Chapter 781 Wine! Roasted lamb! Enjoy!

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Make up for yesterday's...

"Narrow, we're fooled!"

Zhang Nai waved the horse whip in his hand fiercely, knocking the void loudly.

He led his raid team to chase after the Fire Mountain, chased Liucheng, Huozhoucheng, and finally chased him to Turpan City, day and night, day and night, and even the war horses were about to die. As a result, there was still no news about Rosalind and Marshatini. There was no news about fanatics. They seemed to have all disappeared.

But he didn't believe in evil, and he led people to search the entire Turpan and the surrounding areas, but he was still disappointed. In the end, he had to believe that Rosalind and Marshatini were indeed not near the city of Turpan.

Zhang Nai's only achievement was to capture Abdul Rain, the governor of Turpan. Well, to be precise, it was not a prisoner. When Zhang Nai arrived, Abdul Rain opened the gate of Turpan City tactfully, welcomed the arrival of the white-clothed army, and avoided the battle.

However, what Zhang Nai needed was not such a result. What he needed was Rosalind and Martha Tinni. So he replenished some food and water in Turpan City, and hurriedly moved towards the direction of the fork force loss. Since Rosalind and Martha Tinni were not in Turpan City, the fork force facing west must have been lost.

"Quick, hurry, hurry!" Zhang Nai kept shouting at his subordinates.

He was unwilling to let Sawanna rush ahead and take the lead in grabbing Rosalind and Marshatini. Then he would be very embarrassed.

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Five days later, Xu Xingxia brought a large army to Turpan City.

Along the way, the White Army captured a considerable number of Yarkand cavalry. They did not resist, and they put down their weapons with tactfulness, raised their hands, and waited for the White Army to come and recruit. The White Army seized more than 30,000 war horses in total. However, along the way, the White Army never found any living fanatics. If they either committed suicide, they would flee to the west.

Due to Abdul Rain's surrender, the ancient Turpan City was recovered by the White-Clothed Army without experiencing the slightest war. Liu Chuang led some of the hunting cavalry soldiers to enter Turpan City first and control all the commanding heights in the city. The White-Clothed Army's flag was planted on the city tower of Turpan City. All the unsafe factors in the city were cleaned up one by one by the hunting cavalry soldiers.

Abdul Rain was very good at being a human being. When he learned that Xu Xingxia was coming to Turpan City, he immediately brought his remaining subordinates to a place ten miles away from Turpan City and welcomed Xu Xingxia's arrival attentively. He waited for Xu Xingxia for three hours under the scorching sun. Such attentive etiquette left the white-clothed army with nothing to say.

"Dear Governor, I will be your loyal servant from now on..." Abdullain humbly and humbly expressed his noblest courtesy to Xu Xingxia.

The three words of chairman were really unaware of by the people in the Western Regions, so they took the initiative to replace these three words with the governor with the same meaning. Anyway, in their opinion, Xu Xingxia was a prince and a veritable governor. Anyway, Xu Xingxia was not an emperor. Strictly speaking, the White-Clothed Army was still an armed force of the Ming Dynasty, because the White-Clothed Army had always used the name of the Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions.

After the White Army controlled the Turpan area, the management agency established was named Turpan Governor's Office, which was under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. The official positions were one Governor and three Governors. Xu Xingxia personally served as Governor. The two Han people's deputy Governors were Huang Kezhang and Zhu Xieyuan. The deputy Governor of the ethnic minority was Abdul Rain. The reason why the usual committee management method was not used was also taken into account the special circumstances here.

The wisdom of the Chinese is endless. In terms of management of ethnic minority areas, different dynasties have different management models. The Western Regions Protectorate in the Han Dynasty, the Duizhou, the Protectorate, the Governor's Office, and the Xuanwei Office of the Ming Dynasty are all unique ways to manage ethnic areas. In fact, these methods are essentially the same, that is, to give certain powers less than the nation. However, they must always abide by the laws and regulations of the central government.

