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After slaughtering the sheep, use a knife to cut a small hole in the sheep's neck, insert a small tube, and then blow air into the sheepskin while beating it hard, and the sheepskin will be separated from the mutton.
Then cut off the sheep's head and limbs, and then tear the sheepskin from the head downwards, the sheepskin will fall off completely. Just tie up the holes on the head, limbs and tail, and blow air into it, and it will become an air bag.
Most of the 20,000 Qin troops were Tibetans. They had been herding since childhood, and many of them knew how to make sheepskin bags. When Qian Da said so, they started to do it themselves, working in pairs and with great agility.
Sheepskins were quickly and completely draped over to make sheepskin bags, and the mutton was dragged to the water's edge, gutted and cleaned to make a delicious meal.
Among them, the one who moved the fastest was Doji, who came from the shore of Qinghai Lake. Because of his bravery in combat, he is now a squad leader.
Doji means Vajra in Tibetan, and he looks like a furious Vajra. When he is at home, he is the pillar of the family.
When the Qin army was forcibly conscripting men, Doji once escaped. However, the clan leader was afraid of the Qin army and arrested his parents. Doji had no choice but to follow the Qin army to Moxi.
Along the way, they were forced to wear Qin army uniforms and tie their hair into Han Chinese buns. Military officials at all levels constantly instilled new ideas in them and taught them to speak Chinese.
Despite this, they were still very disgusted with the Qin army's forced conscription during the period and were always thinking about escaping.
Later, when they arrived in the Western Regions, the Qin army matched them with many Western Regions women and asked them to take them to the western desert to graze.
Especially since the Western Expedition, with the help of the Qin army's rocket launchers and flintlock rifles, the army was invincible. Not only did they get a lot of beautiful women, but everyone also got a lot of spoils. If they were herding sheep at home, they would never be able to earn so much in their entire life.
General Su Jin has promised that their share of the spoils can be sent back to their families, which is enough for them to live a relatively comfortable life.
There were women, money, clear rewards and punishments in the army, and constant education from the magistrates.
Now Duoji has completely regarded himself as a member of the Qin army. He takes the initiative to learn Chinese characters in his spare time and fights bravely. Let alone running away, even if someone drives him back home, he may not be willing to do so.
Almost all the Tibetan soldiers had similar feelings to Doji. The military camp had changed them so much that they had unknowingly become proud of being a soldier of the powerful Qin.
Especially when they saw soldiers and civilians of all ethnic groups prostrating themselves under their flags wherever they passed, their sense of pride and belonging became even stronger.
Mu Yisuifeng on the west bank saw the Qin army happily cooking cattle and slaughtering sheep across the river, and thought that the Qin army was making lunch. The reason why he thought the Qin army was happy was that they were singing while cooking cattle and slaughtering sheep, and their singing was loud and clear;
Mu Yisuifeng could understand some Chinese. The Qin army's songs were varied. In addition to lyrics like "Qin has sharp soldiers, swords are sharp, black clothes and black armor. Sweeping the eight directions", most of them were praising the power of Qin and its emperor.
Something like "The Liuyang River bends through nine bends. It reaches the Xiangjiang River by water for fifty miles. There is a Xiangtan County by the river. A county magistrate named Qin emerged and led the people to liberation." It sounds very melodious...
Mu Yisuifeng had no idea that this was the Qin Dynasty's plan to take advantage of the Mongolians and Tibetans' love of singing and dancing. The Qin army taught these forced young men many songs through entertainment. In fact, the Qin army was using these songs to brainwash them in disguise. When they had free time, the military assistant officers would take the lead in singing.
After the Qin army cooked the cattle and sheep, they ate and drank on the opposite bank. They did not seem to care too much about the Kazakh army on the west bank. They ate with their mouths full of oil and were enjoying themselves.
The more this happened, the more worried Mu Yisuifeng became. He patrolled the river again and again and ordered his soldiers to strengthen the defense.
After eating, the Qin army on the east bank rested on the grass for about an incense stick of time before starting to assemble.
A series of horn sounds were heard, and Doji and Shili's brothers jumped up. They were the first group of people to cross the river.
Guerrilla General Yang Tianfang rode his horse to the assembled 500 men and shouted, "Listen up, soldiers. We will cross the river first. Remember, don't panic. There are rockets and flintlocks on the east bank to provide us with fire cover. Before we reach the shore, the enemy will not be able to hurt us.
