"Wow......" On the top of the mountain, Liu Xian and his relatives looked blankly at the valley under their feet, the person was motionless, like a statue, and could only let out such an unconscious moan in his mouth.

On his side, there were more than a dozen people standing on the top of this mountain, even connected to Liu Xian himself, and the whole person was stunned, his mouth opened and opened, like a dying fish breathing hard, but the muscles in his cheeks were completely stiff, and he couldn't make any sound.

All the soldiers left on the top of the six or seven hills connected on both sides of the valley were speechless at this moment.

It was Liu Xian, who had seen avalanches and glaciers collapsing more than once on TV and movies before the crossing, and was also stunned by the scene in front of him at this time.

That sound was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and the collapse of countless snow-capped mountains at this moment stirred up the ice and snow in the sky. The explosion of the rocket completely annihilated the magnificent and magnificent scene of the avalanche, which stunned everyone who had never seen such a scene!

Semenovsky did not have his own sharp eyes to probe the surrounding peaks, and his attention was all fixed on the tail of the expeditionary horse team not far ahead. The wound on his left shoulder was aching, and a gift from a Mongolian cavalryman's scimitar reminded him of his 'rage'.

The snow is thicker in the valleys.

The journey that usually takes half an hour now takes more than twice as long. But Semenovsky was not angry. The Cossacks were slow, and the enemy in front of them could not be fast. He could still see the tail of the expeditionary army clearly.

Two regiments of Cossack cavalry, just like that, went to the grave on their own. The place that Liu Xian chose was a very common valley in the Kulongkui Mountains at the moment, and it may be the same, Semenovsky did not doubt it. He never imagined that Liu Xian would take his men to climb the mountain two days earlier. And the whirring cold wind is enough to wipe out a trace of qiē in two days.

So without the slightest hesitation, he led the army to chase straight in. Until there were suddenly a few familiar sounds on the top of the mountains on both sides, it was the launch of rockets, and then a thunderclap sounded as if out of thin air, and the snow on both sides of the valley burst out in an instant.

What does an avalanche look like a landslide? The first was not huge at the beginning. All seemed to hear a 'click' sound, like someone had inadvertently stepped on a dry branch. Then a crack appeared in the thick layer of snow between the hills on both sides. That's when huge chunks of snow began to slide. And in the process of sliding downward, the snow blocks quickly accelerated, and the volume became larger and larger, and quickly turned into white snow dragons that almost fell straight down.

God, are you angry?

Semenovsky was stunned when he saw the rocket explode. Because he saw the place where the rocket exploded. He knew exactly what that meant. However, Colonel Semenovsky, who had been fighting for a long time, still carried out the most basic element of his position as an officer - commanding the troops. Instead of staring at this qiē in amazement.

No matter what lies ahead, Semenovsky understands that if he wants to survive, he must continue to rush forward to find a way out, so that there will be a glimmer of life. Instead of turning the horse's head and running back. So he shouted at the panicked Cossack cavalry behind him, "Brothers. God bless us! If you want to live, rush with me—" After saying that, he took the lead and continued to chase in the direction of the expeditionary army in front of him.

The snow dragon soared through the clouds and rushed down the mountain with a roaring momentum, swallowing up everything it passed. Even a snow dragon in a lush forest can be swept away like a haircutter's clipper pushing over a person's head.

One by one, the panicked Cossack cavalry was devoured by the snow dragons who were 'killed' from both sides of the left and right in the midst of running wildly with all their might.

At this time, there was no screaming in the heavens and the earth, and there was no neighing of horses. Only the roar of the snow dragon.

……

How long has it been? Is it a quarter of an hour, or a quarter of an hour?

The loud rumbling noise finally stopped, and the snow foam that slowly fluttered in the sky calmed down. The valley is snow-white!

Except for a few broken branches sticking out of the snow. The whole valley was covered with a snow-white blanket, not a single variegated color, not a single living thing.

Cleaning up the battlefield is a no-brainer. Liu Xian looked at the virtual map, and the few Cossack cavalry who turned their horses and fled out of the valley were already under the strangulation of the ambush soldiers he had arranged before, and they were about to be overwhelmed. At the same time, the main force of the horse team rushed from the other side of the valley. Some of the Cossacks who had escaped sporadically in the valley had already fled from the side of the hill.

These are all instructions made by Liu Xian in advance. The main forces that rushed out of the valley immediately returned their troops. Help the ambush soldiers clear out the Cossacks who escaped from the mouth of the valley.

By the next day, except for a few Cossack cavalry, the expeditionary army had escaped the purging of the expeditionary army. Kaufman repaid the two regiments of Cossack cavalry. The whole army was annihilated at the foot of the Kulongkui Mountain.

The battle in Ili in northern Xinjiang had already reached a stalemate, with both sides fortifying the city and defending it, and the infantry forces on both sides could not gnaw at their opponents at all. However, the end of the Battle of Kulongkui Mountain opened a new page for the war in Northern Xinjiang.

