"In front of Xue Yang is the stone tower, and the news from Xuan Yingwei says that the stone tower is under the control of Wuxin's henchmen, so there is not much hostility towards our arrival, and you can rest assured that you can enter it." Xu Ying hurriedly caught up from behind, handed Xue Yang a copy of the latest information, and said with a smile: "Shall we go into the city and take a good rest?" ”

"No need, inform Xuan Yingwei to let them prepare grain and grass and then go towards the guard, we have to try to take the guard without letting others know, our dry food reserves should be enough to support the guard, so don't delay on the road." Xue Yang shook his head, obviously very suspicious of the secrecy measures of the Khotanese people, and it was too difficult for the army of 20,000 people to hide from people, so it was better to go straight to protect the secret. According to the calculation of the route from the stone tower to the guard, with the marching speed of the third battalion and the mountain battalion, it can be reached within five days of advancing at full speed, so Xue Yang doesn't want to make trouble at this time, his plan is originally a hammer deal, and no mistakes are allowed, otherwise the 30,000 soldiers and horses of the third corps will be reimbursed here.

"It's okay, then let's speed up as soon as possible, it is estimated that if you are lucky enough to come back from the secret protection, you will be able to run into them, and then the stone tower will naturally be able to rush down." Xu Ying nodded, and asked the chief of the guard who followed behind him to beckon the troops to speed up again.

Xue Yang shook his head, noncommittal to Xu Ying's words, according to his understanding of Li Yang, this guy obviously would not sit in Khotan City, but I am afraid that he has already thought of a solution to Khotan at this moment.

But to be honest, Xue Yang did know Li Yang, and when Xue Yang hurried past from outside the stone tower city, Li Yang's side had already begun to issue an order to attack Khotan City, and this war that made Li Qiming, the lord of Khotan, inexplicable, undeclare the war, so that Li Yang's side had already issued an order to attack the city, and Li Qiming had not yet figured out where the enemy outside the city came from. However, there is one thing that he already understands, the Tiance army has arrived in Khotan, so he has sent more than a dozen groups of envoys to the north in the past two days to inform the Uighurs, and at the same time urgently send people to prepare to inform the Khotanese army that has arrived in Yizhou to return to the country and support the national capital. However, it is obvious that these dozen or so groups of messengers will obviously not be able to get out of the Khotan border, and now Khotan has been cut off from all external passages by the Flying Eagle Brigade, but Li Qiming has not yet received the news at this time.

"I said Li Yang, should we make a war letter or show our intentions, in case this Khotanese lord figured out and temporarily surrendered?" Biao Zi on the side was not with Qin Kong and them, and all the people who were a little bored had nothing to say to Li Yang, who had already arranged the attack sequence of the artillery.

"He's sincere? Didn't he give you Xuanyingwei a big problem? And what should Li Qiming do if he surrenders to the enlightened monk? Now that they've torn their faces, can they still reconcile with your persuasion? Li Yang glanced at this boring guy, but he still nodded and replied seriously: "So I plan to give Li Qiming a stuffy gourd to fight casually, so that he will lose to me in Khotan City in a daze, and if possible, it is best to kill Khotan." ”

"You can rest assured, the people of the dragon group in the city are already watching, as long as he breaks away from the team, he will immediately snipe, you can rest assured." Biao Zi knew everything about Qin Kong's arrangements in the city in the past two days, but he didn't know if Qin Kong had notified the Western Expeditionary Army Headquarters to move in advance on the Khotan side. After all, the time is too short, and the manpower of Xuan Yingwei Khotan has been mobilized at this moment, but it is still far from enough.

"Order the mortar detachment to immediately shell the city defenses and cover the arrival of the demomen near the city gates." Li Yang looked at the Khotanese army on the city tower who were frightened by his own formation, and let the guards behind him begin to quickly convey orders, and at the same time, the forward of Qishan, which was at the forefront of the position, was also fully prepared, and would work with the mortar detachment to suppress the Khotanese archers who took the opportunity to attack the demoman.

The sound of the shelling of the "ho ho ho" mortar is completely different from that of the previous mountain artillery and field artillery, this kind of cannon is ejected very quickly, and the rate of fire is fast and the frequency is high, almost less than ten breaths after the first round of artillery is ejected, the second shell is stuffed into the barrel of the gun pointed diagonally in front of it, and then it is quickly fired out. I only heard the sound of explosions on the city tower for a moment, and the fireballs that rose into the air tore everything around them to pieces, and some of the cannonballs that crossed the city wall and fell into the city began to explode one after another, setting off huge waves, and countless figures were shocked by the shock wave generated by the explosion and flew out of the city wall.

