At the end of April of the fifth year of Tongzhi, that is, in June of 1866 in the Western calendar, Agubai attacked Yarkand for the third time, and Residing sent the general Ishaq to lead troops to rescue, plus the original Aqim Berkeniyaz troops in Yarkand, as well as many local scattered and chaotic troops, Yarkand gathered a total of more than 20,000 people, which was enough to resist. But he didn't want Nyaz to secretly communicate with Aguba and leak the intelligence of the coalition forces. Aguba inflicted heavy damage on the coalition forces with an ambush. Seeing that there was no hope of victory, Ishak and the leaders of the local rebels surrendered one after another, and Yarkand was finally owned by Aguba.

At the end of the year, after eliminating the imminent threat, Aguba began his march into Khotan. In order to avoid excessive losses in military strength, Ibibullah in Khotan was still very powerful. Aguba first sent someone to inform Ibibula, saying that he only wanted to visit the saint's mausoleum, Uruk Maza, and had no other intentions. Habibullah, a true theological believer with no brains, thought that Aquba was as religious as himself, and went out of the city to meet him himself. In this way, where would Aguba be polite, imprison him on the spot, and quickly wave his troops to occupy Khotan. The local forces of Khotan and the rebel army under Ibibulla rebelled desperately after discovering that they had been deceived, and Aguba also ruthlessly launched a killing spree, and in January, the entire elite area of western Khotan was covered in blood and reduced to ruins.

Kaqiang Burke burst into tears when he spoke of what happened to tens of thousands of people in western Khotan, and eighty percent of the people of Khotan were killed by Aguba in this massacre. Liu Xian carefully watched every change in the expression of this little Burke, and felt that what he said was true, and his hatred for Agu Bai, who slaughtered the entire western part of Khotan, was also sincere. The development and evolution of the situation is logical and reasonable!

And if the person in front of him is really a liar, Liu Xian can only say that he admires when he is trapped. This kind of acting skills, when he was put before he crossed over, was completely an Oscar professional actor.

Three days later, Liu Xian, who was accompanied by 500 cavalry, met Ibibullah's youngest son, Abduli, at the foot of Mount Aliara.

"Sinners have seen the military lord." As expected, Abduli, who was born in an indigenous aristocratic family, can also speak Chinese, but it is a little stiff and the taste is a little awkward.

Liu Xian did not put on an amiable appearance, and looked at the ants from above, which made Abduli and several of his subordinates tremble and feel uneasy. It is a capital crime for them to commit a desperate crime, and Ibibula is already dead, but the sins of hundreds of Manchu and Han battalion soldiers who died in Khotan, as well as the ministers of affairs and the ministers of the team leaders, cannot be eliminated. In Liu Xian's original plan, he didn't let go of the rest of Ibibra's calculations at all, and the current Abduli and others should have been liquidated.

Now because of the changing situation, Liu Xian is ready to take Abduli for his own use, but he doesn't plan to give him a good look, let alone treat him very favorably.

Not dying is already the greatest favor for him.

Abduli knelt on the ground tamely, holding his breath and listening to Liu Xian's movements. He knew in his heart that Liu Xian could use himself, but the power of the Ibibra family was really gone, and the role of these people behind him was actually not much lower than his own. But for the sake of a glimmer of life for himself and the descendants of his family, he didn't dare to resist at all. He only knelt on the ground and fell after listening. The tension and worry in my heart can be imagined.

Liu Xian just didn't speak for a while, but Abduli felt like a long, long time had passed. Beads of sweat the size of beans dripped down his forehead.

"Abduli." Liu Xian dismounted and walked in front of Abduli, and his tall body was like a shadow on the top of Abduli's head. "The sins of your father are unforgivable. Although your father is dead, it does not mean that the sins of your family are gone. I will give you this opportunity to atone for your sins today, to lead the army, whether you can make meritorious service and atone for your sins, it depends on your own ability! ”

Abdul Tears, since Khotan was baptized in blood, he fled east with some remnants of the wolf bèi, and lived in the Aryara Mountains, and Abduli's whole life will be gone. It's like the sky is falling, and there is no future or hope in sight. And now, Liu Xian's words have refilled the collapsed sky in his world.

"Please rest assured. Abdul was crushed to pieces and atoned for the sins of his family. ”

Abdul is not alone, he has two sons, a daughter, and he has a nephew and a niece. His tears today are not only for himself, but also for the descendants of his family to live openly and honestly in the world again. From a rebellion in the Qing Dynasty to a deferential and good citizen.

"How many of you are now? How many horses are there? What about material armaments? ”

"There are a total of 357 people, but there are 300 people who can fight on horses, more than 560 horses, and 144 sheep......

The people in this dilapidated camp in Ariana are either friends and relatives of the Ibibra family, or the most loyal of the hardcores. The weapons were simple, only sabers and a small number of bows and arrows, and a few muskets, but not a single barrel of gunpowder. The property of the whole cluster, apart from more than 500 horses and about 100 sheep, is the wheat field at the foot of the mountain that has been cultivated since last year. Life is really miserable.

