Wu Fangrui is not the first time to lead the army, he has already led an army before going out to build a city. But that time was just a small achievement, and this time it was a great achievement to "go straight to the national capital".

Two infantry battalions were allocated, and all the battalion artillery was left. The grenadier battalion and half of the engineer battalion followed, as well as more than 200 government soldiers who were good at individual combat.

Ten days of dry rations were carried, and each of them carried three catties of gunpowder for the sapper blasting.

Out of the camp, under the guidance of the guide, we rushed in the direction of the mountain pass of Keguqin Mountain.

Along the way, the grenadiers who are good at hand-to-hand combat are the forerunners, and when they encounter the pastoral tent of the quasi-department, they can bypass it, and if they can't get around, they will rush directly to solve it.

I don't ask for killing, I don't care about more horses and camels, I don't care about it, I walk forward, if the horses can't keep up, I just throw it on the grassland.

After four days of climbing over the mountains, we arrived at the empty city of Chinook.

It is not only a nomadic area, but also a large number of farmers who cultivate the land or work in handicrafts.

Naturally, it was not the people of the headquarters of the quasi-ministry who did these things, but the Baishan faction and the Montenegrin faction that the quasi-ministry captured from the Yarkand Khanate south of the Tianshan Mountains.

The quasi-tribe destroyed Yarkand, Zhuo Ma Han Mut of the Baishan faction, and his sons Da and Zhuo; The Montenegrin Zodaniels were all imprisoned in Chinook.

A large number of people from the Black Mountain and White Mountain factions also migrated over as slaves or serfs, planting, cultivating, weaving, and making weapons here.

It's not a secret, Wu Fangrui knew it before she came.

Thinking of Liu Yu's confession, he naturally thought of the method of "borrowing a knife to kill people", and he cared more about Zhang Jin's sentence "This is your personal credit".

Personally, or from the General Staff, he can still distinguish it.

Thinking about the Tao in this, he also had an idea.

The sudden appearance of the Qingzhou Army's strange soldiers made the entire Chinook City panic.

There were not many capable soldiers in the city, and the main force followed Gardance to the shores of Lake Selim.

The eldest son of Galdance Ling is only nine years old this year, and he is not a son-in-law, but a concubine. The concubine has no status, so he was sent to be a lama early.

The youngest son has just been born, and this is the son-in-law.

There is also a concubine, Ulan Bayar, who is now in charge of the city, and it is the concubine Ulan Bayar.

This woman is capable, in the original history, because of the persuasion of the younger brother, the younger brother thought that "to follow the story of the Russian princess Sophia", and exiled the sister to Aksu.

The Ross family is a quasi-ruling family, and it is still very stable. Ulaanbayar's mother was rightly able to speak in the city, but she had little idea.

Most of those who could fight followed the army of Galdan Tse, and no one expected that a Han army would suddenly appear under the city.

The walls of the nomads are not high, and the city defense is not stable, the key is that there are no soldiers to fight in the city, only more than a thousand soldiers remain.

When considering whether to arrange for the captured Black Mountain Faction and White Mountain Faction to defend the city, there was a shouting from the city, still in the language south of the Tianshan Mountains.

"Brothers who believe in the Lord, the end of Dzungaria has come! Are you going to perish with our enemy, Dzungar? ”

"They have invaded our homes, forced us to pay taxes and food, and they have taken us here to farm and weave for them, and they have imprisoned Saeed of the Holy Ancestry."

"Now, the army of the Celestial Empire has come to the city, the little Ce Ling Dun Dob has been killed, and the Great Ce Ling Dun Dob has been captured, can the Quasi Department still rule for how long?"

"I know you're being forced to defend the city now, but don't be afraid. When the armies of the Celestial Empire attack the city, you will stab your weapons against the infidels who have oppressed you. ”

"Jihad!"

The shouts of the city continued to sound, Wu Fangrui led the sappers to observe the situation of the city defense, and the officer was puzzled: "My lord, although such a shout can be separated. But now that they are defending the city, they are at stake, will they really kill each other? ”

The rest of the officers didn't know Liu Yu's plan, but Wu Fangrui talked to Liu Yu in detail before leaving, and said with a smile: "Don't worry." We have broken the city, they can surrender. If the White Mountain Sect and the Black Mountain Sect gain power, they will be exterminated. Wait, and in two days you will know. ”

The officer didn't ask any more questions, and he didn't know how terrible the religious conflict was, so he could only follow Wu Fangrui's orders and check the situation of the city's defenses.

A little observation shows that this city is actually quite easy to attack. The walls were not high, and there was no geometric application of a bastion, not even a horse-faced wall, just a low earthen wall.

The defenders of the city were demoralized, and the elite soldiers were outside, and their homes were stolen, so they could have done it all at once.

