Cutting 1719

Chapter 577 Entering Xingxing Gorge

The cold wind is howling, and the northwest land in October is a bit chilly. Under the dead leaves falling everywhere, what is buried is not the livelihood of spring, but the hard and cold land.

A pair of leather boots stepped on the dead leaves, making a small sound. Its owner is a young man named Zhu Yuyan. He is wearing a vigorous military uniform and is observing something with a binoculars in his hand. Next to him, there was a young man also in military uniform.

"Did you see anything?" A crisp voice rang out, although it was so soft that people couldn't hear it clearly, it was the young man who was asking in a low voice.

Zhu Yuyan didn't turn his head away, but still observed everything in front of him meticulously. In his field of vision through the telescope, the shadows of countless people appeared. They were stationed among the towering mountains, only the valley in the middle was filled with The endless mist made it difficult for people to see clearly.

"There is something wrong with the news from the Military Intelligence Department."

Zhu Yuyan murmured to himself that he was the descendant of Zhu Zi who had returned from crossing the sea in Japan. He was favored by the emperor and successfully entered the Military Academy of the Central Army. Second lieutenant county, and temporarily became a staff officer of the captain trainee regiment in the West Route Army.

The young man next to Zhu Yuyan is also a second lieutenant officer, but he is not as famous as Zhu Yuyan, but a second lieutenant who rose from the grassroots. His name is Zheng Guoquan. The deputy company commander got the rank of second lieutenant.

This time, the two were ordered by the Third Regiment Headquarters of the Seventh Division of the West Route Army stationed in Malianjing to observe the movement of Xingxing Gorge. Since it was only a simple pre-war observation mission, neither of them had Putting on casual clothes, he climbed directly over the mountain to find a location closest to Xingxing Gorge, and started the observation task.

After hearing Zhu Yuyan's words, Zheng Guoquan was suddenly curious. He looked at the binoculars in Zhu Yuyan's hand with envy. Such good things are usually equipped by officers above the company chief officer, and his deputy The company commander didn't have such qualifications yet, so he could only listen to Zhu Yuyan's words.

As an officer who graduated from the Central Army Military Academy, Zhu Yuyan was no stranger to observing the enemy's situation. While observing, he was passing information to Zheng Guoquan next to him.

"The current garrison at Xingxing Gorge seems to have been completely replaced by Nian Gengyao's troops. The garrison at the Observatory seems to be increasing, but it always makes people feel a little strange. Let me show you!"

While talking, Zhu Yuyan handed the binoculars to Zheng Guoquan, and Zheng Guoquan happily took the binoculars and wiped them before starting to observe.

After a while, Zheng Guoquan's voice began to ring out, his voice was still small but clear, "From observation, they are many in number, but most of them seem to be dead, almost motionless , only a few people will move around, I thought they might be cheating!"

"Cheating?" Zhu Yuyan quickly realized, he quickly took over the binoculars again, observed it again, and then asked with some uncertainty: "You mean, are they all dummies?"

"That's right, the news reported by the Military Intelligence Department three days ago is that Hami's defenders are retreating, and it seems that they are all Zhungeer's soldiers."

Zheng Guoquan quickly recorded on the paper with charcoal, and sighed, "I don't believe that Nian Gengyao will fight us in Xingxing Gorge for Zhungeer, otherwise he wouldn't run away, and it has been foggy recently , he may have already considered how to get rid of us!"

Arranging grass men on the Xingxing Gorge, pretending to be soldiers assembled, it seems that it is really something that Nian Gengyao can do.

Zheng Guoquan pondered for a while, and he said softly: "But we are not sure yet, we have to get close and observe, and the current foggy day may provide us with concealment."

Zhu Yuyan subconsciously objected: "No, this will only expose our whereabouts and scare the snake away." Among the knowledge he learned from the military academy, there are extremely strict requirements for reconnaissance, that is, no signs of reconnaissance can be found by anyone, otherwise All the information at the moment may be in vain.

