Zhou Lang also found that in some battle reports, the Mongol soldiers said that they had been bravely attacked by the Eight Banners, and Zhou Lang had always thought that it was an excuse for the defeated soldiers, but now it seems that it is very likely to be true.

Pushing back the clouds and mist, it turned out to be such a big deal, if it wasn't for Zhao Wen's sneak attack, or a temptation, I'm afraid I would have suffered a loss.

Zhao Wen fought many times with the Qing and Russian coalition forces in Chahar, and fought and retreated, inducing the coalition forces step by step to the preset position near Zhangjiakou, where he arranged artillery units that could not be maneuvered.

The other party was unaware, still pressing step by step, and finally arrived outside Zhangjiakou, suddenly they were attacked and blocked by Zhao Wenbu, when they thought that the other party was going to fight a decisive battle, in fact, Zhao Wen just wanted to put them like a preset position.

As a result, the Qing and Russian coalition forces were first bombarded by thousands of infantry and heavy artillery, which caused a certain amount of chaos, and Zhao Wencai pressed the main force of the cavalry of the Shuai battalion, and finally succeeded in defeating the 30,000 banners on the left flank of the Russian army. But the cavalry of the Shuai battalion immediately retracted, not giving the other side any chance to counterattack.

The main infantry pressed forward and made a posture of frontal decisive battle. forced the Russian army not to dare to act rashly.

More than 100,000 people in the big melee, the frontal width is as long as ten miles, each side has more than 10 large phalanx of thousands of people deployed, plus Zhangjiakou is located in the mountainous terrain, the ravine outside the mouth is vertical and horizontal, around this terrain fighting, this complex situation, is the Zhou Lang army has never been in the battle before, in which the division and combined attack, the mystery is all related to the general and the commander's heart, the slightest mistake, will give the enemy to seize the opportunity, both sides dare not be careless.

The Qing army is really different from the past, under the command of the Russians, they actually dismounted and fought on foot, and they also used a three-row horizontal array, and their movements were quite skillful, obviously they did not waste time for more than a year. However, the level of the Qing army was still slightly inferior, and the battles on the battlefield were continuous, and from time to time a large horizontal team of nearly 10,000 people drove in, lined up to shoot each other and then fight each other with bayonets, and the battle went to a white-hot stage.

But the Russian army has not been pressed, as a reserve in the rear, Zhao Wen's strategic intention has always been to revolve around the 20,000 Russian troops, and would rather let go of the 100,000 Qing troops than let the 20,000 Russians go back alive. Therefore, he defeated the Qing army again and again, and there were loopholes again and again, but he always patiently withdrew his troops and maintained the integrity of his overall defense.

The battle lasted from morning to evening, and the battle situation gradually developed in favor of the Zhou army, because the artillery unit placed by Zhao Wen was too good in terms of terrain and firing range, or the battlefield he chose was too good.

When the sun went down, both sides ceased their troops, and the main force was not greatly damaged.

On the second day of the battle, 30,000 of the Qing and Russian coalition forces made a detour to the northeast, seemingly intending to make a detour to Dushikou.

Zhao Wen simply transferred a large number of troops into the pass, abandoning the favorable terrain in front of a large area of the pass.

As a result, suddenly the Russian army began to storm the front, apparently they thought that the Zhou army entered the pass from the inner line to support Dushikou.

The opponent attacked from the Tailu ditch, Youlou ditch, little wolf's nest ditch and other dangerous roads, and as a result, the artillery with the help of the favorable terrain of the preset position was attacked head-on, and the battle lasted for half a day, and the enemy retreated, but Zhao Wen began to press forward at this time, pressing step by step.

The enemy retreated all the way to the dam, which was a relatively open mountain pasture, and the Chahar pastures with yellow flags.

Obviously, the other party intends to have a decisive battle here, but Zhao Wen did not let the other party get his wish, but once again occupied yesterday's favorable terrain, since the other party gave up, he occupied, these favorable terrain, only external, not internal, because in danger, the danger is not Zhangjiakou, the most dangerous place is the danger itself, and there is the Great Wall defense to rely on.

It's another day of anxious confrontation and tug-of-war, if it goes on like this, sooner or later the enemy will not be able to hold on and retreat, which is considered a victory for the ancient Central Plains Dynasty and the nomads, but this time Zhao Wen's only purpose is to keep the 20,000 Russian troops, so he can't keep it like this.

The Battle of Zhangjiakou lasted for more than ten days, and the Qing-Russian coalition finally decided to give up and retreated.

At this time, Zhao Wen continued to approach, like a wild wolf with patience, he would definitely not lower his mouth if he did not grasp the enemy's deadly throat.

The deeper you go into the grassland, the more open the terrain becomes, and the geographical advantage no longer exists.

The Qing and Russian coalition forces began to plot to force Zhao Wen to a decisive battle, and the two sides finally started a fierce battle on the edge of the Hunshandak Sands, ten days after the retreat of the Qing and Russian coalition forces.

In this battle, both sides had no tricks, almost a hard-fought battle, and finally the Zhou army had the last laugh, as a large number of Qing troops began to spontaneously rout, the battle situation began to be one-sided, and Zhao Wen timely let the whole army press.

His purpose is the Russian army, but the focus of the attack has always been the Eight Banners troops, until the Eight Banners are scattered and defeated, and finally with absolute strength and 20,000 Russian troops have a battle, the Russians are not fools, and they fought and retreated, and did not engage in battle.

Zhao Wen sent the battalion in pursuit, only tailgating. Only one-third of the Russian army was cavalry, and most of them were infantry, deep in the heart of China, and it was impossible for them to escape without the cover of the Qing army, and although there were no major casualties at this time, they were already on the verge of defeat.

Zhao Wen concentrated his mobile forces, but whenever there were Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners trying to get closer, he would give priority to attack, and he had always encouraged this Russian army. There are fewer and fewer Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners, too many soldiers have fled, the language is not understood, and the Russian officers who rely on translators are powerless to restrain them, and can only watch the main force of the Russian army being isolated step by step.

The Russian army began to retreat, along the southern edge of the desert, and retreated to the west. Zhao Wen only left three armies on the front, and the rest were all deployed around the periphery to guard against the Eight Banners of Manmeng. The main frontal force was still pressing on the Russian army step by step, and waited until the Russian army bypassed the western edge of the desert, and at this time the Manchurian Eight Banners had long since disappeared.

Zhao Wen began to concentrate his forces, and the six armies began to converge, always following the Russian army with the strength of two or three corps, but he was not in a hurry to launch an attack, which made the Russians retreat very uneasy. But when they turned around and fought a decisive battle, they felt powerless.

Zhao Wen followed the Russian army in this way, along Zhangku Avenue, for two months, and actually chased him to the vicinity of Kulun.

The Russians had to fight a decisive battle at this time, because they found that Kulen was actually occupied.

The 20,000 Mongol cavalry resting in Horqin had not participated in the battle, and Zhao Wen had already transferred them to attack Kulun. That's why he's delayed in Zhangjiakou until now, he's going to finish out the Russian army in Kulen, just like the Russians did last time they ambushed Gou Quan here.

20,000 Russian troops, more than 70,000 Great Zhou soldiers, and 20,000 Mongolian cavalry blocking the way.

In this battle, the Russians didn't have the heart to fight, and they didn't know where to flee, 20,000 Russian troops, 4,000 were killed, 3,000 escaped, and the rest were taken prisoner.

Now Zhou Lang can negotiate amicably with the Russians.