In the face of the attack of the Kazakh Khanate.

At the beginning, the losses were indeed very heavy, civilian casualties exceeded 10,000, women were humiliated, and property losses were innumerable, which was heartbreaking and extremely angry, but there was no very good way, after all, the Andijan Basin was the end of the Western Regions Railway, and it was extremely far away from the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.

There are losses, and it is unavoidable.

However, those who dare to go to such a far place to open up are not ordinary good people, not honest people, but all of them are good fighters who have fought bloodily, eager to change their fate through pioneering, most of them participated in military training, each young and strong, have been issued with cold weapons such as knives, guns, sticks, etc., and a number of guns have also been purchased, so they have a certain ability to resist.

More importantly, due to the need to blow up mountains and build roads, the reserves of gunpowder were very sufficient, which gave Li Dingguo a stage to display his military talents and personal skills.

For example, directional blasting can detonate only one side of the gunpowder, forming a dense strike effect, once it explodes, it is a casualty in pieces.

With the help of the power of the proposed trebuchet, the flowering bombs that are easy to detonate are dropped into hundreds to thousands of kilometers of enemy troops, even if the opponent is riding a horse and the speed is extremely fast, it can also turn the person who blows it up on his horse, and suffers heavy casualties.

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Then, 3,000 young men with a certain combat effectiveness were concentrated, and a temporary escort army was formed to protect their own safety, and the counterattack began, and the cavalry of the Kazakh Khanate had to flee in disarray, losing more than 10,000 yuan.

But......

Is that enough?

Is the counterattack stopped here?

Dare to attack the Ming colonization forces, and they are still alive and well, it can be said that there is no one, how can this kind of bold death-seeking behavior be easily let go?

So at the end of February, when the snow-capped mountains begin to melt.

Through the Western Regions Railway and heavy-haul trains, a large number of military supplies were transported to the Andijan Basin, and 5,000 elite troops were also sent.

Plus the previous 10,000 combined army.

and a militia army of about five thousand people.

An army of 20,000 men was successfully established.

Then came the fierce battle of counterattack.

Li Dingguo, who had performed well before, also joined this counterattack and led his demolition team into the territory of the Kazakh Khanate.

The following month was a process of the Kazakh Khanate, which was fought and won, and was close to collapse.

Eighteen cities were breached in a row.

More than 60,000 troops were annihilated.

The population lost nearly a million, and two-thirds of the population was overdog.

In the end, under this fierce blow, the royal family of the Kazakh Khanate had to defect to the Tsarist Russian Empire with a small number of remnants, giving up their own country, as well as ambitions and unrealistic ideas, just wanting to find a way to live.

Victory.

The Western Expedition achieved a brilliant victory, expanding its land by more than a million square kilometers.

in the process.

Li Dingguo has always been the one with outstanding performance, eighteen cities, all of which were blown up by his demolition team, almost effortlessly, and also participated in and severely damaged the Kazakh cavalry many times, destroying thousands of enemies, and making meritorious contributions many times, loved and valued by all generals.

Therefore, not long after the battle of the Western Expedition ended, Li Dingguo received an olive branch from the Tang King and the Qin army.

"Dingguo, you kid is a piece of war material, you have a lot of talent for being a soldier and fighting, to do those blasting and mining work, it's really overkill, a waste of talent, let's join our Tang Army, the power of Tang Wangfu, you have also seen, there is no opponent in the Western Regions, join us, eat meat and drink wine in the future, and enjoy endless glory and wealth, this is the best choice."

"Dingguo, don't listen to this person's nonsense, in the Western Regions, the Tang army can only condescend to the place, the strongest is our Qin army, if the Tang army and we fight head-on, it will only be the Tang army that will be defeated, and our Qin army has many generals, rapid development, and a solid foundation, these advantages, I believe you can see directly, although the Tang army is not badly armed and equipped, it is a general rabble, and there are too many people of different races, sooner or later there will be problems, and our Qin army commander Hong Dudu is a handsome figure, In addition, we still have a lot of big battles to fight in the future, as well as countries like Tubo and India, which need to be conquered and eliminated, and the stage for development is very large. The general of the Qin army persuaded.

