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0679 Innermost Asia : vol.1
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garrisons in the 'New Dominion'. Kan-su, too, fell into the power of Tungan rebels and was not
recovered by the imperial forces until 1873. It was here that Tso Tsung-t'ang started the prepara-
tions for the campaign which was to restore to the Empire its lost Central-Asian dominion.

The possession of Hāmi as a base was an indispensable condition for the success of the opera- Hāmi used
tions, which were actively commenced in 1874. But it was not by an advance on the direct route as base,
through the Pei-shan that this base was secured. The Chinese force destined to effect this object 1875-77.
moved first far away north into Mongolia and thence early in 1875 took Barkul. Thereupon Hāmi
also was quickly secured, and the direct route through the desert south-eastwards opened.⁴⁴ By
means of this route it became possible gradually to assemble the armies which in 1876, moving
forward towards Kulja on the line of Guchen, Ürumchi and Manas, overthrew the Tungan con-
federacy in the territories north of the T'ien-shan ; a year later they put an end to Yāqūb Bēg's
Muhammadan kingdom by an advance from Hāmi upon Turfān and by the rapid conquest of
the Tārīm basin which followed.⁴⁵