Ming Zuo

Chapter 1707 The Wind of the Western Regions
Seeing that Zheng Chenggong took out a hard pancake, spread it with roasted savory mutton, and then smeared it with thick chili sauce, and ate it, Huang Jiaming was thoughtful.

He tried to add a spoonful of chili to his pancakes, tried hard to bear the spiciness, and ate it.

In cold weather, eating enough chili will quickly warm you up.

It gets dark late in the Western Regions. Even if it is dark, as long as there is no wind and clouds, the visibility is very high.

143 Lian ate and drank enough, bathed in the light of the stars and the moon, and got into the mountains.

For the soldiers of the National Defense Forces, the journey of thirty miles is like traveling in mountains and rivers.

When they arrived at the destination, the horse bandits who had no tactical literacy were sleeping soundly in the lee.

The soldiers split into joint attacks, groped forward, and attacked the core area until the horse bandits were surprised by the enemy's attack.

But at this time, it is meaningless for them to try to resist.

bang bang bang bang...

"Pay the gun and don't kill!!!"

Facing the muzzle of the black hole, all the horse bandits who were still alive obediently put down their weapons and became prisoners in despondency.

In this pursuit and suppression battle, 143 companies won a complete victory, not even a single one was injured.

At dawn, the team returned.

Walking halfway, smoke and dust billowed ahead, and several fast horses rushed over.

"Company commander, ordered by the regiment headquarters, immediately pack up and join the main force before noon."

Zheng Chenggong's spirit was shaken, and his joy was beyond words.

"Haha, are you finally going to enter the Western Regions?"

"According to the news from the High Command, the northern strategic cluster has completely pacified Mobei, and one of them has already marched towards Tannu Wulianghai. Not surprisingly, we will definitely be able to attack Erqitu Khan's back in early September. By then , the entire Western Regions must be in chaos. In addition, Liang Yue has already moved in place, so it's time for us to set off."

At the joint meeting of the Northwest Strategic Cluster, Huang Sanhu began to unify his thinking.

In order to let the forces of the Western Regions kill each other and sink into the quagmire, the Northwest Strategic Cluster stopped in Hami and only put pressure on the Western Regions.

After more than a year of sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, the Western Regions are now almost fighting.

Liang Yue chose to detour around the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain, throwing all the pressure on Batur Huntaiji.

Today's Liang Yue's troops have descended from heaven and suddenly captured Yecheng.

Further on, there are Shache, Kashgar and other places.

At that time, the Yarkand Khanate will definitely get the news, and they will no longer care about the battle with Batur Huntaiji, and will definitely return to the division for rescue.

And Orchitu Khan, the so-called leader of the Oirat Mongolia, is far inferior to the Junggar tribe in real strength. Once he loses the echo of the Yarkand Khanate, he will definitely not be able to stop Batur Huntaiji's soldiers.

Of course, the National Defense Forces will not sit back and watch the Junggar tribe dominate northern Xinjiang and become bigger and stronger.

Marching now, taking advantage of the fact that all the forces in the Western Regions are unable to extricate themselves, the autumn wind will sweep the fallen leaves directly, so as to avoid future troubles forever.

The Northwest Strategic Group has stayed in Hami for too long, so that the officers and soldiers are eager to fight.Now that they can finally march, they are all elated.

The army's morale was available, and Huang Sanhu immediately deployed.

"The Fourth Front Army captured Turpan, and then marched west along the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. You send some troops to receive along the places where Liang Yue's troops passed."

Zuo Menggeng has reached a tacit understanding with Liang Yue.

Liang Yue was actually the pioneer of the national defense force, and the national defense force followed behind, on the one hand providing him with sufficient support, on the other hand, just in case, he would go into battle at any time in person.

Jian Zong'an and others accept the task, and they will naturally deploy it when they go back.

"After the Fifth Front Army set out from Hami, it took the northern line to attack Bieshabali, and then divided into two groups. One route went west along the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and the other route diverted to Altai, striving to form an interaction with the northern strategic cluster."

Yu Lichun and the others were gearing up, and didn't think this plan to divide the troops was any difficult.

The Fifth Front Army has the Seventh Division, the Ninth Division, the Fourth Cavalry Division, and six security divisions, with a total of 30 soldiers and horses. How difficult is it to deal with these crooked melons and dates in the Western Regions?

If it is really difficult, I am afraid that the vast area and the water-scarce environment are far more powerful than the enemy.

After the combat order was issued, the two major front armies immediately moved into action.

The 26th Regiment of the [-]th Division where Zheng Chenggong belonged was given the task of vanguard and walked in front of the army.

Zheng Chenggong's 143rd company is also the forward of the whole regiment.

"Our task is to go deep into Barhaizi, investigate the enemy's situation here, and establish a forward position. After preliminary reconnaissance, the nomads here are not Oirat Mongolia. Afterwards, we must treat the locals kindly, and absolutely do not allow bullying.”

Zheng Chenggong first did ideological work for the whole company, for fear that these arrogant soldiers would act recklessly and ruin the overall situation.

Balhaizi is the later Balikun Lake, which is the largest land with abundant water and grass after crossing the Tianshan Mountains from Hami.

Interestingly, it is not the Mongolians who nomad and settle here all the year round, but the Kazakhs.

But this place is thousands of kilometers away from the core area of ​​Kazakhstan, so the Kazakhs here are helpless, and they are always attacked and harassed by the Oirat Mongols, and their lives are miserable.

The enemy of the enemy is a friend, and winning the support of this part of the Kazakhs is very conducive to the empire's march to the Western Regions.

Taking advantage of the heavy snowfall, the Fifth Front Army crossed the Tianshan Mountains and suddenly appeared in Balhaizi.

The huge army immediately broke the tranquility on the grassland.

At first, all the Kazakhs were terrified, and they packed their bags and fled.After staying for a while, I found that the Han people who came here did not burn, kill or loot, and even protected their pastures very friendly, which made the Kazakhs suspicious.

Zheng Chenggong was very bold. He took only a few soldiers and did not carry weapons. Instead, he ran to the Kazakhs with salt, cloth and other items to trade.

After going back and forth, the two sides finally became familiar with each other.

The commodities they brought were all urgently needed on the grasslands and were welcomed by the Kazakhs.

The cattle, sheep and furs traded from the Kazakhs also played a huge role in the National Defense Forces.

Zheng Chenggong took the opportunity to explain the imperial policy to the Kazakhs in detail, and gradually won the trust of the Kazakhs.

Half a month later, the first group of Kazakhs returned to their original place of residence.

The Kazakhs were finally moved when they saw that the ranch was intact, even the tents they had no time to carry with them still existed, and even the damaged parts were repaired by the National Defense Forces.

The reputation of the newly arrived Han people for not oppressing or plundering has gradually spread to the ears of every Kazakh.

After seeing the beautiful girl appearing and the National Defense Army treated each other with courtesy, the Kazakhs finally felt relieved.

Many people even stood up and acted as guides for the National Defense Forces to help the National Defense Forces deal with the hateful Oirat Mongols.

(End of this chapter)