On August 19, the thirteenth year of Wanli, Tangnu Ulianghai was already dyed with autumn colors. On the east bank of the Daqian River, 5,000 Han troops gathered against 50,000 Oira tribesmen. With the wishes of the commanders of both sides,
, conducted a decisive battle, known in history as the "Battle of Daqian River".
In fact, in all wars, the prerequisite for a decisive battle is the willingness of both sides. A battle cannot be fought if only one party has the intention of a decisive battle. For the Oirat tribe, the 50,000-strong army killed more than 3,000 sheep every day.
The pressure was heavy. Zaktu Khan sent warriors to call for the Ming army to come out for a decisive battle. Ma Dong was overjoyed when he heard this - he immediately agreed. This is the so-called "will" of the coaches of both sides.
Zaktukhan, who was confused about the situation, only placed 20,000 cavalry in front, and the remaining 30,000 were all reserved in order to prevent the Ming army from daring to fight decisively and fleeing to defend the camp.
On the morning of the 9th, both sides came out of camp. Zaktukhan's 20,000 elite troops formed three square formations on the left, center and right, and were ready for battle.
After the Ming army left the camp, Ling Yunyi set up a cross-shaped formation under the Tachibana Mountain Castle and waited for the opponent's cavalry to charge. After that, the whole process and results were lackluster.
Unlike the Khalkha tribe, Oirat, which lives in the northwest of the desert, has no perceptual understanding of the overwhelming war in which the Ming army defeated Chahar in the ninth year of Wanli. Therefore, when Huchao Chaoman came up, he quickly realized what it means to hit an egg with an egg.
For the Han army, the biggest difficulty in the Luo wilderness strategy was logistics. In order to reduce the supply of the front army, there were no more than 10,000 troops on the east and west routes. Therefore, all these soldiers were selected from the best, and they were all repeatedly selected from the elite soldiers of the nine sides.
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The imperial court also had policy incentives: all the gains from the raids and hunting by the two Ming armies in the Luo wilderness would belong to the generals, and the imperial court and the emperor would not take any money from them. Therefore, these soldiers had an extremely strong desire to fight.
In order to obtain the preemptive rights to the Luo wilderness, the Mongolian tribes in Mobei and Monan, which had surrendered to the imperial court, competed extremely fiercely for the spots in the mixed army. As a result, the Mongolian cavalry incorporated into the two armies were also the best of the best.
Although the Ming army was not equipped with 4,000-jin heavy artillery due to transportation difficulties, it brought a large number of 1,800-jin modified small cannons and tiger crouching artillery. Even the Mongolian cavalry was equipped with blunderbuss and grenades - which was the same as the five-thousand-pound cannon on the opposite side.
Compared with the tens of thousands of people, we are still fighting a war of generational differences.
So, under the remote watch of the tribes of Kun and Kun, the Ming army, which had been holding back for more than half a year, was like a tiger emerging from the fire. After preparing a round of artillery fire, it was like a red-hot steel knife inserted into milk tofu - Zaktuhan's horn sounded.
In less than a meal, his front center army was defeated, and then the whole army was in chaos, and the sheep were released on the battlefield.
The allied forces of the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian Army mounted their horses and began to chase the North, killing and looting in vain. In fact, less than 2,000 people were killed on the spot in this battle, and the rest were obtained from behind the scenes - 7,000 heads, 16,000 prisoners, and cattle and sheep seized.
There are 460,000 livestock and more than 23,000 horses.
Zaktuhan killed several horses before running back to the territory of his Heshuote tribe, and immediately ordered the whole family to pack up and move east, west, and north.
Setting out to move north in late autumn, it was not such a way to seek death. The Great Khan issued orders one after another, but the Otoks were extremely resistant and found various reasons to delay. In the end, Zaktu Khan had no choice but to roll up his golden tent and flee eastward on his own, taking with him
Take the five thousand cavalry loyal to you from the tribe and a large amount of supplies.
The result was just as Zaktu Khan expected. Twenty days later, the Ming army broke into the Heshuote grassland on the west side of Yibohai (note: Balkesh Lake) and committed countless crimes.
Those who committed the crime together were the small tribes such as Kunkun, Huite, and Kelet who had been oppressed by the Oirat Alliance for a long time, including the Dulbert tribe who was in front of the battle anyway-this Dulbert was related to Horqin of Eastern Mongolia.
