In the third year of the reign of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, on the first day of August, Shymkent was ten miles north of the city.
The Kangxi Khan wore his Ming Dynasty yellow satin embroidered with flat golden dragon and cloud patterns, a black tassel spear helmet on his head, a bow and arrows on his back, and rode a Turkmen horse with a thin head, tall neck, slender limbs, and a light golden coat. The black cloak was blown by the strong wind on the grassland.
Behind Kangxi Khan, the open grassland was covered with cavalry and infantry in five colors: yellow, white, red, blue, and gray. The number of them was probably over 150,000!
These infantry and cavalry are also fully armed.
Most of the infantry were equipped with flintlock muskets with bayonets, and only a few carried matchlocks and spears.
Among them, the infantrymen equipped with bayonets and flintlock guns knew at a glance that they were elites. They lined up in a vertical formation, standing in the wind, neat and solemn.
These infantry columns are all located on the right side of Kangxi Khan. In front of these columns are artillery batteries, including bronze field cannons that fire five-pound shells, Weiyuan general cannons that fire explosive shells, and Kangxi Khan's trump card. Rocket launchers, as well as multiple cannons mounted on camel backs. All kinds of artillery pieces added together, the number is no less than three hundred.
This firepower is quite powerful!
On the left side of Kangxi Khan were infantrymen carrying spears and matchlocks. They looked a bit scattered, but they also formed a formation similar to the Spanish Grand Square. If you look carefully at the appearance of these people, it is not difficult to find that they are not pure Mongolians, Manchus, and Han Chinese, but Mongolians with a lot of blood from the Western Regions. None of these people were wearing helmets or turbans. Instead, their heads were bare, revealing shaved bald heads and thin and long money rat tail braids.
These people were all those who had just joined the Eight Banners. They were the elites selected from the three major, medium and small Kazakh leagues, the Bukhara League and the Khiva League and belonged directly to Kangxi Khan!
These times, the Eight Banners Elites seemed to be relatively loose because they had just joined the team not long ago and had not practiced properly. There are still many people whispering to each other at this moment, what are they talking about? But looking at the bright looks on their faces, you can tell that the morale of this group of people is very high - they are going to India soon to become masters, can they be unhappy?
On both sides of the infantry brigade, there were brigade and large groups of cavalry!
The number of these cavalry is extremely large, as much as the number of infantry. Looking at their formation and clothing, you can also know the origin of these cavalry - some are elite cavalry from the Qingba Banner, Mengba Banner, and Ruba Banner, or they are armored heavy cavalry, or unarmored light cavalry, all in neat formation , you can tell at a glance that they have been strictly trained.
There are also the three major, medium and small Kazakh leagues, the Bukhara League, the Khiva League, the Zhelim League and the Yikzhao League, as well as the Chahar, Tumut and Alxa of Inner Mongolia that were directly under Kangxi Khan. Although the nomadic cavalry looked a little loose, they were all equipped with good bows and horses. Their arrows, swords and spears were all made of fine iron materials. Some of them were also equipped with muskets, and they all looked quite capable.
The captains of the Qing Eight Banners, the Mongolian Eight Banners, the Confucian Eight Banners, and the Hui Eight Banners, as well as the leaders, banner owners, and captains of the various Mongolian alliance banners, as well as the civil and military officials of the Mongolian Khan Court and the Qing Dynasty Court, all wore military uniforms. The official robes are just that the attendants are standing behind Kangxi Khan on horseback, and they all look very impressive.
After more than half a year of migration, most of the elites of the Qing court and the Eight Confucian Banners who were originally located in Xingqing Mansion have successfully arrived around Tashkent. However, the Ruyong Headquarters (equivalent to an alliance) is still escorting more than 200,000 family members and craftsmen, walking slowly on the land of the Yeerqiang Khanate. It is estimated that the journey will not be completed until next year.
Ge Erdan of the Junggar Khanate and D Lai Khan of the Kushote Khanate are still on the road - among them, Ge Erdan leads 20,000 Junggar cavalry, as well as a Ming Dynasty envoy and a Ming Dynasty caravan. . The Heshuote Khanate also dispatched 20,000 cavalry to escort Kangxi Khan's teacher, the Great Lama Xueyu, who was also on the territory of the Yeerqiang Khanate. It is estimated that these two groups of people will have to walk for ten days and a half to arrive.
