Chapter 750: Divine power is not as powerful as national law
The word "capture" is explained in "Shuowen Jiezi" as "captured by the army".
From ancient times to the present, the killing of prisoners has been driven by three purposes: emotional catharsis, elimination of enemy power, and deterrence. There is no need to argue that killing prisoners is an uncivilized and brutal act, but behind these purposes, there are often deep-seated motivations.
For example, lack of food. Primitive societies often did this, and there were countless examples in ancient societies. Even in the Second World War in modern times, the Japanese were still doing it. The Chinese, Koreans, Americans, British, Australians, and Indians
, and even have their own people, there is nothing they don’t eat.
Another example is that it was difficult to control. In the "Battle of Changping", Bai Qi was worried about "repeated Zhao soldiers" and killed more than 200,000 people;
More than 200,000 troops were trapped and killed in the south of Xin'an City.
Zhao Xin then sent several telegrams back and forth with Liu Sheng, and from this he learned the whole story.
The final decision was made by Liu Sheng, Fan Tong, and Jiang Fan. The ones who supervised the execution were the cavalry brigade commander Samusu and the head of the intelligence bureau's troops stationed on the western front. The specific people who took action were more than 2,000 transformed Eight Banners soldiers and soldiers.
The number of prisoners captured by the Qing army and processed was 4,416.
When the Western Front troops attacked the East Road of Xinjiang, like the ancient city, except for a few escapees, most of the Eight Banners soldiers in Barkol surrendered simply. Facing the hail of bullets from the Northern Navy, there were few who were not afraid of the ancient city.
The number of Xiaoqi infantry who surrendered on the other side was 1,600, and the number of cultivated cavalry and infantry who surrendered on Barkol's side was 1,300.
The so-called "nurturing soldiers" are actually the remaining vacancies in the Eight Banners that cannot be filled. After the Manchus unified the country, the Eight Banners had a quota of soldiers, and the population multiplied day by day. In order to solve the livelihood problem of the banner people, starting from the 17th year of Shunzhi, from
The Manchu, Mongolian, and Han banners selected 4,800 Yuding soldiers to train in skills and called them nurturing soldiers. Their pay was less than that of regular soldiers, with a monthly salary of one to two and five cents. The Manchu and Mongolian soldiers were given rice, while the Han army had no rice.
Regardless of the small amount of money given, there are still so many people who are still not eligible! Because the quota for each assistant is fixed.
Before the rise of the Beihai Army, the number of soldiers under the Manchu Qing Dynasty was only over 26,000. After Mingliang lost the battle of Ningguta and the Beihai Navy once again captured a large number of Eight Banners soldiers and refused to return them, the Qing government could not
If the quota limit is not lifted, the number of people raising soldiers will fully double.
This group of Eight Banners soldiers in Xinjiang are different from the Green Camp soldiers. The latter are dedicated to farming and are useless in fighting. The former are different. They are an effective force placed in Xinjiang by the Qing government.
As a result, after a long winter of transformational education and training, most of these Eight Banners prisoners who were skilled in bow and horse became cavalry in the Western Front Army. In addition, a small number of Han Chinese and Uyghur recruits joined, making cavalry and horseback riding more capable.
The number of infantrymen swelled rapidly.
With sufficient mobile forces, Liu Sheng turned his attention to the Tianshan South Road and formulated a battle plan to advance north and south. Samusu led two regiments of cavalry and one regiment of cavalry infantry to take charge of the southern front. By the way,
Wang Rong has now become the battalion commander, and Timur has also been promoted to deputy company commander.
The addition of more than 2,000 regular Eight Banners cavalry made Samusu's march very smooth. The Qing troops in various places along the way surrendered under their persuasion, and even became the leading party. If it hadn't wasted too much time in Turpan.
Regarding civil affairs issues, Samusu felt that he could attack Yarkant in one fell swoop.
However, the success was only temporary. When the troops arrived in Luntai, bad news came one after another from the west.
First of all, the total force of the Kokand Kingdom's invasion of southern Xinjiang reaches tens of thousands, and they are personally led by Kokand Khan Narbuta. They have already occupied Kashgar, Yingjisar, Wush and Aksu, and are stationed in southern Xinjiang.
The Qing army retreated to Yarkand.
Secondly, Narbukhan Tower supported Polonidu's son, Samsak, who fled to Andijan, and openly returned to Xinjiang in the name of revenge. With the support of Kokand Khan Narbuta, in Kashgar
Gar established the "Batur Khanate", which was originally the banner of Hezhuo and Zhuo in those days, and also caused the dormant Hezhuo remnants to emerge. In addition, there were many more who had loyal to the Qing court, but due to religious factors and
Other dignitaries from Xinjiang who sympathized with the Hezhuo Group due to their traditional relationship with it also joined their ranks.
