Before fighting the outside world, you must first make peace with the inside.
Junggar planned to conquer Dulbert, his brother of the same race, and then go to Turpan. Regarding the Ming Dynasty, Batur, who had come back to his senses, planned not to listen to orders anymore.
Chu Huer led his five thousand troops to cross the boundary marker first.
When passing by the boundary monument, he chopped it into pieces with an axe.
"The place where the Junggar Iron Horse rides is the boundary of the Junggar Khanate!" He declared defiantly to the broken boundary monument.
The Ulungu River flows from east to west and flows into Xiaohaizi. Xiaohaizi is connected to Dahaizi by the Kuirga River. The narrow land between Xiaohaizi and Xiaohaizi is only about ten miles wide.
A river no more than a few dozen feet wide, with sandy land on the west bank and grassland on the east bank, with distinct yellow and green colors.
The east coast of Ulungu Lake is actually not beautiful. There is no blue lake surface, no brilliant wild flowers, and no herds of cattle and sheep. There are only long stretches of yellow sand and Gobi stones.
There are two lakes, the big lake is a saltwater lake, and the small lake is a freshwater lake. The big lake is very quiet, with occasional birds flying over, but the small lake is rich in fish and various birds that feed on it.
During special seasons every year, seagulls will fly here.
Many coasts on the east coast are Yadan landforms. Yadan means a hill with steep walls in the Uighur language. To put it more professionally, it is a wind-eroded landform in dry areas, formed by earthy sediments from rivers and lakes.
The ground, through weathering, intermittent water washing and wind erosion, has formed a combination of wind-eroded mounds and trenches arranged in alternating directions parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
These landforms carved by nature are very similar to abandoned castles. Some herdsmen actually mistakenly thought that there was a castle here, and even gave it the name Devil City.
Chu Hu'er doesn't believe in any ghost city. He is not even unfamiliar with this place. In his early years, he was nomadic in some areas in the northwest of the lake, not far from Burqin Fort. Of course, he is also no stranger to the large and small Haizi of Ulungu Lake. On the west bank of the lake
It's yellow sand and a devil's city, but the east coast is a good place, especially the east coast of Xiaohai, where the Ulungu River flows into. It forms an estuary delta, wetlands, and pastures, which are the best pastures.
There are many kinds of fish in Xiaohaizi and the taste is very good. There are also many birds here, including wild geese and wild ducks, which are all delicious.
A large area of freshwater swamp grassland, covering an area of more than one million acres.
This good place now belongs to Sonomu Celing, the son of Heshuoqi Khan, but Chu Huer has already set his sights on this place. Maybe after destroying Dulbert, he can discuss with Batur Khan and turn this place into a good place.
A piece of land was allocated to him, and he could give it to one of his sons and establish a tribe here.
Birds flew across the lake.
A horn sounded in the distance.
The Han navy kept watch on the east bank of the capital all night long. When they discovered they were heading east, they immediately blew their horns.
When Chu Hu'er heard the sound of the horn, he just looked up with disdain in his eyes. Even if his son's 5,000 men were defeated and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, he didn't take the Dulbert people seriously. They were defeated by a group of men.
When Qi's grandfather Dalai Taishi was around, he still respected him. He was a capable leader, but now Heshuo Qihan was just supported by Zhu Yihai and had no prestige at all. Dalai Taishi's
How many of his children and grandchildren really obeyed him? Even his own khanate could not really give orders. The several governors below were all tribal leaders of various separate factions.
"Boat!"
Suddenly someone shouted from the side.
Chu Hu'er looked in the direction of his finger and found that there were boats approaching from the large and small seas connected by the Kuirga River.
Fuhai is very large, and there are large swamps and wetlands along the lake. In the past, the herdsmen here also made small boats to fish, hunt, wild ducks, and pike in the lake and swamps.
They were all very small boats, even canoes, but the boats now appearing are obviously much larger.
"Do they want to use these boats to block the Kuirga River?"
It is spring and summer now, and this is a paradise for wild birds. Seagulls, wild ducks and egrets are flying on the lake. It is windy today, and the waves on the lake are not small. The lake is vast, and the water and sky are the same color.
Chu Huer was a little dazed by the sudden appearance of the fleet.
Many tribes in Junggar also live by water and grass. They live on the banks of large rivers and lakes. They are no strangers to boats. Many of them are even good fishermen, but that is limited to fishing in small boats. There is really no use of boats for fighting.
They are all good horsemen and galloping knights. They have come all the way from the Mongolian Plateau to the Western Regions. They have traveled thousands of miles, and horses are their best comrades.
The Kuirga River is only a dozen miles long, and the river surface is not wide and the water is not deep.
