Chapter 408: The Kokand Khanate submits

The army of the Kokand Khanate gathered at Andijan, and if it was lost here, the Chinese army would be able to run rampant in the Ferghana Basin unimpeded and reach the capital city of Kokand. One reads the book

Seeing that the Chinese Empire was only 4,000 cavalry, Ali Mukuli, the actual proponent of the Kokand Khanate, took the initiative to attack and sent the general Yunusjiang to lead 7,000 cavalry out of the city.

"Report! Your Majesty! The cavalry of the Kokand Khanate is out of the city and coming towards our army! ”

Yang Dongfang nodded and then said to Zhang Zongyu: "I'll leave it to you next." ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! Zhang Zongyu turned to Zhang Yujue and said: "The artillery bombardment disrupts the offensive posture of the enemy's cavalry, your regiment will take the lead in charging, and I will lead people to follow your department and take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill." ”

"Fire!"

Boom Boom!

Shells smashed into the cavalry of the Kokand Khanate, and for a while the cavalry of the Kokand Khanate turned on their backs, and some people fell off their horses, and countless horses jumped and hit each other.

The cavalry army was in chaos for a while, and the Chinese army continued to fire artillery and continue to bombard, until the cavalry of the Kokand Khanate no longer had any sharpness, Zhang Yujue slapped his horse, and the trumpeter blew the trumpet to charge.

The soldiers below opened the safety and galloped their horses, rushing towards the enemy, less than two hundred meters away, the four battalions scattered in two directions, and they pulled the triggers one after another to start the first round of shooting.

"Bang bang..!"

The cavalry of the Kokand Khanate, who had just been bombarded and tortured in the same place, still wanted to fight back, but in the face of countless bullets, people kept being shot and fell to the ground, and one of them suffered even greater casualties, and they were beaten helplessly.

After this wave of fighting, Zhang Zongyu charged with another regiment, these people were still horse rifles constantly shooting, completely praising the Kokand Khanate who could still hold on.

Seeing that the enemy's front had been opened, and the troops were completely chaotic and began to retreat, Zhang Zongyu ordered: "Put away the gun and draw the knife!" ”

As soon as the gun horn was blown, the soldiers behind him finished the first four bullets, leaving the last bullet and not finishing, but pulling the safety and hanging up the gun, pulling out the saber, and the four battalions were divided into four teams, each team was divided into two roads, left and right, relying on each other.

Follow the most leading officer to constantly swing his saber and slash all the enemies in his way, whether on the horse or on the ground, and the head and face are a meal???? One? See?? Book? LOOK·1?K?A?N?S?H?U?· ＣＯＭ?

Boom, boom...

Wherever the four battalions passed, the cavalry of the Kokand Khanate screamed and died.

At this time, Zhang Yujue's men and horses were shot with rifle bullets, and they had rushed to the rear of the enemy, and they also collected their guns and drew their swords, and slashed the troops of the Yunusjiang River in the middle, and finally converged back to a regiment, divided the Kokand Khanate cavalry into two, chased and cut for a mile or two, and then returned to ignore the fleeing enemy army, and surrounded the enemy regiments that were lying behind.

The encircled enemy forces had already been broken up and scattered, dead and wounded, and one by one they lost their weapons and surrendered.

Yunusjiang took 7,000 to fight, and 2,000 went back like a lost dog, talking about the change of color.

Alimukuri did not dare to despise the Chinese army, and on the one hand, he regretted it bitterly, and on the other hand, he was terrified, so he had to defend the city and send envoys to express peace talks.

"Peace talks! Tell me what the price Alimu Kuliken has to pay, and reply in one day, and if it doesn't satisfy me, I'll bombard Andijan and hit the city of Kokand. Yang Dongfang waved his hand and sent the messenger away, not interested in delaying time with him.

The next day, when they drove to the city of Andijan, Alimukuri replied that they were willing to make peace with the Chinese Empire forever, and give 1,000 taels of gold, 500 horses, and 10,000 cattle and sheep to make amends.

"It's called Hanako! This is looking down on our Majesty, and someone is coming to open fire! Zhang Zongyu directly did not let the envoy go to see Yang Dongfang, and then ordered the troops to attack the city, and the gunners quickly blew up the city gate, wounding countless enemy troops defending the city.

The cavalry stormed into the city, for a while the guns in the city continued, the enemy army was crushed, and when they heard that the Chinese army had broken through the city gate, Alimukuri and Yunusjiang ran directly to Namangan with people, and did not dare to return to Kokand City, and decided to wear the hat of this catastrophe to the king.

After taking Andijan, Yang Dongfang returned to the city, sent the wounded to Dihua, and then brought a regiment of infantry over and let his two battalions guard Andijan and one battalion to guard Osh.

Then let a battalion escort sturdy prisoners and 4,000 horses and more cattle and sheep to Kashgar, and then take the cavalry directly to Kokand City.

Three days later, the city of Kokand was bombarded and breached, and the king of the contemporary Kokand Khanate, Sultan Muhammad, directly ordered surrender and was captured alive without much resistance.

