July of the third year of Chenghua.

At this time, the soldiers of the Ming army were replenished, and the morale and physical strength of the generals were also restored, and the troops of the Tiance Army, the departments of Shaanxi Town, and the servants of all roads were all gathered in Turpan City, and the entire Western Regions were shocked, and everyone understood that the Ming army was going to attack the north of the Tianshan Mountains!

Outside the city of Turpan, nearly 100,000 soldiers of the Tiance Army, 200,000 servant troops, and 35,000 soldiers and horses of Shaanxi Town have been arrayed, and more than 300,000 Ming troops are ready to go.

The 40,000 soldiers of the Beijing battalion also took over the defense of Turpan City and began to supervise all the Hu people inside and outside the city.

After Liu Juntao inspected the entire army, he ordered the whole army to march north, more than 300,000 Ming troops slowly went north, the boundless and endless army array occupied almost the entire land, the banner covering the sky and the sun was waving in the wind, hunting sounded, like a dense forest, which made people daunting.

This time he swore to go on the expedition, and Liu Juntao also specially called all the chiefs and leaders of the tribes under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate to Turpan City, so that these Hu tribal leaders could see the majesty of the Ming army.

This trick is very effective, originally these Hu people at first just heard that the army was strong, and later after the defeat of the Duohuo Ti Department and the Turpan Department, as well as the continuous defeat of the inner part of Yili, these Hu tribe leaders all clearly realized that the Han and Tang Dynasties, which could only be heard in the mouths of their ancestors, came back again, and the terrifying existence that made all the tribes tremble came to the Western Regions again, no one could break free from the power of Huaxia, and could only prostrate in front of Huaxia again and surrender under the iron hooves of the Ming Dynasty!

From this moment on, all the Hu tribes south of the Tianshan Mountains surrendered from the heart, and no one had the intention of resisting, and the Ming army was already equivalent to the gods in the hearts of these Hu people, and it was an invincible existence.

And after this military parade, as these patriarchs and leaders returned to their tribes and pastures one after another, the myth of the invincibility of the Ming army also spread to every corner south of the Tianshan Mountains.

It was also from this day that the entire vast land south of the Tianshan Mountains was truly captured by the Ming Dynasty!

Twenty days later, Liu Juntao led the army to the Tianshan Mountains, set up camp at the southern foot of the mountains, and at the same time sent a large number of people to cross the lofty mountains and mountains at night, and began to investigate the movements of the army in Yili.

A few days later, news began to come back.

After Yili garrisoned the inner army in Shawan City, he repaired the entire city, and then moved the old and weak women and children of the clan back to Yili Licheng, and most of the young and strong men in the clan remained, plus the original 100,000 troops, at this time Yili has expanded the strength of the inner part to 170,000!

Hearing the news, Liu Juntao and the generals and ministers of various ministries were overjoyed. For everyone, Yili made a big mistake again, and he took the initiative to gather all the combat power of the clan in one place, thus avoiding the possibility of the Ming army falling into "guerrilla warfare".

In this way, the Ming army can completely complete its work in one battle, and gather all the troops in Shawan City in the first battle, and the remaining old and weak women and children are not to worry at all!

After learning the movement of Yili's inner troops, Liu Juntao ordered the whole army to go north, and more than 300,000 Ming soldiers were hugged together, and rushed directly through the mountain pass between the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, guarding against possible ambushes along the way, after all, the terrain in the foothills of the Tianshan Mountains was too dangerous.

But the soldiers of the Ming army were calm along the way, and they did not encounter any obstacles at all, let alone any ambushes.

Liu Juntao smiled and said to Yan Hu and other generals: "It seems that Yili has lost his heart inside, and he has no courage to fight against our army in the Tianshan Mountains. ”

The morale of everyone was greatly boosted, and the speed of the Ming army's advance also increased a lot, and more than 300,000 Ming soldiers went straight to Shawan City to kill, along the way, the Hu people either surrendered on the spot, or fled when they heard the wind!

Four days later, Liu Juntao led his army to Shawan City, and immediately commanded all the soldiers to surround Shawan City, encircling the entire city, and at the same time sent a large number of night guards and sentry cavalry everywhere, completely cutting off the connection between Shawan City and the outside.

After the arrival of the Ming army, Liu Juntao first ordered all the units of the Ming army to camp around Shawan City, and let the soldiers of each department rest for a few days to prepare for the siege battle.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, after consulting with everyone, Liu Juntao put 200,000 servant troops on the front line, and the 200,000 army was divided into four teams to prepare to attack the city; Subsequently, Liu Juntao mobilized 35,000 troops and horses from various units of Shaanxi Town to assemble in the north, mobilized the Yingyang Army to assemble in the east of the city, mobilized the Zhichong Army to assemble in the south of the city, and mobilized the Yue cavalry army to assemble in the west of the city; These armies will serve as overseers, and will go into battle when the servants lose the battle, or when they are on the verge of defeat.

The Tiger Army, the Long Xiang Army, and the Changshui Army were used as reserves, and the three armies were arrayed five miles south of Shawan City, ready to enter battle at any time.

When the Ming army formulated a battle plan, the 170,000 troops trapped in Shawan City also began to take action to prepare for the upcoming offensive and defensive battle.

