Yang Zengxin was a Jinshi. Although he was a Confucian scholar, he highly agreed with Taoism. His way of governing the Western Regions also completely followed Lao Tzu's saying that the country was small and few people. However, Tao was just Tao. If he really wanted to eliminate the roots, his skills would be as cruel as he was. He thought about the issue of Kazakhstan for a long time and knew that to annex this place, he would first catch all the national elites here. Therefore, despite the fact that Qihe was the most chaotic place in Kazakhstan, and regardless of the matter in Turgai Province last year, Kazakh hero Amangelda Imanov, who is still insisting on resisting Russia, asked the Intelligence Agency to go directly to Orenburg to contact the Arash Party.

Just after talking about Kazakhstan, someone came outside to report that it was Bukhara Khan Mohammed. Alim sent someone to ask for a meeting. Yang Zengxin and Xu Jingxi just smiled when they heard this. Although Alim Khan was hereditary, his methods and character should not be underestimated. The Intelligence Bureau had invited him to send someone to Beijing for a detailed discussion. He was very afraid that if the matter was not done, he would be severely punished by Russia, so he refused to agree, and only agreed to send troops to support and cooperate. Just one step late, Zhu Naid from Shiva took the lead everywhere. The situation is so clear that in order to get the ancestral land that was annexed by Russia, he sent people to ask for it from time to time, and this time he came again.

Yang Zengxin was calm and said to the person who reported, "Don't be busy for now, let him wait." After saying that, he continued the topic just now, "This Central Asia is actually similar to the Western Regions. With the Sir River as the boundary, the north is grassland, all shepherds, and the south is land and acres, all farmers. Kazakhstan has the Arash Party, and the Turkestan has the Al-Shabaab. They have also learned new learning and read the new books. They are influenced by the Youth Turkish Party, and formed gangs to form the Youth Shiva Party and the Youth Bukhara Party. These parties are not easy to deal with. Fortunately, most parts of Turkestan are not incorporated into our country, so let these two Khanate have a headache."

Yang Zengxin said that the young party had a headache, while Xu Jingxi was funny. In fact, the Revival Society was also considered the Youth Chinese Party. However, it was difficult for him to say it out. The two discussed each other for half an hour before the Bukhara Khanate envoy was invited in.

The visitor was Ali Riza, the close confidant of Alim Khan of the Bukhara Khanate. He was the minister who managed the Khan's internal affairs. He first bowed to Yang Zengxin and Xu Jingxi. Then he respectfully asked the followers to present the gift list. Yang Zengxin swept the gift list and said nothing about the horse, jade and fur on it. He just asked, "What are you going to do with me?"

Seeing that Yang Zengxin did not return the gift list immediately, Ali Riza hurriedly bowed and said, "Dear Governor, the great protector of Muslims, and the blessed man of Allah, my king hopes to take back the land of Bakhanna Valley, the ancestors, and for this, he is willing to send 20,000 troops to give you one million pieces of cakes, sheepskins, two thousand boxes of jade, and a thousand horses, and only ask the Governor for the favor."

The Shiva people occupied Tashkent. To the north was the pre-determined Sino-Greece boundary, so he could only go west to seize the most fertile Fergana Basin in Turkestan, while the timid Bukhara only occupied Samarkand. When he thought about occupying the Fergana Basin, he was still one step too late and was taken advantage of by Shiva. But this place is history. Before the rise of the Khanate of the Kokhan, it seemed that it really had something to do with Bukhara. In fact, it was not important to have any relationship or not. The key was that the basin was too fertile. Since China clearly stated that it did not want to invade friendly land, the two Khanates snatched it.

"Hmph!" Yang Zengxin said after hearing the Bukhara's conditions, "Your Excellency, please come back. Bahan is not owned by our country, so how can we negotiate business with our country? Besides, even if it is our territory, how dare I greedy for wealth and goods to be sold?"

We had always come to plead with mercy before, but this time, Lizha was more practical, in order to find Yang Zengxin nodded. Not to mention the whole basin, but it would be better to be able to divide a part of it. Now, seeing Yang Zengxin was very unhappy, he was panicked. Didn’t the Han people say the most greedy for money? Why can’t the person in front of him ask for help?

