In front of the city of Turkestan, Ulyanov was stabbed in the chest and abdomen by Togmu, his fat intestines flowed all over the ground, and he died of horror on his face.

Bai Laoheng shouted the order, tied up a string of captured Russians, sent them into the city, and sent a few people back, telling them to inform the local Russian officials that Turkestan had been taken over by the Chinese and asked the Russian officials to come to survey the border.

The Russians rushed away with their heads in their hands, while Togmu knelt in front of Ye Zhao and said loudly: "I, Togmu, swear here!" From now on, the descendants of the Kereb tribe will always serve the emperor! ”

Ye Zhao patted him on the shoulder, and looked back, the long street in the city was lined with Kazakhs, they cheered loudly, and the Russian captives who were strung together with ropes were greeted by stones and saliva.

A few days later, the cavalry division came galloping, and a few days later, the Yellow Banner Infantry Brigade arrived in a hurry, and ten days later, the 4th Frontier Division also came to the outside of Turkestan.

Ye Zhao then changed Turkestan to Star Picking City, and appointed Kou Hai, chief of staff of the Zhenghuang Banner Infantry Brigade, as the Minister of Northern Turkic Affairs, and his official residence was located in Star Picking City.

The three Kazakh divisions of Kentau slaughtered sheep and cattle, sacrificed grain, and rewarded the soldiers of the Central Plains, but if they fought for a long time, it was obviously extremely difficult to supply the more than 20,000 soldiers stationed in Turkistan by relying only on the human and material resources of the three divisions.

This is also the reason why Qianlong used tens of millions of silver coins to pacify the size and Zhuo Mu in the previous dynasty, which was too far away from Middle Earth, and the supply of baggage was really a big problem.

During this time, Gulshayir went to the south to contact the Kyrgyz departments, Bai Laoheng led the Xiao cavalry group to follow, and the largest Kyrgyz tribe in the Taraz area refused to surrender, and was immediately beaten by the Xiao cavalry group. Even if they are dissatisfied with hatred in their hearts, most of the Kyrgyz tribes have to sacrifice grain, grass, cattle and sheep and send them to Turkestan.

When the cavalry regiment was still subjugating the tribes in the southern Kyrgyz tribal area, a warning came from the city of Turkestan that a large number of Russian [***] team activities were found more than 100 miles away in the north.

The intelligence became clearer and clearer, and the approaching Russian infantry regiment exceeded 10,000 men, with thousands of Cossack cavalry, hundreds of artillery pieces, and extremely well-equipped, and it was obvious that it was the main Russian army stationed in the Aral Sea and South Kazakhstan, which was fundamentally different from the Russian emigrants and marginal armed forces that the empire had been expelling.

Even during the civil war, the support of the Russians to the North Korea was extremely limited, and as for the sporadic fighting with the Russians in the Far East more than ten years ago, it was even more negligible.

What is coming will be a tragic collision at the corps level, and it will be a contest that will truly test the quality of the armed forces of the Central Plains.

Ye Zhao never thought that this kind of contest would start from himself.

…… In the south of the city of Turkestan, shallow trenches have been dug out one after another, but both in depth and length, they are barely in difficulty, there are no suitable tools, there are no sappers, and the time is short.

The Russian [***] team stopped its advance more than 20 miles away, and apparently through the reconnaissance of the scout team, it had discovered a large number of the Chinese [***] team ready for defense.

An hour later, the Russians sent messengers, in the name of the commander of the Aral Sea Infantry Regiment, demanding that the Chinese hand over the Chinese soldiers and Kazakhs who had killed the Russians and withdraw from Russian territory. Ye Zhao ordered Zou Fusheng, the chief officer of the Fourth Frontier Division, to negotiate with the Russian envoys, and at the same time to check the details of the Russian [***] regiment.

Zou Fusheng, a native of southern Gansu, was born in the seventeenth year of Daoguang in the former dynasty, joined the Pingyuan Army in his teens, and was promoted all the way through the military merits.

The courage of the three armies of the Royal Brave Crown, set up two kinds of "Royal Tiger Ben Bu Yong" and "Royal Tiger Ben Water Yong", such as the Tiger Ben Bu Yong before the Yong, Loyal and Yong, Wuyi, etc. are titled, the empire is established, this brave number is only awarded to a dozen people, all of them have turned the tide of the war with a brave heart, and there are warriors who have a hundred death experience, such as Harwich, Han Jinchun, Shenbao and other military giants and the commanders of the group army have not received this title, which shows its preciousness.

