Zhang Wenchang took the telescope, observed it carefully and said, "I know him. He is Nanse, Zongdui, Qamdo. Nanse means the son of the god. You can also say that he is called the emperor."
Master Ma Fashu laughed: "A mere chieftain dares to be named Emperor.
Zhang Wenchang was not only a guide with the army, but also worked as a craftsman in Tibet for several years, and usually worked as a clerk in the tea horse caravan.
There is also the Ancient Tea Horse Road in Kangzang. The first one starts from Dali and Lijiang and goes to Nyingchi, Lhasa and Gyantse, and then goes south to India. The first one starts from Chengdu and passes through Ya'an and Kangding. You can go to Qamdo to Lhasa, or you can go north to sell it.
The goods arrive in northern Tibet.
The imperial court has been collecting information about Tibet through caravans and detailed operations.
While the two were talking, Nanse had already ordered the Tibetan soldiers to surround him.
Hundreds of armored Tibetan soldiers were in front, holding melee weapons. More than two thousand leather-armored Tibetan soldiers, some were holding spears, and some were holding bows and arrows. There were also a large number of unarmored pikemen on both sides, and some pikemen circled to the north.
Some hundreds of cavalrymen also followed.
"Boom boom boom!"
Suddenly, gunfire sounded.
Cannonballs were fired at the armored troops. These so-called armored troops were worse than the imperial patrols. Moreover, they had not seen firearms for hundreds of years. The big iron balls falling from the sky overwhelmed the Tibetan soldiers.
"What is that?" Nanse was horrified.
No one can answer.
Because only two of the five major religious kings in Tibet were allowed to pay tribute trade. Moreover, since the late Ming Dynasty, the tribute trade has been completely cut off, and the Tibetans here have never even been to Sichuan.
Seeing that his elite troops were showing signs of collapse, he led his bodyguards to charge forward and personally drew his sword to supervise the battle: "Charge over, charge over, charge at full speed!"
Although he didn't know what artillery was, Nanse knew very well that he could no longer move forward slowly to block the target, nor could he retreat before the battle and cause the army to collapse. The only way was to rush over and engage in the battle!
Tens of thousands of Tibetan soldiers rushed forward in a swarm, running into chaotic formations.
"Boom boom boom!"
There was another round of shelling, and hundreds of Tibetan soldiers wearing leather armor were smashed by the shells and fled.
"Don't run away, fight back!" Nanse personally rode on horseback to kill the defeated soldiers, and the guards around him were also killing each other.
After killing hundreds of people, Nanse finally stopped the collapse. It stopped, but morale had already plummeted. The Tibetan soldiers regarded the artillery as the anger of the Buddha and were unwilling to fight the Han soldiers anymore, but Nanse again
Killing people behind them, they can only rush forward bravely.
"Put it closer and then hit."
The Southwest Datong Army used the same set of equipment when fighting in Burma and Vietnam, but they wore cotton armor when fighting in Kangzang.
When marching, let mules and horses carry it, and then put it on when fighting.
After only wearing it for twenty or thirty minutes, I was already so hot that I was sweating all over because the temperature at this time was over 30 degrees.
Seeing that the troops were approaching, Nanse said to the herald: "Archers, stop and shoot."
The herald immediately rushed out on horseback. These Tibetan troops in Kham didn't even have a flag order system, and all battle orders were shouted by mouth.
In fact, they don't need flag orders.
Usually, a battle involving thousands of people is considered a big battle and can be commanded verbally.
This time, more than 10,000 Tibetans went out to fight. Nanse gathered troops and spent a lot of effort to bring all the Tibetan nobles around Qamdo. The armed nobles in Qiongbu, Leiwuqi, Luolongzong and other places were all at this moment.
After being brought to the battlefield, there are only so many people in total. If you want to expand the army, you must also include slaves.
Moreover, the Mongols ruled for many years and repeatedly suppressed rebellions.
Not only were many Tibetan nobles killed, but they were also ordered to pay tribute to war horses, which made it impossible for the Tibetans in Kham to form a large-scale cavalry.
The herald rode out and came to the noble officer. The noble officer immediately beat the drum. The archers stopped one after another, but after advancing quickly, there was no formation at all and they stood there in a mess.
It was too late to form a team, so I drew the bowstring and shot out randomly.
The Datong army endured the rain of arrows and remained stationary in formation.
A full set of cotton armor, even a visor, you can stand and let them shoot, it doesn't matter if you are stuck like a hedgehog, anyway, there are no heavy arrows in Tibet.
"kill!"
The officer in charge of the elite troops was Nanse's eldest son. He also did not stop the whole team and charged forward with the chaotic military formation.
With this kind of military appearance and discipline, it is no wonder that Handu only has a few thousand Mongolian soldiers, but they can fight again in Kham and suppress all the rebellious local nobles. The combat effectiveness of the Tibetan soldiers in Kham is about the same as that of the southwestern chieftains, and even worse than those of the southwestern chieftains.
Southwest toast.
"Jutong."
"Bang bang bang bang!"
The Tibetan soldiers at the front were only about ten meters away. Most of the Tibetan soldiers were twenty or thirty meters away.
A volley of guns was fired, and the whole world became pure.
Before the smoke cleared, hundreds of grenadiers stepped out, passed the fusiliers, threw bombs at the remaining Tibetan soldiers, then picked up their warhammers and charged forward.
On the north side, eight hundred southwest cavalry also rushed out when the Huo Tong troops were raising their troops. They went straight towards the outflanking Tibetan soldiers on the north side, charging in an intimidating manner, then bypassed these enemies and charged straight into the south side from the side.
Chinese Army.
Nanse only heard a burst of gunfire, followed by a series of explosions. The place where the battle was fought was filled with gunpowder smoke, and it was impossible to see what was going on. More and more broken troops escaped from the smoke, and 800 cavalrymen were killed from the side.
