"Clang!" After a sharp sound, the sharp Yanyue knife successfully broke through the armor with its powerful potential. Then it continued to move forward, quickly cutting through the skin and muscles under the armor. With a pop of sound, a handful of warm and fishy smell came out.

The blood splashed on Wu Sangui's face.

"Hahaha, so refreshing! This is the real battle!"

Pulling out the Yanyue Sword in his hand from the enemy's neck, where only half of the enemy's neck was chopped off, Wu Sangui breathed out a sigh of relief, and then looked up, well, except for those who escaped far away, the enemy had been chopped to almost half.

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"Director, we have won again. This time, the number of beheadings is at least three hundred."

"How much have our brothers lost?"

"About two hundred and sixty-seven."

"Hey, with 500 cavalry against the opponent's 500 cavalry, the strength of the troops is equal. We calculated with intention but without intention, but the casualties are almost the same. It cannot be said to be a great victory."

"Director, our Public Security Department is pretty good. Look at the Military Service Bureau. The day before yesterday, they were defeated with six thousand against two thousand. If we hadn't rescued them in time, I don't know, the entire army would have been defeated.

Overturned."

"Hmph, that rotten scholar Yuan Chonghuan, who only has 6,000 reserves in total, actually wants to carry out a separate attack and a heavy siege. He is really full of shit! This vast prairie, when everyone has a telescope,

How to set up an ambush? Why don't you just attack with a knife? In the end, in order to set up an ambush, he had to divide 6,000 people into three teams, each team was very far apart. Then the first team was wiped out, and the second team was still alive.

If you don’t make it in time... If you partner with such an idiot, I will be killed by him sooner or later!"

It was late June of 1641, and almost four months had passed since the beginning of March when the Ottomans, together with the Uzbeks and Turkmens from Central Asia, invaded Xinjiang and Mongolia with a total of 70,000 cavalry.

The Ming Dynasty set up a group army in Xinjiang and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the commander was Mangui. It had three divisions, which were stationed in the snowy area, Qinghai and Xinjiang. In the past two years, because of the fall of India, Mangui commanded the three divisions.

Most of the troops were concentrated in the snowy areas just in case. So when the Ottomans came in, there was only one regiment of standing troops in Xinjiang.

Moreover, because of the special relationship between the Ottomans and this land... in short? The people here generally support the Ming Dynasty, and it is definitely not as good as Zhu Youdong thought.

But fortunately, the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway has been completed and opened to traffic? So if something happened in Xinjiang, the news spread very quickly. The Ottoman invasion in early March? But on March 20? A regiment of the Ming Army stationed in the Greater Mongolia Autonomous Region,

Then they entered Xinjiang. Subsequently, the entire Greater Mongolia Region was mobilized. Directors of the Public Security Department such as Wu Sangui and military service chiefs such as Yuan Chonghuan also brought armed police and reserve forces to the scene.

The Great Mongol Autonomous Region of the Ming Dynasty? Its geographical scope? It is larger than Inner Mongolia and Mongolia of China in the 21st century. Because the living area of ​​Mongolia in the desert at this time covered the Tangnu Ulianghai area in later generations.

These are some areas in southern Siberia in Russia in the 21st century, and are also the pastures of some Mongolian tribes in the desert - these places naturally belong to the Greater Mongolia Autonomous Region.

So? At this time, the Mongolian District of the Ming Dynasty was not only bordering Xinjiang. Directly north of the Chief Secretary of Xinjiang, it was basically surrounded by the Mongolian District. Therefore? If something happened in Xinjiang, it would be responsible for the defense of this area? But Mangui, which is far away from Lhasa, was still

No news was received. Mongolia has already mobilized on a large scale.

In addition to the geographical advantages, the reason why we can achieve large-scale dispatch quickly is that the great improvement of people's livelihood in Mongolia over the years has made the herdsmen here support the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of their hearts. This is a crucial point.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, the Mongol Khan Court headed by Lin Dan Khan was destroyed? It has been more than 20 years since the Ming Dynasty brought Mongolia under the unified jurisdiction of the central government. In the past 20 years, the Ming Dynasty established a heavy industrial zone in the Baotou area, which solved the employment of a large number of young Mongolians.

Question. Then with the advent of peace, the living standards of the local people in the Ming Dynasty improved. The mainland of the Ming Dynasty had a huge demand for meat, milk, woolen products, and leather goods from the Mongolian region. Nowadays, throughout the Greater Mongolia Autonomous Region, bacon factories,

There are not only milk powder factories and garment factories everywhere, but their total number exceeds a hundred.

In this way, the prosperity of heavy industry and light industry has solved the problem of excess population that cannot be accommodated by animal husbandry. And the vast market has provided extremely high profits for the development of animal husbandry. Therefore, in the past twenty years, it can be said that since the unification of the Huns

In the thousands of years since the founding of the grassland, the herders on the grassland have lived the most comfortable twenty years.

Because of this, when General Zhonglang gave the order, the entire pastoral area took action quickly. In just one month, the Greater Mongolia District, with a total population of less than three million, handed over three people to General Zhonglang.

