Galdan regretted it a little.

As a general of the imperial court Pingxi, he originally wanted to use Kazakhstan as another contribution to his conquest of the feats, but who would have thought that he was too aggressive and trusted the Kazakhs too much, so he fell to this point.

It was now the beginning of July in the twelfth year of Wu'an, and as he led the army of the Quasi-Bu into the sphere of influence of Zhongyuzi, he gradually sensed that something was wrong, and the guide provided by the Great Yuzi Khan seemed to lead them away from the direction intentionally or unintentionally, and the army of Dayuz, which had originally said that it was going westward, would also be disconnected from time to time at this time.

This made Galdan's heart suddenly vigilant.

He began to send a large number of scouts to scout the enemy, report back to the country what was going on with them, and be wary of the guides leading the way.

However, the messengers he sent were intercepted and killed by the Kazakh rangers on the way, and the messengers finally realized that they had been betrayed by the Great Yuz, who secretly contacted the Central Yuz army along the way and slowly led the quasi-army into a trap.

In the middle of July of the 12th year of Wu'an, the Quasi-Commander army approached the Kazakh Khanate of Karayuda and encountered stubborn resistance from the defenders of Zhongyuz, who were basically citizens recruited from the towns, armed with their own weapons, using traditional Kazakh bows and heavy arquebuses purchased from the West for defense.

The Mongol warriors of the Dzungar tribe, dressed in Mongol-style armor and scale armor, stared at the arrows that rained down and carried ladders towards the city walls, and from time to time some of them were shot by stray arrows and fell to the ground with a scream, or they were shot through the armor by the arquebus projectiles that could pierce the armor, killing them instantly.

"Kill!"

The Mongols roared and set the ladder on the city wall, then bit the steel knife to their mouths, and climbed up with their hands and feet, while the Kazakh soldiers on the city wall raised their spears and stabbed downwards, or threw fierce oil cans, and burned the Mongols under the city walls alive, accompanied by a crisp clay pot shattering sound, the flames quickly spread, enveloping the Mongols below, and letting out a series of miserable screams.

Under the stubborn resistance of the defenders, the siege of the Dzungar tribe failed, they could only suspend the siege and set up camp outside the city walls, Galdan immediately sent a number of messengers to find the Great Yuz Khan, asking the other party to join him as soon as possible to jointly take Karayuda, as long as Karayuda can be taken, the capital of the Kazakh Khanate Astana is the next target.

However, what he didn't expect was that Karayuda was only a target deliberately left by Zhongyuz Khan to attract the quasi-army to attack, and the Kazakh army had already completed most of the build-up near Karayuda at this time, and galloped towards Karayuda, intending to wipe out the Dzungar army here.

On the other hand, the task of the Great Yuz Khan was to lead his army far behind the Dzungar army, so that Galdan thought that he would rush to support him immediately, so as to discourage the idea of retreating, so that even if Galdan realized that he had been betrayed, it would be too late for him to break through.

This seems to be able to cooperate very well, but the two Khans of Xiaoyuzi are not prepared to let the Khan of Dayuzi stay out of the matter, they are ready to involve Dayuzi as well, so that the latter will be forced to join their side and fight against the Xia Dynasty together.

Everything was as expected by the Kazakhs, when the Kazakh army appeared near Karayuda, Galdan learned of the strength of the coalition army, and his heart suddenly rose to retreat, ready to lift the siege and retreat eastward, but at this moment, the envoy of the Great Yuz Khan quickly drove into the camp and told Galdan that the Great Yuz army had arrived at the rear of the quasi-army and was willing to fight side by side with Galdan against the small and medium-sized Yuz coalition forces.

After some thought, Galdan decided to abandon the idea of retreat and start a major battle with the Kazakh army outside the city of Karayuda.

With his order, the quasi-army poured out of the nest, lined up with their backs to the camp, and the Kazakh coalition army gradually formed their traditional military formation after entering the battlefield.

The traditional Kazakh military formation is a convex half-moon formation, that is, the worst soldiers are placed in the central protrusion, the two wings are ended by elite soldiers, and there are reserves in the rear to provide support at any time, once the enemy tears through the central protrusion and enters the formation, it will fall into the encirclement of the Kazakhs

among them.

