The long history of the Western Xinjiang Metropolitan Protectorate, recommended by the cabinet, was designated as the Shoufu Bi of Hanzhong County in Shu Province.

Fu Bi was a famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, and he was successively appointed as a supervisor, a direct collection of Xianyuan, and a Zhizhi Yuan. When he served as the deputy envoy of the privy council, he and Fan Zhongyan jointly implemented the new policy of Qingli.

After the failure of the new policy, Fu Bi went out of Zhiyun Prefecture, Qingzhou and other places, and rescued hundreds of thousands of disaster victims during his tenure.

To and the second year of the visit.

Historically, Fu Bi had made many envoys to the Liao State and was also very concerned about the situation in Western Xia.

The cabinet recommended Fu Bi, a civilian official who was both talented in internal affairs and quite familiar with military affairs, to serve as the governor of the Western Xinjiang Metropolitan Protector Shi, which obviously took a lot of thought, and it was very much in line with Ouyang Shuo's intentions.

At the same time, Fu Bi has served as the county guard of Hanzhong for a long time, and he has a very good understanding of the situation in Shu, and this promotion to the governor of the Western Xinjiang Metropolitan Protector Shi also helped to promote the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet line and the Qinghai-Tibet line.

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The Battle of Mongolia, which broke out in November, is regarded as the last major battle within the Huaxia region.

The Mongol Empire had a huge army of 1.3 million, although it could not be on par with Great Xia, but in the eyes of the outside world, it was bound to be a long-lasting war.

Even if Great Xia can win, it will be greatly damaged.

The progress of the war was beyond everyone's expectations, and in this great battle, the Great Xia army was devastated, and basically did not give the Mongol army a chance.

In particular, the wars in the Mongol Empire itself were even more disparity.

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November 17, on the southeastern border of the Mongol Empire.

Stationed here was one of the four heroes of the Mongols, the Borhu Division, who echoed the north and south with the Chagatai Department stationed on the northeastern border, and jointly guarded the eastern border of the Mongol Empire.

The opponents faced by the two divisions were the Great Xia Northern Frontier Army and the Fengxiang Army.

The Northern Xinjiang Army, under the command of Deputy Commander Chen Yucheng, advanced from the Northern Xinjiang Province and prepared to compete with the Borhu Army; The Fengxiang army, under the command of the famous general Guo Ziyi, marched west from Liaojin Province and pounced on the Chagatai Department.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, Zhang He, the commander of the First Army of the Northern Xinjiang Army, led 20,000 elite cavalry, as the vanguard of the Northern Xinjiang Army, met unexpectedly with the main force of the Mongolian Borhu Department on the vast steppe.

As one of the four heroes of Mongolia, Bolhu was an expert in cavalry warfare, and when he learned that the vanguard of Great Xia had sent all the cavalry troops, he immediately waved his army without saying a word.

"Kill them all!"

Bol suddenly took the lead and led his troops to rush to kill.

As a fierce general of the Three Kingdoms, is Zhang He a coward? Without a word, he immediately led his troops to meet the enemy.

In fact, whether it is war horses, cavalry equipment, or even cavalry tactics, the Great Xia cavalry has long left the Mongolian iron cavalry behind, and the poor Mongols still don't know it, and still regard themselves as the first cavalry in the world.

This battle has fully proved this point.

In the face of 40,000 Mongolian iron cavalry, Zhang Hebu did not fall behind at all, and it was inseparable from the enemy's army, and it was even divided, which made Bol's face red.

It's a naked-naked-naked slap in the face.

The so-called Mongolian iron cavalry, in front of the Great Xia cavalry, has no pride at all.

Boerhu, who was beaten out of his temper, his face was gloomy, and at the same time, in order to save a little face, he had completely moved his murderous intentions to Zhang He's department, and while commanding the main force to kill the enemy, he ordered the left and right wings to come and join the main force to jointly encircle and kill Zhang He's department.

Strictly speaking, this was the first battle between the Mongol iron cavalry and the Bactrian cavalry.

The enemy's strength was completely beyond Bolhu's expectations, and it was precisely because of this, in order to save morale, Bolhu did not hesitate to fight more and fight less, but also to annihilate the enemy army in front of him and save a little dignity.

Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Bol suddenly wanted to play big, but Zhang He didn't accompany him at all, he was burdened with a heavy responsibility.

Seeing that the secret agent came to report that the left and right flanks of the enemy were moving towards the battlefield, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhang He's mouth, he didn't expect that this mission would be completed so easily.

"Withdraw!"

Zhang He did not hesitate and immediately ordered a retreat.

"Give me chase!"

Seeing that the enemy was about to retreat, Borhu quickly guessed that the enemy might detect the movement of the left and right flanks, and the more so, the more Borhu could not let the enemy escape.

Otherwise, he would have lost face.

"Let the left and right flanks speed up the march and come directly to join the main force!"

Borhu originally planned to make a slight detour between the left and right flanks to outflank the enemy's rear road, but now that the enemy is withdrawing, the roundabout tactics can no longer work, so it is better to pursue directly.

The two armies chased and fled, galloping on the Mongolian steppe, which was very spectacular.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon, and the two armies had galloped for more than 100 kilometers, which could be described as galloping, and such a marching speed was beyond the reach of the infantry.

In this regard, the cavalry does have their own pride.

Leaning slightly, a hilly area appeared in front of Zhang He's department, one after another small hills, one after another, like green bubbles emerging from the grassland, which is very spectacular.

