Soon, in the infinite worry of Batur, the king of the Dzungar Khanate, 300,000 Tang troops rushed to the capital of the Dzungar Khanate, the city of Dolben Erut, with an invincible momentum.

Just as Batur was sinking into despair, he finally got good news.

That is, Russian reinforcements have finally arrived.

"Father, the Russian Emperor Alexei I has agreed to our country's request, and sent 50,000 Russian troops, led by General Andreov, to enter our Dzungar country from the north, and it is estimated that they will be able to reach the capital in a few days." The prince Galdan who came to report was overjoyed.

"Wow, the Russian soldiers are finally here." Batur was like a life-saving straw, and his face was full of surprise: "With Russian reinforcements, it will not be so easy for the Tang army to conquer our capital." ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "I only hope that the Russian army can come to our capital before the arrival of the Tang army, and join the 50,000 soldiers and horses of our army, with these 100,000 people to defend the city, the Tang army is afraid that it will be difficult to conquer the city in the end, so the division veterans will have to retreat obediently!" ”

Speaking of this, Batur's eyes darkened again, and he sighed: "I hope that Russian reinforcements can rush to the city before the Tang army besieges the city." Otherwise, the Tang army has 300,000 troops, and once the city is besieged, it will be difficult to break through. And if we want to attack our army inside and outside, although there is a chance of victory, I am afraid that there will be unforeseen worries. ”

Batur's worries are actually justified.

The Russian army is coming from afar, and the soldiers and horses must be tired, and if the Tang army has already besieged the city, it must fight against it in order to break through into the city. Even though it can be attacked inside and outside with the quasi-army in the city of Dolben Errut in order to break the enemy, after all, the difference in strength is different from county to county, and the calculation of victory or defeat can only be regarded as five or five at most.

Such an outcome, of course, was something that the king of the Dzungar Khanate, Batur, wanted to avoid as much as possible.

It's just that his hopes were ultimately disappointed.

Because just two hours before the Russian army arrived, the 300,000 soldiers and horses of the Tang Army, with overwhelming force, finally reached the city of Dorben Erut.

As soon as the Tang soldiers arrived, they immediately besieged the city on all sides, besieging a capital city like an iron bucket.

Seeing such a large number of Tang troops outside the city, Batur, the king of the Dzungar Khanate, and his son Galdan who were defending the city were all taken aback, and the panic in their hearts was simply indescribable.

The revenge of the two of them had quickly melted away like ice and snow that had been poured with hot water.

The Tang Army is so powerful and imposing, can it really withstand the attack of the Tang Army?

Coincidentally, just after the Tang Army set up a battle posture and surrounded the city of Dolben Erlut, the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Russian army also arrived in a hurry.

The news that the Russians suddenly led their troops to come quickly flew from the sentry to the commander of the Tang army, that is, the Tang Emperor Li Xiao.

"Report! Your Majesty, there are about 50,000 Russian soldiers and horses in the north, and they are only more than ten miles away from our besieging soldiers and horses, and they are coming to the emergency rescue of the capital of the Dzungar Khanate. “

"Oh? How can such a thing happen? It seems that the Dzungar Khanate spared no expense in order to save itself. It's just that our army is already besieging the city, and the Russians are here and can't do anything. Now, our army is just taking them by surprise. After listening to the report, Li Xiao was secretly surprised, but he quickly had a countermeasure.

Since the Russian army is willing to travel thousands of miles to send them to their deaths, they can easily destroy them and gather them under the city of Dolben Erut.

If this can be done, then under heavy pressure, I am afraid that the remnants of the Dzungar Khanate, who are guarding the capital, will obediently go out of the city and surrender.

After this heavy loss, the Russians suffered a great loss of troops, and if they wanted to keep Western Siberia, it would be difficult, because they were marching on both sides, sending troops to the north here, and the fifth town stationed in Eastern Siberia was moving westward, attacking from both sides, and perhaps, finally driving the Russians back to the west of the Ural Mountains......

Li Xiao made up his mind and immediately sent troops to arrange a formation and waited for the arrival of the Russian army at the key road.

While the Tang army was in battle formation, the Russian rescue soldiers and horses had just crossed the Lusu River in the north and were heading north to the city of Dolben Errut.

The arrival of the Dzungar Khanate this time was personally led by General Andreov, the most trusted of the Russian Tsar, which shows that he attaches great importance to this rescue.

It's just that along the way, Andelov, who commanded 50,000 Russian troops, looked preoccupied and worried.