Zou Fusheng can get this brave number, his brave military exploits can be seen, and it is no wonder that he is just twenty-nine years old and has already led the first division of armored soldiers.

In front of the trench front, Zou Fusheng met with the Russian envoy, who was accompanied by a Kazakh Russian interpreter.

Back at the head of the city, Zou Fusheng knelt down on one knee and said: "Master, the Russians claim to be the Aral Sea garrison, and the commander is called Bestuzhev, and the Russian envoy says that the Russians still have 100,000 troops a hundred miles away, and they are coming to the Star City." ”

The title of "master", many generals in the Pingyuan army have not been able to change it, of course, just to express their loyalty to the emperor, this title seems to be cordial, there is a kind of admiration for their parents.

An army of 100,000? Ye Zhao smiled and said, "The Russians are used to bluffing. "I really don't believe that in this South Kazakhstan, the Russians can raise 100,000 troops in a month.

Standing at the head of the city and looking into the distance, after a while, he said: "In this battle, Xu Wei is not allowed to lose!" ”

"Wow!" Ye Tuwa, the chief officer of the cavalry division, Deling, the commander of the Zhenghuang Banner Infantry Brigade, and Zou Fusheng, the chief officer of the border defense division, all knelt down and shouted loudly.

The first tragic collision between the Chinese and Russian teams took place in May 1865 under the city of Turkestan.

The squadron has 10,321 men from the Fourth Frontier Division, 5,007 from the Zhenghuang Banner Infantry Brigade, 5,635 from the First Cavalry Division, a total of 20,963 combatants, 217 artillery and earth artillery and 10 cannons.

The Russian [***] team, 11,260 Aral Sea Infantry Regiment, 7,751 Cossack cavalry, 4,006 Kazakh mercenaries and cavalry, a total of 23,017 combatants, 169 artillery pieces, is the most elite infantry in southern Xinjiang.

The battle started in the middle of the night, and more than ten miles north of the city of Turkestan, suddenly artillery roared, the earth seemed to tremble, and the flames exploded, and the night became day in an instant.

Although the charge of the left and right flanks of the Cossack cavalry suffered a big loss in front of the cannons, the position of the infantry battalion of the left wing of the border division of the middle [***] team was still torn open by it, thousands of Cossack cavalry rushed into the infantry line, brandishing Xueliang scimitars to cut off the heads of the Chinese soldiers, the brave and warlike Cossack knights, wearing black coats, carrying rifles on their backs, and sabers hanging from their waists, marched mightily in the dust, thousands of horses galloped across the country, and thousands of knives were staggered, this scene was extremely shocking.

In a short period of time, the baggage was not well transported, there was no barbed wire, there were no deep trenches, and the infantry was already at a disadvantage in fighting the Cossack cavalry on this endless plain where thousands of horses could gallop.

When the second line of defense constructed by the border infantry battalion repelled the Cossack cavalry charge, the two infantry battalions on the left flank facing the Cossack cavalry charge suffered heavy losses and were almost completely killed.

At this time, in the earth-shattering sound of "Ula", the powerful Russian soldiers launched a white-edged charge, and the sea of bayonets composed of thousands of snow-bright bayonets, in the flickering and dark artillery fire, was like the fangs of countless beasts swarming, hideous and terrifying.

More than a dozen roads charged at the same time, and immediately, the position became intertwined, and the trenches were occupied by the Russians.

Only the main position defended by the Yellow Banner Infantry Brigade, a stretch of high and undulating hills, the red army flag was always flying high, and the Russian non-commissioned soldiers who forcibly charged fell one after another.

Standing at the head of the city, Ye Zhao looked at the roaring artillery in the distance, listening to the military reports, his face was extremely grim.

Indeed, the Fourth Frontier Division has just been formed, and it is definitely not a division of a hundred battles, let alone the main force of the Emperor's [***] team, although a large number of capable non-commissioned officers of the group army have been transferred, but after all, it is the first battle after the formation of the army, and it is facing an extremely strong opponent. But in the same way, the Aral Sea Infantry Regiment of the Russians is not the elite of Tsarist Russia, and the two sides should be in the same position in the battle sequence of their respective empires.

The tough polar bear really lives up to its name! Ye Zhao slowly lit a cigarette.

