Niazi believes that if the conditions are not negotiated, it cannot be easily "anyway", and if the bamboo basket is empty, it will be a big loss; Also, it is not too early to "anyway". Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

To the north of Hotan is the Tarim Basin, the boundless desert and the Gobi, and after the imperial army has conquered Karasar, if it continues southward, it will have to pass through this vast uninhabited land, which is impossible and unnecessary at all -- the route of the imperial army's march must have gone around the great desert.

Therefore, he saw clearly that after the imperial army moved south, it would inevitably turn westward, Karasar, Kucha, Ush, and Kashgar...... After fighting all the way through and defeating Kashgar, he turned around and went east to Yarkand, and finally, it was his turn to Khotan.

That is to say, if it was too early "anyway", it would have been impossible for Hotan to receive direct support from the imperial army, and he would have to face the Kashgar crusade single-handedly - how could he have fought?

It's no better than their Kucha!

Kuqa and Kashgar, separated by Aksu and Ush, and Urumqi, Turpan, but only separated by one Karasar, after the imperial army recovered Karasar, followed by Kucha, therefore, Tohu Dixia is a gang of mud legs, not afraid of turning his face with Kashgar, Hotan is not good!

As for Kucha's proposal, when the imperial army attacked from west to east, Hotan sent troops to Yarkand, and after taking Yarkand, and then attacked Kashgar and copied the back road of the "Hongfu Khanate", Niazi didn't dare to think about it--how could it be?!

Because of the above concerns and calculations, although Niazi said that he was very willing to "make credit for his crimes", the Kuqa and Hotan families did not reach any specific agreement.

However, Niazi repeatedly asked Kucha to contact the imperial army on his behalf and convey his intention of "repentance and sincerity"; At the same time, Niazi also sent his cronies to return to Kuqa with the Kuqa envoy, and then set off from Kuqa and went to Tuoxun to plead guilty and show sincerity to the imperial army.

Hotan "Burke" is a local native, and Kashgar has never really let go of Hotan, so although Kashgar did not garrison troops in Hotan, he sent a large number of spies to monitor Niyazi's every move.

The actions of the Kuqa envoy, although as secretive as possible, were still detected by the secret agents.

Although the spy couldn't find out what the Kuqa envoy and Niazi had discussed, when they saw that Niazi's cronies and the Kuqa envoy had left Hotan together, the spy knew that the Kuqa and Hotan families must have colluded together!

So he flew to report the new "emir" of Kashgar.

When Berkhuri received the report, his eyes widened and then his brow furrowed.

He can't fight on two fronts at the same time, he must choose one of the two: should he fight Kucha first? Or hit Hotan first?

After thinking about it repeatedly, I finally decided to hit Hotan first.

Berkhuri considered it this way: Kuqa is small, Hotan is large, Kuqa is a "disease of moss", and Hotan is a "problem of elbows and armpits" -- what Berkhuri is most worried about is what Tohudisha envisioned: When the Chinese attack from west to east, Hotan sent troops to Yarkand, and then invaded Kashgar, copying the back road of the "Hongfu Khanate."

If so, you're in trouble!

Like Tohudisha, Berkhuri looked up to Niazi - without thinking that Niazi simply did not have the courage and ability to do so.

In addition to the misjudgment of Niazi, because of the small size of Kuqa, Berkhuri regarded it as a "disease of moss", which was an even more serious strategic miscalculation.

If Berkhuri had gone all out to attack Kucha, Tohudisha's militia would have been weak and would not be an opponent.

Kuqa is connected to Karasar in the east, although Karasar is the territory of Akmu Khan, but Akmu Khan has hung up, and his remnants will never make any waves, and Bai Yanhu will not come from Waiberkhuri. If Kuqa is taken, the territory west of Karasar, the territory of the "Hongfu Khanate" will be reconnected.

If so, when the Chinese attacked Karasar, the Kashgar side was able to give direct support to Karasar. Now, Kuqa is in the middle, and when the Chinese fight, Karasar is fighting alone, and when the Chinese strike with thunder, Karasar will lose - this is something that can be thought of with his heels.

Karasar is lost, and next, it's not Kucha's turn - Kucha has already reversed, which means that it is already someone else's - next, it's Aksu!

Aksu and Kashgar are only separated by one Ush, so that the base camp of the "Hongfu Khanate" will bear more pressure earlier.

After receiving the report that the Kashgar army was approaching Khotan, Niazi did not even think of making any resistance - it would not be able to defeat it anyway!

His thoughts were: Fight or not, anyway, staying is a death, I have to escape!

Where to flee?

Niazi packed up his softenings, took a few cronies, went north along the Hotan River, crossed the Tarim Basin, and went to Kuqa to Tohudixia.

He thought: Berkhuri called, it proves that I have "anyway", and in addition, I took the initiative to run over to "surrender", and the imperial army arrived, why am you embarrassed to cut off my head, right?

As soon as Berkhuri led the army into the territory of Khotan, he received an urgent report: The Chinese have gone south!

He hastily appointed a new Hotan "Burke", leaving a small army to crush the rest of the unscrupulous Khotan people, and then turned his horse's head and returned to Kashgar.

