In Lin Yuan's plan, the display of the Ryukyu fleet was the last link, but he didn't let them display it now, because he still had some key equipment that had not been done well, and with these equipment, Westerners could embark on the road of big ships and huge guns.

However, Lin Yuan was not in a hurry, he wanted to retain some mystery for Westerners, so he focused on the war against Russia.

On 2 May, Lin Yuan returned to Shenyang and convened a meeting to make arrangements for the war against Russia, at which, according to the usual practice, the geography and humanities of the combat zone were first introduced, and one of Wu Yuankai's aides took the manuscript and shook his head and read: "Geographically, the Northeast Plain is like a long and narrow belt, with the Great Xing'an Mountains in the east, the Small Xing'an Mountains in the north, and the Changbai Mountains in the east, and three rolling mountains surrounding it, and there are very few inhabitants here, and there are Oroqen people in the forest, and they can conquer the ...... who are accustomed to war."

After the staff member introduced the situation, he said: "When we were fighting against the Japanese people, Russia kept sending troops from the country, and now the Russian army in Kwantung has three armies, nearly 100,000 people, more than 250 artillery pieces, and our immediate enemy is the First Siberian Army, four infantry brigades, 14 cavalry companies, two artillery battalions, and 96 artillery pieces. ”

"In the western part of Jilin, the First Brigade is stationed at Sanchakou, which is the turning point of the Songhua River from the north to the east, and it is also the starting point of the Songhua River channel. In the center, the headquarters of the First Army, the Second Brigade and the Third Brigade Headquarters were stationed in the provincial capital of Jilin, and the two brigades were scattered on the railway line; In the east, the 3rd Brigade was stationed in Hunchun and Ningguta, and the defenders of the three places relied on each other. Wu Yuankai asked, "Lin Shuai, who do we fight first?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Who is closest to us?" ”

The staff hesitated and replied, "It should be the defenders near Jilin, right?" ”

Xiong Tiesheng and Liu Dart were both very dissatisfied, and Wu Yuankai said angrily: "What do you mean by 'should be'!" ”

The staff said ashamedly: "Our information is a long time ago, and the latest one has not been found. ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "No wonder the Qing army is often defeated in battles with foreign powers, this intelligence work alone is a big step behind the enemy, the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first; The grain and grass have not been moved, the intelligence goes first, and without intelligence, how can we win the enemy? ”

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan stood up, picked up a pencil and lightly swiped on the map hanging on the wall, and said, "This is the nearest Russian army!" Changtu! ”

Xiong Tiesheng said: "The Russians repaired the sinkhole? ”

Lin Yuan asked, "Tiankeng? What is a sinkhole? ”

Xiong Tiesheng said: "I heard that a big hole suddenly appeared on the post road, or the Russians would come to beat us." ”

Lin Yuanzhi said that he was talking about the big crater blown up by the anti-runway bomb, he didn't say any more, but used a pencil to put a little heavier on Changtu and said, "We'll beat him!" The defenders of Changtu are a fast detachment of the Russian army, with only ten companies and almost a thousand people, so we will eat it first. ”

Lin Yuan led the soldiers of the 1st Brigade to take the lead, and the 1st Ryukyu Division, which had the strongest combat effectiveness and the best equipment, was behind, and marched later. They marched on the post road, and the deep pits that had been blown out of the post road had already been repaired by the Japanese, and if it had not been for the landing of the 1st Ryukyu Division on the Liaodong Peninsula, the Japanese would have really gone south.

Lin Yuan stopped eight kilometers away from Changtu, and out of caution, he sent three cavalry squads to the vicinity of Changtu to reconnoitre, but the accident happened at this time.

The eight-kilometer journey was two hours back and forth, and the usual cavalry scouts came back on time, but this time, three hours had passed, and the scouts still did not come to report the military situation.

Lin Yuan asked the guards, "Haven't the scouts sent out have come back yet?" ”

The guard replied, "Yes, not yet." ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "They may have been delayed on the road, but it is still possible that one team has been delayed and has not come back, what happened to make the three teams delayed?" Moreover, these three cavalry scouts are all experienced and experienced, and even if they encounter the enemy, they will not be completely wiped out. ”

In the evening, he still didn't come back, so Lin Yuan had to take advantage of the night to send three more teams, and the three teams came back four hours later to report: "They searched according to the original reconnaissance route, and found no trace of the previous team. ”

Lin Yuan was anxious to know the situation of the Russian army in Changtu, so he sent three more teams after dawn, but when it was dark, he didn't come back!

Lin Yuan ordered his subordinates to block the news, he called Chen Fei, told him about the situation, and asked, "Why are our cavalry scouts missing?" ”

Chen Fei was also puzzled and said: "There is a sentence in the scout, which probably means that the scout must not shoot, because as soon as the gun is fired, the reconnaissance mission fails, so the scout will try his best not to be discovered by the enemy, why did they disappear for no reason?" Could it be that he has seen the supernatural? ”

Lin Yuan smiled disdainfully and said, "How can there be so many supernaturals? Chen Fei smiled: "Isn't our crossing supernatural?" It's easy to figure out what's going on in the road, you send another team over, and I'll follow the team to see if there are any demons and monsters on the road! ”

Lin Yuan then sent a cavalry squad of six people, Chen Fei was also among them, and the leader was a military commander, who was extremely respectful to him when he saw a high-ranking official like Chen Fei walking with him.

Along the path on the side of the post road all the way to the east, gradually approaching Changtu, turning a forest, in front of me is a green grassland, on the grass there are a hundred and ten horses grazing leisurely, on the side of the sitting a group of people, the group of people is more than 300 meters away from Chen Fei and them, from the clothes can be seen to be Russians.

Chen Fei hurriedly said: "When you meet the Russian army, don't go any further, in case they come to chase us, we have few people, and we will suffer a big loss." ”

Wu Chang smiled and said: "General Chen, we might as well get closer and investigate in detail, you see their horses, they don't have bridles or saddles, and they are dozens of meters away from people, once they show that they want to hit us, we turn the horse's head and run, they get on the horse, put the saddle on the saddle, and run away!" ”

Chen Fei asked, "Does it take that long to install those things?" ”

Wu Chang said: "General Chen may be good at archery, he knows very little about this horse riding technique, the saddle and bridle are very troublesome to install, the horse is an animal, and it will not obediently let you be safe, you have to coax it while it is safe, and it will never be safe for more than ten minutes." ”

Chen Fei said: "Won't they not install a saddle? I know that the earliest cavalry of the Dao was without a saddle. ”

Wu Chang smiled: "If there is no saddle, there will naturally be no stirrups, and the rider will be very bumpy on the horse, and the gun will not be allowed." ”

Chen Fei listened to his explanation, and walked in the direction of the Russian army with them, and the soldiers on the side were recording the number of Russian troops and weapons here with a pen, and when they were a hundred meters away, they only heard a whistle in the Russian army, and those war horses ran into the crowd as if they understood human words, and ran in front of different people like they knew their masters.

I saw that the Russian army put the saddle on the horseback, and it took less than five seconds, and then they turned over and rushed towards Chen Fei and them!

Wu Chang said in surprise: "It's over like this!" Without buckling the belly strap, can the saddle hold? ”