Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 836 Ambush
In the 13th year of Zhengtong in the Ming Dynasty, Turpan also annexed Huozhou and Liucheng and became king.Royal Capital Anle City (Turpan)

Since then, Turpan's political, economic, and cultural center began to take shape in today's Turpan.

In the 23rd year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, A Heima proclaimed Khan in Turpan in the east of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and established Turpan as its capital.In the fourth year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty, the Yarkand Khanate occupied Turpan.

It can be said that since the Western Han Dynasty, Turpan has been included in the territory of China. Even if Hassan does not step on the bottom line of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youjian will not allow the Yaerqiang Khanate to exist for too long. Once the surrounding areas are cleaned up, the Western Regions will still follow .

Although Turpan is a basin, it also has the legendary Flame Mountain, and the place with the lowest altitude in China, and it is also the China Silk Road. There are oases everywhere on the Silk Road, and it has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

Zhang Fugui and Meng Liang led an army of [-] as the vanguard of the Little Tigers, with the cavalry in front and the camel team behind, galloping along the oasis all the way to Turpan.

Even though the young generals of the Little Tigers are young, they are not only influenced by their families, but also studied at the Royal Military Academy. They have researched on geographical environment and tactics.

Seeing the continuous small hills in front of him, little Zhuge Mengliang turned his head and said to Zhang Fugui beside him:

"Fugui, look at the hill ahead!"

"Stop moving forward!"

Zhang Fugui waved his hand and ordered the army to stop advancing, took off the binoculars and looked at what Meng Liang pointed at:
"In terms of positional warfare, the Ming army is absolutely invincible in the Western Regions, but we are new here and are not familiar with the geographical environment here, so we must be careful. Xiao Liangzi reminded me that the front is a good place to lay an ambush."

Meng Liang nodded:
"The soldiers of the Yarkand Khanate and the Eight Banners of the Eastern Captivity are similarly good at riding and shooting. We must beware of their back arrows. We not only want to win the battle, but also minimize the casualties under our command.

How about this, I will take 2000 people to check the situation, you are here to protect the camel caravan, once our team is attacked, you can send 5000 people to support, remember to leave at least 5000 people to protect the camel caravan, once the camel caravan The team was attacked and we might have to go home. "

Zhang Fugui is the main general of this army, and Meng Liang is the military adviser of this army. They usually like to fight and fight, but they cooperate very well when fighting.

Zhang Fugui patted Meng Liang on the shoulder, his eyes full of concern:
"Brother, be careful. If you are attacked, even if you order the team to withdraw, the Western Regions don't care about such a short time. First of all, you must ensure the safety of your subordinates and yourself. If the boss blames me, I will take responsibility."

Meng Liang cupped his hands and said:

"You don't need to take responsibility. One person does things and one person is in charge. Ma Cao Niu Wu led two thousand-man teams and the general to explore the way."

"Yes"

The two commanders waved their hands, and immediately two thousand-man teams gathered in front:

"Although there are no trees in the hill ahead, there are still some weeds. When we reached the hill 200 meters away, we shot blindly up the hill. Once the situation was resolved, we immediately looked for a hiding place and shot."

The two thousand households were borrowed by Qi Jijun. Seeing the team stop, they immediately judged Meng Liang's actions. Before Meng Liang could speak, they had already made a plan.

Meng Liang nodded:
"That's right, the artillerymen brought thirty light mortars, entered the ravine and fired forward, and fired one shot at ten meters away."

"Yes"

Is there anyone on the hill?Of course there was an ambush, and Yaowa led five thousand cavalry lying on the mountain, all holding bows and arrows, and they were going to shoot the Ming army with ten thousand arrows through their hearts, and then the cavalry charged.

Only the commander had a single-tube telescope, and they couldn't see the Ming army stopped. When they were waiting impatiently, they suddenly saw a cavalry approaching the ravine in front of them.

"Haha...there is only one way to get a large army. This general does not believe that the Ming army will not come. It is as expected by this general."

Before Yaowa could finish his sentence, the lieutenant beside him hastily used his flattering skills:

"The general has a clever plan. The Ming army will definitely not escape this catastrophe. Warriors, prepare your bows and arrows and wait for the general's order to release the arrow."

Yaowa's father was the prime minister of Yarkand Khan, and he himself was defiant. Hearing the flattery of his subordinates, he began to drift away, and even imagined that the Ming army was shot like a hedgehog.

Seeing the Ming army getting closer, Yaowa whispered an order:
"Get everything ready for this general, and start shooting arrows when the Ming army is eighty steps away from us."

"Yes"

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, he saw that the Ming army had slowed down, and dozens of people were walking in front of the team carrying some iron pipes.

They stopped about 500 steps away from them, and then put the iron pipe on the ground.

Soon, two soldiers each pushed a small cart forward, and they took out conical objects from the cart and stuffed them into the iron pipe.

"What is Ming Dog doing?"

"I don't know! You should prepare to light a fire and cook..."

"It's not lighting a fire to cook, you see that the dog put the conical thing into the iron pipe..."

The operation of the Ming army to load the shells immediately confused the soldiers of the Yarkand Khanate. How could they have thought that the thing was a mortar that would explode.

"Whizzing……"

Suddenly they saw that the thing put into the iron pipe by the Ming army flew out of the iron pipe quickly, and one of them landed beside several soldiers.

"Look what it is..."

A few soldiers just wanted to go over to have a look, when the mortar shell suddenly exploded:

"Rumble..."

Two soldiers were blown up in an instant, and three soldiers were injured. The soldiers of the Yarkand Khanate had never seen such a powerful thing before, and they were frightened.

Then several more mortar shells fell on other soldiers, and a dozen more soldiers were killed.

It wasn't until this time that the soldiers of the Yarkand Khanate realized that the iron pipes of the Ming army were not for cooking, but an artifact for killing people, and there was a sudden chaos.

Meng Liang grabbed the binoculars and looked around, and soon discovered the movement on the mountain. He smiled coldly:
"The musketeers line up, the artillery targets the hill in front of us, and shoot this general!"

"Yes"

The musketeers immediately began to line up, and the artillery aimed at the direction Meng Liang pointed and fired continuously.

Although they only carry dozens of light mortars, the mortar is expensive because of its fast rate of fire, and one mortar can fire one mortar shell in one breath.

"Rumble..."

Mortar shells fell parabolicly on the hiding place of the soldiers of the Yarkand Khanate, causing them to fly in all directions and flee in all directions.

Yaowa was also dizzy from the bombardment, and when he saw the soldiers fleeing with their heads in their hands, he hurriedly issued an order:

"There are not many Minggou people, you are not allowed to run away, get on your horse and charge, as long as you kill them, they will be lambs to be slaughtered, and those who retreat will be killed without mercy..."

There was no way, although they had bows and arrows prepared long ago, the distance between the Ming army and them was more than 300 steps, which was not within the range of bows and arrows at all.

After Yaowa gave an order, the officers of each team immediately gathered their subordinates together, jumped on their horses and rushed towards the Ming army amidst the explosion of the mortar.

(End of this chapter)