1054 Infantry vs. Heavy Cavalry
Liu Qin hid in the camp with the people and craftsmen, and he held a clairvoyant mirror at this time, looking at the battlefield from a distance and smiling.
In this battle, Liu Qin's advice was contrived.
When Governor Mirza besieged the camp, Liu Qin analyzed the situation on both sides.
On the side of the Datong Army, there are 3,500 elite core people.
On the Bukhara side, there are about 10,000 elite cores.
The total strength of both sides was not too far apart, and both carried a large number of tribal cavalry.
Those tribal cavalry, with very poor equipment, very low morale, and different minds, it is difficult for them to fight bloodily.
But there is also a difference, the tribal cavalry who took refuge in the Datong Army did want to rebel in their hearts. The tribal cavalry that followed the governor Mirza was purely on an errand, and would 100% flee in the event of a bloody battle.
Liang Zhen listened to these words in his heart, so he had a specific plan.
Since the tribal cavalry didn't understand the orders of the Datong army, they just threw them out to disrupt the battle. Tens of thousands of cavalry on both sides were in chaos, and the width of the war was at least several miles, and the main generals of the other side did not want to command remotely.
At the same time, the Datong army was all arrayed, and Liang Zhen used himself as a bait to attract the elite of Bukhara.
When the two sides were completely disrupted, everyone lost the chain of command. Then, Datong rode out, without any orders, purely by blood, to attract his own tribal cavalry to follow.
Five hundred Datong rode together, rushing up like a snowball. Your own tribal cavalry, you don't need to understand the order, just follow behind and rush together.
And the enemy's tribal cavalry, due to the previous chaotic battle, has long been scattered all over the battlefield. It is impossible to regroup, and it will definitely not be able to withstand such a charge, and it will be broken by each one like a knife cutting tofu.
There is only one loophole in the battle plan, that is, the governor Mirza, regardless of the Datong army as a decoy, directly leads the elite cavalry, and goes to charge and kill the tribal cavalry at the beginning. But fortunately, Mirza looked down on those miscellaneous troops and only thought about destroying the Datong army.
At this moment, even the tribal cavalry that had been shot and scattered and had withdrawn to the edge of the battlefield was also rushing over under the command of the leader, wanting to join the decisive charge of the Datong cavalry.
There were too many cavalry charged, and the battlefield could not be lined up at all.
Some tribal leaders took the initiative to flank each other, trying to eat all the elite of the governor Mirza.
Mirza didn't run away, and the guy was ruthless.
He asked the musketeers and light cavalry to intercept the charge of Datong Xiaocai, and he personally led 3,000 heavy cavalry to kill the infantry led by Liang Zhen.
As long as the main force of the Datong Army is destroyed, as long as the main general of the Datong Army is killed, no matter how many troops are left, they will be scattered!
Three thousand Bukhara heavy horsemen, desperate to charge, as unstoppable as a mountain and a sea.
The tribal cavalry that came to outflank him numbered four or five thousand people. But in the face of the charge of three thousand heavy cavalry, the morale that had just been boosted fell to the bottom in an instant, and the tribal leaders hurriedly blew the trumpet to dodge.
Mirza raised his spear and shouted: "Long live the Great Khan, long live the Great Khan!" ”
"Long live the Great Khan!"
Three thousand horsemen shouted, not drawing their scimitars, but with a spear in their hands.
There were still two or three hundred meters between the two sides, and Liang Zhen shouted: "Hollow array!" ”
The command flag was waved, the military horn sounded, and the infantry of the Datong Army, who were lining up to advance, immediately stopped and quickly changed their formation.
The earth was shaking, and the charge of three thousand heavy horsemen was terrible.
But the officers and men of the Datong Army held their rifles steadily, looking at the enemy with resolute faces.
Mirza's face showed a cruel smile, and three thousand heavy cavalry charged three thousand infantry, and the enemy generals also made a thin hollow array. Mirza could imagine the end, as soon as his heavy cavalry rushed over, the infantry on the opposite side would surely panic and disperse.
Those who are thirty paces away from the collapse can be regarded as elite.
Those who are twenty paces away from the rout can be called brave.
Those who fled ten steps away were completely fearless of death.
The tribal cavalry, who had avoided the heavy cavalry charge, did not enter the battle again at this moment, and they collectively looked at the Datong army foot soldiers.
A Gilligis leader muttered to himself, "It's over, we're going to lose." ”
The heavy cavalry and the hollow array were already only twenty paces away.
The soldiers of the Datong Army were still standing in place, and the leaders of the tribes were terrified and at the same time full of emotion: The Chinese army is really not afraid of death!
Ten steps, only ten steps left.
The Datong army was still in full formation, no one fled, and no one fired a shot.
The hollow array is capable of dealing with cavalry, with an emphasis on war horses.
The bright bayonet forest can make the enemy war horse automatically slow down and subconsciously bypass. If you shoot in advance, a lot of smoke will obscure the view, and the enemy horses will not be afraid.
Mirza had already arrived at something wrong, and no matter how much he whipped, the horse under his crotch was still slowing down.
Three thousand heavy horsemen, rushing slower and slower, rushed two or three meters outside the bayonet wall, and almost all stopped. The cavalry was still urging the horses to charge, but the horses went around to the side, unwilling to ram the bayonets.
"Bang bang bang!"
The Datong Army, which was facing the enemy head-on, finally opened fire.
The closest, even about a meter left, the Bukhara cavalry was poking their spears through the bayonet wall.
Not a single shot was missed, and the heavy cavalry fell in an instant.
The panicked heavy cavalry urged the panicked war horses to go around the sides of the hollow array. But there was still a wall of bayonets, and wherever the heavy cavalry went, there were sporadic gunfires.
