"It's 500 meters, let's fight, captain." Beside Chen Zhihao, an adjutant said anxiously.
Because another cavalry group came from behind at this time, the two regiments had to move separately.
Chen Zhihao's regiment sniped at the Kirgiz cavalry in front, while the cavalry regiment of the 12th Division blocked a cavalry group behind.
They had to act separately.
Originally, in their opinion, it should be a very simple matter for two regiments of cavalry to snipe five thousand enemy cavalry.
The battle will be over soon, but there may not be a way to keep them all.
After all, the enemies are all cavalry, and they have no extra troops to intercept them in the rear.
When they chased them, they had already expected that the enemy might set up an ambush.
Therefore, there was no cavalry from the Renaissance Army and there was no panic at all when seeing the opponent's ambush.
They chased them out just to use themselves as bait to mobilize all the opponent's cavalry.
Bazabai felt that he was a hunter who had successfully led his prey into his trap.
The cavalry of the Renaissance Army also felt that they were fishing masters and successfully attracted all these big fish.
Which one is more powerful, the fisherman or the hunter?
The battle in the valley will naturally reveal the outcome.
"Wait a minute. The opponent's general is very cunning. The forward cavalry formation is sparse. Our carbine can handle it."
"If a large-scale murder weapon is used prematurely, the Kirgiz people behind will definitely escape. They are not die-hard loyalists of the Kokand Khanate." Chen Zhihao said.
After the battle in Suiyuan City, Chen Zhihao was now very calm when facing the cavalry, without any sense of panic.
The cavalry is the best target when it encounters the Renaissance Army.
If the enemy ran along the valley to the city of Tashkent in the north, his two thousand cavalry would be beyond reach.
Moreover, after this battle, he had to lead his troops back to the outside of Kokand as soon as possible. Because they wanted to snipe the reinforcements coming from other cities, and it was obviously impossible to rely on infantry alone.
Therefore, what Chen Zhihao is thinking about is how to eliminate more Kirgiz cavalry in front of him. These nomads must scare them so that they will fear you.
At this time, the Kirgiz cavalry had already accelerated their horses to their fastest speed.
As a cavalryman, Chen Zhihao knew that it was not easy to stop in such a situation.
This is what happens in large-scale cavalry battles. It is very difficult and dangerous to stop a horse at full speed.
Just like on a racing track, if a car suddenly stops, it may cause catastrophic consequences.
Bazabai in the rear was also very confused. Now there were only 2,000 enemies in front of him. They formed a horizontal formation. Many cavalry in the rear dismounted and gathered in front to get a shooting angle.
When the forward cavalry entered 400 meters, the enemy's lances began to fire.
The formation of the forward cavalry was relatively thin, and was torn apart layer by layer by the opponent's lances. With such a thin formation, it was impossible to get close to the main formation of the Renaissance Army.
However, as the cavalry behind them filled in, the lance fire could no longer keep up with the advance of the Kirgiz cavalry.
The two sides gradually drew closer to 200 meters, and the cavalry in front had gathered into a dense formation.
Bazabai seemed to have seen the brave Kirgiz cavalry rushing into the opponent's camp and killing them wantonly.
The opponent's lance is pretty good. Once captured, you can arm your own cavalry.
If the Kirgiz cavalry were equipped with lances with such a range, then Bazabai would not be afraid at all even if they faced Tsarist Russia's Cossack cavalry.
On the battlefield, the Kirgiz people were suppressed by the Cossacks because the flintlocks used by the Cossack cavalry had a farther range than the bows and arrows of the Kirgiz cavalry.
And their artillery always dealt heavy blows to the Kirgiz before engaging in battle.
"Captain, it's two hundred meters away," the adjutant reminded again.
"Hit!" Chen Zhihao yelled.
Suddenly, the Renaissance Army's position was full of firepower.
The chariot that had been standing there finally opened the linen curtain and took off its mysterious veil.
But even so, the charging Kirgiz warriors naturally couldn't understand what the thing on the other side was.
The Kirgiz cavalry, which had been advancing slowly just now, suddenly stopped as if they had encountered a wall.
No, it didn't stop. The cavalry in front kept falling down, as if they were stagnant.
There was a tug of war between the Kirgiz cavalry and the bullets of the Renaissance Army.
Steel and flesh intertwined.
The place where the two sides intertwined was constantly advancing in the direction of the Kirgiz cavalry.
It looks like these cavalry are rushing forward at high speed, but their entire team is constantly retreating.
Bazabai had already seen the miserable situation of the cavalry forward.
Although they had five thousand people, they lost thousands of them in just an instant.
It was really just a moment, because Bazabai felt that he had not even taken a few steps forward.
Each horizontal plane in the valley can accommodate about forty or fifty cavalry. The distance between the front and rear of the cavalry is about twenty meters, and the team of 5,000 people has a distance of two thousand meters from the front and rear.
