Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 497 Yang Gil is attacked on both sides

Spring is here, and the city of Turkestan is full of spring. The vegetation is sprouting, and everything is full of life. Kazakh herders can be seen everywhere shopping in the city. This is a nation that loves beauty. They like to wear brightly colored clothes, and like to wear robes and waistcoats. Especially the women's clothes are colorful. The colorful skirts and waistcoats are decorated with colorful buttons, silver jewelry and other accessories, which make a clanging sound when walking. . Young girls also like to wear a round flower hat decorated with beads and gold and silver pieces, with a bunch of owl feathers inserted on the top of the hat as a sign of good luck.

People are so happy, not only because spring has come, but what is even more gratifying is that the Guardsmen who captured Andijan, Kokand, Tashkent and other places a while ago stopped moving northward, switched from offense to defense, and vigorously built defensive facilities. It seems that they are satisfied after capturing these areas and have no intention of continuing the Northern Expedition. In this case, the war will not reach the city of Turkestan, and the people nearby will naturally be happy.

Yang Gilhan is a simple man. His fur hat and fur robe are neither mink, fox or deerskin, but ordinary sheepskin. But when he wears them, he has a powerful temperament. . Nowadays, in Suletan's eyes, there are fewer and fewer people who are worthy of him to compete with Yi on the big chessboard for the world. Dorgon, the emperor's father and regent of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, is one, and this one can barely count.

Unlike the simple thoughts of ordinary people, Yangir Khan never imagined that the Guards would withdraw. As a descendant of the Golden Family, he knew very well that the Mongols' attitude towards their enemies had always been to kill them all without leaving any room. I remember that his ancestor Genghis Khan killed all the men above the wheel of the Tatar tribe who had a grudge against him for killing his father, and hunted down the Mierqi tribe of the third surname, who had a grudge against him for taking his wife, all the way to Xiaoyu in Kazakhstan. Hereby. In the Battle of Orbulak a few years ago, although he defeated the Guards and won the reputation of "King of Turan (a king as majestic as the Tiger of Turan)", he also forged a deadly feud with the Oirat Mongols. The other side will never give up after taking Tashkent. The so-called large-scale construction of fortifications is just a cover-up. I believe the enemy will come back soon.

Therefore, he deployed heavy troops in the area west of Lake Balkhash and waited for the Guards to attack. Unexpectedly, neither the left guard nor the right guard came. To this day, they are still building fortifications, with no intention of heading north. Instead, they waited for the news that the governor of Tashkent-Bukhara, Galantos, wanted to surrender the enemy.

As wise as him, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. The Guards were reluctant to move north, and Galangtuosi was familiar with the terrain of Bukhara, so he might lead the Guards to the west to conquer the Bukhara Khanate. That area is the land blessed by the Silk Road. If it is captured by the Guards, it will greatly enhance the enemy's strength. He was planning to send an army to pretend to attack Tashkent to test the enemy's strength, and then reported the arrival of Aziz Khan's envoys. As soon as he heard that the Bukhara envoy was coming, Yangir Khan guessed that the guards were probably heading west and they were here to ask for help.

"Dear King of Turan, I am asking you for help on the orders of Aziz Khan. The damn Oirat bandits have invaded the territory of Bukhara. They have captured the Hague and Samarkand and are heading towards our capital Bukhara. Advance to the city. Bukhara is a vassal of Kazakhstan, and the people of Bukhara are also the subjects of King Turan. Please send reinforcements quickly." Sure enough, the envoy said what Yang Gilhan least wanted to hear. According to the news, the Guardsmen indeed went west to attack the country of Bukhara.

"I fell into the trap of that boy Sultan. Unexpectedly, he feinted a shot and tricked my army into setting up defenses to the west of Lake Balkhash. Instead, he went west to attack the Bukhara people. What a strategy, what a strategy!" Yang Gil Khan praised loudly. This was a broad-minded Khan who actually praised his enemy. After the Battle of Orbulak, he won the reputation of "King of Turan", so he regarded himself as the Great Khan of All Mongolia and called himself "I".

