North of Tianshan Mountain, west of Xuanchi, and Bohuoxi Castle.
The eighteenth day of the siege.
The fish belly is white in the east, and the sky is getting brighter.
Regardless of her pregnancy, Princess Zhu Deji of Nanchang stood on the top of the city wearing armor and holding a gun to boost morale. The early morning air was filled with the bloody smell of last night's battle. On top of the city less than two feet high, wounded people lay scattered on the ground.
soldiers.
A coach of the Zhenxi Army, a tall man from Guanzhong, stood at the top of the city, holding a severed head of a Junggar attacker in his hand and shouting loudly at the enemies who were retreating like a tide.
"You shouted and tied up outside the tent, and the hero couldn't help but smile.
A single man trampled on the Tang camp. The young man who was killed was grieved. The blood of the direct kill turned into a river and returned to the sea. The bones of the direct kill were piled up in the mountain with nowhere to bury. Little Tang'er was frightened by a certain courage and the horse trampled on the fifth camp.
Who dares to come..."
The man roared Qin Opera at the top of his lungs, singing the song "Zhan Dantong" known to all ages in Guanzhong. It was said that in the romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Shan Xiongxin refused to surrender to the Tang Dynasty after the defeat of Wagang, but surrendered to Luoyang Wang Shichong, and Qin King Li Shimin led his troops.
During the attack on Zheng, Shan Xiongxin rode alone on the Tang Army's camp and almost captured Li Shimin alive. Only after being stopped by his old brother Xu Gongmao from Wagang did Li Shimin escape. Later, Li Shimin broke into Luoyang and Shan Xiongxin was captured. Li Shimin wanted to
To avenge the death of Shan Xiongxin, all the old brothers of Wagang asked Li Shimin for mercy, but Li Shimin refused. On the execution ground, the brothers of Wagang offered wine to Shan Xiongxin, but they were scolded by Shan Xiongxin and covered their faces in shame.
The instructor was not a Qin Opera singer, but at this time, after another siege, on the pile of corpses in the sea of blood, he held the enemy's head, opened his chest, stood on the battlements, and roared this Qin Opera at the retreating enemy.
, although many left-wing herdsmen soldiers in Junggar could not understand what was being sung.
Even many of the Ming Dynasty soldiers who joined the Zhenxi Army in the Central Plains did not understand the Shaanxi Qin Opera very well, but the emotions expressed in the roars resonated with people.
A tragic story and a wanton vent.
There is no technique at all, it is purely emotional expression, but everyone who listens to it is deeply moved.
The armor on the princess's body was also stained with blood. The Dzungars almost succeeded in last night's raid. They besieged them from all sides and attacked from the east and west. They took advantage of the darkness and once climbed to the top of the city. The left-wing Western Army fought tooth and nail to snatch the top of the city back bit by bit.
At the head of the city and below the city, there were countless corpses of both sides fighting fiercely.
The princess took her guards and maids and rushed to the city to help. Regardless of the guards' persuasion and obstruction, the princess went to the city with a blunderbuss and a sword. She had black gauze tied on her arms and white linen on her waist and head.
In her filial piety, she mourned for her husband Sengge. She cried and suffered in these days, but finally stood up.
She discussed strategies to defend the city with the generals of the Zhenxi Army and the Taijis in the city, and also began to practice fire musket fencing. What supported her and persevered was the child in her belly, who was also the side of the city that suppressed the Western Army.
Military flag.
She is not fighting alone.
This is the Bohuoxi Fort, which represents the left-wing deputy khan of Junggar and also represents the interests of the Ming Dynasty in the west of Xuanchi.
Chu Hu'er, Zhuote Babatur, Kundu Lun Utesh and others are all rebels.
"Your Highness, we have won again." A maid came up to support her.
"Hatun, the gunpowder is gone."
The instructor who was shouting Qin Opera finally finished the song "Zhan Shan Tong" and turned around to meet the princess with a Taiji. Taiji held up a freshly bandaged arm that was still bleeding, and asked the princess tiredly and weakly.