Liu Xian no longer went around Almaty, he quickly packed up his troops and returned to Toulek, and after making certain corrections, he led 1,500 cavalry directly to the town of Chelik, which Kaufman had entrenched, and advanced towards the back of the Russian army in a big way.

The losses of the expeditionary army in the first battle of Kulongkui Mountain were also not small.

Kaufman was anxious, but he couldn't help Liu Xian's entry at all. The total annihilation of the two Cossack regiments fundamentally turned the situation in the northern Xinjiang war. He no longer had the strength to resist Liu Xian's advance.

Perhaps relying on 1,500 cavalry, Liu Xian could not enter Almaty. But in the whole of the Seven Rivers region, with the exception of Almaty, there will be no town that can withstand the attack of fifteen hundred cavalry.

December of the eighth year of Tongzhi in the Great Qing Dynasty was extremely embarrassing and frightening for all Russian officials and servicemen in Qihe Prefecture.

The loss of the towns of Turgen and Carragher not only cut off the rear route of the Kaufman garrison town of Chelik, but also caused Russia's prestige in the Gullies region to plummet. In particular, Carragher was a city with more than a thousand inhabitants, three or four hundred of whom were still Slavs. It is one of the few cities that the Russians have been operating in the territory of the Crois-Rivières for many years. And this summer, the Russians opened a town hall here.

But now it has been swept away and captured by the army of the Great Qing Kingdom, which is shocking and inexplicable.

After hearing about the fall of Carragher, five or six towns in the western part of Greises State, including Talgar, Shatu and Kurmo, were temporarily silent. The people were terrified, and many people, especially the Slavs, who were powerful and privileged in the area, rushed to Almaty, despite the heavy snow and the low temperature. And the emptiness of troops on the ground also made many people lose faith in the war.

And as the logistics supply place of Chelik Town, the two towns were destroyed, and a large amount of grain, grass, livestock, vehicles, gunpowder, and military supplies hoarded in the city also fell into the hands of Liu Xian.

Except for livestock and a certain number of vehicles, which were loaded with munitions and collected goods, the rest of the things could only be burned by fire. Even the towns were burned.

Liu Xian is very aware of Beijing's discipline, and even if China's own people have the upper hand in the war between China and Russia in Xinjiang at the moment, it is not impossible for Beijing to pay compensation and cede land. He didn't have the luxury of expecting the Manchus to take advantage of the opportunity on the battlefield to get back a large piece of land that had been ceded to the northwest.

On December 14, Liu Xian led the team to Shatu.

It is one of the few grain-producing towns in Rivers Prefecture, with flat and fertile land and close to water sources. Although there are not many residents, they have opened up 20,000 acres of farmland. Most of the 20,000 acres of land are planted with potatoes with a short growing season, and a small part is planted with traditional Russian crops such as spring wheat, oats, and rye. The yield may not be too high, but compared to the population here, the harvest of these lands will definitely fill the granaries of Orojen.

There are even a small number of Han Chinese among its inhabitants. However, Liu Xian showed no mercy to his subordinates, and like the previous two towns, the residents were all driven away after distributing a small amount of rations. Livestock, vehicles, food, money and goods were all deprived, and even if the expeditionary army did not need it themselves, it was turned into a raging fire in winter along with the small city of Shatu.

In just four days, Liu Xian destroyed three towns in Qihe Prefecture. For a time, his name as the "devil" resounded throughout Almaty.

In Seven Rivers State, Kaufman's pressure suddenly increased countless times. When the flames of war burn other people's homes, they can not worry. But when the flames of war reach their homes, no one can rest easy.

But what can Kaufman do?

The town of Chillik is cut off. In the past, the grain and bacon that the Russian army did not care about at all could no longer be transported to Chelik Town until Liu Xian's cavalry was eliminated. He couldn't even take care of himself, how could he take care of Seven Rivers State?

And tragically, the governor of the Seven Rivers region and the commander of the garrison, Golpakovsky, is still in the prisoner camp of Liu Xian. There is only one acting governor of Seven Rivers Prefecture, who lacks prestige and strength, and it is very unrealistic to expect him to coordinate the civilian and military forces of Seven Rivers Prefecture to resist Liu Xian's 'invasion'.

So, on December 21 of the Chinese lunar calendar, a telegram was sent from Tashkent to St. Petersburg, Russia.

Kaufman had to come to terms with his failures. He knew what this telegram he sent, and he would bear the biggest black pot for the defeat of Tsarist Russia in this war. This Turkestan governor, nicknamed 'Half-Tsar' in the history of the original plane, who ruled Central Asia for more than 20 years with harsh and effective means, will never appear in the history of this plane again.

Constantine. Petrovich. Kaufman can only be a loser, forever in the long river of history. (To be continued) R655