On September 19, 1793, on the second day of the new imperial examination in Beihai Town, an extremely important military conference was held in the city of Kobdo thousands of kilometers away.

Before nine o'clock in the morning, more than 50 battalion-level and staff officers from the Western Front of the North Navy came to a conference room in the Military Control Commission compound in Kobdo City.

It is located in the southwest corner of the city of Kobdo. It was previously the office of the Counselor of Kobdo. The meeting place was the second hall of the renovated office, facing north and south, with five rooms, which was spacious enough.

When all the officers attending the meeting arrived and everything was ready. As the officers on duty outside the door shouted "Standing attentively", Liu Sheng and Fan Tong followed the four guards and walked in with great strides.

The two first greeted and talked to the officers attending the meeting, and the officers also smiled and greeted each other. The atmosphere in the conference hall was warm and natural. After everyone sat down one after another, the officers on duty looked around inside and out for a week, and then nodded to greet Fan Tong.

"Everyone is quiet!" Fan Tong stood up and announced the beginning of the meeting, and the room gradually calmed down.

"Today, we hold an important meeting here, including the brigade commanders, regiment commanders, battalion commanders and combat staff of the Western Front Force. I would like to remind you that, except for the formal orders issued after the meeting, other contents involved in the meeting must be absolutely confidential and must not be disclosed to the public! Now please let Commander Liu speak!"

Well, in order to adapt to future combat needs, with Zhao Xin's approval, the troops stationed in Khalkha of the North Navy were upgraded to the "Western Front War Zone Command" two days ago. Liu Sheng's Title also changed from "Commander-in-Chief" to "Commander", and Fan Tong became "Deputy Commander and Political Commissar". As for the chief of staff Jiang Fan and Jiang Ziping, who were equipped with the two, they are still handling the handover in Hulunbu Yuer. It is estimated that it will be the end of the year when he arrives here.

After Liu Sheng got up, he first glared at his eyes that seemed to be able to pierce people, and then said in a deep voice: "Some of you may know that three months ago, our outpost in Olanbrak learned from two merchants from the ancient city that the Kokhan Khanate sent troops to invade Kashgar. Because it was just a rumor and no conclusive evidence, we did not take action at that time.

However, the command center received a telegram from the General Staff of the North Navy yesterday, confirming this statement, because the Qing court had received 600 miles of general Yili! Now the Qing Dynasty is careless and has no intention of caring about the affairs of the Pamirs. For this reason, the Northern Navy Command ordered us to send troops south immediately, and before the beginning of winter, we will take down the ancient city, Balikun and Hami three key points, completely cut off the station route from Jiayuguan to Xinjiang East Road, and will never allow the Wulumuqi defenders to flee east!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the conference room immediately became restless. After waiting for two years, he is finally heading south!

Liu Sheng turned around and came to the north wall behind his seat. Two huge blue curtains were hung on the wall. The staff officers on the side gently pulled the connecting rope. A huge map covering parts of Khalkha, north and south of the Tianshan Mountains and parts of Central Asia slowly appeared in front of everyone.

"We have fought the Qing Dynasty for seven years. Even the soldiers below now think that the Qing Dynasty is a paper tiger and can be broken with one stab. This is true. Whether it is the Eight Banners soldiers or the Green Camp, they are pressed to the ground and rubbed in front of us. We spent almost a year widening and rebuilding the post road of more than 1,000 miles of Kobdo South Road. Even the blind man understands what we are going to do next."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room showed a smile on their faces, but Liu Sheng's next words and serious tone suddenly made their hearts tight.

"But I want to warn you that this idea is not good! Since ancient times, there has been no vanity, and no vanity general! The area of ​​the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains is more than 2 million square kilometers, which is larger than Khalkha. Both the terrain and the people are one hundred times more complex than Khalkha!

From now on, all of you must always remember that going south to Tianshan is not just a matter of occupying and defending these more than 2 million square kilometers, but a comprehensive consideration of the situation in the entire Central Asian region. This time, we may continue to fight to the west of the Pamir Mountains, where the people, terrain and climate are even more complicated. If you are not careful, you will lose all the money!"