Right now, Zheng Guoquan's approach is increasing the risk of exposure, so Zhu Yuyan will not accept it. He hopes to report the information and then use probing attacks to determine the authenticity of this place.

Zheng Guoquan looked at Zhu Yuyan helplessly. Although their military ranks were the same, the task at the moment was obviously focused on Zhu Yuyan, a well-established officer, so he could only try to communicate.

"If we report back now, our time does not allow it. When the military situation is unknown, the army can only bite the bullet and attack Xingxing Gorge. We cannot bear this responsibility."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuyan turned his head to look at Xingxing Gorge again, his expression changed, and after a while he finally sighed.

"I'll listen to you this time, let's go!"

In the final analysis, for Zhu Yuyan, he also hopes to develop himself in the Fuhan Army system and realize his dream by establishing credit.

After discussing with each other, the two changed their military uniforms directly, and then took out the clothes of ordinary people in the package and changed them on. It's just that they have been soldiers for too long, no matter what angle you look at, they have an undisguised military temperament. It looked very outstanding, but fortunately Zheng Guoquan found out that something was wrong, so he smeared the two of them with mud to cover it up.

In the afternoon, the two quietly followed the path to the bottom of the Xingxing Gorge, and then moved towards the direction of the Xingxing Gorge. I don't know how long it took to shorten the distance to the Xingxing Gorge defenders. It's less than a hundred steps, and at such a distance, they can certainly observe, but once they are discovered by the Xingxingxia defenders, it will be a dead end.

Since it was late autumn, the temperature in Xingxingxia Gorge was extremely low, so that the two people who were close to the ground felt the bone-chilling cold, but they had no way to keep warm, so they had to tremble and look at the Looking at the situation on Xingxing Gorge, I saw that those shadowy crowds were all made of straw figures, and only a small number of people were real!

Zhu Yuyan suddenly felt a shiver. He didn't expect that what they discovered was true. He felt his muscles trembling. It seemed that it was because of the cold, but more of it was because of excitement. With this credit, maybe they will be promoted by one rank!

The same is true of Zheng Guoquan on the side. They began to observe the movement on the Xingxing Gorge from the corner of their eyes, and recorded some boring numbers on paper with charcoal pens, but only they themselves understood that these boring numbers themselves were the most confidential military affairs. Intelligence, after they return to the rear, they will at least reduce the casualties of the Fuhan army by more than half!

After the sunset completely fell, the two quietly returned from a long distance, and passed on the information they had recorded all the way up, and because of the specific intelligence data to support their information, their information was not blocked, but was passed on smoothly all the way to the Ning Zhongyi, the governor of the Western Expeditionary Army.

Ning Zhongyi was also shocked when he got the news, because according to the original information, the Xingxing Gorge is now heavily assembled, and he plans to wait until the follow-up reinforcements are in place before launching an attack. The intelligence made the attack on Xingxingxia earlier by at least ten days!

When the soldiers of the Fuhan Army set off towards the Xingxing Gorge in the twilight of dawn, the city of Hami became a mess at this time, and there were gunshots coming from the city from time to time. Killing and looting, thick black smoke shot straight into the sky, like a hell.

That's right, just after Xiaoce Lingdunduobu led his army to withdraw from Hami and march westward to Guleza, Nian Gengyao lived up to his ardent entrustment, and went directly to Hami to start a large-scale looting, in order to Boost the morale that has been low for a long time, and re-water the fighting spirit of the troops with blood.

The Zhungeer people in the city didn't expect this at all, and they were brutally murdered, while the Han people in the city became the targets of Nian Gengyao's protection, because he needed more Han people to expand his strength and ensure his basic life. Pan, under such circumstances, being able to speak Chinese is the guarantee of survival.

"Don't kill me, I'm Han Chinese, don't kill me."

Zuo Chun looked at the murderous Nianbu soldiers on the opposite side, raised his hands in horror, he knelt on the ground, tears almost filled his eyes.

