Chapter 26: Lan Yue

The vast cavalry, musketeers and spearmen were walking in the desert.

Aguber rode his horse, but his heart was full of gloom. In the mouths of the soldiers who fled back to Kashgar and Yingjishar, the Chinese were unimaginable from the powerful army of Central China.

General Khando did not believe the words of these deserters. More than a hundred cavalrymen conquered Kashgar, and bullets were like rain. Many cavalrymen became targets of living. It was simply a myth. A general had a bad temper and even slashed a vivid description of the powerful Chinese deserters with a knife.

Although rumors about the Chinese in the army gradually subsided, Aguber believed in the deserter's words. He had seen the weapons of the British expedition team, which were much higher than the range of the smoothbore rifle bought from the Tsarist Russians equipped by his army.

The Chinese, the Central Plains, the legendary world of flowers, large and prosperous cities, and the arrogant country that always regards itself as the country of the Celestial Empire, perhaps, has mastered such powerful weapons.

Although Kashgar and Yingjishar were retaliated by the Chinese, from various intelligences, the Chinese did not have many troops, so concentrating superior forces to defeat them is the best choice. As long as the path from Kashgar to the Khanate is opened, whether to fight or retreat, the initiative will be fully controlled by him.

When fighting against the Chinese Central Plains army, Agubo was extremely careful. He did not send elite cavalry to quickly attack Kashgar and Yingjishar while the Chinese were not firmly established, but ordered the cavalry and infantry to act together. He believed that no matter how powerful the Chinese were, there were 5,000 elite cavalry in armor, plus more than 10,000 musketeers, which would definitely tear the Chinese's defense line.

A few days ago, the scouts sent out discovered that the Chinese were operating in the Yuepuer River area of ​​Topuer, and he ordered the entire army to garrison in Yerkang, and sent out a team of scouts to reconnaise the Chinese's actions. When they found that the Chinese were indeed intending to block his army in Topuer, Aguber suddenly made a bold decision, go southeast to the desert bypass Topuer and Injishar, retreat from Tashbariksi to the country or attack Kashgar in the north.

Although many generals did not agree with the detour and wanted to kill all the Zhong*** teams defended by Topuluk, under Aguber's insistence, the generals had to surrender.

Agubo was born very handsome and had been a child for the nobles of the Khanate in order to survive, so he developed a feminine and vicious personality. Serious psychological problems were also the reason for his bloodthirsty killing? And many generals were also afraid of him, so scared.

Agubo was also extremely cautious. He could lead a hundred cavalry to defeat the tribe of thousands of people on the other side. When facing unknown dangers, he could also get into the turtle shell without hesitation and swallow his anger.

When facing the Chinese, he chose to get into the turtle shell.

In the distance, there seemed to be a few dull sounds. Agubo's heart tightened suddenly and he rode forward.

Half an hour later, a scout team who went to the front to detective still had no news. It seemed that it suddenly disappeared without a trace. At this time, there were gunfires in front. Could it be that it was a Chinese?

The army stopped slowly, and the musket team of the front army shouted loudly to form rows of combat formations.

Agubai sent out several scouts. A quarter of an hour later, a dense muffled sound came from the front. Soon, several horses ran back, and some of the saddles were empty. Several scouts who escaped shouted loudly: "Chinese! Chinese are right in front!"

Agubai and several generals rode forward. On the desert grassland, they had a very long sight and ran a few miles. From the thousand-mile mirror, they could already see a line of black dots in the distance, faintly, as if there was a wave of bright red. The legendary Chinese Emperor's guard cavalry brought bloody nightmare to the alien race.

When discovered by the scouts, it seemed that the Chinese no longer deliberately hide their traces, but set up a front in this vast desert and quietly waited for the upcoming battle.

There is a curve of stream ahead, which is the upper reaches of the Yuepuer River. If you bypass Topuluk, only this area has a shallow water level that can allow the army to pass through. Otherwise, you will have to go west to cross Khantlek Mountain.

"Sir, are we going east to attack Topuluke?" A leader beside him asked Agubo coldly. He was one of the generals who strongly advocated slaughtering the Central *** team, and he did not believe that the Chinese Central Plains army was as powerful as the legend.

Agubo didn't say anything for a long time. Finally, his handsome and gloomy face rose and he waved his hand and said, "Prepare for battle!" If you can't hide, then let's fight! Just ask the people of the Central Plains to try it, the sharp claws of the grassland falcon!