The Bukhara people were sweating because Yang Zengxin was so humming. Xu Jingxi, who had discussed the sing of a slut, looked at him. Then he said, "Hey..., how can this ancestral land be abandoned? The king of your country is too filial and was stunned for a moment before offending the lord."

After arriving in the Western Regions, Xu Jingxi only wore civil servant robes in order not to attract attention. However, his young official robes were red, so he had already attracted Ali Zari's attention. However, he helped to help relieve the situation at this embarrassing moment. Ali was very grateful.

As Ali Zari looked at him, Xu Jingxi continued, "It's really hard to deal with this. The king of your country said it was the ancestor of your country, but King Shiva also said that it was their ancestor. It was taken away by Kokan more than a hundred years ago. It seems that it is difficult to divide the ancestors. Lord Yang, and Lord Ali, I think that everyone will either draw lots in this valley, and whoever catches it is his or her or..." Looking at the Bukhara people who were listening, Xu Jingxi smiled and said, "Then fight, whoever wins will be his or her. Isn't that matter ended? Isn't it, Lord Yang?"

After Xu Jingxi finished speaking, Ali Zari's eyes immediately turned to Yang Zengxin, hoping that he would express his opinion, but Yang Zengxin turned his sleeves. He said angrily: "Everything is the most important thing, just for a piece of land. You come to ask for it today, and they come to ask for it again in the future, so can't we have a good talk? Why do you two countries want to do anything? I have no idleness to care about it!"

After Yang Zengxin finished speaking, he got up and went back to the inner house. Only Xu Jingxi and Ali were left in the flower hall. When the people from the office were coming to see him off, they were driven away by Xu Jingxi who stood up. He looked at Ali and said, "Can you snatch Shiva?"

Ali is a civil servant in the house. Although he is not good at martial arts, he thought of the Khan's order before coming, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "You can beat him, but you're afraid..."

"What are you afraid of? I will tell you directly. Our country has no intention of the Turkestan region. As long as you are not used by the great powers and are hostile to our country, our country does not want to care about the matters over there. You can do whatever you like." Xu Jingxi said shamelessly, "I think this Shiva has occupied too much space. You have to occupy almost all the land in the river. If you can beat it, just grab it."

The Eastern Revolution, founded China, expelled the Qing Dynasty, restored the Han dynasty, and changed the clothes of officials back to the previous dynasty. From this to the fourth rank, they were all red robes, and the tonics on their chests were also different. When Xu Jingxi sat down just now, Ali didn't see clearly. Now, looking at Xu Jingxi's chest embroidered with a kirin, the hair on his back suddenly stood up. This was a first-rank military officer, even more than Yang Zengxin's one. Is it a Chinese minister who came to Beijing to supervise the Western Regions?

Ali was a little stunned. He just waited for Xu Jingxi to see him without saying anything. When his eyes swept over, he bowed humbly and said, "My lord is really a noble person. My country also wanted to be the most important thing at first. But Shiva's country guarded the entrance of the valley, and no one soldier allowed our country to enter. Therefore, he had to ask the Governor General for help in mediation. If the superior country did not train this matter, my country would have to go to war with Shiva."

"That's the reason." Xu Jingxi nodded, "Governor General, is seeing Shiva's contribution to rejecting Russia. Although he knows Shiva is rude, he doesn't have much to say. I think that since the valley is the land of the ancestors of your country, just grab it, that's all the mess! You have been begging here for more than a month. But they are going to set the new country there, why are you waiting for?"

Xu Jingxi's last sentence was the most lethal. Ali's face suddenly refused. He wanted to say goodbye immediately, but when he thought of Xu Jingxi's identity whom he didn't know, he bowed and asked, "Little Ali, please give him a name?"

"I, Xu Jingxi, General Staff." Xu Jingxi told his name openly, and then gave him a reply: "If you have any questions in the future, come here to find me." He was so happy that he even gave a reply. Ali was overjoyed and did not want to wait for him to receive the reply: "It is said that this place where the Han Dynasty was Dayuan. Emperor Wu of Han once exchanged a golden horse for a sweat-blooded BMW. Unfortunately, it was not replaced in the end..."

