Chapter 121: The Storm in the Western Regions (2)
After receiving Yuan Chonghuan's information, Lu Xiangsheng sent a message to Sun Chuanting's department, asking him to also bring troops to assist, after all, there were too many enemies to face, and he also had to prevent the attack of the Russian Cossack cavalry. Sun Chuanting reported to the capital while asking Cao Wenzhao to lead 30,000 troops to help the battle, and Mao Wenlong, who also got the news, discussed with Zhu Youzhen, they took 3,000 mountain infantry cavalry soldiers and 3,000 spare horses to move westward along the East Sayan Ridge, and killed them all the way as long as they encountered Russian Cossacks and other merchants and cavalry.
When Cao Wenzhao arrived with 30,000 horses, Sun Chuanting was relieved and ready to give these coalition forces a fight. Sun Chuanting had Cao Wenzhao garrisoned in the newly built Dingxi City, which was on the banks of the Ayaguz River, the same place where the Junggar coalition army had last been defeated, to maintain stability in the area and to be responsible for raising military supplies in the rear. Liu Fangliang and Tian Jianxiu led 30,000 troops from the newly built city of Anxi, that is, Almaty in later generations, and the Tianshan North Road south of Lake Balkhash to the west. He himself led the rest of the 70,000-strong army westward into the hilly terrain, preparing to use mobile warfare to drag down the coalition army, and finally when the coalition army was exhausted and short of logistical supplies, he completely annihilated the coalition army and seized the vast land in this area.
Sun Chuanting's subordinates included Yuan Chongdi, Orleke, Tulu Baihu, Harabaha, Batur, he let and Orlek and other four people each command 10,000 cavalry, mainly in guerrilla warfare, not allowed to fight to the death, harassing the tired opponent, if there is a chance to introduce a part of the enemy into the predetermined battlefield, let his infantry cavalry with firearms to kill and injure the enemy in large numbers.
These coalition forces are not monolithic, in addition to the unified war purpose, each has its own small abacus, the will to fight is not the same firm, and the army of 300,000 people cannot be overwhelming at once, which gives Sun Chuanting a chance to break through. The first to be targeted by the Ming army was the Kyrgyz tribe, and nearly 30,000 people were attracted by the 10,000 horses of Orlek. The 10,000 people in Orlek are not equipped with firing guns, they still use cold weapons, because no matter how much Zhu Youxiao increases the production of firing guns, he has not produced enough guns under the current conditions, but they have changed to a water Xuefeng knife, the production of this kind of knife is still relatively simple, especially after having a hydraulic press, the production of Xuefeng knife is still relatively fast, and it can be produced in batches, and then equipped with arm crossbows, it is still absolutely possible to have an advantage in the confrontation of cavalry. After 30,000 Kyrgyz horses followed the 10,000 men of Orlek in the hills for three days, they felt a little unbearable, because they were passively pursuing, and Orlek was a prepared guerrilla, and when they were finally lured to a relatively open mountain basin, Orlek finally put on a decisive posture with it.
The Kyrgyz, who had been molested for three days, had long been annoyed and angry, and when they saw that the Ming army finally dared to fight head-on, they immediately sorted out their formation, and 30,000 cavalry killed them along the mouth of the basin. More than 100 small mortars of the Ming army, which had been placed long ago, began to fire after the Kyrgyz entered the firing range, and in less than five rounds, the Kyrgyz were out of formation, and the front began to retreat. With Orlek, he shouted loudly and led the team to attack, and the Kyrgyz who had been defeated in the front immediately fled backwards, breaking the formation behind, and for the Kyrgyz who had been out of order, they killed the Orlek department very happily. The retreat behind has been blocked by rocks, and the rout in front has broken up the formation behind, and the Kyrgyz people have lost the courage to fight, and they began to become chaotic, and finally they were completely annihilated in this small basin with Orlek, and the Orlek cavalry lost less than 200 people.
The 10,000 cavalry led by Tulubaihu met a 50,000-strong Uzbek tribal soldier, unfortunately the leader of this Uzbek tribe was very cunning, he was not confused by Tulubaiam's intentions, but sent a part of the cavalry not far away, like kraft candy, neither let Tulubaihu get rid of it, nor let Tulubaihu eat it, and also sent detectives to look for Tulubaiam's flaws, but tortured Tulubaihu to the point of madness.
Once this person is provoked, he will lose his mind, originally Tulu Baihu was captured by the Ming army, this time he was determined to fight a turnaround battle, to go to the bad luck, but by the Uzbeks so tossed the anger is big, and he plans to fight a decisive battle with the Uzbeks, but although this guy is brave, he is not without resourcefulness, otherwise he would not be called a "great power teacher", since the Uzbeks want to counter harassment, he will find a more powerful terrain to set up camp, waiting for the Uzbeks to attack, Someone was sent to inform Harabaha to prepare to cooperate and annihilate this kraft candy.
The Uzbeks were playing on the upswing, and suddenly found that the Ming army was quiet and did not move, what is the situation? They cautiously sent people to reconnoiter the surroundings for two days, only to find that the Ming army was preparing to fight them in a decisive battle. The Uzbeks who discovered the intentions of the Ming army were overjoyed, and immediately quickly mobilized 50,000 horses, intending to completely annihilate the Ming army. In fact, these Uzbeks never dreamed that in the past two days of their reconnaissance, the cavalry of little Timur had quietly circled behind them, and Tulubaihu's army also went out twenty miles overnight, ambushing them on the road they had to pass, and two groups of 200 small mortar positions were arranged on the road of nearly five miles, and Tulubaihu also used all the artillery sent by Harabahar.
The Uzbeks marched cautiously, first with 10,000 horses as the vanguard, with an interval of four miles in between, followed by the main force of 40,000. Tulubaihu also improvised to the situation, allowing the troops to retreat the encirclement slightly back four or five miles, and when the main force of the Uzbeks entered the preset position and opened fire, when the vanguard troops hesitated to advance and retreat, he led 8,000 cavalry to kill. The artillery rang out in the back, and a large army came out in front, and the vanguard thought that there was a heavy ambush, and before Turubaya's cavalry arrived closer, the rear team changed to the front team, and immediately retreated, and Tulubaihu led the troops to chase and kill.
When the Uzbek forward troops who were being chased closely saw the large army, they were completely panicked, only to see that the army of 40,000 people was blown up by small mortars, and the whole brigade was panicked, which made them lose confidence even more, and their joining made the already chaotic brigade even more chaotic, and finally led to the rout of the entire team. The brutal massacre of Tulubaihu and the encirclement of Harabahar from behind left 50,000 Uzbeks dead and wounded, and less than 10,000 soldiers were able to escape.
The most bizarre thing is the 10,000 cavalry led by Baltu, this guy is definitely a genius, otherwise he would not have laid the rudiments of the Khanate for the future Dzungar tribes. Because the Junggar tribe did not receive much loss in the battle with Sun Chuanting, the 10,000 cavalry of Baltu were the elite he picked out from the tribe, plus after Sun Chuanting's formal training in the past few months, their combat effectiveness is not comparable to ordinary troops, if they are fighting hard, I am afraid that they will not be able to take advantage of Orlek and Tulubaihu 20,000 people, so his attack this time completely made the Kazakh coalition feel cold.