Thousands of cavalry, and they are cavalry with their own horses, knives, bows and arrows!

Of course, this plane has now fully entered the era of hot weapons. These herdsmen may be good horsemen, but if they directly form a cavalry army and charge forward, they are afraid that there will not be many machine guns left to face the enemy. Therefore, Xinjiang

The countermeasures adopted by the commander-in-chief Sun Zushou were: two regiments of 6,000 regular troops were kneaded together. The other 30,000 people were scattered and used - the 20,000 Ottomans were well-equipped. But the Turkmen and Uzbeks they had coerced

, basically they were still traditional cavalry. In order to ensure logistics after crossing the Congling Mountains, the Ottomans also divided the traditional cavalry such as the Tu and Uzbek cavalry into countless small teams and asked them to "collect" grain and grass everywhere in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains to maintain the army.

Logistics. Therefore, the main job of the cavalry from Mongolia is to fight against these invaders who also use cold weapons.

Central Asia in the 16th and 17th centuries was also known as the "Monster House". The Turkmen and Uzbeks here were quite brave and good at fighting. Therefore, when they were coerced by the Ottomans and entered the Xinjiang region, they still mainly used cold weapons.

However, the combat power it displayed still made it difficult for the grassland men coming from Mongolia to deal with it.

"Director, what are you saying about that idiot Yuan Chonghuan, who is so weak in the battle? Why are they allowed to command us in the battle? Let me tell you, if all the cavalry on the right wing were handed over to you, all the Turkmens opposite us would have been killed long ago.

Ruined."

"Hmph, although Yuan Chonghuan is not good at fighting, he is far better than me in bragging. When Colonel Sun came to inspect our army last time, didn't you hear how he bragged? 'If he can lead an army by himself, within three months

Destroy all the bandits. Bah! With his command, we will be completely wiped out in three months!"

"Director, what should we do? This old thief has the trust of Colonel Sun. Not only has he become the commander-in-chief of the right wing, but he also targets you everywhere. The number of troops allocated to you never exceeds a thousand people... TMD, our Public Security Department

There are more than 3,000 people I have brought here. I don’t ask for more from this bastard Yuan Chonghuan. As long as he allows us to bring our own people, I don’t have to worry so much all the time!”

"What? Are you afraid of death?"

"Hey! What am I afraid of? I have been a popular drinker in Mongolia with the director for so many years. I have slept with women from the Golden family and have a lot of children. I am so scared! But of course, dying in a vigorous battle is no problem.

But if you die because of Yuan Chonghuan’s blind command, then I won’t be willing to do so.”

"Don't worry, Colonel Sun is a bit younger after all. He was fooled by Yuan Chonghuan. However, his father, Sun Zushou, and General Sun did not accept this trick. Humph, after his defeat two days ago

, I have privately contacted several of our department chiefs in the Mongolian region and sent a letter to General Sun. Haha, General Sun is an experienced veteran and will not be fooled by Yuan Da's deception."

"That's good. Director, the battlefield is almost finished. Where should we go next?"

"Well, bring up the map."

In the 21st century, China's Xinjiang covers an area of ​​1.6 million square kilometers. In this era, the total area of ​​Xinjiang is more than 2 million. It sounds like a large area, but in fact, if we really want to fight, the battlefield is actually quite limited.

Because, the entire Xinjiang, from north to south, can be basically divided into five geographical units: Altai Mountains, Jungar Basin, Tianshan Mountains, Qaidam Basin, and Kunlun Mountains. In this area farthest from the ocean, there are almost no mountains all year round.

Rainfall. Almost all the water sources here come from the Altai Mountains, Tianshan Mountains and Kunlun Mountains. Therefore, Xinjiang’s cities and population are basically concentrated on the four lines at the junction of the mountains and the basin. Naturally, the battle between the Ottoman Army and the Ming Army

It will only focus on these four lines.

Now, the 20,000 Ottomans are mainly equipped with heavy machine guns and submachine guns, and they are walking along the line at the junction of the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains and the Jungar Basin. Relying on their superior strength, they have repelled the resistance of the two regiments under Sun Zushou and occupied the

We arrived at Yili and were heading towards Shihezi.

Since it is the main force, the demand for logistics is even greater. Although relying on the winding mountain road built on the Congling Mountains after the Ming Dynasty captured Xinjiang a few years ago, the Ottomans' transportation is still possible. But pure animal power transportation

It was very difficult for the army to provide ammunition for the 20,000-strong main force, let alone food. Therefore, all the food was collected on the spot by the Ottomans coercing more than 30,000 Turkmen cavalry.

The troops of Yuan Chonghuan and Wu Sangui had to fight against these more than 30,000 Turkmen cavalry.

After looking at the map for a long time, Wu Sangui raised his head: "I don't want to go back and see Yuan Chonghuan's bad face. So, let's go south first and go around to Bayingoleng Village. The residents here are mainly Mongolian.

It would be more convenient for us to replenish supplies there, and even to replenish a little troops. TMD, I dare not enter some villages again... Then we will look at the situation and see if General Sun has removed Yuan Chonghuan. Then we will decide the next step.

behavior."
Chapter completed!