"The situation is urgent, you immediately send people to gather the central and right regiments of Anbian and Jingbian, and ask the left regiment to summon all the people from all the villages outside the city into the city and bury the grain and property.At the same time, let all the departments be strictly vigilant, and as soon as there is a situation, they will fire a warning shot" Zhang Xian gave an order with a stern expression, and his intuition told him that the cavalry of the Hui people was likely to arrive in Dingbian County today."
Yes" Liu Heiwa and all the generals of the brigade headquarters saluted, and hurriedly went down to make their own arrangements.Gaoshawo Town in Lingzhou Mansion is only a hundred miles away from Dingbian, and it can be reached in an hour as soon as possible.If the leader of the returning army does not go back in detail, he will definitely know that something has happened to them, and he will definitely act in advance.Zhang Xian arranged the task, and took his own soldiers across the horse to inspect the city wall of Dingbian City.There was only one brigade headquarters stationed in the three border counties, and the total number of soldiers and horses was no more than 4,000.If the more than 30,000 cavalry of the Hui people attacked, they could only defend it according to the city wall.Zhang Xian has confidence in the guy in his hand, although he can't annihilate this Hui army, but he has more than enough to protect himself.If it weren't for the scarcity of cavalry in the Huaxing Army, the 100,000 cavalry of the Hui people would have been annihilated long ago.Dingbian City relies on the Loess Plateau in the northwest, whether it is a residential house or a city wall, it is made of loess.After the Huaxing army was stationed here, the local people were requisitioned and reinforced on all sides along the old site of the city wall.It is now two meters tall and more than three meters thick.Although it could not resist the bombardment of heavy artillery, it was enough to block the impact of the cavalry with the gun array of the Huaxing army.Zhang Xian inspected the city wall, and the soldiers of the left regiment had already carried all the ammunition onto the city wall and prepared for defense at the battlements of the city wall.Before dark, the people of the villages outside the city also entered the city one after another.The Huaxing army ran around quickly, and as soon as it was said that the people were going to come to loot, the people, under the leadership of the patriarch, spontaneously gathered in Dingbian County.Zhang Xian asked the soldiers to set up military tents in the city for their lodging.It's a cold winter now, and if you sleep outside, you'll freeze to death."
Commander, go back to sleep in the tent.It's too cold, don't freeze, you can't afford it. ”Liu Heiwa found Zhang Xian on the city wall and persuaded worriedly.He had already arranged all the preparations and was finally free."
Hello brigade commander" When the soldiers saw Liu Heiwa coming, they hurriedly saluted him and gave him a seat.Zhang Xian was chatting with the soldiers with firewood in the north of the city, and the soldiers had just taken time to eat.Seeing such a big general as Zhang Xian, his face was full of excitement, and he came over to talk about family life."
It's okay, my body is not the golden branches and jade leaves in the Forbidden City, it can't be frozen."
Zhang Xian beckoned, smiled and asked Liu Heiwa to sit down as well, and handed the wine gourd in his hand to Liu Heiwa."
Commander, you're not what you imagined.Back then, he also worked in the green battalion army of the Manchu Tartars, and those generals never talked to the lower-level soldiers, and they were all like uncles.The most correct thing to do in my life is to follow the Huaxing Army as a soldier. ”This wine is an authentic Xifeng wine in Shaanxi, with a mellow and smooth entrance and full of strength.Liu Heiwa didn't take a few sips, her whole body became warm, and she also chatted with Zhang for a few words."
Heiwa, do a good job.After pacifying the Central Plains, you will have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.The president is a once-in-a-millennium emperor who will definitely make the country richer and stronger. ”Zhang Xian chuckled and patted Liu Heiwa's shoulder, picked up the wine glass, and looked at the outside of the black hole from afar.The night was silent, as if it was calm before the storm.The people in the city were panicked, and they spent a night in fear, worried about whether the Huaxing army could block the iron cavalry of the Hui people.Last year, when Ningxia was in turmoil, Sanbian County was next to Ningxia, but every village was looted by the Hui people, and everyone still remembers the tragic scene at that time.The morning sun rose in the east, and the city suddenly shook like an earthquake."
Woo woo" The horn horn on the city wall whined, the west city wall first sounded the alarm, and then the north city wall also heard the horn horn."
It's finally here, I've been waiting for you all night."
