On May 17, by the Ertzis River.

This place is the boundary of Kenggertura, an important town in the Junggar Khanate. The rivers here are intertwined and the land is rich. The world-famous lake, Ulungu Lake, is nearby.

From the Ertzis River to the Ulungu Lake, there is a place with abundant water and grass. Large areas of plains are covered with meadows and shrubs. The entire east coast of Xiaohaizi and the sides of the estuary are dense reeds, flocks of wild ducks, seagulls flying, and rare birds such as white swans and cranes.

"Wow..."

Water splashed everywhere, and a large group of cavalry stepped across the tiny river water, rolling on the grassland like a torrent, destroying countless beautiful flowers and scaring away some nearby animals.

"stop!"

A cold voice came from a red dragon flag. Immediately, thousands of cavalry stopped, leaving only the big flags wrapped around the black edges rushing, and the layers of sabers shining in the sun.

The general in charge is about thirty years old, with a straight figure and a bit rude, and his indifferent tiger eyes are slightly impetuous.

He was the grandson of Wang Tingchen, the former Liaodong general, named Wang Dacao, and served as the brigade commander in the Western Protectorate.

The name "Da Cao" was named by Wang Tingchen himself for his grandson. It means noble ethics and great ambitions. It also refers to holding a large-scale exercise, which is the best among the names of the children of the generals!

After the order stopped, Wang Dacao took out the monocular lens from his waist, pulled it long, and looked forward, but saw that there was no signal sent or sent to the east at night, and some cavalry rushed back.

Wang Dacao looked carefully at the depressed Kengertula City, and sneered for a while: "These damn Junggar people are chased by our army and don't even want this town. They are simply a group of waste, and none of them can fight!"

The troops led by Wang Dacao were some of the Western Expedition Army sent by Qi Guangyang to suppress the rebellion a few months ago. Taking advantage of the main force of the Junggar to go north to siege the Northern Expedition Army. The Western Expedition Army was invincible in the Junggar Khanate and chased the rebels everywhere.

Every time he passed by, Wang Dacao would pull the local tribe leaders and ask them to sing "Ode to the Imperial Ming" in a cappella.

In the field of vision, a horse came from the dust and appeared from the hills and woods on the mountains. It was the Ming army's nighttime failure.

"Report! General, His Highness of the King of Han was besieged by the main army of Junggar on Mount Argret. The thief Khan Zhuotbabatul personally took charge of the central army, with about 40,000 troops!"

"What? His Highness the King of Han was surrounded?"

Wang Dacao's face shook, pointed to a group of praising paintings beside him and said anxiously: "Check the location of Mount Argret!"

Several followers of the army quickly opened the map and searched anxiously, but heard one of the youngest ones say: "No need to check, Mount Argret is southwest, two hundred miles away from our army."

"I found it, it's the southwest direction of our army!"

Lao Zanhua pointed to the map, measured it with a ruler, and said in surprise: "The straight line distance is about 190 miles."

At this time, the young puppet who had spoken before was undoubtedly the most concerned person in the audience.

This person is young and can even get a close eye to the enemy's passes. He knows how to draw his hands and hands. It's really not easy!

At first, people thought he was confused and young people like to show off.

Wang Dacao glanced at Young Zanhua and said lightly: "What's your name? What's your position?"

Praise paintings are not surprised or happy, and said calmly: "I am humble in Qin Yu, who was born in the Huangming Military Academy, and I am the first to be an intern in the military.

Wang Dacao nodded and said, "No, you've become a regular today!"

No more nonsense, Wang Dacao turned his horse on his back, drew out his sword, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone gets on the horse and rescue the king's carriage!"

"Everyone is on the horse and rescue the king's carriage!"

The central officer quickly conveyed the order. The cavalry trumpet blew the trumpet. Amid the sharp trumpet, the cavalry kept rushing onto the horses.

The Junggar's army besieged the King of Han, and even the thief Khan Zhuotbabathur himself took charge, which means that they would kill them all, and the King of Han's men would be encircled and annihilated!

Wang Da was a member of the Lao Jiubian group, and his representatives in the court were the King of Han Zhu Heqiu and the Yang family! How could he allow someone to hurt the King of Han!

