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Liu Qin couldn't understand what they were saying, so he asked, "Is there any opening in the enemy's army?"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Liang Zhen and Lei Zhiji looked at each other and smiled.

Lei Zhiji explained: "The enemy army has no real infantry at all, and they don't know how to form a large infantry formation. It is their firecrackers, which are similar to our army's dragoons, to put it bluntly."

This is a puzzling thing. The empire that has ruled Central Asia for more than a hundred years does not know how to arrange infantry formations.

The army of Bukhara can be said to be all cavalry.

Even infantry usually ride on horseback—only regular troops are considered here, and tribal armies recruited temporarily are not counted.

At this moment, the enemy infantry came outside the camp, dismounted one after another and began to line up.From the perspective of a layman like Liu Qin, the formation seemed to be quite neat, but in the eyes of Liang Zhen, it was ridiculous.

Some people say that the troops of the Qing Dynasty were mounted infantry, while the Bukhara army in front of them.But it is a real dismounted cavalry.

Moreover, they were obviously equipped with a large number of muskets, but they did not see them carrying artillery when they attacked the camp.

Lei Zhiji said: "It's a pity that our army traveled a long way and did not bring chariots. Otherwise, the enemy army would not be able to enter if the chariots were deployed."

"Not only chariots, but also artillery." Liang Zhen said.

I didn't bring any artillery with a larger caliber. This time I brought all the tiger squat guns, because the tiger squat guns can be carried by two people.

Seeing that the Chinese army did not fight, Mirza finally ordered an attack.

However, Mirza did not mobilize the elite. After all, the Datong Army is well-known. He first used the Uzbek tribal armed forces to find out the truth.

The Uzbek soldiers who were sent up were all from tribes to the west, and they were fairly loyal to the King of Bukhara.They were usually half-cultivating and half-grazing, but now they were attacking the camp. They dismounted and marched forward, with scimitars pinned to their waists, bows and arrows in their hands, and some soldiers had small shields on their arms.

On the side of the Datong Army, the camp of tens of thousands of people cannot be defended by only 3500 Chinese soldiers.

Although the warriors from various tribes who came to seek refuge did not dare to fight in the field, they still had the courage to defend the camp.The two sides fired at each other across the wooden fence, causing casualties to each other, and the attacking side naturally suffered heavier casualties.

Mirza should be a veteran general. He asked the tribal soldiers to take turns to attack the camp. It seemed to be a very stupid refueling tactic, but he was testing the defensive weakness of the camp.

Moreover, Mirza continued to deploy troops, trying to involve the mobilization of the defenders, so as to find a breakthrough and launch a general offensive.

But... Datong Army has hot air balloons!

The four hot air balloons rose, of course not to drop bombs, but to observe the entire battlefield from a condescending height. ....

The camp of the Datong Army was originally built on the mountain, and the terrain was higher than that of the attacking side.With the use of hot air balloons, you can see the battlefield situation at a glance, and you can see how the enemy deploys troops.

And Mirza is in a low place, and the camp is covered by wooden fences, so often we can only guess what's going on inside.

After fighting for a whole day, Mirza launched more than ten attacks, which were always easily resolved by Liang Zhen.

Because when any of Mirza's troops moved, Liang Zhen knew immediately, and dispatched troops to defend in advance.Not only does it have the advantage of defending the camp, but it often accumulates partial victories by fighting more and fighting less.

Seeing that Liang Zhen commanded like a god, the tribal soldiers who had come over for refuge saw that although there were already casualties, their morale was getting higher and higher.

So far, the Datong Army has not moved, and has always been watching the battle as a reserve team.

Mirza's core elite did not move, because they were all heavy cavalry and musketeers, and he would not let these soldiers die in a tough battle.

During the three consecutive days of fighting, Mirza's side suffered close to 300 casualties, while the Datong Army only had more than [-] casualties.They are all vassal troops of their own, as long as their morale doesn't collapse, no matter how many casualties there are, they don't feel bad.

