After a burst of military trumpets, the heavy artillery of the Western Expeditionary Army fired first, and then the camp artillery and mortar artillery in front of the infantry formation sounded together, and the artillery of the Rakshasa Army also immediately counterattacked, and the shore of Lake Balkhash suddenly became raging - in addition to picking up the Swedes and Turks' broken copper and iron, the Rakshasa people would only build shoddy weapons, and the thick and bulky artillery was scary and good, and it was destroyed by the opponent's fierce artillery fire before it entered the firing range, but the living Rakshasa gunners were still tenacious, pushing the remaining artillery and continuing to shoot forward, although it was not a threat.

At the same time, a large area of the Rakshasa Army rushed forward with a rain of bullets like crazy, the crowd was too dense, the artillery of the Datong Army almost did not need to aim, and every cannon hit a bloody alley, and countless corpses were left on the white ground in a short time.

The front line of the Western Expeditionary Army is the second town formed by the original artillery two towns, the soldiers are skilled in gun operation, and are also equipped with a large number of iron tire bows used to make up for the gap in loading ammunition, the guys in their hands have a hard heart, and they are not afraid in the face of the tide of people, and they are densely lined up to fire salvos in turns, and the camp cannons and mortar cannons also fire flowering shells at the same time, and the Rakshasa army has only a small number of arquebuses in their hands, and they are simply unable to deal with tens of thousands of guns, but they are brave and tenacious, and they rush forward and forward, and the offensive is higher than one wave.

Li Dingguo, the commander of the town, was a little helpless, shook his head and sighed: "Crazy, all crazy, don't take human life seriously!" ”

"It's so rampant, I'm going to teach them a lesson!" Liu Shuangxi, the deputy town commander, put on his armor, lifted a pole and walked towards the front association, this is his old army, and he naturally has to take care of the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

"Brothers, take out the courage of the Golden Lotus River battle and teach the Rakshasa ghost a lesson!" Liu Shuangxi gave an order, and Zhou Zhuzi, the former co-ordinator, immediately commanded the soldiers to advance with the sound of drums, and the dense horizontal team pressed towards the Rakshasa army like a wall.

"Ershui, I'll hit whoever I tell you to fight." Because of his illness, Wu En did not catch up with the Battle of Jinlianchuan, and he wanted to make contributions in the Western Expedition, leading his left battalion to walk in the forefront, and Chen Ershui, the god gunner, followed behind without saying a word.

The barrage shot out of the dense formation is huge, the Rakshasa soldiers fall in pieces, and the officers and standard-bearers are constantly being sniped, this is the tactic of the Swedes, how can it appear here? The Rakshasa army felt frightened and hurriedly sent in cavalry reinforcements, but these guys didn't seem to know the art of war, and there was a lack of cooperation between the infantry and cavalry, so they still rushed forward in a chaotic manner as before.

Liu Shuangxi ordered the three battalions of the front association to move closer, hug a group and continue to advance, shooting and killing countless enemy infantry and cavalry along the way, but there were too many Rakshasa soldiers, and they couldn't kill them, and they felt unable to support them after a while, so they had to shoot arrows for help, and the artillery commanders on the high ground in the rear, He Shijun and Taylor, hurriedly opened artillery support, and the front association retreated to the main formation under the response of Bai Chengzu's cavalry battalion.

The counterattack was ineffective, Li Dingguo simply defended with all his might, more than 10,000 officers and soldiers hugged each other tightly, guns, bows and arrows fired volleys in turn, the large array was as impregnable as a copper wall, and the Rakshasa army repeatedly launched a sea of people attack, trying to tear open the gap to find hand-to-hand combat opportunities, but in addition to suffering greater casualties, nothing else was gained, and the two sides gradually fought each other.

The Kazakhs in the north were obviously frightened by the tragedy of the war, got rid of contact with the Kyrgyz, and hid to the side to watch the battle, the Rakshasa army had more courage but less combat strength, and was even inferior to the Ming army in terms of tactics - Asari, who commanded the big battle, observed the battle situation for a while, and loudly ordered "transfer the first town and prepare to launch a counteroffensive", and the first town of Hadari and Richard was based on the second town of the original cavalry, known as the first heavy cavalry in the world, and was sure to break down this rabble.

