In the next few days, Qi Bin went to see Minister Cullen again. The Chinese side had already sent people to contact this person, and there was no problem.
The Cullen minister had no military power, but he readily agreed to surrender to China.
The emperor has already surrendered, and there is no need for him, a minister sent to a remote place, to make any unnecessary struggles.
But this person's surrender only gave Qi Bin an assistant who knew the situation in the eastern half of Mobei.
In this sensitive and critical period, the final say must be decided by the barrel of a gun.
There was no way to hide the news that Qi Bin had arrived in Cullen.
This is the religious center and commercial center of Mobei. Basically, all ministries have their spies here.
Qi Bin wanted to capture Mobei in Kulun in one fell swoop, and Qing Ru also had the same idea.
By coincidence, the holy land of Kulun, a Buddhist holy place, is gathering momentum at this time, and the atmosphere is full of storms and storms.
"This is fine. Although the risk is high, the advantage is that it can solve the problem quickly." In the post house, Qi Bin thought while making tea carefully. Zhang Yufan, the head of the Kulun Station of the Ministry of Intelligence, was reporting the latest intelligence.
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Zhang Yufan is a short, chubby, middle-aged man with a friendly face, just like many Han Chinese shopkeepers.
In fact, his apparent identity is that of a grocery store manager.
The grocery store has a lot of people coming and going every day, and it has a variety of customers, which is very suitable for Zhang Yufan to carry out his work.
He has been operating in Kulun for two years. He arrived here with the original Huaihai Company caravan. At that time, he was not as fat as he is now.
At that time, the Huai Navy had just started, and Dong Shuheng took the lead in spreading his intelligence organization through caravans.
In the past two years, he has been surrounded by shopkeepers from Shanxi. Coupled with the eating habits here, he has gradually become what he is now.
With the unification of the country, many original webmasters have completed their missions.
Some of them were transferred to other departments, while others fell in love with their original intelligence work and were sent out to build new sites.
Many of these new sites are outside the country, so their work is more exciting and challenging. Many of these people are willing to stay because they are intoxicated by the excitement of intelligence work.
Zhang Yufan is a prudent person. After solving Cullen's problem, he prepared the golden basin to quit.
He plans to go into business. Over the years, he has been operating in Mobei and has established many contacts.
If he does business outside of China, Zhang Yufan is confident that he can leave a substantial family fortune to his descendants.
The economies of the grasslands and the Central Plains are highly complementary, making this a paradise for business.
"Mr. Qi, are you really prepared to fight Qingru here in Kulun?" Zhang Yufan asked. Once a person wants to wash his hands in a golden basin, he will become very timid. He has been operating in Kulun for two years, but
I don't want to overturn in the final stage.
"How is it? Webmaster Zhang, don't you think this is a suitable place?" Qi Bin poured a cup of tea for Zhang Yufan.
"Well, Mr. Qi, I'm just worried about your safety. You are the president's special envoy. You know, those steppe Tatars can do anything." Zhang Yufan said with worry on his face. He thought he would not admit that he was afraid.
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Only now did Zhang Yufan understand Qi Bin's plan.
Originally I thought he just wanted to unite the four Khalkha tribes here, and use the Living Buddha as an intermediary to persuade the four tribes to join the Chinese nation.
At most, there is some threat of force mixed in. The ready-to-go Cavalry Brigade serves this purpose.
But now he knows that Qi Bin's ambition is greater than he thought, and his real purpose is to attract Qingru through the alliance.
Qi Bin believes that Qingru will also see the opportunity of the Cullen Alliance. If Qingru can kill the envoys from the Central Plains on top of the alliance, then he will be able to conquer all the ministries with his power.
This is a huge attraction for Qingru now.
Now that Qingru has insufficient strength, instead of waiting for the Central Plains army to attack, he might as well take the risk and give it a try. If he wins, he will be qualified to compete with the Central Plains.
When the time comes, Qingru will integrate Mobei, rely on Rakshasa, prepare his army, and in a few years, he may be able to go south.
It has to be said that Qingru made good plans. But good plans sometimes fail.
In Omsk, the Governor of Central Siberia Khristenko has assembled an army of 50,000 people. These 50,000 people are not just a ragtag group of militiamen.
Among them were 20,000 Tsarist Russian regular troops and 30,000 Cossack cavalry. All of them were Siberian elites.
Khristenko prefers to call his army the "Vengeance Legion".
He divided his army into three parts.
Ten thousand Cossack cavalry entered Kazakhstan via the southern route.
At this time, Kazakhstan had just been annexed by Tsarist Russia after years of encroachment by Tsarist Russia and became part of Tsarist Russia.
These 10,000 people on the southern route will recruit 50,000 Kazakh auxiliary troops in Kazakhstan, and then lead an army of 60,000 to invade the Qing's Western Regions.
