Chapter 637: The Battle of Devil's City (Part I)
If you want to talk about a battle of more than 100,000 people, that's nothing, Wufeng Lao Dao has been in the army for so many years, and he has experienced it a lot during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so it's really not a big deal.
However, the group of people in front of you, they are all riding horses, in terms of mobility in this Western Regions region, it is really amazing, in such a vast place, you want to annihilate 100,000 guys on horseback at once, this is definitely not a small difficulty!
So, the old man of the fog wind was not ambiguous, and said to Yang Willy at that time: "What if you kid can't do it?" ”
Yang Willy was still like that, and replied with a smile: "Let's make a military order!" If I can't do it, then I'll stay in school for the rest of the day and never come out to be a counselor to anyone again! ”
"Good! Deal! ”
After saying that, this military order is still established!
So what about it......
"Why are you so confident?" Of course the old man wants to know about this.
Yang Willy still laughed, and then pointed into the distance and said, "Old Dao, you know there's a devil city over there, right?" ”
"Devil's Town? That place ...... "Fog Wind Old Dao seems to understand, too, a little bit understood.
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Amir is a Tajik boy, in the past he was a poor boy who was bullied all the time, especially by those Bayi lords, and his daily life was simply a slave.
And after the Great Qing Kingdom changed its emperor, by the way, it was not called the Great Qing Kingdom, it was called the Pacific Federation, and later it was changed, anyway...... Forget it, it's all called China, it's always called China, his life has changed for the better, and he also joined the army.
Tajiks are the bravest. A natural guardian of the borderlands!
This is the ancestral motto of the Tajiks that has been passed down since ancient times. Although they look different from the Han Chinese. But he regarded himself as a citizen of the Celestial Empire, how glorious this identity was, those individuals in the west were simply barbaric......
Since the change of emperor, this day has changed, and Amir's good days have come, since the liberation of Western Xinjiang, those Bayi lords have been suppressed. There are countless people who run, it's really turned over serfs and sings, even a kid like Amir is still in school, which is great!
But, just a few months ago, the invaders came from the west, and I heard that it was still a tsar, a fucking tsar!
You're just made of sand, can you compare to the emperor of my Celestial Empire? Dare to call the emperor! Stinky and shameless!
Fortunately. Amir did not tell anyone else about this idea......
"Comrades! The superiors gave us instructions! We are going to annihilate the enemy at this Yumen Pass! ”
"Comrades! Along the way, we're just doing a strategic shift. And now, we've managed to bring the enemy into a good place! Hahaha......"
"Comrades! Everyone knows it, this is the North Road! The invaders are coming from the north, and they are in a hurry, and now, we are going to give them a head-on blow! ”
Is there finally no longer a retreat?
Amir listened to the speech of the political commissar, and his heart was surging, because these days, he is really holding his breath, always thinking about fighting those invaders, but he has been ordered by his superiors to turn in, retreat, or help the people to harvest the crops......
Finally able to do a great job!
"Resolutely fight the invaders to the end!"
"The invaders must be driven out!"
Amir was the first to shout, and his chest was full of anger!
This way back, it is indeed a little breathless, but the opponent is really difficult to deal with, the tsar has about 100,000 men and horses, most of them are riders, and it is really terrifying to disperse. And the level of fighting of these guys is very high, and Amir has heard the news of the death of many comrades.
In fact, there were not many troops in the western region of the Pacific Empire, and after recovering the western frontier, Li Mengyang launched the policy of this production and construction corps, which was originally tailored for this place, and Li Mengyang learned it. But when I actually used this policy, I found that there were actually a lot of problems in it.
The number of combat units is constantly decreasing, and the number of people put into production is increasing.
There is no way, there is really no way, because it is too difficult to garrison troops here in Western Xinjiang, even if the method of this production and construction corps is used, even if the enthusiasm of the big guys is mobilized, and everyone is vying for the lead, it is still necessary to mobilize a large amount of food and materials from the east to this side.
To put it bluntly, the cost of garrisoning is very high!
Li Mengyang knows a little about this, after all, he studied history. Historically, the garrison of the Western Regions has once dragged down a dynasty.
During the Tang Dynasty, there was the Western Regions Protectorate, which everyone knew, but not many people knew how much this Protectorate costed. In the early days, the expenditure of the Western Regions to protect the soldiers was 2 million guan, while the income of the Tang Dynasty was almost 30 million guan.
That's not bad, but later, especially when it comes? Near the Battle of Talas, the expenditure came to 15 million!
The numbers are very terrifying, this expenditure is too huge, and it caused the financial emptiness of the Tang Dynasty, so that even the later An Lushan Rebellion has something to do with this matter.
And now, after Li Mengyang uses this policy...... In other words, the old road of foggy wind didn't have too many soldiers to fight at that time!
