Baturhun was very anxious in his heart, if they returned to Moxi late, the Qing army had already driven away their cattle and sheep, the more than 100,000 iron cavalry and the Jungar Mongol Khanate he had just established would collapse immediately, so after the army arrived in Guazhou, they only rested in a hurry for half a night, and did not even bring the wounded, and left Guazhou at dawn and went north.

At this time, even if Batur Hun didn't say that the news that the Qing army had raided the Zhunger steppe, he couldn't hide it.

The leaders of the various tribes, if they can't see that something big has happened in Moxi, then they are basically idiots.

However, at this time, the army had already converged with Chechnya, and Batur Hunkhan no longer concealed it, and finally told the truth to the leaders of the tribes, and everyone was immediately shocked.

At this time, Baturhun and Chechnya converged, and the number of warriors in Dzungar reached 65,000, while the men and horses of each division were only more than 40,000, and the hearts of the people were different, so they could only continue to follow Baturhun to continue to advance, and only in this way could it be possible to regain their lost pastures, cattle and sheep.

Over the years, there have been many reasons why the Central Plains Dynasty has been able to operate the Hexi Corridor, but one of them is because the topography of the Hexi Corridor is relatively broken, with many ravines, not as flat as the grassland, and there are Horsehair Mountain and Ba'er Sikuo Mountain in the north, which can block the nomads from entering the Hexi Corridor to a certain extent, judge the direction of nomadic invasion, and facilitate the defense of the army.

The city of Guazhou was about 600 li from the Xingxing Gorge between the Horsehair Mountain and the Ba'er Sikuo Mountain, and for the powerful Mongol cavalry, it would take three days to arrive, and from then on out of Hexi, and then make a detour to the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, where they would join the tens of thousands of tent people, or recapture the tribesmen, cattle and sheep at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

Although the Hexi Corridor was not a steppe, and the Mongolian cavalry could not ride their horses to their heart's content, the Mongolian cavalry still galloped 200 miles in one day.

When night fell, Batur Hunkhan gave the order to rest in place.

The Mongols are a horseback people, almost growing up on war horses, which can not be compared with the Manchurians, every Mongolian soldier is skilled in riding, but after galloping for a day, both men and horses are exhausted, Batur Huntaiji ordered, all the cavalry have dismounted to rest.

More than a dozen of them gathered together, cut wood from the nearby dead woods, lit a bonfire, cut the cured meat to barbecue, and prepared to eat and drink.

More than 100,000 people and horses are sleeping in the wilderness within a radius of dozens of miles, and piles of bonfires illuminate the earth in the dark night, like bright stars in the sky, just like the Milky Way falling to the ground, which is magnificent.

Batur Hunhan found a boulder, and the guards laid a carpet on the leeward side, brought a roasted leg of lamb and a bowl of mare's milk wine, and sat down to eat and drink.

At this time, Chechen stepped forward nervously, "Father Khan, I have bumped into the Qing army scout!" ”

Batur Hui's face sank when he heard this, and he threw the food aside. This news shocked him extremely much, they had not yet reached Xingxing Gorge and walked out of the Hexi Corridor, and they bumped into the Qing army scouts, which can only show that not only the headquarters of Jungger on the shore of Ulungu Lake was raided by the Qing army, but even the fifty or sixty thousand people at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains may have also been captured by the Qing army.

Batur Hui, who was sitting on the blanket, shook his body suddenly, his eyes were a little black, and Zhuot Ba Ba Tuer on the side exclaimed, "Father Khan", and helped him rub his back, and Batur Hui recovered.

"Where are the people?" After Baturhun recovered his strength, there was a fierce glint in his eyes.

Chechen hurriedly waved his hand, and several Mongolian soldiers carried three corpses and threw them in front of Baturhui.

Different from the mixed clothes and armor of the Mongols, the Qing army's clothes and armor are distinct, and the system is unified.

The Qing Dynasty was already a country, with a complete range of technologies for weaving, smelting, armor making, and casting, unlike the Mongols, although Baturhun was called Khan and established the Jungar Mongol Khanate, but in essence, they were still backward tribes.

