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Ya'an, located in the east of the western Sichuan Plateau, will enter the plateau all the way west from here. Because of altitude sickness, it is difficult for people who live on the plains to live in the plateau area. Therefore, the central government's management of the plateau has always been a mere formality.

It was not until the 48th year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty that the Kangxi Emperor sent the squire Lang Heshou to Lasa to handle Tibetan affairs[2]. This was the beginning of the Qing Dynasty's dispatch of ministers to Tibet to handle political affairs, but Heshou was a temporary dispatcher, and it was not customized. After quelling the invasion of Tibet by the Mongolian Dzungar tribe, in the first month of the fifth year of Yongzheng, the Yongzheng Emperor sent a cabinet scholar monk and deputy capital commander Mala to be stationed in Lhasa, "to work in harmony with the Dalai Lama, Kang Jinai, Albuba, etc.", and set up the Yamen of the minister stationed in Tibet. Since then, the imperial court has dispatched several ministers to handle Tibetan affairs, and it has become customized.

After the fall of the empire to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was inevitable to strengthen its control over the plateau. To this end, the empire deliberately recruited troops in the riverside area for training, and formed the imperial army mountain infantry, with a total of two brigades and more than 12,000 people. These soldiers are mainly from the Han Chinese and ethnic minorities living in the Sichuan border area, including Tibetans. Now on the plateau, the cruel serfdom is still practiced, and the life and death of the serfs are in the hands of Tusi, and they are miserable. Some of the unbearable Tibetans, who fled from Tusi's control and joined the imperial army, welcomed the empire's march into the plateau.

The commander of the imperial mountain infantry, named Xiong Chengluo, with the rank of major general, was a native of Ya'an, Sichuan. It was originally a general soldier of the Qing army, after the imperial army entered Sichuan. First to take refuge in the Empire. In addition, he was quite talented and loyal to the empire, so he was appointed commander of the mountain infantry. Commanded two mountain infantry brigades. Of course, the junior officers of these two brigades are basically from the Imperial Army University and the National Defense University, which allows the Empire to fully control this force.

After the fall of the empire to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the mountain infantry brigade received an order to move to the plateau on a certain day to strengthen the empire's control over the plateau. Destroy the rebels on the plateau. It's just that it was only March when the empire fell to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it was still cold on the plateau. The road is also blocked by snow and ice, making it inaccessible. Only after May was the Imperial Mountain Infantry able to enter the plateau.

Ya'an became, inside the camp of the Imperial Mountain Infantry. The commander of the mountain infantry, Major General Xiong Chengluo, was discussing the route of the march with the two brigade commanders.

"Two generals. His Majesty's order has been issued, and we must enter the plateau within this year and complete the control of the plateau, lest the British make some small moves. Major General Xiong Chengluo said. Long Yufei clearly remembered that the British had always coveted the plateau, and if they were given the opportunity, these British would definitely try their best to occupy China's territory. As long as the empire can strengthen its control over the plateau. The McMahon line of later generations will no longer exist zài.

"General. Give the order, our soldiers are already ready. The rest of the fraternal units have already perished in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and now they have begun to march towards Eastern Siberia, and we are still doing this. Brigadier General Zhang Donglai, commander of the 1st Mountain Infantry Brigade, said. He was originally a battalion commander in the Imperial Army, and when the mountain infantry was formed, he was sent to Ya'an as the commander of the 1st Brigade. Guo Shunde, the commander of the 2nd Brigade, had the same identity as Zhang Donglai, and was originally a battalion commander of the Imperial Army.

"Yes, General, it's time for us to go. The Manchus had fallen, and now only the plateau and the northwest were still under the control of the remnants of the Manchus. In the northwest, the empire has prepared more than 100,000 troops. But because of the different climates on the plateau, there are only our two brigades. However, the plateau is already sparsely populated, and with the strength of our two brigades, it is enough to control the plateau. Brigadier General Guo Shunde also said.

The Mountain Infantry Brigade was slightly different from the other infantry brigades of the Empire, with no artillery battalion and an additional cavalry battalion. Now the road to the plateau is difficult to walk, and heavy artillery cannot be transported to the plateau. Thus, the two brigades had only light artillery such as mortars. However, there is no problem at all in dealing with the private soldiers of the toast who are basically equipped with cold weapons.

"Okay, then we'll take the oath and leave in two days!" Major General Xiong Chengluo said. He knew that although he was the titular commander of the mountain infantry, the two brigades below were in the hands of the generals sent by the empire, and the reason why he was able to hold this position was completely because the empire wanted to buy his bones. In addition, Xiong Cheng has been working in western Sichuan for a long time and is also very familiar with this area.

