Tohudisha led the militia and waited for the battle, but Shamushak's fears that Berkhuli pursued Aikmu Khan all the way and attacked Kucha never came true. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

They were waiting for the messenger of Berkhuri.

What was going on in Kuqa, Berkhuri was a little confused. The local natives, of course, killed the chief officer of Kashgar stationed in Kucha, but they also drove out Haigula and killed Aikmu Khan - these two are out-and-out "rebellions"!

Seriously speaking, the "rebellion" of Haigula and Aikmu Khan was "peaceful", and the Kuqa natives also contributed to it, hey, could it be that this group of local guys is actually ...... "righteous people"?

That...... What happened when they killed the officials of my "Hongfu Khanate" stationed in Kucha?

Well, didn't they take that unlucky bastard...... Became a group of Hygura? - When Haigula was in Kuqa, that unlucky guy naturally ran errands for Haigula before and after the saddle.

So, well, a misunderstanding?

Yes, most of it was a misunderstanding.

Since it is a misunderstanding, there is no need to delve into it, now is the time to employ people, this group of local guys seems to be quite capable of fighting, if they can take it for their own use, it will not be bad.

That is to say, the envoy of Berkhuri came to Kuqa to "recruit peace".

Hearing the envoy's intentions, Tohu Dixia smiled slightly and asked, "Do you know what 'Uyghur' means?" ”

The messenger's face changed, "What do you mean?" ”

"Uyghur" is the name of the Chinese, and the Kokand people do not refer to the indigenous people of Xinjiang in this way.

Tohudisia turned to the east, arched his hand in vain, then turned around and said calmly, "I'll recite an edict to you—"

Commando? Whose edict? What does it mean that you bow to the east?

The answer was revealed.

Tohudisha's voice was loud, "'The so-called Uyghurs, in a narrow sense, maintain the meaning of our people; In a broad sense, and in the sense of sustaining our country'—do you hear clearly? ”

The envoy's face changed greatly: This, this is the "edict" of the Chinese emperor!

Tohudisha stared at him, "'Uyghur' - Uyghur!" 'My country' - China! Did you hear me clearly? ”

The messenger's face was as white as paper, "You...... Aren't you going to rebel? ”

"Lao Tzu has long been reversed! Ahh Wrong! We Uyghurs are all children of the Celestial Empire and have never rebelled! It's you bastards who are really rebelling! ”

The messenger's lips trembled, and he snorted a few times, unable to speak.

"I was going to cut off your head," said Tohudi with a smirk, "but the headless envoy could not convey the best wishes of the Uyghurs to Berkhuri - I wish him to be sent to Beijing as soon as possible and put to death!" Alas, I cannot even cut your tongue - a messenger without a tongue cannot speak, nor can I convey to Berkhuri the best wishes of me and my people! Well, what to do? ”

The messenger trembled, his teeth chattering.

"No way," said Tohudisha, "but a little bit of a moment—someone! ”

Outside the door, the curtain was lifted, and Siri Ahong and Shamushak walked in together.

Tohu Disha raised a finger and swiped it lightly in the air, "Cut off both of his ears and drive him out of Kuqa City!" ”

*

Seeing the earless messenger, Berkhuri's face looked like a freshly quenched soldering iron, but he could not immediately give the order to march into the Kucha.

The reason is very simple, fighting Haigula and Aikemu Khan, fighting two big battles in succession, although they both won, but their own casualties and losses are really not small, the troops urgently need to rest, in a short period of time, can not fight a third big battle, this is also one of the reasons why he sent envoys, "Zhao'an" Kucha people.

I had to swallow this breath first, go back to Kashgar, and when I have recovered my strength, I will come to clean up Kucha - Berkehuri vows that he must kill Kucha to the death!

Before he could "ease up", Hotan in the south was in trouble.

More than one line newspaper shows that Hotan and Kuqa are hooking up; In addition, Hotan frequently sent autumn waves to the Chinese in Tuoxun through Kucha.

Burkhuri was not very reassured about Hetian.

Among the chief officials of the "Eight Southern Cities", Niazi of Hotan is the only indigenous person of Xinjiang.