It is precisely because of this that the old man of the fog wind is at the level of a marshal, but his subordinates, hey~ So he keeps retreating, and he is not a fool.
Li Mengyang naturally allowed such a retreat, yes, he sent Yang Willy, the meaning is very simple, can you block it temporarily...... In fact, the key is that no one expected that Nicholas II would dare to beat us......
So now......
"Your Majesty! Can you give our people more water and food? The weather is so hot that our war horses are shedding! ”
"Your Majesty! Why don't we temporarily recuperate in this western region, I heard that there are many water sources near the Tianshan Mountains, which are much stronger than here......"
"Your Majesty! You want a bowl of water! ”
Inside the tent of the young Tsar Nicholas II, there were several beards, about the same length, but they were dressed in all sorts of guys. I'm arguing with the Tsar.
Needless to say. These individuals were the armies of the Central Asian states that had returned to the Tsar along the way. They were supposed to be pressed by the British, but this is not the Russians, these guys seem to look a little like themselves.
Russians actually have Mongolian blood, all in the royal family, Nikolayevich just a little. The Central Asian states, which were not originally khanates, were themselves conquered by the Mongols, and later the Timurid dynasty. Even the Mughal dynasty in India...... Mughal is actually the Mongolian pronunciation of Punjabi.
Therefore, following the Tsar is more or less based on the consideration that everyone is related, and ah, the Tsar gave a piece of cake.
You follow me, and we will conquer China in the future!
So in that case......
"What are you messing about? Now all we have to do is to break into the hinterland of China as quickly as possible! Everything we needed was there! We must not stop, nor can we be nostalgic for this place! This place is deserted, what's so good? Besides, don't you see the intentions of the Chinese army? They are constantly harassing us and holding us back. Apparently just hoping to get some time! So, of course, we can't let them succeed! ”
I have to say. After all these events, Nicholas II grew. This is also true, after all, he is also from a famous family, after an elite education, although he is anti-British, but after all, he is almost the same as George in Britain, he also studied in Britain, and spent a while on a warship.
Speed up and don't go both ways, this is a fairly good option that seems quite good at the moment, or rather, Nicholas II had only this option.
At this time, the tsarist army took the 'northern route', which is the Silk Road, but it is already June 1897, and the weather is ...... In fact, the weather in western Xinjiang is like this, and the temperature difference between the desert itself is still large, so people who are exposed to the sun during the day can't stand it, and people who are cold at night are playing tricks.
Fortunately, these guys from Central Asia are in good shape, and they are also adapted to the geographical situation, but these guys from Russia are a little bit unsuccessful, they are not afraid of the cold, but they can't stand the temperature difference is so big.
So, of course, the young tsar wanted to pass through this region as quickly as possible......
It is very difficult to march in the desert, especially with such a large army, because there are so many people, you must at least ensure the supply of water. It should be said that along the way, if the village can be seen, as long as there are people who can see it, it will be destroyed, that is, destructive robbery, but this is still not enough.
From the beginning of entering China to the present, it has been a toss for half a year, and in terms of provisions, there is no left, and many soldiers have also appeared to be unadaptable.
But now, I can only listen to the Tsar, what he says now.
The Tsar's army began to advance at an accelerated pace again......
"Enemy spotted ahead!!"
"That's a lot of people!"
"It should be the main force of the Chinese!"
The spread of an army of 100,000 in the desert is very spectacular, of course, it is impossible for so many people to disperse completely, in fact, if 10,000 or 20,000 people are scattered, it will be a sea of people.
But most of us are riding horses, and this Silk Road is divided into north and south roads in western Xinjiang, which is around the Taklamakan Desert, so horseback riding can't be too scattered, because you can't run the desert, although there are also some camels, but that's not the main force.
Therefore, when the enemy situation is discovered, then this formation is poured over in one go, and the horse and the man are entangled together, like a big python!
"Kill!"
"Rush!"
Bi Buckle Bi Buckle ......
The sound of gunfire and shouts of killing echoed in this desert!
It's just that it is obvious that the Chinese army is not enough to fight the 100,000 Tsarist Russian army, and they can only turn around and run away.
"Chase!"
"Ulla!"
Since it's all decided to move forward quickly, there's no reason not to pursue, so let's rush!
But not long after, in front of the Russian army, a strange hill appeared, and this place was ......
Woowoo...... This is, what is this sound? (To be continued.) )
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What's that, it's interesting recently, it's estimated that it's a pill in Japan, and the interbank split interest rate is negative, which is the overnight call interest, this thing is very interesting, to put it simply, the Japanese bankers are all stupid, because they borrow money from others, they could have earned a little interest, but now they have to be reversed. This is very rare in the case of negative interest rates...... Hahaha