Huozhou is the former king of the Han Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty was Gaochang State.

After the fall of the Great Song Dynasty and the invasion of China by the Mongol Yuan, Yiduhu (the title of the Uighur king of Gaochang) killed the young eunuchs of the Western Liao and returned to Genghis Khan, the Taizu of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Uighur kingdom of Gaochang was brought under the rule of the Mongol Yuan.

During the Mengyuan period, it was renamed Huozhou, also known as Hara Huozhou, and the guards of Anding and Qu Xian were called Wuer, and Dalu Huachi was supervised and governed. In the first year of Yuan Wenzong's reign, Meng Yuan set up the Governor of Hara Huozhou to govern this place.

In the late Mongol and Yuan dynasties, the state of Hara Huozhou and the northern Beshbali were annexed by the Chagatai Khanate, and the Uighurs moved inward, and the Chagatai Khanate occupied Gaochang. Hamiwei in the eastern part of Hara Huozhou was incorporated into the Yuan Dynasty Gansu Province.

When Emperor Hongwu expelled the Tartars and restored China, he sent envoys to the court twice in the seventh and eleventh years of Yongle. In the twelfth year of Yongle, Chen Cheng, a member of the Ministry of Sealing, sent an envoy to Huozhou.

In May of the fourth year of Yongle, the imperial court ordered Liu Timur to protect the return of the envoy of Bali, because of the lottery coin, he gave his prince Hasan. The following year, he sent an envoy to pay tribute to Yupu Fangwu. The envoy said that those who returned to Jia Jingshi, and the soldiers of Gan and Liang were mostly sent out of the country privately, leaking border affairs. The emperor ordered the imperial history to be pressed, and the chief military officer Song Sheng strictly restrained him. In the seventh year, he sent envoys to pay tribute to Hareh and Samarkand. In the summer of the eleventh year, he commanded Bai A'er Xintai to send envoys to the nine countries such as Gan and Lost Si to pay tribute. In the autumn, he ordered Chen Cheng, Li Xian and others to work with seals, Wenqi, saros, and cloth. In the winter of the thirteenth year, an envoy was sent to pay tribute to Suicheng. It's been a long time. Orthodoxy returned tribute in the thirteenth year, and then it was rejected.

"Its land is mountainous, green and red, so it is called Huozhou. The climate is hot. The five grains and livestock are the same as those of Liucheng. More than ten miles in the city, there are more monks and temples than dwellings. There is a deserted city in the east, that is, the capital of Gaochang, which is governed by the captain of the Han Dynasty. The northwest even lost eight miles. The country is a small school, unable to stand on its own, and was later merged by Turpan ......"

Liu Juntao led 470,000 Ming soldiers to the east of Huozhou City, set up camp in the wilderness, and the army camped for 20 miles, occupying the favorable terrain east of Huozhou City.

During this period, the Ming army's various units continued to march westward at night, probing around Huozhou City, and launching continuous outpost battles with various departments in Turpan.

Liu Zi'an, Minister of Intelligence of the Ming Army, introduced the history of Huozhou City to everyone, and then said: "This Huozhou City is renovated and expanded on the basis of Gaochang City, the city defense is strong, the terrain is dangerous, it can be said that it is the most solid barrier in the east of Turpan City, the whole city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it can be said that it is one of the best fortified cities in the Western Regions, and our army must be prepared to fight a tough battle in this battle." ”

Everyone agreed, in the past few days, the night and whistle of various departments have sent back a lot of information about Huozhou City, and the generals also have some understanding of the city defense facilities of Huozhou City, and know that what Liu Zi'an said is true.

Although this Huozhou city is not large, with a circumference of only fifteen miles, the whole city has two inner and outer walls, and the inner city wall is higher than the outer city wall, which can form two fires on the attacking side.

There are 27 corner towers, eight pillboxes, and 39 arrow towers on the four walls of Huozhou City, in addition to the flaps, horse blocking walls, moats and other facilities, it is said that there are dozens of trebuchets in the city, and the various departments of Turpan have also deployed 15,000 troops in Huozhou City, and the defensive force is very strong.

However, if the general Ming army comes to attack the city, it will feel a headache in the face of the defense of Huozhou City, but more than half of the troops in the Western Expedition army are all units of the Tiance Army with sharp firearms, and in the face of such a city defense, it can also be fully captured, but it will take some time.

Liu Juntao thought for a while and said: "Our army is advancing westward with all its might, presumably the Yili in the west and the Duohuo Rati in the south already know, and these Hu people also know the truth of the cold lips and teeth, so these two departments must have been deploying troops, and the army rushing to aid Turpan is estimated to be on the way now!" Therefore, the battle to attack Huozhou City must be resolved quickly, and our army must take Huozhou City in one fell swoop before the two Tartar reinforcements arrive, and the army will be directed at Turpan City! ”

The generals responded in unison: "Order!" ”

The next day, Liu Juntao commanded 470,000 Ming soldiers to launch an attack.

As the sun rose, Liu Juntao ordered Niu Linghe, the chief officer of Shaanxi Town, to lead his troops to garrison the Ming army camp, and commanded all units of the Tiance Army, as well as the servant army and the captive army, to fight, and more than 400,000 troops surrounded the city of Huozhou, and then launched a fierce attack.

This time, Liu Juntao divided the 200,000 captive army into four teams, each with an army of 50,000 troops, and took the lead in attacking Huozhou City; The Vietnamese cavalry army was in the north, the Zhichong army was in the east, the Huben army was in the west, and the Yingyang army was in the south.

