Daming Military Empire

Chapter 498 Meeting in the Wasteland
In the first month of the 15th year of Chongzheng, the Ming Empire was celebrating the New Year throughout the country, but a war was being planned in the desert of the Western Regions, a war against the Ming Empire.

On the vast Wusi wasteland, more than [-] cavalrymen were slowly spreading northward like a black torrent. Gushi was sweating and whipping his horses, galloping at the forefront of this torrent.

This is already the territory of the Kazakh Khanate. If it was in the past, he would definitely lead more troops here, because the Wacha and the Kazakh Khanate have been fighting intermittently for decades, and they are not friendly neighbors.

However, this time is different. Under the planning of Tsarist Russia, the Kazakh Khanate has agreed to send troops to attack the Ming Empire with Wacha, but they will only send out [-] cavalry. To put it bluntly, they are jealous and want to plunder the Ming Empire. .

Gushi Khan has no objection to this. The Kazakh Khanate is not a small country. Its territory is almost as large as the territory controlled by the four Wacha tribes. The Kazakh Khanate took advantage of the Wacha tribe to aggressively attack the Ming Empire, and sent troops to copy the Wacha tribe's hometown from behind, and the Wacha tribe would be over.

They agreed to send out 40 cavalry, which is different, because the Wacha tribe and the Kazakh Khanate are about the same strength. Just relying on these [-] fine cavalry, the other pawns are actually the underdogs.

Therefore, once the [-] fine cavalry came out, Gushi Khan was not so worried that the Kazakh Khanate would copy his lair, because the infantry of both sides were similar, and they could be stronger than ordinary herdsmen, and generally they would not fight alone without cavalry .

This is the case with the remaining forces of the Mongolian Yuan. If the opponent is found to be weak and deceitful, it is very likely that they will send troops to clean up the opponent directly. If the strength of the two sides is equal, they may fight for the territory, or they may join hands. Clean up others.

Like the Kazakh Khanate, there was a bit of conflict with Tsarist Russia at the beginning, but in the process of destroying the Siberian Khanate, Tsarist Russia seemed to let them gain a lot of territory, and now they began to fight with Tsarist Russia again.

The original course of history was that Tsarist Russia used them to wipe out the Wacha tribe, and then slowly took them into their pockets. However, with the strong rise of the Ming Empire, the course of history has completely changed.

At this moment, Tsarist Russia has no time to plot against the Kazakh Khanate and the Wacha tribe, because the Ming Empire is too powerful. Regardless of other things, the Ming Empire must be brought down first!

Of course, Gushi Khan didn't know what Tsarist Russia was up to. The reason why he assembled a large army and ran to the Us wasteland this winter was mainly to receive the [-] rifles promised by Tsarist Russia. At the same time, he also wanted to see Coppello. Is the husband bragging?

If Kopelov can really lead an army of 20 to escort the muskets, he will send troops to attack the Ming Empire before the ice and snow in Siberia melt as he said.

If Kopelov can only bring a few troops to escort the muskets, then I'm sorry, you should fight the Ming Empire first, if you can withstand the attack of the Ming Empire, I will send troops again!
Gushi Khan galloped his horse and stared at the front. He hoped that Kopelov was not bragging. After all, the knot between Waci and Daming was too big, and he still wanted to take this opportunity to overthrow Daming.

Just as he was expecting the appearance of the Tsarist Russian army, a scout in front came galloping on horseback. Judging by his gestures, it seemed that something happened ahead.

Gushi Khan slowly raised his right hand and shouted: "Slow down, stop moving forward."

The guards behind him raised their hands to convey the message, and soon, the speed of more than a hundred thousand cavalry slowly slowed down, and the large army finally stopped when they were about a hundred steps away from the scout cavalry.

The scout looked at the location of Gushi Khan, urged the horse forward, then got off the horse, knelt on one knee and cupped his hands and said: "Qi Khan, I found a large number of cavalry from the Kazakh Khanate more than ten miles ahead."

Gushi Khan asked lightly: "How much?"

The scout reckoned, "It's about the same as us."

When Gushi Khan heard the words, he waved his hand and asked him to retreat, and then said loudly: "All the ministries are lined up in a square formation."

The personal guards behind him dispersed, and soon, the cavalry behind slowly gathered and formed a square formation. In less than a quarter of an hour, dozens of neat square formations appeared behind him, which were more than a mile wide horizontally.

At this time, two generals came on horseback, one was his nephew Eqier Tutaiji, and the other was Batur Huntaiji, the leader of the Trogar tribe.

As soon as the two riders came behind him, Batur Huntaiji cupped his hands and asked, "Khan, what happened."

Gushi Khan said lightly: "It's nothing, the Kazakh cavalry is in front, let's go and meet together."

After that, he raised his hand and ordered loudly: "The whole army moves forward slowly."

There was another burst of communication, and soon, everyone began to clamp the horse's belly, shake the reins, and urge the horse to move forward slowly.

After walking for less than a quarter of an hour, a black line slowly appeared on the ground ahead, also more than a mile wide, also cavalry, also lined up in a neat square formation.

Gushi Khan raised his hand, ordered the large troops to stop, and then led Oqiertu and Batur to the middle of the two armies on horseback.

The other party also came with three horsemen, and when there were still a hundred steps away, both sides slowed down one after another. When they were on the opposite side of the hatchback, Gushi Khan laughed boldly and said, "Hahahaha, Jiangerhan has been gone for a long time."

Jianger Khan on the opposite side spoke blunt Mongolian official dialect, and greeted him with a half-hearted smile: "Gushi Khan, long time no see."

It is no wonder that he is not enthusiastic at all, because on the whole, the Wacha Department is still a little bit stronger than the Kazakh Khanate, so they often suffer a small loss, and they are happy to see the master who always takes advantage of him It's strange to wake up.

Gushi Khan still laughed loudly and said: "Why did Jianger Khan lead the troops out for a stroll today? This Khan had to lead the troops so far in the cold because he wanted to receive a batch of weapons from Tsarist Russia. Why, are you afraid that Ben Khan will take the opportunity to steal your territory?"

Jianger Khan curled his lips and said with a sneer, "I also have something to negotiate with Rozov, otherwise why would I run out in such a cold day, but the Tsarist Russian army seems to arrive tomorrow, why don't you go and sit in my Khan's tent?"

Just kidding, the two parties are not very friendly, running on other people's territory is already a bit dangerous, and running to other people's sweat tents, wouldn't that be suicide!

Gushi Khan shook his head without hesitation and said: "Forget it, Ben Khan is tired after running for so long, so I won't bother you today, let's talk about it tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, he raised his hands and clasped his fists for a moment, then he rode his horse and ran towards the formation.

Soon, the armies of both sides turned around and retreated. The Kazakh cavalry returned to the camp more than ten miles away, while the Wacha cavalry retreated and set up camp more than ten miles away.

(End of this chapter)