"Shoot!"

On the battlefield on the south side of Qinghai Lake, the guns and cannons used by the Xia army were heard incessantly, and several rounds of salvos fired by the Xia army's line infantry also caused a large number of casualties to the Mongol infantry after destroying the slave cannon fodder.

Ildu Qi Taiji, who was sitting in the rear, saw his men fall one after another under the volley of Xia army's rifles, his face was full of horror, he pointed to the Xia army infantry who were skillfully loaded and shot, and shouted:

"Why are the Han people's firearms so ferocious? Is it true that the heavens are going to destroy me, Ilduzi?!"

No one answered him, and the Mongol nobles around him were shocked and speechless for a long time.

In their sight, the Mongol army could only fall one after another under the volley of the Xia army, and the Mongol cavalry on the flank could not please them.

The soaring casualties made it impossible for the Qianhu Nayans, who led the cavalry to fight, to be calm any longer, and they naively thought that by charging at the Xia army, they would be able to easily tear through the Xia army's battle line composed of light infantry.

But then, the Mongolian cavalry that charged the Xia army was hit by more fierce fire, and they barely rushed to the Xia army's phalanx with rounds of projectiles fired at them, at this time, they were desperate to find that the rifles in the hands of the Xia army had turned into spears, and the phalanx formed by the Xia army was like a hedgehog, so that they could not speak.

"Rush over! Tear apart their phalanx!"

The Mongol generals shouted loudly to drive their men on, but the cavalry were frightened by the continuous volleys, and their horses were afraid of the rifle bayonets in the hands of the enemy, and hesitated with a restless sound.

The angry Mongol general Zuo could only change his tactics and lead his subordinates to move around the Xia army's formation, trying to find a weak point that could be broken through, but while they were moving, the Xia army in the phalanx was still methodically loading their rifles and shooting at the Mongolian cavalry that rushed in front of them.

In the continuous gunfire, the number of casualties of the Mongol cavalry soared, and as the light infantry in the cavalry was withdrawn into the phalanx one after another, the Mongol cavalry finally dared not fight again, they shouted, and turned their horses' heads to flee amid the neighing of their horses, but they were still greeted by the terrible rifle projectiles.

The Mongol infantry on the frontal battlefield were similarly unfazed, and before they could rush in front of them, the light infantry deployed in front of the line infantry hurriedly retreated, retreating from the passage left in advance into the rear of the safe battle line.

After the light infantry withdrew, the line infantry fired a final volley at the close Mongol infantry, and then, to the rapid beat of the snare drums, they took the initiative to raise their rifles and launch a counter-charge against the Mongol infantry.

This last close-to-face salvo directly broke the Mongol infantry, interrupting the momentum of their charge, and then being overwhelmed by the Xia army's counter-charge.

The Mongol army was thus defeated, and Ildu Qitaiji was dragged by his guards and nobles to flee the battlefield first, leaving the cheering Xia army to pursue the fleeing Mongol infantry.

In this battle, the Xia army defeated the main force of the Qinghai right flank of the Heshute Khanate, and once again shocked the other Mongol tribes in Qinghai.

Soon after the loser fled back to the Qinghai right-wing garrison, he was conspired to be poisoned by the nobles who opposed him, and after poisoning Ilduqi, the nobles were unwilling to fight the Xia army anymore, and surrounded the two young Taiji to submit to the Xia army.

With the submission of the Qinghai right wing, the situation in Qinghai changed greatly, and the remaining Qinghai left wing considered itself the orthodox headquarters of the Heshute Khanate, and was unwilling to surrender Qinghai's "ancestral inheritance" to the Han Chinese, but they were also powerless to resist the offensive of the Xia army.

The remaining Taiji could only jointly support the second son of Gushi Khan, that is, Dayan Khan's second brother, as the new khan, and the new khan thought that instead of fighting the Han in Qinghai, it was better to withdraw to Uszang, first recapture the Luo, and then rely on the manpower, material resources and terrain of Uszang to resist the Han Chinese.

Although the idea of the new khan did not win the support of every Taiji, it was the best way for now, and the Qinghai left flank, led by the khan, abandoned the pastures and crossed the mountains into Uszang.

As soon as the Heshute division of Qinghai's left flank left, the vast Qinghai pastoral area was vacated, and the Tumut division, which had not left with them, did not dare to swallow it alone

These pastoral areas made it difficult for them to fight against the Han people, so they took the initiative to surrender to the Xia army.

At this point, the Qinghai pastoral area was finally placed under the control of the Xia army, and Liu Shixun led the army commander to take over the entire fertile Qinghai pastoral area, and he ordered the leaders of the Mongol tribes to be gathered together and sent to Jiangning to meet the emperor with the Taiji of the right wing of Qinghai.

He himself was seated in Qinghai and ordered the soldiers of the Third Town to build camps and outposts on the main communication arteries of Qinghai to guard against the rebellion of the Mongol tribes.

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On the other side, the Xia army led by Daniel Zhang, the general soldier of Gansu, was engaged in a battle with the Yarkand army, and in the face of the many camps built by the Yarkand army outside Kuyu City, the Xia army bombarded the wooden camp with dozens of Hongyi cannons, forcibly blasting several gaps.

