The head of state cleared the fog of history and set the historical tone for the Aguba rebellion in the Western Regions amid the chaos, which can be regarded as the final conclusion!
The Aguba Rebellion in the Western Regions was the biggest crisis in China's Western Xinjiang in modern times. On the surface, it was a rebellion and the country had been successfully established. However, in essence, Xiao Letian believed that this was just a ripple caused by the expansion of the powers. That’s all.
Agub was able to successfully rebel because he relied on the power of Britain and Tsarist Russia. He would not have been able to succeed without the interference of these two European powers.
As we all know, when Tsarist Russia completely failed in the Crimean War and the North Sea of Europe was completely blocked by the Royal Fleet, this huge polar bear could only turn its attention to distant Asia, Central Asia and East Asia.
Central Asia is competing with the United Kingdom in Afghanistan and other countries, and each other has begun to support their own close regimes, while East Asia is focused on the reconstruction of the geopolitical structure of the Far East.
The confrontation between these two battlefields was a secret war that lasted for hundreds of years. Both sides knew it well but did not really declare war!
Especially in Central Asia, this is a proxy war!
In fact, Agubai was originally a general of the Kokand Khanate. He was capable of fighting and was cruel and good at killing. He was nicknamed the Butcher of Central Asia!
The Kokand Khanate is actually located in most of the territories of the four countries of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan in the 21st century.
This huge area borders Tsarist Russia to the north, Britain's so-called semi-colonial Afghanistan to the south, and even further south is India!
Both Britain and Tsarist Russia desperately tried to win over this country, providing money and weapons to help it dominate Central Asia. The ambition of the Kokand Khanate grew as its power increased. After conflicts with the Qing Dynasty, in 1864, Agub became the Kokand Khan. The country's generals were ordered to march into southern Xinjiang, and this led to the rebellion in the Western Regions.
On the surface, it seems that this is the black hand of the Kokand Khanate, and Agub is just a lackey of the Kokand Khanate!
But don’t forget, how could the Kokand Khanate, a poor country in Central Asia, dare to conflict head-on with the Qing Empire? You must know that the technological level of this country is not as good as that of the Qing Empire, and there is no industrial foundation at all.
Where did the weapons and rifles they used to fight come from? Who provided the funds for the war?
Why was it that when Agub invaded Xinjiang, Tsarist Russia came in from the northern frontier of the Kokand Khanate, captured the famous city of Tashkent, and finally forced the Khanate to become a vassal state of Tsarist Russia!
In the final analysis, it was the struggle between the two powers, Britain and Tsarist Russia, that finally made and destroyed this khanate!
Cao Shuai's monograph on the Western Regions clearly stated that Agubai was defeated quickly in the end. After Zuo Zongtang's army officially entered Xinjiang, it never lost a battle along the way and easily regained the entire Xinjiang within two years.
Is it really based on military success? In fact, this is not the case. The real chess player behind the scenes is actually Xiao Letian!
Because in the entire East Asia, he is the only one who can single-handedly influence the situation in Europe and play tricks with the top powers.
Although his continuous attacks did not send a single soldier to Xinjiang, they indirectly affected the pattern of the entire Central Asia!
A very simple point is that the British supported the Kokand Khanate at the earliest and kept providing money and guns! But when Tsarist Russia captured Tashkent and forced the Khanate to become a vassal state, the British attitude changed!
At this time, Xiao Letian suddenly emerged and even officially established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom in London. During the continuous honeymoon period, Xiao Letian had reached a secret agreement with the United Kingdom to help Britain curb Tsarist Russia's expansion in Asia.
This was a plan to draw money from the bottom of the cauldron. The Kokand Khanate and the Agub rebels suddenly lost British military aid, and their weapons, equipment and money were completely reduced by more than half!
There is nothing we can do about this. Who made Tsarist Russia’s gross national industrial product so different from that of the United Kingdom? This productivity is not the same level!
In the past, you had two big financial backers supporting your Central Asian Khanate, but now you only have one small financial backer, so your money bag is naturally tight!
This is not over yet. Xiao Letian actually succeeded in expelling the forces of Tsarist Russia in the Far East. Xiang Shaolong led the people of the Far East and the volunteer armies of all ethnic groups, and with the military support of the Chinese, completely recovered the east of the Ussuri River and the Amur River. All the Qing lost territories in the south including Sakhalin Island.
Now Tsarist Russia's ports in the Far East were wiped out. This was a fatal blow to Tsarist Russia's morale, and the damage to their national strategy was simply irreversible!
The most terrible thing is that the already weak finances of Tsarist Russia are even worse because of this war with the Chinese!
In fact, a large part of the military supplies consumed by Tsarist Russia in the Far East War were military aid to Agub, and they were all consumed in the Far East.
The waxing and waning of power is really terrifying. In fact, Aquba's rebels only received one-third of the weapons assistance in real history from the beginning, and even less in terms of money, food, etc.!
Money and food can be looted, but modern weapons cannot be conjured! No matter how you chant sutras, Agubai, you will not be able to recite gun barrels, gun barrels, pellets, etc. in a straightforward manner.
Even the Qing Empire didn't know how to make rifles and rifles. You, a backward nomadic country in Central Asia, still expect to make guns and rifles? Do you know the principle? Can you understand the drawings given to you?
How can a military dictatorship that relies heavily on external aid for its weapons last? The so-called Agubai power actually caused Xiao Letian to break two wings in the war game!
Cao Shuai said with emotion in his paper, "A regime cannot guarantee the security of the supply of weapons, or even the security of food and economy... Then this regime can only rely on bloody and cruel rule to maintain its vitality!"
"And this kind of rule is actually slavery, which has long been eliminated by human society... Under this retrograde rule, ordinary people have suddenly turned from natural persons and civilians into slaves. It's a damned thing if this kind of regime can last long!"
"After Zuo Zongtang's army entered Xinjiang, it was unstoppable. This is not unreasonable!"
"One side is still holding muskets and even old muskets, and even bows and arrows and machetes are still mainstream weapons, while the other side has begun to be equipped with 88-caliber field guns produced in the Northern Special Zone... How can we make up for this generation gap in weapons? ?”
"One side can't even afford to eat, while the other side can already use canned Chinese military aid to win over people's hearts. How can this economic gap be bridged?"
“On one side, they are desperately looking for help from Tsarist Russia’s godfather, while on the other side, Long Ye is manning the Amur River to contain most of Tsarist Russia’s main forces. Even Britain has imposed an arms embargo and economic sanctions on Central Asia... How to recover from a strategic collapse ?”
"And the origin of all this is actually the emergence of the head of state, which directly changed the geopolitical structure of Asia... No, no, no, it should be said that it changed the political map of the entire Europe and the world!"
"The direction and pattern of competition between the great powers has completely reversed. Central Asia has suddenly become a strategic desert, and no one is investing!"
At the end of the paper, Cao Shuai expressed his immense admiration for Xiao Letian in the most radical words: "The head of state's layout is like the gods placing pieces on the earth's chessboard..."
"This is simply not a force that mortals can withstand! Agubo is just a bug-like character. The Chinese don't even need a reason to destroy him!"
"I will destroy you! It has nothing to do with you! Your demise is just a scrap of iron filings in the struggle between our great powers. You are destined to be swept into the garbage dump and no one is even willing to take a look at you!"
"Xiao Letian wants to destroy the country...does he really need to use swords and guns?"
