Because Shazhou is isolated outside, the city lacks food and key gunpowder. However, after conquering the Ili Valley, Kashgar and Fergana areas, the Junggar Army equipped a large-scale light artillery unit, which actually occupied the upper hand in terms of firepower.
Advantage.
The situation in the battle to defend the city was quite critical. Even though Zhang Guowu mobilized a group of Shazhou indigenous nobles to assist in the battle, he was still at a huge disadvantage in terms of military strength.
In order to reverse the situation, especially to destroy the artillery of the quasi-army, he decided to go out of the city in person, lead a group of elite forwards, carry hammers, nails and other tools, attack the camp at night and destroy the artillery of the quasi-army.
At that time, Zhang Guowu's right and left captains all persuaded him that the people in Shazhou City were not in favor of Dashun. Once the general left the city in person, there would be no one to take charge of the garrison in the city. The local wealthy people would probably take the opportunity to raise troops to cause chaos and open the city to welcome the troops. This would be a big deal.
Well, it is better to stay in the city, defend it with all your strength, and wait for reinforcements to come to rescue you.
However, Zhang Guowu insisted that the city of Shazhou was small, its troops were weak, and it lacked food and clothing. The army was also equipped with a batch of artillery. Now it was because the soldiers of the Shun Army were more effective in defending the city and showed considerable combat effectiveness. Zhang Guowu and the wealthy families in the city
Only by making an oath before God can the people's hearts and minds be temporarily stabilized.
Once the battle to defend the city develops into the more difficult second half, these wealthy indigenous people who have sworn an alliance with Zhang Guowen may turn their backs at any time, kill the Han soldiers in the city, and then open the city to surrender.
Therefore, it is necessary to take advantage of the morale of the defenders to go out of the city and counterattack to turn the tide.
Moreover, Zhang Guowu believed that the army of the quasi-camp was very large, and they also carried a large number of carts, tents, cattle, sheep, women, children, old and weak people. It was obvious that the whole family was migrating, so the discipline in the camp must be very poor, and the night attack must be miraculous.
The Chechen General of the Quasi-Ministry also relied on his strong military strength. He must have believed that the defenders in the city did not dare to leave the city to counterattack, and there was no need for too tight defenses. Going to war at this time would definitely achieve miraculous results.
After Zhang Guowu made his decision, he recruited 400 elite strikers from all Han, Hui and Mongolian ethnic groups throughout the city, preparing to open the city gates that night and go out to fight.
However, in the evening, a local businessman who was familiar with Zhang Guowu tipped him off that someone with knowledge of the matter secretly left the city and revealed to the Mongols that the Shun Army would attack the quasi headquarters at night tonight and destroy its artillery.
After Zhang Guowu heard the news, he made a decisive decision and decided to change his plan and immediately went out of the city to attack in the evening. He believed that even if the quasi-quarters received the news at this time, it must not have changed the deployment of its troops and must not have been prepared to deal with the surprise attack.
Not missing the opportunity, Zhang Guowu immediately opened the city gate with hundreds of selected soldiers, and launched a surprise attack on the main camp at the moment the sun set.
This counterattack had a great effect. Chechnya had just received the news that the Shun army was about to attack at night, and was adjusting the deployment of the army in doubt. While the army was still in chaos during the deployment, it was suddenly attacked by the Shun army. The quasi-army officers
Many were at a loss as to what to do, and suddenly collapsed.
Zhang Guowu personally attacked, rushing left and right, and successfully led his team into the quasi-army artillery camp. After hammering and nailing the many light artillery he carried, he broke out with all his strength and returned safely to Shazhou City.
After this battle, the morale of the Shazhou defenders was greatly boosted, and the indigenous nobles who were still waiting on the sidelines began to strongly support the defenders. The quasi-army's artillery was destroyed by one-third of the troops, and its morale was low, and there was no further attack.
This means that it can only be changed to a long-term siege.
In order to besiege Shazhou City for a long time, Chechnya had to order its army to separate its tents. After leaving the necessary troops to besiege the city, other women, children, old and weak, and a large number of cattle and sheep went to nomadic places around Hami under the protection of part of the army.
This gave Li Maoheng, who went on an expedition to the west of Guanxi and tried his best to rescue Shazhou and the Second City of Hami, with an excellent opportunity to counterattack.
