Since Liu's victory in the battle of the Abu River, the factors that have prevented Xinjiang from returning to the Beijing system in its entirety have dropped from first place to second place, or even third place.

He now has no more weight in the eyes of Beijing than in Urumqi!

Tsarist Russia and the British Empire are the two biggest obstacles to the complete recovery of Xinjiang today.

If it weren't for the memorabilia delivered by Liu Xian, Beijing would never have imagined that Xinjiang, far inland, would have intervened in the British. Just like the Empress Dowager Cixi said, with tens of thousands of foreign guns and dozens of foreign cannons, no matter how important people are, they know how much the British value Agubai.

Of course, apart from the British, the Empress Dowager Cixi was able to clearly see the threat of the Russians, and this vision was really very rare in the Manchurian Dynasties. In 1869, the Russians had not yet occupied Ili.

"Liu Xian was really lucky to win the battle of the Abu River!"

Before this summons, the people who said this sentence with emotion were not only Prince Gong and Zeng Guofan, but also the four Manchu and Han military planes of the Military Aircraft Department and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces herself.

I think that when the British and French troops entered Beijing nine years ago, the army was always less than 10,000 people.

Tsarist Russia is a hungry wolf in the north, and the British are tigers in the east, and the Manchus and Qing will never dare to offend. In particular, the British, who have the world's largest national strength, only beat the Manchus nine years ago, and even if they offended the Russians, the eight people present did not dare to offend the British.

Therefore, Liu Xianam's twist and turn, unless people outside the Military Aircraft Department are necessary or their status is high enough, few people know the content of it.

As for the British intervention in Xinjiang affairs, they have the right to make no mistake.

This kind of strategy of 'covering up their ears and stealing the bell' is almost enough for the British, who are not strong enough in Central Asia. But what about Tsarist Russia? The Russians have been operating in Central Asia for a hundred or two hundred years, and they have always coveted it. They, the Manchus, can't get around no matter how much they don't know.

In October of the third year of Tongzhi, the Manchu Qing Dynasty signed the "Sino-Russian Treaty on the Survey and Demarcation of the Northwest Boundary" under the pressure of Tsarist Russia, which is the best proof of this.

On the side of the Dongnuan Pavilion, a map of Xinjiang was hung there early. Hami and Balikun in the east of northern Xinjiang, Tacheng and Wusu in the west, and Khotan and Yarkand in southern Xinjiang have all been wiped with the Ming and yellow maps representing the Qing Dynasty.

Aguba's printing color is red, covering the remaining five cities of the seven cities in southern Xinjiang, such as Kashgar, Kucha, and Aksu, but light red is deliberately used in Karasar to indicate the difference. Because there are four banners of the old Turgot South Road and three flags of Heshuot Middle Road.

Ili uses blue to represent Abutla, and the rest of the northern frontier uses green to represent Tuoming.

The location of the country of Kokand is also deliberately marked on the side, which is represented by an orange color that is similar to red. Then there is the northwest direction, later Pakistan, now Greater India, which uses purple to represent Britain. and finally Tsarist Russia, which encompasses most of the Xinjiang border, is indicated in black.

Prince Gong and the five people looked at each other, and this map clearly marked all the forces involved in Xinjiang.

The gaze of six people and five pairs of eyes finally focused on Zeng Guofan.

To be honest, whether it is Prince Gong or the other four ministers of the Military Aircraft Department, they are far from Zeng Guofan in terms of military strategy. If Zeng Guofan hadn't been present today, and only the five people from the Military Aircraft Department were here to discuss, there would have been no reason to come at all.

These five have not been trained on the battlefield and do not have military power in their hands, which can be said to be the biggest factor in the rapid decline of the Military Aircraft Department from the peak of the Qing court in the next 30 years.

"Empress Dowager, Liu Junmen won the battle of the Abu River, and Agubai has nothing to worry about. Although Liu Junmen did not say anything big on the fold, the old minister dared to vouch for him, and it would be no problem for the expeditionary army to sweep away Agubai within this year. ”

Prince Gong frowned and didn't feel picked. What does Zeng Guofan mean by this? The remaining four Manchu and Han military planes saluted one after another, what does it mean? Is it to show merit or find faults?

The Empress Dowager Cixi silently stroked the armor cover on her hand.

However, without giving Prince Gong and Empress Dowager Cixi a chance to think about it, Zeng Guofan changed his words and said: "Although the Tuming troops in Northern Xinjiang are numerous, they have many mountains under their banner, and the people's hearts are scattered and uneven, otherwise they will not be untenable in Yili." This person has never interacted with the Russians, has no foreign arms, and the armament of his department is like that of the green battalion when the bandits first started, and the firearms should either be forged by themselves or seized all the troops of the northern Xinjiang battalion, so there is no need to worry. After Liu Junmen leveled southern Xinjiang, the elite soldiers waved their troops to the north, and only 5,000 troops were needed to cross thousands of miles. ”

"Among the old ministers, Xinjiang's difficulties lie in Yili. If the Russians want to enter Xinjiang, they must go to the Ili River Valley. Under the pretext of helping our dynasty to exterminate the bandits, he occupied Ili, and with the strength of Liu Junmen's troops, he could face an enemy in every difficulty.

The Queen Mother might as well have drafted a will for Liu Junmen in advance, asking him to be patient if he really encounters such a situation. Just put aside Ili first, and after the division is destroyed, then talk about Ili with the Russians. ”

Contrary to everyone's expectations, Zeng Guofan stood neutral in the Xinjiang war situation, and he did not seem to want to stab Liu Xian as he did at the beginning.

