When Zhuo Yan and a company of cavalry broke out of the encirclement, almost no one was intact. Zhuo Yan also had a deep wound on his back, which was left to cut off the head of a Russian ** official, and the blood coming out of the wound had already dyed the dark brown of the navy blue military uniform on his body.

The company commander had already seen the courage shown by the more than 20 Manchu people who were transporting grain and grass in the battle just now, and he was secretly surprised in his heart. Oh my God, this is just an ordinary grain and grass transporter, but they also have such a strong horse combat effectiveness, no worse than their strictly trained cavalry. If they practice their marksmanship well, their combat effectiveness is really not to be underestimated.

The Russian cavalry in the rear was still in hot pursuit, and a chase battle on the steppe began.

The commander of the 329th Cavalry Brigade of the 1st Cossack Cavalry Division of the Russian Siberian Army Sachkonov was about to go crazy, and one of his cavalry brigades besieged a transport squad of the Chinese and actually let them run nearly 100 people.

But fortunately, the supplies should still be on that hill. They did not take the supplies with them at all when they broke through, and he came to the position of the Chinese just now, surrounded by a cavalry guard battalion.

"Open those bags and see what they are?" Said Sachkonov.

One of the horsemen rolled over and dismounted, drew a sharp dagger from his riding boots and cut a small cut in the bag. Reaching out and touching it, he actually pulled out a handful of sand.

"Report to the general, it's sand." The soldier showed the sand in his hand to Sachkonov, who was on his horse.

"What?? More than two hundred Chinese cavalry were just escorting these dozen wagons of sand?? Open all the other bags for me to see. Sachkonov said frantically.

"Report to the General, this was found from the bag in the back." A soldier handed over a note.

Sachkonov took the note, and it was written in Russian, and it was not very clear because it was already dark.

"Bring the torch." Said Sachkonov.

Under the torches, Sachkonov finally read what was written on the note. But after seeing it clearly, he actually broke out in a cold sweat in this cold weather!

"General, what's wrong?" An adjutant beside him asked.

"Look." Sathkonov handed the note to the adjutant.

The adjutant took the note and saw that it read: First of all, congratulations on getting some of the materials that my Daqing Dynasty has given to your country, but unfortunately I have to use sand instead of food in the Daqing Dynasty. In addition, my brother has one thing to tell you, you have fallen into the encirclement of my army. There are two paths before you, one is to enter the prisoner of war camp in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia of the Great Qing Dynasty to serve hard labor. 2. Let you meet your God in advance. -- Luo Ming, a general under Nie Shicheng's subordinate stationed in Mongolia in the Qing Dynasty.

"It's a full set? General, we need to break through quickly. The lieutenant looked nervous.

Satchkonov frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's not in a hurry, you see." Sachkonov pointed to a regiment that had just been chasing the convoy, which had been chased by a large number of Qing cavalry.

In this era when there were no cars, cavalry was the most mobile branch of the army at that time. Just like Luo Ming said, his ten battalions of men and horses have surrounded this place. A Russian cavalry regiment that pursued out first encountered the Qing army in the southeast, and a row of Gatling machine guns sprayed out of the barrel like rain, scattering on the Russian cavalry, and immediately splashed with blood. Those Cossack cavalry were cut down in pieces like leeks. And when they finally realized that something was wrong and were ready to use their ability to escape, the shells of the 75mm camp guns blossomed among them. Fresh life was cut out by shrapnel one after another, and blood, intestines, and brains flowed all over the green grass.

Nearly 1,000 cavalry were chased out, and when they returned, only more than 400 remained. And Luo Ming didn't give them much time to adjust, and the cavalry on all sides had already swarmed towards them. And Zhuo Yan, who was seriously wounded on his back, also turned his horse's head and rushed towards the Russian cavalry that had just pursued him.

The drive on the battlefield immediately changed direction, and now it was the turn of the Russians to defend this small high ground. Luo Ming's 10th battalion of 5,000 men and horses blocked the water around this hill, not only the cavalry with strong impact, but also the camp cannon with a black hole.

