Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 943 Bukhara Khan
The scorching sun on the grassland is extremely hot, and the green grass stretches as far as the eye can see, which makes people feel tired.

Even with the dawn of sunset, the temperature in the air is still unbearably hot, and the horses can't stop flicking their tails, which seems to be able to drive away the heat wave.

However, the grassland is flat, and there are not many large stones to be found, let alone the shade of trees.

From time to time, the scout greeted the war horse under his crotch, calmed down his emotions, fed him water and food, fearing that something might happen to his life-threatening partner.

dong dong dong-

The scout's eyelids twitched, and he quickly lay down on the ground. The shock went straight to his heart, and it was like thunder in his ears.

He hurriedly stood up, strode onto the horse, and then found a small hillside, standing there looking.

I saw, against the light in the distance, a dark army, stepping on the grass, slowly approaching, although I can't see the details, but its scale covers the sky and blocks the sun, making people fearful.

On the two wings, there is a white and gray world, which is the rations of the army, and the size of the cattle and sheep accompanying the army is no less than the number of the army.

Seemingly seeing a single scout, a group of light cavalry rushed forward quickly like arrows leaving the string.

The scouts could even vaguely see the ferocious smile on his face. With a look on his face, he quickly turned the horse's head, and waving the whip, urged his partner under his crotch.

The horse also knew that something was wrong, and kept running on its four long legs. It seemed that it had just filled its stomach and had good strength. It quickly escaped from the chase and returned to the camp.

"Dear Emir, the Ming army is thirty miles away from us."

The cavalry who returned without success had to report.

On the horse, a burly man with a round cap and armor listened carefully to his words.

The so-called emir is actually the military chief of the Bukhara Khanate. This is an official position, a nobleman, a kind of lord, and later evolved into a king, just like the chief of Qatar, he is the emir.

This is a common official position in peace religion countries. In fact, it was the Jiedushi in the late Tang and Five Dynasties.

But today, the rulers in the Peace Church have only two titles, caliph and sultan. Among them, caliph means the successor of the prophet. In other words, he must be a descendant of Muhammad to be called caliph.

Sultan, on the other hand, means the ruler of a foreign race. For example, the Ottomans are actually Turks, not Arabs, so the Ottoman Empire's monarch is the Sultan.

Today's Bukhara Khanate is naturally Turkic, so its monarch should be called Sultan, but Bukhara was influenced by the Persians, so it is called "Shah", which means king of kings.

But internally, he is a descendant of Genghis Khan, also known as Khan.

At that time, Emperor Zhu Yixi met the Mongolian tribes in the southern and northern regions in Chahar, and was honored as Chuluo Khan by the Mongolian nobles. He wanted to exert influence in the countries of Mongolian descendants.

Emir frowned: "It seems that Mingren's riding skills are really good!"

Just through the matter of scouting, he felt that the Ming army was difficult to deal with.

"Camp here—"

He raised his hand, his gaze seemed to penetrate the clouds in the distance, and he directly witnessed the Ming army.

In fact, the reason why he is cautious is because he knows too little.

The Bukhara Khanate inherited the Mongolian tradition of enfeoffment as always, and the Great Khan only controlled Bukhara and Samarkand, and the rest were controlled by nobles.

Now he only knows that this Ming army does not exceed [-] to [-], but he does not know the specifics.

At this time, Li Dingguo was shocked when he received the scout's message, his face was full of excitement: "The Bukhara people finally came."

The next day, the two armies began to confront each other.

There is no doubt that tens of thousands of cavalry galloped in, putting great pressure on the Ming army.

However, Li Dingguo looked upright, with a binoculars in his hand, serious and careful: "The heavy cavalry is in front, and the light cavalry is on the two wings."

"However, the armor rate of heavy cavalry is not high. If leather armor is used for a long time, how can it be regarded as heavy armor?"

"There are all kinds of light cavalry, there is no uniform uniform, and most of their horses are thin—"

Suddenly, Li Dingguo was pleasantly surprised. He said to the general beside him: "As the saying goes, horses are fattened in autumn and fattened in summer. Now it is summer, and cattle and sheep after a winter need to be supplemented with grass."

"Horse is no exception."

"The general's mansion means that the other party's heart is not sure?" Jia Daihua immediately found the point: "It was supposed to be a day for grazing, but now they are forced to fight, so the herdsmen are very reluctant."

