Chapter 897: Beacon Everywhere (1)
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Although the light infantry gun has the word "light", but it is only relative to the heavy artillery, in fact, although the size of the light infantry gun is not too big, but the power is not small, this is not, under a salvo of twelve artillery, it suddenly exploded up and down the city a ball of fire, in the smoke of gunpowder, shrapnel flew in all directions, the momentum is really huge, no matter what the effect is, just such a sound, let the infantry soldiers standing behind the position to watch the lively amazement. \. ().
The smoke of gunpowder is billowing, but there is finally a time to disperse, wait for the dust to fall, and look again, yes, the city is still immovable, and only the city gate tower is scorched and blackened, proving that it has indeed been shelled before, in addition, there are only a few unlucky Mongolian soldiers who were killed and injured by shrapnel flying around, this kind of artillery effect can not be said to be no, but it is just better than nothing, of course, this is not surprising, the infantry cannon itself is not used to attack the fortification, but to slaughter the cluster of infantry, used to attack the city and run, It was really just a sound, and as soon as the results came out, the artillerymen were all speechless, and the infantry were silent.
"Damn, bad luck, come again!"
As an artillery commander, Quian had long known that such an artillery bombardment would have such an effect in front of him, and even so, when he saw the dejected looks of the soldiers, he couldn't help but stomp his feet and roar angrily.
"Knock, knock, knock......"
A military order is a military order, although the morale of the gunners is not very high, but no one dares to disobey the order, so they can only operate mechanically according to the order, smashing round after round of shells on the city, as for the effect, no one has to expect so much......
Three miles behind the Dagari Pass, a huge military camp stands on the grassland, hundreds of thousands of people gather here, fences, antlers and other defensive facilities are built quite meteorologically, but the tents in the barracks are varied, what colors and shapes are there, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a hodgepodge, of course, this is not surprising, the 130,000 troops gathered here come from Mongolia, Tibet, Kazakhstan and other different nationalities and tribes, their living habits and hobbies are very different, the reason why they can get together, It was all because of the owner of the big golden tent in the very center of the camp.
The golden tent is extremely luxurious, it is made of three layers of cowhide, the surface is inlaid with countless gold leaf, there is a nine-story golden pagoda that can be called a work of art on the top, two bright yellow flags outside the tent are waving with the wind, the momentum is thousands, let people see, there is a sense of awe, at this time, a burly middle-aged strong man in the big tent stands tall on the top, sits still with an expressionless face, this person is the self-proclaimed Qinghai Khan's Luo Buzang Danjin, under the head of dozens of generals stand in two columns with helmets and armor, although silent, but there is a colossal murderous aura rising to the sky.
"Report, Great Khan, around noon, the Qing army suddenly arrived in front of the old tooth pass, and the shelling of my old tooth pass is not stopped, and the city has not yet been launched, General Alten sent a small one to report to the Great Khan, please make it clear to the Great Khan."
In the dead silence of a faction, a horse rushed straight into the camp like a whirlwind, rushed to the Chinese army's tent like a thunderbolt, and only then did he restrain the galloping horse, and before the horse stopped, he saw that the knight on the horse had already dismounted from the saddle neatly, and rushed into the Chinese army's tent without stopping.
"Probe!"
As soon as they heard Baoma's words, the generals below immediately made a commotion, but Luo Buzang Danjin still had a calm face, and did not give any specific instructions, just waved his hand and gave an order with an expressionless face.
"Yes!"
Since Luo Buzang Danjin had given such orders, the newspaper horse did not dare to delay much, and hurriedly answered, hurriedly withdrew from the big tent, and rode his horse in the direction of the old tooth pass.
"Great Khan, the Qinggou is not good, and the last general thinks that it may be difficult for the old tooth pass to hold on, so it is appropriate to make another plan."
Although it was nearly ten miles away, it was still possible to hear the faint roar from the direction of the old tooth pass, the density was quite large, which showed how fierce the artillery fire of the Qing army was, and the Mongolian generals were obviously not very optimistic that Altentur could hold the pass, especially Yasotol, one of the three generals who had never been very harmonious with Altentur, was the first to stand up and shouted loudly.
"Great Khan, General Yasuo is right, the Qing army has been in front of the pass for several days, but it has not attacked, this sudden attack will be done with all its might, and our army is afraid that it will not be able to guard against it."
"Great Khan, the last general thinks that he must increase his troops and rely on the geographical advantage to drag down the Qing army!"
"Great Khan, Lao Yaguan is the best pass in the world, once there is a loss, my army will lose the geographical advantage, I am afraid that the war is unfavorable, please think twice."
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Yasotor has always been a brave man in the Mongolian tribes, and he is a well-known brave man in Qinghai, and he has a lot of prestige in the army.
"Well, Muharre, what do you think?"