"The Demoman is on immediately." Li Yang waved his right hand, and there was a rapid running sound behind him, and more than a dozen people began to cross the trench one after another, rushing towards the city wall in the distance, and at the same time, the forward of Qishan also began to raise their guns to shoot, and countless bullets densely went towards the city wall that had just experienced an explosion, killing the Khotanese soldiers who had not recovered from the explosion.

"This Khotanese should have received a war briefing from the Uighurs and Cao Rengui, and there should be some countermeasures for the weapons in our hands, how do I think they have never known our means of attack, and they have no way to deal with it, so they are chaotic." Biao Zi took advantage of the gap between the mortar detachments' shelling to look at the situation on the city tower and couldn't help but shake his head and said: "What kind of war is this, I think your army is conducting a drill with new weapons, and if you continue to fight like this, your army will not have many casualties at all, okay, it's the great thing is the consumption of ammunition...... " Biao Zi said this, and suddenly stopped, and said: "Damn, if this matter is known to the Uighurs, even if you use people in a naval battle, you will desperately consume your ammunition." ”

"So you see, the mortars have stopped." Li Yang pointed to the mortar detachment that had died down and said with a smile: "But it's okay, at least the cover blaster is approaching, and the rest depends on whether they can suppress the bows and arrows they are dealing with." To be honest, relying on the city wall, the power of the bow and arrow is actually not small. Li Yang pointed to the demoman, who was already getting closer and closer to Khotanese City.

"You can do it, no matter how powerful the archers are, it is estimated that the distance is fifty or sixty zhang, and I have just seen that the bed crossbows and large crossbow equipment that the first round of artillery bombardment dealt with have all been destroyed by you, and even if you bring out new ones, it will be too late, and with the archers who have survived now, I estimate that you will not be able to shoot even if you stand still. Although they are also soldiers who have been fighting all year round, they have never seen our gunpowder weapons or weapons, and this kind of close-range explosion scene cannot quickly stabilize their minds even if our own soldiers have not adapted to it. Biao Zi pursed his lips, dismissive of Li Yang's worries. However, Li Yang didn't say much about his words, just quietly stared at the fierce battlefield ahead.

At this time, Qi Shan had already ordered all of his capitals to get up and start to attack forward. After the new Chinese formal rifle was issued to the troops, the 15th Battalion began to adapt to the three-three offensive tactics, so Qi Shan almost instantly began to lead the troops to charge forward like a roller, and after the three-three tactics attacked, the intensity of bullet projection did not decrease, but became more and more sharp in the continuous march.

"Order the whole army to attack on all fronts immediately after ten breaths." Li Yang asked the captain of the guard to quickly issue an order, and then said to Biaozi: "Come with us quickly, and then go to the palace to have a look, maybe you can still see the scene of your dragon group's final move." ”

When the two were talking, they only heard a loud "boom" in front of them, and the entire city building was completely blown up, a black-red fireball rose into the air, countless earth and stones collapsed, and the city wall of Khotan City was blown out of a huge gap, and the Khotanese soldiers who were originally defending in the city tower were like scattered petals flying in the wind.

"All charge and blow the trumpet." Li Yang roared angrily, and the 15th Battalion immediately began to rush forward like a sea of mountains, and the mortar detachment that had stopped before also began to suddenly exert its might, and a large number of shells rose into the air, crossing the collapsed city wall and heading towards the direction where the urn city was located in the city.

"Let's go." When Li Yang rushed up with the personal guards, most of the troops of the fifteenth battalion had already entered the city, and the continuous fierce gunfire in the city also made Li Yang frown slightly, the Khotanese army did have a little resilience in close combat, at least after the city was broken, it did not lose its discipline, and the street fighting was actually able to offset the advantage of the Tiance army's weapons to a certain extent, so the attack progress of the fifteenth battalion also slowed down, but Li Yang didn't pay too much attention to this, and the Tiance army had a set of mature and feasible tactics for street fighting, small-scale melee combat was basically passed down from the Eagle Brigade and transferred to the regular troops. Therefore, Li Yang was not worried that his troops would not be able to achieve good results in street battles by fighting less and more.

"General, Wuxin's troops have come up, should we intercept them as planned?" After receiving a message from the rear at this time, the captain of the guard hurriedly came to Li Yang's side and said.

