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Chapter 1058 – 1054 [Infantry Vs. Heavy Cavalry]

Chapter 1058 1054 [Infantry vs. Heavy Cavalry]

Liu Qin was hiding in the camp with the peasants and craftsmen. At this time, he was holding a binoculars, looking at the battlefield and smiling.

This battle is due to Liu Qin’s contribution.

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

On the side of the Datong Army, there are 3,500 core elites.

In Bukhara, there are about 10,000 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. It is difficult for them to fight **** 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 100% in the event of a **** battle.

Liang Zhen listened to these words in his heart, so he made 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.

Five hundred Datong Xiaoqi, rushing 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 chaos, 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 the 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 3,000 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.

There were four or five thousand tribal cavalry who came to outflank them. 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 shouted, but they didn’t draw out their scimitars, and all of them held a spear in their hands.

The distance between the two sides was still two to three hundred meters, Liang Zhen shouted: “Hollow array!”

The command flag was waved, the bugle sounded, and the infantry of the Datong Army who were queuing up 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.

Mirza had a grin on his face, three thousand heavy cavalry rushed against three thousand infantry, and the enemy general also 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 collapse at a distance of thirty steps can be regarded as elites.

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

The one who fled only ten steps away was completely defiant.

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

A Gilligis leader murmured, “It’s over, we’re going to lose.”

The heavy cavalry and the hollow formation are 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 order, no one escaped, and no one fired.

Hollow formations can deal with cavalry, the focus is on horses.

The bright bayonet forest can make the enemy horses slow down automatically and bypass them subconsciously. 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 he whipped him, the horse still slowed down.

Three thousand heavy cavalry rushed more and more slowly, rushed two or three meters outside the bayonet wall, and almost all stopped. 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 distance, even only about one meter left, is that the Bukhara cavalry is poking out their spears through the bayonet wall.

Without a single shot, 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 nearby tribal cavalry looked there in disbelief. The 3,000 Datong troops were still arranged in a neat hollow formation, while the 3,000 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, the horses were shot and fell to the ground, and the people were still alive, throwing away their weapons and fleeing in panic.

“kill!”

A tribal leader reacted and led his tribe to chase after him. More and more tribal cavalry chased after him.

They kill the enemies who have lost their horses first, and then pursue the enemies who flee 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 10,000 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 will be full of pursuit, and the nearby city of Andijan will be captured.

When the leaders of the ministries brought the soldiers back to Andijan and looked at the Datong Army again, 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 Zhuomai Hemuer, 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!”

“Herunbu and Zhuoluba pay their respects, see you…”

One tribal leader after another came to Liang Zhen and knelt down.

There were bows before, but they were not sincere, and everyone had other thoughts.

At this time, kneeling down, but it is sincere, and seven out of awe.

Here, respect strength!

Liang Zhen asked all the soldiers to 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 tribe that fought the most bravely, 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.”

“Second thing, in the future, there will be no private vendetta among ministries. If there is any conflict, Chinese officials should be consulted for mediation.”

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

Since you want to occupy this place, you must maintain basic order.

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 ferocious expression, “help the tribes fighting in Bukhara, and you can kill them at will in the next battle!”

Mehmulton’s expression changed suddenly. Uzbeks are the main ethnic group in Bukhara and the most populous ethnic group here. All the Uzbek tribes helped the governor to fight the war.

Makhmur himself is an Uzbek. Although he was forced to rebel by the king, he didn’t want his own people to die too much.

Once a large number of Uzbek tribes are slaughtered, their advantage in the Fergana Basin will be gone.

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

Giligis, Tajiks, and other weak ethnic groups, these leaders 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.

Liang Zhen’s plan is this. 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. They laid down cities 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.

Because the governor has been killed, those Uzbek tribes are in a state of disunity, unable 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 was about 50,000 to 60,000, and it may be close to 70,000.

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.

In the entire 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.

50,000 immigrants come here and occupy fertile land. As long as military deterrence is maintained, the Han Chinese can multiply to more than one million.

And even more!

(end of this chapter)