They will sweep Lake Balkhash and then attack Ili Mansion. Tsarist Russia has long coveted this place. Before that, Tsarist Russia did not know the reality of the Qing Dynasty, so Tsarist Russia never took action.
In addition, last year, Kazakhstan was completely integrated into Tsarist Russia, digesting Kazakh land. Tsarist Russia was already going to use troops against China. Before, there was a Kazakh barrier between the two countries.
Khristenko was full of confidence in the southern route. As early as five years ago, Tsarist Russia had sent a caravan to the western regions of China to investigate the situation.
It can be said that the armaments there are lax, the Han garrison soldiers are all old, weak, sick and disabled in exile, and the Mongols guard their pastures in disarray.
The Manchu Qing invested too few resources in the Western Regions.
Only when Lin Zexu was sent to Yili, he did a few practical things in the Western Regions, but they were all related to people's livelihood.
The remnants of the Kokand region behind are able to invade the Western Region. It is conceivable how empty the Western Region is.
Tsarist Russia's center army is the main force, with 20,000 Tsarist Russian Army troops totaling three divisions. There are also 10,000 Cossack cavalry.
This army will be led by Khristenko himself. He will set off from Tomsk, along Kra and Tulun, and arrive at Irkutsk.
Irkutsk was originally an important stronghold of Tsarist Russia on the west bank of Moon Lake. It is located at the southern end of the Central Siberian Plateau, close to Moon Lake.
To its south is the Mobei Grassland, which was the longest-running stronghold of Tsarist Russia in Moon Lake.
But now this place has been lost.
No news has come out of Irkutsk since last winter.
Khristenko had thought that this place had fallen. He also prepared for the worst. Therefore, the army in the middle carried a large amount of supplies.
Tsarist Russia already knew that this force in the north was different from the ordinary army of the Qing Dynasty. It was a new force supported by Britain and France. It had strong combat effectiveness and was generally equipped with rifled guns.
So this time Khristenko placed all his main forces in the center, attacked Lake Baikal, and recovered the lost area east of Baikal, using this force as his enemy.
To be honest, Tsarist Russia is at a disadvantage in obtaining intelligence. Because of the Crimean War, Tsarist Russia has been completely blocked and all channels for obtaining information have been interrupted.
In addition, there was another division heading north to recapture Yakutsk, and then moved south to join the central route army.
The news of the founding of China has not yet reached Tsarist Russia, so it is impossible for Khristenko to know about it. The Qing Dynasty he originally knew has changed in this world.
Here, a thriving new nation has been established.
This country no longer distinguishes between domestic ethnic groups as it did historically.
Dong Shuheng is integrating the entire Chinese nation and trying to replace the original narrow national view with the Chinese nation.
The Russian army's advance was rapid. In May, Khristenko had completed the assembly of the army.
This time when the army set off, Khristenko did not give the soldiers a single ruble.
"I allow you to kill all the yellow people you see. As long as you can grab any property, it will all belong to you." Khristenko said to the soldiers below at the swearing-in meeting.
Soldiers cannot march with the things they grabbed. To solve this problem, help the soldiers sell the things they grabbed.
Khristenko found almost all Siberian merchants and allowed them to accompany the army. Whatever the soldiers grabbed, whether it was property or people, could be sold to these merchants.
Many businessmen readily accept such a good thing, knowing that nothing is more profitable than robbery.
These merchants also voluntarily bring fierce caravan guards with them, and they can also act as bandits themselves when they have nothing to do.
Khristenko is indeed an expert in colonial wars. Kazakhstan's annexation to Tsarist Russia is due to his contribution.
He has specialized research on the nomadic tribes in the East. After dealing with the nomadic tribes in the East for many years, he knows that these people are very short-sighted and can easily fall into division for a little benefit.
This time Khristenko entered Eastern China, mainly to deal with the nomadic tribes in western and northern China. He had already planned how to fight.
First let the army scare these people through killing and looting, then recruit some people and suppress others.
The Second Cavalry Brigade of the Renaissance Army patrolled around Moon Lake. When they arrived at Irkutsk in the southwest of the lake again, traces of burning could still be seen here.
At the end of last autumn, the Renaissance Army captured this place, but by that time, winter was already approaching, so Teng Ziquan ordered this Tsarist Russian stronghold to be destroyed.
But now when they arrived here again, they found people here.
Teng Ziquan quickly sent a company of Mongolian light cavalry to investigate.
After a while, these cavalrymen brought a Mongolian over. It turned out to be a tribe that went north to find summer pasture. Seeing that there was no human habitation here and the water and grass were abundant, they set up camp here.
It is said that the tribes on the grassland are like weeds. Wild fires cannot burn them out, but they grow again when the spring breeze blows. It is true.
Since ancient times, the grasslands have been slaughtered countless times, but they still continue to exist.
There are always people popping up out of nowhere and occupying uninhabited areas of lush water and grass.
Ten days is actually a very short time.
