Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1075 Xingxing Gorge [-]
Baturhun was very anxious in his heart. If they returned to Moxi too late, the Qing army had already driven away their cattle and sheep, and the more than [-] cavalry and the Zhungeer Mongolian Khanate he had just established would collapse immediately, so After the army arrived in Guazhou, they only rested for half the night in a hurry, without even taking the wounded, and left Guazhou at dawn to go north.

At this point, even if Baturhun didn't say anything, the news that the Qing army raided the Zhungeer Grassland could not be concealed.

The leaders of the various tribes are basically idiots if they can't see that something big has happened in Moxi.

However, at this time the army had joined Chechnya, and Batur Hun Khan no longer concealed it, and finally told the truth to the leaders of the ministries, and everyone was shocked.

At this time, Baturhui and Chechnya converged, and the number of warriors in Zhungeer reached 5000, while there were only more than 4 people in each department, and people were divided, so they could only continue to follow Baturhui, and that was the only way Only then will it be possible to regain their lost pastures, cattle and sheep.

Over the past dynasties, there are many reasons why the Central Plains dynasty has been able to operate the Hexi Corridor, but one of them is that the terrain of the Hexi Corridor is relatively broken, with many gullies, not as flat as the grassland, and there are Mazong Mountain and Ba’er in the north. Sikuo Mountain is horizontal, which can prevent nomads from entering the Hexi Corridor to a certain extent, and can identify the direction of nomadic invasion, which is convenient for the army to defend.

Guazhou City is about [-] miles away from the Xingxing Gorge between Mazong Mountain and Balskuo Mountain. For the powerful Mongolian cavalry, it can arrive in three days, and then walk out of Hexi, and then detour to the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain, and The tens of thousands of tents there gathered together, or recaptured the tribes, cattle and sheep at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain.

Although the Hexi Corridor is not a prairie and the Mongolian cavalry cannot gallop their horses to their heart's content, the Mongolian cavalry still galloped two hundred miles a day.

When night fell, Batur Hunkhan gave the order to rest in place.

The Mongols are a horseback nation, and they almost grew up on war horses, which is unmatched by the Manchus. Every Mongolian soldier is skilled in riding, but after a day of galloping, both men and horses are exhausted. Batur Huitai Ji gave an order, and all the cavalry dismounted to rest.

More than a dozen of them gathered together, cut firewood from the nearby dry forest to light a bonfire, and cut off marinated meat for barbecue, preparing to eat and drink.

More than [-] horses just sleep in the wilderness with a radius of dozens of miles. In the dark night, piles of bonfires illuminate the earth, like the bright stars in the sky, like the Milky Way falling to the ground, it is spectacular.

Batur Hunkhan found a boulder, and the guards spread a carpet for him in the leeward side, and brought him a piece of roasted leg of lamb and a bowl of kumiss, sitting and eating.

At this time, Chechen stepped forward nervously, "Father Khan, I bumped into a Qing army scout!"

Batur Hunwen's face darkened when he heard the words, and he put the food aside.He was shocked by this news. Before they arrived at Xingxing Gorge and walked out of the Hexi Corridor, they ran into Qing army scouts. The [-] to [-] accountants in Lulu may have also been captured by the Qing army.

Baturhun, who was sitting on the blanket, swayed suddenly, and his eyes were a little dark. Baturhun Zhuote exclaimed, "Father sweat", and helped him stroke his back. Only then did Baturhun recover. come over.

"Where is the person?" After Baturhui regained his strength, his eyes flashed fiercely.

Chechen hurriedly waved his hand, and several Mongolian soldiers carried three corpses and threw them in front of Baturhui.

Different from the mixed armor of the Mongols, the armor of the Qing army is distinct and uniform in style. When Baturhun saw the three corpses wearing red cotton armor, he knew they were people who were full of the red flag of the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty was already a country with complete technologies in weaving, smelting, armor making, and casting. Unlike the Mongols, although Baturhui was called Khan and established the Jungar Mongolian Khanate, they were still backward in essence. tribe.

