Zhang Shushun knew that Ali Khan could not be captured without hesitation.
It's really ridiculous. The Kokand Khanate thinks that China is still the same Manchu and Qing Dynasty. If they can't defeat it and just surrender and become their little brother, everything will go smoothly?
Not only will you not be punished, but you will also receive benefits.
The Manchu Qing Dynasty did such a thing. At first, the Kokand Khanate supported the Xiaohezhuo rebellion. After the Qing army suppressed the rebellion, the Kokand Khanate gained the right to enter the Western Regions for trade.
Otherwise, how could a small country like Kokand develop into a commercial center in Central Asia?
It’s not because they became the dealers of the Manchus in Central Asia.
At that time, Chinese products were still in short supply locally.
In later generations, if you want to become a dealer of a well-known brand, the franchise fee alone is sky-high, and you also have to pay a large deposit.
The Kokand Khanate definitely benefited greatly from the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
But so what? Haohan is a wolf, how can any wolf be fed?
Just look at what Haohan did later and you will know that they not only distributed Qing Dynasty products but also wanted land in the Western Regions.
The Fergana Basin is very good, but it’s not big enough!
The so-called wolf's heart and dog's lungs, wolf's ambition, feeding the unfamiliar white-eyed wolf...
Most of these negative words related to wolves can be used to label the Kokand Khanate.
Why did Zuo Jigao have to destroy the country of Haokand?
The first is because it is right next to the south of the Western Region Mountains and the south of Lake Balkash.
The second reason is that the current national strength of the Kokand Kingdom is weak, internal conflicts are serious, and the people are disloyal.
The third is that the Kokand Khanate has received so many benefits from China, but it has repeatedly repaid favor with enmity, harmed China's interests, and tried to occupy China's land.
Why does such a country want to stay on the edge of China? Does it want to leave a hidden danger to future generations?
Moreover, given the situation of the Kokand Khanate, even if China did not take it, the Russians would not give up the opportunity to annex it.
Two hours is not long, it is only enough for high school students to complete the exam of one subject.
But it was a torture for Ali Khan. He encountered difficulties and could not hand in his answer sheet.
Just now, he lost nearly 9,000 cavalry. The damn Bazabai did not know where he ran.
Since the Tajiks have all been defeated, then Bazabai is probably about the same. He is even called the Kirgiz God of War.
He did not see the cavalry fighting and did not know how the nine thousand cavalry were defeated by the enemy's four thousand cavalry.
No one who went out returned to the city, so no one reported the battle to Ali Khan.
But what is the combat effectiveness of these Chinese armies? He will know soon.
Outside Kokand City, on the position of the Renaissance Army.
Zhang Shushun pointed to the gate tower at the east gate of Haokand City in front of him. This is also the largest gate tower in Haokand City. On top of the gate, there are four floors of superstructure.
"Let the artillery aim at the gate tower of the east gate and blow it up first to give these Haohan monarchs and ministers some color."
Anyway, the enemy's reinforcements haven't arrived yet. The Fuxing Army has nothing to do, so it can first give a show of strength to the monarchs and ministers of Haokand.
Fortunately, Ali Khan was in his palace at this time, and did not imitate others who played chess and gave advice on the city gate tower.
However, the generals who defended the city and commanded the city gate tower were holding a military meeting upstairs at this time, and they suddenly suffered a disaster.
"Bang bang bang..." From the Renaissance Army artillery position outside the city, wisps of light blue gunpowder smoke floated from the muzzles.
Immediately, dust filled the artillery position.
It had not rained outside Kokand City for many days, and the huge recoil of the artillery fire raised a lot of dust.
The artillerymen were shirtless and their faces were covered with wet towels. Even so, they were still disgraced.
The artillery position of the Renaissance Army had already been noticed on the city head.
It's just that the artillery positions of the Renaissance Army were placed too far away from the city wall. Although the old-fashioned iron cannons on the Haohan City Wall looked thick, they couldn't hit the Renaissance Army's positions at all.
There is no way. Due to the limitations of casting technology, the charge of these iron cannons cannot be too much, otherwise they will easily explode.
Although the artillery of the Renaissance Army is not large in caliber, the artillery casting technology used is top-notch in the world today. It even uses artifacts such as smokeless gunpowder.
The muzzle velocity of the artillery shell and the power of the warhead are not comparable to black powder.
At the city gate tower, a group of defenders from Haokand City were studying the positions of the Renaissance Army under the organization of the generals who defended the city.
From time to time, they pointed fingers at the city because the Renaissance Army had not carried out artillery bombardment until now. They thought that the Renaissance Army deployed the artillery so far to prevent the soldiers in the city from attacking.
Who would have thought that artillery positions so far away were used for siege?
This cannot be blamed on these generals. The range of Tsarist Russian artillery on the Crimean battlefield is only slightly farther than that of rifled guns. Any further away, and there is no accuracy at all. No one thought that the artillery could fire in the thousands.
Able to shoot accurately from a distance of 100 yards.
A young general from Kokand City was looking in the direction of the Renaissance Army's artillery position.
