Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 831 Mongolian Navy
To fight outside, you must first be safe inside.

Junggar intends to conquer the brother of the same family, Duerbert, and then come to Turpan. For the Ming Dynasty, Batur, who has come back, intends not to obey orders.

Chu Hu'er led the headquarters with five thousand riders and one horse to cross the boundary marker first.

When passing by the boundary marker, he chopped it into pieces with an axe.

"Where the Junggar iron cavalry steps on is the border of the Junggar Khanate!" He rebelliously declared to the broken boundary marker.

The Ulungu River flows from east to west and flows into Xiaohaizi, which is connected to Dahaizi by the Kuyerga River.The narrow land between the big and small lakes is only about ten miles wide.

A river that is no more than a few tens of feet wide, the west bank of the river is sandy, and the east bank is grassland, where the yellow and green are clearly separated.

The east bank of Ulungu Lake is actually not beautiful. There is neither azure lake surface nor splendor of wild flowers, nor flocks of cattle and sheep, but long yellow sand and Gobi stones.

There are two lakes, the big lake is a saltwater lake, and the small lake is a freshwater lake. The big lake is very quiet and occasionally birds fly by, while the small lake is rich in fish and various birds that feed on it.

In special seasons every year, there are seagulls flying here.

Many coasts on the east coast are Yadan landforms. Yadan means steep hills in Uyghur language. Professionally speaking, this is a wind-eroded landform in dry areas, formed by river and lake sediments. The ground, through weathering, intermittent water washing and wind erosion, forms a landform combination of wind-eroded mounds and grooves parallel to the prevailing wind direction and arranged alternately.

These landforms carved by nature are very similar to abandoned castles. Some herdsmen really mistakenly thought that there used to be castles here, and even gave it the name Devil City.

Chu Hu'er doesn't believe in Devil City. He is not even unfamiliar with this place. In his early years, he was nomadic in some areas in the northwest of the lake, not far from Burqin Fort. Yellow sand is a ghost city, but the east bank is a good place, especially the east bank of Xiaohai, which is where the Ulungu River flows into, where a river delta is formed, wetlands and grasslands are the best pastures.

There are many kinds of fish in Xiaohaizi, and the taste is very good. There are also many birds here. Wild geese and wild ducks are delicious.

A large area of ​​freshwater swamp grassland covers an area of ​​more than 100 million mu.

This good place is now owned by Heshuoqi Khan's son Sonom Cering, but Chu Hu'er has already taken a fancy to this place. Maybe after Duerbert is destroyed, he can discuss it with Batur Khan and make this place A piece of land is assigned to him, and he can distribute it to one of his sons to establish a tribe here.

Birds flitted across the lake.

A horn sounded in the distance.

Han Haijun had been monitoring the Jingguan on the east bank at night, and when he saw them coming east, he immediately blew the horn.

When Chu Huer heard the sound of the horn, he just looked up, his eyes full of disdain. Even if his son was defeated by 5000 soldiers, and his life and death were unknown, he didn't pay attention to the Duerbots. When his grandfather Da Lai Taishi was around, he still respected him, he was a capable leader, but now He Shuoqi Khan, this is just supported by Zhu Yihai forcibly, there is no prestige at all, those Da Lai Taishi How many of his sons and grandchildren really obey him, his own khanate can't really give orders, and the few governors under him are all tribal leaders from each separatist side.

"ferry!"

Suddenly someone shouted from the side.

Chu Hu'er looked in the direction of his finger, and found that there were boats approaching in the big and small lakes connected by the Kuyerga River.

Fuhai is very big, and there are large swamps and wetlands along the lake. All the herdsmen here in the past also made small boats, fished and hunted in the lake and swamps, and hunted wild ducks and pike.

But they were all very small boats, even canoes, but the boats that appeared now were obviously much larger.

"Are they trying to block the Kuyirga River with these boats?"

Now is the season of spring and summer, here is a paradise for wild birds, seagulls, wild ducks and egrets are flying on the lake, today is windy, the waves on the lake are not small, the lake is vast, the water and the sky are the same color.

The sudden appearance of the fleet made Chu Hu'er a little dazed.

Many tribes in Junggar also live by water and grass. They live on the banks of those big rivers and lakes. They are not unfamiliar with boats, and many of them are even good at fishing.

They are all horse athletes, galloping knights, all the way from the Mongolian plateau to the Western Regions, not far away, horses are their best comrades-in-arms.

