The sand and gravel rolled up by the wind hit Liu Xian's face, and the heaven and earth under the wind howling and crushing were chaotic! The 2,000 expeditionary horses lurked in the col at the foot of Liu Xian, who stood on the tip of the mountain.

On a windy day, it is difficult to breathe in the wind. He would never come out and blow the wind if necessary. This is not the Burke Mansion of Sangzhu, but in the middle of the mountains. If you stay in this weather for three or two days, your nose will be jet black.

However, Liu Xian, who had the advantage of a virtual map, did not go to attack Agubai and Yunusjiang, but these two sent troops to attack him.

Sanazhu Mountain, Harahash River, Haranggui Mountain!

Between March and August, this is the natural barrier between Khotan and Aksai Chin. But in winter, the middle and upper reaches of the Harahash River are completely sealed, and under the guidance of locals who are familiar with geography, horses can walk on the sealed surface of the river from Aksai Chin directly to the plateau and mountainous indirect sections three or four hundred miles south of the city of Eliqi.

If it weren't for the fact that one of the sections of the Harahash River was less than two hundred miles away from Sangzhu in a straight line, and Liu Xian saw it from the map, he really didn't know that Agubai would be able to send an army to take this road at this time.

Don't look at what I just said, the Harahash River originates from the Kailas Mountains on the northern slope of the Karakoram Mountains, the highest peak of the river source is Tuanjie Peak (6644 meters), and 16 of the 24 tributaries of the river source originate from the Middle Kunlun glacial development zone.

From the tributaries to the Dahongliutan, the river basically runs from south to north between the Karakoram Mountains, the Nanping Snow Mountains and the Guding Mountains, the mountains are narrow, and the elevation of the ridges is generally higher than 4,000 meters.

Such a road, in the winter snowy weather, let the expeditionary army go, the expeditionary army can't walk. Of course, Aguba was not able to select many elite soldiers from his team, and the number of sneak attack troops shown on the virtual map did not exceed 1,000.

Atto loves to play horses and walk at the front of the line. As if he didn't feel the flying grit, he shouted loudly as the team moved forward. He is Aguba's pro-army general, and he is the main general specially selected by Aguba to lead this army.

"Not far ahead is the Kara Pass, and beyond that pass, there is no more mountain to the north. Sue sù brothers, Khotan is just ahead—

Hot fat mutton, sweet wine, white and tender women, gold and silver jewels, all waiting for us in front—"

This is a barbaric army, a force capable of fighting, a force capable of enduring hardships, but by no means a disciplined army. Don't tell them that there are two or three thousand of their compatriots living 'hard' in the city of Erliqi, if they had that great ambition, they would have turned around and returned to Kokand a long time ago, so why bother to fight to the death in Xinjiang?

These people are a rotten army that lives and struggles for glory and wealth, for gold, silver and jewelry, and for women.

The atrophied spirit shook violently. Is it finally time to see Khotan? Are you finally going to endure the hardships along the way?

It was clear to all the people that after crossing the Kara Pass, less than fifty miles further north, it was the level of the city of Khotan. I don't know how many times Atoi has instilled this bit of geographical knowledge in their ears these days.

In a tent in a mountain valley, Liu Xian quietly stared at the teapot on the fire, and seemed to see a blooming flower from it.

It's close, it's close!

A quarter of an hour later, a scout in a gray cloak approached Liu Xian. "Your Excellency, the enemy army is as close as the mountain pass and five miles away."

"Order the horse team to prepare. Sue sù infantry, get ready for battle—"

Holding a cup of hot tea, Liu Xian was silent for a moment and gave an order. This time in the battle, he pretended to receive a secret report, but it was too sudden, and the discussion in the army was too loud. No one believed that troops could come down from the Harahash River in such weather.

It's just that his prestige is too high, and he completely speaks in the expeditionary army, and he forcibly suppressed the discussion of the troops, turned back to Eli Qicheng from Sangzhu, mobilized troops, and prepared to spread the net.

Now, the prey, appeared.

"Is there really anyone coming down from the Harahash River?" Chen Bo was dumbfounded when he heard the order. His troops are quickly entering the combat position, and he is still sighing and admiring there. It was also at this time that I made up my mind that I must train my group of cubs in the future. What the enemy can do, we can do, and we have to do better!

The road of five miles is not very long, although it is in the wind and sand, but don't forget that this sneak attack force is on horseback.

Half an hour later, a small black dot appeared in Chen Bo's telescope, and then the small black dot expanded rapidly, and finally turned into a black and thick marching line.

As the commander of the infantry unit, Chen Bo stared at the tail of this marching line, while mentally estimating the number of people in this sneak attack force.

"Sure enough, there are about a thousand people!" Chen Bo was impressed in his heart, Liu Xian didn't know when to hook up, and the secret report he got was really accurate.

A long snake emerges from its hole. The Kala Pass is the mouth of the cave.

When the tail of the long snake was indeed exposed, "Hit-" Chen Bo shouted, and first fired the rifle in his hand.

The crisp sound of gunfire crackled like fried beans. The follow-up baggage team of the sneak attack unit was knocked down by half of the gunfire.