"Bastard, behind our Tang Army, are there no supporters? Dozens of vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, the one who did not take a stake in the Tang Dynasty and wanted to get a piece of the pie, that is, His Majesty the Emperor of the imperial court, also wanted to enter a share, the backer behind it was much stronger than the Qin army, and our Tang Army will continue to want to expand westward in the future, millions of square kilometers of Siberia in the north, and the Tsarist Russian Empire in the west are all opponents who need to be conquered, and after hitting Europe, it is a flat land of nearly 10 million square kilometers, and the black soil area is more than 100 million hectares, as long as it occupies this fertile land, In the future, for hundreds of years and thousands of years, you can live an extremely rich life, don't you want to persuade tens of thousands of acres of land to build a big manor that belongs to you on the black land? ”

"Don't fight with me, Xiao Li is still more suitable to join our Qin army, we plan to develop in the south in the future, the south is warmer, and the north is cold and biting, how can Dingguo live habitually, let's go to the south with us to enjoy a warm life, the north can only stay at home for five or six months a year, how to enjoy wealth?"

"Sooner or later, the north will be vigorously developed, this cold climate, will also be warm again after many years, not to mention Xujiazhuang's "Oriental Times" said that the land of Siberia contains unimaginable mineral resources, is the most mineral areas on the planet, basically you can find anything, the Indian Peninsula in the south, although warm, suitable for agricultural development, but lack of mineral resources, there is an upper limit for future development, or it is better to go to the north with us to develop."

"Go South! I think you'll love the sun and beaches in the south. ”

"The north is not bad at all, and the north has fewer diseases, a long lifespan, abundant resources, and can often go to the south for vacation, which is the best choice."

“……”

“……”

In the face of the two forces, they tried their best to win over.

Li Dingguo had difficulty making a choice for a while, he also felt that what both sides said was quite reasonable, and there were things that made him excited, but if he really made a choice, he was afraid that he would offend the other party, and with the huge contradiction between the Tang army and the Qin army, he was afraid that it would not be good.

He can only say that he will not join any side of the camp for the time being, he just wants to run his farm well, continue to do a good job of his demolition team, and is very happy to serve the Tang army and the Qin army, and wants to form a friendship that will not change - this reply made the generals of the two sides not very satisfied, but they couldn't find much fault, so they could only nod and say that he was welcome to join at any time, and ended this woo.

Subsequently, the Western Expeditionary Army was disbanded.

Li Dingguo, who returned to the 'Dingxi Manor', lived a relatively peaceful life after starting the preparations for spring ploughing.

It's just that such tranquility was on March 20th.

The sudden arrival of an uninvited guest broke this beautiful peace and tranquility, and fierce quarrels and conflicts broke out in Dingxi Manor, which can be called chickens and dogs, and Li Dingguo fell into the center of this whirlpool, facing an extremely tricky situation:

"Li Dingguo, you who have suffered a thousand cuts, didn't you say that you will definitely marry me? What's the matter with this big-bellied wild woman, and what about those promises you gave me? Why did you betray me? ”

"You ungrateful thing, without my father, without the help of the Hu family, you would have died a long time ago, and the corpse had already entered the stomach of the wild dog, how could you be mixed up like a dog? Your life is given by our Hu family, you owe my family a favor, it is impossible to pay it off, even if you hide so far in the Western Regions, don't try to escape your promises and responsibilities! ”

"Bastard, scumbag, have you forgotten all the sweet words you said to me before? I, Hu Xuan'er, have come all the way here, but you said that you have married a wife and have nothing to do with me, so you abandoned me like this, are you still human? Are you qualified to do that? Where am I not worthy of you, worthy of you to run to a place where this kind of bird doesn't, and avoid me from afar? ”

"Hehe, if I hadn't seen the news of your bastard on the "Oriental Times", I wouldn't have known, you can make a name for yourself when you arrive, and you can make contributions, but so many of your abilities are given to you by my father, and it is the opportunity for the Hu family to give you to climb up, but what about you, you took out a million silver dollars, and you want to get out of the Hu family, so you have hard wings and want to fly away, is this possible? The kindness you owe must be repaid with your life, otherwise no matter how much you do, you will be ungrateful, you will not be tolerated by the world, and you will be poked by others. ”

