When everyone arrived, Baturhun said: "The gophers on the grassland sent news that two Ming armies have crossed Jinshan Mountain and are rushing towards Yilibali from the east and west. Among them, the Ming army on the north road
The Ming army has about 70,000 to 80,000 cavalry, and has now passed the Alashan Pass. The Ming army on the east road has about 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry, and is still 300 miles away from Yilibali."
After hearing Baturhun's words, the big and small heads present immediately began to whisper.
Many timid leaders turned pale with fright. Hundreds of thousands of Ming troops attacked in large numbers?
After a pause, Baturhun continued: "Now we have two choices, either to surrender to the Ming Emperor and ask the Ming army to let us go, or to engage in a decisive battle with the Ming army, which is related to the survival of the Junggar tribe.
I don’t want to be an expert, but I want to hear everyone’s opinions. Do you want to fight or surrender?”
"Great Khan, we can't surrender. We won't surrender."
"The Ming Dynasty army had hundreds of thousands of cavalry."
"Yes, we, Junggar, cannot win this battle."
"If you cannot surrender, your descendants will never bow to the enemy."
"We really can't defeat them. Even Bogda Chechen Khan was defeated by the Ming army."
"The Manchus couldn't defeat the Ming army, but that doesn't mean that our Dzungarian warriors couldn't defeat the Ming army. This is the Yilie River, this is Yilibali, the hometown of our Junggar warriors. The Ming army traveled thousands of miles to the Yilie River and the Ming army."
We, the warriors of Junggar, are seeking death in a decisive battle. The Ming army is seeking death, and we must satisfy them!"
Dozens of chiefs in the Khan's Court quarreled and refused to give in to each other.
Baturhun made a visual inspection and found that the main fighting faction accounted for about two-thirds.
And as time went by, the voices of the capitulation faction were gradually drowned out by the main war faction.
This is also the meaning of the question. Regardless of any country or force, no matter at any time, the capitulationists will always be unpopular. Unless they are at the end of their rope, no one is willing to surrender.
When Batulhun drew out his machete and chopped off a corner of the table, he shouted: "Since most people support a decisive battle, then we will fight the Ming army. Leaders, please return to your respective tribes as soon as possible and convene the clan members as soon as possible."
All the warriors are heading to Khora, and we will fight the Ming Army of the North Road at Khora first."
So far, the Junggar tribe has completely controlled the Yilie River Basin and the Shihe River Basin of Yeer (Ortish River). The population exceeds 500,000. If all are mobilized, they can summon 200,000 cavalry.
However, considering that some tribes are far away, there is not enough time.
Therefore, the number of cavalry that can actually be summoned is about 150,000.
Baturhun felt that he still had a chance to defeat one of the Ming troops.
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After a few days, I was afraid of crossing the river valley.
Chongzhen climbed a gentle hill under the escort of hundreds of mounted imperial troops.
Standing on the top of this hill, you can have a panoramic view of the entire Khora Valley.
I saw the Kela River flowing through the valley. Both sides of the valley were covered with gentle meadows, like a green carpet spreading out to the surrounding fields. On both sides of the valley were dense birch forests.
"Long live my lord, the terrain here may seem ordinary, but it actually hides murderous intent."
Lu Jiude, the eunuch who knew the soldiers, rode forward and persuaded: "If the Junggar tribe ambush a cavalry in the dense forests on both sides of the Phora River Valley and wait for our front army to pass before intercepting and killing our rear army, then our army will immediately
Caught in a predicament where it is difficult to take care of both ends, the baggage troops of each cavalry division may suffer heavy losses."
There was another sentence that Lu Jiude did not say.
Once the baggage and supplies were burned, the Ming army would be in a dilemma with no ammunition available.
Chongzhen smiled and said: "Lu Daban, are you worried that the Junggar cavalry will set up an ambush in the forests on both sides of the Kela River Valley?"
"Long live Lord, you must be on guard." Lu Jiude said, "This place is less than two hundred miles away from Yilibali. I think Baturhun must have already received a tip from Abaiyi."
Chongzhen smiled slightly and then asked: "Does Lu Daban know about the battle of Hulanhu hypothermia?"
"I know." Lu Jiude replied, "Chengzu knew that the Wala people had set up an ambush in Hulan Huchengwen, but in order to seek a decisive battle with the Wala people, Chengzu still ordered the Ming army to enter the Wala people's ambush circle.
After the Wara cavalry descended from the top of the mountain and dived down, they then used the firearms troops of the God Machine to cause a large number of casualties to them, and then pursued them while taking advantage of the victory. They pursued them all the way to the Arutula River, and Mahamudu was almost captured alive by the Ming Dynasty."
Chongzhen said with a smile: "More than two hundred years ago, Emperor Chengzu knew that the Wala people had an ambush in Hulan Huwenwen, but he still dared to lead his army into the ambush and severely damaged Wala in the first battle. More than two hundred years later, I decided to
By imitating Emperor Chengzu's initiative to enter the Junggar ambush plan, Emperor Chengzu could use the power of firearms to severely injure the Oara cavalry, and I can also rely on the power of firearms to severely injure or even completely annihilate the Junggar cavalry."
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Among the birch trees on the right side of the Phora River Valley.
Baturhun's younger brother, Chechen Taiji, was paying close attention to the movements of the Ming army's cavalry through a monocular telescope. Seeing that the Ming army's cavalry entered the ambush circle of the Junggar cavalry without hesitation, Chechen could not help but be happy and became a
, these smart dogs are so relaxed that they didn't even think of searching the woods on both sides.
