When everyone arrived, Baturhun said: "The gopher on the grassland has sent news that two Ming armies have crossed the Jinshan and are rushing towards Yili Bari from the east and west, of which the Ming army on the north road has about 70,000 or 80,000 cavalry, and it has now passed the Alashan Pass, and the Ming army on the east road is about 30,000 or 40,000 cavalry, and there are still 300 miles away from Yili Bari. ”

Hearing Batur Hui's words, the big and small heads present suddenly whispered.

There are many timid leaders who are even more frightened and pale, and hundreds of thousands of Ming troops are attacking?

After a pause, Baturhun continued: "Now we have two choices, either to the Ming Emperor and ask the Ming army to let us go, or to have a decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty army, which is related to the survival of the Dzungar Department. ”

"Great Khan, you can't fall, resolutely not down."

"The army of the Ming Dynasty has more than 100,000 cavalry."

"Yes, we in Dzungaria can't win this battle."

"You cannot surrender, and your descendants will never bow their knees to the enemy."

"We really can't beat it, even Bogda Chechen Khan was defeated by the Ming army."

"The Manchu Qing can't beat the Ming army, it doesn't mean that our Dzungar warriors can't beat the Ming army, this is the Yilie River, it's Yili Bari, it's the hometown of our Dzungar warriors, the Ming army is thousands of miles away to run the Yilie River and our Dzungar warriors to fight a decisive battle, that's looking for death, the Ming army wants to find death, we must satisfy them!"

Dozens of leaders in the Khan's court quarreled and refused to give in to each other.

Baturhun visually inspected that the main battle faction accounted for about two-thirds.

And as time went on, the voices of the capitulationists were gradually drowned out by the main battle faction.

This is also the proper meaning of the question: no matter what country or force, no matter at any time, the capitulation faction is always unpopular, and no one is willing to surrender unless it reaches the point of exhaustion.

At that moment, Baturhun took out his scimitar and cut off a corner of the table, and shouted: "Since most people support the decisive battle, then let's fight a decisive battle with the Ming army, and the leaders should also return to their respective tribes as soon as possible, and gather all the warriors in the clan to go to the Ming army as soon as possible, and we will first fight a decisive battle with the Ming army on the North Road in the fear." ”

So far, the Dzungar Ministry has completely controlled the Yilie River valley and the Shihe River valley (Ortysh River) in Ye'er, with a population of more than 500,000, and if all are mobilized, 200,000 cavalry can be gathered.

However, considering that some tribes are far away, it is too late to come up in time.

Therefore, the cavalry that can actually be summoned is about 150,000 cavalry.

Baturhun felt that there was still a chance to win the Ming army.

……

A few days later, the valley of the Ara.

Chongzhen climbed a gentle hill under the escort of hundreds of cavalry forbidden troops.

Standing on the top of this hill, you can see the entire valley of the Mira River.

I saw the river flowing through the valley, and on both sides of the valley were gentle meadows, like a green carpet spread out towards the four fields, and on both sides of the valley were dense birch forests.

"Long live the lord, the terrain here seems ordinary, but in fact, it hides murderous intentions."

Lu Jiude, the eunuch who knew the soldiers, immediately stepped forward and persuaded: "If the Dzungar troops ambush a cavalry in the dense forests on both sides of the valley of the Feara River, and then intercept and kill our rear army after our front army has passed, our army will immediately fall into a predicament that is difficult to take care of, and the baggage troops of the cavalry divisions may suffer heavy losses. ”

There is another sentence that Lu Jiude did not say.

Once the baggage and supplies were burned, the Ming army would fall into a dilemma of having no ammunition to use.

Chongzhen said with a smile: "Lu Daban, are you worried that the Dzungar cavalry will set up an ambush in the forests on both sides of the Feara River Valley?" ”

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"Long live Lord, you must be on guard." Lu Jiude said, "This place is less than two hundred miles away from Yili Bari, and Baturhun must have already received a whistleblower from Abaiyi. ”

Chongzhen smiled slightly and then asked, "Does Lu Daban know about the battle of Hulan and sudden hypothermia?" ”

"Yes." Lu Jiude replied, "Grandpa Cheng knew that Warat had set up an ambush in Kulan Huwen, but in order to seek a decisive battle with Warat, Grandpa Cheng still ordered the Ming army to enter the ambush circle of the Warat people, and after the Warat cavalry descended from the top of the mountain, he used the firearms of the god machine to inflict a lot of casualties on it, and then took advantage of the victory to pursue, and pursued it all the way to the Arutula River, and Mahamu was almost captured alive by the Ming Dynasty. ”

Chongzhen said with a smile: "More than two hundred years ago, Emperor Chengzu knew that the Warat people had an ambush in Hulan, but he still dared to lead the army into the ambush circle, and the first battle hit Warat, more than two hundred years later, I decided to follow the example of Emperor Chengzu took the initiative to enter the ambush map of Dzungaria, Emperor Chengzu could rely on the advantage of firearms to inflict heavy damage on the Warat cavalry, and I could also rely on the advantage of firearms to severely damage or even completely annihilate the Dzungar cavalry. ”

……

Among the birch forests on the right side of the valley of the Tara River.

Baturhun's younger brother Chechen Taiji was closely watching the movements of the Ming cavalry through a telescope, and saw that the Ming cavalry did not hesitate to enter the ambush circle of the Dzungar cavalry.

