Even though they had the experience of defeating the Cossacks, when it came to this cavalry, everyone's hearts were still full of fear. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info In all fairness, after training with Reinstein, facing the Cossacks one-on-one, no one dared to say that they would win. In particular, this encounter was most likely a fully formed Cossack cavalry division.

With 4,000 iron cavalry pressed down, his own 2,000 infantry cavalry mixed troops could not be an opponent at all. Even if the Fuso troops want to deal with a Cossack cavalry division, they have to mobilize twice the number of cavalry to meet it.

Huo Qiu also became a groom last night, and when he was eating the marrow, he couldn't help but suggest: "My lord, it's better for us to stick to the spot and wait for reinforcements." ”

"Reinforcements, where are the reinforcements? The flag soldiers stationed here and the soldiers of the Reclamation Bureau are not useful, and they are also a burden when they come, so they can't help much. "Li Zongyun was born in the military, and he relied on his identity, and he didn't take Huo Qiu, a person from a personal soldier, in his eyes at all. Snorted coldly: "There are thousands of old soldiers, and if you can't fight with them, it will mess up our team." Now there are two paths, either rush forward or go home. ”

Huo Qiu was robbed of a few words, and his face was a little ugly, "Li Zongyun, don't think you are great just because you are a pipe band." If Lao Tzu hadn't been the captain of the guard for the adults, he would have been able to sit down. You don't want to live yourself, don't implicate others and send them to death with you, a division of Cossacks, then how to fight? ”

Zhang Huaizhi coughed twice, and arched his hand to Zhao Guanhou: "My lord, we brought too few heavy artillery and not many shrapnel with us on this expedition. If the Cossack cavalry divisions were really encountered, the artillery would probably not be able to suppress these cavalry. Besides, they also have divisional artillery, and even if the two artillery battles, we may not have an advantage. ”

Zhao Guanhou said: "I can understand the opinions of several people, what everyone has to say, there is no need to hide it." Mei Yao, tell me, how many Cossacks you have encountered. ”

"Not much, not less, there were about a hundred and ten people, and after a few clashes, we had the upper hand. But scouts are just testing each other, not winning or losing. These men are quick and accurate, and they are naturally good riders, and it is not so easy to deal with them. ”

"That's right, I also felt this way when I fought with them in Xuanhua. The Cossacks are difficult to catch up with if you want to chase them, and you can't get rid of them if you want to get rid of them, typical gods and ghosts. But because they hate it so much, I'm a little weird this time. Their troops were only sheltering the battlefield and had no intention of attacking us, don't you think that this style is not at all like the Cossacks? ”

As soon as he said this, Li Zongyun immediately nodded, "My lord is wise, and from the humble point of view, the Cossacks are just bluffing!" If they really have a division, now is the time for them to attack and we to defend, not when we want to know what to do. ”

Huo Qiu said: "That's what I said, but sending a company of troops to cover the battlefield is indeed very similar to the confidence that only the division level has." Maybe their cavalry was attacking the city in front and couldn't be mobilized back for a while, so they didn't bite us. If you take advantage of this opportunity and don't repair the fortifications, when you want to repair them, it will be too late. If the artillery battalion does not repair the forts and bury mines now, it will be too late for the Cossack cavalry to rush up. ”

"You are raising your arms and waiting to be fisted, which is equal to more than a hundred Cossacks, and you blocked more than 2,000 of our horses, not to mention the shame or shame, isn't this a delay in getting rid of the siege?"

Zhao Guanhou nodded and said: "Zongyun's words are very right, if we build the fortifications now, it will be equivalent to letting a hundred or so people block us." No matter what, we have to go and see the real chapter, and we can't let a hundred or ten people scare us. Minnie Rifle Sentry ready, follow me. ”

Sun Meiyao was a little embarrassed, "You are the president, how can you be in battle every time, more than 100 Cossacks, I will fight." ”

"Of course you can beat them, but I'm always going to see how they're doing, and besides, hit them, the Minnie rifle post is on the road, follow me!"

This Minnie rifleman is trained as a sniper, and his marksmanship is excellent. Now that they have a lot of foot power in their hands, these soldiers have become mounted infantry. When they arrived at the battlefield, they immediately dispersed and expelled the Cossacks.

The range of the Cossacks' carbs was far from being comparable to that of the Minis, and they could only urge the horses to charge, but before they could rush into the range of the carbines, the Minnies had already fired. Bursts of gunfire rang out, and the Cossack soldiers fell to the ground. Seeing this, the remaining Cossack scouts began to shrink their ranks and retreat, while Zhao Guanhou's rifle post began to pursue him. The two units pursued and fled, and after advancing for about several kilometers, they found a large number of enemy traces.

