While the coalition forces were deliberating which unit to send to the south bank of the Bulganak River, Prince Menshikov, in the shade of a dense forest on the south bank of the Bulganak River, was anxiously awaiting news from the Cossack Cavalry Regiment.

Time passed minute by minute in the long wait, and soon it was about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the scorching sun hanging in the sky moved from south to west, and the power was quietly weakened compared to before, and Prince Menshikov's heart gradually became irritable over time, and he got up and kicked the tree a few times while sitting on the ground, and cursed: "You damn fellow! ”

In the face of Prince Menshikov's remarks about scolding Huai, all the members of the 17th Division were silent, and no one dared to say a word at this time.

Under the watchful eyes of all the members of the 17th Division, Prince Menshikov kicked the tree twice more, venting indiscriminately, and the emerald green leaves continued to fall under Prince Menshikov's riding boots.

After nearly 20 minutes had passed, Prince Menshikov finally got a little impatient to wait, and he turned to the members of the 17th Division behind him and gave the order to Mingjin to withdraw his troops: "Forget it! ...... Collect"

Just as Prince Menshikov turned to leave, there was a dense sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and then a large team of horses appeared, the members of the horse team were uniformly dressed in green, and everyone was so skillful in equestrianism, they were the most elite Cossack cavalry units of the Russian Empire.

The arrival of the Cossack cavalry unit stopped Prince Menshikov from returning to the Alma Heights, and he hurriedly ordered the XVII Division to stand in place and wait for the Cossack cavalry.

When the Cossack cavalry regiment arrived in front of Prince Menshikov, the commander of the cavalry regiment led by him hurriedly turned over and dismounted and reported to Menshikov: "Report to Commander Menshikov, the Anglo-French army is now stationed on the north bank of the Bulganak River!" ”

"Why are you stationed on the North Shore so early?" Prince Menshikov, who heard the news from the commander of the Cossack cavalry regiment, was stunned for a moment, and then asked the regimental commander.

"Maybe there's something wrong with them! That's right! The commander of the Cossack cavalry regiment suddenly thought of something, and he hurriedly shouted to the cavalry units behind him: "Bring them here!" ”

"Them?" Prince Menshikov looked at the performance of the commander of the Cossack cavalry regiment with bewilderment.

Under the gaze of Prince Menshikov, several British lobster soldiers in red military uniforms appeared in front of Menshikov, at this time the lobster soldiers were tied with hemp rope and a rag on their mouths, through the medals and epaulettes worn on the chests of these lobster soldiers, Prince Menshikov immediately realized that the lobster soldiers in front of him were members of the Royal Scottish Musket Regiment.

"Your Excellency, these are the captives we have taken near their camp! At that time they were still collecting firewood" The commander of the Cossack cavalry regiment said proudly to Prince Menshikov: "What elite troops! It's not like we surrendered as soon as we caught it! ”

"Let them go!" Menshikov gave the order to the commander of the cavalry regiment.

The commander of the cavalry regiment ...... had some concerns, he feared that these prisoners of war would be detrimental to Prince Menshikov.

"Anyway, they are also soldiers from civilized countries, very different from those barbaric Turks!" Prince Menshikov said in a kind tone to the commander of the cavalry.

In the eyes of Prince Menshikov, the Kingdom of Britain was a civilized country like the Russian Empire, but now it was on the wrong path to help the barbarian nations.

Wars between civilized nations should follow the ancient knightly morals, and should not kill or abuse prisoners at will.

"Yes!" The commander of the Cossack cavalry regiment followed Menshikov's order to untie several lobster soldiers.

The untethered lobster troop thanked Prince Menshikov, who immediately asked what was going on in the barracks of their coalition troops!

"I don't know this either!" The lobster soldier shook his head and replied to Prince Menshikov.

Prince Menshikov's face immediately changed slightly, and his attitude hardened: "You are now my prisoners of war, so I have the right to use all kinds of harsh punishments to force you to tell the truth. But I don't want to do that myself, and I hope you will answer my questions truthfully! ”

"Your Excellency, it's not that we don't want to answer! We also don't know why we stopped! One of the lobstermen replied to Prince Menshikov.

"That's right! We don't know what's going on! We all jumped into the river to escape the heat, and when we got ashore again, we were told to rest there for a while, and then a few of us were sent to a nearby village to collect some groceries, and then you caught us here! Another lobster soldier replied helplessly to Prince Menshikov.

From their words, Prince Menshikov did not hear anything flawed.

However, Prince Menshikov was sure that something was wrong with the Anglo-French forces.

Otherwise, this team will definitely not stop at this time.

