By using the imprisoned Prince Gong Yixin to make a fuss, Zaichun has made the best use of everything! But no matter what, this can be regarded as an excuse!
Let's first question the legality of the treaty Yixin signed with you. We need to make it clear whether there is something fishy in it, otherwise you can't explain why you took such a big advantage without even firing a shot!
Second, we have also fought with you! General Hunchun fought with you in Heilongjiang!
Third, during your rule over the Far East, you violated many agreements. You massacred the survivors of the Qing Dynasty and illegally occupied their property. You were the first to be unethical!
Okay, now that all the accounts have been added together, it is reasonable for the Qing Dynasty and the Chinese to unite to negotiate with you!
Before Zai Chun left, he coldly said, "I know you have no right to make the decision, so please send a telegram to Moscow quickly!"
"Tell the Tsar that the Chinese have already fought a bloody battle with you in the Far East. Although I, the Qing Dynasty, participated in the war, the fight was still not satisfactory!"
"If the Tsar is willing to hunt with me in the Western Regions, then great, we can have another decisive battle in the Ili Valley!"
"These are the conditions, you should think about it carefully!"
After Zai Chun finished speaking, he rode away on horseback. Envoys from other countries also rode away one after another. People walked past Ulan Geli and looked at him with pity.
Hua Ruohan sighed slightly, "The power of Tsarist Russia is over... From now on, they have been expelled from China!"
The British Minister Wetoma next to him nodded, "As long as these weapons and equipment are transported to the Western Region, it will be the last straw for Tsarist Russia!"
"The gap is too big... This is the gap between the times!"
The negotiations have come to an end. Ulan Geli has been coordinating continuously throughout the summer. He sends a telegram to Moscow every three days on average, but all the telegrams are like nothing, and he does not get any reply at all!
Ulan Geli didn't even know that there was a very serious social unrest in the heart of Tsarist Russia at this moment!
Tsar Alexander II abolished slavery and received a lot of flattery from the international community. Everything seemed beautiful but it also caused social unrest!
Because any system has its own inertia, serfdom existed in Tsarist Russia for thousands of years, and countless people were dependent on this system. Although those serfs lived in poverty, to a certain extent, they were used to such a life!
Suddenly, the country freed these slaves and became free people! The free air is great, but the biggest problem with freedom is that you have to take care of your own food rations and find a way to survive!
I used to work with slave owners, and at least I knew there was food to eat and a place to sleep every day! Now they are all on their own, and these freed people are suddenly helpless!
A large number of refugees flocked from the countryside to the cities, especially the prosperous western areas close to Europe. It was the dream country of these poor serfs!
But there are so many jobs for them there, and besides, even these illiterate slaves can’t do them!
The refugees turned into beggars, thieves and robbers, and became the followers of countless ambitious people!
Nowadays, the revolutionary trend in Europe is getting more and more intense, and careerists from all walks of life have appeared one after another. Naturally, they will not let go of the vast land of Tsarist Russia!
While you are in the throes of reform, demons and ghosts appear one after another!
In 1872, the year when Emperor Tongzhi got married, there were more than 1,100 officially recorded peasant riots throughout Tsarist Russia!
Even in Moscow and St. Petersburg, many People's Will Party members planned many assassination plans, and the target began to gradually approach the Tsar himself!
Ulan Geli wasn't very clear about these, or he didn't expect them to be so serious! The distance of tens of thousands of kilometers created a great sense of distance between him and his motherland!
He didn't know the seriousness of the domestic situation, but Xiao Letian kept his head straight!
"Alexander II will not live long! In 1881, that is, in another eight years, he will be killed by a terrorist attack with his legs blown off!"
"Let's take a gamble and see if he dares to draw away European defense forces and go to the Ili Valley for a decisive battle at a time when domestic conflicts are so acute?"
"Haha... Even if you dare, I'm not afraid of you! Zuo Zongtang's army in the Western Region has completed its weapons and equipment to absolutely crush Tsarist Russia, and we have more people than you!"
"At worst, it will be a bloody battle! Even if the Ili River is dyed red, we will never retreat even half a step!"
Throughout the second half of 1873, the Qing court and the Chinese had been providing various supports to Zuo Zongtang. When Zuo Jigao heard that His Majesty was conducting a military parade in Qinghe, he wanted to send him the most advanced armed airships. After arriving, the old coach was so excited that he burst into tears!
Immediately ordered an additional five thousand troops and one hundred artillery pieces to be sent to the direction of Tacheng!
The artillery spread across the entire northern Xinjiang, and the Kazakh and Mongolian herdsmen who were in the know were shocked. Many people rode hundreds of miles to wait at the post road, just to see this new thunder-god cannon with their own eyes!
The artillery battle of the Dihua Victory has long been mythical. Various bizarre legends have become popular. Zuo Zongtang's army has been cast in various mysterious colors!
General Rongquan of Ili in Tacheng led all the elites southward and concentrated in the Jinghe area. This is the only way to the Ili River Valley. Going southwest is the checkpoints crossing the Tianshan Mountains!
At the end of August, the vanguard of the Western Expedition Army brought artillery to join forces with Yili General Rongquan's 10,000-strong army at Jinghe. After a brief repair for half a month, they immediately set off towards the Tianshan Pass!
There are two most important fortresses on the entire mountain road, Wutai and Santai. Three of them are close to Sailimu Lake, where they directly confront the Tsarist Russians!
I have to say that Rong Quan, who was trapped in Tacheng in northern Xinjiang alone, really did not disappoint the court. This man was really a rare capable and loyal minister in the Manchu court!
Not one of the two most important fortresses, Wutai and Santai, was lost. Rakshasa Ghost's cavalry had tried to attack dozens of times but never succeeded!
When the Western Expeditionary Army arrived at the Santai Fortress that was transformed into Sailimu Lake, they realized how these lone soldiers guarding the border were able to hold on!
"Oh my God! Are you tearing down the mountain?"
In the narrow Tianshan Pass, there are traces of bombing everywhere on the cliffs on both sides. More than 200 veterans guarding the camp went to pry rocks off the cliffs when they had nothing to do!
They blocked the army of Rakshasa ghosts by destroying the entire road traffic!
"Brothers... you gentlemen..." The vanguard army bowed and saluted the two hundred veteran border guards who looked like beggars!
"Your blood is not in vain! Our Hunan Army is coming, and the Han family's descendants are coming!"
In September 1873, snow had begun to fall in the Tianshan Mountains, and the roar of artillery like spring thunder rang out in the Ili River Valley. By the Sailim Lake, three Russian military camps were wiped out with blood!
At the same time, after many months of trekking, Doluo and Guan Lu did not have time to go to Beijing to see the emperor. They met the main reinforcements of three thousand in Xi'an!
Doluo and Guan Lu received the imperial edict naming them as commanders and immediately returned to the Western Regions with these reinforcements!
The sound of artillery in Tianshan was rumbling, the Dihua camp also received reinforcements from the imperial court, and the situation in the Western Region suddenly turned upside down!
