Xu Zhong, the general of the west of Zhenxi, left the main city of Yili and led three thousand cavalry to Kashgar City. He was careful along the way and worked step by step, worried that he would encounter a sneak attack from rebels at any time.

After walking for more than ten days, I was about to arrive in Kashgar City. No rebels encountered, and I didn't hear anything about the rebels along the way. All the nomads disappeared.

Seeing the sun and moon flag flying high above the city from the telescope, Xu Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, and guard Chen Chong led a team of men out of the city to greet him.

After entering the city, Xu Zhong saw that the whole city was well prepared and had already entered a state of combat readiness, and nodded to express his satisfaction. He asked the local officials on the city tower, and everyone said that there had been no trace of the rebels, which made Xu Zhong a little puzzled.

Chen Chong clearly reported that a group of rebels plundered a small city, causing the 200 local government troops to be wiped out. Even the appointed court official Batu was killed. Then several oasis were reported to have been devastatingly plundered.

Since the rebels are so rampant and have such strong troops, they will definitely come to attack Kashgar City. Why is there no movement? There must be a problem here.

Xu Zhong, the Marquis of Yongkang, thought the situation was serious and secretly thought that Chen Chong was like some generals, and had something to hide from him? Or had he lied to him about military affairs?

It turns out that although Chen Chong was under the jurisdiction of Xu Zhong, he belonged to the young and strong army and was a rising star. He was born in the General Staff Headquarters of the Central Army Governor's Office. He was the direct line among Xu Hao's direct line. He has always been less than a pot of traditional old warriors like Xu Zhong. He has the right to go directly to Shengting because he married the princess of a certain vassal king and the identity of a royal family member.

Xu Zhong sighed a little. He was the old man who followed King Yan Jingnan back then, conquered Miyun, Xiongxian, Zhending, Yongping and Daning. He fought in Zhengcunba, surprise attacks in Guangchang and Jizhou, bloody battles in Baihegou, night attacks in Jinan and Cangzhou. He fought in Dongchang and Jiahe County, until he fought in Lingbi, expeditions in Huainan, crossed the Yangtze River and fought under Jinling. He was one of the powerful generals who had experienced many battles and made great achievements.

It was precisely because of so many bloody battles that Xu Zhong became more and more timid as he fought. After becoming successful, he was sent by the court to guard the border. He could not help but become conservative against the Mongols who were like the wind. He would rather be helpless than make a breakthrough.

He strongly opposed the march to the Western Regions, believing that he would repeat the mistakes of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Even if he succeeded for a while, he would inevitably fail in the future. As a result, Xu Jin, the adopted son of the Xu family, suddenly emerged, led three thousand musketeers to Yili in one breath and restored the entire Western Regions border.

It was from then on that, young officers such as Chen Chong and others had a estrangement from the conservative old man. Of course, Xu Zhong was not worried that he would lose his power, both Xu Hao and Zhang Fu were brothers who shared life and death. Moreover, Xu Hao clearly believed in the old brothers more, which shows how he transferred the famous Xu Jin back to Liaodong, and entrusted the entire Western Regions to Xu Zhong.

The experienced Xu Zhong did not disappoint everyone's expectations and worked diligently in every detail. However, as he was old, he was unable to do anything. In the past year, the news of the army that the court intends to transfer him back to Beijing Rongsheng was heard, and the best candidate to replace him was Deputy General Chen Chong.

Xu Zhong also knew that he was old and his ideas could not keep up with the young people. Now, whether it was weapons updates, military style, or marching tactics were different from before. Even the soldiers themselves were different.

In the words of the soldiers, even the elite soldiers in a hundred battles were just a group of farmers holding swords. They fought for a lifetime and were still a farmer when they went home. They didn't know anything. They only knew to work hard for their lords and be cute officials. That's all. But now they are professional soldiers, and they have been trained from their bones. It is the sacred duty of soldiers to defend their families and protect their country, and they also bear the national justice of the Han people.

Xu Zhong had to admit that these guys nowadays are as fierce as tigers in battles, and they are so fanatical that everyone seems to understand the right and wrong, and the military discipline is so strict that it is outrageous. If the soldiers of the late emperor were like this, they would never have collapsed at any time. At least tens of thousands or tens of thousands would have stood up to fight to the death, thus leading more brothers to turn around and fight back.

"Oh, how could Governor Xu let vulgar soldiers learn literature?" Xu Zhong, looking into the distance, sighed. It is true that he is brave and good at fighting, but the soldiers have become more sensible after learning culture. It is really a headache to command a group of bad subordinates.

After all, Xu Hao did not train a modern army in the true sense, but was more like a soldier during the melee of the Qing Dynasty. The so-called national justice was just a catchy slogan. Is it useful or useful, but its role is really limited.

At this time, the Mongolian explorer came back to report that Dageer led more than 100 rebels to surrender to Kashgar.

This matter is extraordinary. Does Dageer's surrender mean that the rebellion has been quelled? Chen Chong immediately reported the matter to Xu Zhong, and Xu Zhong did not dare to make a decision alone. He immediately summoned all local civil and military officials to discuss Dageer's surrender.

General's Office, Deputy General Chen Chong, said first: "Master, I think Da Ge's surrender is a scam, and I cannot believe it, so I should ignore it."

Xu Zhong asked, "How can I see it?"

