"Star Gorge lost?" When the Hami guard heard the news, he almost fainted.

Xingxing Gorge is the gateway to the Western Regions, and losing Xingxing Gorge and his Hami is equivalent to being exposed to the elite Liao army of the Ming Dynasty. He once participated in a series of wars against the Ming Dynasty with his team, and he deeply knew that his 13,000 men and horses, facing the main division of the Liao army armed to the teeth, were a pile of moving meat.

The fierce firepower and tenacious fighting spirit of the Liao army. and extremely high military literacy, which gave Tuo Buhua a huge mental pressure. Geldan withdrew to the Western Regions, and he was very relieved. It's good not to fight with the Han people, and the current situation of Jungger can't be fought anymore.

The Ming Dynasty is not the Ming Dynasty of twenty years ago, and the Han people are not as easy to bully as they were twenty years ago.

As for the Ming army attacking the Western Regions, Tuo Buhua basically didn't think much about it.

How many Han Chinese armies have not attacked the Western Regions? Five hundred years? A thousand years? It seems like more than 1,300 years ago!

For the Han army, which had not attacked the Western Regions for more than 1,300 years, it was extremely surprising that it suddenly attacked Xingxing Gorge, the gateway to the Western Regions.

"Nope! Star Gorge is still in our hands, but Star Town is lost! The fleeing cavalry knelt on the ground and looked panicked.

"Xingxing Gorge is not lost! Star Town is lost! How did the Ming army come over? Flew over? He shook his fingers twice on the handle of the knife, but finally held back. Running back from the front line is just such a one, and cutting him off to the front is really a black eye.

"They're just flying over, that kind of airship, big kind of airship!"

"Airship......!" He didn't have anything to say, he knew such a thing as an airship. Walking around the sky all day long, seeing the tents of the Mongol army or something, they would drop powerful bombs down.

"Before dawn, the sound of an airship came. Airships are very frequent these days, so everyone doesn't pay much attention to it. Lord Nomin just sent cavalry to check it out!

Unexpectedly, there was a Han army on the edge of Xingxing Town. These people's marksmanship was always accurate, and the dozen or so horsemen who went out were knocked out as soon as they left the town, and none of them came back. Lord Nuomin thought it was just a small Ming army, but he didn't expect it to be a large Ming army.

Lord Nomin had no choice but to bombard them with rockets.

Just when everyone thought they were dead. The Ming army began shelling, and by this time it was dawn. We also saw clearly that the Han people came down from those airships, not only with soldiers but also with artillery.

The rocket launcher was being reloaded when it was blown off by a bomb dropped by the airship. Lord Nomin and the rest of his brothers desperately broke through, but ......! But none of them ran away, and their subordinates went into the mountains so that they were not caught by the Ming army. ”

After listening to the description of this guy who ran back, he couldn't take off the flowers and felt a chill in his heart. Taking Xingxing Town is equivalent to cutting off the retreat of the defenders of Xingxing Gorge. The Ming army had airship supplies, but Mongolia did not have airships.

So what's the use of strong fortifications, without supplies, the Ming army can surround the defenders of Xingxingxia to death even if it is surrounded. The logistical supplies of Star Gorge are all hoarded in Star Town behind. Meat is replenished every ten days, and grain is replenished every month. If the Ming army did nothing, it would besiege Xingxing Gorge for a month.

The inside of the Star Gorge is carefully arranged, and the fortifications that are built very well are completely furnishings. People are starving to death, and who the hell will guard them!

It's not like fighting on the plains, where there are still war horses that can last for a few days. There are fortifications on the mountain, and there are fucking war horses.

"Are you sure the Star Gorge is still in our hands?" Tuo Buhua asked with a gloomy face.

"It must be in our hands, when we fought, there was not a single gun in Xingxing Gorge."

It's good that Xingxingxia is still in your hand, and you don't know if you take it off. The longer the Ming army occupies Star Town, the more difficult it will be to take Star Town. The Liao soldiers have always had fierce artillery, and if they were allowed to build fortifications again. With the ability of the Mongols, there is no way to take back Star Town.

Now we have to make a quick decision, whether to watch the five thousand defenders in the Star Gorge being trapped alive. Or with the Hami defenders poured out, taking advantage of the fact that the Ming army was not firmly established and had not yet built fortifications, to defeat the Ming army on the opposite side.

The Mongolian army in Xingxing Gorge was cut off from the back road, but the Ming army that landed in Xingxing Town also had no back road. If the Ming army can be defeated, it will definitely be a good battle of annihilation.