These 170,000 also divided the inner army into 40,000 soldiers and horses, and stationed in the trench outside the city overnight, preparing to rely on the wide trench and use the horse blocking walls and horse rejection piles along the trench to block the Ming army's attack; At the same time, 30,000 archers were stationed at the head of the city and watchtowers, so that they could support the soldiers and horses outside the city; In the east, south, west, and north of the four urn cities, there are also 5,000 soldiers and horses stationed in each; On the four walls of Shawan City, there are also 10,000 troops stationed on each side, ready to defend the city at any time.

The remaining 55,000 troops were all concentrated in the city, and these soldiers and horses were ready to support everywhere as a reserve.

At this time, no one in Yili thought about fighting back, everyone had only one thought: hold on!

Among the more than 100,000 people in Yilijiang, everyone thought that as long as they could hold on for a long time, maybe the Ming army would not be able to bear it and choose to withdraw, or the rest of the tribes would see hope and choose to send troops to support.

But the next day, the powerful artillery fire of the Ming army made Yili completely shatter the illusion inside!

Thousands of artillery pieces of all kinds belonging to the Longxiang Army, the Eagle Yang Army, the Tiger Ben Army, the Zhichong Army, and the Yue Cavalry Army began to exert their might, and began to shell from the east, south, west, and north four directions at the same time, the roar of the artillery resounded through the sky, and the huge smoke and dust almost shrouded most of the Shawan City, and the dense artillery continued to fall, concentrated on the trench defense line outside the Shawan City, as well as the urn city and the watchtower.

The Yili troops guarding these places suffered huge casualties in a very short period of time, especially the trench defense line outside the city, without the protection of the city, was completely destroyed after a few rounds of shelling, and the 40,000 troops stationed here were suddenly in disarray, and before the Ming army could charge, it began to rout.

I saw that outside the city of Shawan, in the artillery fire of the Ming army, the more than 30,000 people who survived also tried to defeat the inner army, and the rout soldiers continued to attack the gates of the urn city everywhere, but in the face of the closed city gates, these routs had no choice but to continue to beg and cry outside the city.

Countless cries gathered together, forming a terrifying sound like hell, which made Yili, who was stationed in the city and endured the artillery fire of the Ming army, greatly moved the hearts of the soldiers inside, and the morale of the army instantly fell to the bottom.

What makes the Tartar soldiers even more frightened is that in the dense and fierce artillery fire of the Ming army, the city wall has been greatly damaged, and the twelve watchtowers built in the city have also been hit one after another, within an hour, there are four watchtowers collapsed one after another, and the surrounding Yili has killed and injured the soldiers inside, and many people were directly buried alive by the falling masonry and rubble, which is unbearable.

The artillery fire of the Ming army lasted for nearly two hours, during which Liu Juntao also mobilized nearly 200 Shenji artillery carriages to launch a salvo in the city, and the tens of thousands of Yili who gathered in the city and were ready to support various places at any time were suddenly hit hard, and the army immediately began to commotion.

At this moment, the watchtower on the left side of the east gate of Shawan City was overwhelmed, and collapsed under the fierce artillery fire, and even hit the east city gate, directly collapsing the already crumbling east city gate, and a huge gap appeared in front of both sides.

At this moment, it seemed that the entire battlefield had become silent, and then the 200,000 servant troops, 100,000 Tiance troops, and tens of thousands of Shaanxi town soldiers outside the city let out deafening cheers.

The soldiers and horses in Shawan City were full of mourning, and the defeated soldiers who were still struggling to support outside the city took the lead in rushing to this gap, surging into the city like the tide of the broken embankment, and all the defenses on the left side were crushed.

Seeing this, Liu Juntao laughed and gave an order: "Don't attack first, let these Tartars trample on each other, let's take advantage of the fishermen!" ”

Half an hour later, tens of thousands of troops rushed into the city, and the intercepting companions drew swords to each other, in the face of life and death, the past friendship was vulnerable, the two sides began to fight for life and death, and there was a great chaos in Shawan City.

"Whole army, attack!"

Liu Juntao saw the opportunity and immediately ordered the artillery department to stop the shelling, and the besieging army immediately launched an attack.

The 200,000 servant army took the lead in rushing forward, shouting and charging, Shawan City was like a drop in the ocean, trembling in the stormy waves of the 200,000 army, and the rain of arrows shot from the city was also sparse, and it could not intercept the charge of the 200,000 army.

In a short time, the 200,000 servant army erected hundreds of ladders and began to fight in the city.

There was no suspense in this battle at all, and the 170,000 troops in Shawan City were able to collapse the inner army at the touch of a button, and they did not wait for all the units of the Tiance Army to enter the battle, but were completely defeated under the onslaught of 200,000 servants.

In the evening of the same day, 170,000 Yili killed and wounded more than 80,000 people and captured more than 10,000 people, and the remaining 70,000 defeated troops fled from the north gate and headed towards Yili Licheng.

Liu Juntao stopped in Shawan City for a while, and the next day he led his army to attack Yili Licheng, and the army followed the 70,000 defeated soldiers to the outside of the city, and then began to besiege the city.