Chapter 128: A Surprising War
Since the massacre of the clan elders by the Khalkani, he has also found that there are fewer and fewer nobles supporting him, and that Gunbu's strategy of attacking the heart has been put into practice, and more and more of his tribesmen have left the pastures near the Orkhon Valley in favor of Gunbu. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info and Gunbu was not idle, and continued to stabilize the camp of Bayanhongor.
The threat of Gunbu and the coercion of the Hechiti tribe made Khalkani a little breathless, and he decided to find a few helpers to survive the catastrophe. However, there is no one in the surrounding forces who is not his former enemy, and there is no one who has not been brutally suppressed by his Khalkhani, so how easy is it to find an ally? Although, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. However, even if he returned the Urat Ranch to Bu Lost Rabbit, he would not dare to accept it. The Urat steppe has become the property of the Hechiti tribe, and Bu Lost Rabbit does not want to offend Burhan because of this.
Khalkani also approached the Chechen Khan and the Saiyin Noyan Ministry in the hope of getting their support, but the attitude of the two ministries was extremely **. Also, the Chechen Khan has been suppressed by the Khalkhani for more than 30 years, and it can be regarded as taking care of his prestige if he has not fallen into the ground, and it is tantamount to a fool's dream to want the support of the Chechen Khan. Although the Saiyin Promise Department is actually subordinate to the Tushetu Khan Ministry, since the beginning of the struggle between Tagunbu and the Khalkani, they have responded to this matter with the attitude of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, so the Saiyin Promise Department is actually equivalent to neutrality.
Internal and external pressures forced Karkani to make a decision that he would first salvage his reputation with an absolute victory, and at the same time to spread his prestige and make the situation clear to those who were still wavering.
In July, the camp of Bayanhongor was busy, and Gunbu was directing the craftsmen to strengthen the camp. Bayanhongor's strategic location is prominent, both in Khalkani and in Gunbu. If anyone holds this place, then he will advance and retreat. And this place may be more important for Gunbu, and it is precisely because of this that Gunbu will listen to Hagel's advice and seize this place as soon as his father dies, and even Burhan attaches great importance to this place, and also sent a construction team with enough cement to help Gunbu build the Bayanhongor camp.
Not long after the camp was built, Gunbu received a message from the Hechiti tribe that the Dzungar tribe of Harakhura was preparing to attack the Alatan Khanate and had no time to look eastward, which made Gunbu very happy, so that he could draw more troops against the Khalkhani. The other piece of news made Gunbu feel doubly stressed. Their strategy of attacking the heart worked, forcing Khalkani to move ahead of time, and now Khalkani had gathered 100,000 troops towards Bayanhongor, which is why he was in a hurry to consolidate the camp.
Although Khalkani had an army of 100,000 and Gunbu had less than 80,000 in Bayanhongor, the quality of this was incomparable. There were not many troops that could have been mobilized, and the reason why so many troops were gathered this time was also the result of threatening the surrounding subordinate tribes, including the Turkut tribe subordinate to Arugao, all men over the age of sixteen and under the age of sixty had to participate, and even then it was worth 100,000.
Faced with the pressure of the Khalkani army, Gunbu was not worried at all. He had studied the battle of Blackwater City in the war between the Hechiti tribe and the Turgot tribe, when the Hechiti tribe only had more than 4,000 troops, but it was forced to drag down the 20,000 troops of Deduo. Therefore, in his opinion, this battle will be won, as long as Khalkani dares to come, he is sure that he will be in this Bayanhongol to let him meet and break the bloodshed.
But his general, Hagel, didn't see it that way. Bayanhongor is not Blackwater City, and Khalkani is not comparable to waste, the most important thing is that their food is their biggest flaw. Although the Hechiti tribe still provides them with food and grass, this can only ensure their daily expenses, according to Burhan, they can't die! A situation where you can't survive. If he wants to support a big war, he can only withhold the soldiers on the left and other tribes, and prioritize the supply of the right army.
Therefore, in the event of a war, it is very likely that these Left Wing Army and other clan soldiers will turn against each other, and the large battalion will eventually be breached from within. This is not what Hagel is most worried about, what he is most worried about is that the Karkani will only besiege and confront them. Instead, the elite was sent to bypass the Gobi Desert and attack the camp of Benchagan. Once the camp of Benchagan is lost, then Kobdo and Bayanhongol will be meaningless. Although this may seem risky, Hagel is confident that Karkani will try.
As Hagel thought, Karkani did send an elite force of 30,000 men to cross the vast Gobi. The reason why he dared to do this was because he had cards in his hand. That was Burhan's father-in-law, the leader of the rear of the Uliangha, Yiruohu.
From the beginning of the war between the Tushetu Khan and the Dzungars, Burhan had persuaded Yiruohu to defect to the Hechiti tribe. However, he prevaricated several times on the grounds that it was difficult to leave his homeland. Burhan didn't know what he was doing this for, so he became a trick for the Khalkani to blackmail him.
Burhan learned that his father-in-law was being detained, and he knew what Khalkani wanted to do. On the one hand, he agreed to Karkani's request to provide him with food, grass and a passage, and at the same time ordered that the four great cavalry armies should be ready to go out at any time.
Although Khalkani knew that Burhan would not endure for long for his father-in-law, this time was enough. He doesn't have to worry about making wedding dresses for others. If Burhan dares to send troops to attack the Tushetu Khan, then his army of more than 100,000 will go south to Ejina with the power of a great victory. If Burhan wants to make the land of his ancestors peaceful, then be restless.
Soon, the Khalkani army was approaching, and Gunbu finally agreed to Hagel's course of action.
