Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1078 Star Gorge Four
Before modern times, among the several major events that affected the course of Chinese history, one of them was the Anshi Rebellion.

People often talk about the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, praising the vastness and vast territory of the Tang Dynasty, but they rarely pay attention to the history of more than 200 years after the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

The Han nationality's outward expansion to inward contraction actually began with the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty.

Because of the Anshi Rebellion, a large number of frontier troops returned to Han to quell the rebellion, leaving the frontier empty, and the surrounding alien races took advantage of the momentum. As soon as the Uighurs were greened, the influence of the Han people on the Western Regions disappeared for hundreds of years.

The Song Dynasty ended the chaotic situation of more than 200 years of separatist regimes after the Anshi Rebellion. The Han nationality was weak for more than [-] years. The surrounding nomads entered the national era from the tribal era, and their strength has risen several steps.

In the Song Dynasty, it was not until the end of the Northern Song Dynasty that they re-managed Longyou and completed the siege of Xixia. But when Xixia was about to perish, the rise of the Kingdom of Jin interrupted the Central Plains Dynasty’s desire to manage Hexi and open up the Western Regions.

In the Ming Dynasty, the influence of Ming Dynasty only reached Hamiwei and Xingxingxia area.

At this time, in the land of Hexi, where Zhang Qian was sent as an envoy to the Western Regions, Ban Chao joined the army, and countless Han troops started from here, another decisive battle related to the situation in the North Kingdom will break out.

The day before yesterday, Daishan sent to the south to contact Jin Guo's envoys attacking Jungar, and ran into the army of Jungar returning to the north head-on. Several cavalrymen were killed, and the rest retreated in a hurry. The Geer cavalry is rushing towards Xingxingxia.

Almost at the same time, news came from sentry cavalry that Chechen led [-] cavalry had arrived at Xingxing Gorge and captured Hongliutan!
Because of Nanming's restraint in Lianghuai, the Qing army only came this time with 6 people, but there were more than [-] Zhungeer cavalry, and the messengers who contacted the Kingdom of Jin were blocked again.

With [-] against [-], the Qing army does not have much advantage, and Daishan has no way of knowing whether the Jin Kingdom in the south will send troops to support him, and whether he can cooperate with him to attack Zhungeer from behind. The battle situation has become a bit confusing. Heluohui and Heluohui are all veterans of the Qing Dynasty, and even the younger Chang Adai and Wakda have also fought tough battles and are able to face danger without fear.

Chechen led [-] cavalry, rushed to Xingxing Gorge first, and raided Hongliutan to obtain water. He found that the Qing army had indeed arrived at Xingxing Gorge, so he stayed outside Xingxing Gorge according to Batur Hunhan's instructions, waiting for the main force to rush. Come.

Daishan is a veteran of the Qing Dynasty. In the face of the coming Zhungeer army, he calmly dispatched and ordered the Mongolian royal family Gunchuke to lead four banner Mongolian soldiers to storm Hongliutan. After defeating Chechnya, he ordered the mobilization of the army to come south, preparing to choose a battlefield and fight with Zhungeer.

Gunchuk and Chechen fought fiercely in Hongliutan for half a day. Both sides were Mongols, descendants of Genghis Khan, but the killing was extremely fierce, and human bodies and horse corpses were scattered all over the field.

The next day, Batu Erhui led the army to the outside of the Xingxing Gorge. The elite divisions of both sides, a total of nearly 16 people, gathered in the wilderness with a radius of tens of miles near the Xingxing Gorge.

The victory or defeat of this battle is probably no less significant than the historical battle between Zhungeer and the Qing army in Ulan Butong, [-] miles north of Beijing and north of Zhangjiakou.

If Zhungeer wins this battle, a powerful Mongolian Khanate will facilitate the rise of Mobei, and the Jin and Qing countries may be cut off from breaking through to the west. From then on, they may face the harassment of the Zhungeer Khanate every year Looting, falling into two-front warfare.

If the Qing army wins, although it cannot be said to completely eliminate Zhungeer, it will be enough to force Zhungeer to move westward and expand the living space for the Qing Dynasty to the west. The western border of the Qing Dynasty will be quiet for at least many years.