"There were more than ten riders in total. On a hillside in the north, they were discovered by our patrols. After a fight, three of them were killed, and the others fled north!"

After hearing Chechen's words, Baturhui was silent for a while, and after a while, he said, "The spies from the Eight Banners have actually arrived here, which means that the main force of the Qing army has arrived at Xingxing Gorge. They want to outflank our rear!"

Zhuote Babatur frowned, "Father Khan, what should we do?"

The Chechen on the side said bitterly: "That's fine, we have more than [-] cavalry, and the Qing army dares to block the way, so let's have a showdown in Xingxingxia!"

?Xingxing Gorge is not a canyon. It is the only place to enter the Western Regions from the Hexi Corridor, and it is also the boundary between the two cultures.

If we say that there are more or less traces of Han culture in the Hexi Corridor, but after crossing the Xingxing Gorge, it has completely become a foreign culture, and it is the world of Islam.

Xingxing Gorge used to be a dangerous pass on the ancient silk road, but now it is deserted. When the Mongolian army went south, it passed through here and it has become a pile of wasteland.

When the Jin army attacked the Yarkand Khanate in the third year of Yongzhang, the wall was smashed to pieces by red cannons and became a pile of waste.

After the Jin army captured Hami from the west, due to the change of national policy, it changed to go south to take Shu, so the expansion to the west stopped, and the Xingxing Gorge was not rebuilt, and it has been in a state of neglect.

Chechen knew the terrain around Xingxing Gorge. Although it was not suitable for cavalry to fight, but there was no wall to stop him. Who could stop him with a hundred thousand cavalry.

Baturhui was silent for a while, but suddenly asked: "Where are the pursuers from the Kingdom of Jin?"

The Mongolian cavalry ran wildly every day. Apart from wanting to return to Moxi as soon as possible, they also wanted to get rid of the Jin army.

Speaking of the Jin army, Zhuote Babatur became angry, and the army withdrew to the north to chase and kill the Jin army. They had expected it and were ready for a head-on attack.

But the Jin army said they were chasing and killing them, but they actually followed them. They didn't come close. The Mongolian army was fast, and the Jin army was fast.

The Jin army was like a plaster, sticking tightly behind the Mongolian army, and probing the horse forward for thirty miles, for fear of a bad ambush.

Zhuote Babatur led 2 people, turned around to prepare to fight the Jin army, but the Jin army retreated back, and as soon as he left, they rushed to catch up again, which made Zhuotebabatur very annoyed!
"It should be a hundred miles away!"

In the current situation, Baturhui has no other choice. He nodded slightly, and then said in a deep voice: "We want to return to the north, and to regain the pastures and cattle and sheep, we have to rush out of the Xingxing Gorge, and we can only defeat them here." Qing army!"

Now Zhungeer is in a situation of two-sided attacks. On the side of the Kingdom of Jin, Baturhun no longer thinks about it. Even if he defeats the army that follows the Kingdom of Jin, he will not get cattle, sheep and pastures, more than [-] Iron cavalry will still be trapped alive in Hexi.

Only by defeating the main force of the Qing army and retaking the cattle, sheep and tribesmen can the Zhungeer tribe continue.

Thinking of this, Baturhun looked at Zhuote Babatur and said: "Ben Khan gave you 1 people, and you must hold back the Jin army!" Then he said to Chechen: "You lead 3 people and go north first. Find out the situation of Xingxingxia. If the Qing army has not arrived, you must immediately control Xingxingxia; if it has arrived, you should wait for Ben Khan to lead the army to arrive, and you must not start the war first!"

"Yes! Father Khan!" Both of them knew that this battle was related to Zhungeer's life and death, and they dared not neglect it.

(It seems to be bragging again, Saburo, don't worry, I will make it up.)
(End of this chapter)