Facing the Kokand Army again, Liu Xian fought a dignified battle.

The duel took place on the shore of a small lake more than twenty miles northwest of the valley where the last ambush had been fought.

The lake, called Awa Pond, is small in size, but it is an iconic spot on the main road from Andijan to southern Xinjiang. When you arrive here, it means that you are not far from Kashgar.

On the morning of May 17, the eighth year of Tongzhi.

The sparse sound of gunfire echoed across the wasteland south of Ava Pool, accompanied by the rumbling of horses' hooves and the shouts of killing.

This is the main force of the Kokand army on the march, and the small spark of the scouts of Liu Xian's department.

Liu Xian had been waiting for the Kokand army on the shore of the lake for a long time, and had not built any fortifications from the infantry to the artillery, and Liu Xian, who had already understood what kind of weapons and equipment the Kokand soldiers were, did not think it was necessary to build a breastwork and dig trenches.

In today's battle, he is going to defeat the enemy, not stop the enemy.

The soldiers of the Kokand Army, wearing black robes and wrapping their heads in white cloths, were densely packed and had already occupied Liu Xian's sight. A considerable number of these men were armed with muskets, but most of them were flintlock muskets, with only a small number of firing pistols and mini rifles, which Liu Xian obtained from interrogating the captives. And the whole army did not have artillery.

Still others were wielding bows and arrows, and many more were armed with swords and spears.

In contrast to the infantry, the activity is on the flanks and in the rear. The cavalry of the Kokand army in the formation was more strongly equipped. - Muskets, bows and arrows, scimitars.

The proportion of musketeers was more than a third.

The Kokand army had six or seven thousand cavalry, and if they fought in an open and vast wilderness. This cavalry can definitely cause enough trouble for Liu Xian. But now it's on the shores of Lake Ava Lake. The Ava Pool on the right itself eliminated the threat from Liu Xianjun's side. Although there was a large enough gap on the left flank for six or seven thousand cavalry to bypass the front of Liu Xian's array, the distance was still too close, and it was completely within the line of sight.

That is, Liu Xian does not have a virtual map. The dust and smoke rising from the galloping horses will also tell him very clearly where the cavalry of the Kokand army has moved. It is believed that the infantry under Liu Xian will change the formation faster and earlier than the cavalry troops attacking by detour, and be ready for battle.

Zhang Zhongkui hit his horse and rushed to Liu Xian's side, "My lord, how is it, do you want to attack?" ”

"It's just a rabble. Let them do it first. When the army moves, it will definitely reveal greater flaws for us to see. ”

"Then you don't need to talk about it......," Zhang Zhongkui said with a smile. Since the prisoners knew that the Kokand Khanate had spent four years in a row in entangled battles with Tsarist Russia and the feuding Bukhara Khanate, before last year. The regent of their country led the 30,000 Kokand army to a mere 2,000 Russian troops in a decisive battle four years ago, and he himself was killed in this battle.

At least in the heart of a soldier, the Kokand army that sent troops this time. Give Britain and Russia a chestnut in the fire. The morale of the military is definitely not very high.

Liu Xian didn't have to wait long. Nasir-al-Din on the opposite side soon launched an offensive, and the Battle of Avachi began.

Six thousand Uzbek cavalry gathered in front of the front of the Kokand army. Leading Marat. Berg looked at the two thousand infantry opposite, his eyes full of sarcasm. He knew what Tsarist Russia had bullied the Manchus into. What is the concept of the treaty signed five years ago, in which the Manchus lost all the land west of Lake Balkash? And he also heard that Tsarist Russia had ceded a much larger land than the entire Kokand Khanate in another place thousands of miles away.

So, Marat. Berg looked down on the Qing army. It is believed that the combat effectiveness of the Qing army is absolutely very weak, otherwise the Great Qing State would not have allowed the Russians to cut so much land.

Moreover, the front line of the Qing army's infantry team was a group of aborigines dressed in mixed clothes. This makes Marat. Berg was even more sure.

Aguba entered Xinjiang almost alone, although he was aided by 7,000 soldiers of the traitor Yunusjiang. But that was only 7,000 defeated. In four years, they conquered the entire seven cities of southern Xinjiang, and it can be seen how low the combat effectiveness of the indigenous people of Xinjiang is.

"6000 cavalry. Enough is enough! "Marat. Berg patted his chest and assured Nasirdin. With so many cavalry, let alone a mere 2,000 infantry, it is not a problem to wipe out all the Qing troops on the opposite side.

As soon as the military order was given, six thousand Uzbek cavalry immediately began to adjust the array. Horse. Berg rode on top of an Akhal-Teke horse, brandished his scimitar, and shouted loudly: "Warriors of Kokand, the true God has called us to battle. Cut off their heads with our scimitars and spread the prestige of the true god to the north and south of the Tien Shan Mountains! ”

"The true God is greatest, the true God is high!"

The slogan shook the earth more than Muhammad before the war. Omar's slogans are even louder. It was passed all the way to Liu Xian's ears on the other side.

sneered at the crowded Uzbek cavalry in formation.

The cavalry charged the artillery infantry who were waiting for the battle, and they were really looking for their own death. But......

