Russian barracks, in the big tent.

The soldiers sent by Tzafokov stood in the tent and stood respectfully below.

Muravyov opened his mouth to ask, and the soldier reported: "Your Excellency the Governor, when General Tchaifokov was heading to Vladivostok from the west with his soldiers, he found an army under Li Zhen's command. The two armies met, and General Tchaifokov defeated them. General Tchaifokov said that the news that our troops were divided into three routes has leaked, and the three-way siege has no effect. ”

"I just went out and defeated an army under Li Zhen, good, great!"

Muravyov smiled and rejoiced.

Victory in the first battle, that's a good thing.

The soldier was also overjoyed, and continued: "The general said that Li Zhen knew that our three-way army would attack Vladivostok together, and although the general defeated the first army under Li Zhen's command, Li Zhen would still think that General Tchaifokov would go to Vladivostok and would not change the direction of the march. Therefore, the general has now turned around and quietly rushed to this side, preparing to surprise the Qing army. The general is in the dark, the governor is in the light, you will take the lead in the attack, and then the general will lead the troops to raid, and the two armies will attack and destroy Li Zhen. ”

After listening to this, Muravyov calmed down.

After thinking for a long time, Muravyov said: "When will Tchaifokov return?" ”

The soldier reported: "Two days later! ”

Muravyov shook his head and said, "No, two days is too tight. Let him come back with the soldiers in three days. I first exchanged fire with Li Zhen, completely attracted the strength of Li Zhen's army, and stuck Li Zhen's firepower, so that Li Zhen could not be distracted, and then Tchaifokov led the troops to kill, and the effect was big enough. ”

"I'll make the order clear."

The soldier nodded solemnly, then turned to leave.

"Someone!" Muravyov shouted.

Konysky walked in quickly, saluted Muravyov, and stood straight.

Muravyov asked: "Recently, has there been any news from Medev?" ”

Konysky shook his head and said: "There is no news of General Medev, it is estimated that now General Medyev and his soldiers are about to approach Vladivostok and begin a surprise attack on Vladivostok." ”

Muravyov said: "Li Zhen found that our troops were divided into three routes, and it is estimated that Medyev also encountered the enemy. ”

Konisky immediately said: "Your Excellency the Governor, we will not lose against the Qing army except for Li Zhen. General Medyev is the elite of our army, and it was you who personally raised it, and it was easy to destroy the soldiers under Li Zhen's command. Although General Medyev was eager and a little short-tempered, he was by no means ambiguous in fighting. When he encountered the Qing army, he must have easily annihilated the other party, and then went straight to Vladivostok. With General Medev's personality, he will definitely send someone to report the news after winning the battle. ”

"That's the same, this kid is this character." Muravyov smiled.

After Konyski's words, Muravyov put the matter behind him and pondered about the declaration of war with Li Zhen.

At the moment, Muravyov and Li Zhen are each stationed in one place, and both are well prepared.

Muravyov's army was stationed behind a hillside, with the help of a small hillside as a barrier. In addition, on the hillside, there are also Muravyov's elite soldiers, who are steadily blocking the road to Muravyov's military camp. Li Zhen wanted to send troops to attack Muravyov, but he was bound to be attacked by this army of soldiers stationed on the hillside.

Similarly, Li Zhen's army was stationed behind a slope.

This slope is not high, nor is it deep in the mountains and old forests, but it is enough to contain the attack of Muravyov's army. In addition, Li Zhen also asked the soldiers to dig a circle of trenches on the slope, and then opened a road from the barracks to the top of the slope, which could continuously replenish the troops. Li Zhen's army also blocked the main road below the slope to prevent Russian soldiers from attacking.

Both armies, both well prepared.

Whoever wants to break the current deadlock must be the first to let the soldiers under his command attack.

It is conceivable that such an engagement would have been fierce.

Konski saw Muravyov pondering, knew that he could not be disturbed at this time, and stood quietly in the tent.

After half an hour, Muravyov stood up, then took out pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and began to slowly sharpen the ink. He sharpened the ink, picked up the brush, spread out another piece of stationery, and wrote a line of Chinese characters on the letterhead. After the ink dried, Muravyov put the letter in it and ordered: "Give the letter to Li Zhen, and in a day, go to war!" ”

"Ah!!h

Konski was stunned for a moment, he had a puzzled expression on his face, and asked: "Lord Governor, we are going to start a war with Li Zhen, naturally the other party does not know the best, so that sending troops to raid can be effective, why do you want to inform the other party?" ”

Muravyov said: "Just go and deliver the message, and the rest will follow my orders." ”

"Yes!"

Koniski didn't ask any more questions and left immediately.

Muravyov sat in the tent with a sneer on his lips. He naturally has a certain reason for doing this. If Muravyov suddenly ordered his soldiers to attack, and changed his previous confrontation style, Li Zhen would definitely be suspicious, suspicious of the purpose of Muravyov's raid, guess the intention, and maybe think of the key to it.

In his letter, Muravyov clearly mentioned Tchaifokov's victory, indicating that Li Zhen's momentum had gone. At this time, Muravyov begged for war, and implied the intention of forcing Li Zhen to retreat, as if saying that Tchaifokov rushed to Vladivostok with his soldiers, and Medyev also led his troops there.

The purpose of this was to hide Tchaifokov, who had arrived.

……

Qing Army, Chinese Army Big Tent.

After Li Zhen received the letter from the Russian soldier, he opened the envelope and quickly read the contents of the letterhead. Li Zhen stared at the handwriting on the letterhead, quite surprised, because the last pen on the letterhead was Muravyov, and this calligraphy was vigorous and powerful, showing Muravyov's Chinese character skills.

"Lord Wang, the Russians are extremely arrogant, kill this little soldier first!"

After Lu Shaochuan saw the contents of the letter, he had a fierce expression on his face, and he couldn't wait to kill the person who delivered the letter.

Li Zhen didn't speak, took a piece of letter paper, and wrote a word in pencil "Battle!" Then, Li Zhen sealed the letter in the letter, handed it to the Russian soldiers, and asked the Russian soldiers to leave.

"Muravyov got the news of our defeat and seems to be eager to prepare for battle. ”

Li Zhen smiled slightly and said, "This is exactly what you want, defeat Muravyov!" ”

Long Xi suddenly laughed and nodded heavily.

Long Yu immediately conveyed the order to fight, and the army was immediately mobilized. The 6,000 soldiers under Li Zhen's command, plus the more than 1,000 soldiers brought back by Long Xi, there were more than 7,000 soldiers, all of whom went to the position to prepare for the attack of the Russian soldiers.

ps: first update;