Liu Sheng said this, and on the other hand, Fan Tong didn't consciously think of the major powers in another time and space. They were all confused by the complex climate and terrain of the Pamir Plateau and the Hindu Kush Mountains and returned in a desperate situation. There is a famous "Empire Cemetery" and it feels terrible to think about it.

"Boss Zhao's ambition is really great! But what he said yesterday's telegram is quite reasonable, but this fast bone is really hard to chew." Fan Tong sighed in his heart.

Well, Zhao Xin's ambition was achieved after careful and multi-faceted considerations. He didn't think so much at the beginning, but just wanted to inherit the Qing Dynasty's ruling areas in the Tianshan and Pamirs.

However, when he calmed down and focused on the situation in the entire Central Asia region and thought about it thoroughly, he found that he was thinking too simple.

After he and Liu Sheng, Wu Siyu, Wang Yuanfang and others discussed and exchanged opinions many times, and sought the suggestions of Chen Qingsong and others, the strategic plan for Beihai Town for the Tianshan area was finally formed.

That is, on the basis of stabilizing the two routes of the Tianshan Mountains, no matter what, you must go west of the Pamir Plateau and expand the original western territory.

It is said that after a long war of unification, the Qing Dynasty finally destroyed the Junggar tribe thirty-five years ago, quelled the rebellion of Hezhuo, and unified the two routes of the mountain and south. Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, once again extended the territory of the Central Plains dynasty to the Pamir Plateau, the political structure in western Central Asia was also in fierce turmoil and reorganized; and in this process, the surrounding areas of Pamir have become the central stage of conflict and game between the central dynasty and Central Asian powers.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! The first thing that is to be affected is the decline of the "Bukhara Khanate" and the founding of the "Manget Dynasty". The new rulers have continuously launched wars to eliminate the separatist forces in the territory, which has caused the Khanate to fall into a long-term war. The turmoil in the rivers has spread to the Pamir area, and both Badakh Mountain, Kokhan Khanate, Kashgar and Afghans have intervened in this internal strife.

On the other hand, Ahmed Shah, the chief of the Pashtun tribe who was once a general of the Bukhara Khanate, became king in Kandahar in July 1747, founded the Durani dynasty, became the founder of the Afghan country, and continued to expand abroad during his reign, conquering the vast areas of the Greater Khorasan in the west, Kashmir in the east, the Amu River in the north, and the Indus River basin in the south. Later, he launched an expedition to extend his power to the southwest of the Pamir Plateau.

In addition, the British East India Company and the Tsarist Russian Empire are also ready to move, and their colonial expansion tentacles are about to extend to the heartland of Central Asia, forcing Zhao Xin to prepare in advance.

For example, the "Battle of Prahi" that took place thirty-five years ago was considered to be the beginning of the British East India Company's establishment of colonial rule in India. The result was that the British opened up an expansion path from the Himalayas to the Pamirs.

Another thing is Tsarist Russia. Although they were beaten by the Northern Navy in Siberia, they had established several fortress lines in the Kazakh grasslands and divided them into siege. In addition, they also sent "commissions" to the Khanate of Central Asia to collect intelligence and prepare for further encroachment and conquest.

For China at this time, among the countries outside the Pamir, the regimes separated after the disintegration of the two Bukhara Khanate countries were extremely important. They not only bordered China; they were also located in a key transportation barrier between the East and the West, and have always been a place for military strategists to fight for. They were also the intermediaries that the Qing Dynasty must rely on for exchanges with major powers in western Central Asia such as Bukhara and Afghanistan in recent years.

Although these two regimes showed "benevolent and submission" to the Qing Dynasty after the "Big and Small Rebellion" was pacified, they actually had their own purposes. Badak Mountain, which was worried about internal and external troubles, hoped to be protected by the Qing Dynasty; while the Kokhan Khanate wanted to increase its prestige and share the interests of East-West trade in order to unify Fergana, and at the same time covetous of Kashgar.

The reason why the Kokhan Khanate does not take the Qing Dynasty seriously and dares to send troops to Kashgar is that the news that the Qing Dynasty lost Khalkha reached the ears of the Khan, thirty-five years ago, the Afghan mission did not punish the provocation of the Qing Dynasty's bottom line during the tribute process, which also encouraged its rebellious mentality.

