As the first point of the Xining authorities on the Western Front, the city of Tangar did not have too many riotous troops stationed at the beginning. At its peak, there were less than a thousand people, although almost all of them were young and middle-aged people!

Because the Xining riots have completely controlled the situation in Xining, the local True God Cult believers can live a freer life than in the past without any threat, unlike the True God believers in Shaanxi, where the old, weak, women and children all need to be filled into the army and march with the army.

But with the garrison of a thousand rioters, the strength of Tangar City is not strong.

This is also the biggest reason why Dorji Shamu has repeatedly felt that the Xining rioters are on his back, but he has never overly expressed his anger.

The Xining authorities were also afraid that if they really had a conflict with the Huitenam Banner or other Mongolian tribes, the 29 Banners of the Mongol Zasak would be completely united, and the Tibetans on the shore of Qinghai Lake were also extremely uninterested in the True God Cult.

Ma Guiyuan and Ma Benyuan's brothers didn't have the courage to meet the two soldiers in the three major circles of influence in Qinghai, and the threat around them had not been cleared.

So the two sides are actually beating the wolf with hemp sticks -- the two sides are afraid.

It is also because of the scruples on both sides that the two ends of the Sun Moon Mountain have always maintained 'peace'. Until the arrival of the expeditionary army broke this calm.

At this time, the fist power of the Xining rioters was besieging Guide Hall, and the other part of the main force was taking care of Huang Wuxian's department in Weiyuan Fort.

Liu Xian's virtual map has a detection radius of more than one hundred and fifty miles, and anyone in the big tent of Dorji Shamu can clearly know the strength of Dangar City. But at that time, he only watched Dorzishamu connect everywhere, and did not take the opportunity to send troops to take Tangar City.

Because Liu Xian wanted to fight a field battle, not a bloody street battle after the siege war.

With the absolute superiority of firearms, the Qin army can easily beat the riot army to 1 to 10 in the field, but in the streets and alleys, even if the Qin army is equipped with grenades, it will have to pay a lot of price to completely destroy the resistance of the True God Sect rioters.

Every soldier's life is cherished, and even the cannon fodder hussar battalion cannot be used as a senseless sacrifice.

The 3,000 defenders of Tangar City are too few, and the vanguard of the expeditionary army should be dispatched with about one or two thousand people, and the defenders will not go out of the city to fight in the field when the strength advantage is not large.

Liu Xian watched as the troops of Tangar City were waiting.

When the news came out that the expeditionary army was going to attack Xining, Xining immediately increased its troops to the city of Tangar, with three waves and about 2,000 people.

Liu Xian waited for the fighter he needed.

The 5,000-strong garrison was filled with many true god cult fanatics, and when these people saw the Qing army, which numbered only one or two thousand, flaunting their might outside the city, they believed that the discipline of the defenders going out of the city to fight in the field was very good.

As for the light rain in the sky, the whole military operation has a strong sense of sneak attack, which is purely a matter of heaven.

Leaving a squadron of infantry to guard the prisoners and collect the captures, Liu Xian galloped with the rest of his forces towards the Huangshui River outside the city of Tangar.

The two stone bridges are intact. The rioters didn't pay attention to the role of the stone bridge at all, and they were completely unguarded.

Liu Xian took the passage of the Huangshui River without sheathing, and quickly ordered a cavalry brigade to advance to the northeast of the Eight Defeated Liang, and the rest of the team all dismounted to rest, set up military tents, and store horsepower to meet the battle after dawn.

The south gate of Dangar City is less than two miles away from the Huangshui River. If the rebels can have a few good cannons in their hands and support them at the head of the city, they can block the Huangshui River.

But although Yutong is a bastard, and although Huang Wuxian is incompetent, he will not be stupid enough to leave the heavy artillery to the Ma brothers. A batch of heavy artillery originally existed in Xining Town, either nailed the fire gate or dragged it to Weiyuan Fort.

At the same time, the current situation is not the time when Zuo Zongtang pacified the northwest and recovered Xinjiang in history, Agubo was still struggling in southern Xinjiang, Tsarist Russia had not yet occupied Ili, and a large number of Russian-made firearms naturally did not flow into the hands of the True God Cult rioters after several turnovers. [When Zuo Zongtang pacified the northwest, he seized Russian-made firearms from the rebels more than once] The firearms in the hands of the True God Sect were still simple and backward arquebuses, flintlock pistols and earthen cannons. There was no threat to the expeditionary army stationed on the banks of the Huangshui River two miles away.

The leader of the rebel army stationed in the city of Tangar is Ma Benyuan. The movement by the Huangshui River was immediately reported to him by the rioters on duty at night, and the startled Ma Benyuan put on his clothes and ran to the head of the city. It's just the dawn of genius, and I can't see clearly on the other side, and I can only see the sparkling fire.

The light rain stopped before dawn.

The sun rises, the scorching heat of midsummer, and soon descends on the earth.

Ma Benyuan could clearly see the layout on the opposite side at this time. -- There are not many officials, soldiers, and horses.

Relying on two stone bridges, the officers and soldiers isolated themselves from the possibility of a flank attack. It seemed that the march was not light, the sky was bright, and there was no movement in the barracks.

Except for the small infantry standing at the north end of the bridge, the rest seem to be sleeping boldly and confidently.

"Qinggou treats me as no one!" A person next to Ma Benyuan glared angrily.

"Uncle, I would like to lead a team of horsemen to clear the dogs for a while."

It was already dawn, but the Qing army only left a small infantry to wait, and the rest slept soundly. Isn't this naked, naked, naked contempt for self-despise?

The leaders and leaders of the rebel army at the head of the city were furious as if they had been insulted.

The Xining Riot Army, which defeated the local Qing army in Xining Town, has not encountered a single setback for several years. Even if it is the Guide Hall that cannot be besieged, the defenders can only defend the city and not be able to retreat. It is the arrogance that has always been cultivated that makes the actions of the expeditionary army at this moment seem so eye-catching.

"Don't really rush into battle, just scare them."

Ma Benyuan agreed with his subordinates. He was disappointed in his heart, is the legendary official and military general like this? Carelessness is not the talent of a general.

The reason why Liu Xian can break into a great name is not that the Qin army is too strong, but that the long hair and twist are too weak.

When there is no hero, make the shaft famous!

At this moment, Ma Benyuan's heart thought like this.

Soon, the gate of Dangar City opened, and a team of 200 horsemen rushed out of the gate.

The distance of less than two miles was very short for the cavalry. As soon as the horse team came out of the city gate, it began to speed up slowly, because Ma Benyuan had instructed not to really rush into battle, and the leader of the leading riot army increased the speed of the horse early, in order to make enough noise and scare the enemy well. Then bypassed an arc in front of the bridgehead expeditionary army, and left Huanghuang -

This kind of green battalion from Xining Town has been tried and tested repeatedly, and it is also accurate for the defenders and militia groups of Guide Hall. But to deal with the expeditionary army, to deal with the Qin army, is purely to send your life.

......When the horse team entered the bridgehead position at a distance of 300 meters, a neat salvo sounded over the Huangshui River.

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