Although Luo Buzang Danjin is an ambitious person, but he is not an incompetent mediocre talent, on the contrary, this person's popularity is quite calm, quite a heroic posture, even if the generals are talking about it, he is not moved, even his face has not changed slightly, he is still calm and solemn, but seeing that he pressed his hand, he said noncommittally, and stopped the generals' words, his face was slightly sideways, and he cast his eyes on a middle-aged general standing in the first place in the left-hand position, and he groaned slightly, and asked a sentence politely.
"Great Khan, the last general thinks that the Qing army's offensive still has to wait for General Alten's communication, and it is too early to plan a way to deal with it at this time.
Muharley is a wise general under Lobzang Tenzin, and the strategy of resisting the enemy in front of the old tooth pass is formulated by him, and there is only one intention at all, that is, to try to rely on the geographical advantage of the old tooth pass, wear down the vitality and morale of the Qing army, and wait for the Qing army to be tired, and then carry out a decisive battle in the field, because of this, he does not want his own strategy to be messed up by the generals.
"Well, that's fine, just wait and see."
Lobzang Tenzin also wanted to probe the bottom of the Qing army before making a decision, but when he heard Muharley's words, he would not have any objections, and with a wave of his hand, he had already made the final decision with pride......
"Report, Lord Buba, a large number of Qing troops have been found eight miles ahead, and they are killing in the direction of our camp at high speed!"
There are two flowers, one for each branch, not to mention that the artillery battalion led by Quinine is listening to the sound under Lao Yaguan, nor is it said that General Luo Buzang Danjin is waiting for the battle report of Lao Yaguan in the Golden Horde, but it is said that the day before yesterday, he was severely taught a lesson by Ke Luntai, and Bagari Gexia of the Pingguo Roke Department was having lunch in the big tent of the Chinese army, holding a leg of mutton, and when he was gnawing hard, he saw a newspaper horse hurriedly break into the tent, and one kneeled to the ground, and said in a loud voice.
"What? How many people came? ”
In the battle the day before yesterday, Garigsha lost more than 1,000 people, but only killed three Qing soldiers, this result not only disappointed Garigsha, but also made it shocking, for this reason, he specially ordered that the troops scattered to the counties to levy grain were all gathered, gathered more than 40,000 troops, and planned to be invited by the Wai Xie Ersu tribe to go to besiege the back road of the Kelun Tai Department, which had not yet had time to act, and suddenly heard that there was a large army in the direction of Lanzhou, and he couldn't help but panic, and dropped the leg of mutton in his hand, His eyes widened and he asked.
"If you go back to the Ba people, the small ones don't dare to count them in detail, and they estimate that there should be more than 6,000 cavalry troops, and the infantry army should be about 10,000 people.
Seeing that Gari Gexia's voice was wrong, the reporter did not dare to ignore it, and hurriedly reported the results of the investigation.
"So much? Damn, quick, give the order to the whole army, close the camp gate, and hold on to the camp! ”
The previous 3,000 Qing cavalry was already so fierce and difficult to defeat, this guy came 16,000, (the actual strength of the Qing army should be 19,000 people, including 7,000 cavalry and 12,000 infantry troops.) Even if the heart of Kari Gexia is empty, he does not dare to go out of the camp to fight, do you have the heart to withdraw the troops and leave, most of the looting proceeds of the half month of partial life are in this big camp, Kali Gexia is really reluctant to abandon it, and after his eyes have been rolling wildly for a while, he still plans to stick to the camp with a wealth obsessed mind, hoping that the Qing army will just pass by as before.
"Woo, woo, woo......"
As soon as the general of Kali Gesha gave the order, his own trumpeter blew the order for an emergency assembly, and in the terrible sound of the horn, the Tibetan officers and soldiers who were scattered in the camp for dinner were all in chaos......
"Order the troops to speed up, and be sure to rush to Taiping Town before sunset tonight!"
On the wilderness northwest of Lanzhou, the main force of the first division of the first army of the Qing army and the first division of the cavalry army is rushing to the direction of Taiping Town, although it is close to noon, but Yue Zhongqi did not order to rest, but still led his troops to hurry, there is no other, the Sanchuan battalion of Banuan has sent back an urgent letter - the Xining defenders of the Wai Xie Ersu Department have sent 20,000 cavalry, trying to recapture the Banan Sanchuan battalion, once the Ke Luntai department is unable to hold on, this battle will definitely add infinite variables, this kind of responsibility, Yue Zhongqi can not afford it, because of this, Even though he himself was already a little hungry and tired, he still drank ruthlessly and ordered the three armies to speed up.
"Report to the division commander, a large camp of Tibetan bandits was found six miles ahead, and the thief chief Gari Gexia gathered more than 40,000 troops, and the battalion was defended to the death!"
If you want to hurry, you can't reach it seems to be a universal truth, no, just when Yue Zhongqi was driving the army with all his strength despite the fatigue of the soldiers, a newspaper horse galloped from the direction of Taiping Town, bringing a news that made Yue Zhongqi frown.