Then there are the two sons of the Huojisi family who returned to Hotan and Yarkand. With the support of the Manchu ministers in both places, they recruited the followers of the Black Mountain sect who had been persecuted by the White Mountain sect and organized a group of 7,000 people.
The army.
When Liu Sheng and Fan Tong received the telegram from Samusak, they immediately realized that the next opponent of the Northern Navy was not just the Qing army. To deal with the troops of Kokand and Samusak, they must proceed with thunderous force.
A devastating blow without mercy.
Zhao Xin once told them that although Xiao and Zhuo were taken care of by Zhaohui and Huo Jizhan's head was made into a "gabala bowl" by Qianlong, their remaining influence in Huijiang society was still very strong.
Therefore, we must pay attention to Samsak's movements. Although this person is rarely recorded in the history books of the Qing Dynasty, he is the only descendant of the Hezhuo family, and his status as a "saint" is very appealing.
According to the analysis of copies of letters archived by the Urumqi Deputy Governor's Yamen by military personnel stationed in the Western Front, as well as rumors obtained from local merchants and travelers, Samsak is by no means "living a life" as the Qing court thought.
"It's like a beggar's life." His whereabouts in Central Asia have been erratic in recent years. He has traveled extensively and secretly amassed money. He has been accumulating enough strength to support his return to Xinjiang.
Zhao Xin once asserted that the Baishan faction and the Hezhuo remnant party formed a group with Samsak as the core, capable of operating in the vast area of Central Asia, including the hinterland of Huijiang. Now it seems that his words have come true, Samsak
Sack and his followers came back this time to restore the power of their ancestors in the Huijiang region.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhao Xin was able to leave the Manchus alone and not fight against the Qing Dynasty, but resolutely led the Northern Navy northward to fight against Tsarist Russia. Now he is also willing to risk tens of thousands of Northern Navy soldiers to enter
Tianshan. It would be better to keep the Manchu Qing Dynasty lingering in the pass, but we must first completely eradicate the descendants of Hezhuo and the remaining parties.
For this reason, he sent another telegram to the Western Front Command after the beginning of spring and requested that the entire army be notified. This battle would not only lead out of Congling in the west and penetrate into Central Asia, but also the invading Kokand army and the remnants of Hezhuo.
eliminate.
So why did Qianlong follow Heshen's suggestion and return Huojisi's two sons to southern Xinjiang when he was still alive? The emperor and his ministers had already figured out Zhao Xin's personality. The more chaotic Xinjiang was, the less time the Northern Navy had.
The more you look south, the more time you have for yourself.
The problem is that Qianlong never imagined that the food in Beihai Town was so abundant that Zhao Xin could fully afford the food and salary for the Sendai clan's 10,000 servants. This also allowed him to free up his hands to deal with the Li Dynasty first and stabilize the east.
Border, and then pointed the sword at Shengjing.
Closer to home, when Samusu led his army to Kuqa, as expected, he encountered Samusak's 5,000 men and horses, in addition to 2,000 Kokand cavalry. This would have been replaced by other Northern Navy generals, who would come directly.
When the ground is cleared with artillery fire, the enemy will either be too scared to run away or run away for his life.
The question is who is Samusu? He is one of the thirteen armored soldiers captured on Bear Island and an old man from Beihai Town. He treats Zhao Xin as if he were his own parents, and he will fight wherever he wants.
The most important thing is that because Zhao Xin speaks a later generation Beijing dialect that is fused with Manchu and is also a serious Beicheng dialect, there has always been a secret rumor among the indigenous Manchus and Eight Banners naturalized soldiers in Beihai Town.
Prince Zhao is actually a member of the royal family, and he is also a descendant of Prince Lian, so following Prince Zhao does not count as rebellion...
Well, Boss Zhao now has three identities: the former Ming clan, the Immortal clan, and the Manchu clan. The first two are purely self-inflicted, and the latter is really unjust!
Samusu deeply understood Zhao Xin's spirit of "total elimination". He did not directly set up a large formation to clear the ground with artillery fire. Instead, he showed the enemy weakness and sent some Eight Banners troops captured in Luntai to lead the battle and lure the enemy.
He went deep into the city and set up an ambush in Qilish, a hundred miles northwest of Kuqa.
Samusak's rebels had originally planned to attack the wheel platform, otherwise they would not have put so many troops in Kuqa. In addition, they did not know much about the Northern Navy, so they fell into the trap. The three thousand cavalry only used
It was completely wiped out within an hour, and one-third of them surrendered due to fear. Afterwards, Samusu hurriedly cleaned up the battlefield and led his troops overnight to surround the entire city and back city of Kuqa.
Because there are still innocent people in the two cities, it is not possible to clear the ground with artillery fire, but it is no problem to use drones for reconnaissance and then conduct a roll call of artillery shells.
