Volume 15 Chapter 56 A Thousand Miles of Collapse
Golovin has been in a bad mood recently, all of this stems from the sneak attack on the Ming Empire more than a month ago, damn it, the Ming generals of Manjingwei are simply crazy, and those Ming soldiers are also crazy.
There were only 10,000 horses in a small castle, and they did not flee in the face of their 100,000 troops, and they attacked in turn for four days, and they still fought to the death.
Lack of Ke, I lost 20,000 horses in vain, I knew that I would pile up all 100,000 horses at the beginning, kill them, see if they can kill 20,000 people, and they can pile up the city wall with corpses!
Also, the support of the Ming army doesn't know how to come so quickly, and the one who lost itself is called a miserable, 100,000 horses ran to carry out a sneak attack, and less than 60,000 escaped back, who is this sneak attack on whom?
What's even more annoying is that he still has to face the retaliation of the Ming army, and in the past month or so, he has sent out hundreds of spies, but only a few dozen have returned.
Anyone who crossed the Lena River to investigate was basically silent, and even this side of the river was not safe for a while, and the Ming army sent an unknown number of scouts to investigate everywhere, and it was basically death when encountered.
Their flintlock pistols are too advanced, they can fire six shots in a row, and besides, they don't come one by one, at least dozens or even hundreds, and the spies they send out are lucky to not be beaten into a hornet's nest when they meet them!
Now it is difficult to send people to investigate, as soon as they hear that they are going to investigate the enemy's situation, the soldiers under them are almost like going to the execution ground, and they are so frightened that they almost pee their pants.
He had to take a pork hook and pat it in his hand every day, so that no one would dare to disobey his orders!
The current situation is not good, the spies sent out a few days ago risked their lives to get close to the river bank to take a look, the Ming army actually began to build a bridge on the Lena River, and the opposite bank of the river is densely packed with people, it seems that they are determined to retaliate, this hornet's nest stabbed, the more Golovin thinks about it, the more annoying he becomes.
What to do? Rozov has not replied for a long time, and the reinforcements do not know when they will arrive, and what is even more hateful is that last month's salary has not yet been sent, but Rozov said that as soon as the sea in the north can be passed, it will be transported by boat.
It's July now, and the sea is already passable, but where is my silver?
Golovin's face was as black as a pig's liver every day, and he still knocked here and there with a pork hook from time to time, so frightened that his guards hid far away and didn't dare to approach.
This reinforcement has not yet arrived, and the military salary has not arrived, seeing that the Ming army is about to rush over, Rozov, you damn it, what should you do?
Golovin was so angry that he couldn't help but wave the pork hook again and slam it on the table, and there was immediately another deep pit on the table.
Fortunately, he was used to the board when he killed the pig, and this table was also made of thick solid wood boards, otherwise, the table would not have known how many pieces he would have to smash.
Lack of Ke, I really want to beat someone out of anger, but now even the guards don't dare to approach him, where will he find someone to beat him for a while?
Unexpectedly, this time he really wanted it to come true, and a pork hook smashed down, and he smashed out a person!
I saw a spy running in in a panic, lying on the ground and saying in a panic: "My lord, it's not good, the Ming army has already repaired the bridge, and hundreds of thousands of people have poured over at once!" “
Golovin was so frightened that he almost didn't even hold the pork hook steady, he simply threw the pork hook on the table, ran up and grabbed the spy by the collar, brought it to the front and yelled, "What did you say? Hundreds of thousands of Ming troops! How far is it from here? “
The spy was panting with his mouth open, and this time Golovin sprayed his mouth full of saliva.
However, he couldn't care about disgust, this earl was notoriously cruel, if one of the answers was not good, he was really angry and could really hang himself up with a pork hook, he hurriedly replied: "The Ming army is not coming this way, they are building a railway to the west." “
Didn't come this way? When Golovin heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and directly patted the spy in the face and said, "Well, yes, continue to explore." “
After that, he not only let go of his hand, but also helped the spy straighten his collar, and wiped the saliva on his hand by the way.
When the spy heard this, he wanted to cry without tears, and finally escaped from under the noses of the Ming army's scouts, and now he is going again, doesn't this cost his life?
However, it is better to be shot indiscriminately than to be hanged by a pork hook, he directly gritted his teeth, turned around, and ran away like a fly.
Golovin had actually already had the idea of retreating at this time, hundreds of thousands of people were on the road to build a railway, and how many troops were in the back, this doesn't need to be considered, there will definitely be more.
He doesn't have the backbone of Yang Zhong, and he won't do that kind of thing if he fights to the death and doesn't retreat.
Besides, even if he fights to the death and does not retreat, it is impossible to defend the Yakuts castle, facing hundreds of thousands or even millions of Ming troops, it is wrong to fight hard, and only by using his familiarity with the terrain to cut off their grain routes can he have a chance of winning.
I have to say that this Golovin is still a little talented, and he is not a field marshal for nothing, and he still knows how to sneak attack and intercept grain.
However, it is a pity that he encountered a group of Ming army generals who were more talented than him, so he was afraid that he would not be able to intercept this grain channel.
Since he had decided to run away, Golovin no longer hesitated, and that night, he ordered his cronies to load all the property he had looted during this time into a truck and transport it to Novosibirsk in the southwest, which was his old nest and the great rear, unless the Ming Empire could occupy the whole of Siberia, otherwise, his belongings would be fine.
Early the next morning, he ordered all the soldiers to pack their belongings, take everything they could, and prepare to run away.
On the third day, news came from the front that the Ming army's millions of troops had attacked on all fronts!
What else is there to hesitate, hurry up and run away, Golovin directly took the remaining more than 50,000 people to the west, and soon disappeared into the vast Siberian plateau.
The Ming army's offensive plan was also very detailed, with ten corps, divided into four parts.
Zhu Cijiong directly led the First Army of the Praetorian Guard Army to garrison the rear in Sunjiazhou, and was responsible for the allocation of grain and grass;
Mao Wenlong led the Dongjiang Army to protect the vassal army and the Liaodong Tunwei to build railways, and was responsible for the protection of grain and grass along the way;
Cao Wenzhao led the Guanning Army, the Liaodong Army, the First Army Corps of the Frontier Army, and the Second Army Corps of the Frontier Army to be responsible for the offensive on the northern front;
Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong Army, the Dingliao Army, the Second Army of the Expeditionary Force and the Loyal and Brave Army to take charge of the offensive on the southern front;
The Yakuts Castle is located on the southern route and is still on the banks of the Thanksgiving River, so Lu Xiangsheng's first goal is to take this castle.
To this end, he even asked the North Sea Fleet to transport all the guns of the four corps to the vicinity of the Yakuts Castle to prepare for a storm.
However, when he led the four legions to carefully surround it, he found that the Yakuts Castle had become an empty city, and the Rakshasa soldiers had all fled!
Moreover, he sent scouts to chase him for thousands of miles, but he didn't find any trace of the Rakshasa soldiers!
The enemy was crushed before the war began, which would be a good situation if it was elsewhere, but here, Lu Xiangsheng did not think it was a good thing.
This is enough to prove that the commander of the Russian army is a battle-hardened veteran, and he definitely wants to cut off the grain road!