He rode up to meet him.
Wangshan ran to death. Chu Huer led his troops to run for a long time before they reached the river bank. Only then did they realize that the fleet was larger than they imagined. The boat was not an ordinary small fishing boat, but seemed to be a newly built warship. He
At first glance, I saw that there were cannons on the ship.
These sailing paddle boats actually have more than one cannon.
"Where did such a large warship come from, with so many of them, and cannons?"
The Dulbert people have been waiting for them?
A bad feeling arose in Chu Hu'er's heart.
How do cavalry fight sailors?
While he was still wondering, on the lake, Han Haijun was already passing orders through flags on the mast.
A few days ago, Shi Zhucunwu, the commander of the Han Navy, personally acted as a forward, sneaked into the enemy camp at night, captured alive the Junggar forward general Bagabandi, and then set fire to the enemy camp and led the Han Navy to destroy the enemy camp. Now he is personally commanding on the ship.
"These Dzungar people must be confused, their heads must be buzzing now!"
Guerrilla general Zhao Ke put down his telescope and laughed.
Who would have thought that the Ming Dynasty not only helped Dulbert establish a Han navy with three thousand cavalry, but also established a Fuhai navy. As a general from Zhoushan Island Navy, Zhao Ke studied at Qingdao Naval Academy
, he further studied in the general class of the Jiangwu Hall, and also served as the emperor's bodyguard in front of the emperor. When he received the order to serve as a guerrilla general of the Marine Division, his head was buzzing and his face was confused.
Is Mongolia still building a navy?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! What he didn't expect was that the emperor was not joking with him. The animals in the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion were more efficient in doing things. Qingdao Kuai Crab Sail Shipyard directly
A batch of newly completed ship parts were sent over, and the military logistics guys carried out water and land relays to quickly transport the ships from Qingdao to Hami, and then transported them by camel from Hami to Fuhai.
They also specially sent people to build a wharf and shipyard in Burqin to be responsible for the construction and maintenance.
All this took less than half a year.
The situation in the Western Regions was very peaceful before. Who could have thought at that time that building a navy in Fujian would be useful. But half a year later, the Ming Dynasty actually started fighting directly with the Junggars. Although they had not publicly declared war, the two sides were no longer close to each other.
Declare war.
The emperor directly instructed that the Han navy must guard the Dulbert border and never allow the Junggars to cross the border and advance eastward.
The cavalry of the Han Navy uses Burqin Fort as its stronghold, while the navy uses Fuhai as its base for joint amphibious defense.
Like many clan members, Yongshou Marquis Zhu Cunwu is now actively joining the military, full of passion, thinking of marching thousands of miles to Liangzhou to find a marquis. Although he already has a marquis, it is a lifelong title. He wants to get a title based on his merits.
A life title passed down to descendants.
"The Dzungars seem unconvinced. They just lost five thousand soldiers, and they are still coming. They will not look back until they hit the southern wall."
Zhu Cunwu smiled and said to Zhao Ke, "Isn't this just giving fame to you and me?"
Zhao Ke is a guerrilla general with a thousand navy under his command. He is very envious of Zhu Cunwu, a red belt, for his ability. In the night attack on Jili Lake, three thousand defeated five thousand, and more than three thousand were beheaded, leaving only one thousand.
Duo is running around now, and it is probably difficult to escape capture, not to mention that their leader was directly captured.
Zhu Cunwu's achievements are indescribable. They are very eye-catching and solid. In terms of merit, the rewards are definitely not low.
This year, a new rank system was implemented. The thirty-two rank system of eight lieutenants, eight schools, eight generals and eight generals was implemented. The first and second ranks are divided into subordinates, the second and lower ranks are divided into subordinates, and the eighth and ninth ranks are the eighth rank.
, the sixth and seventh ranks are the eighth-level school titles, while the fourth and fifth ranks are the eighth-level generals, the third rank is the fourth rank from top to bottom, and the first and second ranks are the fourth rank, which are the eight generals.
Zhu Cunwu's guerrilla general is not a job title, but a rank, starting from the fifth rank, guerrilla general. There are three levels of fifth rank, which are guerrilla general, Ningyuan general and Dingyuan general. The fourth rank is Mingwei, Xuan.
Powerful, mighty, loyal.
Only when you cross the threshold of the third rank can you become a general and officially enter the high-level general sequence, General Yunhui, General Champion, General Zhenjun, General Fujun, General Fuguo, General Zhenguo, Piao
The General of Cavalry, the General of Zhuguo, and the General of Guide, the General of Huaide, the General of Guihua, and the General of Huaihua are specially awarded to foreign vassals.