Just like today, the two palaces summoned the five ministers of the Military Aircraft Department and Zeng Guofan, it was indeed a big embarrassment for Zeng Guofan from the outside. But when the real duet was played, he was friendly to Zeng Guofan, and there was no sign of retaliation at all.

This is the wisdom of the political zhì.

Zeng Guofan returned to Xianliang Temple, and the invitations on the desk were already piled up more than a foot high. In the past, he would have largely ignored it, but this time it was different. The Beijing official is the most snobbish, and now that the reputation of the Xianghuai family is declining, he must come forward to meet with the many princes and ministers of the Beijing division to show that the prestige of Xianghuai is undiminished.

But he thought about the reward between the imperial court and Liu Xian during today's performance, and it was quite a bad feeling in his heart.

Zeng Guofan, he is not a sage, this kind of slap in the face, he would never want to do it.

Mid-May. The decree of Beijing has been handed down to Hanzhong. After Liu Xian was posthumously awarded the title of Zhongxian Doctor and his mother was posthumously awarded the title of Gongren, his grandfather and grandmother were also posthumously awarded the title of Zhongxian Doctor and Gongren.

Although this thing is all false, in such a small county town as Chenggu and in the entire state capital of Hanzhong, it is one of the few honors. You can remember it in the local chronicles!

At the same time, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Hubei each allocated 100,000 taels of silver into Hanzhong.

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Outside the city of Kashgar.

Hanzhong's honor and benefits have not yet reached southern Xinjiang in a short period of time. At this time, Liu Xian still focused on Kashgar Huicheng. When he can take this place, when he can catch Aguba in the city, when he will be able to remove a piece of his heart disease.

……

There are settled people, and the appearance of the castle is inevitable.

The earliest original record of the ancient city of Kashgar was made by Zhang Qian, the Marquis of Bowang in the Western Han Dynasty. The city of Shule that Zhang Qian saw was already quite large-scale at that time, as if it were an international market on the Silk Road.

With the passage of time, the ancient city of Shule has long been submerged in the dust of history. Today's Kashgar, the Kashgar Huicheng in Liu Xian's mouth, was built by Apak Hoga in the northeast of Semanzhuang in the early Qing Dynasty. The city wall is not round and not square, more than three miles and seven minutes around, two gates in the east and west, and one door on each side of the southwest side. It covers an area of only 320 acres (about 0.2 square kilometers). It was not until the Qianlong period that the Manchu Qing Dynasty completely consolidated its rule in Xinjiang, and set up the Kashgar Counselor's Office in the city.

As the political, economic, cultural, and religious center south of the Tianshan Mountains, Kashgar City began a very rapid road to rejuvenation. First of all, the population exploded, with nearly 15,000 inhabitants in the city.

After the Zhanger Rebellion was quelled, the Manchu Qing Dynasty presided over the construction of a new Kashgar Han City (now Shule County) in the Halahai area southeast of the old city of Kashgar. Emperor Daoguang issued an edict to give the name "Huiwu", which was written in Manchu, Mongolian, Han and indigenous languages. The Manchu and Han officers and merchants in the original old city all moved to the new city.

The circumference of this city is eight miles and six minutes, three zhang high, there are 25 forts, 745 battlements, the area is more than twice as large as the old city, about 1700 acres. Although the old and new cities were separated, they were still collectively called Kashgar at that time. The new city is mainly inhabited by Manchu and Han officials and people, and is known as Kashgar Hancheng, and the local aborigines call it "Yingnaxihaier" (i.e., "Xincheng"); The indigenous language of the old city is called "Kona Xiehaier" (that is, "old city"), in which many believers of the true god are inhabited, and it is also called Kashgar Hui City.

Four years ago. After the failure of his first attack on Yarkand, Aguba set out to deal with the Qing officers and soldiers who had been besieged for a year in the city. At that time, Kui Ying, the deputy minister of Kashgar, decided to fight to the death. The garrison He Buyun secretly opened the city gate and surrendered to Agubai. Kui Ying and a group of Qing army generals swore not to surrender, and after the defeat in the street battle, Kui Ying personally detonated the stockpile of gunpowder, and everyone went to the fire to harm themselves. The victims included Kui Ying's wife Yu, Zi Yujun, and Sun Lingjing, and dozens of people including Fu Zhu Ling'a, the co-organizer, and his wife Niu Shi, Zi Yingjun, Yingmin, and Yingzhi.

Agubai occupied Seoul, set up arson, and plundered Yin for seven days, and countless Manchu and Han officials and civilians died. The remaining more than 1,000 Qing officers and soldiers, as well as unarmed women and children, were forced to convert to the True God Cult and were spared. In order to stabilize these descendants, Agu Bai not only gave He Buyun a generous reward, but also married He Buyun's daughter to marry him.

But He Buyun, a villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and who is fierce and inward-looking, is simply impossible to follow Agubai all the way to the dark. Before Liu Xian conquered Ingishal, he sent someone to contact him. Later, when Agu Bai recruited his troops to defend the city of Kashgar, He Buyun directly raised the anti-flag.

Kashgar New City is only a dozen miles away from the old city, and if Liu Xian arrives in Kashgar, he will directly enter here, so you can imagine how much threat it will pose to the old city. Not to mention the influence on the morale of the military.

Aguba was furious and sent troops to storm the new city. But the eldest son Burke, who was responsible for defending Ingishal. Huli Burke was too weak, and less than three days after He Buyun raised his troops, the news that Ingishal was conquered by the expeditionary army reached Kashgar.

Knowing that the Qing army was coming, He Buyun gritted his teeth this time and did not surrender again. He led more than 800 defenders, defended the city during the day and attacked at night, until Liu Xian's light cavalry broke into Kashgar, and Agu Bai was broken and collected. R1152