Most of these soldiers were Anhui prisoners who were exiled from the Qianguo Kingdom to the Ryukyu Kingdom, as well as captured pirates, when Lin Yiqing decided to form them into a force for training, Xingyue Liuli was quite unimpressed, thinking that even if these people could be trained into soldiers with strong combat effectiveness, their loyalty was difficult to guarantee, and it was definitely not something that could be controlled by a fallen general like Dai Zongqian and Liu Chaopei, but what happened today surprised her.

Today is the day of the attack on Aksu City, and she also wants to see how the combat effectiveness of these Qianguo soldiers is better than Lin Yiqing's improved ninja legion.

Xingyue Liuli's gaze turned into the distance, where it was the 1,000 cavalry of the cadre army brought by Rong Lu, the minister of the Qin Mission, from Xi'an.

Although this cadre army is equipped with foreign guns, they are all old models, and the artillery equipped with them are also some light earthen guns.

And Xingyue Liuli also knew that Rong Lu's 1,000 dry cavalry was only strong here, and they would not enter the battle.

The main force attacking the Aksu rebels this time was actually Dai Zongqian's 500 men.

Liu Chaopei had the same 500-strong force under his command, but this unit is now missing.

She has already found out that although the army under Dong Fuxiang in Aksu City is very powerful, claiming to have more than 20,000 people, only 8 battalions of old battalions and soldiers actually have combat effectiveness, totaling more than 4,000 people, and 6 new battalions of recruits, totaling more than 2,400 people, with poor combat effectiveness, and the rest are mostly the families of army officers and soldiers, as well as residents who have come from the coercion.

Dong Jun's equipment is the same as that of Rong Lu's cadres, which is very inferior, the old battalion soldiers are equipped with foreign guns, and the models are complicated, and the new recruits are mostly carrying guns and earthen guns. The artillery is all old-style mountain splitting guns, with a total of 35 guns.

In contrast, Dai Zongqian's troops were all equipped with French Grass-style rifles, as well as two German 75-mm Krupp guns and a Gatling gun. But the combat effectiveness is far above the Dong army.

The equipment of Liu Chaopei's 500 men is the same as that of Dai Zongqian's department, except that there is no artillery and machine guns.

Liu Dai's second 1,000 people (if Liu Chaopei's department does not show up, only Dai Zongqian's 500 people will participate in the battle) will face Dong Fuxiang's 6,400-strong rebels, how should this battle be fought? Xingyue Ruri felt a little confused.

Although Xingyue Liuli has superb personal martial skills, he is not good at military strategy.

At this moment, in her heart, there was a faint hope that Lin Yiqing would appear here......

"What's that?" A ninja pointed to a black line that snaked in the distant wasteland. Said.

"Yes...... Caravan! Xingyue Liuli frowned, "It's really troublesome for the caravan to come over at this time......"

Dai Zongqian also noticed the arrival of the caravan, frowned and thought about it.

The unexpected appearance of this caravan adds great difficulty to the upcoming battle out of thin air.

"Then let's be flexible...... Dai Zongqian suddenly came up with an idea, showing a strange smile, "God help me, in this case." Brothers, on the contrary, can reduce casualties......"

"Do you have a new idea?" Xingyue Liuli came behind Dai Zongqian and asked.

"Yes. The siege plan has changed slightly. Dai Zongqian nodded, "When the caravan enters the city, let's fire again!" ”

Hearing that Dai Zongqian had delayed the time of bombardment of the city wall, Xingyue Liuli was very strange, but she didn't ask much.

According to Lin Yiqing's instructions to her, if this siege battle Dai Zongqian and Liu Chaopei failed. Then, it was up to her and the twenty ninjas under her command to take Dong Fuxiang's head.

She and her men are the last reserves.

"Pounce...... The yellow huss under the crotch ...... snorted twice, suddenly retracted his steps, and almost threw the young "Tianshunxiang" young owner Wang Hongtu out of the saddle. He was shocked. The sleepiness that I couldn't get away from suddenly disappeared without a trace.