In Qianliwang, Zhao Guanhou observed and found that these soldiers should be Rouran soldiers, dressed completely differently from Cossacks. But the bandits were not on horseback ready for battle, but were in the midst of intense fortifications, and in front of them there was already a simple wooden fence, and behind them, horses were rejected, and low tree stumps.

By this time, Huo Qiu also found a problem, and slapped his thigh, "Damn, this is an empty city plan!" Almost scared us out of a hundred Cossacks. If these people really have a Cossack division, he eats too much and wants to repair this fortification, this is to make mushrooms with us. No, I can't follow their wishes, so I'll let Lao Zhang pull the cannon up and bombard him a few times first. ”

In the front-line command post, Colonel Archo's brow also wrinkled into a pimple. The Rouran people didn't look at him very friendly, and if it weren't for the rubles and rifles in the future, they might not have to dismantle him now.

Let's not talk about how many Rouran girls he slept with in total these days, just say that this time he told everyone that there was a Cossack cavalry division going out together, and this gang of horse thieves fell into the sky.

In fact, now it is very reluctant to even draw out a Cossack cavalry regiment from the front, and where is a division to cooperate with the horse thieves. In other words, if there really was a Cossack cavalry division with rich troops, then the work of attacking Taonan County and even destroying the rear lines of communication in Fusang could be done by the Cossacks themselves, so why bother to find Fusang troops to send troops.

In fact, Tiele tried his best to transfer only three Cossack cavalry companies. And these three companies are still the second and third line troops with extremely weak combat effectiveness among the Cossacks. It is an armed group composed of second-rate sons, ruffians and even some criminal deserters in the village. The soldiers were drawn by whips and bayonets from the conscription office, and their combat effectiveness was completely incomparable with that of their Cossack compatriots.

With the strength of these three companies, it is okay to pretend to be a Cossack regiment, but to pretend to be a Cossack division, it is naturally absolutely impossible. Colonel Archo could only make up a perfunctory lie such as that the troops were moving separately and were meeting here, but as events unfolded, his lies could no longer be sustained.

The three Cossack companies did not have the combat effectiveness of regular Cossacks at all, and one of them fled without a fight, which led to the capture of Naima. The other two companies could not show their combat effectiveness in the attack on Baicheng, nor could they even complete the task of delaying the reinforcements of the front army of Wuwei, so they could be said to be useless.

Among the gangs, the strong are respected, and if the three companies of the genuine Cossacks are there, they will probably be able to maintain the situation. Now these defective products, even the Rouran people can't control them, and their actions before are very contradictory to the Rouran people, and even Alcho has fallen into passivity now.

As Tieler's military adviser, he was obligated to stay on the front line, observing the movements of the Jin soldiers with a telescope. He who can expel a Cossack company with more than a hundred people will definitely not be an easy enemy to deal with, his intimidation tactics have failed, and all that can be counted on now is this line of defense, which can delay the enemy's movements, or the White City side, and end the battle quickly.

He couldn't help but glance in the direction of Baicheng, the agreed cigarette had not been lit yet, proving that the battle there was not over, and now this army was facing the unfavorable situation of being attacked by the enemy, and if it could not find a way out, I was afraid that it would be in great trouble.

Just when he was thinking about whether to let the Rouran people use the tactics they were used to, ride on horseback, and rush to the formation of the front army of Wuwei, or rely on the position to fight a war of attrition with the Jin soldiers. The artillery battalion of the Wuwei Front Army had already come up, spread the artillery, and began to shoot at the Rouran people.

"Kill! Defend the White City, everyone has a reward! Li Xiushan didn't know how many times he shouted out this kind of reward, the silver, banknotes, and even gold and silver jewelry in the city, in short, all the belongings he could collect had been scattered. But for the soldiers, it doesn't matter whether they have money or not now, even if they don't give out anything, they have to fight hard, because for them, there is no way out.

A group of Feng Linge's subordinates rebelled and fled to the Rouran people to surrender, only to be pulled to the front of the battle and skinned in public. The whole process made those old bandits can't help but have pantothenic acid in their stomachs. They understand that these Rouran people are saying that they have nothing to talk about with themselves, and in today's battle, they will either die or the net will be broken, and there is no third way to go.

Since taking the initiative to surrender to sincerity is a death, then you have to fight hard. Li Xiushan was smarter than Cao Zhongkun, before the Rouran people attacked, he drove all the herdsmen in the city to live in the city, and when the Rouran people attacked, he set fire to it first. In the city, there were more than 600 bandits brought by Feng Linge to assist, and the strength was about a little more than two battalions.