Report.
The city had been besieged for eighteen days. In addition to the strong counterattack and defense of the Zhenxi Army stationed in the city under the leadership of the Ming military attaché, the biggest reliance on the defense was the few firearms in the hands of the Zhenxi Army.
After all, Bohuosi is just a newly built small fort. In fact, it is a small earth city with a circumference of less than two miles. It is square and made of rammed earth. The city wall is less than two feet high. Compared with Jinglu Fort in Tacheng, it is
As a bastion, Bohosi's defensive capabilities are much worse.
There are neither city defense cannons nor sharp gunmen in the city, not to mention that there is not much gunpowder in the warehouse, let alone the three-dimensional defense forts like bastions and the cross-fire fire network with no blind spots.
There are only a few general cannons, tiger crouching guns, and Franco guns in the city. These were eliminated by the Ming army and sold to the Zhenxi Army. They are considered advanced firearms in the Western Regions. There are also some blunderbuss, but
After fighting for eighteen days without supplies, Bohuosi's small supply of gunpowder finally ran out.
At the critical moment last night, we relied on the last bit of ammunition we had saved and used it intensively to repel the enemy troops in the upper city.
Although he won, he was completely defeated.
"There are not many arrows left." Taiji said another piece of bad news.
After all, Bohuoxi is a small fort, and Junggar is a nomadic tribe. There are not many people in the castle. Sengge went to Chu Huer's Khan tent to meet and was killed. Chu Huer led troops to raid Bohuoxi. If it weren't for the military attaches of the Zhenxi Army,
He was from the Ming army, had stricter military regulations, and guarded the city gate more carefully, so he was not fooled into opening the city gate by Sengge, who was pretending to be Chu Huer's men.
Chu Huer did not pretend to open the city gate and launched a strong attack.
again and again.
The two sides fought in this ice and snow around the small castle for eighteen days.
"Where are the reinforcements? Where are our reinforcements?"
One of the guards couldn't help but ask.
No one could answer him. On the first day of the war, they saw Drote Babatur carrying Sengge's head in front of the city and persuading him to surrender.
The princess will not surrender.
The generals of the Zhenxi Army also refused to surrender.
The two sides then fought for eighteen days. During this period, Zhu Shidong, the governor of Yanchang County, also sent people out of the city at night to report a message. However, Chu Hu'er was prepared for it and sent many rangers to intercept them in all directions. There was no messenger.
They were able to break out of the siege, and more than a dozen people came out in front and back, but they all fell outside the city.
They can't send letters now, and they don't know what's going on outside.
Only Sengge's head was seen.
Then Chu Huer and others sent people to persuade them to surrender every day, and the authenticity of various slogans was unknown. One moment they said that Dulbert and Shuoqi Khan had rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, and the other moment they said that Khalkha Zasaktu Khan had rebelled against the Ming Dynasty.
, and later he said that Kundulun Utaish, the deputy Khan of Lut, had launched an army to rebel against the Ming Dynasty.
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It makes people panic, but they have no idea what's going on outside.
They could only defend again and again. Zhu Shizhong also led his troops to launch several counterattacks, but the enemy was outnumbered and we did not know the situation outside, so we did not dare to abandon the city easily to break through. In the end, they all failed.
Chief Shi Zhu Shizhong came over. He had just received the post-war statistics. The battle last night was very fierce. More than 300 people were killed and 700 to 800 injured. This was a difficult situation for the few defenders of Fort Bohosi.
Bear the hurt.
Now there are no more than two thousand people who can still fight in the city, and almost everyone is injured.
There is no gunpowder, bows and arrows, and a serious shortage of medicine. The food is okay, but we are trapped here with no news from the outside. People are panicked, morale is low, and no one knows how many more days they can last.
Maybe next time the enemy attacks again, they may not be able to defend it.
