Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1076 Star Gorge II
For the Jin army, Hauge led an army of [-] to Guazhou. After meeting with Sun Kewang, he continued to follow Zhungeer.

This time, Hauge praised Sun Kewang's defense of Guazhou City. His persistence in Hexi dispersed Zhungeer's troops. Otherwise, the Chechen troops would also press down on the Great Wall, and the Kingdom of Jin might not be able to withstand it.

Furthermore, Jin Guo's defense of Guazhou will have a long-term impact on the Hexi Corridor and even the Western Regions, laying the foundation for Jin Guo's westward expansion.

On these two points, Hauge admired Sun Kewang very much, but Hauge was very jealous and dissatisfied with Sun Kewang's annexation of 1 people from the Liu Department.

He knew that Sun Kewang was ambitious, but now he had to use Sun Kewang again.

The situation in Hexi is more complicated. It has been five years since the Kingdom of Jin wiped out Turpan and defeated Heshuote Mongolia, but in the first four years, the Kingdom of Jin basically only controlled the Hexi Corridor in name, and the court of the Kingdom of Jin did not get much benefit from Hexi. One of the reasons why Hauge wanted to take Shu, but Sun Kewang opened up the situation in Hexi after only one year in Hexi, which enabled the Kingdom of Jin to obtain a large number of cattle, sheep, and horses, and gained huge benefits.

This let Hauge know that if he wants to run the Hexi Corridor, he needs a capable person like Sun Kewang, and looking at Jin Guo, it seems that there is no one who can replace him, so Hauge knows that Sun Kewang's ambition is not dead, so he still wants to use him.

Although a mediocre person like Liu Jinzhong is easy to control, he is incapable of expanding the territory of the Kingdom of Jin. Although Sun Kewang is dangerous, he is capable and can make the Kingdom of Jin stronger.

If the Kingdom of Jin was a powerful country, Hauge would not hesitate to find an excuse to kill Sun Kewang, but among the Jin, Qing, and Ming, the Kingdom of Jin is the weakest party, and the Kingdom of Jin needs capable people to reform its plans powerful.

Therefore, Hauge decided not to pursue Sun Kewang's annexation of the Liu Department for the time being, but to record it in the account, and then do the liquidation when the time is ripe.

The 6 people of the Chechens did not capture Guazhou, which made many tribes in the Hexi Corridor feel awed by the Kingdom of Jin, and did not dare to resist the laws of the Kingdom of Jin, nor did they dare to have any unreasonable thoughts about Guazhou.

Sun Kewang left his general Jiang Jianxun to lead more than 5000 wounded soldiers to guard Guazhou, and then led [-] infantry and [-] cavalry to follow Hauge.The [-] infantry was slow, led by Zhang Sheng and followed behind the main army, while Sun Kewang led [-] cavalry to follow around Hauge.

The cavalry of the Golden Army chased for a day, but still kept a distance of hundreds of miles from Zhungeer's army.

On the second day, the situation changed. The Jin army counted the distance and continued to move forward, but after walking for more than 50 miles, the scouts in front suddenly came back to report that a Mongolian cavalry with more than [-] men was still there. , and did not continue to move north, it seems to be waiting for them!

Hauge frowned slightly when he heard this, and seeing that it was exactly noon, he ordered the whole army to rest on the spot. The [-] gold soldiers sat down to rest one after another, eating dry food, and many people even took out dried meat.

For the Central Plains dynasty, meat was still considered a luxury, and it was the same for the Kingdom of Jin. However, because of the trade in Hexi, a lot of livestock flowed into Guanzhong, which greatly improved the structure of things in Guanzhong and the health of soldiers in the Kingdom of Jin. Quality.

Although the Ming Dynasty was rich and had plenty of supplies, but because the trade network did not border the pastoral areas, it was impossible to obtain a large amount of cattle and sheep through trade. In terms of food, the soldiers were still mainly vegetarian, and the physical fitness of the soldiers was definitely not as good as that of gold. country.

At this moment, Sun Kewang walked over as Hauge sat down, saluted and said, "Your Majesty, Baturhui suddenly left more than ten thousand cavalry to stop us. I suspect that the Qing army may have arrived at Xingxing Gorge!"

Sun Kewang had been running Hexi for a year, and he had done some research on the landforms of Hexi. At this time, Baturhui left troops to block him. He must have been attacked by two sides, trying to hold them back and defeat the oncoming enemy.

Hauge also thought this way, nodded and said with a smile: "What do you think of the Qing family?"

"Your Majesty, I think that a big battle may break out in the direction of Xingxing Gorge at any time. If we are too far away from the enemy, we may lose the initiative!" Sun Kewang said, cupping his hands.

Since Zhang Xianzhong's death, he has been the leader of one party for four or five years, and now there is a Hauge on top of his head. It looks very respectful on the surface, and it is not difficult.

The Jin army has been chasing behind, falling such a long distance, and now there is an extra cavalry delaying, if there is a real war on the Xingxing Gorge, and the Jin army misses the opportunity to join the battlefield, it will be sent back to the mountain.

Hauge nodded slightly, and Sun Kewang understood as soon as he said it, but in fact, he was also a little entangled in his heart. Dorgon had bullied him so many times, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to put Dorgon together, but reason told him that this way no.

Zhungeer has more than [-] iron cavalry, more cavalry than Jin and Qing put together. If the two sides do not attack Zhungeer, it will not be known who will win the battle!

If Zhungeer were to defeat the Qing army and take back the pastures and tribesmen, a powerful enemy would rise in the northwest of the Kingdom of Jin.

