The place where the military camp was stationed outside the capital was temporarily set up by Zhang Fan after he attacked the capital. Because there were too many troops brought this time, it would be a bit crowded if they were all put into the capital, so they were set up in the outer suburbs.

Several temporary camps were established.

At the same time, Zhang Fan also built a temporary airport that can accommodate two aircraft in several of the garrison points. Due to the short construction period, although with the assistance of multi-functional infantry vehicles, it can only be built to this scale first. Wait until

After the task is completed, we will consider the issue of expansion.

Zhang Tingyu was sitting in the car. As the scenery kept changing along the way, he gradually began to feel a little nervous. He didn't know what he would see.

Just when he was lost in thought, a rapid and intensive buzz suddenly came from the sky. When he reacted, he realized that several helicopters were passing over his head, looking at the helicopters flying in the sky.

Helicopter, Zhang Tingyu's world view was shaken for the first time.

"This...what is this?"

Zhang Tingyu pointed at the other person's leaving back and couldn't help but exclaimed.

"This is called a helicopter. It is a large weapon responsible for air combat. It is similar in concept to a siege vehicle."

Zhou Zhonghong explained to Zhang Tingyu while smiling.

almost?

Looking at the helicopter that had disappeared without a trace, Zhang Tingyu's eyes couldn't help but twitch slightly.

Can this thing be compared to a siege vehicle?

"Wait, you just said...air combat?"

At this time, Zhang Tingyu suddenly realized what Zhou Zhonghong said, and at the same time, he couldn't help but recall that night in his mind.

Could it be...

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"General Yue, we have found out the details of the enemy in Anxi Prefecture. As expected, they are indeed the Taiping Army!"

At this time, in Xi'an Mansion, Yue Zhongqi was looking at the battle report in front of him with a solemn face, and couldn't help being shocked in his heart.

After learning that Anxi Prefecture had fallen, Yue Zhongqi hurriedly prepared to mobilize troops to rescue Ganzhou Prefecture, but on the way he saw several mysterious and huge giant birds.

The opponent's speed was extremely fast. Even if the war horse under his crotch could travel thousands of miles in a day, it still seemed so far out of reach compared to the opponent. In desperation, he had no choice but to give up the idea and brought the soldiers transferred from Xi'an Prefecture.

The army rushed to Ganzhou Prefecture.

Logically speaking, he arrived at Ganzhou Prefecture at his own marching speed, which should have been surrounded by the Junggar army. However, when he arrived at Ganzhou Prefecture, he found that there was no trace of the Junggar army there at all.

This scene can't help but make Yue Zhongqi feel a little strange. Most of the Junggar troops are cavalry. Even if they are hindered by logistics, they should be able to reach Ganzhou Prefecture earlier than themselves, but now they don't even see anyone.

, which is really puzzling.

As the saying goes, soldiers are valuable and quick, but Junggar is now making a surprise attack, and the Qing rear is in chaos. It is a good time to attack the city and seize territory. How can the other side delay?

Thinking of this, Yue Zhongqi immediately asked people to go and investigate, but what was shocking was that by the time the scouts arrived, the Junggar army had been completely wiped out!

When she first heard the news, Yue Zhongqi naturally didn't believe it. An army of hundreds of thousands was destroyed at the drop of a hat? Are you going to kill the chicken?

Then he quickly led a cavalry team to the scene to investigate, but when he arrived at his destination, the scene in front of him shocked him so much that he was speechless.

The ground was covered with all kinds of corpses and fragments, and there were countless potholes left on the ground. Judging from the charred earth, they should be traces of gunpowder.

Because the scene was so chaotic, it was difficult to make statistics, but according to rough estimates, at least half of the Junggar army must have been destroyed. This was undoubtedly a heavy blow to them as a grassland people.

But this raises a question, who could have done this?

Yue Zhongqi thought for a long time but could not figure out this problem. In desperation, he could only temporarily retreat to Ganzhou Prefecture with his people, and then send people to Anxi Prefecture to see if there were any remaining Junggar forces.

But when the scouts passed by, they discovered that Anxi Prefecture, which was supposed to be an empty city, was suddenly occupied by an unknown force, and the opponent also had powerful firearms in their hands. Even the scouts lost several.

After learning the news, Yue Zhongqi immediately realized that this should be the army that fought against Junggar, so he began to carefully investigate their origins.

But before the results of the investigation came out, news of the fall of the capital had already arrived.

After the fall of the capital, Longkodo naturally took advantage of the situation and began to seize power in the name of becoming King Qin of the capital. As a military general, Yue Zhongqi always disliked this kind of thing, so naturally he did not compete with Longkodo. After all,

His mind was still focused on the mysterious force in Anxi Province.

As for Yue Zhongqi, Longkodo was also smart. Now that the Qing Dynasty had ceased to exist in name only, he could not find a general who could take on the important task for a while, so he did not touch him, but let him continue to lead the troops. But in this way

He could no longer stay in Gansu and could only follow Longkodo to Xi'an.

Now after several detailed investigations, the scouts finally figured out the origins of this group of people.

As expected, it turned out to be the Taiping Army!

After hearing the news, Yue Zhongqi stood up silently and started pacing back and forth in the yard.

In fact, he had this speculation at first, but he couldn't figure out how the other party could appear in Gansu directly from the Jiangsu area?

Could it be that those "giant birds"...

Thinking of this, Yue Zhongqi suddenly stopped and said to the deputy army officer on the side: "Quickly, get all the news and clues about the Taiping Army!"

"yes!"

Seeing Yue Zhongqi's anxious look, the deputy didn't dare to delay, and even brought over all the rumors and detailed letters about the Taiping Army that he had collected during this period.

After getting the letters, Yue Zhongqi began to study them one by one. Finally, when he turned to the thirty-second letter about the news that all the soldiers in the capital were wiped out, he saw relevant clues.

One night, artillery fire roared, all the soldiers were wiped out, like thunder coming from the sky, the earth dragon turned over, and the more than 200,000 defenders of the capital were all killed!

Looking at the description in the letter, Yue Zhongqi felt more and more how similar this scene was?

Giant birds and artillery bombardments were able to wipe out an entire Junggar army in a short period of time. At the same time, there were also soldiers who suddenly appeared in Anxi Prefecture...

Bang!

After combining various clues, Yue Zhongqi suddenly slammed the table, and a terrible idea came to his mind.

Didn't that army come here on a giant bird?

After all, he really couldn't think of any other way.

But if that's the case, that would be troublesome...

Every time he recalled the scene of those giant birds flying over his head, Yue Zhongqi could not stop trembling in his heart.
Chapter completed!