The Turpan Governor's Office is such an institution. In this institution, the Han people are in a leadership position, while ethnic minorities are the main part. Both sides implement joint management and share equal interests. Well, for the time being, ethnic minorities are indeed the main body. In the future, a large number of Han people will migrate one after another.

The composition of ethnic minorities in the Western Regions is very complex. In the Turpan area, there are at least a dozen ethnic minorities. The largest number are of course the mutated Mongolians, Tatars descendants, and a small number of Uighurs, Turks, and Tuyuhun descendants. As for other ethnic minorities with only a few thousand or 30,000 or 20,000, there are even more.

It is indeed not easy to gather so many ethnic minorities together. In addition to relatively strong armed forces, appropriate policies are also needed. Unlike the previous management methods, Xu Xingxia was not as simple as including this place in the territory. He also needed to obtain income from the Turpan area and recruit food and soldiers from it.

Especially the soldiers are what Xu Xingxia values ​​the most. The climate in the Western Regions is quite special, and the troops from the Central Plains are generally not very adaptable. To control the Western Regions as soon as possible, the best way is to recruit soldiers from the Western Regions. Anyway, the number of local soldiers that the White Army needs to recruit is not particularly large, and 50,000 people is enough.

Since the defeat in the battle in Flame Mountain, Abdul Rain has placed his position very correctly. He seemed very humble, very respectful, and very lowly, and almost digging out his heart for others to see. Even Xu Xingxia could not catch any handle. He handed over all his army, all his weapons and equipment, and most of his personal property to the White Army for handling. Such exemplary behavior would not only not be punished, but would be praised. Of course, Xu Xingxia could not praise him.

In fact, Abdul Rain's move did not make the White Army unable to find an excuse to deal with him. Because, in public and private, Xu Xingxia really could not take any action against Abdul Rain. He was a weather vane, a weather vane that countless people paid attention to. Any action taken by the White Army against Abdul Rain will affect many others.

If Xu Xingxia killed Abdul Rain or treated Abdul Rain too much, the other nobles of the Yarkand Khanate would have no choice but to unite to deal with Xu Xingxia. The other nobles in the Western Regions would also become panic about Baiyin and thus cut off the idea of ​​surrendering to the White-clothed Army. It is estimated that now, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at Xu Xingxia's actions.

On the contrary, if Xu Xingxia treats Abdul Rain well, he may get some benefits from Abdul Rain. After all, he is a local snake in the Turpan area, and it is absolutely impossible if he does not have any ability. At the same time, other Yerkand nobles and nobles from all over the Western Regions can also rely on Xu Xingxia with confidence when the conditions are right.

What the White-Clothed Army now needs is that most of the nobles in the Western Regions can join the White-Clothed Army camp. Otherwise, the Western Regions are so vast and desolate that if every place needs to send troops to fight, there will be too much force to be dispatched. The money and food that needs to be consumed will be an astonishing number. Any military operation of the White-Clothed Army in the Western Regions, the various expenses added up to more than several times the number of troops deployed in the Central Plains.

More importantly, the Western Regions are so vast, so desolate, and so mysterious that it is impossible to control all regions. If those hostile forces run away when they see the White Army, play hide-and-seek with the White Army, and wait until the White Army runs away before they come back, the White Army has no choice but to do anything to them. To be honest, this is a thankless thing.

Taking all the considerations, the best way is to let the locals deal with the locals. The more locals the Governor's Office absorb, the fewer locals will be against the Governor's Office, and the other will decline. In the end, all locals will be attracted by the Governor's Office. The remaining ones are stubborn, and the team will be dispatched to kill them.

Abdul Rain came to Xu Xingxia's horse and personally took the horse for Xu Xingxia. He kept pulling Xu Xingxia's war horse and returned to Turpan City from ten miles away. When he approached the city gate, he said respectfully: "Governor General, please dismount!"

Xu Xingxia turned over and got off the horse, and said with a smile: "Thank you!"

Under the guidance of Abdul Rain, Xu Xingxia and others entered Turpan City.

