XIII. Lonely Smoke in the Desert (2)

So marched to the vicinity of Hami, Seng Greenqin set a strategy, after crossing Turpan, the north and south lines attacked separately, the new Xinjiang governor Liang Zhen sat in Hami to transport grain and grass, and ordered the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion to clear the Longyou Ancient Road, "Everyone," Monk Greenqin looked blazing, and said to the civil and military officials, "In the old year, Bai Yanhu revived, and the king was ashamed in his heart, but the queen mother did not think it was strange, but the generals could not know their own importance, this Bai Yanhu has not been exterminated, and the Shaanxi-Gansu rebellion has not been pacified!" Today, it happens that Bai Yanhu is colluding with Agubo again, which is very good, saving each breakthrough in the future, and we will annihilate it in one fell swoop! ”

"Obey the will of the great handsome!"

"Liang Zhen!" Monk Greenqin shouted to Liang Zhen, the new governor of Xinjiang, and a thin man in his forties came out, "You are responsible for sitting in Hami, although there are still some oases on this ancient Silk Road, but the grain and grass must be insufficient, and I conclude that Agubai will inevitably let the people along the line harass us and others, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass are current, and the grain and grass must not be cut off. ”

Liang Zhen is Shaanxi Fufeng people, Xianfeng three years of Jinshi, successively served as Lu'an Zhi County, Guilin prefect, household member Wailang, in the household member Wailang has been done for five or six years, this time the center discussed the first governor of Xinjiang, the unanimous opinion is that the first Xinjiang Futai, do not need to do more to govern the local political achievements, as long as responsible for the transfer of good grain and grass, so that the army to quell the rebellion without worries, is a great achievement, so in the household department selected this Liang town out, he has long been in charge of Caoyun, in the past Britain and France went north to surround Dagukou, Tianjin then fell, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and shipping were blocked, Liang Zhen proposed to stop the ship in Jimo on the Shandong Peninsula, and use the Cao to transfer it by land in Shandong, so as to solve the slightest urgent need, so the ability to calculate wealth is not only famous for the household. ●⌒, even Su Shun talked to Emperor Xianfeng a few times, and it happened that the military aircraft made this request, and Baojun thought of this first capable general under him, although Xinjiang is located on the edge of the sky, after all, he is a member of the second grade, and his qualifications will be available in the future. Entering Beijing is a book.

"Please rest assured," Liang Zhen arched his hand, "the lower official must prepare the needs of the army, so that the monk king will not worry." ”

"So good, the people will obey!" Monk Greenqin was full of spirits and distributed them one by one, "The country has been very calm for these years, and after the rebellion was exterminated, Haiqing River feasted." The foreigners are also very polite to us, so it can be seen that in the next few years, I am afraid that there will be no war, so what should we do with those of us who lick blood from the knife edge? How to get promoted, how to get rich? We are not as good as those civil officials, as long as we are honest, we can always have a scholar when we are old, we are different. If there is no war, we will just eat and wait to die! This Agubo rebellion is the glory of our ancestors. A great opportunity to seal the shadow of the wife! Ladies and gentlemen, this is a knife from a dragon or a worm! ”

In the fifth year of Tongzhi, the army was divided into two routes, marching from Hami along the north and south lines of the ancient Silk Road respectively, and the poplar sound Wuyun Di of the northern line successively beheaded the three Zai kings under the throne of Agu Bai, approaching Turpan. Monk Greenqin personally led the army south to Ruoqiang County and the end of the county exquisite ancient city and other places, approaching Hotan, for a time the court and the middle of the song like a tide, it seems that between the backhand, Agu Bai Yanhu can be extinguished in an instant.

Kashi. Palace of King Hung Phuoc Khan.

Even the guards standing at the gate of the palace were fascinated by the music coming from the depths of the palace and the faint laughter, and even the strangely dressed people who came to the door did not pay attention to it, and the people who led it felt a little embarrassed, and coughed heavily, and the guards came back to their senses, "This is a distinguished guest in the West!" Zhike, a thin old man with a white hat and a goat's white beard, said sharply, "Go and inform the Khan!" ”

The white-robed guard had to go in to pray, and the old man nodded to a few foreigners, "Adults, please come in." ”

The leader was a Russian, who spoke to the British from Afghanistan in English with a Caucasian accent, "This dog bastard really thinks he is the king of a country." ”

"Without the support of our two countries, this person would not even be qualified to beg in Dihua," John Ben, a third-class diplomat at the British Afghan Governor's Consulate, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, this person is just a knife in our hands, and it is also our dog, we tell him to bite there, and he can only bite there." ”

The palace is the original Kashgar County Ya renovated, although it is a little narrow, but the furnishings inside are big gold and jade, a magnificent scene, it can be seen that Agu Bai has searched the entire western Xinjiang in a few months, a group of people under the leadership of Zhike went to the depths, a guard pulled out a girl wearing a white robe covered in blood, and her chest was slightly undulating, and dragged out a long blood stain on the ground, the Zhike was also shocked when he saw it, and shouted to the guard: "How can this cheap maid make the king unhappy!" ”

"The king ordered her to veil her and obey the arrangement of the teachings, and if she did not comply, she was stripped half of her face by the king himself, and thrown out to make us feel refreshed."

