The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 671 Familiar feeling, Dayu Dynasty, he is here

Astana, although the various tribes of the Central Juz were still unaware that the Great Yu Western Expedition Army led by Chen Guangyao was already besieging the Semipalatinsk Fortress.

However, these nomadic peoples who were on both sides of China and Russia were still keenly aware of the danger. Therefore, in the past few months, the khans of various tribes had been discussing matters in the royal tent.

In the big tent, Abulai Khan had actually moved the actual royal tent from Astana to the vicinity of Tashkent long ago, because Astana was too close to Russia and somewhat unsafe.

However, after leaving the traditional pastures of the Yuz in the left wing and settling in Tashkent, the Khan's control began to decline.

Especially after Abulai Khan died and his son succeeded him as the Great Khan of the Left Wing, the strength and prestige of the Khan clan declined significantly. By now, the Yuzu of the Left Wing had long lost their actual leader.

Therefore, although Abulai Khan's five sons were ranked first in the meetings, they could no longer command the entire left wing.

This put the Khan clan at a disadvantage from the very beginning of the meeting, and these factions of the Khan clan were the most supportive of submitting to China.

The reason why Abulai Khan left Astana and moved the tribal center to the vicinity of Tashkent was because Tsarist Russia was very dissatisfied with Abulai Khan's attitude of being close to the Qing Dynasty. It wanted to lure him to Orenburg and kidnap him, and even sent cavalry to raid the royal tent.

Under such circumstances, Abulai Khan wrote to the Qing Dynasty several times, requesting submission and asking the Qing Dynasty to send a large army to defeat Russia and become the master of the Kazakh steppe.

Qianlong was very shrewd. He thought that if he went to the Kazakh steppe to compete with Tsarist Russia, he would only gain some false reputation if he won, and the northwest would be in danger if he failed, so he firmly refused.

To put it bluntly, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was a small tribe facing a big country. It had no need to expand outward, nor did it dare to send tens of millions of Han people out to expand outward.

Qianlong's decision to give up the best opportunity to take over the Kazakh steppe was absolutely a wise one for the Qing government, but it was not necessarily a good thing for the central dynasty represented by the Qing Dynasty.

Wherever there is support, there is always opposition. After the Khans moved south, the right to speak gradually fell into the hands of the tribes that advocated relying on Tsarist Russia.

Naurizbai, who is still a nomad in the Astana area, advocates relying on Tsarist Russia to strengthen his own strength, and many people agree with him.

"The Han people don't care about Transoxiana at all. The new Central Plains dynasty has been established for more than ten years, but it has not expanded an inch of territory. Not even a warrior has appeared to demonstrate the power of the emperor in the capital. Instead, it has even lost the Ili River Valley.

Ali Krik on the right wing moved the entire tribe into the Ili River Valley, which was rich in water and grass. They raised herds of cattle and horses, and raised sheep that were as tall as horses.

I ask, the Great Emperor of the Central Plains doesn't even want such a good place, and even a guy like Ali Creek dares to invade the Great Emperor's territory.

Is this still the emperor?

Can he really help us fight against the powerful Tsarist Russian Empire?

I think it's impossible. It's better for us to completely surrender to the Russian Empire and use their support to resist the harassment from the Bujibeks and Kyrgyz people. At least we can obtain a batch of matchlock guns, gunpowder and lead bullets."

You know what, there is really not much wrong with what Naurizbai said. At least, this is the case in the Western Regions and Central Asia.

Dayu did not show the same desire and strength to control the Western Regions and Hezhong as the Qing Dynasty, giving people the feeling that they are somewhat powerful but particularly cowardly.

At the same time, although the Kazakhs occupied the largest territory in Central Asia, their strength was the weakest. The strongest people in Central Asia were the Bujibeks who occupied the Syr Darya and Amu Darya basins.

The three most powerful Khanates of Bukhara, Khiva and Kokand in the Yellow River Basin were all established by the Bujibeks.

In addition, the Kyrgyz people are the most powerful. These guys are old acquaintances of China. In the past, they were called Kyrgyz people, and in the past, they were called Khitan people.