On the fourth day, Mirza stopped fighting and chose to besiege the camp, besieging the Datong army alive.

After all, the Datong Army came from afar, and it was impossible to bring too much military rations.It is impossible for the tribes that have come here to have too much food and grass. Even if they can loot some along the way, they will be stuck in the camp for a month or two at most.

"The enemy general is not an idiot. He has finally begun to besiege us," Lei Zhiji said. "This is the enemy's territory. The longer the siege, the more troops we can recruit. Our rations are decreasing day by day. Moreover, after being besieged for a long time, the morale of the tribal soldiers who took refuge here will also drop, and there may be some people who defected to the enemy secretly."

"Then let's fight." Liang Zhen said.

At this time, a group of cavalry came from the southeast, with a number of about 2000.

But it was the Minger tribe who raised the flag and rebelled. Under the leadership of Mahmur, they came to help the Datong army in fighting.They have already rebelled, and they are the first to openly rebel. It is absolutely impossible to be forgiven. They can only gamble, and maybe they can survive from death.

"If you dare to come, let's kill them together!"

Mirza was furious, and sent elite cavalry to kill Minge's cavalry.

Upon seeing this, Mehmur immediately ordered a escape.

Although there are two thousand cavalry in Minge's army, their equipment is rotten, not many of them even wear leather armor.Such a beggar-like light cavalry is suitable for flying a kite. Anyway, he will run away if he can't win.

"Come out for a decisive battle!" Liang Zhen made a prompt decision.

Seeing the change in the Datong Army, Mirza immediately ordered the recall of the elite cavalry, leaving only [-] light cavalry to continue chasing the Minge cavalry.

Both sides have an army of tens of thousands, and there are especially many nomadic cavalry, and the entire battlefield spreads out for nearly ten miles.

To be honest, there is no way to direct.

Especially Liang Zhen, the tribal leader who took refuge here, couldn't understand the flag order of the Datong Army, nor the bugle number of the Datong Army.After being thrown out, he can only fight with his own ability, Liang Zhen can't even think about commanding those troops.

This war has been particularly chaotic since the beginning of the battle.

The tribal cavalry fought against the tribal cavalry, and they all wanted to preserve their strength.As far as the eye can see, they are all riding horses and shooting arrows at each other, and with the cavalry cruising, the battlefield area is getting bigger and bigger. ....

It seems that there are lively fights everywhere, but there has been no hand-to-hand combat.

It is to keep shooting arrows back and forth, whichever tribe is slightly at a disadvantage, immediately run to the edge of the battlefield, for fear that their own tribe will suffer too much loss.

At the end of the fight, it was completely mixed and turned into a big melee between the tribes.

The main generals of both sides paid no attention to this, and locked on each other's elite main force.

When the tribal army in the central battlefield dwindled, Mirza finally began to dispatch the elite.Two thousand cavalry musketeers and five thousand light armored cavalry rushed towards the 3500 Datong army.

In front of the formation of the Datong Army, there are piles of refusal horses, which were built by craftsmen from outside the city of Andiyan.

Mirza's order was for the musketeers to get off their horses and shoot at the Datong army when they were within range, and the [-] cavalry archers also shot arrows at the Datong army.After the formation of the Datong Army was disrupted, the heavy cavalry was sent out to destroy the Datong Army.

"Tiger Crouching Cannon!"

More than 20 tiger crouching cannons were carried behind the horse rejection post.

Due to the long journey, Liang Zhen didn't bring shells at all, they were all gravel from the camp mountain.

A large amount of gravel is filled into the barrel, and the effective range of such perfunctory ammunition is less than 100 meters.If the enemy is wearing cotton-iron composite armor, he will not be able to penetrate at 90 to [-] meters, but it will only feel very painful.

But this is enough, far beyond the range of muskets and horse bows.

