The Xingdu Department of Shaanxi is located in the middle section of the Hexi Corridor, with its capital in Ganzhou Guards, which leads the twelve guards and four thousand houses. It is 2,645 miles away from the Shaanxi Chengxuan General Office and is affiliated to the Right Army Governor's Office.

These are official records of the Shaanxi Xingdu Department in the Chongzheng Dynasty before. However, since the Chongzheng Dynasty, especially since Sun Chuanting guarded the northwest, there have been far more than these garrisons under the jurisdiction of the Shaanxi Xingdu Department.

Since the 11th year of Chongzheng, Sun Chuanting began to station in the northwest and continued to expand westward according to Zhu Cijiu's instructions, recovering the Chijin Mongolian Guard, Shazhou Guard, Handong Guard, Hami Guard and other garrisons, nearly doubled the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Xingdu Office.

To talk about the Hami Guard, Chijin Mongolia Guard, Handong Guard and other garrisons were not actually garrisons under the Shaanxi Xingdu Department, but the garrisons stationed by the King of the Ming Dynasty designated by the King of the Ming Dynasty. That is, the local military and political affairs were controlled by the King of the King of the Ming Dynasty, which was somewhat similar to the chieftain nature.

At the beginning, the Hami Guards and other places were actually under the jurisdiction of the Zhongshun King, who was enthroned by the Ming Dynasty. The Zhongshun King's line originated from the Chagatai Khanate during the Mongol Yuan period. In the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, Anke Timur, the mighty king of the Chagatai Khanate who was stationed in Hami, surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and was named King Zhongshun King. Since then, the Zhongshun King's line has been stationed in the northwest gateway for the Ming Dynasty, and has continued for eleven generations.

During the Zhengde period, the Ming Dynasty's power declined and the Hami Guard was occupied by the nearby Tubo Khan. After several gains and losses, many ministers were implicated and killed because of the gains and losses of the Hami Guard. Later, no one dared to ask about the Hami Guard again. From then on, the Ming army retreated to Jiayuguan in full.

It was not until the 11th year of Chongzheng that Sun Chuanting was responsible for guarding the northwest that the Ming army began to set foot outside Jiayu Pass again.

At this time, Tubo had already been destroyed by the Chagatai Khanate, and the Chagatai Khanate was also destroyed by the Hoshuote tribe and the Chogaal tribe of Wastu. The remnants of the Chagatai Khanate were actually some of the remaining forces of the Chagatai Khanate, and it was not too much trouble to pack up.

The reason why Gushikhan never attacked the Hami Guard was because the Hami Guard had been the territory of the Ming Dynasty since the Yongle period. He was afraid that the rash attack would cause revenge from the Ming Dynasty. At that time, he could not withstand the new and old accounts.

The Wasat tribe did not dare to come, and it happened to be a good deal for Sun Chuanting. The remaining troops of the Chagatai Khanate, entrenched in Hamiwei and other places, were rootless Zhiping. How dare they fight against the Daming Tian Army? They chose the same strategy as their ancestor, Aktemur, the mighty king of the ancestor: surrender to the Daming!

However, the Ming Dynasty was not so polite this time. Zhu Cijing did not entrust their leader to be king. Hamiwei and other places were no longer autonomous, but directly included in the Shaanxi Xingdusi and under the jurisdiction of Sun Chuanting.

At this time, the headquarters of the Qin army had been moved from Xi'an Prefecture to Ganzhou Guards, and the military and political power of the entire Shaanxi Xingdu Office was taken over by Sun Chuanting. He not only had 100,000 Qin troops, but also had 18 guards and four thousand guards, about 100,000 guards. His troops were of great strength, which was the greatest of all the entire Ming Dynasty legions.

Of course, the burden on his shoulders was not light. Now the entire northwest region was only left with his army. He was not only responsible for resisting the invasion of the Mongol Wasat tribe, but also responsible for intimidating the chieftain forces in all parts of the northwest. Fortunately, after the conquered Tatars, the southern desert became a province of the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, he would have to defend the west, shock the south of the south, and beware of the north, and be busy.

Since Sun Chuanting guarded the northwest, the changes in Xingdusi in Shaanxi have been earth-shaking.

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

In the past three or four years, he not only nailed the army to Ganzhou to train his troops, but he did not bring down local construction at all. From Xi'an Prefecture to Jiayuguan, he could be said to have many mountains and rivers. He led 100,000 treasurys to cross thousands of mountains and built the railway.

After the railway is completed, it will not only facilitate the transportation of food, grass and supplies, but also have great benefits to the common people.

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

Guazhou Wei outside Jiayuguan has become a gathering place for Hu merchants. Spices, furs, medicinal materials, horses, etc. that are rich in various parts of the Western Regions can also be seen everywhere here.

Every day, caravans from Suzhou Guard to Guazhou Guard are endless, lined up in long rows, and the ancient Silk Road has since been reborn.

Of course, if the railway can be built from Jiayuguan to Hamiguard, it will have a huge effect both in both military and economic terms. However, the wind and sand outside the pass are too strong. After the railway is built, if there is no protection, a strong wind may cover the railway line, and it will be troublesome to clean it up at that time.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting did not rush to build the railway to Hami Guard, but asked Chen Zilong for advice and found various flowers, plants and trees with strong drought resistance. After three or four years of trial planting and promotion, a yellow-green passage about a hundred miles wide has been formed from Jiayuguan to Hami Guard.

Various drought-resistant plants are growing tenaciously on the wasteland outside the pass. The sandbar is no longer covered with yellow sand. There are more and more green spots in the middle, and gradually there is a tendency to cover the entire sandbar. Perhaps, in a few years, the railway from Jiayuguan to Hamiwei will start construction.

Although the Hami Guard had not yet been connected to the railway, Sun Chuanting did not relax at all in defense outside the pass. The garrisons in various places had been renovated or rebuilt by him, and the Qin army was divided into five parts by him, scattered in important passes in Xingdusi, Shaanxi.

Among all the garrisons outside the pass, the Hami Guard had the biggest change. When the Ming army just recovered the Hami Guard, there were only three or four thousand residents of the Hami Guard, and most of them were descendants of the Mongol Yuan, Uygur and Halahui.

After the Qin army arrived, not only expanded the garrison to three or four times the original one, but also built ten thousand households on the periphery, allowing the garrison to test planting various drought-resistant crops, and strive to achieve self-sufficiency in food and grass.

Now, the entire Hami Guard has 10,000 infantry, 5,000 artillery soldiers, and more than 10,000 guards. In addition to the original residents, the population has almost reached 100,000!

In addition, Shazhou Guards and Handong Guards have also undergone renovation and expansion, with 10,000 Qin Army infantry and 5,000 Tunwei respectively. In this way, there are 35,000 Qin Army and 20,000 Tunwei stations outside the pass.

Jiayuguan, a major border defense center, also has 10,000 infantry and 5,000 artillery troops stationed, while the remaining 50,000 elite cavalry are all stationed near the Ganzhou Guard. As for the twelve guards in the Xingdusi of Shaanxi, the main ones are the garrisons.

The reason why Sun Chuanting arranged this was mainly to defend against the attack of the Mongyuan Wasat tribe. As for other places, there were 50,000 elite cavalry enough. Now the Ming Dynasty's railway line has been connected to various provinces. If the chieftains of the northwest provinces are not honest, they will directly use railways to transport the cavalry nearby, and then run wildly, they will basically suffer a catastrophe in just a few days of their invasion!
Chapter completed!