A bunch of country bumpkins from Central Asia had never seen such a cannon fire. They couldn't bear it before dawn. They tried to escape, but they couldn't. There were several machine guns guarding outside each city gate, and the red tracer bullets were like the devil's.
Whip, as soon as they left the city gate, there was a river of blood, and the corpses of people and horses blocked the city gate. After persisting for a day, the rebel leader had no choice but to open the city and surrender after receiving Samusu's promise of "guaranteed preferential treatment."
After entering the city, Samusu first forcibly led all the people in the city out of the city and sent people to escort them to Qilish. Then he imprisoned more than 4,000 rebels and troops from the Kokand Kingdom into the school camp and barracks in the city.
In houses everywhere.
Then, they sent a telegram to Liu Sheng and others, waiting for a reply, and then waited until the dead of night, poured oil and set fire, and blocked the city gate with machine guns. Finally, the Qing prisoners armed with swords, guns, bows and arrows entered the city to clean up the fish that had escaped the net.
Chen Qingsong was the fourth person in the committee who knew the whole incident, and it was Zhao Xin who told him privately before lunch today. At that time, he subconsciously asked about the number of people, and after repeatedly confirming it from Zhao Xin,
The first reaction was to slap his mouth.
I'm really arrogant. Why do I have to ask more about that?!
Zhao Xin saw Chen Qingsong's concerns, so he comforted him: "Old Chen, have you ever thought about it? If we don't do this, our descendants will have to do it. One generation will do something for another, and our generation will open up frontiers and expand borders."
Finish the earthly work and avoid future troubles."
Chen Qingsong sighed and said: "That's what I say, but that's more than four thousand people! There are so many in Kuqa alone. When we get to Wush? Where's Kashgar? Where's Aksu?"
Zhao Xin took two puffs of cigarette and said in a calm tone: "If He Zhuo is not pure, Xinjiang will be in trouble. Since they are taking chestnuts from the fire, it is equivalent to throwing their lives on the gambling table and admitting defeat. It is only natural and right."
"Then why do you insist that Liu and the others leave Congling and enter Central Asia? Our territory is big enough! Just thinking about building roads in the future gives me a headache."
Zhao Xin puffed out a puff of smoke and said solemnly: "The power of God cannot be greater than the law of the country."
Chen Qingsong was stunned for a moment, he knew what Zhao Xin said was right.
By the way, why did Qianlong insist on attacking Xiao Hezhuo?
The superficial view is that the Hezhuo brothers imprisoned more than a hundred Qing officers and soldiers including Vice-Capital Amindao in Kuqa, and then killed them all in the spring of the next year, openly raising the banner of rebellion.
However, the real reason is that this theocratic theocratic system headed by He Zhuo, which replaces the law with the "verbal call" of the leader, is incompatible with Qianlong's concept of unification centered on the expansion of national sovereignty. Let alone the Manchus.
No regime in the unified China will agree. The White Lotus Sect is the best example.
Qianlong only used the "Amin Dao Incident" as a tool to make a moral argument for the Huijiang unification war, and used it to persuade those princes and ministers who could not be persuaded by pragmatic logic on the issue of using troops in the Western Regions.
It's just that no matter how Zhaohui can fight, it can only stop at Congling due to the long supply line and huge logistics consumption. Moreover, as the Qing Dynasty gradually declined in history, its influence on Central Asia also became "Wang Xiaoer"
"Celebrate the New Year", which led to the Zhang Geer Rebellion.
After the afternoon meeting, Chen Qingsong stopped Zhao Xin and asked softly: "How long do you plan to hide that matter?"
Zhao Xin said casually: "We'll talk about it later, or we'll have to be surprised."
"What did you say? Who was surprised?" The two of them turned around and saw Liu Siting and Director Liu Da walking in.
Zhao Xinxiao asked: "Why are you back?"
"I forgot to hang up my bag." Liu Siting picked up the bag from the chair, glanced back and forth at the faces of Zhao Xin and Chen Qingsong, and suddenly said: "You two have a secret, and you have some secrets with Xinjiang people."
It's something related, Lao Chen just winked at you."
Damn! This woman has really poisonous eyes.
"I have a lot of secrets!" Zhao Xin replied with a smile, and then changed the topic: "By the way, how is Mr. Rong Fu's health lately?"
In another time and space, Wang Zhong only lived until 1794. According to records, he probably died of cardiovascular disease. However, because of his identity as teacher Zhao Xin, Wang Zhong has become the head of the old-style literati in Beihai Town.
It was very important, so Zhao Xinsheng was afraid that he would have some shortcomings.
"I personally checked him before he came, and there was nothing wrong. However, some results have not come out yet. Don't worry, I asked Dr. Wu to keep an eye on him." Liu Siting waved her hand and walked out while teasing: "I won't disturb you two and continue.
It’s a secret, huh, let’s break away from the organization and have a small meeting.”