The commander of the enemy's cavalry battalion was stunned for a moment! I didn't expect the other party to have such fierce firepower? Before rushing up the hillside, nearly half of his cavalry battalion was wiped out. He felt that something was wrong! Immediately and loudly ordered:

"Retreat! …… Hurry up and retreat! ”

He turned and got on a horse brought by the cavalry, turned his horse's head and hurriedly urged the horse to retreat......

Seeing that the time for a counterattack had come, the Khan gave a decisive order: "Shoot the arrows!" ”

Two arrows burst into the air with a piercing whistle, followed by two violent explosions in midair......

Battle and Meng He had already come to the front of the central cavalry at this time, he raised the saber in his hand high, and ordered loudly:

"Kill! ……”

The overwhelming brigade of cavalry pursued the fleeing enemy cavalry, and launched a fierce assault on the enemy's main position from the front. The long-awaited cavalry showdown began...... At this time, the enemy artillery had turned the muzzle to the sides and extended it forward, and the central area of the front had formed a dead end, and it was obviously too late to adjust the muzzle.

The cavalry brigade pursued the retreating enemy cavalry and gradually approached the enemy's main position...... When it was less than two hundred paces away from the enemy's main position, the fleeing enemy team suddenly dodged and turned to the sides...... Two murderous Gatling guns were visible in the center of the front of the enemy team......

The enemy opened heavy fire with machine guns at the cavalry that was charging densely, and the cavalry that was caught off guard was instantly shot down in a large area, and the cavalry that continued to rush up was shot down a lot......

Battle and Meng He's mounts were also hit and fell to the ground, and the two of them immediately climbed to the top of the mound after lying prone on a small mound...... As soon as the two of them stretched out their hands back, the cavalry who landed behind them immediately handed over two rifles. Battle raised his gun and aimed at the main shooter of the left-hand azimuth machine gun, and Meng He aimed at the secondary shooter of the right-hand azimuth machine gun. "Smack! Syllable! After two gunshots, the enemy's two machine guns suddenly fell silent.

Battle immediately gestured with his arms open forward in a "V" shape and ordered loudly: "Get out of the way!" Attack the wings! ”

The cavalry immediately divided into two groups and moved out of the way and quickly attacked the enemy's flanks......

At the mouth of the West Valley of the Heavenly Wolf Valley, after hearing the explosion of arrows, Xu Xuegong led a large group of men and horses to attack the enemy outpost.

The flaming arrows of flying locusts fell on the wooden fortifications of the enemy outpost, and immediately burst into flames, and the enemy troops who were forced to run out and move were all shot down.

On the top of the back mountain of Xigukou, Xu Xuezhong and the ambush team heard the signal of the arrow, and began to rush down the mountain, rushing to the top of Xigukou along the snow road, and attacking the enemy defending Xigukou from the inside out......

At the edge of the dense forest on the top of the mountain behind the Qingsong Village in the Heavenly Wolf Valley, after Ah Shan Kundu and Li Jiekun heard the sound of arrows and thunder, they immediately led people to rush to the mouth of the cave where the cry of a child came from, and instantly killed three enemy guards......

On the top of the back mountain at the mouth of the East Valley of the Heavenly Wolf Valley, Gao Kewu, the leader of the Hutubi militia who led people to ambush here, heard the order of the arrow and decisively ordered:

"Do it!"

The crowd dipped the gauze of the arrows in tung oil, lit them and fired them at the enemy's guard post at Higashiyaguchi, and several enemy soldiers were shot down instantly......

Cherry Valley's main battlefield. Battle, Meng He, Su Kaizhaleng, and Sanji Meiren are fighting to the death with the enemy's cavalry with their cavalry teams......

Suddenly, at a fork in the southeast of Cherry Valley, a group of cavalry rushed towards them. This is the leader of the left banner of the Heshute Mongol tribe, Tashi Delektaiji, who led the tribe's cavalry to come to reinforcements. Tashi Delek led his men and horses directly to the right flank of the enemy group......

Almost at the same time, in a sloping valley northeast of Cherry Valley, a group of cavalry led by the leader of the Kazakh Naiman tribe, Hailat, also roared and rushed towards the left flank of the enemy......

Cavalry, detouring behind the enemy along the hillside on both sides of Cherry Valley, launched an attack on enemy artillery observation posts and enemy artillery positions.

