After the initial surprise and panic, Zheng Wenxian quickly reacted. If this woman named Yaji really had something to do with Zhao Xin, with Zhao Xin's status, it would be impossible for her to stay with the people of the Shimazu family in Ryukyu and Shimazu family. There are not only one or two naturalized people in the island countries in Beihai Town, so can't she tolerate a woman?

The next morning, Zheng Wenxian called his cousin Zheng Yaohuang and Huang Zhongtong, and arranged a Kume Village Ryukyu who was accompanying the army to be the translator. The four of them came to the imperial office before Shimazu Kiri and had a conversation with Maki.

"Since you say you are the wife of King Zhao who has not passed away, where is the marriage letter?" Zheng Wenxian was not a fool, so he immediately asked the most critical evidence.

"When I evacuated from Shuri Castle, I was too hasty. The box containing the wedding book was placed in my bag, and I accidentally lost it."

At this point, Maki could only insist that she had an engagement with Zhao Xin, and that it was decided by her father when Zhao Xin led his troops to fight the Satsuma family. She could no longer care about what the result of telling lies; as a member of the Shimazu family, Maki only wanted to strive to preserve the bloodline of the Shimazu family.

However, she was only sixteen years old after all, and no matter how hard she pretended to be calm, she would show her flaws. As Zheng Wenxian asked repeatedly, the woman's forehead began to sweat and she became increasingly unable to make up for herself.

"You are lying!"

"I don't!"

"No marriage letter, no one has a certificate, no one has a certificate, and is empty talk, it's really ridiculous! Girl, do you treat us like fools?"

"I......"

A day later, Zhao Xin, who had arrived in Yaquesa Town, received a telegram from the North Navy General Staff. When he saw the content on it, he couldn't help but laugh. He guessed that the pregnant widow was probably pregnant with Shimazu Kiyoshi Shimazu Kiyoshi, who was "Amitaka Hitomi, the eldest uncle of "Tianzhangyuan". However, with Shimazu Kiyoshi's fart, not only his younger brother Shimazu Tadao would not be born, but even the famous Amitaka Hitomi, who was in history, said goodbye to this time and space.

Zhao Xin quickly made an arrangement, and he asked Zheng Yaohuang to send Shimazu Kiyori's wife Meh and a group of female relatives to Kagoshima Castle and hand it over to Ida Village for regular treatment. The way the island people treat the defeated people with their urination may make these women become monks together; as for the soon-to-be-born Shimazu Kiyoshi, it is probably necessary to be a monk in a deep mountain ancient temple, which is similar to Ikkyu's fate.

The progress of things since then was the same as Zhao Xin's judgment. In early November of that year, Meji, who was imprisoned in Kagoshima Castle, gave birth prematurely due to excessive sadness and gave birth to a boy, and then passed away due to puerperal fever.

The next year, the child with the nickname "Zhongwen" was sent to Ruiyan Temple in the Sendai Basilica and became a monk. The Dharma name was "Huihai". He "died acutely ill" six months later.

As for the Masahime, along with other Shimazu family members, he was sent to Kwangmengji in Ida County to be decorated as a ninth person, and will be subject to long-term surveillance by the Sendai Basilica.

Although Shimazu Kiyoshi's family was extinct, the Shimazu family did not perish. Shimazu Shigeho had a lot of sons and daughters. In addition to his eldest son, Tadaka Ohei, the second son who took over the lord of the Nakazu vassal, had his third son Tadashi Shimazu who had lived in Edo, and his fourth son Tomosuke, who was only over two years old.

After confirming the death of Shimazu Kiyori, the shogunate asked his third son Shimazu Tadashi to inherit the position of family governor. The Satsuma clan could not get it back, so he could only give out 25,000 stones from the general's Tianling.

Let’s turn around and talk about the progress of the war in Outer Mongolia.

Unlike many people imagine, although there are large grasslands and gravel-covered Gobi in the Khalkha Mongolia region, there are many high mountain canyons with deep ditches and dense forests on the post roads southwards, and there is only this road, and there is nowhere to go.

First of all, the Tula River, which is more than 80 meters wide outside Kulun City, is a big obstacle. Although the river water at the ferry is less than half a meter deep, in the middle of the river channel, especially on the left bank, the turbulent water flows deeply into many parts of the riverbed. Every year, the Han people passing by and carriages filled with goods are buried at the bottom of the river. Although the soldiers can wade across the river under the guidance of the Mongolian guide who surrendered, the four-wheeled carriage can only build a floating bridge if they want to go there.

Next is the canyon area of ​​Bogda Mountain. In spring, there is a wide mountain stream that flows happily and flows. By the end of summer, it becomes a dry deep ditch. Moreover, the canyon is full of large stones, which makes it very difficult to clean it. After leaving this canyon, you will arrive at Burcook Station.

Then, the troops had to face the biggest marching obstacle since they headed south, "Bulhan Tuyindazaka", more than 100 miles away from Kulun.

In Mongolian, "Daban" means the pass on the top of a mountain.

