Shortly after the New Year of 1796, when St. Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire, had just celebrated his 70th birthday, Marshal Rumyantsev, who was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian Siberian Expeditionary Force by Tsarine Catherine II, had to lead this expeditionary force at the age of seventy and began a difficult journey. [No pop-up novel network]

Rumyantsev was one of Russia's most famous generals during the reign of Catherine II, as well as one of the mistresses of the romantic female tsarina. On the European battlefield, he commanded dozens of battles, won countless honors and medals, and was deeply favored by the female Tsarine Catherine II, but now she is old and decrepit...... It should be said that Shaohua is getting old, and the female tsar prefers the younger ones, although he is still a famous marshal in the Russian Empire, but in front of the female tsar, the favor is not as good as before.

Nowadays, the situation in Europe is turbulent, the French Revolution not only did not die because of the siege of the European monarchies, but has become more and more violent, and now, the forces in France supported by the European monarchies have collapsed, and the French seem to have completed their transformation, like a wounded tiger, has begun to show its fierce claws and fangs.

At this time, all European monarchies are extremely vigilant, and Russia, which claims to be the first power in Europe, is naturally unwilling to be unwilling, and has deployed troops in the former Poland, and now Russia's newly occupied territory, a large number of famous generals and marshals have all been sent to the battlefield. Be ready to join forces with other European monarchies at any time to strike a fatal blow on France.

Rumyantsev also repeatedly asked to participate in the encirclement and suppression of France, but was thrown into the country by Catherine II on the grounds of old age. This made Rumyantsev, who had entered the army at the age of fifteen and served so far, very depressed, and sighed at home for a long time, quite an old sigh, but no one thought that in the far east, there was a change that surprised the whole of Russia, in the far east, the Tatar empire that had always been not interested in the northern frontier was overthrown by the Chinese, and the emerging Chinese empire actually turned its attention to the north at the first time. The seizure of several military fortresses that held the vast land of Russian rule in the East, the destruction of more than twenty military stations, and the reduction of thousands of Russian soldiers to corpses, naturally angered the great, wise, and powerful Tsarina Catherine II.

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But Russia's greatest enemies and adversaries are in Europe, France, the terrifying monster that overthrew the monarchy, the Turkish Empire, which is trying to prevent Russia from annexing its estuary, and the rebels who have been seized by Russia but are always eager to restore the Polish Empire.

Coupled with the long distance to the east, if a large army is sent, it will inevitably weaken Russia's armed forces to suppress the resistance in the occupied territories, and at the same time reduce the pressure on France.

In addition, in the south, the Tatars who had been overthrown were being forced to migrate westward, and now these hundreds of thousands of Tatars had crossed the Tien Shan Mountains and left the borders of the Chinese Empire to the edge of the Turan lowlands, and Catherine II appointed the former Lithuanian governor-general, General Lepnin, to lead a large army into the Aral Sea to deter and monitor them.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Catherine II remembered the only one who remained in the capital of the empire, who was over seventy years old and had entered the retirement period, and after consulting Rumyantsev, Catherine II decided to send a Siberian expeditionary force consisting of 20,000 Cossack cavalry, who were famous on the European battlefield, plus 10,000 Russian infantry.

At a secret meeting of the ministers before leaving, Catherine II solemnly told Rumyantsev that he would not forget the glory of his Russian ancestors, more than 100 years ago, more than 800 Russian soldiers, relying on the defense of the city, withstood a year-long siege by the enemy ten times the size of the Eastern Tatar Empire, and finally won a complete victory at the negotiating table.

And this time, Rumyantsev commanded an army of 30,000, almost more than 30 times that of Nebuchu's Russian defenders, and the Eastern Empire has just been established, and there must be a lot of internal and external troubles at present, after all, the bad things done by colonial countries such as England and Spain in the East, as well as the grievances between the Eastern pirates who established the Eastern Empire, this female tsar still understands a little.

Therefore, she sent an expeditionary force of 30,000 troops, and then sent Rumyantsev, a famous commander who was famous on the European battlefield, and she already looked down on the emerging Eastern Empire, well, at least in the eyes of the female tsar, sending such a luxurious lineup has already expressed her respect and importance for her opponents.

After making his last supplies in the Omsk fortress, Rumyantsev embarked on his final expedition, yes, this expedition would be the road of no return for his former European commander and his army of 30,000.

Just after Rumyantsev led the army from the fortress of Omsk, which lasted more than a month, flowed across the Ob River, crossed the Yenisei River, and finally arrived at the fortress of Nizhny Udinsk, which was less than 800 miles southwest of the fishing sea, which was besieged by the Eastern Empire, that is, the current Chinese emperor.

Along the way, except for the occasional nomads, and the ruins of the military station that had been destroyed by the damned Chinese Emperor [***] team, they did not see a trace of the enemy at all, but Rumyantsev, who had been in the army for decades, had an ominous premonition, that is, it seemed that the whereabouts of the Russian army were being monitored, and the feeling of being watched made him very uncomfortable, but the wandering Cossack cavalry did not find anything abnormal at all.

This made Rumyantsev, who was originally full of confidence, vigilant, especially in order to protect his food routes from being cut off by his enemies, Rumyantsev left behind a thousand soldiers and 2,500 Cossacks to guard his supply lines.