About six to seventy meters away, the musketeers on the opposite side got off their horses one after another.The archers continued to rush forward, and they circled to the two sides, intending to face the Datong army from the left and right.

shooting.

"Boom boom boom!"

More than 20 tiger squatting guns were fired, and gravel flew out of the sky, hitting the musketeers who had just dismounted.

There were three or four hundred musketeers on the spot, and Xilihutu was hit by stone bullets.

Those who were hit on vital parts such as the head and neck fell down on the spot.There are also some who were hit, but the stones may be relatively small. The slightly injured only felt pain, and the seriously injured were broken by the broken stones.

At this time, the morale can be seen. The morale of the Bukhara army is really not very high.

The artillerymen of the Datong Army were still reloading, and the Bukhara musketeers did not take the opportunity to charge forward, but mounted their horses and began to retreat collectively.Even those places that have not been shelled, the musketeers are retreating, and it seems that they do not intend to fight the Chinese army.

You can't even get the military salary, so what the hell are you fighting for?

The cavalry archers circled around the two wings, and before they entered the range of their horse bows, the musketeers of the Datong Army began to fire in salvo.

There was a gunshot, and the cavalry also retreated, leaving only more than 100 corpses.

Mirza was annoyed at the cowardice of the soldiers, but instead of punishing them on the spot, he ordered the transfer of two tribal cavalry.He didn't want his elite to fight bloody, and planned to use the tribal cavalry as cannon fodder, and then ordered the elite to charge and kill while the Datong army was reloading their ammunition.

"Cavalry attack!"

Liang Zhen suddenly dispatched his cavalry, and dispatched only [-] cavalry.

Instead of killing the Bukhara elite, it was to aid the tribal soldiers farther away.

Seeing that the Datong cavalry carefully passed the rejected horse and ran towards the battlefield on the left, Mirza was a little confused about the situation.

But he didn't bother to think about it too much. From Mirza's point of view, the big trouble with his confidants was the Datong army, and the Chinese leader was in the infantry formation.As long as the Chinese army is dealt with and the Chinese leader is killed, no matter how many rebellious tribes are left, he can easily destroy them. ....

Lu Zhaoyun, commander of the cavalry battalion, led [-] Datong Xiao cavalry, and immediately accelerated after passing the belt of rejecting horses.

There has been a mess over there, shooting non-stop in a mess, and no tribe is willing to fight hand-to-hand if the opponent is not shot to flee.

Lu Zhaoyun didn't care about these things, he spotted an enemy army, and immediately rushed over desperately.During the charge, more than a dozen cavalrymen of Datong were shot off their horses by the enemy's bows and arrows, and more cavalrymen were lost with arrows stuck in their armor.

In a blink of an eye, Datong Xiaoqi rushed in, and the Uzbek tribe fled immediately.

The nearby Tajik tribal cavalry, seeing this, immediately became morale high, and followed the Datong cavalry to chase and kill them.

Dozens of enemy cavalry were killed along the way, and the chased tribe turned to flee.However, Lu Zhaoyun advanced straight forward, charging towards another group of enemies, and after that group of enemies fled, the nearby Gilligis cavalry also followed.

Not long after, more and more tribal cavalry followed Datong Xiaoqi.

The scattered tribal cavalry still wanted to fight. After all, they had already rebelled. If they lost the war, they would definitely be settled by the governor.But they lack a backbone, and without a backbone, they have to preserve their strength.

On the other hand, the tribal cavalry under the governor Mirza, they were usually exploited by the king, and their willingness to fight with the governor was already the last loyalty to the king, and it was absolutely impossible to bleed for the king to the end.

Five hundred Datong Xiaoqi, led by Lu Zhaoyun, continued to defeat the enemy along the way, and tribal cavalry continued to join.

At the end of the rush, only four hundred of the five hundred warriors remained, and nearly one hundred Chinese soldiers were buried here.But the tribal cavalry behind them had gathered tens of thousands, and with the Datong cavalry as arrows, no one dared to stop them along the way.