This made Nan Se feel a little dazed.
what's up?
There are only more than a hundred Tibetan cavalry, which were cobbled together by several nobles.
Seeing the collapse of the infantry, these nobles immediately fled with their cavalry. No one was stupid enough to intercept the eight hundred Han cavalry.
The eight hundred southwest cavalry rushed like this, and the Tibetan troops outflanking the north began to collapse. The nearby Tibetan troops on the front flank saw the friendly troops on the left fleeing, the friendly troops on the right also fleeing, and hundreds of cavalry passing by, they also collapsed in an instant.
Already.
"Stop the enemy!"
Nanse fled after giving the order, letting his elite personal guards cover the retreat.
The so-called elite personal guards were only two to three hundred men, and most of them were infantry. Seeing the eight hundred men riding towards them, nearly half were so frightened that they fled, while the remaining half foolishly fought.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
The eight hundred southwest cavalrymen charged on horseback and fired with their rifles. Then they drew their sabers and didn't even bother to use their lances.
After a few miles, the river valley becomes narrower.
Between the river and the cliff, only the ancient Tea Horse Road was left for the caravans. In such broken terrain, a single horse had to be cautious, but the Tibetan nobles and cavalry crowded over and fled in droves.
From time to time, nobles or cavalrymen fell down, some by accident, and some simply because they were knocked off their horses.
Nanse stumbled and fell to pieces.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way quickly!" a nobleman shouted on horseback.
Nanse struggled to get up and roared: "I am Zongdui, give me your horse!"
The nobles were forced to slow down their horses. When Nanse came forward to ask for his mount, the guy drew his sword and slashed away angrily. He didn't want to come over to fight. The Han people were fighting with the Mongols, so what did the Tibetan nobles have to do with them? Nanse forced him to do so.
After ordering to gather troops, the nobles were forced to participate in the war. It was okay to win, but it was Nanse's responsibility to lose.
Still want to ask for a war horse to escape?
Beautiful thought!
The nobleman chopped Nanse down with one blow, but fearing that he might not be killed, he dismounted and struck with two more blows. Then he dragged away Nanse's body, remounted his horse, and ran wildly with his whip.
"Stop, stop chasing!"
The Datong cavalry stopped one after another, and they were furious.
Although not a single cavalryman died, more than a dozen horses fell to the ground during the pursuit.
These war horses come from several provinces in the southwest, and they are all the best southwestern horses. Although they have been running on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau for a long time and have gradually adapted to the environment in the Kham area, the sudden and violent pursuit of the horses still caused altitude sickness.
Of the dozen or so horses that had fallen to the ground, eight of them stood up one after another, with some difficulty in moving. The remaining five may never stand up.
In comparison, humans are more adaptable than horses.
"Leiwu Qi Zong piles up to worship the noble general!"
A nobleman who had fallen on the battlefield was now prostrate in front of Ma Hongjie, and even crawled over to kiss his boots.
Zhang Wenchang explained in a low voice: "This man named Xianba is one of the four nobles around Qamdo. Although they also support monks, they are determined to seek refuge in Handu. All the monks and lay officials sent by Lhasa will be expelled by them together. What they believe in
The sect is different from the one in Lhasa."
"I understand," Ma Hongjie said to Xianba with a smile, "You will be the leader of the Tibetan soldiers here for the time being. As long as they are loyal and obedient, the imperial court will not treat them poorly."
Xianba looked around and found that except for those who jumped into the river to escape and those who were killed on the battlefield, the Datong Army captured more than 4,000 Tibetan soldiers.
Do all these soldiers belong to you?
Even if it is just a temporary command of troops, it is still worth it. Xianba has never led so many troops.
Moreover, entrusting them with such important responsibilities shows that the Han people are supporting themselves. Damn Handu, damn Nanse, if you mix with the Han people from now on, you will definitely be able to become a bigger official, and you will definitely have a larger territory!
Xianba immediately fell to the ground and bowed to Ma Hongjie again and again: "General, don't worry, from now on, I will be a member of the Heavenly Dynasty when I am born, and I will also be a ghost of the Heavenly Dynasty when I die."
Ma Hongjie asked Xianba to reorganize the troops, and then told the adjutant: "The whole army will make tea with saffron, and the war horses will also drink saffron water."
Taking saffron can prevent altitude sickness, this is the information provided by the caravan merchants.
In preparation for the expedition to Qinghai-Tibet, the Datong Army purchased and reserved saffron for several years. The troops in Shaanxi purchased it from the Yarkand Khanate. The troops in the southwest purchased it from Tibet through caravans.
The troops continued to advance and arrived in Qamdo in a mighty manner.
The remaining local nobles had packed up their belongings and ran away, but the monks from the temple came out to greet them warmly.
There are several ancient city ruins near Qamdo, and ruins can still be seen. However, the Mongolian and Tibetan nobles only raised money to build temples and never thought of building cities.
Ma Hongjie came to a place where two rivers met: "This is a suitable place for building a city, and there are also ruins of the ancient city. Qamdo is located at a strategic location, and we will definitely build a city and garrison troops here in the future."
Xianba, who had taken refuge there, was now very active. He selected landlords from among the prisoners, and asked these people to return to their hometowns with a small number of Tibetan soldiers to declare the rule of the Celestial Dynasty, while he stayed in the army and continued to be a hostage.
Those nobles who escaped from the battlefield were ordered to come back for an audience. If they came, they would be exempted. If they did not come, they would be deemed to have resisted to the end.
There is no need to fight for any land within a radius of two to three hundred miles.
In Lhasa, there is no need to fight based on the intelligence, because there is no such thing.
Mongolian garrison. Next, you can go north and join Huang Yao's troops, or
