Chapter 391: Tens of thousands of cavalry
Although the cavalry on both sides strangled together was very chaotic, Guo Ziqing could judge that the casualties on both sides had almost equalized, and the initial advantage had been neutralized.
This is the first time that Guo Ziqing has encountered such a strong opponent after Zhou Huchen issued the order to the Northern Expedition, and Zhou Huchen's subordinates are proud, especially the direct officers like Guo Ziqing, who are never afraid of any battle. That time was in Yeshan, when blocking the Jiannu army, the nine-life outlaw resistance battle made Guo Ziqing famous in the first battle, and it was that iron-blooded resistance battle that sublimated Guo Ziqing's command and operation.
"Come on, pull the last 2,000 cavalry up for me, and kill all these Rakshasa ghosts!"
Guo Ziqing respects the brave, he respects strong enemies more, but he prefers to completely destroy strong enemies and does not like to leave troubles behind.
What's more, Guo Ziqing can't afford to lose at all, losing is not enough to apologize, defeat is a blow to the tenacious style of this army, and at the same time, the marshal's plan will be destroyed, which is a burden that Guo Ziqing can't bear. And what will happen in the future with these strong enemies? If these powerful Rakshasa ghosts run around in this boundless Siberia, the handsome man will scratch his head in the future, and he Guo Ziqing will also be considered a coward by everyone. Therefore, Guo Ziqing must eliminate them.
"General, there is no real firearm cavalry to protect the large army, what if the Rakshasas have a large force of cavalry coming?"
The one who opened his mouth to raise objections was the deputy general Liu Yushan, who had just arrived, the enemy situation was unknown, and he was a little dangerous. Guo Ziqing turned his head and looked at Liu Yushan: "You go back to command, let the infantry line up, prepare for defense, those new cavalry of the attached army cover the two wings, and prepare the mortars for me." ”
"Yes!"
There is nothing to say, this is not a desperate bet, as long as the foot soldiers put on a defensive posture, even if there are another 10,000 Rakshasa cavalry Liu Yushan, he is not afraid. In fact, Liu Yushan and Guo Ziqing have the same idea. He was afraid of the collapse of those new annexed troops, and even more afraid that those family members would cause chaos for him, and as for the battle, Liu Yushan was also not afraid.
The Cossacks were brave, barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, and it was this bravery for the sake of wealth that brought them to Siberia. Then he conquered all of Siberia with his own brutality and genocide.
The Ming army once again dispatched cavalry, and these Eastern European ruins who had nothing suddenly found themselves in a desperate situation.
The Cossacks were arguably one of the strongest cavalry in Europe, because they were not afraid of death, compared to those so-called noble knights of Europe. They are just a cheap life, that is, they exchange this worthless life for wealth. The Europeans near Tsarist Russia did not like to fight the Cossacks, because it was not worth it, these beggars were not worth their lives, so the territorial expansion of Tsarist Russia was always smooth with the help of these broken settlements.
Now, these cavalry who simply did not know where they came from have subverted their worldview.
With the re-entry of two thousand Ming cavalry, the brave battle of the Cossacks without retreat came to an end, and they did not want to bear the battle of death.
The desperate battle made the Cossacks abandon the battle. Guo Ziqing did not hesitate to lead the cavalry all the way to start a wild pursuit, and whether it was good or not, Sun Dayong's huge cavalry team happened to appear in front of the Cossack cavalry
The Yenisei River is named after the Russians, and it is the largest river in Siberia with a large basin. It originates from the small sea and covers an area of more than 1 million square kilometers. This long tributary of the river is the boundary between the West Siberian Plain and the Central Siberian Plateau, and is the mother river that maintains the balance of water and soil in this area.
Zhou Huchen went up the river. It was a disastrous march for the small camps established by Tsarist Russia along the way. Zhou Huchen did not leave prisoners, even if they stayed. It is also temporary, what he needs is a confession, and after recording the confession, the result is the same.
When the summer in Siberia was coming, Yeniseisk appeared in front of Zhou Huchen's eyes.
And the Tsarist Russians finally knew that they had a strong enemy, and this strong enemy was unknown to them, it was a distant Ming, a Ming hidden in the fog, and these armies.
The forces that entered Yeniseisk were already limited, and with the constraints of a winter, most of the Cossacks who couldn't help but be lonely had already gone out to plunder, and the earthen castle of a thousand people was broken by Mo Yanhua in less than an hour.
The Nisse River basin is inhabited by a variety of ethnic groups; There are Evenki, Tuvans, Buryats, Kyrgyz, Khakassians, Yakuts, Nenets, etc. These backward natives have lived on fishing, hunting and nomadism for generations, and they are widely distributed in the vast land of Siberia, and this free life without organization and leadership directly led to the cossack rampant, with the encouragement and funding of the Tsarist government, they slaughtered, robbed the Siberian natives, and encroached on the Siberian lands
A large number of indigenous women were released from each earthen fort, and in addition to the homeless women, those who were sent away constantly preached the arrival of the Ming army. Shortly after Zhou Huchen's army took Yeniseissk, a tribe of several hundred Kyrgyz came to express their gratitude, and then the Evenkis appeared
Mo Yanhua suddenly found himself the redeemer of these Siberian natives, the savior of these slaughtered natives, and the ruler of Siberia.
Zhou Huchen no longer commanded the battle, he just gave Mo Yanhua some necessary suggestions, all the battles of the army actually belonged to Mo Yanhua to lead, and a real king of Siberia was set up by Zhou Huchen
At the end of May of the fourth year of Hongguang, Guo Ziqing appeared in front of Zhou Huchen.
The veteran of Zhou Huchen's father and son already has a trace of gray hair, which makes Zhou Huchen have to sigh the ruthlessness of time.
At the beginning of June, the general offensive on the Ob River valley was to begin.
Under the command of Mo Yanhua, nearly 300,000 people began to advance towards the Ob River. At the same time, the commander of the Ming royal dragoons, Yongchang Bosun Dayong has already left the southern end of the small sea, after more than a thousand miles to the west, Sun Dayong led more than 100,000 people are about to arrive at the Shihe River (Irtysh River) in Yeer, his goal is to go north along the Shihe River in Yeer, and eliminate all the Rakshasas along the way
The sun is shining, Sun Dayong's eyes are vast and green, under the blue sky and white clouds, the summer in Siberia is very beautiful.
This area is a meadow grassland, in addition to the boundless grassland, you can also see the undulating high slopes, dense jungle, people suddenly feel relaxed.
"Report! Marshal, a large number of cavalry have been found ahead! ”
The return of the scouts ruined Sun Dayong's good mood, and he passed several small battles along the way, but these battles were insignificant, and there were too few Rakshasas and limited combat effectiveness. Except for that unexpected blockade near Xiaohai, Sun Dayong hadn't really fought for a long time.
The large number of cavalry was too attractive, Sun Dayong was in good spirits, hoping to meet the large army of the Rakshasas, and he immediately asked, "How much is the large number?" Hurry up! ”
"Report to the commander, no less than tens of thousands! Can't go into details! ”
"I*!"
Sun Dayong almost didn't jump, tens of thousands of cavalry!
The excitement immediately went down, this is simply too bad, those Cossack cavalry are not mud, Sun Dayong knows how powerful the Cossack cavalry is. If it is really tens of thousands of Kazakh Cossack cavalry, his own hundreds of thousands of people are in danger. Of course, Sun Dayong is not worried about his cavalry, the problem is that there are more than 100,000 new military dependents among these hundreds of thousands of people. Once a large number of cavalry are strangled together, these family members and those new attached infantry soldiers are in danger of collapsing
(To be continued......)