In the hearts of the kings of Europe. Nature

The Manchus annexed the Ottoman Empire, which was still at its peak, and before that, the Persian Empire and the Mughal Empire, with a large territory, a large population, and a new type of gunpowder and primer-based rifles and cannons, and the military power was definitely stronger than any other country in Europe!

Although the Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly more powerful, but it is the attacking side, the war between the two sides is not necessarily who wins and who loses, the result of the discussion of the kings of European countries is that the war has not yet begun, the situation is still unclear, even if it is supported, it will be until the Manchu Qing is really unable to resist the attack of the Ming Dynasty, and is about to be annexed by the Ming Dynasty.

Although it was not decided to support the Manchus to resist the Ming Dynasty immediately, Europe could not watch the Ming annex the Manchus in any case, advance the border to Europe, and directly threaten all countries, so after the kings of each country returned, they also gathered their own teams and were ready to form a coalition to support the Manchus to resist the Ming Dynasty.

Knowing the actions of the European countries, Dolgon sent some in his heart.

With Dorgon's intelligence, of course, he knows what the European countries are planning, but as long as the European countries do not completely stand by and watch, and even stab the Qing Dynasty in the back, and have the intention of supporting the Qing Dynasty at the last moment, Ergon will have more confidence to fight the Ming Dynasty with all his might, even if the Ming Dynasty is strong, the Qing Dynasty will not be able to win in the end.

"The Qing Dynasty will win!" In front of hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers, Dolgon raised his arms and shouted.

"The Qing Dynasty will win!"

"The Qing Dynasty will win!"

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Hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers also followed the shouting, the momentum was huge and shocking!

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"Attack!" In Xinjiang, Zhu Ci ordered the Ming army to attack.

On July 19, the 36th year of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, 500,000 Ming troops from Kazakhstan and Xinjiang divided into three routes and entered the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, officially opening the battle that the Ming Dynasty had been preparing for a long time to destroy the Qing Dynasty.

"Boom Boom ——-" hundreds of thousands of Ming soldiers rode into the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Watching the Ming Iron Cavalry enter the territory of the Manchu Dynasty, Zhu Ci was extremely confident, don't look at the Qing army sent by Dolgon to resist the Ming Iron Cavalry, which is nearly four times that of the Ming Iron Cavalry, but 500,000 Ming Iron Cavalry is enough to crush the Qing army.

Besides, there are 200,000 reserve troops.

Of course, these 200,000 reserve troops are reserved for guarding against European countries, and if European countries don't intervene, it's just that, if European countries dare to intervene, the Ming Dynasty will teach them another lesson.

Immediately, Zhu Cicheng also followed the rear army into the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and began the first battle of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The Ming army's iron cavalry was mighty, and at the forefront of the Ming army's attack was the vast Gobi steppe such as Burha.

The Gobi steppe is undoubtedly the best place for iron horses, the 500,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty are all iron horses, if the Qing army fights with the Ming here, it is no different from looking for death, of course Dolgon is not so stupid.

Dolgon's strategy was to defend dangerous cities and cities, etc., and gradually consume the Ming army's iron cavalry, and finally fought a decisive battle with the Ming army's iron cavalry, and the defense was more centered on Persia, and there was little defense on the Gobi steppe.

In the face of the three-way attack of the 500,000 Ming army, the defense of the adjacent grassland, which was more than 1.5 million square kilometers west of Xinjiang and south of the Aral Sea, was completely swept away in less than six days.

On July 25, the Iron Cavalry of the Three Ming Army entered Persia and besieged the first important town in Persia, Murkara.

The city of Murkala was an important town occupied by the Manchu Qing Dynasty before moving westward and annexing the Persian Empire, which can be said to be the foundation for the Manchu Qing to destroy the Persian Empire and rise again, which is of great significance to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Similarly, Murkala was also the core of the first line of defense deployed by Dolgon, with no less than 400,000 heavy troops, including 160,000 rifle troops, 60,000 flint musket troops, and 180,000 ordinary cold weapon troops, all of which were collected from the city and the valley, and on the surface, the defense was strong.

Dolpin was quite confident, according to his predictions, the Murkala defense line would be able to withstand the Ming army for at least a month, killing and wounding 100,000 Ming troops!

However, Dolgon miscalculated, the Qing army and the Ming Dynasty had not fought for more than 20 years, and the Ming army that Dolgon realized was just the Ming army more than 20 years ago, even if he overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, he still did not overestimate enough.

The 500,000 Ming troops carried 2,500 artillery pieces, and although only 500 of them were aimed at the city of Murkara, it only took half an hour to completely destroy the seemingly impregnable walls of the city.

The Ming army entered the city of Murkara from the destroyed city wall and fought a great battle with the Qing army inside the city.

Dolgon's talent was indeed not small, and he ordered the Qing army to rely on the buildings in the city, and even build trenches to fight with the Ming army in the streets, in an attempt to kill and injure a large number of Ming troops, but unfortunately, his wishful thinking was wrong.

"Boom! Boom! Dong ---- "The mortars of the Ming army's new equipment in a few years were revealed on a large scale on the battlefield for the first time.

The "Da ----" heavy machine gun was also revealed on a large scale for the first time.

Dolgon used trenches, but mortars were used to cover trenches, not to mention the primitive line trenches of the Qing army, the height was insufficient, and the position was not sharp enough, and the Qing army used rifles for the first time to fight, although it gave up the three-stage attack dense array when using flint guns before, but the Qing soldiers were still too dense, obviously the real thermal weapons combat experience was lacking, and they were killed and injured by Ming artillery and mortars.

"Poof! Burst! ----The bullets from the heavy machine gun pierced the wooden buildings directly, killing the Qing soldiers who were hiding in the wooden buildings.

Some dirt walls and brick walls that are not thick enough are also pierced by bullets from heavy machine guns, or even collapse directly, which is the power of heavy machine guns.

Even in terms of rifles, there is a huge gap, the Ming army's rifle is a second-generation rifle, with a longer range, and comes with five magazines, and you can continue to shoot by pulling the bolt, while the rifle of the Qing army has to shoot a bullet, and the degree of shooting is more than twice as slow.

In addition to more advanced weapons and more abundant combat experience, the Ming army also had an unlimited supply of logistical support, bullets and shells, etc., which were not lacking and could be used without scruples.

On the other hand, the Qing army did not dare to waste a bullet and shell during training, resulting in insufficient training, even if the training was sacrificed and the bullets and shells were saved, but the Qing army's ammunition and artillery shells were still limited and seriously insufficient, and in such a situation, the Qing army's firepower was only one-tenth of that of the Ming army.

Thermal weapons army combat, fighting is firepower!

Dolgon may be a great talent, but almost all the major battles he has experienced are cold weapon combat, and the limited thermal weapon combat is also a backward flint gun, and he is not familiar with the use of rifles and cannons, so there are too many mistakes.

In just half a day, the Ming army that attacked the city of Murkara completely broke the defenses of the Qing army in the city and captured the city of Murkara, and the defenses established on the city of Murkara also collapsed on the same day.

In just one day, the 400,000 Qing troops defending the city of Murkala and its surroundings collapsed, with nearly 200,000 dead and wounded.

If Dolgon hadn't arranged a retreat to meet the defeated Qing army, the 400,000 Qing army would probably have been completely annihilated. And the casualties on the side of the Ming army were less than three thousand! The proportion of casualties is extremely disparity!

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