Chapter 66: The cavalry protrudes with swords and guns (1) Kulkarawusu (Part 2)
Before dawn.
Yongchang just fell asleep for less than two hours. Before going to bed, he thought about it and couldn't think of anything else that could be done by the potential enemy.
Since there are no enemy troops nearby, it can only be in the area of Alah Lake, Bortala, even further away. At present, there are Amursana's defeated soldiers in front and behind. It is not easy for them to block there, unless they regard Amursana as their enemy.
But this is obviously impossible.
So he went to bed with peace of mind.
"Bang..."
A dense musket sound woke him up. He suddenly lifted the quilt and then staggered to uncover the curtain.
"Sir!"
Now the only one who is beside him is the leader of Ailon, and he is here!
I saw him wearing a full dress and looking anxious.
"Sir, it's not good, the Truqins are here!"
"What?!"
Always be shocked.
"What's going on? Aren't you crowded scouts nearby?"
"Sir, it was the negligence of the Ministry of Justice. I just arranged the detective cavalry to the west of the Kuitun River. I didn't expect them to... they actually went south from the desert!"
"Then your scout didn't find them?"
"Sir, after they headed south, they rushed to our previous camp, and then crossed the river near my camp, and crossed the river at the same time from north to south, and the location is about ten miles."
"Our army's reconnaissance cavalry is thirty miles away and has not noticed it for a while"
"You!"
"Also, after they went south, they controlled the old camp left by our army on the east coast and the small number of soldiers and civilians stationed. At this time, the firearms camp was still carrying heavy artillery, so they rushed from behind..."
"Boom..."
As he was talking, a cannon fired across the river, and then an explosion occurred somewhere in the camp!
"Sebutenbalejul, where is Tang Kalu?"
"Sir, they have already fought with the enemy"
Always calm down.
"Since we came down from the north, it must be the brigade of the Truqins who stayed in Tarbachtai. They only had 3,000 people. Although our army was not prepared, the number of people was superior. Aarona, all your men must be on duty tonight. Hurry up, only five hundred people are left here, and the remaining cavalry camp will assist those two!"
"It has been sent out. If our troops were not on duty tonight, the camp would have been gone long ago!"
"Why are you still standing there? Go out to command quickly. By the way, there are a lot of artillery that have been brought to Hexi. Let the Han army flags rush to the east bank!"
"Boom!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a grenade exploded near the tent, and a shrapnel penetrated the tent and entered it. Although it did not hurt Yongchang and Ailon, it really shocked the two of them.
Yongchang guessed right, it was indeed Chu Huer's brigade who went south. However, when he went south, he only asked a thousand dragon cavalry to control the old camp left by the Qing army on the west bank. He personally brought two thousand Hussars to cross the river in the middle of the Kuitun River, and then quickly entered the left-behind troops of the Korqin cavalry in the north.
But to the south, it was not his men, but Qilibu's men!
Among the five thousand cavalry of Sheling who advanced eastward, he had only three thousand cavalry, and the other two thousand were Qilibu's Hussar!
So, his dragoons stayed at Alah Pass.
After following Sheling to the Kurkalawusu prairie, Qilibu did not follow him into the prairie, but ambushed in the desert area on the south bank of the Jiergalang River.
Therefore, the two thousand Hussars of Qilibu were attacking the Tang Kalu tribe from south to north while the enemy was sleeping, and the Chu Huer tribe from north to south!
Chu Huer has been suffocated these days. After receiving the order to attack, he rushed to the east desert one day in advance. Unlike the Takramakan Desert in the south, although the Junggar Desert is deserted, it can also be marching.
Of course, whether it was Sebutenbalejul or Tang Kalu, there were troops on duty at night. However, under the attack of Chu Huer and Qilibu, the remaining troops were defeated after one encounter. Then the two of them each divided the two thousand Hussars into twenty teams and rushed towards the Qing army who was sleeping!
In the late autumn night, the temperature in the Kurkhalawusu prairie had dropped below ten degrees in the early morning. Almost all people snuggled up with the fire and slept soundly on the ground. They were all distributed near the tents where the officers lived, which just pointed out the direction for the Truqin army.
Chu Huer rushed to the front with one hundred and fifty cavalry, and was like a storm. He burned many tents along the way until he met Ailon!
Faced with such a chaotic situation, Ailona could not pile up his 1,500 cavalry camps and attack one place, but instead rescued them in groups of three hundred people like Chu Huer.
Alonga stayed at the end, so he naturally met Chu Huer first!
This time, Chu Huer's troops were equipped with: wide-eave iron helmet, cotton armor, new-style rifle, six-shot rotating pistol, sabre, and cavalry grenades.
The equipment of the Ailon Ai Xiao Cavalry Camp is: a lightning rod iron helmet, a layer of iron armor, a layer of cotton armor, a combing gun, a long spear and a sabre used by the Eight Banners of Manchuria.
