Zhenxi general Yongkang Hou Xu Zhong left the main city of Yili and led 3,000 cavalry to Kashgar City, cautiously along the way, step by step, worried about encountering a sneak attack by rebels at any time.

After walking for more than ten days, he was about to arrive in Kashgar, but he did not encounter a single rebel, and he did not hear anything about the rebels along the way, and all the nomads disappeared.

Seeing the sun and moon flags flying high above the city from the telescope, Xu Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, and the guard Chen Chong led a team of men and horses out of the city to greet him.

After entering the city, Xu Zhong saw that the whole city was heavily guarded and had entered a state of combat readiness, and nodded his head to express satisfaction. When he asked the local officials on the city tower, everyone said that there was no trace of the rebels, which made Xu Zhong a little puzzled.

Chen Chong clearly reported that a group of rebels had plundered a small city, resulting in the annihilation of 200 local officials, including the death of Lord Batu, the appointed official of the imperial court, and then it was reported that several oases had been plundered.

Since the rebels are so rampant and the troops are so strong, they will definitely come to attack Kashgar City, why is there no movement at all? There must be a problem here.

Yongkang Hou Xu Zhong thought that the situation was strict, and secretly said that Chen Chong was also like some generals, what was there to hide from him? Or lied to yourself about the military?

It turned out that although Chen Chong was under the jurisdiction of Xu Zhong, he belonged to the young Zhuang faction in the army, a rising star, born in the staff headquarters of the Chinese Military Governor's Office, and was the descendant of Xu Hao's lineage. A traditional old warrior like Xu Zhong can't urinate for a pot, and he has the right to go directly to the Holy Hearing, because he married the county lord of a certain vassal king and the status of a royal clan.

Xu Zhong was a little emotional, he was an old man who followed King Yan Jing back then, and conquered Miyun, Xiongxian, Zhending, Yongping, and Daning; The battle of Zhengcunba, the surprise attack on Guangchang and Jizhou, the bloody battle of Baihegou, the night attack on Jinan, Kecang Prefecture. The Great War of Dongchang and Jiahe County, until the Great War of Lingbi, the expedition to Huainan, crossed the Yangtze River and fought under the city of Jinling, which can be described as one of the fierce generals who have experienced a hundred battles and made great achievements.

It is precisely because of so many bloody battles that Xu Zhong became more and more timid the more he fought, and after becoming famous, he was sent by the imperial court to guard the border passes, and he inevitably became conservative towards the Mongols who came up and went like the wind. I'd rather be reactive than aggressive.

At that time, he strongly opposed the march into the Western Regions, believing that he would repeat the mistakes of the Han and Tang dynasties, and even if he succeeded for a while, he would inevitably fail in the future. As a result, Xu Yan, the son of the Xu family, who suddenly appeared, led 3,000 musketeers to kill Ili in one breath and recover the entire border of the Western Regions.

Since then, Chen Chong and other young officers have become estranged from conservative old men. Of course, Xu Zhong is not worried that he will lose power, whether it is Xu Hao or Zhang Fu, they are brothers who share life and death. Moreover, Xu Hao made it clear that he believed in his brother more, which can be seen from the transfer of the famous Xu Ember back to Liaodong, and entrusted the entire Western Regions to Xu Zhong.

The experienced Xu Zhong also lives up to expectations and works diligently in every detail. It's just that he can't help but lose energy when he gets older, and in the past year, there have been rumors in the army that the imperial court intends to transfer him back to Beijing to raise his honor, and the best candidate to replace him is the deputy general Chen Chong.

Xu Zhong also knew that he was old, and his ideas couldn't keep up with the young people. Nowadays, whether it is the renewal of weapons, military appearance and discipline, and marching tactics, they are all different from before. Even the soldiers themselves are different.

In the words of the soldiers, in the past, even if they were elite in a hundred battles, they were nothing more than a group of farmers with swords, who fought all their lives, and when they returned home, they were still farmers, and they didn't understand anything, they only knew that they would fight to the death for the lord and be an official, nothing more. And now they are professional soldiers, who have been tempered from their bones, and it is the sacred duty of soldiers to protect their families and defend the country, and they are also responsible for the national righteousness of the Han family.

Xu Zhong has to admit that these guys are as fierce as tigers in the war now, fanatical to death, everyone seems to know right and wrong, and the military discipline is so strict that it is outrageous. If the soldiers of the first emperor were like this, there would definitely not be more than 100,000 people who would collapse at every turn, and at least tens of millions of people would stand up and resist desperately, thus driving more brothers to turn around and fight back.

"Alas, how could Xu Dudu let a vulgar soldier learn literature?" Xu Zhong, who looked into the distance, sighed, it is true that he is brave and good at fighting, but the soldiers have learned culture and become more attentive, and it is too much of a headache to command a group of subordinates who have bad stomachs.

In the final analysis, Xu Hao did not train a modern army in the true sense, but more like a soldier during the warlord melee of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

At this time, the Mongolian Tanma came back to report that Dager led more than 100 rebels to come to Kashgar to surrender.

This is not a trivial matter, and does not the surrender of Dagger mean that the rebellion has been quelled? Chen Chong immediately reported the matter to Xu Zhong, and Xu Zhong did not dare to make a decision alone, and immediately summoned all the local civil and military officials to discuss the surrender of Dageer.

