12-82 Heroes of the End

Tongguan, the Western Xia Emperor Galdan is sitting upright in the study of the former Western Army Marshal's Mansion to recite the scriptures, although the Western Xia is a new empire that the Mongolian tribes have grown, and the princes and nobles have retained the habit of living in tents, but as the emperor and the Great Khan, Galdan is different from others, he likes to live in the brick palace of the Han people.

Galdan was less than forty years old, it was the Spring and Autumn Period when he was in the prime of life, he was sent to the Tibetan temple since he was a child to grow up, is a small living Buddha admired by all the people, during that time in the temple, Galdan read a wide range of books, from Buddhist scriptures to agriculture, forestry, fishery, animal husbandry and military books and tactics are very familiar, it is this knowledge that laid his future success.

Dzungar Khan's position was passed to the eldest brother by his father, but within a few years the eldest brother was killed by a traitor, and the power of the tribe fell, after hearing the news, Galdan resolutely gave up the identity of the living Buddha, rode back to the tribe alone, led the old brother to avenge it, after several bloody battles, finally killed the enemy, ascended to the throne, and in the process of fighting with the eldest brother's widow Abu formed a deep relationship, and as soon as he ascended the throne, he immediately married Abu, creating a good story.

Since then, with the assistance of Abu, Galdan has fought in the north and south, turned to the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, pacified countless tribes, conquered countless kingdoms, and finally established a great cause, the powerful Xia Empire was established at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, with a territory spanning thousands of miles and tens of millions of people.

The initial war was very smooth, the army went straight down to Shaanxi, until the city of Tongguan, if it was not for the resurgence of domestic turmoil, it would definitely be able to break into the Central Plains, even so, Galdan was still worth the trip, he withdrew the army at the expense of Yuan Chonghuan in exchange for a large number of supplies, and took away a large number of people and animals from Shaanxi, and snatched a large number of good horses from Huijiang, but when; After Liu Ziguang became the general of the expedition to the west, these rich incomes were all in vain, people and animals were recaptured, Huijiang also fell, hundreds of thousands of new annexed troops were captured, and even the elite cowardly Xue also lost tens of thousands of troops, and the redshirt army pursued the victory, not only recovering the lost territory, but also fighting all the way to the hinterland of Western Xia, and even Hami let them occupy it, if it were not for Galdan to sue for peace in time, I am afraid that even Yining would be lost.

The truce between the two countries, the Western Xia bowed down to the ministers, many courtiers lamented that the Great Xia Kingdom was born at the wrong time, and when they met Liu Ziguang, the devil, they didn't want to turn over in a few decades, but Galdan didn't think so, he was familiar with the history of the Han people, and knew that the emperor of the Han people would never tolerate the merits and prestige of his subordinates higher than himself, the higher Liu Ziguang was afraid, the faster he died, and sure enough, within half a year, the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil, Zhenguo Gong went into exile, and the eunuchs mastered the state affairs.

The Eastern Crusade did not go smoothly, it encountered a hard fork at the beginning, Liu Ziguang's troops left in Gansu were the strongest part of the Red Shirt Army, they blocked the iron hooves of the Western Xia army like a mainstay, but this was difficult to be familiar with the inferior roots of the Han Kaldan, he skillfully used a counter-strategy against Liu Zongmin, cut off the Red Shirt Army's food and ammunition, and flanked back and forth, and finally eliminated this force, and the army commander drove straight into the pass.

Galdan is not afraid of Yuan Chonghuan, although Yuan Chonghuan is indeed a good coach, but he is also a politician, which will inevitably consider various political factors when fighting, and he is the kind of old-fashioned soldier, the thinking of marching and fighting is on the same level as Galdan, of course, Galdan, who is familiar with the Han soldiers, is not scared at all, the two armies are facing each other in Tongguan, no one can eat anyone, but Galdan is still a good move, he repairs the plank road secretly crosses Chencang, and sends a strange army to attack Nanjing City, as long as the capital is broken, The position of the Han people will be chaotic by themselves, and when the time comes, there will definitely be warlords everywhere, and the heroes will be divided, and the Tangut people will naturally be able to fish in troubled waters and make profits for the fishermen.

The plan is very bold and the implementation is also very powerful, but the only unfortunate thing is that Liu Ziguang came back, and his appearance disrupted all the plans, but Galdan is the emperor of the ages after all, his heart is as hard and calm as steel, he does not do two endlessly, while Liu Ziguang has not yet sat down, he simply led the army to break through Tongguan, swept the Central Plains with a devastating momentum, occupied strategic places, and slowly fought a protracted war with the major forces in the Central Plains.

Galdan is like a god in his soldiers, and the soldiers of the three armies of Western Xia are also quite hard, but after all, the times have changed, no matter how fast his horse is, no matter how sharp his sword is. It also can't break through the machine-gun net.

Rushed for a whole day during the day, one by one the 10,000 troops rushed up and never came back, rushed to the end even the most hard-hearted general couldn't stand it, persuaded Galdan not to waste troops in vain, but Galdan firmly believed that the enemy's ammunition will always run out, the Great Xia army is hard, the enemy's pressure is greater, whoever persists to the end is the winner, but it turns out that he is wrong, the training of a cavalry warrior takes more than ten years, the teachings of his parents and brothers, the teachings of the army, the experience of several battles, The amount of food, money, and energy spent is incalculable. But just one bullet can kill this cavalryman, and a bullet produced by large-scale industry costs only a few copper coins, and a bullet for a life, even if Galdan has a million troops, he can't afford such an exchange.

