Chapter 35 This winter is not too cold (1) Qing Dynasty Mission
Before the spring plowing of the new year (1755), Qitad thought about it and decided to go to Kazan in person to meet the Duke of Tatar, the duke who was in charge of all the nomadic tribes of the Tsarist Russian Empire except the Russians and Cossacks.
The reason is also very simple.
Recently, a letter was sent to Nolbu, Junggar.
"Khan, I've found it clear"
"The Qing Dynasty had gathered about 30,000 troops in Ulyasutai, with Bandi, descendant of the Chahar royal family as commander, Amuersana surrendered general as deputy, Prince Sebutenbarzhuer of Korqin, Prince Qingguzhabu, Namoku, Banzhuer as general, Secretary Daer Dang'a, General Alantai, and Minister Mamuth as counselor"
"The Khalkha Mongol soldiers were mainly composed of Khorqin, Chahar, and Soren tribes. There were 20,000 farmers from Shanxi and Zhili who were escorting food and grass"
"The army was set up in Balikun Lake, with Yongchang, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu as the commander, Dawazi Khan's former Dazai Sangsar, Prince Elinqindaorji and others as generals, Minister E Rong'an as counselor, and 10,000 farmers in Shaanxi and Gansu transported grain and grass"
"The Eight Banners of Manchuria, the newly acquired Qinghai Heshuo Tung Mongolia, Ordos Mongolia, and Tumot Mongolia, with a small number of Shaanxi and Gansu Han cavalry"
"When I got the news, their two armies had already set out, and the Bingfeng headed straight west"
The news is already very clear, and the Qing Dynasty officially declared war on the Junggar!
At this moment, Qitade finally remembered.
"This is the first time that the Qing Dynasty entered the hinterland of Junggar on a large scale, and it was easy to defeat Dawazi. However, Amursana rebelled again, and then the war to destroy the entire Junggar in one fell swoop"
"The number of Taiji in the Junggar tribe is far superior to that of Tuerguts. The best result is that the Qing Dynasty will eliminate all the Junggar nobles near Yili, and then appear again by themselves"
"However, it's thousands of miles to the Junggar land. On the way, we will inevitably cross Kazakhstan and Russian territory. How should we transport the army to where we can successfully?"
After thinking about it, I had no idea.
In the end, he made up his mind.
"Since it is necessary to go, then I will take it through the buffer zone between the Russians and the Kazakhs with openness. I already had a note when I signed a secret agreement with Ablikhan"
"For the Russians, the Qing Dynasty and the Junggar were all great enemies, while for the Kazakhs, the Junggar was a century-old feud, and the real enemy"
"From Ablai Khan's perspective, he would not realize that the Qing Dynasty was preparing to fight the country and the clan this time. I was under the guise of cooperating with the Qing Dynasty to destroy the Junggar tribe. I guess Ablai Khan would not obstruct it even more."
He decided to prepare for three months before departure in the country.
Whether it is the dispatch of troops, defense, personnel arrangements, food and grass preparations, diplomacy is a major event. If you don’t want to attack the Khanate of Shiva this time, you must be cautious and cautious, and you will not be careless for a moment.
A month passed quickly.
As for the mission to Kazan, I can only let Gongge go.
Just as Qitade was busy preparing for the expedition to Junggar, the arrival of a mission made him overjoyed.
The Qing Dynasty mission has actually arrived!
The arrival of the Qing Dynasty mission made Qitade realize instantly, "The Qing Dynasty may not give the Junggar people two more opportunities like in history, and most likely it will take down the entire Junggar in one fell swoop!"
The commander of the mission was a young man named Fu Heng, wearing a second-rank civil servant robe. The rest of them also had some civil and military officials. One of them was Yichanga, who was the last envoy to Dulbert's army!
It seems that the Qing Dynasty attached great importance to the Soren people. In addition, they obviously did not realize that it was the Turkuts who killed the Russians' document Boyal!
Although he was a little unwilling, in Manuto, this "holy land" of the Turkuts in the eyes of the Qing Dynasty, Qitade still gave Fu Heng a great gift.
After a lengthy and complicated ceremony, Qitade was named "Prince of Heshuo Dingyuanzhong and Manuto Khan" by the Qing Dynasty and obtained a set of armor.
One is made of a tent, with a treasure roof (top of the temple) on it, with a flag gun inserted on the treasure roof, and the helmets are made of gold, showing the Qing Dynasty's emphasis on the Turgut Khanate.
The armor is mainly black, and the copper nails on the outside are obviously also gold plated. The chest is sewn with a blue-bottomed golden dragon, and the two shoulders have the same pattern.
Sanskrit scriptures are embroidered on the armor.
The armor was covered with various colors of gold, silver and gems, indicating that this was not an object for war, but a symbol.
A set of three seals, jade pendants.
A precious sword with gold dots of silver on the hilt.
Since it was meeting with the Qing mission, Qitade and others also changed into traditional Mongolian robes.
Fu Heng was only 33 years old and was already the Minister of the Interior Department at a young age. He walked in the Military Affairs Office and was born with a talented person. He was proficient in Mongolian language. He was full of suspicion when he saw Qitade.