The Kuyerga River is only more than ten miles long, and the river is not wide, and the water is not too deep.

Riding on the horse.

Wang Shan ran to death, Chu Huer led his troops to run for a long time before they reached the bank of the river, only then did they realize that the fleet was bigger than they imagined, the boat was not an ordinary small fishing boat, it seemed to be a newly built warship, he At a glance, I saw that there were guns on the ship.

These sailing boats actually have more than one cannon.

"Where did such a big ship come from, so many, and guns?"

The Durberts have been waiting for them for a long time?

A bad feeling rose in Chu Hu'er's heart.

How do cavalry fight sailors?
While he was still wondering, on the lake, Han Haijun had already passed the flag on the mast.

A few days ago, Han Navy Commander Shi Zhu Cunwu personally acted as a forward, sneaked into the enemy camp at night, captured the Junggar forward general Bagabandi alive, and then set fire to the explosion, leading the Han Navy to destroy the enemy camp. Now he is personally commanding the ship.

"These Junggar people are confused, their brains must be buzzing now!"

The guerrilla general Zhao Ke put down the binoculars and laughed.

Who would have thought that Daming not only helped Durbert build a Han navy with [-] cavalry, but even formed a Fuhai navy. He, Zhao Ke, was a general from the Zhoushan Island Navy and had studied at Qingdao Naval Academy. , and he was studying in the general class of the lecture hall, and he was also the emperor's bodyguard in front of the emperor. When he was ordered to be the guerrilla general of the Fuhai Division, he was also buzzing and looked confused.

Mongolia is still building a navy?

What he didn't even expect was that the emperor wasn't joking with him. The animals in the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion were more efficient in handling affairs. In the relay, the ship was quickly transported from Qingdao to Hami, and then transported from Hami to Fuhai by camel.

They also specially sent people to build a wharf and shipyard in Burqin, responsible for the construction and maintenance.

All this took less than half a year.

The situation in the Western Regions was still very peaceful before. At that time, who would have thought that building a navy in Fuhai would have any effect.But after half a year, now Daming and Junggar are fighting directly. Although war has not been declared publicly, the two sides have already fought without declaring it.

The emperor directly instructed that the Han Navy must guard the border of Durbert and never allow Junggar to cross the border to the east.

The cavalry of the Han Navy is based on Burqin Fort, while the navy is based in Fuhai, and the land and water defense is combined.

Zhu Cunwu, Marquis of Yongshou, like many clans, now actively joins the army and is full of passion. He thinks that he will be a marquis in Liangzhou thousands of miles away. Although he already has a Marquis, this is a lifelong Marquis. A world title passed down to descendants.

"The Junggar people seem unconvinced. They just lost [-] soldiers and come back. They won't turn back until they hit the south wall."

Zhu Cunwu smiled and said to Zhao Ke, "Isn't this just giving you and me fame?"

Zhao Ke is a guerrilla general with a thousand sailors under his command. He is very envious of Zhu Cunwu, the red belt's ability. In the night attack on Geely Lake, three thousand broke five thousand, beheaded more than three thousand, and the remaining more than one thousand Now fleeing everywhere, it is estimated that it will be difficult to escape the pursuit, not to mention that their leaders were directly captured.

There is nothing to say about Zhu Cunwu's achievements. They are very eye-catching and solid. In terms of merit, the reward is definitely not low.

This year, a brand-new rank system is implemented, which is the 32-rank system of eight lieutenants, eight schools, eight generals and eight generals.The first and second ranks are divided into generals, the second and lower ranks are divided into upper and lower ranks, eighth and ninth ranks are eighth ranks of lieutenants, sixth and seventh ranks are eighth ranks of school ranks, fourth and fifth ranks are eighth ranks of generals, and third ranks are ranks of eighth ranks. And the first, second and fourth ranks are the eight generals.

Zhu Cunwu's guerrilla general is not a job title, but a rank, from the fifth rank down to the guerrilla general.There are three levels in the fifth rank, which are General Ranger, General Ningyuan, and General Dingyuan, and the fourth rank is Mingwei, Xuanwei, Zhuangwu, and Zhongwu.

Only when you cross the threshold of the third rank can you become a general and officially enter the sequence of high-ranking generals, General Yunhui, General Champion, General Zhenjun, General Fujun, General Fuguo, General Zhenguo, Huo General Qi, General Zhu Guo, and General Guide, General Huaide, General Guihua, and General Huaihua who were specially awarded to foreign vassals.

