Outside the city of Yili, next to the Yinding Temple, the Qiang flute whimpered and the row of guns roared. In the exhibition of white flags, officers and soldiers in white clothes and black yarns mourned the robes who died here in the war last year under the guidance of the military sacrifices. Before the officers and soldiers, Wu Ya led a large number of generals to hold incense and candles and bow to the tablets of Yang Tangcheng, An Wei and other heroes.

A few miles away, tens of thousands of quasi-Hui people sat on the ground with their hands tied upside down. These people not only had prisoners of the Battle of Luntai, but also the remnants of stubborn resistance in the corner of Ili City. The captives' faces were all pale, and the suppressed sobs were incessant, which matched the atmosphere at this time.

However, they did not mourn for the heroes in red, but wept for their fate. Demon Governor Wu Ya is a murderous maniac, and he said that he would kill five million people in this life to prove his martial arts way, aren't they just used to fill in the numbers? I don't know how the Wu devil is going to fiddle with their heads today, the human head bead curtain and the human head waterfall, the human head tower and the human head house, this demon is used to playing any tricks in Nanyang and Ningxia.

It's not that they didn't think about running away or even resisting, but tens of thousands of people were divided into groups of dozens or hundreds according to their tribes, spread out in pieces, tied upside down, and could only sit on the ground, and the slightest change would be exposed. Between the crowds, Mongols, Tibetans, Kalmyks, Kazakhs, and even Japanese servants moved back and forth, closely monitoring each group.

If one tries to escape, he kills a group, and these servants are merciless, and the dozen or so corpse piles show this very clearly, each of which means the extinction of a small tribe. The rest of the tribe not only had no courage to rise up, but also kept an eye on their companions for fear of being implicated.

Although it was inevitable to die in the end, it came to this point, and it was a moment of late death. It is also a point of luck than those who die early, this is human nature.

As the ritual drew to a close, the captives were about to be disposed of, and the crowd was crying louder.

When it was disposed of, the content surprised the captives inexplicably.

There are still killings. The direct tribes of Galdan Tseling, Yarkand, Kashgar and Zhuo were led out in groups and executed by the servant army in red clothes and gray pants. The executioner wielded a slender scimitar and decapitated them one by one cleanly. These executioners shouted "drink" every time they swung their swords, and when they were done, they bowed deeply to the supervising officer, and they were actually Japanese soldiers from thousands of miles away in the East.

Nearly 2,000 people were beheaded one by one in more than half an hour. Mixed with desperate cries, begs for mercy, and cries of despair, these exterminated tribes had the highest position in the khanate, occupied the best pastures, and ruled over the richest towns. The other quasi-Hui tribes not only did not have the feeling of sadness for the death of rabbits and foxes, but even had a hint of schadenfreude.

Then the officials of the Dadu Protectorate announced that the Dzungar Khanate would be incorporated into the Anglo-Chinese, and the original towns and all minerals and rivers of the Khanate would be nationalized. The pastures and property of the disposed tribes were owned by other Dzungar tribes loyal to Yinghua, and the women left behind by the tribes were taken care of by the Dadu Protectorate and later "cared for" by the immigrants who came to settle here.

The ensuing disposition left the survivors ecstatic, and many cried tears of joy. The Metropolitan Protectorate announced that the old and weak left over from the previously killed tribes. Except for the young women, the rest were distributed to the other tribes. What does this mean? They survived!

But not all of them...... When the officials said the conditions, all the captives fell silent.

The Metropolitan Protectorate demanded that each tribe must "elect" a tenth of its people, and that this tenth bear the crimes of the tribe and save the entire tribe with their lives. Of course. The property of the victim, and the wives and children left behind, were divided among the people.

