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Chapter 1187 Wind in Central Asia (Second update, please subscribe)
When the Ming Empire entered the annual scientific carnival at the end of the year and the beginning of the year in 1884, scientists all over the world greeted the arrival of the new year amidst inventions and innovations, cheering for peace and shouting that science can change the world. when.

The world is moving towards another direction with its irreversible trend.

Will the future world be war or peace?
This is something no one can predict.

The future is unpredictable, but it can be manipulated.

A gigantic airship hobbled over snowcapped mountains, the moan of an asthmatic coughing from its engine.

The mountains around the airship appear to be strikingly consistent—often with sharp, steep shapes, mostly snowy peaks and gigantic glaciers.It is surrounded by hundreds of stone towers and pinnacles.

Sometimes the airship is almost attached to a bayonet-like peak airship. Listening to the "chug" sound of the 500-horsepower giant engine, people can't help but worry-whether it will stop at any time.

In this way, the giant airship flew between the sharp front and the ice front.

"I really want to thank the guy who invented the airship. If there is no airship, it will take at least a few years to walk such a mountain road."

While Shi Qikuan sighed, he was also worried that the flying boat would fall headlong into the snow on the mountain, or be pierced by the sharp point, thinking to himself,
"Why did I lose my mind and take this job from the Governor?..."

As an imperial diplomat, Shi Qikuan was an official of the Roman Department of the Imperial Foreign Ministry. When Shi Qikuan was summoned by Lord Shang Shu two months ago, he thought he was asking about his Roman Empire.

But unexpectedly, Master Shangshu showed him a map, which was the map of Central Asia. On the map, he could clearly see the huge "Turkish governorship".

Of course, there are also three major khanates. Unsurprisingly, the three major khanates have notes - the area of ​​​​the Kokand Khanate is marked with "1868 as the Russian protectorate", and there is only a gap in the west of the Khiva Khanate area. It is marked "Russian Protectorate in 1873", and the Bukhara Khanate area, where the loss is not too serious, is marked "Russian Protectorate in 1868".

Unlike Kokand, which was occupied and annexed by Russia in 1876 and began to aggressively invade Central Asia in history, because Russia was concentrating on preparing for the war to carve up Turkey, their march to Central Asia was seriously delayed.

After Shi Dakai defeated Agubai and regained the occupied Xinjiang, three years ago, Shi Dakai's army finally completed the annexation of Kokand. The [-] Taiping Army occupied the entire Fergana Basin. Only in Andijan, the Taiping Army used artillery With fierce bombardment, the city of Andiyan was basically flattened, and tens of thousands of defenders were buried under the ruins.Nasreddin Khan, the last generation of Kokand, fell from his horse and broke his neck on the way to Dihua.

"In Central Asia now, apart from the Governor-General of Turkey, there are only two khanates of Khiva and Bukhara left. According to the agreement we reached with the British, we will support Shi Dakai in occupying the two khanates, but this will inevitably cause Russia People are unhappy, you are going this time to coordinate this matter and let the Russians give up the two Khanates and Turkmenistan."

"What if the Russian army must intervene?"

"Then cut off their bear claws! In short, the empire absolutely does not allow the Russians to extend their hands to the Three Khanates and the Turkmen region."

Now this task falls in front of Shi Qikuan, and he also learned some more news: the army led by Shi Dakai, who was born in the kingdom of heaven, is not controlled by the kingdom of heaven, and they even have relations with Xuzhou to a certain extent Definitely cooperate.

Although they knew that Britain wanted to use Shi Dakai to isolate Russia from Persia and Afghanistan and threaten India, their relationship with Britain was not very good, because Shi Dakai massacred local pro-British forces in the process of regaining Xinjiang.

Shi Dakai, who has a good relationship with the empire but is not completely under the control of the empire, the empire, Rome, and the United Kingdom, the current situation in Central Asia is more subtle than imagined!
Thinking of this, Shi Qikuan couldn't help feeling a little worried.
"How will I complete the mission assigned by the ministry?"

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The Fergana Basin is the most fertile area in Central Asia. It is an intermountain basin in the Tianshan fold belt. The Syr Darya River passes through the center of the basin. The glacial water of the Tianshan Mountains moistens the land on both sides. This place is full of aquatic plants Fengmei, a good place for farming and animal husbandry.

This land has a deep connection with China, and it is Dawan, where Emperor Wu of the Han dreamed and sweated blood.After Li Guangli's two expeditions to the west, it was brought under the management of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and until the Tang Dynasty, it was a territory of China.

And then, since the Battle of Talas, there has been no more then.

It was not until a few years ago that the Heavenly Kingdom Army from the Central Plains regained this land. In the past few years, hundreds of thousands of Heavenly Kingdom officers and soldiers came to Kokand, took root here, and settled down.

The city of Haokand, which was destroyed in the artillery fire, has also been rebuilt. After a thousand years of absence from this land, the Chinese-style buildings stand on this land again, which will always make people sigh the changes in the world.

In February 1885, several soldiers dressed in green were strolling leisurely on the streets of the city. Their attire was obviously different from that of the surrounding soldiers and civilians, but this did not prevent some familiar passers-by from warmly greeting them greet.

"... Li Guangli was named General of the Second Division at that time. This "Second Division" is actually Osh, and this place still exists. I heard that King Yi plans to rebuild Ningyuan City."

For Shi Qikuan who had just arrived in Kokand, his understanding of this place was almost... not much.

But Liang Ruikun beside him was different. As a captain of the Imperial Army's Military Intelligence Bureau, he had come here as a "Military Advisor" five years ago.

In fact, the earliest cooperation between Empire and Shi Dakai can be traced back to the company era more than ten years ago. As early as the Northwest Rebellion, it was the company that facilitated his cooperation with Xuzhou.

"Rebuild Ningyuan City? What is this Ningyuan City?"

Shi Qikuan looked at him puzzled and asked.

"According to historical records, Ningyuan Kingdom was the strongest state in Fergana in the Tang Dynasty - that is, the country of Pulling Khan. Tang Xuanzong gave it the name "Ningyuan Kingdom". The king also served as the governor of Xiuxun Prefecture. After the Anshi Rebellion and the Tang Dynasty Losing contact, rebuilding Ningyuan City, in fact, almost means rebuilding Ningyuan Kingdom."

Liang Ruikun continued.

"Actually, this is not a choice. Although Dihua is good, Xuzhou will march to the northwest sooner or later. In recent years, there are armored trains and train guns in the Tang Dynasty. There are no less than a million soldiers under his command. Sooner or later, the Tang army will march into the Western Regions." , so King Yi also wants to find a way out for the millions of soldiers and civilians under his command! From now on, this will be King Yi's way out."

Liang Ruikun said in a low voice.

"That's why the head of the group suggested that they move here to avoid their edge. Furthermore, with the help of the empire, they can maintain a world here."

But it is not easy to maintain this world!

Will the Russians put up with imperial hand here?
"Where is Captain Huang?"

Shi Qikuan asked.

Head Huang is Huang Peichuan, the head of the Imperial Military Advisory Group. In the past few years, he has been in charge of the advisory group.

Looking at the sky, the vast blue sky is pure and flawless, breathtaking, but in this tranquility, a storm is brewing...

(End of this chapter)