Liu Juntao led the Long Xiang army as the Chinese army and lined up in the east of Huozhou City; Zhou Zongsheng, the chief officer of Hanhai Town, led the Changshui Army and the servant army of more than 100,000 soldiers to divide into two routes, and they were on guard twenty miles to the west and south of Huozhou City to prevent the Tartar reinforcements from suddenly attacking.

After some deployment, the big war begins!

The 200,000 captive army launched an attack with shouts, thousands of ladders and tens of thousands of shields in a hurry, and tens of thousands of archers in the captive army desperately threw into the city, and the rain of arrows that covered the sky and the sun suddenly shrouded the sky above Huozhou City.

At the same time, the 15,000 Turpan soldiers and horses stationed in Huozhou City also launched a counterattack, this 15,000 soldiers and horses are already the last elite combat power of Turpan, although the Turpan departments are secretly fighting each other, but in the face of the Ming army's almost crushing threat, the departments still reached an agreement in the shortest possible time: defend Huozhou City at all costs, and wait for the rescue of the inner and Duohuo Rati departments!

This is also the only life of the Turpan Department!

The 200,000 captives were like endless ants, rushing towards Huozhou City without interruption, and in just one hour of the war, the horses, horse walls, and flaps outside Huozhou City were all destroyed, and the trenches surrounding the city were also blocked, and almost one-third of them were filled.

But the captives also paid a huge price, losing at least 30,000 soldiers and horses in one hour!

Such a price has already terrified many of the captured soldiers, and all units have begun to rout.

However, these routs had no chance to flee at all, so they were killed on the spot by the soldiers of the Tiance Army who supervised the battle behind.

The impressive sound of the Tiance Army's bird guns came, which immediately sobered up the captive army in front of the battle.

Although there will be heavy casualties in attacking Huozhou City, this battle will definitely be won, and after the battle, the Tiance army will definitely be rewarded for meritorious deeds, even if they are killed in battle, their families will also receive a certain amount of compensation.

But if they are afraid of the enemy, the firearms of the Tiance Army are the talisman of these captive troops, and in the face of the strength of the Tiance Army, these captives can no longer afford to resist at all; And once these captives escape, the families and clansmen who were imprisoned in Hamiwei will never turn over!

Thinking about these clearly, the army of more than 100,000 captives suddenly burst out with huge combat effectiveness, and the soldiers and horses who had just been driven off the city re-ascended to the city head within a stick of incense, and even the defenders in many places were killed, at least a thousand captive troops were divided into more than a dozen units to occupy a point of the city wall, and this situation is still expanding.

However, the occupation has developed here, and the defenders in the city are also very tenacious, constantly gathering forces to launch counterattacks, and launching a fierce tug-of-war with the captive army.

The war is in the grip of scorching.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao immediately ordered: The merit points obtained by the captives in this battle will be doubled!

After this order was issued, the prisoner soldiers on the front line almost fell into madness, the balance of power fighting at the head of the city was broken in an instant, batch after batch of captive troops shouted and rushed to the city, half an hour later, the north city wall of Huozhou City was declared lost, and then the north gate was captured, and countless captive troops cheered and poured into Huozhou City!

In the afternoon, Huozhou City was declared to have fallen, and the 15,000 Turpan soldiers and horses in the city were all wiped out, and the Turpan people in the city became prisoners of the Ming army, and the 200,000 captive army also paid the price of nearly 50,000 people!

The heavy casualties also allowed the captives who rushed into the city to continue the tradition of the Hu people, burning and looting in the city for two full hours, until nightfall did not stop.

Liu Juntao didn't stop this at all, and he didn't have a good impression of these Hu people. And if you want these captives to work, you have to give some benefits.

By the time Liu Juntao led the Long Xiang army into Huozhou City, the Hu people in the city were almost all killed!

Early the next morning, Liu Juntao left thousands of soldiers and horses from Shaanxi Town to garrison the already empty Huozhou City, and then led more than 400,000 Ming troops to continue westward.

On the way, Liu Juntao heard that the remnants of Turpan City fled westward in a hurry, abandoned the Turpan City, where the defense facilities were corrupted, and the remaining more than 30,000 Turpan soldiers and horses fled all the way to Qamdo in the northwest, preparing to wait for reinforcements.

Liu Juntao immediately ordered the whole army to pursue him, but on the way, Liu Juntao received news that Yili had sent 100,000 troops from the interior to kill from the west, and Duohuo Thorn Ti sent 200,000 iron cavalry to kill from the south, and the two Hu armies were all coming to the Ming army.

This news made Liu Juntao frown, and after discussing with the generals, Liu Juntao decided to change his strategy according to the current development, and in the face of the three-way Tartar soldiers, he first concentrated the superior forces and cut off one of his fingers.

Therefore, Liu Juntao ordered Yan Hu, the chief military officer of Taiyuan Town, to lead the Yingyang army to occupy the Botuo Bald Mountain in the west, and ordered Chen Ziping, the chief military officer of Zezhou Town, to lead the Vietnamese cavalry to occupy the Tiemen Pass in the south, so as to block the two Tartar reinforcements.

Then, Liu Juntao ordered Zhou Zongsheng, the commander-in-chief of Hanhai Town, to lead the Changshui Army and the servant army to inspect the two places as support soldiers and horses, while he led the main force of the Ming army north to storm the remnants of Turpan.