"The Slavs will not, and cannot be, bow their heads to a herd of yellow-skinned monkeys. @我们的军队正在胜利的道路上前进着.

Yes.

On the southern Xinjiang road, General Velevkin's troops have already taken half of Kashgar.

On the Xinjiang North Road, a new and powerful reinforcement is coming, or has already arrived, the town of Chelik, and Liu's army will be defeated, and he will bow his head under the banner of the double-headed eagle and beg for surrender......"

Yevgeny. Karlovich. Bützer was impassioned in front of the Ali Kingdom and the Guards. Because he knew that even if he clearly stated the latest rescue plan of the Russian army on the battlefield on the North Road, the news would be far from reaching Liu Xian in time. There are no wires in Xinjiang!

"But even then, your asking price is too high." Willis continued to play his soy sauce. With the Russians, the United States does not have the slightest conflict of interest. Compared with Britain, which was determined to contain the Russians, the United States was in a more mediating position in this negotiation than a pure broker.

And that's all, it's enough for Wei Lianshi to earn a high impression score in the hearts of the Qing court.

"If you really defeat Liu on the battlefield, then the areas west of the Khorgos River and north and south of the Ili River can be assigned to you, but the rest of the places must be taken back by the Chinese."

You can set up additional consuls in Suzhou and Turpan, but not in Jiayuguan, Kobdo, Uriya Sutai, Hami, Urumqi, and Gucheng. "The British Empire would not allow the whole of Northern Xinjiang, along with Mongolia to be eaten by the Russians.

Yevgeny. Karlovich. Butzer's head shook like a plucked drum, and his mouth kept saying 'no, no'. Southern Xinjiang is close to Tibet. There was also a part of the territory of the British, and in order not to provoke the British, Russia could not enter it for the time being. But the northern frontier. It really was seen by the Russians as a piece of meat in their bowl.

St. Petersburg had a much looser breath before. However, with the breakthrough of the Southern Route Army in southern Xinjiang and the Kazakh cavalry raised by the Orenburg Governorate, the Tsar's tone immediately returned to its initial toughness. I have made up my mind to eat the northern frontier in one bite!

This is very much in line with Butzer's thoughts. Moreover, it is impossible for him, a small minister to China, to go against the wishes of St. Petersburg. No matter what Ali Guo said, he just didn't want to take an inch back.

"You have sent troops to the North Road battlefield many times, but they have been defeated by General Liu one by one. Hopefully this time. The Russian Army was able to do so. ”

"Of course, dear sir. The soldiers of Russia are endless. The previous failures were only due to contempt. Liu is a good general, but his strength is too weak......"

Things can't go on. Ali Guo picked up his top hat and prepared to leave, but there was not the slightest expression of atmosphere on his face. Diplomacy is never a simple matter, and there is a lot of time to argue. If he was furious at the slightest setback, he would never be where he is today.

The negotiating session resumed the next day. With an arrogant face, Bützer threw the resolution to Yi? opposite. "Your Royal Highness. His Majesty the Tsar did not allow his legitimate demands to be persistently ignored. You and your Government are invited to make a decision within 10 days. Peace or war. Otherwise, the Russian warriors will sweep the entire north and south of Xinjiang. ”

The attitude is categorical. Just as he just said: peace, or war!

Abundant? Qi's forehead was bruised, and he pinched his right hand of the resolution, and his five fingers turned white. But so what? The unfavorable battle situation on the South Road in Xinjiang, and Bu Ce is now confident, let Yi? I don't have any hope for the war on the Xinjiang North Road. But partially. Now he can only pray for Liu Xian to create another miracle!

Southern Xinjiang has been defeated, and northern Xinjiang has been defeated again. The general trend is really irreversible.

At that time, Beijing will have to rely entirely on the British to confront Russia. Even if this can reverse the disadvantage of the negotiations, and negotiate a better treaty with the Russians. How much do you have to pay to the British?

These foreigners are all unprofitable and can't afford to be early.

There is no pie in the sky, and there is no free lunch in the world. Dealing with foreigners, this sentence is a real wise saying.

Ali Guo and Wei Lianshi are 'neutral'. When the war situation in Xinjiang is completely dominated by the Qing army, they will take the initiative to help earn the impression points of the Qing government, and take the opportunity to deduct a little more meat from the Qing government.

But just like that? Thinking the same, now that the Russians have the upper hand in the Xinjiang war, Ali Guo, Wei Lianshi, and especially Ali Guo will see an opportunity to bite off a piece of the Qing government's meat.

Abundant? The situation is more difficult than ever.

"Hahaha, what about His Royal Highness, just a bunch of yellow-skinned monkeys. Bow your head before the wise and noble Mr. Bützer. Back at the legation, Buse was very proud. At the negotiating table today, he insulted Yi and the entire Qing government. This made him very proud of a man who only had a low-level knighthood.

"Little Bren, give me a drink. Today is a wonderful day. ”

The triumphant Butzer stood in front of the window with his wine glass twisted, the sun in March [Western calendar] was so beautiful, compared to the humble days in Moscow and Siberia, he loved Beijing to death.

"Didi ......"

At this time, a telegram was being received by the staff of the Great Northern Telegraph Company.

The caller was from Russia, and the reporter was naturally from Russia. The Great Northern Telegraph Company is also known as the "Danguo Great Northern Telegraph Company". It is a telecommunications organization jointly established in China by Danish, Norwegian, British, Tsarist Russia and other multinational capitals. A number of submarine power lines have been laid from Shanghai to Hong Kong, Shanghai to Nagasaki, Nagasaki to Vladivostok, and Shanghai to Tianjin.