The generals beside Agubo immediately ran scattered and loudly conveyed the order, "Yoho!—Yoho!" The loess was filled with the Uzbeks running, gathered, and slowly formed into several queues.

At the front, dozens of queuing teams composed of hundreds of people, the central army and left and right wings, and armored cavalry gathered into one square formation, and behind, dozens of queuing teams were pushed and pulled and guided by horses, and slowly pushed from the gap between the cavalry quad and the vanguard queuing team to the front of the team.

A typical formation during the Napoleonic War, and Aguber changed a little more. He always placed artillery in front of the infantry team. When the enemy entered the artillery range, he would first be hit by his own artillery fire. If the enemy could not hold back the charge, the artillery would quickly retreat to the infantry line and charge with the infantry's volleyball and the cavalry's flanks to resist the enemy's offensive.

Today, because the Chinese Emperor's guard cavalry was invincible, several teams of spears were laid in the front army to fight against the charge of the Chinese guard cavalry.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the well-trained An Jiyan people had completed the formation of attack formation. The yellow and dust spread, and the formation slowly moved forward. Agubo was also quite proud. In front of this victorious army, any enemy would tremble in fear.

"Buzz" a long roar, as if the hard object broke through the air and the friction sound. Then, suddenly, countless black dots were seen falling from the air with thunderous force. Some exploded in mid-air, transforming into countless flames. They were blooming mother bullets that specifically caused damage to infantrymen. The stars like flames were fission bullets and shrapnel.

"Boom boom boom!" The black dots that hit the ground burst out loud like landslides, splashing countless mud and sand, and the turf and loess were blown away. A volley of guns and a cavalry formation were hit hard by shells, and screamed in a row. From a distance, the black dots were either falling or blown away. The dense formations of the two teams and their team flags turned into sparse black dots.

"Architecture! Chinese artillery!" In the formation, the messengers galloped back and forth, exclaiming loudly.

Agubai's face also changed slightly. Looking at the Qianli Mile Mile Mile, he could not see where the opponent's artillery was hidden. Is it buried in the yellow sand? Or is the opponent's range several times longer than his own artillery?

"Boom boom boom" is a continuous artillery fire strike, and the accuracy is getting higher and higher. The formation composed of dense infantry and cavalry teams is almost like harvested straw under the fierce artillery fire, falling in pieces.

The cavalry on the left and right wings of the Uzbeks finally couldn't help but yelled forward. The cavalry in the era of gun volleyball was originally the natural enemies of artillery. As long as the tactics were proper, attacking the opponent's artillery team was like cutting melons and vegetables. But this time, they were like headless flies, and they didn't even know where to charge, because they could not find traces of the opponent's artillery.

The yellow sand was flying, and amid the sound of gunfire, the Chinese cavalry rushed out, waded through the stream to fight the Uzbeks. The simple gray military uniforms, except for the necessary magazines, did not have any unnecessary armor on their bodies, which made their horses run more powerful and agile, hunting Aguber's armored heavy cavalry in a team of riding and shooting tactics.

"Charge!" Agubai's face was pale, and even reached out to grab the horn from the commanding soldiers next to him and blew it hard.

The Uzbek musketeers all got bayonets and jogged, gradually turning into running, pounced towards the black line of the Chinese people across the stream, and the sound of killing was shocking.

The dense gunfire sounds were as tight as the Uzbek musketeers fell in rows of weeds, in the desert, and even few corpses could approach the stream.

Looking at the massacred Uzbek people from the Qianlijing, Ye Zhao shook his head, and even the courage of the elite Uzbeks could not be detected at all.

In the era of gun queuing, all it takes is courage. Many Chinese people believe that European soldiers are traditionally cowardly and afraid of death, which is actually a misunderstanding.

Think about the era of gun queuing, the effective range is only about a hundred steps. The two sides form an infantry line and slowly approach. A hundred steps away, they stand at the enemy they aim at, and even those who are close can count their eyebrows. Around them, their teammates are shot and fall to the ground from time to time. You have to stand straight and shoot at the other side. Don’t such a soldier need extraordinary courage?

The most elite queuing team will approach the opponent's bullet rain to the range that can give the opponent the most effective strike. During this process, people on their own are constantly being shot and killed, while the brave soldiers still strode forward until they reach a hundred steps before stopping and aiming at the opponent's shooting. At this time, the opponent is most likely still busy loading the bullets. Although many comrades were killed during the advance, the first round of close shooting was enough to cause more than ten times the loss to the opponent.