"Wait, our army has suffered very few casualties, it's no problem to fight past noon, let the Rakshasas bleed a little more," Batur came drunk, waved his fist and ordered, "The second town retreats, and the third town goes up." ”

The third town is like a hodgepodge, not only Han, Mongolian, Manchu, Hui, Tibetan soldiers and soldiers, but also Japanese, Koreans, Ryukyuan, the combat power is not very reassuring, was placed in the second line of defense, these guys are not convinced, hold their strength to fight a good battle, received the order and immediately cheered.

The town commander Ao worshiped the vigorous and encouraged his soldiers: "Brothers, my third town is a veteran of a hundred battles, fighting Rakshasa ghosts is not the same as playing, Dasu, you lead the front association hand-to-hand combat attack, Liang Ying, Li Taro, you two associations flank assist, this battle has no advance or retreat, no victory and no return!" ”

The soldiers shouted "There is no advance or retreat, no victory and no return!" "Entering the battlefield, they immediately launched a fierce attack, and the Rakshasa army finally forced back the second town, and before they had time to catch their breath, they fought with the third town.

"Stab the Rakshasa to death, brothers, and fight bravely for my majesty!" Dasu was wearing heavy armor and holding a bloody spear and shouted loudly, most of the former associations were Manchurian soldiers, brave and tough, tenacious, fearless in the face of tall and sturdy opponents, step by step, Rakshasa soldiers were heavily equipped with long axes, it was difficult to fight against dense spears, and they were constantly stabbed to the ground.

"Artillery loads, hit me hard, Kogoro, kill that Rakshasa thief." The right association is mainly Japanese, plus a small number of Koreans and Ryukyuans, and the team is the new Ryukyu army, wearing two layers of heavy armor and playing with spears more than a zhang long, Li Taro asked his subordinates to push the camp cannon while fighting and advancing, while ordering the battalion officer Li Yongwu to lead the soldiers to take the initiative to attack and kill the enemy general.

"Brothers, beat the rakshasa ghost in the old way." Liang Ying, the commander of the Left Association, shouted loudly, most of his subordinates were veterans of the former four towns of the Datong Army's infantry army, fighting fiercely and scheming, the main force put out a dense spear formation and steadily advanced, guns, bows and arrows, and hand thunder non-stop, and the elite soldiers drilled when they saw the cracks, and broke into the enemy group to fight and rush.

The Rakshasa army was exhausted after a morning of fighting, and had the heart to withdraw from the battle to catch its breath, but it was tightly entangled and beaten by this new force, and had to invest a large number of troops to hard top, and the main force was gradually attracted to the front.

Asari breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to Batur, "Grand Commander, can we start?" ”

"Hit the Chagan Sulu ingots and Hari Sulu ingots, tooth for tooth, blood for blood, and kill all the Rakshasa ghosts for me!" Batur slammed his glass to the ground.

"We believe in Buddhism, and we have some virtue under our hands!" Batu chimed in.

Batur laughed: "If you don't have a ruthless hand, you can't suppress the Rakshasa ghost, Your Majesty understands it best, so he hid in Shenyang and refused to lead the troops to the west, he didn't do it, who called the young president my grandson-in-law." ”

The red flag of the decisive battle was raised in the military formation, and the artillery commander He Shijun quickly led a battalion of people to the front line, and in a blink of an eye, hundreds of machine guns were placed, and after a roar, the dead bodies on the opposite side were everywhere, followed by two rounds of salvos, at the same time, the first town of Hadari was killed head-on, the fourth town of Hechilie, and the fifth town of Ashu were outflanked on both wings, and the second and third towns also rode their horses and turned to the counterattack, and the army pounced on the opponent with iron hooves - the Rakshasa army could no longer hold on, and the army fled backwards, and a few officers still wanted to organize resistance, Soon he was trampled under the feet of the iron horseman.

The Flying Tiger Battalion, holding high the three-color Flying Tiger Banner, rushed to the front of the first town, and the most powerful iron cavalry in the whole army was brave and invincible, easily killing through the rout, and approaching the Rakshasa Army.

