3394 The Great Escape from Ili
The main force of Cossacks in Lake Balkache came out in full swing and captured eighteen cities including Kapchaga overnight. The thirty-six old Kulun would rather die than surrender and burn the entire army's forage farm.
This news spread rapidly in the Yili River Valley just as it had wings.
There are 27 Kuluns in the Yili River Valley, but now there are only more than 300 elderly, weak, sick and disabled people. The others have been killed in the riots of Agubo, and the Qing Dynasty has not yet added new sources of troops.
It is impossible not to leave only twenty-seven old soldiers in Kapchagae, and most of the three hundred people would be placed in Huiyuan City. The remaining veterans at other stations can only be a symbol of the image of the country.
Such strength is impossible to take revenge, but the Rakshasa ghost also underestimated the ambition of these Chinese people. A fire in Kapuchaga completely ignited the anger in the hearts of these veterans.
We are very old, we are also weak, and we don’t even have a musket in our hands!
But we will not betray our ancestors. Hu Laosan and others can sacrifice their lives for their country. What else can we not bear to bear?
All the Kulun Soldiers who received this news began to act. They packed the last little tax onto the Camel Thomas team and entrusted reliable herders and caravans to send it to Tacheng.
General Yili was in Tacheng. Although the road ahead was difficult and dangerous across the mountains, no matter how difficult it was, these military resources could not be left to the Rakshasa ghosts.
Take away everything you can take away, and burn it all the things you can't take away!
Before the Tsarist Russians arrived, these veterans burned the forage and grain for the winter, filled the wells and even dug holes to hide the most precious household registration book.
From ancient times to the present, household registration book has been an important tool for a regime to rule the place, and is even a symbol of legitimacy, and even its importance is stronger than that of the official seal.
Having a household registration book proves that you have the ability to go deep into the grassroots front line. Even after the war, you can distinguish the ownership of the houses and pastures on this land.
This is a very critical criterion for society to maintain order and an important proof that all people believe in it!
With the administrative power of the household registration book, it can penetrate into the people even more. Such good treasures are accumulated bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by
Many records can be traced back to the Qianlong period. If herders have property rights disputes, they will often find their own evidence from their household registration books.
Moreover, few nomadic peoples record their genealogy, and they don’t remember any of the three generations or more, but the household registration book will still record some of them.
When two herdsmen's homes clashed, maybe with the household registration book, you can suddenly realize that we were a family in the fifth generation ago!
This kind of documentary record has indeed reduced a lot of conflicts and is indeed a powerful tool for administrative management!
Since it is a treasure, don’t keep it for the Rakshasa ghost. Build it and wait for the king to come back to see Tian Ri again!
Those buried places were also sent to Tacheng with the taxes!
The entire Yili River Valley was in chaos, and all the towns were almost everywhere. Either the Rakshasa ghosts were killing people and robbing people or the locals were burning property.
The 27th Kulun War Station burned even more tragic. The retreating old soldiers basically destroyed everything, leaving no chicken feathers for the Rakshasa ghost.
Everyone started to flee to the east with their families. People knew that the Ili River Valley could not prevent these robbers, so they could only move towards the northern border and risked their lives to walk to the Alasan Pass in winter.
It is really impossible to describe this tragic escape. In the eyes of the expedition team, this is already a tragic scene like hell!
Many elderly people and children fall to the ground halfway and can no longer get up. The temperature during the day is over minus ten degrees Celsius, and at night, the temperature drops directly to minus twenty or thirty degrees Celsius.
The weak-powered people were frozen to death, and the expedition team was still determined to save these people, but this time they fled, they also lost two-thirds of the supplies, and the remaining supplies were no longer enough for them to use.
I could only turn a blind eye to a starving person who was frozen to death, and all the expedition teams burst into tears!
"How could this damn Rakshasa ghost choose to kill in winter! It doesn't give anyone a way to survive, and you can't even escape."
"Stop scolding, save some strength to take revenge in the future! They just want to attack at this time, they just want to capture a large number of people as their slaves!"
The fleeing team went to the vicinity of Huiyuan City before they saw the crowded city. The Han garrison had already received news that they finally opened the city gate to save people.
But everyone knows that Huiyuan City is just the last supply point to cross the Alasan Pass. Time is tightly surrounded by tens of thousands of Cossacks, Huiyuan City will sooner or later fall.
"Stay around, don't stay, one adult, one child, one salt, one handful of salt, go quickly."
The veterans guarding the city urged the refugees to flee north quickly. "The villagers rushed to the northern border quickly. I can't stay here sooner or later. Don't stay with food and leave!"
"This is a bet on life! If you have a big life, you can tell me if you have a small fortune. God will take you, take you, and you will take you! Foreign devils have also come, and we are our own people!"
The veterans of Huiyuan City surrounded the expedition team in a flash, especially Guan Lu and Doro. When they knew that they were relatives from the Central Plains or people around the emperor, all the veterans knelt down and greeted each other.
Guan Lu and Dorora rose up and fell down two more, and cried everywhere outside Huiyuan City.
"Long live the emperor is still thinking about us, and finally the relatives in the Central Plains are still thinking about us, wuwuwu."
"You can't stay here, you can't stay here to bring out all our food, dry meat, dry milk, and naan bread for adults to get on the road!"
"Hold more bundles of old sheepskins in the warehouse, and this can help you when you cross the mountain pass!"
"Child, when I pass by the snow-capped mountains after hearing what I say, I would rather freeze to death than rest when I am exhausted, and never sleep. I really can't stand it anymore. I have to be awake to cross the mountains even if I use awl to pierce my flesh."
"This is the best mutton oil. You can carry it with you. If you can't stand the cold, just eat it and don't be afraid of the smell of mutton. This is frozen after cooking oil. Take it to keep the cold with it."
The veterans rubbed their relatives' clothes, just like looking at their own children. "I want to keep you for a night. I haven't seen the villagers in the Central Plains for ten years."
"No, you can't leave the Rakshasa ghost and will arrive soon. You can go quickly and see the emperor and the people from the Central Plains. Remember to say it and say that we are all fine in this."
The expedition team was almost bombed away. Guan Lu and Doro knew very well that their way of life was exchanged for these veterans of Kulun, and they used their lives to hold back the enemy's speed.
Looking at the veterans behind him who had been looking north, everyone in the Manchu Guard felt as uncomfortable as if they had grown grass, and tears couldn't stop flowing down.
Guan Lu suddenly returned, rode his horse forward for a few steps. He jumped off the horse and knelt down at the veterans and the Yili River Valley.
"Uncles, I kowtowed to you, I kowtowed to you for the people of the Central Plains."
Doro also rushed over with red eyes, kneeling on the big rock and knocking on the ice, "I kowtow to you for those incompetent people in Sijiu City."
"We don't know! I only realized until now that I live. Where can I live in the world? Isn't someone carrying the burden for us? "
Chapter completed!