In the wilderness era, cowardice is synonymous with failure.

After Qitade left the territory of Junggar, he appointed Shakdurmanji, descendant of Kundulun Ubash, the brother of the former Gushi Khan, as the new Junggar Khan. However, after betrayed his former Huit tribe, Qingguzhabu, immediately received heavy attention from the Qing court and was appointed as Junggar Khan by the emperor.

With the assistance of the Qing court, Qingguzhabu gradually unified Jinshan, the north and south of Tianshan Mountain, and his strength gradually increased.

Originally, Shakdurmanji's station was in Yili, but in order to avoid Qinggunzabu's edge, he had to move to his former station near Lake Balkash and gave out the entire Yili River Basin.

Before Qitad left, he explicitly ordered the Kazakhs not to attack the Junggars who remained in the local area, but did not say that the Junggars were not allowed to attack within and he could not control them.

After driving Shakdurmanji away, Qinggunzabu further expanded, but this time he showed considerable political wisdom. On the one hand, he assisted the Qing army in driving away the Kyrgyzs entrenched in Turpan, but on the other hand, he did not take advantage of the opportunity to pursue Shakdurmanji.

However, Shakdurmanji's pasture was too cramped and was sandwiched between Kazakh Zhongyuz, the Russians and Qinggunzab's pasture, and obviously could not support tens of thousands of herders. Faced with this situation, Shakdurmanji also sent people to Truchen for help, but his messenger obviously did not arrive at Truchen smoothly.

It is obvious that Qingguzhabu also learned from Kazakhstan Ablikhan and was loyal to Tsarist Russia and the Qing court at the same time. At this time, Zhongyuz Khan, Ablikhan's adopted son Yanggeer, also loyal to Tsarist Russia. It was expected that his envoy could not reach Truqin.

Since getting a large population from Junggar, it is naturally not the focus of Truchen, and it is impossible to keep the camel hunter there. After the Kazakhs were vigilant, it was difficult to keep it.

Therefore, Qitade only knows about the situation in the New Junggar Khanate.

He was really not interested in that cold and barren land and didn't want to pay too much attention.

Qinggunzabu obviously understood this. Because he was close to the Russians, Truchen knew very well in the past ten years, so he launched an offensive against Shakdullmanzi.

However, this time he did not dispatch troops to attack the Junggars near Lake Balkhash, but instead adopted an offensive of beauties, money and treasures.

On the one hand, he expressed his humility and humility, and repeatedly stated that he had no intention of being the position of Junggar Khan, and that he was enthroned by the Qing court, which was a last resort.

Shakdurmanji obviously believed it. He completely forgot the painful lessons of losing nearly 10,000 herders in the war with him. So, a lewd, cruel and absurd Shakdurmanji appeared, which caused chaos within it.

The Junggars who stayed near Lake Balkhash obviously wouldn't just let it go. At this time, a character appeared, and he was Shakdurmanji's younger brother Elinqin.

Elinqin sent people to arrive at Truqin after a lot of hardships. This time he learned his lesson and did not let someone walk from the north, but went the other way, walked from the Sir River basin to the south, and mixed in the camel caravan to Aral City, the easternmost part of Truqin.

At this time, it was the moment when the Russian war was about to break out.

Shelen, who guarded Aral Province, immediately reported to Qitade, and soon Qitade sent instructions.

"Take the opportunity of heavy snow in winter to pick them up to Truchen"

She Ling couldn't help but smile bitterly after receiving this order.

"This place is still thousands of miles away from the Junggar land, and there are also Zhongyuzi Sultan Bala and Zhongyuzi Khan Yanger in the middle. How to respond?"

He had no choice but to find Omubu, who was responsible for intelligence work near the Caspian Sea.

Omubu thought for a while and said to him: "The Russian war is imminent, and the Russian rebels fled to the vicinity of Kustana, which will definitely attract its Siberian army. It is snowing heavily and the road is closed, and the weather is cold and cold. If infantry comes to encircle and suppress it, it will definitely be half the result with twice the effort."

"If they dispatched their cavalry divisions in Tara, they would save much more effort, and they would most likely choose this way. Therefore, there is only one infantry division left in Omsk in the entire Central Siberia, which is not worth worrying."

"You might as well bring a division of cavalry to advance from the border between Zhongyuz and the Russians. When you arrive near Astana, you might as well appear openly and make it clear to Zhongyuz Khan Yanger that the vacancies left by the Junggars can be filled by them."