Zhu Cunwu, as the commander-in-chief of the Fuhai Governor's Office and the commander-in-chief of the Han Navy, received the new rank of General Yunhui at the beginning of the year. The original guerrilla rank was the third rank.
But now the positions of garrison, guerrilla and so on have been cancelled. The establishment of the army is based on the platoon, platoon, sentry and battalion standard, and the auxiliary commander.
Town leader, referred to as Biaotong, Xietong, Zhentong.
The army above the town level is generally a combat unit. Two towns are combined into one army, but it is non-established. It is temporarily established during wartime and sends a general to serve as the army's camp commander. It can also be called a capital commander.
Zhu Cunwu officially awarded Yunhui General. Although he was only lowered from the third rank, he had already entered the rank of general and became a senior general.
As for his guerrilla general, he has only come down from the fifth rank, which is very different from the previous third-rank guerrilla. Zhu Cunwu has just made great achievements, and he is expected to be directly promoted to the rank of champion general, or he can be promoted to the rank after more years of experience.
Okay, after all, the credit is already there.
And if he wants to be promoted to general, there are still twelve levels left.
Looking at the Dzungar cavalry in front of him, Zhao Ke's eyes were full of enthusiasm. Those are all military merits. Real decapitation merits. Isn't that the most solid merit?
If he can also kill a 3,000- to 5,000-level Junggar cavalry, he will definitely be directly promoted.
"General, let's fight."
Zhu Cunwu raised his binoculars and looked at the Dzungar cavalry on horseback, who were looking at the water at a loss. A smile appeared on his lips, "It seems that they really don't have the experience of riding on the water to bring the boat close to the shore and bombard it with cannons."
Fuhai had nothing to cover the fleet, otherwise he really wanted to wait until they were halfway across the river before attacking. Now, all he could do was bombard them with boats to prevent them from crossing the river.
Blocking the Kuilga River, the Dzungars could only go north along the West Lake bank. There were no lush aquatic plants there, only the continuous yellow sand and desert. It was about 200 miles away. This road was not easy to walk, and it was difficult to supply the army.
The Junggar people don't even think about plundering livestock, cattle and sheep along the way to replenish their supplies. They cross the Gobi Desert to reach the other side of Burqin Fort, and they are blocked by the Irtysh River and Burqin Fort.
The Dzungars were unable to capture Manas Fort and cross the Manas River. Now they cannot cross the Irtysh River and capture Burqin Fort.
"I think we can build a castle on the east bank of the Kuilga River. It doesn't need to be big, but having a castle can be more helpful in guarding the passage between the Big and Small Haizi and blocking the Kuilga River.
We can also build a dock here to serve as the base of our Fuhai Navy."
"Okay, after the Junggars are defeated this time, you can propose to Heshuo Qihan to build the Fuhaibao Water Fortress."
Zhao Ke was a little over the top, "I think that although the Great and Small Haizi are fed by the Gurun River, our navy can patrol both lakes and enter the Gurun River for patrol, but the Irtysh River is not far from the north bank of the lake. I carefully
After exploring the terrain, we found that there are actually several places in the northeast corner of Dahaizi, all very close to the big lake. It is completely possible to dig a canal to connect Dahaizi to the Irtysh River. By using the canal's locks, we can connect the water to the lake.
The navy can now freely enter and leave the Haizi, Irtysh and Gurun rivers. Then our navy will be able to play a greater role. The patrol range cannot go directly to Burqin Fort, but can also go downstream to Zhaisangbo or even further downstream.
By going to the eastern border of the Kazakh Khanate, we can even reach some strongholds now controlled by Tsarist Russia.”
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhu Cunwu said with a smile, "It is true that Dahaizi is not far from the Irtysh River, but the watershed must be dug. This is not a small project. Instead of spending a lot of time,
That's why it's better to just have one man and two fleets, or simply build another naval camp on the Irtysh River. Isn't it easier and less troublesome than that?"
Zhao Ke laughed, of course he also knew that it would be convenient and trouble-free to build another naval camp, but after all, he was only the battalion commander of the Fuhai Navy, and building another Irtysh River water camp would probably not be under his control.
"Let's fight the battle in front of us first. If your navy performs well, it is not impossible to build a water camp by then, and it may even be under your command."
Zhao Ke immediately said seriously, "Yes, I understand."
The flagman on the mast had already given the order, and the fleets on both sides of the river were more than ten miles apart, but through telescopes, semaphores, beacons and other signals, they began to act according to the predetermined battle plan.
The ship approached the shore, and the gunners quickly began to operate the cannons on the ship.