The reason why these ethnic groups living on the Suiye Plateau are so powerful is that they have been specializing in mercenaries since the Tang Dynasty, a bit like the Swiss in Europe.

When the Dzungar Khanate was powerful, a large number of Kyrgyz were employed as elite musketeers and artillerymen.

Naurizbai's speech left all the khans who disagreed with surrendering to Tsarist Russia speechless. After a long silence, Hasmu, the second son of Abulai Khan who had passed away, stood up and said:
"I have been to Beijing twice to pay homage to the Great Qing Emperor. What I saw along the way is unimaginable for those who have never been to the Qing Dynasty.

It was a true Celestial Empire, with an endless population, endless guns and endless cattle and sheep.

The food they produced in a year was enough to feed all the people on the left wing for a thousand years. Even the lowest-level farmers had iron farm tools and cooking utensils, and the muskets they owned were enough to equip all the warriors on the left wing with a hundred or more.

The Great Emperor lives in a magnificent palace. He is the most powerful and benevolent monarch in the world, and he is never stingy in rewarding us left-wing leaders.

In comparison, the Tsarist Russia was not that powerful. Their population was less than 10% of Middle-earth, and their emperor and nobles were more ferocious and greedy than the gadflies on the backs of livestock.

If we join them, the Kazakhs will become slaves of the Russians, just like the tribes left behind by the Golden Horde.

Have you all forgotten that decades ago, when Wabacsi led the Turgut people and more than half of them were killed or injured, they had to flee back to the Qing Dynasty?

Why should we get close to it when others are avoiding it?"

This statement is absolutely correct. If you surrender to the Qing Dynasty or the Central Plains Dynasty in the East, you still have a chance to survive, but if you surrender to Tsarist Russia, you will definitely be wiped out.

But the problem is that the Central Plains dynasty is not willing to accept the Kazakh steppe, and even the current Dayu has shown considerable retreat, which leaves the Kazakhs with nowhere to go.

On the contrary, although Tsarist Russia was terrible, they did not yet have the strength to control them. Submitting to Tsarist Russia could bring some benefits, such as military instructors, matchlock guns that Tsarist Russia did not want, as well as gunpowder, lead bullets, etc.

Therefore, someone immediately came out and said, "Hasmu, you still think the same as your father.

But your father, the great Abulai Khan, was unable to realize his idea of relying on the Central Plains dynasty. You and your brothers are not great leaders like your father. How can you achieve all this?

At the same time, the current Great Yu Kingdom is not as good as the former Great Qing Kingdom. Will they respond to our surrender?"

Hasmu was now in a difficult situation and he was a little angry.

This not only questions his ability, but also questions the path set by his father, the great Abulai Khan.

"Saierzan, the Qing Dynasty was a powerful empire, but the Dayu Emperor was able to replace the Qing Dynasty at its peak. I believe that the Dayu Emperor and his empire must be even more powerful than the Qing Dynasty.

I don't believe that such a great empire would be indifferent to the western frontier and would not even come to recover the empire's territory.

Imagine the news coming from the east a few years ago. The fleeing believers said that Emperor Dayu raised his butcher knife and slaughtered more than five million believers, which is more than the number of people in our three Yuz in Kazakhstan.

I don't believe that he is a coward emperor who can lift such a terrifying butcher knife. I even think that he is a terrifying king like Genghis Khan and Tian Khan in the past.

So I think he's going to come here, for whatever reason."

The tent was silent. Everyone looked at Hasmu with different expressions. After a while, someone muttered softly:

"Hasmu is right. We cannot treat the great empire that can destroy the Dzungar Khanate lightly as the right wing does.

We all know what kind of person Arick is. He is greedy, has no credibility, and speaks misleading words but never delivers on his promises. What makes us envy such a guy?

It's simply that he occupied the Ili Valley and gained enormous benefits, which made us jealous of his gains."

"Yes, yes, entering the Ili River Valley is very dangerous. It was not allowed during the reign of the Great Qing Emperor. The Right Wing Great Yuzi tribes were often punished for this.