Zhike couldn't help but shudder, and didn't dare to say anything, and took the representatives of the two countries into the main hall, the main hall was brilliantly lit, and the white candles with the thickness of adult men's arms lit the entire main hall, on the throne, a person wearing a wide white robe, gray-white long hair shawl, a belt inlaid with various colored gems on his forehead, a hooked nose, gray-brown eyes showed a look mixed with cruelty and cunning, and his hands were still stained with blood, and he wiped his hands with a handkerchief embroidered with peony flowers, and slowly walked down from the throne, Saluted to the visitor's chest, the finest gauze clothes on his left chest suddenly seeped with blood, several female slaves knelt on the ground and tried to wipe the blood, he also turned a blind eye, and smiled at the British and Russians: "The distinguished guests have come to Kashgar, it is like an eagle flying to the sky, the hero has returned to his hometown, and the sweetest wine and the best beef are offered to the guests, go quickly!" He said to the slave girls, who prostrated themselves out of the main hall of the palace.

John was still thinking about shaking hands with Aguba, but the blood on his hands was stained, but he didn't dare, so he followed Aguba's body and saluted, "King Khan, please don't be polite." ”

The Russian envoy also painted the scoop according to the gourd, Agubai smiled slightly, "Please sit down," a few people sat down, and before they had time to get down to business, the girls with their faces covered and their navels and eyes hanging with Jin Ling on their bodies rushed in, swinging their waists and twisting their hips, their arms were like poplars by the river, flying freely, and musical instruments such as Dongbula sounded, and suddenly there was a dance of heavenly demons, charming people's minds. The slave girls also served wine, melons, and delicacies to their most honored guests.

The two countries did not resist, but drank a little, and were ready to wait for a conversation about business, when the acquaintance went out for a while, and came in and whispered a few words in Agubai's ear. Agubai frowned slightly, but his face was full of indifference, he clapped his hands, asked the dancers to retreat, and looked at the people from the two countries with his gray-brown eyes with bad intentions, "Two most respected guests, I brought out the most beautiful beauties and the best food in Kashgar to entertain the two guests, why didn't the two guests bring the best things I hoped for?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, you can't blame us for this," John Ben spoke, "The Prime Minister of the Chinese government, Yamen, has already protested against our country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, saying that the Khan's troops have weapons from our two countries, and we are dissatisfied with this, although we really want to help the Khan, but we can't disobey the orders of the Shangguan, so this time we are only bringing ordinary weapons." ”

"It's not an ordinary weapon, it's an antique that's more than a hundred years old," Agubai shook the golden cup in his hand, "I'm still afraid that those weapons will explode if they are put together, and then we will die more than Qinggou, two adults, you know, I was originally an idler in Kokand," Agubai showed a compassionate look on his face, "I have never specialized in the Koran, and I have never cared about mundane affairs, but it was the two adults who jointly invited me out and asked me to help Bai Yanhu, By the way, deal with these sectarians in the East who deviate from the teachings of the Koran and those heretics who do not know whether to live or die. I'm in the middle of this, and the two adults have just sent me to mid-sky, and I'm ready to remove the ladder? So what can we do? What about these parishioners below me? ”

The acquaintance was very moved when he heard this, and hurriedly persuaded Agubai, "King Khan, your benevolence is wider than the heavens and deeper than the earth, and with your guidance, the people of the sect will definitely be able to establish a new kingdom of heaven in Kashgar." ”

"This kingdom of heaven is not easy to build, and the distinguished guests of your two countries will not help us poor parishioners." Agubo sighed leisurely.

"No, no, no, definitely not." The acquaintance said to the two envoys.

"This," John Ben faintly hesitated, knowing that the Governor of Afghanistan and the Governor General of India are extremely close, and the Governor General of India has recently been worried about the Chinese who have run to the Ganges Delta, and has written several personal letters to the Governor of Afghanistan, telling him not to follow the instructions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to help the affairs of Xinjiang, although it will not help the settlement of the riots in India, but it is also good to be able to breathe a bad breath. As a close associate of the Afghan Governor-General, he was well aware that the Afghan Governor had already made a commitment to the Viceroy of India to recommend the Afghan Governor General to take his place.

And you must know that the governor is personally appointed by the queen, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the dog under the prime minister, this has to be considered, but it is not enough for Aguba to cry like this, thinking that he can change the determined policy of himself and the Afghan governor behind him, John Ben said his own hardships again, and the Russians do not see rabbits and eagles, and the two of them just shook their heads and said that this matter could not be done. (To be continued......)

PS: Monthly pass, one more day!