In the General's Mansion, Deputy General Chen Chong first said: "Dashuai, I think that Dageer's surrender is fraudulent, and I can't believe it, so I should ignore it." ”

Xu Zhong asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Chen Chong said: "He won all the way, and then fled into the desert without news, and suddenly jumped out and offered to surrender, which is unreasonable." Moreover, according to the detailed description, this person has always been treacherous and scheming, and he surrendered openly, probably trying to sneak attack. ”

"Master Chen has a point." The counselor's minister, Serge, echoed and said that this person was a confidant of King Hami, and he had passed the examination.

Xu Zhong frowned, "Do you want to refuse or ignore him?" What has become of my dignified army? ”

Liu Shan, the governor of Kashgar, said: "Maybe this person feels that going against my Ming Dynasty will not end well, he is a descendant of the so-called golden family from outside, and the Tatars of the same origin are dying, and the gradually stronger Warat royal family disdains him, and offends the Western Regions, so he has no choice but to surrender, and wants to change his mind and return to the imperial court. ”

"Hmm." Xu Zhong nodded, glanced at the officials present, and said, "No matter whether it is true or false, it cannot be ignored." Of course, it is best to surrender if you really surrender, and it is better to surrender if you fake it. ”

With a cold smile, Xu Zhong continued: "Immediately report this matter to the court, send someone to reply to Dager, and order him to come to Kashgar City to accept Zhao'an." At the same time, the commander had to dispatch all the troops and horses to ambush on the road, and when Da Geer came, cut off his retreat, and surrounded him heavily, even if he had three heads and six arms, he could not escape. ”

"Brilliant Strategy, Wonderful Strategy!" Serge applauded again and again.

Most of the officials also nodded in agreement, and Xu Zhong saw that most of them unanimously praised, smiled with satisfaction, made a gesture to make everyone quiet, and said: "If you refuse Dageer to surrender, the consequences will be unimaginable." Think about it, he came back thousands of miles away, and he didn't even have a chance to rebel, and the entire desert grassland was submissive to my Daming. Now that we have rejected it, he will inevitably preach it everywhere, saying that he sincerely submits to our dynasty, but our dynasty does not accept it, so as to provoke the relationship between the Mongolian tribes and the Hui tribes and my Ming Dynasty, and take the opportunity to incite rebellion, thinking that he is a descendant of Genghis Khan, and he is also the Yamato Zhuo of Islam, and his identity is not the same. ”

This is the last resort of the official army, and any rebel who claims to surrender must respond positively, whether it is a fraudulent surrender or not. Otherwise, as Xu Zhong's analysis, it will give the rebels the best excuse to resist, and if they cannot be exterminated immediately, it is impossible for the officials of the DPRK and China not to impeach the generals for incompetence and missed the opportunity.

Chen Chong did not refute, because the secret order he received could not be pronounced, that is, to reduce the amount as much as possible, there was no doubt that this order was extremely cruel and outrageous, but as a soldier, Chen Chong knew that he had to complete the task.

At that moment, Xu Zhong successively issued military orders, on the one hand, Pegasus sent a message to the capital, and on the other hand, he sent orders to the generals of the nearby cities, each with a thousand troops to ambush around the road.

Chen Chong returned to his room, a little anxious, because he had not received any news from Aseti and could not confirm Dager's true intentions, so he probably used the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain, and his main force took the opportunity to forcibly capture a nearby county town, and looted all kinds of materials and people.

There are less than 50,000 Han officers and soldiers in the entire Western Regions, 20,000 in Ili, and the rest are miscellaneous armies with their own ghosts, and even the king of Hami can't believe it, after all, who wants his royal power to be hollowed out?

In the vast grassland desert, the all-conquering Ming army was not afraid of frontal defense, but this kind of encirclement and suppression of the rebels was always uncapable. Chen Chong hopes that this time Da Geer will not be caught, let him stir up the wind and rain in the Western Regions, and he can be caught again in the future, if he can't catch it himself, others can continue to catch it.

Isn't he worried that the various ethnic groups in the Western Regions will be submissive for decades, and after decades of peace, people will multiply in large numbers?

Chen Chong and Xu Hao have the same idea, they would rather have their own generation's hands covered with blood, but also try their best to remove disasters for future generations, in fact, why not solve disasters for the people of the Western Regions? Only when the proportion of the population reaches a certain balance can the long-term peace and stability of the Western Regions be guaranteed, which is hypocritical to the alien race, but it is a good policy for the own race.

At this time, Liu Shan walked in and asked, "General Chen, do you think Da Geer will come?" ”

"Will definitely come." Chen Chong said in a deep voice, "Otherwise, he will lose his reputation in the desert, and on the contrary, if the momentum is not good, it is also a hero to escape." ”

"Hmm." Liu Shan agreed, Xu Hao's secret order could not bypass the Wenchen system, and Emperor Xuande and several ministers and military officials all knew about it, otherwise once the incident happened, it would be a big trouble.

Chen Chong said: "Don't pay attention to the marshal, I don't know what's going on with Aceti, I haven't heard from him for more than ten days, it's too late." Now we must hurry up and arrange, the important cities and fortresses must not be captured, the rest of the cities must immediately withdraw the Han soldiers and civilians in some name, and the important weapons and artillery must not fall into the hands of the enemy. ”

"I see." Liu Shan nodded heavily, "I immediately dispatched six gates and those three thousand men and horses to protect the important city." ”

Chen Chong suddenly said: "Don't forget to inform Fan Hong's father-in-law, please ask Jinyiwei to help." (To be continued......) R1292