Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 417: Traveling across Ningxia and letting horseshoes fly (Part )
The surging Yellow River flows from Zhongwei, Ningxia, through Ningxia Town from southwest to northeast. Mountains rise one after another, and basins are scattered. There are Loess Plateau, Ordos Platform, alluvial plains, Liupan Mountain, Luoshan Mountain, and Helan Mountain. Li Yuanhao, the leader of the Dangxiang clan, established the Xixia Dynasty here, and many nomadic peoples thrived here. For the shame of Xue Jingkang, Yue Wumu once vowed to "drive a long chariot and traverse the Helan Mountain gap." However, although Wu Mu had great ambitions, Gaozong was afraid of it. The great hero had no place to perform, so he could only sing "Man Jiang Hong" angrily in the wind and rain.

Now, a young man came from the west. His name was Suletan. He was handsome, handsome, and a descendant of China. He saw that the Aixinjueluo family was too ridiculous, and a small snake wanted to swallow an elephant, so he ordered his cavalry to seize Ningxia, hoping to compete with the Qing emperor for the world.

snort! Er Aixinjueluo was just a servant of Li Chengliang's family, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty. He rose up step by step and conquered thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in the Ming Dynasty by currying favor with old man Li in every possible way. Unlike me, Ikemin An, who is so stubborn, I would rather be nomadic in the deep mountains and forests than be someone else's slave. How can there be a painting hall and a pig or dog? Where can I get my wish from shoehorning? If these people can be the masters of the world, why can't I?
Because he was dissatisfied, Emperor Qianyuan came. To be precise, Emperor Qianyuan sent an army. The chess game between him and Dorgon fighting for the world has reached a stalemate, and they are testing each other's moves. Getting involved in Ningxia is a clever move to see the strength of their opponents.

Xi Ri, a senior minister of the Kingdom of David and the head of thousands of households in Qinghai, could not play chess. He only knew how to act according to orders. He led 15,000 cavalry to overcome difficulties and march forward bravely. The warriors were not afraid of the rugged mountain roads, holding their horses with their hands and walking slowly. In addition to 5,000 soldiers, this army also had 10,000 herdsmen recruited from the Heshuote and Turhut tribes in Qinghai. Although these herdsmen are militiamen, most of them have experienced war and can all fight.

Finally out of the mountains, directly ahead, you can see the vast Alxa Desert (the collective name of the three major deserts of Badain Jaran, Tengger, and Ulan Buh). Xiri Mo Zhuanghuai was fierce, holding a riding whip and shouting proudly: "I want to see who can stop my horse's hooves in this flat river?"

"The head of the Ten Thousand Households is right. Beyond this small pine mountain, there is flat ground, which is most conducive to cavalry galloping. With your tiger power, you can travel across Ningxia." Balebaqi from Thousand Households in Dudu agreed. This man was born into a wealthy family. His grandfather was Taiji Baba Khan, an older generation member of the Heshuote tribe in Qinghai, and his uncle was Zanyabandida, the current leader of the Gelug sect. Since supporting Zayabandida to become the leader of Gelug, in order to win over this great monk, Sultan has taken great care of his family, and Balabazi was awarded the position of Qianhu in the capital at a young age.

"Yeah", Xi Rimo was so happy to be flattered by him that he agreed happily, and suddenly sighed: "Since ancient times, fame has been achieved immediately, such as Batu Hetan, Tiemoer, Tuoli, Balsi, Nasutu , Erke, even Liu Haogu, a Han, was granted the title of Duke, but I am still a first-class Marquis of Turpan. I will make great achievements in this battle and make further progress. I also ask my nephew to help me."

"Don't worry, heads of households, the general will fight to the death." Balabazi happily agreed.

The direction chosen by the Guards to break through was Zhenlu Fort, which was named Military Fort, but it was now abandoned. The Qing army only stationed a post of a hundred men here, but there was a battalion of about a thousand men stationed at Shengjin Pass east of Zhenlu Fort, led by the guerrilla Ma Biao, the disciple of the Qing deputy general Ma Ning.

The Ma brothers are both natives of Ningxia, and their family is very powerful in Ningxia. This Ma Ning even served as a general in the Ming Dynasty. In the second year of Shunzhi, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and was appointed deputy general of Fengxiang Zhongxie. He accompanied Liu Fangming, the commander-in-chief of Fengxiang, to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng's remaining troops He Zhen, He Hongqi, Li Mingyi, etc. He had military exploits and was captured. Organized into the Zhengbai Banner Han Army. It's terrible after entering the flag, and you won't recognize your relatives. A few days ago, Ma De, a member of the same clan, raised a banner of rebellion in Ningxia to rebel against the Qing Dynasty. This Leng helped the Qing Dynasty to kill his clan brother.

