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Chapter 543 Sending troops to Dunhuang
In the third year of Yongle, the imperial court set up Shazhou Guard in Dunhuang.In the 11th year of Zhengde, Dunhuang was occupied by Turpan.In the third year of Jiajing, the Ming Dynasty ordered Jiayuguan to be closed, and the people in Kansai were relocated to the pass, and Guazhou and Shazhou were abandoned.From then on, to the west of Jiayuguan, the wind sows the willows and willows are empty for thousands of miles, and the moon shines on the quicksand for another day.

A group of Kazakh cavalry wandered around the Yumen Pass in the east of Dunhuang City. They captured hundreds of herdsmen who had not had time to escape, and surrounded them.These Kazakh cavalry wandered around them, speaking a language different from that of Moxi Mongolia, and they could see the banter and cruelty on their faces, as if they were looking at a group of livestock.

The Moxi herders surrounded in the middle huddled together in panic, their eyes full of fear and despair.The genocide on the grassland is almost life and death. They fell into the hands of the Kazakh cavalry. The two sides have been feuding for decades and are destined to die.

Just at the very moment, a few Kazakh sentinels who were wandering outside fled back on horseback, and said something to the Kazakh general in a panicked tone.When General Kazakh heard the news brought back by the sentinel, his face became as constipated.

He shouted that he didn't know what orders, and the Kazakh cavalry gave up the prisoners and retreated to the west.

The Moxi herdsmen who were rescued inadvertently looked at each other, not knowing what happened in the east that made them saved.

"The nearby tribes are right. The east is indeed our land of blessings. We should immediately go to Jiayuguan in the east to seek shelter from the Central Plains people." An old herdsman in his 70s said piously.

The surrounding herdsmen nodded one after another, agreeing to go to the east.

A cavalry unit from Jiayuguan met the herdsmen at the Yumenguan ruins.At first, when the herdsmen saw that they encountered another army, they thought they had just escaped from the tiger's den and entered the wolf's den.It wasn't until they saw that the other party looked like a native of the Central Plains that they realized why the Kazakh cavalry left. They couldn't help being grateful for this cavalry.If the Central Plains cavalry hadn't appeared near Yumen Pass, they might have been taken as prisoners by the enemy and killed.

This is a cavalry unit flying the Yellow Dragon Banner, with a number of about 500 people.In the sequence of the Kyushu Army, the regular cavalry unit is the Black Dragon Banner, and the cavalry here fight the Yellow Dragon Banner, which is obviously the cavalry used in the infantry regiment.

And this 500-man cavalry unit is the horses in the Seventh Infantry Regiment, a temporarily formed cavalry unit.The general who led this cavalry unit was Sun Chuanting.

"Have you seen Tsarist Russians or Kazakhs?" Sun Chuanting, riding on a standing horse, asked the herdsmen who had escaped from the west.

"My lord, we were surrounded by a Kazakh cavalry of 800 people just now. If they hadn't spotted your trail and were scared away by you, we might not have escaped." An old man in his 70s who can understand Chinese Under the eyes of everyone, the herdsmen stood up and talked with the general from the Central Plains.

"Which direction did they flee?" Sun Chuanting asked.

"Dunhuang City. They were afraid of your momentum and chose to retreat. But there should be two to 3000 Kazakh cavalry in Dunhuang City. Don't go deep into Dunhuang City, or you will be easily surrounded by them." The old herdsman warned kindly.

"Thank you, but even if Dunhuang City is a dragon's pond and a tiger's lair, we have to go to investigate today. It is also our place. Although it has been abandoned for a long time, it is still our land, so there is no room for them to be presumptuous!"

Sun Chuanting continued to explore west with [-] cavalry.His task is to open the way for the Seventh Corps and defeat the scout cavalry sent by the enemy to conduct reconnaissance on the periphery.

The herdsmen couldn't help being surprised when they saw the Central Plains cavalry galloping past them, their expressions full of confidence.

"The cavalry in the Central Plains seem to be full of confidence in themselves. It's unbelievable. Do they think that a few hundred of them can defeat the two or three thousand Kazakh cavalry entrenched in Dunhuang?" said a herdsman.

"The Central Plains is the creator of miracles. In the Han Dynasty, they had an envoy named Ban Chao, who was able to cross the Western Regions with only 36 people." Said the experienced old herdsman.

"36 people? This is too unbelievable." Almost all the herdsmen found it unbelievable.

"Let's continue heading east. Judging from the tone of the Central Plains general just now, they shouldn't refuse to shelter us, at least we won't be regarded as their threat. They share a common enemy with us." The old herdsmen led the people to continue to Jiayuguan.

After passing Yumen Pass and heading west, you will find the majestic Jiayu Pass.When they saw the majestic Jiayuguan, they couldn't help feeling safe.

The news of the discovery of the Central Plains cavalry was sent back to Dunhuang by the Kazakh general who was out hunting, which greatly shocked the Kazakh cavalry stationed in Dunhuang.

"The people from the Central Plains that the Jurchens said have indeed intervened in our war with the Jungar tribe." The Kazakh general of the Kazakh cavalry near Dunhuang City, the governor, was wearing chain mail and had a sharp long knife hanging from his waist.

"Khan is hunting in Qinghai Lake with the Tsarist Russian general and Yarkand Khan. If Dunhuang is captured, their retreat is likely to be cut off, and they can only return to Ili through the Yarkant Khanate from the south. And Dunhuang Once the city is lost, the Central Plains cavalry is likely to attack Ili from the northern line and seize all the territory lost by Zhungeer." The Kazakh general who fled from the suburbs said anxiously.

"People in the Far East are good at infantry combat, and cavalry is their disadvantage. I heard from a man named Dorgon that when you find cavalry in the Central Plains, what you should worry about is not the cavalry in front, but the huge number of cavalry behind. Their cavalry are just outposts, and their numbers are basically small. Haas, how many troops did your sentries find they have?"

"General Allais, there are probably several hundred of their cavalry. After our sentries spotted it from afar, they came back to warn us. It's not that we were afraid of fighting them, but that we were afraid of losing something and delaying the military situation, so we Return to Dunhuang City to meet the general." The Kazakh general known as Haas replied.

"Hmph, their vanguard is only a few hundred people. We can completely wipe them out outside Dunhuang City to frustrate their spirit!" Kazakh General Alai said while putting on his helmet, "Send a small team to Qinghai It is enough to tell the Great Khan. Everyone else mounts their horses and leaves the city, and we will destroy this cavalry that has penetrated into the Central Plains!"

(End of this chapter)