"I guess he won't refuse"

"Dayuzhan Abul Bandit lost the battle with the Uzbeks for the Fergana Basin and finally completely withdrew there. At present, the Uzbeks are attacking Tashkent in a large-scale manner, and he is in danger of conscience"

"At this time, if Yanger could obtain a piece of land they had coveted for a long time from the Junggars, his prestige would be above Abrbant, not to mention that his Zhongyuz was next to our country, and he would not have any other ideas"

"In addition, the war between our country and Russia is what he wants to see. No matter which side wins, he can make a profit. If we win and annihilate the main force of the Russian Siberian Legion, the Kazakhs can restore the pastures in the northern part of the Siberian prairie"

"If Russia wins and we lose a crushing defeat, they can also covet the former Xiaoyuzi land"

"So, Yanger should probably sit by and watch you leave with the Junggar people"

After hearing this, She Ling made up her mind.

He mobilized all the militias in the Alal Province, left with a division's troops, and trek east along the Uy River before Pugachev arrived in Treutsk.

A division's cavalry carried dry food for a month, and as for the horses, they could only arch the snow piles and eat the dead grass below.

In order to get there smoothly, Sheling also carried a thousand pack horses, carrying a large amount of beans and replenished the war horses every five days.

With heavy snow, the herdsmen in the Central Siberian prairie moved to the south to spend the winter, and Balasudan and Yanger moved the tent to a place close to the Sir River and the Shattered Leaf River.

There is no idea about this snow-torn unit.

Without saying a word, Sheling soon arrived near Garaganda in later generations, where the tent of Shakdullmanzi was located.

....

Treutsk.

This is also a military fort built by the Cossacks. It was originally a wooden castle. Later, the Russians stabilized the situation in Central Siberia, especially after the emergence of the Truchens and significantly suppressed the ready-to-go Kazakhs, their rule in northern Central Siberia became more stable.

As a result, the castle was rebuilt into a brick-stone castle that can accommodate three thousand people and their families.

After taking the fort through a snowy night attack, Pugachev killed all the nobles, civilians and merchants in the city, occupying their wives, daughters and property, but he still kept the nearby serfs, Cossacks and tribal leaders.

In the former governor's mansion, Pugachev, who is now twenty-nine years old, is already covered in yellow beards, sitting with his most trusted friend, Cossackchumakov, who had participated in the war against the earth with the fire, was talking to him.

Chumakov was ten years older than him and was one of the few artillery among the Cossack cavalry. Therefore, he was highly valued by Pugachev after the uprising. On the way from near Orenburg to Treutsk, if there were no artillery, it would be difficult to seize the Russians' forts one by one.

Although Chumakov is also a Cossack, his hair is curly black, and he obviously has a lot of Tatar blood. Compared with Pugachev, who looks rough and carefree, he is thin, has a low eyebrows and looks very reliable.

"I don't know how Asnalin and the others are?"

The two chatted for a while, and Pugachev suddenly said.

Originally, the two armies were operating together, but after reaching east of the Ural Mountains, the Russian army's strength suddenly became weak, which gave them the opportunity to occupy the two places and support each other. So Pugachev was with Chumakov, and Asnalin was with German Karl.

Pugachev's army was mainly composed of Cossacks, Russian serfs, and tribal cavalry as the auxiliary, while Asnalin was the opposite, with the Bashkirs, Kazan Tatars as the main ones, Cossacks, serfs, and other tribes as the auxiliary ones.

"I don't know, but it's very difficult for the official army to come over with such heavy snow. Moreover, the Magnitogelsk they occupied leans against the mountains. If the situation is wrong, they can retreat into the mountains to hide."

"What about us?"

Chumakov smiled and said, "Chairman, aren't we still going south to cross the Uy River and enter Truchen's territory?"

(Chairman, Pugachev, after the uprising, set up a military committee in the army, and he and Chumakov, Asnalin and Kar are the four giants of the committee)

Pugachev shook his head, "You also see that when our soldiers were tentatively preparing to cross the Uy River, they were immediately shot by their river patrol soldiers"

Chumakov said: "Then why do the Truchens urge us to raise the matter in advance?"

Pugachev sighed, "This is all politics, dirty politics. For the Truchens, Tsarist Russia is their enemy. Naturally, I hope that the more chaotic it is in its territory, the better. Our uprising obviously gave them this opportunity"

"Then next..."

"We are surrounded. I have said before that we cannot wait until enemies from all directions are surrounding us before making plans. But you are scared by the heavy snow and tempted by the comfortable fireplace of Treutsk. You can't run out after hesitation"

Chumakov said: "In fact, we have another way"

"Oh?"

"It's better to surrender to the official army. In this case, the official army will most likely forgive us."

Pugachev immediately became alert. In the past few days, he had been lying in bed due to wind and cold infection. Chumakov was responsible for all matters in the city.

"Is it?"

He stared into Chumakov's eyes for a long time before finally saying, "How is it possible? Is there any change in their internal situation?"

Chumakov nodded, "Yes, I just got the news that the Truchens have taken Orenburg"

"Ah?!"

Pugachev immediately understood.

"We are just a chess piece, a poor chess piece"
Chapter completed!