The west, south, and east sides of Yaksa are all rivers, swamps, and sandbars, so the focus should be on the north.

However, the Datong Army was completely unreasonable.

Landing directly on the back of the sandbar to the southwest, using the cover of the woods to carry artillery, and constructing an artillery position across the river to attack Yaksa.

There are three rivers confluence, and there are many tributaries, the water network is extremely complex, and the river channel is also narrowed by dense sandbars. There are many sandbars, and artillery positions can be arranged to attack the city.

Khabarov, this guy, after surrendering, was extremely obedient. In the face of China's civil and military officials, no matter what level, he looks like a grandson, and he can't wait to kneel down and kiss the boots of the old man.

At this moment, he was wearing cotton armor on the outside and silk clothes on the inside, and pointed to the castle and said, "I built the castle, and this sandbar is the best artillery position." After sealing the upper river, there is a valley to the northeast and northwest to escape, and troops must be sent to intercept it, so that the damned Cossack robbers can escape at night. ”

"Very good, if you win this battle, you will be credited." Wang Fuchen approvingly.

Because they were afraid of startling the snakes, the spies sent by the Datong army could only observe with a clairvoyant mirror from a distance across the river, and they really didn't know that there were two river valleys in the north.

Khabarov hurriedly said: "They are all serving the country, and they dare not take credit." General, after the shelling of our army, I can go over and shout, I will definitely be able to instigate some Cossack robbers. ”

Wang Fuchen said with a cold face: "You still want to save your former subordinates?" ”

"It's not to save them," Khabarov really explained, "The Cossack robbers don't have much food, and they must be panicked if they bombard the city first, and then besiege the city." At this time, I went to shout, and if someone thought that they could live, there would definitely be infighting. If you can bait them down, disarm them and kill them all. Even if you can't lure you down, you can take advantage of the chaos to attack the city. ”

Wang Fuchen said: "Here in the Datong Army, there is no talk of luring surrender. If you surrender, you will surrender, and you will be convicted according to the situation, and you will not go back on your word, and you will be killed after waiting for people to surrender. ”

"Yes, yes, I was wrong." Khabarov hurriedly admitted his mistake.

Due to the small size of the battleships of the Andong Navy and the small caliber of the ship's guns, they were not very powerful when attacking the city walls.

However, there are still a few city defense guns!

This thing belongs to the big guy, and after the capture of Yaksa, it will be installed on the city wall, and at the moment it will be directly arranged on the sandbar to attack the city.

One by one, the troop transport ships followed the advance of the naval division battleships, bypassed the large and small sandbars, and went directly upstream to block the enemy's retreat.

Standing on the city wall, Stepanov saw that the upper river was blocked, and instantly fell into despair. Their main force is the Cossacks, and the usual tactic is to run away if they can't win, and then find all kinds of opportunities to sneak attack, and now they are blocked and the way to retreat is what can be done?

Damn aristocratic generals, all fucking blind commands!

At this time, Zhang Tingxun followed a sentry commander and went to land a few miles upstream, with the goal of blocking the river valley that Khabarov had informed.

In addition to this outpost Datong army, there are more than 200 natives.

Most of these indigenous soldiers belonged to the Daur people, and a small number came from the Sauron, Sakhalian and other tribes. According to the name hundreds of years later, it is the Daur people, the Oroqen people, the Evenki people, the Hezhen people, and so on.

The natives were not brought in to support the scene.

The first is to help with manual work as an auxiliary, and the second is to let them see with their own eyes how the Datong Army kills the Rakshasa ghosts, showing off the super strength of the Datong Army.

The sentinel's name was Peng Chunlin, and after leading his troops to the river valley, he sent some soldiers to explore the mountains.

He continued to walk forward with his troops, explaining to Zhang Tingxun as he went: "This kind of terrain is the most suitable for ambushes, and you must send a mountain search team to ensure that you will not be ambushed." ”

"Whistle Peng is right." Zhang Tingxun studied modestly, he knew why the other party was like this.

It's just that he is a little grandfather, and Peng Chunlin has an extra task, which is to teach him how to fight in actual combat.

Peng Chunlin continued: "Our main force is besieging the city, and if there is an enemy army flowing here, it will either break and flee or break out. When the time comes, we will not face too many enemies, and they will certainly not be arrayed. Choose a narrow spot to use as our ambush point and try to achieve victory in as little as a moment. The next step is to pursue and capture scattered enemies, so when choosing an ambush point, it is important to anticipate where the rout will flee. ”

It took more than half a day to finally select the ambush site.

Peng Chunlin explained: "Look here, the river valley is very narrow, and the mountains on both sides are relatively steep. Our army is hiding in the woods, and even if it encounters hundreds of enemies, it is possible to crush them. The enemy wants to escape, and there is a gentle hill in front of him, which is the best place to climb the mountain. Do you know how? ”

Zhang Tingxun said: "Arrange for soldiers to ambush and intercept. ”

Peng Chunlin pointed to the indigenous soldiers: "We only have one outpost Datong army, hundreds of people, try not to divide the troops." These indigenous soldiers are very suitable, they have a blood feud with the Rakshasa ghosts, and they must fight bravely. Moreover, the Rakshasa ghost who fled to that hillside was already a frightened bird, and when it encountered an ambush by the indigenous soldiers, it was absolutely frightened and turned around and ran. ”

Zhang Tingxun sincerely admired: "Peng Whistle is a good plan! ”

Peng Chunlin pointed to the other side of the river again: "Rakshasa ghosts are proficient in water, and someone must have jumped into the river to escape." On the other side, the natives can also be allowed to arrange ambushes, and when fighting, they will come out of the forest and stay on the shore to kill the Rakshasa ghosts in the water. ”

That night, the group spent the night at their respective ambush sites.

