"Fire—" Pig

Bang bang bang –

In the positions of the infantry of the Korean brigade, the guns were fired continuously, and the Korean infantry kept repeating the steps of shooting, loading, raising guns, aiming, and firing again amid the shouts of the officers.

Choi Zhenyong watched his subordinates not retreat from the battle and rout on their own, but stubbornly stood on the ground to fight the attacking Cossack cavalry, which made Choi Zhenyong's heart full of surprise.

As a Korean nobleman, he was far more aware than anyone else of the poor military discipline and performance of the Korean infantry, and despite the military reform of King Hyojong, the combat effectiveness of the Korean officers and troops was still extremely weak, and they were considered elite if they did not fire three shots in battle.

But after Xia Jun's training, they were able to have such an outstanding performance, which is enough to prove that Xia Jun's training method is terrible.

Facing the fire of the Korean infantry, the Cossack cavalry still relied on their brave and fearless combat style to force their way forward, and they roared angrily and raised their Cossack scimitars to swing at the Korean infantry, but when they got closer, they were stunned to find that the phalanx of the Korean infantry was like hedgehogs, so that they could not speak.

What's more, the horses were frightened by the bright bayonets on the rifles of the Korean infantry, and the horses were naturally afraid of sharp objects, and they neighed and did not dare to come forward, allowing the cavalry to constantly shout and whip at the horses, and the Korean infantry took advantage of the situation to raise their guns and shoot, and such a close salvo to the face shot many cavalrymen. Pig

"Damn! Fall back! Retreat!"

Seeing that he was in a dilemma, the Cossack leader Ivan Sekkel, who did not stick to the so-called bravery of the Cossacks and continued the attack, decisively ordered to turn around and retreat from where he came.

At the sound of Ivan Sekr's angry scolding, the Cossack cavalry screamed and threw the corpses and wounded horses to the ground and turned back, although these casualties were not large for them with a force of 5,000, but the fierce firepower of the Xia army still made them somewhat psychological.

"Withdraw! Withdraw!"

Looking at the back of the retreating Cossack cavalry, Choi Zhenyong, the commander of the North Korean brigade, breathed a sigh of relief, he did not immediately relax his vigilance and let the soldiers disband the phalanx, but always made sure that the Cossack cavalry had no intention of returning to the attack, and then ordered the phalanx to be disbanded, and sent soldiers to kill the Cossack cavalry who had not completely lost their breath and clean up the battlefield.

Although the Koreans had been trained by the Xia army and had become hundreds of times more elite than their predecessors, the Korean army, their temperament did not change as a result, and the soldiers who had received the order rushed forward excitedly and scrambled to clean up the battlefield and loot the dead Cossack cavalry of their wealth.

The news that the North Korean brigade got a big start was soon passed into Fu Xinghua's ears, and after hearing this, Anxibo, who was preparing to gather troops and horses to take the initiative to attack the Russian army, just patted the shoulder of an adjutant general beside him, and said meaningfully: "This battle has given the North Koreans the first place, and we must also work harder." Pig

The adjutant general who was patted on the shoulder by him shrugged helplessly and said, "Lord Commander, we also want to win the first place, but the goal of the Russians is not ours, if we fight the Russians first, our results must be better than the Koreans."

"It's okay, after a while, we will attack the Russian army, and the opportunity to show will come." Zhang Pu, the deputy general on the side, said with high morale.

Compared with the joy of the Xia army, on the side of the Russian army, when he saw that the Cossack cavalry sent out was actually defeated, Tsar Alexei I's face was a little gloomy, but he did not scold Ivan Seckel for this, but comforted him not to be discouraged by this, and when the next battle was held, there would definitely be a chance for revenge.

After comforting the Cossack chief, the Tsar turned and returned to his first mobile palace, where the commander of the shooting corps, Ivan Khovansky, and several other generals entered, and as soon as they entered, they saw the Tsar sitting on his throne, rubbing his temples with some sorrow.

"Your Majesty, why are you sad?" The former father-in-law of the tsar, Miroslavsky

The Grand Duke asked.

"I'm worried about Xia Jun's firepower." The Tsar told the truth and revealed his true thoughts to his generals: "In Ivan's description, the Xia infantry was not afraid of danger even in the face of cavalry charges, and their fierce firepower was able to crush the brave Cossack cavalry head-on, compared to our archery corps and Western-style regiments......