The decisive battle of nearly 16 people happened to be crowded in the narrow strip near Xingxing Gorge.

The two armies each found a terrain that was beneficial to them and deployed their troops, but the terrain was really hard to deploy, but wherever they could see, there were dense troops.

On the low slopes of those hills, countless trees seem to grow suddenly, making people feel that the ground is covered by cavalry, the sky is covered by banners, and more than [-] horses and horses take a breath, and a gust of wind can be blown. Exhale one breath, you can gather into wind and clouds, cloudy and sunny.

Whether it is Daishan or Baturhun, it can be said that it is the first time that the battle of 16 cavalry has been commanded.

Baturhui was eager to defeat the Qing army and returned to Moxi to retake the troops. Naturally, he set up an attack formation, but his troops were close to 10, which was too many. Can stand on the hill.

In order to be able to break through the obstacles, Baturhui gathered Zhungeer's elite soldiers in the center.

The terrain of Xingxing Gorge is a winding passage in the middle, with low hills on both sides.This shows that the cavalry has no room for detours, they can only rush to the bottom, if they can't go through, it will form a melee.

The deployment of Baturhui is no problem at all, and the [-] troops on Daishan's side are all gathered on the passage, and they are divided into three sections. The first is the Han Banner Army, then the Mongolian Banner Army, and finally the Han Banner Army. Manchurian Banner Army.

The [-] army is like a long snake, blocking the passage. If the Mongols want to return to Mobei, they have to pull the big snake away from the beginning to the end like killing an eel.

Daishan climbed up and looked far away, using binoculars to observe Baturhui's formation. It was impossible to estimate how many cavalry came from Zhungeer just by visual inspection.

In front of the Qing army formation, there are [-] Han army flags, which have already been lined up.

These are the two flags of Zhenghong and Xianglan drawn from Henan. They entered Huguang with Azig before, and they suffered a lot of losses. This is the first battle since they came back, led by Xian Guoan, Ban Zhifu and other generals , Shang Kexi's 16-year-old son Shang Zhixin accompanied him.

Xian Guoan and others lived in front of the formation, looking back, they saw the Eight Banners of Mongolia not far away, while the Manchurians and horses behind were completely invisible because the distance was too far away.

At this time, a small troop of horsemen galloped forward from the back. After surpassing the Mongolian Eight Banners, they came directly to the front of the Han Army Banner. During the whole process, they ran for half a stick of incense.

"The Regent has an order. Observe Zhun Geer's formation. The cavalry is huge, and the elite are assembled in front. They will inevitably penetrate your formation with a violent impact. You must remember not to fight timidly. Just hedge against the enemy's sharp edge. It is a great achievement!"

The Qing Dynasty is now the regent of Dorgon and Daishan, so Daishan is also the regent.

The front line Guoan waved his horsewhip, "Go and report to the Regent, the red flag and the blue flag will definitely give Zhungeer a head-on blow!"

At the same time, in front of Zhungeer's formation, Baturhun's eagle eyes had been observing the Qing army's lineup for a long time.This kind of terrain is more suitable for the infantry to block. Unfortunately, the Qing army rushed thousands of miles and brought cavalry instead of infantry, so Daishan could only put up such a formation.

Baturhui understood Daishan's intentions, and wanted to offset Zhungeer's impact layer by layer, so he stopped Zhungeer here.

Restricted by the terrain, it was difficult to take advantage of the cavalry, and the cavalry on both sides were restricted. Baturhun didn't see any flaws in Daishan, so he could only watch while fighting.

He let out a breath of white air, lifted the reins, turned his head and asked, "How is the situation behind?"

The Mongolian general next to him understood what he meant, and hurriedly beat his chest and replied, "Report to the Great Khan, Zhuote Babatur sent a message in the morning that the Jin army was harassed last night, and it is estimated that he is now fighting with the Jin army."

The Jin army has already caught up, and there is not much time left for Baturhun. He took a deep breath, then exhaled, and ordered loudly: "Blow the horn and prepare to attack. We must defeat the Qing army today." , rush out of Xingxing Gorge!"

(End of this chapter)