At this time, the Dzungar people were different from other Mongol tribes, and they first realized the significance and value of firearms in the confrontation and even actual combat with the Central Asian powers. With the economic resources of the whole of Mongolia no longer sufficient to maintain the professional training of elite archers, the city of Camel was formed with a small number of camels and the opponent was held back head-on with heavy arquebuses that were easy to maneuver. Launching a counteroffensive at the right time when the fighters are coming is obviously the right way.

The newly rising Junggar forces were still a rather energetic team, and instead of completely retreating the entire army into the small city of Ili, they were preparing to start a decisive battle with the main force of Jianzhou outside the city of Ili. If the battle is unfavorable, the whole army retreats to the vicinity of the city wall or gate, relying on the artillery deployed at the head of the city to cover it.

Batur believed that even if the combat strength of the Jianzhou army was several times that of the Oirats, it would be impossible to break through the large array relying on the city during the attack. The entire area around Oirat has been fortified and cleared, and a lot of grain reserves have been withdrawn into the city, and those main forces of Jianzhou, which seem to be eager to seek a decisive battle, are finally forced to withdraw their troops. After all, it is too far from here to the nest of the Jianzhou people.

"Fire", when Batur saw that the Jianzhou army seemed to be very confident, with an infantry lineup and a direct attack without the cover of vehicle shields and artillery, he quickly ordered.

Relying on the reliable and sophisticated heavy arquebus, as well as the not very large guns, about two hundred paces away, the Dzungars continued to fire fiercely. The cavalry archers also used the cover of firearms to constantly harass the interior of the ring position.

If the main force of the Jianzhou Army at this time was the Kangxi Qing army that continued to expand its army after entering the customs and lost its determination and morale in the fierce battle in the south. Even if the Dzungars at this time did not have the flint spears sent by the Russians of Geldan during the Battle of Ulan Butong, they would still suffer a lot of casualties and eventually fall into a fierce battle. Just like the Ming army in the era of Zhu Di in the Northern Expedition to Mongolia, if it wants to break through the heavy army group of the enemy fighting in the city from a long distance, it will also face a huge test.

However, this post-Jin army, which was at its peak, and the "main force of the Qing army" in the Kangxi era decades later in history were fundamentally two levels of strength. Not only did they attach great importance to the protection of the army, but from the training to the will and courage of the soldiers, and even the level of command of the officers at the grassroots level, they were completely different from the main force of Manchuria after the rebellion of the three feudatories.

The heavy arquebuses of the Dzungars could threaten the armor of most opponents at a distance of 100 paces. However, in the face of the Jianzhou heavy infantry shield array at this time, the threat effectiveness was greatly reduced. At a distance of 100 paces, although the projectile that weakened most of the energy could easily break through the heavy shield of the Jianzhou people, the ability to threaten the heavy iron armor was undoubtedly much inferior after that.

Although the proportion of elite archers of the Manchu army who were generally able to shoot their bows to more than one stone and two fights with one stone or more, although they did not account for the majority of the total force, and their number was significantly smaller than that of the Dzungars on the other side, the pressure on the Dzungars was unprecedented before.

Compared with the Ming army's car shield, those with camel carcasses to make do with simple protective fortifications are difficult to bring too good projectile cover to the Junggar people behind, and in the case of continuous heavy arrows, the efficiency of firing is obviously greatly reduced****** the main force of Jianzhou at a distance of about seventy or eighty paces has also begun to carry out fierce suppression of many light cannons and small artillery fire aimed at the Geer people in addition to more accurate bows and arrows, and through the method of side firing, they have shot round rounds of powerful projectiles.

Compared with the Qing army, which mainly relied on medium and heavy artillery decades later, the main force of Jianzhou in this era is undoubtedly much stronger in terms of offensive firepower and protection. The camel city, which had been tried and tested many times later and even now, seemed to be more vulnerable in the face of the attack of the main force of the Manchu army at its peak than the car shield array of the Ming army back then.

Relying on the shield cover, the heavy infantry of the main force of Jianzhou continued to approach to a distance of about fifty paces. The firepower and pressure from the mounted archers and gunners, who relied on heavy infantry cover, also increased.

After the Dzungar firepower began to be gradually suppressed in the direction of the main attack, a heavy infantry assault and attack began. With the heavy infantry and archers also playing well at the squad level, the Dzungars who tried to launch another fierce counterattack at close range were ultimately unable to achieve their goal.

When the armies of both sides fell into hand-to-hand combat, the major shortcomings of the Dzungar people, who seemed to be stronger than the Yarkand people, in terms of tactics and military shortcomings, were also exposed, that is, they were obviously inferior to the elite main force of the Liaodong Ming army in frontal hand-to-hand combat, which can be seen from the more conservative tactical principles of the later battles with the Qing army. After the loss of the Tozungar's only support, the rout inevitably occurred.

The Dzungar who tried to rely on the city walls to escape, found that the artillery on the city head was completely suppressed by the elite Jianzhou archers due to the lack of cover. Then near the gates of the city of Ili, a bloody massacre began.

After all, the Oirat Mongol alliance led by Dzungar, which had a strength of 30,000 or 40,000 troops, finally brought casualties to the Manchu army about 1,000 people, and several Jianzhou officers were killed, but that's all. The decisive battle between the two sides at the foot of Ili City gradually came to an end before it was dark.

Seeing that the combat effectiveness displayed by the Jianzhou Army was far stronger than imagined, under the decision of Batur himself, the wave of surrender soon began. After all: it seems that there is little point in continuing to resist at this point in the war.

In this way, the western expedition launched by the main force of Jianzhou had an overwhelming combat superiority in terms of combat progress, which was not only incomparable with the later Qing Dynasty, but also incomparable with Genghis Khan's western expedition.

The smooth outcome of the battle also made Hei Huan Bolie very confident that when the autumn came again half a year later, he might be able to relaunch the strategy depending on the battle situation and situation in the Central Plains. If there is no chance in the situation, then Hezhong and even the Western Regions seem to be equally rich, and it is still the vast space for the entire Jianzhou to reopen up the world like the Western Liao in the past.

The great changes in the area of the river also reached Xiao Xuan a few months later when spring came, which made Xiao Xuan feel that the showdown with his southern opponent could not wait any longer. It is necessary to take advantage of the possibility of a strong enemy in the north to return to the division, and start a strategy and decisive battle in advance. Even if you can't win the first time, you have to lay a favorable situation.

Xiao Xuan also thought about it at this time: if you only rely on war to select and train the team, then you don't necessarily have to rely on domestic opponents, and foreign lands are the same.

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