Seeing that the enemy rushed into the core area of the camp so quickly, Aaron became solemn.
He was the great-grandson of Eyidu. When Eyidu was following Nurhaci, he was the bravest Batulu in the tribe. He is said to be able to suppress the bears and tigers and often charge as Nurhaci's vanguard.
After his death, the family represented by his sons Cherge, Turge and Ebilong remained prosperous in the Qing court. During the Qing army's attack on the northwest, there were Daer Party and Ailon, which shows the abundant talent of their family.
Ailona is a brave and good at fighting general, otherwise he would not have become the most elite leader of the Qing army's cavalry camp.
During a major battle, the Qing army's cavalry camp usually exists as the personal guards of the head coach, and in war it is the last force to crush the enemy, or the force that can turn the tide when one side is unfavorable.
Seeing that Chu Huer and others were rushing over, Ailona shouted and went up to meet him!
Chu Huer on the opposite side did not dare to neglect the crowd when he saw this large group of people. He heard the huge movement made by the opposite side as they were galloping together.
"Rifle preparation!"
More than one hundred riders took out the new rifle that was not useful just now.
Then the team formed a small horizontal formation, slowing down the horse's speed, and aimed the rifle in his hand at the rushing cavalry camp in front.
It is said that face-to-face, it is an elite cavalry camp. According to the steadfast approach, Chu Huer should still hold a knife in one hand and a gun in the other.
But the stout figures of Ailona and others reflected in the camp fires in front of him still made him stay heavy.
"Bang..."
The copper-shelled bullets used by the Truchen Army, in terms of range and lethality, are incomparable to the previous Minnie spear.
Currently, only the Dragoons and some Hussars of various brigades are equipped. Chu Huer has not used it seriously since he came here with Qitad. Now it is the time to make it show its power.
A sound that was very different from the Minnie spear cut through the night sky. When the Chu Huer people carried the rifle behind them again, they returned to the posture of holding a knife and a gun in the other hand, and rode their horses forward, Aarona and others had already arrived less than three feet in front of them!
Chu Huer took a deep breath, stabbed the war horse with the barbs of his horse boots, and then used a short gun to point the enemy in front of him to a gun!
At this distance, the lethality of the same cone-shaped bullet is actually similar to that of the copper-shell bullet, so the originally dense cavalry camp was suddenly gone!
Chu Huer was overjoyed and immediately rushed in!
But this time the enemy's courage was completely beyond his imagination. The short gun in his left hand was still invincible, but the sabre in his right hand was often hit by the enemy's spear and big sword. Fortunately, he was also a rare warrior among the Turkuts, barely resisting the enemy's rapid attack.
When his eyes were empty, he realized that there was a missing piece of saber made of good manganese steel!
Compared to him, Aaron's horror was even more unparalleled.
When Chu Huer rushed over, there were only a few dozen of his three hundred cavalry left!
And only more than ten Truchen people fell off their horses!
But it was the death of more than ten cavalry that angered Chu Huer. He roared and rushed towards Ailona and others!
This time, perhaps inspired by the enemy's musket strike just now, when the two armies approached again, the Cavalry Camp also threw a large piece of short axe!
"Bang..."
After a burst of muskets, only Ailona was left in the field. Although the short axe was sharp, it was still not as fast as the musket. Most of the short axes fell in front of Chu Huer and others, and only a few riders were unfortunately hit by the short axe and fell down.
"Bang..."
This time, Chu Huer was not polite anymore and shot at the remaining people again!
One of the guns hit Arona's war horse. With a wail, Arona fell down with the war horse!
The battle situation in other directions was similar. In front of the superior firearms and the arrival of preparedness, the Qing army soon became defeated. By the time it was dawn, Chu Huer had already controlled Yongchang's camp!
....
"General"
A Changchun sect officer who is specialized in managing performance, discipline and supplies in the army is reporting to Chu Huer.
"Our army won a great victory in this battle"
"On the east coast, our army accepted their old camp and annihilated the 1,000 Han military flags left there, captured nearly five thousand civilians, as well as a large number of food, grass, horses and mules"
"On the West Bank, our army killed and injured more than 3,000 people, captured more than 5,000 people, and captured the enemy's generals, Tang Kalu, Sebutenbalejul, and the counselor Yarhashan, but his commander Yongchang ran away"
"He probably led a few people into the Kuitun River before our army completely captured the West Bank camp, and then did not run directly to the opposite side, but ran off the shore from the shallow water downstream."
"Our army suffered about 200 cavalry deaths and injuries, of which half were seriously injured, and half were slightly injured. According to traceability, deaths in battle or serious injuries were caused in the battle with the enemy's cavalry camp"
"Okay"
Chu Huer nodded.
"Is there any news about the Bortala war?"
Chapter completed!