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Chapter 505 Leaving the Fortress

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    Entering Xinjiang, especially with large troops entering Xinjiang, is not an easy task.

    When Zuo Zongtang first entered Xinjiang, facing the uninhabited Hexi Corridor, which was more than 1,000 kilometers from Lanzhou to Hami, he formulated the strategy of "advance slowly and attack quickly", that is, he first set up camps on this journey, raised food and grass, and then  Advance westward step by step.

    This strategy seems to be very correct today.  Imagine that if you attack in a hurry, the food and grass cannot be replenished, and the soldiers cannot rest and recuperate. Even if you achieve a certain amount of military success, you will lose it and have to retreat.

    Zhang Hanqing thought so too.

    The main task of the 4th Division is to establish a logistics base between Jiuquan and Hami in advance to protect the infantry coming from afar.  Therefore, after receiving the order, Zhang Chengde decisively gave up the attack on the Mazhong Mountain bandit army and instead focused on siege and focused on business.

    The main goal of entering Xinjiang this time is to subdue Yang Zengxin.  With the opponent's strength, dispatching the 2nd Division and the 4th Cavalry Division will only serve as an intimidation, not a fight.  Therefore, all the heavy weapons that fettered the march, such as the divisional artillery battalion of the 2nd Division, did not follow.  This is also the reason why Zhang Hanqing's ministries move extremely fast.

    Starting from Lanzhou to Jiuquan and walking along the ancient Silk Road, Zhang Hanqing's heart grew colder and colder as he walked.  The area of ??more than 1,000 kilometers from Lanzhou to Dihua (Urumqi) is dry, rainless and sparsely populated. It can be said to be the most barren area in my country.

    However, from the perspective of strategic channels, it is extremely important.  Because it is like a thread and a pole that connects the mainland with the Western Region and Central Asia.  So how to implement the development of the more than 1,000 kilometers of Hexi Corridor between Lanzhou and Dihua?

    China¡¯s topography is divided into three layers. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, edged by the Kunlun Mountains, Altyn Mountains, Qilian Mountains and the Western Sichuan Mountains, has become an insurmountable natural barrier for my country¡¯s east-west transportation.  However, by coincidence, under the squeeze of the towering Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the south and the Mongolian Plateau inhabited by nomadic people in the north, a natural strategic channel connecting the inland and Western Central Asia - the Hexi Corridor - was formed.

    Looking through history, you will notice that the Silk Road, which lasted for more than two thousand years, used the Hexi Corridor as its only passage. This lifeline was intermittent under the harassment of ethnic minorities from the north and the south.

    Accompanying Zhang Hanqing were Wang Yizhe and Xu Lanzhou. It was their first time to walk through such a desolate place, and what impressed them most was the desolation.

    "I didn't expect that we had been riding for ten days. We had made adequate preparations for the logistics and supplies along the way, and we had just walked out of Jiayu Pass! Thinking about how the ancients walked this stretch of road, it is really shameful. Such a desolate place, no one can say '  The spring breeze does not pass through Yumen Pass." This is Wang Yizhe's heartfelt emotion.

    Zhang Hanqing was in a good mood at this time.  I have always wanted to visit Xinjiang in my previous life, but due to the long distance and more importantly, I have heard all kinds of legends about Xinjiang and I am worried about safety issues, I have never been able to make the trip.  Now, as the commander-in-chief of the People's Army, he will have the opportunity to set foot on this land in person, and his mood will certainly be different.

    He smiled and said: "That was in ancient times. Ever since Zuo Zongtang pacified Xinjiang, the spring breeze had already entered the country. It seems that Yang Changrui, the governor of Zhejiang, visited the northwest after Zuo Zongtang entered Xinjiang and saw green trees and fruits everywhere.  It is a beautiful scenery where people of all ethnic groups live and work in peace and contentment. The poem "Respectfully Reciting Zuo Gong's Westward Journey to Gantang" says, "The general's army has not yet returned, and the descendants of Hunan and Hunan are all over the Tianshan Mountains. Three thousand new willows have been planted, attracting the spring breeze to Yuguan." This  I am afraid that the wind was brought about by him leading his troops all the way to the west while not forgetting to plant trees and build roads. Think about it, Marshal Zuo is not only good at using troops, but also engaged in economic construction. Otherwise, it would not be so easy for us to enter Xinjiang."

    In order to enter Xinjiang, Zhang Hanqing did enough homework.  Not only does he have many plans for the future of Xinjiang, but he is also involved in the cultural allusions and historical legends of this generation.

    Wang Yizhe and Zhang Hanqing had been getting along for a long time, and they liked each other very well in private. Seeing that Zhang Hanqing was in a good mood, he dropped the subject and said, "Young Marshal is amazingly talented. It seems that Yumen Pass has left some masterpieces at least, so as not to let others go."  Marshal Zuo is not only more beautiful than before, but also adds an interesting story on the Silk Road."

    This young marshal often has amazing works, whether new or old poems, they all have a magical touch, and he also wants to see them with his own eyes.

    Zhang Hanqing, however, knows his own family affairs, and he has no new works about Yumen Pass in his mind. It would take a lot of effort for him to write one, and if he accidentally ruins his reputation as a "generation of poets", it will be greatly  It's not good.  However, in this atmosphere, there seems to be room for a roundabout change.  He smiled and said: "There are no masterpieces, but I do remember an interesting allusion."

    Everyone was bored while walking and wanted to hear this allusion.

    "Far above the Yellow River, among the white clouds, there is an isolated city of Wanren Mountain. Why should the Qiang flute blame the willows? The spring breeze does not reach Yumen Pass. This poem??Han Qing was in the limelight, conquering Kuowei, Zhongzhong Road, Hulunbuir, and Mongolia, and had already established the image of a little national hero among the Chinese people; fighting in Yinchuan, Pinglanzhou, and Fuxi'an, his troops were invincible, making Zhizhi  The Anhui and Anhui cliques are all deeply feared, and the People's Army has been listed as one of the strongest forces in China at the time;

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    Yang Zengxin felt that his troops were weak and unable to defend against the enemy, and a similar power crisis reappeared in front of him.  Three years ago, he successfully defused Arenkov's attack. Can he find a way to solve it this time?

    "But Zhang Hanqing is not Alian Kuofu. He is determined to conquer the world. How can he lose his will in the gentle countryside?"  Similarly, the battle-hardened 2nd Division is not comparable to the "Black Lama" Danbijiasan. It is the army of the well-known and upright King Division and his immediate superior!

    Thinking of this, Yang Zengxin regretted that he should not have implemented the troop reduction immediately after Xinjiang calmed down a bit.  Although the number of troops was reduced from more than 18,000 to less than 10,000, which reduced military expenditures and greatly reduced the burden on the people, it also resulted in a serious shortage of military personnel and an obvious inability to manage nearly one-sixth of China's vast land.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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