Daming Military Empire

Chapter 500 Shaanxi Xingdu Division

Shaanxi Xingdusi is located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor. Its administrative office is Ganzhou Guard, which leads twelve guards and guards the Qianhu Office four times.

These are the official records of the Shaanxi Xingdusi before the Chongzheng Dynasty. However, since the Chongzheng Dynasty, especially since Sun Chuanting guarded the northwest, the guards under the jurisdiction of the Shaanxi Xingdusi have been far more than these.

Since the 11th year of Chongzheng, Sun Chuanting has been stationed in the northwest, and according to Zhu Cijiong's instructions, he has continued to expand westward, recovering Chijin Mongolian Guard, Shazhou Guard, Handong Guard, and Hami Guard along the way. The jurisdiction has nearly doubled.

To say that Hamiwei, Chijin Mongolianwei, Handongwei and other guards were not actually guards under the Xingdusi of Shaanxi Province, but the Jisi Guards stationed by Fanwang designated by Ming Dynasty, that is, the local military and government were all subordinated to Daming The king of Fan is in control, which is somewhat similar to the nature of the chieftain.

Hamiwei and other places were actually under the jurisdiction of King Zhongshun, who was canonized by the Ming Dynasty. This King Zhongshun originated from the Chagatai Khanate in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties. Timur returned to Daming and was conferred the title of King Zhongshun. Since then, the family of King Zhongshun has been stationed at Hamiwei, the northwest gate of Daming, for eleven generations.

During the Zhengde period, the power of the Ming Dynasty was declining, and Hamiwei was occupied by the neighboring Tubo Khan. After several gains and losses, many ministers were implicated and killed because of Hamiwei's gain. Gradually, no one dared to ask Hamiwei again. After this incident, the Ming army retreated to Jiayuguan in an all-round way.

It was not until the 11th year of Chongzheng, when Sun Chuanting was in charge of guarding the northwest, that the Ming army began to set foot outside Jiayuguan again.

At this time, Tubo had already been wiped out by the Chagatai Khanate, and the Chagatai Khanate was also wiped out by the joint forces of the Heshuote and Chogar tribes of Wacha. It was actually the Chagatai Khanate who occupied Hamiwei and other places. Some remnants of the Hetai Khanate did not take too much trouble to clean up.

The reason why Gushi Khan never attacked Hamiwei was because Hamiwei had been the territory of Ming Dynasty since the Yongle period. He was afraid that if he attacked rashly, it would cause revenge from Ming Dynasty. .

The Wacha tribe didn't dare to come, it just happened to be cheap for Sun Chuanting, the rest of the Chagatai Khanate entrenched in Hamiwei and other places are rootless, how dare they fight against the Great Ming Army, they chose the same as the ancestor mighty king Anke Timur Strategy: Surrender to Ming Dynasty!
However, Ming was not so polite this time. Zhu Cijiong did not proclaim their leader as king, and Hamiwei and other places were no longer autonomous by them.

At this time, the headquarters of the Qin Army had been moved from Xi'an Mansion to Ganzhou Wei, and the military and political power of the entire Shaanxi Xingdu Division was taken over by Sun Chuanting. There are about [-] garrisons guarding a thousand households, and the strength of the troops can be said to be the highest among all the legions in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the burden on his shoulders is not light. He is now the only army left in the entire northwest region. He is not only responsible for defending against the invasion of the Mongolian Wacha tribe, but also responsible for deterring the chieftain forces in the northwest. After the Tatars were conquered, Monan became a province of Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, he would have to defend the west, deter the south, and guard the north. He would have to be busy.

Since Sun Chuanting guarded the northwest, the changes in the Shaanxi Xingdusi can be described as earth-shaking.

The biggest change here is undoubtedly the construction of the Northwest Railway. With the joint efforts of him and Chen Zilong, the Northwest Railway has been connected from Xi'an to Jiayuguan.

In the past three or four years, he has not only been nailed to Ganzhou to train the army, but he has not neglected the local construction at all. From Xi'an Mansion to Jiayuguan, there are many mountains and mountains. It worked out.

After the railway is completed, it will not only facilitate the transportation of grain, grass and luggage, but also bring great benefits to the common people.

Now, Suzhouwei in Jiayuguan has become a gathering place for merchants of the Ming Dynasty. Pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, clothes, shoes and hats, silk and satin, glass mirrors, etc. produced in various parts of the Ming Dynasty can be bought here.

Guazhouwei outside Jiayuguan has become a gathering place for Hu merchants. Spices, leather goods, medicinal materials, horses, etc. that are abundant in the Western Regions can be seen everywhere here.

Every day, there is an endless stream of caravans from Suzhouwei to Guazhouwei, forming a long line, and the ancient Silk Road has been reborn since then.

Of course, if the railway can be built from Jiayuguan to Hamiwei, it will have a huge impact both military and economically. However, the wind and sand outside the pass are too large. A strong wind covered the railway line, and it would be troublesome to clean it up at that time.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting was not in a hurry to build the railway to Hamiwei. Instead, he asked Chen Zilong for advice and found various flowers and trees with strong drought resistance. After three or four years of trial planting and promotion, the distance between Jiayuguan and Hamiwei has reached A yellow-green passage about a hundred miles wide was formed.

All kinds of drought-resistant plants are growing tenaciously on the wasteland outside the pass. The sandbar is no longer a vast expanse of yellow sand. There are more and more green spots in the middle, which gradually tend to cover the entire sandbar. Perhaps, in a few years, Jiayuguan The railway to Hamiwei can be started.

Although Hamiwei has not been connected to the railway, Sun Chuanting has not relaxed his defense outside the pass. The guards in various places have been refurbished or rebuilt by him. The Qin army has also been divided into five parts by him, scattered in various important passes in Xingdusi, Shaanxi. .

Among all the guards outside the pass, Hami Guard has undergone the greatest change. When the Ming army first recovered Hami Guard, the residents of Hami Guard were only 4000, and most of them were Uigur and Harahui, descendants of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.

After the arrival of the Qin army, they not only expanded the size of the guards by three or four times, but also built ten thousand-households on the outskirts, allowing the guards to try to grow various drought-resistant crops, and strive to achieve self-sufficiency in food and grass.

Now, there are [-] infantrymen of the Qin Army, [-] artillerymen and more than [-] households stationed in the entire Hamiwei jurisdiction. Including the original residents, the population has almost reached [-]!

In addition, the Shazhou Guard and the Handong Guard have also been renovated and expanded. There are [-] Qin Army infantry and [-] Garrison Guards stationed respectively. In this way, there are [-] Qin Army and [-] Garrison Guards stationed outside the entire pass. .

Jiayuguan, an important border town, also has [-] infantry and [-] artillery stationed, and the remaining [-] fine cavalry are all stationed near Ganzhou Guards. .

The reason why Sun Chuanting made such an arrangement was mainly to defend against the attack of the Wacha tribe in Mengyuan. Directly use the railway to transport the cavalry to the vicinity, and then run wildly, they will basically be destroyed within a few days of the incident!

(End of this chapter)