"Ada Hai, Sangge, follow me, don't run around!" Li Xuan shouted loudly, and the spear in his hand kept knocking the approaching enemy to the ground.

"We're here." The young sentinel of the Wuxuan Academy also joined the Flying Tiger Battalion, and the first battle was fought so heartily that it was like harvesting lives, and Ada Hai and Seng Ge were able to kill vigorously, and they replied without raising their heads.

The Kazakhs tried to escape, but when they found the Chagan Sulu ingots and Hari Sulu ingots in the Datong Iron Cavalry, they immediately turned against the Rakshasa army - their ancestors once knelt under such spears, and used songs to warn future generations that the Mongols were too murderous and fought against them.

He Chilie and Ah Shu cut off the retreat of the Rakshasa army from both wings, forcing these guys to rush to Balkhash Lake, the deputy commander of the artillery Taylor immediately ordered the artillery fire to block, and the pieces of cannons fell and smashed the ice on the lake, and the Rakshasa soldiers fell into the icy lake like dumplings, one pressed one and sank to the bottom of the lake, and the living people let out a desperate howl, this time there was really no way to escape!

The Western Expeditionary Army surrounded the Rakshasa Legion, and played the familiar tactics of encirclement and killing, shooting with bows and arrows, bombarding with guns, and pressing the opponent in a hurry. At dusk, Ai Shan, the military affairs of Zanhua, led the militia to come to reinforce, and the garrison officer Yang Chengzu led the troops into the battlefield first, and the encirclement became tighter and closer, and there was no suspense in the battle at this time.

The Rakshasa people continued to fall in the overwhelming rain of arrows and bullets, and the trapped beasts launched several counterattacks, but they were unable to break through the encirclement, but the more they beat the fewer people, and only a few people were left to survive when it was dark.

A group of cavalry galloped to the bottom of the city with torches, and Zhang Ruoqi took Bai Wenxuan, the sentry officer of the scout battalion, to the high ground and reported loudly: "Great commander, our army has killed more than 27,000 enemy soldiers, and about 5,000 remnants of the enemy are besieging and killing, and our army has suffered less than 2,000 casualties, which is an unprecedented victory!" ”

"I said a long time ago that the Rakshasa ghost is a paper tiger, it looks scary, but in fact, it can be broken when you stab it," Batur laughed and asked Bai Wenxuan, "Young man, how many have you killed?" ”

"I can't remember exactly, maybe twenty of them." Bai Wenxuan scratched his head and replied.

"I thought you could kill a hundred," Batur smiled faintly, threw over two silver coins casually, and then waved his hand and ordered, "You go and give the order, don't kill all the people, leave a thousand alive and put them back, let them tell the Rakshasas that the Mongols are back again, and if you want to live, surrender, otherwise the chickens and dogs will not be left." ”

Batu opened his mouth but didn't speak, Batu glanced at it and said: "Brother Batu, you read too many books of the Han people, and your brain is a little confused, in fact, the Han people are not softer than us, but they can write, so what they do is a good thing, okay, you and Brother Asari go back to Datong to take office, I am old, I will stay in the river to sit in the rear, and let Hadari and Li Dingguo continue to lead the troops westward in the spring of next year, and those savages who are even shoddy with knives and spears can't stop them." ”

After Batur finished speaking, he walked down the high ground, and the Kazakh leaders who had been waiting for a long time threw down their military flags and prostrate on the ground, but he didn't even look at them, and stepped on his horses and galloped to the front.

Snowflakes floated in the sky, the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Western Expedition was still the same, lighting torches to continue to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the enemy, and the shouts of "Long live my emperor, long live the Federation" resounded throughout the earth - at dawn, except for a few one or two thousand people who survived, the other more than 30,000 people were all annihilated, and the door of the West was opened to the Datong Federation from then on.

"Send elite cavalry to Datong to report victory, and shout and run all the way, so that the soldiers and civilians along the way can hear the news of victory." Wang Fang galloped to the bottom of the big ring, and shouted excitedly.

