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Chapter 545 Dunhuang Ancient City
The vast and boundless Qinghai Lake, due to the arrival of winter, part of the lake has begun to freeze.In such a temperature, it is difficult for ordinary people to walk in the freezing cold outside.But there are tens of thousands of cavalry fighting on the edge of Qinghai Lake.

Zhungeer leader Batur, wearing scarred battle armor and riding a horse, led the Zhungeer cavalry while fighting and retreating.They fought with the Tsarist-Russian coalition forces from Hami to Dunhuang and Haixi, and were almost bitten by Dorgon and the others.Tens of thousands of Zhungeer cavalry and Heshuote cavalry retreated hundreds of kilometers in a row. Many cavalry died or got separated on the way. Only a few thousand remained with Batur and Gushi Khan. hurt.

"The enemy is biting again!"

"Report, an enemy's partial division has been discovered in the southwest direction, with a number of about 3000 people, under the banner of the Yarkand Khanate!"

"Report, a cavalry force of thousands of people has been found in the northwest, and the only way to avoid them is to continue retreating to the east!"

Bad news came to Batur one after another, but Batur's face was serious and he didn't say anything.The rugged and majestic Qilian Mountains run through the east and west, and the enemy has invaded the last pasture of Moxi Mongolia.In other words, they had nowhere to run.

"Batur, it seems that the fate of our Moxi clan has come to an end." The leader of Heshuote, Gushri Khan, looked haggard.

He has been fighting these days without much rest, putting a huge load on his no longer young body in his 50s.In addition, the Qinghai Lake Ranch is the territory of the Heshuote tribe, which means that the Heshuote tribe was also affected by Chiyu because of the war between the Zhungeer tribe and the surrounding forces.This time Moxi Mongolia was almost wiped out.

"Gushi Khan, you are my senior, this time I have troubled you." Batur wiped the blood-stained saber with his clothes, and said to Gushi Khan.

"What are you talking about? Although our Moxi tribe is becoming more and more unfamiliar, we are also descendants of the Jin family, so we are divided into each other. Even if I don't help this time, we and Shuote will not be able to escape the fate of being attacked. Instead of being Breaking down one by one, it is better to fight together to win a chance of survival. It is a pity that we did not expect the Yaerqiang Khanate to join hands with them at this time and attack our rear. This battle is really unjust." Gush Khan said .

"With your words, I have died without regret. Our people have already asked Jiayuguan for asylum. Even if we are wiped out here, the seeds of hatred have been planted, and they will avenge us in the future." Batu Er said.

"Going to the east of Qinghai Lake, it is already very difficult to escape. Now that some of the clansmen are safe, let us fight the enemy at the edge of this beautiful Qinghai Lake for the final battle, and we are worthy of our status as grassland warriors." Gushi Khan stopped The horses and the Heshuo cavalry who followed him also stopped.

"Okay!" Batur seemed to have made a decision.

The last Zhungeer cavalry and Heshuo special cavalry formed a formation on the bank of Qinghai Lake, and thousands of people formed formation facing the direction where the enemy was about to kill.

The cold northwest wind blew across their resolute faces along the valleys in the south of the Qilian Mountains.All herdsmen knew that once the cavalry stopped, it was a final battle with the enemy.But with the current situation, they have almost no hope of victory, that is to say, if this battle continues, almost all the cavalry present will be killed.

Everyone's breathing became calm, as if waiting for the final judgment.When the silhouette of the enemy appears on the horizon, it is the time for me to rush to my death.But that's fine too, they're finally free and don't have to run away like cowards.

Time passed by, and the shadows of the man and the horse gradually lengthened.But what is surprising is that the enemy that should have appeared on the horizon has never appeared.

Batur was puzzled for a while: "Where is the enemy? Didn't it mean that we have found enemies in the rear, northwest, and southwest?"

Gushi Khan also felt incredible.He slashed his sword immediately, and was already ready to die on the battlefield, but the situation that should have been embattled on all sides did not seem to appear, and the enemy never appeared.

"Could it be that the enemy thinks too much and thinks that we are using military tactics, so they dare not approach us easily? Or is it because they have other arrangements?" Gushi Khan asked.

"The sentry cavalry went to search for the enemy's tracks." Batur asked a group of cavalry to search for the enemy separately.

After a while, the sentry cavalry who had scouted twenty miles forward galloped back.All eyes are on them.

"Boss, we saw the enemy start to retreat ten miles away. The reason is unknown..." the knight on the horse said out of breath.

"The enemy retreated? In which direction?" Batur and Gushi Khan asked in surprise.

"Towards the direction of Dunhuang City." The sentry knight replied.

"How is this possible? They are obviously going to destroy us. Even if something happens, they are not in a hurry...Could it be that someone is directly threatening their way of retreat?" Batur thought for a while, and found something wrong.

"Could it be that the garrison at Jiayuguan was dispatched?" Gushi Khan said.

"There are only more than a thousand people there, how could they have the courage to enter the Western Regions on their own initiative." Batur said that he didn't believe it.

The Ming Dynasty abandoned the Dunhuang area and retreated eastward to Jiayuguan. The city of Dunhuang gradually fell into disrepair, and it became the residence of some nomadic tribes.And these nomadic tribes were killed by the Tsarist-Russian coalition forces, and they were captured and slaughtered by Cossack cavalry and Kazakh cavalry before they could escape.There are still skulls hanging on the city wall.

The ancient city of Dunhuang, which had been severely eroded by wind and sand, was flying again at this time the flags of the troops from the east of Jiayuguan.At this time, in addition to Sun Chuanting's five hundred Central Plains cavalry, the ancient city of Dunhuang also had the third infantry brigade.Sun Chuanting was the brigade officer of the 3000rd Infantry Brigade, and the 3000 cavalry was handed over to him by Xu Shi, the commander of the [-]th Corps.In other words, there are now more than [-] people in Dunhuang City.The remaining two infantry brigades of the Seventh Corps were still preparing supplies at Jiayuguan.The Zhungeer and Heshuote tribes took the initiative to attack, which for the first time disrupted the plans of the Intelligence Department, the Military Intelligence Department, and the Seventh Corps, making the Seventh Corps very panicked.Letting [-] troops station in Dunhuang City and drive away the Kazakh cavalry is already the limit of the current dispatch.Even if more troops came to station troops in Dunhuang City, gunpowder and food alone would not be able to supply them.In winter, it was more difficult to prepare for war.

"Arrange artillery and prepare to block the way back to the north." Sun Chuanting inspected the ancient city of Dunhuang, intending to use Dunhuang city as a fortress to stop the Tsarist-Russian coalition forces. "This Dunhuang city is under our jurisdiction again."

(End of this chapter)