Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 880 Collapse

Tianshan.

In Daban of Musuerling, the glaciers and ice peaks stand upright and do not melt all the year round. The thickest ice layer reaches seven or eight feet. The ice peaks often crack in four seasons. The loud and clear sound represents death, which is creepy.

A group of Heshuo special soldiers are digging ice ladders on this dangerous glacier.

It is not easy to carve out an ice ladder on the treacherous white glacier, this is a sky ladder.

The more than 200-mile-long Shater Ancient Road not only has to cross the Hatamuzdaban on the main ridge of the Tianshan Mountains, but also passes through the fragmented Musurling Daban Glacier and the raging Nanmuzharte River.

At this time, heavy snow fell, and the Tianshan Mountains were even more icy cold. The soldiers chiseled the ice ladder with difficulty, and it was very difficult to chisel out every step of the ice ladder.

Oziltu stood on the glacier, his eyes full of worry.

Destroyed the ice ladder when retreating, and now it is difficult for him to think about it.

"Speed ​​up!"

As soon as the words fell, a loud voice came.

"No, the ice peak is cracking!"

The ice shattered and shattered, countless ice cubes rolled down, and everyone ran away one after another. After finally waiting for the shattered ice peak to roll down, several soldiers who cut ice ladders were taken away, and a section of the ice ladder that had just been cut was also taken away. destroyed.

Oziltu stood up from behind a rock, a little embarrassed.

"Khan, this season is really not suitable for crossing the ancient Xiata Road, this white glacier is too dangerous."

"Elder Zhu Ge has led his troops to smuggle across Wusun Road, we have to attract the rebels head-on."

"But this ice ladder has been destroyed, and it is too difficult to repair now."

"It's snowing heavily again, and everyone can't stand the cold anymore. If we stay any longer, we're afraid we'll all freeze to death on this Tianshan Mountain."

Oziltu hesitated.

He also didn't expect that he would be defeated by his uncle Kundu Lun Utaishi and Chu Hu'er in conjunction with Kazakh Khan's son Touke, and it was so miserable that he defeated Tireketi once, then Yili again, and retreated to the south of Tianshan Mountain. Stand still.

This failure greatly damaged his strength and prestige.

Losing the pastures north of the Tianshan Mountains, Oqiertu also lost a large number of tribesmen, relying on the newly conquered lands of Aksu, Wushi, and Kashgar in the south of the Tianshan Mountains, it is impossible to last long.

Only by relying on the Ming Dynasty can it be possible to recover the lost land north of the Tianshan Mountains. Now that Zhu Dadian is leading the attack, how can they sit back and watch?
Kundulun Wutaishi has already occupied the Ili River Valley, and the Kazakhs have also obtained the Issyk River and the Suiye River Valley, and Chu Huer has been assigned to the land north of the Kuke Wusu River, and agreed that in the future Tacheng, Wusu , Urumqi, Hami, Turpan and other places all belong to Junggar.

Bayan Abugai Ayu Shihuntaiji came here. He is the half-brother of Oqiertu and was also appointed as the governor of the Jailut Khanate. "Khan, we have suffered such a heavy loss this time. It was caused by the imperial court’s intentional refusal to send troops. Now that the Ming army is sending troops, it’s obvious that they want to take advantage of it. Let’s take the risk of digging through the ice ladder and crossing the ancient Chateau Road. When we get off the mountain, we will have to face the rebels blocking the mountain pass. Let’s come out of the mountain , what fighting power is there?

If you lose again, you will be hurt.

Instead, Zhu Dadian took advantage of us to attract the rebels in Ili. He sneaked across the ancient Wusun Road, directly seized the Ili Khan Court, and plundered cattle and sheep supplies. It's ours. "

His son Batur Erketaiji also supported his father's proposal.

"Khan, look at the current situation of the Heshuote Khanate in Qinghai. Both Dalai and Dayan sent envoys to ask for help. They all said that Emperor Shaotian intended to split the Heshuote Khanate. Now the Heshuote Khanate has appeared. There are three kings of Khan. This time, Kundu Lun Utaishi and the others rebelled. After so long, where is the Ming army? The Ming army in the Western Regions are all huddled in those strong castles. Tigers are fighting."

"Let's not care about it. Let the Ming army fight the rebels first. Let's go back to Aksu for the winter to rest and recover."

"Khan can't trust Emperor Shaotian too much. We sent troops here, but the Ming army has already taken over Kuqa and Baicheng directly. If something happens to us, Aksu, Kashgar, and Wushi will also be killed. If you don’t, you’ll lose your home by then.”

Oziltu felt a headache.

There are glaciers and snow peaks that are difficult to cross in the front, and there is a risk of being stolen from the rear. More importantly, even if you venture to cross it, you may fall into a hard fight again, but the peach of Yili may be picked by the Ming army.

"Agreed?"

"When Zhu Dadian asked about it, he said that the sky was freezing and the glaciers were difficult to cross."

"What if we retreat here and Zhu Dadian enters the Ili River Valley and is besieged? What is the responsibility then?"

"Don't worry about being besieged. The Ming army still has troops in Wusu and Tacheng. They will definitely go to the rescue. That's better. Let the Ming army fight the rebels, and let us sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."

Oziltu looked at the glacier and snow peaks in front of him, then at the subordinates who were struggling to dig through the ice, and finally made up his mind.

"withdraw!"