But everyone must remember that you cannot scatter when crossing the river. Even if you are pushed downstream by the water, you must stick together so that the firepower from the east bank can provide us with cover. If you scatter, our firepower coverage will be limited, and then everyone can only rely on their own luck. Do you understand?"
"General, we all understand."
"Come on, bring up the ropes." Amid Li Tianfang's shouts, a soldier brought up several bundles of ropes. "In order to prevent the current from sweeping us away, everyone should hold onto the ropes when crossing the river."
“Yes!”
"Now check your equipment."
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Two thousand Qin troops equipped with Type 69 flintlock rifles have formed three firing formations on the shore, and there are rocket launchers and ferocious rockets waiting to be fired.
The Kazakh army on the other side of the river had obviously never experienced the power of the Qin army's rifles. After seeing the Qin army preparing to cross the river, they also began to form a battle line and press towards the shore, preparing to stop the Qin army from crossing the river.
Amid the rumbling of footsteps, the 10,000 Kazakh army approached closer and closer, raising yellow dust all over the sky. Li Sheng, who was commanding 2,000 spearmen, watched the enemy approach with burning eyes;
Song Qiu, the general standing nearby, saw that the enemy had already approached the west bank by a hundred steps. With the river being twenty feet wide, they were already within the range of the Type 69 flintlock rifles. He could not help but ask, "General, can we open fire?"
Song Qiu was not the only one who couldn't wait. All the Qin soldiers holding rifles were itching to shoot. What a good target! The enemy obviously thought that the Qin soldiers were holding smoothbore rifles with a short range and didn't realize that they had already stepped into the gate of hell.
Moreover, such a dense formation, in front of the Qin army's rifles, was like standing together waiting to be shot. Once the Qin army opened fire, rows of bullets swept over, and the scene... ...don't mention it, all the Qin soldiers holding rifles were full of anticipation.
Li Sheng laughed and said, "Don't worry, let them get closer, closer, hahahaha..."
It was not until the enemy on the other side was fifty steps away from the shore that Li Sheng shouted, "Hit them! Hit them hard!"
Bang, bang, bang...
Bang, bang, bang...
Bang, bang, bang...
Rows of tongues of fire were spitting out, bursts of gunfire were continuous, the air was filled with smoke, and bullets were fired at the opposite bank like a rainstorm. The enemy troops on the opposite bank were lined up in dense formations, like wheat waiting to be harvested. The whistling bullets swept past, and they immediately fell down one after another.
Blood holes appeared one after another, there were screams of death and the neighs of war horses. The enemy troops on the west bank fell one after another, blood rained down, and corpses were everywhere on the ground.
Wounded horses ran rampant, dying soldiers were trampled, and ten thousand enemy troops were thrown into chaos and fled in all directions under the torrential rain of bullets. The situation was almost completely out of control.
Mu Yisuifeng had never expected that the Qin army's rifles were so powerful. Seeing his men falling to the ground in rows like wheat in autumn, he was so scared that he rode his horse and fled, shouting as he fled: "Retreat, retreat first, quickly..."
There was no need for him to give orders to his men, as they had already been frightened and fled in panic.
"Cross the river!" Li Tianfang shouted. Doji and five hundred of his comrades held the ropes, hugged the horses' necks, and quickly stepped into the river. On the ropes they held, bulging sheepskin bags were tied tightly to form a line.
Doji couldn't swim and was very nervous before going into the water. He held on to the rope and the horse's neck tightly. After entering the water, he found that the buoyancy of the sheepskin bag and the warhorse were enough to ensure that he and his body would not sink. Only then did he slowly relax.
"Don't be anxious, don't be afraid, everyone hold on to the ropes and hold on to the horses, and we will be able to cross the river safely..." Du Qianshi Baiyun continued to encourage everyone.
Fortunately, this section of the river is about to flow into a flat desert area, and the water flow is not very fast. As long as you hold the rope tightly, the warhorse can take you across the river without you struggling.
Mu Yisuifeng on the other side of the river escaped from the Qin army's bullet range and found that the Qin army's gunfire had stopped. He was a man who was used to life and death, and he quickly came to his senses.
And he thought that if he retreated like this, Yang Jier would definitely chop off his head, and he would be dead anyway. So he stopped first, began to gather his troops, and kept boosting morale, preparing to fight back to the river... ... ... ..
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.(To be continued..)
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