Ye Zhao was in a heavy mood, but the commander of the Russian army, Bestuzhev, was angry and painful. At dawn, the sound of gunfire gradually thinned out, walking in the morning light, looking at the faint white mist of gunpowder that seemed to be thrown away in the distance, Bestuzhev slowly put down the clairtelescope in his hand.

After a night of fierce fighting, although his own continuous charge forced the Chinese to shrink their positions, his subordinates suffered even heavier losses, especially the Cossack cavalry, with more than half of the casualties, plus the loss of horses, there were only more than 3,000 officers and soldiers who still had the ability to charge.

The Kazakh mercenaries who attacked the Chinese positions on the hills suffered numerous casualties and basically lost their combat effectiveness, and the remaining soldiers were also frightened and difficult to fight.

No matter from which angle of analysis, the hilly heights must have been guarded by the elite Chinese regiments, and when it was found that its firepower was extremely fierce, Bestuzhev immediately took the opportunity to withdraw the infantry regiment that was mainly attacking the position, and let the Kazakhs act as cannon fodder to attract fire.

In the distance, there was a sudden sound of "buzzing" cannonballs, and one shell after another exploded into the hilly position, and on the hills, mud and rocks were immediately splashed everywhere.

Bestuzhev was more comfortable in his heart, just to wait for this moment and bury the elite of the Chinese with artillery fire.

But no matter what, he was still awkward in his heart, as if he thought it was a lobster feast, but when he bit it, he found that it was a hard walnut, and a tooth was broken, not to mention the awkwardness.

The battle was sparse, with artillery on both sides bombarding each other, while the hilly heights were hit with the heaviest Russian artillery.

However, by the time the morning fog shrouded it, the Yellow Banner Infantry Brigade had already withdrawn from its position, leaving only one infantry battalion to hold on to the long plateau.

The Zhenghuang Banner Infantry Brigade took its mules and horses from the city, crossed the Syr Darya River in the west, and headed north.

Riding on the horse, from the clairvoyant mirror, you can faintly see the clouds of smoke rising from the high ground, De Ling gritted his teeth, smacked fiercely, and roared loudly: "Rabbit cubs! It's the gentleman who gave me to run faster! Grinding, you guys are right from the third battalion brothers? ”

…… As soon as night fell, Bestuzhev could not wait to throw his remaining elite infantry regiment into battle, aiming at the hilly heights that had been bombarded by his own artillery for a whole day.

This high ground is like a wedge, firmly nailed in the middle of the various Chinese positions, if it is not taken, it is difficult to really break through the Chinese defensive line, and as long as this hill is occupied, the Chinese's adjacent positions are within the range of their firepower, and the entire Chinese defense line will collapse.

Fierce gunfire rang out again, more than 3,000 Russian soldiers began to move up along the hills and valleys, using rocks and trees as cover, and soon, "bang bang" a series of cannon bangs rang out, on the top of the hills, on the front buried by the mud and stone turf lifted by the shells, one, two, three, poked out the muzzles of human heads and black holes, more than 300 officers and soldiers of the third battalion of the Yellow Flag Infantry Brigade who were still holding their positions, faced with ten times the enemy, and began the "Emperor's Will" plan with steely faith.

The task assigned to the 3rd Infantry Battalion by Deling was concise and clear, "to attract enemy artillery fire, so that our troops could further detect the accurate position of the enemy's artillery positions and attract the enemy's reserve alert forces." ”

"You may all be sacrificed, and if you can hold on until the time of the child, it will be a victory!"

"Annihilate the Russian army, this time the plan is called the emperor's will!"

All the more than 600 officers and soldiers of the Third Infantry Battalion of the Yellow Flag Infantry Brigade stood in a straight row, each with blood burning in their hearts, and when they clenched the steel guns in their chests and answered De Ling with a steely roar, De Ling's eyes were wet.

A fanatical, neat and metallic sonorous roar of loyalty.

"Yizhong country! Yidun Xinyi! It is advisable to be frugal and simple! Be disciplined! It is advisable to be martial and brave! ”

"One person saved! Position saving! ”

"Great Emperor, be with us!"

After resisting the crushing of the Russian metal war machine with their flesh and blood, the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion counterattacked with even more fanatical will in the face of the Russian frenzied attack, and they repelled the Russian charge again and again, even if the fiery chest was inserted into the cold bayonet of the Russian, they would hold the Russian tightly and let their companions cut off the enemy's head.

