Cars rattled, horses rustled, and pedestrians carried rifles on their shoulders.
It is the crisp autumn season on the famine steppe north of Samarkand. Even the sky is exceptionally clear, bright and cloudless at this time. The famine grassland has turned into a plump golden yellow, and it doesn't look famine at all. Amidst the golden landscape, there are scattered groups of yurts. Cattle, sheep and horses are swimming on this golden grassland.
A rather large army was walking on the road leading from Xianmen Pass to Samarkand. The momentum of this army was quite huge. The whole army was either on horseback or in vehicles. No one was on foot. It was a true "mule and horse army". The weapons and equipment of the "Mule and Horse Corps" look good. Not only do everyone carry mounted rifles, they also carry waist knives, and there are several wooden handle grenades hanging on their belts!
And each team (company) of cavalry is equipped with at least one water-cooled machine gun mounted on a small vehicle and a 60 mm caliber mortar... This firepower looks powerful!
In addition, at the end of each battalion-level marching column, there is a small group of mounted artillery, dragging two 75mm light mountain guns bumping forward on the rugged grassland. At the end of each brigade-level column was a cart drawn by mules, which was fully loaded with baggage and ammunition. Among these mules and horses, there are also six horse-drawn 75mm light mountain guns, which should be the equipment of the brigade artillery company. Although the 75mm mountain gun is a bit weak at the brigade level, fortunately it is maneuverable enough, and it is just right in Central Asia where "there are no roads outside the Wuji Valley".
Around the marching group, there were many riders who looked quite capable, some were carrying large guns, and some were carrying revolvers. A warning net was spread out all around.
In the middle of the marching group, there were three thousand cavalrymen wearing yellow jackets. They did not wear helmets, only warm hats. These yellow mandarin jackets also carry large guns on their backs and carry swords on their shoulders. They look like ordinary cavalry, except that they are particularly tall. You can tell at a glance that they are the elite of the army.
Emperor Daoguang of the Kingdom of Jin and his most trusted ministers He Shen, Mu Zhang'a, and Sai Shang'a are now riding together under the protection of this group of yellow mantles.
Looking at the armies before and on the left and right, Emperor Daoguang felt extremely proud.
This force was saved by the Jin Kingdom's "efforts to have babies" in the Wuji Valley for more than a hundred years.
I think that when the "immortal ancestor" Emperor Kangxi ran away to the Wuji Valley, Manchuria's heart was full of strength! Fortunately, the group of people in Wuji Valley are so weak that they are broken into pieces and kill each other in the valley every day. Otherwise, it is not certain who will win!
Although the "immortal ancestor" Kangxi relied on less than 10,000 Manchu troops to pacify the Wuji Valley, he also controlled the Kazakh grassland with the elite Junggar soldiers and Horqin Mongolian troops he obtained when he married Galdan's wife Anu. However, Emperor Kangxi, who had suffered enough from the small population of his country, did not expand aggressively in Central Asia after that. Instead, he took about 100,000 Manchurians and retreated into Wuji Valley, built Xianmen Pass, and began to recuperate. ... This recuperation lasted until the Yongzheng period, when the population of the Dajin nation finally reached 700,000 or 800,000, and the Wuji Valley was completely suppressed by the Manchus. At the same time, the Mongolian population on the Kazakh steppe also grew to about one million.
With a population of 17.8 million, the Kingdom of Jin could finally take control of the Khan kings who believed in the Tianfang religion in Samarkand, Bukhara, Khwarezm, Tashkent and other places. However, the lesson learned by "Immortal Ancestor" Kangxi from losing China is still too profound!
Therefore, the three emperors Yongzheng, Qianlong, and Jiaqing did not dare to "blindly expand". They just expanded the direct-administered areas bit by bit with Wuji Valley as the center, not seeking speed, but only seeking stability. It took nearly a hundred years to clear up the vast mountainous area around Wuji Valley and turn it into a home for the Banner people and mixed-race Banner people.
