Under the cover of the guards, Yaolevas finally escaped the pursuit for a while.

At dusk, on the deserted Gobi Desert in the Western Regions, one man and two horses slowly moved forward in the afterglow of the sunset, and their figures were pulled long.

A month later, outside Jiayuguan.

Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, climate has changed, the northwest region has become dry, the ecology has been severely damaged, and the land is convenient and very desolate.

After the Gan army defeated the Western Tang Dynasty, Sun Chuanting took over the Guanlong land. The Gan army stopped at Jiayuguan and did not continue to advance westward, regaining Hami and other places.

In recent years, Sun Chuanting has had a significant effect in governing Guanlong.

Ganchao invested a large amount of silver dollars to migrate villages that lacked water sources and had ecologically damaged ecology to the plains as a whole, enriching the population of the Weihe Plain.

At the same time, because mountain villages and the Loess Plateau have fewer human activities, vegetation has gradually recovered, improving the environment in the Guanlong area.

At this time, due to a large population gathering in the Weihe Plain, the government built water conservancy projects and encouraged merchants to open handicraft workshops, and the economy in Guanzhong gradually recovered.

Not long ago, Gan Chao set Xi'an to Xijing, which further promoted the development of Guanzhong's economy.

Now, the caravans of Ganchao set out from Xijing and walked through the Hexi Corridor, with their footprints spread all over Qinghai and the Western Regions.

However, recently, merchants who went to the Western Regions went to Hami Guard and returned to Jiayuguan one after another.

Early in the morning, outside the city, a large number of caravans and merchants lined up to be inspected and entered the city.

Because the defenders of Jiayuguan had learned of the news of a war in the Western Regions, the investigation was very strict, resulting in regular teams standing in front of the pass.

At this time, Yaolevas disguised himself as a merchant in the Western Regions, led a horse and mixed in the caravan.

Several men in the crowd who were obviously characterized by Western characteristics stood in the crowd, observing the crowd around like a wolf, looking for a target.

Suddenly, the leader saw Yaolevas not far away and immediately exclaimed, "He is there!"

These people were all subordinates of Sima Yi and were ordered to chase Yaolevas all the way.

After Sengge learned that Abdullah Khan's eldest son Yaolevas fled eastward, he judged that he was going to seek help from the court.

Ganchao was eyeing the Western Regions, and Sengge would never allow Yaolevas to escape into Ganchao, so that Ganchao would have an excuse to send troops to interfere in Yarkand.

Therefore, he asked Sima Yi, the prince of Yarkand who defected to him, to send people to chase Yaolevas, and asked Sima Yi to pass on orders to the Yarkand forces in the east, blocking the passage of communication with Ganchao.

Yaolevas was lined up when he suddenly saw several figures rushing forward. He was shocked and ran forward in horror.

"Kill him!" Several Yarkand people spoke Uyghur, and showed their short swords and daggers to pursue them, which shocked the merchants and friends in front of the pass and scattered in panic.

At this time, the soldiers of the Gan Army discovered something abnormal and quickly reported that the brigade coach who was guarding the door closed looked at it and frowned, and immediately ordered: "Precaution, Team A will come out of the gate and suppress it, Team B and Team C will be alert, ready to close the door!"

The Yerkand people who were chasing saw Yaolevas running towards Jiayuguan, and killed the caravan staff who were blocking him with one knife, and chased forward.

When Yaolevas saw them, he killed people and chased after them. He was so shocked that he rolled and crawled towards the Ganjun who had left the gate.

At this moment, seeing that the killer was about to catch up, a team of soldiers separated the crowd and rushed out of Jiayu Pass.

"Save me!" Yaolevas ran in panic and shouted for help. Just as the killer was about to catch up with him, he ran into the army head-on.

Although Gan Jun couldn't understand Uyghur, he could still see that he was being hunted down.

However, when the Gan Army soldiers saw him escape, they pressed him to the ground and controlled him.

The Yarkand people who were catching up with each other saw that Yaolevas was controlled by the army. The leader in the lead cursed in anger and waved his hand, "Retreat!"

When the Yarkand killers saw that the Gan army had no chance, they ran back decisively and fled from the gates.

...

Xijing, the head of the army.

Sun Chuanting sat behind the desk and checked the official documents sent from various places.

Suddenly, Shaanxi defense censor Yang Shulin came in with a military newspaper, "Supervisor, Jiayuguan urgent report!"

When Sun Chuanting heard the words, he put down the official documents at hand and hurriedly said, "Take them over!"

Sun Chuanting received news from the Military Information Department that the Junggar Khanate attacked the Yarkand Khanate and the Western Regions were fighting. The war broke out the trade route between the Western Regions and the Gan Dynasty, which seriously affected the economy of Guanzhong.

After five or six years of development, Guanzhong's economy has been restored. Sun Chuanting guarded Guanzhong for several years and is preparing to upgrade Shaanxi and Gansu's economic ranking to sixth in the country. With this political achievement, he left Guanzhong and entered the position of the Councillor.

The current cut-off of trade routes to the Western Regions will undoubtedly affect Guanzhong's economy.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting is very concerned about the situation in Jiayuguan.

At this time, he took the information handed over by Yang Shulin, quickly opened it to watch, and couldn't help but frown.

Yang Shulin said: "The commander, I didn't expect that the Yarkand Khanate would be destroyed by Junggar so soon! In this way, Junggar controls the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains and unifies the Western Regions, which will pose a threat to our northwest!"

After Sun Chuanting learned that Junggar was using troops to Yarkand, he immediately reported to Nanjing and suggested sending troops to intervene. However, before Nanjing could reply, Yarkand was destroyed.

This happened to Sun Chuanting. After all, Yarkand is also a big country that has existed for more than a hundred years, and he did not expect to be so careless.

Sun Chuanting nodded, "The court implemented a strategy of moving Tushan people to the plains in the Guanlong area. This improved their living conditions for the people, but it also made the border defense empty. If Junggar grows and their citizens continue to move south, they may erode the land after the people's migration. Therefore, the court must resolve the threat of Junggar!"

Yang Shulin said: "Supervisor, the Yarkand Prince asked us for help. We just used this as a reason to suggest that the court send troops!"

...

The northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, the Junggar Basin, the royal court.

At this time, outside the Khan tent, several large carts were parked, and several Tsarist Russians stood next to them.

Junggar Khan Sengge, staring at the Tsarist Russian soldiers, lifted a long wooden box from the carriage, and then opened it, revealing a pitch-black comb.

Previously, Junggar invaded Guanzhong and suffered the loss of the arms.

After Sengge inherited the Khanate throne, he was eager to buy firearms for the Khanate. Junggar's technology was backward and could not produce it, so he could only invade Yarkand to gain the ability to make firearms, and at the same time purchased firearms from Tsarist Russia.

"Great Khan, this time we sent a thousand mesh guns and ten artillery pieces." The Russian merchant of Tsarist introduced: "These are the most advanced muskets and artillery in Russia, which will satisfy you!"

Tsarist Russian firearms were actually much worse than Ganchao, but for Sengge, he had no choice, after all, there was no other way to buy them.

In history, Junggar was actually better than the Qing army when fighting with Russia because of his contact with the Qing army. However, now he is facing Ganchao, so he has no advantage in technology.

At this time, Sengge picked up a shiny musket, observed for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "Ben Khan defeated Yarkand and seized a large amount of treasures. For such muskets, I want another 10,000, and fifty cannons!"

When Tsarist Russian merchants heard the words, their eyes shone. This was a big business.
Chapter completed!