Halfway up the mountain, two enemy flag soldiers were suddenly shot in the chest and rolled down the mountain...... On the enemy artillery position, the frightened enemy artillery saw that the cavalry of both sides were entangled together, and they were at a loss for what to do in front of the three mountain guns. Suddenly four or five were knocked down by a dense rain of arrows, and the remaining enemy soldiers hurriedly grabbed their guns and counterattacked......

Sharman saw that his team was being flanked from many sides, the cavalry team was being entangled by the opponent at close range, and the artillery and machine guns could no longer exert their power, and they were becoming more and more unfavorable to their own side, and they were about to be unable to support it. In a fit of rage, he ordered in a loud voice:

"Withdraw to the Valley of the Heavenly Wolf! ……”

Qingsongzhai is close to the mouth of the cave at the top of the mountain, and Li Jie Kundu and Ah Shan Kundu have already occupied this place. Li Jiekun was relying on the position at the entrance of the cave, leading a team of sergeants to block the enemy troops who were trying to recapture the entrance of the cave; At the same time, he fired at the enemy troops at a long distance on the artillery position in front of the main entrance of the Tibetan Soldier Cave, attracting enemy firepower, diverting the enemy's attention, and covering Ashan Kundu to enter the cave from this branch hole on the top of the mountain to try to save people......

Ahsankundu took the dozen or so children who were imprisoned out of the cave at the top of the mountain and shouted to the children:

"Don't panic! Lean down, don't look up, and climb up into the woods against the edge of the mountain! ……”

The enemy's three artillery pieces retreated from Cherry Valley in a hurry under the traction of a group of enemy soldiers and several war horses, and gradually approached the mouth of the East Valley of the Heavenly Wolf Valley.

Gao Kewu on the top of Taniguchi Mountain shoots an arrow...... The horse that was pulling the mountain cannon in front was shot, and the horse and cannon immediately overturned in the ditch on the side of the road, and a box of shells was scattered all over the ground...... The enemy cavalry contingent, which was responsible for guarding the artillery, immediately returned fire on the top of the hill......

Sharman and Crawn fled back to the Green Pine Village in the Celestial Wolf Valley with the remnants of the defeated army that had been badly damaged. Previously, the enemy army had also been forced to give up resistance in the east and west valleys and other places, shrink their forces, and go all out to defend Qingsongzhai......

At this time, Xu Xuegong and Xu Xuezhong led a large group of men and horses to pursue the fleeing enemy army from the mouth of the West Valley to the west side of Qingsong Village.

After joining the Hutubi militia led by Gao Kewu and the main force of the cavalry led by King Khan, the cavalry of the Heshute tribe of Tashi Delek and the cavalry of the Kazakh tribe of Hailat, they marched from Donggukou to the east side of Qingsongzhai.

After Li Jiekundu and Ashan Kundu rescued more than a dozen children, they held the position at the entrance of this cave at the highest point of the Tibetan Soldier Cave in the back mountain of Qingsong Village, and condescendingly controlled half of the mountain behind Qingsong Village......

The Sharman advance party of the invading army of Kokand is now surrounded on all sides and has become a "turtle in an urn". However, the last strength of the enemy concentrated in Qingsongzhai should not be underestimated, and the remaining fire network composed of more than 100 fierce cavalry, artillery and machine gunners, coupled with the effective use of many hidden caves and the newly constructed strong fortifications in several key positions, formed a huge ring fortress that was difficult to break.

However, the sky has eyes! The dozen or so children who were most worried and worried about have been rescued, and now they can deal with these thieves with confidence and boldness. However, these thugs have high explosives that are enough to overturn half of Qingsong Village and chemical agents that can kill and injure millions of people, and everyone has to guard against it! It's really the so-called "rat bogey", and there is really no way to take it for a while......

In the enemy command post, the leaders of the embarrassed enemy army were still in shock. They all gradually understood in their hearts that the time for evil retribution was coming, and the battle of trapped beasts would not last long, and the Qingsong Village in the Heavenly Wolf Valley would definitely be their final burial place!

