Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 528: Revisiting the old place is no longer yesterday

This time, bypassing Shymkent and heading north along the Syr Darya River, the real goal is not the city of Turkestan. Suletan never expected to capture the capital of Kazakhstan with a mere navy. His real target was the Kazakh Great Khan Yangil. In other words, he wanted to force Yangilhan to leave the steep Shymkent Mountains. Fight with yourself on the plain on the right bank of the Syr Darya River.

Didn’t Eryan Gil Khan compare himself to the Turan Tiger? The tiger is the king of beasts only in the mountains and forests, and when it comes to Pingyang, it is inferior to dogs. The subtlety of the art of war lies in mobilizing the enemy. The key to mobilizing the enemy is to attack what the enemy must save, and Turkestan, the capital of Kazakhstan, is the place where the Turan Tiger must save. In the eyes of the Great Khan of Lotus, Yang Gil Khan is as majestic as a mountain. If the mountain does not move, he cannot shake it. But if the mountain moves, his opportunity will come.

However, the battlefield is ever-changing, and good warriors always change their battle plans according to the situation. Once the battle started, the water and land divisions of the Guards made progress quite smoothly. The enemy did not seem to have deployed many troops in the plain on the right bank of the Syr Darya River. Aresi and Koksarai were easily captured. The land division approached southern Turkestan, and the navy landed directly on the river bank west of the city. This gave Suletan hope of quickly capturing Turkestan, and he decided to attack the enemy's capital as soon as possible. It was with this idea in mind that he ordered Narisong to lead more than 50,000 naval divisions and himself to lead 70,000 land divisions to continue advancing towards the city of Turkestan.

However, how can the old rival Yang Gilhan, who has also experienced hundreds of battles, be an easy match? The reason why he did not deploy heavy troops in the plain on the right bank of the Syr Darya River was that, firstly, he felt that the Guards did not dare to ignore Shymkent and go directly north; secondly, he had confidence in the fortifications of Orbulak Mountain. Since the last battle of Albrak, he realized the importance of this mountain. Not only did he build a city wall at the mouth of the valley, he also built a large fort and three small forts on each side of the mountain, so that artillery fire could be completely blocked. Narrow mountain road. Because of this, the King of Turan dared to leave his lair with confidence and placed heavy troops in Shymkent.

Although the number of enemies faced by the current Guards is not large, only 7,000, they are the elite of the Kazakh Central Army. The Emil Denis who leads the army is a veteran on the battlefield and has complete fortifications. He wants to pass through the Orblak Valley. , in fact it is not easy.

The Great Khan of Lotus was looking at the old place with a lot of emotion. Suddenly, a crowd of dark figures came towards him, including Tegusi Chaoketu, the head of the Ten Thousand Households, Chang En and Batu, the deputy heads of the Ten Thousand Households, Bazi Babu and Jambi of the Thousand Households. , Sebuteng, Bayar, Zhuoqiba, etc. asked him to fight. "The Great Khan, the last general and others requested to be the vanguard and vowed to avenge the past."

These people were all generals of the Imperial Guard who had followed the Oirat God of War in his northern expedition to Kazakhstan. That battle was terrible! Wave after wave of warriors rushed towards the slopes where the Kazakhs were guarding, but unexpectedly they became the target of the enemy's musketry. The cunning Kazakh hides in the trench and shoots. It is difficult for you to shoot him, but it is easy for him to shoot you. The mountain road was narrow, and the warriors were shot down in droves. The people in front wanted to retreat, but the people behind were still pushing forward. A team of a thousand people was defeated in less than half an hour. How many people died here, their hatred is irreconcilable! Shame must be repaid! As soon as they arrived at the old place, the generals' eyes became red and they asked for battle one after another.

It is difficult for a good commander to fall twice in the same place. Sultan suffered a big loss here last time. How can he not be vigilant when he revisits his old place? In fact, when he saw the solid and thick city wall built in the valley and the looming forts on the mountains on both sides, he backed down, not wanting to make the same mistake again. However, the generals were eager to fight, but the spirit of their subordinates was weakened, so they had to try to attack the mountain.

"Don't rush to attack now, wait until our army's artillery collapses the wall at the entrance of the valley," the Great Khan ordered.

The cannons roared, but the city wall remained motionless. It turned out that the city wall was built with solid bluestone from the mountains. The foundation relied on the mountain, which was extremely strong and would never collapse in a short period of time.

Seeing this, Sultan did not dare to attack with heavy troops, and tentatively sent out a team of a thousand men.

After the thousand-man team approached the city wall at the entrance of the valley, the artillery on the city wall suddenly started firing. The forts on the hills on both sides also spurted out heavy tongues of fire, and the fierce artillery fire covered the guards.

"Retreat," Sultan ordered hastily.

awful! Only four hundred of a thousand-man team escaped alive, and six hundred warriors died before they even touched the city wall.

Sultan took a breath of air, calmed down and then ordered: "If you want to capture this valley, you must first capture the forts on both sides of the valley. Sebuten, Bayar, you two each lead your headquarters to attack both sides of the valley."

"Yes", the second general took the order and left. Fierce shouts of killing echoed from the mountains on both sides. Sultan picked up his telescope and took a closer look. He saw rocks, rolling wood, and bullets and arrows falling like snowflakes on the mountain. Soldiers were constantly being hit and falling. I couldn't help but sigh, "One general's success will lead to thousands of bones drying up! It's better to have peace!"

An hour later, Bayar returned to apologize, "My slave was incompetent and failed to capture the fort on the mountain on the right."

The God of War waved his hand and said, "It's not your fault. Let's go down and rest first."

After another half an hour, Sebuteng returned to apologize, "My slave is incompetent and failed to capture the fort on the left mountain peak."

"It's not your fault. Let's go down and rest first."

The next day, the God of War summoned the generals and ordered, "I have made up my mind. Alatancang will lead nine thousand troops to garrison here and monitor the enemies in Orbulak Mountain. The rest of the troops will follow me back to Koksarai and set off early tomorrow morning."

After this order, there was a lot of discussion.

"Great Khan, we can't retreat! It took a lot of effort for our army to reach this place. How can we withdraw our troops when our shame has not been avenged?" Tegus Chao Ketu, the head of the Ten Thousand Households, was the first to object.

"Yes, Great Khan, we lost so many warriors here back then, how can we not avenge this?" Deputy Wanhu Chang'en and Batu cried bitterly.

"Please ask the Great Khan to avenge the fallen warriors," Duqianhu Bazibabu, Jambi, Zhuoqiba and others knelt on the ground.

Sultan shook his head firmly and said in a sad and angry tone: "How can I not know your feelings? Even I myself would like to conquer this mountain, eat the enemy's flesh and drink the enemy's blood. But people cannot repeat the same mistakes. , whoever falls twice in the same place is not a human being, but a stupid donkey. Knowing that the enemy has built a strong fortification on Albulak Mountain, but still taking the lives of the men to fill it, is not brave, but stupid. So I decided Change the place and fight Yangir Khan in Koksarai."

"How can the Great Khan be sure that Yangir Khan will pass through Koksarai?" Tegus asked Ketu.

"He will definitely come. The road through the Koksarai Plain is the shortest and best way to return to Turkestan. If you go to other places, you will not only have to take a detour but also go over mountains and ridges. Yangir Khan is worried about the Turkestan The safety of Erkestan will definitely come from this road."

(End of this chapter)