Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 559 Intercepting Kazakh Cavalry

In Shihezi, west of Urumqi, an unprecedented large-scale fighting broke out. This fierce battle was similar in scale to last year's decisive battle in Hami.Tens of thousands of horses and tens of thousands of muskets were thrown into the fierce battle, and soldiers fell every moment.

Yang Jierhan looked at the cavalry of the Kyushu Army appearing in all directions, and felt besieged for a moment.After the ice and snow melted, he received Dorgon's request for help in advance, and led [-] Kazakh cavalry into the Ili area, and then supported Turpan from the Ili area, but before reaching Urumqi, he was surrounded by the cavalry of the Kyushu Army. .The Kazakh cavalry is engaged in a fierce battle with the Kyushu Army cavalry that suddenly appeared.

"Damn it, didn't Dorgon know that such a huge cavalry troop had bypassed Turpan?!" Yang Jierhan rode his horse to a high ground to observe the battle situation, and found that there were nearly ten thousand cavalrymen from the Kyushu Army in the east and nearly ten thousand in the west. Thousands of cavalry from the Jiuzhou Army and another cavalry from the Jiuzhou Army have not yet entered the battlefield, waiting for an opportunity to move.

The cavalry of the Kyushu Army generally used muskets. In some important places, they dismounted and formed a powerful line formation of muskets to prevent the Kazakh cavalry from fleeing.

"Khan, from the topographic map provided by Dorgon, there are two routes to Urumqi. The southern route is Hami to Yanchi and Turpan, while the northern route is Gucheng and Changji. Dorgon let us go to Turpan and Turpan. If they meet up, it is very likely that this large group of cavalry from the Kyushu Army came from the northern front. They may have captured the ancient city and Changji, or they may have bypassed these two cities and came straight to us." Yang Jierhan Said a character like a counselor beside him.

"They didn't come for us, but to bypass Turpan and cut off the road to support Turpan from the north. It's just that we happened to arrive before the Tsarist Russians." , can almost quickly judge the intention of the Kyushu Army.

It was only at this time that he realized the intention of the Kyushu Army, and it seemed that it was too late. He didn't know that he had already encountered the three most powerful cavalry regiments of the Kyushu Army.The soldiers of these cavalry regiments have broken away from the concept of herdsmen, but are the most robust young warriors selected from the 200 million Mongolian tribes in Monan and Mobei, the Jurchen tribes in Liaodong, and the Han people outside the customs. They are regular troops born for war. They are not scattered herdsmen recruited temporarily, they also have the most sophisticated muskets and have experienced the baptism of several wars such as the Battle of Mobei.

This time the Liaodong Cavalry Corps, the Monan Cavalry Corps, and the Mobei Cavalry Corps gathered together.The commander of the Liaodong Cavalry Brigade was Sun Sheng, the commander of the Liaonan Cavalry Brigade who was originally stationed in Guihua City.At this time, the Liaodong Cavalry has been merged into the Liaodong Cavalry, forming the Liaodong Cavalry Corps.The head of the Monan cavalry is Wu Keshan from the Horqin tribe.The head of the Mobei Cavalry Corps was Qi Xing, the brigade commander of the former Liaodong Cavalry, who had once fought in Mobei.Except for the Mobei Cavalry Corps, which sent a cavalry to support the Siberia Pioneering Corps, all the three corps came out with a force of up to 3, and in order to maintain sufficient mobility, a cavalry may have more than one horse. The number of war horses is more than [-].

Sun Sheng, Wu Keshan, and Qi Xing led a group of senior cavalry officers to command three cavalry regiments in the highlands, intending to annihilate or capture all the Kazakh cavalry that came to aid in Shihezi.

"They definitely didn't expect that we would dispatch cavalry troops on the grasslands of Monan and Mobei to rush into Moxi day and night." Wu Keshan looked at the surrounded Kazakh cavalry with satisfaction.

The cavalry of the Kyushu Army ambushed in the west and east of Shihezi in advance, and after the Kazakh cavalry entered this area, they flanked the Kazakh cavalry.And Yang Jier Khan couldn't make up his mind to break out of the siege, because once the breakout failed, it would become a rout and a unilateral pursuit.The current situation of the Kazakh cavalry is more like fighting a trapped beast.

"The Kazakh Khanate is a tyrant in the Western Regions. Even if we don't fight them now, we will encounter them sooner or later in a few years. We will use up their troops here first, and save a lot of trouble in the future." Qi Xing said.

If Yang Jierhan heard Qi Xing's words, he would definitely shudder.It turns out that in the Kyushu Army's plan, their Kazakh Khanate is also the target, it's just a matter of time.

"They thought that by defeating the Zhungeer cavalry, they would be able to defeat our Mongolian tribe. It's just that our cavalry in Monan and Mobei are braver. This time, we have to let them suffer a big loss. In the future, we can also be like Genghis Khan Fight to the west!" Riding on a horse, Wu Keshan saw the scene of tens of thousands of cavalry fighting, and couldn't help yearning for the grand occasion of Genghis Khan's Western Expedition two or three hundred years ago.

"You can see that their tactics are still very backward. There is no formation at all, and the number of firearms is very small. Just now, our two cavalry regiments shot and killed their troops at a certain distance, at least hundreds of people were killed. Once they Surrounded, they will huddle in a group without any rules, waiting for their Khan's order." Qi Xing said, pointing to the panicked Kazakh cavalry.

"Once the cavalry loses its vast combat space and mobility, it will not be as big a threat to us as the dismounted infantry." Wu Keshan agreed.

"The order was passed on to order the Liaodong cavalry regiment to dismount and use line tactics to force the Kazakh cavalry to retreat. The Monan and Mobei cavalry regiments each sent out a cavalry force of about 3000 to mount and prepare to pursue the enemy." Sun, who had temporarily gained command Sheng is always paying attention to the changes in the battle situation, and issued an attack order in due course.

The Liaodong Cavalry Regiment, who had been staring at the side of the battlefield, finally moved. They dismounted and assembled in a dense line formation, pressing down on the Kazakh cavalry huddled in a group under the command of the drum.

Boom, boom, boom.The regular drumbeats sounded, and the Kazakh cavalry who discovered that the Liaodong Cavalry Corps had entered the battlefield felt tense. The drumbeats seemed to be beating on the bottom of their hearts, making them terrified!
"Khan, the cavalry of the Kyushu Army who did not move has launched an attack on us!" As soon as the Liaodong cavalry regiment moved, Yang Jierhan became more nervous and even sweated profusely.

If the two sides were at least evenly matched in numbers just now, the entry of the Liaodong Cavalry Corps now deprived the Kazakh cavalry of their last advantage, and the three major cavalry regiments of the Kyushu Army were in an absolute advantage.

"You can't fight head-on with their infantry. Send two cavalry to drag the two cavalry on the opposite side respectively. The rest of the troops will follow me to attack the enemy in the west. Let's return to our khanate!" Yang Jierhan saw that the Kyushu Army could be dispatched With so many cavalrymen, they began to be discouraged.

(End of this chapter)