When Pingyuan Army first formed the army, it trained the queuing team. It was an era of passionate blood, the time when the soul of Pingyuan Army had just condensed, and it was also the most unforgettable period of Ye Zhao.

Today, the elite Chinese Royal Army is almost massacring the brutal invaders against the brutal invaders that were nearly a century behind.

Some Uzbeks finally rushed into the stream, but no matter what, wading by the water would slow down their charge. The running soldiers slowed down as if they were exhausted and were soon knocked down by the rain of bullets.

The stream gradually turned red.

When the whirlwind of red lightning was like the whirlwind of the Chinese Emperor's guard cavalry rushed into the Uzbek team, the Uzbek musketeers and cavalry team suddenly collapsed and fled in all directions.

The young and strong employed soldiers of Anjiyan, the sword spear soldiers, the archers and the tribes who surrendered to Anjiyan had long been in chaos, and the surrendered soldiers who left their weapons knelt all over the entire desert.

Agubo had long been desperate. He changed into guard clothes, but was caught up from behind by a red cavalryman and died under a random knife.

At the end of September 1864, the Imperial team defeated Aguber's main force on Topuluk, killing and capturing more than 20,000 enemies, and the enemy's chief Aguber was shot dead.

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The cold wind whistles, and the heavy snow is flying in the sky.

In a house in Lianggar, the earthen kang was burning hot. He sat on the head of the kang and roasted the stove on the kang table. Ye Zhao cursed the ghost weather in his heart.

It has been nearly three months since Agubo was killed, and the Tiannan troops surrendered, and the situation has basically stabilized. Two border guard divisions and one patrol division have entered Tiannan, with the numbers being the Royal Border Defense Third Division, the Fourth Division, and the Royal Tiannan Patrol Division.

The two border defense divisions were composed of some troops from the Lanzhou Army led by Tianbei Haric, as well as newly recruited border soldiers and Central Plains reserve soldiers. Similarly, the Lanzhou Army also added a large number of new recruits.

The area of ​​Tiannan, Central Asia in the west, Britain, India and Pakistan in the south, and Kunlun Mountains in the east, is the best. The geographical location is as important as it is.

Taking Tiannan firmly in the hands of the empire and making it truly a part of the Central Plains has great political significance for the present and future of the empire.

This is also the reason why Ye Zhao personally participated in the reform of Tiannan’s political structure.

The agricultural areas and towns in Tiannan are naturally the same as those in the Central Plains. They have prefectures, counties, and townships, but nomadic areas are really difficult to deal with. Herders live in tribes and cannot send officials to follow them nomadic, and they are prone to conflicts with them.

Nowadays, only the nomadic areas are divided into county-level jurisdictions, but the herdsmen tribes have adopted the central government's official position, called "Xuanwei Envoy", which is not hereditary, and are appointed once every five years. Before each appointment, the provincial government will send a working group to various pastoral areas to understand the situation of the predecessor, whether there is any illegality, etc., to understand the wishes of the herdsmen, to decide whether to change their official titles, and to decide whether to change their lives. Moreover, lawsuits for life must be reported to the county government under its jurisdiction for trial.

The imam from Dihua entered Kashgar and promoted new doctrines to Muslims. The new Muslim sect is called "Lashde Shiya", which means a sect that masters true beliefs. Among the Muslims, it is also called "White Cult".

The new doctrine encourages Muslims to intermarry with non-Muslims, and does not advocate Muslims living in groups, and encourages Muslims to face the next life bravely and fall in love with non-Muslims.

At the same time, Kashgar also set up a "Central Plains School" school for Muslim families, and all funds were recruited from wealthy Muslims. The school learned to speak Central Plains and taught the teachings of the Lashde School, etc.

As the situation in Tiannan stabilized, Ye Zhaoze stationed troops in Lianggar and began to prepare to launch an attack on the Khanate of Kokhan.

Lianggar is the westernmost city in Tiannan Province. It has been located more than a hundred miles west of the border line of later generations on foreign territory.

In the Lianggar area, there are Royal Cavalry Regiment, Royal Cavalry First Division, Royal Border Defense Division, and Royal Zhenghuang Banner Infantry Brigade, with a total of more than 20,000 combat sequences.