"You said you set out from Bukhara three months ago. Why did it take you so long to arrive in Turkestan?" He calmed down and asked carefully. His tall and mighty body is like a statue of the God of War. Although he is forty-one years old, his years of military service have left him with no trace of fat on his body. He sits upright and majestic. Because he was born strong and powerful since he was a child, his subordinates used to call him "Mighty and Majestic Yangir Khan", and now they call him "King of Turan". He is such a sturdy man.

"You don't know. After the Guards captured Tashkent, the road from Bukhara to Dayuzi was blocked. I had to go north and go to Turkistan via Xiaoyuzi and Zhongyuzi. That's why I used so long".

Three months, three months! Yang Gil Khan's expression changed slightly. After such a long time, the Guards might have captured the city of Bukhara. However, after all, he is the overlord of a party that has weathered many storms. He quickly regained his composure and said slowly: "Please return your envoy to Bukhara immediately and tell Aziz Khan that Kazakh reinforcements will arrive soon and let him hold on to Bukhara." The city must hold on until reinforcements arrive no matter what." Then he said to the envoy with a hint of apology: "You have been traveling non-stop. Normally, you should be allowed to rest for a few days before setting off. However, the military situation is urgent and we cannot stay. Please set off immediately." "Yes, the great King of Turan." He did not expect that the dignified Yangir Khan would be so polite to him. The Bukhara envoy was secretly grateful, bowed respectfully and left.

"Great Khan, do you really want to lead the army to rescue the Bukhara people?" a confidant, Bekkhawul of Turkestan City, asked Yangir Khan.

"No, while the main force of the Guards is still in Bukhara, we must immediately lead the army south to recapture Tashkent, Kokand, and Andiyan." The King of Turan snorted and stood up, with a burly body like a hill standing like a wolf. The human tiger.

Having experienced hundreds of battles, he was unambiguous in fighting. It only took him three days to arrive at the city of Sozak in the north of Tashkent, and then concentrated 70,000 troops in the north of Tashkent, preparing to take this important military town in one fell swoop.

King Khan, who had been fighting for a long time, ordered Hadir, the eastern governor of the Khanate, to lead 751 troops to guard Talos, a strategic military location in the northeast of Tashkent. In the th year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty (AD ), a war broke out there between the Tang army and the emerging Abbasid dynasty (i.e., the Black-clad Dashi). The Tang army was defeated and nearly all of the more than soldiers were lost. By holding on there, we can prevent the Weiguo troops stationed in Khoshotwanhu Mansion (Seven Rivers Basin) from rescuing Tashkent.

The knife is sharpened, just waiting for the sheep to be slaughtered.

Looking at the army under his command, Yangjier Khan was very proud. After the Battle of Orbulak, his prestige increased greatly. In this expedition, all the tribes of Dayuzi, including Zhongyuzi Kelie, Naiman, Aerhun (Northern Xiongnu) ), Kipchak, and Wak (Wanggu) tribes, as well as tribes such as Xiaoyuzkaraseke, Adayi, Tielwu, and Kete all actively sent troops, and soon there were more than 100,000 troops gathered, as well as some remote tribes On the way, the situation is much better than the last battle of Albrak. Although more than 10,000 troops were left to garrison the cities of Sau, Szanak, Turkestan and other cities, and 20,000 troops were divided to guard Talos, the army he used to attack Tashkent still numbered 70,000. According to intelligence, there are only 7,000 guards in Tashkent, of which only 4,000 are combat soldiers. The remaining 3,000 are guards recruited from local tribes. They are ten times the number of the enemy. Isn't it easy to defeat the enemy with more people?

While he was secretly feeling proud, Denis, his trusted general and governor of the central region, hurriedly broke into the tent and said, "Great Khan, it's not good. Xiaoyuzi Alyihan reported that the Turghut army invaded Kazakhstan and surrounded the city of Saraishk." ".

(End of this chapter)