Chapter Ninety-Six: Cavalry Duel (Ask for Collection)

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General Zhu Hongzhang, Shaanxi Governor Wei Guangtao, Shaanxi Governor Zhu Shijun and Shanxi Governor Zhao Wenkai all looked not very good. Although the status of Prince Horqin Boyan Nemohu is the highest among all people, he can't bury people like this!

"Your Royal Highness, it's not that we are afraid of the Western Sichuan Army, it's really that the guns of the Western Sichuan Army are powerful, and it's difficult to deal with these green battalions alone! If there is a new army, the old man will also dare to go out of the city and fight a hard-fought battle with the western Sichuan army! Zhu Hongzhang said.

"Yes! His Royal Highness the Prince. Xi'an is vital and cannot afford to lose. We have to make sure that Xi'an is not lost! Wei Guangtao also explained.

"Humph! The hundreds of thousands of troops are still afraid of the less than 50,000 Western Sichuan Army, are you still considered a man? Since you don't dare to fight, then I'll do it. We Mongolian sons are not afraid of the guns of the Western Sichuan Army, I will use the saber and bow and arrow in my hand to cut off the head of that young marshal with my own hands and give it to the emperor! Boyan said proudly. As Mongolian nobles, Genghis Khan's blood flows through their bodies, and they were born to fight! Even though the Manchus suppressed the Mongols for more than 200 years, for example, each Mongol family could only leave one son to inherit the incense, and the others had to be lamas, the will to fight in the blood of the Mongols still did not disappear.

"Your Royal Highness, the western Sichuan army is strong, and it is too dangerous to go out of the city to fight, so I should stay in the city!" Shaanxi Governor Wei Guangtao hurriedly persuaded him. If Bo Yan Namo Hu has something that is long and short, how can they explain it to the imperial court!

Although Boyan Namohu is not famous, his father Seng Lingqin is a well-known general. Seng Lingqin is the twenty-sixth grandson of Genghis Khan's second brother Habtu Hasar, and later succeeded to his distant cousin Horqin County King Sotnamu Duobuji as his heir. In the third year (5 years) of Xianfeng of Qing Wenzong, the monk Gelinqin led the troops to defeat the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the southern suburbs of Tianjin. In 55 years, he was named the Prince of Bodol Gatai, hereditary replacement. In the same year, he exterminated Li Kaifang's department of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Fengguantun, Shandong, and captured Li Kaifang alive. During the Second Opium War in 59, he commanded the Battle of Dagukou, defeated the British and French forces, and built forts with Li Chaoyi in Ninghe, Yingcheng, Dagu and other places to resist aggression. In 60 years, Dagukou and Tianjin fell, and he led the army with the Mongol cavalry as the main force and retreated to Tongzhou to defend. His troops and the British and French allied forces fought at the Bali Bridge in Tongzhou, and the battle of the Bali Bridge was defeated, and the main Mongolian force was lost. The British and French troops entered Yanjing and destroyed the Old Summer Palace. Xuan was robbed of the title and still served as the minister of the Imperial Mission. In May of the fourth year of Tongzhi (65 years), in the battle of Gaolouzhai, Seng Greenqin was surrounded by the Twist Army Lai Wenguang and Song Jingshi in Wujiadian, near Gaolouzhai, Heze County, Caozhou, Shandong. Monk Greenqin then led a small number of cavalry to break through, hid in the woods, and was captured by Zhang Zongyu's troops in the forest, and was killed in the wheat field. Soon after the death of Monk Greenqin, the news of his death was transmitted back to Beijing, and the Qing court was shocked and dropped out of the dynasty for three days to show respect. Qing Muzong drove his own family to the monk Lingqin mansion to pay tribute, and set up a shrine for the monk Greenqin. Such an honor can be said to be unique in the late Qing Dynasty. Therefore, the Qing court also attached great importance and preferential treatment to the descendants of Seng Lingqin.

"No need to persuade you, when the western Sichuan army arrives, I will lead the army out of the city to meet the battle. You just have to guard Xi'an City! Boyan said stubbornly. After finishing speaking, no one else's face turned on his face and left directly.

"General, what are you going to do? If His Royal Highness has any accident, how can we explain it to the court? Wei Guangtao said hurriedly.