Zhang Hebu did not hesitate, and directly entered the hilly area and disappeared from the sight of Bolhubu.

Bol didn't think about it, and directly commanded the army to chase and kill it, in the vast prairie, even if it is a hill, it is no more than thirty or fifty meters high, and there are no trees, it is unobstructed, and it is impossible to set up an ambush at all.

Therefore, Bor was not afraid.

Led his troops into the hills, and Bol suddenly noticed something wrong, but saw that on each hill, there were many shadows, and the Great Xia army was stationed, and a simple fortification was built on the top of the mountain.

Obviously, this is the place where the enemy army has carefully arranged the decisive battle.

When Bol saw it suddenly, not only was he not afraid, but laughed loudly: "I didn't expect the Great Xia Army to be so stupid, thinking that with such a small mountain bag, it can block our attack?" It's just childish. ”

According to conventional thinking, a small mountain bag thirty or fifty meters high is indeed not an ideal ambush location. Not only can it not be ambushed, but once trapped on the top of the mountain without a water source, it is simply self-defeating.

Without hesitation, Bor ordered the army to scatter and attack the mountain packs.

The hills on the steppe have a very gentle slope, and with the superb riding skills of the Mongolian cavalry, they can directly rush up without dismounting.

The fear of the enemy army in the morning has been thrown out of the sky by Bol.

"Kill!"

Bor Hu personally led his troops and continued to pursue Zhang He's troops in front, and at the same time ordered the left and right flanks to begin to pull out the nails on the top of the mountain.

In the whole hilly area, there are no less than 100 hills, densely packed.

At the foot of one of the hills, a thousand Mongolian cavalry charged fiercely, and the scimitars of the cavalry bloomed with a piercing cold light under the reflection of the noon sun.

On the top of the mountain, the commander saw it and calmly ordered: "Open fire!" ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The artillery, which had been placed on the top of the hill in advance, burst into flames.

The cavalry that was charging ahead immediately flipped on their backs, slowing down the charge of the entire team. The Mongol cavalry was also fierce, and continued to charge under artillery fire.

With such a short hillside, it is estimated that they have rushed to the top of the mountain before the second round of enemy artillery bombardment.

The commander of the summit saw it and calmly ordered: "Musketeers prepare." ”

"Shoot!"

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! ”

Dense and rapid gunfire rang out, pouring bullets with impunity.

The fierce Mongolian iron cavalry was too vulnerable in the face of the rain of bullets and bullets of the Great Xia army, and row after row of cavalry fell like wheat, unable to splash a single wave.

In the face of firearms, the Mongolian cavalry, which was still in the era of cold weapons, was destined to be slaughtered.

Yes, it's a massacre.

The Great Xia musket has evolved from the most primitive musket to the relatively advanced arquebus, and now, the whole army is already equipped with the third generation of muskets, that is, the new generation of flintlock muskets.

Compared to arquebuses, which are difficult to reload, flintlock pistols are designed with a spring-driven rotating arm with a flint in the head, and when the rotating arm rotates downward, the flint rubs against the steel plate on the ignition disc to produce a spark, and the spark falls into the powder disc to ignite the ignition powder.

Because it relies on flint to ignite, it is called a flintlock pistol.

Compared to arquebuses, flintlock pistols are safer and more reliable, with a simple construction and easy reloading, and a flint chip can be used for 30 rounds, making it possible to shoot continuously.

These advantages have made flintlock pistols popular for 300 years.

It was not until the birth of more advanced firing guns that the flintlock pistol was withdrawn from the stage of history. In fact, Daxia's research on the firing pistol has also entered the stage of tackling tough problems, and even experimental products have been born.

There is no army, mainly because the production cost is too high to achieve mass production.

In the final analysis, it is still limited by the level of industrialization of Daxia itself. It has been less than two years since Daxia comprehensively promoted industrialization, and naturally it has not yet reached the level of mass-produced firing guns.

Even so, the flintlock pistol was powerful enough to send the enemy to the terror.

With the cooperation of artillery and musket teams, and with the help of the condescending favorable terrain, the Mongolian cavalry in leather armor and even cloth armor were like fragile babies, and they were simply vulnerable.

Even if an elite cavalry rushed to the top of the hill, in front of the musketeers, there was still a row of the most elite sword and shield soldiers guarding it, so that the Mongol cavalry could not cross the thunder pool.

The small hill became a lingering nightmare for the Mongol cavalry.

At this time, Borhu had already led his troops into the depths of the hills, and when the herald came to report that the armies on the left and right flanks had suffered heavy losses in encircling and suppressing the mountains, the expressions on his faces were more complicated and complicated.

"How so?" Bor was puzzled.

The herald replied with trepidation: "General Qiyu, the enemy has placed artillery on the top of the mountain, and there are a large number of musketeers, and the lethality is amazing, and we can't rush up at all. ”

Suddenly Bor felt a chill in his heart, and then realized that the trap envisaged by the enemy was extraordinary.

"General, withdraw!" Adjutant General suggested.

Bol's face suddenly turned cloudy, and he said after a long time: "No, you can't withdraw." "For the Mongol Empire, it was a war with no way out, and if it was won, it would be destroyed.

The deputy general hurriedly said: "Then rush out of this hill first, you can't let the sons and daughters die in vain." ”

"It's good!" Borhu was not stubborn this time.

It's a pity that this is a bureau carefully set up by Chen Yucheng, how can the enemy troops who entered the hub easily evacuate, just when Bol suddenly led his troops to rush out of the hilly area, on the periphery of the hills, the Great Xia army was already in full battle.