Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 834
Chu Hu'er was embraced by her guards and retreated.

The Junggar cavalry was in chaos.

The guards held Chu Hu'er in the middle with their shields held high, and retreated recklessly. When they encountered chaotic Junggar warriors, they swung their knives and slashed at them, rushing out of a retreat.

For these guards, their duty is to protect the leader, and they don't ask about the rest.

Chu Hu'er's ears rang out from the bombardment, and his body was stained with blood, whether it was human blood or horse blood, and he was dizzy.

Zhao Ke of the Fuhai Fleet held up the binoculars and saw the chaos of the Junggar people, and also saw the banner that retreated hastily.

"That must be the position of the enemy's chief general. Immediately fire a cannon over there and blast his mother."

The gunner of the flagship Geely wiped the sweat from his face, looked in that direction, then stretched out his hands, gave a thumbs up, gestured to aim there, and then adjusted the long gun himself.

"put!"

Light the matchlock fuse, and with a loud bang, the cannon is ejected from the chamber.

It crossed an arc and shot into the Junggar soldiers, screaming everywhere.

The gunner shook his head, slightly off.

"Come again!"

The gunners quickly cleaned the barrel and reloaded it, and he immediately readjusted it, and then fired another solid shell.

A puff of gunpowder smoke rose.

In the smoke, someone shouted: "It hit!"

The gunner had a good eye. He squinted his eyes and looked at it. Sure enough, the flag fell down.

Zhao Ke on the other side heard that he had been hit, so he immediately raised his binoculars to watch. The flag did fall, but he couldn't see whether the general was hit or not. He could only see that the confusion among the Junggars had intensified.

"Hurry up, hit the bandit chief!"

"Hit the Thief Chief!"

The gunners and oarsmen on the Fuhai Fleet shouted in unison.

ashore.

The Junggar people were completely confused, and the 5000 people did not expect to be bombarded by the boats in the lake, let alone the chief general Chu Hu'er stood too far ahead of the shore, and was blown off his horse's head in the first round of bombardment. Almost died.

The guards embraced him and fled. The Junggars were still in chaos. As a result, Chu Hu'er and his party were shelled again, and the handsome flag was knocked down. Listening to the cheers and shouts on the shore, many Junggars looked down and were drowned in the dust flag, and saw the guards desperately retreating.

Someone also shouted in a panic that Jinong was dead.

"Run!"

At this time, some Junggar Taijis were also desperately retreating under the protection of their respective guards.

The number of [-] riders was actually a lot, covering the sky and covering the sky, and suddenly there was a commotion, many people ran around like headless chickens, and it was very chaotic.

The artillery on the boat in the lake bombarded randomly, shooting into the dense cavalry, taking away groups of people with ease. Every shell no longer needed to be aimed, and when it shot into the formation, it directly shot out a line of blood.

The line can be cleared directly for a long time, and you will die when you touch it, and you will die when you touch it. In the end, you can break several horse legs when rolling. In such a panic and dense crowd of people and horses, the horse broke its leg and fell to the ground , immediately the knight will be trampled into mud in an instant.

"Boom, boom hard!"

Zhao Ke didn't expect that their Mongolian navy could have such great power. This time there were only ten sailing boats, and each ship had two long guns. The ten ships had only twenty guns. Although the gunners were familiar, they were sailing boats after all. Crab boats are not comparable to the navy's two-layer and three-layer gun-deck battleships.

Although the rate of fire is fast, it can shoot solid bullets.

The chaotic reaction of the Junggars exceeded the expectations of the fleet. The astonishing performance of this cannon plowed a line and shot a bloody band, which made the Junggars panic.

Especially after the leader Chu Hu'er was almost stunned in the first round and was forcibly taken away by the guards, the entire forward was not able to be commanded in time.

It is not that the Junggar people have never seen artillery, nor do they have no firearms. In Hobokseli City, where the original leader of Junggar was stationed, there were some artillery on the city. After Batur Khan moved to Tacheng, the newly built castle was equipped with artillery. And more.

Batur Khan's personal guards also had a blunderbuss squad consisting of hundreds of people. Other princes and taijis also had some blunderbuss soldiers, and even some taijis also had artillery.

In terms of firearms, Junggar has a lot of contact with and owns a lot among the Oirat tribes, but most of the guns and guns of the Junggar people are bought from the west. The army's firearms are obviously much behind.

Especially the guns, the caliber is small, especially some of the general guns used by the Ming army.

The guns on the prow of the Fuhai Fleet's oars are long guns for ships. Although the calibers on these ships are not as large as those on the sailing warships, their power is not small.

Bombing a line, the dense Junggar crowd amplified the power of the artillery and made the Junggar cavalry panic even more.

