These factors contributed to the unprecedented oppression and despair now faced by the independence-loving Torghuts. Meanwhile in China the Ch'ing dynasty had subjugated the Dzungarians, removing the threat that had earlier forced them to migrate west. Once more the Torghuts looked longingly towards their fertile homeland in the east.
這些因素結合起來，一向喜歡獨立自主的土爾扈特蒙古人，逐漸感受到前所未有的壓迫和憤懣，正好此時清廷平定了「準格爾之亂」，當初迫使他們西遷的「老大」既已失勢、肥沃的家鄉再也沒有強者駐牧，土爾扈特不禁又興起「逐鹿」故土的雄心。