On the eighth day of March, Haril's 5,000-strong army had just crossed the Chelchen River. When their foothold was not stable, Zheng Biao, who was ambushing on the south bank of the Chelchen River, launched a fierce attack. Haril's army was unable to cope with it, and the army was in a hurry.
Exhausted, the formation they had just organized was cut in half by Zheng Biao.
Zheng Biao waited for work and launched a sneak attack on the Cheerchen River. Harel did not expect it, and neither did King Yeling, so he was unprepared. The consequences can be imagined. In just half an hour, most of Harel's rebels were driven to the river.
Here, it is already early March. Although it is still a little cool in the northwest, the frozen river water has already melted, and many Uighurs who cannot swim were directly washed away by the flood. Harile was not spared and wanted to climb up the stone bridge.
While walking, two soldiers from the Northern Shanxi Army rushed forward and chopped off his head.
Harel underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, and paid a heavy price. When the news came that Harel was defeated and killed in the Chelchen River, Bujuncha quickly ordered his troops not to cross the Chelchen River easily.
people sent news to Xizhou. A sudden attack by Zheng Biao not only killed Harile by surprise, but more importantly, completely shocked the Uighurs. At least now, Buqiongcha and his troops no longer dare to look down on the Northern Shanxi Army.
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On the banks of the Yulong Kashgar River, in the city of Khotan, Ayuan City was the capital of the Yuezhi King. This is a beautiful city with a round roof, red walls and white tiles, and a kind of piety and solemnity of the Middle Eastern people everywhere. When Org approaches
After ten thousand troops besieged the city of Khotan, the Tocharian nobles were panicked and frightened. Only then did they realize that the Celestial Kingdom was still the same Celestial Kingdom. They might have been sleeping for more than two hundred years, but they could serve as soldiers in the vanguard.
When pointing directly at the Western Region, it is still unstoppable.
In the royal court of Khotan City, King Seth sat blankly on the throne. Now the king of Khotan was only seventeen years old. The real people in charge were the Tocharian nobles. Because he had no real power, Seth was indifferent to everything.
, those Tocharian nobles were fighting around like clowns, and some even caught people and yelled at them. In the palace of Nuoda, there were brilliant murals, but the people in the palace did not match the beautiful decoration.
Martu, the ruler of Khotan, shook his beard and pointed at a big red-faced man with his radish-thick finger, "Yaka, look at the good things you have done. I told you a long time ago not to fight with the Ashinashe family.
When people deal with the Celestial Empire, you just don’t listen. Now it’s better. The Celestial Empire has sent troops to surround the capital of our country. Everyone’s lives are at stake. What do you think we should do?”
This Yaka is the uncle of King Seth. As General Qinghu, he has actually controlled all the troops in the Khotan Kingdom. Of course, the entire Khotan Kingdom has less than 8,000 troops. Yaka has a straightforward personality and is a bit crazy.
He was proud, so when King Yeling promised him some benefits and asked him to help deal with the Han people, Yaka immediately agreed. At first, not many people refused Yaka, but now that the Northern Jin Army was besieging the city, those who remained neutral also
People began to stand up and accuse Yaka, and the most prestigious among them was the ruling prince Martu.
"Shut up, Martu, you villain. When I started asking you, why didn't you refuse? Didn't you just want to wait for me to defeat the Han people so that you could get a share of the pie? Well now, Han people
The city is under siege, but you are putting all the blame on me." Yaka is not someone to be trifled with. He is really anxious. Everyone is in a desperate situation and no one can think about it.
Being told what was on his mind, Martu was a little embarrassed. He glared and said angrily, "Okay, stop being so sweet-tongued here. Yaka, you are the one who caused this, so just tell me what to do?"
Martu's words really put Yaka down. Now that Yaka is a general and has the power of the country, he should make the decision on this matter. He originally wanted to fight, but he didn't know how to fight. Khotan
The city was built on the basis of Ayuan City, the capital of the Yuezhi King. As we all know, the Yuezhi Kingdom had nothing to do with the world and only knew about making money, so the capital was not very strong. At the beginning, the so-called city wall was just a red line.
The wall can only protect against wind and rain. Although the city wall has been renovated over the years, it still cannot be relied upon to resist the siege army.
Just when Martu, Yaka and others were hesitating and not knowing what to do, they suddenly heard a sentence coming from the high platform, "Just ask the people of the Celestial Dynasty for their courtesy, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. Why don't you surrender!"
Bang, the whole hall became quiet. In fact, many Tocharian nobles thought so, but they didn't dare to say it out of shame. Now that King Seth mentioned it, for the first time, all the Tocharian nobles actually asked
King Seth bowed respectfully and said, "The king is wise, and I will obey my orders."
