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Chapter 1015 Soldiers Arrive in Kashgar
When Yuzhu was not in Xi'an, there was an uproar in various places in Shaanxi and Gansu.

After a full year of commotion, Yuzhu returned to Xi'an after touring all over northern Shaanxi.

As soon as they met, Li Heyuan said: "Go back to the king, the green battalion soldiers are making a mess..."

Yu Zhu waved his hand and said, "What good can those soldiers do?"

"Alas, the population in the west of Shaanxi has been reduced by half. It's really horrible." Li Heyuan complained unbearably.

Yu Zhu took a deep look at Li Heyuan, Senior Brother Li still doesn't understand the truth that if he is not of my race, his heart must be different, and there will be endless troubles in the future.

However, don't be afraid of not knowing, just be afraid of meddling indiscriminately.

During the months of waiting, food from the southeast and the Central Plains has been continuously transported into various places in Shaanxi and Gansu.
At this time, Yuzhu officially ordered to start the westward expedition.

The [-] new army, armed to the teeth, marched along the Weishui River by land and water.

Wherever the army went, the Green Battalion soldiers changed from the imperial government's economical army to the half-agricultural and half-soldier reclamation soldiers.

Yuzhu didn't treat them badly either. Each of them allocated [-] mu of land, and distributed seeds and farm tools for free.

Although they can't return to the Central Plains, the Green Battalion soldiers still benefited from the distribution of so many lands.

Even if a small group of green battalion soldiers rose up to make trouble, they were quickly suppressed.

Yuzhu led the troops all the way to the west, while cleaning up the mess.The army stopped and walked, seemingly moving very slowly.

In fact, there is nothing better than solving the root cause of the chaos caused by the barbarians in the northwest.

After the army arrived at Gongchang Mansion in Gansu along the Wei River, 30 Hu people and [-] green battalion soldiers became canal diggers again.

Because the Dongwei River, a tributary of the Taoshui River, is only fifty miles away from the Weishui River in its navigable section.

40 people digging a small canal for fifty miles is definitely a merit in the present and a benefit in the future.

Because, once the Taoshui and Weishuis are dug through, the original grain from them can go directly to the city of Lanzhou by water after crossing Tongguan.

Moreover, after connecting the Taoshui River and the Weishui River, you can also take a boat from Xi'an and go directly to Xining through the Huangshui River.

The small fifty-mile canal can connect Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai. How could Yuzhu not dig the river?

Moreover, if you take the waterway from Lanzhou, you can pass through the Huangshui River, enter the Datong River with abundant water, and reach Jingyangbao in the west of Xining Mansion.

What's more interesting is that a ten-mile canal can be dug from Jingyangbao to connect the Datong River and the Yema River.

After the Yema River merged into the Heihe River, it meant that the grain ships and warships of the army could directly reach the city of Suzhou.

Suzhou, which is now Jiuquan City.

Yuzhu insisted on personally conquering the Northwest this time. To put it bluntly, he came for these artificial canals.

If he didn't come to supervise the battle in person, the bureaucrats in the Northwest would dare to spend ten cents for only half a cent.

Fortunately, the corvee has not been abolished, otherwise, if hundreds of thousands of people are used, the money spent will be lost.

However, the construction of the canal can transport troops, food and weapons in wartime, and merchant ships can still be used in peacetime.

Merchant ships have a large cargo capacity and low transportation costs, which can help stabilize the food and commodity prices in Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai.

The three canals of different lengths are indeed generous, and they are also proper public welfare projects.

If you want to get rich, build roads first. When this saying falls into the northwest region, it becomes that if you want to get rich, build rivers first.

In any case, the cost of river transportation is definitely much lower than that of land transportation.

Zuo Jigao's slow progress is only to calm down the chaos.

The slow progress of Yuzhu not only solved the problem of resettlement of the green camp soldiers, but also solved the chaos, and also solved the problem of people's livelihood in water transportation.

The fly in the ointment was that Yuzhu's enthronement ceremony was delayed.

It took a total of one and a half years since Yuzhu entered Shaanxi, and finally three canals were dug through. The grain entering Shaanxi from the Central Plains was continuously sent to Dunhuang County in the westernmost part of Gansu.

After arriving in Dunhuang, there was no waterway to borrow, so we had to abandon the boat and go ashore.

For the sake of safety, Yuzhu ordered the requisition of all ships in Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai, and sent heavy troops to guard the connecting passages of the three canals. Only then did he lead more than 3 new troops and marched into the Junggar people in a mighty way. lair.

Cewang Allah Butan had heard for a long time that when Yuzhu arrived in Shaanxi and Gansu, he also made preparations for the battle in advance.

According to the No.1 general of the Junggar, Dace Lingdun Duobu's suggestion, Cewang Arabutan adopted the correct strategy of abandoning northern Xinjiang and concentrating troops in southern Xinjiang.

Because, in the decisive battle in southern Xinjiang, the logistics supply line of the Qing army was thousands of miles long and could easily be cut off.

Therefore, Yuzhu led his army westward from Hami, passed through Turpan, and fought all the way to the city of Dihua, without any resistance from the Zhunbu.

After Yuzhu arrived in Dihua, he once again resorted to the old routine that worked, calling on the scattered cavalry of Khalkha Mongolia to grab meat together.

If it was someone else's call, most of these Mongolian herdsmen would not believe it.

However, Yu Zhu has cooperated with them three times before and after, and fulfilled his promise each time, allowing them to return with full rewards.