Chen Chong said: "He won all the way, then he fled into the desert without any news. He suddenly jumped out and proposed to surrender, which was unreasonable. Moreover, according to detailed description, this person has always been treacherous and tricky. He surrendered openly, and may have wanted to attack secretly."

"Mr. Chen is right." Counselor Seerge agreed. This person was a confidant of King Hami and passed the scholar's examination.

Xu Zhong frowned, "Do you have to refuse or ignore him? What has my dignified official army become?"

Kashgar Governor Liu Shan said: "Maybe this person feels that it will not end well if he is against me, the Ming Dynasty. He is a descendant of the so-called golden family from outside, and the Tatars, who are from the same source, are dying. The gradually powerful Ola royal family disdained him and offended the tribes of the Western Regions. He had no choice but to surrender, wanting to change his mind and surrender to the court. If he ignores it, wouldn't he miss the opportunity?"

"Yes." Xu Zhong nodded, looked at the officials present, and said, "No matter whether it is real or fake, you must not ignore it. Of course, the best surrender is the best, and it is not as good as fake surrender."

With a cold smile, Xu Zhong continued, "I will report this matter to the court and send someone to reply to Dageer and order him to come to Kashgar City to receive revenge. At the same time, the general will dispatch various troops to ambush the road. When Dageer comes and cut off his retreat, he will be surrounded by many people. Even if he has three heads and six arms, he will still be unable to escape."

"Miao Ce, wonderful Ce!" Seerge applauded repeatedly.

Most officials also nodded in favor. Seeing that most of the people unanimously praised him, Xu Zhong smiled with satisfaction and made a gesture to calm everyone down, saying, "If you refuse Dage's surrender, the consequences will be unimaginable. Think about it, he came back from thousands of miles away and didn't even have an excuse to rebel. The entire desert grassland surrendered to my Ming Dynasty. Now that we rejected him, he will definitely spread it everywhere, saying that he sincerely surrendered to our dynasty, but our dynasty did not accept it. In this way, he provoked the relationship between the Mongolian tribes and the Hui tribes and our Ming Dynasty, and took the opportunity to incite rebellion. He thought that he was a descendant of Genghis Khan and the Islamic Dagujo, and his identity was extraordinary. Once all ethnic groups responded, the entire Western Regions were in a sudden chaos. The emperor blamed him, who could you and me? "

This is the last resort for the official army. Any rebel who says that he wants to surrender must make a positive response, regardless of whether it is a false surrender. Otherwise, as Xu Zhong's analysis, it will give the rebels the best excuse to resist. If it cannot be wiped out immediately, it is impossible for the officials in the court to not impeach the generals and miss the opportunity.

Chen Chong did not refute because the secret order he accepted could not be pronounced, which was to eliminate and reduce the number of words as much as possible. There was no doubt that this order was extremely cruel, but as a soldier, Chen Chong knew that he had to complete the task.

At this moment, Xu Zhong issued military orders continuously, while sending petty horses to the capital city, while sending orders to the generals of nearby cities, each leading a thousand troops to ambush and standby around the road.

Chen Chong returned to his room and was a little anxious. Because he had not received any news from Aiseti, he could not confirm Dage's true intentions. He mostly used the trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain. His main force took the opportunity to forcibly capture a nearby county town and plundered various materials and population.

There were less than 50,000 Han officers and soldiers in the Western Regions and 20,000 people in Yili. The rest were all mixed troops with their own ulterior motives. Even King Hami could not believe it. After all, who would be willing to be undermined?

In the vast grassland and desert, the Ming army, which was invincible in attack, was not afraid of frontal defense, but this kind of encirclement and suppression of rebels was always unavailable. Chen Chong hoped that Dagele would not be caught this time and allowed him to stir up trouble in the Western Regions. He could catch him again in the future. If he couldn't catch him, others could continue to catch him.

He was also worried that the ethnic groups in the Western Regions would surrender for decades and then reproduction in large numbers after decades of peace?

The only people of our race will have different hearts. Chen Chong and Xu Hao had the same idea. He would rather have his own hands covered in blood than to eliminate disasters for future generations as much as possible. In fact, isn’t it just to solve the disasters for the people of the Western Regions? Only when the population ratio reaches a certain balance can the long-term stability of the Western Regions be guaranteed. This is a hypocrisy for the foreign race, but a good strategy for the own race.

At this time, Liu Shan walked in and asked, "General Chen, do you think Dageer will come?"

"I will definitely come." Chen Chong said in a deep voice, "or he will lose his reputation in the desert, otherwise he will be a hero if he is not easy to escape."

"Yeah." Liu Shan agreed. Xu Hao's secret order could not bypass the civil servant system. Emperor Xuande, several cabinet ministers and ministers of the Ministry of War were all aware of it. Otherwise, if the incident happened, the trouble would be great.

Chen Chong said, "The general doesn't have to pay attention to it. I don't know what happened to Aiseti. I haven't received his news for more than ten days, so it's too late. Now we need to quickly arrange the important city fortresses that cannot be captured. The rest of the cities must immediately withdraw the Han soldiers and civilians in some name. There are also important weapons and artillery that must not fall into the enemy."

"I understand." Liu Shan emphasized, "I will immediately dispatch six gates and the three thousand troops to protect the important city."
Chapter completed!