Xinshun 1730

Chapter 204

This is not the first time for Wu Fangrui to lead an army. He has already led an army before going out to build a city.But that time was just a small effort, this time it was a great effort to "go straight to the capital".

Two infantry battalions were allocated, and all the battalion artillery was left behind.The grenadier battalion and half of the engineer battalion followed, and there were more than 200 soldiers who were good at personal fighting.

They carried dry food for ten days, and each of them carried three catties of gunpowder for the sappers' blasting.

After leaving the camp, under the leadership of the guide, we hurried towards the pass of Keguqin Mountain.

Along the way, take the grenadiers who are good at hand-to-hand combat as the forerunner. When you encounter the Muzhang of the Zhunbu, you can go around if you can, and rush up to deal with it if you can't.

They don't ask for killing, and they don't care about the extra horses and camels. They walk instead. If the horses can't keep up, they just throw them on the grassland.

After crossing the mountains, they arrived at the empty city of Chinook four days later.

There are not only nomadic areas here, but also a large number of farmers farming or engaged in handicrafts.

Those who did these things were naturally not the headquarters of the Zhunbu, but the Baishan faction and the Black Mountain faction captured by the Zhunbu from the Yarkand Khanate south of the Tianshan Mountains.

Zhunbu destroyed Yarkand, Zhuomahammut of the Baishan faction and his sons Hezhuo and Zhuodanil of the Black Mountain faction were all detained in the city of Chinook.

A large number of people from the Black Mountain Sect and the White Mountain Sect were also migrated here as slaves or serfs, planting, reclaiming wasteland, weaving, and making weapons here.

It's not a secret, Wu Fangrui knew it before coming here.

Thinking of what Liu Yu confessed, he naturally thought of the method of "killing people with a borrowed knife", and he paid more attention to Zhang Jin's sentence "This is your personal credit".

He can still tell whether it is personal or the staff.

Thinking about the Daodao inside, he also had an idea.

The sudden appearance of the Qingzhou army's strange soldiers made the whole Chinook City panic.

There were not many soldiers capable of fighting in the city, and the main force followed Galdan Celing to the shore of Sailimu Lake.

Galdan Celing's eldest son is only nine years old this year, and he is not a legitimate son, but a concubine.The bastard has no status, so he was sent to be a lama early.

The youngest son was born not long ago, this is the first son.

There is also a prostitute, Ulan Bayar, who is currently in charge of the city, and is the prostitute Ulan Bayar.

This woman is capable. In the original history, because she persuaded her younger brother, she was thought by her younger brother to "imitate the story of Russian Princess Sophia", so she exiled her sister to Aksu.

The Chuoros family is a quasi-ruling family, and it is still very stable.Ulan Bayar's mother was justified and could speak in the city, but she had no ideas.

Most of those who could fight followed Galdan Celing's army. No one thought that a Han army would suddenly appear at the city.

The city walls of the nomads are not high, and the city defenses are not strong. The key is that there are no soldiers to fight in the city, only more than 1000 soldiers left.

When he was considering whether to arrange for those captured Black Mountain and Baishan factions to defend the city, there was a burst of shouting from the city, using the language south of Tianshan Mountain.

"Brothers who believe in the Lord, the end of Junggar is coming! Are you going to perish with our enemy Junggar?"

"They invaded our homes, forced us to pay taxes and food, and took us here to farm and weave for them, and imprisoned Said, a holy descendant."

"Now, the army of the Celestial Dynasty has come to the city, the young Cering Dunduobu has been killed, and the big Cering Dunduobu has been captured. How long can the Zhunbu rule?"

"I know that you are being forced to defend the city now, but don't be afraid. When the army of the Celestial Dynasty attacks the city, you will stab your weapons at the pagans who oppressed you."

"Jerhard!"

Shouts kept ringing out of the city, and Wu Fangrui led the engineers to observe the situation of the city defense. The officer wondered, "My lord, even though you shout like this, you can separate people. But now when the city is defending, it is at stake. Will they really kill each other?"

The rest of the officers did not know Liu Yu's plan, but Wu Fangrui had a detailed discussion with Liu Yu before leaving, and said with a smile: "Don't worry. We broke the city, and they can surrender. If the Baishan faction and the Black Mountain faction gain power, they will The family was exterminated. You just wait, within two days, there will be a decision."

The officer didn't ask any more questions, and he didn't know how terrible the religious conflict was, so he could only follow Wu Fangrui's order to check the situation of the city defense.

After a little observation, you can know that this city is actually very easy to break through.The city wall is not high, and there is no geometric application of bastion, not even a horse face wall, only a low earth wall.

The morale of the defenders in the city is low, and the elite soldiers are out, and their homes have been stolen, so they can completely cheer up.