Good guy, for a while, all the princes, nobles and ordinary herdsmen of Khalkha Mongolia came to join in the fun.

The Mongols came with their cattle and sheep, and Yuzhu's food problem was completely solved.

The cooperation experience with Mongolians can be traced back to more than ten years ago, and the reputation of Yuzhu is unquestionable.

As a result, nearly 5 Mongolians came, and Yuzhu simply opened a tea-horse market under the city of Dihua.

The tea bricks, ironware, silk, cotton cloth, and silver brought from the Central Plains were exchanged for horses, cattle, sheep, and kumiss from the Mongolians.

"Khan, Yu Zhu's behavior is not good!" Da Ce Ling Dunduobu sighed, and reminded Ce Wang Arabutan intentionally.

Cewang Allah Butan also knows that the situation is not good, but he can't go to the decisive battle in northern Xinjiang, right?

In the decisive battle in northern Xinjiang, it must have hit Yuzhu's arms.

"Great Khan, in my opinion, the current plan is to ask the Raksha people for help. I ask them to send troops to contain the jade pillar from the flank." Dace Ling Dunduobu saw it very clearly, regardless of the jade pillar. More than 3 people were brought in, but the pressure on food transportation was greatly reduced.

There are only 3 people in Yuzhu, which is obviously aimed at fighting a protracted war.

"Hey, the envoys sent to the Raksha Kingdom have already gone more than a dozen times. However, the Raksha people have suffered from Yuzhu's losses several times in a row, and they have always shirked and refused to send troops to reinforce them." Ce Wangarabutan He took a sip of kumiss and said viciously, "It's really not possible, I will use all the tribe's 10,000+ soldiers and horses to fight Yuzhu decisively."

"Khan, don't be so impulsive. In my opinion, it's really not possible. Let's go to the Huohan Kingdom first." Dace Lingdunduobu's proposal made Cewang Allahbu frankly Living.

After Ce Wangarabutan thought it through, he realized that retreating to Huohan Country was actually synonymous with occupying Huohan Country.

The Huohan Kingdom, in fact, does not have many troops, and it is not vulnerable at all.

However, behind Huohan Kingdom stood the huge Raksha Kingdom, which made Cewang Arabutan very hesitant.

Da Ce Ling Dunduobu saw Ce Wang Arabutan's doubts, and explained with a smile: "Khan, as long as we move the Huohan Kingdom, the Raksha people will definitely be forced to send troops."

Seeing the sly gleam in Da Ce Ling Dunduobu's eyes, Ce Wang Allah Butan suddenly realized.

According to Ling Dunduobu's plan, as long as they annexed the Huohan Kingdom, the Raksha people would be forced to send heavy troops to fight back.

When the time came, Tsewang Allah Butan took the Junggar people and simply avoided entering the Balohar Pass.

Ballohar Pass, also known as Khyber Pass.

If you can't beat Yuzhu, you can't beat Bollor's Tubang Xiaowang?
Before winter came, Yuzhu was in Yili City and had prepared all kinds of supplies for the winter.

There are more than 3 people, not 6, and the logistical pressure is many times smaller.

In addition, the large amount of cattle, sheep and horses brought by the Mongols was enough for the new army to survive the winter comfortably.

The fly in the ointment is that Ma Qi and others in the capital urged Yuzhu to return to Beijing as soon as possible.

However, Yuzhu had already made up his mind that his enthronement ceremony must have two big gift packages, one is to destroy the Junggar Khanate, and the other is Newcomen to develop a steam engine that can draw water from the river.

The early steam engine was a device for pumping water in coal mines tens of meters deep.

After Yuzhu had an in-depth exchange with Newcomen, he told Newcomen that he would be given a patent fee of £5 for every steam engine that could pump water from the river.

£5 is really a lot. British ocean sailors only have a total income of £10 a year, and they are often in arrears.

Newcomen only understands technology, but Yuzhu knows the law of technology iteration.

The greater the quantity manufactured, the greater the market demand, and the faster the technological iteration.

Otherwise, after the outbreak of the first industrial revolution in Britain, did it develop so fast?
As long as it is a rural area, steam pumps are needed.

Because, in many cases, the river course is lower than the farmland.

Using water trucks to pump water ashore is not only costly, but also the efficiency of pumping water is too low.

The steam pump, as long as the coal is enough, the air pressure is enough, and a large amount of water can be pumped ashore day and night.

For mechanical things, the higher the popularity, the faster the technology develops.

Yuzhu spent the winter comfortably in Yili, but the Junggar people who left their old nest felt much more uncomfortable.

At the beginning of spring, according to reports from sentries, more than 3 people in the entire Junggar tribe froze to death during the winter, and almost all of them were elderly people.

After Yu Zhu heard the news, he was only silent for a while.

Because, as early as the Paleolithic Age, once food was in short supply, the elderly, regardless of gender, would be forced to leave the cave and go outside in the ice and snow to fend for themselves.

At critical moments, it is the nature of human beings to sacrifice the elderly and protect the children.

Taking advantage of his illness, he must be killed!
Yuzhu immediately ordered the whole army to go south to attack the Junggars.

The soldiers of the new army, who had rested for a whole winter, were all vigorous and energetic.

Among the new army, only through war can the greatest benefits be obtained.

After going south from Yili, the Qing and Mongolian allied forces successively captured Kuqa and Aksu, and reached the city of Kashgar.

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