Thousands of horsemen followed in hot pursuit, trying to rescue the leader, Drote Babatur.
In front of them, the nine-year-old Galdan was running wildly with twenty horsemen and attendants of Ming Dynasty military attachés. Half of them had feather arrows stuck in their bodies. Even the young Galdan had two feather arrows stuck in his back, but none of them
He didn't stop and didn't even bother to pull out the arrow.
Snow powder dances wildly.
Iron hooves thunder.
Finally, just when the pursuers were about to catch up with him, they saw the large army.
A thousand Dabson battalion cavalry came towards them.
Galdan pulled the reins of his horse, and the warrior stood up, neighing loudly.
The twenty attendants and military attachés also turned their horses' heads.
Galdan turned around and reloaded his ammunition. Thousands of cavalry were running towards him behind him, giving him great confidence. He said to his attendant Zhao Dabao, "Zhao Feiqi, let go of Zhuote Babatur."
"Captain?"
"Let him go." Galdan looked at his struggling and frightened brother with a cold face while holding the gun, "I will give you a chance now, run away!"
Zhuot Babatur was in a very embarrassed state, with blood all over his face. He looked at his young brother, then at the countless men and horses behind him, and then at his subordinates rushing towards him from the opposite side.
He gritted his teeth and ran away.
Galdan picked up the gun, looked at his second brother struggling to escape in the snow, counted three times, then raised his hand and fired the gun.
With a bang, the bullet grazed Drout Babatur's forehead. In shock, Drout Babatur fell to the ground and chewed his shit. When he found out that he was not hit, he got up in ecstasy and turned to look at Gar.
Dan actually showed a bit of ridicule in his eyes, and even made a sign of disapproval at him.
Galdan raised another blunderbuss, and Drout Babatur quickly continued to run forward.
Galdan looked at him coldly, waited for him to run a few more steps, and then shot out again.
With the sound of a gunshot, Drout Babatur fell to the ground again, but this time it was not a fall, but a direct hit on the head. The skull was shattered and red and white splattered out.
He fell to the ground and could not get up again.
Galdan looked at his brother and said disdainfully, "Push to the street!"
The cavalry of the Dabson Battalion had already rushed behind them. Galdan took the two loaded handguns from his attendant Zhao Dabao, clamped them into the horse's belly, and took the lead in charging without hesitation.
"kill!"
The young boy's voice is still a little immature, but the momentum he emits is like that of a tiger or a leopard.
With twenty cavalry, he dared to charge directly into the enemy camp and capture the enemy general alive. At the age of nine, he could calmly kill his brother in front of the two armies. Such a young man was born with the charisma of a leader.
Zhao Dabao raised his gun and shouted, "Kill!"
These twenty cavalry are still at the beginning, but this time there are thousands more martial cavalry behind them.
The Junggar people on the opposite side were chasing Galdan wildly, with thousands of horses chasing twenty. What they felt more deeply was the humiliation of twenty horses breaking into the camp and taking away the general.
But in the blink of an eye, his own general was shot dead by the opponent, and he deliberately let him go for a while. He first deliberately missed his shot and then killed him with one shot. This was more than an insult.
Plus the kickback from the thousands of cavalry behind them.
At this time, the Dzungar people on the opposite side also had thousands of cavalry, and the numbers were evenly matched, but their momentum was completely different. On one side, their morale was as high as it was, while on the other side, their morale had dropped to the bottom.
The general was captured and died.
The enemy has an ambush.
The opponent charged.
The two cavalrymen collided fiercely, and the military attachés fired their muskets and swords to protect Galdan. Galdan just rushed forward, and when his two muskets were empty, he raised his bow and fired.
Led by Galdan and their sharpest arrows, the Dabson Battalion cut into the enemy group, tore them apart fiercely, and charged forward.
The enemy cavalry was left without a master and had no fighting spirit. After charging forward, they began to scatter. Some people chose to persist in fighting, while others turned around and ran away, while others fled from both sides.
Galdan kept yelling and his voice became hoarse.
There are fewer and fewer people standing in front of them.
Others began to surrender.
Finally the battle is over.
Nengge was so exhausted that he almost collapsed, but the result of the battle was gratifying. One thousand against one thousand. They not only captured the enemy's general, but also defeated the opponent. Nearly two-thirds of the opponent's people actually surrendered on the battlefield, perhaps because they were all Junggar people.
, or maybe they think this is an internal conflict between the brothers Galdan and Zhuote Babatur. Since the second brother is already dead, they might as well demote the sixth brother and there is no need to fight harder.
Despite his fatigue, Galdan went over to say hello to the hundreds of surrendered troops, and even recognized some of them.
