After killing the Ming envoys, Yarkand Khan Abdullah and his son knew that it was not fun for the Ming to attack in anger, so they kept training their troops day and night, arranging defenses, and preparing to deal with them.

It's just that they didn't expect that the Ming army would come so quickly, and it would take 100,000 troops.

When Yarkand Khan and his son heard this number, they almost fainted.

They pretended to be calm, all the defenses of the Yarkand Khanate were ready, nothing to fear!

As long as you occupy a favorable position and drag on for a few more years, Daming has to give up!

"Yaolevas, this time the Ming army is coming, you are the commander of this battle, you have to use victory to wash away the humiliation of the Ming Dynasty to you and our Yarkand Khanate!"

In addition to the nervousness, Yarkand Khan Abdullah appointed his eldest son Yaolevas as the commander of the former army and deployed defenses in Turpan.

Yaolevas happily accepted the order, patted his chest and promised that he would not let the Ming army advance westward from Turpan!

Although Yaolevas is arrogant, he is not a wine bag and rice bag, and he can achieve the position of the governor of Kashgar, and he still has a certain amount of real talent.

Otherwise, he would not have succeeded in forcing his father away and seizing the throne as the Great Khan of Yarkand.

.......

It turned out that the self-confidence of the father and son of Yarkand Khan was superfluous.

Zhou Yuji led the army of the Western Expedition as if entering a no-man's land, and even broke through the seven guards of Guanxi such as Shazhou outside Jiayu Pass, attacking all the way, and the Ming army took Hami with a strong military might.

The Ming court worked hard to run Hamiwei for more than 100 years, during which it experienced a tortuous history of four losses and four gains, and finally after losing it for a hundred years, it was recovered by the Ming army again!

At this point, the Ming army had broken through the outer defense line of the Yarkand Khanate and broke into its interior, and now only Turpan was an important fortress hindering the advance of the army.

This is the gateway to the Western Regions, and it is also an important transportation hub of the New Silk Road and the Eurasian Land Bridge.

The Central Plains Dynasty and the nomads repeatedly fought here, the Western Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, after the "five battles for the car division", the Xiongnu led the people to surrender to the Han Dynasty, and the land of the car division then belonged to the Han Dynasty.

The Tang Empire destroyed Gaochang, and then the Tibetan army entered the Western Regions, took control of Turpan, and began a long-term struggle with the Tang in the Western Regions.

In the Yuan and Ming dynasties, the Mongols fought for Turpan again, and finally in the fourth year of Longqing (1570), the Yarkand Khanate occupied Turpan, and Turpan belonged to the Yarkand Khanate.

In mid-March, Zhou Yuji arrived in Turpan with a large army, and he sent out a night to inquire about the news, and found that the Yarkand Khanate had deployed heavy troops in Turpan.

Most of the generals of the Ming army believe that although Turpan is an important town in Yarkand and also has heavy defense, it is still not enough to see in front of the Ming army, and some people advocate stepping on Turpan in one go!

The mood of underestimating the enemy fermented in the Ming army, but Zhou Yuji, as the commander-in-chief, was very calm, did not rush to send troops, and ordered all generals not to take the initiative to attack without an order!

Among all the Ming armies, the strongest in terms of combat effectiveness is the Tianwu Army.

In terms of the fiercest battle, it should be the Jingwu Army;

On the most united, it is the Tianxiong Army;

But if you want to talk about the best discipline in the army, it should be the Dingwu army!

Coach Zhou Yuji is a well-known iron-blooded general, and the rectification of the army is first-class, and no one has dared to violate the military orders he has issued.

Outside the city of Turpan, the 100,000 troops of the Ming army did not attack for a long time, but built a camp and lived together, apparently planning to prepare for a long-term struggle.

The tense mentality of the Yarkand soldiers defending the city gradually relaxed, but the heart of the main general Yaolevas slowly sank.

He originally planned to deploy defenses in Turpan, yin the Ming army, frustrate its sharpness, and make it dare not take the initiative to attack.

For a long time, the Ming army stayed here for a long time, and the supply was bound to be difficult, and the siege was uncertain, so they had only one way to retreat.

Now it seems that all the plans have been lost!

A day passed, two days passed...... Ten days passed.

The Ming army still did not move at all, except for besieging the city and constantly reinforcing the fortifications, they did not make any movement, which made Yaolevas very puzzled.

Yaolevas had also read several Han Chinese military books and knew some classic examples of warfare, such as provocations under the city......

In a few days, the Yarkand soldiers guarding the city began to take the initiative to greet the Ming soldiers on the edge of the city, obviously this greeting was not to ask if they had eaten, this kind of rather harmonious words.

Scold, provoke directly, you come to beat me! Begging!

The Ming soldiers under the city watched their performance like monkeys, because they couldn't understand these bird languages at all!

For the indifference of the Ming army, Yaolevas was disappointed.

After another two days, seeing the logistical baggage of the Ming army coming in a steady stream, Yaolevas finally couldn't hold his breath and planned to test the reality of the Ming army.

He ordered his younger brother Sima Yi to be the vanguard, and led 5,000 Yaerqiang cavalry out of the city to attack the Ming army camp.

Night attack, this is Yaolevas's hope, even if it fails, it is nothing, if his younger brother Sima Yi is unfortunately killed in battle, it happens that there will be one less competitor in the future......

And Ollevas still has a back hand.

At the beginning of the hour, the city gate was opened, and five thousand Yaerqiang cavalry poured out, charged at a rapid speed, and went straight to the Ming army camp where Shuai Qi was located.

Without any resistance, Sima Yi, the youngest son of Yarkand Khan, entered the Ming army camp very smoothly.

"It's empty? Could it be that I fell for it! ”

Sima Yi, who rushed into the camp, was stunned, and when he reacted that day, it was already too late.

One by one, the fires were lit to illuminate the entire Ming army camp, in front of the fires were all kinds of obstacles, and behind were rows of Ming musketeers.

At the moment when the flames soared into the sky, the Mini musket began to spit out bullets, and the projectiles that were burned red when the gunpowder exploded were like sparks one after another, which were very conspicuous in the night, and flew densely into the Yarkand army.

The Yarkand army desperately wanted to rush out, but it was easy for 5,000 people to come in, but there was only one exit, and it was difficult to escape from the sky.

"Warriors! Greet death with our chests! Kill me! ”

Sima Yi shouted vigorously, he didn't think he would be defeated so easily, his Han name was a long-lived boss, there was no reason to be cold so quickly.

Moreover, before leaving, his brother Yaolevas told himself that even if he encountered an ambush, don't panic, just rush and kill, my brother has a backhand, keep you safe!

The young Sima Yi was convinced of his brother's words, he wanted to fight, for the tribe, for the Yarkand!

I have to say that Sima Yi still has a few brushes, and this shout deeply stimulates every Yarkand warrior, and the already chaotic cavalry is slowly recovering in the rain of bullets.

Zhou Yuji quietly watched the Ming army catch turtles in the urn, and besieged and killed the Yarkand cavalry army who came to steal the camp without knowing what to do.

At this time, a night did not receive a report: "General, another Yarkand cavalry has left the city and is attacking our army's camp!" ”

Regarding Yaolevas's serial stealing camp, Zhou Yuji's face was still calm, and after thinking for a while, he issued a series of orders.