Yarkand Kingdom, East, Turpan region. [No pop-up novel network]

In the Turpan area for the New Year, there is not the slightest atmosphere of the New Year. The living customs here are very different from those in the mainland. The people who live here don't live for a long time. When the spring breeze gradually blows from the southeast, it is still a desolate and desolate place, and there is hardly any change. In the Turpan area of the first year of Taichang, looking at the past, there were almost no people. Occasionally, I saw a few people walking by, but they were also in a hurry, and they passed quickly.

Yarkand's national strength was very limited, and the locals did not have the experience to build large fortress towns, so the scale of Turpan City was not very large. The scale of its construction is at most about an acropolis in the interior, and the circumference of the city wall is only three or four miles. However, on the surface, it is full of exotic scenery. All the buildings are depicted with a large number of exquisite patterns. Most of the buildings are domed with pointed lightning rods and surrounded by many tall and pointed towers. The style is completely different from the architecture of the mainland.

In the past, when the Silk Road was normally opened, the city of Turpan was an important habitat for merchants and travelers. At that time, Urumqi had not yet appeared. Therefore, in the vast area north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, only the Turpan region has a few large towns. In addition to Turpan City, there are also Huozhou City and Liucheng City, which can provide accommodation for business travelers.

After the Silk Road was cut off, the number of business trips to and from was greatly reduced. Relying solely on business travel, accommodation and food can no longer sustain the lives of the locals. As a result, a large number of businesses slowly moved to other places. The areas around Huozhou City and Liucheng are gradually deserted. Except for the people who grow grapes and cantaloupe, everyone else has migrated.

Turpan's grapes and cantaloupe, that's famous. The best cantaloupe is actually not in Hami, but in Turpan. However, Turpan is not most famous for cantaloupe, but grapes. The unique natural conditions and sufficient sunlight make the grapes of Turpan extraordinarily sweet. Wine made from Turpan grapes has always been a treasure among wines. With the exception of a very small number sold to the interior of the Central Plains, the vast majority of Turpan wine was transported westward, all the way to the Ottoman Empire or further afield to European countries.

Due to the good reputation of wine, most of the merchants who come and go to Turpan are related to wine. What has the most buildings in Turpan? Of course, it's a wine shop. The air here seems to be filled with the smell of wine. Even if you don't have the money to drink wine, that's okay. As soon as you stand in the middle of the street and take a deep breath, you will taste the most original and intense taste of wine.

Administratively, Turpan is a district under the Yarkand Kingdom and is managed by a specially appointed governor of Turpan. After the retreat of the Tatars, there was almost no enemy presence around Turpan. Therefore, the people who live here have become accustomed to the saying that there are no natural predators. War, for them, seemed to be a distant thing.

However, during this time, they suddenly found that the situation in the Turpan area seemed to be a little tense. The arrival of the white-clothed army is, of course, an important reason. And the reaction of the Yarkand Kingdom, as well as the behemoth in the West, is also a very important reason. Those with a keen sense of smell began to perceive that the pace of war seemed to be getting closer and closer. Some businessmen with families and businesses hurriedly moved their properties to safer places.

Since two months ago, a large number of armed men have appeared in the Turpan area. Why say armed men, not the military? Because they really don't look like an army. They had cavalry, infantry, knights, and auxiliary servants. They do not have uniform uniforms, they do not have uniform weapons, they do not have uniform symbols. Even the language is not uniform. They may number tens of thousands, but they speak at least five or six different languages. They also seem to be different in some customs.

After these armed men arrived in Turpan, they lived in different places. It feels like they should be under different commands, and maybe even from different countries or regions. They did not enter the city, but camped outside the city. They have little discipline and take what they like when they see it. If they don't give it, they will wah, quack, and scream, and then pull out their scimitars to kill.

No one knows who they are, where they come from, and what they came to Turpan for. Their rude behavior has seriously aroused the disgust of the locals of Turpan. They didn't even know what the other was talking about, and they were killed by the other party's scimitar. Such a thing, which happens continuously, of course, the locals can't stand it.

I really don't know what the army of the Yarkand Kingdom is doing to put so many barbarians in Turpan. Some people have to worry about speculation whether it will be the city of Yarkand in the south, and some coup d'état will lead to the arrival of barbarians. In other words, in recent years, the number of coups that have occurred in the Yarkand Kingdom is indeed a bit large. The current Great Khan, Abdullatif, came to power through a coup d'état.

