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There were 5000 tribal cavalry who came to outflank.But in the face of the charge of three thousand heavy cavalry, the morale that had just been boosted fell to the bottom in an instant, and the tribal leaders hurriedly blew their horns to dodge.

Mirza held up his lance and shouted, "Long live the Great Khan, long live the Great Khan!"

"Long live the sweat!"

The three thousand heavy cavalry followed suit, but they didn't draw out their scimitars, and all of them held a long spear in their hands.

The distance between the two sides was still 300 meters, Liang Zhen shouted: "Hollow array!"

The command flag was waved, the bugle sounded, and the infantrymen of the Datong Army who were lining up and advancing immediately stopped and quickly changed their formation.

The ground was shaking, and the charge of three thousand heavy cavalry was terrifying.

But the soldiers of the Datong Army held their rifles steadily and looked at the enemy with a determined face.

A grin appeared on Mirza's face, three thousand heavy cavalry charged three thousand infantry, and the enemy general even created a thin hollow formation.Mirza could imagine the ending. As long as his heavy cavalry rushed over, the infantry on the opposite side would panic and collapse.

Those who are broken at a distance of thirty steps can be regarded as elites.

Those who collapsed at a distance of twenty steps can be called brave.

Those who fled only ten steps away were completely defiant.

The tribal cavalry who avoided the heavy cavalry charge did not go into battle at this moment, and they collectively looked at the infantry of the Datong Army.

A Gilligis leader murmured, "It's over, we're losing."

The heavy cavalry and the hollow formation were only twenty steps away.

The soldiers of the Datong Army still stood where they were, and the tribal leaders, while terrified, were also deeply moved: The Chinese army is really not afraid of death!

Ten steps, only ten steps left.

The Datong army was still in neat formation, no one escaped, and no one fired.

The hollow array can deal with cavalry, the focus is on horses.

The shining bayonet forest can make the enemy horses slow down automatically and subconsciously bypass them.If the gun is fired in advance, a large amount of smoke will block the line of sight, and the enemy horse will not be afraid.

Mirza was already in a hurry, no matter how much he whipped, the horse under his crotch was still slowing down.

The three thousand heavy riders rushed slower and slower, and almost stopped two or three meters away from the bayonet wall.The cavalry was still urging the horses to charge, but the horses circled to the side, unwilling to bump into the bayonets.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The Datong Army, which was facing the enemy head-on, finally opened fire.

The closest one, with only about one meter left, was the Bukhara cavalry sticking out their spears through the bayonet wall.

Without a single shot being missed, the heavy cavalry fell down in an instant.

The panicked heavy cavalry urged the panicked horses, trying to go around the sides of the hollow formation.But there was still a bayonet wall, and wherever the heavy cavalry circled, there were sporadic gunshots.

Governor Mirza, has fallen.

When he died, no one knew at all, and he didn't understand what happened until his death.

The gunpowder smoke gradually dissipated, and the tribal cavalry nearby looked there in disbelief.The [-] Datong troops were still arranged in a neat hollow formation, while the [-] heavy cavalry had broken up and fled.

At least half of the heavy cavalry fell around the hollow formation.

There are also a large number of heavy cavalry, their horses were shot and fell to the ground, and they were still alive, throwing away their weapons and fleeing in panic.

"kill!"

A tribal leader came to his senses and led his clansmen to chase after him. More and more tribal cavalry followed suit.

They killed the enemies who had lost their horses first, and then pursued the enemies who fled on horseback.The heavy armor on the heavy cavalry used to be a life-saving artifact, but now it has become a burden to escape. The tribal cavalry quickly caught up with the heavy load.

On the other side, Datong Xiaoqi led nearly [-] cavalry to confront Bukhara's mounted musketeers and light cavalry.Thousands of tribal cavalry also went around to the flanks to outflank.The disparity in strength and morale caused the Bukhara army to collapse in an instant. The only result of the battle was that the musketeers hit some enemies - Datong Xiaoqi, and fell a few more.

The next two hours were all chases, and took advantage of the opportunity to take the nearby city of Andijan.

When the leaders of the ministries brought the soldiers back to Andijan and looked at the Datong Army, their eyes completely changed.

They didn't dare to rebel before, and what they were most afraid of was the heavy cavalry of Bukhara.However, the infantry of the Datong Army could carry the heavy cavalry charge hard, and defeated the Bukhara heavy cavalry head-on.

"Minge Department and Zhuo Maihemuer, pay your respects to the general!" Mahmuir dismounted and walked forward, kneeling in front of Liang Zhen, his eyes full of awe.

"Joule and Zhuo Mihad, meet the general!"

"Herun tribe and Zhuoluba salute, goodbye..."

Tribal leaders one after another came to Liang Zhen and knelt down.

I also knelt down before, but they were not sincere, and everyone had other thoughts.

