Six hills near Culisari have now been cut off half again, forming six large military camps.

The reason why Qitade only brought six brigades is obviously for this.

As the saying goes, the army will be dispatched and the food and grass will go first. The reason why it is insignificant is that it needs to transport food and grass. If the land area is too large, it must be transported to the border areas. In this case, human and animal power can only be used to transport it.

It costs half of your own consumption.

If the journey is long, the amount consumed will be several times more than it will be.

This is the reason why military strategists have always emphasized not to "take rash weapons".

However, this is not the case for the troops mainly composed of cavalry, especially Mongolian cavalry.

Mongolian horses, as long as there is grass, they can still eat themselves even under the snow layer, so they will lose a lot of money.

Then there is the food used by the soldiers. For the Mongolians, bringing some air-dried meat, plus ground grain, and cooking them together is a good delicacy. In an emergency, eating air-dried meat and dry food under the snow.

Can deal with the past.

Even so, because Truchen had long abolished the system of self-providing weapons, horses and food, all of which were dispatched by the government, it still needed to prepare in advance.

As before, two thousand of the three thousand were Hussars. They didn't need to pay attention to food at all times, they just needed to carry dry food for five days with them.

The dragon cavalry were all one person and two horses, and some camels. The extra horse carried 120 kilograms of dry food, which was enough for four soldiers to use for a month, but all of them could make three thousand marches.

Fight for one month.

The practice of carrying a large number of civilians in both farmlands and grasslands has long been abandoned. It is the kingly way to use soldiers to carry them all.

Since a squad carries a 100-pound cannon, camels can carry them and ammunition.

Don't underestimate the role of the Dragoons. They need to take care of a large number of livestock and are ready to fight at all times. The pressure on them is no less relaxed than that of the Hussars.

Of course, Truchen had already had a solution to things like this.

It's very simple. Just kill all adult stallions and male camels. Without the influence of ties and estrus, these geldings and camels will be much more docile.

This time, Qitad was about to let Techina guard Culisarre and Aktobi, and he took Chuhur, Momentu, Bamubar, Chilibu and Yamankara all out.

This made Techi very unhappy, but he had to give up after Qitade's scolding.

"You are so eyebrowless! Once the army leaves Xiaoyuzi, the Khitan Alliance in the north and the Shiva Khanate in the south will be ready to move. It can be said that the safety here is no less than fighting in Junggar. The last time you rushed to Zhongyuzi's hinterland, you had already attacked Zhongyuzi's hinterland the last time

Do you want me to have no way to seal it?”

It is now early May and we are about to face spring plowing. Truqin's brigades are now military farming brigades. The long-distance raid on Junggar will definitely not end in a short while. Are you not afraid of missing spring plowing?

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Of course not. Qitade transferred half of the twelve brigades to form them, and there were still half of them left. The remaining half were embarrassed. He originally only had to cultivate ten acres of land, so he immediately

It will increase to twenty acres.

Twenty acres, and if you endure it, you will pass. Besides, it’s a soldier. Collaboration is actually more efficient than real farmers.

At this time, it turned out that Xiao Yuzi's number one general Yamankara had completely put his mind on Truqin's side. When he learned that he was going to attack the Junggar people this time, he was very likely to have friction with Zhong Yuzi and Da Yuzi on the way.

He has no grudges.

Nearly 20,000 troops, it is impossible to completely conceal their actions. Although he had already greeted Abul Bandit Khan of Dayuzi and Abulla Khan of Zhongyuzi in advance, there is nothing absolute in the world and people can use it completely.

Your chance to go deeper alone will surround you.

After Zhongyuzi lost the territory of the Sultan of Bala, each of the four remaining tribes had at least 30,000 households. Together with other tribes with tens of thousands of households, hundreds of thousands of people were easily allowed.

The number of Dayuzi is smaller, but there is no problem with gathering 50,000 people.

But Qitade must walk the road of Sir River - Suiye River (Chu River) - Yili River. If he crosses the Zhongyuzi prairie regardless of the silence, even if there are people looking for camels leading the way, they will not be able to be better than the locals

Be more familiar with geography.

Once they are surrounded, it is not a joke, after all, they only carry food and grass for one month.

If you are attacked, it will not be easy to find a easy way. By then, the food and grass will be cut off and there will be many sieges. Even if you have the advantage of firearms that are several generations higher than that.

When walking on the road of Sir River - Suiye River - Yili River, there is a big river to rely on, and it is not easy to get lost. Secondly, the journey is definitely the shortest, and the time to arrive near Yili is also the shortest.

According to the total of Qitad and Nolb, starting from Kulisare, since they are all cavalrymen, they can reach the Yili River Basin in ten days.

The army set out. Before departure, Qitade divided the six brigades into two parts, leading three brigades with Yamankara and Chilibu, Chuhuer leading three brigades with Bamubar, and Momentu.

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Chu Huer's men walked in front, and Nolbu followed them with some camel seekers.