Sengge was anxious and asked: "Abba, have the Ming army entered the ambush circle?"
"Sengge, you'd better see for yourself." Chechen handed over the monocular telescope.
Seng Ge took the telescope and pointed it at the river valley. He finally saw clearly, but he saw groups of Ming army cavalry slowly marching into the Phora Valley in neat formations. Their forwards had already entered the ambush circle.
"The Ming army has entered the ambush circle and can launch an attack!" Sengge shouted.
"There is no rush." Chechen waved his hand and said, "Wait for the forward cavalry of the Ming army to pass by first, and then intercept and kill the rear team. This will make the Ming army confused and fall into chaos, and the next battle will be much easier."
"Let the Ming army's forwards go and intercept the rear troops?" Sengge thought thoughtfully.
"Boy, learn a little better," Chechen joked, "leading troops to fight is not that easy."
While the uncle and nephew were talking, the Ming army continued to advance forward in a mighty manner. The forward cavalry quickly drove over, and the rear baggage troops began to enter the river valley.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Sengge shouted excitedly: "Abba, the rear of the Ming army has entered the river valley!"
"Okay, sound the horn and attack with the whole army!" Chechen raised his machete high.
The next moment, the distant sound of horn horns and passionate war drums rang out from the dense forests on both sides of the Khora River Valley, and then faint shouts of killing came from the dense forest.
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"Haha, the Junggar people are really here."
Hearing the sound of war drums, horn horns and shouts of death coming from both sides of the river valley, Chongzhen couldn't help but grin. I must be thinking that the Junggar people must be very proud at this time, right?
I hope you can still laugh later.
"Li Yan." Chongzhen said again, "The rest is up to you."
Li Yan responded, and immediately galloped out of the cavalry formation and came to one side.
"The 2nd Cavalry Division and the 5th Cavalry Division are all present. Each infantry regiment is dismounted and arrayed. The mountain artillery regiment seizes the time to assemble, and all infantry and artillery platoons seize the opportunity to build infantry and artillery positions."
Dozens of cavalry messengers dispersed in an instant.
"Commander Li has ordered that all infantry regiments dismount and line up in formation!"
"The mountain artillery regiment seizes the time to assemble the mountain artillery, and the infantry artillery platoon seizes the time to build positions..."
The order was quickly conveyed to various combat units at the grassroots level, and nearly 40,000 soldiers of the 2nd Cavalry Division and the 5th Cavalry Division began to make preparations in an orderly manner.
The infantry was busy forming two lines.
The heavy baggage soldiers were busy gathering and calming the horses.
The infantry artillerymen were busy erecting the squatting tiger cannon, while the mountain artillerymen were busy assembling the mountain cannon.
After two or three minutes, groups of Junggar cavalry fought out of the dense forests on both sides of the Phora River Valley, and then launched a charge along the gentle river valley.
At this time, the Junggar cavalry swooping down on both sides of the river valley were still more than a thousand steps away from the Ming army's infantry line formation.
This distance is not a problem for a 2.5-inch mountain gun or a 4-inch field gun, but for the Tiger Crouching Cannon, the distance is still a bit far and out of reach.
"Rifle artillery platoons! Hold still!"
"Wait until the enemy reaches 500 steps before firing!"
The commanders of each infantry regiment held their blunderbuss high and shouted orders.
Amid the sound of hooves like a tide, the Junggar cavalry began to accelerate.
Soon, the Junggar cavalry came within 500 steps.
"Fight!" Accompanied by the commands of each division commander, brigade commander and regiment commander, more than 400 2.5-inch-caliber Crouching Tiger cannons from the two divisions opened fire at the same time, throwing a full 200,000 iron nails at the Junggar cavalry.
The armor on the Junggar cavalry is not even as good as that of the Jiannu cavalry.
In an instant, the Dzungar cavalry, who were only wearing leather armor or even robes, were beaten to the point of being knocked off their feet.
Just the first round of shelling caused more than 3,000 casualties to the Junggar cavalry.
The improved Crouching Tiger Cannon is so brutal. Not only has the propellant been changed from black powder to smokeless gunpowder, but the round lead has also been replaced with thin iron nails, which has increased its lethality exponentially.
However, the Junggar cavalry was not defeated and was still charging forward.
In the blink of an eye, the Junggar cavalry was approaching within a hundred steps.
"Fight me!" the division commanders, brigade commanders and regimental commanders of each division of the Ming Army ordered again.
Accompanied by the command after command, dense gunshots suddenly rang out in the Qilai River Valley.
Accompanied by intensive gunfire, the Junggar cavalry, which was charging forward at high speed, fell on their backs again.
And this time, the casualties of the Junggar cavalry were even more severe. Just one salvo caused more than 5,000 casualties to the Junggar cavalry. Tragic!
A few seconds later, the Ming troops from the rear row came up and opened fire again.
With the sound of gunfire, the Junggar cavalry once again fell on their backs.
A few seconds later, the Ming troops in the front row who had finished reloading came up again.
After the sound of gunfire, another row of Dzungar cavalry flipped over, causing complete chaos in the formation.
After one round of artillery bombardment and three rounds of volley fire, more than half of the approximately 20,000 Dzungar cavalrymen involved in the attack were killed or wounded. The originally crowded cavalry formation had become sparse and unbearable to see.
Seeing this scene, the remaining Junggar cavalry finally gave in, turned their horses and retreated.
However, on the way to retreat, many people were killed by the Ming army. In the end, only about a third of them escaped back, and the remaining two-thirds were all lying in the river valley.