In addition, the Crimean Khanate and the Safavid Dynasty of Persia also took advantage of the opportunity of Kangxi's wedding to send large missions.
There is also a Mongolian Torgut tribe that is nomadic in the Rakshasa Kingdom. This time, it also sent more than 10,000 people to escort the married Rakshasa - Grand Duchess Sofia, the eldest princess of the Golden Horde, to Tashkent... .Arrived soon!
This Kangxi-Sofia wedding has really become an international event! It is estimated that it can also be selected as the largest wedding in history... There were hundreds of thousands of people who came to drink the wedding wine alone, including at least 200,000 fully armed troops!
It was enough to start a war that destroyed the Mughal Empire in India!
However, Kangxi Khan summoned 150,000 troops from various ministries to form a parade on the grasslands north of Shymkent today, not to swear an oath... but to welcome his "female warrior" fiancée Princess Sofia .
The princess, escorted by the Turgut cavalry and a small group of Cossack cavalry, has arrived north of Shymkent and is about to give Kangxi Khan a surprise!
And Kangxi Khan was also unambiguous. After learning that his fiancée was about to arrive, he immediately ordered an army of 150,000 troops and set out to greet him... He had to let his fiancée and Peter of the Rakshasa Kingdom escort her come. The Grand Duke, the Rakshasa Mission and the Mongolian Torgut Tribe all felt the power of Great Mongolia!
Because only by making the Rakshasa people feel that Mongolia was invincible, could Kangxi Khan confidently and boldly lead his army on an expedition to India... He had no intention of giving up Central Asia just to capture India.
This time he planned to follow the Khitan's example and create a dual system of north and south. Create an emperor of Tianzhu in the south and a Mongol Khan in the north.
The emperor of Tianzhu in the south was in charge of northwestern Tianzhu and Afghanistan, and the Mongolian Khan in the north was in charge of Hezhong and the Kazakh grasslands.
The Great Khan of Mongolia and the Emperor of Tianzhu were all done by him alone.
If this great Mongolia with the north-south dual system is established, Kangxi Khan, the king who ran away from the Qing Dynasty, can also be regarded as the leader of the resurgence of Mongolia!
Kangxi also thought that after the Great Khan was elected again this time, the Qing Dynasty would become an empty title, equivalent to a Western "claim"... It could also be regarded as the title of the successor of the Mongolian Great Khan. In this way, Yinreng changed from emperor to de facto prince.
Kangxi Khan didn't know how long he had been thinking about it. The sun in the sky had gradually moved to the middle of the sky. Only then did he see the dozen or so fast horses sent out to greet him come back quickly, heading towards Kangxi Khan from a distance. Shouting; "Princess Sofia is here, Princess Sofia is here!"
The courtiers of Great Mongolia who were waiting somewhat impatiently let out a low roar and began to adjust their robes - they could not make the future Queen of Great Mongolia feel that they were not respectful enough.
Kangxi Khan also seemed very excited. He waved his arms and shouted: "Light the fire and release the celestial sphere!"
The "celestial ball" is a hot air balloon!
Kangxi Khan has continued to research this thing in the past two years, and finally made a breakthrough not long ago, creating a flying hot air balloon that can carry an adult!
This time he had to show it off. Now he has a large army and a literary and magical power. Who dares to disobey him?
In addition, he also has to let the inexperienced Princess Sofia know his skills... He can fly very well!
With this ability, are you still afraid that you won't be able to marry Bai Fumei and conquer Tianzhu?
Although the Qing Dynasty is gone for him, Mongolia will definitely reach its peak again in his hands...
"嗻!" Zhang Hongtian, the Taoist scholar, immediately raised a red flag, and then saw a huge red ball slowly rising into the sky from the middle of Kangxi's army on both sides.
"Long live the Great Khan! Long live the Great Khan..."
The cheers started immediately. Most of the soldiers lined up on the grassland had never seen a hot air balloon, but they had already learned that they could see a miracle today. Now that they saw the flying ball, they immediately knew that a miracle was coming, and they all shouted excitedly. Some people even got down on the ground and worshiped, and the atmosphere at the scene was immediately ignited.
