The torrential rain poured all night without words, in such weather, it is impossible for both sides to launch a night attack, but at this time there are still many people who can't sleep peacefully, naturally needless to say that Princess Nukeli who is worried about her own affairs and worries about the dilemma of Zhan Xibang's affairs, Xue Pan is in the middle of the night, Rao is already lying down and going to bed, or tossing and turning, Zhen'er asked if she wants to drink tea, Xue Panyan doesn't need to, just lying silent, in the middle of the night there are those so-called sacred cows on the street who don't sleep, mooing and mooing, Zhen'er stuffed her ears with her hands, and said angrily: "These damn cows, that is, in this city, if we were outside before, we would have to lead them up and slaughter them for meat a long time ago, and if we were born here, we have to take into account the thoughts of the Tianzhu people, and we can't eat beef!" ”

"I want to eat it too," Xue Pan smiled, "The birds are fading out of their mouths, but you have to pay attention to their thoughts, what you said is very true, Zhen'er, where is your favorite meat on the cow?" ”

"The small favorite to eat is the oxtail, everyone says that the beef is delicious, I think the oxtail tastes the best, boiled with high heat, and then put it into stew together with ginger, shallots and yellow wine, etc., an hour later, the flesh and bones are crispy, the muscles and bones are very delicious, the skin and meat taste good, the small one before the outside specifically asked for this oxtail to eat, if you can't eat it for a while, dry it with a snack, it is also excellent," Zhen'er said with great interest, but it seems that the more she talked, the more hungry she became, "This will be in the middle of the night, and the small ones will starve to death, I don't know when I'll be able to eat it again. ”

Zhen'er was a little stunned, Xue Pan smiled slightly, her eyes shining in the middle of the night, "Want to eat oxtail?" It's also very simple, and I'm afraid that I will eat it in a few days. ”

At four or five o'clock in the morning, the heavy rain gradually weakened, Xue Pan got up early and found that the sky was full of morning light, today's weather was excellent, most of the white clouds, the first sunny day after the rain, and the air was also very clear, but this kind of weather was not a good weather for combat.

Xue Pan ascended to the seat, everyone was already waiting outside, and when they saw Xue Pan coming in, they all bent down and bowed, Xue Pan saw that Nukli was also here, his face was calm, and he just nodded to himself, even if it was a salute, "The weather is good, although it is a rainstorm overnight, but the patrolling heroes come to report, the ground is still very flat, I mean," Xue Pan looked around at everyone, "I want to fight once today, try the strength of the British!" ”

Everyone knew Xue Pan's plan, and everything had been prepared last night, and Jin Ning obeyed the order, "The elite soldiers who have been trained these days, 2,000 Sichuan troops and 1,000 native soldiers, listen to the first order of the class!" ”

"Have the horses we captured from the North African Legion been properly trained now?"

"All of them have been tamed," replied Jinning, "and there are more than 1,300 horses in all, all of which are available." ”

"Good!" Xue Pan nodded, "I will allocate you 300 war horses, plus 1,000 Sichuan troops and 1,000 native soldiers, to fight!" ”

Xue Pan was not ready to send all the cavalry, Jin Ning didn't ask anything, just nodded in response, Nukli's chief of guard, and Kesol, the local official of Cobb City, followed Jin Ning to prepare to go out of the city to fight, Nukeli was a little eager to try, she turned her head, originally didn't want to bow to this cunning Chinese, but thinking of the battle that might happen next, she couldn't help it, "Lord Xue, I also ask to go out of the city to fight!" ”

Xue Pan shook his head, and Nukri hurriedly said, "I can fight on the battlefield and kill the enemy!" Don't worry about my safety! She thought that Xue Pan was afraid that the sword had no eyes and was injured on the battlefield, "I am the princess of Champai, and I should serve Champong." ”

"You can serve, but this time is not the time for you to serve," Xue Panfu shook his head again, and calmly but firmly rejected Nukri's request to fight, "This time is a real battle, and it is a tentative battle, it is not yet the time for a real decisive battle, princess, please be calm, and when that time comes, I will let you fight." ”

"But I can't even contribute to Chhansi right now!" Nukeli raised her eyebrows and glared at Xue Pan.

"The way you can contribute to Chhansi Bang is to sit here quietly and not question my orders, this is the greatest contribution to Chhansi Bang," Xue Pan glanced at Nukri and left with his sleeves, "The rest of the people will go up to the city wall with me to watch the battle!" Princess, do you want to go? If you go, please beat the drums to the fighters and increase their combat effectiveness! ”

Xue Pan took everyone up to the city wall, and after a while, Nukri was also on the city wall with Shaluk, because of the rainy season, so the water level of the big river on the side of the city soared, and the effect of protecting the city was very good.

The gates of the city of Dewana were wide open, and the cavalry and musketeers rushed out, and in a short time they formed a formation outside the city, slowly but surely pressing towards the British camp.

Charlie also got the news, and seeing that the Chinese actually started to attack on the first day after the rain, he nodded and put down the binoculars, "How many troops are the Chinese now?" ”

"If you unite those Tianzhu people on the mainland, it is about 5,000 people, to about 6,000 people, this is the number of soldiers."

"So they sent about a thousand men, obviously to test our forces?" Another officer on the side said.

"Not necessarily," Charlie shook his head, "they may have the rest of the arrangement, but they can do it now, I am very happy to accept such a challenge," Charlie's eyes showed an eager expression, "If we can't go head-to-head, then we can't judge how effective the other party is, whether our combat power can defeat them, pass the order, send half of the force, let these Chinese try our combat effectiveness!" ”

The war is about to break out, the specific combat process does not need to be repeated, horizontal and vertical is that the two sides began to confront each other head-on, Jinning relied on the city wall to begin to fight against Charlie's British army head-on, musketeers fired in three rows, infantry and cavalry fought together, both sides braved their own bullets and bullets, began to fight to the death, Jinning's method of training and warfare was very effective, Sichuan Army Rao is a general level of domestic army, these days of training, it is actually quite powerful, at least in half an hour after the battle, reached a stalemate situation.

But after half an hour, under the attack of the British's muskets, his side began to be unable to support it, although Jin Ning's order was still able to be well executed, but obviously the defeat slowly showed its decadence, Li Man looked at Xue Pan, "Squad leader, this time ......"