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On the edge of the Gobi Desert, the Dzungar general Xulie Gan divided his 10,000-strong army into ten groups, each with a thousand men, and like a pack of wolves, they constantly harassed Yang Sheng's troops.
The north wind howled in this bitterly cold land, the dark clouds covered the snowy fields, and the ice was so strong that it broke the fingers and cracked the skin. The Mongolians wore fur hats, and when the cold wind blew, it was like the fine hair on the body of a hungry wolf fluttering.
The name Xuliegan is similar to Hulagu, who extended the "Whip of God" to West Asia; however, at this moment, even if Hulagu was reborn, he would not be able to do anything to Yang Sheng and the others.
The Type 68 rifle used by the Qin army had an effective range of about 300 steps. Most people may not understand what 300 steps means. In cavalry combat, since war horses cannot maintain the highest running speed for a long time, cavalry often have to get within 200 to 300 steps before launching a charge.
In other words, facing Li Sheng and his men's Type 68 rifles, Xu Liegan's cavalry had already entered the effective range of the rifles before they even started charging. Coupled with the paper shell fixed charge, the firing rate was even faster than the original smoothbore rifles, which was a nightmare for the cavalry.
Xu Liegan's troops appeared and disappeared in the surroundings at random, but very few dared to rush within a distance of 300 steps.
Li Sheng's thousand troops advanced step by step towards Muli City.
The dark clouds of war gathered in the sky. The snow and mist kicked up by the enemy's horses' hooves flew in the wind. The blaring of horns in the wilderness became louder and louder, and the rumbling of hooves came and went, bringing the tense atmosphere to its peak.
Fifteen miles is not a far distance. It took Li Sheng half an hour, but when he was halfway there, Xu Liegan realized that Li Sheng was going to seize Muli City by force.
Mulei City was built on the edge of the Gobi Desert. It had no moat, and its adobe walls were only about ten feet high, about three hundred steps long and wide. The Qin army's rockets were powerful, and such a small city was simply difficult to resist.
However, once it was captured by the Qin army, it would be extremely difficult for the Mongolian army to recapture it with sabers and bows. After realizing this, Xu Liegan had to make up his mind and ordered his army to launch a strong attack on Li Sheng.
First, two thousand captains, Bater and Nadamu, launched a charge against Li Sheng's troops from the left and right wings respectively in a scattered formation. In the vast snowy wilderness, two thousand Junggar cavalry scattered and began to rush towards the Qin army amid the sound of horns.
The shouts of "Ala!" rose into the sky, the sound of panicked hooves was like thunder exploding on the earth, the splashed snow mist was hazy and the sound was huge.
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
Just as Bater and Nadamu's troops started to charge, the Qin army's gunfire rang out at the same time. The gunfire was dispersed by the rumbling of horses' hooves, but bullets whistled in like raindrops. They shot into the bodies of the men and horses, and the wailing horses fell to the ground, splashing the snow and shooting like waves.
The following war horses leaped over, galloped a few steps, and were then shot down, rolling violently, with people howling and horses neighing, and the sound was like a tide. The fallen war horses rolled on the snow like boulders, and the scene was extremely heroic and thrilling.
Although Bater and Nadamu had dispersed their troops widely, they still suffered heavy casualties in the face of the Qin army's hail of bullets.
At this moment, the 1,000 Qin soldiers were extremely nervous. The enemy was ten times larger than us and surrounded us from all sides. The biting cold made people's hands and feet numb, and the speed of reloading was much slower than usual.
Li Sheng knew very well that the enemy forces on the left and right wings were only the first wave of attack, and their purpose was only to disperse their firepower. The real attacks would come from the front and back.
In the vast wasteland, the horses of the barbarians neigh in the wind, the enemy cavalry are like clouds, and the mountain-like pressure makes people feel breathless.
In order to deal with the impending attacks from both the front and the back, Li Sheng initially deployed only 150 men on each wing, divided into three rows of 50 men each, shooting desperately...
Seeing that the enemy had suffered heavy casualties, but nearly half of them were still approaching, Li Sheng had no choice but to shout and send another 100 soldiers to the left and right. For a moment, the sound of gunfire became more intense, and the cavalrymen led by Bater and Nadamu rushed forward, just like hitting an iron wall, and fell to the ground one after another with a loud bang...
