Chapter 98: The Troops Are Trapped In The Palace
Huo Qingtong and his sister later used the troops of the Afghan king to threaten the Sultan on Badakh Mountain and forced them to turn to Afghanistan. In the end, the two brothers and sisters took back hundreds of troops from the Hui tribe and commanded Badakh Mountain. The two brothers and sisters established a Hui tribe's home and worshipped the "Koran" sacred relic of Hui tribe.
This is not to mention the following words. Chen Yong and Cheng Lingsu rushed back to Kashgar. At this time, the heroes of the Red Flower Society had already captured Kashgar, but they found that it was easy for everyone to take down the city, but it was even more difficult to leave again. It turned out that General Zhao Hui had returned in time and had surrounded all the heroes of the Red Flower Society in Kashgar City.
He also sent a sentry to meet and rescue the army of Hailancha. At this time, the people who transported food and wages in Hailancha were seriously injured. When he was rescued, there were only more than a thousand living people. Including dozens of imperial guards, they were also killed one after another. If General Zhaohui's reinforcements came a few days later, the Qing army that transported food and wages this time would be destroyed.
Xu Tianhong, the seventh leader of the Red Flower Society, saw that the Qing army reinforcements were powerful, and finally set off another fire and threw down all the things that could be lit on the top of the mountain. The fire ignited all the Qing army's arms, and explosions occurred one after another in the mountain. When the rescued Qing army moved the huge rocks and cleared the road, there were corpses everywhere in the mountain and blood flowed into a river.
When Hailancha was rescued, he was almost out of sight. The rescued Qing army buried all the bodies of the Qing soldiers in the valley, packed up the remaining food and wages, and took these remaining "grain transport teams to Yarkand and Kashgar cities. Hailancha had been recuperating for two months before he recovered.
When he heard that the heroes of the Red Flower Society were trapped in Kashgar City, he begged General Zhao Hui to wipe out the heroes of the Red Flower Society and avenge their brothers! General Zhao Hui happily agreed. General Zhao Hui, Dingyuan, still did not know whether Emperor Qianlong wanted to capture Chen Jialuo, the leader of the Red Flower Society, alive or to execute this person.
Anyway, the Qing army is now in great power, and the danger of Hui troops has been resolved. Now there are only two or three thousand troops left of the Red Flower Society. There are not many resources in Kashgar City, and even if they are trapped, they will be trapped to death. Now General Zhao Hui is waiting for the Red Flower Society to surrender. Anyway, the Red Flower Society will not be given a chance to break through. Both roads in Kashgar City are surrounded by heavy troops, and there are also fire troops to assist in defense.
Even if the martial arts masters of the Red Flower Society are of high quality, they will not have the chance to break out. General Zhao Hui is waiting for Chen Jialuo to surrender now. He wants to capture the head of the Red Flower Society alive so that he can take it back to ask Emperor Qianlong for me. As for the rest of the Red Flower Society, he doesn't care much about life and death.
Everyone can see that Chen Jialuo, the head of the Red Flower Society, looks the same as Fu Kang'an, and they have nothing to do with it. Is this possible? It is better to know less about royal affairs. General Zhao Hui is unwilling to participate in such a private topic. He will never inquire about the rumor.
Now General Zhaohui doesn't go anywhere, and just stays with Hailancha in Yarkand City to recuperate, watching the movement of the Red Flower Society. All other matters are left to General Fude. Regarding the governance of the return to Xinjiang, General Zhaohui has already thought of a complete plan. He has also written a secret letter. After rescuing Hailancha, he besieged the Red Flower Society in Yarkand and Kashgar City. He sent messengers to pass it back to the capital and took Emperor Qianlong's review.
"Wu Zhuge" Xu Tianhong and the soldiers of the Red Flower Society avoided the Qing reinforcements from the direction of Turpan. He circled around and rushed to Kashgar City. After Chen Yong and Cheng Lingsu arrived, they also had no contact with the heroes of the Red Flower Society. They inquired on the outside and finally met Xu Tianhong's men and learned about the specific situation of the Red Flower Society.
It turned out that Chen Jialuo led more than 2,000 Red Flower Association troops to attack Kashgar City, and was hit hard at first. Later, the Qing army suddenly withdrew from Kashgar City and allowed the Red Flower Association heroes to easily take down the lonely city. Chen Jialuo knew that it was a plan, but he was worried about Huo Qingtong, so he led the Red Flower Association leader to enter Kashgar City.
Then the Qing army blocked the two roads in Kashgar City. Even though there were only a few thousand troops at that time, they still divided the troops and trapped the Red Flower Society members in Kashgar City. When Chen Jialuo searched all over Kashgar City and confirmed that Huo Qingtong could not stay in the city, General Zhao Hui's army had returned, and the Red Flower Society heroes had no chance of escaping.
In this way, except for General Zhao Hui who came to the front of the two armies and persuaded the heroes of the Red Flower Society to surrender, the Qing army had no intention of fighting with Honghua at all. However, Kashgar City was already besieged and there were several obstacles set up in front and back, which was really easy to defend but difficult to attack. It was obvious that General Zhao Hui wanted to trap the heroes of the Red Flower Society here unless Chen Jialuo accepted the surrender agreement.
