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Located at the confluence of the Selenga River and the Ulan River, the Selenga River is about 1.5 Xia li (9 km) wide and has an average depth of about 2 Xia Qi (1.2 m) outside 250 Xia Qi (18 OM) to the east of the city. Although the water level of the Selenga River is not deep, the bottom of the river is several feet deep, and it is easy for people and horses to trample on it. In addition, the swampy wetlands of unknown depth are widely spread on the west bank of the Selenga River, so a natural protective barrier in the eastern part of Selengesk is formed.

The Ulan River, located a hundred feet (6om) south of the city of Selengesk, is far less wide than the Selenga River, to be less than one-sixth the width of the Selenga River, with a shallower water depth and a sandy riverbed, so most of the basin can be crossed. However, due to the rapid flow of the Ulan River, a series of whirlpools are formed in the section of the river that flows into the Selenga River, and thus a high and low cavity is cut at the bottom of the riverbed.

The treacherous environment at the confluence of the two rivers meant that the defenders only had to strengthen the defenses on both sides of the northeast. Of course, if the besieging side were to carry out a long-term siege, they would only need to dig trenches on the northeast side of the city to complete the blockade of the city. Therefore, from the Qing-Mongolian coalition army, the Xiameng coalition army to the Russian army that appeared at the end, they all acted like this.

Since the strength of the Russian army was not too large on the whole, considering the relationship between the two blockade lines, the barracks of its besieging troops were finally set up in the northeast corner of Selengsk. It was originally a large farm, not to mention the open terrain, and there were enough farmhouses, horse sheds, mills, and canals for the garrison, and the Qing and Xia armies were also stationed during the period.

On the other hand, on the side of the Chamon coalition army, because there was no Cossack cavalry brigade in the report when it first arrived, the Chamon coalition army initially set up camp along the valley of the Ulan River. It was only after Alamodo Korninov's troops returned to the Russian camp from the south along the Selenga River in a large circle that Kuching closed the gap in the south, and the ensuing operation to fill the trenches on the outskirts of the city was mainly carried out by the troops from the relatively close Ulan River Henan.

Now that the two sides have scheduled a big battle, it is natural that the battlefield can only be set on an impact plain east of Selengesk, which is about 120 Xia zhang (7.2 km) long and about 80 Xia zhang (4.8 km) wide at its widest point.

"God bless the Tsar, and bless the faithful people of Er and others with eternal glory??????"

Early in the morning, after the pre-war mass presided over by the military priest, the blessed Russian army left the camp one after another. Almost at the same time, the Chamon coalition side also began to act. The two sides tacitly stopped interfering with each other's actions, and completed each other's queue before the sunlight dispelled the last trace of mist.

"The Rakshasa people are still real, and they actually use soldiers evenly." Standing on the high command vehicle, several staff officers of the Xia army carefully observed the deployment of the Russian army with a clairvoyant, due to the distance, the magnification factor of the clairvoyant mirror is not very high, so the Xia army can only vaguely observe that the middle of the Russian army is arranged with infantry, and the Cossack cavalry units that make the Xia army most worried are scattered on both wings, which cannot but be said to be good news. "So our army will win."

"Don't get complacent too early, it's still not clear how the distribution of troops on the two wings is, who knows if the Rakshasas have tricks." Having said that, the military commander of the Wei army reported the results of his observations to Kuching as quickly as possible, and therefore inquired. "Dashuai, do you want to strengthen the power of the right wing."

As the main force of the Xiameng coalition army, the Xia army participated in this battle, including the second regiment of the first brigade of the second division of the Longwu Army received from the city of Selengesk, a total of four light cavalry regiments, two heavy armored regiments, a number of horse exploration posts and cavalry artillery regiment guard posts, baggage regiment guard posts, and middle base regiment guard posts, including 3,800 cavalry, in addition to 12 regimental and divisional artillery posts, totaling 72 artillery pieces, if all arranged on one wing, it is enough to overwhelm any Russian army.

However, the Xia army had to take into account the problems of the Mongol army, and was dragged down by the pig teammates, and the Xia army could not adopt an extreme arrangement plan, so in the end, the Xia army deployed 3,000 cavalry and 12 artillery pieces including a heavy armored regiment on the left flank near Selengsk, and 800 cavalry and 24 artillery pieces including a heavy armored regiment on the right flank near the eastern mountain area to cooperate with 4,000 Khalkha cavalry. So it was just thirty-six artillery pieces and five thousand local Mongol soldiers. Now it seems that this position is enough to restrain the average number of opponents, but the right flank is slightly insufficient and needs to be strengthened.

"Strengthen?" Kuching shook his head. "There are enough troops on the right flank, and no matter how strong they are, they will not be able to exert themselves." In terms of the distribution of troops, Kuching's words make sense, so the restrictions of the hills on the east side, the Chamon coalition army cannot implement a large-scale detour, so it is actually a waste to accumulate more troops on the right flank, but Kuching's words are actually deliberately misinterpreting the meaning of the staff officers, and its purpose is nothing more than to fool the Mongolian princes who are detained around them. "It's better to keep the reserves in your hands." The staff officer wanted to give another reminder, but when he noticed Kuching's extraordinarily stern gaze, he suddenly felt a little submissive, and at this time he listened to Kuching's orders. "Pass the order, so that the baggage post can be set up first."