The monk was anxious and asked, "Abga, has the Ming army entered the ambush circle?" ”

"Sangha, you'd better see for yourself." Chechnya handed over the monoculars.

Seng Ge took the telescope and pointed it at the river valley, and finally saw it clearly, but saw a group of Ming cavalry slowly marching into the valley of the Feary River in a neat queue, and its forward had already entered the ambush circle.

"The Ming army has entered the ambush circle and can attack!" The monk shouted.

"There's no hurry." Chechen waved his hand and said, "Wait for the forward cavalry of the Ming army to pass first, and then intercept and kill its rear team, so that the Ming army can fall into chaos, and the next battle will be much easier." ”

"Let go of the Ming army's forward and intercept its rear team?" The monk was thoughtful.

"Boy, learn a little." Chechnya quipped, "It's not so easy to lead troops to war." ”

While the uncle and nephew were talking, the Ming army continued to march forward, the forward cavalry quickly drove over, and the baggage troops in the rear began to enter the river valley.

The monk shouted excitedly: "Abaga, the rear team of the Ming army has entered the river valley!" ”

"Okay, blow the horn and attack the whole army!" Chechnya raised a scimitar in the air.

In the next moment, the distant sound of bull horns and the fierce war drums immediately sounded in the dense forests on both sides of the Feara River Valley, and then a faint shout of killing came from the dense forest.

……

"Hehe, the Dzungars are really here."

Hearing the sound of war drums, horns and shouts of killing from both sides of the river valley, Chongzhen couldn't help grinning, presumably the Dzungars must be very proud at this time, right?

I hope you'll be able to laugh later.

"Li Yan." Chongzhen said again, "I'll leave it to you next." ”

Li Yan answered, and immediately rode out of the cavalry queue and came to the side.

"The 2nd Cavalry Division and the 5th Cavalry Division are all there, each infantry regiment dismounts and arrays, the mountain artillery regiment seizes the time to assemble, and all the infantry artillery platoons hurry up to build infantry artillery positions."

Dozens of heralds scattered in an instant.

"Division Commander Li has an order, all infantry regiments dismount and line up!"

"The mountain artillery regiment seized the time to assemble the mountain artillery, and the infantry artillery platoon hurried to build a position......"

The order soon reached all combat units at the grassroots level, and nearly 40,000 officers and men of the 2nd and 5th Cavalry Divisions began to make preparations in an orderly manner.

The infantry was busy lining up in two lines.

The baggage soldiers were busy gathering and pacifying the horses.

The infantry artillery was busy erecting the Tiger squat cannon, and the mountain artillery was busy assembling the mountain artillery.

After two or three minutes, a group of Dzungar cavalry came out of the dense forests on both sides of the valley and then charged along the gentle valley.

At this time, the Dzungar cavalry swooping on both sides of the valley was still more than a thousand steps away from the infantry line of the Ming army.

This distance is completely fine for a 2.5-inch mountain gun or a 4-inch field gun, but the distance is still a bit far for the Tiger squat gun, and it is out of reach.

"All infantry platoons! Hold it for me! ”

"Wait until the enemy is 500 paces before firing!"

The commanders of the infantry regiments gave a loud order with their short guns held high.

With the sound of horses' hooves like a tide, the Dzungar cavalry began to accelerate.

Soon, the Dzungar cavalry entered within 500 paces.

"Hit!" Accompanied by the commands of the division commanders, brigade commanders and regiment commanders, more than 400 2.5-inch tiger squat guns of the two divisions opened fire at the same time, pouring 200,000 iron nails on the Dzungar cavalry.

The armor on the Dzungar cavalry was even inferior to the Jiannu cavalry.

In an instant, the Dzungar cavalry, wearing only leather armor and even robes, was beaten to the point that they were on their backs.

The first round of artillery bombardment alone caused more than 3,000 casualties to the Dzungar cavalry.

The improved Tiger Squat Cannon is so ferocious, not only has the propellant been replaced from black powder to smokeless gunpowder, but the round lead has also been replaced with a thin iron nail, and the lethality has increased geometrically.

However, the Dzungar cavalry was not defeated and was still rushing forward.

In the blink of an eye, the Dzungar cavalry was approaching within a hundred paces.

"Call me!" The commanders, brigade commanders and regimental commanders of the various divisions of the Ming army gave the order again.

With one command after another, a dense burst of gunfire suddenly rang out in the valley of the Feara River.

With the sound of dense gunfire, the Dzungar cavalry, which was charging forward at high speed, once again turned on their backs.

And this time, the casualties of the Dzungar cavalry were even heavier, just one round of salvo fire, it caused more than 5,000 casualties of the Dzungar cavalry, miserable!

Seconds later, the Ming troops in the rear row came up and opened fire again.

With the sound of gunfire, the Dzungar cavalry once again turned on their backs.

A few seconds later, the reloaded front platoon was replaced again.

After the gunshots rang out, another row of Dzungar cavalrymen turned on their backs, and the formation was completely chaotic.

With one round of artillery bombardment and three volleys, more than half of the 20,000 Dzungar cavalry who had been put into the attack had already been killed or wounded, and the originally crowded cavalry formation had become sparse and unbearable.

Seeing this scene, the remaining Dzungar cavalry finally relented, turned their horses and retreated.

However, on the way to retreat, they were killed by the Ming army, and in the end only a third of them fled back, and the remaining two-thirds were all lying in the river valley.