The Cossacks raised their spears and charged at the positions of the Chinese infantry.

Eight thousand Cossack cavalry led the way, followed by 40,000 Kazakh and Bukharan cavalry.

Countless war horses galloped at the same time, stirring up a large amount of dust, and even the earth trembled slightly.

Although this was the first time that the Chinese army faced the Cossack cavalry.

However, the Liaodong Military Academy has long made a tactical analysis of the superior arms of various countries in the world.

Wu Sangui was well aware that the characteristics of the Cossack cavalry were their diversity.

In other words, the Cossack cavalry, on the battlefield, was actually a multi-faceted role.

Although the spears used by the Cossacks often led many people to arbitrarily classify them as lancers.

The Cossacks could also charge in formation like the Sikh lancers or Polish lancers, but this was really only one of the ways the Cossack cavalry fought.

And more often than not, the Cossacks behaved more like hussars fighting with spears.

They are good at long-distance raids, breaking them into pieces, interspersed with small units of troops behind enemy lines to sneak up on the opposing side.

This kind of combat method is what makes Wu Sangui the most headache.

Now the Cossacks wanted to break the infantry with cavalry, and this was exactly what they wanted.

The Cossacks advanced at a high pace, and soon came within range of the Chinese artillery.

Today, the field artillery in China has changed from the original 6-pounder Franc cannon to a 12-pounder "Napoleonic cannon".

Of course, it was not an early smoothbore gun, Huaxia had long since switched to a more mature rifled gun, and its shells were also rear-loaded.

The use of firing pins instead of the fuses of artillery has also increased the efficiency of firing.

Both the firing speed and power of the cannon and the firing range have made a huge leap forward compared with the previous Franc cannon.

Hundreds of cannons roared at the same time, and the shells fell on the marching cavalry, producing a huge explosion.

The huge wave of air tossed many Cossack cavalry to the ground, and the horses also let out a frightened neighing sound!

Even the formation in which they were marching was destroyed.

Balabashi didn't expect that the artillery of the Chinese people would be so sharp.

Just one round of shelling cost them thousands of horses.

Fortunately, the formation of the Cossacks was not particularly dense, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

The Cossacks were battle-hardened knights, and although it was the first time they had encountered such a dense cannon, after a brief confusion, they adjusted their formation and charged the Chinese infantry in front.

Experienced they spread their formations more out to avoid further artillery attacks.

They also knew that the rear artillery had a relatively long range, and as long as they quickly rushed to the front of the enemy formation, the artillery of the Chinese people would be useless.

Wu Sangui also frowned slightly, he didn't expect the Cossacks to adjust so quickly, so that his second round of shells didn't blow up many Cossacks.

However, the Kazakh cavalry behind them was not so lucky, and the dense formation cost them dearly.

The entire formation was blown upside down, and it immediately fell into chaos.

At this time, the Cossack cavalry was desperately waving their horses, and they wanted to speed up and charge the infantry in front.

It has to be said that the Cossacks are indeed one of the strongest light cavalry in the world, and even most of the veteran Liaodong cavalry did not have such riding skills.

However, it is clear that they underestimated the power of the "Qianxi 1635" rifle.

"Bang, bang, bang"

After entering 200 steps, the Chinese infantry began to shoot.

The soldiers at the front stood inside the trenches, and the two rows of soldiers alternated fire from each other.

Behind them was a low bunker made of dirt, with the first row of soldiers crouching on the bunker and the soldiers behind standing alternating shots.

The 20,000 infantry thus formed a dense network of fire.

Having entered the firing range, the Cossack cavalry at the forefront fell in rows.

After the bullet cavalry penetrated its body, it left behind a blood mist that filled the air with a bloody aura.

However, the Cossacks were not discouraged, although the fire of the musket was strong, but it took 30 seconds to reload the projectile and fire again.

That's enough time for them to rush to the front.

But what they thought of was that the shooting of the Huaxia people stopped for a few seconds, and then the dense gunfire rang out again, and the firepower could be described as continuous.

In just a few tens of seconds, almost all of the nearly 2000 Cossack cavalry in the front row fell.

Barabash hurriedly blew the horn and let the Cossacks spread out on both wings.

But the Chinese cavalry on both sides had already protected the flanks of the position.

Despite the fact that Barabash constantly brandished his saber and directed the Cossacks to raid the flanks,

But this plan did not seem to work, and the Chinese rifles were constantly reaping the lives of the Cossack cavalry.