"There were more than ten horsemen, and on a hillside to the north, they were discovered by our patrolmen, and after a fight, three of them were killed, and the others fled north!"

Baturhui was silent for a while after listening to Chechnya's words, and after half a ring, he spoke: "The spies of the Eight Banners have actually arrived here, which means that the main force of the Qing army has arrived at Xingxing Gorge, and they want to outflank our back road!" ”

Zot Babatur frowned, "Father Khan, what should we do?" ”

The Chechen on the side said hatefully: "That's fine, we have more than 100,000 iron horsemen, and the Qing army dares to block the road, so it's good to have a duel in Xingxing Gorge!" ”

Xingxing Gorge is not a canyon, it is a necessary place to enter the Western Regions from the Hexi Corridor, and it is also the boundary between the two cultures.

If it is said that there is still more or less the shadow of Han culture in the Hexi Corridor, but after passing the Xingxing Gorge, it has completely become a foreign culture and is the best in the world.

Xingxing Gorge used to be a dangerous pass on the ancient silk road, but now it has long been deserted, and when the Mongol army went south, it passed through here and became a pile of wasteland.

When the Jin army attacked the Yarkand Khanate in the third year of Yongzhang, the wall was smashed to pieces by the red-coated cannons and became a pile of wasteland.

After the Jin army conquered Hami to the west, because of the change of national policy, it was changed to the south to take Shu, so the westward expansion was stopped, and the Xingxing Gorge was not rebuilt and has been in a state of abandonment.

Chechnya understands the terrain around Xingxing Gorge, although it is not very suitable for cavalry combat, but there is no wall to block it, who can stop him from 100,000 iron cavalry.

Baturhun was silent for a moment, but suddenly asked, "Where are the pursuers of the Jin Kingdom?" ”

The Mongolian cavalry ran wild every day, in addition to wanting to return to Moxi as soon as possible, they also wanted to get rid of the Jin army.

Speaking of the Jin army, Zhuot Babatur was angry, and the army retreated north and the Jin army rushed to chase and kill, they had expected it, and they were ready to meet the attack.

However, the Jin army said that it was chasing and killing, but in fact it was tailgating, they were not close, the Mongolian army was fast, the Jin army was fast, the Mongolian army was slow, the Jin army was slow, and they always maintained a distance of 100 miles.

The Jin army was like a plaster, sticking tightly behind the Mongol army, and probing the horse for thirty miles, for fear of an ambush.

Drot Babatur led 20,000 men and turned back to prepare for a battle with the Jin army, but the Jin army retreated again, and as soon as he left, he hurriedly caught up again, which made Zot Babatur very annoyed!

"It should be a hundred miles away!"

In the current situation, Baturhun has no other choice, he nodded slightly, and then ordered in a deep voice: "We want to return to the north, and if we want to recapture the pasture and cattle and sheep, we can only rush out of the Star Gorge and defeat the Qing army here!" ”

Now Zhunger is already in a situation of attacking from two sides, on the side of the Jin State, Baturhun no longer considers, even if he defeats the army that follows the Jin State, he will not get cattle, sheep and pasture, and more than 100,000 iron horsemen will still be trapped alive in Hexi.

Only by defeating the main force of the Qing army and recapturing the cattle and sheep and the people can the Jungar Department continue.

Thinking of this, Batur Hun looked at Zhuot Babatur and said, "Ben Khan gives you 10,000 people, be sure to hold off the Jin army!" Then he said to Chechnya: "You lead 30,000 people and go north first, and you must find out the situation in Xingxing Gorge." If the Qing army has not arrived, you must immediately control the Star Gorge, if it has already arrived, you must wait for Ben Khan to lead the troops to arrive, and you must not start the war first! ”

"Yes! Father Khan! Both of them knew that this battle was related to the life and death of Jungger, and they did not dare to slack off.

(It seems to be bragging again, San Lang don't worry, I'll really make it up.) ）

(End of chapter)