On the fourth day of the seventh month, Nasir al-Din Khan had to return to his old capital, wept with joy, dismounted, and walked barefoot into the burned palace step by step. ”

How could the great Celestial Empire be so disregarding morality and only caring for interests, of course, the edict refused, and affirmed, "The Celestial Empire and its vassals, it is the father and the son, how can the father fight the enemy and ask for something in return, so as to lose the heart of the world?" Therefore, he did not follow his request, gave gunpowder and firearms seeds to Kokand State, and sent Zuo Zongtang to repair the official road from Ili to Andijan, Zuo Zongtang planted willow trees on both sides of the official road, and there are still relics in later generations, and the world calls it "Zuo Gong Willow".

At this point, Kokand no longer had the heart of rebellion, Nasir-al-Din Khan because his wife died in the war, he asked China to give the woman of the clan as a concubine, the emperor imitated the custom of marrying Mongolia, found a woman in the clan, thought that the righteous sister, Jia En was named a princess, with dictionaries, books, seeds, tools, merchants, etc.

The war in Xinjiang in the west is not hindered, but the war in the north is getting worse and worse, the war situation in Ulan-Ude has changed abruptly, and the West Siberian Governor's Office has discharged all the troops and pressed them in the Beihai area of Ulan-Ude, which was originally nothing, but Heilongjiang, something happened again.

"The fleet of the Russians appeared at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River?" Prince Gong frowned, "What's going on?" ”

"On 11 July, General Jilin came to report that the Russian fleet appeared at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River and shelled both sides of the river.

"How many died?"

"About a hundred people."

"Ouch." Bao Jun exclaimed, "This is a lot, and the emperor is going to be angry again." ”

"How many deaths this man has," Prince Gong said in annoyance, "but how could this Russian fleet suddenly appear in Jilin!" That's not a good thing! Could it be that the Russian tsar was ready for a full-scale war with China? ”

Now it is the meaning of being afraid of the wolf with a hemp pole, Zeng Guofan carefully looked at the report of General Jilin. "It is said that this fishing village is completely destroyed, and no official has seen whether it is a Russian or not, but only the national flag hoisted by the fleet, my lord, this matter still needs to be considered."

"Huh? Zeng Gong, what do you mean," Shen Guifen said, "isn't it the Russian fleet?" ”

"This is not yet known, according to the Russian side, a month ago. Russia's Baltic Navy is still in the Arctic Ocean and will be here in a month? Just to shell Temple Street and kill our fishermen? Then there was no news of going south, and there was a suspicion of killing chickens. ”

Shen Guifen lowered her head and was silent, thought for a while, raised her head, her eyes were blazing, "Is this someone borrowing a knife to kill someone?" Or someone is helping the Russians to come! ”

"Who the hell is it. It also doesn't matter, since they fly the flag of Russia. This account is naturally on the head of Russia," Wen Xiang said, his face facing Prince Gong, "There is a Russian fleet in the north, and the Beiyang Naval Division is also going to move." ”

Prince Gong nodded, "What Zeng Weng said is reasonable. This matter is full of strangeness, if we talk about the way foreigners fight at sea, we have all seen it since the Xuanzong Dynasty. If the Russian Navy goes south, it must be along the Jilin Road, and it will never go with a shot, if it is to ambush the Beiyang Naval Division in a covert way, it will not appear at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, you know, we are in the Northeast, but there is no Naval Division, why do you need to do so? ”

"Playing tricks," Emperor Tongzhi heard the proclamation, and listened to Zeng Guofan's analysis, and sneered slightly, "What Zeng Gong said is reasonable, I'm afraid that something that can't be used to make a mystery is just a thing, don't care." Prime Minister Yamen must call the Russian ambassador, and the one who is called Pig Lev must give an explanation, otherwise, all those who are blonde and blue-eyed will be executed according to the example of the fishermen on Temple Street! ”

The emperor rarely said so murderous, everyone bowed their heads and kept silent, the emperor's anger was justified, on June 29, Yang Yuebin saw that the city of Ulan-Ude was dangerous and could not be quickly overcome, so he personally led an elite south to prepare to bypass the North Sea and ambush the city of Erkou, but when he arrived at Mount Sohor, he suffered an ambush, fortunately there were no major casualties, but Ulan-Ude could not be captured, and Erkou City could not be attacked by a large army, so he could only continue to stalemate, and the Chechen Khan had originally reached the northern end of the North Sea. Seeing that he was about to cut off the logistics grain and grass supply line of Ulan-Ude, and hearing that Yang Yuebin was frustrated, he did not dare to confront the Russians after all, so he had to return south, and was ambushed by the Cossack cavalry on the way, and suffered heavy losses.

"The Military Aircraft Department has set a strategy, Xinjiang and Uriya Sutai have two ways to attack, Xinjiang has Kokand, Altai of the Turghut Department, and Wulianghai of Chenghua Temple has three ways to attack and harass, in terms of strength, it is not as good as Uriya Sutai to concentrate a little, in terms of arming, etc., Kulen has an official road to lead, far from being comparable to the remote places of Xinjiang; On the soldiers, there are many people in the twelve towns who went to Yang Yuebin, how can it be like this," the emperor was very displeased, "It's still so difficult to work, now we still have the upper hand, if there is something bad in the future, I look at Kulun, and I will lose it in a few days." ”

Prince Gong said, "The emperor is angry, since the rebellion of Ping Agubai in Xinjiang, Zuo Zongtang has put all the departments of Xinjiang in order, so the arm is as pointed out, plus the Russians Xinping Kokand and other countries, the tyranny is real, and the people's hearts are unstable, so the lord of Kokand ascended to the heights and shouted, Xinjiang gave money and guns, and this successfully took Kokand." And the north is different, Russia has been working hard for hundreds of years, the Holy Ancestor also fought a battle with us, the military strength and the local land is very well governed, although it is sparsely populated, but the bitter cold land, the human nature is fierce and not afraid of death, and the city of Ulan-Ude is difficult to attack, in addition, as the minister said the day before yesterday, the Outer Mongolian tribes and Russia have a lot of contacts, Yang Yuebin is outside, and the king of Bo is in the city of Uriya Sutai, and he cannot command Ruyi very much, so it is difficult to conquer Ulan-Ude. ”

"The Imperial Court must come up with a strategy, and it cannot continue like this," Emperor Tongzhi instructed Cezanne.

"Yes, once the official road is cleared, these people can no longer be their own masters," said Cezanne, who was a Mongol and knew very well what these people were doing what they were doing, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty." ”

"That's it, Yang Yuebin and the others are still meritorious, the army is out of Kulun, fought a few battles, pushed the battle line to the north for hundreds of miles, it is a great victory, the military plane is going down, comfort the generals," Emperor Tongzhi said, "But to make it clear, the two cities are Russia's important cities on both sides of the North Sea, these two cities are still in the hands of the Russians, Beihai is not us, as for what to say about grazing the land on the North Sea to the Mongolian tribes, don't mention it in the future!" (To be continued.) )