"Boom ......" mortar cannon immediately followed suit. Although the explosion rate of each flowering bomb is still not very high, once it explodes, it can clean up the surrounding area. The centaurs screamed.

A brigade of infantry with twelve mortars is absolutely enough to block a mountain pass.

The sneak attack troops, who were stunned by the sudden blow, had not yet come to their senses, and the sound of horses' hooves was already sounding in the diagonal place. The two thousand cavalry troops that had been prepared in the valley cheered and brandished their sabers to kill.

Two cavalry brigades of the Qin army pressed into formation, and in front of them were a thousand cheering hussar battalion soldiers.

Ato's whole body froze. How can it be? How could the message leak out?

"Who leaked the news to the Qing army?" Doubts followed by fear, like a pair of iron hands, clenched Ato's heart tightly. He can't kick it when he squeezes it!

"Bang-"

A small hole of blood appeared from the area of Atoai's heart, and blood flowed from the hole. His eyes bulged outward, and this heavy general, who had a number of heavy generals under Aguba, fell from the horse without saying a word, and lost his life.

One or two hundred meters away, a gunman covered in gray had a smile on his lips. The whole person is gray, even the barrel of the gun is gray, he is a member of the sniper team organized by Liu Xian.

The defeat of the sneak attack troops, exhausted physically and mentally after a long journey of more than half a month, supported only by the belief of victory, was decided by the most obvious ambush. Ato's death only added fuel to the fire, extinguishing the last hope of the force to escape.

In less than half an hour, a whole sneak attack force was eaten cleanly.

"Look, my lord—"

A fairly brand-new British Enfield M1853 rifle was handed to Liu Xian. The person who came was Song Zuoxian.

"British!"

It should be one of the 10,000 rifles that the British supported for Agubo this year. "Is it just one, or is it all the same?"

"It's all the same. It's all a bunch of British goods. ”

……

Chuluk.

Dong Fuxiang looked at the growing ranks of the rebel army outside the city, and his face was grim. Liu Xian sent troops back to Eliqi City some time ago, Dong Fuxiang knew the reason, but he did not approve of it. Like Chen, Dong Fuxiang can't imagine what it is like to brave the wind and snow to climb over the snow-covered mountains in winter.

Such a move would never have been possible for Dong Jun.

"Boom, boom, boom......" More than a dozen shells rained down on the fortifications outside the city. One by one, the mentally prepared Dong soldiers lay tightly at the bottom of the ditch, covering their ears with their hands......

The heart is trembling, the earth is also trembling, this is simply comparable to the torment of eighteen layers of hell, Dong Jun soldiers lie at the bottom of the ditch, like the smallest insects and ants, eager to bury their heads and bodies in the soil. All they can do now is lie on the ground and silently pray for God's blessing and their good fortune......

The Dong sergeant tables on the head of the city were all taken down. Although the enemy is now attacking outside the city, if they do, they will not be bombed in vain. Except for the five soldiers who were left for reconnaissance, the rest of the troops were all withdrawn from the city.

More than 300 soldiers of the rebel army roared forward under the leadership of the officer, and when they got close to the line, they raised their muskets one after another to shoot, although there was no sense of hierarchy, there was no strict echo between the front and back, but the bullets hit Dong Jun like uninterrupted raindrops It was also very bluffing.

Li Shuangliang looked viciously at the rebels who came up with red blood, this gang of bandits shot too ruthlessly, and the swarm of shelling not only killed and injured dozens of his people, but also blew up the only two mountain-splitting guns on the front.

"Fire! Fight, beat this group of bandits down to me! Li Shuangliang shouted loudly, and as he spoke, he pulled the trigger of the gun in his hand. This kind of heavy stuff is no longer equipped by the Qin army, but for Dong Jun, for Dong Fuxiangyan, who is short of heavy firepower, this powerful large bullet can still be used.

One hundred and ten muskets and spears spat out fiery snakes. The chaotic army that charged over was suddenly punched out of a lot of holes and fell down a lot. But the officer leading the rebellious army was very brave, screaming to disperse the formation even more, and then sped up and threw himself upward. Li Shuangliang took another raised gun, aimed at the officer with a thick gun, and ordered loudly: "Concentrate your firepower on me, hit the one who takes the lead, whoever hits him Lao Tzu will reward him with a hundred taels of silver——"

Before the words fell, dozens of muskets and guns quickly shifted their targets, and the guns rang out with a bang. The enemy officer, however, was very alert and experienced, and shrewdly rolled on the ground and hid behind a mound of mounds. Without him to command, the charging rebel soldiers continued to scream and rush forward.

"Bang bang-" The two bullets hit the barrier in front of Li Shuangliang, and the splashed slag particles only hit his face painfully, and many of them even got into his yelling mouth. After two snorts, Li Shuangliangyuan opened his eyes and continued to shout: "Hit, hit-"

Sun Tao was half-kneeling on the ground, the muzzle of the gun sticking out from the lookout on his chest, and the crosshair was aimed at the officer lying behind the mound. The distance of more than 100 meters could not stop the front-loading rifled gun in his hand. R1152