When I looked up, it turned out that the convoy in front of me had stopped.

Wang Hongtu wiped a handful of cold sweat from his head with his sleeve and asked the driver in the car next to him: "What's wrong?" Not over yet? ”

The coachman was a young and sturdy young man, with a white tooth shining brightly on his swarthy face, and it was a playful smile.

"The drawbridge in front of the city gates." He pointed ahead with his horsewhip.

"Oh."

As soon as the convoy stopped, the shrill wheel pivot dissipated, and Wang Hongtu understood after being reminded by him. "This is about to enter Aksu City!"

The bridge was very slow, and more than an hour had passed by the more than 100 carts in front of it. Wang Hongtu gritted his teeth hard, suppressed the excitement in his heart, instigated the yellow horse, overtook several carts and rushed to the bridge. After all, as the son of Wang Chi, the "richest man in southern Yunnan", this is the first time he has come to Western Xinjiang to do business, and it is also the first time that he has been away from home for so long.

The cable suspension bridge is not long, that is, a hundred steps. The two arm-thick iron cables are hung with pine planks four or five fingers thick, which looks very strong, not to mention leaving, even the horse is very stable.

The yellow horse was a good horse from the meandering river, and after running a few steps, it let go of its hooves, and the carts that were moving slowly were suddenly left behind him. Seeing the city gate getting closer and closer, his heart beat faster and faster.

"Don't run!"

"What are you running?!"

Wang Hongtu vaguely heard someone shouting loudly, but he didn't pay attention to it at all, just rode his horse and galloped. He was about to rush into the city gate, but he heard a "bang" and something passed his ear. He paused for a moment before he realized that it was a bullet flying overhead.

The bullets hit so closely, even if Wang Hongtu had practiced bows, sabers and guns for a few days, how could he have heard such a sound. As soon as he knew that it was a bullet, his hands and feet suddenly became wet, and the cold feeling instantly rose from his lower abdomen to his throat, and his whole heart was cold.

The two fast horses pressed over one left and one right, Wang Hongtu wanted to turn his head to look, but he didn't even have the strength to turn his head. Then there was a heat on the thighs. It turned out to be a spear snake that stabbed at him, picking away the long knife on his leg, and by the way, he also opened a long hole in his leg. The cavalry on the left was already on par with him, and he could see his face without turning his head. It was a cavalryman in blue armor, with a large head wrapped around his head, and a fierce expression on his face.

This man is so vicious. is not like the Central Plains people's clan, plus the armor is peculiar, Wang Hongtu thought that he had met some thief, and was about to ask, but saw his right arm waving violently, and Wang Hongtu's eyes were full of golden flowers. The mind is also blank.

It didn't hurt to fall to the ground. Wang Hongtu opened his eyes in a daze and saw a full view of Venus. He shook his head, yes, it was still full of Venus.

He staggered to his feet, the cold blade on his neck immediately reminding him that he had been knocked off his horse.

"What do you want to do?!" The cavalryman who had knocked him off his horse asked him, and his voice was cold, making him feel a chill from the cracks of his bones.

"I ......," Wang Hongtu raised his voice to question him. He didn't understand why they were so disrespectful to him when they saw the banner of "Tian Shunxiang". But the second half of his sentence was pushed back by the blade around his neck.

It was his own long knife, and of course he recognized it. Kyosaku's Yanling knife is very valuable. In any case, the other party could have slashed his leg when he picked up his long knife just now, and now he could also slash his throat. He swallowed hard and replied honestly, "I didn't want to do anything." ”

"Didn't want to do anything?" The cavalryman who held his sword against him sneered. "Pamo, this kid said he didn't want to do anything." He said to the cavalryman who had knocked him off his horse.

Pamo waved his hand impatiently, and Wang Hongtu heard a crisp "pop" on his cheek. This is the cavalryman who smacked him hard with his sword. After a moment of numbness, his face burned and ached.