Besides, staying in Hami and watching the defenders of Xingxing Gorge being trapped to death, losing the moat of Xingxing Gorge, Hami couldn't hold it. Tuo Buhua knows this very well, and fighting defense is not the opponent of the Ming army at all.

Do you take a risk, or stay in Hami and wait for ...... death!

Pick up a bowl of mare's milk wine, raise your head and drink it dry.

Dry! Damn, it's a death to lose Hami and return to the Ili River Valley. It's better to give up his mother's vote and fight to the death. If you can kill the Ming army that invaded Star Town, it will definitely be a great achievement.

Bet! It's rare to gamble in life, and you decide to bet on it if you don't spend it.

One thought of heaven and one thought of hell!

"Assemble the whole army! Take back Star Town to Lao Tzu! The silver bowl in his hand was thrown to the ground, and he roared.

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Nie Dahu looked at the terrain in front of him and scolded his mother in his heart.

Xingxing Gorge is so dangerous, but after crossing Xingxing Gorge, Xingxing Town is a flat river on both sides. Nie Dahu's regiment not only had to face an attack from Hami. You also have to guard against the defenders in the Star Gorge suddenly rushing out!

Before coming, the marshal had warned him. After transporting his regiment, the airship will have other tasks. He needed to face the Mongols alone for two days!

"Can you hold it! Don't be pushy! Li Xiao's words are still echoing in Nie Dahu's ears.

"Please rest assured, one division and one mess are not muddy." Nie Dahu thought that Dashuai was insulting him.

"Good! Whatever you do, be sure to drag the Mongols to Star Town for two days. Two days later, the troops out of Jiayuguan will be able to start attacking Xingxing Gorge. Other than that......! ”

Airships kept bringing troops over, and they also brought a lot of ammunition to a regiment.

"Dig! Dig deeper, if you don't want to die, just fucking dig for Lao Tzu. Hami can reach Xingxing Gorge in one day, and we only have one day. Tired now, you'll survive tomorrow. Nie Dahu kept inspecting the soldiers who were digging fortifications.

Another airship flew over, and without landing, it threw down the steel plates and thick sleepers. The huge hull turned around and flew towards Jiayuguan again. Time is limited, and a minute saved is a minute.

The good news is that there is a moon tonight, and although it is not a full moon, with the help of moonlight, the airship can be transported overnight. By tomorrow morning, I will have two days without any supplies.

The soldiers worked hard to dig trenches, and the excavated soil was all transported to a distance and piled up. The Mongols could not be allowed to see where there were fortifications! Fortunately, the Mongols did not have airships, and Xingxing Town was a plain with no mountains for more than 20 miles in the direction of Hami. If the Mongols wanted to see the position of the Ming army, they could only use their lives to explore.

The trench was just over a meter deep, and the soldiers squatted in it. But the bunker was dug five meters deep, and it was very strong with sleepers and steel plates, and there was such a bunker every ten meters, which could hold an infantry squad. Fortunately, the drought in the northwest did not cause water, and if it was in the south of the Yangtze River, a well could be dug at a depth of five meters.

The top cover is filled with rebar and the highest grade cement, and it is estimated that by dawn tomorrow, the cement will be dry. Although it is unlikely to dry out, it is still harder than dirt.

In the middle of the cement, a layer of ceramic plates is also laid. It is said that the ceramic plate can effectively resist heavy rocket artillery, and no one has tried it. However, since the marshal said so, no one in the Liao army had any objections.

The Liao army's worship of Li Xiao is definitely from top to bottom. From every ordinary soldier, all the way to the most senior division commanders.

Nie Dahai knew that the biggest casualties of the Liao soldiers over the years had come from rocket artillery, which was against the sky. Heavy rocket artillery, in particular, is simply a nightmare for the infantry. The infantry wanted to deal with an artillery bombardment of this magnitude only by bunkers.

It's a pity that he only has one day, otherwise he would have been able to make the cover impregnable. At the same time, he also knew in his heart that as long as these bunkers could withstand two rounds of heavy rocket artillery bombardment.

The Mongols came from afar, and they didn't have a train. In any case, it is impossible to come with a large number of heavy rocket shells. Compared with rocket artillery, Nie Dahai prefers the newly issued regimental artillery.

Each battalion had twelve 105-mm howitzers, while the regimental artillery battalion had twenty-four 120-mm howitzers.

This is the real nightmare of the infantry!

