In March of the sixth year of the reform, when the emperor set off stormy waves in Nanjing, the city of Vladivostok in the Far East had been besieged by the Han army for more than two months.

Yes, besieging but not attacking is the strategy of the Fu Han army against the Russian army, because almost everyone can see that today's Vladivostok is very different from ordinary cities, and a rash attack will only cause unnecessary damage, while the Fu Han army is well prepared and can better weaken the Russian army by carrying out a long siege.

During the siege of the city for more than two months, many corpses were naturally burned in Vladivostok, not that the Russians did not want to bury them in the ground, but the space in the city was limited, and the ground was extremely hard in winter, and it was very difficult to dig up, so the Russians could only choose a fire to burn them under the watchful eye of the priest.

Of course, the Russian army has a large amount of material reserves in Vladivostok, so the vast majority of Russians can survive this winter, but with the long-term siege of the city, the morale of the Russian army in the city has also begun to fall into a depression, because most of the Russian soldiers feel that the Fuhan army is definitely not their opponent, and they hope to be able to go out of the city to defeat the enemy.

However, it is just ordinary Russians who have such an idea, but the upper Russian army officers do not think so, especially the Governor of the Far East, Count Sarahula, who repeatedly issued military orders prohibiting the Russian army from going out of the city to meet the battle, and must rely on the city defense system in Vladivostok to fight with the Han army, so this makes the Russian army stay in the city honestly.

For Count Sarahura, although he doesn't know much about military affairs, he understands a truth, that is, there are many times when the more you do, the more you make mistakes, as long as you rely on the current Vauban defense system, you don't have to worry about being breached, as for the current supply of Vladivostok, it can last at least two years.

For two years, the reinforcements from St. Petersburg climbed even if they climbed.

"The messenger we sent should have arrived in St. Petersburg years ago, right?"

Count Sara Gula sighed leisurely, his eyes looked at the trench camp of the Fu Han army under the city, but he felt a burst of boredom in his heart, if he was sure of victory, why didn't he want to go out of the city to fight?

But the problem is that he is not sure of this at all? Is this enemy in front of him really different from all the enemies of the past, even the Dzungar Khanate? It has never been so stressful.

Sergei, the intelligence officer on the side, said respectfully: "Your Excellency the Governor of Qiqi? If there are no accidents, then St. Petersburg received letters last year? If reinforcements are sent as soon as possible, I am afraid that they will not be able to reach the Far East until June this year........ I have to say? Such a long distance really affected the Empire's control of the situation in the Far East. ”

No way? Distance is not only a headache for Ning Chu? The same is true for Russia, just like the original Battle of Yaxa, the second Battle of Yaksa broke out between the two sides in the 25th year of Kangxi, but after the war was over? The two sides did not conclude a peace treaty until the twenty-eighth year of Kangxi? In addition to the verbal war between the two sides, a lot of time was wasted on the road.

Count Saragula also understood in his heart, nodded immediately, and then said thoughtfully: "Since the end of the great war between the Chu State and the Dzungar Khanate last year? I conveniently lost control of the news of Junggar, what step do you say the current Chu army has achieved? ”

"What do subordinates think? Since the end of the war, the Zungar Khanate has essentially become very empty, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist the attack of the Chu army, coupled with the fact that the imperial army has also launched an offensive on the northern front, perhaps the Zungar Khanate will face a rapid demise! ”

Sergei said in his heart, if it weren't for the Governor-General's extra move and the message to the Governor of Eastern Siberia, Shayalov, to attack Dzungar, maybe the Dzungar Khanate would have been able to hold out for a while?

However, Sara Ulla sneered and said, "Do you think that Zhunger still has the strength to be a chess piece?" Since the end of that war, their fate has been completely over, and as for seizing the favorable position on the northern front, it is what should really be done—and besides, the big strategy zero can no longer be left. ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey."