Sachkonov also wanted to find the junction of the Qing army that is now surrounding him, just as the Qing convoy had just found the junction of his own troops. Unfortunately, several attempts at a breakthrough were unsuccessful. Sachkonov felt that the morale and personnel of his troops were rapidly declining. He finally understood why the mighty French had lost so badly in front of the Chinese.

However, he had no chance to report his experience, and a bullet that popped out of nowhere pierced his head. Colonel Sachkonov fell headlong from his horse and followed in the footsteps of his soldiers. The 329th Cavalry Brigade, demoralized and deprived of its commander, laid down its arms and chose to go to a prisoner of war camp in Ulaanbaatar to serve hard labor.

It was only in this battle that Zhuo Yan profoundly realized what is today's new method of warfare, and today's war is no longer the one that can sweep the entire battlefield with a courage that can be sacrificed to others. The several breakthroughs of the Russian cavalry just now were quite heroic, but under the command of Luo Ming, none of them succeeded under the suppression of artillery fire. After the sniper killed the opposing commander with one shot, the whole battle ended.

He sat on his horse in a daze, forgetting the wound on his back. recalled that he had just gone from being surrounded, to holding his position and forcing the enemy to change formations, to breaking through the frontal and then to counter-encirclement, and finally annihilating the opponent. The whole battle is clear and organized; It's just a planned plan to lure the enemy.

"Brother, are you hanging the lottery?" It was the company commander who had just been in charge of escorting the grain and grass that spoke.

Zhuo Yan came back to his senses and replied, "It's all planned, right?" ”

"Well, see? This is all a battle that we have planned for Luo Biaotong. Let's have a good time! The company commander said proudly.

"Then why don't you retreat to our ambush site early in the morning, so that many brothers will die less?" Zhuo Yan said angrily.

"Hehe, don't pretend to be a little bit, can those goblin old hairy people be fooled? Brother, you've done a lot of work right away! I just saw you cut down a few old hairs for a while. ”

"I've been practicing riding since I was a child, and it's as normal as eating and sleeping on a horse." Zhuo Yan said disdainfully.

At this time, Luo Ming rode to Zhuo Yan and said: "Behind closed doors, we can fight you to death, but against Lao Maozi, what Manchus, Hans, Mongols, we are all Chinese." ”

"Chinese......" Zhuo Yan looked at this Luo Ming blankly, and the bearing of a general had to make him surrender.

Luo Ming continued: "I have seen all the performance you have just performed, are you interested in joining my cavalry battalion?" My battalion of cavalry is still missing, and I think it's best for you to teach those rabbit cubs. ”

Zhuo Yan nodded excitedly and said loudly: "The general looks up to me, and I will definitely live up to my mission." ”

"Okay, let's go back and heal our wounds first. Come to my barracks right away and report. Luo Ming said briskly.

"Wow."

It was just a small battle, and battles like this one took place all over Mongolia. This method of warfare invented by Luo Ming is called the "method of wolf warfare", and the Russians have heard of Nie Shicheng on the steppe. It is also to turn Luo Ming's standard people into "steppe wolves"

This local feud lasted for three months, and by the time China and Russia signed the Sino-Russian Border Treaty three months later, more than 20,000 Russian soldiers had been captured. The captured Russian cavalry was equipped with enough equipment to equip forty cavalry battalions, and Guan Xuqing directly gave this equipment to Nie Shicheng, who formed a cavalry wing of 20,000 men in Mongolia.

And Luo Ming strongly recommended Zhuo Yan, who joined his unit at that time, to be the captain of the cavalry wing.

Because of the accelerated pace of British aggression in Burma, Guan Xuqing had to transfer Nie Shicheng's troops from Mongolia to the south and Vietnam to defend with the Black Flag Army. Liu Mingchuan's ministry also moved closer to the Sino-Burmese border, and the newly recruited 400,000 troops lacked training and weaponry, so they could not be used for the time being. Chen Hengbu in Sichuan could only be asked to transfer two bids of men and horses to cooperate with the Mongolian cavalry wing to defend Mongolia.