The Zhenghuang Banner Infantry Brigade is an independent regiment. It is now expanded into an infantry brigade of more than 5,000 people, and has been officially awarded the royal elite number.

Ye Zhao used the name of Zhenghuang Banner with confidence. Now he has bid farewell to the previous dynasty and does not have to be obsessed with everything. No matter what, the new dynasty will always leave some marks of the previous dynasty. It is a manifestation of lack of confidence. The Eight Banners became the army number and officially announced the demise of the bannerman system.

On the fire, Ye Zhao looked through Dihua's report and telegrams from Beijing. In Dihua, an arsenal, a steel factory, a rubber factory, a textile factory, etc. had been built, and various chemical factories were also being prepared to establish. This is the plan of the imperial defense strategy.

Not only is the railway from Taiyuan to Lanzhou being built in sections, but the railway from Lanzhou to Dihua, which is solely owned by Taihexing, also broke ground. The Lanxin Railway was built when the railway from Beijing to Lanzhou was not opened. Obviously, this is an investment that does not care about any economic returns.

The telegram from Beijing said that the railway from Chengdu to Guiyang was opened to traffic. At this point, Xichuan officially had the first railway, which could go directly to Guilin and Hengzhou through Guiyang and enter the Jiangnan railway network.

The railway from Guiyang to Kunming is in the measurement route.

In addition to the trunk railways, the construction of branch railways in various provinces is also in full swing, especially the survey team formed by the Empire and Europe's most outstanding bridge experts surveyed in Wuhan. After the conclusion that the Empire could fully build a bridge across the Yangtze River at the stage, the north-south railway network was expected to be connected, which naturally set off a wave of investment in the construction of railways.

In fact, it is not only in China, but also in the construction of railways in full swing today.

The booming development of railways has also led to a great leap forward in the domestic steel industry. It is expected that steel production and rail production will increase in geometric multiples next year. Despite this, ordering rails from Europe is inevitable.

The steam engine locomotive has been fully domestically produced and there is no need to buy it from Europe.

Beijing has set up the first telephone line from Tianjin, and cities such as Guangzhou, Jinling, and Shanghai have also seen city phone calls.

Not counting the Forbidden City and various government offices, the installed capacity of telephones in the capital city has reached more than 90 units, which can exceed 100 at a glance. If the transistor technology of Oriental Telecommunications Company is breakthrough, the quality of telephone calls will be qualitatively improved, and the installed capacity of telephones will also be booming.

"Afafu, I'll take you back to Beijing to make a call!" Seeing these news, Ye Zhao couldn't help but feel a little excited, and smiled and looked at the beautiful girl in white who was flipping through books on the other side of the kang table.

Afafu looked up in surprise and glanced at Ye Zhao. He didn't know why he was so happy suddenly, and he couldn't understand what he said, and said, "I won't go to Beijing."

Ye Zhao laughed and said, "Is Beijing so scary in your eyes?"

The guards hurried in and reported that it was the envoy of Murad, the tribe leader in the Salar area of ​​the Kokhan Khanate, who arrived in Lianggar, and the chief of staff of the Third Border Defense Division received him.

The Khanate of Kokhan, the capital of Kokhan City, is located in the eastern region of the Khanate, and is very close to the border of China. In the western and northern parts of Kokhan City, Kokhan Khanate still has a large territory.

The Kokhan Khanate Muhammad Sultan had already sent envoys to seek peace, and sent envoys three times, but were expelled outside the city of Lianggar three times.

Murad, the tribal leader in the Salar area, was one of the nobles who had close contact with the Khanate of the Empire. While Ye Zhao was pacifying the ***, he also began to contact the tribe leaders of the Khanate of the Khanate of the Khanate.

In a letter to the Chinese emperor, Murad asked for support from the Chinese emperor to help him overthrow the rule of Sultan Mohammed with force. If he became the Khan as he wished, he would submit to the Chinese emperor for generations.

After listening to the guards' speech, Ye Zhao frowned slightly and said, "Tell the messenger to go back and tell Murad that there is only one way to surrender."

Ye Zhao took out the Go board from under the table and placed it on the table, saying, "We will march tomorrow, take a good omen, come and kill you in one game."

He is often trained by Rong'er, and Ye Zhao's chess skills are perfect. At least it is not difficult to bully Afafu.
To be continued...