Qi Bin didn't seem nervous at all, and there were still more than 500 guards around him.
The tribal spies who were stationed in Kulun were all inquiring about what exactly this mission from the Central Plains relied on.
All the leaders of the four Khalkha tribes came to Kulun as promised.
They all have their own mansion in Kulun. Because they spend some time every year in Kulun to listen to the old monk's Dharma discussion.
The Dharma Conference was held on the second day, and everything seemed to be calmer than expected. The four great Khans were very harmonious, and they chatted with each other.
Only Tushetu Khan was hiding in his mansion because he was too old to see anyone. This time he only brought his guards with him, and his youngest son, who always followed him in the past, did not come.
After the old monk finished teaching the Dharma, he said to everyone: "The Central Plains has a new owner. I, the Mobei Grassland, have been protected by the Central Plains for so many years."
"Now that the Central Plains has changed hands, the grassland tribes must also make their own choices. Today, the poor monk takes the initiative and introduces the envoys from the Central Plains to the Khans. Everyone has to choose their own path in the future."
"Buddha is a guide, but he never forces people to take a certain path."
The old monk said calmly, and then asked people to bring Qi Bin up.
Qi Bin was followed by the official from the Lifan Yuan and a guard, and walked into the main hall.
Suddenly there was the sound of a group of leaders whispering to each other. These people included the four great Khans and some of the leaders under the Khans.
"Everyone, on behalf of the Chinese government in the Central Plains, in accordance with the surrender of the Qing government, I came to Mobei to take over various ministries. We, the Chinese, will inherit all the rights and interests of the Qing Dynasty in Mobei."
"Hahaha, what a joke. We are loyal to His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, but who said that we must be loyal to the current China? Your new emperor must be a Han, right? What qualifications do Han people have to rule Mobei?"
Zasaktu Khan stood up impatiently and sarcastically said. The other Khans laughed and said nothing.
"Oh, so you are Zasak Tuhan. Maybe you really haven't studied any history. Our Emperor believes that Mongols, Manchus, and Han people all have black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin. For thousands of years,
Before, everyone was one family and a member of the Huaxia clan." In order to prevent these people from not understanding, Qi Bin acquiesced to the emperor's statement.
"Now the white people from the west have been expanding eastward. The Kazakhs in the west have been annexed. The herders have become the slaves of the Rakshasa people."
"Their next target is the grassland. Do you want to become slaves of the white people?" This news caused a sensation. Mobei and Kazakhstan are already closely connected, and everyone is nomadic.
Kazakhstan was actually annexed by the Rakshasa people? This news greatly surprised everyone.
"Our president promises that the new government will recognize the autonomous rights of each tribe just like the Qing government and will not invade everyone's pastures."
"Moreover, we will expand trade with the grasslands and build some trading cities to facilitate the exchange of things by herdsmen."
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Qi Bin made many offers that the grassland people could not refuse. Each of them seemed to be for the herdsmen. They were not mixed with any personal gain. They were much more generous than those offered by the Qing Dynasty.
Why does the forage on the ground belong to the tribes and herdsmen, and the grass underground belongs to the Chinese government? What does this mean? What can be found underground? The prairie people don’t know how to mine anyway.
Why can't we kill herdsmen casually? Although everyone does this all the time, no one will admit it. So there will be no objection.
Only the old Tushetu Khan could see something different from these conditions.
"Hmph... Our grassland empire was once so glorious. When did we need the charity of the Han people?"
"Everyone, now that the Qing Dynasty is gone, why don't we re-establish the grassland empire? When we go to the south, what do we want?" Zhasak Tuhan saw that the leader of the Khan King seemed to be Qi Bin.
I was a little moved by the suggestion, so I quickly stood up and interrupted.
What Zasak Tuhan said is actually a repeat of an old tune. For hundreds of years, many people have hoped to restore the past glory of the grassland.
However, none of these people got a good end. The Zhungeer tribe was once so powerful, didn't it eventually fall?
After Zasak Tuhan finished speaking, the people below looked at him as if he were a fool.
This meeting did not achieve any substantive results. But Qi Bin's goal has been achieved, and he has successfully won the hearts of most of the Khan leaders.
At least, they won't turn to Qingru for the time being, Qingru can't give them any benefits.
Zasak Tuhan seemed unwilling to linger any longer and waved his sleeves and left the hall.
After everyone left, the old monk talked to Qi Bin alone for a while.
"Although the wolf cubs on the grassland have been domesticated, there are always a few that still retain a bit of wildness. Donor Qi, it's time to take out your whip. The wild beasts have to be whipped with a whip to lose their wildness." The old monk
said.
"Thank you, Master, for your enlightenment." Qi Bin put his hands together and thanked him.
This old monk saw really clearly and discovered Qi Bin's plan so quickly.
But it doesn't matter. The beast has shown its fangs, and the next thing will be easy to handle.
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