Chapter 81: The Meaning of Death

When the big strategy has been successful, there is little point in fighting on a small scale.

The coldest time in Ili is not when it snows, but when it is sunny after the snow.

When Xia Wanchun saw that the mercury in the mercury thermometer had shrunk into a ball and had lost its effect, he knew that the temperature had definitely dropped below minus 30 degrees Celsius at this moment, and the Kazakhs who had burned their tents and other warm facilities were doomed to die.

There is not much battle to speak of in the Wild Wolf Valley, and those who can run have basically run over a large pile of rocks last night, and those who remain have no combat effectiveness.

In terms of warmth, the Kazakhs basically relied on all kinds of fur, unlike the Han army, gloves, earmuffs, cotton hats, thick sheepskin jackets, woolen pants, thick woolen socks, and big scalp boots, which wrapped the soldiers tightly.

Qian Tong seemed to really regard himself as a deputy general, and after Chen Chongyu reported the end of the war and searched the Wild Wolf Valley, he walked into the Wild Wolf Valley with the personal guards assigned to him.

Last night's heavy snowfall caused snow to fall all over the valley, and the fresh wind that appeared in the early morning caused not only snow on the trees in the valley, but also a rare scene of rime.

A cold cyan mist slowly appeared in the valley, and the sound of trees being frozen and cracked by the cold air could be heard in the mountain forest.

Every now and then, a tree could not withstand the snow and snapped, and the heavy crown fell to the ground, raising a large cloud of snow mist.

Qian Tong's big leather shoes are only on the ground, and he can't even step on the snow, how long has it been, these soft white snow have been frozen into ice, and this scene would not have appeared originally, last night's fire at the mouth of the wild wolf valley burned almost overnight, and the cold air was heated and sent into the valley, turning into moisture, and then quickly becoming cold, there was this scene that Qian Tong saw.

Not only did the trees rise to rime, but even many war horses were covered with ice and snow, and they froze to death and became ice sculptures.

A lot of people also froze to death, but Qian Tong deliberately didn't observe.

The further you go into the valley, the more corpses there are, and the more they are there, to the point where you can't deliberately ignore them.

It was here that Qian Tong saw the person who was frozen to death on the fire? A large crowd gathered around a fire, and even now the fire is still smoking, but yet? The crowd around the fire had frozen to death.

How strange did they die? All smiles on your face? It's just that that smile is very weird, and Qian Tong doesn't want to relive this smile in his dreams, so he sets his eyes on the blue sky.

Countless boulders falling from both sides of a narrow cliff? Blocking the valley tightly? If you want to pass through this rocky land, you can only climb slowly, and as for the war horse, you want to go over? Probably not at all.

On this pile of rubble? Qian Tong saw a lot of war horses that had frozen to death? A swarm? Piles of them.

The accompanying clerk is counting the corpses of the war horses? As for the dead, he ignores them? After all, in this battle, Xia Wanchun's purpose is to fight horses, not people.

Do the vast Western Regions, whether it is a battle? Or is it business? Can't do without horses and camels? If the Kazakhs don't have war horses? Xia Wanchun dared to let his subordinates charge them with cold weapons.

The first thing Xia Wanchun had to do was to cut off the Kazakh's legs.

Although Qian Tong has just arrived in the Western Regions, on the way? He had read a large number of documents about the Western Regions, especially the documents that every official in the Western Regions must read, and he read them thoroughly.

This was a process that the officials of the Lantian Dynasty had to go through before they could take office.

It is only at this time that officials can get in touch with the Ministry of Supervision's most authentic evaluation of the place where he took office, which not only contains intelligence, but also some instructions for taking office, especially the Ministry of Supervision's description of the fatal points and advantages of a place, which can be called the most valuable asset of the former official. (Guess what, is there such a thing as an official now in office?) ）

This makes it easier for officials to get into work as soon as possible.

Qian Tong is also a fierce general who crawled out of the pile of dead people, and he is also a person who is used to seeing dead people, even such a person, after entering this silent canyon, he always feels like he has entered an ice hell.

By the time he came out of the Wild Wolf Valley, Chen Chong had already reorganized his army, Xia Wanchun had also entered the specially made carriage, and the army was ready to return to Ili City immediately.

No matter how well equipped you are in such weather, it is not as warm as living in an adobe house.

The Western Regions are very large, and because of the distance, it takes time to brew big things before they can break out.

According to Xia Wanchun's estimate, if he wants to see the impact of this war on the Western Regions, it will be at least three months later, and at this time, the severe cold on the Great Gobi has already sealed everything including time.

Qian Tong got into Xia Wanchun's carriage, first secretly drank a sip of other people's wine, and then said to Xia Wanchun, who closed his eyes and recuperated: "Seven hundred and eighty-one people were killed in the battle, one thousand were wounded, and it is estimated that there are four hundred and seventy-two soldiers who will retire because of this battle."

Xia Wanchun nodded, closed his eyes again, he didn't ask about the results of the battle, at this time, even if he killed all the Kazakhs, it didn't mean much to him.