Speaking of the back, he fell silent, and the generals also heard his voice, the Russian shooting corps is honestly not very combative, they were like the Western-style regiments formed by Western European countries in the Russo-Polish War a few years ago, they were defeated several times when they fought with the Polish army, but after the Western-style regiment was defeated, there were also several times to rely on the unwavering defense of the shooting corps to avoid further deterioration of the situation. Pig

It can be said that the offensive level of the Russian shooting corps may not be outstanding enough, but in terms of defense, their performance is still remarkable.

As the commander of the Shooting Army, Ivan Khovansky knew the strength of his subordinates better than anyone else, and he quickly thought of this, he thought for a few seconds, and took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, the Shooting Army has always focused on defense and light on attack, maybe we can guide the Xia Army to take the initiative to attack and fight them within the scope of our expertise."

"That's a good idea." The commander of the Western-style regiment, Boris Hossovsky, agreed.

"You all think the same way?" The tsar looked at several other generals and asked.

Several generals glanced at each other a few times, and because they couldn't come up with other good ideas for a while, they nodded one after another in agreement.

"Alright, alright." The Tsar stood up from the main seat, bypassed his imperial case, and after taking a few steps, he suddenly turned around and walked back, leaned against the side of the imperial case, and said, "Then, how can we guide the Xia army to take the initiative to attack us?"

"It's not that hard." Ivan Khovansky said: "The strength of the Xia army in Kazakhstan will certainly not be inferior to ours, they are full of offensive spirit even if they are at a disadvantage, let alone when the forces are equal, we just need to consolidate the camp on the east bank of the Ural River and wait." Pig

Speaking of the latter, he paused and added: "Even if the Xia army can hold back and not take the initiative to attack, their supplies will definitely not be able to support them to maintain such a large army in Kazakhstan for a long time, not to mention that in the south, they are still fighting against the Persian heretics, Kazakhstan is barren and does not produce food, and the Xia army must be mobilized from the far east if it wants to replenish grain and grass, and we are close to the European mainland, so we can afford it."

Ivan Khovansky's words caused the tsar and several generals to nod their heads in affirmation, especially the tsar, who felt in his heart that his promotion was right and that he had lived up to his expectations.

As a result, the Russian army quickly decided on a plan, they would build a stronger defense line on the Ural River, and in order to stimulate the Xia army's desire to attack, they also sent a large number of cavalry deep into the vicinity of Atyrau to destroy.

Seven days have passed since such a confrontation between the two sides.

After seven days of dispatching troops, Anxi Bo Fu Xinghua gathered all the expeditionary corps allocated by the imperial court in the area of Atyrau, and the fourth town, eighth town, and the first and second cavalry brigades together gathered more than 100,000 people, and Daniel Zhang, the commander of Anxi, did not want to miss this opportunity to make meritorious service, and led 10,000 border troops under his command to rush to reinforcements, forming a huge army with more than 110,000 troops with the Zhengxi army.

On May 7, 1671, Fu Xinghua stood on the city wall, looking at the huge army formation that stretched for miles outside the city of Atyrau, his face was full of high spirits, he is only 38 years old now, in the prime of life, he can command the 110,000 army, which shows the immensity of the emperor's grace.

For this reason, Fu Xinghua only had a strong sense of gratitude to the emperor and the court in his heart, and he secretly vowed in his heart that he must lead the army to level the Russian army, let the dragon flag of Daxia flutter on the head of Moscow, and live up to the trust of the emperor and the court in him. Pig

"Ansiber, give the order to be pulled."

Anxi General Daniel Zhang stood aside and reminded that the face of this Gansu man from the border army was full of wind and frost, and the armor on his body could not hide the strong body and bulging tendon flesh underneath

That's where the pressure comes in.

Fu Xinghua nodded, he suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist, only to hear the sound of "sonorous", the sword with a cold glow pointed into the sky, and then, he tore his throat and shouted: "The whole army goes out"

"The commander-in-chief has an order, and the whole army will go on the march!"

