Chapter 244 Heaven on Earth
Chapter 244 Heaven on Earth
When a big tree falls, monkeys scatter. Once Yakub Beg died, the pseudo-Hongfu Khanate had no hope.
Now Shao Quanzhong's troops have entered Aksu, only 900 miles away from Kashgar. The pseudo-Hongfu Khanate has only four cities left, and it is in a precarious situation, with not much time left.
Berkhuli was not good at governing a place, and his prestige was far inferior to that of his father. Before Shao Quanzhong could fight, the pseudo-Hongfu Khanate was in chaos and was about to collapse.
Shao Quanzhong is now in a happy trouble. Have you ever seen the Guards charging into battle? My two Guards Battalions have advanced from Dabancheng through Toksun, Korla, Tiemenguan, Luntai, Kuche, Baicheng, all the way to Aksu, and now they have to attack Kashgar.
It’s all because the Kokand people are so incompetent that I don’t even have time to rest and wait for the follow-up troops.
As soon as Shao Quanzhong issued the order, Aksu was immediately in a tense atmosphere. The Huai Army, which was originally on holiday, was urgently recalled, and the Tibetan camp and Qing army, which were in training, immediately packed up.
It would take some time before the team gathered, so Shao Quanzhong took the news from the rear from Hu Liuniang.
The first thing to look at was the battle report. After two months of siege, the Turpan bandit commander Ishak was cut off from food and supplies and had no reinforcements, so he opened the city and surrendered unconditionally to Shao Hengzhong and Lin Bozai's troops.
The battle of Manas was quite complicated. Manas was not a fortified city, and Nie Shicheng's troops destroyed many of the city walls after four days of siege.
However, when they rushed into the city and engaged in street fighting, they encountered fierce resistance from the bandits. There were more than 20,000 bandits in the city, which was too many in number. Led by their leader Tuodelin himself, they were in high spirits and refused to retreat.
After suffering more than 2,000 casualties, Nie's troops were forced to stop attacking the city and continue the siege.
It was not until the siege lasted a month and a half and the food and grass in the city were running out that Tuodelin asked to surrender and accept the amnesty.
It was impossible to recruit them. These bandits had finally gathered together. If they were recruited and sent back to their respective places, it would be a hidden danger. In addition, Nie's troops had lost 1,000 lives and more than 1,000 wounded in the previous street fighting, so it was even more impossible for them to have a good attitude.
Nie Shicheng replied that there was only unconditional surrender and no offer of amnesty.
Tuodelin actually agreed. The bandits led their horses and held their guns in an orderly manner and left the city. Then, they suddenly changed their minds and prepared to break out of the encirclement while the other side surrendered.
Nie Shicheng was suspicious of the other party's agreement to surrender unconditionally, so he took advantage of the situation and deployed machine guns and rapid-fire cannons in the direction where the enemy might escape.
The enemy was indeed pretending to surrender, and encountered heavy firepower attack while fleeing, suffering heavy casualties, and finally being wiped out.
The Battle of Manas was bloody, not a single prisoner was taken, and a lot of labor was lost in the construction of the railway. Three million taels of silver were seized in Manas, which was not much.
Todelin had tried very hard to plunder, but Ili Province was not that wealthy and Todelin's rule was not long, but fortunately he finally seized the money.
Manas fell before Turpan. Now Nie's troops are on the way from Toksun to Korla, and Shao Hengzhong and Lin Bozai's troops are on the way from Turpan to Toksun.
After removing the last two thorns of Manas and Turpan, the entire territory behind Shao Hengzhong has been liberated and the end of the war in Ili Province is just around the corner.
Then there are the battle reports from South America.
The British king besieged the city and defeated the Argentine troops coming to the capital, and then turned back to capture Buenos Aires. The Argentine government was disbanded, and the resistance organization established a temporary government in Cordoba.
The Atlantic Fleet of the Nanyang Fleet annihilated the Argentine-Brazilian joint fleet at the mouth of the Paraná River and captured a large number of enemy ships.
After receiving reinforcements from 40,000 Chinese Taiping Army workers, the British troops headed north to join forces with the Paraguayan and Uruguayan troops to encircle the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, and more than 10,000 Brazilian Expeditionary Force surrendered.
After the Taiping mercenaries entered the battlefield, the South American War ended quickly, and Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil signed the "Treaty of Asuncion".
