The faint scent of sandalwood permeates the imperial study, which makes people feel calm.

After a hearty conversation between the monarch and the minister, Niu Ben and Luo Quan had no regrets in their hearts, and in the face of Xiao Ming's place in the Military Academy, the two of them were grateful.

As the saying goes, once a son of heaven and a courtier, they are the former ministers around Xiao Wenxuan, and now they have no regrets that they can win such an honor in this new monarch.

"Emperor Xie Longen, after this battle, the ministers will definitely give Your Majesty a peaceful grassland." Niu Ben said categorically.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, the current Great Yu State is no longer the object of bullying by the Golden Horde, on the contrary, they have the ability to drive this steppe tribe out of the sphere of influence of the Great Yu State, and now the Golden Horde is so ignorant, he can only use guns to tell them what the truth is.

After finalizing the plan for Niu Ben and Luo Quan to attack the Golden Horde, the three discussed some specific details before ending the conversation.

For Xiao Ming, now he only needs to give a general strategic direction, and the specific operation still needs Niu Ben to be qualified and Luo Quan to play it himself.

Of course, he was also responsible for the issue of firearms and ammunition, after all, the attack on the Golden Horde would involve a large number of Han-style rifles and guards artillery.

And in the supply he gave Zhu Sansi this time, he also prepared 6,000 Han-style rifles and 16 guards artillery, and it was still a little difficult for Zhu Sansi to break the situation, and it was still a little difficult to rely on the supply of food.

After all, this siege of Yaksa was a linkage between Tsarist Russia and the Golden Horde, and he had to solve this thorny problem before Niu Ben and Luo Quan could attack.

February 16.

After a month of preparation, the steam locomotive loaded with 1,000 sleds, 6,000 Han-style rifles, 16 guards artillery, 300,000 rounds of metal bullets, and 1,000 shells set off from Qingzhou to Jianzhou.

"Tsk, these sleds are pretty good."

Zhang Qinian looked at the sleds exposed in the carriage and admired, these sleigh skeletons are made of steel, and the main body is covered with thick wooden planks, which are very durable at a glance.

"Captain, what are these sleds, these are the real guys." When Zhang Qinian sighed, the soldiers under his command sighed.

When he came back to his senses, Zhang Qinian saw that the soldiers who were carrying the sled were walking around the corner of the carriage, still holding a Chinese-style rifle in his hand, and immediately said angrily: "Rabbit cub, do you want to go to the military court one by one?" Don't let me out yet. ”

He was the commander of the 1st Division of the Cavalry Corps under Qi Guangyi, and it was their division that was responsible for supporting Zhu Sansi who was trapped in Yaksa.

They had been waiting here for three days before the train arrived, and today the supplies finally arrived.

was scolded by Zhang Qinian, and the soldiers carried the sleigh down from the carriage in a hurry, and he went straight to the corner of the carriage.

In fact, it was not only the soldiers who were curious, but he, the division commander, was also very curious about the supplies to Zhu Sansi, after all, Han-style rifles were only prepared in small quantities for the army, and they were even less common as cavalry.

"So much!"

Zhang Qinian was shocked after seeing the Han-style rifles in the corner, there were hundreds of wooden boxes containing Han-style rifles, but this was only one of his surprised wishes.

Because after the Han-style rifle, he saw boxes of metal bullets and shells, and so many metal bullets were enough to shock him.

"These bullets are all silver." The regiment commanders who were beside Zhang Qinian said enviously and painfully, compared with paper shell bullets, he could imagine the cost of this kind of bullet just by looking at it.

However, relatively speaking, this bullet completely solves the problem of air leakage of breech guns, and can make Han-style rifles more powerful.

Compared with the Falcon rifle, the Han-style metal bullet can also be more suitable for winter.

"When will our cavalry also be able to equip Han-style rifles, and use Han-style rifles to fight barbarians on horses, it's exciting to think about it." Another regiment commander said enviously.

"Yes, division commander, when I go back this time, I must ask Commander Qi to apply to the Military Aircraft Department, now all the soldiers in Dayu have innovated their equipment, but our cavalry has not moved." Another regimental commander said.

Zhang Qinian licked his lips, these weapons did make his eyes hot, he said: "Don't forget what the commander said when he came, make a request before the battle is fought, this is not the style of our legion, if you want to equip a Han-style rifle to form a lancer, this time we have to fight this support war, otherwise how can the commander have the face to ask for a gun from the military aircraft department." ”

The officers' faces suddenly became serious, and they said in unison; "Don't worry, division commander, we won't embarrass the legion."

Zhang Qinian nodded, "Let the soldiers unload the goods quickly, and we will set off tomorrow." ”

After preparing for one day, the next day, Zhang Qinian personally led the cavalry to advance to Yaxa, and they specially brought additional horses for this batch of supplies.

The horses trudged through the snow with sleds laden with supplies, and the rapid gliding of the sleds on the snow made transportation easier than the previous embarrassment of getting stuck in the snow.

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Yaksa.

After repelling a wave of slave soldiers from the Golden Horde, Zhu Sansi stood on the city wall and continued to observe the enemy's situation.

It had been nearly three months since the war reports had been sent out to supply the Golden Horde, and they had exhausted almost all of their ammunition reserves a month earlier in the face of the attack of the Golden Horde and the Russian soldiers.

In the past month, they have completely returned to the era of cold weapons, and can only use bayonets to repel enemy attacks again and again.

But this situation was broken with the arrival of Russian reinforcements from Kunesk, who, after the capture of Yaksa, reacted Kunesk, after colluding with the Golden Horde, sent an army of 1,000 men to the city of Yaksa.

This army was armed with flintlock pistols and artillery, and when they lost ammunition, they were tortured enough by the firearms of the Tsars.

"Division commander, if the ammunition supply doesn't come again, we really can't hold on, the soldiers are injured and there is no medicine to treat them, and it is very cold here, and the original small injuries have become fatal injuries here." Gao Yingfeng's face is white and black.

During the battle, the Russians used lime bullets, fortunately they received training in this area, so they were more prepared, but even so, some soldiers were injured in the eye.

Zhu Sansi's face was as deep as water, and he said: "Before coming here, you and I had the intention of encountering the worst situation, and now is the most difficult time, the Tsarist Russians are still going to die to defend the city they occupied, how can we, as the army defending the land of the Great Yu Kingdom, easily say bitter, even if we are bare-handed, we will fight the national prestige!" ”

Gao Yingfeng scratched his head anxiously, and he said: "If you want to die, let me die here, division commander, you can't stay here, there is still the last bit of ammunition left, this is specially reserved for you to break through by the lower officials, you can't wait any longer!" ”