Chapter 841: Tsarist Russia Enters the War
Standing on the sea ship and watching the Qing State build in the middle of the war, perhaps this ridiculous behavior was the only way for the commanders and ministers of Britain and Russia to comfort themselves.
After Yang Meng returned to Jinkou, there were more and more British and Russian warships on the sea at the construction site of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and they showed no signs of moving, but many people stood on the deck with monoculars every day to look at the construction site here.
"Alas...... Cheng also telegram defeat also telegram! Maybe these people can't find a way to cry after they get the war situation in the northwest, right?
Enjoy the condescension of the present! In the future, there will be no such time!
Inform the northwest, speed up the speed to clean up the British army in Afghanistan, send the people of the Three Khanates to plot against the Kazakhs, and prepare for war with Tsarist Russia with all their might.
Prepare for the car and return to Beijing! ”
If the British and Russian commanders knew the war situation in the northwest, maybe they would not have watched the drama so leisurely, how much the role of the telegraph in the war, people who have not experienced it will not know, although the telegraph was used in the Crimean War, but Britain, France and Russia did not have the advantage of real-time war reports as clear as Yang Meng.
Zuo Jigao's speed of cleaning up the four khanates in the northwest is definitely the fastest speed in the world, and when Tsarist Russia finds out that it is not good, I am afraid that the war will burn to the mainland, and the Tsarist Russia, Yang Meng never thought that the first war would be successful, and the war of annihilation in three to five years is just a minimum prediction, and if this war is not good, it will last for more than ten years.
The war against Tsarist Russia can be said to be a reckless militarism, and the next few years. The people of the Qing Dynasty are about to suffer. Sustain a war of millions of people. Even though Yang Meng put a lot of thought into food, in the next few years, the people of the Qing Dynasty still had to struggle with hunger.
The national strength of the Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia is about the same, although the cash and silver in Yang Meng's hands are enough to support such a war, but the demand for gold and silver in such a war is very small, and food, materials, and supplies are much more useful than gold and silver.
There was an all-out war with Tsarist Russia, with Britain and France supporting Tsarist Russia behind the scenes. It was expected, and after the war report in the northwest arrived in Jinkou, it was inevitable that England would bow its head, and the war between the Qing Dynasty and the British and French coalition forces was finally dragged into the quagmire not by Britain and France, but by Tsarist Russia, the unlucky bastard.
Fighting for population, national strength, and consumption is the theme of this war, and there is no shortcut at all.
The tolerance of the people to war is limited, and there are millions of people on the front line. Tens of millions of men and horses in the rear had to serve the war, and the Qing Dynasty did not have enough national strength. Yang Meng didn't want to bear such a war alone, guns and materials, Yang Meng could contribute, but the huge military salary still needed money from the imperial court, and the court's financial source was taxation, although the demand for gold and silver in this war was not large, but the military expenditure required was not small, about billions or billions of taels of silver, right?
Although these silver are all circulated in the Qing Dynasty, someone must come out, right? Yang Meng did not continue the task of the Qing Dynasty, and it was his task to fundamentally destroy the Qing Dynasty, but it was also necessary to maintain the Qing Dynasty's national honor in the near future and let the Qing court bear the burden of splitting Tsarist Russia, and the new country must not bear the notoriety of aggression!
Yang Meng's general plan against Tsarist Russia, the left mule is very clear, although he does not support the national war between the Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia, but the left mule in the northwest cannot control the overall situation at all.
Not to mention Yang Laosan's veins in the army, but a second Du family is not a character that the left mule can deal with casually, the three khanates of Central Asia, very easy to conquer, basically where the army goes, it has to surrender, and the number of people killed is limited, and the Afghan side is not much different, the British stationed in Afghanistan, even with the English mainland and the local army of Afghanistan are only tens of thousands, send an army of 50,000 people, and easily reorganize the political situation in Afghanistan, and now the left mule has to face the choice of how to deal with Kazakhstan.