Within three hours, the third battalion repelled six large-scale Russian charges, and after the cannons were overheated and had mechanical failures, more than 100 officers and men took their bayonets and repelled the seventh Russian charge.

The pipe band, the adjutant belt, and the battalion chief of staff were all killed, and the first sentry officer Zhang Qingyu became the only surviving officer above the sentry level. ”

There was a soldier whose half of his body was stained red with blood, and he reluctantly took out his pocket watch from his arms, which should be a rich child, and then he cheered, "It's over, it's time to pass!" He coughed loudly and turned pale because he spoke too quickly and moved the wound.

Zhang Qingyu smiled with relief, let out a long breath, his eyes swept over his bloodstained faces, and said, "Brothers, let's sing a song." ”

The crowd sparsely said yes, and then the song sounded.

"Yu Si Wannian, the Great Empire of Yadong! The mountains are vertical and horizontal, and the rivers are spreading the waves of civilization; Hundreds of trillions of people and gods, the land is vast and the products are abundant. Raise my Yellow Dragon Imperial Emblem and sing my Imperial Song! ”

"Raise my Yellow Dragon Imperial Emblem and sing my Imperial Song!"

The low and messy singing gradually converged into a neat line, and each officer and soldier held a steel gun in their hands and sang loudly, although there were only twenty or thirty people, it seemed that thousands of people were singing in unison.

Under the hills, the Russians are gathering strength and preparing for a new charge.

A few miles away, Bestuzhev rode on a tall horse, followed by several officers.

His face was gloomy, tonight's attack was quite unsmooth, not only the hills and heights could not be taken for a long time, but the Cossack cavalry was even more destroyed by the blow, just the impact on the right flank defense line of the [***] team, unexpectedly encountered a hay-covered dirt pit, tripping horse rope and other traps, especially after the [***] team contracted the defensive line, the firepower was more fierce. The buffer zone of the large open area has become a death zone built by the Chinese artillery, and the dense artillery fire seems to never stop, and the charging Cossack cavalry and Oros soldiers have suffered heavy losses under their artillery fire, and in just two days, more than 7,000 Cossack warriors have stopped two of the three stops.

Although the Cossack surname is not in the eyes, under the rule of the entire empire, more than one million Cossack cavalry can be recruited, but all along, the Cossack cavalry has been the main force to conquer the steppe tribes, nearly 10,000 Cossack cavalry, almost from the easternmost point of the Turkic land to the westernmost point, but this time in just two days, this fierce cavalry corps lost its ability to fight, and can even be described as the destruction of the whole army.

In this war, we can only cover up the actual heavy losses by conquering Turkestan, and if we cannot defeat the Chinese, I am afraid that after returning home, what awaits me is a military court.

Gritting his teeth, Bestuzhev put the reserve infantry regiment into the front line, and sent a commando team of 1,000 people to bypass the positions strangled by the two sides to raid the city of Turkestan, but did not want to be intercepted by the opponent's musketeer cavalry, according to the report of the infantry who fled back, the assault team cowered in a forest ten miles to the east to resist, and he had sent reinforcements, but he did not know how the battle was going.

I have long known that the Chinese have a well-equipped cavalry of more than 1,000 people, which has not been put into the battlefield, and was originally guarding the city of Turkestan.

The advance on the battlefield was blocked everywhere, the Chinese [***] team was like a thick steel plate, unusually tough, and Bestuzhev gradually felt that it was not wise to take the initiative to launch a war against the Chinese and gather troops in a vain attempt to defeat the Chinese with a blitzkrieg.

If the infantry regiment is gradually thrown into battle, slowly testing the hardness of attacking the Chinese, and completing this campaign in half a month to a month, it may be more effective.

In the northwest, there was a sudden sound of gunfire like muffled beans, and Bestuzhev was slightly stunned, listening to the sound, as if the sound of gunfire was coming from the direction of an artillery position.

"Go see what's going on." Bestuzhev's face was as cold as a rock, and several fast horses galloped away.

Ten minutes later, several horses galloped in the distance, and when they were far away, they heard someone exclaiming: "Chinese, the cavalry of the Chinese has entered our artillery position......" The soldiers who shouted in horror were covered in blood, apparently from the guard unit of the artillery position.

Bestuzhev was stunned, didn't the Chinese cavalry attack their own assault team a few miles away?