"Huailiang, Team Rocket prepares-"

Also just in case. When the time comes, Team Rocket will be a surprise soldier who will turn defeat into victory.

Cao Huailiang solemnly responded, after so many years, it was finally time for their Rocket Team to go to the battlefield again. Anyway, the last time he was in Hashrap, he didn't do a pretty job.

Six thousand cavalry scattered in six formations and rushed across from the expeditionary army three or four miles away from them. Dust suddenly rose over the shore of Ava Lake.

"The true God is great, the true God is high! There is no God but God! Kill! "Marat. Berg shouted with a swing of his sword.

The 6,000 cavalry responded to the shout of the 'true god', and a frenzy of emotion surged into their hearts, and the 6,000 Uzbek cavalry immediately scattered their horses' hooves.

Horses' hooves are trampling, and dirt and grass are flying. In the dust, the roaring sound of horses' hooves rolled like thunder in the sky.

Three minutes? Or five minutes?

The Uzbek cavalry sprinted much faster than the Mongol cavalry. The horses under their crotches, especially the horses with the blood of Akhal-Tejin horses, that is, the sweat-blooded horses that have been said in the Central Plains since ancient times, not only in height, but also in terms of explosiveness and sprinting power, they have thrown off the Mongolian horses.

The Uzbek cavalry had already rushed to a distance of two hundred paces. None of them pulled the reins, but only relied on their legs to steer their horses, and their free hands held muskets or bows and arrows, and at a glance they knew that each of them was a Mongol equestrian master.

But times have changed.

Boom......

Two thousand infantry were divided into three columns, the first of which consisted of two brigades of hussar battalion infantry, the number was more than a thousand, approaching one thousand and two hundred. The second and third columns each had an infantry brigade of the Qin army, with more than 400 people in each brigade. The first two columns fired at the same time, which was a salvo of 16,700 Minnie Zhu Biao! The gunshots rang out like thunder from the sky, and when it landed, a two-layer white smoke spread out in the array of Liu Xian's army.

Lead bullets spun out of the chamber of the gun, flying over a short distance of less than 200 paces, instantly tearing apart the flesh and blood of a war horse or a human being, bringing up patches of scarlet blood rain.

Sixteen or seven hundred rounds of bullets swept through the horse team of the Kokand army like a torrential rain, creating at least three or four hundred blood flowers!

It seems to be a lot, and that's because the shock formation of these Uzbek cavalry is relatively dense. Moreover, the front and back correspond, and the bullet penetrates through the gap in the front line, and can also shoot the person in the back.

Of course, the Uzbek cavalry is not a modern cavalry. If it is a cavalry in the West, under such a dense formation, this array of guns can at least bring down five or six hundred cavalry!

It's a head-on hit.

Cavalry officers in Western countries would not do this even if they were fools.

As a valuable class, whenever the cavalry attacks, it is either a critical situation and a block at any cost. Either fight to a critical moment and strike a fatal blow. Then there is the time of pursuit, or the duel of cavalry against cavalry.

Each of these possibilities reached the climax of the battle, and when the infantry and artillery of both sides were in the dark, it was no longer and impossible to devote all attention to the attacking cavalry troops, and this was the best time for the modern cavalry wall charge in the West. Otherwise, with their relatively slow pace, they were dominated by artillery fire, and after a few rounds of shelling, the team would have been completely annihilated.

For example, in the Crimean War, the British cavalry charged the Russian artillery positions at Balaclava, and almost all of them were wiped out.

The first salvo was followed by a second salvo.

More than 400 rounds of ammunition again knocked down more than 100 Uzbek cavalry.

The loss of 500 cavalry gave a blow to the 6,000 Uzbek cavalry charge. However, the dulled arrow still charged forward by inertia, and after less than a hundred paces, another volley of guns roared. This time, because of the close distance, the lethality has also become stronger. The entire Uzbek cavalry group neighed and shouted, and it was chaos. As they charged, they seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier, and the outermost soldiers' brushes fell to the ground, looking like cut wheat from above.

At the same time, twenty mortars also fired their own rage. With the second and third columns of Qin infantry firing together, the entire Uzbek cavalry group collapsed.

Horse-drawn charging at the front of the cavalry group. Berg, along with his guards, had disappeared in the explosion of artillery fire. This undoubtedly added to the situation of the chaotic Uzbek cavalry.

"Withdraw! Retreat ......"

The huge casualties gave the Uzbek cavalry the courage to charge again. An officer quickly grabbed the reins, drove his horse around in a circle, turned around, beckoned to his guards, who had turned their horses' heads the same, and galloped away diagonally in the direction they were coming. If there is still an undead guy behind who wants to come forward to die, then go ahead, just to cover him from the battlefield.

"Shoot ......"

"Shoot ......"

Zhang Zhongkui shouted excitedly. What an idiot, didn't the Russians beat Kokand badly? actually used a cavalry group to rush straight into the artillery infantry formation on the battlefield, and it deserved to be a live target!

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The guns rang out, and three or four hundred horsemen fell in the Uzbek cavalry group! (To be continued......) R1292