Dominate the Country

The battle on the Kazakh steppe became very funny.

It was a good chase.

First, the Cossacks who arrived in large numbers attacked the Torghut people on the way and the Kazakhs who protected these Torghut people. They succeeded again and again and took some small advantages.

The little Yuz Aichuwak Khan who led the troops personally was ashamed, but he could do nothing.

Compared with the combat effectiveness, they were really not as good as the Cossacks.

Even the old and young men of the Torghut tribe gathered together and got on their war horses again. With the accompanying cavalry of the National Defense Army, the force was already twice that of the Cossacks, but it was still at a disadvantage.

Because the migration of 200,000 Torghut people gave birth to millions of cattle and horses, stretching over a hundred miles.

—— Fortunately, the sheep and horses can dig through the snow and eat the dry grass under the snow. Otherwise, even if the distance is extended by a hundred miles, the grass along the way will not be enough for the cattle and horses to chew.

So, don't think that 20,000 cavalry is too many. Being dragged down by ten times the number of Torghuts and being burdened by millions of cattle, sheep and horses, 20,000 people still cannot defeat 10,000 Cossacks.

But just when the group was in a state of panic, a turning point came. The reinforcements sent by Chen Ming arrived, led by Wali Khan of Zhongyuzi and Wangqin Bamba, the former leader of the Mongolian Alxa Eleuth Banner, with more than 20,000 Mongolian and Kazakh cavalry. All of a sudden, the enemy and our forces reached an unbalanced point.

Although the Cossacks can fight, they are helpless in the face of enemies that are four times more numerous. Instead, they began to be chased by the combined cavalry of Mongolia, Kazakhs and Torghuts.

Wangqin Bamba's father, Lobsang Dorji, served as Zasak of Alxa Banner for 44 years. He had outstanding military achievements throughout his life and was also the highest in the Qing Dynasty. But when it came to "changing his face", he was no slower than others.

Alxa Banner is not among the six leagues of Inner Mongolia, and it comes from the Eleuth Mongolian Khoshut tribe. Originally lived in Xinjiang. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the Khoshut were forced by the Junggar tribe, and Ochirtu led his tribe to move to the border of Ganzhou, Gansu to be a nomad. He was accepted by Emperor Kangxi and granted a pasture outside the border of Yinchuan Prefecture, south to the border of Gansu and Liang, west to Gurnai and Ejina Turgut Banner, and north to the Gobi and the territory of the Zasaktu Khanate. He was initially a Zasak Duoluo Beile, and later promoted to Duoluo Junwang. Lobsang Dorji worked hard and sold his life in the Qing Dynasty's several military operations against Xinjiang. Four years after Chen Ming rebelled, he was promoted to Heshuo Prince. Rather than saying that this was a merit for him, it was better to say that the Qing Dynasty was trying to win over Mongolia.

Five years ago, Lobsang Dorji died of illness, and Wangqin Bambar inherited his father's position. Chen Ming's plan for Mongolia had been finalized long ago, and he did not take the opportunity to take away Wangqin Bambar's real power and position.

This made the loyalty of the Mongolian tribes to Nanjing a good improvement.

Now the Mongols have reached the point of fighting desperately again. Wangqin Bambara has never expected to be an independent country, but he also wants to find a piece of Feng Shui treasure land in the future Mongolia.

The emperor said very clearly, you can want benefits, and the emperor has a lot of benefits. But you must exchange them with merits. If you don’t have merits, you can still do hard work. Anyway, you have to show your "value" first. Otherwise, why would the emperor give you benefits?

What can you give the emperor?

Did you directly hand over the tribe to the emperor, or did you contribute horses, cattle and sheep to the emperor repeatedly? Aren’t they all bought by the logistics department waving money? This is not a contribution.

Therefore, Wangqin Bambara led his troops into Siberia and swept the western part of the North Sea early. Now he is working hard to come to the Kazakh steppe as a bodyguard.

Speaking of the Torghut tribe, they were forced to flee to Europe by the scorching Dzungars. There are also some Khoshut tribesmen in their tribe, with a dozen or so small tribal leaders who have been passed down for hundreds of years. But this is not the reason why Wangqin Bambala came here. He came here to make merit in front of the emperor.