"The previous few times when my Qing Dynasty was very special, there was no city here, and there was only one big tent south of Manuto Sea, with small tents around guarding it"
"But this time, since we entered the territory of the Khanate, we actually had two cities, Aktobi and Kulisarai. It is said that there are many cities south of Manuto."
"The Mongols are so cold, how could he have such financial resources to build so many cities?"
"Also, according to former minister Tulichen, there are almost no roads in the territory of the ministry, let alone any official roads, but it is obviously not the case now. Not to mention anything else, bridges have been built on most rivers!"
Qitade was also thinking, "Since the Qing Dynasty mission could arrive here so quickly, it goes without saying that it had defeated Dawazi Khan and occupied Yili, and Kazakh Zhongyuzi was a vassal of the Qing Dynasty, so naturally he could arrive smoothly without carrying too much supplies"
"According to the memory in their minds, after defeating Dawazi Khan, they did not continue to go deep into the west, but instead divided the Junggar and ruled it. Now that they have sent the emperor's confidants here, they must have other plans"
Of course, he couldn't ask about these things at the beginning, so he accompanied Fu Heng to have a banquet in Manuto for three consecutive days.
During this period, Qitade asked the descendants of the martial artists who had stayed here in the Tulichen mission to sing a sing from Anqing drama, which made Fu Heng and others puzzled.
Qitade smiled and said, "Empress, when Lord Tulichen came here the last time, he also brought several opera singers. He was very curious and begged to stay. These people are their descendants."
He also said: "Ben Khan admires the character of the Celestial Kingdom and his style very much."
Fu Heng brought nothing this time, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
After a while, he said, "I thank your subordinate for his diligent reception for several days, and it's time to talk about the important things."
So, the others in the hall knew to leave, with only Yichang left by Fu Heng, and only Se Kesai beside Qitade.
Seeing this, Fu Heng said, "I heard that this is the son of Dataiji, the special branch of Heshuo?"
Qitade said: "That's right, his sister is still my great wife."
"No wonder," Fu Heng thought to himself, and said, "I heard that many of the Heshuo Special Branches were attracted by the Russians?"
Qitad sighed, "The envoys don't know that the Russians generally believe in Christ. Their religion is also called Orthodox, which means Eastern Orthodoxism. They think they are the perfect successors of the Roman Empire and its religion that once circulated across Europe"
"Therefore, they naturally put their full efforts into enlisting and oppressing tribes in their territory. Under their coercion and inducement, Dataijizamuyang of the Hoshuote tribe actually only has a very little time to live in pastoral areas and most of the time to live in the comfortable castle of the Russians"
"Not only the Heshuot tribe, but also many of them were attracted by the Dulbert tribe. Almost all of the Kazakh tents in the past became their vassals. Even the Khan lived in the Russian castles and returned to the tent only when there was a major event in the tribe."
Speaking of Kazakhstan's small account, Fu Heng suddenly became interested, "The Khan is a good method, and he actually swallowed up half of the small account and a part of the central account"
Qitade smiled and said, "I'm not insidious about the envoy. Since our minister has been adjacent to the Kazakhstan tent for a long time, the two sides have been constantly fighting each other because of the pastures. By the year of famine, our subordinates and them are considered to be a feud."
"Because the Khan of the Ministry has been close to the Russians for a long time and ignores the people's livelihood in the country, the people have long been resentful. My Khan had to act on behalf of the heavens and save them from water and fire..."
Fu Heng had long known that the newly appointed Khan learned fluent Chinese from the Han people who stayed here. He originally thought it was a Jiangnan accent, but unexpectedly it was fluent Beijing dialect.
"It is probably taught by those actors. Tulichen and others have been lingering here for several months. It is estimated that many nobles in the tribe have also learned Beijing dialect"
So, I suddenly felt close to him.
Of course, he would not listen to words like "suppressing the people and punishing crimes", but instead felt that: "The barbarians in the extra chapter have learned the Han people's high-sounding style!"
Qitad continued: "As for Zhongyuz, his leader Bala has always been in conflict with the Khan Abra. Celing and others of Dulbert Taiji were attacked by Dawazi and retreated to the territory of the Russians. The two of them actually came up to attack them together."
"Dulbert, as our department was the same as our department a hundred years ago, how could he not sit idly?"
"In desperation, Ben Khan had to rescue the women and children they seized in the wind and snow, and destroyed the Sultan tribe of the Balah. It was a last resort"
Fu Heng felt a stern and said to himself: "Since he said that, then I, the Qing Dynasty, are going to do my best to deal with the Junggar tribe. Do he also want to get into a slap?"
Then he picked up the teacup and took a sip, "So it is the same as you a hundred years ago."
"Otherwise," Qitade's expression suddenly changed, "Why did our troops move from Yili to this place a hundred years ago? It's not that we can't stand the forced force of the Junggar tribe and have to migrate. What's more, our troops went to the Heavenly Kingdom a few times before, and they were intercepted by them when they passed through the territory of the Junggar people."
"In the past four divisions of Weila, besides Khsot, Dulbert and Junggar tribe were the great revenge of our tribe. Unfortunately, the journey was long, otherwise my Khan would have set up a large army to destroy it!"
Fu Heng was a little relieved, and he comforted him: "Don't worry, the fall of this ministry is right in front of us. For our Qing Dynasty, this ministry is also a great enemy. We must not be completely wiped out to be at ease."
Chapter completed!