Some people can ask for it, some people can't, this is very clear to Xia Wanchun.

The people of the Dzungar Department are Xia Wanchun's targets.

He never thought of completely and completely exterminating the people of the Dzungar tribe, but only thought of forcing these people to the point of desperation, and then mentioning the matter of recruiting them.

Sun Guoxin Living Buddha will arrive in Ili in April to preach, no way, this is the only way to distinguish the population, in the Western Regions, whether it is the Vultures or the Mongols believe in Buddhism.

The Uyghurs, and the Kazakhs, they believe in Muhammad, these people cannot appear in the Western Regions, and the master has long said that he would rather turn the Western Regions into a Buddhist country than hand over the Western Regions to Muhammad.

The Uyghurs and the Uyghurs are not the same ethnic group at all.

The Uyghurs are not Uyghurs. There is a huge difference between the two in terms of ethnic origin. The origin of the Uighurs is the Uighur tribes of the nine outer tribes of the Mongolian steppe, such as the Sugu and Hun tribes, and some of the Uighurs composed of the nine inner tribes, who believe in shamanism, Yuanjiao, and Buddhism.

The Uyghur ethnic origin is the Western Turkic Kuyechu tribe and the Western Turkic Yuma tribe that gave rise to the Chu River Valley, and since these two tribes were dependent on *** earlier, the Uyghurs also inherited this.

The land of the Western Regions has always been a place of war, or in other words, Buddhism and the Religion have been fighting in this land for thousands of years, until the Mongols occupied the Western Regions, and Buddhism, which has been pressed by the Religion, has a chance to breathe.

The emperor was prepared to continue the religious policy of the Mongols in the Western Regions, and Xia Wanchun knew this, so he did a lot of things in the work of ethnic differentiation.

When Sun Guoxin came to the Western Regions in April, Xia Wanchun believed that he would be able to use this shareholder wind to complete the sweep of the Western Regions, and then he would be able to implement the restraint policy formulated by the imperial court and stabilize the place.

When the army returned to the city of Ili, it was already late, and when the gates of the city were closed, the last light on the horizon disappeared, and the land was quickly engulfed in darkness.

No one wants to celebrate, mainly because they are frozen like turtles, and even the most happy people just want to get into the house, drink a sip of hot soup, and then fall asleep wrapped in a thick quilt.

Xia Wanchun returned to his bedroom coldly, the cruel scene he created three days ago did not appear, the warmth in the whole room was like spring, clean and elegant, and it returned to the appearance of his first time in the Western Regions.

He sniffed hard, but he didn't smell blood, nor did he smell the rouge aroma that he should have had a few days ago, only a faint sandalwood fragrance, which made people feel refreshed.

After Cui Liang came in, he said in a low voice: "I have not reported my humble position, and I have taken it upon myself to clean up this place, and I also ask the governor to forgive me." ”

Xia Wanchun raised his eyebrows and said, "Carry the black pot for me?" ”

Cui Liang frowned and said, "The matter was done by the eunuch of Xiaguan, and it has nothing to do with the governor." ”

Hearing Cui Liang's stiff tone, Xia Wanchun nodded and said, "That's fine." ”

He knew that Cui Liang was not so much an official official of the Lantian Dynasty as an official subordinate to the royal family, and their big leader was Qian Duoduo, Queen Qian.

Although the Lantian Dynasty paid attention to the equality of everyone, in practice, it could not be done, not to mention the people of the heavenly eunuchs, even if they were female officials, the Ming Dynasty's acceptance of them was still not high.

Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, there are very few female officials who can serve as landlords, and most of them exist in major departments, as well as yamen and academies as auxiliary officials.

Senior female officials like Han Xiufen, Zhou Guoping, Zhao Guoxiu, and Zhang Guoying are just these four in the Lantian Dynasty.

There are deeper concerns about eunuchs as officials than female officials.

Therefore, no matter how hard these people work, in the Lantian Dynasty, they are still aliens, and they can only be recognized by being attached to the royal family, even so, in the eyes of many people, they are still the servants of the royal family.

It's been a long time, and even they themselves think so.

For these people, even Xia Wanchun didn't think that after helping him carry the black cauldron, he should say thank you, and he would only give his teacher a lot of money.

"Defend the city, I will sleep for three days."

After Xia Wanchun finished giving the order, he took off his clothes and fell on the bed, and after a while, he snored slightly.

The governor slept, then, the adjutant general couldn't sleep, Qian Tong supported his heavy body to inspect the barracks, and then inspected the city defense, and then returned to the yamen.

He really wanted to sleep, but unfortunately, he didn't dare to relax for a moment.

The result of laxity in Hangzhou is that he was almost kicked out of the official sequence, and if he slackened again in the Western Regions, Qian Tong felt that he probably really needed to go to His Majesty the Emperor after the palace to seek a position as a eunuch.

Outside the city of Ili, wolves roared past the city, their steps hurried, and neither darkness nor cold could hinder their determination to move forward.

Looking at the direction they were heading, the guards understood why they were in such a hurry.

In the mouth of the spirit rhino, and the valley of the wild wolf, there is endless food.