Such a disposition was very merciful to the Mongols, and the battle between the tribes was not limited to killing a tenth of the strong men. Genghis Khan's extermination standard back then: those who are higher than the wheel are killed. This is the practice of the Mongols. …,

But this order is like a steel millstone, crushing the traditions that hold the Dzungar tribes together. After a brief struggle, almost without exception, the leaders of each tribe and the rich men who owned the most cattle and sheep became "victims", and for the first time in their lives they hated their position in the face of the poor shepherds who outnumbered them. And the thought that property, wives and children should also be appropriated by the tribesmen whom they regarded as untouchable slaves. None of the "victims" showed a willingness to sacrifice themselves to preserve the noble sentiments of the entire tribe.

Scolding, reprimanding, accusing. The victims expressed their anger and hatred for their tribesmen in words, and the class contradictions of hundreds of Dzungar tribes, which had been suppressed under tradition, broke out at this moment, and quickly dissipated as two or three thousand heads fell to the ground.

Under the pile of corpses, the blood spurting from the neck of the headless corpse gathered into a gurgling stream, silently telling this short-lived, thickly compressed history.

The survivors are not without entanglements in their hearts, but also generally have guilt, even if they can obtain the family wealth, wives and children of these victims, it is difficult to fill their huge moral gap, and they are all colorless and sighing.

But when the Metropolitan Protectorate promulgated follow-up measures, a huge sense of happiness poured in, filling these gaps in an instant.

Their territory will be stripped away, but Yinghua shows them a new way out.

Brut, Aiu Khan, Bukhar Khanate, Kazakh Samyuz, and Rakshasa had colluded with the Dzungar Khanate, and the Anglo-Chinese had decided to crusade against them. These Dzungar captives can make meritorious contributions to their crimes and serve as a precursor to the expansion of the territory of Yinghua.

They will also be rewarded handsomely if they play for Yinghua. The pastures they occupy in these enemy nations will be their own, and all the spoils of war will not have to be surrendered. The Anglo-Chinese did not even collect taxes from them, and the only requirement was that each tribe must provide the Yinghua with a cavalry to serve the Anglo-Chinese conquest of these enemy countries.

"Yinghua-! Yinghua——! ”

The Dzungar people were so excited that their shouts resounded in the sky.

Wu Ya pointed to the excited crowd and said: "This is our Yinghua Cossack ......"

In April of the 23rd year of the Holy Dao, the disposal of the Dzungar Khanate by the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate not only laid the foundation for the Anglo-Chinese to effectively govern the Western Regions, but even laid the century-old foundation for the Anglo-Chinese struggle for Central Asia. The remnants of Dzungaria and some of the Hui tribes were divided into small tribes and marched towards Aiu Khan, Bukhar, Burut, and Kazakh Sanyuz in the west and Rakshasa in the north.

These tribes not only went to war, but also to find a new home for themselves, and their mixing with the Turkic tribes of Central Asia also gave birth to the future "Unqi people".

"Uenqi" means "loyalty" in Mongolian. These people, who are of Dzungar, Hui, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, and other ethnic groups, have not changed much in their individual lifestyles, but their tribal structure and culture have become so different from those of their own ethnic groups that they have become a separate category.

The old and weak women and children grazed or cultivated, and almost all the strong men joined the army, ready to be dispatched by Yinghua. They formed cavalry companies by clan. The officers at the grassroots level are all elected by themselves, and the military orders are much simpler than the regular red clothes, and they can also get the full amount of the spoils, and the battle is particularly brave.

In a way, the Uenzi have many similarities with the Rakshasa Cossacks. But because they were small tribes that were broken up into fragments, they lived only in pasture villages and towns, were divided by cities occupied by the Anglo-Chinese, and came from many ethnic groups, and did not have distinct national characteristics like the Cossacks, and were not a real race.

But like the Cossacks and Tsarist Russia, the Uenzi became a violent and destructive group in Central Asia. And Yinghua, who controls this violent group, is also like Tsarist Russia, reaping the benefits. …,

This was deliberately created by Wu Ya and his staff, so Wu Ya mentioned the Cossacks.

