Thirty miles northwest of Kungel City, there is a small village called Kirgiz.

At this time, the area near Kungel was not a completely deserted area like that of later generations. It was still nourished by the Aral Sea, and the grasslands near the oasis area were very vast.

When Shen Muhua came here with two thousand dragoons, the scouts who were thirty miles ahead immediately reported that a large group of people was coming.

Shen Muhua had no choice but to occupy this small village and then added a low wall outside.

As a result, before the enemy arrived, a double-layered defense line with an average width of about 100 meters on the outside and a second line of defense of about 50 meters was formed.

There are wells in the village, so there is no risk of water shortage.

The only worry is that when they arrived here, they had almost run out of dry food, with at most five days left.

Fortunately, during the march, in order to prevent the news from leaking out, they controlled a large number of herdsmen on the outermost edge of the oasis and obtained some sheep from them.

They also coerced herdsmen to harvest large amounts of pasture.

Therefore, there are still a large number of sheep and pasture between the two lines of defense.

But these can only last for ten days at most.

The problem is that the ammunition they carry is limited due to the transportation capacity of the war horses.

As mentioned before, they all have one person and two horses, one horse to ride, and one horse to carry grain, coats, artillery and ammunition.

In order to maximize the advantages of his own firearms, Kitard allowed each squad of dragoons to have one small cannon, which was two hundred. Each small cannon prepared three days' worth of ammunition. Of course, this was according to the It was configured by fighting continuously for three days.

According to Kitard's previous thoughts, he was here to rob, not to occupy. If he couldn't achieve a decisive victory in three days, it would be better to evacuate quickly.

In field battles, he believed that with a saber in one hand and a short gun in the other, no matter how many enemy cavalry he had, he would not be defeated. /p>

However, he obviously forgot one thing.

What if the enemy does not contact you but surrounds you?

They are fighting locally, with an endless supply of soldiers and food, but you are fighting in a different place, and it will never last long!

What's more, Hamu Yang's five thousand cavalry were not trained by him, and his performance directly determines the effectiveness of the blitz.

At the beginning, their opponent, now the Khiva Khanate Yilak Artuk, really wanted to use all his strength to remove Shen Muhua, the nail that was so close at hand.

He let his troops attack frantically for three days!

But after three days, although Shen Muhua consumed a lot of ammunition, he also suffered heavy losses.

For Artuk, 30% of the troops' casualties were considered a heavy loss. He did bring 25,000 people, including the 5,000 people of Hongji Laren, and 30% of the troops were six to seven thousand people!

He still has to rely on the core tribe to control the entire oasis area. If he continues to attack like this, he will collapse internally without the other three major tribes taking action!

For Shen Muhua, after three days, he only had two rounds of artillery ammunition left, one solid round and one loose round. If the enemy continued to attack on the second day, he could only rely on guns for defense.

There is plenty of musket ammunition.

However, at this time, Artuk changed his strategy, and he was not allowed to change - there was a warning sign in Chimboy!

Originally, he asked Hongji Laren, who had been serving as peripheral guard and had not taken action in the past three days, to continue the siege. However, when he learned that another enemy army had arrived in the east of the oasis, Hongji Laren, as Rasim expected, Afraid that something might happen to his only city, Kungel, he evacuated to Kungel without even saying hello.

This made Artuk extremely angry, so he had to send people to Nukus and Yulongjiechi to urge the defenders there to come for support. He left half of the troops, about 7,000, to continue the siege, and he took the remaining 7,000. People set off for Chimboy.

At this moment, Hamu Yang, who had been waiting for a fighter plane far away, finally appeared.

Hamu Yang is an old fox. He has participated in the recent battles between Tsarist Russia and the Swedes and Ottomans, and has rich experience.

In the past three days, he was naturally aware of Shen Muhua's predicament, but he had been standing still. He had to wait for the best time.

When fighting in Europe, the Torguts would not all follow the orders of the Russians. Instead, they would choose the best time to fight, targeting the enemy's cavalry.

Although the headquarters suffered considerable losses in several European battles, it still won, which gave Hamu Yang strong confidence.

He believes that his ability to seize battlefield opportunities has few rivals among the Turghut people.

"Three days, with the large number of firearms under that Han guy, it must have caused a lot of damage to the Shiva people. It is also a time when morale is low. How long will it take if we don't attack now?"

But the attack was an attack, but according to the spies' report, the enemy was divided into three groups. One group continued to besiege Shen Muhua, and the two groups rushed to Kungel, but they were obviously divided into two groups.

One group had a smaller number of people and set off one day earlier, while one group had a larger number of people and set off the next day.

Ordinarily Hamu Yang should make a decisive decision and immediately attack the troops besieging Shen Muhua, but he fell into the dilemma of "What if the enemy deliberately evacuated Kirgiz to attract our attack, and then the evacuated troops suddenly returned to attack us?"< /p>

So, he had a sudden idea and planned to take advantage of the time difference between the two teams retreating to Kungele to launch an attack on Hongji's tribe who had set off one day in advance.