The ships of the Fuhai fleet are smaller and are oars. There are seven or eight guns on the ship, but the main gun is a small long gun on the bow, and the side guns are fast-firing Fran machine breech-mounted guns.
Zhao Ke commanded loudly.
"Get closer and let these Junggar people have a taste of the power of our Western Region Navy. Let's fire a few solid shots first. With our Fuhai Navy here, they can't even think of crossing the Kuirga River!"
"Brothers, work harder and smash it to pieces. If you win, I will give you credit. Then our navy will build another battalion and everyone will be promoted and rich!"
"Ready!"
"Everything is ready!"
Zhao Ke waved his hand, and the messenger immediately waved the signal flag to give the order. All ships received the order, and the captains roared angrily.
"fire!"
The cannon popped out of the barrel, roaring and firing.
The Dzunggar people who were still watching the excitement on the shore never expected that the enemy could shell them from the ship at such a distance.
When the artillery shells roared and shot into the team with a harsh sound, bringing with them stumps of limbs and broken arms, splashing blood all over the sky, and even pieces of meat and intestines, curiosity was finally replaced by fear.
Under the mighty Junggar Batur Khan, Chu Hu'er, the most powerful leader of the Khanate, also had his head smashed on his war horse. The whole horse's head was gone. Chu Hu'er was also thrown off the horse. Fortunately, the cannonball was not
The shot came from the front, but hit the horse's face from the side, and then continued to hit the horse of a guard riding next to it.
Chu Hu'er fell to the ground and was covered in blood and flesh, but she was lucky enough to escape.
One shell after another roared in. This kind of long gun produced by Zhoushan Naval Gun Factory is a special type of naval gun, specially customized for crab boats. It is light in weight, but has an extremely long range. Compared with ordinary
The half-cannon is a cannon used by the army, but it is much stronger.
Most of the Dzungar cavalry are nomads, and they don't see much artillery. Who have seen such ship-borne long guns mounted on ships? They were curious to watch the fun and pointed at them. As a result, the ships fired in quick succession, knocking people off their feet.
This kind of flesh and blood flew all over the sky, and it was so violent that it killed you and maimed you when you touched it. It made many Dzungar cavalry stunned almost instantly.
Compared with swords and arrows, or even cavalry hedging, this kind of indiscriminate bombing and one-sided massacre from a distance is really amazing. Even if one shot can't actually kill many people, its momentum and effect are extremely powerful.
shocking.
Zhu Cunwu stood calmly on the bow of the ship, raising his telescope from time to time to see the effect.
Zhao Ke is also testing the results.
The bombardment had not stopped, but many of the Dzungar cavalry had already started to turn around and run away. Some Dzungar people were frightened by their horses and ran around on their backs, and some even jumped into the lake.
"Vulnerable!"
Zhao Ke was disdainful, his eyes full of excitement.
"It's a pity that the Hanhai Cavalry is not here. Otherwise, if we directly cover up and kill them, we will definitely win a great victory."
Zhu Cunwu just smiled lightly. Facing the large-scale invasion by the Dzungars, Zhu Cunwu, the second in command of the Han Navy, actually almost held the command of the Han Navy.
It was he who led the team to annihilate almost all the 5,000 people in Bagaban, and when he learned through interrogation that Batur Khan had brought 30,000 people, he quickly adjusted his deployment so that the Fuhai Navy could take advantage of the location of the lake and sea.
, intercept the Junggar people here and prevent them from passing through here.
Forcing them to go north along the west bank of the lake and across the Gobi desert, the Han navy cavalry and Heshuoqi Khan of the Dulbert Khanate are also mobilizing tribal warriors and will meet at Burqin Fort to defend on the front line of the Irtysh River.
Junggar.
The frontal battlefield of this battle is not here, the real battle must be around Burqin Fort.
Even if the Hanhai cavalry is placed here, they will definitely not be able to defeat the Dzungars. In the last battle, Bagabandi underestimated the enemy and allowed them to succeed in a sneak attack. However, there will definitely be no second chance for such a sneak attack, not to mention the last three attacks.
Qianye attacked five thousand, but now Batur Khan came with thirty thousand horses.
Although the Hanhai Cavalry has equipment provided by the Ming Army, it is not the real Ming Army after all. The main force is Dulbert, Ji Lijis, etc. Although their riding skills are good, their discipline and quality are far inferior to those of the Ming Army's imperial camp.
It is unrealistic to expect them to fight 30,000 head-on with 3,000.
Seeing the Junggar people retreating in panic, Zhu Cunwu had already begun to explain to Zhao Ke, asking him to lead the navy to guard the Kuirga River to prevent the Junggar people from passing by, and then he would return to Burqin Fort first.