When the main force of the 1st Division of the Second Army launched an attack from the north of Wuwei, Hei Huan Breeg basically abandoned the defense in the north, concentrated all the elites to launch a surprise attack from the south, which had been relatively weak before, but did not seem to have obvious loopholes, and finally broke through the encirclement after paying thousands of casualties. However, because most of the horses were lost in the night battle, soon after dawn, the main force of the Jianzhou Division, which had just fled to the mountains, began to encounter the pursuit of the infantry division of the Volunteer Right Army and the main force of the Second Army, and almost at the same time, the main force of more than 10,000 people of the First Army also rushed to reinforce and finally besieged and killed most of the main forces of the Heihuan Bolie Headquarters between nightfall again, and only about 3,000 officers and soldiers who were captured because they pretended to be dead or voluntarily surrendered finally survived.

The commander of the First Army, who was in charge of commanding the team, recalled that the decisive battle that seemed to be very important and was like the ultimate showdown turned out to be so prosaic and unremarkable. Some of the early backbones who had fought with the elite of Jianzhou at the northern border a few years ago also seemed to sigh. Those teams that seemed to be so powerful that they were difficult to catch up with back at the time can now effectively annihilate their opponents with a roughly equal number of people just by the universal main force. Although there are still many shortcomings in the team command due to lack of experience. But there is no doubt that even if you do not count the volunteer units, even decent units in the various armies of the revolutionary army, after a great improvement in training, have begun to establish a clear advantage over the former strong enemy.

At this moment, the once primary and powerful enemy has invisibly become a secondary opponent, and for the leaders and generals of Jianzhou, the First Army and the Second Army only sent ordinary torturers to conduct simple questioning and records, sort out some history, and then hand them over to a small number of renegades in the enemy army who were coerced and lured to set them on fire and execut.

Xiao Xuan had some instructions on issues related to the main force of the Jianzhou Army before the expedition, and it was pointless to hold the disintegrating attitude of other regions and the army with such a national regime with a high mobilization rate and combat effectiveness that was not bad. Only a few of these teams are more active and naturalized in terms of the value of salvation, and the rest are generally insecure. And not just for state-building, for places like the Khiva Khanate, the policy is roughly similar.

After the First Army of the Revolutionary Army, which had completed the annihilation war against Yue Tuo's department, rushed over, the men and horses of the second echelon force of the follow-up expedition included two armies within the scope of the Revolutionary Army plus one division of the Volunteer Division, and the main force of about 35,000 people. Later, the new revolutionary army, with a total strength of nearly 80,000 from the 11th Army to the 15th Army after the expansion, also began to assemble in the Lanzhou area. Not counting the strength of the security army used to consolidate the rule in the future, the team that was only the main force of the expedition already included six volunteer divisions, seven armies of the revolutionary army group and more than 130,000 troops directly under Xiao Xuan's arrangement.

The contingent that gradually began to gather in Shaanxi and prepared to continue its southward advance in the autumn of the fifth year of Chongzhen also included the 16th to 20th armies of the revolutionary army, the seven armies composed of the ninth army and the tenth army, and the cumulative expeditionary force had reached more than 200,000 people.

Of course, in the operational arrangement, the core offensive spearhead is the strategic group of about 100,000 people, including the Ninth Army, the Tenth Army, the First Army to the Third Army, and even the volunteer divisions. Because relying on more powerful combat strength in battle, the formation is often more dispersed than the general ancient main force, even about 100,000 troops are too bloated and huge for the team at this time, and in actual combat, it will obviously be divided into two or three ways or attack at the same time, or cover and cooperate with each other to carry out the battle.

Not long after the heavy troops gathered in the Wuwei area, the Yarkand and Oirat servants who rushed over to reinforce did not dare to continue to advance along the Hexi Corridor, so they had to prepare to return to Turpan from the Zhangye area.

In terms of logistics, the Second Division of the Volunteer Right Army and the First Army, the Second Army, and the Third Army of the Revolutionary Army, with about 50,000 troops, crossed the most dangerous and difficult area in terms of logistics and supply at the fastest speed, and launched a fierce attack on the remnants of the enemy who retreated to the Turpan area.

In the course of operations, the contingent did not often rely too much on the frontal combat effectiveness of the grassroots as in the past, and the consolidation of more than a year has enabled the vanguard and main forces of the revolutionary army to make great progress in the power of the cavalry.

Then, when the summer was approaching, an army of about 50,000 people approached the city of Ili at the fastest speed and launched a siege against the remaining forces of the state of Yili City. In the eyes of the commander of the First Army of the Revolutionary Army, who was responsible for commanding the second echelon, although the main force of the Jianzhou Army planned to move eastward into the Central Plains, as long as the headquarters was still left in Ili City, then this area would inevitably have a decent garrison. In addition, in order to pursue mobile warfare, the three armies of the Revolutionary Army and the Second Division of the Volunteer Right Army did not carry too heavy artillery and offensive equipment, which was not inferior to the previous fierce battles between Wuwei and the western suburbs of Lanzhou.

In order to avoid casualties and losses to the greatest extent, the attacking team also put a lot of effort into the preparation of blasting, especially in Turpan, which seized a lot of black powder of decent quality, of which at least a quarter of it was about more than 100,000 catties were invested in the first round of blasting.

More than 1,000 bomb points, more than 1 million rounds of heavy shotgun, and even more than 100,000 rounds of heavy bombs of about seven or eight pounds, brought about a tremendous amount of momentum, giving the team attacking at night a lot of confidence. Although the popularity of protective equipment in the summer was limited, the attacking team was also prepared to guard against the enemy's counter-counter-blasting at night, and while attacking in as scattered formation as possible, most of the teams responsible for the assault were also equipped with steel shields of decent quality.

At this time, the defenders' forces also began to fight back fiercely, starting with a series of fierce explosions that had also been prepared for a long time, firing a large number of stones and shotguns, and then a rain of arrows.

The officers in charge of the command suddenly felt a hint of inexplicable strangeness at this time: the enemy's resistance seemed to be decent, why was the rhythm of the team's attack not affected much? There are also many signals of successful siege from the city? Could it be that such an important secret is also starting to leak out?

(End of chapter)