"Really...... I really didn't want to do anything. Wang Hongtu licked his teeth and stammered. His mouth was salty, and the knife loosened his two big teeth. There must be bleeding in the mouth. His heart was still burning with anger at first, but this moment it was full of fear and weakness. "I ...... I am...... It is...... Want to see ...... What's it like in the city. There was a cry in his voice, because of humiliation.

"Look at Aksu?" The man named Pamo approached, looking like he had come to his senses.

"Yes...... Yes......" Wang Hongtu nodded busily.

"Then I'll let you take a good look!" He kicked Wang Hongtu in the chest.

His strength is great! When Wang Hongtu was in the air, he thought, how could he kick people so high. Then he felt pain, and it made his eyes black. I can't see anything.

Wang Hong's image fell like a broken sack full of debris, and his whole body was making a sound, and something must have been shattered. His face was slammed to the ground, his mouth was covered in the smell of dirt, and something was hot from his nose.

"What's the matter?" From the front came the sound of horses' hooves. An equally cold voice asked.

"Your Excellency." The two horsemen greeted in unison.

"A spy of the official army." Pamo said in a stiff dry language, "Let's get caught." ”

"I'm not ......" Wang Hongtu wanted to shout loudly, but he couldn't shout at all. If you try harder, there will be a sharp pain in your chest, your throat will be hot, and when you open your mouth, there will be a mouthful of blood.

"I'm not a spy......" spat out blood, and he could speak, but the voice was so soft that he couldn't hear himself.

At this time, Wang Hongtu suddenly heard a piercing whistling.

What is this sound?

In a trance, he saw a look of fear on the faces of the two cavalrymen who were obviously not from the Central Plains, and he turned around and rushed towards the city gate.

A red light flashed between the two of them, and Wang Hongtu saw the two fly directly from the horse and fall back in front of him.

Half of the two men's bodies were charred black, and the man named Pamo was missing an arm.

His body moved on the ground, turned his face, stared at Wang Hongtu in a daze, and hissed "ho-ho" from his mouth.

Wang Hongtu saw that his big entanglement was gone, and his head seemed to be missing a piece, and something with white flowers flowed out.

Wang Hongtu didn't understand what was happening, and at this moment, another same whistling sound came, and then the city gate exploded, and the huge door instantly became broken and collapsed.

Wang Hongtu saw that the city gate was blown up, and then he understood.

This is the destruction caused by artillery.

As for the cannons, he always had the impression that those black short and thick iron cylinders could shoot out the same black round iron projectiles.

But this was the first time he had seen a terrible explosion like this.

Don't. This is the cannon of the legendary foreigner?

Isn't it a flowering bomb?

Without leaving him to think about it, another cannonball flew over, but this time the target was the castle tower, which collapsed in an instant, and then the chain that hung the drawbridge was broken.

Where have the people of the caravan seen such terrible shelling. Immediately screaming and scattering, Wang Hongtu saw several guys running towards him. They turned him over. Then large expanses of earth fell from the sky, and he could not see them, and his eyes were stinging because they were covered with dirt.

"Quick! Carry the young owner down! ......," one of the fellows said anxiously.

Wang Hongtu's heart was relieved, and he fainted suddenly.

When Wang Hongtu opened his eyes again, it felt like many years had passed, but the sun was still hanging in its original position. Several figures dangled around him.

As soon as he moved, his whole body hurt like a knife. He couldn't help but cry out in pain.

"Oh, Young Master Wang is awake." Hearing his call, someone saw him and hurriedly approached him. Several people around also gathered around.

Wang Hongtu was about to nod his head, when he felt a sharp pain in his neck, and he almost shouted again. However, with a flash of vision, it turned out that the entire convoy was here, and I don't know how many coachmen and merchants were looking here. He can't afford to lose this man. He gritted his teeth and swallowed the scream back into his stomach.

"Wang Gongzi has backbone!" One said appreciatively. This man was about forty years old, with a square face and a thick back, and his eyes were as sharp as a pair of small diamonds.

"Young owner." The leader of the caravan introduced him, "This is Lord Qincha Rong Lurong, my lord, this is the young owner of 'Tianshunxiang'. Wang Hongtu ......"

