Through the Ming and Qing dynasties, Gansu Province formed a structure dominated by Hui people, and there is a saying that "Han three to seven".After the Ma Hualong rebellion in Ningxia, the Hui people in Gansu also took the opportunity to respond.Ma Hualong soon sent troops south, colluded with the Hui people in Gansu to rebel, and captured various prefectures and counties one after another.Gansu and Ningxia are connected, and the north and south respond, and the momentum is shocking.Ma Hualong's goal is also very simple, that is, he wants to establish a purely Islamic state, and all heretics will naturally be eliminated.The Han armed forces in Gansu united to protect themselves, but after all, they were at a disadvantage in numbers and were finally defeated by the Hui one after another.The people of the Han people were also reduced to slavery, and if they were not careful, they would be looted intensively, and the power of the Hui people also developed to its peak.Bai Yanhu naturally knew the strength of the Huaxing army, and hurriedly replenished grain and grass in Lanzhou, so he continued to flee to the northwest.The general stationed in Lanzhou was Ma Zhanao, the Hui leader of Gansu, who stationed hundreds of thousands of troops in Lanzhou.But it was basically in a state of half-soldier and half-peasant, and only in wartime did it gather.Ma Zhanao had never seen the power of the Huaxing Army, and when he saw Bai Yanhu desperately fleeing, his heart was full of contempt.Because they were all Hui people, Ma Zhanao was not good at seeing death and not saving him, so he gave Bai Yanhu some food and grass.Anyway, the grain and grass in his hands were all robbed of the Han people, and he naturally didn't know how distressed he was when he used it.Bai Yanhu didn't persuade either, he just cared about escaping by himself, after all, Ma Zhanao could still help him resist for a while.Ma Zhanao attacked Lanzhou City, and it only took two hours to join forces with the Hui people in the city and take the city.The Han Chinese in the city, whether they had participated in the resistance or not, were all gathered and escorted outside the city to be beheaded.The Hui people were jealous of the wealth of the Han people, and they took advantage of this to wantonly burn and loot, even women, children, and children.In the end, more and more people were killed, and hundreds of thousands of Han Chinese in the city were slaughtered.Until now, the mass graves outside the city are still piled up with bones, and they don't even bother to bury the loess back to the people.In Ma Zhanao's eyes, the Han people are just some chickens that can be slaughtered.Zhang Xian led an army of 30,000 to attack all the way to the outside of Lanzhou City, and Ma Zhanao did not say that he actively fortified the city, but personally led 50,000 soldiers and horses out of the city to fight.These peasants, who had just put down their hoes and picked up broadswords, did not have even half the organizational discipline of the Hunan army.But everyone is very strong, not afraid of life and death.Because before the battle, they were all indoctrinated with the idea that they would die as long as they engaged in jihad.After death, you can go straight to heaven without judgment.Zhang Xian directly asked the middle division to break through from the middle line, and the left and right divisions outflanked from both flanks, bringing a big bag of the Hui army.Ma Zhanao placed the only 10,000 musketeers in his hands in the city, and these 50,000 people were completely armed with broadswords and spears, but they faced an enemy armed with the world's most advanced expeditionary rifle at this time.The soldiers of the Huaxing Army lined up in a horizontal formation to attack, and each person was only one meter apart.When the 30,000 people were fully deployed, they surrounded the Hui people like wings.The tactics of the Hui people's intensive charge were directly exposed to the guns of the Huaxing army.When there were still two hundred meters left, the commander gave the order to shoot.With such a dense team, even if you close your eyes and fire a shot, you can hit one person.What's more, the expeditionary rifle can be aimed and shot, and the soldiers just regarded this as a live-fire exercise."
Bang, bang, bang" "In the ring encirclement within a radius of ten miles, a violent gunshot rang out at the same time.Like firecrackers, the entire battlefield was shrouded in a burst of sound for a while.The bullets raged like a hurricane, powerful enough to change the color of the heavens and the earth.The Hui army didn't even know what was happening, and they were swept to the ground like yellow leaves.In less than a cup of tea, the corpses of the Hui people in the encirclement were strewn all over the field, and tens of thousands of people were killed and wounded."
The devil is coming, the devil is coming."
The returning soldiers, who were still continuing to attack, finally stopped, staring at everything in front of them, and the sound of horror instantly sounded in the team.It's the first time they've encountered a shootout, and they don't even know how their companion died.I just thought that the Han people on the other side had cast a spell and brought the devil from hell.Tens of thousands of people fell to the ground and died in just an instant, and this kind of scene is that even the strongest willpower of people will collapse."
Ready, launch."
The front-line commander of the Huaxing Army continued to wave the order flag in his hand.By the time the five rounds in the rifle were finished, there was only a minute of silence on the battlefield.After a brief period of silence, the sound of gunfire once again spread through the wilderness outside Lanzhou.The bullet moved in a perfect straight line, bursting from the muzzle of the gun and charging straight back to the army.Everywhere you go, the skin must be open and the flesh will bloom, and the blood will flow like an infusion."
Retreat, retreat" Ma Zhanao finally realized the seriousness of the matter, hurriedly shouted to his subordinates, and waved the order to withdraw the army to the herald soldiers on the city wall."