Subsequently, the Xia army poured into the gap in the camp wall like a tide and fought fiercely with the Yarkand army, most of whom were conscripts recruited from the country, and their combat effectiveness naturally did not need to be explained.

Under the onslaught of the Xia army, many of the camps built by the Yarkand army were captured in a few days, but they also encountered some hard stubble - that is, the Zhou army led by Wu Yingzhi.

As mentioned earlier, the Zhou army under the command of Wu Yingqi has not forgotten to take revenge over the years, practiced day and night, and bought a large number of firearms from the merchants of the Western Regions, and the combat effectiveness of its army has skyrocketed.

In the battle of the Xia army's attack on the Yarkand camp, the Zhou army assigned to a camp showed their extremely high combat effectiveness, they imitated the tactics of the Xia army they had encountered, pushed the artillery to the front line, loaded it with shotguns, and fired a salvo when the Xia army attacked, and the Xia army immediately suffered heavy losses and was defeated.

After this battle, the Zhou army became famous among the Yarkand army, and Abdurraha Khan was so pleased that he ordered Wu Yingqi and his army to be rewarded with a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, and cloth, and encouraged them to continue their efforts and defeat the Xia army.

The Khan's reward for the Zhou army aroused the jealousy and resentment of some Yarkand generals in the army, who believed that the Zhou army was nothing more than refugees who had fled to the Yarkand Khanate, and that the Khan had mercifully taken them in, and that they did not deserve these rewards because they had fought for the Khan.

With this sentiment in mind, these Yarkand generals began to crowd out the Zhou army, mocking them as "lost dogs" in Han Chinese language, or insulting Wu Yingqi as a hypocrite, accusing him of being baptized for a completely impure purpose.

No matter how the Yarkand army rejected Wu Yingzhi, the former emperor just endured it silently, he hid the hatred in his heart in the dark, and silently recorded these humiliations.

The war in the Western Regions continued until the second half of the year, and finally made progress, but this progress was not due to the Xia army, but from the north of the Yarkand Khanate, the Dzungar Department.

The Dzungar tribe finally put down the rebels in the country in May under the leadership of the Taiji Sangga, who executed all the brothers who opposed him to death in order to deter others in the country who were disrespectful to him.

Subsequently, the monk did not send troops to Mobei to attack the Khalkha Mongols as agreed with Tsarist Russia, but set his sights on the Yarkand Khanate south of the Tianshan Mountains.

The relationship between the Dzungar tribe and the Yarkand Khanate was not friendly, and after Abdullaha Khan succeeded to the throne, he led the army to defeat the Dzungar army in the Gongnaisi steppe, and captured the Ili River valley and the area around the Bal KS Lake.

At present, most of the forces of the Yarkand Khanate were transferred to Turpan to fight the Xia army, which was the best opportunity for the Dzungar to regain the lost territory, so the monk directly reneged on the agreement with Tsarist Russia and personally led the army across the Tianshan Mountains to attack the Yarkand Khanate.

The rebellion of the Dzungar tribe caught Abdullaha Khan by surprise, and by the time he got this bad news, the army of the Dzungar tribe had already invaded the territory of Turpan, and burned and plundered the territory of Turpan.

For this reason, Abdullaha Khan was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and it was the envoy of Tsarist Russia who swore that the Dzungar tribe would stand on the same front with them against the Xia Dynasty, and he would be relieved to transfer most of the domestic army to the east to attack the Xia Dynasty.

But now, the Dzungars have betrayed their indirect alliance and threatened his rear, leaving Abdul Rakha Khan in an embarrassing dilemma.

If he divided his army and went to attack the Dzungar department, the Xia army in front of him would definitely seize the opportunity to defeat him at Kuyu and then seize the eastern part of Turpan.

But if he ignores the Dzungar Ministry, these treacherous Mongols will definitely make a mess of Turpan, and even threaten his back route, once the supply line from China to Kuyu is cut off by the Dzungar Ministry, he will be buried here with the army.

After some painful consideration, Abdul Rahakhan finally decided to keep his homeland, and he ordered the entire army to withdraw, but left Turpan Aqimbabai Ibraim to lead an army to hold Kuyu and resist the westward advance of the Xia army as much as possible.

Babai Ibraim also knew that if the Xia army broke through and continued to advance, his rule of Turpan would likely be taken by the Xia army, so he was determined to hold on to the ancient city and defend his territory.

Finally, on this hot evening on the first day of the seventh month, Abdul Lakha Khan took advantage of the cover of night to lead his army out of Kuyu and galloped in the direction of the ravages of the Dzungar tribes in the west, full of rage, and vowed to crush the treacherous Mongols, just as he had done in the decisive battle in the Gongnaisi steppe more than ten years earlier.

In order to be able to completely defeat the Dzungar army, he thought twice about it, and still brought Wu Yingqi and the Zhou army under his command with him, hoping to reduce the casualties in the battle with the Dzungar army with the powerful Zhou army.