Alirick actually dared to station troops in Yili City. If the Great Emperor sends troops, he will be the one who dies the most miserably."

"Yes, the Ili River Valley is the richest place on the grassland. No king would be willing to give up such a precious land. If the Great Yu Emperor is really so short-sighted, he would not be able to replace the Great Qing Emperor.

The only one who can replace the Wolf King is another Wolf King, not a watchdog."

Naurizbai, who was quite pro-Russian, immediately became gloomy when he heard these discussions.

Because those who opposed being close to Russia had pastures either near the land of the Seven Rivers or directly within the territory of the Central Plains dynasty.

As he was stuck in the northwest, he was often harassed by Russia and the Russian-controlled western wing of the Small Juz, and he was always in fear.

"You haven't faced any threats from the Tsar, so naturally you're downplaying it. But if I don't change, the Russians will eat me up."

Naurizbai stood up loudly after speaking. "If the Khan cannot make a decision, then the five thousand households in the northwest will make the decision themselves. We must protect our men and leave them pastures to survive, even if it means serving as dogs for the Russians."

After he finished speaking, the leaders of the five thousand households in the northwest all stood up collectively and followed Naurizbai to leave the tent.

"You are splitting the Khanate. Without the Khanate, you will not be able to survive. Don't be an accomplice of the Tsar in splitting the Khanate. The heavenly soldiers from the Central Plains will definitely come to the grasslands!"

Hasmu shouted loudly, and even signaled with his eyes to his Khan brother Khazar to keep Naurizbai and others.

Because once he left, it would not only represent a split with the Left Khanate, but these people would also become tools for Tsarist Russia to continue to erode the left wing.

But his brother the Khan did not have the courage to use force to stop Naurizbai and his men. Or, even if he had the courage, Naurizbai would not dare to be so presumptuous.

Hearing Hasmu's warning, Naurizbai shouted without turning his head, "Heavenly soldiers, humph, I don't know where Dayu's heavenly soldiers are. Unless they appear in front of me now and put a knife to my neck, I will believe they will really come!"

Hasmu was anxious. He was about to say something else when he suddenly saw Naurizbai, who had just walked out of the tent, suddenly tremble, and then, with a plop, he knelt down without any warning. What was he doing?
The khans, both big and small, in the royal tent were stunned. They looked at each other, wondering what Naurizbai, who always had a tough attitude, was doing.

At this moment, suddenly, the sound of horse hooves became more frequent, one after another, like thunder in the sky, coming from far away.

"Cavalry, cavalry are approaching!" Hasmu jumped up. As a grassland man, he was not unfamiliar with the sound of horse hooves of this dense cavalry charge.

Hasmu was the first to rush out of the tent and looked in the direction pointed by Naurizbai, who was trying to get up but fell again due to weak legs.

In the distance, the fiery red cavalry team split into three groups and approached rapidly from three directions.

The royal tent was perched on a hill, so it could be seen clearly. The cavalrymen trampled up a cloud of dust, and they came so fast that the scouts sent out to guard the area didn't get far before they were swallowed up by the red torrent.

This shows that the enemy's war horses were of very good quality and well-trained, and they came very suddenly. It was obvious that they had been well-detected long ago, and even the scouts did not react.

"Hurry up, hurry up, these are not grassland cavalry, these are imperial cavalry, the Rakshasa people are coming, the Rakshasa people are coming!"

Some people panicked and hurried to mount their horses to escape, because it was clear from their fighting style that this was not the combat power that armed herdsmen could possess.

"We can't run away. Our tribe is all here. If we run away, they will be in danger. We must organize warriors to resist!"

"There's no way to resist. They came with three horses each and were well prepared!"

For a moment, there was chaos around the king's tent, with people talking about all kinds of things, and everyone was dumbfounded.

Because when these grassland tribes hold meetings, they don't just have a few leaders and a few cavalrymen come directly, but the tribesmen drive their carriages slowly according to the grassland.