Although Kazakhstan is a subject country of the Qing Dynasty, it was also a few decades ago, and now Kazakhstan is a serious land of Tsarist Russia.
Fortunately, on the Tsarist side of Russia, the left mule was given space to operate, for the rule of the Kazakhs, the Tsarist side was also mainly exploitative, most of the population of the Kazakhs were nomadic for a living, and the nomadic gains were not very rich, during this time, the Tsarist side was also frequently warned, and the heavy taxes also made many Kazakhs unbearable, bribing the Kazakh people, letting them defect, and the Tsarist Russian army was the first to enter the three khanates of Central Asia, that is, the division sought by the left mule was famous, once the army of Tsarist Russia entered the transit of the three khanates of Central Asia, The war of nations is about to begin.
The troops stationed around Kazakhstan to instigate the eastward expansion and rebellion of Kazakhstan's domestic strength are the major events that Zuo Muzi has been planning recently, and this Kazakhstan is inextricably linked with Mongolia, and Zuo Mule has this power to promise the position of a Central Asian Khan.
Qian Quan charming eyes, with the promise of the governor of the Qing Dynasty, the nobles in Kazakhstan are also very powerful, as the former subject country, for the Qing Dynasty, the nobles of Kazakhstan are somewhat disappointed, but not desperate, the governor of Gansu and Shaanxi, Zuo Jigao, destroyed the three khanates of Central Asia within a month, and the army marched into Afghanistan, although the news did not reach Jinkou, but there are still many people in Kazakhstan who know it.
Now hundreds of thousands of horses in the Qing Dynasty are stationed on the Kazakh border, even if there is no rebellion of the left mules and the heavy taxes of Tsarist Russia, many people will fall to the Qing Dynasty.
The Kazakh rebellion soon caused a counterattack by Tsarist Russia, which is a country that expands abroad, attaches great importance to territory, and does not need to wait for domestic permission, the Siberian governor of Tsarist Russia directly sent troops to suppress the Kazakh rebellion and prevent the Kazakh population from moving eastward.
People go anywhere, is a policy of aggression against the Qing Dynasty of Tsarist Russia, the more the population, the more tax revenue, the Qianlong period of the Turks can not bear the oppression of the Qing Dynasty, it is also a shame for Tsarist Russia, preventing the population of Kazakhstan from moving eastward, for the Siberian governor of Tsarist Russia. Far more important than the suppression of rebellion.
They want to stop the eastward migration of the Kazakh tribes. The suppression of the rebellion is only one thing. The most important thing is to solve the problem of the Qing army's troops stationed in the three khanates of Central Asia, and to take action against Kazakhstan, which belongs to the internal affairs of Tsarist Russia, and the governor of Siberia has the power to decide, and to do something against the Qing army of the three khanates in Central Asia, it needs domestic consent.
The so-called Chengye telegram also lost the telegram, and there was still a telegraph line in Tsarist Russia, and the domestic intelligence transmission was rapid. The slow transmission of intelligence from abroad made Tsarist Russia make a wrong judgment of the situation at home.
In the intelligence from the Far East to Europe, France has the greatest advantage, one month, England about a month and a half, and Tsarist Russia wants to obtain the battle report of the Jinkou front, two months is only the shortest time limit, a little delay, three months is not very slow.
France withdrew from the war. England could not stand alone, and intelligence indicated that now was a good time for Tsarist Russia to seek maximum benefits in the Far East. Although there is no such proverb in Europe, there are still things with similar meanings.
Tsarist Russia had long been eyeing the Qing Dynasty's Ili and Mongolia, and now that the Qing Dynasty was the first to provoke, it was also a great opportunity for them, an opportunity to rapidly expand their territory.
The Siberian governor-general reported the war, and the reaction within Tsarist Russia was extremely swift, declaring war and sending troops, and it was all done in three days.
Declaring war on the Qing Dynasty, the Tsarist side was in a hurry, and the excuse did not take advantage of the delicate situation in Central Asia, but used the excuse that the Russian mercenaries who participated in the war in Jinkou suffered heavy losses.
