"drive" The horses were rushing wildly outside Dihua City, and galloping from a distance was a black crowd, raising their rifles and shouting wildly, and a layer of fine dust was splashed on the ground.
"General, let's get to Dihua first.
As long as we capture Dihua, we will be the masters of the northern border.
Even if Ma Bufang comes in person, we can only look at the city and sigh."
Ma Lianhai looked at the newly renovated city wall in the distance with excitement.
He and his uncle had been to Dihua several years ago.
Although Dihua was located on the frontier, the area around Peozhou was more prosperous than Liangzhou.
Ever since Zuo Zongtang led his troops to the west and regained Xinjiang, some small and large traders followed Zuo Zongtang's army into Xinjiang, relying on the army to make a living.
Some of them were just hawkers carrying loads of goods, and some were carrying People with a business group background.
Later, as some Han soldiers took root in Xinjiang, the Qing Dynasty organized a large number of Han immigrants to immigrate to Xinjiang.
Some traders also took root here and formed different groups such as Jin Gang and Shanxi merchants.
Dihua is the area where Han merchants gather most, and almost 80% of the business names are controlled by Han merchant gangs.
This is not the case in other Tacheng, Aksu and other places.
"Let's capture Dihua first."
As a leader, Ma Zhongying was relatively calmer than his subordinates, but there was also a glimmer of excitement in his eyes.
Although he and Ma Bufang jointly entered Xinjiang at this time, the conflict between the two never The grievances between Ma Bufang and his old lair in Liangzhou have not been resolved until now.
Although they are joint forces, the guard between the two has not relaxed at all.
The two branches of the Ma Jiajun have also been fighting separately.
Ma Zhongying took advantage of the battle between Ma Bufang and Sheng Shicai's troops to advance quickly.
First rush to Dihua.
If we can capture Dihua.
To seize the initiative, even if Ma Bufang has the power to reach the sky, he can only look at the city and sigh.
And everything in the prosperous and prosperous Dihua City will become his property.
Although it is not as good as Lanzhou, it can be regarded as one of the few great cities in the northwest.
And he will also take revenge for being forced out of Ganzhou by Ma Bufang.
"Two horses have entered the border.
Our main force is currently entangled by Ma Bufang.
Before we can return to the defense, Ma Zhongying has already arrived at the city.
If we let him break the city.
With the ferocity of the Ma family army, we will definitely be killed without leaving any trace of chickens and dogs.
This, this is terrible What to do.”
A steward of the Dihua Chamber of Commerce stood on the city wall and looked at the cavalry pouring in from the ground.
He said in a trembling voice.
Most members of other chambers of commerce also looked at Sheng Shicai on the city wall with trepidation.
Once the Ma Jiajun broke through, City, all the wealth they have accumulated over the years of hard work in Dihua will be wiped out.
After decades of hard work, we returned to before liberation overnight.
"It doesn't matter.
Although the Ma Family Army is famous for its brutality and bravery, it lacks heavy firearms.
No matter how brave the Ma Family Army's cavalry are, how can they fly to the city wall with four horse hooves?"
Sheng Shicai took off his cloak and handed it to the guard next to him under the morning sun.
The officer smiled nonchalantly.
The people of the Western Regions are good at field battles but not good at attacking cities.
This has been the case since ancient times.
Unexpectedly, even now in the Republic of China, they still do not have much vigor.
Although the Ma Jiajun has a large number of people, if they want to capture Dihua, not a few rifles can do it.
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It can be done.
"Listen to the defenders and merchants in the city.
The Ma Jiajun has lost Ningxia and Qinghai, and is now reduced to a homeless dog.
They are a group of bandits.
Since entering Xinjiang, they have burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil.
If they are allowed to break the city, maybe those ordinary people will...
The citizens can escape with their lives, but we soldiers and merchants are dead.
We now have thousands of troops defending the city, and we are armed.
There are no less than two thousand pretending merchants.
If they are united, with the capabilities of the Ma Jiajun, it is impossible to capture Dihua.
As long as they defend for ten days and a half, the Ma Jiajun who has lost their nest will definitely not be able to hold on for long.
Even if they want to fight, they will not have enough food.
If you hold on, Dihua will win this battle.
I have discussed it with the managers of the Dihua Chamber of Commerce.
If you kill an enemy soldier, you will be rewarded with a piece of ocean.
If you kill an enemy officer, you will be rewarded with three oceans."
"We must win, we must win."
Encouraged by Sheng Shicai, the defenders in Dihua City shouted loudly.
Compared with the analysis of the strength of the troops and the pros and cons of both sides, the ocean was more practical for these bitter soldiers.
Under the command of Ma Zhongying, the large groups of Ma Jiajun soldiers dismounted one after another, and the collected long ladders gradually moved toward the city head as the infantry ran.
It was placed on the city wall with a bang.
There are four siege ladders at the front and rear.
If Jiang Li's 15th Route Army saw this scene, they would undoubtedly drop their glasses.
Guns and guns were firing.
In the era of plane bombings, there was still a long ladder to attack the city.
What is the difference between seeking death?
Sheng Shicai smiled coldly.
He knew modern military operations.
Yes, he knew how difficult it would be for the Ma Jiajun, who lacked heavy weapons, to capture Dihua.
He will win this battle.
However, for the defenders in Dihua City, most of the defenders in Dihua City were not surprised by Ma Jiajun's actions.
It can be seen that the melee between the local warlords in Xinjiang has fallen behind to such an extent, not only in terms of weapons. backwardness, and there is also a gap of several generations in consciousness.
The Ma Jiajun soldiers bravely climbed up the long ladder and climbed up the city wall nearly two feet high.
Most of these soldiers carry sharp knives and swords on their waists.
In this kind of city climbing battle, rifles are not as useful as these cold weapons.
The sparse tongues of fire hit the city wall, splashing up fine gravel and dust.
Several defenders with half of their bodies stretched out were shot and screamed as they fell from the top of the city, falling to the ground and splashing a lot of dust.
Bang bang The defenders on the top of the city also fought back hard with their rifles.
Bullets sprayed down the siege ladder, and people kept falling off the ladder like dumplings.
"Quick, quick, fall" A pot of burning kerosene with black smoke was poured down the ladder by several defenders.
The black oil flowed down the ladder, and a large ball of flames rolled down and fell on the attacking soldiers.
The soldiers screamed and beat in horror.
The flames on his body.
But the flame ignited by this preliminary refined oil is not easy to extinguish.
Many soldiers who were climbing up could not bear the burning of the flames and even jumped down from the ladders.
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As several siege ladders were ignited with flames, Ma Zhongying's original excitement hidden in the corners of his eyes suddenly turned into ice.
The first wave of attacks was so easily resolved by the Dihua defenders.
It cost them more than 200 casualties and a lot of precious machine gun bullets, but they couldn't even get a single hair.
It was a real loss.
The ultimate deal.
Although Sheng Shicai's main force was held back by Ma Bufang, Dihua was not as weak and easy to fight as imagined
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