The Chinese Empire's attack on the Bukhara Khanate made his northern neighbor, the Kazakh Khanate, feel deep fear!

Today's Chinese Empire is already a giant in Central Asia, and the khanates are afraid that they will be annexed by the Chinese Empire.

After all, even powerful empires like the Mughal Empire and the Persian Empire were reduced to part of China.

Although they knew the strength of Huaxia, they could not accept being annexed by the Huaxia Empire.

Especially Li Zicheng, who defected to the Kazakh Khanate.

Now there are only dozens of soldiers left by the Emperor Dashun and Niu Jinxing, a dog-headed military advisor.

Previously, Nurali Khan of the Kazakh Khanate had an alliance with Li Zicheng.

Although Li Zicheng is now a lost dog, after all, he has fought against the Chinese Empire for many years and knows the situation in China very well.

Therefore, Nur Ali Khan still gave Li Zicheng a certain courtesy and regarded him as his staff.

Although Li Zicheng hated the Persians who backstabbed him, he was greatly surprised by the dismemberment of the mighty Safavid dynasty by the Huaxia and Ottomans so quickly.

Niu Jinxing said worriedly: "Once the Chinese conquer the Bukhara Khanate, they will definitely take action against the Kazakh Khanate next. At that time, we will definitely lose the protection of the Kazakh Khanate, and please make plans as soon as possible! ”

Niu Jinxing said that Li Zicheng didn't know, but now that the power of the Chinese Empire is in full swing, which empire can compete with Huaxia?

I can still be courteous in Kazakhstan, but if I go to another country, with the little people at hand, no one will care about me at all.

I wonder if these people will also give their heads to Li Xianzhong as a gift to curry favor with Huaxia!

To be honest, Li Zicheng is already a little tired of this upside-down life.

But if he wants to crawl at Li Xianzhong's feet and wag his tail and beg for mercy, begging Li Xianzhong to give him a way to live, and then be ridiculed by Chongguang Dao, Song Xiance, Li Yan and others who have betrayed him, he will definitely not be able to stand it.

Especially Gao Jie, who has greened himself, has now also received a knighthood in Huaxia and has become Guiyibo.

He, Li Zicheng, would never give in to these people.

So he said: "The Kazakh Khanate is our last place of refuge, and if it is also occupied by China, where can we go?" ”

"Niu Junshi, is there a way to repel the Huaxia Army?"

Niu Jinxing framed Li Yan at the beginning, and the two can be said to have formed a personal enmity, if it weren't for this, I'm afraid he wouldn't have followed Li Zicheng a long time ago.

Now that Li Yan is thriving in China, and he leads the army to fight alone, if the Huaxia army kills the Kazakh steppe, he will definitely not have his own good fruit to eat.

Niu Jinxing thought about it for a long time, whispered a few words beside Li Zicheng, and then Li Zicheng rushed to the Kazakh Khanate to meet Nurari Khan.

At this time, the Imam of King Bukhara Khan personally came to Kazakhstan to ask for help from Nur'Ali Khan.

Nurali Khan also had a headache, and he naturally knew the truth of his cold lips and teeth.

But now that the Kazakh Khanate is plagued by Cossack cavalry, how can he divide his troops against China?

At this time, Li Zicheng said: "There are many Cossack cavalry in the Khanate, and we may be able to use them against the Chinese." ”

Li Zicheng's words made Nurali Khan's eyes light up.

These Cossack cavalrymen came from Tsarist Russia on the other side of the Urals.

The Cossacks originally served in the Grand Duchy of Poland and Lithuania, but during the struggle between Tsarist Russia and the Crimean Khanate, the Cossacks began to fall to Tsarist Russia.

Today's Tsarist Russia, though not yet the giant of later generations, has annexed most of the lands left by the Golden Horde.

At the beginning of the 15th century, the Golden Horde, one of the four Mongol khanates, began to fall apart under the attack of the Timurid Khanate and the Grand Duchy of Poland and Lithuania.

The Kazan Khanate, the Astrakhan Khanate, the Siberian Khanate, and the Crimean Khanate became independent from the Golden Horde.

Under the leadership of Ivan IV, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which was originally part of the Golden Horde, began to rise.

In 1552 it annexed the Kazan Khanate, and in 1556 it eliminated the Astrakhan Khanate.

The Grand Duchy of Moscow was renamed Tsarist Russia, and in 1598 the Siberian Khanate was eliminated.

This allowed Tsarist Russia to extend beyond the Ural Mountains and from Europa to Asia.