For a distance of two thousand meters, if the cavalry sprints at full strength, it will take about 2 minutes.
After using the new smokeless powder 7.62mm bullet, the rate of fire of the rotating machine gun can now reach 500 rounds per minute.
Twelve rotary machine guns can discharge more than 5,000 bullets per minute. Coupled with the two thousand lances, no lance can fire more than a dozen bullets per minute.
The bullets poured out by two thousand lances per minute are probably more than 20,000 rounds. Twenty-five thousand bullets per minute offset the 2,500 cavalry.
This is a very simple arithmetic problem.
Under such barrage coverage, five thousand cavalrymen simply cannot break through the blockade. The harder they rush, the more efficient the Renaissance Army's bullets will be in killing the enemy.
"No, we can't charge anymore. The enemy's muskets are too powerful. We can't let all these young Kirgiz men die here." Bazabai thought quickly in his mind.
The lives of the Kirgiz cavalrymen are passing by rapidly.
If the Kirgiz people did not have warriors, there would be no way they could survive in Central Asia, a place where the weak and the strong prey on the strong.
"Quickly send the order to retreat, blow the trumpet." Bazabai shouted to the ordering soldiers around him.
Because the sound of shooting in front and the wails of men and horses falling to the ground were too noisy.
So the messenger didn't seem to hear Bazabai's order clearly. Or maybe the messenger simply couldn't believe that Bazabai would give such an order.
"Kirgiz men, retreat. We can't all die here." Bazabai said again.
This time the messengers raised their horns together and began to blow the order to retreat.
I saw another trumpet sound coming from the cavalry formation on the opposite side. Moreover, the charging cavalry was obviously stalled.
Chen Zhihao guessed that the enemy would definitely retreat.
"Fire with all your strength. The cavalry mounts and prepares to charge out. As soon as the machine guns stop, kill them." Chen Zhihao also ordered the messenger around him.
The orderly soldier will pass the order to several company commanders.
Of course, the enemy's cavalry cannot successfully turn around at once. They must first slow down, then turn their horses' heads, and at the same time, they must also take care of the cavalry in front and behind them.
So now is the best time to kill them. The rotating machine gunner keeps raising the muzzle and firing forward.
The machine gun has a range of more than a thousand meters, so there are still a large number of enemy troops within the range.
"Withdraw!" Bazabai had already turned his horse's head and led the cavalry in the rear to run north first.
After a while, the cavalry of the Renaissance Army chased out, and there were no standing enemies within the range of the machine gun.
The Kirgiz lost at least half of their men and horses. The cavalry regiment of the 11th Division chased for ten kilometers, but could no longer gain anything, and finally had to retreat.
These Kirgiz cavalry ran too fast. Even though they were the same war horses, the other party just charged and then ran away.
At this time, the physical strength of the Kirgiz cavalry horses was obviously not as good as that of the Renaissance Army's horses, but the Renaissance Army just couldn't catch up.
It must be said that cavalry is a military branch that requires long-term development.
But these Kirgiz cavalry probably won't come back again.
The Renaissance Army gave them a hard blow at once. If they had gone to the city of Tashkent in the north, they would have just been able to survive.
Zuo Jigao was not worried about them defecting to Tsarist Russia, because all the Kazakhs north of Tashkent had been cleared by the Renaissance Army.
If they went to Lake Balkash, they would be falling into a trap.
Hiding in the city of Tashkent will sooner or later be the prey of the Renaissance Army.
Chen Zhihao led the cavalry south. The Tajik cavalry that came out from the south was even worse.
Their number was even smaller. After being defeated by the 12th Division Cavalry Regiment, they had no choice but to withdraw towards the city of Kokand. They happened to run into the blocking line set up by the infantry outside the city of Kokand.
These Tajik cavalry advanced several times outside the city but could not get in.
Seeing the chasing cavalry coming towards them, the Tajik general simply surrendered with more than a thousand remaining soldiers.
In Kokand City, Ali Khan and his close ministers all saw this scene on the city tower.
"These useless Tajiks." Ali Khan said with resentment. He blamed these Tajik cavalry. If they lose, they will lose. But why did they surrender outside the city? Isn't this a blow to the morale of the soldiers defending the city?
"Great Khan, I think we should capture all those Hui Hui who came from the east and send them to these Chinese people. Aren't they here to chase the rebels? How about we hand over these rebels to them and they will guard outside the city?
It’s time to learn from Wu Ming.” said the prime minister of the Kokand Khanate.
"Well, what the Prime Minister said is absolutely correct. Send people quickly to capture those rebels and send them out."
"No, kill them all, kill them all, and send their heads away." As soon as Arihan finished speaking, he changed his tune.
