This small battle, which took place in the area of Darkhan and Flying Wolf Fort, Mongolia, has an extremely important place in later military history. Because it was this battle that fired the first shot of the First Ming-Russian War!

Later military historians did not dispute the outcome of the battle known as Darkhan and Flying Wolf Castle, and all opinions agree that the combined forces of Russia and Yixin were the victors in this battle. Moreover, the commander of the coalition forces, Major General Rosovsky, performed extremely well in this battle, using 1,500 cavalry to divert the powerful Guards cavalry of the Ming army, and successfully penetrated from the west to the east of the blockade line of the Ming army's castle, causing great confusion to the deployment of the Ming army.

As for the minor setbacks suffered by the "Russian-Iranian forces" near Flying Wolf Castle, they cannot be compared with their previous successes. Moreover, later generations of military historians believe that the battle of Flying Wolf Fort was just a ploy by Major General Rosovsky, in order to mobilize more Ming troops to Eastern Mongolia to encircle and suppress himself, so as to reduce the pressure on the trading of cities......

However, at that time, the battle of Flying Wolf Castle was packaged by the propaganda agencies of the Ming Empire as a remarkable victory and a miracle in military history.

Chengde, summer resort, July 18, 5th year of Daming Guangfu.

When Princess Mathilde, accompanied by the Imperial Concubine Maria, arrived at the Ten Thousand Pine Wind Hall and wanted to ask His Majesty of China to try the horse with her, she was met by His Majesty the Emperor in a thunderous rage.

Liu Jiong, chief of the general staff, who had just arrived in Chengde from Beijing with a streamlined staff team, stood straight inside the main hall with a helpless expression on his face. This war can be said to have been planned for a long time, and it has been preparing for almost two years. The General Staff received the message early in the morning that "preparations are being made for war against Russia." and to draw up operational plans with the goal of seizing East Siberia and most of Central Asia." For two years. The General Staff Headquarters did not slack off for a moment, and it is not known how many various plans and plans were drawn up, and dozens of relevant war games and diagrammatic operations were carried out, so it stands to reason that all kinds of possibilities have been taken into account.

But who knew that at the beginning of the battle, there was an unexpected basket - an unknown number of Eight Banners - the Russian coalition cavalry actually moved south from the city of Maimai, swaggered over the Kent Mountains into the hinterland of Mongolia, and then attacked the Ming army near the city of Darkhan, and attacked a convoy of the railway superintendent Yamen near the Flying Wolf Castle. Although it did not cause much damage. However, the General Staff of the Ming Army did not know the opponent's intentions at all, and even did not know how many opponents there were, only that it was a coalition army of Russia and the bannermen......

Therefore, when he handed over the military information summary to Emperor Zhu today, Liu Jiong was mentally prepared to be scolded, and he didn't even dare to raise his head when Emperor Lao Tzu read the military report.

"Chief of General Staff Liu! Your report is simple, how many enemies are there? I don't know what to do! The position of the enemy? I don't know what to do! How many ways are the enemies divided? I don't know what to do! The enemy's target for attack...... I still don't know what to do! People don't know what they ask, but you don't know if you ask four questions! ”

Emperor Zhu suddenly slapped the table and stood up suddenly: "Liu Mulin, do you, the chief of the general staff, know anything about Lu Dao?" Anything else? Right now. We're at war with Russia! It's a war! Your General Staff doesn't even know where the enemy is, how is this battle going to be fought!? ”

In the corridor outside the Ten Thousand Pine Wind Temple. The two French women also heard Emperor Zhu's voice of training. Maria translated Zhu Jishi's words into French, and Mathilde chuckled when she heard them.

"That's Russia! It's the Russia of Suvorov, Rumyantsev, Kutuzov, and Bagration. What is so strange about Russia, where even Napoleon I could not defeat the famous generals, how strange are there that there are several generals who use the cavalry well? How many years has the army been in existence under His Majesty in China? How much background is there, how is it possible to train generals who can confront Russian military strategists? ”

Hearing Mathilde's comment, Maria sighed helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "Your Royal Highness Princess, it seems that His Majesty the Emperor has no time to accompany you to ride a horse, so let's go to see the lotus together." ”

Mathilde sighed softly, "Maria, is there no other entertainment in the Chinese Imperial Palace besides sightseeing and hunting?" Like a prom? ”

"Prom?" Maria. Clementina shrugged her shoulders, "This is an Eastern country similar to Turkey, do you think there are other men besides the emperor himself who are qualified to hold the slender waist of the concubines?" ”

Mathilde spit out his tongue: "It's about the same as Turkey, Maria, are you the ...... of His Majesty of China?"