Although the Qing Dynasty's rule covered the Pamir Mountains, its military capabilities had reached its limit; compared with the Han and Tang Dynasties, the most prominent feature was that it had never used troops west of the Pamir Plateau. Therefore, when the "unjust act" of the Afghan mission occurred, the Qing Empire's prestige in Central Asia suffered a heavy blow. Once the face of the Celestial Kingdom was no longer useful, the coveted people took advantage of the situation and launched it.

For Zhao Xin and others, the reason why the Northern Navy has been slow to enter the pass and Liu Sheng has been slow to move south is also the same. You must know that once the Qing Dynasty rule collapses in a chain way, the surrounding countries will take the opportunity to cause trouble, and the Northern Navy will definitely be out of reach.

Thirty-five years ago, after the Qing Dynasty unified southern Xinjiang, although it was announced that it would not blame the descendants of the Hezhu family, Samusak, the eldest son of Yamato Zhuo Poronidu, fled to the Khanate of the Kokhan Kingdom. Out of the prestige of the Hezhu family, the rulers of the Kokhan rulers tried every means to evade the Qing court in order to avoid causing dissatisfaction with the subjects.

At that time, Qianlong did not take Samusak seriously because there was only one of his direct connections with the Zhuo family. After investigation, he learned that he lived in poverty and was under control, so he did not take it seriously.

Although Qianlong was not a prophet and did not know what would happen in the future, Zhao Xin and the others knew very well!

You should know that Samusak's two sons - Mimat Yusupu and Zhang Geer, are not fuel-efficient lamps. In the history of another time and space, the two and their descendants have become tools for the Kokhan Khanate to invade China.

Well, even if Mimat Yusupu is just thirteen years old this year and Zhang Geer is only three years old, his father Samusak is still alive! If this believer of the Baishan Sect who has been suppressed by the Qing court will be like a bright light, and there will definitely be a scene.

In recent years, the Qing Dynasty treated the rule of the two races of the Tianshan Mountains equally, but in fact, they adopted the "strike one faction and fight one faction" in order to separate and disintegrate. Now in Kashgar, except for the third-rank Aqimu Burke who controls a city, there are no divisions, and the lower-rank Burkes of the fifth-rank sixth-rank are mostly Black Mountain factions.

Although both the White Mountain Sect and the Black Mountain Sect belong to the Sunnis, due to the different sects and differences in their views, the two factions fought a bloody war for decades, and their brains were rushing, and their enemies for generations.

Today, the Baishan Sect respects Hezhuo, while the Black Mountain Sect respects the Qing Dynasty. The two sides have nothing to do on the surface, but internal conflicts are still serious, especially in Kashgar, which is the most prominent factor in the Pamir region. In the history of another time and space, it was not until the "Aguba Rebellion" was quelled by Zuo Zongtang and the Baishan Sect also declined, and the struggle between the two sides finally subsided.

When Liu Sheng finished the entire situation of the two routes of Tianshan, the officers who were taught a good lesson suddenly realized.

Fan Tong then made additional suggestions. He warned everyone here that if they want to maintain the stability of the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains and completely eradicate the rebellion of the descendants of Hezhuo, they should closely combine border politics with border defense internally, and establish a border defense system that integrates military and political affairs and military and civilians; and to eliminate external forces' utilization and support of the descendants of Hezhuo.

Subsequently, a staff officer from the Western Front Command informed everyone about the enemy situation on the East Xinjiang Road. Today, the Hami, ancient city, Balikun and Turpan areas are managed by the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu and the Ulumuqi Governor; the former is responsible for money and grain affairs, while the latter is responsible for local government affairs and military affairs.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "According to the information collected by multiple parties, the current deployment of the Qing Dynasty on the East Xinjiang Road is as follows: Fuyuan City in the ancient city has 600 Eight Banners soldiers, 1,500 Green Banners soldiers, and 600 military farming soldiers; Huining City in the Balikun area has 800 Eight Banners soldiers, 3,500 Green Banners soldiers, and 1,000 military farming soldiers; Hami has a Green Camp Assistant, with 5,800 horse infantry. The Turpan side has not many troops, only 500 Eight Banners soldiers, and the total of the above is 14,300. After deducting the empty salary, there are actually 10,700 troops.

