Wudaogou is not a ditch, but a river, originated at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, flows through fifty miles from the east of Zhenyuan City, the total length is only more than 300 miles, the width is also 30 meters up and down, it is not very deep, the deepest is only one meter up and down, people and horses can wade, it is a seasonal river, there is water in spring and summer, it dries up into a shallow ditch in autumn and winter, the origin of its name can not be examined, as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is already the place where the Tun army reclaimed, along the banks of the river was once good land everywhere, to the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Hui, Han, Uygur, Kazakh and other ethnic groups live here together, when the population is the largest, it has reached more than 10,000 people, and then because of the rise of Dzungaria, all ethnic groups here gradually moved, to the time of the general Wang Lao 14 Tun soldiers in the town of Yuancheng, the people on both sides of the river were not moved to the town far away, or scattered to the area of the old man's temple, the land has gradually become barren, has become a place where weeds are overgrown, but to say that there is no one to live, but it is not, there is a team of more than 40 people of the Dzungar cavalry is galloping along the river to patrol.

"Lord Baihu, look, Qinggou is here!"

Although the area around Wudaogou was very barren, the Dzungar patrolmen did not dare to take it lightly, even in the galloping horses, they did not forget to look around vigilantly, and the focus of attention was naturally on the east wind that fell on the other side of the river.

"Stop moving forward and turn to the array!"

Can you be sent to the forefront of this to carry out sentinels? One? Root? Read? .ybdu. Although he has not yet seen the shadow of the Qing army, he immediately judged that the number of people coming is not much, and at most the scale of a dozen horsemen, it is obvious that they are just the outpost rangers of the Qing army, and he doesn't pay much attention to it, but when he sees a wave of his hand, he doesn't care about the order.

"Yes!"

This small group of Mongolian cavalry are all selected fierce soldiers, under the order to move, the movement is really fast, the brush brush to restrain the galloping horses, along the river bank to put a vigilant formation, not only that, even the arquebus has been lit, more than forty arquebuses neatly aimed at the smoke and dust on the other side of the river.

"Stop, array!"

Sure enough, as expected by the head of the 100 households in Dzungaria, the cavalry of the Qing army rushed out of the hilly area only had a total of 16 cavalry, led by a young officer dressed in the uniform of the captain of the eight-grade Fenwu school, this person was a trainee platoon commander of the forward battalion of the first cavalry division of the Qing army, Shan Kunshan, who was not very old, but had three years of military experience, and had made a lot of contributions in the first battle of the Sanchuan battalion in Banuan not long ago, so he was promoted to platoon commander by the line of fire, but he didn't care, he still galloped forward, but he didn't be too careless, and led his troops to a distance of about two hundred steps from the Dzungar cavalry array, and immediately waved his hand and gave an order.

As soon as the Qing army stopped, the original immovable Junggar cavalry array immediately made a slight commotion, not around, because the position where the Qing army outposts stopped was too uncomfortable for the Junggar cavalry, just at the edge of the effective range of the arquebus, at such a distance, the hit rate of the arquebus was difficult to guarantee, even if it hit the target, there was not much lethality, and the Dzungar cavalry really made the Dzungar cavalry not fight, not to fight, it was really aggrieved enough.

"Raise your gun!"

Although he couldn't see the expressions of the Junggar cavalry at this time, Shan Kunshan knew that the other party must be depressed and panicked, and the reason why he chose to stop in such a position was naturally not a random choice, but he had already known the effective range of the arquebuses held by the Junggar cavalry, and deliberately did it, there was only one purpose, to give the Junggar cavalry a good shooting lesson. His voice snorted coldly.

"Huh!"

Those who can enter the vanguard camp are the elite of the elite, and they are extremely familiar with tactical movements, and under the order of Shan Kunshan, the fifteen cavalrymen have taken off the cavalry spears behind their backs in a uniform manner, with the flat end in their hands, and wordlessly aimed at the Junggar cavalry array in the distance.

"Call me!"

Shan Kunshan paused for a moment, and after all the Qing cavalry were ready to shoot, he waved his hand vigorously and gave a loud order.

"Bah, Bah, Bah......"

The distance of 200 meters is not close, but for the Qing army in the hands of the effective range of the cavalry spear can reach 400 meters, it is not a big deal, on weekdays have long been used to practice, plus at this time the Dzungar cavalry are stationary in formation, it is simply a full target, the Qing cavalry shooted, they were very handy, a row of guns beckoned over, on the spot, there were eight Dzungar cavalry howling miserably fell off the horse, five dead and four wounded!

"Fire, counterattack, counterattack!"

