On the hillock, the staff headquarters and the commanders of each regiment were still waiting here for Liu Yu to make the final pre-war arrangements.

The hot air balloon has observed the configuration of the quasi-department, although there will definitely be changes when the fight starts, but for now, the deployment of the quasi-department is still mainly on the south side.

"Gentlemen, work hard and use everything you have learned."

"Now it seems that the quasi-ministry is going to rush to our south flank. I don't think they were impulsive. We should trick them into falling in. ”

On the map, Liu Yu pointed to the location of the Chinese army.

"They have too many cavalry, and if they can't get trapped, they can easily flee for the most part. My cavalry is not enough, so I can only take risks, lure them to storm the Chinese army, and take advantage of the chaos to make dumplings. ”

After observation, Liu Yu slightly changed the battle plan according to the situation.

"Once the quasi-ministry exposes that the main force is here, they have no way out strategically. So they have to win. We were on the south side, and almost all the light cavalry was deployed on the south side, and the early artillery was there. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, on the south side, we no longer need to hide our combat power. You are on the south flank, playing an offensive posture, and I will mobilize the Chinese army to the south flank to support the attack in front of Da Celing Dundob. ”

Wu Fangrui pondered the situation for a moment and asked rhetorically: "What if we attack too quickly on the south flank and he chooses to retreat?" ”

Although the number of soldiers in the quasi-department has doubled, these officers who have been instilled with self-confidence by Liu Yu are still worried that attacking too hard will scare the quasi-department away, rather than that they can't withstand it.

Liu Yu smiled: "Don't worry, he won't run." Strategically, he has already exposed that the main force is in Shanbei, and he can only make a lone bet. As long as we show flaws in the Chinese army, he will target them. ”

"Da Ce Ling Dun Dob is a famous general, a famous general not only knows how to fight, but also understands strategy. Since he understands strategy, he knows that this battle can only be won, not drawn, and still less lost. He can't retreat, if he retreats, our army on the western route will go straight to the wheel. ”

"Tactically, the momentum is not right to retreat, that's right. Strategically, the momentum is not right, and it is right to fight hard. ”

"Our cavalry is basically on your south side, you play a defensive counterattack and start the attack, I will mobilize the Chinese army to support with great fanfare. Since he is a famous player, it is impossible for him to miss this opportunity. ”

"The overall strategy remains the same, decoy the attack and feint, and use the advantage of the formation to let them sink a little deeper."

I took out my pocket watch and looked at the time.

"It's nine o'clock in the morning, and when it's time for lunch, the quasi-department will fall into our trap. Let's take our places. ”

The trumpeters blew the trumpet, and the commanders of the various departments jumped on their horses, saluted Liu Yu, and then went to command.

Considering that the group of government soldiers from the Songhua River were likely to be undisciplined, and their heads were hot when they rushed up, he asked the deputy general Zhang Jin and the chief of staff to go to the south side.

Zhang Jin was a little nervous, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Shouchang, I really don't understand this kind of play." ”

Liu Yu smiled: "Don't worry, you don't need to understand." The marching Sima will tell you when to do it. You are a lieutenant general, and you are also the grandson of the British princess, all you have to do is give orders. The marching Sima cannot command the army without your and my orders. ”

Zhang Jin nodded.

He really doesn't know much about this kind of tactics, he has been a guard in the capital and has been in charge of guarding the Beijing camp, but he has never seen the tactics of the Qingzhou Army.

However, thinking about Liu Yu's bold plan, if he can really defeat the main force of the quasi-department in one fell swoop, he will also benefit a lot.

Especially that he is the deputy general of the Qingzhou Army, and his grandfather British Duke has already warned him: Everything that listens to Liu Yu and wins the war, this merit is Liu Yu's, but the follow-up merit is yours. You are a deputy general, and you will be the main general in the future, and as soon as the quasi-department is leveled, Liu Yu will no longer be in charge of the Qingzhou Army.