Anyway, the traitor Niazi has already run away, and the "southern expedition to Hotan" is considered to be completed.

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After the Dabancheng-Tuoxun-Turpan victory, the grain routes of the western expeditionary army were stretched longer, but the logistical pressure was reduced to a certain extent.

This is because Urumqi and Turpan are both anointed places, and after the battle, it happened to be the season of summer grain harvest, and Zhan Donglu and Liu Jintang of Turpan and Zuo Zongtang of Urumqi all put their main energy on organizing soldiers and people to grab summer grain.

At the beginning of the cool autumn, after a fully rested expedition to the west, the army was fully fed, the soldiers were full, and after the oath, they went south.

Before hitting the road, Zhan Donglu and Liu Jintang were full of confidence.

At this time, the "Hongfu Khanate" has not yet seen the shadow of the southward expeditionary army, and among his own people, he will first hit the head and bleed, Zhan Donglu and Liu Jintang jointly wrote to the imperial court, as well as Zhan Donglu's letter to Zuo Zongtang, all said this: "Anyi internal strife is not stopped, has become a trend of disintegration, in the eight cities in the south, in addition to Kashgar still has to be troubled by the troops, in addition to the division goes, there is no one who dares to resist Yan Xing." ”

The various divisions gathered in Tuoxun and then set out in batches.

Zhan Donglu is arranged like this:

The Taomao Forest Department stationed in Subashi and Ahabra, and then, starting from Ahabra, passing through Mulberry Garden, Kumushi, Yushugou, Xingxingzi, and Ushatara, to Quhui'an camp.

Along the way, sentry posts were set up to guard against the above-mentioned places.

Then, Lei Zhengwan's troops entered Quhui from the Yilahu Trail, joined Tao Maolin's troops, prepared firewood, grass and drinking water, and prepared to meet the main army.

After Tao Mao's forest department and Lei Zhengxuan's department were in place, the old Hunan army and the Xuan army set off successively, Liu Jintang led the old Hunan army to take the big road, and Zhan Donglu led the Xuan army to take the small road.

A few days later, all the units of the Western Expedition army gathered in Quhui.

That night, Zhan Donglu held a military meeting and decided to divide the troops into two routes and launch an attack on Karasar and Korla.

On the first road, Tao Maolin cooperated with Liu Jintang's Lao Hunan army, took Ushatara through Ushatara, went west along Bosten Lake, and went around to the back of Korla, taking the enemy by surprise, reaping the effect of a surprise attack, and taking the city in one fell swoop.

On the second road, Zhan Donglu led the Xuan army, advanced to the area of the Kaidu River, and attacked Karasar head-on.

Lei Zhengwan's horse team is responsible for the rear road guard.

Early the next morning, the ministries went out as planned.

At that time, there were only the remnants of Bai Yanhu's Shaanxi Hui and the troops left in Korla by Akmu Khan, and the rebel forces were very weak. However, Bai Yanhu obtained the unified command of Karasar, and in a sense, it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

The rout that fled to Karasar brought back the bad news that the "Tiole" army had defeated Aksu Yuxian and was killed by the Kuqa natives, and the generals of Akmu Khan's unit left in Korla were dumbfounded: the Uyghurs who had turned their faces in the west, the Chinese in the north and east, and the great desert in the south - there was nowhere to go!

In this case, Bai Yanhu demanded that the Korla side accept the unified command of himself, the "Governor of Karasar", and the Kokand people had to obediently obey the order.

Bai Yanhu judged the situation and knew that although he had "unified command" Karasar and Korla, the situation at this time was very different from that of the Haigula period.

In any case, it is impossible for Karasar to hold on.

I've got to leave.

However, there is a way to abide by the law, there is a way to go, I am not the kind of person who pats his ass and goes on the road, I have to take something to go, and at the same time, leave something behind.

What Bai Yanhu took away was almost all the population and livestock of the two cities of Karasar and Korla.

There are those who refuse to be coerced and wrapped on the road, Bai Yanhu ordered: Kill or kill!

In the territory of Karasar, there are thousands of dead souls under the sword.

Many years later, when the Karasar people mentioned Bai Yanhu, they still called him a "disaster star".

People and livestock are "taken away", so what is "left"?

Originally, after the people left, the houses and the belongings that could not be moved should all be burned - I want to leave these things for the Chinese.

However, it took a lot of time to coerce the people of the city to go on the road; The army of the Western Expedition came quickly, and after only lighting a few fireheads, it had to set off in a hurry. In addition, God bless Karasar - Originally, the autumn in Xinjiang was strong, but I don't know why, when the rebels set fire, the wind suddenly weakened. Finally, fortunately, it failed to form a fire that spread throughout the city.

In Bai Yanhu's plan, he wanted to leave two things: one was a fire and the other was a big water.

The fire failed; Big water, but he succeeded.

Bai Yanhu ordered people to dig the Kaidu River, and for a time, the area of Karasar and Korla was flooded, and the city of Zeguo was sadding.

*(To be continued.) )