Liu Ziguang stepped across the Moon Gate, and a small figure ran over. His goddaughter Xue Xiangying sweetly called her daddy, making Liu Ziguang seem happy. She picked her up and kissed her twice, saying, "Mom, what have you done?"
Do you want to give little Yingying something to eat?"
Xue Xiangying said in a sweet voice, "It's hand-caught mutton, it's so delicious." Then she tilted her head and asked, "What are you doing in front of me? It's so noisy."
Liu Ziguang laughed and said: "Dad was beating up bad guys. He destroyed a bad guy gang called Tianshan Seven Swords." Xue Xiangying asked again: "Did dad cut off the bad guys' heads?" Liu Ziguang laughed heartily, no.
He answered again and carried his daughter to the dining room of the back house.
Sure enough, Dong Xiaowan had already cooked a table of Western-style hand-caught mutton and prepared a pot of kumiss. Dai Wenpei was also sitting at the table with a worried look on his face. He felt relieved when he saw Liu Ziguang come in. He asked: "
Chief helmsman, what caused the explosion just now?"
Before Liu Ziguang could say anything, Xue Xiangying rushed to say: "Dad killed the Seven Swords of Tianshan." Dai Wenpei was shocked when she heard this. She had seen the skills of the Seven Swords. Just one Chu Zhaonan could sweep through the Central Plains Wulin.
, let alone seven people working together, such a gorgeous lineup was actually killed by Liu Ziguang in just a cup of tea. How is this possible? She panicked and hurried to see if Liu Ziguang was injured. Liu Ziguang waved his hand and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter.
Things, children are exaggerating every time, I just taught them a lesson, present the facts and be reasonable. From now on, the Seven Swords of Tianshan, no, it should be the Five Swords of Tianshan, even if they cannot be used by me, they will not cause trouble again and destroy the Ming Dynasty.
the great cause of unification."
At the gate of the Marshal's Mansion, Tianshan Wujian dragged his injured body, his face covered with gunpowder smoke and blood stains, but he still straightened his back, carrying the body of his companion and sadly walked out of the gate. The soldiers guarding the gate did not embarrass them, but were vigilant from a distance.
Staring at it, several heroes from the Tiandihui and the newly acquainted Lanzhou Han swordsmen were passing by. Seeing such a jaw-dropping scene, they were all shocked and speechless. From then on, Liu Ziguang did not need to deliberately publicize the defeat of Zhenwuhou.
The story of the Seven Swords of Tianshan spread among the martial arts community.
I don't care where the Seven Swords of Tianshan go. Just say that after the massacre, Lanzhou City has a completely new atmosphere. The big businessmen who dominated the city in the past have all been crowned, and a large number of swordsmen and horse thieves have been eliminated. If these people are not eliminated,
Sooner or later, there will be great chaos in Lanzhou. This massacre has eliminated all future hidden dangers, leaving only the old, young, women and children and the Han and Hui people. Those Han swordsmen who used to be at the bottom of society are now entangled with people with "Public Security" stamped on them.
The two-character red armband became the red-shirt army's extra-staff armed force to help maintain social order. The big guys pulled away 2,500,000 to 80,000 yuan one by one, and their noses were turned up to the sky.
Counting the days, it was almost time for the Western Army to arrive at Jiayuguan. Sure enough, within two days, the telegram came that the Western Army was defeated. The cavalry marched straight into the area where the enemy had been operating for decades. The food road was extremely long and the area was wide.
Yes, the enemy has the advantage of having the right time, place and people. It’s no wonder that the Western Army is undefeated. This made Yuan Chonghuan so anxious that he ran to Lanzhou from Chang’an and asked Liu Ziguang to send troops to rescue Wu Sangui and
Liu Zongmin, because all the forces of Governor Yuan have been escorted to Jiayuguan, and the army is hanging thousands of miles away. If it is not rescued, it will be really over. The tens of thousands of carefully trained horses will be wiped out, and Old Yuan will not have any.
Now that I have a bargaining chip, my voice in the court will be much weaker from now on, so I came to beg Liu Ziguang eagerly.
Liu Ziguang was not that kind of villain who refused to save anyone, so he readily agreed to Governor Yuan's request, but he also made some demands of his own, such as the distribution of Western wages becoming the pattern of Liu Qi and Yuan San, and the mobilization of Western troops must be
It is only effective to use the general's defense to conquer the west. This move is equivalent to taking away Yuan Chonghuan's financial and military power. Lao Yuan has no choice but to knock out his teeth and swallow it. He temporarily agreed to these conditions, but Liu Ziguang was required to rescue the general of the Western Army.
Only the department can count.
The officers and soldiers of the Western Army who fought hard at Jiayuguan were all athletes from Guanzhong and Huguang. Liu Ziguang put forward the conditions. In fact, he had already sent troops and horses to the west. In fact, the current Red Shirt Army is already quite wet. The first batch of 800
The warriors and the three thousand iron guards have long been beaten to the point where there are not many left, and the remaining ones have all become generals. They have been fighting for years, and the Red Shirt Army has expanded countless times. The Martial Arts Hall alone has graduated three phases of students, and there are also military preparation schools in various places.
And recruit training camps, a group of recruits can be trained in just three months. Apart from their red uniforms and fanatical support for Liu Ziguang, these soldiers are not actually very powerful in combat.
