After establishing a secret alliance with Agubai, he proposed to Tu Dexuan that he was willing to move to the ancient pastureland north of Urumqi to resist the threat from the Qing court.

Hey, isn't the so-called "effective death" to Aguba? How did it become right?

At that time, the edict to change "entanglement" to "Uygur" had been issued, Zuo Zongtang was waging a propaganda war against the Uyghurs, and the hearts of Tuo Dexuan's subordinates were fluctuating, and many people expressed openly and secretly that they hoped that the "Halal King" would remove the honorific title and stop fighting against the imperial court.

Many people can understand that even if the imperial court does not send troops into Xinjiang to quell the chaos, Agubai in the south will fight sooner or later. Think about what the Andijanians did in Yarkand and Khotan, and then think about the "cut and heart" of the imperial court to change "entanglement" to "Uyghur", if you must return to one side, needless to say, it is better to submit to the imperial court.

Properly distracted himself, both flustered and excited.

Of course, there are also people who oppose it, and the most powerful argument is not from the Uyghurs, but from a Han person, this person's surname is Zhang Mingxuan, who moved to Xinjiang from Shaanxi from his grandfather's generation, and in his father's generation, the whole family has entered the ****, and he is a capable strategist of Tuo Dexuan.

Zhang Zhou quoted a passage from Lu Su to Sun Quan in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" to persuade Dexuan: "Today's Su can welcome the ears, such as a general, but not either." Why? Today, Su Yingcao, Cao should be returned to the township party, and his name and position are not lost, and he still does not lose his Cao engagement, taking the calf car, from the officials, and handing over the Shilin, so the tired officials do not lose the state and county. The general greets the drill. Want to be at home? ”

Oh, yes. "Wanting to be at home"?

Otherwise. Ask over there in Gansu?

The answer of "Gansu side" is that Tu Mou really lost his sincerity, and he can imitate the example of "active contribution" of Tusi in the Tibetan area of Sichuan to "change the land and return to the stream", that is, take the initiative to hand over the land and power, and the imperial court Xu Er stayed in the local area, retaining a considerable amount of land, property, and slaves, and issued a decree to commend him. Awarded the title of "Captain Enqi", and allowed to be inherited by the descendants of the children and grandchildren - that is, "hereditary replacement".

Tuo Dexuan was disappointed, his abacus was to remove the title of "Halal King", everything else is the same, to be a de facto soil emperor, according to the "Gansu side", he is at most a rich man, which is too unwilling.

At least. You should also seal me a "three-pin Burke" or something, right?

Xinjiang before the chaos, the highest grade of "Burke". It's the three products.

"Gansu over there" refused, saying that it was a major crime of rebellion that could not be pardoned, and it was already a grace of heaven to give a rich man a peaceful life for the rest of his life, and the good treatment could not be better - no more wishful thinking! If you don't wake up suddenly, as soon as the army of my western expedition arrives, the jade will be burned, and you, the "Halal King", will only be sent to Beijing, and the vegetable market will be treated as a "quick neck"!

He also said, please take a look, when the Tibetan area of Sichuan "changed the land and returned to the stream", what happened to the Seda Toast who resisted Tianwei?

Tu Dexuan really didn't know about the Sada Toast Shenma, so he asked Zhang Zhou, and Zhang Zhou slurred and said, this, this...... I don't know.

Actually, I know, but how dare I say it?

Tuode inquired east and west, and finally inquired:

In the Tibetan area of Sichuan, the land was "changed and returned to the stream", and the other Tusi were ordered to be cautious, only Seda, the border of the soldiers, and the officials sent by the imperial court were not allowed to enter.

Receiving the report, the minister of the Imperial Mission, Ixan immediately led his army to advance towards Seda.

When the army of the imperial court entered the archery furnace - before they arrived at Seda, they received a box from Seda, and when they opened it, they saw that it was a human head—the head of Seda Toast.

It turned out that one of the leaders of Seda Tusi killed his master and surrendered to the imperial court.

The officials of the imperial court successfully entered Seda, and the lord of the "Enqiwei" was rewarded to the head

It's creepy.

Looking at the people under him, including Zhang Zhou, one by one, they all looked like the head man of Seda, staring at his head, his eyes were red.

Just when he didn't know what to do, as mentioned above, Bai Yanhu proposed that he would like to move to the ancient pastureland north of Urumqi to become the "Halal King" Ping Vassal to resist the threat from the Qing court.

If in the past, Bai Yanhu was placed in such a strategic place as the ancient pastureland, and he would not be at ease. However, now, Bai Yanhu, an outsider, seems to be more reliable than his own people? Besides, no matter what the final decision is, it is always good to strengthen the defense first, and bargaining with the imperial court will also have one more bargaining chip, so he agreed to Bai Yanhu's request.

Tuo Dexuan never expected that when this Shaanxi Hui of thousands of people moved to the land of Urumqi, it suddenly turned right, made a swoop, and rushed into Dihua City.

Shaanxi Hui, who was able to come to Xinjiang with Bai Yanhu, was all dead for the rest of his life, extremely fierce, and the guards who were in charge couldn't stop them at all, Bai Yanhu took the lead, chopped melons and vegetables all the way, and rushed into the "palace" of the "Halal King".