Clounn was still a little puzzled by the defeat in the battle of Cherry Valley, and said in confusion: "How can the Turghut Mongols be equipped with so many Bodan rifles?" This is the latest equipment of the contemporary Russian army, something that cannot even be seen in the regular army of the Qing Empire! …… Is it incredible? ”

Sharman's lieutenant said with a look of frustration: "I think this Bodan rifle is much more powerful than the British rifle we have in our hands!" ”

Extremely reluctant to hear anyone question his country's state-of-the-art firearms, Clouen rebuked the adjutant loudly, saying:

"That's nonsense! Our Enfield rifles are the latest in the British Army's equipment. This is the most advanced rifle in the world today, with high shooting accuracy, fast rate of fire, and high lethality. The Bodan rifle has only a slight advantage in range and is not at all qualified to be compared with our British rifles! ”

The commander of the first battalion of the cavalry was also a little puzzled and said: "Some of their cavalry use Mongolian scimitars and spears, and some use Chashik sabers, which is also the standard equipment of the Russian army!" ……”

Shaman slowly opened his eyes, which had been closed, and said, "Why did our missteps underestimate their equipment...... We underestimate the will of the Chinese to fight, the gathering power of civilian forces other than the regular army, and the determination of the Mongol tribes to take revenge...... At this point, it's useless to say that. Let's see what good ways you can get us out of our current predicament, and talk about it. ”

"General Sharman! Although we are now besieged in this green pine village, we have sufficient ammunition and supplies, and they have no heavy firearms at all, so they cannot break through our defensive fortress. I don't think it's going to be a problem for us to stick here for two to three months. Three months later, as soon as the army arrived, the siege was naturally lifted from inside and outside. At that time, our advance team was the most prominent meritorious unit. Crawn said arrogantly.

The adjutant said worriedly: "Our core tasks of blasting the big glacier and poisoning the water source have not been completed, and even if we break the siege in the future, we will not be considered a 'meritorious army'...... The problem now is that our home base simply doesn't know where we are now. The possibility of sending some men to break out and report the news to the base camp is basically non-...... Although we have plenty of arms and ammunition, we can only withstand their arbitrary attacks if we are trapped here, and we will certainly not be able to withstand a war of attrition. The most important thing is that the water source for people and horses to drink is not on our side...... If we negotiate with them, we will have no leverage......"

Shaman suddenly interrupted the adjutant and said, "Did the squad leader who was guarding the dozen or so children shoot dead?" ”

"Not ...... yet," the adjutant replied.

Shaman was furious and yelled, "He deprived us of our last life-saving bargaining chip. Why not shoot? ”

"When the dozen or so children were taken away, Mr. Croun's deputy captain of the artillery team ordered him to take men to retake the position at the entrance of the cave at the highest point in the cave. At that time, the artillery positions at the entrance of the main cave were also attacked, and they were all making an all-out defensive counterattack. Neither he nor his men were at the scene......" the adjutant replied.

Afternoon. At the foot of the hill on the side of Qingsong Village, which was out of reach of enemy artillery, a large number of felt bags had begun to be built.

The Turghut cavalry led by King Khan and Batel and the Nanshan militia led by Xu Xuegong, the Hutubi militia led by Gao Kewu, the Heshute Mongol cavalry led by Tashi Delek, and the Kazakh tribal cavalry led by Hailati have already joined forces.

Li Jiekun led people to guard the position in the mountain behind Qingsong Village. He asked Ashan Kundu to come to meet the king of Khan, inform him of the situation in the back mountain, and assist in attacking the front of Qingsongzhai.

The wartime marching tent was also erected in a safe place. The princes entered the tent, and the king of Khan saluted and thanked them one by one.

"Now these Kokand thieves have surrounded this Qingsong Village, which is less than two kilometers away, and they have already spread their wings. When the King of Khan gives the order, I will rush in and completely eradicate this gang of fanatics......" said Helati.

"The King of Khan has ordered that we are now buried in a pot to cook and set up camp here, so we can eat meat and drink wine while slowly discussing our next move." Battle said.

Tashi Deluck was a little impatient and said, "Hey! It's better to attack now, and it's not too late to get rid of these thieves and then come back for a drink. …… That's when I drank it happily! ”

"The Kokand army has expected this day, and they have been prepared in Qingsong Village. Their machine guns and artillery blocked every line of attack, and if they were too hasty, the casualties would definitely be heavy. Now there is no need to attack in a hurry, he wants to come out to fight, let's accompany him; He wants to leave, but we are surrounded on all sides, and he can't leave; If he wants to disarm and surrender, then we have to take him. Now, even if he wants to get water for cooking, he has to nod our heads to agree. Let's take our time to figure out how to fix it. Battle added.

