Chapter 79 The Eve of the Onan River Conference (Part 1)
Long'an Temple Hall.
Yongyan's remaining troops were all compressed into the hall. When the top shells exploded, almost everyone almost collapsed on the ground.
They knew that if the other party continued to blow up like this, the entire hall would collapse completely!
At this moment, there were shouts outside.
"Please come out and speak, and give you a moment to consider. Once the time comes, the hall will definitely turn into powder!"
Everyone looked at Yongyan. Although they were all high-ranking officials in Manchu, military officers, and they all came out of the sea of blood, they still had no chance of life and death. No matter how brave they were, they could only bow their heads and admit defeat.
After a while, Yongyan sighed and stood up.
"In any case, I don't want to live anymore. The important task assigned by my father has not been completed. If I surrender, how can I see him again in the future? But I can die for my country, but you can't. They value me, not you, and hope to exchange me for your life"
"Your Highness!"
"Your Highness!"
Everyone quickly fell to the ground, "Let's go there, slaves"
Yongyan shook his head.
"The current situation is very clear. Or I will come forward or die here together"
As he said that, he walked out and shouted outside: "I can see me, but you are not worthy. I want to see Ashina!".
"Oh?"
Ashina's figure was exposed from outside the courtyard wall. Both of them had similar figures and were the same age (both were twenty-seven years old), but Yongyan had goatee beard while Ashina had short beards.
At this time, the courtyard walls around the hall were full of Truqin soldiers holding rifles and shotguns. If Yongyan and others were cheating, they would definitely beat them into sieve.
"You are Yongyan?"
"You are Asina?"
"Hahaha"
"Hahaha"
"Tell me, what are you thinking?"
"It's very simple, surrender, I can guarantee your lives and safety"
"Hmph, I want me to wait for the Manchurian Banners to be your subjects, dream"
"Oh? I didn't expect that I still have some integrity, but let it go, what about the vassals?"
Yongyan thought to himself: "Fathers, do they want to relocate our bannermen outside the pass?"
"Based on their ability, this is probably the best result. It is estimated that the father will be unable to defeat them with the geographical structure of Sichuan. Their combat power is too strong. In the past, it was said that there were only tens of thousands of people, and they would not dare to fight. This is also perfect for the current Truqin people."
"Even more than that"
But he is obviously a proud person and will not submit immediately.
"Fathers? What do you say?"
"Haha, my father told me before that you killed too much when you waited for the Manchu Banners to enter the pass. I didn't want to leave you waiting, but I thought that you have made great contributions to the Mongolian, Western Regions, and Qinghai-Tibet returning to China, so I found a way out for you."
"Don't think about the Northeast, but there are still many lands in the world and there are still many unparalleled lands, and there are two choices in front of you"
"One is Japan. After our country's management, its population has dropped sharply, which can be filled by you. The second is Luzon. The Spanish are now lingering there, but if our country is assisted, you can completely occupy this island"
"Although my father only mentioned these two places, the South Ocean is very large. In addition to the Western barbarians, they are all other barbarians. Among them are two large islands, one Borneo and the other Sumatra, both are huge islands larger than the three eastern provinces. They can accommodate a population of one million, and I think they can also go there."
"Or North America, of course, you are all frogs in the well, most of them don't know that the land there is actually very vast. If you like cold places, there are plenty of places to go"
"If you choose Japan and Luzon, you need to call out the place yourself. If you go to North America, you don't need to do so"
"There is a ready-made place called Alaska, which is ten times that of the three northeastern provinces. However, the climate is cold, which is similar to the scene you have before"
"What then?"
"With your strength, even if the father allows all the bannermen to move here, he will not be able to defeat the Western barbarians and must submit to us. However, the name of the Qing Dynasty can still be retained, but the king must be demoted to kings, and tributes can be relaxed until once every five years, and everything else can be independent."
"What about the inner city, A Gui and others won't give up easily just because I surrendered"
"Don't worry, I won't attack the inner city for the time being"
"Okay"
....
With the surrender of Yongyan, Mingliang and others, the green camp soldiers in the outer city had no reason to continue to persist and put down their weapons and surrendered. However, as Yongyan said, Agui and others were very stubborn. Although they lost the outer city, they obviously hoped to burn together with the Truqin people in the inner city.
However, Ashina and others ignored them. After completely occupying the outer city, because the nine gate admiral Abida was also in his hands, he took down Xuanwu Gate, Chongwen Gate and Zhengyang Gate in one go.
....
In mid-December, a heavy snow raided the Kruren River Basin of the Chechnya Khan tribe.
Qitad, who had just arrived at the Wendur Khan tent, where the Chechen Khan tent was located, decided to rest here for three days before leaving.
This time, he brought the reorganized division in Yili, Dongdu. Of course, he did not carry those heavy field guns, but he could carry heavy mortars (the heaviest 300 kilograms) with him. A Kyoto direct reorganized division had 18,000 people, plus Qitade's guard regiment, the number was close to 20,000.
In winter, it is still in the middle of winter, and it is actually much more convenient for the Turkuts who came from the north coast of the Caspian Sea. They can use sleds and sleds to load ammunition and food, and horses can also be laid on nail covers to walk on the desert wasteland without any wharf.
