The army of the Rakshasa country was stunned, and the soldiers who were building the pontoon bridge were suddenly attacked by rockets, and they were unsuspected, and under the first round of rocket strikes, no less than thirty people fell into the water.

Before the second blow came, they withdrew from the riverbank.

Lieutenant Colonel Victor, the commander of the Reitel Cavalry Regiment, did not believe the report of his subordinates, and he wanted to go up to the embankment to see it himself.

The guard dissuaded: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, you can't go, it's too dangerous." You couldn't have heard that thunderous explosion? ”

Viktor didn't care about this, his mission was to cross the Tarim River and wipe out the army of the Yarkand Khanate.

He was dressed outside in a rough pink Orthodox monk's style of kaftan, trimmed with sheepskin, a silver-gray helmet buckled to his head, the brim of his hat was almost pressed to his eyebrows due to the small size of his head, a wide belt around his waist, a steel sword hanging from the belt, and black combat boots.

He looked inconspicuous and seemed to be very simple, but under Kaftan, he wore a yellow brocade tunic inlaid with gold, trimmed with sable skin, which looked like a nobleman.

He took a few followers and rode his gray and white Yanma to the front line, and the captain company commander, whose face was blackened by smoke, reported that the bridge was halfway over, and the Han army suddenly appeared.

Victor looked suspicious, he didn't believe how the Han army could appear here.

"Let's go, follow me up to the embankment!" Ordered the captain to say to the company commander.

The captain of the company led the way, and when they approached the embankment, the two of them lay down on the edge of the thorn bushes, crawling forward, and the ground was covered with discarded wood, some of which were still smoking, apparently from the fire caused by a rocket.

The captain and company commander said while prostrating forward: "The firepower of the Han army is too fierce, as soon as they open fire, there are many arrows with fire at the tail, and this kind of arrow will explode halfway, which is really incredible." ”

Victor complained: "A few arrows scared you like this? ”

The captain had already climbed to the embankment, he pushed away a pile of grass and said to Victor, "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, take a look for yourself!" ”

Victor was lying on the edge of the grass, looking at the opposite shore with a telescope, he clearly saw the rows of rocket artillery, and said in a trembling voice: "It's amazing! That's amazing! ”

The two rolled backwards and retreated to the bottom of the embankment.

Viktor was extremely frustrated and said: "We lost the opportunity to cross the river, and the Yarkand Khanate was supported by the Han Chinese, who arrived one step ahead of us and blocked our progress. ”

"What do we do next?" The captain company commander asked.

Victor shook his head and said, "Go back!" ”

The captain and company commander saluted and said, "Obey!" I'm going to assemble the team. ”

"Wait!" Victor stopped the captain and company commander, "Order the artillery company, fire at the Han position, and then open the way!" ”

"Obey!"

……

After receiving a report of the retreat of the Eastern Slavs, Gao Junshan ordered the whole army to cross the Tarim River and pursue the enemy.

Uliji came to ask for battle and said, "Your Majesty, leave the task of pursuing the Eastern Slavs to our Mongolian cavalry division!" ”

Gao Junshan said: "Your Mongolian cavalry division moves with the mixed brigade, remember, you must not rush forward!" ”

"Obey!"

After Uliji withdrew from the command, Zhou Shichen asked: "Your Majesty, our Mongolian cavalry division has 30,000 people, which is more than enough to deal with more than 1,000 cavalry of the Eastern Slavs. Why is Your Majesty so cautious in the use of troops? ”

Gao Junshan said: "We have not fought against the Rakshasa Kingdom, and we don't know anything about their combat effectiveness and equipment, so I don't advocate rash advances, and it is better to fight steadily and steadily." ”

Zhou Shichen said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true. From the battle situation of the troops in Xinjiang, we can basically draw the combat effectiveness of the army of the Rakshasa country, and their 3,000 cavalry can fight with a team of 8,000 people in Abdullah, and its combat effectiveness can be seen. ”

Gao Junshan said: "As far as I know, their dragoon regiment is extraordinary in combat effectiveness, and we don't know where this dragoon regiment is, so we must be cautious." ”

Zhou Shichen asked: "Is our headquarters moving forward?" ”

"Not necessarily." Gao Junshan's eyes stared at the battle map, "Yinghou (Zhou Shichen), the cities of Aksu, Kucha, and Turpan are all on the same line, it is impossible for the Eastern Slavs to set up heavy troops in every city, you send a scout to these cities to reconnoitre, we will recover the two cities first, cheer up the troops in Xinjiang, and cheer them up." ”

Zhou Shichen asked: "Which army will be sent to carry it out?" ”

"Just let Sun Dahai and Li Dingguo's people go!"

