Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 867 History repeats itself

The Hengluosi River seems to be a repeat of the collision between the east and the sky 400 years ago.Today, the Eastern Legion, headed by tens of thousands of cavalry with the Zhenghuang Banner, Zhenghong Banner, and Xianghuang Banner, accompanied by the vassal armies of various ministries of the Kara Khanate, and the Tianfang Army under the flag of the West Kara Khanate once again launched a large-scale battle. , but there is no battle of any special significance.

In this war, if the east side wins, it is impossible for Emperor Lu to take action against the Seljuks; if the west side wins, it is impossible to shake the foundation of China in the river area.

Because everyone knows that the current suppression of the Three Banners in the Hezhong area is a small finger extended by the Chinese.Compared with the real power of China, it is not worth mentioning.It is meaningless to defeat them.

But the current Tianfang army is already a combination of the Khorasan governor of Seljuk and the Huacizim people, as well as the Ghaznavid dynasty and the Western Kara Khanate that have not surrendered to China so far.This is a large force of nearly 10 people, and there are 3 elite cavalry from all sides!

On the tall watch car, the current owner of the Zhenghuang Banner, Gao Maitreya, and the owner of the Bordered Yellow Banner, Li Huai'en, surrounded the most central Zhenghong Banner owner, Yelu Dashi.Helplessly, the Zhenghuang Banner and Xianghuang Banner were established earlier than the Zhenghong Banner. More than ten years later, the first banner owners Xuan Zan and Wei Ming Qu Huai have both withdrawn from the Eight Banners and became honorable men of the Great Qi Dynasty. As soon as he was granted the title of Uncle Chuan, and once he was awarded the title of Bo Lezi, it seemed that he had achieved success and fame.

Therefore, Gao Maitreya and Li Huai'en, who are now succeeding to the throne, will naturally be led by the old man Yelu Dashi, not to mention Yelu Dashi's military strategy is extraordinary, and he has won many battles in the battlefield.Above the fame, the Zhenghongqi under his name is above the strength, which is stronger than the two of them!
The Eight Banners rely on war to support war. They are not afraid of war, and the more they fight, the stronger they will be.Of course, this refers to winning a battle, and losing a battle means losing your pants.

There were bursts of shouts and gunfire, and the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Legion, under the cover of squatting cannons, raising guns, and thunder arrows, repelled waves of waves launched by Mutalib's army. wave offensive.

There were no armed guns in the Qi army, but now they have become a sharp weapon in the hands of the Eight Banners army, showing their talents on the battlefield.

This is not bullying Tianfang people who have never seen firearms!

During the last Western Expedition, the Qi army fought with the Tianfang army, and they saw enough.

At the beginning, the Tianfang army, who had never seen firearms before, was completely stunned by this fire-breathing weapon.Even the war horses under their crotches were frightened by this terrible weapon. The hearing of the war horses is very sensitive. Suddenly frightened, a large group of cavalry mounts lost control on the battlefield, scattered and fled in all directions. The formation on Tianfang's side was chaotic.It gave the horse army affiliated to the Qi army an opportunity to take advantage of.A total of 3 Western Expeditionary troops swept all the way, easily beating Tianfang.

Since the end of that war, who in Tianfang would dare to disapprove of the 'sound'?

The foreign thing "firecracker battle" has swept through most of the Tianfang world at the fastest speed.Just like Emperor Lu's "horse training" back then, their method was to set up a bunch of firecrackers to show the horses.

Fighting now, the horses of the Tianfang Army will obviously not behave like before, but although their horses are obedient, it does not mean that they can break through the defense of the guns.

The tiger squatting cannon has a limited range, and it is the last cover in front of the Eastern Legion's front line. This place is on the banks of the Hengluosi River, on the vast prairie, and there is no prepared position fortifications in advance.

One step further away is the grenade, which has a range of ten to twenty feet.In fact, fifteen feet is a hurdle.Few people can throw a grenade twenty feet.

The third is the strong bow, which is responsible for filling the distance between twenty feet and thirty feet.

As for the distance of thirty feet away, it belongs to raising the spear and crossbow.

Raise the gun, that is, a large-caliber musket.Hit farther and penetrate stronger.The effect is similar to that of a crossbow, but its armor-piercing power and sustaining power are stronger than the latter.

This is the current armament of the Eight Banners Army. Emperor Lu never allocated real cannons to them.But such armaments are enough for them to fight the people in Tianfang.

