Chapter 313 Now, Zarafentai has no time to care about Talbahatai, so he can only start to make every effort to protect himself

As soon as the reply to Petrovsky was sent, Zarafentai had already agreed with the leader of the Ili Association, Habzixian, to draw some troops from the Ili garrison as soon as possible to go to Tarbhatai City to enhance Mingxu's defensive strength.

Since the construction of Huiyuan City (now south of Huocheng County, Xinjiang) on ​​the north bank of the Yili River in 1763, as the garrison of the Ili River and the capital of Xinjiang, Huiyuan City (now Yining City), Huining City (now Bayandai Town, Yining City), Taleqi City (now Guozigou, Huocheng County), Zhande City (now Qingshuihe Town, Huocheng County), Guangren City (now Lucaogou, Huocheng County), Gongchen City (now Xicheng Panzi, Yining City), and Suiding (now within Huocheng County) have successively risen around Huiyuan City. This is the historically known as the "Nine Cities of Yili".

Among the nine cities in Yili, Huiyuan and Huining are the garrisons of Manying, while Suiding and other six cities are the garrisons of Green Camp soldiers, and Ningyuan City is the place where Uyghur (including Taranqi) merchants and peoples live together, and is also called "Return to the City".

However, what Zarafentai can still hold is no longer the "Nine Cities of Yili", but only the "Five Cities of Yili", namely Huiyuan, Taleqi, Zhande, Gongchen and Suiding. As for Ningyuan, Huining, Guangren and Xichun, the four cities have long been occupied by the rioters.

This seemed to be "good", because although Zarafentai's territory was smaller, its troops were more concentrated. Driven by the rioters, the former garrisons of Ningyuan, Huining, Guangren and Xichun, who had already lost the four cities of Ningyuan, Huining, Guangren and Xichun, had to flock into Huiyuan City one after another.

For a time, the Manying camp, the Green Camp soldiers and generals in Huiyuan City, and the large number of Manchu and Han people who could be armed, were no less than 10,000.

Moreover, although the storm of the surrounding riots in Yili was overwhelming, and although the so-called Uyghur "Sultan (King)" here just popped up, and then another Hui "Sultan" came out there, no matter whether it is the Uyghur "Sultan" or the Hui "Sultan", they have already begun to send frequent messages to him:

The reason why we rebel and occupy land is not deliberately trying to be dissatisfied with you, General Zarafentai, Ili, but because of the current general trend of smoke. If you, Zarafentai, can see the situation carefully and don’t be too stubborn, if you are willing, you can still maintain the power and majesty of your general Yili. As long as you give up two more cities in Yili, we will have three of them, regardless of thickness, then we will still be good brothers, and we will be able to get along with each other in harmony and equality.

During the negotiations between the three parties through their respective selected intermediaries, the "Sultans" even expressed such calmness to Zarafentai:

Peaceful coexistence between the three parties is actually a good thing. Take a step back and forth, if the "Qing Kingdom" is resurrected from the dead and with General Zarafentai as his support, they will naturally not have any more unlucky things to come. If the "Qing Kingdom" really dies to the end, he will not have to worry about Zarafentai. As long as Zarafentai can turn Xinjiang into a paradise for Muslims with them, Zarafentai will not suffer any loss.

At that time, if Zarafentai was unwilling to be a member of the Muslim paradise, it would be fine. They could treat them like he is now, and fairly take out the territory that should belong to him Zarafentai. Whether it is Zarafentai's "Qing Dynasty" or "Manchukuo", they would be happy and encouraged by it and give positive and selfless help.

Therefore, since Zarafentai dared to negotiate with these "Sultans" around him, he was still making a decision to draw troops from Huiyuan to strengthen the strength of Tarbhatai City, which shows that Zarafentai was at least very at ease with these "Sultans" around him.

In his opinion, after all, what he and his subordinates are now fighting to fight to the death is an external enemy - the Tsarist Russian ghost, and this Tsarist Russian ghost should also be the mortal enemy of these "Sultans" around him. No matter what the reason for doing this is, there is no doubt that he is also serving as a pawn and shield for these "Sultans' Muslim Paradise" around him.

In this case, if these "Sultans" around him still make things difficult for him and nonsense, that would be simply awkward.

But Zarafentai was wrong.

The "Sultans" who enjoyed the fruits of the unwilling and suffering riots were really rare.

The rash Zarafentai never expected that after Kaermanga, the chief manager of the Xibe camp he sent, did not see any Tsarist Russian ghost at all after leaving Huiyuan City, but he fled back to Huiyuan City in a panic.

Because the troops led by Karmang A were as soon as they approached Guangren, they were violently intercepted and killed by the Uyghur "Sultan" Maizimuzate tribe from Guangren City.

Just as Zarafentai had not yet fully awakened from the shock that Kamang Abe was hit by his "family family", another bad news came soon after.

Petrovsky's main force of the Omsk Legion, who was personally in charge of Tsarist Russia, had already rushed to his Ili with great momentum.

Now, Zarafentai has no time to care about Talbahatai, so he can only start to make every effort to plan how to protect himself.

Therefore, since the end of June 1857, three tragic defense battles between Gongchen, Zhande and Suiding City were launched in Yili for nearly a month.

But what is extremely sad is that the countless Chinese soldiers and civilians in Ili who would rather continue to do their best for the dignity and territorial integrity of their motherland, sacrifice their lives and shed their last drop of blood, not only fought with the Tsarist Russian invaders armed to the teeth in Zhande and Gongchen, but also fought with the shameless people who were willing to lead the wolf into the house for their own selfishness and sell their country and seek honor in Suiding.

On July 22, with the besieging of Suiding, the "Sultan" tribe of Xiaokaite who was besieging Suiding, with the help of the Tsarist Russian army that came from Zhande, finally seized the Suiding City that caused them heavy losses. The nine cities of Zarafentai were the only one Huiyuan City under his feet, and the Taleqi City that wandered alone in the western pass of the Tianshan Mountains.

On July 25, Petrovsky, who was full of confidence and arrogant, publicly went to Shuzalafentai and all the soldiers and civilians of Huiyuan City. If the soldiers and civilians in the city still refused to open the city gate unconditionally to welcome the Tsar's army into the city within a limited time, then the brave and invincible Tsarist army would razed Huiyuan City to the ground without mercy.

However, Petrovsky still did not receive the kind of pleasant answer he had recognized. What he saw was the collective silence of the military and civilians in Huiyuan City who were immersed in infinite sorrow.

Kill the city opens Huiyuan City, and three days off, kill all men and take their wealth at will. As for women, they are the best consolation items for the brave Tsar Expedition soldiers to vent.

As a result, the more cruel battle to defend Yili broke out.e

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