Chapter 826: The Sorrow of the Cossacks
Three years ago, Dolgon sent troops to the Cossacks, defeated hundreds of thousands of Cossack cavalry, and captured the steppe around the Cossack Aral Sea, which was the most abundant grassland in the Cossack Khanate.
Finally, after waiting for three whole years, Dolgon shaved his hair and obeyed the order, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in chaos, and the Persians rebelled in all directions.
The Cossack Khan felt that the opportunity for revenge had come, and immediately quietly gathered the last available cavalry in the Cossack Khan, a total of 80,000 people.
However, even if the soldiers and horses were quietly gathered very early, the Cossack Khan did not dare to immediately enter the territory of the Manchus, and he was still waiting for an opportunity for the Ottoman Empire to fight the Manchus first, and then he took advantage of the fire from behind.
The southwestern part of the Cossack Khanate bordered the Ottoman Empire, and naturally there were spies of the Cossack Khanate within the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottoman Empire's gathering of 300,000 elite troops could not be concealed not only from the Manchus, but also from the Cossack Khan. Fighting the Manchus alone, even if the Manchus were in turmoil, the Cossack Khan did not have any confidence.
It took another month, and finally, the Ottoman Empire started, and 300,000 troops entered the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and as expected, Dolgon himself led the main force of the Qing army to pour out a decisive battle with the Ottoman Empire.
Your chance has really come! On the second day of the decisive battle of the Ottoman Empire led by Dolgon, the Cossack Khan did not hesitate to enter the territory of the Manchus with 80,000 Cossack cavalry.
Since the main force of the Qing army was no longer there, the Manchu Qing had only 20,000 cavalry stationed in the vast steppe of the northeast, and the 80,000 Cossack cavalry was simply unstoppable.
At the beginning, the Cossack Khan was simply high-spirited, and in less than two days, he defeated the 20,000 Qing cavalry led by the remaining Zhishun king Faralz, recovered the steppes around the Aral Sea, and then entered the steppes around the Bukha in the northeast of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
The idea of the Cossack Khan was very simple, he did not think that the Manchus would be the opponent of the Ottoman Empire, after all, the Manchu Qing had only about 200,000 troops, and the Ottoman Empire had a full 300,000 elite army.
The Cossack Khan thought that the Manchus might be directly destroyed by the Ottoman Empire, or at least by the Ottoman Empire, and his Cossack Khanate would not only take the opportunity to recover the steppes around the Aral Sea, but also capture the entire Bukha steppe in the northeast of the Manchu Dynasty.
Although the Bulak steppe is less than half the size of the Cossack Khanate, there are several pastures with abundant water and grass, with the Cossack Khanate plus this place, in less than five years, his Cossack Khanate will be able to recover 200,000 soldiers and horses, and in less than ten years, his Cossack Khanate will even be able to have 300,000 cavalry, and the Cossack Khanate will re-emerge as the overlord of this area!
"Boom" King Cossack Khan with Cossack cavalry is chasing down the remnants of the defeated Qing cavalry in the Bulak steppe.
The remnants of the Qing cavalry that were being pursued were less than 2,000 cavalry, and Faralz, the king of Zhishun, was among them, and Faralz knew very well that in the face of so many Cossack cavalry, he could not fight it except to escape.
"Whew! Shout! Phew"
The chasing and fleeing sides continued to shoot arrows to kill each other's cavalry, and in general, because the Cossack cavalry was numerous and fired more arrows, there were more remnants of the Qing cavalry that fell than the Cossack cavalry.
"Hahahaha, rush! Kill them! The Cossack Khan laughed excitedly, relying on the absolute superiority of the number, defeated the 20,000 Qing cavalry left behind, he only suffered 10,000 cavalry casualties, and a full 70,000, now only the last remnant of the Qing army is just about to annihilate the Qing army, then the entire Bula steppe no longer has the strength of the Manchu Qing, the Cossack Khan seems to have seen the scene of the Manchu Bula steppe being completely captured by him.
Just when the Cossack Khan was in high spirits, he had no idea that the Ottoman Empire had been defeated, and the 300,000-strong army had been wiped out.
What he didn't know was that Dolgon had already led nearly 80,000 Qing cavalry to the Braha steppe non-stop.
In just two days and two nights, Dolgon and nearly 80,000 other Qing cavalry crossed the Caspian Sea from the city of Urumiya in the northwest to the Buha steppe in the northeast.
"Regent, the grassland ahead!" Zihar said to Dorgon.
"Okay, immediately send spies to find out the news, and the rest of the soldiers, hurry up and rest in place and prepare for a big battle!" Dorgon nodded.
"Wow!" Immediately, hundreds of spies from the Qing army were scattered around.
I don't know if it was intentional, but Faralz waited less than 2,000 Qing cavalry to flee in the direction of the border between Persia and the Bula steppe.
The sound of rumbling horses galloping was easily detected by the spies scattered by Dolgon.
Soon a spy came back to report to Dolgon, and found traces of the Cossack cavalry.
"Good! Hmph, Cossack Khan, you are killing yourself, this king will fulfill you, the whole army will attack, kill the Cossack Khan! As soon as Dolgon gave the order, he immediately led nearly 80,000 Qing cavalry to the direction where the Cossack cavalry was.
The horses galloped, and it didn't take long for Dolgon to see the Cossack cavalry.
Ahead, a large number of Cossack cavalry pursued and killed Faralz and other remnants of less than 2,000 Qing cavalry.
Facing the pursuit of 70,000 Cossack cavalry, Faralz, the king of Zhishun, had already felt the huge pressure and was about to be unable to support it, and suddenly, a large number of cavalry appeared in front of him, representing the eight-color dragon flag full of eight banners fluttering, which was the Qing cavalry that nearly 80,000 rushed to come, such as Dolgon.
"It's the Regent! The Regent's reinforcements have arrived! Faralz was overjoyed.
The remnants of the other Qing cavalry were also overjoyed, and their morale was greatly boosted as if they had been beaten with chicken blood!
"Turn back and meet the Cossack cavalry!" Faralz shouted excitedly, his own reinforcements had arrived, and there were a large number of full banners, they did not need to be afraid of the Cossack cavalry, on the contrary, it was the turn of the Cossack cavalry tragedy.
"Kill!" Farralz didn't wait for the 2,000 remnants to turn their horses, and in an instant they were in a fierce battle with the Cossack cavalry that was chasing them.
The appearance of a large number of Qing cavalry such as Dolgon was also seen by the Cossack cavalry behind, especially the Cossack Khan.
"Yes, yes, it's the Qing Army that is full of eight banners!" The Cossack Khan was so frightened that his face turned pale.
"Aren't they supposed to be at war with the Ottoman army? How did it end up here! It's impossible! Could it be that the Ottoman army was defeated? The Cossack Khan's eyes widened in horror, and he couldn't believe it was true.
The other Cossack cavalry was also frightened, and in recent years they have been bullied enough by the Manchurians, and even the most beautiful steppes in the Aral Sea have been forcibly taken away, and the strong combat effectiveness of the Qing army's Manchu Eight Banners has left an indelible impression in their hearts.
In the short time when the Cossack cavalry was frightened, less than 2,000 remnants of cavalry such as Farralz and others who were originally pursued by them had already counterattacked them, and a large number of Qing cavalry such as Dolgon were also getting closer and closer, and now it was difficult for them to run away even if they wanted to.