Because many tribes have only a few thousand or even a few hundred people, if the leader takes all the soldiers away to attend a meeting, then a few gangs of horse thieves or premeditated enemies may come and wipe out your entire tribe. It is very dangerous for women and children to be left unprotected on the grassland.

Moreover, there was no instant messaging equipment at that time. If you walked far away, it would probably take a lot of effort to find your own tribe.

Therefore, unless a tribe occupies the best pastures and does not need to migrate far away frequently, most tribes will not be too far away from their leader.

Therefore, although many people shouted to run away, only a few actually ran away. Everyone's tribe was within a radius of 67 miles, and at the speed at which the elderly, the weak, women and children in the tribe moved, they could not escape at all.

"Khan, Khan, give the order!" Everyone roared and turned their eyes to Khan Khazare on the left wing.

However, Hazard had never experienced such a situation, and his own abilities were not enough, so he was a little panicked for a moment.

Fortunately, his brothers were very helpful. One of the Khazars shouted, "Defend where you are! Blow the horn to summon nearby cavalry for support. We will defend on the hill!"

At this time, the attacking enemy had already rushed to seven or eight hundred meters away and had already changed to the last warhorse.

This kind of charging cavalry will arrive in a flash. Not to mention whether the cavalry can be assembled in a short time, even if they can be assembled, they cannot move quickly, which is not much different from sending them away.

Therefore, the people on the left wing directly stood on the hill, relying on some wooden fences to defend themselves from a high position.

At that time, Astana had no city walls. Although it was called a city, it was actually just a settlement with some low stone houses.

Fu Kang'an rushed to the front, with Hailancha on his left and Yang Yuchun, the colonel of the Dayu Longxiang Guards Cavalry, on his right.

Three thousand people were divided into three groups and rushed directly into Astana in a pig-charge formation. Hailancha brought the characteristics of the Solon people to the extreme. He held a hard bow, raised his hands like an eagle on horseback, and shot arrows, knocking many Kazakhs to the ground in succession.

Inspired by him, hundreds of Solon and Barhu cavalrymen were equally brave. They shouted and shot arrows like rain, and any Kazakh herdsmen who stood in front of them were shot to death on the spot.

On the right, the Longxiang Guards Cavalry led by Yang Yuchun did not shoot arrows, uh no, it should be said that they were not equipped with bows and arrows.

What era is this? Training a sharpshooter like Hailancha can produce twenty musketeers. It is impossible for Mo Zibu to continue doing such a loss-making business.

The range of the carbine on horseback is not long. If you really want to fight against a sharpshooter like Hailancha, the one holding the carbine will definitely die, so there is no need to steal the limelight at this time.

However, there are not many Hailancha in the Dayu Dynasty, but there are countless carbine cavalry.

Fu Kangan was naturally clear about this, and he ran to the front not to kill the enemy, but to observe the situation.

Seeing that the Kazakhs had already formed a battle array on the hill and could vaguely see their matchlock rifles, he immediately ordered Hailancha and others to stop, and Yang Yuchun's men dismounted and advanced with guns in hand.

Just when the Kazakhs on the mountain were confused, Yang Yuchun's troops quickly dismounted and took the rifles, or rifles, on the side of the horses.

"Bang bang!" A sound like frying beans rang out, accompanied by clouds of smoke. The Kazakh musketeers on the mountain kept falling down. The four old cannons only had time to fire one shot before the gunners were killed.

"What kind of musket is this? This is not something a Rakshasa can have!"

Hasmu immediately saw the problem. At a distance of more than 200 meters, the lead bullet from the opposite side accurately hit the Khanate warrior.

And seeing that the enemy did not continue to move forward but reloaded on the spot, you can tell that they can indeed shoot accurately at such a distance.

"Khan, what should we do? The warriors are being slaughtered!" Naurizbai was at a loss and placed his last hope on Khan Khazar.

"It's the Qing Dynasty, no, it's Dayu, the heavenly soldiers of Dayu have arrived!" Before the Left Wing Khan Khazar could speak, Hasmu jumped up. He not only sensed it from the weapons, but also discovered it from the military uniforms and flags.

