。 [The previous chapter was 910, and the old man's memory really can't be hurt......]

After scolding, Yue Jingzhong shouted in a deep voice: "Alternate cover!" Speed Reload! ”

He didn't know that the city gate officer had fallen under his "broken spear", only to see the hundreds of city soldiers who rushed to the city wall suddenly dispersed, but a large number of enemy troops poured out of the sentry house near the city gate.

At this time, there were thirty or forty people in the vanguard team who climbed the city wall, and in addition to all kinds of cold weapons, everyone had the three-eyed gun in Yue Jingzhong's hand. Hearing the order, the first dengs scattered back and forth, holding their fingers and buttoning their fingers, the barrel and handle of the gun were disengaged, revealing three chambers.

Yue Jingzhong reversed the chamber of the gun, poured out two empty cartridge casings and a dumb musket bullet, took out the bullet from the leather box on his waist, stuffed it from the back of the chamber, raised and supported it with both hands, connected the barrel to the back seat, and pulled the hammer, and in less than three seconds, the short gun in his hand was ready to fire again.

This bullet is quite strange, with a shallow copper bottom, a cardboard shell body, and the central groove of the copper bottom is connected to the latest high-tech achievements of the Institute of Chemistry of the Tiandao Academy: the usable thundermercury gunpowder, the gunpowder is wrapped in black powder, and the front end is a concave conical buckshot.

Of course, the so-called "fixed ammunition" is very different from the all-metal fixed ammunition that appeared in the second half of the nineteenth century in another plane, but the principle is the same, hitting the primer with a hammer and igniting the propellant in the paper shell.

This is the first breech musket developed by the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau after getting the thundermercury primer, which was supposed to take the fire cap route first, but the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau has a conceptual map of the fixed ammunition dropped by the emperor many years ago. So there was a big leap forward, and it was directly loaded with paper shells, or three shots. As a result, such a three-eyed handcuff was made. Now it is only being tested by the Western Regions Army, and there is not even an official model.

Originally, the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau still had the intention to get out the metal fixed ammunition that the emperor said, but the Manufacturing Bureau was disappointed to find out. The existing processing accuracy is not enough to ensure the closure of the metal cartridge case and the gun chamber, and only the paper shell bullet body with better adaptability is used.

The main force of the North Tianshan Road felt that this thing had too many defects and could not be applied on a large scale, so they were not very interested, and the Shengjie Army of the South Road and the armed cat team of the Military Intelligence Department reluctantly became white mice.

In this trial, the problem was exposed, because there has been no breakthrough in the thunder mercury purification technology, and the success rate of ignition is obviously still problematic. Moreover, this gun still has three hammers corresponding to three barrels, and the whole gun weighs three and a half pounds, which is extremely bulky. At the same time, the breath-holding effect is very poor, and despite the use of rifled and concave buckshots, the range and accuracy are limited.

Yue Jingzhong scolded and scolded, but he was still glad that the gun in his hand could be fired three times in a row, and it was loaded quickly. In the current melee that is close to hand-to-hand combat, range and accuracy are not a big problem, but after this war, the trial report received by the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau may not be too good.

If this battle is still alive......

Looking at the large number of enemy troops pouring out of the sentry house under the city gate, Yue Jingzhong thought so.

Yarkand City, which has been tense all the time, is very well prepared. Hundreds of soldiers were stationed at each gate. The defeat of the city guards did not mean that Yue Jingzhong had stolen the city gate, but in a moment, hundreds of city soldiers came around, and on the one hand, Yue Jingzhong's troops could not raise their heads with a collection of shots, while guarding the city gate tightly.

It seemed that this risky raid was about to fail, and just as the brigade of returning troops was crowded in front of the city gate, ready to rush up the city wall, several thick iron pipes protruded from the shadows in the distant streets.

Whoosh ......

A sharp whistling sound sounded, and several ceremonial flowers suddenly dragged out, pulling up bright flames and shooting straight towards the city gate.

Who's putting the flowers? I don't look at what time it is......

Some of the returning soldiers still thought so, and then their thoughts were interrupted by the roar of thunder and the almost blinding orange flame, and the lead bullet shot out from the flame, instantly piercing the body, instantly splashing scarlet blood flowers, and then suddenly dissipating, and the shockwave tossed the crowd around the flamelight high, including lifeless corpses. …,

"The big cat finally moved......"