Zhu Cunwu, as the governor of the Fuhai Governor's Office and the commander of the Han Navy, was awarded the new rank of General Yunhui at the beginning of the year. The original guerrilla was a third-rank rank.

But now the positions of garrison and guerrilla have been cancelled, and the ranks of the ranks and battalions are used to mark the establishment of the town army, and they are directly lengthened into military titles. The town command, referred to as the standard system, the association system, and the town system.

The army above the town is generally a campaign unit. Two towns are combined into one army, but it is not established. It is temporarily established during wartime.

Zhu Cunwu officially conferred the title of Grand General Yunhui. Although he was only down from the third rank, he had already stepped into the ranks of generals and became a high-ranking general.

As for his guerrilla general, he was only from the fifth rank, which was much different from the previous third rank guerrilla.Zhu Cunwu has just made great contributions, and it is estimated that he can be directly promoted to the rank of champion general, or he can be promoted after a few years of seniority. After all, the credit has already been placed there.

And he wants to be promoted to the general, there are still a full [-] ranks.

Looking at the Junggar cavalry in front of him, Zhao Ke's eyes were full of enthusiasm. They were all military achievements, and the real achievement of the head and head, isn't that the hardest achievement?

If he can also behead a Junggar cavalry of three to five thousand ranks, he will be promoted directly.

"General, let's fight."

Zhu Cunwu raised his binoculars and looked at the Junggar cavalry on horseback who looked at the water blankly, with a smile on his lips, "It seems that they really don't have the experience of riding on the water, so they brought the boat close to the shore and bombarded them."

Fu Hai had nothing to hide from the fleet, or else he really wanted to wait for them to cross the river before attacking. Now, he could only bombard them with boats to prevent them from crossing the river.

Blocking the Kuyirga River, the Junggars could only go north along the shore of the West Lake, where there were no fertile aquatic plants, only the continuous yellow sand Gobi, about [-] miles away, this road was not easy, and it was difficult for the army to replenish.

The Junggar people don't even think about plundering livestock, cattle and sheep along the way. They added that they crossed the Gobi Desert to the other side of Burqin Fort, and they would stop the Irtysh River and Burqin Fort.

The Junggars couldn't eat Manas Fort, they couldn't cross the Manas River, and now they can't cross the Irtysh River, and they can't take Burqin Fort.

"I think we can also build a castle on the east bank of the Kuyerga River. It doesn't need to be big, but a castle can help guard the channel between the big and small Haizi, and help stop the Kuyerga River. We can also build a wharf here as a base for our Fuhai Navy.”

"Yes, after repelling the Junggars this time, you can propose to Heshuo Qihan to build the Haibao Water Village."

Zhao Ke was a bit aggressive, "I think, although the Gulun River flows into the big and small lakes, our navy can patrol the two lakes, and we can also enter the Gulun River for patrol, but the Irtysh River is not far from the north bank of the lake. I have checked the terrain. In fact, there are several places in the northeast corner of Dahaizi, all of which are very close to the Great Lake. It is completely possible to dig a canal to connect Dahaizi with the Irtysh River. Using the gate of the canal, we can get water The divisions are free to enter and exit the Big and Small Haizi, the Irtysh River, and the Gulun River. At that time, our navy will be able to play a greater role. The inspection range cannot go directly to Burqin Fort, but can also go downstream to Zaisangbo or even further downstream. To the east of the Kazakh Khanate, and even to some strongholds controlled by Tsarist Russia."

Zhu Cunwu said with a smile, "It is true that Dahaizi is not far from the Irtysh River, but the watershed has to be dug. This is not a small project. Rather than spending so much effort, it is better to have a team, two fleets, or simply Just build another naval battalion on the Irtysh River, wouldn't it be less worrying and troublesome than that?"

Zhao Ke laughed, of course he also knew that it would be convenient and easy to build another naval battalion, but after all he was only the battalion commander of the Fuhai Navy, and it would probably not be his responsibility to build another Irtysh River battalion.

"Let's fight the battle right now. If your navy division performs well, it's not impossible to build another water battalion at that time, and it will even be under your command."

Zhao Ke immediately turned serious, "Yes, this subordinate understands."

The flag bearer on the mast had issued an order, and the fleets on both sides of the river were more than ten miles apart, but they started to act according to the predetermined battle plan through binoculars, semaphore, beacon smoke and other signals.

