Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The Head of the Guards cleared up the fog of history, and in the chaos, he carried out a historical judgement of the Yaqub rebellion in the Western Regions, which could be considered as his final conclusion!

The rebellion of Yaqub in the Western Regions was the biggest crisis in modern China's western border. From the surface, it looked like a rebellion and the establishment of the empire had already been successful.

In the end, the reason why Yaqub was able to rebel was because he had borrowed the power of Britain and Russia. It was impossible for him to rebel without the help of these two European powers.

As everyone knew, when the Crimean War, Sha Russia, was completely defeated and the Northern Sea of Europe was completely sealed off by the Royal Fleet, this gigantic polar bear could only set its gaze towards the distant Asia, Central Asia and East Asia.

The Central Asia and Britain fought in Afghanistan and other countries, each began to support its own close political regime, while East Asia concentrated on the reconstruction of the geopolitical landscape of the Far East.

The confrontation between these two great battlefields was a battle that lasted for a hundred years. Both sides were well aware of it, but there was no real declaration of war!

Especially the Central Asia, this was a war of representatives!

In fact, Yaqub was originally a general in the Haohan Kingdom. He could fight and kill mercilessly, nicknamed the Central Asia's Butcher.

The position of the Haohan Kingdom was actually located in most of the territories of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in the 21st century.

This huge region, with the northern border of Russia, the southern border of Britain's so-called semi-colonial Afghanistan, and the southern border of India!

Both Britain and Russia were trying their best to win over this country by providing money and weapons to help him dominate the Central Asia. The ambition of the Haohan Kingdom, which had been raised by his power, had grown exponentially.

On the surface, it looked to be the Haohan Kingdom's underhand, Yaqub was just a dog that ran around the Haohan Kingdom!

But don't forget, how did the Haohan Kingdom, a poor country of the Central Asia, dare to clash head-on with the Qing Empire? One had to know that the technology of this country was not as good as that of the Qing Empire. It had no industrial base at all.

Where did their gunpowder and rifles come from? Who provided the funds for the war?

Why when Yaqub invaded Xinjiang, Sha Russia attacked from the north side of the Haohan Kingdom, took over the famous city Tashkent, and then forced the Han Empire to become a vassal state of the Sha Russia!

In the end, it was the English and the Russian that ended up destroying this khan country!

It was clearly stated in Cao Shuo's Western Region monograph that no one had lost a battle on the way back to Xinjiang in just two years since Yaqub's last swift defeat and Zuo Zongtang's great army officially entered the battlefield.

Did he really rely on military success? It was actually not the case, the real chess player behind the scenes was actually Xiao Letian!

Because in all of East Asia, he was the only one who could stir up the situation in Europe and play tricks with the top powers.

Although he did not place a single soldier in Xinjiang, his continuous attacks had indirectly affected the structure of the entire Central Asia!

Very simple, the British originally supported the Haohan Kingdom, and kept giving money to the guns! But when Russia took over Tashkent and forced the Khan to become a vassal state, the British changed their attitude!

It was at this time that Xiao Letian suddenly made his move and even officially established a relationship with Britain in London. During the continuous honeymoon period, Xiao Letian and Britain had already reached a secret agreement to help Britain curb the expansion of Russia in Asia.

Haohan Kingdom and Yaqub's rebel army suddenly lacked the military support from the United Kingdom, and their weapons, equipment and money was reduced by more than half!

This was something that could not be helped. After all, Russia's gross national product was so different from Britain's! This level of productivity was not on the same level!

In the past, you were raised by two major financial backers, Central Asia Khan. Now, there's only one left, Little Gold Master.

led the citizens of the Far East and the loyal troops of various nationalities. With the support of the Chinese military, they completely reclaimed the territory east of Wusuli River, south of Amur River, and all the Qing Empire that was located on the island.

Now that Russia's port in the Far East had been swept clean, the blow to Russia's morale was fatal. The destruction of their national strategy was simply irreversible!

The most terrifying thing was that the Russian Federation's financial situation was even worse due to the war with the Chinese people!

In fact, a large portion of the military supplies that the War of the Far East Shao Russia had used up were for Yaqub's reinforcement. In the end, they were all used up and moved to the Far East.

Yaqub's rebel army only received a third of the assistance of weapons from the beginning of history, as for money and food, that was even less!

Money and food could be stolen, but modern weapons could not be created! No matter how good you, Yaqub, are at chanting, you cannot simply recite the words of the barrel, the cannon, and the granules of gunpowder … Wait for supplies.

Even the Great Qing Empire doesn't know how to make guns and rifling, but you, a nomadic country like the Central Asia, still expect cars to make guns and rifling? Do you know the theory? Can you read the blueprints?

Could a military dictatorship, heavily dependent on external assistance, last? The so-called Yaqub forces had actually long ago been broken two wings by Xiao Letian in his military deduction!

In his essay, Cao Shuo said emotionally, "A government cannot guarantee the supply of weapons, not even food and economic security... Then this regime can only rely on its bloody and cruel rule to maintain its vitality! "

"And this kind of domination is actually slavery, which was eliminated long ago in human society... "By going against the will of God, the commoners had suddenly turned from commoners into slaves. What a terrible thing to see if such a regime could last for long!"

"Zuo Zongtang's army has been like a hot knife through butter ever since they entered Xinjiang. This is not without reason!"

"On one side, he's even holding a musket, or an old fire rod, or even a bow and a scimitar, which are still mainstream weapons. On the other side, he's already begun equipping the 88-caliber field gun produced by the Northern District … How can we make up for the difference between our weapons? "

"On one hand, they can't even afford to eat. On the other hand, they can already use the canned food provided by the Chinese military to buy the hearts of the people. How can the economic gap between them be made up?"

"On one side, they are desperately trying to get reinforcements from Sha Russia's godfather, and on the other side, they are trying to hold back the majority of the main forces of Sha Russia with their powerful troops, so much so that the British have imposed an arms embargo and economic sanctions on the area of Central Asia … How can the strategic collapse be restored? "

"In fact, the origin of all of this is the sudden appearance of the Head of State, which directly changed the geopolitical structure of Asia... No, no, no, it should be said that the political landscape of Europe and the world has changed! "

"The direction and pattern of the fights between the strong have been completely reversed. The Central Asia has suddenly become a strategic desert, and no one is going to invest anymore!"

At the end of the paper, Cao Shuo used the most radical words to express his admiration for Xiao Letian.

"This is not a power that mortals can resist! Yaqub is just a bug, the Chinese do not even need a reason to destroy him! "

"I'll destroy you! It has nothing to do with you! Your demise is just a little bit of metal that was rubbed off from the struggles of our country. You are destined to be swept into the trash heap and no one is even willing to look at you! "

"Xiao Letian wants to destroy the nation... Do we really need to use our swords and spears? "