Sergei quickly exited the yamen of the governor's palace, and then went straight to the dungeon, where many important prisoners had been imprisoned, the most notable of which was the Great Ce Lingdun Dob, who had understood the situation since he had lost the news of Zhang Tingyu, but had been silent for the rest of the time.

When a ray of sunlight shone on Da Celing Dundob, he couldn't help but open his eyes slightly, and soon saw Sergei standing in front of him.

"What, are you finally going to kill me?"

Sergei nodded, and then said softly: "That's right, since you came to Yunchun, you should know your fate, and now Vladivostok has also become dangerous, so it is impossible for us to let our enemies stay here to live." ”

Da Celing Dundob grinned, but he laughed silently, his tears were already flowing out, and his whole person was like a crooked shrimp, staring at Sergei frantically and wantonly.

You're going to lose, and you're going to die in this dungeon, just like me!

He quickly beckoned a soldier to come in, and put a thumb-thick rope around his neck, and then began to slam his face red, and then he fell to the ground and died completely.

For the Russians, Dace Lingdun Dob is their enemy, and he is also an enemy who wants to kill quickly, so when he is no longer of any use, it is also a moment of death.

At the time of Dace's death, Ning Zuyi, who led the siege under Vladivostok, fell into deep contemplation, although he had been instructed by the emperor before this, not to attack brutally, he must be fully prepared and investigated, and then attack the city, but with the siege of the city for two months, Ning Zuyi came to a conclusion from his heart.

If according to the current siege method of the Han army, many means are difficult to use, for example, the original cave siege is difficult to use in front of the Vladivostok fortifications, because in the Vauban defense system, outside the city wall is a moat about several meters wide, if you choose to attack the city in the cave, then when these soldiers dig near the moat, then the water will seep into the tunnel, and even directly cause the tunnel to collapse.

In addition, in the construction of the fortress in Vladivostok, the walls were closer to the surface, so that they were hidden in the land, and strict geometry was incorporated, making it difficult for gunpowder to completely collapse the city walls, so the Fu Han army was abolished and could only attack the city by conventional means.

As for bombarding a thick fortress with artillery, it is even more unworkable, because with the power of artillery in this era, bombarding a fortress only gives it itching, and it cannot be done to the point of destroying the fortress, so this step cannot be adopted.

When the above two methods have no effect, then the siege method that the Fu Han army can carry out is nothing more than relying on the soldiers to attack the city and grind it down little by little, and this siege method has also been verified by the Battle of Yaksa before, the Fu Han army will pay an extremely tragic price, and it is very likely that it will not be able to gnaw down, because the Russian army defenders at that time were only hundreds, but now there are more than 4,000 people.

It's hard!

The reason why the Fu Han army was able to besiege the city for two months was because Vladivostok simply did not have a good way to fight? If he can really easily defeat Vladivostok, I'm afraid that he, Ning Zuyi, will order a strong attack as soon as possible!

"If you besiege the city with all your might, how long do you say it will take to besiege them?"

At the pre-military meeting, Ning Zuyi couldn't help but ask everyone, his voice was low, it was obvious that this winter siege battle had made him quite impatient.

As the deputy governor of the army, Qian Ying naturally wanted to stand up at this time, he folded his hands and saluted, and said softly: "Dashuai, if you can fight it directly, then it will be too much for a day, but if you can't beat it down, then it will only be idle for a year or two——"

However, these words were not appreciated by Ning Zuyi, but the chief of staff Xu Chengliang, who was originally listening quietly on the side, snorted coldly, he was originally more hot, so he couldn't bear it anymore at this time, and slapped it on the table hard.

"Besiege the city, besiege Lao Tzu and idle birds! If you want me to say, just attack the city directly tonight, the left and right are nothing more than hard encounters, see if Lao Tzu's knife is hard or this bird city is harder! ”

The rest of the generals suddenly also coaxed, they were originally unbearable to besiege the city in winter, but since the order was issued from above, they could only choose to besiege the city, but now it is obvious that the marshal has the idea of changing his course, and he began to give suggestions one by one, of course, most of them are in favor of the siege.

