In the Musul Ridge and the Ban, the glacier ice peaks stand out and stand upright. They do not melt all year round. The thickest ice layer reaches seven or eight feet. Ice peaks often break during the four seasons. The loud and crisp sound represents death and is horrifying.
A group of Hoshuote soldiers are digging an ice ladder on this dangerous glacier.
It is not easy to carve out an ice ladder on the dangerous white glacier. This is a ladder to the sky.
The more than 200-mile-long Shater Ancient Trail not only crosses the Hatamuzdaban on the main ridge of the Tianshan Mountains, but also passes through the fragmented Musulling Daban Glacier and the raging Nanmuzart River.
At this time, heavy snow fell, and the Tianshan Mountains were even bone-chillingly cold. The soldiers who were cutting the ice ladder were moving with difficulty, and it was very difficult to carve out each step of the ice ladder.
Oqiltu stood on the glacier, his eyes full of worry.
I destroyed the ice ladder when I retreated, and now it's hard for me to get over it.
"Speed up!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a loud voice came.
"No, the ice peak collapsed!"
The ice broke apart, and countless ice cubes rolled down. Everyone tried to avoid it. Finally, when the broken ice peak rolled down, several soldiers who dug the ice ladder were taken away, and a section of the ice ladder that had just been dug was also taken away.
Destroyed.
Oqirtu stood up from behind a stone, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Profusely, this season is really not suitable for crossing the Xiata Ancient Trail. This white glacier is too dangerous."
"Mr. Zhuge has led his troops to sneak across Wusun Road. We have to attract the rebels head-on."
"But the ice ladder was destroyed and it's too difficult to repair now."
"It's snowing heavily again, and everyone can't stand the cold anymore. If we stay here any longer, I'm afraid we'll all freeze to death on the Tianshan Mountains."
Oqiltu hesitated.
He also did not expect that he would be defeated by his uncles Kundulun Wutaishi and Chu Huer together with the Kazakh Khan's son Touke, and it would be so miserable. He was defeated by Tielekti first, then Yinli, and retreated to the south of Tianshan Mountain.
Only then did he stand firm.
This defeat greatly reduced his strength and prestige.
Having lost the pastures north of the Tianshan Mountains, Oqiltu also lost a large number of tribesmen. It would be impossible to rely on the newly conquered lands in Aksu, Wushi, and Kashgar in the south of the Tianshan Mountains for long.
Only by relying on the Ming Dynasty can it be possible to regain the lost territory north of the Tianshan Mountains. Now that Zhu Dadian is leading his troops to attack, how can they sit back and watch?
Kundulun Wutaishi has occupied the Yinli River Valley, while Kazakh has also obtained the Yinsek River and Suiye River basins, and Chu Huer has been allocated the land north of the Kuwusu River, and has agreed that in the future Tacheng, Wu
Su, Urumqi, Hami, Turpan and other places were all assigned to Junggar.
Bayan Abgai Ayushi Hutaiji came over. He was Oqirtu's half-brother and was also appointed as the governor of the Qilut Khanate.
It was caused by the imperial court deliberately not sending troops. Now that the Ming army is sending troops, it is obvious that they want to take advantage. We risk cutting the ice ladder to cross the Xiate Ancient Road. When we get down the mountain, we will have to face the rebels blocking the mountain pass. We come out of the mountain.
, what other fighting power is there?
If you lose again, it will be a serious injury.
Instead, Zhu Dadian took advantage of us to attract Yin Li's rebels. He sneaked across the Wusun Ancient Road, directly seized Yin Li's Khan's court, and plundered cattle, sheep and supplies. After we and the rebels both suffered losses, they would come back to reap the benefits. In the future, Yin Li
But it may not be ours.”
His son Batur Erkatyji also supported his father's suggestion.
"Great Khan, take a look at the current situation of the Heshuote Khanate in Qinghai. Both Dalai and Dayan sent envoys to ask for help. They all said that Emperor Shaotian intended to split the Heshuote Khanate. Now the Heshuote Khanate has appeared.
There are three Khan kings. This time Kundulun Utesh and others have rebelled. They have been in trouble for so long. Where are the Ming troops? The Ming troops in the Western Regions are all huddled in those strong castles. No one came out. They just deliberately wanted to kill the two of us.
Tigers are fighting each other."
"We don't care anymore. Let the Ming army fight the rebels first. Let's go back to Aksu to rest for the winter and regain our strength."
"The Great Khan can't trust Emperor Shaotian too much. We sent troops here, but the Ming army has directly taken over Kuqa and Baicheng. If something happens to us again, I'm afraid Aksu, Kashgar, and Wushi will also be
If we don’t protect it, we won’t even have our home by then.”
Oqiltu felt waves of headache.
There are glaciers and snow peaks that are difficult to climb in front of them, and there is the risk of being stolen from behind. More importantly, even if you risk climbing over, you may have to fight hard again, but Yin Li's peach may be picked by the Ming army.
"Can it be agreed?"
"When Zhu Dadian asked about it, he said it was freezing cold and the glaciers were difficult to cross."
"What if we retreat and Zhu Dadian enters the Yinli River Valley and is surrounded? What will be our responsibility then?"
"Don't worry if you are surrounded. The Ming army still has troops in Wusu and Tacheng. They will definitely go to rescue. It would be better to let the Ming army fight the rebels and let us sit on the mountain and watch the fight."
Oqirtu looked at the glaciers and snowy peaks in front of him, then at his subordinates who were struggling to cut the ice, and finally made up his mind.
"withdraw!"