The casualties reached the limit that the Western Xia army could bear, and the soldiers were about to mutiny, Galdan decided to withdraw the troops, it was night, he was going to attack at night, and finally mustered up the courage of his subordinates, and gathered enough tens of thousands of cavalry to attack the enemy's barracks, but again hit the plan, the enemy also took advantage of the night to counterattack, the Western Xia army was full of rumors, grass and trees, and it collapsed at the touch of a button, and the army of millions fell apart overnight, and the army composed of the surrendered armies of all nationalities collapsed, only the Mongolian army maintained its formation, and protected Galdan to retreat to Tongguan, Establish a defensive line at Tongguan Tianwei and collect the defeated troops.

Tongguan is a natural danger through the ages, the terrain is dangerous, even if thousands of troops and horses can not be used, retreat to this place Xixia army up and down think it is safe, only Galdan understands that this kind of pass can not stop the red shirt army at all, at this time his heart is very chaotic, there is an unprecedented failure to make him at a loss, only chanting to calm himself down.

Galdan was still impetuous, he vaguely felt that someone was coming towards the study, and he was immediately furious, he had already explained that no one was allowed to disturb him when he was reciting the scriptures, who dared to be so bold and disobey the emperor's orders, Galdan reached out and held the knife and prepared to do it, but the person who came in surprised him.

It turned out to be Anu back.

Before Anu became the queen of Galdan, she was the wife of his eldest brother, so Galdan had a lot of respect for Anu in addition to love, and Galdan's capture made Galdan's heart and heart broken, unbearable, and similarly, her return also made Kaldan overjoyed.

"Anu, you're back." Galdan threw the rosary, sat up from the futon, grabbed Anu's hand and looked it up and down, and after making sure that she was safe, he happily held her in his arms.

After all, it was an old husband and wife, and the two talked about the topic without too much intimacy, and Galdan didn't even ask Anu how he escaped from the cage of the Han people, because he didn't believe that Anu could be captured by the Han people.

Galdan lifted the curtain on the wall, revealing a huge map, picked up a slender stick and pointed to a point on the map: "This is Tongguan, that is, where we are, this is the Guanzhong Plain, and this is Chang'an...... We still have 200,000 troops left unmoved, if we attack from here......"

Galdan said enthusiastically, and Anu didn't react for a long time, Galdan looked back suspiciously, only to see Anu's indifferent face: "Your Majesty, withdraw the troops, we will lose this war." ”

Galdan was stunned, is this still the Anu who has been silently supporting him? How did you go to the Central Plains and change after going around in a circle? He threw down the stick and said, "Why! We still have soldiers and horses, fighting spirit, and food, grass and ordnance, why are we lost! Since ancient times, the farming people have not been the opponents of the nomads, and the cavalry is the natural nemesis of the infantry, which is an eternal truth, and today's Great Xia Dynasty is more prosperous than the time of Genghis Khan, and the Han regime is divided. ”

Anu said: "Your Majesty, wake up, now is not the time for the cavalry to be king, even if there are thousands of troops and horses, in front of the cannon, it is not the material to turn into ashes (she is learning and selling now), for the future of the Great Xia Dynasty, for the women and children of the tribe to see their living husbands and fathers, retire the army." ”

Galdan suppressed his anger and shouted, "What about the cannons? We haven't grabbed it the same way, the Han people's airship chariot firearms, we all have them. ”

Anu said: "What if there is? It's not that it's put in the warehouse, except for the simple firecracker that can be played, who can control those complex chariots, airships and heavy artillery, even if you catch a few captives who can fiddle and learn, it's not that you can kill one less one, can our Great Xia Dynasty produce these things? ”

Galdan was stopped, what Anu said was the truth, the industrial strength of Western Xia was far less than that of the Ming Dynasty, and it could only produce armor, bows, arrows, knives and guns, but these are not problems, as long as they occupy the Central Plains' own craftsmen, so he only paused for a moment, and retorted: "When Genghis Khan entered the Central Plains, he was also poor and ......white."

Anu still smiled faintly, smiling bitterly and jerky, "Forget it, Genghis Khan faced the decaying Jin Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty, although today's Ming Dynasty is comparable to the Southern Song Dynasty, but Your Majesty doesn't see that the Han regime is about to change the dynasty?" We chose the wrong time to enter the Central Plains, we should attack when they are weakest, not when this nation is about to rise, your majesty really can't see this? ”

This time Geldan is really speechless, the Ming Dynasty has run out, this is an indisputable fact, but another powerful force has risen, Liu Ziguang returned from overseas in just a few dozen days, he was able to organize a huge army against the million-strong army of Western Xia, the strength of the strong, the people's aspirations, is also an indisputable fact.

Galdan took a few steps back, sat down on the futon, and said dejectedly: "It seems that you were really captured by them, it was Liu Ziguang who let you come, what did he say when he came?" ”

Anu said: "Yes, he said that he would wait for you in Nanjing." ”

"Wait for me? What does this mean, could it be ......" Galdan guessed the answer but was reluctant to say, "does he really think he can take me alive?" The founding emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty, the Great Khan of the Mongols, hum, is beyond his strength. ”

"Report! There is an emergency military situation. "There was a voice outside.

"Read."

"There are traces of the enemy west of Tongguan, and there are also traces of enemy ships on the Yellow River."

It was obvious that Galdan was surrounded, and he suddenly became very calm, and said, "Got it, you all go out." Anu knew that the emperor was going to calm down and think about it, so he sighed and walked out.