This Niazi was originally a close confidant of Habibullah, the former "Pasha" of Khotan, but later he had a personal grudge with Habibullah, so he secretly communicated with Agubo and betrayed the owner to seek glory. Agubai opened the gate of Hotan and booby-trapped Habibullah, and Niazi played a big role.

Agubai appointed Niazi as the "Burke" of Hotan, not only for meritorious deeds, but also because Agubai was treacherous in Hotan, killing frantically in the back, and in order to stabilize public opinion and people's hearts, he also had to use a local indigenous person as the chief official.

After the defeat of Dabancheng-Tuoxun-Turpan, the hearts of the people in the "South Eight Cities" fluctuated, and Kuqa simply erected an anti-flag. This is especially true of Kucha, among the "Eight Southern Cities", the Kokand people in Hotan are the least numerous and the weakest, and the chief official is still a local native, so he naturally can't help but pay close attention.

Also, Berkehuri knows that Daddy's methods to conquer Hotan are too despicable and cruel, this blood feud, Hotan people never forget, under high pressure, waiting for the opportunity to move, there are many people.

Ironically, speaking seriously, he was able to kill his father and seize the throne, but he still took advantage of this blood feud - otherwise, the concubine named Ayiguli may not be willing to take risks and fulfill his own wishes.

However, Ayiguli's behavior also proves that the hatred of the Hotan people towards the Kokand people is indeed incisive.

So, you can't help but be vigilant!

Berkhuri's tip-offs are accurate.

Kucha was the first to erect the banner of righteousness, but Tohudixia knew that Berkhuri was not incompetent, and if he attacked with all his strength, Kucha alone would have limited strength, and he would not be able to stop it no matter what.

In fact, as soon as Khygura was expelled, Tohudisha began to contact foreign help. On the one hand, he reported the news of Kucha's rebellion to Tuoxun's imperial army, and asked Wang Shi to go south as soon as possible to "redress the rebellion and save the people"; On the other hand, he sent people along the Hotan River to cross the great desert of the Tarim Basin and come to Hotan City to persuade Niazi to fight together.

The Kucha envoy was not humble and generous, on the contrary, in a condescending tone: "Niaz, you colluded with Ayan, betrayed our people, and came from the outside court, and you are guilty of a great sin!" Hmph, your sins were forgivable, but your luck is too good, and now, there is an opportunity to atone for your sins, falling from the sky, it depends on whether you can seize it! ”

The words were very polite, not a "request for help" tone at all, but it just hit Niazi's heart.

Since receiving the news that the imperial court changed "entanglement" to "Uyghur", Niazi has felt that the people of Hotan have begun to feel a little uncomfortable; After that, the imperial army entered Xinjiang, from north to south, all the way to the withering and decaying, the bad news of the "Hongfu Khanate", one after another, the market was raging, and it was no longer possible to suppress it.

After the battle of Dabancheng-Tuoxun-Turpan, even Niyazi's cronies also said tactfully, both openly and secretly: Shouldn't we "plan, plan" in advance?

I really have to "plan, plan" in advance!

Niazi knew that as soon as the name of "Uyghur" came out, many people scolded him as a "Uyghur traitor", saying that the Andijan people are bad, and the "Uyghur traitors" are worse than the Andijan people!

He defended himself many times: Therefore, the "Pasha" invited the "emir" into the city, and it was not my business in Niaz; The Andijanians slaughtered and plundered, and it's none of my business! In fact, if I hadn't tried so hard to stop it, many more people would have died – not only did I not kill a single person, but I saved many lives!

But no one believed him.

Niazi understood that if the "Hongfu Khanate" was overthrown, he was afraid that before the imperial army arrived in Khotan, he and his cronies would be attacked by the Hotan crowd and torn to pieces!

He was a native of the country, not a native of Kokand, and he had no friendship with the Russians, and even if he wanted to flee at a critical juncture, he didn't know where he could flee.

So, if you can "make credit for sin", it would be great!

Therefore, although the Kucha envoy was quite unkind to him, he was very polite to the Kucha envoy.

However, after an in-depth conversation, Niazi hesitated.

He saw that the "merit to the crime" was only the unilateral meaning of Kuqa - these mud legs were actually not authorized by the imperial court, and the transaction they made with themselves, can the imperial court admit it?

*(To be continued.) )