.

The city of Haokand they conquered was just a small castle. Craftsmen and businessmen lived together outside the city, while farmers and herdsmen lived scattered in all directions.

Inside the city of Kokand.

An Uzbek businessman knelt down in front of Mahmur with fear.

Mahmoor held the handle of the knife and asked: "I arrested many businessmen, and I can finally confirm that it was you who spread the rumors. Do you still dare to deny it?"

"No...no, I heard what others said too." The merchant was trembling with fear.

Mehmur suddenly smiled: "Don't be afraid. I have killed Bukhara officials and am willing to help the Chinese army fight. Please tell me how to contact the Chinese army."

The merchant was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "Just send someone to Pamir."

"Very good, I will send someone there, and you will be responsible for leading the way." Mahmoor said.

After sending away the merchants, Mehmur's smile suddenly disappeared and he sat there alone with a cold expression.

What he really wanted was tribal independence. He hated both the Bukhara Khanate and China who came from nowhere. But then again, as long as his interests are protected, it doesn't matter which country rules.

Rumors were only the catalyst for this rebellion, and the real cause was the excessive taxation imposed by the King of Bukhara.

He Zhuo people have long wanted to rebel!

Makhmur successively sent dozens of people to contact other Uzbek tribes. Those Uzbek monks all expressed silence. To put it bluntly, they just waited and watched. They neither cooperated with the governor to send troops to suppress the rebellion, nor helped Makhmur rebel.

After all, the remaining power of the King of Bukhara is still there.

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Andiyan.

This is the birthplace of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Dynasty in India, and is also the core area of ​​the Fergana Basin.

Governor Mirza has gathered 10,000 elite troops here, and forced the nearby ministries to send 6,000 troops to attack the city of Kokand in a mighty manner. Mirza could no longer care whether the Chinese army came or not. He had to put down the Mingge rebellion first.

The army marched to the south of Namangan, and Makhmul received the news.

Makhmur did not dare to resist, so he took his tribe and immediately withdrew to the mountains in the south, where the Tajik people were.

The Tajiks were unwilling to fight the Mingge tribe and reached a private agreement with Makhmur. As long as the Mingge tribe did not plunder along the way, the Tajiks would allow them to escape through the road, otherwise they would definitely help the governor to destroy them.

Ever since, the governor and the rebels began to circle around.

Mahmoor's goal was to lead his tribe to escape to Congling and fight back with the help of the Chinese army.

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Congling is the mountain pass leading to Fergana.

Liu Qin, dressed as a merchant, joined 3,500 Datong troops.

Missionary officer Lei Zhiji personally held out a set of clothes: "Mr. Liu, this was ordered by the Governor himself."

Liu Qin cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much!"

After getting the clothes, Liu Qin changed his clothes in the army. The clothes of the Central Asian merchants soon changed into a Confucian shirt and a square scarf.

Seeing Liang Zhen and Lei Zhiji again, Liu Qin was a little embarrassed: "I have been away from my homeland for several generations. I don't even know how to wear the Han Dynasty clothes. I have to ask the army sergeants for help."

Lei Zhiji handed over a scribe's sword: "If you care about your homeland, why bother to stick to your clothes?"

To be honest, Liu Qin looked a bit nondescript in his Confucian shirt. He is nearly 1.8 meters tall and thin, and has a Central Asian appearance, which is very similar to the style of those European officials in Nanjing.

As he rode his horse forward, Liu Qin stroked his clothes from time to time.

As Zhongshun Prince Jishan, his ancestors took with them a large collection of classics and histories when they fled Hami. Later, when he fled Turpan, most of the Han classics were lost. When they moved to Dayuzi, most of them were lost.

By the time Liu Qin was born, there were only half a set of "The Complete Collection of Four Books", half a set of "Zizhi Tongjian", one "Shuowen Jiezi" and one "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". There is also the "Three Character Classic", which was handwritten by his grandfather, and the memory of the first two ancestors was confused, and there are content errors with the real "Three Character Classic".

His family was doing business in Dayuzi, and their business was not big or small. However, it was difficult to get Han books. In more than a hundred years, they only got one copy of "Selected Poems of the Tang Dynasty".

Liu Qin began to be literate at the age of five. At the same time, he began to learn Chinese, and he also learned Nanjing Mandarin. But actually speaking Chinese to people is a bit like Mandarin with a Xinjiang accent.

The last words of every ancestor are for their children and grandchildren to return to their hometown in Anhui to worship their ancestors!

"Brother Liu has been here?" Lei Zhiji asked.

Liu Qin replied: "I came here often as a boy. At that time, there was war around Ili, and trade between Dayuzi and China was cut off. My uncle and I came here from the west, bought Chinese goods in Andiyan, and then transported them back to Dayuzi for sale. We made a lot of money. Not only is it hard-earned money, but it is also hard-earned money, and it is often robbed by tribes along the way.”

Lei Zhiji sighed: "It's not easy."

"After taking this place, I want to return to Huizhou to worship my ancestors and fulfill their last wishes." Liu Qin said.