If it weren't for Liu Xian's killing, Abduli's men and horses would either have embarked on the road of armed plunder, or slowly disappeared in hardship. It probably won't take three years, and it's a bit of a tough place. No amount of loyalty can stop the erosion of time!

Unless this group of people is as loyal to the Ibibula family as the faith of the army that climbed the snowy mountains and crossed the meadows and traveled 25,000 miles.

Ahabayi, Zingrik, Andeyue, Yatungus, Niya......

With Abduli as the lead, Liu Xian's next journey was really smooth to home. Several important towns in eastern Khotan, although small in scale, are inhabited by people like Kaqiang. Of course, a huge part of the people will have strong hostility towards Aguba, just like the little Burke who is stuck in the wall, but there are hundreds of people of all kinds, and all of them can ensure that there is not a single greedy person in it? It only takes two fast horses to gallop to Kledia, and the news of Liu Xian's troops and Khotan will quickly spread throughout the entire southern Xinjiang! And the prepared Agu Bai army can obviously cause more trouble to Liu Xian.

And it was with Abduli, who communicated with the Berke and clan leaders in various places, let the people inside the five cities supervise each other, and put an end to the possibility of someone secretly reporting to the Agubai army, Liu Xian was able to lead the troops into a place only two hundred miles away from Krediya, and the Agubo army in Klediya City did not notice it at all.

In addition, Abduli contacted the cities, and Liu Xian used real money to sell enough food from the natives of each city to support the troops, which was the greatest help to Liu Xian's subordinates. More than the previous one.

You must know that Zuo Zongtang's rebellion against Agubai, the biggest trouble is the food problem, which is bigger than the trouble of guns and arms. The first thing the Chu army that marched into Xinjiang one by one was not to attack westward, but to reclaim the wasteland and cultivate the land. Even in order to raise enough military rations to support the army's attack, Zuo Zongtang had to buy grain from the Russians with a lot of money. The grain that arrived in the Chu camp was stolen by the Russians from Ili again!

It's a fire in the belly.

The reason why Liu Xianam's expeditionary army went all the way to Xinjiang safely and did not have to worry about food was because in Qinghai, where he passed, the large and small Mongolian and Tibetan tribes obediently bowed their heads in front of the soldiers and munitions of the expeditionary army, and one after another flocks of sheep and horses were all exchanged for Liu Xianam's arms. Moreover, no matter how barren Qinghai is, there is no war between the various tribes, and each tribe has a surplus. It's not like Gansu where ruins and messes are everywhere, and the people's livelihood has withered after years of fighting, not to mention supporting the grain and grass of the Chu army, even the local people themselves can't take care of it. Moreover, at that time, the whole of North China was in the midst of a 'Ding Chou Strange Famine', and it was only natural that the Chu army was in short supply of military food.

Liu Xian relied on the 'buying' of various tribes in Qinghai and came all the way to Xinjiang. And his initial strategy for Xinjiang was to eat the enemy with blood. In other words, killing and looting.

Now that the Khotanese incident has changed, Huairou is the time for Liu Xian to win the hearts of the local people, and if he can do it, he naturally does not want to spoil this great opportunity. The emergence and effectiveness of Abdul is entirely important in the nature of 'filling the domestic gap'.

"Your Excellency. There are two other small towns in the middle from Nia to Krediya. One was Abra and the other was Lagogan, both with a small garrison. The total number of rebels including Kledia was only four or five hundred. ”

After many days of marching with the army, Abduli clearly saw the difference between Liu's army and the local soldiers and horses in Xinjiang. The former had strict military discipline and were forbidden. The latter is lazy and lazy, and is a rabble in comparison. Although he hadn't really seen what Liu Xian's troops were like in battle, he felt in his heart that this was an absolutely strong army. Undoubtedly!

"Take your men and take the two small cities in the middle for me." Liu Xian's eyes narrowed, the virtual map clearly showed the location of Abra and Lagogan, the number of people was indeed not much, and the two cities together were not as many as Niya. Abdul had 300 men and horses, so it should be easy to take two places. And he did this so that Abra and Lagogan could escape, and spread the news of Abduli's infestation to Klediya, believing that by that time, the defeated rebels stationed in Klediya would come out to attack Abduli! Then Liu Xian can stew it with a spoonful, and the army can easily get those Kledia of it!

There are not many food reserves in the army, after all, they are only a few small cities with a few hundred people, just like the villages in the Central Plains, how much surplus grain can there be? Counting livestock, it's not worth mentioning. If he still needs to leave some of the follow-up main forces along the way, there will be even less food to stay in the army.

"In five days, bring me the men of Klediya—"

Abdul Departed with a pegasus in excitement. This is the hope of their family's resurgence! As long as Liu Xian was willing to let him lead the troops to contribute, instead of just comforting the place, Abduli felt that the future was so bright. At least, Liu Xian opened that road to him! R1152