The head of the 100 households in Dzungaria was going to wait for the Qing army to advance, but he didn't expect the Qing army to come over with such a random gun, and when he saw that as many as nine people fell in front of him, he was in a hurry, and roared regardless of the ground.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

The arquebuses in the hands of the Dzungar cavalry are all eliminated by the Russian army, the old ones are old, but most of them are still well maintained, and when they shoot, they are still very powerful, not to mention the sound of the guns, and the smoke coming out of the muzzle is also very large, under the salvo of more than 30 guns, the momentum is not small, as for the results of the battle, it can't be said that there is no, no, there is a Qing soldier's arm was hit by a stray bullet, but it was just a pain, the skin was rubbed a layer of rubbing, and some blood was shed, in addition, The guns of the Junggar officers and soldiers were only left to listen to the excitement.

"Grandma is a bear, she dares to fight back, raise her gun, aim, and beat Lao Tzu hard!"

Seeing that the Dzungar cavalry dared to fight against their own side, Shan Kunshan was not happy, and he roared with a curse.

"Bah, Bah, Bah......"

The cavalry gun in the hands of the Qing army is an improved version of the army's standard weapon - the needle gun, the gun body is much shorter, the total length is only about one meter three, the barrel and the butt are obviously a lot smaller, the loading method is the same as the needle gun, the breech is loaded, the bullets are roughly the same, they are all paper shell bullets, the power is nearly half of the effective range of the needle gun used by the army, it is often six or seven hundred meters of effective range, but even so, it is not the old gun used in Dzungaria can be compared, this is not, The Dzungar cavalry was still busy loading the arquebus with black powder, and the Qing army had already started the second round of salvos, but this time the salvo was obviously haste, and the hit rate decreased, and only three results were achieved - one dead and two wounded.

"Damn, panic, aim for Lao Tzu and hit again, keep shooting, don't stop!"

Seeing that the results of the second round of salvo were not good, Shan Kunshan's face immediately became a little unpleasant, and he scolded angrily.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

The cavalry guns in the hands of the Qing army rang out one after another, at a rate of twelve bullets per minute, constantly shooting, while the arquebuses in the hands of the Dzungar cavalry could only fire twice per minute, the gap was too big, the result was naturally self-evident, this small-scale outpost battle was only open to a cup of tea, and the Dzungar was already unbearable, and after paying the price of nearly half of the casualties, the Dzungar head of a hundred households did not dare to go down again, and waved his hand angrily, He fled into the distance.

"Phew, unbeaten bastard!"

Seeing that the Dzungar cavalry had fled into the distance, Shan Kunshan did not dare to order a chase, just scolded disdainfully, and then, beckoned a cavalryman and ordered him to rush back immediately to report the news, but he led a group of rangers to explore in all directions, and no longer cared about how angry the Dzungar cavalry who were hiding in the distance on the other side of the river......

It was the height of summer, and it was in the endless sea of sand, and there was not even a place to shelter, this kind of suffering was really not so pleasant, but Yue Zhongqi obviously didn't care, riding a horse and standing on the top of a sand dune, looking at the officers and soldiers of the brigade passing by under his feet expressionlessly, until a sentry scout rode his horse and rushed up to the sand dune, Yue Zhongqi frowned slightly and looked over, but did not open his mouth to ask.

"Report, Commander Yue, I rode a company of the pioneer battalion of the first division and a platoon of sixteen cavalry to reconnoitre, encountered 45 enemy rangers in Wudaogou, fought across the river, annihilated 20 enemies, I did not have a single casualty, the enemy cavalry has been defeated and retreated, however, Wuzi can not move on the other side of the river, and the commander of the single platoon ordered the small one to come to report the news, and ask the commander of the Yue division to make it clear."

The horse rushed up to the dunes, dismounted with a neat saddle, and gave a loud report on one knee.

"Search along the riverbank, don't cross the river!"

Yue Zhongqi quietly listened to the statement of the newspaper horse, his dark face was still calm, and he didn't have any words of praise, just waved his hand and quietly commanded.

"Wow!"

The newspaper horse was obviously a little puzzled by Yue Zhongqi's order, but he didn't dare to say more, so he hurriedly responded to the promise, and hurriedly rode his horse down the sand dune, and went to the front to pass the order without mentioning it.

"Map!"

Yue Zhongqi didn't pay attention to the departure of the horse, and still sat quietly on the horse's back, only the light in his eyes flickered from time to time, and after a long time, he snorted without looking back.

"Wow!"

Yue Zhongqi's order was concise to the extreme, but the captain of the guard beside him understood his meaning as soon as he heard it, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly responded, and commanded a group of subordinates to spread out a map on the spot......

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