Whether you go up the mountain or climb down the mountain, the road is very steep and extremely difficult to climb. The most serious thing is that the road passes through the canyon, with cliffs on both sides, and the width of the road is only allowed to pass by a carriage, and there is no room for maneuver.

After learning about the situation, Fan Tong had to pay a temporary greeting to the armored vehicle troops. He left all the armored vehicles and crawler vehicles empty in the temporary barracks outside Kulun City, and all the drivers and mechanics brigade personnel were organized into the logistics team to set off with the large army.

Before leaving, he sent a telegram to Zhao Xin, which said: Boss Zhao, brothers' torrent of steel is pointing at you.

Ten days later, the reconnaissance company that set out first arrived at Buhrhan Tuyindaban and found that the Mongolian soldiers of the Tushetu Khan tribe and the Chechen Khan tribe who had escaped from the Tula River had built fortifications at the mountaintop pass, which was obviously to resist the danger and defend.

In order to quickly take down the pass, the company commander of the reconnaissance company continued to shoot at the pass with a mortar he carried, and then let the two squads of soldiers climb up with both hands and feet. The problem is that the Mongolian soldiers are hiding behind the huge rocks on the top of the mountain. The pass is not large and it is difficult to accurately hit the shells. The soldiers are lying on the steep slope and shooting up, but they cannot see the enemy at all; while the Mongolians can constantly shoot archery rain and throw stones under the cover of the terrain.

Although the Northern Navy, which was responsible for the attack, was wearing steel helmets and anti-spike suits, they were still hit by the rolling big rocks and had nowhere to avoid them. The two squads that launched the first round of attack had only reached halfway, and most of the soldiers were already on the lottery, and in the end they could only retreat in a dusty manner, which made the reconnaissance company commander angrily curse.

This is a blessing for the Mongolians who have no gunpowder in their hands. If there are a few more flying gourds filled with gunpowder and iron sand, it will be a lot of fun.

Fortunately, no matter how many stone bows and arrows there are, there will always be time to throw them out. After paying the price of seven or eight people being injured, the two squads who finally climbed to more than 20 meters away from the pass, and then used more than a dozen grenades to remove the Mongolian soldiers, thus occupying the pass.

After passing the pass, the large group of people rested near the Buhatai Station for two days and continued to march south. Fortunately, the two hundred kilometers of roads in the next two hundred kilometers were grasslands, and there were also large areas of saline-alkali land covered with splendenin. As long as it did not rain, the journey was smooth.

After that, there were no enemies on the way. The Mongolian postmen at various post stations along the way were probably warned by the fleeing Mongolian soldiers, and they all ran far away with their families and animals. On the contrary, the prairie marmots that could be seen everywhere made many soldiers who had never seen them very curious.

However, when the medical officers accompanying the team found that soldiers were trying to capture these animals, they immediately issued a ban on the regiments through the command center. No one was allowed to feed or touch the animals, and they were absolutely not allowed to beat and eat meat, and those who violated the animals were shot.

You should know that these cute guys are parasites of plague bacillus. Even if they don’t eat meat, they will be very dangerous if they are bitten by fleas on their bodies. Once plague infection occurs, the mortality rate is extremely high.

The reconnaissance company responsible for opening the road quickly walked and left the large army far behind. The purpose of this was to quickly control the large and small wells along the post road so as to avoid being poisoned by the retreating enemies with animal corpses. When they advanced to the Emu Tuno Well, they caught a lord of the Tushetukhan tribe and fifty armored soldiers who had not yet retreated. At the same time as these people, hundreds of cattle, sheep, horses and camels were captured. The reconnaissance company commander quickly notified the large troops in the rear to send people to take over the herd.

According to the letter of the Lord Zazak, they were responsible for managing the official pasture set up by the Qing court. From the archives, there were a total of 3,600 animal animals such as horses, horses, camels, cattle and sheep handed over by the Tushetu Khan tribe and the Chechen Khan tribe. The letter explained that due to insufficient forage, the livestock never grazed together, but instead grazed them in two hundred, three hundred, and up to five hundred. There are currently more than 500 livestock in the pasture.

After the large army arrived, they finally had a good meal of beef and mutton soup here. The difficult journey for several days, coupled with the lack of vegetables and drinking water, made many soldiers feel tired, weak, low fever, vomiting and diarrhea.

Liu Sheng decided to let the troops rest here for a few days and maintain their energy. You should know that there is also Bilgehe Mountain and Qidao Mountain, known as "Dorenda Saka", to be overturned, and then there is a desert Gobi that is more than 400 miles away. Although there are stations and wells along the way, they definitely cannot supply so many people.

According to the guide's description, after passing through the desert Gobi, you will arrive at the 32nd station of the Altai Army Station - Taradolantai; it is also called "Taradolan Waist Station" and is the node leading to Inner Mongolia and Ulya Sutai.

On September 17, after entering the Gobi Desert, the troops encountered a sandstorm, causing heavy capital losses and casualties.