"Oh God, this can't be!"

The staff of the Great Northern Telegraph Company could not all be mere clerks. Some secret telegrams had to be sent by special clerks in person. There are some such clerks in Shanghai and Tianjin, the only telegraph offices in China.

Now it was the Russian telegraph operator who was exclaiming. After translating the message according to the codebook, this Slav really had a feeling of madness.

"Prepare the carriage. I need to see His Excellency Buse immediately. The Russian leader of the Tianjin Dabei Telegraph Company left the telegraph office in a hurry. And his panicked look and the telegram that had come before. It immediately attracted the attention of its British counterparts.

Two Englishmen stood on the second floor and watched him get into the carriage and watch it hurry westward.

"Harry, it seems that something is happening in Russia......"

"Yes. It feels a little familiar......

Both men narrowed their eyes. Suddenly. They all seemed to think of something, and looked at each other: "When the Russians lost the battle the first two times—"

"God forbid. That's big news. ”

"Oh, is Russia going to lose all the face of the white race? Chinese It's time to go crazy again......"

……

Almaty.

Liu Xian, who left a month ago, is back. He had not only 1,000 cavalry, but also 2,000 infantry and 20 cannons. For Almaty, the only militia that has also lost seventy-seven or eighty-eight, this is an irresistible force.

However, Liu Xian did not storm Almaty, he only used artillery to tell the Russians every day: immediately retreat from southern Xinjiang and withdraw from Chinese land.

Otherwise he would have taken Almaty. And then all the way to Tashkent.

It is believed that all the towns in the Turkestan Governorate cannot withstand the attack of 3,000 cavalry.

St. Petersburg was stunned. They were stunned by the message from Turkestan.

Three thousand Kazakh cavalry surrendered, and Kaufman led the Russian army to force a breakthrough. Annihilated.

The Chinese do not confront the Russian army that broke through at all, they follow behind the Russian army, taking advantage of the cavalry, just the knife that cuts the bone. The flesh and blood of the Russian army under one knife after another. After four days and three nights of fighting, the Russian army that broke through collapsed as a whole.

Russian Army General, Konstantin. Petrovich. Kaufman committed suicide by drinking bullets. More than a thousand Slavic soldiers became prisoners of the Chinese.

Liu Xian has already opened four Russian prisoner of war camps in Yili, and it is far from enough now.

After completely solving the threat of the Russian army, Liu Xian escorted the prisoners back to Ili with a small number of troops, brought 3,000 cavalry, all with two horses, and killed Almaty again in less than three days.

This time. Almaty is no longer a militia of thousands of soldiers, relying on strong city defenses against more than a thousand cavalry troops. Rather, it was 3,000 cavalry with artillery support. Against the Slavic militia of less than five hundred people. Moreover, the cavalry of the expeditionary army also took two batteries outside Almaty without difficulty. Liu Xian didn't need to wave his troops to attack. He only needs to keep firing artillery into the city of Almaty every day to drive the people of the city crazy.

Almaty was defenseless in front of Liu Xian. It is the fish meat on the sticky board, which is at the mercy of Liu Xian.

This is a dead end for the Russian army.

Almaty's significance is too heavy, and its loss represents the loss of Russian control over the Seven Rivers Oblast, and the upheavals can even shake Russian rule in the Turkestan Governorate.

And again, there were six or seven thousand Slavs there. Russia cannot afford to do nothing.

Of course, if Russia is determined to fight the Qing Dynasty and provoke a full-scale war, then the gains and losses of Almaty will not be nothing. Now, isn't Russia not ready to start fighting?

On the condition that he would not attack Almaty, Liu Xian let the Russian army in southern Xinjiang completely withdraw from the Chinese border, and the asking price was quite measured.

+++++++

In the ninth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, on the seventh day of the third month, the Sino-Russian "Ili Treaty" was signed.

1. The Russian army fully withdrew from the Chinese territory [Southern Xinjiang], and China returned all the captured prisoners of war of the Russian army.

2. Russian businessmen are still tax-free in Mongolia, but they are temporarily exempt from paying taxes in Xinjiang's cities, and Russian businessmen are allowed to trade in Suzhou, and the goods brought into the place by Russia will be reduced by one-third according to the old practice. 3. Russia may set up an additional consul in Suzhou. The Russian consular officer has the right to "openly investigate" and deal with a Russian incident in China with the Chinese magistrate.

4. Residents of Kashgarli who wish to move to Russia and become Russian citizens shall be allowed to do so and shall not be hindered by Chinese officials.

+++++++

After three years of tasting ice and snow, and fighting hard for thousands of miles, Liu Xian has made great contributions to the country. For the first time in his life, he set foot in Urumqi and met with the current Ili general Li Yunlin [the white flag of the Han army]. Looking at Dong Fuxiang's dedication to the head of Tuo Ming, Liu Xian knew that his tasks in Xinjiang were all completed.

It's just that I'm afraid that none of the people who rushed or pushed the boat down the river to press themselves into Xinjiang would have thought that today's result would be such a great result, right?

I won't be in Xinjiang for long. However, after recovering a large area of rivers and mountains, at least 70,000 square kilometers of land were retained, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty lost more than 5 million taels of silver in foreign compensation, what is the regret? (To be continued......) R527