In terms of combat power, Wu Ya sneered at the Cossacks of the Rakshasas, but it was against the red clothes. It is precisely because of the fact that this kind of cavalry of the old era did not pose much of a threat to the Anglo-Chinese cavalry. And after Yinghua obtained the Western Regions, it was impossible to continue to put the main force to the west, and use these people to charge for Yinghua, why not.

Of course, in order to ensure the loyalty of these people to Yinghua, it is necessary to make some adjustments. Get the loot in full. Not collecting taxes is a carrot, and exterminating the core tribes before it, and even purging the original leaders of each tribe. Having the survivors surrender their names and breaking up into fragments to the west and north is a big stick.

"Use them as a precursor, responsible for expanding the territory and disrupting the original pattern of the western regions of the Western Regions. After that, immigrants, caravans, and dart boards were used to create a new pattern, and the country only had to invest a small number of troops. Coupled with political governance, the West of the Western Regions. You can get a steady start. ”

Wu Ya only said a few words, and he broke through the next strategy of the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate. The emperor and the court have already given a general plan, the main force of the army will be withdrawn from the Western Regions, but the investment will not be reduced immediately, and Wu Ya is required to continue to take the initiative to oppress Central Asia and Rakshasas. And the senators of the Metropolitan Protectorate, having studied the situation in Central Asia and found inspiration in the Cossacks of the Rakshasas, came up with such a strategy.

Wang Tanghe shook his head regretfully: "This time I let go of at least 500,000, 5 million...... I'm afraid you won't be able to make up enough in your life. ”

Wu Ya shrugged: "If you let these people out, how can you help me earn back one or two million, how many they kill will be counted on me." ”

The king and the hall are stagnant, can it still be counted like this!?

On the side, He Mengfeng joked: "In the future, immigrants from the mainland will come to the Western Regions, and they will accept a Dzungar woman, and every time they give birth to a person, it means that they will kill one Dzungar person, and this generation will be counted as one or two million!" ”

Fang Tangheng blinked and said: "The handsome forgive the sins, until now, I haven't found a satisfactory little sister in Junggar......"

The generals laughed, and Wu Ya shouted with a dark face: "Get out!" If you don't go to check the people, assign the duty to the guards, and pacify the Western Regions as soon as possible, do you really want to take root here? ”

The laughter turned high, and there was a strong longing, yes, the Western Regions were determined, and after patrolling Xuanwei again, the army was about to retreat. This is not to disarm and return to the field, but another great achievement, and all the Yinghua warriors are unwilling to give up the feat is waiting for them: the Northern Expedition!

There was also complacency in the laughter, the Dzungar Khanate was destroyed, and the country even had to adjust its military ranks to show its military exploits. Due to World War I, the military rank system was changed, and even the military system was changed, which was the first time in more than 20 years since the founding of the country.

The original title of the four generals was doubled, and they became the generals of the four armies of the champion, the Fu army, the Chinese army, and the town army, the four cavalry generals of hussars, chariot horses, guard cavalry and Xiao cavalry, and the four generals of Yulin, Long Xiang, Yingyang, and Huben.

Following Xiao Sheng, Fan Jin, Jia Hao, and Wu Ya, Zhang Hanwan, Lu Hanshan, Hu Hanshan, Luo Tangyuan, Peng Shihan, Fang Tangheng, Zhao Hanxiang, and Zheng Yong were also promoted to generals. The rank of "marshal" above the general has also been set, and the corresponding title is the general, but no one has obtained it yet, but during the Northern Expedition, maybe a general will be promoted to a general and take command of the expedition.

After the first war in the Western Regions, more than a dozen lieutenant generals popped out at once, and the original titles of Sizheng, Siping, Si'an and Sizhen generals were added, and the sixteen titles of Siding, Siwei, Sijing and Sixuan generals were added to allow for the addition of lieutenant generals. And the miscellaneous title of the major general forced the scholars of the Ministry of Rites, who were responsible for the management of the civil and military posts, racked their brains to come up.