At this moment, the deep horn sounded again, the sound resounded through the sky, Xu Liegan and his deputy general Bach each led 4,000 men, one in front and one behind, like a rolling wave, attacking the Qin army;
The scene of thousands of troops galloping was like a mountain pressing down on one's head, with murderous aura looming. The fluttering flags were bent by the strong wind, and the raised sword curtain was as dense and windless as a thorn forest, with an ominous chill.
"Don't panic, all the rockets are ready..." Li Sheng raised his knife and roared like thunder. Facing the enemy array pressing forward like a mountain, he only had 150 men in front of him. Fifty in each row, shooting desperately.
At the rear, there were 300 men, 100 in each row. The sound of gunfire was like tides, and the bullets were like rain. The enemy cavalry, which was pressing forward like the shadow of a mountain, fell to the ground in rows like wheat under a sickle as soon as they entered 300 steps. The fierce collision made the earth-shaking sound. The fallen horses kept rolling and tripped the following horses. The heroic scene was like a snow mountain collapsing layer by layer.
Bullets whistled like raindrops, piercing into the bodies of people and horses, and bursts of blood dyed the snow red.
In front of them, because the Qin army’s firepower was relatively weak, the 4,000 men led by Xu Liegan risked their lives to charge forward. Their iron hooves were like thunder, and the shouts of killing shook the sky. All the men lay on their horses’ backs, howling and leaping over the fallen horses, approaching quickly, 250 steps, 230 steps...
At this moment, all the Qin soldiers were so nervous that their foreheads were covered with sweat in the cold weather.
Xu Liegan's 4,000 troops had just entered 200 steps when Li Sheng roared, "Rockets, shoot!" There were continuous chirping sounds, and dazzling flames rose into the sky, interweaving into a magnificent meteor shower in the sky. This splendid scene seemed to freeze the entire battlefield.
Then, rockets fell from the sky like meteorites, slamming fiercely into Xulegan's galloping cavalry formation. Balls of fire exploded with thunder and lightning. The violent shock waves threw the horses into the air, and then pieces of them were torn apart and scattered like rain. As the mushroom clouds spread, the Mongolian cavalry were like paper, being torn apart and overturned by circles of explosions.
The four thousand cavalrymen were like rushing into a flaming inferno amidst the interweaving of blood and fire. They were torn into pieces before they could even let out a scream.
The Qin army fired thirty rockets, and after one salvo, another one soon followed. Meteors were intertwined in the sky again, and then fireballs burst out on the ground. The raging shrapnel swept everything. Xu Liegan and his flag were blown into the air, and when they landed, even their bodies could not be found.
This extremely tragic scene made the horses neigh and panic. All the Mongolian soldiers were so frightened that their backs were cold and their faces turned pale. They fled in all directions, running like wolves and pigs.
"Get on the horses!" Li Sheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and roared again. A thousand Qin soldiers put away their guns, mounted their horses, and rode away. They didn't care about chasing the Mongolian soldiers who were fleeing all over the mountains and plains. They swept towards Mulei City like a black cloud.
The distance was seven or eight miles and they arrived in a flash. There were still thousands of Mongolian defenders in the city. They were terrified to see the defeated soldiers outside the city scattering and the Qin army rushing in.
Li Sheng did not stop for a moment. As soon as he rushed to the east gate, two rockets flew towards the city gate.
Boom! Boom! With two loud noises, the city gate was blown into pieces of broken wooden boards, and even the city gate tower almost collapsed. The Mongolian soldiers guarding the city no longer had the will to fight and all collapsed.
"Li Du, take 500 men and chase the fleeing soldiers outside the city, quickly!"
“Yes!”
Li Du immediately sent out 500 men and horses, circled around the south of the city, and pursued and killed the enemy, while Li Sheng led the remaining 500 men and horses into Mulei City. The soldiers in the city scattered, and men, women, old and young had no time to escape. They were terrified and ran around the streets like headless flies, and the whole city was filled with cries of grief.
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
The Qin army galloped on their horses and shouted as they passed through the streets. In fact, this small city only had four streets, two horizontal and two vertical, shaped like a "well". The Qin army quickly controlled all the street intersections and the four city gates, and their actions were extremely swift.
Most of the civilians and defeated soldiers in the city had no chance to escape from the city and were trapped in a jar. Looking at the Qin army, which was completely black with only two eyes and one nostril exposed, they knelt down and raised their hands in surrender.
At this moment, the mighty wind of the Qin Dynasty blew across the Gobi Desert, stirring up a trend in the Western Regions...
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