At the beginning stage, the second division under the 1st Army of the Rouran Jianguo Cavalry, which was responsible for the attack on Baicheng, was led by the eldest son of Tauk Taohai, Delig. The Rouran soldiers lacked heavy weapons, the White City had city walls, and there were a few old-fashioned general cannons in the city that the Tiele people were too lazy to destroy. Relying on his strength and firepower, Delig had no good way to deal with Baicheng, so he could only barely besiege it.

But when Tauk Tauhai arrived with the main force, the situation suddenly deteriorated. More than 10,000 Rouran bandits, plus more than 1,000 herdsmen who had been driven out of the city before, and the Rouran people, who had an absolute advantage in terms of strength, simply used the most unskilled but also the simplest and most effective method, rope climbing ants.

Li Xiushan almost didn't even have time to close his eyes, and he fought with the attacking troops day and night. From gunfights to hand-to-hand bullets to white-knuckle assaults. His nerves had become numb, and the enemy's attack was a completely mechanical response.

As for Feng Linge's subordinates, it was even worse to fight this kind of battle, and in the past few days, in the city alone, they had cut down more than thirty minions who wanted to desert. Fortunately, after the Rouran people openly killed prisoners, these minions also knew that even if they surrendered, they would die, so they could only grit their teeth and nail themselves to the position.

The position at the head of the city changed hands several times, and the Han people in the city were young and strong, and they had already implemented a general mobilization, regardless of whether they had combat experience or not, they were all driven to the head of the city to assist in the defense, relying on the advantage of manpower, barely resisting wave after wave of attacks. With the last of the Rouran people being cut to the ground, this enemy attack was finally blocked again. But Li Xiushan understands that if there is no foreign aid, he will be dead this time.

There is not much ammunition left in the city, and the ammunition in the hand has been used up, and even those grandfather-level cannons, no one dares to cast them again, for fear that if they are not careful, the cannon will explode, but it will save the people of Rouran. Counting on bullets and hand-to-hand combat, it is already difficult to control casualties. Now in the troops, the firehead army has gone to the battlefield, and there is not a single idler from top to bottom. If you fight again, you will have to let the women in the city go into battle.

Li Xiushan even remembered Zhang Xun who he had read when he was reading. He didn't think about cannibalism, but if it went on like this, the situation in the city would not be much better than that of Zhang Xun. If he were to die, he wouldn't be as stupid as Zhang Xun and cook the concubine ****. Before he died, he would play with the most beautiful women in the city once, and then kill all the women, and he couldn't leave them to the Rouran people. Of course, that was the next resort, and now he has not given up hope of holding on to help.

Boss Cao has no talents, he can defend Taonan, it is all the smoke from the ancestral tomb, and it is simply delusional to expect him to save himself. Now the only thing to refer to is the fourth and his main force. But Tauk Taohai is scheming, if the fourth child falls for his tricks...... Li Xiushan shook his head and spat on the ground. That kid has a bad stomach, how could he fall for his plan, what he really has to worry about is whether he will come or not.

Although he kowtowed to the fourth child, his friendship was not deep, and he could help Meng Siyuan when he had a holiday, but would he help himself? At this moment, Li Xiushan even remembered some rumors he had heard about Zou Xiurong and the fourth child, damn, as long as he could save himself this time, even if it was a little gossip, he would admit it.

If you change places, you will definitely come to save the fourth child, but how much effort you can make, only you know in your heart. After all, according to the confessions of the captives, there were tens of thousands of people besieging them. The fourth soldier, when he returned to the pile, it was those, if he couldn't rush in...... Then I had to resign myself to my fate.

Several thoughts came one after another, and Li Xiushan himself didn't know what to think. It's just that with another horn blowing, he knew that it was time for the Rouran people to attack again, and almost instinctively, he raised his revolver and shouted at the people around him: "All ready, shoot when you get closer!" Add water to the iron pot and pour it when it is hot! ”

Under the city, Tao Ke Taohai, who was in charge of the command, opened his pocket watch, glanced at the time, and said to the eldest son Delig beside him: "You personally led the troops up this time, if you can't take the white city, don't come back." We only have three hours to do, and our brothers, we will hold off the officers and men for three hours at most. Whether we can build a country where the Rouran people make their own decisions depends on these three hours, I put the country on you, don't let me down, go! The eagle on the grassland, use your life to fight for a great future for our compatriots! ”

Delig nodded, didn't say anything, only untied his gun, pulled out his saber at his waist, and rushed towards the city with a shout. Tauk Tauhai wiped the corners of his eyes, in order to realize the ideal of building a Rouran country, everyone is sacrificing, and his own son should not be an exception. (To be continued.) )