Even without artillery, sappers can break through the city.

In a short time, the engineer officer had already chosen a place to bury the explosives in the foundation, and when the time came, digging a trench would approach, and more than 1,000 catties of gunpowder would be enough to blow it up.

The carpenters in the sappers also collected some wood and began to make large wooden boxes for gunpowder. The skills of the quasi-department to defend the city are too low, Chinook City is not big at all, and there is no distinction between the inner city and the outer city, and there are many houses outside the city, which block the shooting boundary of the defending city.

Less than 2,000 people attacked here, and Wu Fangrui was full of confidence. Now we have to wait for chaos in the city.

City.

Ulaanbayar and her husband, Sainberek, listened worriedly to the shouts of "jihad" outside the city, and watched the Montenegrin and White Mountain Mughal men who had been assembled in the city to defend the city, and considered what to do.

Just like Wu Fangrui said, if Dashun's army breaks the city, they can still surrender. Because in addition to these shouts, there are also shouts against the quasi-ministry, that is, Dace Ling Dun Dobu has decided to surrender, it is better to give up resistance and leave a way for the quasi-ministry to live.

The words of the Celestial Empire are generally credible.

But those members of the Black Mountain Sect and the White Mountain Sect, Ulan Bayar couldn't believe it at all. If they really gain power, the quasi-department will really be exterminated.

The army of the Celestial Empire is very capable of fighting, and the people of all the tribes know it, especially after the death of the little Celing Dundob and the capture of the Great Ce Ling Dundob.

But how many people can the army of the Celestial Empire station in the Western Regions?

In the future, won't it be necessary to support local forces to stabilize the rule?

The local forces include both the Zhun Department and the Black Mountain White Mountain faction south of the Tianshan Mountains.

If the Zhun Department continues to resist, Dashun will definitely support the Baishan faction or the Black Mountain faction south of the Tianshan Mountains, with the help of their prestige south of the Tianshan Mountains, with the help of their "Said...... Although self-appointed, it still has great prestige.

If you really get to that point, will the quasi-ministry still have a way to live?

The quasi-ministry controlled Yarkand, and was able to allow them to believe in their original religion, without forcing them to believe in the Yellow Religion.

But if the people of the White Mountain faction or the Black Mountain faction gain power, just like those three words...... Jihad, they Kafir, do they still have a way to live?

Originally, in history, when the White Mountain faction rebelled, one reason was that "the emperor is a Kafir".

Galdan Tser's wife had no idea, and Ulaanbayar also knew the news of the capture of the Great Tselingdun Dob. But from the mouth of the soldiers who fled back, it was Da Celing Dun Dobu who was captured on his own initiative, saying that he wanted to find a way to survive for the quasi-ministers.

Ulan Bayar knew that the Quasi-Ministry had been defeated, and the battle north of the Altai Mountains had already been lost.

Now that the news has spread to all directions, the Yarkand and Kazakhs are all ready to move.

Dashun's army on the western route has arrived at Luntai and built a city there. The Northern Route Army arrived at Lake Selim, but they didn't expect a strange army to suddenly appear under Chinook City.

As soon as the news of the defeat of the Great Ce Ling Dun Dob came, there was a great disagreement between the quasi-ministers on whether to accept the conditions of surrender or to make a desperate gamble.

The sons of Gardanzer are still young, and the only one who can handle matters when they grow up is this daughter. The Great Ce Ling Dun Dob is the cousin of Galdan Tseling, and the little Ce Ling Dun Dob is the cousin of the five suits of Galdan Tseling, both of which are internal affairs of the Guls family, and the future of the Quasi-Ministry must also be discussed by these people.

Some people think that they should surrender, and the Celestial Empire generally speaks its word, and there will be no temptation to surrender.

Some people believe that even if they want to continue the confrontation, they should surrender for the time being. Anyway, the army of the Celestial Empire can't be here all the time, and when they leave, they can turn back.

Others believe that they can fight again. The Han army is lone and deep, the number is small, the terrain is not familiar, if it can be defeated in one fell swoop, gather all the troops to cross the Altai Mountains, may not be able to fight.

But those nobles who had fought with the Qingzhou army in the north opposed it, and that battle had frightened them into believing that they could not win at all.

Someone asked, big and small Celin Dundob can't win, do you think that your ability is greater than the two of them?

Gardanze Zero is also wavering.

Even if you want to surrender, you have to see what kind of situation it is like for Da Ce Ling Dun Dob to test the waters.

Besides, Da Ce Ling Dun Dobu descended first, what happened to him, the quasi-Great Khan?

How will it be treated in the future?

Or is it that Dashun is going to be ruled by the heirs of Da Ce Ling Dun Dob?