Even without cannons, engineers can break through the city.

Not long after, the engineering officers had already selected the place where the explosives would be buried. When the time came to dig a trench and approach, more than a thousand catties of gunpowder would be enough to explode.

The carpenters in the sappers also collected some wood and began to make large wooden boxes for gunpowder.Zhunbu's defense skills were too low. Chinook City was not big at all, and there was no distinction between the inner city and the outer city. There were many houses outside the city, which blocked the defender's shooting range.

Less than 2000 people raided here, and Wu Fangrui was full of confidence.What we have to wait now is chaos in the city.

in the city.

Ulan Bayar and her husband Saiyinbolek listened anxiously to the shouts about "jihad" outside the city, and looked at the Mughals of the Montenegrin faction and Baishan faction who were assembled in the city to demand the defense of the city. They were thinking about what to do. manage.

Just like what Wu Fangrui said, if Dashun's army breaks through the city, they can still surrender.Because in addition to these proclamations, there are also proclamations against the quasi-department, saying that Da Ce Ling Dunduobu has decided to surrender, so it is better to give up resistance and leave a way for the quasi-department to survive.

Generally speaking, the words of the Celestial Dynasty are credible.

But Ulan Bayar couldn't trust the congregants of the Black Mountain Sect and the White Mountain Sect.If they really gain power, the Zhunbu will really be wiped out.

The army of the Celestial Dynasty is very capable of fighting, and the people of the various ministries know it, especially after the death of the young Cering Dunduobu and the capture of the big Cering Dunduobu.

But how many people can the army of the Celestial Dynasty station in the Western Regions?
In the future, isn't it necessary to support local forces to stabilize the rule?
The local forces include both the Zhunbu and the Black Mountain and Baishan faction south of the Tianshan Mountains.

If the Zhunbu continues to resist, Dashun will definitely support the Baishan faction or the Black Mountain faction south of the Tianshan Mountains, relying on their prestige in the south of the Tianshan Mountains, and relying on their "Sayyed"... Although they are self-proclaimed, they still have great power. prestige.

If we really want to reach that point, will the Zhunbu still have a way out?
The Zhunbu controlled Yarkand, and allowed them to believe in their original religion, without forcing them to believe in the Yellow religion.

But if people from the White Mountain faction or the Black Mountain faction gain power, just like those three words... Gerhard, do these Kafirs still have a way out?

Originally in history, when the size and tables of the Baishan faction rebelled, one of the reasons was that "the emperor is Kafir".

Galdan Celing's regular wife had no idea, and Ulan Bayar also knew that Dace Lingdun Duobu had been captured.But from the mouths of the soldiers who escaped, it was Dace Lingdunduobu who took the initiative to be captured, saying that he wanted to find a way out for the Zhunbu.

Ulan Bayar knew that the Zhunbu had been defeated, and the biggest gamble in the battle north of the Altai Mountains had already been lost.

Now the news has spread to all directions, and the Yarkands and Kazakhs are all ready to move.

Dashun's West Route Army has arrived at Luntai and built a city there.The North Route Army arrived at Sailimu Lake, but they didn't expect that a surprise soldier would suddenly appear at Chinook City.

As soon as the news of the failure of the big strategy Ling Dunduobu came, there was a great disagreement in the Ministry of Finance about whether to surrender and accept the conditions, or to put all their eggs in one bet and fight to the death.

Galdan Tseling's sons are still young, and the only one who can discuss matters is this daughter.Dace Lingdun Dobu is the uncle of Galdan Celing, and Xiao Celingdun Dobu is the fifth cousin of Galdan Celing. They are both internal affairs of the Chuoros family, and the future of the Zhunbu will also depend on these People come to discuss.

Some people think that they should surrender. The Celestial Dynasty usually keeps what it says, and there will be no temptation to surrender.

Some people think that even if you want to continue to fight, you should temporarily surrender.Anyway, it is impossible for the army of the Celestial Dynasty to stay here all the time, just wait for them to leave, and then turn back.

Some people think that it is still possible to give it another go.The Han army went deep alone, with a small number of people and unfamiliar terrain. If they could win in one fell swoop and gather all their troops to cross the Altai Mountains, they might not be able to give it a go.

But those nobles who had fought against the Qingzhou army in the north opposed it one after another. That battle had frightened them out of their courage, thinking that they could not win at all.

Then someone asked, the big and small Celing Dunduobu couldn't win, do you think your ability is greater than the two of them?
Galdan Celing was also vacillating.

Even if you want to surrender, you have to see what happened when Dace Lingdunduobu tested the water.

What's more, the big plan Ling Dunduobu surrendered first, what's the matter with him, the quasi-buyer?

