What a group of poor people who left their homes and went out to seek a living. They wanted to make more money during the war years when prices were so high, but they didn't expect that they were all caught up in it.
Xu Zhanbiao let out a long sigh, "Want to make a fortune in war? You also have to have that hard life! Now you have lost your life in this desert, you..."
"Give them something to eat, they are almost starving..."
A few pieces of compressed biscuits and a few cans were delivered, and dozens of people ate as if they were reincarnations of starving ghosts.
"General... Actually, you don't have to fight the fortress behind you like this... The dozen or so people in the front are all ruthless bandits, and the ones behind you are all starving ghosts!"
The shopkeeper at the head of the caravan bowed to Xu Zhanbiao and said with trembling hands, "General, take a look for yourself and look at the food of these rebels!"
Next door to the dungeon is the warehouse. After breaking the chains, several local Uighur women hugged each other in fear and shivered in the corner. No one paid attention to these women. Xu Zhanbiao quickly began to search the enemy's material reserves.
At this glance, it matches the intelligence!
People here in Xinjiang give the impression that it is a vast desert, with a vast land and poor people. However, these are all misunderstandings of the Central Plains people. In fact, the living conditions of the people here are quite good.
There are many deserts where crops cannot be grown, but the population is small. There are many grasslands where cattle and sheep are raised. In addition, wheat and various fruits are widely grown, so people here can still have enough food and clothing.
In peacetime, people's staple food in winter is naan and beef and mutton. There are no fresh vegetables. They can only eat dried vegetables stored in autumn, including raisins, dried cantaloupe, etc.
Of course, milk tea, dried milk and other vitamin supplements are also indispensable!
But looking at the food reserves in this bunker today, Xu Zhanbiao knew that this battle was bound to be won!
The dark baked naan has been hanging for who knows how many days. When you open it up, you can see that the noodles with black hearts inside are not white noodles at all! There were only a few dried lamb legs in the huge warehouse, and they were all wrinkled and drained of oil.
There are some raisins and dried cantaloupe, after all, these are the specialties here in Hami, but there is not a single dregs of the tea that is the most important to the herdsmen.
"General! You will never find a single tea leaf in the entire southern Xinjiang. All tea in the Central Plains is blocked... Agubai has almost robbed the people of their food!"
"This is a place where wars were fought. You can also get some mutton shanks and grilled naan... In Hami City, the people can only eat black glutinous rice..."
"The rebels in the bunkers behind are all the rebels from Gansu and Shaanxi who retreated. As long as you promise not to behead their heads and give them food... they will surrender in 80% chance!"
"Okay! Then do you dare to be this envoy? Wealth and wealth can be found in danger. When the time comes, sharing your military exploits will be much better than doing business!"
This old caravan manager can be considered completely bankrupt. All the caravan’s belongings are gone. If he wants to make a comeback, he must risk his life to gain wealth!
"Why don't you dare! As long as the general prepares for me a batch of those meats and biscuits that I just ate... I will sell you the bones and dregs!"
The bloody battle in Xingxing Gorge started at ten o'clock in the evening and lasted until two o'clock in the morning. In the four hours of fierce fighting, Xu Zhanbiao's tribe lost the lives of four hundred brothers and conquered seven fortresses.
At this moment, the number of bunkers controlled by the Qing army in Xingxingxia has reached nineteen, which has exceeded the enemy's number in terms of number. Moreover, the most dangerous position on the commanding heights has been occupied by the Qing army. The artillery is now desperately pushing cannons up to the commanding heights.
The enemy fortress further away was almost hysterical. They subconsciously shot arrows and fired at places with strange movements in the darkness, and waves of desperate shouts came along the night wind.
Some fortresses even pushed out groups of Han slaves, shouting and saying, "Whoever dares to attack will be killed!"
"Shameless!" Xu Zhanbiao hit the stone wall with a loud punch, causing blood to drip from his bones and joints.
The old shopkeeper stuffed a piece of canned beef into his stomach, took another sip of wine and shouted to the guys in the caravan behind him, "We are bankrupt! We can't even replace the money we borrowed from our hometown ministers!"
"It's hard to go back home! The general has mercifully given us a chance to make a comeback... Go cart and come with me as a lobbyist!"
I don't know where to pull the white cloth to make a white flag. The old shopkeeper took the guys out with the wind rustling and the water cold. The warrior went out with such a tragic feeling that he would never return.
"Don't shoot... We are here to deliver food... We are lobbyists..."
"The two armies are fighting without killing each other..."
"The translator is here, please translate quickly... You are mute, stop eating..."
Chinese, Mongolian, Uyghur... they were shouting in turn, pulling their necks. Gunshots rang out in the dark bunker ahead, and the bullets hit the Gobi Desert in front of the old shopkeeper, missing by half a meter!
"Even if you beat me to death, I have to move forward... We are really delivering food... You didn't see... It's all canned food and dry food!"
"The compressed biscuits sent by Prime Minister Xiao of Donghai...the canned beef...even if you die, you have to be a dead ghost! Listen to my advice, let's go over and have a few words..."
"We have no weapons..."
People without the spirit of adventure cannot become excellent businessmen. Today Xu Zhanbiao finally understood that business people are so courageous!
"Look...the door is open on the other side...this old man really made the right bet!" The soldiers watching the battle suddenly shouted excitedly.
"As long as you open the door, I don't believe it. Is this person unwilling to live a good life? Does he have to starve to death?"
Following the wind, you can hear roars from the camp in the distance and even the sound of smashing things, bang bang bang... there are actually gunshots mixed in.
People's hearts were in their throats. After half an hour, just when everyone lost their patience, suddenly the door of the camp opened, and the old shopkeeper excitedly waved a white flag on the wall of the camp.
"These starving ghosts surrendered... As long as the general does not kill the prisoners, they surrendered..."
"Send someone to respond quickly...quickly..."
War is never just about the battlefield. Sometimes a box of fragrant canned beef can change the situation of the war!
Zuo Zongtang and the others really overestimated the construction capabilities of the Agubai rebels. This group of people may be brave and cunning in fighting, and they can also coerce the people.
But when it comes to economic construction, even a Zhimaguan county magistrate sent by the Qing Dynasty is a hundred times more powerful than Aguba!
You have the ability to conquer the world, but can you build a world? Can you, Agub, influence the strategic balance between Britain and Tsarist Russia in Central Asia?
You don’t even know how to send an ambassador to the UK!
The old shopkeeper opened more than 30 cans of beef in the enemy's territory. He took a bite of each one to test for poison, and then the hungry people started looting them like crazy.
"General! Fortunately, you have lived up to your command... Those starving ghosts just started fighting when they were trying to grab the meat!"
"They even shot to scare me. They just want to know whether you will kill the prisoners! If you don't kill them, they would rather work hard for you, as long as they have enough to eat!"
Xu Zhanbiao clapped his hands, "Hahaha...I'm nicknamed General Pumpkin, and I can still ignore the food! Let them do it!"