In this way, the Kingdom of Jin will be caught in the pincers of Zhungeer and Nanming, and will gradually lose room for survival. Once the Qing army is defeated, it will inevitably weaken the strength of the Qing Dynasty, making it impossible to contain Nanming, making the Ming Dynasty too powerful. Will move north at any time.

Now the three forces are desperately accumulating strength, and the next big battle will inevitably be a battle to destroy the country.

Nanming inserted a pipe into Japan and another pipe into Nanyang, desperately sucking the blood of the two places to strengthen himself. Only by joining forces to carve up Zhungeer can Jin and Qing be able to deal with the next issue that concerns the fate of the country. battle.

Of course, it would not be in the interests of Jin if the Manchus were allowed to win easily.

Hauge really wanted to play the game of making a profit, but it was hard to master this scale.

At this time, he couldn't help but looked up at Sun Kewang, and immediately thought of the Battle of Sichuan in his mind.At that time when Sun Kewang asked him for help, he wanted to be a fisherman, and he wanted to wait until Sun Kewang and the Ming army were exhausted, and then enter the battlefield to seal the world, but he didn't expect that in the end he messed up Well, the universe has not been settled, and the profit has not been received. Instead, tens of thousands of elites have been lost, Sichuan has been lost, and the power of the Jin Kingdom has also turned from prosperity to decline.

Thinking of this, Hauge immediately said: "Sun Qing is right, we must take the initiative and be able to intervene in the war at any time."

"Your Majesty, it only takes one day to get to Xingxing Gorge from here. I think that the [-] Mongolian army in front must be defeated as soon as possible!" Sun Kewang hurriedly cupped his hands.

Haug stood up and looked at the sky. It was already past noon. If he galloped past and had no chance to rest, he would have to fight the Mongols, and the Mongols would be waiting for work.

"Immediately lead two thousand cavalry ahead and rush to the Mongol garrison. Don't fight with them. Just harass them at night, deepen the fatigue of the Mongols, and affect their combat power. When will I kill them tomorrow and defeat them?" Mongols blocking the way!"

Sun Kewang was just making suggestions, but he didn't expect Hauge to entrust him with the task. He is not very good at nighttime harassment, but he still clasped his fists in response, "I will lead the troops out now!"

After Sun Kewang received the military order, he left the brigade with [-] cavalrymen and headed northward by detour.

Because the task he received was to harass and harass the enemy, he couldn't go straight on the main road. If the Mongolian sentries found out, the terrorist attack would fail, and he would go into the tiger's mouth instead. Therefore, he chose the trail at the southern foot of Mazong Mountain, although it was not easy to walk. , but can approach the Mongols quietly.

The army of the Jin Army and the 50 Mongols were only about 200 miles away, and the cavalry could kill them within two hours of galloping. However, because of a detour, Sun Kewang set off at noon and arrived at the south of Xingxing Gorge more than [-] miles away when the sun went down. A hilly area outside.

Zhuote Babatur led 1 people to break through, and set up his formation, waiting for the Jin army to hit him head-on, so that he could defeat the Jin army with ease, but after waiting for a day, there was no trace of the Jin people.

But that's good too, the people of the Kingdom of Jin didn't dare to come up, and kept a distance from him. He didn't need to fight, and he could complete the task assigned by Baturhui, so as to prevent the army from being flanked by two sides.

At this time, it was almost dark, and the Mongolian army, which had been waiting for a day, was preparing to rest.

When Sun Kewang arrived nearby, he let the cavalry who had been walking for a long time get off their horses to rest, and then sent a team of sentry cavalry to check on the situation of the Mongols.

Not long after, several scouts galloped back, "Your Majesty, the Mongols are ahead, but they have arranged a secret sentry, and they have already spotted us."

Sun Kewang frowned slightly, stood up, and sure enough, he saw a few black shadows appearing in the woods in the distance. They stood halfway up a mound from a distance, watched the golden cavalry for a while, then rushed down the hillside, turned their horses and ran Back to the station.

There were only two Jin troops, and they galloped for a long time. They were no match for ten thousand Mongols.

Seeing this, Sun Kewang immediately called the commander of the guards and gave him some instructions. The commander nodded, and then he walked to the horse and turned on his horse. He waved his hand and said, "Battle of the Baotao Battalion, come with me!"

After he finished speaking, he clamped his horse's belly and galloped out. Upon hearing the order, a hundred cavalrymen immediately got on their horses and followed him along the ramp and rushed up the hill.

Just when a hundred cavalrymen entered the woods on the hill, a low-pitched horn sounded not far away. Standing on the hill, Sun Kewang could clearly see that on the north side of the hill, [-] Mongolian troops gathered together amidst the sound of horns. Get on your horse, and then rush south along the road below the hill.

At this time, the commander of Sun Kewang's personal guard had already led the cavalry on their horses and retreated quickly.Zhuote Babatur led the troops to kill, saw the cavalry of the Golden Army fleeing south, looked up at the sky, it was going to be completely dark, afraid of an ambush, cursed angrily, and led the troops back to the station.

The Mongolian soldiers returned to the camp, had dinner, and were about to fall asleep. At this moment, there was a sound of "Dang! Dang! Dang!" from the hill to the south, which woke up the Mongolian who had just fallen asleep.

The Mongols got up in horror, and a cavalry in the distance suddenly rushed over and threw a wave of arrows, shooting and killing dozens of Mongolian soldiers on the edge of the garrison.

Zhuote Babatur hurriedly put on his horse and rushed out of the station, but after a shower of arrows, the sneak attacking golden army disappeared again.

(Thanks to the wolf dog for defending the slaves for the five hundred rewards, and thank you for your support.)
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