Kneeling at this moment is sincere and sincere, and it is out of awe.

Here, strength is the top priority!

Liang Zhen asked all the soldiers to set up camp, leaving only the leaders for the meeting.

The first sentence is: "Hand in all the spoils of this battle, and I will distribute them uniformly. The tribe with the most casualties and the bravest tribe in the battle can share more. It is not allowed to hide it privately, otherwise it will be severely punished." Don't worry, I won't treat you badly, China is very rich, there is no need to be greedy for these things."

"The second thing is that from now on, there will be no private vendetta between ministries. If there is any conflict, Chinese officials should be asked to mediate."

"The third thing is to continue to fight. If you capture the city, you are not allowed to plunder. I know that you come from all ethnic groups. Once you break through the foreign city, you will definitely kill the residents inside and outside the city."

Since this place is to be occupied, basic order must be maintained.

It does not mean that the more people of each ethnic group die the better, nor does it mean that the deeper the conflicts among the ethnic groups, the better.If there is really complete chaos, all ethnic groups will not take Chinese officials seriously, and the rule of the imperial court cannot be maintained for a long time.

"The fourth thing," Liang Zhen said with a grim expression, "help the tribes fighting in Bukhara, you can kill them at will in the next battle!"

Mehmul's face suddenly changed. Uzbeks are the main ethnic group in Bukhara, and they are also the most populous ethnic group here. All the Uzbek tribes who helped the governor fight the war.

Mehmur himself is an Uzbek. Although he was forced to rebel by the king, he did not want his own people to die too much.

Once a large number of Uzbek tribes were slaughtered, their advantage in the Fergana Basin was gone.

But there was no way to object, because Liang Zhen had enough reasons, who asked those tribes to help the governor fight?

The chiefs of the Kyrgyz, the Tajiks, and other minor groups all smiled happily.They resented the king and the Uzbeks. Since Liang Zhen said that massacres are allowed, they must kill all those who help the tyrants.

This is Liang Zhen's plan. He must weaken the strength of the Uzbeks and keep the three major ethnic groups in the basin in balance.

This idea came from Liu Qin.

Regardless of Liu Qin's absence, a few words can determine the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people.

After resting for a whole day, Liang Zhen set off with the coalition forces of various ethnic groups.

At the beginning, there were still rules, and the city was laid down along the way, without killing innocent people indiscriminately.

But after reaching the west of the basin, the soldiers of all ethnic groups turned into wolves, because Liang Zhen said that they could kill them at will.

Since the governor had been killed, those Uzbek tribes were in a state of disunity, and they had no power to resist the coalition forces of all ethnic groups.Tribes were slaughtered one after another, including women and children. A large amount of spoils were sent to Liang Zhen, and then distributed among the tribes participating in the battle.

The number of Uzbeks who died in wars and massacres is about 6 to 7, and it may be close to [-].

When the city of Khujand was attacked, the soldiers of all ethnic groups were already red-eyed, and their morale was terribly high.Because this is the last city, if you take this place, you will be able to control the throat of the Basin, which is the last chance to grab the spoils.

Accompanied by the bombing of hot air balloons, soldiers of all ethnic groups desperately climbed the city, and when they rushed into the city, they killed indiscriminately.

Throughout the Fergana Basin, the imperial court only had four cities: Khujand, Andijan, Fergana, and Osh.

All of these four places will be stationed with troops, and outside the city, Han people will immigrate to settle down.

With [-] immigrants coming over and occupying fertile land, as long as military deterrence is maintained, the Han Chinese can multiply to more than one million.

Even more!

Chapter 1055 [Chain Reaction]

Bukhara city.

One bad news came after another, King Abdullah Aziz didn't care at first, he thought that [-] heavy cavalry were enough to guard the Fergana Basin.

But the soldiers and Uzbek herders kept fleeing back, and finally brought the news of the governor's defeat and death.

The whole country was shocked!

Abdullah Aziz is not a pure fool, he is somewhat similar to Tang Minghuang.He also worked hard to govern when he was young, and the Astrakhan Dynasty of the Bukhara Khanate reached its peak in his hands.

Then, he began to be self-willed, to rule the country according to his preferences, and to spend extravagantly and indulge in pleasure.

"How many enemies are there? How did my heavy cavalry be defeated?" Aziz personally received the fleeing light cavalry. As for the heavy cavalry, the entire army had already been wiped out, and none of them escaped in heavy armor.

A light cavalry said: "The governor asked us to stop the tribal rebels. I didn't see how the heavy cavalry was defeated."

Several light cavalrymen said this, and finally someone said: "I saw it. The enemy's muskets have a dagger installed in front of them. All the infantry lined up with muskets instead of daggers. The heavy cavalry rushed over and the horses slowed down. was shot at close by by the musketeers."

Aziz was surprised: "Did the musketeers not flee in the face of the heavy cavalry charge?"