Yue Jingzhong breathed a sigh of relief, the armed cat team of the Ministry of Military Intelligence infiltrated Yarkand City early, and also smuggled in the shoulder-fired rocket launcher in the form of parts, this wave of rapid attacks, the hundreds of city soldiers below were suddenly in chaos, and the panicked Turkic shouts converged into a tide, Yue Jingzhong could hear that they were shouting "Cannon!" The cannon of the Han Chinese! ”

It was indeed a cannon, but it was not big at all, and when the city soldiers were panicking, another round of rockets came rushing in, blowing up the city gate, especially the city gate hole.

A small number of city soldiers who saw the clue rushed along the trail dragged out by the rocket, but they were scattered by a wave of accurate bullets, and the armed cat team nicknamed "Big Cat" is a commando team under the Ministry of Military Intelligence, and it is actually a bit wasteful to steal the city, but looking at the weather is not right, Yue Chaolong, the commander of the Shengjie army, had to use this dragon slaying knife to break the city gate.

Although there are only forty or fifty big cats, they use guns and cannons, which is full of deterrence. Yue Jingzhong was on the city wall, the big cat was in the rear, attacking from both sides, back and forth, and the city soldiers were quickly scattered.

When Yue Jingzhong and the big cat converged, one of them took off his felt hat and smiled at Yue Jingzhong: "Big nephew, you are ten minutes slow, we are lurking in the alley, and we are almost exposed." ”

Yue Jingzhong glanced at his fifth uncle, Yue Shenglin, a staff officer of the Shengjie Army, and said humbly: "Open the city gate quickly!" ”

In a short time, the gates of Yarkand were opened, and a black cloud seeped out of the night and covered the ground.

"Go straight back to the temple and capture He Zhuo!"

A large number of red-clothed cavalry flew in, and the leader turned out to be an old general with a dragon pattern and gold medal, this veteran was still wearing a Manchu official uniform last year, and he was a general of Jingbian, but now, he is already a brigadier general of the army, and the 72nd division under the jurisdiction of the Shengjie Army is in charge.

The veteran is Yue Zhongqi, who has confronted Yinghua for many years, and is desperate after the assassination case in Xi'an, and takes more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians to surrender to the British. Most of his subordinates have put down their swords and guns and are living an ordinary life, but there are still four or five thousand people willing to serve Yinghua. These people were organized into the 72nd Division of the Army and entered the Western Regions under the command of Yue Zhongqi.

After the defeat of Yinding Temple last year, Wu Ya adjusted its deployment. Considering that although the 72nd Division has undergone training, its combat strength and military spirit are not enough to fight side by side with the two armies of Yulin and Longxiang, and it is suspected of being slow to defend the fortress. simply allocated it to Yue Chaolong and marched to Tianshan South Road together. In this way, the Southern Route Army has become the "Yuejia Army".

His son Yue Jingzhong was the first to arrive. Yue Zhongqi was the vanguard, and his father and son took on the heavy responsibility of raiding Yarkand City. When Yue Jingzhong led the first team to climb the city wall, Yue Zhongqi led the cavalry battalion of the Shengjie Army and the cavalry of the Khotanese Hui Division, a total of 2,000 people, to lurk outside the city.

The red-clothed iron riders poured into Yaerqiang, and at this time, the canopy above his head also sounded a continuous thunderstorm, and Yue Zhongqi, who stepped on the city gate tower, looked up at the sky, and felt that his face was cold, and it was raining.

The sonorous sound was incessant, and the cavalry drew their swords and rushed forward. There was also the roar of horses' hooves ahead, and Zhuo Jiahan's elite Hui cavalry had assembled in the city, and Zhuo Jiahan was unwilling to fail and wanted to fight back.

At night, on the narrow road in the city, two torrents collided in one place, and the cold light of the saber flickered. Converge into the sparkling waves of the lake. After a few moments, the waves were dyed scarlet, and then the rain fell and the scarlet was washed off in pieces.

When they were holding each other, there was a loud noise behind the Hui cavalry. has been pushed by the tide of red clothes to float the people and horses, and even more slashed by the saber in red clothes, and then suffered a blow from the back, and suddenly collapsed.