Xu Jingxi was talking before, but now she was obviously asking for a bribe. When Ali heard this, he immediately smiled and replied: "Sir, the sweat-blooded BMW will definitely be found, and it will definitely be found. It will definitely be delivered to you..."

"Ahem..." Xu Jingxi coughed pretending and said, "Since there is nothing wrong, then please go back."

After singing the white face and black face, he finally asked for bribes. Xu Jingxi returned to the inner hall after the performance. Yang Zengxin laughed and said, "I didn't expect Xingchu to know this."

"Who can't do this in the old officialdom?" Xu Jingxi sighed: "Sir, will Bukhara take action?"

"We've already taken action!" Yang Zengxin was holding the telegram from Tashkent with his back. He handed it to Xu Jingxi and said: "General Peng sent it. These two countries are fighting in Kuzhan. I don't know how the war will end."

Khujan is the entrance to the Fergana Basin. After Shiva occupied Tashkent, he occupied that place and wanted to control the entire basin. But Bukhara's main force is tribal warriors from various Turkmen tribes, while Bukhara's soldiers are mountain hunters and Basmachi (bandits) in the Tajik area. Shivaben is south of the Aral Sea, but now he runs into the mountains and occupied the Fergana Basin, which immediately arouses the anger of the local indigenous people and Basmachi. Tashkent was captured with the help of the Chinese and is outside the mountain, so Shiva occupied it. This is forgot that Fergana was the locals who killed the Russian police and liberated it. What does it have to do with you?

Therefore, Basmachi, who entered and exited the basin a few days ago, was very angry because he was confiscated by the Shiva people. Today, he was struggling with ordinary people to fight. Peng Qingpeng, who was pointing in front of Tashkent, was frightened by the news. Russia had at least transferred a force from the Caucasus front to defend the Outer Caspian Sea Province. He was at a meeting with the military generals of the two countries to deal with the Russian army. Unexpectedly, before opening it, the two sides fought on their own.

After forwarding the news to Tacheng, Peng Qingpeng saw that the generals of the two countries had not spoken yet, and Zhu Naid said first: "General, they deliberately provoked this matter. Please help Shiva preside over justice!"

Zhu Naid was a hero, with more courage, and less wit or power skills. Otherwise, he would have known that Shiva and Bukhara had the greatest joy to go to war, and China was the one who would have presided over justice? But after he said this, Ali Fufu, the leader of Bukhara next to him, also said quickly: "General, Shiva soldiers rob whatever they see. It must be that they robbed too many people and provoked chaos in the people."

In addition to the tribes in the oasis, the tribes in other places are extremely poor. The most popular profession for men is to be mercenaries. Ten years ago, the Persian king was deposed, so he hired 20,000 to 30,000 people from Turkmen to prepare for restoration of the country. This time, Shiva raised the flag to oppose Russia. Although he carefully selected it, he also hired 10,000 Turkmens. These people never forget to rob them when fighting. Locusts usually robbed them, robbed all the white people in Turkestan, and some wealthy local natives were also deeply harmed.

When Zhu Naid heard Ali accusing his army of robbery, he felt very cruel and difficult to refute, but he heard Peng Qingpeng say: "Our army is here to fight the Russians. I can't control the grudges of the two of you, and I have no right to control them. What I want is that you must send the troops to the designated position to meet the enemy on time as planned. If anyone arrives late, don't blame me for being rude. Okay. Let's have a chance!"

Peng Qingpeng is only responsible for commanding the refusal of Russia, and he doesn't want to care about the entanglements and grievances between the two countries. What's more, before he came here, Yang Zengxin told him that he would try to provoke conflicts between the two countries as much as possible, and he was disdainful of doing such a thing. Now that they are fighting themselves, let them make trouble.

Zhu Naid was a little puzzled when Peng Qingpeng made such a statement, but when he went out, he heard his subordinates report that Basmachi in Kuzhan actually bombarded the city with cannons, and the residents in the city also helped the troops outside the city. He was not polite and ordered the defenders to resist at all costs. Then he asked Ibrahim Berg of Turkmen to take the Khanate Cavalry regiment to suppress it.

