Ming Zuo

Chapter 1733 Letters from afar

No one is happier than the Wehrmacht to be able to move on.

Soldiers, only by constantly fighting and expanding their territories can they be credited.

Once idle, there is no use for it.

"Before it snows in winter, try to open up as much as possible, seize more favorable terrain, and prepare for next year's offensive."

Huang Sanhu quickly issued an order to the whole army.

The great changes in the Western Regions brought about a chain reaction.

The Kazakh Khanate, the Bukhara Khanate, and the Mughal Empire to the west were all in turmoil.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the east, they began to covet the land west of the Yarkand Khanate.

Since it was the Yarkant Khanate defeated by the empire, 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 standpoint of the Northwest Strategic Cluster, they hope that this situation will appear.

If these forces do not come to smooth the tiger's beard, what name do they have to enter Central Asia?

His Majesty stared at Suiye City, but they were different.They heard that there is a vast sea in the far west, and they wanted to see it.

But winter is coming soon, and in the past year, the Northwest Strategic Cluster has moved far and wide.

Although the big battle was not fought much, but such a vast territory has been regained, it will take time just to digest it.

Huang Sanhu was not dazzled by the great victory, and remained sober all the time.

Before the snow falls, establish a relatively complete sphere of influence, and at the same time use winter to accumulate supplies and rest the army.Waiting until next year will be a good time for the various 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 called the eye of the entire Western Region. I really don't know why no one builds a city here? Only one city is needed, and the Western Region will be consolidated."

Zhu Zhibi, who had eaten enough sand, was still in high spirits.

He is the newly appointed Governor of the Western Regions Province, and what he has to do now is to choose the provincial capital for the Western Regions Province.

When he walked to a place south of Miquan, he fell in love with it at a glance.

This place is located in the middle of the Tianshan Mountains, and Bogda Peak soars into the sky in the east, so that the thin water vapor from the west can still moisten the place, forming a land with abundant water and grass.

To the south, there is a long and narrow passage in the middle of the mountains that can pass through the Tianshan Mountains and enter the southern border.

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 Regions in the past didn't see the importance of this place.

But Zhu Zhibi decided to set up a city here.

"It's not bad here, it's a place of great shape, and there's a lot to do."

Zodiac Zhou, governor of Xijing, who came along with him, fully recognized this.

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 passed on immediately.

Mao Yuanyi, the governor of the Western Capital, is a master in the military. When he looked at the map, he was amazed at the choice of the two.

Now it's all right, the three bigwigs in the western region have reached an agreement, and the center will not disagree.

Zuo Menggeng looked at the report and smiled.

The place Zhu Zhibi chose was actually the provincial capital of the later Western Regions.

I have to say that the vision is sinister enough.

When the National Defense Forces pacified the area, immigration from Gansu and Shaanxi to the Western Regions had already begun in an orderly manner.

The land of Gansu and Shanxi is really unable to accommodate too many people, and relocation is the only option.

However, Ganshan and Shanxi are deeply inland and migrate overseas. It is difficult for the people to adapt to the oceanic climate, and the road has also become a big problem.

Therefore, after research, the people here were simply moved to the Western Regions.

In addition to sharing the population pressure, it can also increase the proportion of Han people in the Western Regions, which is conducive to long-term stability.

Despite the desolation of the Western Regions, there are also large tracts of fertile land.

In particular, Zuo Menggeng had high hopes for the Western Regions, and had sent cotton experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences there to study matters related to cotton planting in the Western Regions.

Others don't know, but he knows too much about the advantages of cotton cultivation in the Western Regions.

Nowadays, the mainland cannot find much land to grow cotton. As a result, the price of cotton products has been rising steadily, and it is almost to the point where ordinary people cannot afford it.

Once cotton planting is fully rolled out in the Western Regions, the price will inevitably be lowered, and eventually it will become a mass consumer product.

And the addition of cotton planting can also increase financial resources for the Western Regions and Northwest Regions.

Following Huang Sanhu's order, the Fifth Division set out from Yili and began to attack the city.

The No. 17 and No. 18 regiments rushed into the Ikesai Lake Valley, wiped out the remaining forces here, captured the Chu River Basin, and completely locked the western end of the Ili River Valley.

From this direction into the Yili River Valley, there is only one road, and only a thousand soldiers are needed to be impregnable.

The No.19 Regiment and the Engineering Regiment marched westward along the Yili River and reached Alimatu.

This place is an important town in the west of the Yarkand Khanate. After Abdullah's death, Agadir, the governor of this place, made himself king, but he was not recognized by others.

Knowing that the National Defense Forces were calling, Agadir was very flustered, and kept sending envoys to persuade the various tribes, hoping to unite.

Are you kidding me?
In the Western Regions, where treachery is the norm, how can he, Agadir, have any prestige to integrate his forces?

So when the Wehrmacht approached the city, Agadir could only resist desperately.

Alimatu is backed by the Tianshan Mountains, so it only needs to defend three sides, and it can be regarded as a powerful city in the Western Regions.But under the fierce firepower of the National Defense Forces, the old city is obviously not enough.

After three days of fighting, the walls of the city were blown apart, and the city suffered heavy casualties, which could no longer stop the National Defense Forces.

Agadir set himself on fire in the mansion in despair, extinguishing his ambitions.

The people in the city were honest and accepted the new ruler silently.

This also made the reception process of the Wehrmacht a lot smoother, but there were also accidents.

"Junzheng, we found a strange person in the prison."

Like all cities, Arimatu City naturally has prisons, where prisoners are also held.After capturing the city, sorting out the old order is an important task.

And prisons are places that need to be treated with caution.

Often times, his criminals are my allies.

As a result, during the cleaning process, one prisoner was very agitated.The strangest thing is that he speaks Chinese.

Under Liao Fengzhi's order, that person was brought up.

This person has chestnut curly hair, a high nose and deep eyes, and a full beard, with facial features unique to 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 administrator of the Fifth Division of the Imperial Defense Forces. Who are you?"

Hearing Liao Fengzhi's self-reported identity, the man got excited all of a sudden, and actually performed the first salute.

"Quanzhen Sect Changyue Zhenren's disciple Abu Dumu pays a visit to the General!"

(End of this chapter)