"Anyway, don't think about repaying the debt, I came to you this time, I didn't think about letting go, you only have one choice now, that is, to divorce this woman immediately, marry me Hu Xuan'er as a wife, and then listen to my arrangement, return to the Hu family to develop, rest assured, this time I will stand by your side, give you some face and dignity, will not make you too sad in the Hu family, will get everyone's attention and respect, so, listen to my arrangement, obediently go back with me."

Hu Xuan'er, this woman sat on the main seat in the living room, with Erlang's legs, and after scolding, she looked at Li Dingguo with a very cold and proud attitude.

And to hear the harsh words of women.

Look at her high-minded attitude of charity.

And her extremely cold, angry gaze.

In addition, the head was buzzing, and the woman's roaring and filial piety sounded loudly.

For the dream-like woman in front of him, Li Dingguo only felt that the whole person was numb, and people were stupid, tens of thousands of miles away, even if they took the train, they had to run for seven days and seven nights, how did this Hu Xuan'er run over? How did you find this place? And why didn't she choose a different man to marry, but just missed him, just didn't let him go, and chased him so far away, came to him, and exerted huge mental pressure on him.

"Xuan, Xuan'er, you, why did you come so far to find me, I, Li Dingguo, am an ungrateful person, that is, the scum you said, in this case, what are you still coming to me for, just because I am dead, can't I choose a good man to marry?"

Li Dingguo stammered, and said with a rather weak posture: "You are so beautiful, and the conditions at home are so good, you are the kind of fairy princess-like character, I, Li Dingguo, are not worthy of you at all, you should find a better man than me, follow the man who cares about you, and spend a happy life, why bother to travel thousands of miles to run in front of me, this is not worth it at all, you are a lake, I still send someone to send you back, what happened before, I can only say sorry, you beat me and scold me to no avail, I now have my own family, Xuan'er, can you give me a chance to live a peaceful life? ”

"Giving you a chance?"

Hu Xuan'er clasped her hands and smiled coldly: "Who will give me a chance, you scumbag, I didn't retaliate against you fiercely, you just want to get rid of me, is this possible?" I came here this time, just to get back what belongs to me, and you are my thing, although it is a little rotten, but I didn't say to give up, so others can't grab it, I will also give you one last chance, immediately divorce this woman, you can only love me in the future, use the rest of your life, to make up for the damage and losses I have suffered in the past few years, there is no room for negotiation, otherwise you will give up this life, I will not let you have a good time! To keep you at peace day and night, tortured every day! ”

Hu Xuan'er gritted her teeth, her face was hideous, she looked like a deformed female madman, and with her delicate face, it reminded people of the word sick and delicate, and what she said, although it may not be able to turn into real action, but the listener still feels frightened.

"Xuan'er, why did you become so willful."

Li Dingguo said helplessly: "I have made enough contributions to the Hu family, I also planned to marry you before, but you never supported my decision, and whipped me many times, asking me to break off the idea of finding freedom, always talking to me in a commanding tone, wanting to control my life, such you, if you become my wife, how can you live in the future, let me go, please let me go, there are thousands of good men in this world, and there are many people who are stronger than me, can you let me go?" ”

"No way!"

Hu Xuan'er said in a firm tone: "I will never let you go, a negative man, from now on, unless you pull out a knife and kill me, otherwise I will entangle you, and I will sleep with you at night, when you are your wife, you can not rest Li Qiuyue, it's okay if you don't go back to Hu's house with me, anyway, if you want to get rid of me, it's impossible, I will haunt you forever if I become a ghost, I tell you Li Dingguo, I will follow you, if you dare to treat me badly, I will desperately retaliate against you, don't want to have a good moment!" ”

A woman who sees this look.

Li Dingguo has no way, and he doesn't dare to have extreme thoughts, and it is difficult to drive away, and it is even more useless to reason with this extremely willful woman, he has no way to defeat him.