"It seems that we can't send Li Qiming on the last journey, Biaozi, let's go and have a good talk with that Wuxin, Khotanese City belongs to a city on the Anxi side of the Tang Empire from today on." Li Yang smiled coldly and said, "I want to see when I want to pick peaches." After saying that, he turned around and quickly withdrew from the city with his personal guards, and when he was at the gate of the city, he saw that Wuxin's large army began to come towards this side.

"Order the guards to shoot and warn, and don't allow them to jump within a hundred feet of us." As soon as Li Yang's words fell, the guards behind him began to step forward quickly, and the gunshots rang out quickly, but the guards did not aim at Wuxin and them, but shot into the sky. Wuxin's troops suddenly heard the sound of gunfire, and there was a commotion.

"Do you want to come to Khotan with such an army?" Li Yang shook his head and glanced at the biaozi beside him, the other party shook his head indifferently at Li Yang's sneer, and automatically took the opportunity to negotiate with Wuxin, but before he could step forward, the soldiers of the fifteenth battalion on the periphery of Wuxin's troops, who had been ordered to be on guard with guns, suddenly all pointed their guns at the high-level leaders led by Wuxin.

Wuxin originally saw Biao Zi stepping forward alone, and immediately felt that the Tiance Army should negotiate with him, but the reaction of the Tiance Army immediately shocked everyone. The flames and bullets that this black muzzle can erupt have proven its power in the city of Khotan.

"Master Wuxin, Khotanese City has been taken over by our Tiance Army, please stay temporarily, and then invite all masters to enter the city to see you when our army clears the city." After Biao Zi stepped forward, he turned a blind eye to the reaction of the 15th Battalion, but he secretly admired Li Yang's methods. At this time, there was still a fierce battle in the city, and the main forces of the fifteenth battalion were fighting in the city.

"Khotan is my capital in Khotan, thank you for recovering the capital for us, the next thing belongs to my internal affairs in Khotan, I wonder if your army can make it convenient?" When Wuxin said this, although Biaozi's face was still full of smiles, there was an inexplicable chill that penetrated into the depths of his soul for no reason.

"Khotan's internal affairs?" Biao Zi glanced at Wuxin with a smile, and his voice suddenly became unusually high: "Does Master Wuxin think that what he said is a joke?" My Tiance army traveled thousands of miles not to settle personal grievances for the master for free, but to recover the old land of the Tang Dynasty. Master don't believe it, please look at these Tiance soldiers around you, they gave up the prosperous and stable life of Middle-earth to come to the Western Regions, for what, if the master thinks that you can enter Khotan, you will not be hindered, your Excellency is at your own convenience. After saying that, Biaozi automatically stepped aside. However, with his action, the mortar detachment that had stayed outside the city before adjusted the firing range and direction in an instant, and an invisible pressure rushed to his face. You must know that at this time, Wuxin's army was less than a hundred zhang away from the position of the mortar detachment, so the muzzles of almost all mortars were adjusted to the extreme, and the gunners around them had even taken out the shells from the shell box and were ready to fire at any time.

"The Tiance Army was ordered by the Tang Emperor to recover the northwest, and the places where the Tiance Army stepped on were all my Tang Dynasty land." Li Yang stepped forward with a sharp look in his eyes, and there was a hint of chill in his voice, and with his movements, more than 100 people from the pro-guard team aimed their guns at Wuxin, and everyone's eyes were staring at Li Yang, as long as Li Yang's right hand moved, then what would happen next would inevitably be a bloody battle.

Li Yang's strength and Biaozi's coldness also made the anti-government forces within Khotan led by Wuxin stand on the cusp at this time, originally this group of people relied on the guidance of Xuan Yingwei to get to today, what they need to seek is to seize power from Li Qiming, as for the relationship with the Tang Dynasty, they actually have their own considerations, before the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, Khotan existed, at most as a vassal, cancel the title of king, and stationed the Tang army in Khotan, as for the local government affairs, most of them are still in the hands of the locals, As a result, the Wei Chi clan has relied on this method to survive thousands of years. But Wuxin they still underestimated or misestimated the determination and purpose of the Tang Empire at this time, this time Anxi must be unified and completely included in the rule of the Tang Dynasty, become a real land, and establish a provincial system.

The situation outside Khotan became imminent, and the eyes and focus of everyone on both sides were instantly focused on Wuxin, and at this moment, Wuxin suddenly felt as if he had misestimated one thing, or that as the Tiance army entered Khotan, after the attack and defense between himself and Li Qiming were easy, his mind was ridiculously wrong. At the beginning, Qin Kong should have followed what he said to the letter.