But what could they have gone wrong?

Just when Prince Menshikov was puzzled, another group of Cossack cavalry also appeared in Prince Menshikov's line of sight.

When this Cossack squad, which consisted of only a few dozen people, came to Prince Menshikov, the commander of the Cossack cavalry regiment was the first to speak: "Which unit are you from?" Why are these people left? Isn't there something unexpected? ”

In response to the question of the Cossack commander, the Cossack squad leader hurriedly reported the situation truthfully to the commander of Menshikov and said: "Report to the commander, we are members of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, and our regiment commander is being pursued by the Bashpozuk cavalry and light cavalry, so we were specially sent to ask you for help!" ”

Hearing the words of the Cossack squad leader, Prince Menshikov was overjoyed, and he hurriedly gave an order to the commander of the Cossack cavalry regiment beside him: "You immediately lead your cavalry units to support the pursued troops, and then come here step by step." Remember not to let them see that we are deliberately seducing them, to create an atmosphere of equality, you know? ”

"Got it! You can rest assured! The commander of the Cossack (1st regiment) assured Prince Chongmenshikov.

After seeing the Cossack troops leave, Prince Menshikov, who was expecting to catch a big fish, hurriedly ordered his men to hide and not be discovered by the Anglo-French forces.

And on the side of the 2nd Cossack Regiment, not far from the dense forest, it was not in trouble at the moment. In the face of the combined attack of the Bashpozuk cavalry regiment and the hussar regiment (2,000 men), this Cossack cavalry regiment was still able to maneuver with great skill, and even used itself as bait to gradually guide the two regiments into the encirclement.

The combined cavalry of the Russian Empire and the British and Turks chased after each other, and soon a Cossack force of more than 600 cavalry appeared in front of the Cossack cavalry.

Led by their regimental commanders, they raised their sabers and launched a counterattack against the Anglo-Turkish troops behind the Cossacks.

The Anglo-Turkish cavalry unit, which was caught off guard for a while, suffered several deaths and dozens of prizes, while the Cossacks also paid for the casualties of dozens of people falling off their horses and being trampled to death by horses.

Overall, the Anglo-Turkish combined cavalry in the first round of the confrontation was tied in numbers (2000:1600 with 600 combatants).

After the first round of clashes, the commander of the Cossack cavalry regiment firmly adhered to the instructions given to him by Prince Menshikov and began to retreat towards the rear.

Count Lugan, who was the commander of the British Light Cavalry Regiment, naturally did not miss such an opportunity to beat the water dogs, and he hurriedly ordered his troops to pursue the Cossack cavalry units.

And the Bashpozouk cavalry, which was an ally of Britain, immediately became cautious after the last tragic siege of the fortress of Silistra.

The "Kurdish Virgin" Fatima even persuaded Count Lugan not to pursue the Cossack cavalry units anymore, and their task was to survey the southern bank for troops.

Now they have met the Cossack cavalry units, that is, they can already deliver!

"If your soldiers are not willing to receive this honor, then you can go back now!" Count Lugan apparently did not agree with Fatima's suggestion, and he gave Fatima the order to return directly.

This order should not have been issued by Count Lugan, who also despised the Turkish army in his bones, and simply regarded the Ottoman army as the army of a client state.

The suzerainty reprimanded the client state, how dare the client state fight back.

Hearing Count Lugan's arrogant remarks, Fatima simply asked Count Lugan to lead his army in pursuit of the Cossack troops, and she led a part of the Bashpozuk cavalry (Fatima did not take all of the Bashpozuk cavalry) to report to Commander Raglan about Count Lugan's problem.

"Up! Be sure to kill them! Show them what we can do in Britain! Count Lugan shouted with all his might, and ordered his troops to attack the Cossacks together.

Under the attack of Count Lugan, the Cossacks fell one by one, and Count Lugan also came to the ambush site of Menshikov.

The Cossack cavalry, who had been running forward, suddenly stopped running, and a sense of foreboding hung over Count Lugan's heart.

"Withdraw!" Seeing this, Count Lugan hurriedly gave his men the order to retreat.

However, Count Lugan's order was still a step too late, and the figure of Prince Menshikov came out of the dense forest: "Up! Don't let them run! ”

When Menshikov finished saying this, a dense burst of gunfire rang out from the dense forest.

The British lieutenant commander, who was leading his 4th Guards Cavalry Regiment and all the Bashpozuk cavalry towards the direction pursued by Count Lugan, couldn't help but shake his head when he heard the sound of gunfire in the distance.

He knew that the cavalry regiment led by Count Lugan was now probably more than lucky.

"Quick!"

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