Before modern times, one of the major events that affected the course of Chinese history was the Anshi Rebellion.

People often talk about the Tang Dynasty, praising the vastness and vast territory of the Tang Dynasty, but they pay little attention to the history of more than 200 years after the Tang Dynasty.

The Han nationality expanded outward and contracted inward, which actually began in the Anshi Rebellion of the Tang Dynasty.

Because of the Anshi Rebellion, a large number of border troops returned to Han land to quell the rebellion, causing the frontier to be empty, and the surrounding alien races took advantage of the situation.

The Song Dynasty ended the chaotic situation of more than 200 years of feudal towns after the Anshi Rebellion, and the Han nation was weak for more than 200 years.

There was a Song generation, until the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was not until the end of the Northern Song Dynasty that it re-passed through Longyou and completed the encirclement of the Western Xia, but just when the Western Xia was about to be destroyed, the rise of the Jin State interrupted the desire of the Central Plains Dynasty to pass through the west of the river and open up the Western Regions.

In the Ming Dynasty, the forces of the Ming Dynasty only reached the area of Hamiwei and Xingxingxia.

At this time, in the land of Hexi, Zhang Qian once sent an envoy to the Western Regions, Ban Chao threw his pen from Rong, and countless Han troops started from this place, and a decisive battle related to the situation in the north would break out.

The day before yesterday, Daishan sent to the south, contacted the messenger of the Jin State to attack Zungar, and ran head-on into the Jungar army returning to the north, the cavalry was killed a few people, and the rest were withdrawn in a hurry, and urgently reported to Daishan the military situation that the Jungger cavalry was rushing towards Xingxing Gorge.

Almost at the same time, news came from the sentry cavalry that it was found that Chechnya had led 30,000 iron cavalry to Xingxing Gorge and captured Hongliutan!

Because of Nanming's containment in Lianghuai, the Qing army only came 60,000 this time, but there were more than 100,000 Jungger iron cavalry, and the messenger who contacted the Jin State was blocked back.

60,000 against 100,000, the Qing army does not have any advantage, and Dai Shan can't know whether the Jin State in the south will send troops to support, whether he can cooperate with him to attack Junggar from behind, the battle situation has become a little confusing, fortunately, both Dai Shan and Heluo will be veterans of the Qing Dynasty, and even the younger Chang Adai and Wakda have also fought hard battles and can not be afraid of danger.

Chechen led 30,000 cavalry, rushed to Xingxingxia first, and raided Hongliutan to obtain a water source, he found that the Qing army really arrived at Xingxingxia, so according to the instructions of Batur Hunhan, stayed outside Xingxingxia, waiting for the main force to come.

Dai Shan is a veteran of the Qing Dynasty, in the face of the approaching Junggar army, he calmly dispatched, ordered the Mongolian royal family Gunchuk to lead four banners of Mongolian soldiers, stormed Hongliutan, and wanted to take advantage of Batur Hun before he arrived, first defeated Chechnya, he ordered to start the army, to the south, ready to select the battlefield, and engage with Junggar.

Gunchuk and Chechnya fought fiercely for half a day in Hongliutan, both sides were Mongols, descendants of Genghis Khan, but the killing was extremely fierce, and the corpses of people and horses were scattered all over the wilderness.

The next day, Baturhun led a large army to the outside of Xingxing Gorge, and the elite divisions of both sides, totaling nearly 160,000 people, gathered in the wilderness within a radius of dozens of miles near Xingxing Gorge.

The victory or defeat of this battle is probably no less significant than the battle between Zhunger and the Qing army in history, 700 miles north of Beijing and north of Zhangjiakou, at Ulan Butong.

In this battle, if Dzungar wins, a powerful Mongol Khanate, which is convenient for the rise of Mobei, the possibility of Jin and Qing breaking through to the west will be cut off, and from then on, they may face the raids and plunders of the Dzungar Khanate every year, and fall into a two-front war.

If the Qing army wins, although it will not be able to completely eliminate Zhunger, it will be enough to force Zhunger to move westward, so that the Qing Dynasty will expand its living space to the west, and the western territory of the Qing State will be quiet for at least many years.

The decisive battle of nearly 160,000 people was crowded in the narrow strip near Xingxing Gorge.

