Volume 17 Chapter 22 Famous Generals Gather
After Sun Chuanting took the No. 20 fortress of Tsarist Russia, he did not follow the previous routine, rest for a few days, arrange everything and set off, but led an army of 400,000 and the army of the vassal state to advance while repairing the railway.
The reason why he did this was because he received a telegram from Lu Xiangsheng, the commander of the Ming army on the eastern route, that the Ming army on the eastern route had almost knocked down the No. 22 fortress of Tsarist Russia, and there were at most four or five days before they could rush over and join the Ming army on the southern route.
Lu Xiangsheng actually adopted the tactic of digging the city wall, but he didn't need to build a railway, and the progress was more than ten days faster than Sun Chuanting's side, so the army of the South Road had just conquered the third fortress, and the army of the East Road had already beaten the fourth fortress almost enough.
The reason why Sun Chuanting had to wait for the Ming army on the East Road to come to converge was mainly because the area of the No. 21 fortress of Tsarist Russia was too large.
This 21st Fort is the Fort detected by Pan Feng and his army, it is a three-layer Fort with a scale of tens of thousands of people, originally Sun Chuanting was still worried that the number of Shenwei Cannons on his side was not enough, not enough to suppress the firepower of the entire Fort, but now it just so happens that there are two first-class legions in the Ming Army on the East Road, and there are 200 Shenwei Cannons, no matter how large the No. 21 Fort is, the first wave of firepower coverage is not a problem.
Sun Chuanting's change of strategy frightened Golovin.
Originally, he took the Qin Army, the First Army of the Frontier Army and the Second Army of the Border Army, plus the Third Army of the Border Army, the First Army of Dongying, the Second Army of Dongying, the Korean Army, the Siamese Army, the Donghu Army and the Annan Army, a total of four regular legions, six vassal legions, and a million troops gathered together!
Where did Golovin dare to linger near the army on the southern road, he directly led the army to run to the 21st fortress, hardened his head, put on a formation, and prepared to cheer up the defenders of the fortress before slipping away.
As a result, he had just lined up the 200,000 troops, and before he had time to take the 21st Fort Defender General Vick to visit, news came from the east that the Ming Army on the East Road had already laid the No. 22 Fort and was rushing to this side!
was so frightened that he directly put down a sentence: "I'm nearby, waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack, you must resist it." ”
Then, he directly led the army to retreat frantically towards the hinterland of Siberia, and retreated for hundreds of miles before stopping.
There is something wrong with the Ming Empire, send thirteen legions to surround a fortress with only 10,000 people stationed, and the fever of the crowd is still what's wrong!
He didn't dare to stay nearby any longer, it was thirteen legions, and once it was surrounded, the 200,000 troops in his hands would be over.
Now, there are only so many mobile forces that Tsarist Russia can muster, and if these 200,000 main forces are dumplings, then the big war in Siberia basically does not need to be fought.
The defenders of the 21st Fort were even more frightened and almost didn't pull over, Golovin had just left on his front foot, and the next day, millions of Ming troops surrounded him on both sides of the southeast!
How can this be fought? 10,000 against more than 1,000,000, can this be called a war!
Thinking of Golovin's panicked expression when he was leaving, he finally understood that even if all the Tsarist defenders in Siberia were assembled, they would not be able to kill the Ming army in front of him.
What to do? Run away, he really doesn't have the courage, Golovin's lard hook is not fun, hanging it is worse than a pig.
Perhaps, there is only one choice, and that is to surrender!
Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting don't have time to care about Victor's thoughts at this time, both of them are famous generals in the Ming Dynasty, and they have been reused by the emperor at the same time, and they have made a lot of contributions to the Ming Dynasty, and the relationship is excellent.
Since the first battle on the Southeast Peninsula, the two towns have not seen each other for several years, and it is false to say that they don't want to miss it, no, as soon as the two armies converged outside the fortress, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting invariably ordered their generals to organize and send troops to set up formations, and then they rushed to the place where the two armies were connected.
The two rode opposite each other, far away, and Lu Xiangsheng smiled heartily: "Hahahaha, Brother Boya, I haven't seen you for a long time." “
Sun Chuanting smiled and said, "Subordinates see Lu Dashuai." “
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he leaned up on his horse, slapped Sun Chuanting on the shoulder, and then said with a smile: "It's not outside, what subordinates don't belong to, you are a few years older than me in terms of age." “
Sun Chuanting is not as good as Lu Xiangsheng's kung fu, this slap went down, and he was slapped off the horse at the wrong point, he couldn't help rubbing his shoulders and smiled bitterly: "Brother Jiandou, I don't have your kung fu, you will shoot dead people like this." “
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he looked at his palm and smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's not important to be happy for a while." “
Sun Chuanting shook his head and said helplessly: "Alas, I really envy Brother Jiandou's all-round talent in civil and military affairs, how can he be like me, a scholar, and he can't help but be weak." “
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he said modestly: "What kind of all-round talent in civil and military affairs, we are handsome and focus on strategy, and I am far worse than you when it comes to strategy." “
When Sun Chuanting heard this, he smiled bitterly again: "Brother Jiandou said that he laughed, by the way, this time Brother Jiandou has a clever plan?" “
Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but say curiously: "Clever plan? Didn't you bombard him for a while and then dig directly, could it be that Brother Boya had any better strategy? “
Sun Chuanting smiled and said: "I can't talk about strategy, but I just looked at it with a telescope in front of me, and found that the defenders' expressions were very panicked, perhaps, we can send someone to say that it will be lowered." “
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he was pleasantly surprised: "This plan is very good, you can give it a try, do you have a suitable candidate there?" “
Sun Chuanting nodded and said, "When I led the army to attack the first fortress, I happened to capture one of their army major generals, maybe I can send him in to try." “
Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng nodded, and added: "Why don't you bombard him with Shenwei cannons for ten rounds first, give them a dismount first, and then let people say surrender?" “
When Sun Chuanting heard this, he nodded and said, "Brother Jiandou is still thoughtful, or let's start." “
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he directly raised his hand and made a move back, and Sun Chuanting also had a tacit understanding to follow him and raise his hand to make a move backwards.
Soon, the two of their guards came behind them on horseback.
Lu Xiangsheng was not hypocritical, and directly ordered: "Order, line up all the Shenwei cannons five miles away from the fortress, load solid bullets, and prepare to bombard." “
As soon as he finished speaking, one of his guards on each side mounted and ran into the formation on both sides.
At this time, the Ming army had already formed a neat phalanx, fighting there, and even the vassal army was neatly lined up behind the vassals and prisoners, and soon, thousands of artillery pushed 300 Shenwei cannons to the front of the formation. ”
Lu Xiangsheng continued: "Brother Boya, call the captured major general, and let's go to the front of the battle together." “
With that, he beat his horse and galloped forward.
Sun Chuanting hurriedly turned around and said, "Go, escort Andrei, a major general of the Tsarist Russian Army, to the front." “
After that, he also beat his horse and followed Lu Xiangsheng to the front of the battle.
Soon, Andre was escorted to the neat place, and Lu Xiangsheng saw that someone had brought it, and immediately ordered: "Order, all Shenwei cannon solid shells, non-stop bombardment for ten rounds." “
Two more guards dispersed to give orders, and they were very open, and the roar of artillery sounded in front of the Ming army.
After ten rounds, Lu Xiangsheng glanced directly at Andre, and when Andre saw this, he hurriedly raised the small white flag in his hand, beat his horse and ran towards the fortress.
The Russian soldiers who defended the city by General Andrei naturally recognized him, and he was soon hung on the city walls.