Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 331: Rushing forward to fight against Shawan (Part )
As soon as the cannon fired, soldiers from Buryat, Kyrgyz, Tatar and other tribes quickly lowered their bodies and raised their shields. Different from ordinary shields, their shields are made of thick birch boards. There are two layers of boards with cotton and other materials stuffed in the middle. They can not only protect against ordinary bullets, but also against shell fragments. Staying low can also effectively reduce the possibility of being shot by shrapnel muskets. These tribes were at the forefront of the fight against Tsarist Russia. They had fought battle after battle and were extremely experienced in dealing with firearms.

More and more rafts and canoes were coming ashore. The Guards gunners and archers on the river beach started shooting, and the sounds of "bang bang" and "swish" were heard endlessly. The Dzunggar soldiers hid behind their shields. Even so, some people kept being shot and fell down.

The Chechen took off the long bow from his back and hit a Guards archer with a "chirp" arrow. Then he kicked off his big feet and jumped onto the river beach from the raft. "Get in formation, get in formation quickly," he shouted at the soldiers who had landed on the shore.

Under the organization of officials at all levels, Junggar soldiers formed units of a hundred and rushed to the beach in front lines.

"Ah!" A soldier next to him unfortunately stepped on a caltrop and rolled in pain. Zhuote Babatur looked at the miserable state of this man, hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and continued to charge. He could not retreat because his father was Batur Hutaiji.

"What's going on? Why don't you move forward?" The Chechens who rushed to the front found a group of stopped soldiers, but they were the subordinates of Harbin Temur, the head of the thousand households.

"Taiji, there is a trench blocking the road ahead, and we are preparing to dig soil to fill the trench," Temur reported.

The Chechens observed carefully that there was indeed a trench on the opposite side, with an earthen rampart behind the ditch, and the Guardsmen shooters were hiding behind the ramparts and shooting. However, the trench was neither wide nor deep, and it was obviously just dug.

"There is no need to fill it with soil. You can bring the raft across the river and knock it down. It will be a wooden bridge," he ordered.

"Yes", Temur took the order.

This method was indeed fast and effective. "Wooden bridges" were quickly built on the trenches, and the Junggar soldiers passed along the "bridges".

"Shoot! Shoot hard!" behind the fort, Badi chieftain Chuobumuling shouted, urging the archers of his headquarters to shoot.

A black shadow jumped over the earth barrier, and a white light stabbed in his hand. Chuobu Muling felt a sharp pain in his chest, and the breath of life gradually disappeared. Before he died, he tried to open his eyes wide, and finally realized that the white light was a tiger gun, and the owner of the gun was a stern young man with a pair of eyes shining fiercely, like a wolf.

The Chechen stabbed Chobumuling to death with one shot, moved on, and found his second brother, Zhuote Babatour. "Second brother, today you and I have to fight for our lives, Eqi Ge is watching us."

"Brother, why do you need to remind me that today there is no enemy but me, and I am invincible?" Zhuote Babatur raised the ax in his hand, knocked down a guard with one blow, turned his face and smiled at Chechnya.

The Junggar army's offensive was fierce and fierce. The guard generals Dege Chieftain Danba Tsering and Zanla Chieftain Bu'erjixi could not restrain their men and were forced to retreat by the defeated troops.

Bu'er Jixi was unlucky and was caught up by Galjut Buhe, the head of thousands of households in Junggar. Buhe took out the steel fork used by the Buryat people to hunt tigers, and with just one fork, he killed Buerji.

Chechnya and Zot Babatur led their troops to break through the first trench and found another trench behind it. They followed the same method and built dozens of "wooden bridges" to pass along the bridge. This tactic is simple but effective. Concentrate your troops to break through several places, and the entire trench will lose its effect. Although the guardsmen were large in number, they were scattered throughout the trenches. In a single direction, they were not as powerful as the Dzungarian soldiers who concentrated their forces.