The scale of the building in Turpan City is not as large as Jiayuguan. If we look at it from the perspective of the mainlanders, Turpan City is at most a small fortress. Or even a fortress cannot be considered. Because its walls are actually not particularly strong. Not to mention large-caliber artillery, even trenchers can smash it. The number of buildings in Turpan City is also very small. Except for a few temples built later, other buildings are simply invisible.

Apart from a few temples, the most magnificent building in Turpan City is probably the Governor's Palace of Abdul Rain. However, his Governor's Palace is not of the same level as the vassal palaces in the mainland. Although the various paintings in the Governor's Palace are very beautiful, it is still difficult to enter Xu Xingxia's eyes. On the contrary, the temporary tents are very good. Especially Abdul Rain's own tent is luxurious and extravagant, and much more beautiful than his Governor's Palace.

Xu Xingxia stayed in Abdul Rain's tent. As for him, he had to temporarily stay in the Governor's Mansion. The White Army had already controlled the inside and outside of Turpan City, and Xu Xingxia's safety was absolutely guaranteed. The original task of the hunting cavalry was to be responsible for ensuring Xu Xingxia's safety, and war was secondary. Moreover, if there was any accident, the first person to be dealt with would definitely be Abdul Rain himself. He would not do stupid things.

That night, Abdul Rain held a banquet at the Governor's Office to welcome the arrival of the White Army. The main food of the banquet was naturally wine and roasted lamb. The most famous local Turpan is grapes and wine. A large amount of excellent wine was moved out of the cellar and placed on the ground, and a special person was responsible for pouring wine.

At that time, the wine was still filled with large wooden barrels, and the glass bottle did not appear for the time being. Of course, it was unrealistic to place the entire wooden barrel on the table, as it would crush the entire table. As for the cups to drink, there were many types, including porcelain cups, wooden cups, and crystal cups. But the most was the big sea bowl. Many soldiers of the white army used big sea bowls to drink wine. As for whether they could taste the taste of wine, it was hard to say.

The biggest feature of wine is that the concentration of alcohol is not high. Ordinary white-clothed soldiers will not get drunk even if they drink several large bowls in a row. This gives many people the opportunity to be extravagant. Some people even think that the bowl is not big enough, so they simply put the wine in a wooden basin and drink a wooden basin in one go. As for drinking it directly in a wooden barrel, it is not surprising at all.

The most popular roasted lamb is probably the roasted lamb legs. Abdul Rain arranged many barbecue masters and made a large number of roasted lamb legs for the White Army in advance. In the number of them, almost everyone in the White Army could get one. All the White Army soldiers, as long as they are willing and can eat them, can simply hold a whole roasted lamb legs to chew.

There are also a large number of kebabs, which are piled up like mountains and exudes a fragrant smell. One of the kebabs called "Flexible and Meat" is the most popular. This kind of kebabs has meat, bones, and is very chewy. Some white-clothed soldiers eat nothing and just eat this. Eat a kebabs of kebabs and drink a sip of wine. The aroma of kebabs and the deliciousness of wine is amazing. Such days are simply better than immortals.

Many soldiers from the mainland had no pleasure in entering the Western Regions. They just mechanically executed the orders. In their original impression, the Western Regions were a broken place, poor and rotten, and full of wind and sand. In such a broken place, there was nothing at all, and it could be called the word "enjoyment".

However, the wonderful wine, accompanied by the fragrant roasted lamb, made many white-clothed soldiers "enjoy" and drunk. They finally felt that this journey was indeed worthwhile to enter the Western Regions. It turned out that there were such wonderful things in the Western Regions. After a night of joy, except for the soldiers in charge of the alert, everyone else fell asleep happily. Xu Xingxia was no exception.

Unfortunately, Zhang Nai has already chased Rosalinde and Marshatini. Otherwise, his wish would have been fulfilled countless times tonight. He would have eaten so many roasted lamb legs, even if he had to eat a hundred of them alone. However, as long as he had the chance to come back to Turpan City, there would be more delicious food waiting for him. In a few months, the grapes in Turpan will be ripe. That is the most beautiful and wonderful season in the Turpan area.

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