Governor Mirza, has fallen.
When he died, no one knew at all, and he didn't know what happened until he died.
The smoke gradually cleared, and the nearby tribal cavalry looked there in disbelief. The 3,000 Datong army was still lined up in a neat hollow array, while the 3,000 heavy cavalry had already broken and fled.
At least half of the heavy horsemen fell around the hollow array.
There were also a large number of heavy cavalry, the horses were shot and fell to the ground, and the people were not dead, they were throwing away their weapons and fleeing in terror.
"Kill!"
A tribal leader reacted and rushed forward with his clansmen to chase and kill, and more and more tribal cavalry followed in pursuit.
They first kill the enemy who has lost their horse, and then go after the enemy who runs away on horseback. The heavy armor on the heavy cavalry used to be a life-saving artifact, but now it has become a burden to escape, and the weight is too large and is quickly caught up by the tribal cavalry.
On the other side, Datong Xiaocai led nearly 10,000 cavalry, and fedged against Bukhara's horse musketeers and light cavalry. There were also thousands of tribal cavalry, rounded to the flanks to outflank. The disparity in strength and morale caused the Bukhara army to collapse in an instant, and the only result was that the musketeers hit some of the enemy, the Datong Xiaocai, and a few more fell.
For the next two hours, it was all a pursuit battle, and the nearby city of Andijan was taken by chance.
When the leaders of the various tribes returned to Andijan with their warriors and looked at the Datong army again, even their eyes completely changed.
They did not dare to rebel before, and what they feared most was the Bukhara heavy horse. And the foot soldiers of the Datong army were able to charge with heavy cavalry and defeat the Bukhara heavy cavalry head-on.
"Mingge and Djomah Hemmur, meet the General!" Mahmur dismounted and knelt in front of Liang Zhen, his eyes full of awe.
"Dzole and Drommy Had, meet the General!"
"Heron and Zhuolu Babai, meet ......"
One tribal leader after another came to Liang Zhen and knelt down.
There were also kneeling bows before, but they were not sincere, and everyone had different thoughts.
At this time, he bowed down, but he was sincere, and seven points out of awe.
Here, respect for strength!
Liang Zhen asked the soldiers of the various departments to set up camp, leaving only the leaders to hold the meeting.
The first sentence was: "All the spoils of this battle will be handed over, and I will distribute them uniformly." The tribes with the most casualties, and the tribes with the most courage in battle, can be divided into a few. It is not allowed to be privately hidden, otherwise it will be punished heavily! Don't worry, I won't treat you badly, China is very rich, there is no need to be greedy for these things. ”
"The second thing is that in the future, there will be no private vendettas between various ministries, and if there is a conflict, find Chinese officials to mediate."
"The third thing is to continue the battle, and take the city and not loot. I know that you come from all races, and that if you conquer a foreign city, you will kill the inhabitants of the city and beyond. ”
Since this place is to be occupied, it is necessary to maintain basic order.
It is not that the more people of all ethnic groups die, the better, nor that the deeper the contradictions between the various ethnic groups, the better. If there is really complete chaos, the various ethnic groups will not take the Chinese officials seriously, and the rule of the imperial court will not be able to be maintained for a long time.
"The fourth thing," Liang Zhen said with a hideous expression, "the tribes that help Bukhara fight, in the next battle, you can kill at will!" ”
The Uzbeks are the main ethnic group in Bukhara and the most populous ethnic group here, and all the people who help the governor in the war are Uzbek tribes.
Mehmor himself was an Uzbek, and although he was forced into rebellion by the king, he did not want too many of his people to die.
Once a large number of Uzbek tribes were slaughtered, their advantage in the Ferghana basin was lost.
But there is no objection to this, because Liang Zhen has enough reasons, who let those tribes help the governor fight?
The Gilligis, the Tajiks, and other weak ethnic groups, but these leaders were all smiling happily. They resented the king and the Uzbeks, and since Liang Zhen said that they could carry out massacres, they should kill the abusers cleanly.
Liang Zhen's plan is this, he must weaken the strength of the Uzbeks and keep the three major ethnic groups in the basin in balance.
This idea was came up with Liu Qin.
Don't look at Liu Qin's non-appearance, a few words decided the life and death of tens of thousands of people.
After resting for a few days, Liang Zhen set off with the allied forces of various ethnic groups.
At the beginning, there were rules, and there were no indiscriminate killings of innocents along the way.
But after hitting the west side of the basin, the soldiers of all ethnic groups turned into jackals, because Liang Zhen said that they could be killed casually.
With the Governor dead, the Uzbek tribes were scattered and powerless to resist the allied forces. One tribe after another was slaughtered, including women and children, and a large amount of loot was sent to Liang Zhen, and then distributed to the various tribes involved in the battle.
The number of Uzbeks who died in the war and massacres is about 50,000 or 60,000, and it is possible that it is approaching 70,000.
By the time the city of Khujand was attacked, the soldiers of all tribes had already killed the Red Eye, and their morale was terrifyingly high. Because this is the last city, taking this place will be able to control the throat of the Doom Basin, and it is the last chance to snatch the spoils of war.
With the bombing of hot air balloons, soldiers of all ethnic groups climbed the city desperately, and rushing into the city was an indiscriminate killing.
In the entire Ferghana Basin, the imperial court had only four cities: Khujand, Andijan, Ferghana, and Osh.
All of these four places had to be garrisoned, and Han Chinese immigrants came to settle outside the city.
With 50,000 immigrants and fertile land, as long as military deterrence is maintained, the Han people can multiply to more than one million.
Or even more!