No one is happier than the Wehrmacht to be able to move forward.
As a soldier, only by constantly fighting and expanding territory can you achieve success.
Once idle, there is no use for it.
"While it hasn't snowed yet in winter, try to move forward as much as possible and seize more favorable terrain to prepare for next year's offensive."
Huang Sanhu quickly issued orders to the entire army.
The great changes in the Western Region brought about chain reactions.
The Kazakh Khanate, Bukhara Khanate, and Mughal Empire in the west were all in commotion.
Taking advantage of the chaos in the east, they began to covet the land to the west of the Yarkand Khanate.
Since it was the Yarkand Khanate that the empire defeated, the land that originally belonged to the Yarkand Khanate should naturally belong to the empire.
The actions of these Central Asian forces are obviously a challenge to the empire.
However, from the perspective of the northwest strategic cluster, they hope that this situation will occur.
If these forces do not come to smooth the tiger's beard, what name do they have to march into Central Asia?
His Majesty's eyes are fixed on Broken Leaf City, but they are different. They heard that there was a vast sea in the far west, and they wanted to go and see it.
But winter is coming soon, and in the past year, the northwest strategic cluster has traveled thousands of miles.
Although there were not many major battles, it would take time to digest such a vast territory.
Huang Sanhu was not dazzled by the great victory and always remained sober.
Before the snowfall, establish a relatively complete sphere of influence, and at the same time use the winter to accumulate supplies and rest and reorganize the army. Waiting until next year is a good time for all the forces in Central Asia to feel the wrath of the empire's thunder.
"This place controls the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and is moist with water and soil. It can be said to be the centerpiece of the entire Western Region. I really don't know why no one built a city here? With just one city, the Western Region will be consolidated."
Zhu Zhibi, who had eaten enough sand, was still in high spirits.
He is the newly appointed provincial governor of the Western Region Province. What he has to do now is to choose the location for the provincial capital of the Western Region Province.
When he walked to a place south of Miquan, he fell in love with this place at a glance.
This place is located in the middle section of the Tianshan Mountains, with Bogda Peak towering into the clouds to the east, so that the thin water vapor coming from the west can nourish this place, forming a land rich in water and grass.
To the south, in the middle of the mountains, there is a long and narrow passage that can cross the Tianshan Mountains and enter southern Xinjiang.
This is clearly a key node that can control the entire Western Region!
I really don’t know why the various forces in the Western Region didn’t see the importance of this place.
But Zhu Zhibi decided to build a city here.
"This is a good place, a beautiful place with great potential."
Huang Daozhou, the governor of Xijing who came with him, recognized this very much.
Although Xijing Yili is still thousands of miles away, he is the main person in charge of the affairs of the entire Western Region.
The governor of Xijing and the provincial government of the Western Regions reached an agreement, and the report was immediately passed on.
Mao Yuanyi, the political leader of Xidu, is a military master. When he looked at the map, he was amazed by the choice of the two men.
Now, the three big bosses in the western region have reached a consensus, and the central government will not have different opinions.
Zuo Mengeng looked at the report and smiled.
The place chosen by Zhu Zhibi turned out to be the provincial capital of the Western Regions in later generations.
I have to say that his vision is vicious enough.
While the National Defense Force was pacifying the area, immigration to the Western Regions from Gansu and Shaanxi had begun in an orderly manner.
The land of Gansu and Shaanxi cannot support too many people, so relocation is the only option.
Gansu and Shaanxi are located far inland, so when they migrate overseas, it is difficult for the people to adapt to the maritime climate, and the journey becomes a big problem.
Therefore, after research, we simply moved the people here to the Western Regions.
In addition to sharing population pressure, it can also increase the proportion of Han people in the Western Regions, which will contribute to long-term peace and stability.
Although the Western Region seems desolate, there are also large areas of rich land.
In particular, Zuo Mengeng has high hopes for the Western Regions and has sent cotton experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to study matters related to cotton cultivation in the Western Regions.
Others may not know it, but he knows very well the advantages of cotton cultivation in the Western Regions.
Nowadays, there is really not much land available in the mainland to grow cotton. As a result, the price of cotton products has been rising steadily, almost to the point where ordinary people cannot afford it.
Once cotton cultivation is fully implemented in the Western Region, the price will inevitably be driven down, and it will eventually become a mass consumer product.
The addition of cotton cultivation can also increase financial resources for the Western and Northwest regions.
Following Huang Sanhu's order, the Fifth Division set out from Ili and began to attack the city and seize territory.
The 17th and 18th Regiments rushed into the Ixay Lake Valley, and after wiping out the remaining forces here, they captured the Chu River Basin and completely locked the western end of the Ili Valley.
There is only one way into the Ili Valley from this direction, and only a thousand soldiers are needed to make it impregnable.
The 19th Regiment and the Engineering Regiment marched westward along the Ili River and reached Alimatu.
This place is an important town in the western part of the Yarkand Khanate. After Abdullah's death, Agadir, the chief here, proclaimed himself king, but he was not recognized by others.
When he learned that the National Defense Forces were calling, Agadir was very panicked and kept sending envoys to persuade various tribes, hoping to unite.
Are you kidding me?
In the Western Region where treachery is the norm, how can Agadir have any prestige to consolidate power?
So when the National Defense Forces came to the city, Agadir could only carry out desperate resistance.
Alimatu is backed by the Tianshan Mountains, so it only needs to defend three sides. It is considered a powerful city in the Western Region. But under the fierce firepower of the National Defense Forces, the city of the old era was obviously not enough.
After three days of fighting, the city wall was blown open, and there were heavy casualties in the city. It could no longer stop the National Defense Forces.
Agadir set himself on fire in his official residence in despair, disappearing together with his ambitions.
The people in the city were very honest and silently accepted the new ruler.
This also made the reception process of the National Defense Force a lot smoother, but there were also surprises.
"Military Government, we found a strange person in the prison."
Like all cities, there are naturally prisons in Alimatu City, where prisoners are also held. After capturing the city, sorting out the old order is an important task.
And prison is a place that needs to be treated with caution.
Many times, the other criminal is my friendly army.
As a result, during the cleaning process, one prisoner was very excited. The strangest thing is that he actually spoke Chinese.
At Liao Fengzhi's order, the man was brought up.
This man has chestnut curly hair, a high nose and deep eyes, a full beard, and the unique facial features of Central Asians.
Liao Fengzhi was very surprised, how could such a person speak Chinese?
"Are you from the Empire?"
"I am Liao Fengzhi, the military commander of the Fifth Division of the Imperial Defense Force. Who are you?"
When he heard Liao Fengzhi announcing his identity, the man suddenly became excited and even performed a bowing ceremony.
"Abdumu, a disciple of Quanzhen Sect Chang Yue Zhenren, pays homage to the general!"