Galdan frowned slightly as he looked at the Kazakh army that was gradually forming a battle formation, and he turned his head to look at the rear again, although it was far away, he could vaguely see a black line on the distant horizon, and he knew that it was the Great Yuz army that was rushing towards this side.

"Taiyoshi, please give the order to attack!"

The Dzungar nobles beside him shouted loudly, the Dzungar tribe had fought against the Kazakhs, and the weak and weak Kazakh army had left a deep impression on them, so they could not wait to use the Kazakh army in front of them as a stepping stone for their military success.

Galdan hesitated, his subconscious told him that he should wait for the arrival of the Great Yuz army before attacking the enemy, but he was worried that the Great Yuz army would defect and betray him after the battle, so he suddenly fell into a hesitation.

The nobles around him kept urging him to give the order to attack, and it seemed that in their opinion, the Kazakh army was still so weak and bullying, and under the urging of the nobles, Galdan gritted his teeth and finally ordered an attack.

As the horn sounded to symbolize the attack, the Dzungar army roared and advanced towards the enemy, and the Dzungar artillery deployed on both flanks also let out a deafening roar, and one shell after another roared into the crowd, like the sickle of death to harvest the lives of the Kazakhs.

The Dzungar Ministry deployed the elite cavalry at the front, intending to tear apart the Kazakh army formation with cavalry and create a gap for their own infantry to break through.

Seeing that the performance of the Kazakh infantry was so unbearable, the faces of the Dzungar nobles who led the cavalry attack showed excited expressions, and they loudly encouraged the cavalry under their command, and under their loud shouting orders, the cavalry in the army formation raised their bows one after another, put bows on horseback and led arrows, and shot rounds of black arrows at the Kazakh army formation.

Listening to the buzzing sound of arrows, the arrows rained down into the formation, and immediately brought down a group of poorly equipped levies, and the Kazakh army immediately launched a counterattack, they also shot arrows, so that the Mongol cavalry was sometimes hit by arrows and fell from their horses during the run, but it did not affect the offensive of the entire Dzungar cavalry.

"Kill! Charge! Crush them!"

The Dzungar nobles who led the attack howled excitedly, and under their leadership, the Dzungar cavalry crashed head-on into the crumbling Kazakh central army formation with overwhelming momentum, knocking the wavering Kazakh conscripts into the air or getting caught under the hooves of their horses.

The screams of people, the screams and wails of dying are also mixed with the neighing of war horses, and all kinds of sounds converge into a tragic symphony that symbolizes death and is played on the battlefield.

The Dzungar cavalry easily tore through the Kazakh Central Army, opening a gap for their own infantry, and the Dzungar infantry followed closely behind, engaging the Kazakh soldiers who had not yet fled, and quickly routed the latter, and rushed in.

Galdan watched the offensive on the front line go smoothly, but a deep uneasiness suddenly appeared in his heart, and he didn't know where this uneasy feeling came from.

But at this moment, the elite Kazakh heavy infantry deployed at the end of the two flanks began to rush to the central army formation, and they quickly turned into the front, intending to cut off the retreat of the Dzungar army that rushed into the central army formation and surround it inside.

In the Kazakh military formation, the Dzungar cavalry, which tore through the enemy's army formation, was soon attacked by a ferocious blow from the enemy's interior, and the Kazakh reserves deployed in the rear also quickly gathered up and launched a fierce attack on the Dzungar cavalry, and the Dzungar cavalry had lost their proud mobility at this time and were forced to enter into close combat with the Kazakh army.

The Kazakh infantry was basically armed with spears, and they fired several rounds of dense volleys at the Mongol cavalry with Kazakh bows before engaging the enemy, killing a large number of cavalry at once, and then raised their spears and engaged the cavalry in hand-to-hand combat with spears.

Although the Dzungar cavalry resisted bravely, the cavalry was inherently at a disadvantage in the face of spears.

They were stabbed by spears one after another and fell off their horses, and the number of casualties skyrocketed.

Under these circumstances, the Dzungar nobles who were leading the attack came to their senses, and they shouted and intended to lead the cavalry to turn back and break out in the direction from which they came, but they were also followed by a large number of infantry, which was resisting the siege of the Kazakhs, making it impossible for the cavalry to use their mobility.