Every time the Tianfang Army's offensive was frustrated under the firepower of the Qi army, its morale was naturally low.It must be clear that the legion ahead is a force united by various forces, inspired by faith.Because the West Kara Khanate, which was 'recovered' by the Qi army, has become very Buddhist in recent years.

Looking at Gao Mitreya's name, you can tell that he is a Buddhist. Li Huai'en and Yelu Dashi, who were born in the party, are also Buddhists.

These people have to do this whether they start from their own perspective or from the perspective of observing their own desires.This is also the biggest reason for the multi-release forces to unite this time.

All the beliefs in the world seem to have the concept of establishing a "divine kingdom on earth/Buddhist kingdom". Look at the early Taoist uprising, or Japanese Buddhism.The lack of success is not because they didn't have this idea, but because they didn't succeed.

Monotheism also had its dark Middle Ages, and Shamanism was once so powerful that it could rival the Great Khan, but whether it is monotheism or shamanism, the spiritual power is finally separated from the secular regime, especially Buddhism and Taoism.However, only the true god religion is really awesome. Looking at the later generations, it makes people give Muhammad a thumbs up.

Now it is this kind of power that is at work, so that the forces of all parties unite in one place, which is like a good show of Tianfang's version of the Xingyue Army's Eastern Expedition.

The strength of the Tianfang Legion is far stronger than that of Sanqi, and it would be too stupid to wait for them to fight.Yelu Dashi is not a fool, he made the same choice as Gao Xianzhi back then, leading the main force in his hands to go straight to Hengluosi City, where the 'capital' of the rebel army is located.

Hengluosi City is an important town in the middle of the river, and it is also the military key point of the former Eastern Kara Khanate in the west. It is close to the West Tianshan Mountains and the west side of the Karatau Mountains.Behind it is the Chu River Valley, from here you can go straight to the east and connect with the Seven Rivers area [Balkhash Lake], which is the most accessible northern line of the land Silk Road.

To the east of Karatau Mountain is Lake Issyk-Kul, and there is a city by the lake, which is now an important part of the Qi army's defense of Central Asia. It is the westernmost place in the four towns of Litang Anxi.

Between Hengluosi City and Suiye City, there is an east-west Karatau Mountain Range.The northern foot of the mountain is the Moinkum Desert, and the Chu River Valley is close to the northern edge of the desert, connecting east and west.

To the west of Hengluosi City, there is the entire West Kara Khanate as Lu Qi's sphere of influence, but now it has all been replaced by the Xingyue Banner of Ma Heimu II.

When the Western Kara Khanate was destroyed, King Khan Muhammad II fled to the west and died of illness. His son Ibrahim II came to power and came back with the support of the Huacizim and Seljuks, but the result was unlucky. Died in a battle, very bad luck.Then, Ibrahim's younger brother, Hassan Kreich, succeeded to the throne. This person's luck was even worse, and he died of illness as soon as he took the throne.In this way, the crown of King Khan fell on the head of the current Maheim II, who is the youngest son of Muhammad II.

Ma Heimu II was obviously the banner launched by the Tianfang World, holding the banner of reviving the West Kara Khanate from Khorasan, and soon got the response of many natives of the West Kara Khanate. They and the Tianfang World The closer the distance, the higher the degree of piety of faith. They have long accumulated great dissatisfaction with the Buddhist policy implemented by Yelu Dashi.It's just that he was trapped by the sharpness of the Qi army and had no choice but to obey.Now that they got the chance, they jumped back one after another.Even among the natives of the Western Territory of the Eastern Kara Khanate, many people were wrapped up in this emotion.So that when Ma Heimu II continued to march eastward from the territory of the West Kara Khanate, he took down Hengluosi City, a military and commercial center in the west, without bloodshed, and made his capital here, expressing himself A declaration of lofty ambition, to recover the homeland of the 'ancestors', to unify the Kara Khanate, and to save the lost brothers from their mistakes.So he made the city of Henglos his capital.This is expressing your determination!
If the capital of the country was lost just after it was established, Ma Heimu II's aura would be impossible to talk about.

More importantly, without the city of Hengluosi, there is no way to talk about the Chu River Valley.After it was recaptured by the Qi army, it also cut off the threat of the Tianfang people to the East.As for the large piece of land to the west of Hengluosi City, there is no need to regard the living people on it as "our own people", but just treat it as a huge hunting ground.

As long as the so-called "Western Kara Khanate Army" is defeated, everything that follows is flat push.There is no need for Sanqi to go to battle in person, only the East Kara people behind them are enough to get things done...

(End of this chapter)