In hesitation, the marching speed of the Qingzhou army completely shocked them. After crossing the Altai Mountains, he ran all the way through the Alashan Pass.

Galdan Tse Ling can no longer sit still, whether it is surrender or war, he must always strive for a little dignity before he can negotiate more conditions.

If the negotiation has not been resolved, but the Qingzhou army has captured Ili first, then what else is there to talk about? So why talk about it?

With the idea of abandoning the army on the western route and blocking the army on the northern route first, he gathered the remaining army and went to Lake Sailim to meet the enemy.

The one who stayed behind in Chinook City was nominally Kedun, but in fact it was his daughter Ulan Bayar and son-in-law Sainburak who were really in charge.

The mother was at a loss for what to do, so she just hugged her three-year-old brother and cried there. After a few persuasions, Ulan Bayar summoned the nobles of the city.

"You have heard what you shouted outside the city. The Han soldiers are coming, and we can't hold it. ”

"The Khalkhas, as well as the group of people in Monan, are traitors to the Mongols. But they were still alive after all. Their general said in the city that as long as he surrendered, he would not commit any crimes......"

Some nobles shouted, "Do you want to surrender like this?" There are only one or two thousand of them, and as long as we can hold on and the Great Khan defeats Liu Yu, we can come back to relieve the siege. ”

Sainburak said angrily: "What if you can't win? Besides, the Han people are the best at attacking the city, can they only rely on these people in the city to defend it? ”

The nobleman was dissatisfied: "Then surrender?" ”

Ulaanbayar rebuked loudly

"I didn't say I was going to surrender. It's about thinking about the future. If you can keep it now, you won't be able to keep it in the future. The two armies of the Han Chinese are about to converge. What to think about now is what to do in the future. It's almost impossible to win them now, and it's time to think about what to do after the defeat. ”

"Isn't that still surrender?" Someone angrily reprimanded, and Ulan Bayar said angrily: "In addition to surrendering, there is also a kind called extermination!" Surrender can also allow the tribe to exist, and to destroy the clan is to have no one left. Do you think that there is nothing more terrible under surrender? Genghis Khan died in Blackwater City, is there still a party member? What we have to fight for now is how to ask for more conditions when surrendering. ”

"I'm not going to surrender Kaesong, I'm going to prepare for the future. It is impossible for the Han army to live here for long, the logistics are insufficient, and they cannot live as nomads. The stability here still needs the people here. What we have to think about is how we can get the Han emperor to accept our terms. ”

"Without the Quasi-Ministry, the Black Mountain faction and the White Mountain faction will definitely fight endlessly. The negotiation conditions that we can come up with are to be a dog for the emperor to guard the house, and to guard the White Mountain faction, the Black Mountain faction, the Rakshasa people, and the Kazakhs. ”

Speaking of this, Ulan Bayar's eyes became sharp and fierce, and he raised his hand and made a gesture of cutting off his head: "Destroy the Zhuo Ma Han Mut of the White Mountain Sect and his son Da He Zhuo, as well as the Zhuodaniel family of the Black Mountain Faction!" ”

"As long as they are or, the Great Emperor of the Celestial Empire has another choice, let them go and pacify the Mughal people south of the Tianshan Mountains, let them garrison here together, and even give them our pastures."

"The army of the Great Emperor of the Celestial Empire can't stay here for long, they will definitely leave. Once they're gone, what will Dolmahan Moor or Zodaniel do to us? ”

"Think of the Khalkha Ministry, think of the group of traitors in Monan. The Great Emperor of the Celestial Empire did not destroy their clan, but still let them own pastures. ”

"But think about it, if the Celestial Empire garrison here wants to test those thorns in the south to cooperate in garrisoning and guarding against us, then what will happen to us?"

The words made the nobles involved in the discussion of politics silent.

As you can imagine.

Ulan Bayar is also a ruthless character, and he is decisive in killing, saying: "If you kill their whole family, there will be chaos south of the Tianshan Mountains." Our quasi-ministry can also be regarded as a surrender for the emperor of the Celestial Empire. ”

"In the future, we will be mortal enemies with the Hui tribe, and the emperor of the Celestial Empire will leave our ministry account in order to balance, and will not exterminate the clan."

Many nobles, large and small, don't understand the twists and turns, but they don't object to the extermination of the entire family of Dolmahan Mur and Zodaniel.

Originally, they thought of each other as infidels, but because heretics were more hateful than heretics, there was a black-white dispute that led Dzungar to the south.

Thinking about the consequences of Dolmahammur or Dardaniel being obtained by the Han soldiers if the city could not be defended, the nobles knew what this meant.

Someone reminded: "After digging out the brains and flesh of the heads of Dolmahan Mur and Zodar Niel, they made two Gabala bowls. Hold their souls down. ”