This was because he thought that he had cooperated with these people. If he put them back alive, it would be counterproductive if these people talked nonsense and bit him.
Therefore, it would be better to hand over the heads of these people.
Just do it, a post house in the city of Haohan.
After Sultan Samur escaped to Kokand with his men, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But then the Chinese army chased outside the city of Kokand and surrounded the city. It was impossible for Ali Khan to hide such a big thing from people like Samuel.
Sure enough, Sultan Samuel was in panic all day long after hearing the news.
He was not a fool and knew that if Ali Khan could not withstand the pressure, he would definitely hand over people like himself.
Since they escaped to Kokand City, their role has been like chess pieces. The fate of the chess pieces is naturally in the hands of the player.
"Bang..." The door of the posthouse was roughly pushed open by the Haohan soldiers outside.
Then a group of soldiers armed with swords rushed in.
No one explained anything, but these soldiers beheaded everyone they saw. Because Ali Khan was in a hurry, the envoys leaving the city were waiting for these heads.
"You want..." Before he could say what he said, Salm Sultan was hacked to death with a knife, and then someone came forward and cut off his head.
The sultan had to run away before he could sit in the hot seat. As a result, after escaping, he was betrayed by his backer before he could even cover his butt.
If Sultan Salm could still think, he would definitely regret his original decision.
Ali Khan's envoy brought a carload of rebel heads and left the city of Haokand through the small gate. After an investigation at the forward position, he went straight to Zhang Shushun's camp. Of course, he not only brought a carload of heads, but also several
The large car contained gold, silver, jewelry, fine wine, delicious food, and even beautiful women on top of the car.
"Dear general, please accept our respect." This envoy was also unlucky, otherwise he would not have been sent here to do this dangerous thing.
"Tell me, what's the matter with you coming here? I'm not a diplomat. I only focus on fighting, not negotiating with you." Zhang Shushun said straight to the point.
Seeing that Zhang Shushun seemed to want to stop talking, the envoy quickly said with a smile: "Oh, General, I am here specifically to deliver the heads of the traitors who fled to Haohan."
"The traitor's head? Have you already killed him?" Zhang Shushun sneered.
"Everyone can kill such a traitor, but he dared to raise an army to rebel against the Kingdom of Heaven. Our Khan captured and killed him early in the morning. Now all the heads are on the cart outside. Please send someone to count them," the envoy said.
He said it with a look of justice on his face.
"You Ali Khan are really considerate."
"General, these are what we, Haohan, should do as a vassal state. General, our Haohan used to be a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty. Now that the new dynasty has replaced the Qing Dynasty, we, Haohan, are still willing to be a vassal state of the new dynasty.
Pay tribute every year, and pay tribute every year." When the envoy from Han Dynasty said these words, his face did not turn red, his heart did not beat, and he looked exactly like a sincere minister from a foreign country.
It seems that Ali Khan has chosen the right person. This person is at least thick-skinned enough.
"Okay, since Kokand is a vassal state of China, that's good. You go back and ask your Ali Khan to follow me to Xinjing to meet our president. As for your city of Kokand, it will be protected by our army for the time being.
How?" Zhang Shushun said jokingly, and the commander of the 12th Division beside him almost couldn't hold back his laughter.
"This, this, I can't make the decision. Please ask the general to wait for a few days and let me go back and report it."
"How many more days?"
"I don't have that patience. I told you just now that I'm here to fight, not negotiate. I'll give you two hours to go back and let your Khan prepare to surrender. Otherwise, our cannons won't be able to wait."
, Zhang Shushun shouted outside, and a soldier came in with a wooden box and placed it in front of the Haohan envoy.
"Since you sent me a head, I will give you a head in return."
The messenger opened the box tremblingly and was stunned for a moment.
It turned out that the general was just playing a trick on himself.
The heads contained in the wooden box are the generals of the five thousand troops sent by Haohan to the Western Regions of China.
It turns out that the people who came here to kill were not just for the rebel leaders, they came to raise an army to hold them accountable.
The envoy could only return to the city in despair with his head.
Ali Khan and the Prime Minister were originally full of hope for this matter because in their impression, Chinese people attach great importance to face.
On his side, he sent all the heads of the rebels over and agreed to become a vassal state, which was considered as giving enough face to the Chinese people.
When they saw the messenger coming back carrying a wooden box, they knew from their expression that the matter was not settled.
The messenger chattered a lot. He described Zhang Shushun as arrogant and rude, and also included some personal information of his own.
Ali Khan and the Prime Minister looked at each other and saw full of disbelief in each other's eyes.
When did the Chinese people become so warlike? What about the promised land of etiquette?
Two hours, half of it has passed now. It is obvious that we are going to fight Kokand.
Ali Khan is also somewhat bloody. In this case, let's fight him.