At this time, Sun Kewang reported to Abdullah, Abdullah asked to see him, and Gao Junshan asked Sun Kewang to bring Abdullah in.

As soon as Abdullah came in, he saluted and said, "Long live my emperor!" Banzai! Hooray! ”

Gao Junshan said: "No courtesy!" ”

Abdullah said: "Your Majesty is true to his word, today I came to Xinjiang to drive a personal expedition to save our people from danger, and you are our recreated parents." ”

Gao Junshan appeased him, and named the army under his command the Xinjiang Army, asking him to accept the reorganization, gather the lost men, and regain his strength.

After summoning Abdullah, a female newspaper operator sent a telegram from the capital, Gao Junshan took the telegram, the message has been translated into words, Gao Junshan smiled with satisfaction after reading it, he handed the message to Zhou Shichen to see, and asked the female newspaper operator with a smile: "What is your name?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, my name is Zhu Hanmei."

Zhu Hanmei has a pair of clear and bright big eyes, her fair and flawless skin reveals a faint red pink, her thin lips are delicate like rose petals, and an armed belt shows her figure more enchanting.

"You may be seated!" Gao Junshan said politely.

Zhu Hanmei saluted and said, "Your Majesty, Zhu Hanmei is on a mission and doesn't dare to sit." ”

"How old are you?" Gao Junshan asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, XVIII."

"I have five godsons, do you know?" Gao Junshan asked again.

Zhu Hanmei didn't know what she meant, she didn't answer.

Gao Junshan smiled embarrassedly: "Isn't it a bit rude? I told you that I have five godsons, but I don't have any goddaughters, would you like to be my goddaughter? ”

Of course, Zhu Hanmei knows that if she becomes the emperor's goddaughter, she will become the princess of Huaxia Kingdom, which is a great thing to reach the sky in one step!

"If Your Majesty doesn't dislike it, of course Zhu Hanmei is willing."

Gao Junshan said: "If you are willing, you will not be less than all the treatment of the princess." However, I have one condition, if you agree to my terms, I will recognize you as a goddaughter. ”

Zhu Hanmei asked, "I don't know what the conditions Your Majesty said?" ”

Gao Junshan was about to speak, but Zhou Shichen had already finished reading the telegram and came to Gao Junshan's side. Gao Junshan didn't answer Zhu Hanmei, just asked her to go back first.

The telegram was sent by Bailisha from the capital, and the content was mainly to say that Gao Jie, one of the general soldiers of the four towns of Jinling, had also surrendered. Zhou Shichen learned of this information and said excitedly to Gao Junshan: "Your Majesty, Gaojie of Jinling will be obedient, and the Southern Ming Dynasty will be in chaos without a fight." ”

Gao Junshan said: "This is all the credit of the General Affairs Bureau." When Gao Jie returned, Chuzhou and Hezhou were under our control, and the traffic between Fengyang Mansion and Jinling was also cut off by us. ”

"Is it possible to raise troops to fight Fengyang?"

Gao Junshan said: "Our policy is not to use knives and guns among our people, so Fengyang will not fight, just hang it there and isolate it." ”

Zhou Shichen said: "The same is true of the stone pillars in Sichuan. ”

Gao Junshan said: "Qin Liangyu is there in the stone pillar, let's not touch her, she has made meritorious contributions to resist the Qing Dynasty and is our national hero." ”

"How is she now? Is there any intention to be converted? Zhou Shichen asked.

Gao Junshan sighed and said, "The people from the General Affairs Bureau have worked with her through the inside line, she has no intention of surrendering, don't blame her, after all, she is loyal to the previous dynasty." ”

Zhou Shichen said: "I understand, Fengyang and Shizhu still have to be treated differently. ”

Gao Junshan said: "Call back to Bailisha, let Cao Wenzhao control the waterway transportation arteries of Fengyang, if they are officials of the Jinling court, intercept them, cut off the administrative exchanges between Fengyang and Jinling, and let Fengyang become deaf and blind." ”

"Obey!"

Zhou Shichen turned around to leave after answering, but Gao Junshan stopped him and said, "Don't be busy leaving, I have one more thing to discuss with you." ”