For "big territories" such as Samarkand, Bukhara, Khwarezm, and Tashkent, the three emperors Yongzheng, Qianlong, and Jiaqing used warm water to boil frogs, and gradually expanded the authority of the suzerain of Daikin. During the reign of Emperor Daoguang, the governor sent by Wuji Valley not only had the power to supervise the payment of taxes by the Khan kings under him, but also had a directly subordinate castle (bastion) and a guard (composed of Taoists who were not under the banner).
If we follow the established development route, by the time Daoguang is around, he will have completely conquered the Tashkent Governor-General District, which is closest to Wuji Valley... But Daoguang encountered a problem that he had not expected before - nationality The population is multiplying too fast!
Not counting the Mongols on the Kazakh grasslands, the number of bannermen and mixed-race bannermen in the Wuji Valley already exceeds three million, and in a few years there will be four million. These are not ordinary people, but military aristocrats. They only undertake military service and do not pay taxes, and they can also enjoy the two major benefits of "allotment of land" and "free education." It's okay when there are few people, but when there are more people, the Jin court becomes worried. There is not enough land in Wuji Valley, and the cost of education is too much... But this is not the most troublesome thing. The most troublesome thing is that these more than three million people are all military people, and among them, those who are suitable for military service are strong. No way less than 300,000!
If these 300,000 people are used in the right place, they may be able to achieve something great. However, the Kingdom of Jin is sandwiched between the Ming Dynasty, Rakshasa and India under the British rule... The Ming Dynasty has 360 million people. Population, the world's largest industrial country! The UK has a population of almost 300 million including Indians, making it the second industrialized country in the world! Although the population and industry of Rakshasa are far inferior to those of Ming and Great Britain, there is no problem in crushing Daijin. In addition, the Rakshasa people are relatively fierce, and Daijin will definitely not be able to defeat them.
So Emperor Daoguang could only worry...until Zhuge came to help him enter India to beg for food!
This plays right into his hands!
No matter how you want this "meal", it is still an opportunity!
A burst of rapid hoofbeats suddenly came from the front, interrupting Emperor Daoguang's thoughts. He raised his head and looked forward, and saw several fast horses galloping from the front. The knight on horseback followed his dragon flag and ran dozens of steps in front of his horse before being stopped by the alert yellow mantle. After checking the token and correcting the password, one of the cavalrymen was led to Daoguang by a man in a yellow mantle. The cavalryman turned over and dismounted, neatly performed a salute and reported loudly: "Your Majesty. , the Governor of Samarkand and the Lord of Samarkand City, Ali Khan, led the nobles in the city to go out a hundred miles to welcome him, and they were twenty miles ahead to greet the Holy Soldier of Heaven!"
When Daoguang heard this, he smiled and waved his hand, asking the passerby to ride down on the pond horse to receive the reward. Then he smiled and said to the left and right: "He Shen, Mu Zhang'a, Sai Shang'a... with our momentum... , it’s impossible that the British don’t know, right?”
"Your Majesty," He Shen was the first to reply, "the British have a consulate general in Samarkand, and the profiteers of the East India Company have long been rooted in Samarkand. When we swore our oaths outside Xianmen Pass, I am afraid that here Some people have already heard the news.”
"Your Majesty, if the British know the power of our great golden heavenly soldiers, they might be able to quickly pay for it!" Mu Zhang'a made a wishful thinking for Daoguang, "At that time, Your Majesty, you will be able to Develop your ambitions!"
Saishang'a was not so optimistic. He frowned slightly and said: "How can the British be so easy to talk to? They are known as the empire on which the sun never sets, and they have also experienced great storms... I am afraid they still have to defeat the British soldiers once in Afghanistan." That’s it!”
Emperor Daoguang nodded slightly, then looked up at an airship floating a thousand meters above, and then said with a smile: "It will take a victory once... Only after I win once can I, Da Jin, talk to Daying." Conditions! The reason why Ming Dynasty accepted me as a seal is just to find out whether Daying is real or not. If I win, Ming Dynasty will soon end up playing tricks with Daying. By then, Daying will not want to let my thirty Wan Dajun is watching from the side!"
"Your Majesty!"
"The emperor has no plans left, he is truly the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang!"
"Your Majesty, you are my number one fortune teller!"