"You mean slave girls?" Maria sighed softly, "I guess I'm his slave girl......"

"It's horrible!" Mathilde's red lips were furrowed with a look of surprise and interest, and he was about to ask Maria what the "slave life" was like, when he heard the sound of hurried footsteps.

Maria gently pulled Mathilde: "Your Highness, it's the courtiers who are coming, and I'm going to avoid it." ”

"Okay, then let's go on a tour, but I don't want to see the peach blossoms, I'm going to visit the temple outside the summer resort."

"Okay, no problem, I'll arrange it."

The two women left, and it was Zuo Zongtang and Luo Zenan who came, of course, they also knew about the humiliating Darkhan - the battle of Flying Wolf Castle, but the two of them had different opinions on the outcome of this battle.

"My Ming Tiger Ben won the first battle, and the ministers congratulated His Majesty!"

Zuo Zongtang and Luo Zenan gave a salute, and congratulated Emperor Zhu as soon as they opened their mouths.

"Victory in the first battle? How do I feel that victory belongs to the Russians? Zhu Jishi snorted.

"How could it be that the Russians won? Your Majesty, the Russians and the Eight Banners allied forces attacked Darkhan City, and retreated in two ways, and were pursued by our guards cavalry all the way, compared to the annihilation of the whole army. On the other hand, near Flying Wolf Castle, they encountered the convoy of our railway superintendent Yamen, attacked but did not win, and were defeated by the Suiyuan Town Army that came to the aid of Flying Wolf Castle, and the beheading had exceeded 600 achievements, and the self-loss was less than 400, how could it not be a victory? ”

Zuo Zongtang is full of words, and he really said that's what happened.

Luo Zenan also said: "Your Majesty, the minister is responsible for publicity, how do you think the minister should inform the people of the world about the results of the battle of Darhan - Flying Wolf Castle?" Do you want to report failure? ”

"Of course not, the first battle...... Must win! ”

Zhu Jishi smiled bitterly and turned his mind to war propaganda. Darkhan - The Battle of Flying Wolf Castle must have been defeated if analyzed strategically. However, from a tactical point of view, it was indeed the victory of the Ming army, and 400 casualties (including workers) in exchange for 600 Tartar heads, of course, was a victory!

"Still, there aren't many wins." Zhu Jishi asked Luo Zenan with a smile, "Military advisor, how much is it appropriate to report to the outside world?" ”

"Then ...... Quote 6000! Luo Zenan replied without thinking.

I multiplied 10 at once, and this Luo Dajun division can blow it up!

"Okay, 6000 is 6000."

"In addition, the minister also has a plan, and he wants to win a few corners." Luo Zenan said again.

"Horns? Sing Cantonese opera or Kunqu opera? ”

"Well, it's not singing." Luo Zenan smiled and waved his hand, "The horn that the minister wants to hold is Darkhan, the hero of the Battle of Flying Wolf Castle. ”

"Heroes? Who is it? ”

"Wu Mancang, the cavalry company commander of Suiyuan Town, Wang Wuming, the commander of the infantry battalion, and Yang Laobai, the foreman of the railway supervision yamen, among them, Yang Laobai has been loyal to the country and is a martyr of my Ming Dynasty. The minister is going to focus on publicizing this Yang Laobai's deeds, so that the whole world will know that he is loyal, brave and martyr. ”

"Uh, what's the story?" Zhu Jishi frowned, "Is it to block the gun hole or blow up the bunker, or to kill seven times in the enemy camp?" ”

Luo Zenan shook his head: "That's storytelling, the minister doesn't exaggerate so much, what the minister wants the world to know is a real person." How did a poor people in the Ming Dynasty benefit from the emperor's new policy, and how did they go from having no food and clothing to having enough food and clothing. How to serve the country in order to save his good life, participate in the construction of the railway, and finally sacrifice his life for the country in the battle to protect the railway materials, and die with the enemy! (To be continued......)