The factor that supports the strong combat effectiveness of the Red Shirt Army is its unparalleled advanced weapons and logistics capabilities. When fighting in the Central Plains, there are crisscrossing railways and dense water networks. They can also rely on air and sea transportation. The supply of ammunition, food and grass is very convenient, just by bombardment with artillery shells.
They can win the battle, but in this desolate place in the northwest, the red shirt army's combat effectiveness and logistical capabilities will be compromised.
There are many Gobi deserts in the west. The desolate landscape and complex climate make it difficult for the Central Plains people to adapt. The huge geographical depth is also suitable for the roundabout outflanking of the cavalry. When fighting in such a place, it is not enough to rely on advanced weapons, because no matter how good the weapons are, it is not enough.
In need of supplies, the soldiers of the Red Shirt Army no longer even dare to fight in hand-to-hand combat. They can only form an array and use firearms. As long as the food and fodder cannot keep up, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
In the last battle in Ningxia, Liu Ziguang led 3,000 veterans with combat experience, and they plowed the fields with artillery shells at all costs, so they achieved great success. However, the new tanks have not yet arrived, and the old steam armored vehicles have
At the end of his life, he had few cards in his hand, but in order to rescue his comrades, Liu Ziguang resolutely sent out troops. With two thousand newly recruited Han swordsmen as the vanguard, he also hired some guides who often traveled the Hexi Corridor trade route, and personally led three
Thousands of elite soldiers set out for Jiayuguan, and the remaining tens of thousands of horses and horses were responsible for protecting the grain road. The railway corps also sent 10,000 people to assist in transporting supplies.
The Hexi Corridor is a veritable corridor. To the north are deserts one after another, and to the south are the Qilian Mountains stretching thousands of miles. A long and narrow strip is formed in the middle, which is the Hexi Corridor. The west exit of this corridor is the westernmost end of the Great Wall, Jiayuguan Pass.
This corridor is thousands of miles away, and the road is very desolate. Especially now that it is late autumn, it is difficult for the army to obtain supplies locally and can only rely on logistical transportation.
It's true that you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. Liu Ziguang personally led the army to the west, and then he realized the hardships of fighting in the west. According to the regulations of the Red Shirt Army, you must eat three meals a day, including milk and eggs for breakfast, and meat for lunch. But here
It is impossible to reach it during the march. How many artillery vehicles and baggage need to be carried and dragged by cattle, horses and camels. Just preparing fodder and drinking water for these large animals will take up a large part of the logistics, and the logistics itself consumes a lot of food and grass. The soldiers are now
Each person carries two basic amounts of ammunition, which will be used up quickly when a battle begins, so the supply of ammunition is the bulk of the effort. In order to carry more ammunition, the soldiers' rations can only be sacrificed.
The war was so expensive. Liu Ziguang deeply lamented that the rebels' property confiscated from Lanzhou City amounted to millions of taels of silver, as well as tens of thousands of camels. These properties were used in the war without even making a sound.
It has been almost consumed without hearing anything. The army's transport capacity is still stretched thin, and the troops escorting the transport team are not enough. If Xixia sends a surprise force to harass the grain road at this time, even Liu Ziguang will have a big headache.
Why are you afraid? Sure enough, several teams are eyeing the transport team of the Western Expedition Army. However, they are not Galdan's soldiers and horses, but horse thieves who roam the Hexi Corridor. These horse thieves are so tough that even the army dares to attack them.
, they came and went like arrows, which was extremely troublesome. They attacked several times in a row and actually robbed hundreds of camels and dozens of carts of supplies from the Red Shirt Army. Liu Ziguang was furious and sent cavalry to follow and pursue him.
, but the large group of troops did not stop and continued to march quickly to Jiayuguan.
In a cavalry battle involving hundreds of people, the Red Shirts had no advantage at all. Quite a few of them were even novices who had just learned how to ride a horse for a few months. They were not used to shooting with muskets on horses, and their hit rate was horribly low.
On the other hand, those horse thieves were all masters of equestrian skills, and their riding and shooting skills were even better. Coupled with their familiarity with geography, they were very skillful in fighting, and they simply annihilated the red shirt army's pursuit team.
Even more terrifying things are yet to come. The horse thieves put on the captured Red Shirt Army uniforms, picked up firecrackers, and flew the flag of the Ming Dynasty. They disguised themselves as Red Shirt Army soldiers and attacked a transportation team behind them.
There happened to be Liu Ziguang's family members in the team. Dong Xiaowan, Xue Xiangying, Dai Wenpei and others followed this team. The horse thieves used the cover of their clothes to loot the transport team. Almost no one escaped, but luckily, there was a ship equipped with a radio.
A small sounding airship was patrolling nearby and immediately notified Liu Ziguang via telegraph when it discovered the situation.
After hearing the news, Liu Ziguang immediately led a thousand cavalry to come to the rescue. When they arrived at the scene, they could only see a mess. The fighting was particularly fierce near the carriage where Dong Xiaowan and the others were sitting. There were dozens of corpses, many of which were shot by Dai Wenpei.
The female relatives who died with hidden weapons were all gone, needless to say, they were kidnapped by horse thieves. Liu Ziguang was so angry that his teeth were itching, but there was no good way. Hundreds of people could drag you to death with guerrilla warfare. Faced with this,
With such a cunning enemy, artillery and airships are of no use, so we can only do it in a hurry.
There were a few old guys in Liu Ziguang's team who had been doing business all year round, and they were very good at finding horse hoof prints in the desert. They led the thousands of red-shirted troops and pursued them directly along the tracks left by the horse thieves.