Zhang Ruoqi excitedly waved the official document and shouted: "I have written the good news!" ”

The news of the great victory spread rapidly like wings, and all parts of the federation suddenly burst into a carnival, citizens regardless of ethnic groups hugged each other and cheered, the celebration lasted for a long time, and the bonds and stocks of the bond exchange also rose across the board, and the stocks of the federal bond banknote bank, the Northwest Development Company, the West Rakshasa Company, and other trading companies related to the westward expansion soared into the sky -- the victory multiplied the citizens' identification with the federation, and the federal government immediately announced that the victory day of the first Kukuhetun War, and February 25 of the first year of Chongzhen, was designated as the founding day. Next year will be the fourth year of the Republic of China, which coincides with the 20th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and a grand military parade will be held in Datong.

The day soon came, in the slightly chilly spring breeze, the Statue of Liberty Square flags fluttered, the horn sounded, in a cheer, President Li Jin wore the uniform of the metropolitan overseer, led the main officials of the federal government, civil representatives and envoys of various countries to the North City Tower.

Facing the tens of thousands of citizens in the square, Li Jin's face was a little red, and he stammered and read the manuscript prepared by others in advance - "The newly built country of the Datong Federation, sovereignty is in the people, there is no distinction between the high and the low, freedom, equality and even benevolence, and the republic has always been the ...... of the world", however, he quickly threw down the manuscript impatiently and read it aloud:

"All citizens under the rule of the Federal Republic of Datong are brothers and sisters, and there is no nobleness, no slavery, no extravagance, no humiliation;

Under the rule of the Federal Republic of Datong, there is no restriction on the freedom of association, procession, demonstration, or belief;

Under the rule of the Federal Republic of Datong, citizens' private property is sacred and inviolable, and citizens' lives are sacrosanct;

Under the rule of the Federal Republic of Datong, there shall be no taxes, no levies, no contributions, and no donations without the permission of public agreement;

Under the rule of the Federal Republic of Datong, officials and citizens shall not be arrested, ill-treated, convicted, confiscated, or deprived of their lives without a public judge's bill;

Under the rule of the Federal Republic of Datong, the President and officials below shall not rule over the citizens without being elected by a public opinion. ”

This is the revised "Naturalization Oath", but also the preface of the "Datong Constitutional Law", 20 years of hard work, countless people sacrificed their lives, in order to realize this ideal, citizens swelled in their hearts, followed Li Jin to recite word by word.

Hundreds of pipe organs sounded, and the lark and the king of Xiaoding stood in front of the Statue of Liberty and led the people in the square to sing in unison:

"The Datong Federation is carried by Fengtian,

Resolutely rise from the green grassland

Rise, rise, rise

Rise from the green steppes

This is the love of God

The favor and favor of the earth

The gods of Guardian Heavens sang in unison

Let's fight, the Datong Federation will fight the world

The citizens of Datong will never, never, never be slaves

Thou art the most holy of all nations

It is your mission not to be enslaved, not to be noble or lowly

Mission, mission, mission

Divine mission

Prosperity is with you

Freedom and equality go with you

Fear and jealousy are the feelings of foreigners

Let's fight, the Datong Federation will fight the world

The citizens of Datong will never, never, never be slaves

Thou shalt rise majestic

Foreign offense only makes it more frightening

Fear, fear, fear

Make them even more afraid

Storm Thunder Heaven and Earth wept

Our people stand like oaks

The foundation is strong and loyal to you

Let's fight, the Datong Federation will fight the world

Citizens of Datong will never, never, never be slaves"

Amid the loud singing, Li Jin helped Wang Zheng, the elderly prefect of the Academy of Sciences, down the city tower, and boarded the gun carriage to inspect the army together—an honor that the old gentleman was entitled to as the oldest official who had also made great contributions to the Federation.

At this time, in a room in the city tower, Li Yu quietly opened the curtains, raised his clairvoyance and looked at the square, his chest rising and falling.

"Hermes-Epitek, just show up, everyone misses you, Su He rushed to Datong with the villagers of Baita Village yesterday, and asked me if you would come back." Li Fugui persuaded in a low voice.