How will you be treated in the future?
Or is it that Dashun wants to use the heirs of Dace Lingdun Duobu to take charge?

While hesitating, the Qingzhou army's marching speed completely shocked them again.After crossing the Altai Mountains, he ran all the way and crossed the Alashan Pass.

Galdan Celing couldn't sit still anymore. Whether it was a surrender or a war, he had to strive for a little dignity before he could negotiate more conditions.

If the negotiation has not been resolved, but the Qingzhou army captured Yili first, what is there to talk about?Then why talk about it?

With the idea of ​​abandoning the army on the west road and blocking the army on the north road first, he gathered the remaining troops and went to Sailimu Lake to meet the enemy.

The one who stayed behind in Chinook City was Kedun in name, but in fact, it was his daughter Ulan Bayar and son-in-law Saiyin Bolek who were actually in charge.

The mother panicked and was at a loss, she just hugged her three-year-old brother and cried there.After a few words of persuasion, Ulan Bayar summoned the nobles in the city.

"You all heard what was shouted outside the city. The Han soldiers are coming, and we can't hold them no matter what."

"The Khalkhas, as well as the group of people in Monan, are all Mongolian traitors. But they are still alive after all. Their general said in the city that as long as they surrender, they will be innocent..."

A nobleman shouted: "Should we just surrender like this? They only have one or two thousand people. As long as we can hold on, and the Great Khan defeats Liu Yu, we can come back to relieve the siege."

Saiyinboluke said angrily: "What if we can't win? Besides, the Han people are the best at attacking the city. Could it be that only these people in the city can hold it?"

The nobleman was dissatisfied: "Surrender then?"

Ulan Bayar loudly reprimanded

"I didn't say to surrender. I have to think about the future. If I can hold it now, I can't hold it in the future. The two armies of the Han people are about to converge. What I have to think about now is what to do in the future. I won them now It is almost impossible, and we should consider what to do after the defeat."

"Isn't that still surrender?" Someone scolded, and Ulan Bayar said angrily: "Besides surrender, there is another kind of clan extermination! Surrender can also allow the tribe to exist, and extermination means that there will be no one left. Don't you think After surrendering, is there nothing more terrible? Genghis Khan died in Heishui City, are there still party members now? What we need to fight now is how to ask for more conditions when surrendering."

"I don't want to open the city and surrender, I want to make some preparations for the future. It is impossible for the Han army to live here for a long time, the logistics are not enough, and they can't live as nomads. The stability here still needs people here. We must think Yes, how can the emperor of the Han people accept our conditions."

"Without the Zhunbu, the Black Mountain faction and the Baishan faction will definitely fight endlessly. The negotiation condition we can come up with is to be a guard dog for the great emperor, guarding the Baishan faction, the Montenegro faction, the Raksha people, and the Kazakhs."

Speaking of this, Ulan Bayar's eyes became sharp and fierce, and he raised his hand and made a beheading gesture: "Bring Zhuo Mahanmut and his sons from the Baishan School to Zhuo, and Zhuo from the Black Mountain School." Daniel's family, exterminate the family!"

"As long as they are alive, the Great Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty has another choice, let them appease the Mughals south of the Tianshan Mountains, let them stay here together, and even reward them with our pasture."

"The emperor's army can't stay here for a long time, they must leave. Once they leave, what will Zhuomahanmuer or Zhuodanil treat us?"

"Think about the Khalkha tribe, think about those traitors in Monan. The great emperor of the Celestial Dynasty did not destroy their clan, but still let them own pastures."

"But think about it, if the garrison of the Celestial Dynasty here wants to be stationed by those hoodlums in the south to guard against us, what will happen to us?"

These words silenced the nobles participating in the political discussion.

Imagine.

Ulan Bayar was also a ruthless character, decisive in killing, and said: "Kill their whole family, and there will be chaos in the south of the Tianshan Mountains. Our quasi-department can also be regarded as a surrender certificate for the great emperor of the Celestial Dynasty."

"In the future, we will be mortal enemies with the Hui tribe. The emperor of the Celestial Dynasty will keep our tribe account for the sake of balance, and will not exterminate the tribe."

Many nobles, big and small, couldn't understand the twists and turns, but they didn't object to the extermination of Zhuomahanmuer and Zhuodanier's family.

They originally thought they were heretics, but because heretics are more hateful than heretics, there was a dispute between black and white that led Junggar to the south.

Thinking about the consequences of Zhuomahanmuer or Zhuodanier being captured by the Han soldiers if the city cannot be defended, the nobles knew what this meant.

Someone reminded: "After digging out the brains and flesh from the heads of Zhuomahanmuer and Zhuodanil, they made two Gabala bowls. Press down their souls."

(End of this chapter)