What he said is already so clear, Zhang Jin is also working hard to learn, although he has heard a lot of Liu Yu speak, but after all, he has no confidence.

At this time, Liu Yu asked him to go to the south side to give orders, and the marching Sima followed, and he was also a little relieved. After giving Liu Yu a military salute that he thought was a little strange, he got on his horse and went to the south side together.

Good location on the hill to see the big picture.

He was accompanied by several officers, a number of staff officers, and Boris, the Russian envoy.

Boris was not sure whether the war was deliberately chosen at the time of the War of the Polish Succession and the time when Russia was preparing for the Fourth Russo-Turkish War, or whether it was a pure coincidence.

However, he can be sure that Liu Yu's purpose in asking him to follow and watch the battle is to demonstrate Dashun's military strength and strive for favorable conditions for Dashun in the future border negotiations on the Western Front.

Before the battle of the Heilongjiang River, the knowledge of the east of Lake Baikal to the border of the Pacific Ocean. At that time, it was said that negotiations on the Western Front would be carried out after the leveling.

The battle of Heilongjiang was too amazing, the artillery and siege skills made the Russians very afraid, coupled with the political chaos in Russia, Liu Yu finally forced Count Tolstoy to death at the Selenga River.

But over the years, with the continuous coming and going of Russian missions, the Russians found that Dashun's military strength was not as terrible as they imagined.

Maybe the artillery was good, but the tactical system of the infantry was completely backward, that is, at the level of the Ottomans in the siege of Vienna in 1683, and maybe even slightly inferior.

Boris did not know that Dashun's Qingzhou Army was a pure flintlock line regiment until he went to Mongolia.

He didn't agree with Liu Yu's formation.

However, he also cautiously kept his mouth shut and did not express any opinions. Even if Liu Yu fails, as long as he does not die in the battle, there is no problem in returning to Russia.

He knew that there were some Swedes among the Dzungars, and that the old Count Tolstoy, who was forced to death by Liu Yu, had signed the Adrianople Treaty with Turkey, and that the Swedes who fled to Turkey after being defeated could return to China through Russia. But those who did not flee to Turkey, Peter did not release them, but selected some of the Swedish captives to be included in the army.

During the Battle of Lake Yamysh, many Swedes serving in Russia were taken prisoner, as were some Poles. There was also an agreement between Russia and the Quasi-Ministry that officers of sufficient rank were to be released. Boris, as a nobleman, will not embarrass him.

Now it seems that Liu Yu relied too much on infantry and artillery.

However, Boris believes that the cavalry still dominates the battlefield, and that there are many Turkut cavalry archers in the Russian army, which can still be used as the main cavalry, and these quasi-cavalry are as light as the Turkut cavalry, Liu Yu's line is a little thin, and the number of cavalry is seriously insufficient.

He knew that Liu Yu was going to use infantry to sweep from the flanks, but he was very skeptical, would the infantry be so mobile on the battlefield?

Now it seems that he has a few more glances at Dashun's artillery. Relying on the observation of hot air balloons, the artillery was used intensively, and the gun positions were deployed very reasonably, and the artillery of the quasi-department was quickly reversed.

"Even if the quasi-ministry can win, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. An offensive without artillery support at all, it is easy to collapse. The Chinese artillery is very powerful, their artillery is French, but the artillery skills of the French are not very good, and even now they are inferior to the Russian artillery. The French gunners operate the 24-pounder guns today, and they may be requisitioned to control the 8-pounder guns tomorrow, and the Chinese artillery is very well trained, unlike the French. Their code of conduct is not French. ”

At this moment, Russia and France are at war over the Polish succession to the throne. Boris has been to France and knows the French system very well, and he can't understand the tactical system of the Qingzhou Army.

It is different from France, it is different from Russia, and even from every country in Europe.

If this battle can be won...... Russia, perhaps, is really going to give in on the Irtysh.

