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Chapter 530 Crushing Battle

Zheng Dingrui slowly marched into the army while he was silent, and at the same time he gathered the chieftains and temples in western Sichuan. The Tatars also stood still in Litang, waiting for the Ming army to attack.

On the contrary, it was the Ming army from Sichuan and Yunnan who clashed with the chieftain of Batang first.

Batang is close to the Jinsha River. Relying on the water conservancy of the Jinsha River, there are large river valleys here impacting the plains. It is the main grain-producing area of ​​Kangzang, and is even known as the "Plateau Jiangnan".

Historically, in the middle period of the Yongzheng period, the boundaries between Kham and Tibet were redrawn, and the grain-producing land of Batang and some of the salt wells in Mangkang were included in the jurisdiction of the Sichuan governor.

Now, due to the interference of the Ming Dynasty, this place still belongs to Kangzang.

He Xiangming personally led an army of 10,000 people, established a grain road along the Jinsha River, and steadily advanced northward. The chieftain of Batang, Kambu, soon received the news.

Ten years ago, this guy, together with Litang Diba (battalion officers), gathered troops to fight against the Qing army that entered Tibet. As a result, they saw the Kangzang allied forces were defeated and Ma Liu surrendered. He was canonized as Batangxuan by the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. Fusi.

A few years ago, I heard that the Qing Dynasty was in danger, so I killed the grain officials established by the Qing Dynasty in Batang and began to separate and establish itself.

Yongzheng wanted to retreat directly to Batang at first. After all, this was a plateau grain-producing area. But the chieftain of Batang, Kambu, was afraid of being liquidated by the Tatars, so he united with the Khenpo (president) of Dinglin Temple and the Tibetan nobles in Qamdo. After joint pressure, the Tatars were forced to settle for the next best option and choose the nearby Litang.

Now, when he heard that the Han army was coming to Batang, Kamubu immediately thought of surrendering. But soon he heard that the Han soldiers only came with infantry troops, and this guy felt that he could do it again.

If all the people coming are cavalry, Nakhamubu may still have some scruples, but if it's just infantry, then there's nothing to be afraid of.

This is really not because Kamubu is arrogant, but because the Kangzang side is full of plateaus, the cavalry is okay, but the infantry has to breathe heavily if they move even slightly violently.

Kambu subconsciously ignored the muskets and artillery. After all, when the Qing army and the Junggar cavalry entered Tibet, both sides mainly relied on the cavalry to crush them. The muskets were not only old-fashioned matchlocks, but also basically useless.

Needless to say about artillery, the Dzungars have already traveled thousands of miles to attack, so how can they bring artillery with them.

It can be said that both the Qing army and the Junggar cavalry basically relied on the excellent quality of soldiers and the advantages of armor and equipment to crush these Tibetan soldiers with cold weapons.

He Xiangming held a telescope and looked at Kamubu who was gathering troops. He could even see clearly what the other party was saying: "Are all the Tibetan chieftains in Batang crazy?"

The lieutenant general was very happy: "It's a good time to be crazy. The soldiers have been marching for many days and have been depressed and panicked for a long time. Since there are still chieftains who dare to resist my Ming Dynasty King's army, it is best to kill them all."

He Xiangming shook his head: "There is no need to destroy them all. There are too many chieftains here, there are almost no Han people, and most of them are plateaus and mountains. It is difficult for the court to immigrate here. These chieftains have to be kept for the time being, but they can teach them a lesson first. .”

Officers at all levels of the Ming army quickly received military orders, and with excellent discipline, quickly formed formations to meet the enemy.

On the other hand, the Tibetan army led by Kamubu waited until the Ming army had all formed up, but it was still in a mess, with no formation at all.

Not only that, although these Tibetan soldiers are all cavalry, with a total strength of nearly 5,000 troops, their armor rate is only less than one tenth.

Moreover, all the armored cavalry were basically gathered into a small group, among the unarmored cavalry. They were obviously thousands of cavalry cobbled together by Tibetan nobles and their own horsemen.

Even the armored Tibetan cavalry mostly had worn-out armor. It was more like having pieces of armor sewn onto their cloth than armor.

No wonder the Junggars only had 5,000 cavalry, and they were able to attack thousands of miles and directly destroy Tibet. The actual combat effectiveness of these Tibetan soldiers is probably inferior to that of the chieftains in the southwest of Han Dynasty.

