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Outside the collapsed Yumen Pass, the setting sun is blood-red, and yellow sand rolls across the vast wasteland, creating an endless desolation.
Three thousand Qin soldiers in black clothes and dark armor stood solemnly under the collapsed wall of the pass, like a black forest standing abruptly on the land covered with yellow sand.
The army formation was like a forest, motionless as a mountain. The cold and murderous aura that permeated the silence was filled with the smell of iron and blood. In front of the formation stood a large flag with the word Qin fluttering in the wind.
Three miles away, Sengge's 3,000 Mongolian cavalrymen charged back and forth, a hail of arrows covered the sky, whizzing towards Abdullah Khan and his hundreds of men, the blood of those who were hit dyed the yellow sand red;
The fierce shouts and horse hooves from both sides raised billowing clouds of dust and rushed straight towards the silent black army formation in the distance.
As the Mongols charged wave after wave, the number of guards around Abdullah Khan became fewer and fewer. "Ah!" He let out a scream as he was shot in the shoulder and was on the verge of collapse.
"Great Khan!"
"Khan, go first. The Qin army will not come. Khan, go quickly... I will stop the enemy..."
Following Abdullah Khan, General Dule let a few of his personal soldiers escort him as he fled to the Qin army formation a few miles away. He turned his horses around with the remaining two hundred men, waving crescent-shaped scimitars, and rushed back towards Sengge's large group of troops.
Dürer's courage was commendable, but his numbers were too small. The three thousand Mongolian cavalry swept over like a wave and quickly scattered them.
Durer swung his crescent-shaped scimitar desperately, and kept shouting "In the name of Allah, kill!" His fierce sword light knocked a Mongol who was rushing towards him off his horse. The splashing blood dyed his face red. Then, with a "puff!" sound, a powerful arrow instantly pierced through his face and knocked him off his horse.
"Allah!" Sengge, who was as strong as a lion, jumped on his horse and raised his sword, roaring. Three thousand Mongolian cavalrymen chased Abdullah Khan without stopping.
“Ah!”
“Ah!”
“Ah!”
The killing shouts in Mongolian reached the sky. The thundering hooves of the horses were like the heart-wrenching drums of war. They rode their horses and shot arrows at the same time. Abdullah Khan in front of them was like a small boat chased by strong winds and waves on the sea, surrounded by dangers. Arrows were raining down behind him, threatening to turn him into a hedgehog at any time.
Closer and closer, the black-clad, black-armored army standing still was right in front of them. Abdullah Khan was shot down by the last guard beside him, and behind him was the roar of "Ala!" like the raging sea, chasing him closely.
He looked at the black army formation ahead with despair and longing, hoping that the black torrent would rush out, save his life, and drown the frenzied horses behind him.
But no, the black army formation still stood still, within a hundred steps of the collapsed Yumen Pass. On the wall of the pass, which was almost covered by yellow sand, a black Qin army flag fluttered in the wind.
Abdullah Khan knew. That was the border set by the Qin army, and it was also his gate of death. Only by rushing through it could he survive. He gritted his teeth, tried to lie on the horse's back, and kept whipping the warhorse with his scimitar... ... 400 steps... ... 300 steps... ... 200 steps... ... .
Guerrilla Pang Shan could not help but ask Li Dingguo: "Marshal, do you want to save his life?"
Li Dingguo's face was as hard as iron. He held the handle of the knife and said, "If he can get through, he can live. If he can't, that's his fate."
The three thousand Qin soldiers held their breath, looking at Abdullah Khan who was desperately rushing towards them in the violent rain of arrows, the shadow of the solitary rider stretched so long under the blood-red setting sun.
He was riding a fine horse, and after whipping it desperately, its speed reached its limit. The large Qin flag on the collapsed wall cast a long shadow in the setting sun. When he finally passed the flag shadow, he couldn't help but relax, and the horse under his crotch fell to the ground with a bang, throwing him seven or eight steps away, causing the yellow sand on the ground to fly.
clang!
With a clang, Li Dingguo suddenly drew out his long sword.
The three thousand Qin soldiers immediately marched forward steadily, advancing like a wall, and the soldiers in the front row raised their rifles at the same time.
"Anyone who invades the Great Qin territory will be killed without mercy!"
"Anyone who invades the Great Qin territory will be killed without mercy!"
"Anyone who invades the Great Qin territory will be killed without mercy!"
The roar was as loud as a mountain, and a wave of air rushed towards the Mongolian cavalry.
Seeing Abdullah Khan struggling to get up from the yellow sand and stumbling towards the Qin army, Sengge was not willing to let the cooked duck fly away.