In the first encounter, as the vanguard, the former Turgot Division, the Arugao Division, was ordered to take the lead in talking about the reality of the Bayanhongor battalion. This time, he was kind of an egg hitting a stone, and he broke his head and bleed. There were nearly 10,000 soldiers and heavy casualties, and three or four thousand people were lost in just one battle, but fortunately, they were all soldiers of other tribes, and their own 6,000 people suffered almost no losses. I thought that Khalkani would blame, but I didn't expect him to be happy instead. This means that the main force of Gonbu must be here. The 30,000 men who were the followers would have a high probability of success, and the Khalkani had already begun to fantasize about what it would be like after the victory in the war.
Who knew that the confrontation on the second day completely disrupted his layout.
The next day, the sky turned gray, and it seemed that the smell of blood was about to fill the air. This time, Gunbu did not retreat into the camp, but took the initiative to find Khalkani to fight against him. This surprised Khalkani, he really had only 50,000 soldiers who really had the strength to fight this time, and if Gunbu was ruthless and didn't care about casualties, then he would only be defeated. Forget it, don't think about him, you can delay it for a few days, anyway, the sneak attack is the main meal.
There were so many things that he didn't expect, and Gunbu actually ordered those miscellaneous soldiers and left-wing soldiers to attack the Khalkani main camp respectively. It is conceivable that the usual treatment is not good, and now they are typical cannon fodder, of course they are unwilling. One by one, they rushed to the front of the Khalkhani army, either they were about to collapse at the touch of a button, or they simply surrendered on their knees. The other side was even more complete, they killed Gunbu's cronies, turned against each other, and came towards the Gunbu army.
Seeing this, how could Haslong let go of such a great opportunity? With a wave of his hand, the whole army pressed on. The consequences can be imagined, the motley cards that were broken head-on hit the Gunbu main formation, and Gunbu Hagar took advantage of this opportunity to rout the army.
Haslong was extremely excited to be able to take the Bayanhongor camp in one fell swoop, but Khalkani felt that all this came too easily, and it was easy to be unreal.
In order to dispel his concerns, Haslong said, "Father-in-law, what's so strange about this? The army of Gunbu was killed by us and turned over on its back, and even the camp of Bayanhongol was not capable of guarding, so now the righteous father does not need to risk sneaking up on the back road of Gunbu, as long as we occupy this place, Gunbu will not be able to turn the waves no matter how great his ability is. ”
Karkani still had some concerns, and he still couldn't believe that it was going so well. Haslong led him into the camp, where he saw that the ground was covered with animal entrails, many of which had rotted and emitted a strong stench. A left-wing soldier stepped forward and said:
"Gunbu and Hagel treat us left-wing soldiers extremely badly, there is a shortage of food in the army, and we have to give priority to satisfying the right-wing army, if it weren't for the adults coming, when would our hard days come to an end!" As he spoke, he squatted on the ground and cried, how could Khalkani give up such a good opportunity to win people's hearts? He untied the tartan and put it on the soldier, who choked up and said, "Thank you, sir!" Oh yes, even the food supply of the Left Wing Army has been reduced a lot these days, and Gunbu and others have no choice but to kill the surplus war horses and make them into jerky. What a good war horse, we all feel distressed when we see it. ”
That's right, Gonbu killed their war horse, can you not feel distressed? Hagel took great pains to lay out the layout for Khalkani, but his efforts were not in vain after all, and Khalkani finally gave up his consideration.
Only a few days after the war, Khalkhani left Bayanhongol in a hurry, and the 30,000-strong army that had attacked also withdrew to the base camp, located in Han'er on the Orkhon River.
The reason why Khalkani was in a hurry to leave was because Yi Ruohu suddenly disappeared, yes, a big living person disappeared so suddenly. Khalkani realized the seriousness of the problem, which was a sign that the beast of Burhan was about to be released.
In August, the sun may still be scorching in the Central Plains, but there is already some autumn feeling on the grassland, as the saying goes, a burst of autumn rain and a chill. The cold weather makes people reluctant to stay even longer at night. This laxity gave Hagel an opportunity to take advantage of. On a dark and windy night, Hagel personally led 10,000 horses into the cave dug in advance, and unknowingly opened the four doors. At this moment, a ringing arrow was raised, and the 50,000 cavalry of Gunbu was ready to go straight to the four gates. The situation on the battlefield can be described as one-sided, most people did not die from sword soldiers, but were crushed and trampled to death by panicked people, and even if they did not die, they obediently became prisoners. The 80,000-strong army that Khalkani had arranged in Bayanhongor was eaten by Hagel in one fell swoop, and if he hadn't left early, he would have been spared. In the end, the 80,000-strong army broke through with only Haslong and 3,000 guards, and Gunbu had no intention of staying, he would march all the way east to regain what he had lost.
It was not surprising that Gunbu was able to win, and it was surprising that Burhan had won so quickly. Another piece of information prompted Burhan to act early.
Earlier news had been received about the attack of the Khanate of Alatan by Harakura, which, as Burhan had predicted, had failed. However, he saved his reputation with his actions, swept away the decadent performance in the war with the Tushetu Khan, and established his prestige among the four guards. Despite the inevitable defeat of the war, he dealt a heavy blow to the Alatan Khanate, preventing it from filling the vacuum of power that had been annexed by the Turks, preventing the expansion of the Aratan Khanate in the northern Tien Shan Mountains, and forcing them to sign an alliance under the city, and no tribe was as war-loving as the Hechiti.
Without the worries of the Aratan Khanate, Harakhura could safely deal with Gunbu and recover Kobdo-Benchagan, especially when Gunbu used most of his forces in the battle with the Khalkani, and this kind of fisherman's advantage was indeed easy to come by.
It was for this reason that Burhan finally decided to send troops north as soon as possible. He didn't want the Dzungar tribe to participate in this gluttonous feast, let alone make wedding dresses for others.