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Chapter 558 Turpan City
"Dorgon, the Kyushu Army has already connected the three cities of Kehami, Balikun, and Yanchi, and is about to approach the city of Turpan. You don't send troops to garrison the city in front, but let them drive straight in? If Turpan is captured, The Ili region occupied by our Yarkand Khanate and Kazakhs is exposed to the soldiers of the Kyushu Army!"

"Before in Hami City, we had the opportunity to hold on to the city and inflict heavy damage on the Kyushu Army. Why did you give it up? Is it because you plan to let the Kyushu Army enter the territory of our Yarkand Khanate so that our Yarkand Khanate can wipe out the whole country? The power to help you fight the Kyushu Army?" Su Li, the commander of the Yarkand Khanate, questioned Dorgon's approach.

At this time, Dorgon was walking outside Turpan City to inspect the city defense, and he was unmoved when he heard Su Li's question.

"Su Li, do you think we have enough troops to guard Hami, Balikun, Yanchi and other cities? Our troops are limited. We can only concentrate our troops to hold on to the important towns, clear the walls, and stretch the Kyushu Army's supply line." Dole Dagon said, "Throughout the winter, I conscripted tens of thousands of herdsmen to reinforce Turpan City and hoard food, just to consume the Kyushu Army here."

When Su Li heard Dorgon's explanation, his face softened slightly: "I really don't understand why you are so afraid of the Kyushu Army? Our Yarkand Khanate supported you here with [-] soldiers, plus the soldiers you enlisted With tens of thousands of herdsmen from various tribes, it is easy to defend a fortified city. According to our reports from the rangers, their number is less than [-]." Su Li said again.

"Because you haven't fought against them before. The soldiers led by one of your generals were not wiped out before, and the general was captured? Their combat ability cannot be measured by the number of people. If you think that they can win with a small number, it will be great." Wrong, wrong." Dorgon said.

"That's because Zak's ability is insufficient, and he encountered a surprise attack from the Kyushu Army, otherwise the outcome is uncertain." Su Li justified the failure of the Yarkand Khanate army.

"The victory or defeat has been decided long before the battle. The Kyushu Army has more advanced firearms than the Western ones. Fortunately, their supplies are not necessarily very clever, and it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to support the battle. We choose to stay away from the Central Plains Thousands of miles of Turpan as a battlefield will definitely make them very uncomfortable. And I have already requested support from the Tsar and the Kazakh Khan. Their reinforcements will soon reach the Yili area. The stability of the past few years has completely become our territory." Dorgon said, "Even so, our winning rate is only [-]%."

"Only [-]%?! Dorgon, you are simply looking up to the Kyushu Army!"

"No, my estimate is already optimistic."

When Su Li and Dorgon were patrolling outside the city, a black line appeared on the eastern horizon of Turpan City, gradually elongated, and the banners were flying!
"The Kyushu Army is here, people outside the city, hurry back to the city!" Seeing the enemy appearing, the general at the top of the city shook his arms and shouted.

"Commander, for your safety, let's hurry back to the city." The guard beside Su Li said to him.

"It's up to people to plan, but it's up to heaven to make things happen. Let's see if we can hold Turpan City this time. Let's go back and hold on until the reinforcements arrive. If we succeed, the Kyushu Army, which has penetrated into the Western Regions, will be annexed by us. If you fail, you will lead your troops back to the Yarkand Khanate, and I will live and die with this city." Dorgon said.

As the Kyushu Army appeared outside Turpan, the atmosphere in this place suddenly became tense.When the two armies meet, there will definitely be a fierce battle of life and death.

This time the Kyushu Army no longer let Sun Chuanting's team fight in front as a forward, but all the main forces came out with more than 30 artillery pieces to attack Turpan City.In addition to the menacing Seventh Corps, Batur from the Zhungeer tribe and Gushi Khan from the Heshuote tribe also brought their own troops and were invited by Xu Shi to hunt.

"As long as this city is captured, the Turpan area is almost in our pocket, and two passages from the north and the south have been opened. To the south, you can enter the hinterland of the Yarkand Khanate, and to the north, you can enter the former pasture of your Zhungeer tribe. No matter which way they attack, it will cause them a great headache." Xu Shi said, pointing at Turpan City with his horsewhip.

Turpan is like a fork in the road, and its geographical location is very important.

"General Xu Shi, you just want to conquer the city of Turpan and recover the Turpan area, right?" Batur said with a grim expression.

"The Zhungeer Basin will be recovered by you, and the Yarkand Khanate, if you have the ability to retaliate, then lead your troops into the pastures of the Yarkand Khanate. We will not easily interfere in your affairs." Xu Shi Said.

Batur and Gushi Khan looked at each other for a while, and they felt a little relieved about Xu Shi's affirmative statement.If the Kyushu Army still targets the Yarkand Khanate and the Jungar Basin, then only Qinghai Lake and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau have not yet become the territory of the Kyushu Army in Moxi.

"I sent herdsmen to infiltrate Turpan City this winter, and found that besides the Yarkand Khanate with an army of ten thousand people stationed here, there was also a Jurchen general named Dorgon, who used force to force all The tribe is young and strong, forming an army of about 2 people." Batur said, "That is to say, there are [-] people in Turpan now, excluding those poor civilians who may be forced to defend the city by Dorgon. People's defenders. The Han people's "Sun Tzu's Art of War" has a cloud, ten to encircle them, and five to attack them. Our troops can defeat them in field battles, but they are not enough to encircle and storm a fortified city. You see There are a large number of antlers and ditches outside Turpan City, and the city wall is higher than before, obviously the enemy intends to hold on here, and the food and grass may last for a few months."

"Ten rules to encircle and five rules to attack, it was good in the past, but now and Sun Wu's era has been 2000 years, some fixed things have changed, don't be bound by rules. We will use our cannons and gunpowder let them know that the so-called fortified city must be nothing more than a vulnerable earth wall." Xu Shi said.

"But they are not isolated cities. The Yarkant Khanate in the south, the Kazakh Khanate in the west, and the Tsarist Russian Empire in the north may send reinforcements to support them at any time." Batur tried to make Xu Shi pay attention to his opponents.

"The enemies in the west and north will be dealt with. We just need to defeat the Yarkand Khanate and Dorgon." Xu Shi said lightly.

"Do you have other troops?" Batur and Gushi Khan were shocked.Could it be that the Kyushu Army that entered the Western Regions was not just the Seventh Corps?

(End of this chapter)