He first saw a wisp of smoke from the muzzle, and then a small black dot appeared in his eyes.
Out of his own instinctive reaction to danger, the general jumped up and knocked down the city defense commander who was talking beside him.
Immediately afterwards, an explosion sounded from the city gate tower behind him, and there were more sounds of wood chips flying everywhere and the sound of rocks colliding.
All of a sudden, the young general of Kokand City ran towards the city wall in a hurry.
Originally, he wanted to drag the general with him to escape.
But at this time, the explosions that happened one after another around him made his ears full of tinnitus. Even his brain was in chaos.
He touched it, but it seemed that no one was touched. At this time, the surrounding scene was no longer clear.
I don't know how many artillery pieces were focused on the city gate tower, and explosions went off one after another.
There is simply no time for the brain to relax.
Relying on his strong body, the young general from Haokand City finally ran to one side of the city wall. The soldiers on the city wall hurried over to meet him.
At this time, these soldiers were so frightened that they hid behind the female wall, but the Renaissance army did not shoot at the city wall. They just fired a burst of fierce bombardments at the city gate tower.
Occasionally, one or two stray bullets would hit the city wall, causing a burst of chaos.
The quality of the soldiers of the Kokand Khanate is far worse than it was a few decades ago.
The weakness of a country can be reflected in many ways, but generally there is one concentrated manifestation, which is the weakening of the combat effectiveness of its soldiers.
The young officer finally regained his composure and wiped the dust and blood from his forehead with his hand.
Only then did he realize that he was also injured, and blood was flowing from his head, but he did not feel any pain at all.
Maybe he was hit by a stone.
There was a "bang" and the entire four-story city gate tower collapsed, with sawdust, stones and dust flying everywhere.
Except for himself, no one came out from the city gate tower, and all the main generals on the city wall were there.
"Go and save the generals." He shouted to the soldiers beside him who were still in shock and had not yet recovered from their shock.
Although sending soldiers to rescue them at this time would have no results at all, he still issued the order.
The gunfire outside the city suddenly stopped.
"Well done, credit to the artillery brothers. Let's take a rest first and let the kings and ministers of the Kokand Khanate in the city have a good aftertaste." Zhang Shushun said excitedly.
If it weren't for the damn logistical supply capabilities of the Renaissance Army, Zhang Shushun would really want to continue using cannons to do his damn thing.
However, logistical materials need to be transported south from Ili to Kashgar, and then enter the Fergana Basin through Lianggar and Os.
The situation along the way has not yet been completely pacified, and from time to time some returning rebels emerge to harass the Renaissance Army's supply lines.
So now Zhang Shushun has to economize on the supplies in his hands, especially ammunition. The Renaissance Army's ammunition cannot be taken from the enemy.
Food supplies are okay.
Zhang Shushun collected the remaining Tajik soldiers who surrendered and asked these people to go to the noble estates around Kokand City to capture the nobles of the Kokand Khanate.
Because the Renaissance Army arrived so quickly, the materials in these noble manors did not have time to move into the city, but most of their people had already entered the city.
Only some nursing homes were left in the manor, and of course none of the serfs working in the manor were evacuated.
Zhang Shushun had no political talents under his command, but he knew that the Renaissance Army would win over the common people wherever they went.
Moreover, the soldiers of the Renaissance Army are basically from poor backgrounds. They know that the poorer the people, the easier it is to win over them because they are easily satisfied and know how to be grateful.
With the Tajik cavalry leading the way, manors around the city of Kokand were raided by the Renaissance Army. They distributed part of the manor's materials to the serfs and terminated their serf contracts.
When these serfs of the Kokand Khanate watched their contracts being burned, and when they were allocated the grain in the noble master's warehouse, these people's tears could not be suppressed and flowed down.
The Chinese military officers announced in front of them that they had become free citizens and called on them to join the Chinese army and fight for freedom.
Zhang Shushun also temporarily let them continue to plant all the land. He did not divide the land directly because he did not know the future arrangements of the Chinese government and the Protectorate for the Kokand Khanate.
But even so, Zhang Shushun still obtained more than 3,000 servants. These people followed the cavalry detachment of the Renaissance Army and sorted out the entire surrounding area of Haokand City.
In short, it is a strategy - emancipate the serfs, attack the nobility, and distribute food.
Of course, only a small part of the food supplies that could be distributed were transported to the Renaissance Army camp outside Kokand City.
It is said that the reinforcements from the Kokand Khanate came too slowly. Otherwise, Zhang Shushun would not have had to operate on the gate tower first. Moreover, the outside of Kokand City would have been sorted out by the Renaissance Army.
He didn't know that the shelling just now accidentally killed an officer corps of the Kokand Khanate.
"Great Khan, the enemy shelled the city gate tower, and all our defending generals were killed." A minister hurriedly came to report.
Ali Khan did not react for a moment. What do you mean that all the generals defending the city were killed?
The minister himself was so shocked by the news that he was speechless.
"Tell me again, what's going on? Why were all the generals defending the city killed? Could it be that the enemy's shells have eyes."
