The river was fast and rushing by. Maybe it was a few spring rains, or maybe the melted snow in the Tianshan Mountains turned into thousands of streams and waterfalls, which rushed to the lower ground and merged into the Syr Darya River, one of the two mother rivers in the river area. The water level of this big river that nourished the land in the river at the center of the world island finally surged, rolling and rolling all the way west to the Aral Sea, bringing unlimited vitality to the valleys, cities, and grasslands along the way. . This land has also become the most valuable territory in Central Asia!
On the south bank of the Syr Darya River, on the wall of a city that looked quite ancient and dilapidated, Kangxi Khan of the Mongolia and Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, who had just arrived with his troops, were with Wu Shicong, who had arrived more than a month earlier than him, and people from India. Prince Akbar, Governor Amir Khan, Urut, who was proficient in multiple languages, and Zhuo walked along the walls of the ancient city. Behind a few people, there was a large group of guards in yellow jackets.
Outside the city, there are green wheat fields on both sides of the Syr Darya River. Field soldiers from Shaanxi and Gansu all wear bamboo hats and weed in the fields. Further away from the north bank of the Syr Darya River, there is an endless grassland. The grassland is covered with large and small yurts, and there are countless cattle, sheep and horses, walking happily on the grassland as endless as the sea.
On the south bank of the Syr Darya River, further away from Khujand City and the campsite of the "Mongol Army", there are also countless tents arranged - this is another military camp, the Bukhara-Khiva -The camp of the Persian coalition.
Although the two Central Asian Khanates are Sun-N countries with the Ottoman Empire as their suzerain, their territories are separated from the Ottoman Empire by the Caspian Sea, so it is difficult for the Ottoman army to cross the sea. The only foreign powers that could really intervene in the river were Persia and the powerful nomadic khanates from the Mughal grassland.
After the Khans of Bukhara and Khiva found that they were unable to resist the invaders from the grasslands, they immediately sent envoys to the Safavid dynasty of Persia for help.
Although the current Persia has ascended the throne twice (not because he was ousted and then came back to power, but because of the disaster in the country after he ascended the throne for the first time), the great mage of Tianfang Sect calculated with his fingers that he ascended the throne at the wrong time, so he chose another Tianfang. Under the rule of the still unlucky Suleiman I, the country has been in decline, but the old foundation of the Safavid dynasty, known as the Third Empire of Persia, is still there.
Therefore, Shah Suleiman I, who worked all day long in the harem, still made a decision in his busy schedule to provide military and economic assistance to the two great khanates in the river to help them resist Mongolia, which was becoming great again. This Mongolia was great again This is no joke!
When Mongolia first became great, Persia was "killed and conquered" by the Mongols, and the Ilkhanate was created. Persia almost turned into a Buddhist or Christian country!
Later, the Tianfang religion in Persia was saved, but the Mongols still rode on the necks of the Persians and dominated. It was not until the decline of the Timurid Empire that the Persians got a chance to stand up. And it was not until the Safavids more than a hundred years ago that the Persians got a chance to stand up. The dynasty was established and Persia "returned to the world". How many years had it been? Why is Mongolia "great" again?
This cannot be ignored!
Therefore, Suleiman I, who should have been enjoying peace in the harem, spent all his money this time in order to continue his debauchery. Not only did he send the British adventurer Robert Shirley to help him more than fifty years ago, The new army trained by "First Shah" Abbas I (which was quite new fifty years ago) also sent out the old Turkmen Little Red Riding Hood Army - everyone in this army wore a pointy little red riding hood. One hundred sixty and seventy years ago, he followed the founder of the Safavid Dynasty, "Sima Yi I", to sweep through Persia!
In the first month of the first month, Wu Shicong sent an urgent military report to Kangxi, which stated that the Persian army was about to arrive.
This time, the Great Mongolia (Qing Dynasty)-Golden Horde (Dzunghar)-Chagatai Khanate (Wuzhou) three-nation coalition fought against the Persian-Bukhara-Khiva coalition in the Khujand area. Obviously this is the key battle to decide the ownership of Hezhong.
There were two spectators for this battle, one was the "Catholic Observation Group" headed by Nan Huairen, and the other was the "Hindustan Observation Group" led by Akbar and Amir Khan - this expedition jointly launched by the Qing Dynasty and Wu Zhou The purpose, apart from grabbing some territory in Central Asia as a retreat, is to open up the Western Region trade route to earn some living expenses.
