Xingxing Gorge is the first pass into and out of Xinjiang. This beautiful and unseemly name is indeed well-deserved. When Xu Zhanbiao saw this place for the first time, he was deeply attracted by this wonder.
Xingxingxia does not mean that this is the best place to watch stars, but that the entire desert is full of stars. You can clearly see them at night. The stars are actually on the ground and not in the sky.
Xingxing Gorge is said to be a canyon, but in fact it is not just a gap. It is a huge S-shaped pass. The rolling mountains facing each other from the north to the south suddenly emerge into a pass with a very complex landform.
This is a battle between wind and rocks for millions of years. It is a painstaking carving on the Gobi desert in the northwest as cold as a knife. It is a complex and dangerous road torn apart by the wind!
Of course, the deepest canyon in the pass cannot be opened by anyone, but there are layers of commanding heights above the canyon, and more than thirty stone or dry fortresses have been built.
After several bloody battles, the twelve fortresses near Anxi Prefecture, Gansu Province have fallen into the hands of Xu Zhanbiao, and the Shu army left a thousand elite troops here.
On the opposite side, less than twenty fortresses are still in the hands of the rebels. Aguba left 1,800 soldiers here, not asking them to defeat the Qing army, but just asking them to hold on this winter.
The front lines of both sides are intertwined. From the nearest fortress, each other can see each other's figures. On a windless day, both sides can curse at each other and can be heard!
The Chinese army guards led by Xu Zhanbiao sneaked up under the cover of night without alerting the enemy at all.
Under the leadership of the veterans of the Qing army in the bunker, the admiral general and two hundred soldiers quietly climbed up the cliffs on both sides of the canyon under the cover of the rock shadow. When they reached the open area, a soldier who came for the first time suddenly screamed in surprise.
"Oh... so beautiful, so many stars!"
"Shh... keep your voice down, the enemy is very close..." The guarding veteran quickly blocked his mouth.
There was no time to punish this illegal soldier. The two hundred people were already deeply attracted by this wonderful scenery. Looking wherever they could see, apart from the loess and sandstones, there were actually stars and rays of light on the desert. Twinkling stars cover the earth!
The stars are not in the sky, but on the earth!
Xu Zhanbiao whispered, "Don't make a fuss. The moon is full and bright in the sky today... There are many quartz and mica in the stones here, which reflect the light of the moon in the sky, so the ground is full of stars!"
"This is the throat of the Western Region, the east-west tunnel, and the only passage from the North to Xinjiang. Whoever controls this place controls the gate to Xinjiang!"
"Brothers... don't rob me of anyone. I will be the first to pull out the bunker on the opposite side tonight. I won't let you do this first!"
"Let's go... let's take advantage of the cover of the wind and sand to touch it!"
Zuo Zongtang should really be grateful to Xiao Letian. The friendly relationship between the Hunan Army and the Chinese allowed him to obtain many wonderful gadgets.
For example, desert camouflage uniforms!
Xu Zhanbiao and the two hundred soldiers all put on desert camouflage uniforms made by Chinese people. They lay down in the Gobi desert one by one and you couldn't notice them as long as they didn't move.
In addition, the wind was so strong tonight that the ghosts howled like wolves, and the flying sand and stones on the Gobi Desert were not afraid of making noise. Xu Zhanbiao watched as the round stone as big as the mouth of a bowl rolled past him, and hit his own face with a bang. On the guard's head.
Although Sichuan people usually like to be laid-back and soft-spoken, the Sichuan army once left that rich basin and fought in the national war, and they were very tough!
The powerful soldier who was hit on the forehead with a stone as big as a bowl and splashed blood on his face didn't even make a sound. He continued to lurk forward as if his head was not his own!
The Sichuan army endured hard battles and truly lived up to its reputation!
Above the head is the largest fortress, with four hundred Aguba rebels stationed inside. There is a faint light shining from the windows and the sound of deep piano playing, which seems to be the common Tambula in southern Xinjiang.
I don’t know what tune these rebels were humming, but I didn’t see a single sentry patrolling while lurking.
In the minds of these defenders, they simply could not imagine that the Central Plains people would launch an attack at this time of year. They considered it a lifeless act.
I'll kill you while you relax!
The soldiers pressed their backs against the stone wall of the fortress, with sharp pieces of stone pressing against their waists. The warriors stacked up one by one to build a human ladder. Xu Zhanbiao and the other four commanders took the lead and each bundled explosive packets and suddenly jumped from the ground. He got up and rushed forward quickly.
Chinese field leather boots, the rear rubber sole can protect the feet and provide very strong bounce assistance. No matter how sharp the stones in the Gobi Desert are, they cannot be punctured.
The shoelaces tighten your ankles, so you don't have to worry about sprained feet. In addition, these generals have great skills and can reach a distance of more than ten meters in the blink of an eye.
The warrior held up his hands, and the general raised the soles of his shoes to use force. With a squeaking sound, Xu Zhanbiao and the other four warriors rushed forward.
The nine-meter-high fortress wall rushed to the window in a few steps. At this time, the rope had been pulled, and the delay gun was burning.
"Fuck you... I'll blow you up to death!"
Four pitch-black bags were thrown in along the lookout opening of the bunker, causing a panic inside. Many rebels didn't even know what they were, and most of the rebels were even asleep and hadn't woken up yet.
The human ladder collapsed all of a sudden. The soldiers lay on the ground separately and heard the roar above their heads... four huge roars!
The flames and smoke of the explosion spurted out from every window, lookout, and even the gaps between the piles of stones. It was like a demon whose lungs had exploded, spewing thick smoke and poisonous gas all over his body.
"Kill! Attack Xingxingxia..."
The explosion was a signal. Death squads were already lurking in the underground of other fortresses. More bombs were thrown at the nearest distance. The highlands on both sides of Xingxing Gorge were suddenly filled with the sound of explosions.
"Kill...kill over there...take down the Xingxing Gorge...kill to the Western Region!"
More than 3,000 Shu troops dismounted and fought across the mountains and plains, spreading their legs to kill the Agub rebels. Twelve 88-caliber imitation Krupp cannons produced in the Northern Industrial Zone began to roar.
The precise artillery shells exploded on the enemy's bunker, suppressing the counterattack firepower of the bunker behind!
When Xu Zhanbiao rushed to the inside of the bunker above his head, he found that there were corpses everywhere inside, and some gasping ones on the edge were shaken by the air waves and lost their ability to fight.
The soldiers of the Shu army began to clean up the fish that had slipped through the net one by one. They took turns with daggers and pistols, creating a bloody storm in the fortress!
"Commander...the rebels under the bunker have surrendered! Our brothers and caravan prisoners from the Central Plains are still imprisoned here..."
"Take me there to see..."
Walking down the stone steps covered with corpses and bloodstains, I soon saw the dungeon. The Shu soldiers who were captured in the early battles had been tortured beyond recognition, and the military doctors were rushing in to save their lives.
In another cell, there were more than 70 people dressed in Chinese costumes, all of them unkempt!
"Where are you from? Han Chinese?"
As soon as they heard the familiar local accent, the people in the dungeon cried out, "General, help me... General, please help me... We are Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu... Han Chinese doing business, they have all captured us and used them as slaves!"
"All the goods have been robbed, and countless guys have been killed. Please help me, General..."