"It's a pity that the Hanhai cavalry is not here. Otherwise, the three thousand cavalry would have killed the thousands of Junggar cavalry from the two wings." Zhao Ke held up the binoculars and looked at the fearful running of the Junggar people, shaking his head regretfully. .

"What is the hero of Oirat, that's all."

Although he had a strong urge to bring the boat to the shore and then chase after him with a musket, Zhao Ke still didn't forget that he was a sailor, and he was only a light infantry when he went ashore.

Finally, the Junggar escaped from the firing range of the naval guns.

The guns stopped.

The Junggars did not stop, and continued to flee westward in a panic.

"Has the thief chief really been killed?"

"Who knows, it shouldn't be that lucky, right?"

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Batur Khan Chuoros and Duo Heqin looked at their brother Chu Hu'er who fled back in a panic, with gloomy faces.

"You said that your five thousand Junggar warriors were blasted back by several fishing boats?"

Chu Hu'er was covered in blood, and her ears were still buzzing at this time, but at least she was awake, "It's not a few fishing boats, it's a battleship, carrying cannons, blasting out like thunder, hitting far and accurately, A line can be cleared directly, my mount was knocked off the horse's head by a single shot, and my ears are bleeding..."

Batur Khan was very angry at this time. He looked at his brother, "Why didn't they kill you with one shot? No matter how powerful their cannons are, how many can they kill with one shot? No matter how powerful they are, they can only dare to stay in the lake. How many boats can they have, and they dare to go ashore?
With five thousand riders, you were blown away by a few ships and a few cannons?

Chu Hu'er, you have always been proud of your bravery, but when the cannon was fired, you let the guards hack and kill your subordinates, and then blazed a way to escape? "

"I was stunned and didn't know anything."

"Don't talk about it, you father and son are usually arrogant and domineering, rebellious and unruly, but now you are fighting, each of you is more incompetent than the other, conceited and underestimated the enemy. Bagabandi buried [-] warriors, and now you don't even touch the hair of the enemy. Once you get one, you will be defeated again, and you still have the face to come back!"

Chu Huer was not convinced, and became angry from embarrassment: "If you were there, the result would not be much better. Their guns are too powerful. It was the case in the Manas River Jingsai Army, and now the Fuhaihan Navy is the same. If we don't The countermeasures, just those ships and those guns, can block our way.

Even if we go to Burqin Fort on the east bank instead, the Irtysh River and Burqin Fort will be another Manas River and Manas City, which we will not be able to capture. "

"We must have cannons, and we must have new-style cannons. Our original cannons are not powerful enough, and we didn't bring them this time. We can't fight them."

"Do you dare to shake the morale of the army?"

"I am telling the truth!"

"Have you been frightened by the enemy's artillery?"

"You know I'm telling the truth, otherwise we'd already captured Manas, so why come here?"

The two brothers stood up and stared at each other.

a long time.

Chu Hu'er spoke again: "I suggest that we disperse the various departments and quickly sweep the south bank of the Irtysh River, sweep up the Duerbert pastures here, capture the herdsmen and livestock, and then return."

Chu Hu'er was crazy, but the two encounters in Manas and Fuhai also made him sober. Facing the sharp cannon fire, it would be very difficult to attack the castle. Whether it is Manas City or Burqin Fort, Junggar's The cavalry is hard to beat, especially the two Khanates of Turpan and Duerbert, they are just thugs of the Ming Emperor, backed by the Ming Empire, and the emperor is in Turpan, Hami, with a large number of well-equipped well-trained troops The well-known imperial guard camp is in the Western Regions.

Beware of the praying mantis catching the cicada and the oriole behind.

It would be better to break it up into pieces, and the Junggar princes Taiji took their own troops to sweep the pastures all over the Duerbert Khanate and not to attack their fortresses, so the initiative is in their hands.

Withdraw after sweeping.

Looting the population and plundering the fur of livestock can also return with full rewards, and compensate the knights for the loss of the expedition, so as to unite the hearts of the people.

Batur Khan was not reconciled, and tens of thousands of people were recruited, and they went around from Manas to Fuhai. If they retreated in such a desperate way, how could they lead the ministries in the future?

"We also have to find a way to buy more guns and build more castles. Otherwise, the next time the attack and defense change, Turpan and Durbert will attack, and even Rut and Kazakh will attack. What shall we do?"

Batur still wanted to march to Burqin, but Chu Hu'er refused, and did not obey orders at all.

Although he returned in embarrassment, his men lost only a few hundred, and there were still nearly 5000 troops at this time. Even if his son Bagabandi buried an army of [-], Chu Huer was still a very powerful lord of Junggar.

The atmosphere was tense and swords were on the verge of breaking out. Batur Khan put his hand on the handle of the knife, but Chu Hu'er still refused to back down.