Outside the formation, the Kazakh cavalry also began to mobilize, they galloped on horseback, and charged towards the quasi-army intent on rescuing friendly troops, the Kazakh cavalry was basically a cavalry archer that could shoot and shoot, and they galloped while drawing bows and arrows, and projected a rain of arrows at the Mongol army.

The traditional Kazakh bow they used had a range of at least 300 yards and was able to penetrate solid wooden targets at a distance of 100 yards.

The Kazakh cavalry rode and shot as they approached, and after the distance was closer, they directly gave up the bow bending, took out the javelin, and threw a round of javelins at the Mongols according to the inertia of the horses, and then replaced them with spears, and roared angrily and rushed head-on into the Mongol army that was overturned by the javelins.

Only to hear a deafening sound, the Kazakh cavalry turned on their backs, the cavalry in front fell to their horses, and the Mongol infantry also suffered heavy losses under the impact of the cavalry, the Dzungar army was an indigenous army that had not received systematic training, and after paying huge casualties one after another, they finally broke down and fled backwards screaming.

Galdan watched this scene painfully, but he was not ready to give up his subordinates who were trying to break through, he looked at the Dayuzi army that was still in the rear, and seemed to understand something, but he didn't have time to think, he immediately drew his saber and shouted: "Warriors of the Dzungar tribe, follow me to attack and rescue the clansmen!"

As soon as the words fell, he took the lead in riding his horse and rushed out, and the quasi-army as a reserve was immediately inspired by Taiji's morale and followed to attack, and the remaining Mongol cavalry, who did not follow the charge, bravely took the initiative to meet the Kazakh cavalry, and they roared and ran into the Kazakh cavalry chasing the deserter, and cut it off their horses with spears and scimitars.

The Kazakh cavalry also reacted quickly, and these Mongolian cavalry entangled, they wielded sabers, bones and battle axes to fight with the Mongolian cavalry, that as a blunt weapon of the bone duo can effectively hit the armored units, a Mongolian cavalry and the Kazakh cavalry passed by, in the moment of rubbing, the bone in the latter's hand hit the opponent's helmet hard, only to hear a dull sound, the helmet actually sunken in, the brain burst, the Mongolian cavalry didn't even have time to scream, and fell to the ground softly.

Inspired by Galdan's example, his reinforcements successfully prevented the Kazakh elite heavy infantry from joining in, and he personally shot a Kazakh soldier with a bow, and then shouted to his men in the encirclement not far away, ordering them to break out together.

Although the battlefield was noisy, his orders managed to reach the ears of his subordinates, and the Mongol troops in the encirclement immediately moved in the direction of the Taiji banner, and under the cover of friendly forces, they finally broke through after paying a heavy price.

Seeing that the Mongol army had broken through, the Kazakh army hurriedly pursued, while on the other side, the small and medium-sized Yuz Khans who were supervising the battle in the rear looked at each other, and the Zhongyuz Khan immediately sent a messenger to the Great Yuz army in the distance, preparing to carry out the strategy of pulling the Great Yuz Khan into their side.

The messenger passed through the battlefield and rode quickly to the army of the Great Yuz, and he shouted his intentions, and was brought before the Great Yuz Khan, who, upon seeing the Khan, fell down on one knee and relayed his true words to the other party.

Zhongyuzi Khan's original words are very simple - the Great Yuzi army sat outside the battlefield and watched the friendly army in trouble and did not move, once Galdan fled back and reported this matter to the emperor of the Xia Dynasty, can you still gain the emperor's trust? Even if you react now and join the war, it's too late, Galdan must already have a grudge against you, so you should cooperate with us and annihilate the Dzungar army here.

These words suddenly made Da Yuzi Khan's face change greatly, and he realized how stupid he was to appear here, as long as Galdan could go back alive, whether he participated in the war now or not, he would leave a bad impression on the Xia Dynasty's side, if he was Gaal

Dan took the opportunity to provoke, then he would still be blamed by the Xia Dynasty, and the idea of taking the opportunity to be supported as a Kazakh khan would also go bankrupt.

As soon as he thought of this, Da Yuzi Khan suddenly couldn't sit still, and he looked at the retreating Dzungar army, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.