Zhu Naid took action on a large scale, and Bukhara Khan Mohammad Alim, who had just received the telegram from Ali Zari in Tacheng, also ordered his subordinates to do their best to capture Kuzan and completely eliminate the Shiva robbers in the Fergana Basin. For a moment, the already calm situation in Central Asia was turbulent again, and the two teams that were supposed to fight side by side in the outer Caspian Sea area were killed and bloody and corpses were everywhere.

The Revival Army would not fight the Revival Army. The British who learned about this news finally breathed a sigh of relief. They felt that it was just two khanates fighting for the Fergana Basin and there was no interference from external forces. The situation in Turkestan was so chaotic that under the order of the British-Indian Governor Thomsford, the British consul in Kabul, Afghanistan came to the palace of King Habibra.

With the combat effectiveness of Shiva and Bukhara, I thought that the Khujang battle would have killed or injured hundreds of people at the most. I didn’t want the fifth day of the conflict between the two sides. Afghanistan actually sent troops at the invitation of Bukhara. Although I didn’t know what agreement there was between the two countries, Xu Jingxi understood why Ali Zari said that the fight was because there was foreign aid behind him. Of course, Afghanistan was the British protector at this time. Even if Afghanistan did not instigate the British, the British had acquiesced. The war immediately became complicated.

"It seems that Bukhara has given up the Chiben River to Afghanistan." Yang Zengxin, who received the news of Afghan troops, judged. "The northern border of Afghanistan was forcibly divided by Britain and Russia. Some places that should belong to Afghanistan have become Russian territory. Some places that belong to Bukhara and Turkmen have become Afghan territory. Now that Russia is no longer in power, these countries are afraid that there will be endless turmoil."

"What do you mean by sir? Afghanistan wants to steal other places?" After all, Xu Jingxi only learned about the situation in Turkestan through briefings, and did not know much about the demarcation of Russia and Britain decades ago.

"Well, the Melf Oasis in Turkmen (now Mare) is something Afghanistan has always wanted. If he defeats Shiva this time, he will definitely take possession of this place." Yang Zengxin said.

As soon as Yang Zengxin talked about the Merf Oasis, Xu Jingxi shook his head and said, "If we connect Persia through the old railway line, then this Merf Oasis cannot be occupied by Afghanistan."

"Yes." Yang Zengxin, who fully knew the importance of the Merf Oasis, did not need Xu Jingxi to mention it. He looked solemn and said: "This Merf Oasis actually belonged to Persia before Russia invaded. If we let Shiva take it, then Turkmen will likely belong to Shiva in the future. If Persia wants to obtain this area, then he should send troops now to avoid being unable to argue in the future, but now in Persia..."

Persia is a link that must be opened. According to Yang Rui's established requirements, China and Poland are the best choice. Yang Zengxin has always planned according to this requirement. For this reason, he would rather give up the area south of the Sir River and support Shiva in occupying the Fergana Basin to require him to unearth most of the Kuman area. Shiva is easy to deal with, but Persia was originally a semi-colonial country. It had previously held a congress and implemented constitutional constitutions like the Qing Dynasty, which eventually led to the collapse of the entire country.

Fortunately, the situation in Persia finally stabilized before the European War. The new king Ahmed, who was only eighteen years old, ascended the throne and was crowned. The former Regent Nasselmerk traveled to Europe, and Sino-Polish relations also entered a honeymoon. However, the central government of such semi-colonial countries had no authority. After the start of Europe, Tabriz in the north immediately became the target of the Russian and Ottoman army. Huzestan in the south was also frequently destroyed by anti-British tribes instigated by German spies because of the oil pipelines. Huzestan and other places were occupied by British teams again.