He had just received the news that the Dzungar Khanate had been defeated in successive battles under the attack of the Tang army, and the territory had been lost, and now there was only one capital left, and it was besieged by the Tang army again, and it was impossible to get rid of it at all. The situation is so critical, I really don't know if my rescue can be worthwhile.

It's just that no matter whether you can catch up or not, all you can do is to come to the rescue as soon as possible.

After all, he was ordered by the death of the tsar, and he must carry out emergency rescue to the Dzungar Khanate, and he could only obey his orders. 、

Moreover, if the geographically important city of Dolben Errut is lost, the Dzungar Khanate is doomed, and the Russian Empire to the north is equally in danger.

The Tang army has taken East Siberia from the mouth of the Russians, and is facing the Russian army across the Yenisei River, if they are allowed to capture the Dzungar Khanate again, then the entire soft underbelly of Western Siberia will be completely exposed to the Tang army's front.

Next, even a fool would have thought that the Don Army would take advantage of this opportunity to launch a simultaneous offensive to the north and west, in an effort to drive the Russian forces out of Western Siberia in one fell swoop, and perhaps even across the Urals.

If such a situation occurs, it will be a nightmare for Russia!

Therefore, the Russian Tsar Alexei I knew that even if the Dzungar Khanate asked for help without ceding the land, he would have to send rescue troops, otherwise, the lips and teeth would be cold, and the Dzungars would be destroyed, and the Russians would definitely face the iron fist of the Tang Empire!

Therefore, Alexei I immediately made a decision to send reinforcements to rescue the Dzungar Khanate in the event of an uprising and turmoil within the country, and to send all the elite and close generals, in order to defeat the Tang army with one blow and completely relieve the crisis of the Dzungar Khanate.

It's just that since this emergency expedition, can he really defeat the Tang army, which is several times the number of him, and save the precarious Dzungar Khanate from danger?

Andelov has a heart and no bottom.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but let out another long sigh as he sat on his horse.

The army of 50,000 went all the way south, winding and winding, like a long gray dragon that could not see its head and tail. They marched with all their might, and they didn't notice the Tang army sentry cavalry in the distance, who were paying close attention to their movements, and they would never have thought that in fact, their every move had been closely observed by the Tang army, and their whereabouts were under control.

"General, not far ahead, is the city of Dorben Erut."

The envoy of the Dzungar Khanate, who rode forward to the parallel place with Androv, stretched out his arm, pointed to the shadowy city of Dolben Errut in front of him, and shouted to Androv.

Andelof looked along the man's arm, and could see the vague shadow of Dorben Errut in front of him, for some reason, after a long battle, he had an unexplained foreboding in his heart, which made his expression more and more solemn.

Now what is the specific situation of the capital of the Dzungar Khanate, Androv has no bottom in his heart, and he does not know what the situation of the Tang army outside the city is now.

Of course, he would not have thought that the Tang army had already set up a position and made preparations, like a tiger with a big mouth open, quietly waiting for him to enter the tiger's mouth.

"The whole army slowed down its march, formed a battle formation, searched and marched all the way, and strictly guarded against enemy surprise attacks." Andelov's face was grim, and he ordered in a deep voice.

"General, now that our army has crossed the Lusu River, from here to the capital, there is a view of Pingchuan, and there should be no Tang army attacking." The envoy was on the sidelines, but he was a little unimpressed.

"It's hard to say." Androv sighed and said: "Now the Tang army has destroyed the Yarkand Khanate in a short period of time, and occupies most of your country, and your king only has one city left, Dorben Erut, which can be described as besieged on all sides and precarious. It can be seen from this that the attack power of the Tang army is so strong, although our Russian army is capable of fighting, but in the fight with such a strong enemy, it must not be underestimated, and it is necessary to act carefully, the most important thing. ”

As soon as Androv made the final decision, the whole army immediately began to form a formation on the spot, and then searched all the way forward, although the precautions were thorough, but the speed of the march of the team was greatly affected.

In this way, the Don army was given enough time to prepare, so that they could fully set up an ambush, and wait for Andelov's soldiers and horses to come by throwing themselves into the net.

In the afternoon, the soldiers and horses of the Andreov division on the horizon, after a long journey, finally appeared in the sight of the entire Don army.

At this time, Androv, from the clairvoyant mirror, saw the banner of the Dzungar troops and horses in the city of Dorben Errut from afar, and the largest stone in his heart finally landed.