However, the Crimean Khanate on the shores of the Black Sea was now a protectorate of the Ottoman Empire, and with the help of the Ottomans, the Crimean Khanate managed to stop the invasion of Tsarist Russia.

Today's Tsarist Russia was still fighting the Ottomans for the Crimean Khanate.

Just sent some Cossack cavalry to infiltrate the Kazakh khanate in Asia.

Beginning in the 13th century, a number of Slavs fled the Golden Horde to southern Russia, including the Don Valley, the lower Dnieper, and the Volga Valley.

In the 15th and 16th centuries, some Russian and Ukrainian peasants who did not want to become serfs migrated to southern Russia after the overthrow of the Golden Horde.

These people were called "Cossacks", that is, "free people" in their native Turkic language.

The Cossacks established a number of local regimes in southern Russia. The Eastern European Plain is mountainous and less mountainous, so most of the Cossack ethnic groups are named after rivers, such as the "Don Cossacks".

Tsarist Russia bribed the Cossack elite to make these Cossack cavalry work for Tsarist Russia.

Unlike the heavy armor of European cavalry, these Cossacks were dominated by light cavalry.

These Eastern European knights, who grew up on horseback, became the most feared light cavalry in the world with their flexible and fast combat methods.

Although with the development of firearms, some dragoons armed with muskets also appeared among the Cossacks.

But they still preferred sabers and spears.

Also nomads, the Kazakh cavalry was not at all an opponent of the Cossack cavalry.

But the Cossack cavalry now had more of a mercenary relationship with Tsarist Russia.

The Cossacks invaded the Kazakh Khanate mainly by plundering and did not encroach on land.

Nurari Khan knew very well that as long as he was paid enough, these Cossack cavalry would be able to come out against the Chinese.

The imam indicated that the money could come from the Bukhara Khanate.

So Li Zicheng volunteered as an envoy to negotiate with the Cossacks.

The reason why he is willing to take this risk is also selfish.

In case the Kazakh Khanate is conquered by China, taking the Cossack line will be regarded as one more way to retreat in the future.

Of course, in the end, this task of fooling the Cossacks fell to Niu Venus.

Balabash was the leader of the Cossack cavalry that invaded the Kazakh Khanate.

The invasion was relatively easy, and despite the large number of Kazakh cavalry, they were not at all their opponents.

The Cossacks had taken a large number of herdsmen, cattle and sheep, and were waiting for Nur'Ali Khan to send men to pay the ransom.

At present, the main opponent of Tsarist Russia is the Crimean Khanate supported by the Ottomans, and there are no plans for a large-scale invasion to the east for the time being.

The 3,000 Cossacks led by Barabash only came to find out the situation, to prepare for the future eastward expansion of Tsarist Russia, and to plunder by the way, to gain benefits for themselves.

Originally, he thought that Niu Jinxing was here to pay the ransom, but he was directly startled when he saw this cart of gold and silver.

The ransom they demanded from the Kazakhs was 5,000 taels of gold, but the gold and silver brought by Niu Jinxing this time were worth no less than 50,000 taels of gold.

To tell the truth, Balabashi had never seen so much money in his life, and this gold was enough to buy their lives.

Niu Jinxing is also an old man, and the thousands of people under Balabashi will definitely not be able to handle the Chinese.

So he got straight to the point and said: "We are asking the Cossack cavalry to help us with the ancient Chinese people, this 50,000 taels of gold is just a deposit, as long as you can help the Bukhara Khanate drive away the invading Chinese people, there are still 100,000 taels of gold to offer." ”

Although he has not fought against each other, Balabashi has also heard of the Huaxia Empire, and this opponent is indeed difficult to deal with.

However, "people die for money, birds die for food", he took this job.

Balabashi said: "With our Cossacks coming forward, it will not be a problem to drive out the Chinese. ”

Seeing that things were going so well, Niu Jinxing also looked very excited, and he asked, "I wonder how many people you have?" ”

Balabashi said: "There are a lot of troops in China, and I am afraid that the three thousand people here alone will not be able to deal with them, so I will join the Cossack cavalry around Astrakhan to go south together, and there should be seven or eight thousand horsemen." ”

When he heard this number, Niu Venus's heart was directly half cold.

The Chinese army attacking Bukhara was no less than 80,000 people, and this person wanted to win the Chinese army, isn't it a fantasy?

Of course, at this time he did not dare to inform Balabashi of the real strength of Huaxia, so as not to scare the Cossacks away.

So he said: "There are tens of thousands of attacking Chinese people, and their combat power is not bad, is this point too thin?" ”

This bounty is so generous that more people shout it means more people to share the gold.

In Balabash's opinion, the dispatch of so many Cossack cavalry was already very face-saving for the Chinese.