The war against the Qing Dynasty should have been submitted, but it was too late, and after only publicizing it in European newspapers, Tsarist Russia turned all its attention to Central Asia.
For the battle situation in Jinkou, now the Tsarist Russia is still two months ago intelligence, the Anglo-Russian coalition and the Qing army are in a confrontation, if according to this information, the Tsarist Russian army advanced into Central Asia or Ili, it is undoubtedly a very beneficial support for the Jinkou front, and if the Qing government is not good, it will sign an alliance under the city, and at that time, Tsarist Russia will not only obtain the land in the northwest of the Qing Dynasty, but also Mongolia and the northeast will change hands, which is expected!
The outbreak of war is never based on justice or not, and without certain interests, fools will start war in a hurry! Starting a war in Central Asia can now maximize the benefits for Tsarist Russia, so there is no need for a war report on the Jinkou front, and it has become the consensus of Tsarist Russia to start a war in Central Asia quickly.
The cavalry troops of Siberia advanced very quickly, with the support of the Kazakh nobles and the simple telegraph network, the left mule was half an era ahead of Tsarist Russia in terms of intelligence, and in the face of the surging Tsarist Russian army, the left mule did not choose to confront, but opened a hole in the northwest of the Qing Dynasty, exposing the entire Ili to the vanguard of Tsarist Russia.
Unlike the Manchu court, Yang Meng's binding force on the chief officer of the army is very small, and he can fight the battle at will! But the control of the army, Yang Meng is firmly grasped in his hands, under Yang Meng's will, the chief officer can fight at will, once it exceeds Yang Meng's will, whether it is Zuo Mule or Zeng Disheng, he is just a dead man in the army.
The left mule let Yili out, Yang Meng's side had no opinion, and the army also recognized the left mule's military order, the beginning of the war, the territory was invaded is a reason, but this is not enough, there is no certain number of casualties, and it is difficult to make the entire northwest hate the enemy.
The Yang family's forces, although it has been a few years since they entered the northwest, but the control of the northwest is far less strict than that of the southwest, under the suppression of huge force, the northwest chose to bow its head, but the forces of resistance are still there, even with Du Wenxiu's Yellow Emperor derivation, the situation in the northwest is still turbulent.
Some people can't be killed casually, even Yang Meng is the same, many families in the northwest have religion behind them, they choose to bow their heads, and Yang Meng has to win over and show goodwill, whether they are sincere or false.
There are only a lot of ordinary people in the northwest who are really involved in Du Wenxiu's command, and most of the large and small family forces and religious forces have chosen to be false and wrong.
Yang Laosan's policy against the northwest, the left mule is supportive, Du Wenxiu's actions are unfavorable, and the responsibility is not all on Du Wenxiu, and the cunning and difficulty of the local forces is also one of the reasons for the turbulent undercurrent in the northwest.
These things must be solved, Yang Meng's means is to slowly clean up, and open the door to meet the invasion of Tsarist Russia, it is also a good opportunity to solve these hidden dangers, so that the northwest has the same hatred of the enemy, it is the task of the left mule, and it is also the task of the left mule to clean up these hidden dangers in the northwest, and it is also the task of the left mule, killing people with a knife is a means to maximize interests, and the sinister left mule will certainly not give up such an opportunity.
Taking advantage of the interval between the march of Tsarist Russia, Zuo Mule and Du Wenxiu were also busy in the northwest, gathering the origin of the large and small religious forces in the northwest, it is easy to find, and dividing the territory is the best reason, and the large and small families and religious forces in the northwest will not let go of such an opportunity, and on the road that the Tsarist army must pass, hold a conference to carve up the northwest territory, and it is easy for the left mule and Du Wenxiu to organize it.
As for these people, it doesn't matter whether they are killed by the Russian army or by the men and horses of the left mule, it is nothing more than that these people will die, as long as they die, the people and religious people in the northwest will naturally have the same hatred! (To be continued......)