Two days later, they arrived in Aral City.

At this time, the walls of Aral City had just emerged from the ground. This was done by Qitad on purpose. If the walls were built in the blink of an eye, it would form apart from the Shiva Khanate to the south and the Dayuz to the east.

Great pressure.

And when my border city has not been built, it is obviously a sign of showing goodwill to the surrounding forces - you see, my city has not been built yet, you can come and attack me easily!

Of course, as long as the city wall is exposed on the ground, it is a natural defense place. With the advantages of Truqin's firearms, it still has an advantage.

The Port of Aral has been built, but there are only some ships purchased from Rasim, but that is enough. There is only a small amount of land near Aral City to cultivate, and each militia who farm here can only cultivate five acres of land.

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As a border important location, this obviously doesn't work, but Qitad can also do business with Rasim of Shiva Oasis, exchanging grain with him with rubies, silver coins and industrial products.

"Sweat"

When he looked at the Aral Sea from the Port of Aral, he couldn't help but remember the information that Norbu had provided him with before.

"As expected, Rasim installed a flintlock rifle after he built himself, but the progress was very slow. In three years, he only built a thousand rods, and he lacked ammunition, and he still needed to buy a large amount of them from us."

"However, a team of 4,000 people with new muskets is already the strongest in the oasis. After Rasim and Arslan occupied Chimboy City, they soon attracted a large number of farming in the Amu Oasis.

Turkmen serfs”

"At present, the number of farmers near Chimboy City is the highest in the Shiva Khanate. Arslan drew 4,000 people from it to become the Jenicheri infantry. In addition, Turkmen cavalry, although the strength is not as strong as Hongjila and Naiman,

The three ministries of Qinzhai have been almost the same as the Manjits who were greatly weakened by our country”

"Just last year, the Hongjila people in Kungler City wanted to raid the city of Chinboy, but they returned home in a big defeat. After this battle, no one had any idea of ​​the city."

"And there are also many Turkmenistans in the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea, and many of the Ashgabat Valley went north to surrender to Rasim, which also increased the number of his herdsmen."

"There is enough food to sell to Lasim now"

A warehouse made of stone and concrete had been built in advance on the pier that had just been completed, with grain, grass and other items transported from Chimboy City.

"This is the right base"

He stayed in Port Aral for a day because he wanted to meet someone.

A person who made an appointment in advance.

According to Nolb's arrangement, the man had been hiding in the Sir Castle, Kizil Orda, at the westernmost end of Dayuz.

At night, in a house in the warehouse, Qitad met the man.

He is about 20 years old, with a medium figure, but looks very strong, and his face is the common Turkic and Mongolian mixed-race species in Zhongyuzi area at this time.

"My name is Bilige, I am the adopted son of Amursana Khan, and also the Sanzaisan of the Khan"

"I heard that you were Amursana Khan who rescued you from the wolves?"

"Yes, the re-creation of the father and the man will never forget it"

"Are you still the number one warrior of the Amursana tribe?"

"That's an over-reputation of the tribe"

"Okay, what do you mean?"

"Khan, it has been ten days since I left Tarbhatai. My mother is from the Dayuz tribe near Kizilorda, so she can walk in this area calmly"

"The Qing people defeated Dawazi Khan and occupied Yili. My father Khan originally wanted to follow the Qing army to Chengde to pay homage to the emperor. He ran back halfway and returned to Tarbhatai"

"After the Qing army defeated Dawazi, they only occupied Yili City, and the army had withdrawn in batches..."

"Retract? Where did you retreat?"

"When I left, I only retreated to the vicinity of Urumqi, and then went down either to continue to retreat to Balikun Lake or Hami City. Because they carried out a large-scale robbery in the Ili River Valley, they had a lot of gains and were very slow to move"

"Especially the Khalkhas, Ordos, Tumotes, and driving a large number of cattle and sheep inside, they were even slower in their actions"

"They will be divided into two routes when they approach Balikun Lake. The Khalkha people will go north to cross Jinshan and return to Ulyasutai, while the South will return to Hami"

"If it is launched at this time, the Qing army stationed in Yili City will be easily annihilated. The one stationed in Urumqi is his younger brother Banjul. He can block the Qing army's counterattack after his father Khan took over the power of the entire Junggar Khanate."

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"What else are you worried about?"

"I just need the Khan to give me a clear letter, and then I will quickly return to Tarbhatai and let my father Khan attack"

"I promised you"

"This..."

"Are there any questions? I am a khan from a hundred thousand Turkuts. I have a golden word, so how can I repent easily? Besides, you have seen it. This time I have brought tens of thousands of troops and have to cross the Kazakhs.

The territory, was it to attack Amursana?"

“……”

"Well, I will break the arrow with you and swear in front of the immortal world"

It turned out that although Qitade and Fu Heng had agreed to attack the Junggar tribe, it was on the premise that the Junggar tribe changed again, it was obviously not easy for Qitade to launch it in advance.
Chapter completed!