That night, a grand banquet was held in the coalition camp to celebrate the great victory in Suiding and kill the Ming general.

This feast can also be interpreted as the coalition commander Golovin showing off the combat effectiveness of the Russian army. After all, the chief general of the attack on Suiding City, Khabarov was a general of the Russian Empire, and his main force was also a heroic Russian army.

However, Golovin also paid great attention to saving face for the kings and generals of the country, trying not to mention the topics that had been unsuccessful for a long time. The atmosphere of the banquet was very harmonious.

Just as everything was going on happily, a dispute completely broke the harmonious atmosphere.

In the process of toasting with each other, Khabarov took the wine glass to the Bukhara Khan Lord Sharukh, and said some flaunting words, which made Sharukh dissatisfied. He took advantage of the excuse of physical discomfort and did not drink the wine.

In Sharukh's eyes, this guy was provoking himself, because before that, he also served as the chief vanguard of the coalition forces and attacked Huiyuan City and Suiding City. Not only did he not take it down, he also lost a lot of Russian troops and even injured himself.

Now Khabarov came to toast, straightened his waist and held the wine glass so high. This was obviously a big shot towards a weak chicken.

Sharukh was a nobleman from the Bukhara Khanate and always looked down on the poor. Khabarov was a poor Russian peasant and a lower-class figure in society who was only a little better than serfs. It was normal that Sharukh did not want to drink his wine.

However, Khabarov never thought that the other party was still toasting repeatedly due to different national habits, and said that if you don’t drink, you will not give me Khabarov face and slap me in the face in public!

Sharuh said, "If I don't drink, I won't drink." If you force me so much, is this arguing with me or what?"

Both sides are rough martial artists, and they don’t know how to be a literary man. They have a very hot temper. No one is willing to give in and talk to each other.

After saying a few words to each other, the two sides gradually became angry. Sharuk, who had a slightly worse temper, turned his back first, knocked over the high wine glass held in Khabarov to the ground, and scolded: "Unpard!"

This action, coupled with this "untouchable", was a fuel to the fire, which made Khabarov furious and his anger exploded on the spot.

In a rage, Khabarov took out his hand gun and was about to shoot Sharukh without saying a word. Just like the gangster brother who was gangsters took out his gun and fought with him, his attitude was quite arrogant!

After all, Sharukh was through many battles and reacted very quickly. He almost subconsciously avoided the black hole gun. However, he avoided the headshot and his shoulder was still hit.

The gunshot at the banquet was particularly eye-catching. Everyone heard the movement here and surrounded him, even the soldiers of the kings and generals outside the tent were alarmed.

Khabarov took out his gun to shoot people on the spot, which was awesome, but what he could not have imagined was that Sharukh was even more arrogant than him and directly ordered the personal guards of the Bukhara Khanate to surround the tent and prepare to destroy Khabarov and his team of soldiers.

At this critical moment, the coalition commander Golovin quickly stood up and called on Sharukh to remain calm. He scolded Khabarov sternly and slapped him in the face.

Golovin is a cautious person. He knows the seriousness of the matter. If the situation is allowed to develop, Khabarov will definitely explain it. The coalition forces will inevitably fall apart. The victory that has finally won will be in vain. Tens of thousands of troops of the coalition forces will die in vain!

Golovin comforted Sharuh with kind words and made some promises, which stabilized the reckless man's emotions.

In the end, the celebration feast ended in a bad mood. Khabarov, who was punished, was even more dissatisfied and cursed Marshal Golovin to favor outsiders. If he had not had himself and the great Russian army, the coalition forces would have patted their butts and went home!

Khabarov was right. With the nine guards of Ili, the Ming troops in various cities supported each other, and the coalition army could not penetrate the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Since ancient times, no army has dared to bypass the city and attack the back of the place, which is a death act.

All the coalition forces could do was send cavalry to cut off the supply line of the Ming army, which was to run away after stealing. They were worried that the Ming army would be dispatched behind them and chased them away.

The coalition forces have not yet captured the Nine Guards of Yili for so long, and only one city was broken until yesterday. The morale of the army has long been unstable, and many troops are clamoring to go home.

The first to send troops, the Tsarist Russia and the Kazakh Khanate, have been fighting for more than a year, with extremely serious losses and more than half of them, many of which died of hunger and cold last winter.

The feud between Khabarov and Sharukh represents the escalation of conflicts between the Russian army and the coalition countries, and also makes it increasingly difficult for commander Golovin to command and mobilize various coalition units.

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In the central command hall of Huiyuan City, there was a lot of noise at this time, and civilian officers were busy conveying various military information.

On the giant sand table in the hall, several monks held long poles, constantly marking the battle situation of the nine guards in Yili.

An area on the north side of Huiyuan City indicates the blue flag of the coalition forces and the red flag of the Ming army indicates the dense crowd, indicating that the troops of both sides gather in this area and are fighting to the death. Each small flag indicates the strength of a battalion.

Every once in a while, there will be a few more red flags on the sand table, and at the same time, dense blue villains will advance inch by inch, and then the red flag will scatter and retreat.

In front of the sand table, Dingyuan Bo Qi Guangyang pinched his beard with his right hand and stared at the sand table with his eyes intently. As a small red flag was removed, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and his face felt as painful as if the flesh had been plucked out.

Since the Yiwei Bo Li Hu died in battle yesterday and the fall of Suiding City, the Ming army was filled with grief and anger, and even His Majesty the Emperor was silent for a day.

For nearly thirty years, Li Hu has been guarding the imperial guards, following him like a shadow, blocking dozens of assassinations for the emperor. However, he, the hero of the guard, died in the battlefield. I believe His Majesty was extremely sad...

The emperor was in a bad mood, so the task of united front naturally fell into the hands of Qi Guangyang, the boss of Dingyuan. Among the military generals here, only his title and official title were the largest.

At present, there are seven brigades of the Ming army guarding the Yili River Valley, none of which are fully organized and scattered in the eight cities of Yili to strictly prevent the coalition forces from advancing eastward, and at the same time, the coalition forces are scattered. The most intense battles around Huiyuan City are the wars.

Qi Guangyang's eyes turned to Guangren City and Zhan De City. The closest to Huiyuan City were the troops of these two cities. He wanted to draw out all the troops of these two departments to reinforce Huiyuan City in case there was a change.

However, Qi Guangyang's thought was dispelled by himself as soon as he got there. After all, this matter of defense adjustment is of great importance and requires His Majesty's personal order.

Furthermore, once the troops of Guangren and Zhande City are mobilized, these two cities will mean giving up, and the entire Ili Nine Guards system will be destroyed. If the coalition forces make a breakthrough in Guangren and Zhande City and go deep into the border, it will be troublesome...

Qi Guangyang was in a dilemma. It seemed that this was a simple mobilization of personnel, but it involved the Ming army's grand strategy and needed to be adjusted significantly.
Chapter completed!