Chapter 75: Beware of Painting at the End of the Song (2) Who can know my heart?
How could Quita De not know the feelings of the surrendered generals?
However, he has his own way. There are more than 20 generals above the third rank. Not every one is like Zhaohui and Yan Xiangshi, but most of them are like Sebutt.
There are also many people who do not want to join Truqin, but they also use it to please Truqin people so that they can get out of the bitter and cold sea earlier.
Elin Qindorji of Tushetu Khan's tribe is one of them.
He had made up his mind that after he returned this time, he would stay in the tribe for a long time and would not go to Beijing anymore. Although he did not know Emperor Qianlong's thunder methods, he also knew the reason why the emperor was far away. He had suffered a loss in the Junggar tribe and would not force all the Khalkhas to rebel again.
The other princes, princes, such as Baldar, Cheddorji, and Manibadala, also have the same meaning.
The behavior of Zhao Hui and others soon reached Qitade's ears.
About half a month later, he suddenly relaxed the control of the surrendered generals and increased their food every now and then, which made Zhaohui, who was originally frightened, see hope.
"It must be that the emperor has agreed to redeem them"
Therefore, the mood to atone for sins is even more urgent,
From that day on, Qitade even asked them to gather in the yard to let go, which made Zhao Hui overjoyed, but he also learned his lesson. For several days, he had indirectly whispered at these Mongolian princes.
Erin Qindorji, whose prestige is second only to Sebuten, became his best target of persuasion.
After several indirect attacks, I didn't expect that Elin Qindaoerji actually agreed to his persuasion.
What he didn't know was that Elin Qindaoerji turned around and reported the matter to Qitade.
In fact, since the reduction of the food of the surrendered generals, although Qitade occasionally gave the surrendered generals a meal, the ordinary soldiers who had not been picked up have been reducing the food. In the last few days, a big cake turned into a small cake.
Zhaohui obviously didn't know all this.
"Even if you generals want to cause trouble, it's useless to have no soldiers to cooperate"
This is Qitade's true intention.
The inconsistent attitude towards the surrendered generals was also deliberately made by Qitade, in order to make everyone inside jump out.
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Just when the time agreed upon by Qitade was only ten days left, the Qing Dynasty still had no movement.
Guazhou.
A Hu merchant was sighing in the inn.
This person is over 60 years old. Who is Mahamo, the old housekeeper of Narasim?
It turned out that since the transaction of installing a flintlock was cut off, Mahamo has not forgotten to do other businesses except to continue to do ruby business with the Truchens.
One of the biggest ones is tea.
Qitad naturally can obtain tea from the Russians, but the Russians worked hard to transport tea from Chaktu, thousands of miles away, so how could they not raise the price?
So, in addition to continuing to purchase from the Russians at high prices, he also hinted to Mahamo that he could buy from him, so Mahamo's second most profitable business came.
At this time, Shazhou (Dunhuang) was the westernmost land that the Qing Dynasty could truly control. Although Hami was also in their hands, it still relied on the local Uyghur general manager to carry out the operation.
As Hami and Turpan were in trouble, starting from Shazhou along the northern foot of Kunlun Mountains, returning to the Mesopotamia through Kashgar became the only choice.
This is the road that Mahamo took. He bought tea from Shazhou. Although the price was more expensive than that of Chaktu, the price could be more than ten times when transported to the Caspian Sea!
This profit is stronger than ruby.
For nomadic tribes, rubies are not necessary, but tea is necessary.
What's more, he was a Zoroastrian and practiced the skill of light and darkness. For him, the only obstacle was the Baishan Hezhuo family, the ruler of the original Yarkand Khanate. They believed in the Silence Sect, while Heishan Hezhuo believed in the Recitation Sect.
Baishan and Heishan are found in the northern foothills of Kunlun Mountain. If you are an ordinary businessman, it will definitely be a big headache to face this situation, but there are no obstacles for the Zoroastrians who are already practicing both light and dark.
So Mahamo was able to travel all over the southern Xinjiang with peace of mind. As for the area west of the Southern Tianshan Mountains, it was the scope of the Bukhara Khanate. Although it was still divided, it was basically under the leadership of a Khanate.
What's more, even if there are many warlords, there are all factors behind them from different sects and tribes, which is simply great for Mahamo.
Therefore, his caravan has returned to the strength of the former largest merchant in Bukhara and Shiva, and is also the only merchant who can enter the Qing Dynasty.
On that day, Mahamo came to Guazhou in person. After reading the letter Qitad wrote to him, although he was a little unhappy, he decided to help him complete this matter.
He knew that after this matter was completed, his tea transportation plan would be ruined.
However, Qitad promised in the letter, "In the future, all the bright iron agents in Shiva, Bukhara, Khorasan, and Afghanistan will be entrusted to you."
This is the only reason why Mahamo is willing to take risks.
The so-called bright iron is the original stainless steel products made by adding nickel to steel in Akto, especially tableware, which are all sets. Although they are only popular among the upper nobles at present, according to Mahamo's sense of smell, it will sooner or later become popular among ordinary families.