The city of Kokand fell into the hands of the Chinese army, and Yang Dongfang asked the Sultan of Muhammad to bring in, and asked Zhang Zongyu to ask: "Your country is originally a subject country of my east, why do you repeatedly violate the border, and even send Ah Gubai to attack my old land in Kashgar, what should you be guilty of?" ”

Muhammad Sultan was half frightened to death, he was originally a puppet of Alimukuri, but only a nominal king.

With a bitter face, he said: "General Zhang, the upper state of the Heavenly Empire, sent Ah Gubai to attack Ka, and it was Ali Mukuri who invaded your country, not this king." ”

"Sophistry! Isn't Alimukuri your minister? Aren't you a king? And even so, what you just said is true, why did you still take him into the country after the defeat of Cooper, what are you not despising our country? Yang Dongfang took the opportunity to make a cameo appearance as a soldier and shouted.

Sultan Muhammad prostrate on the ground, his body trembling slightly: "This little general, this king is really wronged, this king has always admired the oriental civilization, just waiting for the Celestial Empire army to pacify Kashgar, so that trade and friendship can be attached to the Celestial Empire."

How dare you take in Ah Gubai, this thief has long been a traitor of our country, we have long wanted to kill him, but the strength is not good, the most important thing is the little general, Ah Gubai did not enter the Fergana region, he entered along the south of the Arai Mountain, towards the border of the Barakzai Kingdom (Afghanistan) Surkhan area. ”

"Oh! So we're going in the wrong direction. Yang Dongfang pretended to touch his face, and in order to hide his identity, he said to Zhang Zongyu: "Master, what should I do next!" Shall we go back and chase it! ”

Zhang Zongyu cooperated: "Staff Officer Yang, how can you believe the words of these old politicians so easily at your young age, who knows if this bastard is deceiving us, he said that it doesn't matter if it has nothing to do with Ah Gubai?" It's saying that we will return now to chase after a lot of time, and we may not be able to catch up. ”

Muhammad Sultan understood a little Chinese, and scolded in his heart for this bastard, Gubai, who pulled Kokand's back when he was dying.

But in a blink of an eye, he thought that if it weren't for the Chinese army entering Kokand, he would have been a puppet king for the rest of his life, so he rolled his eyes and said:

"General Zhang! I can help you catch this thief, Ahgubai, and go to the northwest of our country to the important city of Tashkent. From the southeast of Tashkent into the Bukhara Khanate, from which Samarkand can go south directly into Surkhan, and can directly block Agubo in front. ”

Yang Dongfang nodded and said, "That's a good idea!" However, we are sleepy and tired, and we have gone so far to work and have no food and grass! ”

Muhammad Sultan volunteered: "Little general! Since our country is attached to the Chinese Empire, we will be responsible for your army, and the guide will also be sent by me, as long as I can kill the king of Gu Baiben, I am willing to do anything. It's just that.. It's just that.. ”

"Just what!" Yang Dongfang asked, and Muhammad Sultan said:

"This king has no real power in his hands, and he doesn't have many soldiers and horses, so he is ashamed to say that he is afraid that as soon as the Celestial Empire army leaves, Alimukuri will return to Kokand City to fight against the Chinese army."

Sultan Muhammad finally told him about his little ninety-nine and led them to the east to the west, also in order to attack the Bukhara Khanate.

"Haha! Alimukuri is just a defeated general, as long as you sincerely do things for my Chinese Empire, honestly, we will support you, he will not dare to come to Kokand City in the future, that is, the Bukhara Khanate, which has been suppressing your country, and Tsarist Russia, we will help you get rid of it together. Zhang Zongyu and Yang Dongfang looked at each other and smiled.

Muhammad Sultan was both terrified and happy.

The panic is that this little general has seen through his intention to kill people with a knife, and he is happy that life will be better in the future, and there is no need to be like before, and there is no pressure at all to surrender to the east.

The Central Plains Dynasty in the East was too far away from here to govern, and once there was turmoil in the East, it was easy to break away from independence, which was something that Central Asian countries had been accustomed to for thousands of years, and they had long seen through it.

Soon the guide was found, and the Sultan of Muhammad was recognized and supported by the Chinese army, and quickly obtained a group of supporters, divided the power of the Kokand Khanate, and actively helped Yang Dongfang and others raise food.

At the same time, the above table was attached to the Chinese Empire and became a vassal state of China, with a compensation of 1 million taels of silver (partly pledged by tariffs), 10,000 war horses, and 200,000 cattle and sheep.

At the same time, the south of the Osh Alai Mountains and other places were divided into Kashgar.

The Chinese army was stationed in the city of Kokand to help the country train soldiers, of course, most of the officers were Chinese, and if there was a war, they would obey the command and dispatch of the Chinese army.

On the other hand, Yang Dongfang also sent a secret envoy to imply that Alimukuri could continue to control the northeastern part of the Kokand Khanate, as long as he sent real money and silver, he would not be beaten, and let him become the local prince of the Kokand Khanate, so as to contain the Sultan of Muhammad and make him more honest.