"God, there are thousands, thousands of cavalry......" the soldier was still screaming in horror, and suddenly fell off his horse, and died, his back was covered in blood, and he thought he had already been shot.

At this time, the artillery positions of the Russians had already broken through the infantry line by the 1st Cavalry Division, and what followed was naturally a bloody massacre.

The Russians screamed and fell one by one in a sea of sabers, with pools of blood and corpses everywhere, the artillery scattered and fled, and a squad of 600 infantry that rushed to the aid was almost instantly scattered by the thunderous cavalry, and was drowned by thousands of swords.

Ye Zhao kept the cavalry in the city and waited for this moment.

When the Russians had to throw their reserve infantry regiments into battle, the Cossack cavalry was mortally struck a fatal blow, and the artillery positions, which were weakly defended and had been accurately located, became a meal for the cavalry divisions.

On the hills, the fighters of the 3rd Battalion struggled to shoot the bullets in their steel guns, but the swarming Russians were getting closer and closer to them, and they knew that the last hour had come!

At this time, the low horn suddenly sounded, sounding in all directions, the unique melody was extremely familiar, low and solemn, it was the horn of the Pingyuan army soldiers to charge!

The Russian soldiers who were charging towards the hill suddenly retreated like a tide, and on the hill, more than a dozen officers and soldiers who seemed to be called Hanako covered in blood and mud suddenly cheered.

Zhang Qingyu pulled out the horn from the arms of the sacrificed trumpeter, it was warm, as if there was still the body temperature of the trumpeter, with tears in his eyes, Zhang Qingyu blew it hard.

"Hmm-hmm-" low, solemn.

People are there, the position is there!

The 3rd battalion did not lose its positions!

More than a dozen people named Hanako, raised Xueliang bayonets, supported each other, and "rushed" down the hills with staggering steps.

…… When Bestuzhev heard the news that the artillery position had been broken by the Chinese cavalry, he immediately ordered the 1st Infantry Regiment to stop attacking the hilly heights, and ordered the 3rd Infantry Regiment to hold the second line of defense while the rest of the infantry gradually detached from the battlefield.

I don't know how many new forces the Chinese still have that have not been put into the battlefield, the artillery regiment was destroyed, the news reached the army, I am afraid that it will immediately turn into a rout, and gradually disconnect from contact with the Chinese [***] team, avoiding being surrounded by Chinese infantry is the best choice now, although reluctantly, Bestuzhev has to admit that he lost this war.

However, the Chinese seemed to have made an appointment with him, and as soon as the order he gave arrived at the front, the characteristic Chinese charging horn sounded in all directions, and in the ears of the Russian soldiers, this horn was so sharp that it was simply torture.

Countless Chinese infantry shouted feverishly, jumped up from the shallow trenches, and a sea of snowy bayonets rushed into the Russian positions like waves.

The Russian non-commissioned officers who had just received the order to retreat were already at a loss, and immediately collapsed, and everywhere there were Russian soldiers who were chased and ran, one by one by the enemy with bayonets stabbed in the back, almost the most humiliating death of soldiers, but the Russians could no longer care, and the news that the artillery positions were occupied by the Chinese had spread throughout the battlefield like a plague.

The charge and slaughter of the Chinese did not stop until they were attacked by the fire of the Russian 3rd Infantry Regiment, which quickly built a second defensive line.

However, the 3rd Infantry Regiment was only able to buy the defeated soldiers an hour to retreat, and soon its defensive line was breached, and in a fierce white-knuckle battle, hundreds of men of the 3rd Regiment of the Russian Aral Sea Infantry Regiment surrendered, and most of them were annihilated.

Bestuzhev gathered the remnants and retreated north while resisting.

Obviously, there is a fundamental difference between the Russian army and the Northern Korean soldiers, and if the Northern Korean army had been hit by this series of blows, it would have fled all over the mountains.

The Russians, however, were still able to organize an effective resistance, and after leaving thousands of infantry on a hill to deploy defenses, the remnants of their corps quickly withdrew north.

At this point, Ye Zhao also had to admit that the neighbor in the north would be the strongest enemy he faced, and even, maybe a lifelong enemy.

Only this time, Bestuzhev obviously couldn't escape Ye Zhao's net, and the Zhenghuang Banner Infantry Brigade, which had already set up a battle line in front of a wooden bridge on a tributary of the Syr Darya, launched a blockade against the Tsarist Russian regiment with the heaviest firepower.

