Kowloon wins

Chapter 924
"My lord, the old man is extremely rude, and I will ask you to fight the vanguard. If you don't capture this beast, you will not be a human being!"

"My lord, the general is willing to be a pioneer in the end, please give me your permission!"

"My lord, the thieves are rampant, we must not let them go lightly!"

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All the generals were irritated by Leo Tolsky's arrogant attitude before he left. Ta Shan, Zhang Miao and other important generals stood up to challenge loudly, vying to be the vanguard.

"Ah."

Facing the turmoil of the generals, Hong Qing just smiled indifferently, and was not in a hurry to express her position, nor did she make any comments, and let the generals argue to their heart's content.

"My lord, a secret letter."

Just as the crowd was arguing endlessly, Ding Song hurried in from outside the tent and handed a small wax pill to Hong Qing.

"Ah."

As soon as they heard the word "secret letter", all the generals stopped making trouble, and all stared at the little wax pill. Seeing this, Hong Qing couldn't help but smiled again, but she didn't. More words, reached out to take the wax pill, and just squeezed it, the wax shell was crushed, revealing a piece of paper inside, spread it out, and the smile on the corner of the mouth immediately became stronger, Not to mention, this secret letter was drafted by Nayuzi, the second chancellor of Kazakhstan, and delivered to Ding Song by his guards. It was written in the context of the Russian Legion.

When Hongqing led the main force to march along the southern front when the former Panping pacified the southern border, there were two purposes. One was to lure the Junggar army to attack Yue Zhongqi's troops, which were relatively small in strength, so as to give full play to the absolute advantage of his own strong firepower. In order to severely damage the main force of the Junggar army, as for the second thing, it is necessary to secretly meet Kazakh Kaipu Khan and subdue him with a strong force. At that time, it was Nayuzi who went to the Qing army camp to meet Hongqing secretly. The second negotiation has reached a consensus that the Kazakh Khanate will become one of the vassal states of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty will guarantee the safety and stability of the Kazakh Khanate. In addition, once the war in northern Xinjiang breaks out, the Kazakh Khanate will fully cooperate The actions of the Qing army, infiltrating into the Three Kingdoms Alliance, and extracting information from the Russian military was Hongqing's order to the Kazakh Khanate at the beginning. Now, the careful arrangements have finally paid off, and Hongqing has reason to be happy once.

"My lords, the enemy's situation is clear. There are a total of more than 14 Junggar troops and 3 Kazakh cavalry in Gedeng Mountain. , the three armies came together, and there was also the First Guards Army transferred from the capital of the country, and there were more than 2000 Cossack cavalry to help out, with a total force of more than [-]. The army is full-staffed, with three divisions in each army, four regiments in each division, and [-] troops in each regiment. The third army is half full, with only two divisions, and two regiments in each division. [-] troops. As for its main force, the First Guards Army has roughly the same organization as the First and Second Siberian Armies, but its training level and equipment are far superior to those of the Siberian Infantry Army. The Russian armies have about two hundred new artillery pieces. In addition, Except for the outdated matchlock guns still used by the Third Siberian Army, the rest of the units have been refitted and equipped with flintlock guns made in France. The effective range is about [-] paces, and the rate of fire is about [-] rounds per minute. Compared with our army's standard firearms, although there is a gap, it should not be underestimated, let's talk about it, do you have any opinions on this battle?"

Hong Qing glanced at the bright-eyed generals, smiled, and didn't hide much, and described the enemy's situation in detail.

"Your Majesty, the general thinks that although there are many thieves, they are just mobs. It is impossible to stop our army from advancing. The general is not talented, so he is willing to be the vanguard!"

Tashan has always been a warlike master, but since this expedition to the west, he has not won a decent battle to fight, but his subordinate Yue Zhongqi has made great achievements, as the commander of the army, Tashan can't help but feel aggrieved , I have been looking forward to a good opportunity to show my skills for a long time, but when I heard Hong Qing's question like this, I immediately regained my energy, hurriedly dodged from the side, and shouted for the battle.

"My lord, the general thought that although what General Ta said was reasonable, however, the thieves were densely gathered in the Gedeng Mountain area, and people came to provoke us. There may be an ambush among them. It is really necessary to guard against it. I secretly thought that the thieves should be sent It's better to bring it out to fight."

Cheng Guiwu, the commander of the Third Army, was relatively more cautious. Although he was also eager to fight, he was obviously more comprehensive than Tashan in all aspects he could consider.

"My lord, the final general thinks that Commander Cheng's concerns are not unreasonable. However, it may be difficult to achieve this point. Today, our army is on an expedition, and it is difficult to transport food, fodder and supplies. The advantage is to attack quickly. If the battle is delayed, we may be afraid of fighting. It's not good, so the last general thinks that he should go all out and gather and wipe out the bandits near Gedeng Mountain!"

Zhang Miao, the commander of the Second Army, was obviously not very optimistic about Cheng Guiwu's suggestion, and put forward the idea that the First World War will determine the world.