The ship approached the shore, and the gunners quickly began to manipulate the artillery on the ship.

The ships of the Fu Hai Fleet are small, sailing galleys, with seven or eight guns on board, but the main gun is a small long gun at the bow, and the side is a rapid-fire Franco rear-loading gun.

Zhao Ke commanded loudly.

"Come closer, and let these Junggars have a taste of the power of our Western Region Navy. First, let's take a few solid shots. With our Fuhai Navy here, they don't even think about crossing the Kuyerga River!"

"Brothers, work harder, smash the motherfuckers, beat Lao Tzu and give credit to you, when the time comes, our navy will build another battalion, and everyone will be promoted and rich!"

"Ready!"

"Everything is ready!"

Zhao Ke waved his hand, and the messenger immediately waved the signal flag to give the order. All the ships received the order, and the captains roared angrily.

"fire!"

The cannon was ejected and fired with a howl.

The Junggar people who were still watching the excitement on the shore did not expect that they were so far apart that the enemy could shell them from the boat.

When the cannonballs whizzed and shot into the team with a harsh sound, bringing up a piece of stumped limbs and arms, splashing blood rain all over the sky, and even broken meat and intestines, curiosity was finally replaced by fear.

Under the majestic Junggar Batur Khan, the horse of Chu Huer, the most powerful leader of the Khanate, was also head smashed, the entire horse head was gone, and Chu Huer was also thrown off the horse. It was shot in the face, but hit the horse's face from the side, and then continued to hit the horse of a guard riding next to it.

Chu Hu'er, who fell to the ground, was spattered with flesh and blood, but escaped by luck.

Cannonballs roared one after another. This kind of long cannon produced by Zhoushan Naval Cannon Factory is a special type of naval cannon. It is specially tailored for fast crab boats. It is light in weight but has an extremely long range. The cannons and half-cannons used by the Chinese army are much stronger.

Most of the Junggar cavalry were nomads, and they didn't see many artillery pieces. How could they have seen such a ship-mounted cannon mounted on a ship?

This kind of flesh and blood was flying all over the sky, and it was so fierce that it would die when it was hit, and it would stun many Junggar cavalry almost instantly.

Compared with swords and arrows, or even cavalry hedging, this kind of indiscriminate bombing and unilateral massacre from a distance is really amazing. Even if a single shot can't kill many people, its momentum and effect are extremely powerful. shocking.

Zhu Cunwu stood calmly at the bow of the boat, raising his binoculars from time to time to see the effect.

Zhao Ke is also testing the results of the battle.

The bombardment still didn't stop, but many Junggar cavalry began to turn their horses and turn around. Some Junggars ran around with their frightened horses on their backs, and some even jumped into the lake.

"Vulnerable!"

Zhao Ke was disdainful, his eyes were full of excitement.

"It's a pity that the vast sea cavalry is not here. Otherwise, we can directly cover up and kill them, and we will surely win."

Zhu Cunwu just smiled lightly. Facing the aggressive invasion by the Junggars, Zhu Cunwu, the second in command of the Han Navy, actually almost held the command of the Han Navy.

It was he who led the team and almost wiped out the 5000th person of the Bagaban, and when the interrogation learned that Batur Khan had brought 3 people, he quickly adjusted the deployment, so that the Fuhai Navy could take advantage of the lake and the sea. Intercept the Junggars here and prevent them from passing here.

Forcing them to go north along the west bank of the lake and cross the Gobi desert, the Han navy cavalry, and the Heshuoqi Khan of the Durbert Khanate are also mobilizing tribal fighters, who will meet at Burqin Fort and defend on the front line of the Irtysh River Junggar.

The frontal battlefield of this battle is not here. The real battle must be around Burqin Fort.

Even if the Hanhai Cavalry is placed here, they will definitely not be able to defeat the Junggars. In the last battle, it was the Bagabandi who underestimated the enemy and let them succeed in a sneak attack. Qianye attacked five thousand, and now Batur Khan personally led thirty thousand to come.

Although the Hanhai cavalry has equipment provided by the Ming army, they are not the real Ming army after all. The main force is Duerbert and the Giligis. It is unrealistic to expect them to hit [-] head-on with [-].

Seeing the Junggar people retreating in panic, Zhu Cunwu has already begun to confess to Zhao Ke, asking him to lead the navy to guard the Kuyirga River, preventing the Junggar people from passing by, and then he will go back to Burqin Fort first.

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