Wang Dacao resolutely decided to send out five hundred cavalry first, each equipped with four war horses, and rush to help at night. Even if he launches a suicide attack and persists for a quarter of an hour, he will still hold back the encirclement and annihilation of the Junggar army and buy time for His Highness the King of Han to break out of the encirclement!

On Mount Argret, smoke filled the air, and the sound of gunfire and the shouts of charge sounded from time to time.

At the beginning, although Wang Lu was caught off guard, the well-trained Ming army soldiers quickly used the rocks and trees around him as cover to launch a sharp counterattack.

Many Junggar soldiers were killed by well-trained Ming army musketeers before they could see the Ming army soldiers.

However, as the war in the past two days became more intense, the Junggar army took the initiative and was at the upper hand.

Although the Ming army was ahead of the Junggar army in terms of equipment, the gap between the two sides was nearly ten times. The Junggar army had fought with the Russian army and the Kazakh Khanate for many years and had formed a certain combat effectiveness.

Under such a gap, the Junggar Army had many artillery assistance, and the royal brigade, which had only more than 3,000 men, was at risk of being wiped out at any time.

In order to cover the artillery battalion, Xu Mingwu commanded the troops to defeat the attacks of the Junggar army many times, but he had not closed his eyes for two days and two nights.

After a while of leisure, he fell asleep. He didn't know how long he had slept, but he heard sporadic gunshots outside the camp.

Xu Mingwu jumped up and shouted, "Where is the gunshot?"

The guard ran in from outside the tent: "Report to the General General, the enemy has attacked again. Our army and the enemy's vanguard have caught fire. It's still far from us. You can sleep for a while."

"Sleep a fart!"

Xu Mingwu scolded, rushed out of the camp, took big steps, and ran to the artillery position.

Six Martial Emperor cannons lined up, and there were thirty mortars. The black muzzles aimed at the direction of Xuanyue Valley. It was the way for the Ming army to leave the valley and the only place for the Junggar army to attack.

More than 400 artillery soldiers from the artillery battalion were in their place, and they were quite energetic and were all orderly.

In the Ming army, artillery was a high-tech army, and the treatment they enjoyed was not only higher than that of infantry, but also higher than cavalry. The overall quality of artillery was also the highest among all military branches. It is hard to say about liberal arts, but science is excellent!

Qin Shiyue, the chief of the artillery camp, came over and bowed, "My lord's duty is to guard the artillery camp around him. Why did he come to the artillery array?"

Qin Shiyue, the chief of the camp, was twenty-five years old. He had a white face and bright eyes. He graduated from the 15th phase of the artillery department of the Imperial Ming Military Academy and was considered Xu Mingwu's "senior brother".

Qin Shiyue seemed to be just a battalion general, but in fact, the artillery battalion was the most important among the army. His battalion general was the same as Xu Mingwu's regiment general, and both had fifth-rank ranks.

In the distance, the gunfire sounds from the rear of the Han King's Central Army were sparse, which should be an encounter between small troops. After a while, the gunfire sounds returned to silence and the two sides broke off from contact.

The silence was not long, and the Junggar army in the northwest burst out again with deafening guns and cannons.

Xu Mingwu stood up and carefully identified the sound of guns and cannons. After a moment, he bowed to Qin Shiyue and said, "Mr. Qin, please transfer the Wuhuang cannon to the high ground behind the central army immediately!"

Qin Shiyue widened her eyes, was stunned for a while, and asked, "Why?"

Xu Mingwu said: "I think the main attack direction of the Junggar Army has changed. They have taken artillery troops around. This is to attack the Han King's central army!"

Qin Shiyue pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Xu, what you said makes sense, but the task of my artillery battalion is to control the valley entrance. If the artillery array is transferred, you will not be able to take into account the valley entrance. That is the way for our army to live!"

Xu Mingwu frowned and said, "Mr. Qin, the enemy's changing direction of attack means that we have more than one way to live! If the enemy breaks through the central high ground, His Highness the King of Han may not be able to go down the mountain. What's the use even if our army controls the valley entrance?"

Qin Shiyue thought for a moment and asked, "Mr. Xu, do you have the warrant from His Highness the King of Han?"

"No!" Xu Mingwu said: "The situation is urgent, and I don't have time to ask His Highness the King of Han!"
Chapter completed!