After Li Maoheng left Jiayuguan, he first went to Guazhou. He found that after the Junggar allied forces broke through Guazhou City, they did not occupy the city. They only looted the city and destroyed the city wall. After that, he evacuated Guazhou and continued to search for pasture for nomadism.
This approach of the Quasi Department allowed Li Maoheng to see their weakness.
The quasi-military army cannot maintain stable rule over urban areas. In the Ili and Kashgar areas, they only rely on military power to oppress the local oasis cities and force the indigenous wealthy families to pay tribute. They cannot establish their own administrative system. This is not enough.
It would be better to rely on the monks in the snow area to establish the administrative power of the Khoshot Khanate.
In this way, as long as the Dashun Army can carry out a powerful attack on the military power of the Quasi Department, the oasis cities behind the Quasi Department will definitely take the opportunity to escape from its control.
After Li Maoheng regained Guazhou, he quickly learned from the local people that after the failure of the quasi-military attack on Shazhou, they dispersed their troops and wandered around Hami.
He was overjoyed. On the one hand, he was happy that Shazhou had held on for so long, and on the other hand, he was cheering for his troops to disperse their forces on their own.
Li Maoheng knew that there was only one chance of fighting, so he immediately ordered the entire army to cover the road and cut off the news, so that the quasi-army could not get the news that the main force of the Shun army had left the border to rescue Shazhou.
In order to deceive others, Li Maoheng decided not to lead a large army to attack, but only led 2,000 elite soldiers to leave Guazhou and go straight to the Shazhou quasi-camp to relieve the siege.
He traveled lightly and simply in order to prevent his whereabouts from being discovered by the Junggar people. For this reason, Li Maoheng went out day and night to ensure the concealment of the entire army's march. After a few days, he rushed to the outskirts of Shazhou.
At this time, Chechnya had just learned that Guazhou had been recaptured by the Shun Army, and had no idea that the elite soldiers of the Shun Army were actually stationed in the sand dunes to the east of their own army.
After hearing the news, he ordered the nomadic tribes scattered across Hami to gather in Shazhou. After preparing to gather the army, he left Shazhou and marched east to Guazhou to fight the main force of Shun Army.
However, Li Maoheng did not give him this opportunity. After hiding behind the sand dunes and taking a short rest, the Shun army took a detour out of the mountain at night and approached the Junggar army. At dawn, Li Maoheng personally supervised the troops to rush down from the mountain and raid the Junggar army camp.
The Junggar soldiers were not equipped with armor and their horses were saddled, so they fled to the southwest in a panic. The Dashun army quickly caught up. Seeing this, the defenders in the city also opened the city gates, and the entire army went out of the city to cooperate with the reinforcements. After two days of fierce fighting, they achieved many successes. The pursuit continued.
Arriving at the northern foot of Jinshan Mountain, the area is blocked by mountains on the right and water on the left. The road is narrow and it is difficult for the army to pass.
The Dashun army took advantage of the panic of the Junggar army and set up an ambush on the side of the mountain. They also sent a group of troops to form a formation with their backs to the water to lure them to attack. They pretended to be defeated and abandoned their armor and walked along the river. When the Junggar army entered the valley, the ambush troops rushed out and charged.
The Junggar army was suddenly in chaos, and thousands of them were killed. The rest who tried to escape across the river were attacked halfway across the river by the troops on the other side, and many of them drowned.
The Chechens led the remaining troops to break out of the encirclement at night, abandoning their baggage and livestock and filling the valleys, delaying the advance of the army. Along the way, he tried to gather the remaining troops that had been scattered to nomadic places to resist again.
But at this time, Li Maoheng also successively commanded the reinforcements of the Shun army stationed in Guazhou to follow. The Dashun army sent a partial division north to relieve Hami. After joining Kang Dayan, they attacked Turpan Huozhou.
The local Hui king could no longer endure the massive looting and destruction of trade routes by the Junggar tribe, so he raised troops to meet the Shun army. The two sides joined forces and defeated the reinforcements sent by Senggehun Taiji to rescue Chechnya at Chishi Mountain.
After the Chechens themselves failed to counterattack repeatedly at the northern and southern foothills of Jinshan Mountain, they were chased and killed by Li Maoheng at the Dangjin Mountain Pass, and their heads were sent to Lanzhou.