Therefore, although they are one of the four major tribes of Wala, they are seriously at odds with Heshuote and Zoros. At this time, seeing that the leader of the alliance, Zaktu Khan, was so unlucky, he hurriedly stepped on them and grabbed the territory.
The Han army defeated 5,000 men against 50,000 men. The victory was a clean one. All the forces in the desert grassland immediately understood that the 130-year history of sluggishness of Ming Dynasty father after he was in Tumubao was completely over. At this time, not only did the king return, but he was also particularly capable of fighting.
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After the war was counted, five heads that were different from the four in Oirat caught the attention of the military judge: these dead heads had sparse yellowish hair and thick beards. They had high nose bridges and clear facial contours. If you look at the inside of the eyelids, you can see blue eyes.
The military judge called in Jinyi to inquire.
Chen Hongyou, who has been promoted to Deputy Qianhu, affirmed: "They are Rakshasa people. Just grab a few people around Zaktu and ask, and you will know. These people must have been here for a long time, otherwise Zaktuhan would not be here."
As for coming forward without negotiating with us, they must have been instigated."
Sure enough, knowing that there were many captives of these Rakshasa people, this group of Rakshasa people had already arrived in Oirat this summer. Their main purpose was to provoke Zaktukhan and Rakshasa forces to attack the Kazakh Khanate, and the attack on Madong was just incidental.
Oirat and the Kazakh Khanate have been at war since sixty years ago - Oara has been squeezed westward by Khalkha. During the migration process, they have to compete for the grassland of the Kazakh Khanate. The two sides have long been at war. Original time and space
, these two groups fought for nearly two hundred years, until the Junggar tribe was destroyed by Qianlong, known as the "Two Hundred Years' War".
In this time and space, Ma Fang was ordered to restore the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties. The three-legged state of Kazakhstan, Oirat, and Yeerqiang was broken by Ma Fang. The Yeerqiang Khanate was wiped out under Ma Fang's powerful attack. The capital city of Yarkand has been captured by the Ming Dynasty.
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In Zaktukhan's view, the Yeerqiang people were killed in civil strife. Because at that time Ahemati Khan's ninth uncle, Abdureyim, marched into Yarkand and attempted to proclaim himself a khan, thus playing the Yeerqiang version of "Jingnan."
”, but Ma Fang got a big advantage.
Therefore, it is reasonable for Zaktu, who thought that there was a vast sea and mountains blocking him, that he was going to devour Ma Dong's "lone army" with great fanfare. Unexpectedly, he had a bad start and broke his tooth directly by the Daqian River.
The Heshuote Tribe was almost eliminated on the grassland. Except for the Khan who had fled, almost all of the tribe's population and livestock were divided up.
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After Ma Dong's victory, the biggest crisis in the Kazakh Khanate was relieved, and the Ming army completely opened up the situation in Tangnu Ulianghai. Tawu Lehan, the leader of the Kazakh Khanate, sent an envoy to present gifts to Ma Dong and expressed Kazakhstan's
Ma Dong was willing to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. Ma Dong did not dare to be expert and replied that after the snow melted next spring, he would send someone to report to the Governor-General of the Western Regions.
It was certain that the Kazakh Khanate would become a vassal. Except for Zoros, the other three tribes in Oirat also expressed their respect. Ma Dong presided over the division of pasture, and the Durbut tribe got the largest and fattest piece.
As for the small tribes such as Kun Kun, Huite, etc., they also got the spoils they deserved after participating in the war - this is the law of survival on the grassland. The collapse of large tribes is like a "whale falling". "When a whale falls, everything survives", Heshuote
The decline of the army naturally strengthened the victors who besieged it.
Of course, the biggest gain was Ma Dong's Western Expedition. With the spoils, the Dingbiancheng project did not require the court to pay for it, and Ma Dong's credit book was written with great distinction. The total number of Heshuo Special Department's nearly one million head
All kinds of livestock are enough to pay for the cost of building a city next year at the confluence of the Daqian River.
Before the winter of the thirteenth year of Wanli came, the Han troops in Tangnu Ulianghai lived in a fortress made of logs and cracked yellow mud. The dotted houses were scattered in the Dingbian City that was about to be built - although this
The city doesn't even have a foundation yet, but everyone knows that with the completion of the city, Ming's rule will continue to deepen toward the northwest.