Shengjin Pass is the main crossing at the southern end of Helan Mountain. Together with Daxiakou, Sanguan Pass and Zhenyuan Pass, it is known as the "Four City Defense Passes" in Ningxia. Because it is located at the entrance of the road, once the Ming army seizes this pass, they can advance straight in. However, Zhenlu Fort is located on a mountain, making it difficult to climb over, which is not conducive to the passage of the army. The locals are naturally familiar with geography, so Ma Ning arranged a thousand defenders at Shengjin Pass, but only arranged a sentry of 100 people at Zhenlu Fort.

After all, Lieutenant General Ma had experienced hundreds of battles. In order to guard against failure, he led two thousand soldiers to station in the acropolis of Zhongwei in Ningxia. He also set up beacon towers at Zhenlu Fort and Shengjin Pass. Once the beacons were lit, reinforcements would come immediately.

"Damn it, you have to go over the mountains and cross the desert, and there are mountains behind the desert." Qianhu, deputy capital of the Guards, and Taijiger, the commander of Qinghai Torgut, muttered dissatisfiedly. The object of his complaint was the towering tower in front of him. Zhongning Beishan.

"Gel Shutu, don't complain. Before the expedition, Du Xian said that this time he would go over mountains and ridges and cross the desert to catch the Qing army by surprise. Instead of complaining, it would be better to chop off a few more heads later and make meritorious deeds. "Promote", Qianhu Tuocha, the deputy capital who also came from the Turgut tribe in Qinghai, advised him. The governor in his mouth refers to Tuoli, the veteran guard commander of the Ganqing governor. After hearing this, Ge Erlu Tu said no more and led his horse over the mountain. Gradually, the mountain road became steeper and steeper. He abandoned his horse and climbed up with a sharp knife in his mouth. Beside him, Tuocha and five hundred carefully selected warriors followed suit.

After an unknown amount of time, the two generals finally climbed to the top of the mountain and saw Zhenlu Fort standing majestically on the mountain. In such a dangerous place, as long as there are five or six hundred men and horses, it will be difficult to break through the fortress and reach the sky. Unfortunately, there was only one sentry with a hundred men in the fort, and due to the lack of precautions, no enemy was found on the top of the mountain. Even so, the high fort walls were not easily accessible to the guards who lacked siege equipment. The second general took his time and searched carefully along the fort wall. The sentry's information was correct. As expected, he found several gaps in the city wall and sneaked into the fort easily.

The strong aroma of wine floated over, and the Qing army sentry commander and several teams were drinking heavily, while freshly hunted yellow sheep were roasting on the fire.

"ah!"

The sentry commander finally discovered the enemy, and he only had time to shout before his head flew into the sky.

Ge Ertu held up the head of the sentinel commander and said to Tocha with a smile: "Tocha Taiji, you want to behead someone for meritorious service and promotion, but this merit is not enough."

The nature of ginger and cinnamon is old and spicy. After taking Zhenlu Fort, Xi Rimo did not stop at all. He immediately ordered the capital Qianhu Rama Dash and the deputy capital Qianhu Geerlu to lead five thousand troops to attack Shengjin Pass; he and the capital Qianhu Baleba The Qi and deputy capitals Qianhu Tuocha and Baibo led 10,000 troops and attacked the Ningxia Zhongwei's acropolis.

When the Turghut people led by Dadaiji and Orlek of the Turghut tribe moved westward to the Volga River Basin, several of his uncles, including Baolan Agalhu and Manghai, refused to leave and stayed in Qinghai. Became the predecessor of the Qinghai Turgut Tribe.

Ramadash is the grandson of Baolan Agalhu, and Gerlutu is the grandson of Manghai. The two belong to the young sect of the Qinghai Turgut tribe. They fought fiercely and were ordered to do so. When they captured Shengjin Pass, the two of them braved the arrows and rushed to the front. Poor Qing guerrilla general Ma Biao only focused on defending the front of Shengjin Pass. He never thought that the Guards would come from the direction of Zhenlu Fort, so he was beheaded by Geer Tu in a daze.

Geer held up the ferocious head and smiled, "This time the credit can probably be upgraded to a level."

(End of this chapter)