And his overly hard performance attracted the attention of the Chinese snipers, and soon a bullet from a sniper rifle passed through his chest.

Balabashi fell down unwillingly, he didn't expect that the rifles of the Huaxia people could shoot continuously, and under such continuous firepower output, the cavalry would not have any chance.

The appearance of this weapon can be said to have put an end to the era of cavalry.

He was prepared for death, and it was the fate of the vast majority of Cossack cavalry to die for money, to die for food, and to die on the battlefield.

He really wanted to stop this pointless charge, but there was nothing he could do at the moment.

The Cossacks were brave, but they were not stupid.

Even if they have lost their commanders, years of experience in the war have taught them that they should leave the battlefield as soon as possible.

But at this time, the Kazakhs behind them blocked their retreat.

The Kazakh cavalry had long been blown up into confusion by the artillery of the Chinese.

Wu Sangui understood that the time had come to attack.

He and his brother Wu Sanfeng each led 5,000 Chinese cavalry to rush towards the chaotic Cossack cavalry ahead.

Although in the face of powerful rifles and artillery, the cavalry charge has completely lost its value.

However, the cavalry, with its strong mobility, still occupies a very important position in the Chinese army.

The two Chinese cavalry, like two sharp arrows from the Xuan, plunged into the chaotic enemy army.

At this time, the Cossacks only wanted to quickly get out of the battlefield, and they could no longer form an effective formation to compete head-on with the Chinese cavalry.

Although the Cossacks were in no way inferior to the Chinese cavalry in terms of individual combat effectiveness alone, at this time the two sides were not at all on the same level.

The spears of the Chinese constantly pierced the chests of the Cossacks, knocking them off their horses.

After several charges, the Cossack cavalry had already been dashed.

Wu Sangui and others had even caught up with the fleeing Kazakh cavalry.

This soon turned into a rout of 50,000 cavalry.

The Chinese cavalry also entered their favorite mode of cover-up, brandishing their sabers and spears in their hands, constantly chasing the prey in front of them.

At this time, the enemy cavalry had completely entered the rout mode, and it was not possible to form an effective resistance at all.

The pursuit of the Chinese cavalry lasted for a full hour, until the enemy disappeared from their field of sight.

And behind them were the corpses of enemy cavalry everywhere.

In the end, Wu Sangui still prevented the further pursuit of the Huaxia cavalry.

These Cossacks were very good at seizing their chances, and if they continued their pursuit, they were likely to be counterattacked.

The 8,000 Cossacks who took the lead naturally suffered the greatest casualties, and in the end only 2,000 managed to leave the battlefield.

The combined forces of Kazakhstan and Bukhara suffered many casualties under the bombardment of Chinese artillery, and in the end, they were killed by the Chinese cavalry, leaving more than 20,000 corpses on the Bukhara steppe.

The Chinese suffered less than 2,000 casualties, many of whom were killed and wounded by the Cossack dragoons with muskets with one hand.

This "Battle of Bukhara" is destined to leave its mark in the history of war.

This battle fully proved that under the blow of dense fire, it was no longer pointless to charge with cavalry.

It can be said that the era of cavalry is over, and the era of nomadic hegemony will finally come to an end!

This battle can be described as a great victory, completely crushing the Bukhara reinforcements, even the Kazakhs and Cossacks were cleaned up, and the subsequent occupation of the Kazakh Khanate became much easier.

The defenders of Bukhara, having seen the corpses of a large number of nomadic cavalry, directly chose Kaesong to surrender.

Although the Imam of the King of Bukhara Khan still fled, the Bukhara Khanate had been completely occupied by the Chinese.

In all of Asia, apart from most of the Dutch East Indies, including the island of Java, and the vast and uninhabited Siberian Plain, only the Ottoman-controlled regions of West Asia and the Kazakh Khanate remained unconquered.

Wu Sangui hurriedly asked Xiong Tingbi for battle, and he said: "Now that the Kazakhs are newly defeated, it is a godsend, and the Kazakh steppe can be leveled with only 30,000 horses." ”

Xiong Tingbi said with a smile: "Chang Bomo should be anxious, the governor has already asked the Khalkha Mongol Three Khans to send troops, and now the Mongolian cavalry should have arrived in the Kazakh steppe, let's take a look at the situation first." ”

The Kazakhs suffered the most in this battle, losing half of their 30,000 troops, and Nurali Khan was even more furious.