The profit here is no less than that of tea, not to mention the risk is still small.
After hesitating for a while, he still knocked on the door of Yan Xiangshi's mansion from the back door.
When he handed a letter written by Master Yan Xiang to his wife, he hid his whole family in his caravan at night, and then set out for Shazhou early the next morning.
In that letter, Yan Xiangshi said in a stern manner that if he did not escape, his family would be sent to Ningguta at the least, and the family would be killed or even implicated in the three tribes, forcing his family to believe.
When his caravan arrived in Yarkand, there was no need to hide this way, and naturally there would be a camel hunter from Qitad to take over.
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Qitade has set a time for the Qing Dynasty for more than three days, and the other party still has no movement.
But the good news is that he has brought back Yan Xiangshi's family.
In the "prison", Yan Xiangshi hugged his family and cried bitterly. This scene was seen by other military generals, only Zhao Hui, Ailona and others glared at each other.
Zhao Hui gritted her teeth and thought: "Can my Qing Dynasty become a sieve full of loopholes, and can let the guy Qitade interact?!"
"Crouch..."
The door of the prison cell slowly opened, and Qitade brought the guard group and newly recruited people including Hadan, Suh, Akdun, Zhuang Zhihe, Fang Xiaode and a group of surrendered generals who had been brought under him.
More than 20 surrendered generals were called out and then lined up in a small team.
"Everyone!"
Qitad looked at them coldly.
"It's not that I'm not merciful, but that your country has no intention of redeeming you. Today, three days have passed since the time I agreed. I originally wanted to start a massacre on the first day, but in the end I finally held it back."
"I think, maybe it was the Qing Dynasty mission that had an accident on the road, but three days passed, and even a fast horse didn't come to say anything. It was obvious that he looked down on me and didn't take you to heart."
"Since that's the case, then I don't have to be polite to you"
After saying that, he called out several Mongolian princes, princes and Taiji, asked them to stand aside, and shouted to Hadan and others: "When will you stay if you don't do it now?"
The surrendered generals were about to take action, but Qitade felt soft and kept Zhao Hui out again.
Hadan and others held the sword and rushed towards the remaining Eight Banners of Manchuria and Han Army Banners.
In the past few days, Qitade changed his strategy again, asking them to eat only a small piece of cake every day, barely hang their lives, and they were already trampling around. They were not the opponents of these people, and they were soon killed!
At this time, Qitade walked to Zhaohui and Mongolian nobles whom he picked out.
The reason why he let Zhaohui go was not influenced by the "national heroes" in later generations, although Zhaohui may never be able to do it in this life.
"You go, but my vilification is ahead. The Mongolian princes should return to Khalkha from the east of Jaisanbo through the Baktalma Valley. If they return from Altai or Balikun Lake, I cannot guarantee your safety"
"As for General Zhaohui, you can go to Balikun Lake with confidence"
His actions clearly meant to be a discord between the relationship between the Khalkhas and the Qing Dynasty. As for the subsequent development, it was no longer under his control.
After dealing with the generals here, he asked five thousand surrendered soldiers, including Manchus, Mongolians and Han, to kill other surrendered soldiers who had also been hungry for several days.
However, this time he finally understood Emperor Qianlong's thoughts.
"He will not save a person. Even if he wants to save him, he will not come to negotiate within the time he agreed"
The Qing Dynasty is the supreme country of the Celestial Empire, how could it be called by an extra barbarian leader?
So he was not going to release another ten thousand Han men, and was going to get Truchen together. Now he knew that even if these people went back, they could not escape the word "death".
Because he had killed his soldiers and put them back, wasn't it because these civilians had shown goodwill to him before?
When Zhaohui fled to the place near Balikun Lake in a panic, he finally saw Emperor Qianlong's mission, headed by the crown prince's tutor, Liu Tongxun, the new governor of Shaanxi and Gansu!
After learning about Urumqi, Liu Tongxun was also shocked.
Originally, he thought it was not a big deal to delay for three or two days, but he didn't expect that the other party was so decisive!
"I'm really a barbarian in foreign affairs"
So, he didn't dare to stay anymore and quickly went back with Zhaohui.
In fact, the emperor gave him a chore and delayed him by a month before he arrived in Urumqi. He couldn't stay in Balikun anymore, and he took the initiative to go in advance, for fear of an accident, but unexpectedly failed.
He knew that no matter what, he could not explain it.
"The emperor just asked the eunuchs in the palace to give me private instructions, and did not issue an order. After returning, he had to take the blame himself."
When he thought of Chao Cuo in the Western Han Dynasty, he was sweating profusely.
As for why Qitade worked hard to get Yan Xiangshi's family out, it was not because he had seen clearly in the past period of time that Nian's selfless prestige, who was born as a slave in Baoyi, could not catch up with Yan Xiangshi. He attached great importance to the Han people and had no choice but to come up with this bad strategy.
Yan is a thousand-year-old prominent family in Gansu. He is more respected than the entire Hexi area. He is also both civil and military, and is deeply respected by many Han generals.
Chapter completed!