"Your Highness, when it gets dark, I will send people out of the city to attack the enemy camp at night, deliberately harassing Chu Hu'er, exhausting and paralyzing the enemy. In the middle of the night, I will send three hundred elite cavalry, each with three horses, to escort Your Highness out of the city to Boer.
Zinbao.”
Zhu Shizhen was extremely haggard at this time, and the arrow wound on his left shoulder was still festering. He was now the supreme commander of Bohuosi Fort, and as the commander of the Beiting Protectorate and the commander of the Zhenxi Army, he held the rank of third-rank general.
After Ketu Jinong, the king of Kunling County, and the deputy governor of Beiting, Sengge, were killed, he is now the highest commander of the city.
Considering that a mere few thousand people could resist Chu Hu'er's waves of attacks, his performance was already good, but he still deeply blamed himself, especially for putting the princess in such a predicament.
No matter what, the princess must be kept safe. Bohuosi can be lost, but the princess cannot fall into the enemy's hands.
He has decided to gather the remaining Ming troops in the Zhenxi Army tonight to join the army, military attachés, etc., plus some Junggar cavalry, to form a breakout escort team of 300 people to fully escort the princess to break out.
Burqin Fort and Tacheng, one in the east and one in the south. In the end, Zhu Shizhong chose Burqin Fort, which was closer and more accessible. Although Chu Huer said that Dulbert Khan had also rebelled, he still thought it was unlikely.
Although the Ming army was directly garrisoned in Tacheng, it was separated by Tashan Mountain, and Chu Huer's defense was obviously stronger there, so he could only take the risk to break through to Burqin Fort.
"No!"
The princess shook her head.
"I won't leave." She endured the bloody smell in the air. The bloody smell made her want to vomit, but she endured it. From the beginning, she went to the city to help treat the wounded, deliver arrows, knives, guns, food and water.
Now she is able to join the battle with a firecracker, and her firecracker has even hit several enemies. Some of them must have been killed by her. From the initial vomiting, she has developed into a habit now.
This is hell, but the princess refuses to leave.
"Your Highness, they will definitely protect your safety."
"No, it is impossible to break out of the siege at this time, and if I leave with a few hundred warriors with only fighting strength, Bohuosi will definitely not be able to defend it." The princess stood at the top of the city, with water flowing under her feet.
The blood that has not yet dried is next to the corpses of soldiers who were not able to carry them away.
The wounded soldiers groaned and howled in the distance.
She couldn't leave just like that.
"Your Highness, Bohuoxi can no longer withstand the next attack. Tonight is the last chance to break out." Zhu Shizhong said.
"Uncle Emperor, please stop trying to persuade me. The city is here and the people are here. I and you will live and die together with the city."
She is the adopted daughter of the emperor, and the Duke of Yanchang County, Zhu Shidong, is from the line of King Su. In terms of seniority, Zhu Shidong is also the emperor's uncle.
The princess signaled Zhu Shidong not to persuade him any more, "We have been holding on for eighteen days. I believe that reinforcements will arrive soon.
There is no winter that cannot be overcome, and there is no spring that cannot come."
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North of Xuanchi, on the bank of the Irtysh River.
The ice on the river had not yet melted, and a troop of cavalry came stepping on the ice.
The leading knight is a young man, Galdan Noyan, the governor of Dabson Lake on the left wing of Junggar. This nine-year-old boy left the Emperor of Heaven last year and returned to Junggar. Under the left wing led by his brother Sengge,
He served as the governor of the Dabson Lake Governor's Mansion among the twelve left-wing governor's mansions.
His territory is in the middle and lower reaches of the Irtysh River, near Dabson Lake.
Dabxun means salt in Mongolian. Dabxun Lake is a salt lake in the lower reaches of the Irtysh River. It was originally the nomadic land of the Dulbert people who were dependent on the Junggar people.
It was later captured by the Kyrgyz people, and later Tsarist Russia moved up the Irtysh River and began to enter this area.
Galdan was ordered to come here to build Dabxun Fort and formally establish the Dabxun Lake Governor's Mansion. He led his people to move here, grazing cattle and sheep, mining lake salt, hunting furs, and also treating the Giljis here.
