"Driving ........."

The horses were rushing frantically outside Dihua City, and there was a crowd of black girls galloping in the distance, raising the rifles in their hands, shouting unbridledly, and a layer of fine dust splashed on the ground.

"General, let's rush to Dihua first, as long as we take Dihua, we will be the lord of this northern frontier later, even if Ma Bufang comes in person, we can only look at the city and sigh."

Ma Lianhai looked excitedly at the newly renovated city wall in the distance, he had come to Dihua with his uncle a few years ago, although Dihua was located in the border area, but compared to Liangzhou, the area around Peeling was more prosperous. Since Zuo Zongtang led his troops westward to recover Xinjiang, there were still some large and small traders who entered Xinjiang with Zuo Zongtang's army, relying on the army to make a living. Later, as some Han soldiers took root in Xinjiang, the Qing Dynasty organized a large number of Han immigrants to Xinjiang. Some of the traders also took root here, and formed different groups such as the Jin Gang and the Jin Merchants, and Dihua was the area where the Han merchants gathered the most, and almost more than eighty percent of the merchants were controlled by the Han merchants. This is true of other Tacheng, Aksu and other places.

"Let's talk about Dihua first." Ma Zhongying, as the leader, is relatively calmer than his subordinates, but there is also a flash of excitement in his eyes, although he and Ma Bufang jointly marched into Xinjiang at this time, the contradiction between the two has never been eliminated, and he was driven out of Suzhou by Ma Bufang before, and the grievances of the old nest in Liangzhou have not been resolved until now. Although it was a joint soldier, the guard between the two did not relax at all. The branches of the two Ma armies have also been fighting separately. Ma Zhongying took advantage of the battle between Ma Bufang and Sheng Shicai's troops to lead the troops. First rush to Dihua. If you can lay down Dihua. preemptively, then even if Ma Bufang has the ability to reach the sky, he can only look at the city and sigh. And everything in the prosperous and rich city of Dihua will also be reduced to his property. Although it is not as good as Lanzhou, it is also one of the few male cities in the northwest. And he will also avenge the revenge of being forced out of Ganzhou by Ma Bufang.

"Two horses have entered Xinjiang, at present, our main force is entangled by Ma Bufang, and we have not had time to return to defense, and Ma Zhongying has already come to the city, if we let it break the city. With the ferocity of the Ma family's army, we will inevitably be killed, and the chicken dog will not be left, this, how can this be good. ”

A steward of the Dihua Chamber of Commerce stood on the city wall and looked at the cavalry surging on the ground, and said in a trembling voice, most of the members of the other chambers of commerce also looked at Sheng Shicai on the city wall with some trepidation, once the Ma family army broke the city, the net worth they had accumulated over the years of struggle in Dihua would be in vain. After decades of hard work, he returned to the pre-liberation period overnight.

"It doesn't matter, although Ma Jiajun is known for his ferocity and bravery. However, there was a lack of heavy firearms, and the cavalry of the Ma family army was brave. Can four horses' hooves fly to the top of the city wall? Sheng Shicai, who was in the morning sun, took off his cloak and handed it to the guard next to him, and smiled nonchalantly. The people of the Western Regions are good at field warfare but not good at attacking cities, this has been the case since ancient times, but I didn't expect that now it is still not too strong when it is the Republic of China, although the Ma family army is outnumbered, but if you want to take Dihua, it is not something that those few rifles can do.

"The defenders in the city, the merchants listen, the Ma family army has lost Ningxia, Qinghai, and now become a lost dog, they are a group of rogues, since entering Xinjiang, burning, killing and looting, all kinds of evil, if they break the city, maybe those ordinary people, the citizens can escape with a life, but we are soldiers, the merchants are a dead end. We now have thousands of defenders in the city, no less than two thousand armed merchants, if united, with the ability of the Ma family's army, it is impossible to capture Dihua, as long as it is defended for ten days and a half months, the Ma family army that has lost its nest will definitely not be able to hold on for a long time, even if they want to fight, there is not enough food to last, this battle Dihua will win! I have already discussed with the stewards of the Dihua Chamber of Commerce, killing one enemy soldier will reward one piece of ocean, and killing one enemy officer will reward three pieces of ocean! ”

"Victory, victory!" Encouraged by Sheng Shicai, the defenders in Dihua City shouted loudly, compared to the analysis of those forces and the pros and cons of both sides, or the ocean is more realistic for these bitter soldiers.

Under the command of Ma Zhongying, the soldiers of the Ma family army of the brigade dismounted one after another, and the long ladder gradually leaned towards the city in the rush of the infantry. Slammed on the walls. There are four siege ladders in front and behind. If Jiang Li's 15th Route Army saw this scene, it would undoubtedly drop its glasses, guns and cannons roared, and in the era of aircraft bombing, there was a long ladder to attack the city and what was the difference between looking for death? Sheng Shicai smiled coldly, he knew modern military operations, and he knew how difficult it was for the Ma Jiajun, who lacked heavy weapons, to capture Dihua. He will win this battle.

However, for the defenders in Dihua City, most of the defenders in Dihua City did not show any surprise in their expressions, which shows that the melee between the two warlords in Xinjiang has fallen so far behind, not only in terms of weapons, but also in terms of consciousness.

The soldiers of the Ma family army bravely climbed the long ladder and struggled to climb the city wall nearly two feet high. Most of these soldiers carried sharp knives and swords around their waists. In this kind of battle, rifles are not as good as these cold weapons.

Da Da Da ...... Sparse tongues of fire struck the edge of the walls, splashing fine stones and dust. Several defenders with half of their bodies outstretched fell from the city with screams, falling to the ground and splashing a large amount of dust.

Bang bang....

The defenders at the head of the city also fought back with rifles, and the bullets hit the siege ladder with oil, and people kept falling down the ladder like dumplings.

"Quick, quick, pour!"

A basin of fire oil burning with black smoke was poured down the ladder by several defenders, and the black oil flowed down the ladder, and a large mass of flames rolled down and fell on the attacking soldiers, who screamed and flapped the flames on their bodies in horror. But the flame ignited by the oil that has been preliminarily refined from petroleum is not easy to extinguish. Many soldiers who climbed up couldn't stand the burning of the flames and even jumped directly from the ladder, and as the flames ignited one after another on several siege ladders, the excitement that Ma Zhongying had originally hidden in the corners of his eyes suddenly turned into a cold. The first wave of attack was easily defused by the Dihua defenders, who paid more than 200 dead and wounded, and consumed a lot of valuable machine gun shells, and even failed to catch a single hair, which was really a loss-making deal. Although the main force under Sheng Shicai was dragged by Ma Bufang, Dihua was not as weak and easy to fight as he imagined. (To be continued.) )