It is impossible to hit the target with rocket artillery. If you want to hit a point target, one depends on character, and the other depends on luck. To put it bluntly, it's all up to Meng!

In the past, the Liao army suffered heavy losses, and that was because it had no experience in dealing with it. Now the Liao army, especially the elite first division, has long studied the experience of dealing with rocket artillery.

The artillery was all scattered, and it was absolutely impossible for a single rocket salvo to destroy an artillery battery. All the soldiers hid in the fortifications and waited until the heavy rocket artillery bombardment had passed. Anyway, the Mongols were not logistically good, and it was impossible to carry a large number of shells like the Liao army.

In addition to the powerful artillery, Nie Dahai is most satisfied with the new weapon Makqin heavy machine gun. In fact, with this thing, Nie Dahai can hold his position. A Makqin can fucking withstand a company's firepower output.

There is no need to put too much in front, as long as twelve Maxim heavy machine guns are placed there. With the artillery, the charge of more than 1,000 Mongols was solved at one time, and the Mongols did not even have the opportunity to be confused. Spike! It's a spike!

And under the teaching of Li Xiao, the shooters of the heavy machine gun learned to raise the muzzle of the gun up by an inch. This will make the bullet fall in a parabolic path on the charging enemy, at which point it will be useless even if you lie on the ground. Because the bullets did not come from the front, but fell from the sky.

There were no fortifications on the land of Pingchuan, and the Mongols were sent to death if they engaged in cavalry charges.

The day passed quickly, and when the moon came out, the soldiers were still wielding shovels in their hands to dig fortifications. According to Nie Dahai's standards, the bunker must be dug five meters deep. Even howitzers were pushed into the pit. Anyway, they are all curved artillery, and there is not much difference between being in the pit and being outside.

Every ten or twenty meters, there is a bunker that can accommodate ten people. As soon as the soldiers saw the smoke from the rocket launchers, they had to immediately burrow into the bunker. If you can't get in, you can only hide in the cat's ears, digging out the cat's ear holes supported by steel plates on the side of the trench. Whether you can live or not, it depends on luck.

Rockets are generally fired from a great distance, and counting the flight time, the soldiers have more than a dozen seconds to use.

More than ten seconds! The real speed of life and death!

All night long, everyone worked on the fortifications. During this period, the defenders in the Star Gorge once launched a tentative attack, and as soon as they rushed out of the canyon, they were bombarded back by 105mm howitzers.

Since then, the Mongol defenders in Xingxing Gorge have been honest all night, and there has been no sneak attack.

When the daylight was hazy again, Nie Dahai had to order the soldiers to rest for a while. Now the whole mass was sleepy, and many soldiers ate the bread, chewed and fell asleep. With such a high intensity of physical labor, even a strong stick boy can't stand it.

Nie Dahai felt very sorry for his soldiers, but there was no way to do it. If the fortifications are not repaired well, people will die tomorrow, and many people will die. Many people are veterans who have followed Nie Dahu for almost ten years, and the domestic bullets and bullets have come over, and he doesn't want these people to die in this desolate Western Regions.

The morning sun rises, and the rising sun renders the earth golden. The wind blew through the withered yellow grass, and the hay was blown by the wind to "sand" and "sand".

"Damn it!" Nie Dahai looked at the grassland that spread from his eyes to the end of the sky, and slapped his head desperately. The reason why Star Town has become the gateway to the Western Regions is not only because it is a transportation artery, but also because it is also an oasis. The so-called Silk Road was actually a series of trade routes made up of oases of size and size.

If there is an oasis, there will naturally be a grassland, and the oasis in Xingxing Town is large, stretching out for more than 20 miles.

The sky is vast and wild, and the wind blows the grass and shows the cattle and sheep.

Even cattle and sheep can be hidden from this hay, and Tibetans are not a problem.

"Come, set fire to all this grass. Clean up the shooting boundary! Nie Dahai yelled at his guard platoon, he didn't care if Star Town would become a desert after losing this hay.

The warriors had been working all night, and he was reluctant to call them again.

The grass in the spring is a little damp, and some of it is not so good. It took a while for the guard platoon to light the fire. The smoke from the dry grass with moisture obscured the sky, but fortunately, the guard platoon was very good at igniting the fire, and after calculating the direction of the wind, it lit the fire against the wind. The billowing smoke did not blow a single trace of the Liao army's position.

The fire on the grassland ran faster than people, and the smoke burned quickly along the wind, looking like a wall of smoke from a distance, spreading from the front of the eyes into the distance. This time, the attacking Mongols had no wild grass to hide.