With a few waves of the signal flag on the Xia army's command vehicle, Kuching's order was quickly implemented. I saw Xia officers and soldiers driving carts pouring out at the junction of the three fronts of the Xia and Mongol coalition forces -- a baggage regiment of the Xia army was usually equipped with about 120 transport carriages, and now these carriages appeared in a steady stream on the battlefields on both flanks.

As if sensing the strangeness of the Xia army's movements, the Russian army began to move forward. However, due to the slow advance of the infantry, the Cossacks on both flanks did not speed up their horses at the beginning, so the Russian army could only watch as the Xia army's baggage troops arrived in the center of the battlefield on both flanks. The next scene that stunned the Cossack cavalry appeared, the Xia army untied the connection between the carriage and the horse, threw the carriage on the battlefield, and then turned around and ran back. The Cossacks who observed the movements of the Xia army did not know what was in the Xia army's baggage cart, but even if it was loaded with stones, it was a dangerous obstacle for the cavalry preparing to charge.

"You can't add any." The Cossack leaders who commanded the battle on both flanks shouted at the riders around them, although they seemed to have lost the lead, but as long as they successfully escorted the main Russian army across the center line and brought the enemy on the opposite side into the range of the Russian artillery, the outcome of the battle was not yet determined. "Suppressed, all suppressed."

Not to mention the small chaos on the side of the Cossacks, when the baggage soldiers returned from their mission, a new order was issued from Kuching.

As a result, the artillery post at the forefront of the battle line of the Xia army began to drive the horse forward, and arrived at the predetermined firing position with twice the advance of the Russian front, and then turned the horse's head, unloaded the artillery, and built a firing artillery barrier on the spot.

"Ready!" Looking at the indicator flag in the rear, the Xia gunners raised the torches in their hands. "Put!"

At the sound of an order, the eight-point artillery of the Xia Army's division began to speak, and countless solid bullets smashed into the Russian army's array in an arc, making blood-colored alleys - speaking of which, the places where the two armies are now fighting were originally cultivated farmland, but after two years of siege, the former fertile fields have been overgrown with weeds, and the weeds with roots have turned the originally soft land into solid clods, plus the Siberian winter is coming, so there is enough strength to support the jump of the shells.

"Come again," the Xia army, which had finished firing a round, reloaded as quickly as possible, and at this time, the Russian troops on the central line had also begun to place artillery and prepare to return fire, and the Cossack cavalry on both sides who had not been hit by the regimental quarters also saw that the situation was not good and began to be forced to lift up. "Okay? Great, ready, put! ”

When the eight-minute artillery was preparing for the third round of shelling, the Russian artillery also began to resound, but because the artillery of the Xia Army was relatively scattered, the effect of the Russian artillery fire was not good, and only the only one hit a towing horse that had been led to the rear after forming a ricochet. The poor Mongolian horse didn't even have time to scream, and suddenly his brain burst and fell to the ground, causing the sensitive kind to neigh uneasily, and the Xia Jun's horseman hurried over to pacify him.

At this time, the quarters of the Xia regiment also opened fire on the Cossack cavalry who were forcibly emerging in the barricade zone.

Because of the close distance, the Xia army's quarter-guns fired grapeball shells, and the small lead bullets almost sealed the entire blocking area, beating the Cossacks who had finally stood out into a sieve.

"Trolling horses." However, it was precisely because of the grapefire that the firing position of the Xia artillery was very close to the blocking area, so when the Xia Army Quadrangular Artillery was preparing to shoot the second round, the rear reminded them to prepare to retreat. "Quick, it's done?" As soon as the second round of fire ended, the gun, which had been pushed out of place by the recoil of the projectile, had just stopped, and was tied to the carriage of the gun that had been drawn by the tow. "Hurry up, retreat."

The artillery retreat is particular, the Xia artillery on the left flank can retreat in the direction of the Ulan River on the left side of the battlefield, the Xia artillery in the center can retreat directly to the front line, and the Xia artillery on the right flank can only retreat to the center and then retreat to the front line because of terrain restrictions. Since the light artillery units withdrew first, in order to avoid confusion, the artillery of the Xia Army on the central front had to hold out for a while longer. It stands to reason that in this case, the artillery of the center line will face a joint blow from Russian artillery fire and the Cossack cavalry on both flanks. However, in the actual battle, it is impossible for the Cossack cavalry to come over and outflank the middle line artillery of the Xia army, unless the Cossacks are willing to face their own artillery fire, or the Russian artillery on the middle line will stop attacking, but now that there is no real-time communication on the battlefield, this kind of cooperation is simply impossible to achieve, not to mention that before the Xia army artillery began to retreat, except for the local Mongol soldiers on the central front, the two wings of the Xia and Mongol coalition forces have begun to plot war horses to the battlefield??????