After half a fierce battle, the Russians could not rush to the other side of the river bank at all, and the border defense division and cavalry division that had defeated the Tsarist Russian regiment to cover the defensive force also arrived very quickly.

After a night of siege, the second dawn established a defensive line against the woods and hills, but the Russians, who had suffered heavy casualties under heavy fire, finally hoisted the white flag.

At this point, the "Battle of Turkestan", which lasted only four days, came to an end.

The Aral Sea Infantry Regiment of Tsarist Russia was erased from the battle sequence of Tsarist Russia by the Chinese, the entire corps was captured more than 4,000 people, more than 5,000 were killed, Cossack cavalry and Kazakh mercenaries suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, only a very small number of deserters escaped, and the Russian commander Bestuzhev was killed by a stray bullet.

The Chinese officers and men, with more than 3,000 casualties, were the heaviest losses in the small-scale battles launched by the Pingyuan Army at the division level.

The fact that the battle lasted only four days and the proportion of casualties was so high shows the fierceness of the fighting.

Of course, modern wars, if they are opponents of the same weight with little gap, are already more intense and cruel than later wars.

In the next day, Ye Zhao reorganized his armament for battle, waiting for the Russians to counterattack, and after a few days, he reported from Anning City 800 miles that a fast mule and horse infantry division and engineer team of the Jinling Group Army had entered the grassland, and it was expected to arrive in Star City in 20 days.

At this time, around the Star Picking City, there were hot labor scenes everywhere, digging trenches, building fortresses, Tsarist Russia, Cossacks, and Kazakhs had a total of nearly 8,000 prisoners, of which more than 5,000 prisoners were not injured or did not affect labor, and naturally became coolies, and they only relied on soup and water every day under the whip.

The seriously wounded Russian captives kept dying, were buried on the spot, and finally fell into an inflammatory coma or screamed in pain, and simply hanged in batches, in fact, it can be regarded as euthanasia.

The limited "life fluid" (penicillin) of the military health team naturally does not use it on the prisoners.

Constructing trenches and fortresses as soon as possible can further increase the chances of a large-scale war with Tsarist Russia.

In fact, the Chinese [***] team is better equipped than the Russian army, and this battle can be said to have caught the Russians off guard, but why is there such a high casualty rate, and even more than 2,000 casualties, which has to mention the Cossack cavalry.

A large number of attritions came from the charge of the Cossack cavalry, although each charge of the Cossack cavalry suffered heavy losses, but once it broke through the infantry line, the infantry was slaughtered by it.

Trenches, barbed wire, and fortifications were erected, and in positional warfare, the brave Cossack cavalry was no longer a threat.

Soon after the 2nd Division of the Jinling Group Army arrived in Turkestan, the newly established 2nd Cavalry Division also arrived in Anningcheng, and then the two cavalry divisions were separated from the group army and changed their numbers to the 1st Royal Cavalry Division and the 2nd Royal Cavalry Division.

In fact, there are many more cavalry divisions in the preparation in Mongolia and Zhubian, and it is difficult to rule them effectively without a strong cavalry force in the Turkic lands.

It's just that the imaginary counterattack of the Russians did not come, and several telegrams sent urgently from Kashgar for 800 li surprised Ye Zhao.

It turned out that the telegraph line around Suez was finally connected, and although the canal had not yet been completed, the telegraph lines along the route were erected, and the telegraph network between the East and the West was thus connected, that is, from Yanjing, the telegraph could be sent directly to London.

Among these telegrams were messages sent by the imperial envoys to Britain, France, and Prussia to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as a personal telegram sent by Prussian Prime Minister Bismarck to Ye Zhao.

The east-west telegraph line was connected, and the first shocking message sent back to their countries by European envoys in the East was the news of the outbreak of conflict between China and Russia and the complete victory of the Chinese.

Although Moscow and St. Petersburg were connected by telegraph to Europe, and news of the defeat of Turkestan must have reached Russia, it was to be expected that the Russians would not spread the news.

However, in China's newsprint, the report of the Emperor leading the Chinese [***] team to defeat the Russian invaders has become the hottest topic, and almost all newspapers are carrying out various analyses in a row, and there are many serials of fictional war progress.