He said these things very clearly. The nobles and herdsmen under Wangqin Bambala who were willing to follow the tribe were all willing to follow their boss everywhere.

So, the October debt was paid quickly.

The Cossacks were "playing" happily before, but now they are being chased like rabbits.

The destination of the Torghut tribe is the edge of the Aral Sea.

Don't think that the area around the Aral Sea is all saline-alkali land and it is impossible to graze and survive. That was a mess made by the old Russians. Before the 1960s, the Aral Sea was still very large. In its heyday, the area of ​​the Aral Sea was no smaller than that of Ceylon, enough to replace two Qiongzhou Islands.

In the previous plane, the old Russians built a major water diversion project in the river area. The water sources of the two major rivers in the region, the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya, mainly come from the snowmelt water of distant mountains. The two rivers pass through the Kyzylkum Desert and finally meet at the bottom of the basin to form the Aral Sea. However, after the completion of the water diversion and irrigation project, the water of the two rivers was diverted to the desert area to irrigate the farmland in the barren desert area to grow cotton and other crops. Although the river water makes the desert full of vitality, the Aral Sea is gradually drying up.

By the 1980s, the annual cotton production of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union accounted for 20% of the world's total production, of which 95% was produced in the region. 40% of the rice, 25% of the vegetables, fruits, and 32% of the grapes of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union were also produced in the region. Those who don't know thought it was the Ukrainian black soil.

The result of this is the Aral Sea that later generations can learn about from computers and materials.

The sea area of ​​nearly 70,000 square kilometers at the beginning is now only a small pit.

But the area around the Aral Sea in this era is a good place with abundant water and grass. Moreover, the Aral Sea is rich in fishery resources and is far away from the Russians. It is definitely a good place for reproduction.

China cannot always let the Torghut tribe withdraw 20,000 young and strong men to fight with the main force.

By next year, it would be good if 5,000 of these 20,000 people can be left.

When the horses of these Torghut cavalry can eat dry grass, there will be no consumption at all? How is it possible.

The delivery volume of Chen Han's military supply system is limited. The more troops, the better. Compared with tens of thousands of nomadic cavalry, in the eyes of Chen Han's military after the strategic advantage is established, it is not as good as a group of elite troops with greatly reduced numbers but increased combat effectiveness.

And so many Mongolian tribes are watching this battle. It is impossible to only let A go and not let B go to the battlefield, right? For many Mongolian nobles, this is not good news.

Therefore, in the early spring of next year, at most in May or June, a large number of Torghut men will return to the tribe. Although the Torghuts at that time are nomadic in the west of the Aral Sea, they are definitely not without self-defense capabilities. There is no need for Xiao Yuzi to look after them anymore.

If Wubaxi is smarter, he will take the initiative to retreat to the second line.

The Torghut tribe has made great contributions. It is time for others to charge forward and establish meritorious services.

Wangqin Bambaar blinked his eyes hard. Although the windshield made of light blue crystal on his eyes is indeed very effective, the snow under the sun is not dazzling when looking through the lenses. But Wangqin Bambaar naturally feels uncomfortable with such a thing tied to his head.

He bought this thing from the great lama Paba who sat under Zhangjia III. It cost him 5,000 yuan. At that time, he did not think that the windshield was very useful. The 5,000 yuan was all his tribute to Hutuktu.

Unexpectedly, this pair of crystal windproof glasses really helped him a lot this winter.

The whole world was covered in snow. Not only the grassland, but even the rivers on the grassland were all submerged in ice and snow.

It was okay on cloudy days, but once the sky cleared, the snow was dazzling.

It seemed that there was a strong light shining on the snow-white wilderness, which made people's eyes tear up. Wangqin Bambale had not experienced such a situation for a long time. You know, every winter he did not stay in the tribe, but ran to Yinchuan Prefecture to live.

How comfortable it was there. Warm kang head, warm fire wall, warm ground dragon. As long as you don't go out of the house, there is no need to wear thick clothes.

And as a pearl on the Hetao Plain, Yinchuan Prefecture is the most prosperous place in the entire Hetao area. No matter how cold the weather is, there are delicious food and fun things to do. As long as you have money in your hand, everything is excellent.

Wangqin Bambale is only 35 years old. He is not one of those old antiques who are reluctant to leave the tribe. Since he inherited the power from his father safely, Wangqin Bambar has let go of many things.