Knock, knock, knock, knock" The rumbling war drums came from the city wall, and the Hui army turned around and rushed into the city like an amnesty.The Huaxing army was in hot pursuit, and the gunfire continued and never stopped.The city gate, which was only more than three meters wide, was flooded by tens of thousands of people at one time.There was no organization at all, and it was like a nest of headless flies.Some of them pushed each other and fell into the moat outside the city.At this time, something happened that made the Hui army collapse, and the mortar battalion led by Zhang Xian had already adjusted its position behind the position.As soon as the camp tent gave an order, 250 mortars roared at the same time, smashing at the city gate.The Hui army at the city gate was already crowded, and suddenly the sky suddenly dimmed, and in an instant the top of the head fell like hailstone, and then there was a loud "boom, boom" earth-shattering sound, and even the city wall on the side shook.In such a dense crowd, for every shell fired, twenty or thirty people were killed.The corpses at the city gate were all over the ground for a while, and they were piled up more than a meter high.Seeing that the Huaxing army was about to gather, Ma Zhanao finally ordered the city gate to be closed, and there were only more than 5,000 soldiers who retreated into the city at this time.The only remaining more than 20,000 people outside the city had no way out, and there were pursuers behind them, and where there was still fighting spirit, they threw away their swords and guns and surrendered on their knees.Zhang Xian stood behind, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he lightly ordered the herald, "Tell me to go down, if you don't accept surrender, you will be killed." ”"Yes, Captain."
The heralds quickly scattered in all directions, straddle their horses and gallop to give orders.It was dusk, the murderous aura covered the sun, and the remnant sun was like blood."
I'm sorry I'm late."
Zhang Xian held the loess in his hand and sprinkled it on the bones in front of him, which was a mass grave where the Han people were slaughtered.The crows on the withered willows on the side chirped, as if countless unjust souls were crying helplessly.Father Liu, who served as the guide of the Huaxing Army this time, was a native of Lanzhou, and dozens of people in his family were all slaughtered by the Hui people, and he was the only one who crawled out of the pile of dead."
Master Jun, it would have been nice if you had come here for half a year, but all the bones of our Han people are lying here."
Father Liu knelt in front of the mass grave, and seemed to remember the tragic situation again, lying on the ground and crying silently."
Daddy Liu, don't worry.Blood debts are paid in blood, and no one can escape from the thieves. ”Zhang Xian spit it out word by word, and with a cold face, he ordered his soldiers to bury the bones.When people die, they always have to be buried in the ground.I don't know if there are so many unjust souls, whether Lord Yama can accept it."
Bang, bang, bang" The gunfire on the battlefield continued, and the soldiers received the order to kill.No one dared to disobey, and no one felt guilty.Because along the way, the bones of the Han people were everywhere, and the soldiers and braves no longer regarded the Hui people as human beings.Even if they put down their weapons, they were a group of vicious wolves lying on the ground, taking the opportunity to kill.Seeing that there was no hope of surrender, Hui Ren took down the knife and stick again and fought to the death.As soon as he rushed a few meters away, he was all pierced by the bullets of the Huaxing Army.Ma Zhanao stood on the city tower, watching the Hui people on the battlefield being shot in groups, and there was nothing he could do in a hurry.Although there were tens of thousands of foreign spearmen on the city wall to defend it, because the range was too far, it crackled and scattered for a while, and even a single Huaxing army was not hit, but killed a lot of its own people.Because these foreign guns are breech flintlock pistols sponsored by Lao Maozi, because a large amount of gunpowder smoke will come out of the bolt when the gun is fired, so it is impossible to aim at all.Shoot it forward, and the devil knows where the bullet flew.After the Hui people outside the city were cleaned up, the three-way army of the Huaxing army spread to the four city gates, and surrounded the city walls before dark.Ma Zhanao was sitting on pins and needles on the city wall, and finally understood why Bai Yanhu was desperately fleeing like a dog.This army under the city must have been sent by the devil, otherwise how could it have such terrifying power."
Big brother, what should we do, if the Han army launches an attack tomorrow, we will definitely be wiped out" Ma Zhanao's second brother Ma Zhankui asked with a frown, his face full of misery.Today, he also went out of the city with his eldest brother to fight, and he still has palpitations when he thinks of his companions who were killed by him."
Second brother, why are you so unconfident, we still have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and there are hundreds of thousands of Muslim brothers in the city who can help us defend.Lanzhou City is well defended, even if the Han army is powerful, we can't help it for a while.When they ran out of food and grass, they would automatically retire. ”Ma Zhanao's third brother Ma Zhanyong interjected, although he knew the strength of the Huaxing army, but relying on the Lanzhou city wall and the hundreds of thousands of people behind him, he was also full of confidence."
You know what, if you surrender now, maybe there is still a way to live.If you continue to fight, you will definitely end up in a dead end. ”Ma Zhankui reprimanded the third brother unhappily."
Second brother, I think you were broken by the Han army.As you can see today, the Han army does not accept prisoners at all.Our brethren laid down their arms and fell to their knees begging for mercy.The Han army still shoots and kills, if you want to surrender, that is a pipe dream" Ma Zhanyong retorted unceremoniously and insisted on his opinion."
You two don't quarrel, the third brother is right, this Han army doesn't mean to make our heads look at all."
Ma Zhanao spit out a long sentence with a cold face, holding the wall tiles in his hand, breathing the bloody battlefield in front of him, and the green tendons on his face were exposed
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