Soon, news came out that the khan of the Yarkand Kingdom, Abdullatifu (also known as Abduraim Im), had personally come to Turpan. He was accompanied by his chief ministers, Abulon, Yaya, Zhuo, Emin, and others. The governor of Turpan, Abdul Rayin, and his general, Ma Heima, attended the meeting.

This news convinced the locals of Turpan that war was definitely about to break out. Moreover, the opponent of the war must be the white-clothed army that has recently occupied Hamiwei in the east. Because, apart from the white-clothed army, there are no other troops. After the occupation of Hamiwei, the white-clothed army has been coveting the Turpan region, and it is not surprising that the Yarkand Kingdom took the initiative to send troops to try to expel the other party. Strangely, however, Abdullatif did not seem to have brought his elite troops, but rather to watch the battle.

The composition of the army of the Yarkand Kingdom is somewhat similar to that of the Mongols, and it is based on the basic structure of 10,000 people, 1,000 people, and 100 people. The 10,000-person team is the largest establishment. The powerful ministers of the Yarkand Kingdom have no distinction between civil and military, and everyone is in charge of military and political affairs. Below a powerful minister, there are often several teams of 10,000 people. Abdullatif himself is the most powerful minister, with eight elite 10,000 troops under his command. Others have only three at most.

However, what is certain is that those armed men outside the city of Turpan are definitely not the army of the Yarkand Kingdom. They simply do not have a regular establishment, nor do they have unified equipment, let alone unified command. I really don't know, how they fight. Did you just rush up and fight hand-to-hand with the white-clothed army? It is said that the white-clothed army is quite difficult to bully! The Tatars who had occupied Hamiwei were all cleaned up by the white-clothed army.

Few people know why Abdullatif came to Turpan. From a military strategic point of view, Abdullatif did come to watch the battle this time. The protagonist of this war is not Yarkand. Yarkand only played a cooperating role. As the Great Khan of the Yarkand Khanate, while watching the battle by the way, he also got close to the beauty by the way.

In fact, there are two mysterious characters who came to Turpan this time. They are all women. These are two mysterious women. They are Rosalind, the queen of the kingdom of Yue, and Mashatini, the high priest of the kingdom of Khorasan. At this moment, they were sitting in the Abula Monastery in Turpan City, participating in the military meeting held by the Governor of Turpan, Abdul Rayin, and listening to the attack strategy against the white-clothed army.

Their bodies were all covered in white robes. Their faces were covered with a thick black veil, and even their hair was completely covered, revealing only two eyes. However, the men here know that their beauty is definitely rare in the world. Rosalind is one of the famous Three Queens of the Western Regions, and her beauty is definitely not under Sawanna. Such a posture and such an identity are really admirable.

What's even more attractive is that due to the influence of the Green Religion's teachings, the status of female surnames has greatly declined, and it is estimated that there will be no queens, priestesses, and the like behind them. In other words, they are the last batch of beautiful women with beauty, status, and talent. It's really like there's no shop in this village. If you want to get them, you have to do it sooner. If it's late, it might be someone else's boudoir pet.

Unfortunately, they are not easy to start. It's not that their own strength is so strong, but that their backgrounds are relatively strong, and they are so powerful that they are secretive. The current Ottoman Empire is the dictatorship of the little emperor's maternal grandmother, as if Rosalind and others recognized this maternal grandmother as their godmother. Therefore, they were very favored in front of the Ottoman Empire, which was the basic reason why they could secure the throne.

And the other queen, Savanna, was not so lucky. She didn't listen to the Ottoman Empire, and as a result, she was ousted by people at home. The initiator was none other than the priestess here, Masatini. It was she who staged a coup d'état and pulled Savanna off the throne. Now, as a priestess, she is the new queen of the Kingdom of Khorasan. Although he does not have the official status of queen for the time being.

At one time, among the three queens, the easiest to get hold of was Sawanna. She has everything left. As long as you forcibly catch it, you can collect it in your own private room and enjoy it slowly. It's a pity that Sawanna is very smart, and she turned her head and threw herself into the arms of the Ming Empire. Abdullah had hated it for a long time, and now it was too late to regret it.

(To be continued)