Paraguay merged with Uruguay to form the Paraguayan Heavenly Kingdom Federation, which regarded "the fourth son of the Emperor of Heaven" and "the great genius" Pelosi as its spiritual leader, and Chen Cheng as the prime minister and commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Heavenly Kingdom Federation.
Brazil suffered little loss, the captured troops were released, and it ceded the state of Mato Grosso to the Heavenly Federation, a large but uninhabited place with only wild rubber growing.
Argentina was in a bad situation. The temporary government of Cordoba finally obtained the qualification to sign the treaty, but the capital fell and the government troops were all defeated, leaving only the militia. Without bargaining chips in hand, this treaty would inevitably be a loss of sovereignty and humiliation for the country.
The cession of the provinces of Misiones and Corrientes connected the lands of the Commonwealth of Heaven to the Atlantic Ocean.
This was still a small matter. The country ceded all the territories south of 34 degrees south latitude, including Buenos Aires, to the Heavenly Kingdom Federation, lost all its coastlines, and became a landlocked country.
The geopolitical structure of South America has changed dramatically, but it is a place forgotten by the mainstream world and does not seem to have caused any sensation.
Unlike Carlos of Cuba, Zhang Siwen's brother-in-law Pelos is mentally unstable.
He firmly believed Chen Cheng's claim that he was the fourth son of the Emperor of Heaven, and immediately fell into a state of fanaticism.
A statue of the "Four Brothers under the Emperor of Heaven" was built in the Plaza Asuncion, making the fourth brother look particularly majestic.
All military and political affairs were handed over to Chen Cheng. Peros asked Chen Cheng for a lot of information about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, locked himself in the palace, compiled new scriptures, and prepared to enjoy incense. He cooperated very well with Chen Cheng's proposal to establish a heavenly kingdom on earth.
Shao Quanzhong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. There are really all kinds of people in this world.
Yes, for a small country like Paraguay to single-handedly challenge the coalition of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay is simply not something a normal person can do.
Now that the American Civil War is over, arms are being cleared out and sold at low prices.
After Chen Cheng captured Buenos Aires, he suddenly became rich. He commissioned Zhang Siwen to buy enough American equipment to equip more than 100,000 people and shipped it to the Bau Heavenly Kingdom Federation. After equipping 60,000 Taiping troops, he stockpiled a lot of equipment to equip his vassal army.
The 20,000 Taiping troops were already invincible in South America. Now we can only imagine what they can do when the 60,000 Taiping troops are trained and led by Chen Cheng, the god of war.
The Huai Army's Atlantic Fleet had completed its mission, and Liao Rong had sent a telegram requesting instructions on the next course of action.
However, due to the lack of timely communication, Shao Quanzhong had already issued instructions to Liao Rong's fleet without receiving Liao Rong's request. Fortunately, no misunderstanding occurred between the two sides.
Then, Yan Laoliu's younger brother sent a telegram on behalf of the second batch of army cadets going to Pu to report that classes had started safely, and Rong Hui sent a telegram reporting that the second batch of naval cadets going to England had started safely - wait!
Rong Hui also reported that she found that her period had not come on the ship to the UK. After arriving in the UK, she found out that she was pregnant with her second child...
Will my next child have British nationality? Forget it, the British eldest child is not something that can be figured out in the short term...
The last letter was from Wenxiu. "Brother Shao, if you are unhappy, I have given birth to a daughter for you. You promised me the last time we went back to Hailing that if you gave birth to a daughter, you would give her the surname Wen and let her inherit the Wen family business. You would not care about her anymore. I named her Meimei. She is the seventh among the sisters in the Wen family. I have always called her Xiaoqi..."
Well, it was a girl, and Shao Quanzhong was very disappointed.
Shao Quanzhong, a feudal man, favors boys over girls. Wenxiu is the same, even though she is a girl...
Shao Quanzhong knew Wenxiu's thoughts. The Huai Army was now invincible, and it was almost certain that he would seize the throne in the future, and his son would have the hope of becoming a king. So if Wenxiu gave birth to a son, she would definitely not want him to have the surname Wen.
It doesn't matter for daughters, they can marry a son-in-law and their descendants will have the surname Wen. Wen Xiu has already given the task of inheriting the bloodline of her father-in-law, County Magistrate Wen, to her daughter...
"Report, the troops have assembled."
Liu Niang arranged Shao Quanzhong's military uniform, and Shao Quanzhong went out and mounted his horse, "Let's go, march to Kashgar and put an end to the war in Ili Province!"
(End of this chapter)