Kutstsov wanted to survive until dawn, and then win a chance to breathe, reorganize the army and prepare for war, but it was easy to say, how to spend this night, Wu Peifu led a division of the first division, a brigade of the fourth division, plus 8,000 town border troops, a total of more than 20,000 people, besieged Lao Ye Mountain from all sides, the sound of Krupp's heavy artillery rang all night, and Lao Ye Mountain has already become a hell on earth!

One night, when the sky was bright, the loss of the Russian ** team exceeded 3,000 people, and the Russian soldiers were miserable, and the tortured ones were no longer a little angry, and they couldn't wait to dig a 'hole' in the ground to avoid the shelling of the Qing army!

Kutstsov was once lifted up by the air 'waves' of the explosion, his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and his eyes were already 'lost' in the city. -

Finally, it was dawn, and the Qing army's attack was finally heard.

Kutstsov hurriedly ordered the construction of fortifications, looking at the countless Qing troops under the mountain, a chill rose in his heart, this is really terrible, when did this Heilongjiang have so many troops, and it is so 'elite', compared to the 'elite' army of Tsarist Russia, it is not inferior to 'color'!

Kutstsov felt that something was wrong, and if this continued, the entire army would not be able to sink here.

In desperation, Kutstsov had no choice but to send the 'fine' cavalry to break through the mountain and ask Kuropatkin for help.

The Qing army on the east side of Lao Ye Mountain happened to be where the town border army was, and they were ordered not to guard too strictly, once a small group of Russian troops broke through, they were allowed to leave.

Harbin Kuropatkin is mobilizing heavy troops to besiege, at this time the battle in Harbin has lasted until the third day, the two sides are still deadlocked, but the casualties on both sides are also rising, less than three days, the Qing army killed more than 3,000 people, seriously injured more than 1,000 people, and countless lightly wounded, now the Qing army of combatants is only less than 6,000 people left, Zhao Shixiao looked at a group of soldiers' corpses or seriously wounded were carried down, distressed tears fell straight down, this is the army he just trained, just this battle, The loss was more than nearly one-third, how could it not make him uncomfortable.

The Russian army is even more miserable, in the past wars, it has always been that the casualties of the attackers are twice as high as the defenders, and now the casualties of the Russian army have reached more than 6,000 people, and Kuropatkin's bubbles are in a hurry.

However, the balance of the war has not yet been tilted, and the living force of the Russian army is still 20,000 people, with sufficient ammunition and medicine, and it is still violent, and the Qing army is not showing weakness, although there are only less than 6,000 people, but relying on the city wall fortifications, it has not yet reached the point of rout.

At this time, Kutssov's men who asked for help rushed to Harbin.

When the people who asked for help saw Kuropatkin, they rolled down from their horses, and they could hardly stand up, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Governor! ”

Kuropatkin was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The person said: "Your Excellency, I was sent by Chief of Staff Kutstsov to ask for help, Captain Company Commander Rurkin, Lord Governor, our troops, in Laoye Mountain near the Mudanjiang River, were besieged by the Qing army, the Qing army had no less than 20,000 troops, besieged us on Laoye Mountain, besieged on all sides, your Excellency hurriedly sent reinforcements, otherwise, the men and horses of a division led by Chief of Staff Kutstsov are only afraid that there is a danger of annihilation!" ”

"Ahh Kuropatkin was taken aback, at this critical moment, Kutstsov's waste, actually fell into the encirclement of the Qing army, this is fatal, that is more than 10,000 people, once defeated, this war of aggression against China will not have to be fought.

Kuropatkin roared: "Waste, waste! Kutstsov, this waste, Lao Tzu is going to shoot him! ”

The division commander Feginmoev on the side hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Governor, now is not the time to be angry, there are more than 15,000 of our troops there, and we will definitely be able to support it for a few days, it is better for us to attack the city with all our strength, once we occupy Harbin, we can transfer troops to the south and fully support the Mudanjiang!" ”

Kuropatkin roared: "Occupy Harbin? Tell me how we will occupy Harbin, the walls of Harbin are strong, and there are strong fortifications in it, how long will we be able to occupy it! Look at Lao Ye Mountain again, in the previous war, all the fortifications of Lao Ye Mountain were destroyed by the Qing army, and now it is a bare mound, there is no danger to defend at all, how many days can they hold on? ”

Feginmoev persuaded: "Your Excellency Governor, once we withdraw our troops now, the results of those three days of hard fighting will be completely ruined, and when the Qing army has changed its tone, it will be difficult for us to take Harbin again!" ”

Kuropatkin shouted: "That's not a reason for us to give up friendly troops, let's ignore more than 10,000 friendly troops, if once the whole army is annihilated, none of us can bear the anger of His Majesty the Tsar, give me an order, call Vladivostok, let the troops left there, and then mobilize 15,000 people for me to come out, and rush to Heilongjiang to help the war!" You personally lead your independent division to 'mix' into a brigade, and you can go south to rescue Kutssov, and you must relieve the siege of Lao Ye Mountain, and the inside and outside should be combined to defeat the Qing army! ”

Although Feginmoev did not agree to Kuropatkin's deployment, he had no other way but to agree.

Kuropatkin changed his face and said: "Fagin, even if you take away 6,000 troops, our troops in Harbin still have more than 10,000 people, and the siege of Harbin is still sufficient, you don't have to worry, even if you can't take Harbin, you will definitely be able to maintain military pressure on the Qing army in Harbin, as long as you get out of Kutstsov, it is still a great achievement, go quickly, the sooner you arrive, the better!" ”

Feginmoev felt that it was also reasonable, even if he 'pumped' six or seven thousand people, he would still have enough troops to attack Harbin, but the siege of Lao Ye Mountain was incomprehensible, and Kutsov would be in danger.

Feginmoev immediately assembled his 'mixed' brigade, all the way to the south, and began to march towards Lao Ye Mountain, more than a hundred miles, it also took a day and a night to arrive, the situation of Lao Ye Mountain is unknown, naturally the sooner you arrive, the better.

Rurkin said on the side: "Your Excellency the division commander, now that Laoye Mountain is surrounded on all sides, Kutstsov said that the Qing army in the east has the weakest combat capability, and the military discipline is also poor, we had better attack from the east, and when the time comes, our people will definitely be able to break through the encirclement." ”

Rurgin nodded, followed the route arranged by Rurgin, and went straight to Lao Ye Mountain all the way. After Lu Erjin and others left, Wu Peifu directly 'pumped' a main brigade to add a regiment of 8,000 troops to rush to Longshanyu, which was a plan he had planned a long time ago, and put all the towns and border troops with the weakest combat effectiveness in the east, just to attract the Russian army to pass through Longshanyu, as long as the commander of the Russian army is not a fool, he will definitely pass through here! Wu Peifu smiled coldly, Lao Tzu just wants to drop a 'fat' fish here!