Nanjing really didn't have any shameful ideas, otherwise he would have stayed in Nanjing for tea.

Wangqin Bambar, who was relieved, was the person who trusted Nanjing the most among the entire Mongolian nobles. In his daily behavior and life, he was also the most Chinese person. He even attended the political training class in Lanzhou for more than a year.

After crossing the Emba River, the distance between the team and the Guryev Fortress was shortened.

The wind on the snowfield was getting stronger and stronger. Snowflakes flew that night. Through the firelight, all directions could see white diagonal lines formed by falling snow. And the next day they found that in the wilderness, the wind stubbornly blew everything in one direction. On several undulating hills, the falling snow seemed like waves under the wind direction.

"We are still three hundred miles away from the Guryev Fortress. The Cossacks have been running in the direction of the Guryev Fortress. Their target should be there." Wali Khan said to Wangqin Bamba. These "sensitive" places are very familiar to the Kazakh nobles.

When they arrived at the Barn River, the Guryev Fortress was not far ahead. In the past, the Barn River was the border of the area controlled by the Guryev Fortress. The Ural Cossacks would patrol here every month. If there were people from the Kazakh tribe grazing here, they would definitely be driven away, or even looted and killed. If the Kazakhs who came over could beat them.

"Then we will chase them all the way to Guryev." Wangqin Bamba wiped his mouth, and a greedy look appeared at the corner of his mouth. In this situation, a large number of Cossacks and Russian serfs have run to the Guryev Fortress and the Orenburg Fortress. He didn't believe that Guryev could accommodate so many people. There might be a large group of people attached to the Guryev Fortress. If the soldiers go there, even if they can't kill a few Cossacks, they can still grab a lot of gains, including those Russians.

The inland mines are clearly marked to buy Russians.

Of course, beautiful Russian girls are more valuable!

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"Report to the commander, we found Mongolian scout cavalry 30 miles behind us."

Almost at the same time, Kulakov was sitting on his horse depressedly listening to a Cossack centurion reporting the results of the reconnaissance. Ever since he was chased by the Mongolian and Kazakh coalition forces and fled in a hurry, the face of this Ural Cossack Adaman was very bad.

He wanted to strike back. But the enemy was chasing closely, but also very cautious. What troubled Kulakov even more was that their number was really large. At least 30,000, and the actual number might be 3,000 to 5,000 more.

Although the defense of the Torghut tribe would be as rotten as a ball of mud at this moment, who would provoke them at this time?

Rely on Khiva and Bukhara? Even if they were given ten more bear galls, these cowards would not dare to stroke the Chinese beards.

These days, the Cossack cavalry traveled back and forth, and it was also very hard in this heavy snow.

In terms of logistics and supply, their enemies were much stronger than them. The migrating Torghut tribe was a mobile supply station. The Mongols and Kazakhs could exchange horses, supply meat and dairy products from it. Overall, it was not comparable to the summer and autumn, but just compared now, it was much stronger than the Cossacks.

These people didn't stop until they reached the Barn River. Were they going to chase all the way to Guryev?

Kulakov's face looked very bad, because he knew very well the situation around the Guryev Fortress. Just as Wangqin Bambar thought, there were many Russian peasants and serfs gathered around Guryev, as well as many Ural Cossacks.

Platonovich's face looked very bad, and he obviously knew what the surroundings of the Guryev Fortress were like now. Although there were not as many people there as in Orenburg, there were still many.

The 50,000 militias required by Marshal Rumyantsev had to be completed to a certain extent by these peasants and serfs.

If they were damaged, it would be a trauma to the entire Russian Empire. It is very likely that this incident would force the regular army in the Guryev Fortress and the militia in training and conscription to leave the fortress.

This not only delayed the original plan of the Russian army, but also allowed the Chinese to discover the militia in advance.

"It seems that we need to communicate with General Primakov of Guryav." Although the enemy behind is very powerful, we must fight back.

The nomadic land of the Astrakhan Cossacks is also on the Volga River, and Astrakhan itself is the estuary of the Volga River [Caspian Sea].

Platonovich did not dare to slack off at this time. If the Ural River basin failed to stop the Chinese vassal cavalry, the next to suffer would be the Astrakhan Cossacks.