Foreign affairs are like this, and the Persian government originally had two armies, one with a number of 8,000 people, nominally belonging to Persia, but it was always commanded by Russian officials; the other was a military police force commanded by Swedish officers. The Persian government really relied on was only a military police force. However, because Germany instigated to oppose Britain, this army could only be reduced to 3,000 people, and replaced the Swedish and pro-German local officers. Although China's request for its occupation of the territory of the Kurman region was not anti-British. But Turkmen was originally from Russia, not to mention the 70,000 Russian troops in Tabriz. The 8,000-person Cossack brigade near Tehran was enough to scare the Persian government's courage.

According to the previous plan, after Russia was completely in chaos at the end of this year, Persia might have sent troops at that time, but now Afghanistan suddenly sent troops. If China and Poland really wanted to border between China and Poland, Persia's actions must be advanced. Otherwise, with the cunning eyes of the British, it would never allow China to border Persia and then threaten the Persian Gulf.

"It's better to call the Prime Minister's Office." Xu Jingxi thought about the matter several times in his mind, and finally sighed.

"Well. Let's draft it from Xingchu." Yang Zengxin said. He was familiar with the Western Regions, Kazakhs and Turkestan, but Persia, not to mention that it fell apart due to constitutionalism, during the war, Britain, Russia, Germany, and the United States had even intertwined forces, and the situation was not something he could guess.

The telegram from Tacheng arrived in Beijing soon. After Yang Rui received the telegram, it was funny. It would be fine if the two Khanates of Shiva and Bukhara were supported by themselves. The regular army was less than 10,000, and Afghanistan, which was produced and produced arms, was there to join in the fun. Could it be that the British gave them great support?

Thinking of this question, not only Xie Zhangtai, but also Zhang Shi called him. He handed the telegram to Zhang Shi and asked, "What are the British doing in Afghanistan?"

"According to the intelligence, the British supported Afghanistan to seize the entire Turkestan after the two Khanates did not start." Zhang Shi said, "The British-Indian Governor has mobilized a batch of weapons and ammunition to transport them to Kabul."

"Such ambition?" Yang Rui and Xie Zhangtai were both shocked. With the strength of Afghanistan, can it still annex the entire Turkestan?

"Sir, this is an excuse for Britain to deceive the king of Afghanistan. At least Tarzi, the leader of the country's al-Shabaab, thought so. But the king was so happy that he thought it was a rare opportunity. He did not listen to the advice at all, but only thought about the 500,000 pounds promised by the British and 10,000 rifles. What the great Afghan kingdom, so..." Zhang Shi spoke in his own language. When the Germans went to Afghanistan to lobby King Habibra to participate in the jihad, the king was very smart and got along well with all, proposing difficult conditions such as '100,000 rifles, 300 cannons and 20 million pounds of gold', but this time he was so simple that he was bribed by the British. Can't he see whose home court is Central Asia?

"It's fine to have the mountains of Afghanistan. Isn't it a death to run to the plain?" Yang Rui had to believe that the Afghans really had a plan for the Great Afghan State, but he disdained it and said: "Dingchen and Xingchu's suggestions were to let Persia start in advance, Chong'an, what should we do in Persia? Is there any way to get Persians to be strong and powerful?"

"This..." Xie Zhangtai knew that the best solution for Afghanistan was to send troops to Persia, but the situation in Persia was a mess. From the start of the war, the king has changed three prime ministers in a row. Now the one on the table is the pro-British Prime Minister Vosugdula. This person was completely relied on Britain to control the situation and then recommended him to power. If Persia sent troops to Russian territory, he would definitely ask about Britain in advance. Britain and Russia are now allies, so the British would never agree to this matter.

After thinking for a few years, Xie Zhangtai finally said, "It's true. At this time, not to mention whether the British can see through the intention of our border with Persia, they can't see that the British will not agree to Persia sending troops to Turkmen to anger Russia. I see this matter..." Xie Zhangtai looked at Zhang Shi helplessly and said, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no choice, just look at the Intelligence Bureau..."

Xie Zhangtai pushed the matter to the Intelligence Bureau in just a few words. Zhang Shi also smiled bitterly. He said: "Sir, in Persia, in addition to the government and the British and Russian forces, there is also a force called the Islamic Alliance. They have a guerrilla team called the Foresters in the jungle of Kelan Province. Germany and Ottomans have supported them..."
Chapter completed!