The key to the successful development of trade routes in the Western Regions lies not only in Central Asia, but also in the willingness of Europe and India to cooperate.
The combat effectiveness of this so-called Great Mongolia also determines the degree of cooperation between Europe and India. Especially India!
The group of people had been walking along the city wall of Khujand for a while, from the city of Khujand close to the side of the Syr Darya River, and around to the south of the city, facing the camp of the Persian-Bukhara-Khiva coalition.
At this time, on the open grassland south of Khujand City, a battle is about to begin!
The vanguard cavalry from both sides were already chasing and fighting on the grassland. The cavalry of Persia, Bukhara, and Khiva had quite high-quality tall war horses, which were very fast and had strong impact, while their opponents only had relatively short Mongolian horses. It seemed that the advantage of the cavalry should lie with the coalition forces of Persia, Bukhara, and Khiva. But what appeared on the battlefield at this time was that the cavalry of the Great Mongolian Alliance riding short war horses had an overwhelming advantage.
I saw the Wuzhou Lancers armed with extra-long bamboo spears, organized into teams of dozens, either in horizontal or square formations, rushing back and forth on the open battlefield, killing group after group of Persians who were about to become frightened birds. The cavalry groups of the three countries, Bukhara, and Khiva were crushed one by one. Although these cavalry rode better horses, they could not take advantage of their speed when fighting in groups. They could only rely on their speed to flee in all directions. The advantages of separation.
Once these Persian, Bukhara, and Khiva cavalry disperse, they will become the targets of Kangxi Khan's white-armored cavalry and Junggar musketeers!
Kangxi's white-armored cavalry were best at melee combat. They often rode in groups. Once they saw the enemy's cavalry scattered, they would follow them, hang them on their backs and shoot arrows, driving them to run non-stop, waiting for their horse power. When you are exhausted, you can pounce on me and use melee combat or close range "shooting in the face" to resolve the battle!
The performance of the Junggar Musketeers commanded by Anukotun was equally outstanding!
Their role on the battlefield is not to line up to kill, but to lure the enemy for Wu Zhou's cavalry - they often form a horizontal line, holding muskets with lit match ropes, advance to the vicinity of the enemy's cavalry group, and then fight Fire a volley, kill as many as you can, then retreat after the attack. If the enemy's cavalry doesn't pursue them, they can refill their bullets before coming back. If they pursue, the Junggar musketeers will fire arrows while drawing the enemy to the vicinity of Wu Zhou's lancer group.
Just the outpost battle between the cavalry of both sides had already caused heavy losses to the cavalry of Persia, Bukhara, and Khiva!
Seeing that their own cavalry had the upper hand, the infantry lining up on the Great Mongolian Alliance naturally had a boost in morale.
On the battlefield, cheers of "Wonderful victory! Ten thousand victory" echoed one after another.
Kangxi Khan was extremely proud when he saw this scene. He smiled and asked Prince Akbar and Amir Khan, who were wearing Mongolian robes, in Mongolian: "What do you think of our great Mongolian cavalry?"
Amir Khan quickly raised his thumb and said with admiration: "Qiang, you are so strong. I finally opened my eyes this time! It turns out that this is how the invincible cavalry of Mongolia fights!"
Aurangzeb's favorite son, Prince Akbar, was still a little worried. He frowned and said to Kangxi Khan: "Great Khan, are you sending too few infantry? The enemy has more than 50,000 infantry. It also includes the famous Persian New Army and Turkmen Red-Headed Soldiers, but you only sent less than 20,000 infantry, and the formation is also thin."
Prince Akbar's ability to learn languages is still very strong. He could not speak Mongolian when he left Delhi last time, but now he can speak authentic Mongolian with curry flavor.
Kangxi listened a little hard, but he could still understand the general idea, and he immediately laughed: "They are just some chickens and dogs, vulnerable." He turned his head again, smiled and said to Wu Shicong: "Jade Commander Anda , how about you command the entire army today, and Galdan Anda command the cavalry?"
"Okay, then it's on me!" Wu Shicong was not polite. He patted his chest and accepted the order, leading his guards down to direct the battle.