"The speed sandalwood horse is also capable, and under the nose of Zhuo Jiahan, he can gather a force of soldiers and horses......

Seeing the return to the cavalry disperse, Yue Zhongqi showed a relieved smile in the rain.

Yarkand Khan Sutanma Hemu was a puppet supported by Drogahan to maintain his rule over the Berks of the Chagatai Khanate around Yarkand. But under the operation of the Luo Mao Demon, this Khan King, who was unwilling to be subject to the return of Montenegro, also came out, gathered his clansmen, and joined forces with the Yinghua army. …,

With Luo Mao's own arrangement, the full support of the Ministry of Military Intelligence, and the father, son, uncle and nephew of the Yue family went into battle together, Yarkand City fell in an instant.

In the sound of heavy rain, He Zhuojiahan fled from Yarkand City with thousands of defeated soldiers and rushed to the west, while most of the people in the city only heard the sound of rain getting denser and denser, and they were unaware that Yarkand City had changed owners.

"Gotta catch up! He Zhuo Jiahan cannot be allowed to escape to Kashgar! ”

"Yue Dongmei is in a hurry...... Let him go. ”

Even though it was pouring rain, Yue Zhongqi still had a fire burning in his heart, and was about to lead the vanguard cavalry to attack in the rain, but was stopped by a Hui who had just entered the temporary line.

The visitor took off his hood, revealing a weather-beaten cheek, and his eyes were as deep as mountains and seas.

"Luo Bushi!"

Yue Zhongqi hurriedly saluted, and the person who came was the well-known Duobao good man in Mobei and the Western Regions, Luo Tangyuan, the military governor of the Commander-in-Chief. Luo Tangyuan had the rank of lieutenant general, and although Yue Zhongqi was much older, he had to salute respectfully in front of him.

But after all, the etiquette of standing tall and raising arms is different from the old days of bowing a thousand times, Yue Zhongqi's eyes did not have a trace of dissatisfaction, but were full of surprise and admiration.

Luo Tangyuan explained: "I came from Yili, I just wanted to see the situation here and then go to Kashgar, but I didn't expect you to rush into the city in this spring rain." ”

Yue Zhongqi nodded clearly, and then frowned again, why don't you chase it? Just let go of Hezhuo Jiahan, what is Luo Mao Demon plotting?

Luo Tangyuan said with a smile: "The Yulin Army has taken Ili, and all the armies are advancing in unison and are pushing all the way to the west. It is the same thing to put him and Zhuo Jiahan to Kashgar. ”

Yue Zhongqi's eyes flashed: "Wu Shuai has already decided?" ”

What is ordered? Of course, it is the strategy after the decisive battle of Luntai, that is, the disposition of the entire Western Regions, and even the disposition of the Western Regions, Aiukhan, Burut and the Three Khanates.

Luo Tangyuan shook his head: "It's not that Wu Shuai has decided, but His Majesty has decided, that's right, let's not close the door and beat the dog, but open the door to let the dog go......"

Yue Zhongqi clenched his fists, his cheeks twitched, he was suppressing the urge to laugh happily.

"Looks like my old bones can count on the Green Ridge."

Yue Zhongqi sighed so emotionally, feeling deeply glad and even proud of his choice. Behind him, Yue Shenglin and Yue Jingzhong's uncle and nephew also looked at each other and smiled.

"For the time being, it's over the Green Ridge, and the rest will be done by others."

Yili, most of the Western Regions are temporarily guarded, Wu Ya patted the map of the Western Regions with a whip, and lightly dropped this sentence.

There was a loud bang, and almost all the generals stood up, one by one indignant.

"Why don't you continue west!?"

"Is it that the Chinese official is starting to drag his feet again!?"

In the midst of the uproar, Wang Tanghe asked: "Wu Dashuai, don't forget your five million ambition!" ”

The calm He Mengfeng asked: "Is there a change in the north?" ”

Northern!?

The generals turned from frustration to high spirits in an instant, and they were going to go on a northern expedition!?

Chen Tingzhi frowned: "The Dzungar people and the Hui have not broken their roots, if they don't continue to exert pressure, it will be difficult to ensure a resurgence, and the others mentioned by the marshal are ......"

Wu Ya waved his hand to stop the clamor of the generals, and said with a smile: "What about the others...... Of course, our Anglo-Chinese Cossacks. (To be continued)