Chapter 271: Western Siberia (8) One thousand
More than 1,000 small shells covered the advance of the charging Russian army in a very short time, and the smoke of gunpowder drowned them in an instant, and when they came to their senses, they saw the cavalry brigade of the Ming army that had rushed in front of them. Zheng Sancannon's team followed the front line of the Cossack dragoons of the Tsarist Russian army, quickly poured shells at them, and the main cavalry behind took advantage of the chaotic opportunity to chop these blind men and horses to pieces, not only the entire offensive rhythm was disrupted, but also began a comprehensive rout, for a very simple reason, the chaotic infantry was simply vulnerable in front of the cavalry charging with all their might.
The essence of Mao Wenlong's cavalry warfare, infantry vs. cavalry warfare, must have a solid preset position, and also need strong firepower as a backing, and cavalry against infantry, there must be suddenness, otherwise once the cavalry loses the charging speed of the war horse, the cavalry will become the side of abuse. Zheng Sancang's cavalry mortar unit was an opportunity to create chaos, and the real main force of destruction was the cavalry of the brigade.
Zheng Sancannon's cavalry team opened the way with mortars in front, and the main forces behind followed the charge, which the Cossack dragoons of the Tsarist army had never seen such a tactic. The rout in front of the rout rushed the ranks behind, and the ranks in the back jammed the rout forwards, and the whole soldiers were in a mess. Turning the horse's head, Zheng Sancang's team began to bombard the chaotic enemy, and this time the results were even more brilliant, because now they were all crowded together, and the result was that they were even more confused and had more deaths.
In a short time, the ranks of the Cossack dragoons of the Tsarist army were completely out of control, and the remaining contingent of less than 10,000 people was in a mess, and the vast plain was full of deserters. But even if the Russians are tall and big, can a two-legged living person outrun a four-legged war horse? The final result was that except for the cunning Leonid who led his more than 3,000 remnants to discover Mao Wenlong's intentions as soon as possible and escaped with his troops, the rest of the army was wiped out, and the losses of the Ming army were minimal, and the most casualties still occurred in Kong Youde's town defenders, which were less than 1,000 people in total.
The scale of the battle in this nameless town is not large compared to the battles of later generations, but Mao Wenlong gained a lot of reputation in this battle, and it is even more important in the eyes of Zhu Youxiao, at least through this battle, the Ming Dynasty has completely gained a foothold in West Siberia.
Sun Chuanting, who got the news of the victory, was even more happy, and soon transported a large number of military supplies here, turned this town into an advance base, and began to hoard here, laying the foundation for the next action, which is still nearly a thousand miles away from the first goal of the Ming army, but it is much closer than directly supplying front-line materials from Bingzhong Fort.
After receiving a large number of supplies, Mao Wenlong did not do too much to stay here, this is just a temporary foothold for the expedition, Mao Wenlong's ultimate goal is Tobolsk, the center of Tsarist Russia's rule in Siberia, which is still the center of the Stroganov family's rule in Siberia, and more importantly, there is a special symbolic meaning to occupy that place, which is the capital of the original Siberian Khanate--- Siberian city.
Zhu Youxiao had already told the history of the Siberian Khanate to Sun Chuanting and Mao Wenlong, telling them that the importance of occupying the city of Siberia is self-evident, legally speaking, the Siberian Khanate is part of the Mongol Khanate, and the Qom Khan, who was killed by Cossack bandits twenty years ago, is a member of the golden family of the Mongol Khanate, and the Dzungar tribe is also part of the Siberian Khanate, and the Ming army occupies the city of Siberia in order to subdue the lost territory, which is a just war, There must be sufficient reasons or excuses at this point.
Leaving Zheng Sanpao with 10,000 men to guard this nameless town and continue to advance westward with enough supplies, Mao Wenlong sent scouts to contact Zhang Bingzhong and Batur while marching, and at the same time determined their specific location and judged how to attack the next military fortress of the Tsarist Russian army, the Omsk Fortress. This is a strong military fortress, compared to the castle that has been attacked before, this is the real tough battle, and the capture of the Omsk fortress is the most important thing to achieve this battle.