At that time, the sun was still hanging high and it was very hot. Suddenly, a strong wind suddenly rose. A few minutes later, a large dark cloud appeared on the horizon. When the guide saw that his face changed drastically, he hurriedly told the officers around him to find a place to hide immediately.

But where can I hide in the vast Gobi Desert?

Just as the departments were busy ordering the supplies on the carriage, there was lightning and thunder in the air. The entire wasteland was covered with sand columns rolled up by whirlwinds. The strong wind could overturn the carriage and hang people's bodies in the air. Whether it was soldiers or officers, everyone pressed their bodies tightly on the ground, desperately grasping everything they could catch, even a weed. Despite this, some soldiers were still blown away by the wind.

After half an hour of strong wind, heavy rain followed closely behind, and the ground temperature suddenly dropped to 10 degrees. The sudden change in temperature made the soldiers who were sweating profusely, who were still hot an hour ago, shivered by the cold.

After some convergence, two soldiers disappeared. Others were injured either because they were injured in the carriage or because they were blown away by the wind. Then a heavy rain caused many soldiers to catch a cold, and even Fan Tong fell ill.

After integrating the information from the guide and reconnaissance team, Liu Sheng ordered the troops not to stay here, and must pass through the Gobi as soon as possible. After crossing Mount Halachulu and entering the valley, the troops will rest there and wait for Zhao Xin's arrival.

Compared to the difficult journey of the Northern Navy, it was much easier to go from the south to the north. Just when Liu Sheng and his friends were ravaged by the storm, more than 100,000 troops led by the Grand Secretary of the Qing Dynasty, Agui, had arrived at the Taradoland Station one after another.

Taradoland Station is located on a vast plain, only in the south and west, mountains clearly divide the plain. Standing to the south are the Seerpenwula Mountains and Tarilaktu Mountains; to the west, near the horizon are the continuous Ebugen Mountains.

The most conspicuous building in the local area is the Guandi Temple, which is lonely on a low hill, but it has been a bit dilapidated. Since Agui led his army to arrive, the hills have become the place of the Qing army's military camps. Less than a mile north of the Guandi Temple is the Sailwusu Well, but the water in this well is extremely bitter and salty, and people and animals cannot drink it.

Agui's tent is located in a lama temple north of Sairwusu Well. It is called "Gandan Pengchuklin" by the Mongolians. Although it is not magnificent, it is still clean and elegant. The front hall was originally a place for the "Hulal" Dharma Assembly, but it is now requisitioned by the Qing army. The portraits of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas that were originally hung on all the walls were moved to the back hall.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The local "Hubilehan" is called Lan Zhanba Lama. He does not usually live in the temple. When he learned that the Grand Secretary of the Cultivation appointed by the court arrived, he rushed back in advance and asked the monks to clean up the main hall. There were not many monks in the temple at first. After the Qing army came, they all went to the back hall to do rituals. Except for going out to fetch water, they rarely showed up.

After arriving, the vanguard of the Qing army continued to send out sentries to the north, and the first thing he did after camping was to dig wells everywhere. The only local well that could be used by people was a small well in the inn, which was not enough for large groups of people to use. However, after two days of digging, there were still not many wells that could be used by water and drinkable. Fortunately, there were many people coming this time, so they fetched water from Kutuldolantai fifty miles away.

When he learned that the vanguard of the Northern Navy appeared in the valley northeast of Zamenchahere Mountain, Agui quickly ordered his five thousand snorth cavalry to divide into ten teams and take turns to make them harassment operations against the Northern Navy day and night, and not to fight hard, with the purpose of making them uneasy fortifications for the moment. At the same time, he ordered large-scale trench fortifications in the Haragana area north of the Taradoland Station.

After fighting with the Northern Navy for so many years, the Qing Dynasty had already understood from top to bottom that it would definitely be a death to fight against the Northern Navy by relying on cavalry and shooting and formation warfare. Therefore, his plan was to rely on his own possession of the water source, use solid fortifications and the Northern Navy to die of death from the wasteland, and find fighter jets, in order to kill nearly 10,000 Northern Navy to die of thirst and starve to the Gobi Desert.

After all, no matter how powerful the North Navy's artillery guns are, they cannot be used as water and food, right?

In fact, when the Qing Dynasty planned the station route, the reason why he chose Taradoland Station was because only here was suitable for living. Its west and north were all Gobi wastelands. Although the terrain of the valley where the North Navy was located was still flat, the water sources inside were all barren saline-alkali ponds. It was just a dream to find water.

A few days later, the Northern Navy, which was camping and resting in the valley, was attacked by the Qing army from three directions southwest and east at night. The sound of bird guns, rifles, explosions of flying thunder and machine guns of the Northern Navy were kept all night long. A flare rose from the air from time to time, illuminating the entire valley as if it were daytime.

However, despite this, the North Navy did not move. Apart from strictly guarding and defending, he never attacked again. Such actions made Agui and his Qing generals happy and afraid. What they were happy was that the North Navy was now trapped in a dead land and could only retreat when they were exhausted; what they were afraid was whether the other party was playing tricks and would suddenly catch him off guard.
Chapter completed!