Kangxi has now learned how to be modest and make progress. Although he also followed Wu Zhou's recipe to establish an infantry with all flintlock rifles, he actually couldn't handle such an infantry and had to learn more from Wu Shicong and Wu Yushuai. .
In addition, Anukedun of the Galdan family is also very capable of commanding cavalry. She can actually play with the Wu family's lancers, Kangxi's white armored soldiers and Junggar tribe's musketeers. She is truly worthy of her surname. You are such a fat female general!
In the future, if Commander Yu has the ability to command the infantry, and Anu has the ability to command the cavalry, and if more military spending is available, maybe we can defeat the traitor Li Zhongshan's Northern Expedition and protect the Qing Dynasty's four provinces in the Central Plains. Got it!
When Kangxi was thinking about something good, the roar of artillery suddenly came from the battlefield. He turned around and saw that the "Great Mongol Army" on the battlefield south of Khujand City had already formed its formation and began to bombard the enemy troops who were still forming chaotically on the opposite side. .
Kangxi nodded and said to himself: It seems that the formation must be set up quickly, and the opponent must attack first before the formation is completed!
He took a closer look and found that the artillery commanded by Wu Shicong was not evenly arranged, but concentrated on his own center and bombarded the enemy's left flank. And the infantry formation on our right wing is not a horizontal formation, but a dense column. The concentration of troops is far greater than that on the left wing!
In addition, Wu Shicong concentrated Wu Zhou's lancers and Qing's white-armored soldiers on the right wing. Well, they had already begun to use the smoke from the shelling to cover their way to the enemy's left side.
In addition, Wu Shicong concentrated Wu Zhou's lancers and Qing's white-armored soldiers on the right wing. Well, they had already begun to use the smoke from the shelling to cover their way to the enemy's left side.
Judging from this posture, they are trying to bypass the rear of the enemy's left wing!
The cavalry on the right wing will make a circuitous route, and the infantry column on the right wing will attack again, creating a pincer attack from the front and rear. It is difficult for the enemy's left wing to collapse even if it is not destroyed!
Kangxi thought to himself: This Wu Yushuai really has two skills. What a pity, he is from the Wu family!
"Dong dong dong"
Wu Shicong had already ordered people to beat the drums for the march at this time!
Kangxi continued to observe, and he found that the right wing of the "Mongolian coalition" first began to advance under the cover of artillery fire from the center, while the center crossed the artillery position and began to push forward after the shelling stopped, while the left wing, which was relatively thin, finally began to advance. , and the movement was relatively slow. At the same time, Anuktun led the Junggar musketeers to circle to the right of the enemy's right wing, and also set up an outflanking posture. At the same time, he also separated a small group of musketeers to approach the enemy troops who also started to advance. The infantry phalanx opened fire and harassed them, delaying their movement.
Kangxi has figured it out!
Wu Shicong's purpose was to first defeat the enemy's left wing, and then cover their center and right wing. That's why he concentrated his forces on his right wing, but in order to prevent his left wing and center from being defeated by the enemy, he adopted the "slash tactic" of moving the right wing first, then the center, and finally the left wing. Attack first, then attack later. !
Maybe when our right wing defeats the enemy's left wing, our left wing has not yet engaged the enemy's right wing!
This method is really advanced!
Seeing the "slash tactic" Wu Shicong learned from somewhere, Kangxi became excited.
Great Mongolia is about to rise again, and the Qing Dynasty is about to become great again!
The Rakshasa Kingdom and the Mughal region are so vast!
To walk from Tashkent to Moscow is more than 6,000 miles, and it would take two months to travel hundreds of miles a day. In fact, it was difficult to walk that fast. It was not that Mao Xiong's horse-drawn sleigh was not fast, but that Fuquan and his party had to encounter a spring snowmelt period. The roads were muddy and difficult to pass for almost a month. So Fuquan’s journey lasted three months!
I embarked on the journey in February of the Western calendar and arrived in Moscow in May, which was already full of vitality and everything was in full swing!
This journey has taken so long that the value of Fuquan, the wandering prince of the Qing Dynasty, has increased!
That’s right, it’s appreciation!
Fuquan never expected that his worth would rise after running away and being delayed on the road.