Rumyantsev temporarily settled in Udinsk and sent a battalion of Cossack cavalry to the south, and after five days, he was rewarded with the fact that the city of Erkou, besieged by the Emperor of the East, was still bearing the flag of the Russian Empire, and they sent several brave and fearless Cossack cavalry to manage to enter the city, and were greeted by the Russian people and soldiers in the city as heroically, and the officers and officials in the city asked the knights to bring news of help, and now, There was not even a grain of bread in the city of Erkou, and the horses and livestock in the city had been slaughtered, and now they could last ten to twenty days at most, after which even the hungry rats and cockroaches would be wiped out.

Receiving this news and determining that the total number of Chinese Emperor [***] besieging the city of Erkou was about 20,000 to 30,000, which was equivalent to the total number of his own army, Marshal Rumyantsev finally let go of the long-hanging boulder in his heart, and at noon on the day of receiving the information, he led the army to move quickly towards the city of Erkou, intending to defeat the Chinese Emperor [***] team with lightning speed and force the Chinese Empire to abandon its ambitions for the northern territories.

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At the same time, in the camp of the General Headquarters of the Northeast Field Army of the Chinese Empire, about five miles away from Erkou City, An Kequ, commander-in-chief of the Northeast Field Army, Liang Guodong, political commissar, Shang Jianxi, chief of staff, and officers and staff officers at the division and regimental level were gathering here to hold a very important military meeting.

Chief of Staff Shang Jianxi pointed to the map and issued the latest combat order: "It has been determined that our target has begun to operate, they will go south along the Angara River and go straight to Erkou City, according to the battle plan drawn up by our General Staff, the 51st Division of the Northeast Field Army and the Korean Servant Division will still stay in Erkou City and continue to besiege the city." The 52nd and 53rd Divisions, which were hiding on the shores of the Fishing Sea, would set out in the early morning of tomorrow, and within two days, they would have to arrive at the Pianovo military station for fortification. ”

"Chief of Staff, we are not attacking, but fortifying?" Yin Junrui, commander of the 52nd Division of the Northeast Field Army, couldn't help but be stunned after hearing the military order. His 52nd Division and Di Xiqing's 53rd Division have been circulating around the damn fishing seashore for almost half a year, and every day in addition to fighting with wild beasts, it is training, training, and retraining, Yin Junrui feels that if his army has nothing to do, he will have to suffocate the 20,000 soldiers who have been trained to scream for the past 20,000 years.

"That's right, your 52nd and 53rd divisions are going to fortify around the Pianovo station, and now that the Russian army has arrived, what you have to do is not to attack, but to make a defensive posture, remember, it is absolutely not allowed to attack without authorization." Speaking of this, Chief of Staff Shang Jianxi also specially accentuated his tone.

"Why?!" Di Xiqing, commander of the 53rd Division, also stood up and expressed his doubts.

"Because what we need is the total annihilation of this Russian expeditionary force, not just defeat or defeat." An Kequ put out the cigarette butt in his hand in the ashtray, his eyes swept over all the participants present, and his voice was calm with a hint of coldness.

"Annihilation?" Hearing Ankequ's words, the officers, who were still very lazy, couldn't help but sit up straight, 30,000 troops, that's not 30,000 rabbits, that's 10,000 Russian troops with pure firearms plus 20,000 famous Cossack cavalry.

Although they are confident that they will defeat this army, and even clean up this Russian expeditionary force by a large margin, if they want to annihilate it all, they are afraid that this difficulty coefficient is at least equivalent to the difficulty of diving above 8.0.

After all, it is a bit that he only dispatched the strength of two infantry divisions on his side, and he wants to eat the army of one infantry division and two cavalry divisions on the other side. At least most of the officers present had such thoughts in their minds.

An Kequ looked at these subordinates whose eyes were full of doubt and distrust, and grinned. "Do you think I'm playing with you?! Let me tell you, in addition to your two divisions, there is also the Reading Brigade who will be responsible for copying the back road of this old Maozi. In addition, young master, oh no, it's time to call Your Majesty, and Your Majesty has already sent us additional reinforcements, two divisions of reinforcements. ”

"Who? Could it be another North Korean servant? A regimental-level cadre pursed his lips and muttered angrily.

"Isn't that just two transport brigades?" The other one also had the same disdain, and it was really uneasy for people to feel at ease about the combat effectiveness of the Korean servant army.

An Kequ rolled his eyes: "Nonsense, of course not, it's two cavalry divisions." Elite cavalry in their early 20,000s! Encore raised an eyebrow triumphantly. Moreover, His Majesty specially sent us five heavy machine guns. ”

"Holy! Commander, give it to me! Give us the fifty-first division! Zhao Shang, the commander of the 51st Division, suddenly jumped up.

Di Xiqing, the commander of the 53rd Division, who was sitting next to him, immediately glared at him, with an expression of wanting to cut people: "Fart, you besiege the city and ask for Mao's heavy machine gun, give us the 53rd Division, the commander ......"

The eyes of everyone present glowed with gold, and the military meeting, which had been quiet, instantly turned into a vegetable market where the two vendors quarreled. Looking at the performance of this subordinate, An Kequ opened his mouth, and finally turned into a helpless sigh, knowing that the robber surnames that these guys were immersed in their roots could not be changed.

(To be continued)