"Bai Sang Taiji, the way back is left to you. Even if all your troops are dead, you are not allowed to retreat. Otherwise, I will personally chop off your head."
The news that Liang Yue had caught up made Gushihan's nerves tense and he became angry at the same time.
Success or failure depends on this battle, and he has lost the kind face he used to have.
Under his threat, Bai Sangtaiji, who was always good at conserving his strength, trembled and quickly took orders.
Baisangtaiji led his tribe to leave the camp and headed north, finally settling in Huashixia.
This is the only passage from Douco to Xingxiu Sea, located between the two mountains.
The hundreds of thousands of Qinghai coalition troops were no match for Liang Yue, and Bai Sangtaiji did not believe that he could defeat Liang Yue with his own troops alone.
The only way is to hold on to this strategic area for as long as possible.
At this time, Liang Yue had received a message from Batur Hutaiji and knew that the Junggar tribe had detoured from the west and was on its way to support Garma Danjun.
But Liang Yue didn't know when Batur Hutaiji would arrive, and whether Garma Danjun could withstand Gushi Khan's attack.
At critical moments, you cannot place all your hopes on others.
Liang Yue had an upright temperament, and immediately launched an attack on Huashixia regardless of the fact that the army was exhausted and came after a long journey.
On the desolate plateau, trees are very scarce, so Baisangtaiji was unable to build complete and solid defenses.
In addition to building some rough walls with stones, we can only arrange the troops and horses as high as possible, hoping to use the geographical advantage to offset the gap between the two sides.
There are no bells and whistles in this battle, it is a tough battle that is extremely troublesome for all attackers.
Baisangtaiji simply did not have very good defenses, and Liang Yue had plenty of artillery.
He asked the soldiers to push the artillery to the foot of the mountain, and then dig out the soil to form a slope upwards. Then he pushed the artillery onto such a slope to obtain a larger elevation angle.
Only in this way can artillery fire from low to high and attack enemies at high altitudes.
The Han-Mongolian coalition also knew that this battle was crucial, and under Liang Yue's mobilization, everyone became ruthless.
Under the cover of our own artillery, we climbed up the mountain desperately.
Baisangtaiji knew that he could not retreat, otherwise he would be dead.
He held a whip in his hand and walked around the position himself, whipping all the soldiers who didn't pay attention to defense.
Under his intimidation, the soldiers did their best. They kept throwing rocks down with the artillery, and when they got closer, they shot arrows, causing great casualties to the Han-Mongolian coalition.
Fortunately, the artillery of the Han-Mongolian coalition was very fierce and the firepower was continuous. It swept the high positions back and forth, making it impossible for the enemy to defend with peace of mind.
When the infantry of the Han-Mongolian coalition rushed within fifty steps, they finally had the weapons in their hands to fight back.
Even though they were fighting low against high, the musket's excellent range, higher accuracy, and more energy-saving loading all caused heavy casualties to the defenders.
"Don't retreat! Don't run! Hit me hard and never let the enemy rush forward."
Baisang Taiji was sweating profusely, twisting his fat body and shouting.
Seeing that conventional means could no longer stop the Han-Mongolian forces from rushing forward, the defenders simply picked up their swords and guns, jumped out of their positions and charged forward.
In this way, the two sides were mixed together, and the artillery of the Han-Mongolian coalition had no use.
Just halfway up the mountain, two groups of soldiers and horses started the most brutal fight with cold weapons.
The killed man rolled down the hillside, his body covered with dirt and dust, and his original appearance was completely unrecognizable.
Life has become extremely humble here.
Jiang Chaoyun personally directed the battle on the front line.
His mind was always clear, and he always kept the musketeers together and never scattered them. Even though many people were killed by stones thrown from above, he still maintained the formation with force.
Sure enough, when the defenders rushed forward to engage in hand-to-hand combat, the well-formed musketeers inflicted maximum damage on the enemy.
Among the defenders who rushed down, there were no more than 300 people who could fight hand-to-hand with the Han-Mongolian company.
Most of the others died under the hail of musketry bullets when they jumped out of their positions.
When the battle in Huashi Gorge was at its peak, Gushi Khan on the other side of Xingxiu Sea also tried his best.
He divided his army into many parts.
In addition to personally leading the Chinese army to launch a violent attack on Garmadanjun from the open space in the middle of Eling Lake, Longri Acuo and the Sea of Stars, he also asked Li Duoji and Meng Duoerke to lead their troops from Eling Lake.
It went around the middle of Jaling Lake and outflanked Karma Danjun's retreat.
The area between Eling Lake and Zhaling Lake is where Songtsen Gampo welcomed Princess Wencheng.
It was at this place that the Han and Tibetan peoples sang and danced and completed a historic marriage.
Thousands of years have passed, and the prosperity and liveliness of the past have become a thing of the past. The current brutal fighting shows the sadness of this land.
Karma Tenjun knew that Batur Hutaiji was on his way, so he became more courageous and fought to the death.
Although he did not have many troops, due to terrain restrictions, Gushi Khan could only invest very limited troops in each attack.
Gushihan was not in a hurry at first.
Because he knew that as long as Liduoji and Mondork came around and attacked from both sides, both Garmadan would die without a burial place.
But one day passed, two days passed, three days passed...
By the early morning of the fourth day, Gushi Khan still had no troops waiting to outflank him.
Seeing that the array of Garma Danjun on the opposite side was still intact and the rear area was calm as usual, Gushi Khan faintly felt something was wrong.
"Fondolaji, today you attack personally. Even if you pave the way with blood, you have to open a gap."
Gushi Khan's command made all the tribal leaders horrified.
Because Fundolaji was Gushi Khan's general in the central army, he had always been at Gushi Khan's side in battles, never far away.
Obviously Gushi Khan's Chinese army was also the most powerful elite among the coalition forces.
Now Gushi Khan sent him out, which shows that the situation has reached the most dangerous moment.
Gushi Khan's next move also proved this point.
He looked at all the tribal leaders.
"Put on your armor, pick up your scimitar, and follow me behind the Chinese army. Today's attack will not stop until we die. We have only one way forward, and we must get through it no matter what."
This is a desperate effort!
Although the leaders of various tribes did not understand why, their long-term blind faith in Gushi Khan still allowed them to obey his orders.
"The plateau belongs to us Tibetans and must not fall into the hands of others. Whether we can save our homeland in today's battle depends entirely on your bravery."
Feeling Gushi Khan's determination, Karma Danjun also knew that the last moment had come.
He mounted his horse and walked at the front of the array, shouting incessantly to awaken the fighting spirit of all the plateau people.