Tuo Dexuan was sleeping in the room, leaning on the big bed, fresh fruit in his left hand, wine in his right hand, watching two half-naked "princesses", singing and dancing for him. Hearing the noise outside, I don't know what's going on, and I was about to call someone, Bai Yanhu had already broken through the door, and his eyes widened, and before he could scream, he was ripped off the bed, and the knife flashed, and he "led his neck quickly" in advance.

As soon as Tu Dexuan died, his cronies and subordinates scattered in a hurry, and almost no one thought of counterattacking Shaanxi Hui and avenging the Lord.

Bai Yanhu was honest and unkind, and generously took over all the territory of Tudexuan, including Urumqi, Manas, Turpan, and so on. Then, he reported to the "emir" in Kashgar that he had won the victory, and asked the "emir" to send reinforcements as soon as possible to strengthen the defense.

Bai Yanhu's descendants are only 1,000 or more people, and the old department that has successfully received Tu Dexuan is less than one-third of the original number, the territory is too large, and the garrison is too small.

Agubai received the news of great joy and immediately named Bai Yanhu the "Governor of Urumqi", but he didn't know why Bai Yanhu wanted him to send more "reinforcements", there was no war in Urumqi, there was, and it was already over - if the attack on the "palace" of Tu Dexuan could also be counted as a "war".

Bai Yanhu's envoy said that the army of the Qing court was about to march into Xinjiang, and the ancient city, Balikun, and Hami were still in the hands of the imperial court, among them, Hami was connected to Gansu in the east, so Governor Bai judged that the route of the Qing army's march should be from Gansu to Hami, and then to Balikun and Gucheng, all the way to the west.

The "Urumqi Governor's District" is connected to the ancient city, Balikun, Hami and other places, and they are intertwined with each other, so they will inevitably bear the brunt of the imperial army and must be prepared in advance.

General Aguba was skeptical, but he sent a force of 800 cavalry and 2,500 infantry to Urumqi "as requested," led by his close confidant Azmukul. This unit, in addition to being fully equipped with rifles supplied by the Russians, also carried four cannons. Aguba had a total of 12 cannons, the Russians sent 10, and the Ottoman Turks sent 2, which is considered to be a third of the belongings.

In addition to this, this unit also brought another batch of rifles and ammunition - this was given to Bai Yanhu.

At the same time, Agubai promised that if the Qing army really entered Xinjiang to attack Urumqi as Bai Yanhu said, he himself would personally lead the army and then come to help.

Although the number of "reinforcements" is not too much, but it is a lot of foreign guns and foreign cannons, Bai Yanhu can't help but increase his confidence, especially when he sees the batch of foreign guns given to him, his eyes emit a fiery light - Shaanxi Hui has never used such a good weapon! If he had such equipment at the beginning, why would he have been driven all the way from Shaanxi to Xinjiang? Hmph, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, including the Xuan army, don't they just rely on foreign guns and foreign cannons to bully people? Now, I also have foreign guns and cannons!

Bai Yanhu grinded his fists and palms, waiting to take revenge.

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At that time, the army of the Western Expedition had made all preparations to enter Xinjiang.

Zuo Zongtang's minister Xingyuan was located in Suzhou, which means that he himself stayed in the rear and did not enter Xinjiang with the armies.

Zuo Zongtang gave the court an excerpt, saying that it was a march into Xinjiang, "aiming to suppress thieves and Suibian, and to build a good plan." However, since he has been sick for a long time, he has not had enough energy to meet his ambition, which has caused him to be frightened. Desperately trying to rely on any good talent, Kuang Ji can't catch it. Urumqi Admiral Zhan Donglu, sharp and sensitive, unparalleled talent, close observation of his ambition and loyalty, especially worthy of heavy responsibility", decided to assign Zhan Donglu "prime minister's battalion affairs", in addition, with the title of "three grades of secretary Liu Jintang deputy of Xining Road".

"The prime minister's battalion affairs", that is, Zhan Donglu served as the de facto commander-in-chief of the armies of the Western Expedition, and Liu Jintang served as Zhan Donglu's deputy.

This is a bold and interesting decision, especially regarding the appointment of Liu Jintang - Liu Jintang is only a "third-grade secretary", he is the deputy commander-in-chief of the Western Expeditionary Army, a large number of generals and deputy generals with higher grades than him, to be controlled by him, and the red top is to be controlled by the blue top sub, well, interesting, interesting.

However, after thinking about it a little deeply, it will be understood: there are two main forces of the Western Expeditionary Army, one is the Xuan Army led by Zhan Donglu, and the other is the old Hunan Army led by Liu Songshan.

Come to think of it, the general soldiers and deputy generals of the old Hunan army will not be dissatisfied with the anger of the "young general" - not to mention, since Liu Junmen was injured and retired in the first battle of Ma Wuzhai, the major general took over the old Hunan army, and he took the lead in the soldiers, and his talent was arrogant, and everyone saw it in their eyes.

As for the other commanders and lieutenants, they belong to the way of Admiral Zhan, that's it.

As for what Zuo Zongtang said, "since he has been sick for a long time, Shen Yu's energy is not enough to meet his ambitions, causing Yixiao to be frightened", it is naturally humble, although Zuo Mule has appreciated the "Forbidden City Horse Riding", but don't really think that he is old, his body and bones, and his spirit are all good.

There are other reasons for this arrangement.

The original plan was that Zuo Zongtang wanted to personally unify the army into Xinjiang, but Guan Zhuofan had other opinions, exchanged letters and telegrams, and after repeated discussions, Zuo Zongtang finally changed his mind.

*(To be continued.) )