Oqiertu didn't know that when he ordered to withdraw to Aksu, Zhu Dadian had successfully crossed the Wusun Ancient Road and was heading towards the Shat Canyon on the opposite side of the mountain.

On the third day of their evacuation, a small team led by a guide climbed over mountains and ridges, ice-cut and rock-climbed to the place where they retreated.

There is no one left.

Only traces of the army's activities were left.

"They withdrew?"

Captain Yebushou looked at the traces on the ground in surprise, and then sweared at the wind and snow floating in the air.

"Damn it, luckily we won the battle, otherwise we would have plunged into Yili, but the people here would have withdrawn long ago, this..."

"Sure enough, it's not my race, so its heart must be different."

The captain quickly issued a new order, the team was divided into two, one team continued to move forward, went to Oqiertu to deliver Zhu Dadian's order, and the other team returned to the same route to report to Jinglue.

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Ili Valley.

The Ming army was divided into three, chasing and defeating the rebels all the way, attacking Yili all the way, and cleaning up the aftermath on the other way.Although the troops were divided into three groups, the rebels at this time were already frightened and fled all the way without any fighting spirit. The Ming army pursued them for hundreds of miles, killing corpses all over the field, and taking prisoners in groups.

Later, many of the defeated soldiers became numb, and simply stopped running, and directly dismounted and knelt down by the side of the road to surrender.

The Ming army on the other way to Yili also went very smoothly. They marched more than a hundred miles a day, and encountered several winter pastures along the way. complex.

They watched from a distance, avoided, did not dare to step forward, and did not intercept.

Let the Ming army march for a few days until they reach the Khanting Castle on the banks of the Yili River.

This castle is not big, it is the Khan court of Heshuo Te Khan, the leader of the Oirat alliance, and there are gorgeous Huangjiao temples built inside and outside the city.

The Ming army suddenly arrived and surrounded the castle.

The city was empty, and some of Oziltu Khan's old troops directly cut down the officers left behind by Kundu Lun Utaishi, and opened the city to welcome the Ming army into the city.

The Ming army regained Ili here, but the other Ming army that pursued it over there had already chased all the way to the Nalati Grassland in the upper reaches of the Ili River, raided the garrison here, and guarded the main road from the Wusu and Yuledus grasslands into the Ili River Valley. .

The Ming army quickly swept across the entire Yili River Valley.

Under the tower city, Kundu Lun Utaishi was studying the siege strategy in the camp. He came back with a big victory, thinking that he could win the tower city in one fell swoop.

The result is still unable to attack for a long time.

He divided his troops to attack the castles of Baktu, Appeasement Fort, Ergetu, Tireketi, etc., but still did not take any of them.Facing the castle controlled by the Ming army, the Oirat rebel cavalry were helpless and lacked siege equipment, especially weapons against city fire artillery and wall guns.

Especially those wall guns, they are all heavy fire guns, they can be called light guns, they can shoot extremely far, they are powerful, and their accuracy is not bad.A cavalry in two layers of iron armor can be knocked down from a very long distance, and they will be disabled if they don't die.

Moreover, they use this wall gun to attack officers, and there are so many wall guns that every time they attack, a large number of officers are blocked and killed, and the officers dare not step forward.

And if the Oirat cavalry swarmed up in large numbers, the artillery on the city would show off its power and sweep away the whole area.

Without enough siege equipment and no way to fight against the guns, they could only surround the castle from a distance, looking at the city and sighing, hoping that the city would run out of ammunition and food, but they didn't know how long the other party could last.

It can only be spent like this.

"Report!"

"Khan, the southern patrol found a group of people at the Alashan Pass, who had retreated from Ili. They said that Oqiertu Mingxiu Shate Ancient Road, but Zhu Dadian smuggled through the Wusun Ancient Road... "

Kundu Lun Utaishi was very embarrassed when he saw the people brought back.

They were all prisoners of the Ming army. After their thumbs were chopped off, they were asked to bring letters and some boxes.

Open it, and inside are heads frozen in ice cubes.

Erke, Hashha, Zar, all familiar faces, they are his son, grandson, nephew, confidant and general, but now they are all frozen in an ice box and placed in front of him.

Zhu Dadian also gave him a letter persuading him to surrender.

The hometown of Yuledus prairie in Lunwutaishi, Kundu, was taken over by the Ming army, with [-] tents and more than [-] people captured by the Ming army.

Immediately afterwards, the Ili River Valley, which he had just occupied for a short time, was also captured by the Ming army.

He also counted on the delivery of new soldiers and livestock supplies from Yili and Yuledus.

The back of his head was so painful that Kundu Lun Utaishi slowly squatted down in pain.

Suddenly fell to the ground.

"Sweat!"

The guards exclaimed, and the doctor who arrived soon concluded that Kundu Lun Utaishi Khan had a stroke.In fact, it is cerebral hemorrhage, also known as stroke.

This prairie man, who was used to seeing strong winds and waves, fell down and was in a critical condition. The Mongolian doctors in the military camp had limited medical skills, and he could treat some knife and arrow injuries. Although he could diagnose this emergency of cerebral hemorrhage, he was helpless.

The dead horse was used as a living horse doctor tossing for a long time, but Kundu Lun Utaishi didn't get better at all.

Only half a day later, the Mongolian doctor announced to the generals in the Tacheng camp that the Khan's treatment was ineffective and he collapsed.

That night, the rebels pulled out their camp and retreated westward overnight.

(End of this chapter)