The bright silver gun flashed by, and Ji Jike killed another enemy. His shirt was stained with blood and he came to the general Ai Shan, "Deputy Wanhu, the position has been breached by the enemy in many places, retreat." Looking at the enemies swarming in along the bridge, Ai Shan angrily uttered two words: "Back off."

"Haorui~Haorui~Haorui~" the cheers of the Junggar army resounded over Shawan.

"Good! These two little wolf cubs fought beautifully! They are indeed the descendants of our Choros family!" On the north shore of Shawan, an old man with red face and white beard praised loudly, his face turned into a flower with a smile.

Nothing can make an old father happier than hearing others praise his son. Batur Hutaiji felt as comfortable as eating honey, but his face was not happy, and he said to the old man calmly: " The children have landed, please ask Uncle Ten to help them."

"The last general dares to disobey orders." Batur's tenth uncle Choktu Ubas received the military order and then landed with 3,000 elite troops. The Wolf King was still worried and ordered his favorite general Kong Jin to lead three thousand elite soldiers to follow Choktu Ubash.

"Huntaiji, this battle is very important. If we win, our army can enter Shawan City. If we lose, we will lose all the land south of Shawan River. We should work hard and move forward bravely," the adviser Bobei Taiji suggested.

"Well, you're right, I'll go there in person." Batur nodded, and ordered his people to raise his own banner on the boat and cross the river in person. When the Junggar troops on both sides of Shawan saw Huitaiji's banner, their cheers became even louder and they rushed towards the third trench of the Guards at the risk of their own lives.

With only the last line of defense left, Erketeiji no longer had the calmness and calmness he had before. He, along with Ororik, Shuoqi, Aishan, Jijike, and Danba Tsering, gathered the defeated troops and resisted desperately. . At the critical moment, Tegus rushed to Ketu with 3,000 elite soldiers.

More and more Junggar troops landed, and nearly a hundred wooden bridges were built. The situation became increasingly unfavorable for the Guards. During the fierce battle, Ororik and Shuoqi discovered that an enemy general was very brave with a tiger spear, and the guards around him were also elite. They thought he was an enemy general. He bent his bow and arrows to shoot a cold arrow, but was killed by Qianhu Harbin of Junggar. Temur noticed.

"Taiji, be careful." Temur stood in front of Chechnya, and the carved arrow penetrated his chest, and he suddenly died.

"Temur!" The Chechen was in mourning. He killed several people with a machete in his left hand and a tiger spear in his right hand, and got in front of Ororik and Shuoqi. Lao Taiji was shocked. He held his bow to block the knife, but failed to guard against the tiger spear. He was stabbed in the neck and died.

After losing the general, the morale of the Guards was greatly reduced and they had to abandon the beachhead position. Taking advantage of the surge of energy, Batur rushed directly to the foot of Shawan City and entered Shawan City.

The enemy's plan to block the north bank of Shawan River went bankrupt, and the veteran ministers Ororik and Shuoqi were killed in the battle. The atmosphere in the guard's tent was solemn.

"My slave is incompetent, please punish me." Generals Erke Taiji, Tegusi Chaoketu, Aishan, Ji Jike, and Danba Tsering knelt on the ground.

"It's not your fault for this battle, it's because I underestimated the Dzungars!" Suletan sighed leisurely, taking all the responsibility on himself, and then burst into tears, "Victory and defeat are common matters for military officers, they are nothing. What makes me sad is that I lost Ororik and Shuoqi! After decades of wind, frost, snow and rain, he should have been at home to take care of his old age, but for David, he resolutely went to war in his sixties. He died in the war today, and my heart aches! "

This cry makes the grass and trees sad, and the wind and clouds change color. All the generals were moved. Originally, according to David's system, the title of a noble minister could only be lowered by one rank by one son, and the third rank was not hereditary. Sultan issued an edict that the sons of honorable ministers who died in battle would not be demoted if they ascended the throne. Ororik Heshuoqi was originally a second-class Luo Ruohou, but his eldest son Jimuba still inherited the title of second-class Luo Ruohou and was not demoted. As soon as this order came out, the low morale was revived.

(End of this chapter)