Who has ever taken Seth seriously before, but this time he is so respectful. These Tocharian nobles are not good people. Anyway, the idea of surrender was proposed by your king. If the people want to blame it, they cannot blame the nobles.
I hate Yaka on my head, but now the deal is done, and there is no hope even if I want to refuse.
On the ninth day of March in the ninth year of Chongzhen, King Seth of Khotan led his civil and military ministers to surrender the city. Orger was not a kind person, so he immediately took the seal of the King of Khotan, trapped Yakan with his own soldiers, and seized
Soldier Talisman. For example, the first thing to do in Khotan City is to control all the troops in the city, and then discuss the next thing with the nobles of Khotan. In fact, it is not a discussion, just Orger said, and others listened.
"The Great University is in full swing, and its status is even higher than that of the Imperial Academy. My family once said that the Great University is in need of smart students. I heard that your children are smart, please send them to Chang'an to accept my new Ming Dynasty study!"
Orger's move was too cruel. Why did he accept the new learning of the Ming Dynasty? It was obvious that he wanted to use the children of the Tocharian nobles as hostages. Khotan was located in the Western Region, far away from Chang'an, at least in a short period of time, the Northern Shanxi Army
It was impossible to station troops here, so Orger thought of this method. The Northern Jin Army would not station troops in Khotan. It was up to the Tocharian nobles to choose who they wanted to go to. However, if they made the governor unhappy,
So they killed the hostages first. There was dead silence in the palace, and a pale look appeared on the faces of all the Tocharian nobles. They could only do what Orger said, and they would not send them if they did not follow General Orger's wishes.
Northern Shanxi must die now.
On the tenth day of March, King Set of Khotan and more than 200 children of Tocharian nobles went to Yuechang City one after another. They only waited for Tiemo's army to move north to bring these noble children back to northern Shanxi.
On the same day, the main force of the Northern Shanxi Army marched north in two directions: east and west. Orger led the army on the left to penetrate the north side of the Altyn Mountains. A day later, they arrived at the west side of Datun City. Ruoqiang, Geng Zhongming, and Liu Guoneng led their troops from the right side of the Altun Mountains.
Went around the foot of the mountain and approached Datun City.
Datun City can be said to be the only fortified city in the southern Uighurs. If you break here, you can go hundreds of miles straight and pass through the Kuruktag Mountains to reach the southern part of Xizhou. Due to the importance of Datun City, in order to resist
In Uighur, the Uighurs have built Datun City into a military fortress over the years. There are not many residents here, but the city is the strongest among the Uighurs. Tiemo did not intend to attack Datun City by force. Datun City has high walls and thick walls.
If you bite the bullet and attack hard, you probably won't get any good results. Tie Mo will not do it easily, injuring the enemy by a thousand and himself doing a loss of eight hundred.
The army stopped when it reached the east side of Datun City. Tie Mo was waiting. On March 12, Org used his cavalry to raid the Kongque River in northern Ruoqiang, which led the Ruoqiang defenders to leave the city for a decisive battle. In this battle, the cavalry of the Northern Shanxi Army
Showing off their power on the Kongque River, two thousand cavalry defeated five thousand Uighurs, and Orger also took advantage of the situation to capture Ruoqiang. At the same time, Orger and Zheng Biao led the army eastward and joined forces with Orger.
After taking Ruoqiang, Orger and others were not in a hurry to go north or east to help besiege Datun City. What surprised everyone was that just outside Ruoqiang City, the Northern Shanxi Army began a manhunt. The people they searched were not people.
But boats, like rafts, bamboo rafts, as long as they could float in the water, all were snatched.
At first, I really couldn’t understand the intention of the Northern Shan Dynasty Army, but gradually, King Yeling understood a little bit. They were robbing wooden rafts and bamboo rafts. Are they trying to cross a river? There is only the Kongque River in the north near Ruoqiang.
In the past, the Kongque River was a beautiful place. It was the most revered mother river in the Yuezhi Kingdom. In the vast desert, there is this unique scenery that is intoxicating.
Where does the Kongque River lead? Ruoqiang, Korla, and further north from Korla is the town of Yanqi. When he knew where the Kongque River led, King Yeling suddenly panicked, maybe because the countries in the Western Regions had never had naval warfare.
For example, I never thought there was anything surprising about the Kongque River leading to Yanqi Town, but now I have to be afraid.
If the Northern Shanxi Army is really heading towards Yanqi Town along the Peacock River, what is the point of garrisoning Datun City with 30,000 troops to guard the homes and courtyards of the Northern Shanxi Army? King Yeling still doesn’t know much about the navy, Peacock
The river is not a big river like the Yangtze River. The water flow is gentle, the water level is not deep, and the river channel is not wide. Transporting troops on the Kongque River would take seven or eight days even if there are enough ships, not to mention there are not enough ships. But King Yeling did not
He thought so much, or he couldn't think so much. Since his birth, he had experienced dozens of battles, all of which involved the coordination of infantry and cavalry. He had never seen a battle involving a river.