He deliberately kept a straight face, trying to appear more dignified.
"We are all Dzungarian warriors, and you are all loyal members of my Choros family. Now, I have killed Drout Babatur, the murderer of my brother Sengge Deputy Khan, and I will not hold the rest accountable."
Galdan sang a red face to appease the surrendering soldiers, while Zhao Dabao put on a white face and began to interrogate the enemy. He also specially found a few seriously injured soldiers and chopped them up to scare the monkeys.
The results obtained are neither good nor bad.
They did not arrive too late, and Fort Bohosi was still there, but Chu Huer and the others had been surrounding it for eighteen days. Fort Bohosi had suffered heavy casualties, and it was estimated that it would not last much longer. If it were any later, it would definitely fall.
"I suggest dividing the troops into several branches, raising more flags, and showing up at Fort Bohosi with a bluff. This will not only give the city confidence, but also confuse Chu Hu'er's military morale, so that he does not dare to continue the attack on the city with all his strength."
Zhao Dabao made suggestions.
Galdan trusted his art of war teacher and guard captain very much, "What then?"
"Then we will choose a dangerous place to set up camp, and we will form a corner with Fort Bohosi. We will help each other while we wait for Dabson's follow-up reinforcements."
Chu Hu'er has a large number of people. With the thousand cavalry of the Dabson Battalion and hundreds of surrendered troops, he will definitely not be able to defeat Chu Hu'er. It is better to be cautious first.
Galdan asked other Han people to join the army and the military attachés.
"I also don't recommend rushing into Fort Bohosi now. Once you enter, you'll be dead. It's better to set up camp outside the city and support each other."
"We have too few people. We will definitely not be able to defeat them if we fight head-on. We need reinforcements."
"Send people to Burqin Fort and Tacheng Appeasement Fort to see what's going on, and request more reinforcements from the imperial court."
Although not all of these soldiers or instructors came from imperial camps, some were from villages, some were from regiment training, some were from local village forces, and even the original Green Camp, Chuang Camp, Xiying, etc., but without exception, they all came from long-term experience in troubled times.
A battle-hardened veteran.
Those who can survive at least have good knowledge. They may not be able to grasp the larger battle level, but they still have some experience in small-scale battles.
The overthrow of Zhuote Babatur was also a surprise, and it was the opponent's carelessness in underestimating the enemy. However, this move could not be effective against Chu Hu'er.
"Okay, please make a plan, please hurry up. That old thief Chu Hu'er will definitely know from the defeated soldiers that we are coming soon."
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night.
To the northwest of Bohuosi, several fire dragons appeared.
Those were reinforcements arriving from the middle and lower reaches of the Irtysh River to reinforce Bohosi Fort.
Chu Hu'er stood in the wind and snow, looking at those fire dragons, each with at least a thousand riders. As an experienced Junggar veteran, although his reputation is not as good as that of the Kundulun Ubas brothers of Oirat Wuhu, but
The brothers Heduo, Qin, and Chu Huer of Junggar were also the pioneers who took the lead in every battle.
Judging the number of enemies from fire, smoke, troops, etc. This is a general's basic ability.
Looking at these reinforcements, he still couldn't believe that that little kid Galdan could actually rush into the camp of Zhuote Babatur with twenty cavalry, capture him alive, and then put him back alive.
He released them in front of the formation and then killed them. Then he led the troops in pursuit and defeated more than a thousand of Drout Babatur's men, and even captured most of them.
This sounded like a myth, so when the defeated soldiers who first came back to report told him this, he killed seven of them in a row.
But when every defeated soldier who came back said this, Chu Huer stopped killing anyone.
Galdan is his little nephew. He is only nine years old and has no hair yet. When he was five years old, he was sent to the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains as a hostage. He stayed there with Seng Ge for several years. He returned to the tribe last year.
Seng Ge became deputy khan, and he also became one of the twelve governors of the left wing.
There are about 50,000 tents on Sengge's left wing, and about 5,000 tents in Galdan's Dabuxun Governor's Mansion. Chu Hu'er doesn't know how this guy can be so sensitive to news, so far apart, and so fast in this cold winter wind and snow.
Just come.
He must have brought more than a thousand riders with him, probably five to six thousand or even more.
I heard that he had previously annihilated a group of Tsarist Russians in the Dabson Lake area, captured a camp, and also incorporated some Gilijis and Kazakh tribes. His strength was not weak.
Look at Fort Bohosi, and look at the reinforcing fire dragons.
Chu Hu'er, who was originally planning to launch another fierce attack tonight, vowing to capture Bohuosi and not be delayed any longer, had to order the suspension of tonight's siege plan.
The enemy's situation was unknown, so he had to be careful.