He said to Li Zicheng: "It's all your bad idea, and now you have not only lost 50,000 taels of gold, but also ruined 15,000 Kazakh warriors, are you guilty?" ”

Although the imam stated that the money came from the Bukhara Khanate, it was paid in advance by Nur Ali Khan.

Now that the Bukhara Khanate has been occupied by China, the imam naturally has not produced the gold, and in the end this loss can only be counted on his own head, how can he not be angry?

At this time, Niu Jinxing said: "Please also ask the Great Khan to calm his anger, although this time we did not succeed in driving away the Chinese, but we have dealt a heavy blow to the Cossacks who invaded the Khanate, and we have cut off the threat of the Cossacks, and we can't say that we have gained nothing!" ”

Then Li Zicheng also hurriedly said: "Great Khan Shengming, this is a plan of 'two tigers competing for food', no matter who falls in the end, it will be beneficial to our Kazakh Khanate!" ”

"And now that the Chinese and the Cossacks have formed a bond, I believe it won't be long before more Cossacks will come for revenge."

Under Li Zicheng's flickering with Niu Jinxing, Nurari Khan's face softened a lot, and he said: "In this way, these 50,000 taels of gold flowers are quite worthwhile?" ”

Niu Jinxing glanced at Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng hurriedly said: "This is all the Great Khan's wisdom and martial arts, don't worry, this money will not be spent in vain, although Balabashi is dead, but the Cossacks have always had revenge." ”

"I'll get up and go to Astrakhan, and I'll definitely say that the Cossacks will send troops again!"

Obviously, Nurali Khan was moved, and Li Zicheng even asked him for some materials and gifts in the name of an envoy.

After all, he couldn't go and ask for help empty-handed.

At this time, the Kazakh Khanate is in danger, and the Chinese may be killed at any time, so wouldn't it be to wait for death to stay here?

Therefore, Niu Jinxing hinted that Li Zicheng hurriedly tried to get out.

Li Zicheng's reaction was quite fast, not only found an excuse to get out, but also took the opportunity to ask for a batch of supplies, which were the capital for them to settle down in Tsarist Russia in the future.

At this time, Li Zicheng also reluctantly glanced back at Turkestan, the capital of Kazakhstan, and Nurari Khan begged for more blessings.

Then the mission he led left without looking back.

Nurali Khan never expected that he would neither welcome the invasion of the Chinese army nor wait for reinforcements from the Cossacks.

However, news came that the Mongols had invaded the eastern part of the Khanate.

The area inhabited by the Kazakh Khanate is called the Kipchak steppe, which is divided into large yuz, middle yuz, and small yuz.

Middle Yuz is in the Central Kazakh Highlands, Small Yuz is on the Ural River to the Caspian Sea, and Great Yuz is west of Lake Balkhash to Turkestan.

When Huaxia defeated the Kazakh and Dashun coalition forces on the Tianshan North Road, they took advantage of the situation to recover the area around Lake Balkhash, including the city of Broken Leaves, and actually occupied part of Dayuz.

The Kazakh Khanate had a population of more than 2 million and a military force of 300,000 during the time of the Khasmu Khanate.

Although the strength is not as good as before, more than 100,000 cavalry can still be taken out.

This is also the reason why Xiong Tingbi did not blindly enter Kazakhstan.

The pace of territorial expansion of the Chinese Empire was too fast, and if they concentrated all their forces on conquering Kazakhstan, it was likely that there would be rebellions in the previously occupied territories.

He can't give a potential enemy this chance.

As a result, the three Khalkha tribes, which had already submitted to the Chinese Empire, became the object of his requisition.

The 80,000 Mongol cavalry led by Chechen Khan, Tushetu Khan, and Zasaktu Khan soon attacked Dayuz in eastern Kazakhstan through the city of Broken Leaves.

At this time, the main forces of the Khanate were in the south of the Middle Yuz to defend against the Chinese army to the north, and the Great Yuz in the east was very empty.

The three Khalkha cavalry soon swept through the Great Yuz.

Nurali Khan never expected that the Mongols would come to inspect the cheap at this time.

He had to urgently send 50,000 cavalry from the south to stop the Mongol invasion.

At this time, Wu Sangui finally waited for the opportunity.

He led an army of 50,000 to the north and besieged Turkestan, the capital of the Kazakh Khanate, in one fell swoop!

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