Glancing at Jia Daihua with admiration, Li Dingguo gave everyone confidence with a smile: "In addition, most of these cavalry were recruited by the lords. They cherish their strength and are not willing to fight for their sweat."

"So, don't worry about the light cavalry in this battle, just go to the heavy cavalry in the middle and the elite. I'm sure the others won't put their heart into saving—"

The task was assigned, and there was no objection from everyone.

Combat on the grasslands is different from that in the Central Plains. The formation requirements are not high, but the order is different.

The Bukhara cavalry came aggressively. Their armor shone brightly, and the sound of horseshoes resounded through the sky. They seemed to be showing off their riding skills. The cavalry flew up and down on their horses, showing the unique style of the grassland people.

Their expressions were ferocious, and they already thought of the fear and retreat of the Ming army.

Yes, who can withstand the impact of tens of thousands of cavalry?

Knowing that the cavalry charging infantry phalanx is looking for death, but this group of Bukhara cavalry, who have been on the grassland for hundreds of years, are still fearless.

Sure enough, the phalanx formed by Kokand's vassal army faced the overwhelming dust, their legs were already trembling, and their minds were unstable.

Li Dingguo glanced at it: "The mud can't support the wall."

"Go, let the artillery go."

"Yes--"

When the messengers got the news, they immediately began to load the cannon and ignite the fuse after a long preparation.

boom -

The power of Shaowu-style artillery made this group of herdsmen see the power of field artillery for the first time.

The cannonballs crossed a beautiful arc and were thrown directly into the battle formation, tearing up many cavalry.

The roar of the artillery was deafening, and with the vibration of the air, the horses driven by the cavalry couldn't help but panic and wanted to run away.

Frankly speaking, the power of artillery is not great at this time, but its greatest role is deterrence.

The artillery that has never been seen before, with the sickle of death, easily took away dozens of people's lives, it is nothing to the army, it is even a tickle.

But a large number of horses were frightened and fled irrepressibly.

The charge of the cavalry was stopped.

An unprecedented danger made everyone afraid, and some even prayed on horseback.

It's a pity that artillery can't stop the general trend.

Naturally, the Bukhara cavalry were not stupid. They did not rush directly into the iron wall, but kept flying kites and shooting cold arrows, which put great pressure on the infantry phalanx.

At the same time, these cold arrows are like ants moving, constantly hollowing out the infantry phalanx like a city wall.

It can be said that as long as there is a little negligence, the loopholes will expand, and they will be regarded as gaps, and the cavalry will continue to enter and step into the square formation.

In this regard, the training is acceptable, but the infantry phalanx formed by the inexperienced Kokand vassal army is already in jeopardy.

"The people of Haokand are unreliable." Li Dingguo didn't change his face: "Let the cavalry charge."

Soon, under the strange eyes of the Bukhara cavalry, the Ming army cavalry began to walk out of the phalanx in a line formation, reducing the pressure on the infantry, so as to face the enemy directly.

The cavalry also lined up in a phalanx, horses next to horses, as close as infantry.

At the same time, what he held in his hand turned out to be a long stick.

"Get ready, put—"

crackling-

A burst of gunpowder smoke filled the air, and a row of bullets shot out.

Suddenly, a group of Bukhara cavalry fell.

"Bless you, destroy this group of evil enemies, we will go to heaven—"

With the blessing of faith, the Bukhara cavalry are still fearless.

Frankly speaking, there is a reason why the Church of Peace ruled the Middle Ages.

The fearlessness of faith makes them invincible in the era of cold weapons.

So, the swarm of cavalry continued to attack.

In this regard, the Ming army will naturally not be afraid.

The front cavalry is dedicated to shooting, and the rear is filled.

This led to continuous musketry, a round of musketry in the blink of an eye, and the power was extremely exaggerated.

Within a short distance of hundreds of feet, no less than Qianqi's corpses were naturally down, blocking the road, making people feel dejected at first sight.

The continuous firing of muskets made the Bukhara cavalry panic. Even if faith is inspiring, it is nothing in front of death.

Lost in confidence, they understood that what they were facing was not an ordinary enemy, but an extremely deadly weapon, and the cavalry began to think about how to fight back.

It's a pity that if the rear feet are pushed forward, the cavalry cannot stop once they run, otherwise they will be squeezed, which is several times more dangerous than fighting.

And the command from the emir made them die one after another.