"No matter how we fight, we will have to fight hard in the end, if we cherish the lives of soldiers too much, I am afraid that we will lose the original intention of serving the army."

"Yes, yes, Dashuai, if you blindly delay it, I'm afraid that the court will not like it, after all, this daily people eat horses and feed, coupled with such long-distance logistics, sooner or later we will have to starve to death if we don't fight, so it's better to simply die in battle!"

"Fight, big handsome! Our department is willing to be the first to attack Vladivostok! ”

Just when everyone was making a noise, Ning Zuyi snorted coldly and said in a deep voice: "Okay, it's not a matter to continue dragging left and right, since you want to fight, let's fight!" It's just that the generals obeyed the order, and we want to fight, but don't we rush up to die! ”

"Please make it clear!"

A smile quickly appeared on Ning Zuyi's face, he pointed to Vladivostok City on the sand table and smiled, "If you attack directly, it will definitely not work, but Ben Shuai thinks that since they can build a fortress, why can't we do the opposite?" ”

"What do you mean?"

Qian Ying seems to have a little aftertaste, I'm afraid that the big marshal said that he would definitely fight, but it seems that the way of fighting should be different from what everyone imagined.......

Ning Zuyi said seriously: "Actually, if you zoom in, Vladivostok is certainly an incomparably strong iron cage that keeps us outside, but as long as we block the exit, the people inside them can't get out, if we can build another layer of cages outside the iron cage, then their iron cage will be meaningless——"

That's right, at present, when facing the Vauban fortress, although the high-ranking generals of the Fu Han Army have not yet thought of the Vauban attack method, but the past military experience has made them start to use other methods, that is, to counter the siege, by building a circle of fortifications outside the city, it is completely possible to completely block the army in the city with a small number of troops, so that even if it continues to take a few years, they have this confidence.......

Qian Ying's eyes lit up, he also thought of this method, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Then please ask the marshal to give an order, let's also start building fortifications, and when the time comes, as long as a few thousand people, the Russian army can be completely blocked in this king's shell!" ”

The generals were dumbfounded, especially Xu Chengliang, he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged, this was completely different from the big war he imagined, not only did there be no blood and fire, but they had to deal with the land, I really don't know if they came to fight or farm.......

Of course, after Ning Zuyi gave the order, even if some people objected, they still had to act according to the order, and soon set off a vigorous upsurge of digging trenches within the Fu Han Army, and almost all divisions, regiments, and battalions were organizing the digging of trenches and laying barbed wire.

I saw that in the dust, more and more Fu Han army faces were filled with confident smiles, they are also people, if they are stiff and straight to face the Russian fortress to die, the big guy is naturally unwilling, but now he only needs to do one thing, that is, to build his own position, as long as the time comes, as long as the Russians dare to break through, then with the strong firepower of the Han army, they can completely wipe them out in place.

For the well-informed Russian army, the Fu Han Army is not unusual, but it makes them feel a headache from the bottom of their hearts, because if they continue to fight in this way, then the two sides may only be able to defend Vladivostok forever.

But the question is, the Fuhan army still has support and assistance from the outside world, and they can also rotate, and what else does the Russian army have besides that illusory reinforcement?

Even Count Sara Gula could not help beating the drum in his heart at this time, and he began to look forward more and more to the good news from St. Petersburg, hoping to get out of this sea of suffering.

But just when Saragula had illusions in his heart, in fact, St. Petersburg at this time ushered in a civil strife, and the protagonist of this civil strife was the generalissimo Menshikov.

On the night of March 7, 1728, the Russian version of Lord Wei led part of the Guards to carry out a coup d'état in St. Petersburg, and purged the Guards and the Supreme Privy Council, and in just a few days, more than hundreds of people were secretly killed on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, and for a time the whole of St. Petersburg became the source of great turmoil in Russia.