The two armies each found the terrain that was favorable to them and deployed their armies, but the terrain was really impossible to spread, but everywhere in sight, there were dense troops.

On the low slopes of those hills, it is as if countless trees have suddenly grown, making people feel that the earth is covered by cavalry, and the sky is covered by banners, and more than 100,000 horses can blow a strong wind when they take a breath, and when they exhale, they can converge into a wind and clouds, and the left and right are cloudy and sunny.

The battle of 160,000 cavalry, whether it was Dai Shan or Batur Hui, can be said to be the first to be commanded.

Baturhun was anxious to defeat the Qing army and return to Moxi to recapture his troops, so he naturally set up an attack formation, but his men and horses were close to 100,000 people, which was too much, and the Chechen department, which had been fighting fiercely for a day, as well as the Huite and other departments, could only stand on the hill.

In order to be able to break through the blockade, Batur Hun concentrated the elite soldiers of Jungger in the center.

The topography of Star Gorge is a winding passage in the middle, flanked by low hills and mountain packs. This shows that the cavalry has no room for detours, and can only rush to the end, and if they can't break through, a melee will be formed.

Batur Hui's deployment is no problem at all, and the 60,000 troops on Daishan's side are all gathered on the passage and divided into three sections, the first Han Banner Army, then the Mengqi Army, and finally the Manchurian Banner Army.

The 60,000-strong army was like a long snake, blocking the passage, and if the Mongols wanted to return to Mobei, they had to pull this big snake away from the beginning to the end with a knife like killing an eel.

Dai Shan climbed high and looked into the distance, and used a clairvoyant mirror to observe Baturhun's formation, and it was impossible to estimate how many cavalry came from Jungger just by visual inspection.

In front of the Qing army, there were 15,000 Han army flags, which had been lined up.

This is the red and blue flags drawn from Henan, before they followed Azig into Kouhuguang, the loss was not small, this is the first major battle after the replenishment, led by the line Guoan, Ban Zhifu and other generals, Shang Kexi's sixteen-year-old son Shang Zhixin accompanied him.

Line Guoan and others lived in front of the formation, looking back, not far away was the Mongolian Eight Banners, while the Manchurian people behind them could not be seen at all, because the distance was too far.

At this time, a small group of horse troops, galloping from back to front, after surpassing the Mongolian Eight Banners, came directly to the front of the Han Army Banner, and the whole process actually ran half a pillar of incense.

"The regent has an order, look at the formation of Zhungeer, the cavalry is huge, the elite is gathered in front, it will inevitably run through your formation with a fierce impact, your department must remember not to be cowardly, just hedge, the wrong enemy is sharp, it is a great achievement!"

The Qing Kingdom is now the regent of the two kings of Dolgon and Daishan, so Daishan is also the regent.

The front line Guoan waved his whip, "Go back to the regent, the red flag and the blue flag, and you will definitely give Zhungeer a head-on blow!" ”

At the same time, in front of the Jungar formation, Batur Hui had a pair of eagle eyes and had been observing the Qing army lineup for a long time. This kind of ground line is more suitable for the infantry army to block, but it is a pity that the Qing army rushed for thousands of miles, bringing cavalry, and there was no infantry army, so Dai Shan could only put up such a formation.

Baturhun understood Dai Shan's intentions, and wanted to counteract the impact of Zhungar layer by layer, and stopped Jungar here.

Due to the restrictions of the terrain, it was difficult to give full play to the advantages of the cavalry, and the cavalry on both sides was restricted, and Batur Hun did not see any flaws in Daishan, so he could only watch while fighting.

He exhaled a breath of white air, lifted the reins, turned his head and asked, "What is the situation in the back?" ”

The Mongolian general next to him understood what he meant, and hurriedly beat his chest and replied: "Back to the Great Khan, there is news from Zhuot Babatur in the morning that the Jin army was attacked last night is estimated to be fighting with the Jin army now. ”

The Jin army had already caught up, and there was not much time left for Baturhui, he took a deep breath, then exhaled a long time, and ordered loudly: "Blow the horn, prepare to attack, you must defeat the Qing army today and rush out of the Star Gorge!" ”

(End of chapter)