What he was thinking was, "Once our unit succeeds in attacking this unit, the army that besieged the Han boy will be shaken. At this time, if the Han boy is still clear-headed, he can take the initiative to attack, and the siege of Kirgiz will be solved?"

Unlike Kitard, he obviously regarded all the enemies on the opposite side as one family and did not distinguish the specific situation at all.

So, when the Hongji La people were about to arrive at Kungele City, he suddenly appeared and personally attacked them with five thousand cavalry.

The Hongjila people were the tribe with the most Mongolian ancestry in the Khiva Khanate, and they were also the worst equipped. They were defeated by Hamu Yang in a hurry.

At this time, Hamuyang should have rushed to Kirgiz to rescue Shen Muhua, but he did not do so. Instead, he started robbing near Kungel City. These days, his troops were also short of food.

But unfortunately, since Yilak of the Khiva Khanate has arrived, they must have taken effective measures to the northern end of the oasis. They moved all the households near Kungel City, including their grain and livestock, to the city!

Now Hamu Yang couldn't help being dumbfounded. When he remembered that he wanted to rescue Shen Muhua, Artuk arrived!

At this time, Hamuyang's troops were scattered in villages dozens of miles around Kungele City. They were completely unable to gather together in a short time, which gave Artuk the opportunity to defeat each one.

At this time, Artuk already knew that there were only about three thousand enemies in Qinboyi, and the defenders in the city did not attack, so he felt free to launch an attack on the Hamuyang tribe.

The result is obvious: Hamu Yang was defeated, and only about 3,000 of the 5,000 troops finally escaped from Kungel.

Just when he was panicking, Kitard's people finally arrived.

At this time, he no longer cared about Shen Muhua, but ran desperately in the direction of Chinboy City - of course, Artuk also deliberately drove him east.

The lower reaches of the Amu Darya River are generally wide and there is a lot of siltation. If you are not a local, it is difficult to find the most suitable place to cross the river.

Although Hamu Yang and others are also experienced generals, it is extremely difficult for them to find a suitable place to cross the river.

Finally, they were surrounded by Artuk at a place called Sayat on the west bank of the Amu Darya between Kungel and Chimboy.

Hamu Yang finally found the best place to cross the river. Both sides of the river are deserts that are rare in oasis areas. The river surface is narrow and the water is not deep (a large amount of river water seeps into the desert). It is possible to cross the river by hugging the horse's neck.< /p>

But Artuk didn't give him this chance.

After Kitard received the news, the excitement brought to him by the Turkmen War naturally disappeared.

"What should I do?"

To rescue Hamuyang, he had to cross the river, but he did not have the right tools to cross the river now. After learning that there were enemy troops in Chinboy, Artuk immediately ordered all the ships on the Amu Darya River to sail upstream, and he himself To cross the river, just destroy Hamu Yang.

Just as Kitard was thinking about what to do, near Sayat, in a large pure white tent that had just been set up, a young man sat cross-legged with a stern expression, also thinking about the same question.

Artuk, Yilak (chief minister) of the Khiva Khanate, is only thirty years old this year.

Unlike ordinary Manjit people who have full beards, Artuk only has a short beard and it is neatly trimmed.

The turban wrapped in white silk has a top-quality fire stone in the center.

There is also a bright feather on the right side of the turban.

A green silk robe with inner patterns is worn outside the white silk lining.

He is tall and handsome, with fair skin. If it weren't for the occasional glint in his eyes, at first glance, one would have thought that he was an ordinary young man who was knowledgeable and polite.

But he is obviously not. His brother, Atarek (the chief) of the Manjit tribe, is already in his forties. It is said that since the Manjit tribe has gained power, he should be the Yilak chief.

Yes, but the clan unanimously elected Artuk, which explains everything.

All successful people are not casual, and this is clearly demonstrated in Artuk.

When the Persians attacked Khiva not long ago, Nader Shah brought an army of 200,000 people and a large number of firearms, all of which were beyond the capabilities of the Khanate. Moreover, Nader Shah was an unparalleled military genius.

So, when Nader Shah captured Khiva and sacked the city, the Khivas surrendered.

But when they attacked the Mongols, they no longer had this idea. After learning from Arslan that they were Mongols, and telling everything from the captured Hamu Yang scouts, Altu

I am sure of it.

He still regrets it now.

What I regret is that I didn’t take siege measures from the beginning, instead of attacking rashly, and I lost a lot of Manjit’s young men in vain.

He also knew that since the Mongols dared to come and set up a camp in Kirgiz, there would definitely be more than just these people coming.

He is also waiting for a fighter opportunity.
Chapter completed!