"Wu Zhuge" Xu Tianhong used the Feige of the Red Flower Society to contact Chen Jialuo, the leader of the helm, but his troops were too small, so there was no possibility of saving everyone. The food and grass in the city could last until October at most. In any case, you must immediately come up with a way to rescue the heroes of the Red Flower Society. Otherwise, in winter, everyone will be dead.
Yarkand City is not a barracks, but also allows the people in the city to enter and exit freely. Moreover, in order to win people's hearts and to allow long-term stability in Xinjiang, General Zhaohui naturally took more lenient treatment to the locals in Xinjiang. Seeing that everyone was frowning, Cheng Lingsu had to stand up and come up with a solution, which was to use poison and find a way to control General Zhaohui so as to rescue the danger of the Red Flower Society!
Everyone knows that it is difficult to poison the city of Yerkang and capture General Zhao Hui in the Qing army camp. But in this situation, if you want to save the Red Flower Society, there is only one way to go. "Wu Zhuge" Xu Tianhong led several people, together with Chen Yong and Cheng Lingsu, dressed as people from the Xinjiang region, and mixed into the city of Yerkang in batches.
So the staff of the Red Flower Society were scattered, even if this gathering was held, the spies from various places were not recalled. There were spies from the Red Flower Society in all parts of Xinjiang. Xu Tianhong and everyone came to the Xinlongmen Inn in Yerkang City, which was a secret stronghold of the Red Flower Society. So there was this inn in Yerkang City, otherwise they would be immediately noticed by the Qing army.
It turned out that the Qing army was not allowed to live here by outsiders at will. Even the herdsmen who came to purchase things could only live for three days at most. With the help of the owner of Xinlongmen Inn, everyone could stay in Yarkand City for a long time. However, the accompanying guards still needed to go out of the city to replace people from time to time so that the documents could be replaced and avoid the Qing army's investigation.
General Zhao Hui basically lived in the palace of Yarkand. The palace here is far from the palace of the Central Plains emperor, but it also covers a large area. General Zhao Hui stationed 10,000 troops in the palace, and the periphery was guarded by the Qing army's personal guards and was extremely strict. Chen Yong and Cheng Lingsu knew that they were only suitable for observation now and could not act rashly.
If the investigation of General Zhao Hui's camp was discovered by the Qing army, then there would be a bloody storm in Yarkand City. General Zhao Hui used methods to improve the relationship between the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang and the Qing army, but he would not, either, so that he might fall into danger.
So whether it is Chen Yong, Cheng Lingsu, or Xu Tianhong, the seventh leader of the Red Flower Society, they all know that everyone only has one chance to capture General Zhao Hui. So before there is a complete plan, they can only slowly investigate the other party's actions. Fortunately, there is a place to settle here. As long as everyone does not take extreme actions, they will basically not be noticed by the Qing army.
In this way, everyone acted separately and finally found out General Zhao Hui's course of action. Basically, General Zhao Hui would not leave the palace, but everything in the palace is unknown now. Moreover, even if General Zhao Hui travels, there are still a large army accompanying him. In this case, it is impossible to take General Zhao Hui with a few people.
Because the purpose of this trip was not to assassinate General Zhao Hui, but to find a way to capture him alive so that he could have the chance to use General Zhao Hui's life to exchange for the lives of the Red Flower Society. Killing people was originally difficult enough, but now it is to find a way to capture him alive. The difficulty is conceivable.
The three of them exchanged opinions every day, but tried their best to find a feasible solution. Fortunately, after many surveys of the Yarkand Palace, we finally found a weak area of defense of the Qing army. On the outside of the palace, there were several large courtyards, which were connected to the palace. One of these courtyards was not lived by the Qing army.
The most important light skills are Chen Yong. For safety reasons, Chen Yong was left to complete the survey task alone. Chen Yong's operation is naturally the main priority. He would rather not enter the palace than alert the snake. Chen Yong knew very well that any negligence would be a blow to the Red Flower Society.
The purpose of his trip was to rescue the heroes of the Red Flower Association such as Zhao San Ge, so he would definitely be careful. After midnight, Chen Yong changed into his night clothes and turned over and immediately went to Xinlongmen Inn. Following the ward wall and roof, Chen Yong finally arrived near the palace. The outer edge of the palace was illuminated by the lights as daytime, and the guards patrolled day and night, and Chen Yong had no chance to get close.
In this way, Chen Yong came to the yard that everyone had surveyed. Chen Yong quietly came to the roof like a fox. Chen Yong stole along the roof and moved to the edge of the palace. Only then did Chen Yong realize that there was a door connected to the palace. What was the purpose of this big yard, he really didn't know.
Fortunately, there were no guards and patrols here in the middle of the night, at least it was easier to get into the palace than in other places in the palace. Chen Yong followed the courtyard wall and climbed up the wall. Chen Yong confirmed that there were no patrol personnel in the courtyard wall for the time being, so he turned over the roof and began to investigate the interior of the palace along the house.
Chen Yong began to search carefully in the palace along rows of houses. Perhaps because his luck had been lost, Chen Yong did not find any trace of General Zhao Hui from beginning to end. There was no way to the fourth day of the fourth day, and Chen Yong did not dare to alert the enemy, so he finished his work that night.
He returned along the way and came to the roof of the house connected to the palace. Chen Yong took a rough look this time, but he still couldn't find any more clues. Chen Yong turned around and came to Xinlongmen Inn, and the journey was very smooth. In this way, Chen Yong sneaked into the palace for several days...
Chapter completed!