The king of Khan asked Ashan Kundu to talk about the situation in the mountains behind Qingsongzhai.

"Their position at the highest point of the back mountain, the circular position directly above the main entrance of the Tibetan Soldier Cave, has now been strengthened and has become a machine-gun position. The two machine guns that had been withdrawn from Cherry Valley had been erected in position, guarded by a squadron of enemy soldiers. This position can overlook the entire Qingsong Village, and is the greatest threat to our attacking cavalry...... There were also two machine guns mounted on the roof of the Horde Hall, which is now their command post, to block off all the offensive routes...... The five guns are now all mounted on the platform in front of the main entrance of the Tibetan Soldier Cave, with a wide field of vision, which can cover the entire open area in front of Qingsong Village. Ahsan Kundu said.

When all the leaders heard Ah Shankun say this, they all felt the difficulty of attacking the enemy position in Qingsong Village. also felt that it had reached this point, and it was really not worth paying a heavy price to clean up these "turtles in the urn".

Tashi Delek also figured it out and said, "Then don't worry, everyone sets up felt bags, lights a bonfire, stews meat in a big pot, drinks wine in a big bowl, and plays slowly with the Kokand people!" The Great Emperor of Beijing is engaged in 'Mulan Autumn Hunting', so let's engage him in 'Winter Hunting in the Heavenly Wolf Valley'......"

Everyone laughed out loud!

Xu Xuegong was even more excited today, and said with a smile: "Okay! I haven't seen the Khan and the leaders for a long time, and I miss it very much! Let's start preparing to eat and drink now, drink happily and slowly catch up......"

"Battle and I are responsible for building the fortifications, digging the pits, and letting the leaders drink with confidence. Wrap these ferocious beasts in a circle and toss slowly. Xu Xuezhong, who acted carefully, said.

When Meng He saw such a scene, he was naturally overjoyed, and said with a smile: "At night, when we are happy to drink, let's put a few shots in it, we can't let it sleep peacefully, let it watch us drink with its eyes open!" ”

"Hmmm! Let's set up the 'Soul Breaking Array', which is also a 'heart attack', see how long he can hold on? Xu Xuezhong said.

The Khan King was also very happy when he saw the elated appearance of the leaders, after all, everyone was quite tired after the previous period of bitterness and depression, and it was time to relax. In addition, fortifications have been built at a number of key locations, and the depth of the "trap" is being expanded. In order to prevent these thieves and dogs from jumping over the wall to make a night attack and break through, they also arranged enough volley forces, and there were more than 100 Bodan rifles ambushed in front of Qingsong Village alone. There were also fifty archers who were ambushed at the only water intake in Qingsongzhai in winter, the 'Immortal Spring'.

The Khan's greatest concern now is the whereabouts of the poison and the huge amount of high explosives in the hands of this gang of fanatics. Coupled with this factor, it is even more important not to attack rashly, so as to avoid accidents as much as possible. Now is the best way to wait and see how it changes...... Thinking of this, King Khan asked Battle to invite Xu Xueying and Catherine to inquire in detail about poisons and explosives.

In the big tent, all the other leaders went to inspect the camp to observe the enemy's situation, and only King Khan and Xu Xuegong were left.

Xu Xuegong observed that the King of Khan had a slight hint of worry in his joy, and he also guessed eight or nine points about this hidden worry, and asked:

"Is the Khan worried about the Kokand military poison?"

"Yes! No matter how crazy the bandits are, we can deal with it; However, we do not know much about these agents, and there is no corresponding means to completely control them. In case these outlaws jump over the wall in a hurry and want to 'fish die and break the net', it will cause a catastrophe if they don't get it right. It's a hidden danger......" King Khan said worriedly.

Xu Xuegong also nodded yes.

The Khan and Xu Xuegong and other leaders were also worried about the existence of the poison. It feels like the thief who jumped over the wall in a hurry is very likely to take risks again! Therefore, we must closely monitor and strengthen our precautions, and we must not take our guard lightly.