Southern Ming Rebel Army

Chapter 664 The end of the road

After breaking away from the Rakshasa vassal army, Liu Kun temporarily retreated and at the same time urgently gathered the elite cavalry of the Qian army that had been scattered everywhere. In fact, it can be said that this is the most dangerous moment for Liu Kun. If Andre sends his entire army forward at this time, even if he cannot defeat the Qian army, he can at least cause Liu Kun to suffer serious losses. At the very least, the results of the Qian army's battle can be greatly reduced.

But Andrei had obviously more concerns. The Dzungar Khanate was in such chaos, the size of the Qian army was unknown, and the main force of the Russians were infantry, and those cavalry were all vassal troops. So after Liu Kun took the initiative to retreat, the Russian cavalry also stopped the attack, and instead tacitly withdrew from the Dzungar Khanate.

After the evacuation, Liu Kun also learned from the surrendered soldiers that the cavalry was the reinforcements of the Russians, and the Russian camp was three miles away in the southwest. Liu Kun felt a little uneasy. At this time, the Qian army had been scattered everywhere. If the Russians took the opportunity to attack, he would be afraid of another great defeat after a great victory.

Therefore, Liu Kun gave an urgent order, ordering the scattered troops to gather quickly. As time went by, Liu Kun's uneasy heart gradually calmed down. The Rakshasa cavalry did not take the opportunity to attack, but retreated instead.

It was already afternoon, and thousands of cavalrymen gradually gathered around Liu Kun. At this moment, there were no more rebels in the Dzungar Khanate. Most of the Dzungar soldiers fled in all directions after the Qian army raided the camp.

Under the wanton destruction of the Qian army, the Dzungar Khanate was almost reduced to ruins, including the surrendered soldiers, women and children, tens of thousands of horses, hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, and a large number of firearms that Sengge had just purchased.

In this battle, Liu Kun's horse trampled through the camps and defeated the Dzungar Khanate. On the battlefield, the smoke had not yet cleared. In the messy camp, Liu Kun stopped his horse and looked around the camp. The excitement in his heart was like a surging wave that took a long time to calm down.

Although he had failed to defeat the Russian mercenaries, the Dzungar Khanate had suffered such a heavy blow, which was already a military achievement worthy of being recorded in history.

Recalling the heroic scenes during the battle, Liu Kun's heart was still difficult to calm down. Looking at the tall Khan tent reduced to ashes in the fire, the enemy that once threatened the northwest defense line of the court was no longer able to stir up waves after this battle. Thinking of this, Liu Kun couldn't help but feel a heroic feeling in his heart.

Liu Kun rode his warhorse, galloping in front of the army. Then he suddenly tightened the reins. The warhorse raised its head and neighed. Liu Kun raised the blood-stained long sword in his hand and shouted loudly: "Victory! Victory!"

The soldiers under his command shouted in unison, their voices resounding through the sky: "Thousand victory! Thousand victory!" The passionate shouts made Sengge, who was far away in the Rakshasa camp, look gloomy.

Sengge increasingly felt that staying in the Rakshasa camp was a wrong choice. It was just a subconscious choice he made when he was in a panic.

After a moment, Sengge gritted his teeth and said solemnly to his subordinates: "The Dzungar Khanate must not be destroyed like this. Leave the camp, gather the defeated soldiers, and move west!"

In fact, not many Junggar cavalrymen actually died in the camp during Liu Kun's raid. Most of the young and strong men fled the camp in the chaos. The Junggar people captured by the Qian army were basically women, children, the elderly, and a small number of young and strong men.

After Sengge led the remaining Dzungar cavalry out of the camp, Andre was somewhat surprised. He thought that Sengge could not bear the blow and wanted to fight to the death with the Qian army.

Andrei hurriedly sent people to chase after him and try to persuade Sengge, but what Andrei did not expect was that as soon as Sengge left the camp, he went west and had no intention of fighting with the Qian army.

At this time, Bogdan slapped his thigh and said, "Sengge is going to run away!"

Andre was a little confused. He was a reinforcement force who came to support Junggar, but now Sengge had run away, leaving them alone. Moreover, the main force of the Rakshasa were infantry, and the Qian army were all cavalry. It was not certain that they could escape now.

Andre sighed and said, "God didn't bless us!"

Then Andrei decided to go in person to meet the general of Qian army. Actually, Andrei didn't want to go in his heart. He wanted Bogdan to go, but Bogdan refused. Bogdan was the Grand Duke, and his noble status was far above Andrei.

As for his subordinates, Andre was not at ease, so after thinking it over again and again, Andre decided to go there in person.

Soon after, Liu Kun and Andrei, as well as the generals and translators of both sides, met on a grassland outside the former Dzungar Khanate.

Andre was wearing a breastplate, looking quite heroic, but his expression was a little nervous yet he pretended to be calm. Liu Kun raised his chin slightly, revealing a hint of arrogance as a winner.

Andrei spoke first, saying through the interpreter: "Respected General, we have no intention of being an enemy of your army. We are just passing by the Dzungar Khanate this time, and happened to encounter a war here. We have no intention of getting involved. In order to avoid misunderstandings, we hope that your army can open the road and let us withdraw to Luosha. We promise that we will never set foot on this land again in the future."

After Andre finished speaking, he looked at Liu Kun with some expectation, but the result made Andre a little disappointed. Liu Kun sneered after listening to him and said, "Humph, just passing by? How can you come up with such a far-fetched excuse? Whose army was that that just charged into battle with me!"

Andre quickly explained: "General, it was just a misunderstanding..."

Liu Kun waved his hand and said, "There's no point in saying more!" After saying this, Liu Kun turned around and rode away, leaving Andre confused.

Andre asked the interpreter carefully, but the interpreter was not sure whether Qian Jun agreed or refused.

After they left, Tulu asked, "General, are you not going to let these Rakshasas go?"

Liu Kun nodded and said, "Yes, I am annoyed when I see these Russians. They harassed the border in Liaodong and are now in the northwest, colluding with the Russians. This is an ambitious country and must have ill intentions towards our dynasty."

Hearing this, Tulu frowned and said, "In that case, Luosha is also a very large country. In the northwest, Liaodong, and the entire northern border, there are Luosha forces. In my opinion, in the future, Luosha will be more threatening than Junggar on the border!"

At this time, Tulantai on the side suddenly asked: "In the future, since we are going to destroy this group of Rakshasas, why not pretend to agree, and then use cavalry to attack them after they leave the camp. This will always be a good way to storm the camp!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Kun laughed and said, "In this case, this is not a fair victory!"

Seeing the generals' disapproving looks, Liu Kun snorted and said, "The Russians are surrounded by thousands of cavalry guards. If I agree, they will withdraw immediately. Our army has just experienced a bloody battle. How can we stop them at this time? Besides, who said we should storm the camp? I have ways to drive these Russians out of the camp!"