The Minister? Where is the minister here? Today's miracles are one after another. Wang Hongtu wanted to squeeze out a disdainful smile, but his face was swollen and he didn't obey the call, and he didn't know what kind of expression it was.

"Wang Gongzi, I'm really sorry to let you catch up with the war here." The minister spoke politely. But he just bluffed and arched his hand with him. "If the prince is injured, please don't worry about it."

Wang Hongtu was stunned when he heard this.

War?

Didn't Agubai return bandits destroy the army of Zuo Jigao's Western Expedition? Didn't Bai Yanhu and the other bandit leaders die in the desert? Why is there war again?

"Your Excellency...... That's so kind. He replied vaguely.

"Wang Gongzi was beaten by the rebel soldiers, I saw it in my eyes, I was anxious in my heart, worried that the merchants would be slaughtered by the rebels, so I hurriedly ordered to fire artillery and bombard the city gate." Rong Lu looked at him and said with a smile, "Fortunately, Wang Gongzi is fine. ”

Wang Hongtu knew that he must be very ugly now. The guys need to save him, so naturally they don't have time to change his clothes. The blood from the rebel soldiers was stained on the placket of his clothes, and he rolled up in mud again, and his face was swollen. Although it looks scary, his injuries are really not serious, and it is estimated that he can ride a horse after taking some injury medicine. He has always had a good physique, which makes him a little complacent.

"Don't tell you that I have also practiced martial arts." Wang Hongtu told the minister that a few of the men laughed out loud, and he glared at them fiercely. He is not bragging, when he goes out, practicing martial arts and self-defense is a must, and his family invited him to teach him martial arts, but he was told two years later that he was not this material, and he would no longer practice martial arts. Thinking about how badly he was beaten by those two rebel soldiers just now, he couldn't help but feel a little remorseful in his heart.

"I can see it." Rong Lu smiled.

"Really...... Really? Wang Hongtu stammered. This minister is a Bo man, but obviously he doesn't look like he knows martial arts, but hearing him say that, Wang Hongtu still feels a little honored.

"Zuo Gongzi has well-proportioned muscles and agile movements, but ordinary young masters don't have such a body. It's just that you're not practicing for a long time, and it's not okay to fight. The foundation is well established, and few of my men are as resistant as you. He said sincerely.

Obviously, he was beaten, but when he heard the minister praise him for resisting the beating, Wang Hongtu still felt proud, and even his heart was beating "plopping". At first, he thought that the minister was a liar, but now he gradually became more and more pleasing to the eye.

"How long does it take to practice to be able to fight?" Wang Hongtu began to climb up the pole.

"Zuo Gongzi is a rich and noble family," Rong Lu stared at Wang Hongtu, "Why bother to learn those fights and kills." You know, the days of licking blood with a knife head are not easy. ”

The minister's gaze became sharp at that moment, and Wang Hongtu couldn't help but shudder.

"Dare to ask your lordship, where did this rebel army come from? Is it a bandit? How...... We haven't heard of it along the way? Wang Hongtu looked at the city wall of Aksu City, which was already shrouded in black smoke in the distance, and asked cautiously.

"The rebel will be Dong Fuxiang, the former chief soldier of Aksu, this person was originally born as a bandit, for the disaster of Shaanxi and Gansu, and then ambushed by the official army, guarding here, but he was unaware that his bandit heart was difficult to dispel, and this time he rebelled according to the city. The official was ordered to inspect the territory, and when he heard of his rebellion, he personally brought the heavenly soldiers to come to exterminate it in order to calm the people. Rong Lu said, her eyes still fixed on the city wall under the thick smoke.

"I see...... Wang Hongtu looked around and found that there were only a few more than 1,000 soldiers and horses under the minister, and he couldn't help but despise the minister again.

With just a thousand men, can you break through such a large city? He couldn't believe it.

Although he thought so in his heart, he didn't say it, but carefully observed the battle situation like the minister. (To be continued......)

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