It was mainly because of the previous melee that all the tribes who followed Mirza to fight were scattered, and they couldn't get together for a while.

Mehmur also led Minger's cavalry and ran back to the battlefield in a circle. Seeing this, he couldn't help admiring: "What a brave warrior!"

The Bukhara Qingqi who were chasing Makhmur's face changed drastically, and they immediately fled to Mirza's side in fright.

The tribal cavalry behind Lu Zhaoyun gathered more and more, and finally rushed to Mirza's main formation. More than 2 cavalry were killed overwhelmingly, and the heavy cavalry around Mirza were terrified.

As for

Most of the tribal cavalry following Mirza had fled.

"Bayonet on, infantry attack!"

Liang Zhen personally led the infantry, armed with bayonets, crossed the rejected horses, and marched towards the enemy in an orderly manner.

"Master Governor, run away, we have already lost!".

Chapter 1054 [Infantry vs. Heavy Cavalry]

Liu Qin was hiding in the camp with the peasants and craftsmen. At this time, he held a binoculars and looked at the battlefield with a smile.

This battle is due to Liu Qin's contribution.

When Governor Mirza besieged the camp, Liu Qin analyzed the situation on both sides.

On the side of the Datong Army, there are 3500 core elites.

In Bukhara, there are about 1 core elites.

The total strength of the two sides is not too far apart, both with a large number of tribal cavalry.

Those tribal cavalry are poorly equipped, have low morale, and have different ideas, so it is difficult for them to fight bloody battles.

But there is also a difference. The tribal cavalry who took refuge in the Datong Army really wanted to rebel in their hearts.The tribal cavalry following Governor Mirza were purely on errands, and they would run away [-]% in the event of a bloody battle.

Liang Zhen listened to these words in his heart, so he had a specific plan.

Since the tribal cavalry didn't understand the orders of the Datong Army, they just threw them out to disrupt the battle.Tens of thousands of cavalry on both sides are in chaos, and the width of the war is at least several miles, and the opponent's chief general can't even think about commanding remotely.

At the same time, all the Datong army lined up, and Liang Zhen used himself as a bait to attract the Bukhara elite.

When the two sides are completely disrupted, everyone loses the chain of command.Then, Datong Xiaoqi rushed out without orders at all, and purely relied on blood to fight, attracting his own tribal cavalry to follow.

The five hundred Datong Xiaoqi rushed like a snowball.Your own tribal cavalry don't need to understand the orders, just follow behind.

The enemy's tribal cavalry, due to the previous chaotic battle, had long been scattered throughout the battlefield.It is impossible to regroup, and it will definitely not be able to withstand such a charge, and it will be broken one by one like a knife cutting tofu.

There is only one loophole in the battle plan, that is, Governor Mirza, regardless of the Datong Army as a bait, directly led the elite cavalry to charge and kill the tribal cavalry from the very beginning.But fortunately, Mirza looked down on those miscellaneous troops and only thought about destroying the Datong Army.

At this moment, even the tribal cavalry who had been shot to pieces and had retreated to the edge of the battlefield rushed over under the leadership of the leader, wanting to join Datong Xiaoqi's desperate charge.

There are too many cavalry charging, and the battlefield cannot be lined up at all.

Some tribal leaders took the initiative to go around and outflank the two sides, trying to eat all the elite of Governor Mirza.

Mirza didn't run away, and this fellow became ruthless.

He asked the mounted musketeers and light cavalry to intercept Datong Xiaoqi's charge, and he personally led [-] heavy cavalry to kill the infantry led by Liang Zhen.

As long as the main force of the Datong army is destroyed, as long as the main general of the Datong army is killed, no matter how many troops are left, they will be defeated!

Three thousand Bukhara heavy cavalry charged desperately, as unstoppable as an overwhelming mountain.