These soldiers wore red battle uniforms and red iron helmets. Their attire was very oriental and it was obvious that they were not Rakshasas.

Moreover, their flag is a very typical oriental flag with the sun, moon, golden dragon and flying tiger painted on it.

"Hahahaha, King Khan, the Heavenly Soldiers from Dayu have arrived. My guess was right. They haven't given up on the Western Regions. They're here after all!"

Hasmu laughed wildly. As a Kazakh who had been to Beijing twice and knew deeply about the power of the Central Plains dynasty and had practical needs, what he had dreamed of had finally come true.

Hazard still trusted his brother's judgment, so he immediately ordered, "Let the soldiers lay down their weapons, raise the white flag, and welcome the angel."

Well, the procedure is correct, because his father Abulai Khan accepted the enthronement of the Qing Dynasty. Strictly speaking, the Zuoyi Zhongyuzi was a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty.

However, Fu Kangan didn't care about all this. When Yang Yuchun's troops inflicted heavy casualties on the Kazakh musketeers and scattered their formation, the remaining 2,000 cavalrymen rushed forward in one go, completely dispersing thousands of Kazakhs, and the cavalrymen successfully rushed to the front of the king's tent.

Khazar was still calm at this time. He did not run away but knelt in front of the tent with his men, holding the court robes, court beads and hat given to him by the Qing Dynasty in his hands.

When Fu Kang'an saw this thing, his cheeks couldn't help but twitch. Before he could say anything, Yang Yuchun beside him stepped forward.

He swept the things given by the Qing Dynasty to the ground and shouted loudly in his not-so-fluent Mongolian: "The Qing Dynasty is gone, now you have to listen to us, Dayu!"

Hazar didn't know why this happened, because he couldn't figure out the grudges in the east, and he was so scared that he started to tremble.

Only his brother, Abulai Khan's second son, Hasmu, remained calm. He also shouted in Mongolian: "The court has conferred upon Khazar the title of Khan of the Left Wing of the Kazakhs. Meet the angel!"

"Khazaar, is he Abulai's eldest son? You are the Great Khan, so is Abulai already dead?"

Hai Lu, the only one in Fu Kang'an's army who had followed Zhao Hui to the Kazakh steppe and fought side by side with Abulai Khan, stepped forward and asked.

Hazar now recognized Hailu. Although he was still young at that time, he was quite impressed by these ferocious heavenly soldiers coming from the east.

After seeing familiar faces and confirming that they were heavenly soldiers from the East, Khazar prostrated himself on the ground and cried, "My father has been dead for eight years. He has been waiting for the heavenly soldiers to come to the grassland!"

Fu Kangan naturally knew the ins and outs of this. The Kazakhs simply wanted to bring the imperial court's military force into the grassland to resist the invasion of the Russians.

However, the Qing Dynasty did not have this need in the past, but the current Dayu has this need, so it can be used.

"His Majesty the Great Emperor of Dayu has issued an edict. The left wing of the Kazakh tribe has always been a vassal of the Celestial Empire and is known for its loyalty. Today, the Celestial Empire's army is advancing westward. Are you willing to serve?"

Khazars, Khasmuts, and even Naurizbai, who had always been inclined towards Tsarist Russia, were ecstatic and kowtowed on the ground.

"We are willing, we are willing, we are willing to be the minions of the Great Emperor of Dayu!"

After hearing this, Yang Yuchun sneered, "It's a little early for you to become minions, but as long as you can show your loyalty, there will definitely be benefits."

Although Yang Yuchun was not well educated, he had heard Chen Guangyao talk about the principles of winning over some Kazakhs many times.

These Kazakhs are not devout in their belief in Islam, but as long as they are willing to convert to the White Lotus Sect, they can be trusted.

With some of these local people, Dayu also had a foothold in Hezhong, which made it more advantageous whether it was fighting the Three Khanates in Hezhong or resisting the Rakshasa Kingdom.

(End of this chapter)