Lei Zhiji asked: "If Brother Liu's ancestors were from a prominent family in Anhui, we might still be able to find the ancestral grave. If not, it might be difficult. After all, it has been more than a hundred years."

"Let's give it a try." Liu Qin said.

Not far from the mountain pass, we met a Tajik tribe.

Although the Datong Army only has 3,500 people, they are all elite in armor, and they are not easy to mess with at first sight. As for the logistics troops, they were Tajiks from Congling, and they used real money to recruit more than 5,000 troops.

Since they surrendered to China, the Tajik tribe in Congling was obliged to send troops to help.

But the Datong Army actually returned the money, which made the Tajik leaders very happy and strengthened their determination to fall to China.

The regular army plus Tajik logistics, a team of nearly 9,000 people, made the Tajik tribe here afraid to resist.

Liang Zhen said to the tribal leader: "Submit or fight!"

Liu Qin immediately translated: "Either surrender or become the enemy. This is just China's vanguard army, and 200,000 troops will come later."

How can a small tribe of several hundred people in the mountainous areas on the edge of the basin dare to become an enemy of the Chinese army?

At this point, the leader of the department bit the bullet and gathered an army of nearly a hundred people, bringing their own dry food to follow the Chinese army.

When Liang Zhen led his troops to approach the city of Osh, the size of his army was already 12,000.

Except for the 3,500 Datong troops, the others were all miscellaneous troops. Once the battle is lost, the miscellaneous troops will collapse, and maybe someone will fight back.

There were only 1,000 troops left in the garrison in Osh, and the rest were all drawn by the governor to put down the rebellion.

The general temporarily recruited people from outside the city to defend the city, and gathered thousands of people to defend the city. The civilians outside the city here, mostly Tajik craftsmen and merchants, had long heard the news spread by the merchants that the Chinese emperor's taxes were lighter than those of the Bukhara king.

Craftsmen and merchants both chose to believe it!

why?

Because the Silk Road passed through here, a large amount of Chinese goods arrived every year. Although the craftsmen and businessmen living in the bazaar outside the city have never seen a Chinese person, they have admired China for generations.

In their imagination, China is rich and powerful, with honey flowing everywhere. Otherwise, how could so many Chinese goods be shipped?

Since China is very wealthy, there is no need for the Chinese emperor to impose heavy taxes!

Liang Zhen led his troops to the city. The civilians who had long been dissatisfied with the governor's rule had no intention of defending the city at this time.

When the hot air balloon rose, a large number of craftsmen and merchants who were dragged to defend the city began to flee, shouting about the devil. The "devils" were just an excuse. They just wanted to escape. They even broke up the real garrison and quickly opened the city gate.

The hot air balloon didn't even have time to drop the bomb, the city gate was opened, and the guard and the soldiers fled in a hurry.

Taking the city of Osh was of great significance, and Liu Qin's strategy began to take effect.

A large number of Tajik tribal leaders came to surrender with their soldiers. Regardless of whether there are still 200,000 Chinese troops, the Chinese army is coming anyway, and someone has taken the lead in the rebellion. This time, the Governor of Bukhara must be driven away no matter what.

The troops under Liang Zhen's command surged to more than 20,000 people in more than half a month.

Liu Qin suggested: "General Liang, don't fight to the west. It's better to fight to the north. There are a large number of Giliji tribes in the north. The Gilijis west of Kashgar have all surrendered to the Celestial Empire, and the tribesmen here will also surrender. It’s more difficult to go west, and the further west you go, the more Uzbeks there are and the more loyal they are to the king of Bukhara.”

This is the role of a senior guide, who can win twice the result with half the effort.

Liang Zhen listened to Liu Qin's suggestion and led his army north. As expected, a large number of Ji Lijis came to seek refuge. Among the three major ethnic groups in the entire basin, the Gilgis are at the bottom of the oppressed group - they want to rebel the most but dare not to rebel the most, and they desperately hope for a big brother to take the lead.

Historically, at the beginning of the establishment of the Kokand Khanate, it was the surrender of the Kirijis people that allowed the Kokand Khanate to gain a firm foothold.

The Ji Liji people came to surrender one after another, and Liang Zhen's troops were close to 50,000.

After receiving the news, Governor Mirza no longer dared to pursue the rebels and quickly returned with his troops to fight. At the same time, they recruited Uzbek soldiers from the west along the way and led more than 40,000 people to fight back day and night.

When Mirza arrived, Liang Zhen was already surrounding Andijan.

Andijan, an important node on the Silk Road, has been the scene of countless wars over the past thousands of years, and now it has become a decisive battleground to determine the ownership of the basin.

The main force in Bukhara has a high rate of firearms equipment. Mirza has a musketeer team of 2,000 people.

In addition, the proportion of cavalry is also high, and there are a large number of heavy cavalry.

Dominating Central Asia is no joke!

It's just that, in a country that is about to be torn apart, how high can the morale of the army be?

Even many cavalrymen and musketeers were owed wages for a long time.