"The whole army is on the march—"

Amid the shouts of the heralds below, the tight phalanx began to move slowly, and the line infantry marched towards the Ural River with neat steps, guided by the beat of the snare drums and the military flag.

The movements of the Xia army were not deliberately concealed, in other words, the movements of the 110,000 army marching could not be concealed, so the Russian army on the banks of the Ural River soon got the news and entered a state of first-level combat readiness. Pig

In order to deal with the menacing Xia army, the tsar ordered to withdraw all the cavalry sent out and personally led the guards to the perimeter of the camp to make rounds.

Since the last small high-level meeting decided on the defensive policy, the Russian army has begun to desperately strengthen the defense facilities of the camp, they have dug a large number of trenches outside the camp, set up a large number of horses, and set up artillery positions in various favorable terrain inside and outside the camp, almost turning the camp into a large fortress.

The Russian army will not be able to hold out, no matter how provocative the Xia army is, they will hold the line of defense, waiting for the Xia army to crash into the bloody line of defense that they are proud of!

After a day's march, the Xia army arrived outside the Russian defense line, and after seeing the Russian army's well-built position, Fu Xinghua also had a headache for a while.

After the military reform of the Romanov Dynasty, the current Russian army has a very high penetration rate of firearms, the infantry is almost all musketeers, and the tsar also attaches great importance to the use of artillery, as early as the mid-seventies of the sixteenth century, the fortress and arsenal of Tsarist Russia has more than 2,000 guns, and in order to cope with this war, the tsar has transferred a total of thousands of artillery pieces from all over the country, and these artillery pieces are deployed on this long defensive line.

Fu Xinghua looked at the strong defensive line, and knew very well in his heart that if he wanted to launch a strong attack, the line infantry would have to brave the dense artillery fire of the Russian army, although it was not clear how accurate the Russian artillery was, but he roughly estimated that when the line infantry approached the range of the Type 2 rifle, at least three-tenths of them would fall on the way forward.

"Anxib, our trouble looks a bit big now." Pig

Daniel Zhang came to Fu Xinghua's side, and his words were a little solemn.

Fu Xinghua didn't speak, he just smiled slightly bitterly, although he knew that the Russian army had built a long defense line on the banks of the Ural River, but he didn't expect it to be so exaggerated, although he couldn't see the whole picture of the entire defense line at a glance, but in the section in front of him alone, there were at least nearly a hundred artillery pieces.

"Commander-in-Chief, are you going to attack?" Qihou Heshen asked with his fists clenched, and then he recommended himself: "If you want to attack, the last general is willing to personally lead the troops to charge and kill, and be the vanguard of the army!"

Fu Xinghua still didn't answer, his brain spun rapidly, trying to think about how to deal with the Russian defense line, and after about ten seconds, he slowly spoke: "Pass on our military order, the whole army is arrayed, and prepare to attack."

"Attack? You are crazy? The Russian artillery is far superior to ours!" Daniel Zhang was taken aback and said subconsciously.

The other generals around him were also staring at Fu Xinghua, only He Shen looked eager to try.

"Attack." Fu Xinghua said categorically, his hand was raised, pointing to the tsar's flag behind the defense line, and continued: "Do you see that flag, the king of the Russians is there, the so-called capture the thief first captures the king, as long as our goal is consistent, and we continue to rush towards that banner, the enemy monarch will definitely mobilize the troops of other defense lines to come over in order to protect themselves, although their army is huge, but it is spread evenly on the long defense line, and our forces are all concentrated together, we are like a sharp knife, Pierce the Russians in the face!" Pig

Everyone else was shocked by Fu Xinghua's remarks, although they still thought that this offensive plan was full of dangers, but they had to say that Fu Xinghua's words were very reasonable, there was no need for them to waste their forces and time on a full-scale attack on the long Russian defense line, and they could concentrate their forces to concentrate on one

Dot.

If the Russian tsar was frightened and retreated without permission, then the entire line of defense would be shaken by the monarch's escape, which was completely the smallest cost in exchange for the greatest result for the Xia army.

Of course, they did not fail to think about the huge casualties that would result from launching a strong attack, but compared to the possible results after the attack, these casualties can be ignored in a huge army, and it should be regarded as a small price.

Thinking of this, the generals were somewhat persuaded by Fu Xinghua.