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Chapter 59: The Night Attack on the Big River

Liu Ji closed the memorial a little annoyed, and he could understand Lu Laobei... Unfortunately, in this matter, Liu Ji cannot represent all Chinese people, he can only represent his poor self, although he is an emperor.

Standing up from the white tiger's skin, Liu Ji put on a coat and walked out of the tent.

The bright moonlight shone in the river, rippling with broken gold from a river. A gust of evening breeze caused nearby torches to sway in the wind. Liu Ji felt a chill on his body, and he pulled the cloak a little tightened.

Just as Liu Jiyao was thinking about the bright moonlight, a crisp gunshot in the middle of the night woke up the entire camp. People rushed out of each tent, and the officers loudly directed their subordinates to gather urgently.

The sound of horse hooves and shouts of killing also came from the gunshot without any hesitation. The sound of gunshots began to come one after another. Someone finally started to scream at the gunshots, "The rebels robbed the camp."

A group of dense footsteps quickly gathered from nearby tents, which was Yang Luchan leading the first town of the new army to escort Liu Ji.

Liu Jizhi's reaction was to give Yang Luchan a loud order to quickly take people to protect the main artillery.

A small number of people were left to guard Liu Ji. Yang Luchan did not dare to disobey Liu Ji's orders and led the soldiers to the west of the camp.

At this time, the camp became more and more chaotic, with fire and gunfire everywhere. The bandits rushing into the camp were creating chaos. They divided into several places where there were many people and hid when they saw them, and rushed over to burn and kill when they saw them.

At this moment, Liu Ji felt helpless, and was in chaos everywhere. The soldiers were suspicious and each of them fought, and the generals were busy gathering their own teams. Liu Ji didn't know how to summon the generals. At this moment, the veteran General Yang Yuchun appeared in Liu Ji's eyes, and Yang Fang, wearing a third-rank military officer uniform, followed him.

Liu Ji seemed to have seen a savior, and stepped forward and pulled Yang Yuchun and said, "The old general is here just right. Teach me how to do it."

Yang Yuchun said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, I have ordered all battalions to first control the gates and important places in the battalion, and beware of the bandits' internal and external cooperation."

Liu Ji felt a sudden enlightenment, and he said happily: "What Zhaoyong Hou said is right. I have asked Yang Luchan to guard the artillery just now. Admiral Yang quickly sent someone to inform the four towns of the new army and let them guard the gates in the camp."

After Liu Ji finished speaking, Yang Fang clasped his fists and responded: "I'll get the order! Please give the emperor a flag."

Only then did Liu Ji think that the command soldiers had to hand over the order flag to their subordinates, and the subordinates would pay the orders with the order flag. He ordered the personal soldiers around him to hand over the order flag to Yang Fang.

Yang Fang got the order flag and quickly retreated and sent some people.

Not long after Yang Fang left, a group of people in front drove over again. The people around Liu Ji thought that the verdict was setting up a formation, and each person rode his head and shouted: "The emperor is ahead."

When Liu Ji heard that the voice was Bayanbatu, the commander of the Knight Camp, was happy and replied: "The person who came was Bayanbatu."

As soon as the two sides met, Yang Yuchun suggested to Liu Ji: "The emperor can now send the cavalry camp to search everywhere in the camp, and then draw personnel from each camp to destroy the sergeant bandits in the camp." They also nodded to Yang Liu Ji and said that they were, following Yang Yuchun's suggestion.

As a result, the four sects were trapped and searched everywhere in the camp. The sergeant bandits who robbed the camp were soon wiped out in the camp.

Afterwards, Liu Ji realized that Zhang Geer led a large army to wait for Liu Jijun to have a chaos. However, things went against his wishes. Zhang Geer's 3,000 bandit cavalry did not cause chaos and was soon wiped out in the camp. He sent 3,000 horses to Liu Ji's army for nothing.

The next day, the army adjusted a little and continued to advance towards Kashgar.

After Zhang Geer was defeated in the Battle of Keping, he lost the 3,000 cavalry that he had sneaked out yesterday. Zhang Geer, who was timid, dared not fight hard. He ordered to turn from the river to Yangabat (i.e., Ying'awati, east of Kashi County today), dig trenches along the way, breaking the river and destroying the road, and preventing Liu Ji's army from advancing.

On September 21, 1825, Zhang Geer gathered 50,000 troops to defend the U.S. Abat, and set up two or three kilometers above Shagang. Liu Ji divided his troops to attack in three groups. The first, second, and third towns of the New Army and the Xiaoqi Battalion were the main force. Yang Yuchun from the left side sent the original team to the fourth town of the New Army, and Yang Fang from the right side gave the original team to the fifth town of the New Army, in addition to the original team and the cavalry of Kirgiz, Turkut and the Heshuo tribes, he was given the fifth town of the New Army.

The three armies advanced in unison to capture the Gang, and wiped out more than 10,000 enemies in one battle, capturing 5,000 alive. The army successfully advanced to Paisubat (now Kashi County), and wiped out more than 10,000 more enemies, capturing 3,000 alive, less than 50 kilometers away from Kashgar.

On September 23, 1825, the army had advanced to Shabudur (Xapu Tao), about 25 kilometers away from Kashgar. There were many reed lakes and swamps, and the trees were mixed. Tens of thousands of Zhangge's army formed a formation by the river to break the water to block the large army and cavalry. The two sides were stalemate with guns and cannons. Yang Yuchun ordered the soldiers to venture across the canal and fight against the enemy. Liu Ji ordered the cavalry team of the Xiaoqian camp to cross the river from the shallow part of the water, and directly broke into the enemy's formation. He shot and killed the commander-in-chief of the enemy's defense line in the rain of gunfire. The enemy's army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and Zhangge's army was defeated.

"It is better to pursue the enemy with courage, and not learn from the overlords to seek fame and learn from the overlords." Liu Ji firmly remembered the instructions of ** and led the army to pursue the Hunbashi River (now south of Shule County). While the army was marching, thousands of enemy cavalry suddenly rushed out of the forest. During the crisis, Yang Luchan ordered the new army's first town to charge forward and fight with the enemy cavalry. Yang Fang led the army to attack from the flanks, and Gong Zizhen used artillery to repel more than 2,000 enemy troops who came to support the west bank of the river. In this battle, with the joint efforts of the generals, he defeated Zhangge's best friend leader Su Pikak and the general of the Kokhan Army Zhanbak and others.

On September 24, 1825, Zhangge's army defended Awabat (Awati, in the east of Kashgar City). Liu Ji's army camped 5 kilometers away. At night, Yang Yuchun suggested that more than 3,000 cavalry from the cavalry camp, and divided the left and right teams to the back of the enemy. At dawn the next day, the army attacked in front and back, and guns and cannons were fired. Yang Fang personally led the rattan soldiers into the enemy's formation and fought in a short battle. The enemy's formation was in chaos.

He rushed left and right and fought with Liu Ji's army. This battle made the sky and earth dark, and the sky was colorless. The artillery of the new army on the battlefield turned red. In the end, the officers of the Kokan under Zhang Geer were killed and Awazimati and Ahunnarbat were killed. Liu Ji's army took advantage of the situation to annihilate more than 30,000 enemies and captured thousands of them alive. Later, Liu Ji led the army to take advantage of the victory to fight to the Yangdaman River (in the present-day Shule County).
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