As for himself, when he arrived in Vladimir City, he learned that his worth had increased. Because at that time the city of Moscow sent an envoy to Vladimir and told him and Yazikov that His Majesty the Tsar would send Princess Sofia to the village of Orekhovo outside Moscow to welcome him, a visitor from the Qing Dynasty!
This made Fuquan a little flattered and fanciful. Princess! How much dignity does it take to ask a princess from a country thousands of miles away to personally go out of the city for dozens of miles to greet her?
Doesn't this tsar want to recruit him as his consort?
Recruit the consort first, and then lend him troops to restore the country. This must be the case!
When Fuquan thought that he might be able to borrow Rakshasa soldiers, his whole body became energetic. When he was in the city of Vladimir, he took a special three-day rest, packed himself up, washed the black robe, and put on Rakshasa clothes from the inside out (he himself (without luggage), according to the aesthetics of the Rakshasa people, he cut off his braid, kept his beard, and found a white horse. So a bearded prince wearing black robes and riding a white horse walked gracefully. Moscow is coming.
Outside Moscow, in the village of Orekhovo.
Early this morning, a large group of Moscow gentlemen and a big, round-waisted, voluptuous-faced Princess Sofia came to this inconspicuous little village!
However, Fuquan still misunderstood. Tsar Feodor III had no intention of marrying his sister to Fuquan, a wandering Qing prince. He sent Sofia to come out to greet him just to show Fuquan’s worth!
Because the value of Fuquan has increased!
On his way to Moscow, the world situation changed, so that Fuquan, a Qing prince who was not important at first, suddenly became very valuable.
There are two reasons for the appreciation of Fuquan. One is that another "Battle of Acre" took place in America at the end of 1677. The result of the battle was still a complete victory for the city-state of Acre supported by the Ming Dynasty.
Different from the previous two battles, in this Battle of Acre, the citizens of the city-state of Acre were also armed to participate in the battle. In particular, some mixed-race white people and Indians performed particularly bravely in the battle!
Moreover, the GH revolution that occurred in Acapulco also showed signs of spreading. Many Spanish cities on the Pacific coast experienced riots dominated by mixed-race whites and Indians.
When the news reached Madrid, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Spain, Juan José, could no longer sit still. He once again sent an envoy to the Netherlands to ask William III to fulfill his obligations as an ally and declare war on the Ming Dynasty!
The second news prompted William III to make up his mind to form an alliance with Spain and Portugal against Ming Dynasty!
It turned out that the Ming Dynasty Guangdong Trading Company turned Bintan Island, the eastern exit of the Malacca Strait, into a stronghold for the Ming Dynasty's southward expansion, and the news of the massive fortressization spread to the Netherlands.
This is poking William III's lungs!
Although the Straits of Malacca and the East Indies are areas that are not under the control of the Dutch East India Company, some of them are still the territories of the original vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, and there are even pirate armed forces from the Ming Dynasty active. But the Dutch still regard this area as their own monopolized sphere of influence.
If the Ming Dynasty only touched the Pacific coast of North America, the Netherlands might ignore it, but now the Ming Dynasty has extended its claws into the most important trade hub area in the world, and it has occupied a large island in one move, and it is quite tough. Fortify it.
What does Ming Dynasty want to do, can William III still not understand?
So William III finally made up his mind, and before the Franco-Dutch War was over, he formed an anti-Ming alliance with Spain, and then brought Portugal, who had been bullied by Li Zhongshan, into the war. And Spain attracted the German Habsburg dynasty and several small states, and began to build a multinational alliance in Europe against the Ming Dynasty.
And the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and the Holy Roman Empire joined forces to fight against the Ming Dynasty, so there must be a powerful country that wants to join forces with the Ming Dynasty - the enemy of the enemy should be a friend, right?
There are currently two such powerful countries, one is France, and the other is the Ottoman Empire, which previously worked with the Rakshasa to oppose the Great Mongolia.
But whether we want to unite with the Ming Dynasty or oppose the Ming Dynasty, we must first understand the situation in the East? It would be best to find someone who is a real insider in the Eastern Game of Thrones to inquire.
And Fuquan is exactly such a person!
Can his value not rise?
How could Feodor and Sofia, who were eager to curry favor with the Western powers, not value Fuquan?
Will not the blessing of Fuquan come?
(End of chapter)