The capital of the Dzungar Ministry is still there, and his own march is still timely.

However, he also immediately saw that the Tang army was already two miles away from the north gate, lined up with the city, and made a solemn appearance.

Sure enough, the Tang army had detected his arrival and began to invite an attack on the road.

However, it can be seen clearly that the Tang army has only more than 30,000 people in the formation, while it has more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the Tang army has no advantage in terms of numbers.

Androv immediately thought that if he could echo with the Dzungar troops and horses in the city when he was fighting, and join forces with the outside to flank the Tang army, it would not be difficult to win this battle.

However, at this time, he immediately thought that the Tang army had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, how could there be only such a small number of soldiers and horses to meet him? Could it be that they despise themselves too much, and send the main force to besiege the city, just to divide their forces to deal with their own reinforcements?

Hmph, if you underestimate the Russian army, that is, you want to look good!

In this way, although the soldiers and horses of the Dzungar Department in Dolben Erut City and the prominent city came to fight with themselves, it should not be a problem to defeat the 30,000 Tang troops blocking the road on the opposite side with only their own 50,000 soldiers and horses.

Andelov had made up his mind, and suddenly felt emboldened, he put down the clairvoyant mirror and immediately ordered loudly: "The whole army obeys the order!" Put yourself in a battle formation, attack the whole army, and fight to the death with the Tang army! ”

"Rush!"

The Russian soldiers under Andelov let out a loud roar in unison, like a group of wild bees that suddenly flew away, and even more like a group of bloodthirsty beasts that broke free, everyone fought bravely, one by one, and swooped towards the position of the Tang army.

The enemy army, numbering 50,000 people, was worthy of being the elite of the battle-hardened formation, and they fully dispersed to avoid the fire or arrows that were about to rush in their faces, and the whole formation was like a moon array, better like an open mouth, as if they were about to swallow the Tang army that was waiting in a straight line on the opposite side.

In the face of the enemy army surging like a tide, the soldiers and horses of the seventh town of the Tang Army facing the opposite side had a faint smile on the face of the town mayor Cao Bianjiao, who was as resolute as iron.

Hmph, you guys who don't know whether to live or die, the general's ninety cannons are already hungry and thirsty, and they are waiting for you to collide with them.

Cao Bianjiao raised the command flag in his hand high: "Attention all artillery men, prepare for battle!" ”

"Order!"

Under the order of the commander, the front firecrackers and large shield soldiers immediately dispersed, revealing the artillery array that had been waiting for a long time behind.

The gunners immediately began to fix the gun mounts, adjust the angle of fire, reload gunpowder and shells, and soon became ready for battle.

These 90 heavy dragon guns are lined up in a neat straight line along the main road, and under the bright spring sun, the silver-gray cannon barrels shine with a dazzling cold light, and at a glance, the momentum is majestic and majestic.

Moreover, because it is a one-way shot, the muzzle of each heavy dragon hammer is adjusted to be almost horizontal parallel to the ground in order to achieve the maximum and best killing effect.

At this time, Andelov, who had given the order to complete the attack of the army, followed the army closer and closer, and from the clairvoyant mirror, he finally clearly saw the Tang artillery that had been carefully concealed, but suddenly appeared.

The dragon bombardment cannons lined up in a straight line, majestic and majestic, those barrels with thick black holes, pointed straight ahead like countless straight points, there was an indescribable momentum and majesty, this battle-hardened Russian general's face changed dramatically.

He was accustomed to seeing the common artillery on the battlefields of Europe, but he did not expect that in this Central Asian land, he finally saw this behemoth and heavy dragon hammer like a giant beast, and the shock and impact in his heart were simply indescribable.

Unexpectedly, the Tang Army was able to cast such a magnificent cannon, which is simply an unimaginable achievement.

He could almost intuitively feel that this row of huge artillery of the Tang Army was not only so terrifying, but once it was put down, its attack and destructive power would be even more amazing.

Even in the European theater, such a magnificent artillery formation will also scare the enemy troops on the opposite side.

Rao He is a long-time battle-hardened general, and at this moment, seeing that the Tang Army was able to launch so many giant artillery pieces to fight in front of him, his face suddenly broke into a cold sweat, and his face turned pale instantly.

He could imagine how serious and even devastating the morale and fighting spirit of his own army would be under the bombardment of such a huge artillery.

It's just that now the whole army is like a wild horse that has escaped from the reins, trying its best to rush forward, and it is impossible for me to let them retreat.