12. Towering Palace (5)

In 1873, a second large-scale peasant uprising broke out in Kokand, which was suppressed by the main force of the army. Immediately after the invasion of the Bukhara Khanate, the Kyrgyz tribes in the country also rebelled, the Khan of the Kokand Khanate, Gudeya Khan to the Ottoman Empire for help, and at the same time sent an envoy to China to ask for support, but unfortunately was blocked by the rebels and failed to reach Xinjiang, Gudaya Khan could not, so he could only announce his abdication. The rebels embraced Nasir al-Din Khan's accession to the throne, which was almost over.

But then the Tsarist Russian Empire began to invade the Kokand Khanate under the leadership of General Skobelev on the grounds of "the previous khan asked for protection by force", and the lion fought the rabbit with all his strength, and in a few days, all the places in Kokand were occupied by the Russian Cossack cavalry, leaving only a few places to the left of the capital, although Gudeya Khan was the lord of a small country, but he also had backbone, and when he saw the Russians using his own name to attack his own country, he was filled with grief and anger, and committed suicide by jumping off the building. The new ruler Nasir al-Din Khan could not, and to the south was the location of the enemy Bukhara Khanate, and to the north was the Russians who burned and killed the country's foundation. Surrounded by embattled, unable to steal life, it seems that there is only one death to repay the country, fortunately a Chinese down-and-out scholar who fell here, stopped Nasir al-Din Khan, saying that this is not the point of exhaustion, in the past, China had three wars and three defeats, ten years of life and gathering to make a comeback, now the Russian people are powerful, but there are still the enemy of the big country on the side, China benevolence, will inevitably support the lord of the country, to solve the difficulties of Kokand. Nasir al-Din Khan listened to his heart, and he didn't care about his wife and children, so he took a few capable ministers and abandoned the country, and fled all the way into China on a horse. If he does not surrender, the Gudea Khan in his hands committed suicide again, so there is no excuse for sending troops, and it will inevitably be resisted by the Central Asian khanates, which is not conducive to the jurisdiction and rule of the Governor's Office over this place, so he also pursues closely, Nasir Din Khan stopped and stopped, and when he arrived in Xinjiang, he arrived at a place, and the Russians came immediately, and conquered several strongholds in a row, and there were not many organized cities west of Ili, and the Russians drove straight in, if they entered no one's land, Nasir Din Khan did not even have time to get out of the atmosphere, and hurriedly fled, One or two people had already taken refuge in Ili.

Zuo Zongtang was furious, and hurriedly commanded the local ethnic regiment to train and the green battalion to stop it, and while negotiating with General Skobelev, the governor of Turkestan, he immediately reported to the center, and the situation in the northwest was in turmoil again.

"What a Russian!" Prince Gong said unhappily, "Not to mention that he invaded the Chinese vassals, he actually entered the Xinjiang border!" It's really unorthodox, and immediately call Yixuan to summon the Russian ambassador! ”

Bao Jun also secretly complained, "My God, is that old man who reads the book the reincarnation of Shen Gongbao?" He also came up with such a bad idea to bring the troubled waters to China! Kokand has not respected China for a long time, and when I came to China in the old days, I had a little etiquette, and it was not as obedient as North Korea, Ryukyu and Sulu, and I wanted to say, if it is destroyed, it will be destroyed, and the horizontal and vertical are not on the table, you said, don't you? ”

Prince Gong waved his hand, "It's not this courtesy, no matter what, our vassal of the Celestial Empire can't take the turn of the Russians to teach themselves a lesson without informing us, besides, they have also entered our territory, which is really wanton." ”

"The Russians have always been like this, they are used to solving problems by force," Wen Xiang said, "This is how the Holy Ancestor Dynasty entered Heilongjiang, if it wasn't for the Holy Ancestor Emperor who won the battle, I don't know how to do it now, it has not changed for more than a hundred years." ”

"After Aguba was pacified, Kokand was afraid of the victory of the Chinese army, and had a slight intention of obeying the Celestial Empire, while the Russians were quite disappointed. Although Hu Linyi has never led soldiers in person, he is also a person who knows the soldiers, and the former Queen Mother also intended to let him serve as the Great Sima, but he insisted on it, which made Jiang Zhongyuan the secretary of the military department.

What Hu Linyi said was very right, and Prince Gong couldn't help but be a little surprised, "Then this, is it possible, the Russians are going to do it with us in the northwest?" ”

Zhu Xueqin was also very worried, "I heard that the tsar is also a generation of heroes, and he has liberated many slaves in the old days, and his national strength is thriving. "In terms of broad vision, the military aircraft department of this dynasty is better than any other dynasty, and I know a lot of major events in the world." In the course of a few decades, Kazakhstan no longer existed, and the Three Khanates were also declining, and this kind of ambition and perseverance was really terrifying. ”

Su La entered the duty house and said, "Lord, my lords, there is news from the Ministry of Internal Affairs that the Queen Mother has entered the city, and the Queen Mother also said that military affairs are urgent, so there is no need to hand over the sign today, and the emperor will call directly in the Heart Cultivation Palace, waiting for you." (To be continued.) )