His idea is also very simple, since the Kazakhs are the matchmaker for the Bukhara Khanate, then naturally they will not be able to sit idly by.

Eight thousand Cossack cavalry, plus tens of thousands of Kazakh and Bukhara cavalry, such a lineup was enough to drive away the Chinese.

He said: "Isn't there also the cooperation of the Bukhara cavalry and the Kazakh cavalry? ”

"You don't leave us Cossacks alone, do you?"

His question made Niu Jinxing look quite embarrassed, and he could only smile and say: "That's natural, we will definitely fully cooperate with the Cossack cavalry." ”

It would be best if there were more Cossacks to attack Huaxia, but what he had to do now was to drag the Cossacks into the water.

As long as the Cossacks died at the hands of the Chinese, they were not afraid that the main forces of the Cossacks would not strike.

He also had no choice but to bring back to the Khan court the news of the Cossacks' willingness to send troops.

In order to express his sincerity in cooperation, Balabash also generously released the Kazakh herdsmen he had captured.

When the Ox Venus brought back the Kazakh herders.

Nurali Khan and Li Zicheng knew that the matter was done.

Niu Jinxing naturally didn't dare to tell the truth, 50,000 taels of gold was only exchanged for seven or eight thousand Cossack cavalry to attack, and Nurali Khan didn't peel himself alive.

When they learned that the first batch of tens of thousands of Cossack cavalry was about to go to the Bukhara Khanate, and that more men and horses would follow, they still recognized this result.

Rescue is like fighting fire, and the Chinese have now surrounded Bukhara, the capital of the Bukhara Khanate.

The Imam of King Bukhara naturally hoped that the Cossacks would go south as soon as possible.

Ten days later, the Cossack cavalry, located around Astrakhan, rushed to the Kazakh steppe.

The Chinese were now their common enemy, so Nurarihan also sent 30,000 Kazakh cavalry south to help in the battle.

After converging with more than 10,000 Bukhara cavalry near the border, this army of 50,000 cavalry rushed to the city of Bukhara.

At this time, the Huaxia Army was also divided into two groups, the 30,000 Persian Army led by Li Yan was stationed around Tashkent, and the 50,000 Western Regions Army led by Xiong Tingbi was responsible for Samarkand and Bukhara vicinity.

To be precise, it was the 30,000 Western Regions Army commanded by Wu Sangui who was in charge of besieging Bukhara.

Wu Sangui has been under the command of Zu Dashou for a long time, and the old foundation of the troops he commanded is the serious Liaodong cavalry, and then he has incorporated many nine-sided elites of the Ming Dynasty.

This unit, in terms of equipment, morale, and combat experience, is among the best among today's Chinese departments.

In addition, Wu Sangui is a young Chinese general who Li Xianzhong himself is optimistic about, so he was sent to study at the Liaodong Military Academy early.

Despite the menacing attack on the army, Wu Sangui was not flustered.

With the popularization of "Qianxi 1635", the situation of infantry against cavalry has also undergone earth-shaking changes.

In the internal military exercises in China, the cavalry no longer had any advantage over the well-trained infantry equipped with artillery in the field.

Even the most elite heavy cavalry in China, the "Liaodong Iron Cavalry", faced the Chinese infantry equipped with rifles and field artillery, and its final outcome was the total annihilation.

Originally, the cavalry lost its ability to charge until 1860, during the "Civil War" period in the United States.

However, the use of new rear-loading rifles and Wang Hui bullets has greatly advanced this phenomenon.

However, so far Huaxia has not encountered a large number of cavalry on the battlefield, so this battle is destined to go down in the history of war.

The scale of 50,000 cavalry can be described as overwhelming.

The whereabouts of the Cossack coalition had long been discovered by the Chinese sentinels.

Sentinels equipped with binoculars can clearly spot enemies from greater distances, which greatly increases their safe distance.

Wu Sangui, who got the news, decided to take the initiative to meet the enemy army.

Soon the two sides met in the steppes north of Bukhara.

When he saw the 20,000 Chinese infantry directly attacking him in front, Balabashi showed a contemptuous expression.

These Chinese people are really looking for death, and they actually directly use infantry arrays against cavalry on the grassland?

Although tens of thousands of cavalry were placed on both sides of the Chinese infantry, it was clear that the Chinese wanted to use infantry formations to meet the onslaught of cavalry.

Not only Balabash, but the Kazakhs also felt funny when they saw this scene, are the Chinese people preparing to "give away people's heads"?

Soon Balabashi raised his saber and led the Cossack cavalry to charge at the infantry positions in China!

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