But the Qin army's formation was tight and murderous, and their simultaneous shouts were so loud that it was obvious that they were not easy to deal with. He decided to test them first. If it turned out that the Qin army was just a facade, he would lead his troops to crush them without hesitation.
At his command, two hundred men and horses were dispatched to the left and right, and they immediately surrounded the Qin army from both sides. The setting sun in the west was getting redder and redder, as if dripping blood. The vast yellow sand was lifted up like a curtain under the raindrops of the horses' hooves, sweeping across the land.
“Ah!”
“Ah!”
The rough shouts of the Mongols were getting louder and louder. On their galloping horses, they held longbows in their hands, with sharp arrowheads on the strings, and their eyes were filled with bloodthirsty gleams.
Under the command of guerrilla general Pang Shan, the Qin army also arranged three-stage shooting arrays on both wings and rotated with the enemy.
"shot!"
When the enemy rushed within 200 steps, Pang Shan roared, "Bang, bang, bang! Bang, bang, bang!" Waves of gunfire shook the sky, and rows of bullets whizzed away;
The Mongols in the distance fell off their horses, crashing and tumbling, the endless dust was swirling, the sky was dyed bloody, the scene was extremely tragic, the indifferent Yumen Pass shook violently again, as if trying to break free from the shackles of a thousand years of loneliness, and turned back to listen to the voice of the Han family... ..
The Mongols were undoubtedly brave. They rushed forward desperately in the hail of bullets, but the life-threatening gunfire never stopped. Bullets pierced their sturdy bodies, bringing out puffs of blood. The horses that fell to the ground cried in grief, and the masters who could not get up had hot blood rushing out of their bodies and twitching in pain... .
There were 400 soldiers on both wings, but before they could advance 150 steps, more than half of them were killed or wounded. Nearly 200 corpses were spread all over the ground, in all directions, and the air was filled with blood...
The rest finally couldn't stand this horrific slaughter any more and turned around to flee. In the process of fleeing, they were swept down like wheat in rows.
It was the first time that Sengge saw such a tragic scene. His eyes were wide open with anger, and his eye sockets were about to burst. He yelled hysterically in Mongolian, and his horse neighed and he stood up...
However, he was not a man of courage but of strategy, but the one who had the greatest hope of inheriting the throne of the Khan of the Dzungar tribe;
He quickly calmed down and sent a general named Yama to rein in his horse outside the collapsed wall and shouted to the Qin army: "Hand over Abdullah to us immediately and retreat back to Jiayu Pass. The blood debt between us can be written off. Otherwise, the Dzungars will fight you to the death."
Pang Shan replied with a resounding voice: "Whoever offends the Great Qin will be punished no matter how far away they are!"
"What a joke! Even if the Qin State inherited the territory of the Ming Dynasty, it only reached Jiayuguan. The two states of Guasha were originally the territory of the Yarkand Khanate. Now that the Yarkand Khanate has been destroyed by our Dzungar, the two states of Guasha are our territory."
The territory of the Ming Dynasty once expanded to Hami, but to be honest, it was not conquered by the Ming army;
The Ming Dynasty set up the "Seven Guards of Guanxi" outside Jiayuguan in Suzhou (Jiuquan City), namely: Chijin Mongolian Guard, Handong Guard, Handong Left Guard, Hami Guard, Anding Guard, Quxian Guard, and Aduan Guard;
In fact, these guards, like the Three Doyan Guards, were all hereditary guard commanders by their tribal leaders. They were vassal guards of the Ming Dynasty and were later annexed by the Yarkand Khanate.
The Ming army had been stationed in Jiayu Pass, so Ya Ma had the right to ask the Qin army to retreat to Jiayu Pass.
According to him, the Qin Dynasty inherited the territory of the Ming Dynasty, which only reached Jiayuguan. They conquered the Yarkand Khanate, and the states of Guasha and other states outside Jiayuguan should belong to the Dzungarian Khanate. Now the Qin army took advantage of the situation and sent troops to steal the two states of Guasha, which was wrong for the Qin army.
Pang Shan pointed at Abdullah Khan who rushed to Li Dingguo in panic and replied: "Even if you follow your bandit theory, you said that the two states of Guasha belonged to Weigar tribe, so you should ask him first, right?"
Yam was instantly speechless after the refutation. According to his "inheritance theory", you can only inherit after others die. Now that others are still breathing, how come it is your turn to "inherit" this area
Ya Ma was so angry that he screamed and yelled. Obviously, no matter what, they were unwilling to give in and would eventually have to pay with blood and iron.
The bloody battle between Daqin and Junggar seems to be unavoidable... ... .
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