He expected that Galdan would bring at least three to four thousand troops, so he had to be cautious, and there might even be more.
Returning to the tent, Chu Huer's heart was filled with anger. She originally thought that after killing Sengge, the next action would be very quick. She would first take Fort Boho, annex Sengge's left wing, and then join Dulbert's people.
Go south to capture Tacheng, Hobokseri, and then capture Wusu, take back the entire Junggar land, and then join forces with Dulbert and Kundulun Ubas to defeat Turpan Khan.
But now he has been delayed here for eighteen days, unable to advance even an inch, and has lost more than three thousand troops and horses. Zhuote Babatur, a fool, even lost nearly one thousand more to enter.
Dulbert's Heshuoqi Khan also never sent troops as agreed.
He is now being roasted on the fire.
"Secure the camp, don't attack without my order!" Chu Hu'er did not dare to look down on his little nephew, although he believed in his heart that Zhuote Babatur died at the hands of Ming Dynasty officers and that the battle was fought by Ming Dynasty generals.
That night, all the battalions of Chu Hu'er's army retreated to their camps and stood still.
A thousand soldiers were divided into several groups. It was a very hard night, and the first half of the night was spent running around setting fire to the enemy.
They gathered together in the middle of the night, approached a place less than ten miles away from Bohuosi, and chose a slope to set up camp.
At dawn, Chu Hu'er received a report, saying that only a battalion of Galdan's men and horses had been found ten miles northwest of the city, with about a thousand horses, and the rest of the men and horses were missing.
"Explore again!"
Chu Huer frowned. There were obviously thousands of reinforcements last night, but now there are only more than a thousand. Where have the at least two or three thousand people gone?
Without finding these troops, he would really not be able to feel at ease, and he would not dare to rashly launch an attack on Fort Bohosi or the Galdan camp.
It would be very dangerous if the opponent attacks you from behind during a battle.
At the top of the city of Bohuosi Castle, those fire dragons in the northwest kept the princess awake all night. In the middle of the night, a small cavalry arrived at the city. Zhu Shizhong carefully put a basket down and hoisted one person up, but
It was a military attache I knew who was stationed in Dabson.
Although they were acquainted, Zhu Shizhong was very careful and verified it carefully. He also checked the Galdan's autographed letter he brought, as well as the ring seal on it, as well as the long history of the Dabson Camp, where Sima and others were stationed.
After receiving Officer Ming's seal certificate, he was convinced that he was not captured by Chu Hu'er and later deceived the city.
"I didn't expect that young boy Galdan could be so brave." Zhu Shizhu sighed endlessly.
"The Governor asked the princess and Chang Shi to wait and rest at ease. The reinforcements have arrived. You are safe. More reinforcements will come later. The Governor has also sent people to Tacheng, Barzin Fort and others to ask for help. Chu Hu'er is so arrogant that he cannot be proud of it.
How long."
With the arrival of a fresh reinforcement force, everyone in the castle breathed a sigh of relief. Even if they were still outside the city, as long as they were there, they could at least restrain Chu Hu'er from attacking the city with all his strength.
"I don't know what the situation is in Tacheng and Barzin Fort. Why haven't I seen any reinforcements for so long? Instead, Galdan from further north arrived first." The princess was full of worry, "Yes.
Could it be that something happened over there? Could it be that Dulbert Khan and Kundu Lun Utesh Jinong really turned against each other?"
"Princess, don't worry, even if they really rebel, Chu Hu'er and Zhuote Babatur have been surrounding us for so long, but they can't capture us. Both Tacheng and Barzin Fort have elite troops stationed, whether it's the Han Navy or the
The Anxi garrison defense camp is not something they can defeat. It is a bastion equipped with many artillery and muskets." Zhu Shizhong was very confident, although he also wondered why the reinforcements did not arrive for so long.
He even had some doubts in his heart whether the imperial court was deliberately ignoring the situation or using Fort Boho as bait to catch a big fish.
Although this thought makes people a little uncomfortable, after all, I am also in Fort Bohosi now, but as a senior military attaché and a third-rank general, don't you know that sometimes the national interests come first, and such sacrifices will definitely be made.
Fortunately, Galdan is here, and Bohuosi can hold on for a while longer.
"Your Highness, the reinforcements have arrived and the crisis has been temporarily resolved. Your Highness will hand over the city defense to your ministers and others. Please return to your residence to rest."
"Then I will hand over the city defense to the imperial uncle."
this day.
It was a rare quiet day in Fort Bohosi.
On the west bank of Xuanchi, there were no shouts of fighting and fighting. A few groups of men and horses were just so quiet, but everyone knew that this was just the calm before the storm.