Kazakh tribe management.
Contacted the Tsarist Russians who entered the area, and after warning them to leave to no avail, the two sides began to fight in the area of Lake Dabson.
Although Galdan is only nine years old, he has a team of Ming staff and instructors around him to help him train a Dabson battalion.
With the firearms purchased from the Ming army, the natural ability of the Junggars in horseback shooting, and the help of the Ming army's staff and instructors group, the small number of Tsarist Russian Cossacks were defeated by them, with more than a hundred casualties, and even the winter camp was blocked.
They were all uprooted. Although this battle was also a tough battle for the newly-built Dabson Camp, the Russian Cossacks' mounted archery and firearms were also very powerful, especially since they relied on the camp to defend and counterattack.
After suffering casualties, the Cossacks were finally annihilated, their camp was captured, and the furs, grains and dried meat they had hunted were taken away.
In this battle, the young Sengge also began to show good leadership skills. Not only was he able to accept the good suggestions of the staff instructors, but he was also brave enough to stand on the front line and stand under the flag during the battle.
Let the morale of the whole army soar.
Even in the final battle to break the stronghold, he joined the battle with a musket and killed a Cossack.
After the war, Galdan also gave generous rewards to the soldiers, and also gave generous pensions to the dead and injured, allowing the young Noyan to be accepted and supported by the soldiers of the newly built Dabson Battalion.
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"Whose troops?"
Galdan wore cotton armor covered with fur, two flintlock muskets on his waist, a bird musket on his back, a knife on his waist, and a bow and arrow in his double thorns. The young man's movements were very majestic.
After he heard about the big changes in the south not long ago, he immediately led the Dabson Battalion to go south first, and asked the tribe to mobilize soldiers, and then came.
A knight quickly left and returned, his horse's hooves raising waves of snow powder. He told Galdan that the men and horses blocking the way in front should be the men and horses of his second brother Zhuote Babatur, and there were about a thousand horses stationed in them.
On the way.
Galdan looked around and saw that they had arrived at the mouth of the Xuanchi River in the Irtysh River, only a few dozen miles away from Bohosi Fort.
"Zote Babatur, he and Chu Hu'er were the ones who plotted to kill my fifth brother, you deserve to die!"
"No Yan, they are outnumbered, should we go around them?"
Junggar looked ahead. If he went around, he would have to go around in a big circle. But now, fighting an emergency is like putting out a fire, so there would be no delay.
"You come quietly with me to reconnoiter their situation," Galdan called his officers, who were all instructors assigned to him by the Ming Dynasty Imperial Camp, and joined the army. He called twenty cavalry to follow him.
Zhuote Babatur led a thousand men to station themselves on the west bank of the Irtysh River mouth in the northwest of Xuanchi, obviously to guard against the troops coming from the north, or to prevent the city of Bohosi from breaking out to the northwest and escaping.
He set up several interceptions in the northwest. This is the northernmost one, with a thousand troops and many tents set up in the snow. It was very quiet at this time, and the Junggar soldiers were warming themselves in the tents to avoid the wind and cold.
"They didn't notice us."
"I think we can just raid their camp!"
Galdan pointed to the camp in a dignified manner. He served the prince and the emperor in the Ming Dynasty. He studied and practiced martial arts. After returning to Junggar, he experienced the siege and suppression campaign against Tsarist Russia. He also had
Yu Yongbing has some experience.
To fight, you need to be bold and careful. Although there are thousands of people on the opposite side, there are no precautions. You can give it a try.
Joining the army, the instructors also thought it was a good idea to give it a try. Their Dabson camp also had thousands of cavalry.
Just as they were about to return to call for men and horses to attack the enemy camp, a sharp arrow suddenly shot out, followed by the sound of a horn horn. A whistleblower discovered them and sounded the alarm.
Junggar soldiers emerged from the tents one after another, shouting.
