Hearing Ke Shuai's personal promise, "You are meritorious", under Tuohu Dixia and Xiri Ahong, the young men of the militia group all danced with their eyebrows. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tuohu Dixia invited the imperial army to enter the city, Zhan Donglu pondered for a while, and said: "As soon as the artillery team arrives, it will continue to march westward, enter the city and go out of the city, which will not only delay time, but also disturb the people. ”

Hey, is there really an army in the world that doesn't enter the city for fear of "disturbing the people"?

Don't say that I met it for the first time in my life, that is, tell my parents and parents, and they will also say "unheard of"!

Tohu Dixia, Xiri Ahong and others were both greatly surprised and moved, and Tohu Dixia immediately volunteered and patted his chest and said that all the grain and straw of the imperial army going west would be returned to Kucha on errands.

"Good intentions," Zhan Donglu said with a smile, "However, you look at the long-distance march of the large army, the baggage of the battle, and the supplies too easily. It's really all handed over to Kuqa to do, and when the time comes, my soldiers will have to run out of food! ”

Tohudisia's face turned red and he was speechless.

"But you mean it well." Zhan Donglu comforted him and said, "The official army entered Xinjiang to suppress bandits, and many things originally depended on the localities, so let's order you to sign a warehouse order-"

Speaking of this, there was a slight pause, and he was considering the words to explain what this "Treasury Order" was going to do, and Tuohu Dixia was already a little anxious and said: "I can't be an official, please take back your life!" ”

"Oh?"

Thohu Dixia's eyes lit up, "I want to follow the imperial army and go into battle to kill the enemy!" Be a striker, or a guide - you can do it! I beg you to be perfect! ”

Xiri Ahong next to him hurriedly said: "Me too, me too!" ”

Zhan Donglu was a little surprised, thought about it, nodded, and said, "Okay, you have this ambition, I can't help but 'fulfill'." ”

"Thank you, Dashuai!"

Tohu Dixia and Siri Ahong were elated.

"Oh, by the way, there's one more thing, I want to show the handsome—"

Then Tohudisha told him about Niaz.

At that time, Niazi had already passed through the Tarim Basin and reached Kuqa.

Zhan Donglu groaned slightly, and said: "Ni's matter is more special, and it can only be decided after you have to ask for a decree, so let's hand over Ni to the old man in the garage first, and then dispose of it after I ask for a decree." ”

"Yes!"

This battle of pursuit and annihilation that began in Karasar, the western expeditionary army galloped more than 900 miles in five days, recovered the three cities of Karasar, Korla and Kucha, and completely annihilated the Karasar rebels, "pulled out the 100,000 people who were wrapped up in the crowd", "appeased the exiles of 12 or 30,000", Karasar and Kucha, and returned to the Chinese territory.

Three days later, Liu Jintang's old Hunan army and the artillery of Xuan's army arrived, and the grain road between Tuoxun, Karasar, and Kuqa was also unblocked, and Zhan Donglu ordered to march to Aksu.

Entering Aksu, the first to bear the brunt is the two cities of Sailam and Baicheng.

Salam and Kuqa are the closest to each other, and the two places have a close relationship and have always been quite colluded with each other. When Bai Yanhu fled to Seram, the local Uighur officials warned the chief official of Kokand, "Bai Yanhu is a figure that the Chinese can get quickly", and if the city is opened and Bai Yanhu is let in, "the Chinese will definitely be recruited!" ”

The chief officer of Kokand thought about it, as if this was indeed the case, so he ordered it to be closed.

Bai Yanhu had no choice but to continue to flee west, and when he arrived at Baicheng, the chief officer of Baicheng thought, if Sailam doesn't open the city, why should I open the city? So he painted the gourd in the same way: closed doors.

Bai Yanhu and his entourage, all hungry and tired, everyone scolded, but there was no way, so they had to continue to run west.

When the army of the Western Expedition approached Salamu, the Uyghur officials warned the chief officer of Kokand again: "How did you fight?" If you don't open the city and surrender, you will be burned! ”

Then the chief officer of Kokand thought, what did you say at the beginning, "If you open the city and let Bai Yanhu in, you will definitely recruit the Chinese", I listened to your words and didn't let Bai Yanhu in, didn't you also recruit the Chinese?

But there was no choice but to say with a sad face, "Then let's go down." ”

Selam went down without a fight.

When the chief officer of the city saw it, since the Sailam had fallen, why should I still die here? While the Chinese haven't killed yet, hurry up and run away! So he went out of the city in the middle of the night and ran away.

The city of Bai also went down without a fight.