Oqirtu did not know that when he ordered to withdraw to Aksu, Zhu Dadian had successfully crossed the Wusun Ancient Road and was heading towards the Xiate Canyon on the other side of the mountain.
On the third day of their retreat, a small team, led by a guide, climbed over mountains and ridges, cut ice and climbed rocks to reach the place where they retreated.
There is no one left.
Only traces of the army's activities were left.
"They withdrew?"
Captain Ye Bushou looked at the traces on the ground in surprise, and then swore at the snow and wind in the air.
"Damn it, luckily we won the battle, otherwise we would have plunged into Yinli, but the people here would have withdrawn long ago. This..."
"Sure enough, they are not of my race, and their minds must be different."
The captain quickly issued a new order, and the team was divided into two. One team continued to move forward to find Eqirtu to convey Zhu Dadian's order, while the other team returned to the same route to report the order to the manager.
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Yinli River Valley.
The Ming army was divided into three, chasing and defeating the rebels all the way to Yinli, while the other group was cleaning up the aftermath. Although they were divided into three groups, the rebels were already frightened and fled all the way without fighting spirit. The Ming army came to the end.
The pursuit lasted for hundreds of miles, killing corpses strewn across the fields and taking prisoners in droves.
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The Ming army going to Yinli on the other side also went very smoothly. They marched more than a hundred miles every day and encountered several winter pastures along the way. The herdsmen looked at the bright red armored Ming cavalry holding the sun and moon flag from a distance.
Looks complicated.
They watched from afar, avoided, did not dare to step forward, and did not intercept.
The Ming army was allowed to march for several days until it reached the Khan's castle on the banks of the Yinli River.
This castle is not big. It is the Khan's court of the leader of the Oirat Alliance, Heshuote Khan. There are gorgeous Huangjiao temples inside and outside the city.
The Ming army suddenly arrived and surrounded the castle.
The city was empty, and some of Oqiltu Khan's old troops directly cut down the officers left by Kundulun Utaish, and opened the city to welcome the Ming army into the city.
The Ming army here recaptured Yinli, but the other pursuing Ming army had already chased all the way to the Nalati grassland in the upper reaches of the Yinli River. They raided the station and guarded Wusu, and the Yuledus grassland entered the Yinli River Valley.
of the main road.
The Ming army quickly swept across the entire Yinli River Valley.
Under the tower city, Kundulun Wutaishi was studying siege strategies in his tent. He came back with a great victory and thought he could capture the tower city in one fell swoop.
As a result, we still couldn't attack for a long time.
He divided his troops to attack the castles such as Baktu, Appeasement Fort, Ergtu, and Tielekti, but still failed to capture any of them. Facing the castles controlled by the Ming army, the Oirat rebel cavalry was helpless and lacked siege equipment, especially
There is a lack of weapons against city defense artillery and wall cannons.
Especially those wall guns, they are all heavy fire guns, which can be called light cannons. They can shoot very far, are powerful, and have good accuracy. They can knock down cavalry wearing two layers of iron armor from their horses at a very long distance without dying.
Just disabled.
Moreover, they only used this wall musket to attack officers. There were so many wall muskets that every time they attacked, a large number of officers were blocked and killed, so many officers did not dare to step forward.
And if the Oirat cavalry swarms in large numbers, the city's artillery will unleash its power and sweep them away.
Without enough siege equipment and no way to fight against cannons, they could only surround the castle from a distance, sighing at the sight of the city, hoping that the city would run out of ammunition and food, but they had no idea how long the other side could hold on.
It can only be spent like this.
"Report!"
"Great Khan, the southern patrol found a group of men and horses at Alashan Pass, who had retreated from Yinli. They said that Eqiltu Mingxiu built the Shater Ancient Road, but Zhu Dadian sneaked into the Wusun Ancient Road...
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Kundulun Wutesh was very embarrassed when he saw the people who were brought back.
They were all prisoners of the Ming army. After having their thumbs chopped off, they were asked to bring letters and some boxes.
Open it, and inside there are heads frozen in ice.
Erke, Hashiha, Zhar, all familiar faces, they were his sons, grandsons, nephews, and trusted generals, but now they were all frozen in the ice box, placed in front of him.
Zhu Dadian also gave him a letter persuading him to surrender.
The Yuledus Prairie home of Kundulun Utaish was captured by the Ming army. Ten thousand men and more than 40,000 people were all captured by the Ming army.
Then came the Yinli Valley, which he had just occupied not long ago, but was also captured by the Ming army. His sons and grandsons who stayed behind were also captured and killed. The strong men his sons and grandsons dragged everywhere were also defeated and captured.
He also expected to transport new supplies of soldiers, livestock and food from Yinli and Yuledus.
The back of his head was stinging so much that Kundulun Wutai slowly squatted down in pain.
Suddenly he fell to the ground.
"Sweat!"
The guards exclaimed, and the doctor who arrived quickly concluded that Kundulun Utesh Khan had suffered a stroke. In fact, it was a cerebral hemorrhage, also called a stroke.
This grassland man who was accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves collapsed and was in a critical condition. The Mongolian doctors in the military camp had limited medical skills and could only treat some wounds from swords, guns and arrows. Faced with this emergency of cerebral hemorrhage, although they could diagnose it, they were helpless.
After a long time of trying to treat a dead horse as a living horse, Kundulun Wutesh didn't get any better.
Only half a day later, the Mongolian doctor announced to the generals in the Tacheng camp that the Great Khan's treatment was ineffective and he had collapsed.
That night, the rebels broke camp and retreated westward overnight.
