War is cruel.
The Ming Empire used its military strength to make the war even more cruel.
At this moment, the wild and brave Cossacks also knew what fear was.
A fear of the unknown.
They didn't know what kind of magical techniques these oriental people used to cause them to suffer such torture.
On the Ming army's side, the cavalry had begun to withdraw in an orderly manner.
The infantry began to approach the forward position in an orderly manner to reduce the encirclement of the Rakshasa army.
And when the mechanical infantry drove a combat steam locomotive toward the Cossack cavalry who was lying on the ground and had not yet been beheaded by Ming's cavalry and was still wailing, these Cossack cavalry became even more frightened, so much so that they My whole body was trembling, and I was trying my best to get out of here. Even if I couldn't stand and walk due to the poison gas bomb, I was still crawling out desperately.
"No, no, don't!"
A Cossack cavalryman shouted in horror when he saw the steam chariot approaching like a steel monster.
Although he shouted desperately and climbed out desperately, the Ming army's steam chariot still ran over him mercilessly.
Boom!
The sound of broken bones was quickly suppressed by the roar of the chariot.
More and more steam chariots appeared.
Like a torrent of steel.
As a result, more than 30,000 Cossack cavalry were wiped out due to the interaction of chariots and cavalry.
The Cossack leader Zakevsky watched all this helplessly, and was then pushed to the ground by a Ming army soldier and his head was cut off with a dagger.
The Ming soldier then took back the Cossack heads he had harvested.
Naturally, it will be poured into a building for military purposes when taken back.
Arezzoro watched with his telescope while trembling all over. The Ming army gathered the heads of the Cossacks as building materials and poured them together with some kind of soil (concrete) to make a bunker around them.
He was not angry at the way the Cossacks were treated, but trembled with fear.
He also didn't expect that these Easterners would be so ruthless and powerful that even the building materials used to build the bunker could solidify so quickly.
Arezzoro no longer dared to let his main force of Rakshasa rush over.
The large number of casualties suffered by the Chahars, Turghuts, and Cossacks had shown him that the Ming army in front of him was invincible, and his main Rakshasa army was certainly no match.
Bombs that can breathe fire, bombs that can suddenly release a large amount of yellow-green gas and instantly make people lose combat effectiveness, and steel monsters that can move forward quickly while spitting smoke without being carried by animals.
All of this left Arezzoro temporarily unable to think of how to deal with it.
The Ming army gathered more and more, and gradually began to take the initiative in the form of large-scale infantry groups.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The huge marching drums, which shocked people's hearts and made them panic, sounded rhythmically under the swing of the two strong arms of the Ming soldiers who beat the drums.
At the same time, the Ming army infantry lined up in rows and rows, like a wall, pushing towards Arezzoro's Rakshasa army.
Arezzoro could clearly see that these Ming infantrymen were holding muskets with sharp knives.
He knew that as long as he let people rush over, he would be lined up and shot.
What's more, these Ming troops are gathering more and more in front of them.
"Withdraw! Break out to the south!"
Arezzoro therefore had to give up the idea of breaking out from the north.
"yes!"
The entire Rakshasa army, as if granted amnesty, began to turn around and continue to retreat south.
Arezzoro could only choose to retreat south, if he was unwilling to break out north.
Because the area where his army is currently located is bounded by the snow-covered Altai Mountains to the east and the great desert to the west. Only by going south can there be a large number of oases that can be used as a breakout place.
However, the south is not very good either, with the Tianshan Mountains to the south.
Zhou Yuji's Western Expeditionary Army and the Guards of another regiment are waiting here for Arezzoro's Rakshasa army from the west to the east.
Moreover, when Arezzoro went north, the Ming army in the south was shrinking the encirclement by building strongholds step by step based on the terrain.
When Alezolo and his Rakshasa army arrived near Qinghe City, they saw the Ming army waiting for them relying on the mountains.
"Capture Qinghe City at all costs! Once captured, we can burn, kill, and loot all the oases in the south, giving fear to those in the East!"
Allezolo then gave orders.
As a result, the Rakshasa army began to attack Qinghe City.
The Rakshasa army surged towards Qinghe City like a tidal wave.
Naturally, those at the front were non-Rakshasa people such as the Dzungars, Turghuts, Chahars, and Cossacks, who served as cannon fodder.
The Ming army was naturally rude. Directly pour countless bombs on these people.
The improved rockets even fired dozens of rockets containing white phosphorus bombs at once, turning the cannon fodder that rushed forward directly into white ash.
So in the end, no matter how many Rakshasa warriors were killed, these non-Rakshasa people were not willing to be cannon fodder anymore.
Arezzoro didn't want to anger these people too much, so he had to let his Rakshasa soldiers attack the city in person.
But these Rakshasa soldiers were still mortal bodies, and in the face of the powerful firepower of the Ming Dynasty, they turned into piles of corpses and piled up into mountains.
Even if there are Rakshasa soldiers constantly rushing over, or even climbing up the mountain of corpses that have just been piled up, they will still be shot to death by the Ming army's cannons or rockets in the next moment.
Arezzoro felt desperate, but he had no other option now, so he ordered the Rakshasa soldiers to continue attacking the city.
He knew that he could only take human lives to fill the gap now, otherwise, all his 200,000 troops would have to be buried here.
"kill!"
Rakshasa soldiers continued to rush towards the Ming army positions in Qinghe City.
However, the Ming army was condescending and had powerful firepower. Therefore, even if the Rakshasa soldiers were well-trained and not afraid of death, they still could not take Qinghe City.
And the further back they get, the less confident the Rakshasa soldiers themselves become.
In their eyes, the Ming army in front of them was simply an iron wall.
What made them even more unbearable was that the Ming army did not just defend to the death. Many Ming troops actually climbed over the Altai Mountains to attack them from behind.
At this time, Li Dingguo led his direct agent battalion and rushed into the enemy camp. If there were few people, he would rush over and kill them. If there were more people, he would directly throw the thunder. When encountering a larger scale, he would find a bunker to hide on the spot, and then Leave someone behind to block the attack with a volley of firecrackers, while you lead the others to retreat while fighting.
For a time, the middle and rear positions of the entire Rakshasa army were riddled with holes by the Ming army's sneak attack, and a large number of Rakshasa soldiers fled directly.
"Withdraw troops! Withdraw to Turhon!"
Seeing that Arezzoro was unable to break out of the encirclement in front of him, and was frightened by the Ming army coming from the Altai Mountains behind him, it was worthwhile to continue to order the withdrawal of troops.
So Arezzoro took the 100,000 officers and soldiers who had not fled to a place called Turhun, and camped there to rest.
The Ming army took this opportunity to continue to narrow the encirclement, and on the fifth day after Arezzoro arrived in Turhong, the Ming armies marching from north to south completed their rendezvous, and here, Allezolo and his Rakshasa army were surrounded. stand up.
At this time, Arezzoro and his Rakshasa army were not only severely short of water, but also seriously short of food.
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