"Don't show up," Li Yu put away his clairvoyance and was silent for a while before saying: "I talked to the children all night, everything that should be arranged has been arranged, I have to hurry back to Liaodong, where I can't leave me within ten years." ”

"Looks like we should consider retreating." Ortai smiled at Li Fugui.

"You two old guys still have to work for a few years," Liu Zongzhou shook his head, sighed and said: "Hermes, don't be angry, we just talk about it, and we already understand in our hearts that Sinology is indeed outdated and rigid, and has degenerated into the science of power and art, and the study of hypocrites, we must first deny and then affirm, and introduce various theories to innovate, 'de-Sinicization' is to set things right, this road is not wrong!" ”

"Before Mr. Xixiang returned to China, he told me the story of Emperor Yuwentai of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, this person is amazing, leading the Han into Yi to condense the generals of Wuchuan, organize and train the army to integrate the Hu and Han people, and then Xiuren Dunli to enlightenment, the chaos in the north has been rectified, paving the way for the rise of the Sui and Tang dynasties, however, we do not follow the old road of the Han dynasty, but to establish a national government, not a government of the government, for this reason, the power of the country must be firmly in the hands of the Fengzhou people, this point can not be changed for a hundred years, and everything is solved after a hundred years."

The Toyosu clique unreservedly recruited elite people from all races, localities, and professions, including the Dutch, English, Japanese, and Koreans, and it was a completely open and dynamic group, and in the long run, it was the only one that could check and balance local forces and prevent ethnic divisions.

Li Yu turned his face to Cui Erding again and said: "Erding, the idea expressed by a god is very good, the maintenance of good folk customs cannot rely on the government, but on the good religion, you have to work hard, I don't want to see the Federation split because of doctrinal differences." ”

"Rest assured, father, I have talked with both Lama Ondun and Grand Imam Mahad, and they agree with my proposition, and in the atmosphere of the Federation, no religion dares to think of a single sect of dominance." Cui Erding replied.

The sound of passionate military music sounded, the infantry cavalry, artillery, and militia of the Datong Army formed a phalanx and walked in front of the city tower to be reviewed, and several hot air balloons also flew over the square and hung banners reading "Long live the Federation" and "Long live the citizens."

Li Yu looked out the window for a while, then turned his head and said to everyone: "I'm just a hunter and a horseman, I should be content with today's achievements, people, I should come and go quietly, don't cause trouble to others, now I should go." ”

"Your Majesty!" The people in the room shouted in unison.

Li Yu waved his hand and didn't look back—downstairs in the city, Wutai and Guitu led a team of flying tiger riders who were already waiting, and Mo Zhige opened the door of the four-wheeled carriage and asked in a whisper: "Are you done talking?" ”

"It's all over, let's go back to Liaodong!" Li Yu lowered his head and got into the carriage, and the cavalry escorted him away quickly.

Far out of the city, Li Yucai ordered to stop and get out of the carriage, looking at the direction of Datong with tears in his eyes and laughing - the country is like a ship drifting down the river of time, no one has ever been able to really change history, those wise kings who left their names in the annals of history are just boasting of future generations, and I came with nothing, but when I left, I left behind a Datong Federation where the people are rich and the country is rich, and the people are strong and the country is strong.

In the first spring after the war, the Emperor of the Heavenly Khan, the Holy Eastern Roman Emperor Li Yu retired, the federal industrial and commercial boom surged, a large number of Japanese and Korean immigrants to the Federation, Datong and the Netherlands jointly established the United Europa Company, the United America Company, the tentacles of the General Colonial Administration extended to Africa, Hadari, Li Dingguo led the army to continue westward, the iron cavalry of Shahrhuda and Meng crossed the Outer Khing'an Mountains, de Knight commanded the Federal Navy to sail Europa for the first time, Yang Wan, Liu Naren, Wu Ya and three women attended the meeting of the House of Representatives as a member of the parliament, and Hong Chengchou of Nanjing announced that all the utensils and private industries needed by the imperial court would be sold by the government and purchased and sold in a unified manner, and that a new era was coming.