The Agub Rebellion in Central Asia was, on the surface, a war in which a Central Asian warlord took advantage of religious issues to invade Xinjiang and prepare to separate the Western Region.
But this is just an appearance. Just like a pot of boiling oil on a stove, the Agub rebels are that pot of boiling hot oil, which is indeed very dangerous.
But the most dangerous thing is not the hot oil, but the red coals burning under the hot oil pan. This is the source of all conflicting forces!
Who burns the coal of Agub? In fact, they are just the two great powers, Tsarist Russia and Britain!
In the earliest days, Aguba received assistance from these two countries. Many of his ambitions also came from external support. Otherwise, given the closed geographical environment of Central Asia, how could they have purchased muskets and gunpowder? Not to mention the powerful artillery!
Sometimes Tsarist Russia and Britain don't have to spend money to support Agub. There are many careerists in the world, as long as they provide some arms trade and give a little hint.
These ambitious local warlords will use their own money to complete the expansion tasks of the great powers!
A person like Agubai would not have dared to think of invading the Qing Dynasty without the support of the Western powers. After all, the Qing Dynasty was weak against the West, but it faced Central Asia, which was also in the Middle Ages. Speaking of which, it is very powerful!
But the two flames that supported Aguba's oil pan, the British one, were reversed due to the successful visits of Xiao Letian and Emperor Tongzhi, an excellent diplomatic breakthrough!
When Emperor Tongzhi opened railway orders to Britain, the entire British capital class was excited. They suddenly discovered a cake that was richer than the military invasion of the Qing Dynasty!
What about Xinjiang and Tibet? All plots are inferior to a railway with the most abundant oil and water!
Choose the lesser of two evils, choose the greater of two benefits!
Now that you have a big cream cake, who cares about your Aguba pot of fried dough sticks?
The British gave up their support for Agub without hesitation. At this time, only the small flame of Tsarist Russia was left in the hot oil in Central Asia!
The economy of Tsarist Russia is completely different from that of the UK. Without the support of the UK, Tsarist Russia simply cannot survive with the scraps!
This is also the main reason why Agubai can't conquer the Western Regions. They can't even supply arms!
In fact, you can see clearly by studying the map. Sea transportation is always more economical and faster than railways, and railways are more efficient than cattle and horse transportation.
Britain's support to Central Asia follows a very convenient route. It directly mobilizes the arms of the Indian garrison to go north, and then passes through Afghanistan to support Central Asia.
And India's arms can be continuously replenished by shipping!
But Russia? The Siberian Railway has not been built at all, and European industrial areas are concentrated in Crimea, Moscow, St. Petersburg and other places.
Relying on horses and camels to transport little by little to Xinjiang? What a terrifying task this is, and how much waste is involved?
Therefore, the two flames under Aguba's oil pan, the British one is a real fire, while the Tsarist Russia's is a virtual fire, and they are simply incomparable.
Not only is it a virtual fire, this is also a demonic fire! Tsarist Russia set up the oil pan of Aguba in order to eat the delicious feast of frying the Ili Valley and even frying the entire Xinjiang.
He didn’t work as a long-term laborer for Agubai just because he was full!
But when the situation changed, the Chinese War in the Far East and the Franco-Prussian War completely changed the international situation. Tsarist Russia's Eastern Strategy was suddenly suppressed!
The Qing Dynasty received support from the British and the Chinese. The battle in the Western Regions was fought quickly and viciously. Even the Ili Valley had been recovered!
There were also successive failures in the diplomatic field, and Ulan Geli could only commit suicide to thank the world. The situation in the Ili Valley suddenly returned to before the war, and returned to the national boundaries during the Qianlong period.
All the plots of Tsarist Russia in recent years have come to nothing, and so many investments are completely loss-making businesses!
So what will he do in the end? Still continue to provide heat to this oil pan? Pull him down, then he will turn around and throw in these skinny lambs from Central Asia and eat fried lamb chops!
Fan Jin got accurate information about Naha, and the head of state even gave him an unprecedented instruction to a small bank president, ordering him to use part of the CIA's funds to make this good deal!
The secret order of the head of state made it very clear: "The Tsarist Russian army is so poor that it has to pawn its bottoms, Moscow's economy is on the verge of bankruptcy, and the construction of the Siberian Railway requires German loans!"
"These Cossack cavalry cannot stay in the Balkhash Lake area for a long time, nor can they maintain such a large number of troops. This is really too expensive!"
"It can be expected that when the copy of the agreement is sent to the Ili Valley, these Cossacks will withdraw their troops to Europe in large numbers!"
"It is conceivable that when these people return to Europe, they will not receive any pension, and there will be no rewards for failed soldiers. It would be nice not to go to military court!"
"This is a sad soldier who is extremely short of money. Their relatives in their hometown are waiting for their military pay to buy potatoes!"
"Let's make good use of these poor people's desire for war! We Chinese people pay them to help us fight the war!"
"Twenty thousand rebels, as well as the heads of Bai Yanhu and other generals... I'll give you a special grant of five million silver dollars!"
"Go buy it!"
Fan Jin was a very adventurous businessman. When the snow melted in spring, he had already crossed the Tianshan Mountains and reached the Ili Valley. The news about the head of state came via carrier pigeons.
With such an order, the merchant-adventurer bloodline was completely awakened. He roped in Doro and Guan Lu, the two generals of Emperor Tongzhi, and began to make arrangements.
Ili General Rong Quan was stunned. He never expected that these people were actually going to negotiate with the Cossack army. He was so frightened that Rong Quan immediately stopped them.
However, they could not hold back that they had secret orders from Zuo Zongtang, including the head of state, and Rong Quan could not defeat these two great gods. In the end, they could only send two hundred direct descendants to escort them to the Tsarist Russian camp.
The story of the three men bravely breaking into the Cossack camp could be written into a separate play. There are so many wonderful things in it!
Fan Jin used his sharp tongue to impress the hungry Cossacks, and when Doro and Guan Lu came, they also brought a hundred sheep and twenty cows.
The Cossacks, who were short of supplies, ate the shortest of others and took the shortest of others. In the end, they could only reluctantly agree to the conditions of Fan Jin and others.
However, they cannot all agree. They cannot nod in an official capacity, but only promise to allow Fan Jin and others to hire Cossacks themselves.
To put it bluntly, just spend money to buy some mercenaries, and these Cossacks will do some private work!
Fan Jin is really good at bargaining. One Cossack takes care of food and drink, and then he only offers ten silver coins for this mission to hire ten thousand brave Cossacks!
Who is willing to pay this price? There was a lot of scolding in the Cossack camp, but Fan Jin turned around and made an offer!
Ten silver coins are the errand fee, and the rest is the head money!
The head of an ordinary rebel is worth ten silver coins, the head of a mid-level and junior officer is worth fifty, and the head of a battalion head and above is worth one hundred!
The general's head is worth a thousand!
Bai Yanhu's head was directly offered for 10,000 silver coins!
The price for the head of Aguba's son is 20,000!
If you have the ability, make a lot of money. If you don't have the ability to kill, how can you be a Cossack?
The soldiers were going crazy now. Tsarist Russia had always been a poor country, and the life of the Cossacks was only a little better than that of the serfs!
If you have a hundred rubles in your hand, you can live as comfortably as a landlord in the countryside!
Since the Chinese are giving money, what are they waiting for? Forget the previous hatred, it is true to make the money in front of you first!