And just opposite him were two young soldiers holding Erut muskets in their hands. They frowned and looked at Zuo Chun, but in the end they didn't choose to kill him and walked towards the other side, because In the order issued by Nian Gengyao before the war, if he killed a Han person, he should also be executed.

Zuo Chun breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could stand up, he heard a gunshot, and he couldn't help but look back, only to see the young soldier trot up a few steps, and stabbed the opposite side with a bayonet. The body of an old Zhungeer, and Zuo Chun, who saw this scene with his own eyes, backed away in fright.

Then he crouched like a shrimp and vomited vigorously. Almost everything he ate was vomited out, followed by gastric juices. But he laughed, with a somewhat contemptuous smile.

Scenes like this are almost constantly being staged in the city of Hami. Perhaps everyone in the area does not know that since the Zhungeer Khanate accepted Nian Gengyao's troops, dangerous seeds have been planted, and once they germinate, they will be counterattacked.

Nian Gengyao, who personally gave the order, did not enter Hami City, but stopped outside the city, listening to the gunshots from inside, but at this moment his face was full of shame.Hu Qiheng beside him looked like he was holding a wisdom pearl.

"Yuan Fang, isn't it a little dishonest for us to do this? At least we gave us some supplies earlier, so we slaughtered Hami backhand."

Hu Qiheng looked carefree, he smiled and said: "Commander, if we don't do this, we will be the ones who will die in the future. What is that little supplies enough? We can grab ten times the supplies after slaughtering Hami. Besides, we are only going to fight for two days, and after we finish the fight, we will go to Turpan, and then let the Fuhan army pass through the Xingxing Gorge."

According to the previous discussion between the two, that is to let the Han army pass through the Xingxing Gorge, and they will occupy Turpan by themselves, and develop in the direction of Karashar and Kulongle in the southwest, just sit and watch the two sides compete.

Nian Gengyao nodded, he also agreed with this in his heart, but he was somewhat worried, and said in a low voice: "I don't worry about anything else at the moment, but I am afraid that the layout of the Xingxing Gorge will not be able to hide the Fuhan army. If they attack early Xia Xingxing Gorge, we can't stay here for too long, we should leave early."

"The commander-in-chief is right, please give the order!" Hu Qiheng was also a little worried. After all, Xingxing Gorge is not far from Hami. to catch up.

"Order, seal the sword at dawn! Let's break into Turpan and plunder for three days!"

"Long live the handsome!"

"Long live the handsome!"

When the morning light came on again, Hami had almost become a ruin, the city filled with corpses was filled with endless blood, and in the distance was a team carrying a large number of horses and carts. He walked towards the distance, but he didn't even bother to wipe off the blood on his body.

And in the Xingxing Gorge in the distance, victory was also ushered in at this time. This key strategic location known as the throat did not cause too many casualties to the Fuhan army, because the soldiers stationed in the Xingxing Gorge almost There were only hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled, and they chose to surrender as soon as the Fuhan army marched.

Zhu Yuyan, who was tracking down the captives, had a little excitement on his face. He and Zheng Guoquan just caught this opportunity during this routine reconnaissance, so they were rewarded for it, and were recorded by the Military Merit Department, and thus With the promotion opportunity, he can officially become a lieutenant staff officer.

"Congratulations, Lieutenant Zhu!"

Zheng Guoquan also had a smile on his face. His persistence this time got what he deserved, and he was also promoted to lieutenant. It's just that his promotion was even more rare, because he got the opportunity to enter the regiment directly. After this decentralization, he can at least become a deputy battalion commander or a company commander.

"Congratulations to you too, Lieutenant Zheng!"

The two laughed heartily at the same time, their eyes filled with hope for the future, and there are many, many similarities with the two of them. Along the long arc of the entire northern Xinjiang, there are many young people who are making contributions , because from east to west, the battle between the Fuhan army and the Russian army has completely started.

(End of this chapter)