Huang Jiaming was thoughtful when he saw Zheng Chenggong taking out a hard flatbread, covering it with roasted and fragrant mutton, smearing it with thick chili sauce, and eating it.
He tried adding an extra spoonful of chili pepper to his pancake, tried hard to endure the spiciness, and ate it.
In cold weather, enough chili peppers can quickly warm you up.
It gets dark relatively late in the Western Regions. Even if it gets dark, visibility is very high as long as there is no wind or clouds.
Company 143 had enough to eat and drink, and went into the mountains bathed in the light of the stars and the moon.
For the soldiers of the National Defense Force, the journey of thirty miles is like a tourist trip.
When they arrived at their destination, the horse bandits, who had no tactical skills, were sleeping soundly in the lee.
The soldiers divided up and attacked together, groping forward until they reached the core area. Only then did the horse bandits realize the enemy attack.
But at this point, it was pointless for them to resist.
Bang bang bang bang bang...
"Surf the gun and don't kill!!!"
Facing the black muzzle of the gun, all the surviving horse bandits obediently put down their weapons and became prisoners dejectedly.
In this pursuit and suppression battle, the 143rd Company won a complete victory, and not even a single person was injured.
At dawn, the team returned.
Halfway there, smoke billowed in front of them, and several fast horses rushed over.
"Company commander, the regiment headquarters ordered us to pack up immediately and must join the main force before noon."
Zheng Chenggong was shocked and his joy was beyond words.
"Haha, are you finally going to enter the Western Region?"
"The news from the headquarters is that the Northern Strategic Cluster has completely pacified Mobei, and one of them has marched towards Tangnu Ulianghai. As expected, we will definitely be able to attack the back of Orchitu Khan in early September. By then , the entire Western Region must be in chaos. Plus Liang Yue has already moved in place, it’s time for us to set off."
At the joint meeting of the Northwest Strategic Cluster, Huang Sanhu began to unify his thoughts.
In order to make all the forces in the Western Region fight each other and get stuck in the quagmire, the Northwest Strategic Cluster was stopped in Hami and only put pressure on the Western Region.
After more than a year of sitting on the mountain and watching the fight between tigers and tigers, the fight in the Western Region is now almost complete.
Liang Yue chose to go around the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain and threw all the frontal pressure on Batur Huitaiji.
Now Liang Yue's troops have descended from heaven and suddenly captured Yecheng.
Further ahead, there are Yarkand, Kashgar and other places.
By that time, the Yarkand Khanate will definitely get the news, and will no longer care about the battle with Batur Hutaiji, and will definitely return to rescue.
Orqitu Khan, the so-called leader of the Oirat Mongolia, is far less powerful than the Junggar tribe. Once he loses the response of the Yarkand Khanate, he will never be able to stop Batur Hutaiji's military front.
Of course, the National Defense Forces will not sit back and watch the Junggar tribe unify northern Xinjiang and become bigger and stronger.
March forward now, take advantage of the situation when all the forces in the Western Region are unable to extricate themselves, and directly sweep away the fallen leaves with the autumn wind, so as to avoid future troubles forever.
The Northwest Strategic Group stayed in Hami for so long that the officers and soldiers were eager to fight. Now that they knew they could finally march, everyone was very happy.
The military morale was available, and Huang Sanhu made deployment immediately.
"The Fourth Front Army captures Turpan, and then marches west along the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. You will then send some troops to receive them along the place where Liang Yue's troops pass."
Zuo Mengeng has reached a tacit understanding with Liang Yue.
Liang Yue was actually the vanguard of the National Defense Forces, and the National Defense Forces followed behind, providing him with sufficient support and going into battle in person at any time just in case.
Jian Zongan and others accept the mission and will naturally make arrangements when they return.
"After setting off from Hami, the Fifth Front Army took the northern route to capture Beelsebali, and then divided its forces into two routes. One route attacked westward along the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, and the other route diverted to Altai, striving to interact with the northern strategic cluster."
Yu Lichun and others were gearing up and did not find this plan to divide their troops difficult.
The Fifth Front Army has the Seventh Division, the Ninth Division, the Fourth Cavalry Division, and six security divisions, with a total of 300,000 soldiers and horses. How difficult is it to deal with these crooked melons and jujubes in the Western Regions?
If it were really difficult, I'm afraid the vast area and lack of water would be far more formidable than the enemy.
After the combat order was issued, the two front armies immediately took action.
The 26th Regiment of the 7th Division, where Zheng Chenggong belonged, was given the task of being a vanguard and walked in front of the army.
Zheng Chenggong's 143rd Company was the vanguard of the entire regiment.
"Our mission is to go deep into Barhaizi, explore the enemy situation here, and establish forward positions. After preliminary reconnaissance, we found that the nomadic people here are not the Oirat Mongols. On the contrary, they have been oppressed by the Oara people all year round, and they can become our targets. Remember, in the past After that, we must be kind to the local people and never allow bullying.”
Zheng Chenggong first did ideological work for the entire company, fearing that these arrogant generals would act recklessly and ruin the overall situation.
Barhaizi is the Barkol Lake in later generations. It is the largest land rich in water and grass after crossing the Tianshan Mountains from Hami.
Interestingly, the people who have been nomadic and settled here all year round are not Mongols, but Kazakhs.
However, this place is thousands of kilometers away from the core area of Kazakhstan. Therefore, the Kazakhs here are helpless and are always attacked and harassed by the Oirat Mongols. Their life is miserable.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Winning the support of this part of the Kazakhs will be very conducive to the empire's march into the Western Region.
The Fifth Front Army took advantage of the heavy snow to cross the Tianshan Mountains and suddenly appeared in Barhaizi.
The huge army immediately broke the tranquility on the grassland.
At first the Kazakhs were all frightened and packed their bags and ran away. After staying for a while, they found that the Han people who came here did not burn, kill, and loot, and even protected their pastures very kindly. This made the Kazakhs become suspicious.
Zheng Chenggong was very bold. He took only a few soldiers and no weapons. Instead, he took salt, cloth and other items and ran to trade with the Kazakhs.
After going back and forth, the two sides finally became familiar with each other.
The commodities they brought were all in urgent need on the grasslands and were welcomed by the Kazakhs.
The cattle, sheep and furs traded from the Kazakhs also played a huge role in the defense forces.
Zheng Chenggong took the opportunity to explain the empire's policies to the Kazakhs in detail, and gradually won the trust of the Kazakhs.
Half a month later, the first group of Kazakhs returned to their original place of residence.
The Kazakhs were finally moved when they saw that the ranch was intact, even the tents they had not had time to carry with them when they left were still there, and even the damaged areas had been repaired by the National Defense Forces.
From one word to another, the reputation of the newly arrived Han people for not bullying or plundering gradually spread to the ears of every Kazakh.
When they saw the beautiful girl appear and the National Defense Forces treated her with courtesy, the Kazakhs finally felt relieved.
Many people even stepped forward to serve as guides for the Wehrmacht and help them deal with the hateful Oirat Mongols.