"Well, what do you think Dongmei?"

Hong Qing had her own opinion in her heart, but she didn't intend to speak out in a hurry, and she never commented on the suggestions of the three army commanders. The new Deputy Commander of the First Army and Commander of the First Division Yue Zhongqi.

"My lord Mingjian, I heard that there is a lot of rain in Ili. Every May, there is often heavy rain. It may be unfavorable to our army. As far as the old Maozi is concerned, it may be the same. Therefore, Fang has this act of showing strength. In view of this , the last general also thought that it would be better to defeat the enemy in a hasty battle."

Since the Western Expedition, most of the military exploits have been made by Yue Zhongqi. Although this is a great honor, it can't help but make the generals jealous. Because of this, every time since last winter, Yue Zhongqi has always been able to avoid it. He didn't open his mouth when he opened his mouth, and it was the same with this discussion. However, since Hong Qing had a question, he had to answer it. After pondering for a while, he explained the reason why he must fight urgently from another side, but he didn't say anything. Without the words of asking yourself to be a pioneer, it is obvious that you don't intend to take credit for it.

"Well, since all the princes think it's time to fight urgently, then it's decided. Tomorrow, we will speed up our journey, and in three days' time we will go to Gedeng Mountain, and we will defeat all the enemies in one battle!"

As a general, he doesn't know astronomy and geography, he's just a mediocre person. Hongqing knows this very well. Long before the expedition, Hongqing had already investigated the geography and climate conditions in the Yili area, so she knew it well. The rainy season in Ili is approaching, and relevant preparations have been made long ago. The reason why I did not rush to attack Gedeng Mountain was to wait for the news from the Kazakh Khanate. There are too many scruples. As for the possibility of an ambush by the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms, Hong Qing really doesn't take it very seriously. One is that he has such an internal response as the Kazakh Khanate. The strength of Qian Dajun has absolute confidence, and he is really not afraid that the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms will make waves. He smiled lightly and made the final decision...

Although Gedeng Mountain is not very high, it occupies a large area. Its top is flat and covers an area of ​​nearly a hundred acres. The golden tent of Junggar Khan Tsewang Allah Butan was set up here. There were only six people in the tent, and a burly middle-aged man was sitting in the middle, but seeing this man with a bearded face and a rough appearance, his eyes flashed with wisdom from time to time. It was the Great Khan of Junggar, Tsvan Allah Butan, and the gloomy and thin man on his right was Nayuzi, the second chancellor of the Kazakh Khanate, and the tall and fat man sitting proudly on the left of Tservan Allah Butan The Russians were the Grand Duke Alexei Ivanov Gagarin, the governor of Russian Siberia who had been sent to the Qing Dynasty five years ago. As for the other three people, they were all interpreters just by looking at their clothes.Although Gagarin and the others sat quite close to each other, they didn't say a word, and they didn't look very friendly. It was obvious that the discussion had reached an impasse, and no one wanted to speak up, so as not to weaken their own morale.

"Report, Great Khan, the Qing dog army has arrived ten miles away and is setting up camp. Please make it clear, Great Khan!"

In the dead silence, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps, and immediately saw a reporter rushing in from outside the tent dripping with sweat. road.

"Explore again!"

As soon as he heard what the reporter said, Cewang Allah Butan's hand holding the wine glass visibly trembled, but he quickly stabilized, without asking about the details, he just gave an order with a blank face.

"Yes!"

Hearing Cewang Allah Butan's order, the reporter didn't dare to be careless in the slightest, he hastily responded and left the big tent in a hurry.

"Great Khan, what I said is right, isn't the Qing army here? Hehe, if you and I cooperate, we will benefit, and if we divide, we will lose. Khan, do you think this covenant should be signed first?"

As soon as the reporter left, Grand Duke Gagarin, who had finished listening to the interpreter's report, immediately burst into a smug smile, and with a smile he uttered a word to run on Tsar Abtan—Russians have always been greedy, and they have always been greedy. It’s too early to be unprofitable. In the past few years, we have vigorously supported the Junggar Khanate, half sold and half given away a large number of arms. This time, we have sent a large number of troops to aid. It is not for the sake of fairness and justice. The purpose is twofold. One is to suppress the rise of the Qing Dynasty. Second, it is natural to take advantage of the fire and plan to swallow the Junggar Khanate whole. The so-called covenant is nothing more than an unequal treaty between the suzerain and the vassal. The mission to the Qing army, pretending to be a mediator, is actually the root cause of deliberately provoking the Qing army to come to suppress. Now that the Qing army has arrived, Grand Duke Gagarin will not let go of this kind of coercion. A great opportunity for an alliance under the city.

"Well... get a pen!"

Being so forced by Grand Duke Gagarin, Tseng Wang Arabitan was obviously very angry, but he was also very helpless. He snorted heavily with a cold face, but he still had to give in...

(End of this chapter)