By chance, Mu Xiaodi took Hami City from Semir, but he only had less than 2,000 people under him. However, he was not too worried in his heart, after all, he had just defeated the 100,000-strong army of Semir, and it was estimated that the Yarkand Khanate would not be able to organize an effective attack for a while.

But he didn't dare to take it lightly, he couldn't say how he won this battle, and now it can only be attributed to the blessing of his ancestors, at the beginning, 30,000 troops were chased everywhere, and it was not a glorious thing anyway.

So he deliberately set up a strategist hall from under his command, as the name suggests, it is to combine knowledgeable people and scholars to start discussing ideas, and let them list their ideas when they encounter things, and then Mu Xiaodi chooses the best idea with his own ability.

Of course, with his ability, he may not be able to choose the best idea in this, but there is no better way, this idea must be taken by him, otherwise he will not be able to really take charge of himself, if the person who takes the idea has two hearts, it is a very troublesome thing for him.

These are all ideas given to him by the strategists, as long as he takes his time, he can always adapt to this method, and at worst he can judge the quality of most ideas based on experience.

The first idea of these strategists was to let him stabilize the city of Hami, the Yarkand Khanate would not easily send a large army to come over if he couldn't figure out his details in a short time, and he did not have the ability to wipe out the entire Yarkand Khanate with more than a thousand people, and besides, there had been no Confucian scholar to spread the way of the saints for too long now, and the meal had to be eaten in one bite, and Ruth had to walk step by step.

Mu Xiaodi quickly took over his suggestion, not to mention anything else, even if these people strongly ask Mu Xiaodi to send troops now, it is estimated that Mu Xiaodi will have to hesitate, he has no confidence in his own ability, and even now when he talks about going to the battlefield, his legs are a little weak.

The previous defeat was not only the army under his command, but also his confidence in making contributions on the battlefield, the reason why he came back this time was just to hold the mind that he could not let the army of the Yarkand Khanate enter Jiayu Pass, to say that the confidence of victory is a lie, he did not plan to come back alive before the war.

Hami City is the largest city in the eastern part of the Western Regions, and more than 100 years of rule have long made many people forget the way of life of the Han people, and the way of life of the Han people is not as suitable for their rhythm of life as the way of life that they have passed down.

According to the advice of his subordinates, Mu Xiaodi first built a academy in the city, and invited a great Confucian to teach, stating that both poor scholars and former slaves could come to study, and as long as they passed the imperial examination, they could enter the court as an official.

But if you want to overthrow a regime, you must overthrow it together with its class, and if you just kill a leading figure, it will not really help the situation much, and the inertia of life for many years will quickly produce a new leader among them, and this leader may not be any different from the previous one.

And the overthrow of one class must rely on the strength of another class, in this city where the people of the nine cities are poor and slaves, Mu Xiaodi is not worried about finding a partner to cooperate with.

As long as the scholars of the poor family are given hope, they will soon be able to replace the former nobles and become a new class, which may not have much progressive thinking compared to the previous class, because everyone has been like this for hundreds of years, saying that if you want to immediately build a society where everyone is equal and everyone has something to eat, people will definitely think that you are dreaming.

It's just that the advantage of this class is that it and the Ming are destined to be of the same mind, because only here in the Ming can they get the power and wealth they dream of, and in the eyes of the courtiers of the Yarkand Khanate, they are still a group of slaves who do not enter the stream.

But to Mu Xiaodi's surprise, the ceremony held by the school was very spectacular, and even the Confucian saint came out to worship, but the effect was not very obvious, and basically few people sent their children to study.

In order to make the people of a city agree with a regime, the most necessary condition is to make them feel at ease and believe that this regime can continue, so that everyone's hard work is worthwhile, otherwise you will follow you today, and tomorrow you will be cut off by someone, won't it be bitter for the people of this city.

Obviously, Mu Xiaodi, who has only more than 1,000 people, does not have the conditions to make them down-to-earth now, and there are very few people who come to the school, no one wants to die in vain, so let's wait and see for a while.

The news of Samir's defeat soon spread throughout the Yarkand Khanate, and in these rumors, the general of the Ming Dynasty was three feet tall, with three heads and six arms, and could kill a hundred and ten strong men with a single fist, and the warriors of the Yarkand Khanate were not opponents at all, so they wiped out the 100,000 army of the Yarkand Khanate with a few thousand people.

At the beginning, it was claimed that it was 100,000, and how many regular military ministers in the court had a number in their hearts, but this was already the largest force they could muster, and they thought that Semir was still safe, and they had just received the news that he had destroyed 30,000 enemy troops and achieved a great victory, and the king had just rewarded his family, who knew that then the news came that the 100,000 army was wiped out and the city of Hami was lost.

Soon the men in the court figured out what was going on, and immediately began to fall into the trap, and all of Samir's family were reduced to slavery, and even their homes were confiscated.

If there are still 100,000 troops, they can naturally select new generals to let them continue to fight, but in fact, now they can only make up 20,000 people, and the 100,000 troops have been killed.

And what is even worse at this time is that the Baishan faction, which was suppressed by the Montenegrin faction, immediately moved when they heard the news, originally they went to Tibet and were ready to go to the steppe Qinggaldan to help, but now it is good, the Montenegrin faction dug their own graves, and those who originally planned to go to the Dzungar Department all returned to China and started a new round of power struggle.

They are not stupid, asking Galdan to be reinforcements is to lure the wolf into the house, the best result is just to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, no matter who wins, there will be no good fruit for them to eat, but the Montenegrin faction is angry to suppress themselves, but now the situation is different, Montenegro sent 100,000 troops to die in the hands of the enemy, it is the time when the momentum is greatly reduced, now they raise their arms and shout, there must be many people to follow, and then they may be able to regain the authority of the Yarkand Khanate, so why use the hands of outsiders.

(End of chapter)