Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 198 The War and Peace Against Tsarist Russia

The Junggar army retreated like a tide, just as they came in like a tide. As Bobetaiji expected, the Huite army guards in Wanhu Prefecture and Western Region Province just wanted to defend their jurisdictions while the Great Khan went on an expedition to the snowy regions, and there was no one to pursue him. This made Batur's The army calmly returned to Buxer.

As soon as they heard that the Dzungarian army had returned, the Cossacks from Tobolsk, Tomsk, and Kuznetsk in Tsarist Russia returned one after another.

"These Oros people are really treacherous foxes." Batur Hutaiji was so angry that he ordered Chuhuur Ubas and Seleng to lead 4,000 troops to surround Kuznetsk Fort and killed more than 30 people. A Cossack, and sent an envoy to question the Tobolsk governor, "The Cossacks of Tomsk attacked my subjects and captured three people. Don't let similar incidents happen again in the future, otherwise you will taste the sharpness of my saber." .

At this time, Tsarist Russia had a very small population in Siberia and was unable to implement an active expansion policy in this region. Therefore, it tried its best to turn the Oirat princes and rulers into Russian subjects through peaceful means, and convert those who were subordinate to these princes and rulers. The inhabitants became subjects who contributed taxes in kind to the Russian treasury and turned the areas in which they lived into Russian territory. The reason why they sent troops to harass Junggar was more of a military blackmail, hoping to force them to surrender to the tsar. As a result, the Dzungars refused to accept the blackmail and started fighting the Cossacks with real swords and guns, which panicked the Tsarist Russian authorities.

A few days ago, the Torgut tribe and Orlek Hutaiji who moved to the lower reaches of the Volga River returned from participating in the Oirat and Khalkha Mongolian Chulgan Conference and brought back a "Mongolian-Oirat Code". Huitaiji felt that he had support and told his sons that he had always been a participant in the All-Weirath Alliance. If there was a delay for some reason, the princes would be waiting for him. In order to strengthen the connection with other Oirat tribes, he also married his daughter and Orlekova to Batur Hutaiji of the Junggar tribe as his concubine.

After receiving the support of the Oirat Alliance, He Orlek became emboldened and had a fierce conflict with General Repnin of Tsarist Russia in Astrakhan who was seeking to expand to the lower reaches of the Volga River. The Torgut cavalry fought several battles with the Cossacks. For the Tsarist Russian authorities, the focus of attention at this time is on the lower Volga River, and they really do not want to provoke another war in Siberia.

Therefore, the tsar's envoy, Klepikov, a non-hereditary nobleman of Tobolsk, came to the city of Buxel and expressed his goodwill to Batur Hutaiji with the tsar's gift. This was a well-educated and courteous man who bowed to the Wolf King upon meeting him, "Dear Kalmyk (Dzungar) Khan from afar, I bring you the goodwill and gifts of His Majesty the Tsar." .

"Give me a gift?"

Batur's eyes shone sharply as he stared directly at the envoy, "You, Klepikov, brought me a gift from the Great Emperor, but your Cossacks are attacking my subjects."

"No, dear Kalmyk Khan from afar, those Cossacks are not soldiers of His Majesty the Tsar, but some bandits. His Majesty has given orders to the governors everywhere to eliminate these guys." Klepikov glanced at Batu I noticed that his expression had softened, and he began to mention the second purpose: "Your Majesty hopes to join forces with you to jointly conquer Orlak. He is a traitor to the Kalmyks and a source of conflict between us. By".

"What? The Great Emperor asked me to beat my father-in-law?"

Batuzi was so angry that his beard was flying, and he waved his hands repeatedly, "No, He Orlek Hutaiji is not a traitor to Oirat, nor is he my enemy. He married his daughter and Orlekova to me. If there is a war, , are you asking me to fight my father-in-law? I hope the emperor will take care not to ask me to fight, because I can't participate in the war. Moreover, the other Oirat Taji will not fight Orlak."
The negotiations were proceeding slowly. Klepikov took the opportunity to send his men around to collect intelligence on the Kalmyks (Oirat people). The results he collected shocked and frightened him. Batur Hutaiji was persuading and Orla Ke left the Volga River Basin and came to join him in Junggar. If the two tribes really unite, it means that a new and powerful enemy will appear in front of Tsarist Russia.

No, the authenticity of the news must be investigated clearly, and he sent out the most capable intelligence personnel.

An informant said: "The envoys from Orlak and Buxel are currently talking to Buxel. The great Kalmyks in the distance really want to call them back to their original pastureland, saying that nomadic people like this to the Volga River will only It can kill all the people."

Another intelligence officer said: "I heard from the Kalmyks that after discussing with each other, they wanted to move back to the original pastoral area, because the Kalmyks in the distance sent envoys to threaten them and told them to move back quickly."

A third person reported: "The Kalmyk Taijis, together with their Uluth subjects, are migrating from the Sakpara River natural boundary area to the pastures on the Junggar side. They are accompanied by the Junggar envoy Laba. According to Kalmyk People say that if their envoys come back from Astrakhan and know that the Russian subjects of Astrakhan will live in peace with them, then they will not consider returning to Dzunghar."

The fourth and fifth intelligence sources said: "The envoy of the Junggars, Laba, is in the Uluse of Orlek. It is said that he is asking for 3000 households with their families and livestock from Heorlek. Herdsmen, as a reward for the Kalmyks grazing in the Junggar pastures. And Orlek has expressed to Raba that he will deliver 3000 herdsmen."

After hearing the news, Klepikov could no longer sit still and wrote to Tsar Mikhail and Astrakhan General Repnin all night long. It is said that there are various signs that the Kalmyks in the distance are uniting with the Kalmyks in the lower reaches of the Volga River. The Khan of the Kalmyks in the distance married the daughter of Orlak. If the Tsarist armies continued to provoke the distant Kalmyks in Siberia, it was likely that they would be prompted to form a unified and powerful state.

After receiving Krepikov's letter, General Repnin immediately wrote to the governors in Tobolsk, Tomsk, and Kuznetsk, asking them to stop military operations against the distant Kalmyks; Tsar Michael also ordered Klepikov to try to reach a peace agreement with the distant Kalmyks.

Batur was preparing to attack the Kazakh Khanate, and the negotiation was entirely left to his third brother Chuhuur Ubas. After more than half a year of negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement: the two sides maintained the existing borders; restrained their subordinates from harassing the other side; captured and returned anyone who defected from the other side's territory; and allowed merchants from both sides to operate in their respective territories. Do business.

(End of this chapter)