Zhang Xian heard the sound of the horn, hurriedly got out of the military tent, picked up the binoculars and looked straight ahead, and couldn't help but sneer at the corner of his mouth.The Hui people had already made preparations for the attack two miles outside the city, and they didn't know how many cavalry had come, and they stood in the dark.Yesterday, Ma Diankui, the leader of the Hui people in Lingzhou, waited for the spies for a day, and finally sent a large number of cavalry to search around, only to find the corpse of the Hui people thirty miles outside Yanchi City.Ma Diankui was furious when he heard the news, and gathered his cavalry overnight to launch an attack on Lingzhou City.Before leaving, the order given to the Hui army was.All Han Chinese will be killed.However, last night, Zhang Xian had asked Huaxing's army to evacuate all the people in the villages outside the city to the city.The Hui people rushed into the air and searched around the village, but they couldn't find a single grain.In this place in northern Shaanxi, every household has a cellar.Before leaving, the people covered it with loess, and if they didn't look carefully, they really couldn't find it.Ma Diankui had no time to dig the soil and find pits from house to house, and angrily asked his subordinates to burn these small villages to the ground.He went on an expedition once, and he didn't know how much grain and grass he would consume.If I just searched for food in these small villages, I am afraid that I would not even be able to earn back the cost of this trip.This time, his goal was to sack the three county towns, and according to the information obtained, the total number of Huaxing troops stationed in these three counties was less than 5,000.Ma Diankui's cavalry team was six times that of them, and even one person could spit on them, and they could drown these Huaxing troops.Dingbian City is located on the choke point, and it is also the gateway for Lingzhou to enter northern Shaanxi.Ma Diankui took advantage of the night to complete the siege of Dingbian City from all sides, and wanted to end the battle as soon as possible and go to the city to rest and replenish.He can't afford to spend it, and the amount of forage consumed by these 30,000 war horses in a day alone is a staggering amount.It's not like spring and summer, and there's grass everywhere.When he came this time, he brought a day's dry food, and if he couldn't enter Dingbian City, he would have to fight hungry today."
Brothers, kill all the Han people, and rob them of their women and food."
Ma Diankui pulled out his saber and roared at the city wall."
Rush" and "kill" The outside of Dingzhou City suddenly rushed like a tidal wave, rolling waves roared against the Dingbian city wall."
Mortar preparation" Liu Heiwa also raised the order flag on the city wall, and the sound of drums resounded in the sky.The more than 4,500 men of the left regiment all went up to the city wall, and every five meters there was a man who raised a gun to defend and divided into two teams to shoot alternately.Originally, each division of the Huaxing Army was equipped with a mortar, but the county seat of Dingbian was located in the junction zone of Ningxia.Therefore, one of Liu Heiwa's brigades was equipped with a battalion of mortars, with more than 250 mortars, and 60 mortars were placed on each wall.Mortars on all four walls received orders one after another, in teams of two.One person adjusted the design angle, and the other waited with the shell, all ready to fire."
Launch" After the cavalry of the Hui people rushed into a distance of five hundred meters, Liu Heiwa roared and waved the order flag in his hand fiercely.The heralds of the four walls waved their flags and gave the order to open fire.More than 250 mortars roared one after another, soaring into the sky like fireworks, and smashed into the cavalry of the returning army in the shape of a parabola."
Boom, boom, boom" Suddenly the rumbling sound of artillery fire shook the heavens and the earth, and shrapnel groups of horses exploded and scattered.Like a flying sword, it blew up the horses and cavalry.After each bomb exploded, two or three horses were stabbed in the stomach by shrapnel and fell to the ground.After a tight impact of a distance of 100 meters, thousands of horses fell in a pool of blood.Ma Zhankui was stunned when he looked at the position in the rear, and said that the Huaxing Army was vigorous and fierce, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful.But at this time, it was only 200 meters away from the city wall, and it was possible to storm the city when it saw it.Ma Zhankui didn't want to give up, endured the pain, and still ordered to continue the siege.The surging horse team did not retreat, but rushed at a more aggressive speed, and in the blink of an eye, it advanced more than a hundred meters.Two hundred meters between the two sides, Liu Heiwa raised the order flag in her hand again, and the city wall was filled with the sound of pulling the bolt for an instant."
Ready, shoot" Liu Heiwa shouted, without the slightest panic on her face."
Bang, bang, bang, bang."
There were more than two miles of walls, and rows of gunfire rang out one after another, and the whole battlefield could no longer hear any other sounds, and was completely shrouded in a crackling sound.In an instant, the attacking horse team seemed to crash into the south wall, and the brushes were overturned to the ground.The horses neighed and wailed, and surged up to a layer, only to be torn apart by a dense rain of bullets like a violent wind.In just a moment, thousands of war horses fell to the ground.But relying on the inertia of the impact, the Hui cavalry still broke through the distance of 100 meters."
Machine gunner, fire" Liu Heiwa showed a sneer on her face, and offered her killer weapon.By this time, the situation on the battlefield had been reversed.The cavalry charge of the Hui people was obviously much slower, and in the bureau that had not advanced ten meters, a layer was peeled off like an onion."
Toot, toot, toot, toot" a dull popping sound roared out of the muzzle of the expeditionary machine gun one after another, flying out like a fire dragon, sweeping out at least 400 rounds per minute.The reason why Liu Heiwa has never been a machine gun manual is because she wants to hide her strength, and she is afraid that after using the machine gun too early, the returning troops will all retreat.Now that more than half of the cavalry of the returning army have been killed or wounded, the war has fallen into a stalemate, and Ma Zhankui has completely bitten the hook.No matter whether you live or die, even if you let him go, he will not order a retreat.Zhang Xian was in a state of watching the battle from the beginning, and he handed over the opportunity of this actual battle to Liu Heiwa to grasp.As the commander of the military district, it is no longer in his capacity for him to go to command front-line operations.Moreover, even if the battle is won, Li Heiwa has no prestige in front of the soldiers, and the soldiers will feel that they have won the victory by relying on the commander's command.This is not a strategy for people, Zhang Xian's heart naturally understands
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