On May 4, the Imperial Mountain Infantry held a swearing-in ceremony outside the city of Ya'an, and then two brigades, more than 10,000 people, set out from Ya'an and marched to the plateau in two ways. One way into the plateau from the direction of Ganzi, the other way from the direction of Aba into the plateau. First of all, the resistance forces in the western Sichuan region will be eliminated, and then the plateau will be reunited.

The news of the Imperial Army's entry into the plateau quickly spread throughout the plateau. The toasts on the plateau were mostly hostile to the entry of the Empire's army. Although, the Manchus were destroyed, they knew that sooner or later the imperial army would enter the plateau. However, many toasts are still unwilling to lose the power in their hands and want to resist to the end.

Previously, the Empire had sent people to contact these toasts and ask them to submit to the Empire. However, these toasts proposed to submit to the empire, and there was no problem with this. But they demanded that the empire, like the Manchus, not interfere in their internal affairs. That is, the empire only nominally ruled the plateau. This has exceeded the bottom line of the Empire, and the Empire will not agree.

After consulting the Emperor Long Yufei, the Emperor directly ordered the abolition of serfdom on the plateau in the name of the Emperor. From the day the order was given, the serfs on the plateau were emancipated, they would no longer be slaves of the Tusi, they would all be citizens of the empire. The empire will protect their lives and property.

Officially, because of the holy decree of the imperial emperor Long Yufei, there was an uproar on the plateau. Under the propaganda of the Empire's intelligence officers, the serfs of the entire plateau were boiling, and they desperately hoped that the Empire* army would enter the plateau and rescue them. However, those toasts were like great enemies and brutally suppressed those serfs. All serfs who escaped were to be put to death once they were caught. In addition, their skins were peeled off and made into drums to warn other serfs.

It's just that this practice of the toasts still failed to prevent the serfs from fleeing. More than a third of the mountain infantry of the Imperial Army were serfs who had escaped from the Tusi, which shows how unpopular serfdom was on the plateau. Countless serfs wanted to be able to live a free life.

On the plateau, the mountain road is difficult to walk. Many of the roads are winding through the mountains, and many places can only accommodate one person. The long marching procession, like a long snake, shuttles through the mountains.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Han army has arrived, what should we do now? If this continues, they will be calling in a few days. A middle-aged toast said anxiously, he was a toast in the Sichuanbian area, there were originally hundreds of serfs, but now, a third of them have escaped, which is undoubtedly a huge loss for him. After the Imperial army marches in, they will be the first to be hit!

"I heard that the Han army, a total of tens of thousands of people, is equipped with advanced muskets and artillery, can we beat them?" A young toast asked. He had just inherited the position of Tusi from his dead father, had little experience, and was more afraid of the Han army.

"Yes! The army of the Han people is very powerful, we are not their opponents at all, let's surrender! ”

"Everyone, listen to me! The Han army has not yet arrived, and we cannot afford to mess with ourselves. Although the Han people are powerful, our plateau warriors are not vulnerable. We are eagles on the plateau, how can we submit to those Han people so lightly? Don't forget, the emperor of the Han people announced the liberation of those serfs, which is digging our foundation! We have to resist to the end. I have sent people to Lhasa to ask the Living Buddha and the Great Toast to send people to support us. With the blessing of the Living Buddha and the support of the Great Toast, we will definitely be able to defeat those Han people! The one who spoke was the largest Tusi in the entire western Sichuan Plateau, his name was Suo Lang Wangdui, who had more than 2,000 serfs and 200 private troops.

"Yes, what Suolang Wangdui Tusi said is right, those Han people don't leave us with a way to live at all, we can only fight to the end." Other toasts also spoke.

The first battle of the imperial mountain infantry after entering the plateau was fought in Luding. The Tusi on the western Sichuan Plateau gathered more than 2,000 private soldiers to use the terrain to block the advance of the imperial army.

However, the end result was a big disappointment for these toasters. Before encountering a large force of the Imperial Army, just a mountain infantry battalion in front of them was easily routed. Twenty mortars and more than a dozen heavy machine guns made the private soldiers gathered by these toasts suffer heavy casualties.

Under the influence of the Tibetans who joined the imperial mountain infantry, more of the Tusi's private soldiers took the initiative to rebel and join the imperial army, leading the imperial army to attack those Tusi. This directly leads to most of these toasts.

In just one month, the mountain infantry of the Imperial Army swept away the western Sichuan Plateau. All the Tusi who opposed the empire were either killed, or fled to Lhasa with their belongings and families in advance. (To be continued......)