Sailam Kaicheng, the army of the Western Expedition did not stop at Salam; Baicheng opened the city, and Zhan Donglu ordered all the troops to be stationed outside the city, and after a short rest, he marched to Aksu City and fought a decisive battle with Berkhuri.

At that time, information had been received that the Kokand people in Kashgar had been personally led by Berkhuri and poured out of the nest and arrived at the city of Aksu, where they were ready for the westward expedition.

Berkhuri is quite confident in defeating the Chinese.

Successively "suppressed" the "rebellions" of Haigula, Aikmu Khan, and Niazi, and the people around him touted Berkhuri as a "rare military genius in a hundred lifetimes", and he himself basically agreed with this statement, hum, what is so great about the Chinese? Dad and brother defeated the battle, that's because they are too stupid!

Examining geography, Berkhuri believed that his greatest advantage was that the north-south Aksu and Humarak rivers -- in fact, the same river, the southern section of the Aksu River and the northern section of the Humalak River -- divided the whole territory of Aksu into two parts, east and west, and in any case, the Chinese army had to cross this river in order to continue westward.

Berkhuri placed his troops in Humbash, on the west bank of the Aksu River, and his idea was to "attack the Chinese army halfway" when they crossed the river.

Also, Berkhuri thinks that this area is his "blessed land".

Not long ago, he defeated the "rebel" of Akmu Khan in Aikule, not far from Humbash, and pursued Aibe to the Aksu River, squeezing most of the "rebels" down the river.

Hmph, at the bottom of the Aksu River, there are still rotting corpses of rebels, right? Next, I'm going to ask the Chinese to go down and be with them!

It is a pity that the plan that Berkhuri had thought of to "attack it halfway" was not successfully implemented.

Before crossing the river, the artillery of the Xuan army carried out a fierce artillery bombardment of the enemy troops on the west bank; When crossing the river, the artillery fire did not stop, and the bombed people of the Kashgar soldiers turned on their backs, and they were still too busy to take care of themselves.

Before the officers and troops crossed the river, the Kashgar soldiers had already been bombed, and after the officers and troops crossed the river, they immediately launched a charge, and the Kashgar soldiers were immediately defeated.

In this battle, most of the last main force of the "Hongfu Khanate" was annihilated, and Berkhuri himself was injured in the arm by a flowering shell.

The remnants of Kashgar fled into the territory of Ush in one go.

Berkhuri ordered that all the inhabitants of the city of Ush be moved to Kashgar.

His idea was to "clear the wilderness" and "leave no one or one material enemy".

However, the army of the Western Expedition came in a hurry, and the Kashgar soldiers were in a hurry, only about 20,000 people were coerced, and it was too late to carry out major destruction of the city of Ush.

At that time, although it could barely be regarded as autumn, it was already very cold, and Zhan Donglu said in the recital, "The arrangement is set, and at the fifth watch, the generals of each battalion will eat and advance." Walking on the ice, the frost is condensed, the hands and feet are frozen, and the people and horses are in trouble. ”

Finally, Songtash near Ahechi caught up with the enemy troops.

The fleeing enemy is coercing more than 20,000 people to cross the river, Zhan Donglu waved his army and pounced, "Kill the thief when he sees it, the corpses of people and horses are piled up in the river in an instant, and the water does not flow." ”

The Kokand army was completely routed and fled back to Berkhuri in Kashgar, with only a few hundred men left with him.

On the one hand, Zhan Donglu arranged for the proper resettlement of the rescued people, and on the other hand, ordered the cavalry of the Xuan Army and the horse team of Lei Zhengwan's department to continue to pursue the remnants of the bandits.

The cavalry unit of the official army pursued it all the way to Atbashi on the border between Ush and Kashgar, the vast Gobi, as far as the eye could see, and there was no trace of the enemy, so they turned their horses and returned to Ush.

So far, the "four eastern cities" in southern Xinjiang, Karasar, Kucha, Aksu, and Wushi, have all returned to the territory of the Celestial Empire.

Although there are still the "four western cities" to be "liberated," namely, Kashgar, Yingishar, Yarkand, and Hotan, the main force of the rebels has been completely wiped out, and the pacification of the entire territory of Xinjiang is only a matter of time -- and it is only a matter of "between the tenth and the moon."

Zuo Zongtang praised Zhan Donglu in the attached film of the single title, and led the army to "quickly sweep away the thief atmosphere in the middle of thirty years, chase three thousand miles, recover the four eastern cities, destroy 10,000 thieves, recover hundreds of thousands of refugees, and make a quick decision, which is rare in ancient times." ”

*(To be continued.) )