"Also, what are the cannons on top of our city used for? Is the cannon that our Kokand Khanate spent so much resources casting just for decoration?"
When the minister heard what King Khan said, he complained in his heart that the cannons on his side were just decorations.
As for the generals who defended the city, they were seeking their own death. They couldn't hold meetings anywhere and had to gather on the city gate tower. Do they all like the feeling of being superior and giving guidance to the country?
After thinking about it in his mind, he still said: "King Khan, the enemy's artillery has a very far range, far beyond our imagination. The generals guarding the city happened to be observing the enemy's position deployment at the city gate tower. Who knows how far away it is?
The enemy artillery suddenly opened fire, and all the shells hit the gate tower."
"According to the reports of the soldiers on the city wall, the enemy's artillery doesn't look big, but its power is amazing, and its shooting range and accuracy are much better than our artillery. Also, they use explosive shells. Every shell explodes.
The earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking."
This minister did not need to report this. Ali Khan had already felt it in the palace just now. He also sent his personal guards to investigate. However, before he returned from his throne, this minister came over to report to him.
Just now, when the explosion occurred, Ali Khan checked the time and saw that it was exactly two hours. In other words, the Chinese army outside was not joking, they were really at war with Kokand.
"Go and recruit the Prime Minister and ministers to the palace." Ali Khan ordered. Now he can only hope that reinforcements will arrive in time.
Judging from today's bombing, these Chinese people can completely blow up the city wall with their artillery.
After a while, all the ministers under Ali Khan hurried to the palace. Most of them were in their own government offices, so they arrived very quickly.
Now that it’s this time, who dares to go home?
"King Khan, we can only hope for reinforcements for the current plan, but we must also step up mobilization in the city. More than 10,000 soldiers defending the city are far from enough." The old prime minister said first. If the Kokand Khanate is gone,
These high-ranking ministers and nobles must be the first to suffer misfortune.
Unless someone stands in advance and stands in the enemy's camp. But the war has just begun, and no one will take the risk to stand in the enemy's camp at this time.
Of course Ali Khan himself is not qualified to choose a side, but his ministers do.
Why didn't Ali Khan mobilize the people in the city to defend the city from the beginning?
Because once that happens, many ministers and big families in the city will have military power. If these people have different intentions and let people from the family come forward to rob the city gate, or do other things that are both internal and external, then the city of Haokand will be in danger.
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"Minister of the State, we will discuss the mobilization later. We just reported from the city wall that the generals guarding the city were bombed on the city gate tower. They suffered heavy losses. The soldiers on the city wall have no one to command them.
"General Sardarze, why don't you be responsible for guarding the city wall? Now you go and restore the command on the city wall. The missing officers will be promoted from among the lieutenants." Ali Khan looked at a veteran of the Kokand Khanate in the hall and said.
road.
The bombardment by the Renaissance Army caused many people in Kokand City to remove the word "vice".
Fortunately, when the chief officials of each city wall went to the meeting, they assigned their lieutenants to temporarily command their men.
Otherwise, the round of shelling just now would have caused chaos on the city wall.
"As you command, King Khan." The old general bowed and replied.
Originally, he had already retreated to the second line, but he didn't expect that the leading general in the city was now wiped out by others. He had to take over this position himself.
However, this old general himself came from a noble family in the Kokand Khanate, and he still supported Ali Khan at the critical moment.
After solving the problem of the army, the next step is to mobilize the young people in the city.
Ali Khan finally agreed to recruit young men in the city, but for the time being the young men would not be responsible for guarding the city wall.
The enemy's artillery is powerful, and now we have to consider what will happen after the city wall is breached.
Someone suggested building barricades in the city, and this suggestion was adopted by Ali Khan.
Just let these organized young men build and guard the fortifications in the city.
Next is the issue of grain storage in the city. Haohan City is a commercial city, and there are still relatively large grain reserves in the city.
But most of these grains are in the hands of merchants.
"Minister of the State, take people to blockade the grain stores in the city and control the grain first."
"King Khan, this may cause resistance from merchants and panic among the people." The old prime minister expressed his worries. He knew that although these grain stores in the city were run by merchants, there were various factions behind them.
Big family background.
Ali Khan obviously didn't think so. He felt that at this time of life and death, even businessmen must selflessly contribute to the country.
"You take the soldiers with you. If anyone dares to resist, he will be immediately put into prison and imprisoned. Now everyone must work hard to defend Kokand City." Ali Khan waved his hand and said.
The expressions of some of the ministers below changed slightly. Some of them invested in the grain store in the city.
Now King Khan actually wants to take over the grain store directly. He doesn't even have to discuss it with everyone. At least he has to talk about compensation.
They didn't know what the Renaissance Army was doing outside the city. If they had known about it, they would have supported Ali Khan unconditionally.
Compared with the grain store in the city, the manor outside the city is their foundation!
ps: It’s so deserted on the first day of work. Many people are obviously planning to rest until the 11th. College student readers, has your school been unblocked?