In panic, King Yeling made a decision that he would regret for the rest of his life. It was this decision that disrupted all his original plans and sent the Uighurs into the abyss of rupture.
On March 14th of the ninth year of Chongzhen, King Yeling transferred Anxi City and Yanqi Town's army went south. He also rushed from Xizhou to Korla and defended the northern part of Kongque River. At the same time, he strictly ordered the general Qige who was stationed in Datun City to be sure to defend the city in ten days.
Within a few days, they would repel the Han army in the east, advance westward, drive the Han out of Ruoqiang, and save the Kongque River. King Yeling would never have dreamed that as soon as this military order was issued, the news would reach Tie Mo's ears.
Tie Mo didn't expect that he had a brilliant idea. He just gave it a try, but he didn't expect it to work. In Datun City, General Qige was stroking the wine glass with his brows furrowed tightly. According to him, that was
You must not leave the city. I heard from the Uighurs who fled from the south that the cavalry of the Han army was sharp, especially the chain horses, which were three points more powerful than the iron pagoda of Daliao. Although most of the Uighur warriors were skilled in bows and horses, their war horses
There are more, but Sieg is still unwilling to go out of the city to fight.
If they hold on to Datun City, the Han people will have nothing to do. Going out of the city will give the Han people a chance to win in a decisive battle. As for the Kongque River, Qie Ge does not want to take care of it. Apart from Datun City, Xizhou can gather at least 40,000 troops. If so many people
If you still can't defend Korla, you might as well just jump into the Peacock River and drown yourself. However, Sieg has no choice but to obey King Yeling's orders.
On March 17, after several days of silence, Chigurh finally couldn't bear it anymore and left Datun City with an army of 25,000 men. These 25,000 men were all cavalry. Maybe the Uighurs did not have enough qualified cavalry.
, but they have qualified war horses. Sometimes, war horses are really more important than people. Tie Mo is a little envious of Qie Mo. If he, Tie Mo, can have 25,000 cavalry, where in the world can he not go? Occupy the Uighur horse farm
He is becoming more and more determined, but he does not want to return to the Falcon City, but the horse farms around Kongque River and Puchanghai must be captured. As long as he has a steady stream of war horses, Tie Mo can organize a huge cavalry.
The Kongque River has beautiful scenery, with fertile pastures on both sides, suitable for cattle and sheep to survive, and the same is true for the Puchanghai area. Today's Puchanghai is not the desert Gobi Desert of later generations. It is still a beautiful lake with a calm sky and fertile water and grass. Kongque River, Tarim River
, where the Hotan River meets, this is an oasis in the desert, a paradise in the Gobi Desert in the Western Region. As long as it occupies the Kongque River and Puchang Sea, there is no interest in other places. Unfortunately, King Yeling didn't know Tie Mo's intention, he thought
The Iron Governor really wants to seize the city and occupy the Uighurs.
Once the 25,000 cavalry spread out, one can imagine how powerful they would be. Just when Ziege was planning to use the strength of the cavalry to start a decisive battle with the main force of the Northern Shan army, Tie Mo gave an order and the army slowly moved south.
After retreating for more than ten miles, Orger, after leaving Ruoqiang to Zheng Biao to garrison, led four thousand cavalry to attack Datun City, but Qie Ge didn't know anything about it. No wonder Qi
Ge, didn't the Northern Shanxi Army want to occupy the Kongque River and go directly north to attack Korla? How could they give up Ruoqiang, which they had finally defeated?
But Qie Ge was wrong. From the beginning, the Northern Shan Dynasty army never thought of occupying Ruoqiang. This place can be defended but cannot be abandoned. To control the Kongque River and the horse farm near Puchanghai, a strong city must be relied upon.
, this fortified city can only be Datun City, because in the entire southern Uighurs, except for Datun City, there is no second fortified city. It can be said that the Uighurs misunderstood the strategic intentions of the Northern Shan Dynasty Army, so they made one mistake and another.
Wrong step.
The rumble of horse hoofs sounded, and the blue cavalry were like pieces of blue clouds. They waved their scimitars and charged forward bravely. Since the Turks ran to the west, only the Uighurs, their descendants, have retained their original wildness.
In my heart, the scimitar can split the sun, moon, heaven and earth, and lay down a great empire. The descendants of the Turks are conquering Europe, leading to the beginning of the Middle Ages. Those Turks are brave and fearless, conquering Rome, but the Uighurs who remain in the Western Regions have to eat