"No." The man replied.

Aziz looked at his minister: "Who can crack this kind of tactics?"

A minister who knew the soldiers said: "The horse helmets of the heavy cavalry completely exposed the eyes. You can modify the horse helmets to cover half of the horse's eyes, so that the horses can only see the ground one step ahead. In this way, the horses will They won’t slow down, and they can only see the enemy’s weapons when they get close. At that time, the horses couldn’t stop even if they wanted to.”

"Yes, order the craftsmen to remake the horse helmet," Aziz said, "Call out troops from all over the country, and send troops next spring to take Fergana back!"

The minister in charge of finance said: "Khan, there is not enough money and food."

"Then tax it," Aziz said.

The Minister of Finance reminded: "Great Khan, taxes in various places have been increased to the limit, and increasing taxes will definitely lead to rebellion."

But Aziz said: "It's not like raising taxes all the time, only for two years. In order to regain the land, shouldn't the subjects contribute to the Khanate?"

"Yes." The Chancellor of the Exchequer withdrew silently.

Another minister said: "Great Khan, the Khiva Khanate in the west has been eroding our pastures in recent years. On the border of our country, there are also Turkmen tribes who have defected to the Khiva Khanate with pastures. If you want to march next year, you must stay Some troops, to prevent the Khiva Khanate from taking advantage of the gap."

Aziz said angrily, "Those damned Turkmen rats don't want to live in the mighty Bukhara, but go to the weak Khiva. Are they all fools?"

Everyone dared not answer.

Of course, it was the king who taxed too much to force the tribe to surrender to the enemy.

At this time, the Khiva Khanate was ruled by a benevolent king.Not only are the taxes very low, but they are also committed to reconciling ethnic conflicts. The leaders of all ethnic groups are very convinced of King Shiva.

Comparing the two, a fool knows who to rely on.

Aziz ordered the collection of war taxes. After the news spread, the reactions of officials and people in various places were more excited than hearing that the Fergana Basin fell.

The governors of various places are very cooperative, and they cooperate a little too much.

If the king levies a penny of tax, they can collect a dime, and the specific tax collector can collect a penny.

The northwestern part of the Bukhara Khanate is full of dry grasslands and deserts.The tribes here are already struggling to survive, and suddenly they have to pay a large amount of war taxes, which directly drives them back.

Especially the tribes close to the Khiva Khanate, they took their territories and defected there.

Anusha, the Wenqing king of the Khiva Khanate, was overjoyed to hear the news, and quickly sent people to reward the defectors, and ordered to gather troops to prepare for battle.

Immediately afterwards, Anusha received news that China had occupied the Fergana Basin.

"Order all the armies not to cross the border, and don't take the initiative to fight," Anusha said happily. "Let Braha fight with China, no matter whether we win or lose, it will be good for us. Also, send someone to contact the nearby Our tribes of the Khanate of Bukhara, tell them I will not impose heavy taxes. Any race will be treated well if they come here.”

After making a decision, Anusha took out the Persian version of the "Tao Te Ching" and studied it seriously in the palace.

This Chinese version of the "Tao Te Ching" was obtained from the envoy Xie Yuan.Anusha spent a lot of money to ask a Persian scholar who had been to Nanjing to translate, and now he has to read and comprehend it repeatedly every day.

One of his sons was still studying in Nanjing at this time.

Historically, it was Anusha's continuous invasion that caused the Bukhara Khanate to lose territory one after another.The prestige of the King of Bukhara was severely damaged, coupled with the intensification of social conflicts, the Khanate of Bukhara began to fall apart, and the governor and religious leaders have separated themselves.

Now it is China who takes this role, the loss of the Fergana Basin disgraced the king of Bukhara, and the governor and religious nobles began to move.

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The tribal rebellion in the Northwest disrupted King Aziz's plan to dispatch troops.

He had to mobilize troops to put down the rebellion first, and it was not until the summer of the second year that the rebellion was finally completely quelled.At the same time, information was obtained that the Khiva Khanate next door was secretly gathering troops, obviously planning to take advantage of the situation.

Aziz did not dare to act rashly, and sent people to the Fergana Basin to inquire about information.

The spies came back and reported that the Chinese army had massacred many Uzbek tribes.However, many Uzbeks were used as hard labor for building the city, and they would be free as long as the building of the city was completed.Also, the slaves ruled by the Uzbeks were all released and became free people around the city of Khujand.

The Chinese army not only drove hard labor, repaired the city wall of Khujand, but also built the Great Wall further west of the city of Khujand, as if they wanted to completely block the entrance to the basin.

After hearing the information, Aziz was completely speechless.

At this time, to retake Fergana, we must fight a siege at the entrance of the basin.The Bukhara army is not good at attacking cities. Although they have mastered farming techniques, they are still nomadic tribes in their bones.