Otherwise, when fighting with the Turks, if Dashun can't get what he wants at the negotiating table, he will use the army to get it, especially now that Dashun and France are very close.

Rifles, bayonets, cannons, all French.

It's just that the military song of the Qingzhou Army is clearly a British grenadier song, which Boris will not hear wrong; their hussars, more like Cossacks; Their military uniforms with red tasseled felt hats are distinctly Chinese; Their marching pace, with a distinctly Prussian folk dance kicking style; They assigned the four-pounder gun to the battalion level, and it was a strong Swedish style.

Can such a strange army really defeat about twice as many Dzungars?

Boris was very suspicious that maybe there was no problem with guarding in the fortress, but in such a large-scale field battle, the opponent still had the advantage of cavalry, and he was not optimistic.

Boris picked up a telescope and observed the battle situation on the southern front, and the confrontation between the Zhun Department and the Qingzhou Army had already begun.

"Oh God...... How stupid is it that a camel-mounted gyroscope gun fires at an eight-pound, four-pounder, or even twelve-pounder field gun? ”

In the telescope, the artillery of the Qingzhou Army completely suppressed the eight-pounder field guns of the quasi-department, and then adjusted the angle and began to bombard the musketeers of the quasi-department on the south side who were advancing in formation.

The quasi-camel men braved the artillery to drive the camel to a sufficient firing distance, and then tied the camel's limbs and let the camel lie on the ground.

The small boom cannon above was being loaded, and the musketeers who followed behind were using large muskets in the thick Turkish style, which had a long range, but the formation was still too sparse compared to the flintlock pistol formations that could be densely arranged by the Qingzhou army.

The artillery on the side of the Qingzhou army began to bombard intensively, and one camel after another was hit, and the flesh and blood were blurred, but the limbs were tied, and there was no way to run.

The shell bounced up and smashed into the heavy arquebusiers in the back.

The southern front of the Qingzhou Army was lined up in a standard four formations, and continuous gunfire rang out. Denser firepower, faster reloading, and 100 paces apart filled the entire battlefield with gunsmoke.

The firing lasted about a quarter of an hour, and the musketeers in the quasi-division were already in disarray. The camel guns basically did not play any role, most of them were destroyed by the field guns in the back, and a small part of them were no match for the four-pounder regimental guns in the counterfire.

Every time the Dzungars shoot, the Qingzhou army can shoot two or three times, and because the formation is denser, almost every time they shoot, a group of people will fall on the Junggar side.

The shells continued to sweep over the prospective musketeers in formation, and after a quarter of an hour of firing, the prospective musketeers visibly wavered.

Boris put down the telescope, and there was really nothing to see in the cross-fire phase.

With the uninteresting slaughter, the absolute superiority of the artillery and the horizontal rate of fire of the flintlock pistols, the Dzungars had less than half an advantage in counterfire.

Liu Yu walked up to Boris and asked with a smile: "Is the Turkish army also like this?" You are allied with the Austrians, the Austrian princess will marry the Duke of Lorraine, and the French will not let the Habsburgs get the 'dowry' of Lorraine. But if you win the Polish question, perhaps the French will not be able to intervene in your war with Turkey. I think you and Austria will have a big victory against Turkey. ”

Boris frowned, knowing that Liu Yu was reminding him of the current situation in Europe, or rather, the issue of the western border between Shun and Russia after leveling.

If Russia does not retreat and the Qingzhou Army wins the Zhun Division, it may take advantage of the Russian-Turkish war to attack Russian cities on the Irtysh River and strive for interests at the negotiating table.

Boris knew very well that when his envoy came to follow the Qingzhou army, it was Liu Yu who asked him to see the strength of the Dashun army clearly.

To this malevolent but graceful smiling demon, Boris also replied gracefully: "The Turks are stronger than the Quasi-Commanders, and they have more troops, but we can always overcome." And you, this victory has not yet been won. ”