"His Royal Highness the Prince insists on facing the Western Sichuan Army, and it is useless for us to persuade him, what can be done. Don't worry, after he sees the strength of the Western Sichuan Army, he will retreat. Then he won't be accusing us of not daring to go out of the city to fight! Zhu Hongzhang said faintly. He was a contemporary of Boyan Namohu's father, Seng Gelinqin, and in terms of military exploits, he was not inferior to Monk Gelinqin, but in terms of the glory he received, it was a world of difference. Therefore, he was a little dissatisfied with Monk Grinqin. Now Boyan Nemohu wants to send himself to death, and his persuasion is ineffective, so it's no wonder that he can't be blamed!

"Well, then! That's all there is to it! Wei Guangtao said helplessly. The western Sichuan army captured Baoji in one day, how could it be so easy to deal with. I hope that Boyan Nemohu will not lose himself when he goes out of the city to fight this time, otherwise it will not end well.

At 12 o'clock at noon on 20 June, the army of the Western Sichuan Army arrived less than 20 miles from Xi'an. The whole army began to bury the pot and cook, and after resting for two hours, it would launch an attack on Xi'an depending on the situation. At the same time, a team of scouts set off ahead of time, and they were going to monitor the movements of the Qing army outside the city of Xi'an. According to the news obtained before, there are 50,000 Mongolian cavalry in Xi'an, although the Mongolian cavalry using cold weapons is not high, but the mobility is very strong, if they take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, and the western Sichuan army is defenseless, it is really a capsized ship in the gutter.

The arrival of the Western Sichuan Army immediately caused panic among the defenders of Xi'an. The gates, which had been open, closed with a bang. The Qing troops on the city wall were all shouting loudly. Obviously, after the news of the fall of Baoji came, they had a deep fear of the Western Sichuan Army. Although there were no more than a few dozen scouts, they were just as terrified.

Soon, Zhu Hongzhang, Wei Guangtao, Zhu Shijun, Zhao Wenkai and Boyan Nemohu and others all rushed to the city wall. Outside the city, dozens of Western Sichuan troops were less than five miles away from the Xi'an city wall. They have dismounted and let the war horses graze on their own in order to save the body of the war horses. At the same time, some of the western Sichuan troops were also lying on the ground to rest, and the other part was pointing towards Xi'an City.

"This should be the vanguard of the Western Sichuan Army, and their large army should be behind!" Zhu Hongzhang said to the western Sichuan army.

"Order all troops to be vigilant and prepare to defend against the attack of the Western Sichuan Army!" Wei Guangtao said cautiously.

"Open the city gate, this king will lead the army out of the city to fight!" Boyan Nemohu said.

"Your Royal Highness, don't be reckless!" Wei Guangtao persuaded.

"This king has his own opinions!" Boyan Nemohu ignored Wei Guangtao's dissuasion at all, and went directly down the city wall and went back to the barracks to reorganize the army.

Because it was noon, he had to wait until after the soldiers had eaten lunch before going out of the city to fight. When the gates of Xi'an City opened, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.

"Platoon commander, the Qing army is out of the city!" The scouts of the Western Sichuan Army, who were in charge of monitoring Xi'an City, hurriedly reported to the reconnaissance platoon commander.

"You guys, go back and report it immediately. We continue to monitor them! "The reconnaissance platoon commander quickly made arrangements. A few scouts quickly stepped on their horses and ran towards the place where the large army was.

Groups of Mongolian cavalry rushed out of the city of Xi'an and formed a formation outside the city. In more than half an hour, 50,000 Mongolian cavalry gathered outside Xi'an City and formed a black sea. On the city wall, Zhu Hongzhang and the others watched this qiē silently, although they all thought that Boyan Nemohu was completely hitting a stone with an egg.

"Let's go!" Riding on a tall horse, Boyan Nemohu waved the whip in his hand and commanded loudly. Suddenly, 50,000 Mongol cavalry gathered in a black river and rolled westward.

The scouts of the Western Sichuan Army, in front of these Mongol cavalry, continued to monitor them.

At the same time, the large troops of the Western Sichuan Army, which had just had lunch, also immediately rested in the middle and began to move. The troops began to form a neat stormtroop formation in a line. In front of them were mortars and heavy machine guns of various units of the Western Sichuan Army. Behind it was an artillery position of nearly two hundred Type 2 infantry guns of six brigades. Since the Qing army took the initiative to go out of the city to fight, of course they couldn't ask for it.

"Mongol cavalry, Boyan Nemohu, son of the monk king? I'd rather rattle, is it the Mongolian cavalry or our artillery heavy machine guns are powerful! Wang Yuze said with some excitement. Hundreds of years ago, the Mongol cavalry swept across Eurasia and built a vast empire. However, with the progress of the times, the Mongolian cavalry, which is still relying on cold weapons to fight, will eventually be crushed by the wheels of history!