In addition, in Dihua City in Wulumuqi, there are currently Liangzhou, with 3,000 soldiers from Zhuanglang and 2,000 soldiers from Green Camp, mainly from Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Yansui, Hezhou, Guyuan and other places. There are also a Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp cavalry stationed in Hutubi and Manas, with a number of about 1,000 and 1,600 respectively, which can provide support to the direction of the ancient city."

After Liu Sheng and other staff officers finished speaking, they said to one of the officers present: "Samsu!"

"arrive!"

"This operation will be led by your cavalry brigade, and the armored troops will follow you. You must give full play to the characteristics of the cavalry operations and quickly pass through the desert edge area of ​​Jiji Lake. You must put the enemy in the ancient city into a dilemma of no way to go and retreat without a way out. If you do not surrender, you must resolutely eliminate it and not give them time to delay."

"yes!"

"The whole journey is all the grasslands and Gobi, and the large army marchs without any escape. It depends on you whether the post road can be cut off on time."

"Commander, don't worry! If you can't complete the mission, I'll come and see you."

Hearing this, some of the regiment-level officers present let out a few sarcastic chucklings. However, Samusu looked at Liu Sheng with a bright look as if he hadn't heard it.

As a former bannerman and soldier, and he joined the Northern Navy as a prisoner, he suffered a lot of scruples and suffered a lot of hardships throughout the journey. After being promoted to the commander of the cavalry brigade, someone from the traveling crowd asked Zhao Xin to give advice on how to let a guy from the Eight Banners soldiers take charge of important cavalry? This position must be held by the Han people.

Zhao Xin's reply to this is, you can do it! The two million square kilometers of territory in the northeast and Khalkha are occupied, and the population of all ethnic groups under him is nearly one million. Let me talk about the emperor's han!

The combat meeting lasted one morning. After Liu Sheng prepared the combat plan, the officers present raised their hands to speak; some made promises, and some raised difficulties. Many people’s questions were why they chose to act after the autumn, rather than waiting for the spring of the following year.

Fan Tong's explanation is that in the autumn, the grass is high and the horses are fat, which is conducive to long-distance cavalry raids. And it is almost winter, and it is not convenient for both the Qing Dynasty and the Khanate of the Kokhan Kingdom. In this way, we have time to rest and adapt to the local climate. In addition, the troops must familiarize themselves with the local language as soon as possible through the winter months, spread the policies of Beihai Town, so as to gain the sincere support of the people of all ethnic groups and gain a firm foothold on Xinjiang East Road.

Finally, Fan Tong mobilized his thoughts and then announced the end of the meeting. The next morning, the command's written order was issued to various troops, which immediately became nervous and busy.

Five days later, tens of thousands of troops gathered outside the city of Kobdo, and the tents all over the mountains turned the autumn fields back into the grass-green ocean. In this "sea", countless military flags of the Northern Navy are waving fiercely, like blooming mountain elixirs.

The baggage team composed of thousands of four-wheeled horse-drawn carts and more than two thousand camels set off before dawn, and the Duoling Ding Dong winds south. On the post road that is more than a thousand miles long, there are military stations built with yurt tents every fifteen miles along the way, which are specially designed for grain transport teams to rest.

In the wilderness further away, with the loud gathering sound, teams of cavalry rolled over the ground in companies, sand and dust brought by horse hooves filled the air, and the sound of commands and responses came one after another.

Half an hour later, when Liu Sheng and Fan Tong, who were riding on horseback, appeared at the gathering place of the cavalry with a team of guards, with the orders of officers from various departments, thousands of Mongolian and Daur cavalry dismounted and cheered in the sky, and the rough and loud shouts resounded throughout the field.

When Liu Sheng and Fan Tong completed the inspection, the five thousand cavalry immediately pulled out their camps and dispatched. Under the guidance of red flags, they were divided into ten columns and advanced together; behind them were a large group of twenty armored vehicles and two infantry regiments.

At this time, outside the city of Kobdo, people stepped on horses, dust was like haze and fog. The military singing of the starting troops was mixed with the roar of armored vehicles echoed on the grassland, and the momentum was extremely magnificent. Such a scene made all the Mongolian herders watching the distance dumbfounded and amazed.
Chapter completed!