At this time, due to the southward advance of the Hadan Division, only Yan Dunhuang's mountain brigades were left in the entire Khalkha. However, just as the Qing Dynasty conquered Khalkha, only four or five thousand Eight Banners soldiers were left in the local area, Yan Dunhuang's mountain brigades were enough to suppress the tribes.
What's more, Yan Dunhuang also has a newly formed tribal cavalry division, which is naturally from the Weila tribes and the Soren tribes in Khalkha.
Although there are few defenders of Ulya Sutai, they store a lot of food and grass, which is enough to meet their needs for a year.
Naturally, Qitade would not come from the extremely dangerous Baktalma River Valley, but passed through the northern part of the Tianshan Mountains, crossed the Alxa wasteland controlled by the Hoshuottes, and then came north from the western foot of Yinshan.
The wind, snow and cold along the way needless to say.
When arriving in Wendur Khan, the great khan of Zasaktu Khan, Chiwanbalzhai, Bunirat and son, Sanyin Noyan Khan Nolbuzar, Tushetu Khan Khan Cheddorji, and Chechen Khan Khan Khan Khan, all went out to greet him.
In addition to these people, there is also the nephew of the Eighth Da Lai, who is currently the living Buddha of Tsepundanba, and Wangshuk, who was only twelve years old (Tibetan, after the Qing Dynasty controlled Khalkar, the system of the living Buddha of Tsesethuk was abolished by the Tushetukhan family).
Wendurkhan had a counselor, which was obviously from the city, but compared with Ulya Sutai and Kobdo, it was obviously because most of the Qing government's enemies came from the west.
This is also a wooden city, built with wooden fences interspersed with soil.
When Qitade met the tribes of the Wolf Juxu Mountain near Kulun (Ulaanbaatar), he had seen them. Time has changed. Although Qitade knew a little about the inside story of these people, he did not know the details.
But he was obviously fearless. The Yili reorganizer was the most powerful armed force in the eastern part of the empire. Although he did not carry field cannons, these forces were not something that the troops could compete with.
What's more, since the Qing court implemented that special policy, the Dingkou in the pastoral area has been greatly reduced, while the elite cavalry that the Sanyin Nuoyan tribe and Tushetu Khan tribe finally collected have been crippled by the Truqin army. Now the power of the Chechen Khan tribe is still intact.
And the Zasaktu Khan tribe has completely defected to Truchen.
Where the Qing court could use the two thousand Eight Banners soldiers to suppress the Qing Dynasty's counselor in Wendurkhan, did he dare not come if he had a reinforcement reorganization?
Unlike the Ming Dynasty, the Qing court truly regarded Khalkha as its own territory to govern. In addition to the three resident ministers, the official road was also one of them. From Kobdo to Ulyasutai, to Kulun, and finally to Wendurhan, straight official roads were built, and it was still very wide, almost half a mile wide.
The Krulun River, one of the four famous rivers in Khalkha (the remaining three rivers are the Orhun River, the Zabuhan River, and the Wengjin River), has been completely frozen, and the thinnest place is half a meter, so you can walk on it.
However, since the official path was established, there was no need to do so.
But the Truqins were obviously very careful. If the official road was in danger, they could retreat to the river.
The wind was howling, and the university was everywhere, and the Truqins' teams came out from it.
As the place where the king's tent of the Chechen Khan tribe was naturally built on a high place. Before Chechen Khan Chiwandorji learned that he was about to arrive, he climbed onto the high platform in front of the big tent and looked at it.
I saw a horse team walking in front, all wearing woolen coats, woolen hats, muskets, and sabers. The war horses were obviously much taller than Mongolian horses. They were about ten people in a row, and they were lined up with an extremely neat and solemn queue emerged from the wind and snow.
The wind and snow in the north of the desert are world-famous. If you want to maintain a rank or military posture in this kind of weather, don’t say that the Khalkha people can’t do it, even the Eight Banners soldiers can’t do it.
But the Truchens did it, and when they emerged from the wind and snow, it seemed like a steady red wall suddenly popping out - the Truchen soldiers were all wearing red wool coats.
Yes, it is still motionless, as if no matter how heavy the wind and snow are, it will not affect them.
As soon as I saw this scene, Chiwandorgi's eyebrows twisted into a hemp rope.
About three miles west of the Wendurhan tent, it had been half an hour since the red wall had passed, but there was still no sign of ending. In the middle of the red wall, Qitad accepted the kneeling ceremony of Chiwandorji and others.
As a fifty-seven-year-old emperor, he did not ride on a war horse like others, but sat on a magnificently decorated sledge.
At the age of fifty-seven, nearly sixty years old, Qitade, who built the great empire himself, had a little wrinkle on his face and a little gray hair. His expression did not change significantly from when he was thirty years old.
He obviously wouldn't come here casually, and he also made careful preparations.
In addition to the empire's great lama Luo Buzangdanjin, the great lama of Ulangumu, Cebekdorji accompanied him, and he also brought an extremely important figure.
Chapter completed!