Gao Huan learned that the Junggar people had finally appeared, and immediately beat drums and gathered generals, and ordered the army to prepare for the fight.

At the same time, the army scouts continued to investigate the situation of the enemy.

The war between the Qing Dynasty and Junggar fought for more than ten years. A few years ago, with the instigation and support of Russia, the Junggar tribe raised troops to attack the Tushetu Khan tribe in Khalkha Mongol, and used the excuse to pursue the rest of the Tushetu Khan tribe and marched into Wuzhumuqin, and had a direct military conflict with the Qing Dynasty.

In the following years, Kangxi personally fought against Mobei three times, and it took six years to pacify the Junggar tribe.

Wars are extremely expensive, especially civil wars. The longer the battle, the less beneficial it is.

Because from the beginning, Gao Huan expressed his idea of ​​hoping to solve the Western Regions problem in a short time.

After he discussed with Sun Chuanting, he decided to divide the army into two parts, with the purpose of giving Jungel a chance to defeat each one, attracting Jungel people to come and fight, and then working hard to solve the problems of the Western Regions and the Western Desert in one battle.

At this time, the military order was conveyed, and 50,000 troops gathered quickly. The cavalry flew on horseback and galloped westward. The infantry hurried out of the tent and lined up outside the camp with their equipment on their backs.

In order to avoid the war destroying the farms near Luntai and destroying the land reclaimed by the Gan army, Gao Huan ordered the army to advance westward and defend the enemy outside Luntai.

These are 50,000 soldiers, chariots, horses, and infantry carrying muskets, pushing cannon chariots, and flags covering the sky.

Gao Huan was surrounded by a group of generals and was walking on the road, with scouts coming to report from time to time.

"Report!" The whistle cavalry rushed over and shouted loudly from a distance, finally snatching horses and clasping their fists in front of Gao Huan, "Report to your Majesty, the spies ahead have a reward of about 130,000 enemy troops. In addition to Yarkand and the Mongols, there are more than 10,000 Russian troops, who are about to pass through the mountain pass and enter Yarkand!"

Gao Huan raised his eyebrows and waved his hand to order, "Try again!"

The whistleman clasped his fists, then pulled the reins and galloped away.

Gao Huan sneered: "I said why did Sengge have the courage to fight with me? It turned out that he had received reinforcements from Tsarist Russia!"

Gao Huan deliberately divided his troops and asked Sun Chuanting to take Shache, while he stationed troops in Luntai to attract Sengge to fight to the decisive battle.

However, after Sun Chuanting occupied Shache and Sima Yi fled to the west of the Mo, Sengge had no response.

Gao Huan waited in Luntai for several months, and the food he planted was almost harvested. The Junggar people were still missing, which made Gao Huan think that Sengge was preparing to move westward.

For such a long time, Sengge has been holding his troops, but now he has suddenly sent troops. It seems that Tsarist Russia has given him a lot of support.

Gao Jie said: "Tsarist Russia is just a defeated general, and there are only more than 10,000 people, which cannot affect the overall situation."

Gao Huan nodded slightly, acknowledging this judgment, but said: "A arrogant soldier will be defeated, and you cannot underestimate the enemy! The one I defeated in Longjiang is not the main force of Tsarist Russia, so don't underestimate them!"

The army that Tsarist Russia colonized the Far East was not a regular army, but many of them were down-and-out nobles and merchants. Hiring some people and colonizing with weapons was incomparable to the army of Eastern Europe.

Gao Huan had no doubt that the strength of the army was stronger than the Tsarist Russian army, but he was not careless in fighting. Tsarist Russia fought against Poland and Lithuania in Eastern Europe, and competed with the Nordic overlord Sweden for the Baltic estuary, and had to deal with Ottoman Türkiye.

If there is a ranking of great powers now, these three countries can enter the top ten.

If Tsarist Russia can deal with so many powerful countries, its strength cannot be underestimated.

Gao Jie and others heard the words, reluctantly nodded, and then asked: "Your Majesty, after the enemy leaves the mountain pass and enters Yarkand, will they pounce on Shache or Luntai?"

Gao Huan pondered and said, "I can't confirm this, it depends on how Sengge decides. Sun Chuanting has few soldiers, and the enemy may be easy first and then difficult, and may also be heading for me!"

...

At the Bidar Pass, when the generals of the Gan army discussed the direction of the enemy's attack, Sengge and Rekov were also debating whether to attack Shache or attack Luntai first.

At this time, 130,000 troops walked out of the mountain pass one after another and rested under the mountains and rivers.

In Khan's tent, Rekov said: "The Gan Army is divided into two groups, 30,000 in Shache and 50,000 in Luntai. My opinion is to concentrate superior forces, first take down Shache, wipe out 30,000 Gan Army, and then turn around and attack Luntai!"

Although Rekov tried his best to instigate Sengge to start a war with the Gan Army, his failure in the Far East made him deeply impressed. He was actually a little afraid of the Gan Army and was worried about failure again.899 Chinese  /

This made Rekov very conflicted. He was full of confidence on the surface, but in actual operation, he didn't dare to fight to the decisive battle and wanted to start with the easy ones.

Sengge frowned, "His grandson, you don't know anything about Sun Chuanting. He is very good at defending. At that time, Ben Khan followed Lao Khan and led hundreds of thousands of warriors into Guanzhong and besieged Chang'an. He didn't capture it for several months, but in the end he suffered heavy losses. Therefore, Ben Khan believed that although Sun Chuanting had few troops, he hid in the city. Once the war started, it would be difficult to break through in a short period of time, and our army would fall into a situation where the abdomen was attacked!"

A few years ago, Sengge followed Lao Khan to besiege Chang'an, and the reflection made him very profound. He firmly opposed attacking Shache.

Rekov smiled and said, "You can't capture the city because you lack artillery. This time with our Russian artillery, we will definitely be able to seize the city quickly!"

Sengge said with a dark face: "Ben Khan still does not agree with attacking Shache!"

Rekov said unhappily, "Why?"

"The Ganchao people have a saying, "Capture the king first!" Now the Ganchao emperor is in Luntai, we should attack Luntai, defeat the Gan army, and capture their emperor!" Sengge said in a deep voice: "If we attack Shache and cannot capture it, and the Luntai enemy attacks from behind, we will definitely fail. And even if we capture Shache, the siege will consume our troops and it will be difficult to continue fighting against the Luntai enemy!"

Rekov frowned and said, "We will have no worries when defeating Shache defenders first, so that we can have a more calm decisive battle with the main force of Luntai Army."

Sengge said, "If we had the ability to fight the Luntai defenders from the beginning, why should we attack Shache first?"

Rekov was speechless for a moment. If the coalition forces had the strength to defeat the enemy in Luntai now, there was no need to fight a war of attrition in Shache first.

Rekov could not admit that he had no confidence in the direct decisive battle, so he could only remain silent.

...

In the wilderness west of Luntai, 50,000 troops had already set up their formation and were building fortifications on the spot.

Gao Huan continued to analyze the situation with the generals in the tent.

"If the scout finds out and the enemy goes south and attacks Shache, then we will immediately pull out the camp, break the blocking enemy, and rescue Shache!" Gao Huan pointed to the map, "If the enemy comes to Luntai, then inform Sun Chuanting to go north and fight the enemy here!"

At this time, everyone was discussing, and the curtain was suddenly lifted open. Yang Yan came in and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the enemy is coming!"

When Gao Huan heard the words, he slapped the table and laughed loudly, "Okay! Sengge is brave, he is a man!"

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