Historically, on January 20, 1604, a group of emissaries from a Tatar tribe led by its leader to the palace of the Moscow Tsar, demanded that the tribe be transferred to Moscow and that a city be built along the Irtysh River to defend against the invasion of their powerful enemies, the Kyrgyz and Kalmyks. This is the earliest record of the Omsk fortress defecting to the Russian Tsar, but it was not owned by the Tatars, who were only trying to gain the support of the Tsar.
On March 25, 1604, the tsar sent a detachment of Cossack cavalry and archers to the banks of the Irtysh with the task of building a fortress. On the temporary territory of the Tatars, they nationalized the nearby arable land, registered the surrounding inhabitants as the tsar's subjects, began to build a castle here to facilitate their rule here.
The wooden Omsk fortress was built at the foot of the southern hill on the right bank of the Irtysh River, one hundred and twenty miles from the mouth of the Ob River, not far from the mouth of the Irtysh River into the Ob River. By October 7, 1604, all the construction work had been completed, and this day was considered the birthday of the city of Omsk (the city day was June 7, as the bad weather in autumn often disturbed the celebration of the festival). The fortress of Omsk became a major military-strategic point, and later repeatedly repelled the attacks of the nomads in Omsk, protecting the safety of the local population.
The soldiers sent to contact the other two armies soon returned, and while Mao Wenlong and the Tsarist army fought fiercely in the nameless town, the Tsarist army was pinned down on the northern front, so the other two armies marched very quickly, and they were already very close to the fortress of Omsk. Mao Wenlong quickly changed his strategy at this time, not fighting steadily as before, but quickly concentrating his troops, bringing enough food and ammunition materials, and quickly marching with his troops to the Omsk fortress in a state of rapid march.
The distance of more than 1,000 miles, a fast march will not take much time, especially this area is a plain area, Mao Wenlong's soldiers are mostly cavalry, and the remnants of the Russian Cossack soldiers do not pose any threat, not to mention that there are 10,000 horses and horses of Zheng Sanpao guarding the back road, Mao Wenlong does not feel that there is too much threat, as long as the Omsk fortress is taken as soon as possible, Sun Chuanting has his own idea to stabilize the situation here.
In just three days, Mao Wenlong arrived in front of the Omsk fortress with a forced march, and Zhang Bingzhong's troops and Batur's troops, who had obtained Mao Wenlong's battle plan, were even faster, and before Mao Wenlong arrived at the fortress, they had already prepared a military camp for Mao Wenlong there. The three armies successfully met at the Omsk fortress, with a total strength of more than 45,000 troops, which was already the largest force that Sun Chuanting could organize.
Major General Leonid, who fled in a hurry with the remnants, returned here a day earlier than Mao Wenlong, and the strong firepower of the Ming army frightened him, especially Mao Wenlong's cavalry mortar unit, which was overwhelming and had a very fast firing speed of small shells that was difficult to resist. After escaping back to the fortress, he immediately advised the supreme commander of the Russian army here to pay attention to this tactic of the Ming army, so as not to lose again.
It's a pity that his status is a little low, stationed here is the supreme commander of the Tsarist Russian Expeditionary Force, General Petrov, although he lost more than 30,000 people, there are more than 60,000 troops in this fortress, which is much more than the Ming army attacking the fortress, especially the Ming army came from afar to attack the fortified city, which is a taboo in the art of war, General Petrov believes that he has enough ability to defeat the Ming army that will invade in the future, and make contributions to His Majesty the Tsar.
Admiral Petrov left 30,000 archers to defend the city, and led more than 30,000 dragoons out of the city to fight against Mao Wenlong's Ming army, this guy is also a battle-hardened general, although he is very arrogant that the Ming army will be sleepy and tired of people and horses after a long-distance attack, but he still maintains a cautious attitude towards this war. The initiative to attack from the fortress was to test the military strength of the Ming army, to see if the Ming army was as strong as Leonid said, and to take it by surprise, taking advantage of the fatigue caused by the long march of the Ming army, to make a surprise attack, if it could be successful, it could also inspire the soldiers' morale.