"The Han warriors set up as many cannons as the jungles of the Altai Mountains, and the cannonballs blazed into the sky and pierced the sky!"
"The demonic dragon ravaging southern Xinjiang was riddled with shell holes, and its dark and pungent blood sprayed into the desert, turning the yellow sand into a black sandstorm..."
"The Han people swarmed up, peeled off the hide of the evil dragon, and picked out the bones of the evil dragon...and transported everything deep into the Tianshan Mountains and sealed it forever!"
The legend of slaying the demon dragon swept across southern and northern Xinjiang like the wind. What is even more incredible is that almost all herders believed in this legend.
Some children will ask, "Ah! What does that demon dragon look like?"
"No one can see clearly...most of the demon dragon's body is hidden in the dark clouds, and only a very small part is exposed..."
"Is the demonic dragon's blood really dark?"
"Of course! The Han warriors once passed by our pasture dragging the corpse of the evil dragon. I saw with my own eyes that the corpse of the evil dragon on the oversized carriage was covered with black blood, and it had a pungent smell and was unpleasant. Very good!"
Someone next to me said, "Yes, that blood can burn. If the match used by Han soldiers for smoking is accidentally thrown on this blood, a ball of fire and stinky smoke will erupt!"
The story became more and more magical. The dismantled airship finally turned into a raped dragon. The bizarre legend made Xiao Letian laugh after hearing it!
But you still have no way to explain this kind of thing. People in this era have the same outlook on life and their level of education is so low. Even if you explain science to them, they won’t understand!
Anyway, the whole legend promotes the prowess of Han warriors, so don’t worry about it and wait until decades or even a hundred years later to refute the rumor!
The airship was transported with difficulty to Jinghe, which is the northern starting point for General Rongquan to lead his troops across the Tianshan Mountains. At this moment, there are still about 800 troops left behind, guarding the supplies for Rongquan!
When the defenders saw the reinforcements coming from Dihua, they all burst into tears of excitement.
"Here you are, you are here... Tianshan Mountain is blocked by heavy snow. We are guarding these supplies but can't deliver them!"
"The general hasn't sent us a message for a long time. This means that the general has released the last carrier pigeon. We don't know what is going on over there!"
"I don't know if the general can defend Ningyuan. Does he have enough food? Does he have enough ammunition?"
Duoluo and Guan Lu patted the defenders on the shoulders, "Brothers! You have endured hardship! Don't worry, the court will not ignore General Rongquan!"
"Let me tell you, we are the Royal Guards sent by His Majesty from the capital! You have no way to save the general, but we have a way!"
"Cheer up! We are going to force our way through the Tianshan Mountains this winter, and we will personally deliver the supplies to General Rongquan!"
"What? You are from Beijing..." Many of these northern Xinjiang defenders were trained locally by Rong Quan. They have never been to the capital or even to Jiayuguan!
They have no idea what the Central Plains is! They had only heard from their ancestors that during the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong years, the imperial army conquered the rebels in the Western Regions!
At that time, the army of the imperial court poured out from Jiayuguan like heavenly soldiers and generals, and they were invincible wherever they went!
Nowadays, Rongquan's lone army, these herdsmen soldiers, all their loyalty to the Qing Dynasty is actually only based on the education of their parents and grandparents from generation to generation!
They do not have a rational understanding of China. They do not know what China is or what its benefits are!
Everything is just the teachings of grandpa and father, everything is just the inertia passed down from generation to generation!
This is a very scary thing. This means that the Central Plains does not actually have an effective rule over this area. It is easy to lose focus if it relies entirely on this kind of inertial thinking to unite people's hearts!
As long as the aliens are allowed to raise armies, even if they rule this land for one or two generations, then there will be no one to educate the new-born children. How great is China?
The new kids can't understand why I should be loyal to China, and what are the benefits of this loyalty? has no meaning?
Today, Doluo and Guan Lu seemed to suddenly pierce a layer of window paper in their thoughts. They seemed to understand what Xiao Letian said about the concept of nation and the meaning of country!
The three hundred bodyguards of Emperor Tongzhi had all received special training in Ryukyu, especially Doro and Guan Lu, who had traveled to Europe together!
The two of them could not avoid being exposed to the new ideas of the heads of state and Europeans. They really didn't understand them before, but after they had been fighting in the Western Regions for several years, and when they personally came into contact with these loyal herders who had never been to the capital, Suddenly they broke through!
This was an inexplicable feeling. They suddenly understood what a nation was, what a country was, including what the meaning of this war in the Western Regions was!
"If we don't do some things...then our descendants will be wiped out! The blood of our predecessors will really be shed in vain!"
"Brothers! We are men from the capital. We are the guards around the emperor. We will never lie to you with big words!"
"Brothers, please find some old herdsmen and experienced elders living in Tianshan Mountain... We want to ask about the weather conditions!"
"Right here... let us show you the miracle that Long Live the Lord has brought to you!"
Long live Lord! What a familiar yet unfamiliar vocabulary!
Everyone knows that they must be loyal to Lord Long Live, but no one understands why they should be loyal to him! No one can tell what exactly is going on. Anyway, everyone says so and does it this way, so if I do the same, it won’t be wrong!
After becoming familiar with the local soldiers, they immediately dispersed and went to the depths of the Tianshan Mountains to look for the elderly herders and herb collectors. These people had been living here for generations, and they could name every cloud in the Tianshan Mountains.
When these elders heard that these military masters from Beijing were going to fly over the Tianshan Mountains from the sky, they were all stupid and thought these people were crazy.
"Ah! General... From Jinghe to Ningyuan City, that is, Yining... If you take the mountain road, you have to make a big detour and take Sailimu Lake. This detour is more than 500 miles. !”
"They are all high mountains and canyons. You won't be able to get through them in less than half a month... As for flying in the sky, isn't that a joke?"
"If you fly from the sky, it's easy. You fly in a straight line without taking any detours. It's only 200 miles from Jinghe to Yining... Hahaha, how can this person fly..."
Doro and Guan Lu didn't care about the ridicule of these old men. Instead, they filled them with milk tea, and gave each of them a whole brick of black tea and half a pocket of salt.
This gift was heavy enough, and these old men suddenly felt embarrassed, "This... this..."
"Haha... you old gentlemen! We are not here to embarrass you, we just want to ask you about the weather in Tianshan..."
"You also said that it is only 200 miles from Jinghe to Yining, which is really not that far... We just need a day of sunshine and breeze..."
"Please help us find out when is the windiest day in the Tianshan Mountains? And is it a sunny day? This is all we ask for, and we don't need to worry about anything else!"
The faces of several old men suddenly became rosy. They had been herding sheep in the mountains and gathering medicinal herbs all their lives. No one expected that a Han military commander would respectfully call him "Mr." and also have such a good gift!
"Okay! The general asked, we old guys, we have to find a day to come out!"