Until the China Times received the emperor's edict, the comparison of the two sides and the losses were clearly listed, and the focus was on eulogizing all the officers and soldiers of the third battalion of the Zhenghuang Banner Infantry Brigade who sacrificed their lives for the country in the "Emperor's Will" action, with the emperor's eulogy, the eulogy was concise and clear, but the emperor's true feelings for the sacrifice of officers and soldiers can be seen from it, at the end of the eulogy, the emperor wrote: "Soldiers, murder weapons, the empire has to use them; Blood flies, protects the family and the country, and death is heavier than Mount Tai. The Warriors of the Empire are immortal! ”

"For the equality and freedom of all the people in the world, my land of China is sacrificed for the world!"

The newsprints that sang the praises of the emperor's bravery in the battle fell silent, and they published apologies one after another. And there is no doubt that after this incident, the Great Emperor's prestige in the eyes of the citizens of the empire has reached a blowout point, even if Ye Zhao goes to war with the whole world, the fanatical people will follow him and become enemies of the world.

And Ye Zhao's last sentence had clearly indicated his determination to send the Central Plains civilization abroad, but the European powers were naturally unaware.

The Chinese ate the 20,000-strong corps of the Russians with equal forces, a battle that Ye Zhao considered to be a lot of regrets, but shocked the whole of Europe.

The European powers finally began to face up to the vast Eastern Empire and the unrivaled supremacy it would achieve in the Far East.

Generally speaking, later generations believed that China had entered the club of world powers, and this battle was the turning point.

Bismarck's private telegram to Ye Zhao asked the emperor to calm his wrath and that he was willing to mediate between China and Russia to avoid a war that might weaken the entire civilized world.

In the telegrams of the two prime ministers of the State Council, it was also mentioned that the Russian minister, who had been irritable and announced that he would declare war on China, had become much quieter after frequent contacts with the Prussian minister.

Ye Zhao knew that Bismarck must have also sent a telegram to the Russian Tsar, and he also served as Prussia's minister to Russia, and established a good friendship with the Russians.

Ye Zhao also knew Bismarck's thoughts, now Prussia is accelerating its expansion, began the road to German unification, the year before last, defeated Denmark, this year defeated Austria, won the leadership of the German Federation, and at the same time directly promoted the Austrian Empire and the Hungarian Empire to merge into a "dual monarchy", that is, Austria-Hungary.

A united German empire would emerge within a year or two, and the French, who were desperate to see the outcome, had a growing conflict with Prussia, and war between the two countries was almost inevitable.

Although the British suppressed the French ambition to dominate the European continent, they were even more reluctant to see the Germans who had established the Holy Roman Empire achieve unity, and the emergence of a German empire was obviously a greater threat to them.

With the rise of Prussia, Bismarck was also worried about the alliance between Britain and France, and at the same time, in order to confront France, in addition to co-opting Austria-Hungary, which had just been defeated by it, he was also lobbying Russia, hoping that the Russians, who had many old grievances with Britain and France, could become the same camp as Prussia.

In the East, China, although its support for the war on the European continent was limited, he did not want to miss this extremely close ally, and if the Chinese could expel the British and French forces in the Far East, it would be a big blow to the British and French economies. Bismarck was even more reluctant to see two potential allies fight to the death to weaken the "Four Emperors' Alliance" he envisioned.

Ye Zhao, who is very clear about the history of European development, naturally knows that Bismarck's idea of the Three Emperors Alliance will definitely become the Four Emperors Alliance because of the rise of China.

An alliance with the Russians? Ye Zhao never thought about it, it was impossible, Bismarck should also know very well that the situation of Sino-Russian hegemony in the Far East is becoming more and more obvious, just like Prussia and France, war will eventually break out, unless one side takes the initiative to give up hegemony in the Far East and Central Asia.

Bismarck should have hoped that this war would break out as late as possible? Lest Prussia was in its infancy, he would have to choose between China and Russia.

Whether it is a temporary truce, Central Asia, but the Central Plains civilization has never really touched the place, it really needs to be digested and digested, and now the army is in trouble, I am afraid that it will be exploited by the British in the south.

Ye Zhao did not believe that Bismarck alone could move the Russians to stop fighting, and if the Russians did not raise troops to retaliate, at least, in this South Kazakhstan area, Bismarck would definitely promise to help him get it back from the Chinese, and maybe even added various conditions.

Well, then talk to the Russians.

Ye Zhao immediately drafted a telegram and ordered the Government Council to notify the Russian minister that he agreed to demarcate the border with him in the area of the Syr Darya River in South Kazakhstan.

(To be continued)