The Karahan royal city of Bala Shayan is actually the broken leaf of the military town of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions.

Now, Tang Jun has reappeared in the hometown of the great poet Li Bai of the former dynasty. The city is located less than sixty kilometers west of Lake Ixey. It belongs to the edge of the Pamir Plateau, the basin between the Tien Shan Mountains and the Yili Mountains, and the surrounding terrain is also very flat.

After An Shouluan led 10,000 Tang cavalry to leave the Yili River Valley, he galloped all the way to the southwest. By noon on the third day, they had reached the edge of a large basin after crossing a not too steep mountain. A large river crossed in front of them, this river was called the Chu River, and the city of Broken Leaves, now known as Bala Shayan, was on the southwest bank of the Chu River, about twenty kilometers away.

In summer, the water of the Chu River is very clear, and the white pebbles below are clearly visible, making the whole river white, and it is summer at this time, and the river is not particularly large, and the cavalry can swim across the river.

After a short rest, the commander of the Black Mountain Cavalry Division, An Shouluan, gave an order, and the soldiers began to swim across the river.

The riders urged the horses down into the river, and when they reached the middle of the river, the water flooded the horses' backs and reached the riders' chests. White waves rolled on the surface of the river, hundreds of war horses showed only their heads, and hundreds of horses swam to the opposite bank with their legs fluttering in the river.

The noise on both sides of the riverbank, the sound of scolding and the sound of war horses, laughter, and whistles were mixed up and chaotic.

The surrounding valleys and fields are full of purple-red, bright poppy flowers, and the mountain breeze blows through the green barley fields in the fields, which is very similar to some of the scenery of Yili places.

After An Shouluan crossed the river, it didn't have much effect if he wanted to restore the discipline of his subordinates. Eventually, he sighed, picked up a pebble and threw it into the river. The banks of the Chu River were lush forests, and the rolling low hills in the distance blocked the Tang army's view.

At this time, several scouts rushed from the west, and it could be seen that he was very anxious, An Shouluan couldn't help but stand up, "What's wrong?" He asked aloud.

"Master Shuai, there are about 5,000 enemies rushing over here!"

An Shouluan was taken aback when he heard this, and the soldiers around him stood up one after another.

"Where is the enemy? Specifically? ”

"Report to the commander, it should be the Karahan army, about five thousand, they are coming along the river valley to our side, it is less than five miles!"

"All on board!" An Shouluan shouted: "Musket formation, hurry!" ”

If there were only 5,000 Karakhan troops, he was not worried, he was worried that if the enemy made a big move, the troops would now be just halfway across the river, and the consequences would be somewhat disastrous.

The soldiers who had already crossed the river mounted their horses, and the musketeers quickly assembled to the west and intercepted them in front. The rest of the troops unsheathed their crossbows and swords unsheathed, looking ahead vigilantly.

No enemy was in sight, but the sound of horses' hooves was already coming.

An Shouluan Ce immediately went up a hillside, and the wind reached that there was only one enemy around, so he calmed down a little. The enemy may have only 5,000 men, but this is not a cause for concern.

He beckoned and whispered a few words to the deputy general Liang Xing.

Liang Xing nodded, and with a wave of his hand, he led two thousand cavalry to the south, slowly disappearing into the rolling hills.

"Array!"

An Shouluan gave an order, and the 2,000 musketeers formed a long horizontal formation of four rows in front of the hillside. After about a quarter of an hour, a Karakhan cavalry emerged from the woods of the valley.

It was a cavalry unit sent from the royal city of Karahan.

At this time, the main force of the Karahan army was south of the Tianshan Mountains, and they were greatly panicked when they learned that a Tang army had come out of the Yili River valley and first pursued the Turgish tribes on the grassland. So he put together a force of 30,000 people to prepare to counterattack the Tang army, who knew that the Tang army was preparing to directly attack Balasha Yancheng.

The commander of this vanguard force, Hamed, one of Satukh Khan's generals, is a native of the river and is in his forties. This time, he led the vanguard troops to arrive, with the intention of going to the city of Ijiwu and preparing to contain the movements of the Tang army from behind.

Hamad also did not expect to encounter the Tang army on the edge of the Chu River, and after the initial panic, he quickly stabilized his troops and began to line up.

He immediately looked out of the woods at the Tang Army, which was already in battle formation three miles away, obviously preparing for a battle with them. The number of Tang troops in front of him is not large, it should be less than his troops, and part of the Tang army is still crossing the river, it is estimated that they are preparing to raid Balasyan.

It seems that the Tang army is in an irregular formation, lined up in scattered horizontal formations, this may be an opportunity!

Hamad was very conceited, and his 5,000 cavalry troops were the elite guards of the royal city, and he had fought with him for many years, and he had rich combat experience. The forces of the Tang Empire have been withdrawn from the Western Regions for many years, and these steppe people have forgotten the majesty of the Tang Cavalry and the Modao Army.

"Ready!" With a loud shout, the five thousand Karahan soldiers raised their big scimitars and spears in their hands, and soon formed three phalanxes, their movements were uniform, and they showed high quality.

"All forward, kill!" Hamad raised his scimitar in his hand, and thousands of cavalry began to move slowly.

The cavalry began to trot, gradually accelerating, still keeping the line in order, the large scimitar in his hand glistening in the sun.

"First platoon ready, gun raised!" Liang Xing, who was in the center of the Tang Army's cavalry formation, shouted.

The cavalry of the Tang army did not react, and the riders on the horses controlled the war horses with their legs, and raised the short-barreled cavalry guns in their hands.

As the two armies drew closer and closer, the neighing and shouting of the Karakhan people rang out, and the sound of the horns behind them was also whining, boosting the morale of the charging soldiers.

Two hundred steps...... One hundred and fifty steps......

Liang raised the riding knife in his hand and pointed at it, and shouted: "Release!" ”

Bang! Woo Woo ......

As soon as he gave the order, a series of violent explosions rang out, and more than 2,000 musketeers lined up in four rows, taking turns firing. The flames spewed out, the smoke was filled, and the Tang army's cavalry formation was already shrouded in a cloud of green smoke, and it was impossible to see the situation clearly.

Like a storm, the Karakhan cavalry that charged intensively was suddenly shot to the ground by a large area in the rain of bullets, and after the fourth volley of the Tang army, the charging Karakhan army had already turned their horses' heads and scattered and fled.

The steppe tribes of Persia and the Hezhong region have believed in the god of fire for generations, and now most of them have just converted to the holy religion, and after seeing the "magic weapon" in the hands of the Tang army spewing fire, people died tragically or fell off their horses with injuries, and many people thought that it was because they betrayed the god of fire and fell as a punishment.

Not only was the morale of the army broken, but many people dismounted and knelt on the ground and prayed......

This battle was fought without suspense, the suppression of advanced weapons coupled with the collapse of spiritual will, Liang Xing also led two thousand cavalry to intercept their escape route...... The scattered Karakhan army was left to kneel and beg for mercy.

Only Hamad broke out of the encirclement of the Tang army with hundreds of guards and fled back to Shattered Leaf City......

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