"Go to Burqin Fort first and see the situation. If Burqin Fort is really fortified and cannons are too strong to attack quickly, then we will disperse and sweep as you said, and then return." Batur Khan finally compromised and gave in. .

"Alright." Chu Hu'er also took a step back.

The two brothers broke up unhappy and went back to their headquarters.

Batur Khan pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, his heart was burning with anger, but he felt a little helpless.

At this time, he didn't want to have any more internal strife, otherwise it would be just that relatives hurt enemies, and the Junggar tribe couldn't stand such internal strife.

"A few ships and a few cannons will block our way?"

Batur Khan was a little confused. He knew the power of artillery, but now there were more than [-] cavalry, but several gunboats blocked their way by taking advantage of the location. This was very difficult for him to accept.

The Jingsai Army, the Han Navy, the Tianshan Army, the Yiwu Army, the Turpan Khanate, the Durbert Khanate, and Junggar have fallen into a huge trap.

Could it be that the invincible cavalry on the prairie were no match for the Ming army who came from thousands of miles away in Moxi?
He couldn't help but began to think about his sons Sengge and Galdan who were still hostages in the Ming Dynasty, and his daughter who married into the Ming Palace. He wondered if they were all right now.

Duerbert is determined to be an enemy of Junggar now. They are willing to degenerate, willing to be the eagle dog of the Ming Emperor, and attack their former brothers.

What about Lute and Shuote, how will they choose, and will they deal with their own people together with the Ming Dynasty?
Ride on the road, heading north.

Batur Khan had to consider more serious issues. I called a few sons and asked them to represent myself to meet Duerbert, Shuoqi Khan, Jarutchechen Khan, and Shuo Tegushi Khan respectively. , and even Yang Jier Khan of Kazakhstan, I hope they can recognize the true face of Emperor Ming, and hope that the various ministries in Moxi can unite, and don't let Ming take the opportunity to enter the Western Regions and override the ministries.

In exchange for Chechen Khan's support, he even asked his son to propose to Chechen Khan that he would take the Kukewusu River, Bashhan River, and Angelik River basins currently occupied by the Junggars, and extend the northeast of Marrakesh Lake to Tugu. These places on the southwestern bank of Les were all given to the Khanrut Khanate in exchange for the support of the Khanrut, and the two khanates of Heshuot and Jorut supported him to re-merge Durbert and Huit, and proposed After taking Yarkand at that time, the three Khanates will carve up Yarkand together.

Junggar only needs Turpan, Urumqi, Hami, Kansai, Yanqi and Korla.

Aksu, Kuqa, Wushi, Kashgar, and Yarkand all belonged to Lute, and Hotan, Aksai Chin, Yutian, and Ruoqiang all belonged to Heshuote.

The three Oirat families were divided into Yarkands to prevent the Ming Dynasty from taking advantage of it.

He proposed that the Western Regions should be the Oirat's Western Regions, not the Ming Dynasty's Western Regions. Oirats can form an alliance with Daming, and even pay tribute, but they must not allow Daming to gain a foothold in the Western Regions, let alone allow them to settle here. With a population of 10, and a population of hundreds of millions in Ming Dynasty, the Western Regions will be completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty. After a long time, Oirat will be completely reduced to a vassal, just like Duerbert is now.

Seeing the backs of his sons leading away with their guards, Batur Khan didn't know whether his proposal could wake them up.

Oirat has been fighting too much these years, competing for the pastures and plotting against each other. The unity of the past has long since disappeared, and everyone has their own little calculations.

This has to be said to be Oirat's sorrow.

But just like when Junggar, Duerbert, and Heshuote drove Turhut away to move westward together, no one was planning on himself.

Even Heshuo Tegu Shihan, of course, had no choice but to move south to Qinghai-Tibet.

When their own interests are not at stake, who is willing to speak for Junggar? Didn’t the Junggar people lose their way in front of the big cake made by Emperor Ming before, and they happily paid tribute to Ming Dynasty and followed them?

Now the Emperor Ming turned his face, forced a canonization of Turpan Khan, and refused to give the Eastern Xinjiang promised to Junggar. Without violating their interests, who would be willing to turn against Daming for Junggar?

Junggar was deceived, but what makes people most angry and aggrieved is that they are still hesitant to declare war on Ming Dynasty. They dare not declare war openly. They can't even destroy Turpan and Durbert, let alone Declare war on Ming.

Artillery firecrackers.

"Khan, why don't you form an alliance with Tsarist Russia and purchase a large number of firearms from them. Let's attack Durbert from the north and the south, and destroy Durbert first?"

"What about the conditions? What do we give in exchange for Tsarist Russia sending troops?"

(End of this chapter)