Galdan was about to withdraw when he suddenly caught sight of his second brother Zhuote Babatur among the chaotic and noisy crowd in the camp. He thought that his fifth brother Sengge, who loved and cared for him the most, died in his hands or was killed in his sleep.
He cut off his head.
Galdan was so angry that he pulled out his blunderbuss, clamped his legs between the horse's belly, and yelled, "Zhot Babatur, you are here to die!"
He actually charged straight towards the thousand-man camp alone.
The twenty military attachés of the Ming Dynasty behind him couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when they saw this, and then quickly chased after him.
"kill!"
Galdan ignored the advisors and instructors who came over to persuade him. He only had eyes for Zhuote Babatur and no one else. He only had one idea left in his mind: kill him to avenge his fifth brother.
In the snow, a strange scene appeared.
A young man wearing brocade fur and riding an iron horse, holding a flintlock gun in each hand, roared and charged towards the camp of thousands of people. Behind him, twenty Ming military attachés also pulled out their fireguns and followed closely to protect them.
Gritting their teeth and rushing over, they could not leave their master and escape on their own.
Over there, Drote Babatur heard the horn warning, got out of his tent, and saw a small cavalry team in front of the camp secretly looking at the camp from a distance, wondering where the people came from.
As a result, the other party suddenly rushed over, shouting as he rushed.
It was too far away to hear clearly, but soon it was getting closer and the sound was carried by the wind.
Is it Lao Liu Galdan?
Drote Babatur was a little surprised, even a little dazed.
At this time, his soldiers reacted faster than him. They quickly strung their bows, then stretched their bows and set arrows to intercept him.
The arrows flew quickly, but many of them missed. The north wind was strong and the distance was long.
After several rounds of arrows passed, several people were finally hit, but no one fell off their horses, and they continued to gallop forward.
Zhuot Babatur also realized that Lao Liu was trying his best to find him.
This little brat, only a few years old, is so vicious.
"Don't shoot this little bastard to death. This is my sixth brother, catch him alive." Zhuot Babatur shouted loudly, "Shoot the horses, just shoot their horses, don't shoot the people."
More Junggar soldiers ran over and formed a wall of soldiers in front of Zhuote Babatur.
boom!
Firegun shooting.
The twenty-one riders galloped forward, braved the rain of arrows, and ignored the pain of being injured by the arrows. As long as they did not fall off their horses, they raised their flint-haired muskets and fired the trigger in front of them.
There were a series of bangs and bangs, and lead bullets flew, tearing open the wall of troops in front of the horses.
Zhuot Babatur also did not expect this small cavalry. Everyone was armed with flintlocks and muskets. When they got close, they fired two rounds of rapid fire, instantly knocking the soldiers in front of him to the ground.
When he realized something was wrong, the opponent was too sharp and powerful, and when he wanted to retreat, it was already too late. Galdan had already rushed forward, and the war horse directly knocked him to the snow. Before he could get up, Galdan
The military attache who was behind him had already galloped towards him, and with a superb water exploration, he was lifted up from the ground.
He immediately pinned the captured prisoner on the back of his horse, who was dizzy from falling. As soon as he struggled, he was hit hard in the face with the butt of a rifle. His face was covered with blood, and he hesitated.
It's like opening a dye shop.
"withdraw!"
The military attache yelled at Galdan, accelerated his horse, and continued to rush forward without looking back. He rushed through the camp, then circled and rushed towards his large army. Galdan screamed excitedly on his horse and also rushed forward.
.
Twenty-one riders, half of them with many arrows stuck in their bodies, galloped like hedgehogs. Fortunately, they were both well-armed and their riding skills were superb, so none of them fell off their horses.
In the camp, a bunch of Zhuote Babatur's men were knocked over, and the general was kidnapped.
At this time, more soldiers had just gathered here, but the commander had already been taken away by prisoners.
"Chase,"
"Rescue Huitaiji!" a Junggar soldier shouted angrily.
The soldiers quickly jumped on their horses to chase, but Galdan and the others had already galloped away.