Instead of cooking on a fire, he took out a mince cake (compressed biscuit) and swallowed it with the cool white he carried with him.

The bread has been improved, and the addition of dehydrated vegetable leaves can be supplemented with some vitamins.

Of course, due to the inability to grasp the scientific temperature, when vegetables are cooked, a large amount of vitamins will be lost, and how much is left is up to God's will.

As for the indigenous soldiers, they are all chewing ordinary dry food, and compressed biscuits are not cheap to make.

Even if it's the Datong Army, it's impossible to eat this thing all the time. Today there is a rush to set up an ambush, everything is not ready, and tomorrow someone will row a boat to bring enough dry food.

"Boom, boom!"

The Datong Army, which had been encamped on Shazhou yesterday, began shelling early the next morning.

Dozens of ship-borne small cannons, several city defense guns mounted on the sandbar, aimed at the walls of Yaksa and frantically dumped shells.

Zinoviev, a noble lord, fought in the Smolensk War as a teenager. It was also a big battle of tens of thousands of people, but the Tsarist army only had a total of 160 guns, and all of them were small-caliber light guns.

Zinoviev swallowed his saliva and said: "The firepower of these Khitan shipborne guns is at least equivalent to our five regular legions!" ”

This guy finally knew that he was scared, and he hid in the castle and did not dare to show his head, and there was cannon fire everywhere in the south, east, west, and west.

And the Cossack cannons in the city could not return fire at all, because the range was not enough.

I don't know how long it took, but Stepanov crawled over: "Lord Steward, there is already a crack in the southern wall. It's only been one morning, and if the enemy shells it for a few more days, the walls will definitely collapse in many places. ”

Zinoviev asked: "How can the Khitan warships have dozens of artillery?" ”

Bektov also touched it at some point, speaking as an expert on the fortress: "At most, the walls will collapse in one day, and the walls here are too poorly repaired. In two days, the gap in the collapse of the city wall will surely reach four or five, and possibly even more. We have to break through tonight! ”

Zinoviev is still asking: "How big is the territory of the Khitan and how many people are there?" ”

"I don't know!" Stepanov was annoyed by the question.

Zinoviev said: "How could you not know? You were sent here to raise rations for the army, and to inquire about the Khitan military. ”

"I'm blocked here by the Khitan army, and I can't get through at all." Stepanov was so depressed that he wanted to hack the noble lord to death with one sword.

In fact, Zinoviev had done his homework, and he knew that the southern part of Siberia was inhabited by Tatars (Mongol tribes in general). And in the Amur River (Heilongjiang) basin, it seems to be the territory of the Khitans.

As for how big the Khitan is and how much it is populated, Zinoviev has no idea at all.

Over the past 100 years, Tsarist Russia has fought wars with more than 10 countries, and the number of troops is certainly sufficient, regardless of the quality of its soldiers.

Moreover, the Tsarist army was still learning from the Swedish reforms.

For example, during the Smolensk War, two new corps were formed. Not to mention the military salary, there are three meals a day and a subsidy, and the landless nobles, bankrupt gentry, low-ranking boyars (princely vassals), Cossacks, and freemen are conscripted to form an army, which far exceeds the traditional aristocratic and serf legions.

According to this new type of corps, Tsarist Russia formed four more corps.

It also imitated Sweden in forming a new type of cavalry, and formed two new cavalry regiments. Then artillery batteries were formed, each with 12 guns.

By the end of the Battle of Smolensk, Tsarist Russia had formed 10 new corps.

Well, as soon as the war ended, 10 new regiments were disbanded on the spot, because they could not afford such high military expenses.

On the Southern Front, in order to fight the Ottomans, several new corps were also formed. And it belongs to the standing border guards, and the original plan has been maintained, but it only lasted a few years before it was disbanded one after another.

Those new-style legions were indeed strong in combat, but they were not suitable for serf society.

However, with the tense situation, the Standing Border Guard was reconstituted about five years ago. Most of the officers were foreigners, experienced from the Thirty Years' War, and the Russian officers followed behind the ass of these foreign officers, learning how to fight as apprentices.

The huge Tsarist Russian Empire currently has about 30,000 new-style standing troops, and it simply cannot afford to continue to expand the army.

The rest of the Tsarist army is still the same old. The high-ranking nobles led the troops to fight, and the nobles at all levels brought their own dry food to participate. If the number of ordinary soldiers is insufficient, then serfs will be conscripted in wartime, and they will be disbanded on the spot after the battle, and there is no need to pay military salaries at all. At first glance, the army of 120,000 is full of serfs, and its combat effectiveness is similar to that of China's peasant rebel army, and it is also the kind of peasant army that has just rebelled.

However, with the colonization of Siberia and the acquisition of large quantities of furs in exchange for gold and silver, in another twenty years, the new standing army of Tsarist Russia will reach 59,000 men. This is the basis for the continued expansion of Tsarist Russia, stained with the blood of the indigenous Siberians.

And in this time and space, Tsarist Russia may not be so smooth.

Zinoviev's war mentality was still stuck in the era of aristocratic serfs, at most next to the Thirty Years' War.

He didn't take the Datong Army seriously at first, just a few dozen warships, and at most a few guns. Even if the Datong army killed a few thousand people, the main force would kill four or five hundred, and the rest would be all serfs and indigenous servants. If this is the case, he is absolutely sure that he will defend the castle.

What the hell is a salvo of dozens of artillery?

He hadn't seen more than a thousand heavily armed Datong troops yet, otherwise, this guy would probably have three views shattered.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Zinoviev felt that it was difficult to hold on, and finally said: "Let's break through tonight." If the breakthrough goes well, lead the Khitans to the mountains and forests, looking for an opportunity to ambush and sneak attack! ”

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