If it weren't for the fact that no one was interested in the plateau and mountains, these Tibetan nobles would have been wiped out countless times by the southwestern chieftains.

Kambu didn't know it yet, and shouted excitedly: "The whole army attacks, come with me and kill all these Han soldiers!"

Five thousand Tibetan cavalry, led by Tusi Kambu, charged directly towards the Ming army's infantry phalanx.

From the shoulder height, these Tibetan soldiers' war horses are very close to the ponies in the southwest.

This is all the fault of the Mongols, when Gushi Khan entered Tibet and established the Khoshot Khanate regime. In order to prevent the Tibetans from threatening their rule, all the tall war horses in Tibet were forcibly taken away, leaving only those short horses.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

Five thousand cavalry charged, and the sound of horse hooves shook the ground violently.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Ming army was also unambiguous and used mortars directly.

Large-caliber artillery is too heavy and difficult to transport to plateaus and mountains, and the effect is not as good as expected. But we can’t bring large-caliber artillery. We can bring small-caliber portable mortars!

The actual lethality of this thing is not inferior to that of large-caliber artillery. In particular, it is explosive. Compared with large-caliber artillery, even if the shell is empty, the violent explosion can always kill one or two unlucky people.

These Tibetan cavalry have never seen artillery. Since the middle of the former Ming Dynasty, the connection between Tibet and the Han region has been almost severed. The former Ming Dynasty basically only had nominal suzerainty over Tibet.

Many Tibetans have never been to Sichuan, let alone Han. At most, they have had exchanges with Han merchants during the tea and horse trade.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of trade connection with Han merchants was also cut off. To put it bluntly, almost the entire Tibet can be said to be one of the few areas that lags behind the times at this stage.

This is normal. The plateau terrain of Tibet is a natural barrier, so they don't have to worry about being disturbed by the outside world.

The Ming army's mortars fired only one round, and the Tibetan cavalry were frightened.

But that's not the end yet, next...

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Violent explosions occurred one after another, accompanied by large fires and air waves.

Hundreds of Tibetan cavalry were overturned on the spot by the strong air wave generated by the explosive bomb explosion, and those located in the local explosion area were even worse, with both men and horses being blown to pieces.

Faced with the powerful destructive power of explosive bullets, no matter Tibetan nobles or ordinary cavalry, with or without armor, they were all useless.

The broken limbs of countless Tibetan soldiers were flying around in the explosion, which completely frightened the Tibetan nobles.

Many people even dismounted on the spot and shouted "God forgives".

Not only were these Tibetan nobles confused, but Kamubu was also confused. He knew about muskets, and he might have even heard of artillery.

But what is this?

The artillery shells can actually explode, and they are so powerful.

Speaking of which, thanks to the Tatars' hasty entry into Kangzang, which resulted in insufficient reserves of sugar and gunpowder, low-sugar bombs were not used on a large scale in Kangzang. Even the artillery was not used very much. Most of them just relied on the advantages of armor and firecrackers to crush them.

Kamubu wanted to gather his troops and fight again, but the Ming army did not give him this chance at all.

"Boom boom boom!"

Another round of mortars came over, completely ignoring the Tibetan soldiers who had stopped charging and even knelt down to worship.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The scope of the second round of explosions was even larger, because the Ming army saw that the distance was almost enough, so they added grenadiers.

The entire front of the Tibetan cavalry was plowed directly.

Amidst the smoke and fire, you can see all the broken limbs. There are people, there are horses, and there are people who can't tell whether they are humans or ghosts.

Good guy, now, those Tibetan nobles finally reacted.

Regardless of whether the god was angry or not, the god didn't care whether he was a noble or not. After one round of bombing, the entire land was plowed.

Run, must run!

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

There was no need for Kamubu to give orders. Under the shouts of their respective nobles, these Tibetan cavalry began to flee back quickly.

Kamubu's face became anxious and he cursed: "You are not allowed to run away. If you run away now, the Han soldiers will not let you go..."

Before he finished speaking, the guy turned around and ran away, because he found that he couldn't command the hidden soldiers at all.

These Tibetan nobles did not want to come over to fight the Han soldiers. In their view, this was just a fight between the Han people and the Tatars. What did it have to do with them as Tibetans?

The Tatar-canonized chieftain Kamubu insisted on coming over to join in the fun, causing so many of them to be killed by Han soldiers.

(End of this chapter)