The sound of thunderbolts and crackles of muskets was also deafening on the battlefield. With the vibration of the air, the horses driven by the charging cavalry could no longer keep calm, and they couldn't help panicking, wanting to scatter and run away.

When the death toll exceeds [-], the morale of the army can no longer be maintained.

"Makoto is standing on the enemy's side—"

I don't know who yelled and fled on horseback.

Soon, the army from the Bukhara Khanate collapsed directly, and naturally a large number of tribal soldiers would not join in the fun and escape quickly.

Therefore, in Li Dingguo's eyes, the war lasted less than an hour, and the muskets from the cavalry showed off their might, directly hitting the opponent's morale.

Crashing, like a hundred thousand pigs, a large number of cavalry fled in all directions.

"Collapse—" Li Dingguo raised his hand, his face full of confidence: "In front of muskets, the so-called cavalry is already vulnerable."

"Even if it was Genghis Khan, I am not afraid, because firearms will teach him to be a man."

After the collapse, the Bukhara cavalry caught up even more.

"The last piece of clothing in front of Bukhara was also stripped away. This Khanate should belong to our Ming Dynasty."

Li Dingguo laughed loudly.

The First World War to determine Bukhara sounds legendary, but the reality is even more legendary.

At the same time, he also understood that the Bukhara Khanate had been decayed for many years.

……

The Anxi region, which is thousands of miles away, did not come to a standstill because of the army expedition.

In fact, with the establishment of Anxi Province, the general Li Dingguo was only kept for deterrence reasons. In fact, the handling of government affairs is generally handled by the chief envoy.

For border areas like Anxi, the most important thing at present is the expansion of Yili.

At this time, Anxi Province not only included the Xinjiang region of later generations, but also the once lost Waiyili, which is the area south of Lake Balkhash.

Once the provincial government was in Urumqi, the considerations were naturally the assistance from Gansu Province and safety issues.

Today, with the stability of Anxi, Urumqi's easterly position is disturbing. More and more people propose to expand Ili and make Yili the province.

Because of the foreign war in Anxi at this time, the position of Yili became more prominent, and the construction of Yili City was urgent.

In just two years, Yili's population reached [-], making it the second largest city after Urumqi.

At the same time, Anxi Province has developed hundreds of thousands of acres of land here to maintain the supply of materials to the Western Expeditionary Army and Ili.

"It's lively enough."

In the city of Yili, the Russian Boris walked on the street with a few attendants, his face full of emotion and greed.

"A place like this should belong to our Russia."

Of course, such words were naturally spoken in Russian, so he didn't dare to say them openly.

Russia has a large population, probably no less than ten million at this time, but ninety-nine percent live in the countryside and belong to serfs.

In 1724, when Peter the Great counted the population, there were 400 million people, and only 50 people lived in the city.

At this time, Paris, a major European city, only had 10 people, and the moat was filled with feces, making the army daunting.

At this time, Russia inherited most of the legacy of the Golden Horde and was already the leading power in Europe. However, it still did not dare to act recklessly in the face of the Ming Dynasty, which could easily have millions of troops.

After all, even in Anxi Province, there are [-] frontier troops, which can make Russia breathless.

Therefore, knowing that people are devouring the Bukhara Khanate, Russia can only swallow its anger.

You know, Russia considers itself the heir to the Golden Horde, and both Bukhara and Kazakhs are on his plate.

Now I can only do something in private.

To judge others by themselves, they felt that the Ming people would never let the Kazakhs go, so they sold firearms to the Kazakhs privately.

"My lord, despite our protests, the Ming people still conquered the Bukhara Khanate, and their ambitions are not small—"

The attendant behind him showed a solemn expression: "This is extremely detrimental to the expansion of the empire..."

"I understand." Boris nodded: "We can't just sit back and watch Mingren expand."

"I want to contact the Ming people as soon as possible and ask to see the Emperor of Ming."

Thinking of this, Boris heaved a long sigh.

Just after the end of the war with Poland, Russia has been fighting for years, and the Russian treasury is basically empty, so it has to increase taxes.

As a result, Moscow launched a "copper riot".

Therefore, Tsar Alexei I hoped to sign a treaty with the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, like the meridian between Portugal and Spain, to carve up the entire Golden Horde heritage, that is, the Chincha grassland, Central Asia.

Russia, which has more than enough heart but not enough energy, only hopes that the treaty will slow down the pace of Ming people.

(End of this chapter)