The setting of the Sisu generals is a major change in the Anglo-Chinese military system, after the Anglo-Chinese military system was expanded into an army, division, and battalion system, the subordination relationship between military divisions and the principle of organization are still wavering. Whether it is to solidify the military system and lead the division with the army, or to solidify the division system and form the army with the division, since the decisive battle of the Yangtze River, there has been no clear explanation. …,

The Battle of the Western Regions was originally composed of divisions to form various temporary armies, and the emperor hoped to use this battle to warm up the army, but the defeat of Yinding Temple exposed the lack of coordination and poor communication between the divisions under the army. Only then did Wu Ya reorganize the army of the Western Regions with the Yulin Army, the Longxiang Army, the Shenwu Army and the Shengjie Army.

However, after this war, Wu Ya and the generals did not ask the army to return to the old way of leading divisions with the army, but found more shortcomings. For example, the scale is too large, the organization is rigid, and it is difficult to transfer other units to fight together. The generals unanimously agreed that the way forward is to regard divisions as the largest fixed establishment of the army and the army only as wartime establishments. It's just that it is necessary to strengthen the division's firepower and liaison capabilities, and take the direction of the master system.

The general headquarters under the leadership of the emperor was also exploring the construction of the military region system in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Qingning Theater, and combined with the opinions of the troops, the military system was adjusted after the war, and the military horn was abolished. Yulin and other four military titles with deep heritage and outstanding military achievements were used as the title of general[1], and at the same time, the fixed division general titles under the jurisdiction of each army were used as honorary titles. For example, the original 101st and 102nd divisions of the Yulin Army still retain the Yulin logo on the epaulettes and military flags, and are called "Left Division of the Janissary Yulin" and "Right Division of the Janissary Yulin".

The change of military rank and military system is a follow-up matter, the twenty-third year of the Holy Road, after the pacification of the Western Regions, the North Tianshan Road was set up as Tianbei Province, and the South Road was Tiannan Province, and the scope covered by the term Western Regions was also expanded from the north and south roads of the Tianshan Mountains in the past to the entire Central Asian region including Persia.

After the establishment of the two provinces, the imperial court issued an extremely attractive reclamation policy in accordance with the overseas immigration regulations, which attracted a large number of immigrants from the interior. Directly send 30 to 100 acres of land, no tax per mu within 10 years, reduce or exempt most of the local commercial taxes, and provide preferential loans.

A large number of immigrants from Shaanxi and Gansu came in to settle and colonize along the fortress line built before the Western Regions, and the original towns such as Hami and Turpan expanded rapidly, and military fortresses such as Luntai also quickly grew into prosperous cities, and the small fortresses along the route even became village and town centers.

Wu Ya certainly did not expect that the fortress line he had established for the conquest of the Western Regions would become the main artery of the great development of the Western Regions in the future.

Of course, in March and April of the twenty-third year of the Holy Dao, Wu Ya could not have thought so far, although he had already mentioned the retreat of the army, but as the protector of the Western Regions, he must also keep a firm eye on the Western Regions, at this time, the red-clothed Yuejia army on the south road of the Tianshan Mountains was approaching Kashgar on one side, and marched towards the Green Ridge on the other, and the dragoon army headquarters also advanced to the east of the Ilcaitu Mountain and Balkash Pool (Balkhash Lake), and the end of the battle of the Western Regions was still very long.

In the Weiyang Palace in Tokyo, Li Xi faced the courtiers of the palace, with a satisfied smile on his face: "We are double happy, Wu Motou pacified the Western Regions, and Jia Bodhisattva forced the Mughal Dynasty to cede the princely state of Bengal in Tianzhu, and the West is lucky!" ”

There was a buzz in the hall, but many courtiers replied: "Your Majesty, what about the Central Plains in the north?" ”

Li Yan stroked his beard and said, "Don't worry, don't worry......"

He said with emotion: "Why don't I want to go on the Northern Expedition? But...... Ladies and gentlemen, ask yourself, am I really ready for the country? ”

The words echoed in the hall, and questions and scrutiny were also tumbling in the hearts of everyone.

[End of this volume]