Just when the Ming and Qing dynasties were fighting in the Central Plains.

The land of Liaobei.

Around the port of Vladivostok.

A red cavalry was slowly moving forward.

This cavalry numbered about four thousand people.

The knights of the cavalry wore deerskin coats, red cloaks, flintlock pistols, and sabers at their waists.

His face was covered with wind, frost, and snow and ice.

Half of his face is covered with a thick beard.

This bearded cavalry was the Cossack cavalry of Tsarist Russia.

And it was no one else who led this cavalry.

It was Mikhail, the Eastern Siberian governor of the Tsarist Empire who was captured on the battlefield of Liaodong.

And next to him was Radischev, a shrewd Russian intellectual who was arrested together.

"General, how did the Moscow side naïve enough to think that with only a few thousand Cossack cavalry, it would be possible to force the Ming Empire to the negotiating table?"

Radischev shook his head and said.

"Now that the situation is clear, the expansion of the Russian Empire in the Far East is over, and if the empress is smart, she should take it as soon as she sees it, avoid getting involved in the civil war in China, and at the same time avoid provoking the powerful Ming Empire, otherwise. Her empire may not be able to hold even part of Asia, and the gains of Tsarist Russia's century-long expansion will be ruined."

Because Emperor Zhu has eyes, he does not know Mount Tai.

I don't know about Mikhail's fame and abilities at all.

So after the other party gave enough ransom, he let the people go - Emperor Zhu did not think that the current Tsarist Russia could invest much military power in the Far East.

Until the Manchus were completely resolved, his eyes were not on Russia.

But the empress of the Moscow Kremlin didn't think so.

She saw the battle of the Ming and Qing dynasties as an opportunity for Tsarist Russia, especially after the discovery of an ice-free port in the Far East.

Tsarist Russia, which had a strong natural desire for land and expansion, could not turn a blind eye.

The Russian empress quickly made the decision to send more troops to Eastern Siberia and take advantage of the Ming and Qing wars to go south and capture Vladivostok.

Now Mikhail was unlucky enough to take more than 4,000 Cossacks to spy on Vladivostok

The opponents of more than 4,000 Cossacks were half a brigade of the Ming army in the Vladivostok reclamation area and about 2,000 garrison soldiers.

The reason for this is half a brigade.

It was because the newly formed 35th Dragoon Brigade of the Army was transferred two battalions to participate in the siege of Shanhaiguan.

Therefore, now the commander of the 35th Brigade, Zeng Ada, has only two dragoon battalions of 2,000 people, and at most about 2,000 soldiers can be mobilized from the military cantonment as foot soldiers.

So Mikhail came with 4,000 Cossack cavalry, in fact, he had a chance of winning in his heart - because the 35th Brigade of the Ming Army was newly formed, and it was only half a brigade, and its combat strength should be much worse than the elite of the Ming Army, and the equipment was also a lot worse, at least there were not many heavy artillery. None of those troops were professional soldiers, so there was nothing to worry about, so with equal forces, the Cossack cavalry would definitely win.

"It's possible to win this one." 、

"What happens after you win?" Radischev asked.

"After winning, it is natural to go to the negotiating table with the Ming Empire." Mikhail said, "It's Russian style, isn't it?" ”

Fight one on the battlefield first, and then go to the negotiating table to consolidate the results of the battlefield.

Russia's eastward expansion has been too smooth.

So even if Mikhail saw the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, he felt that with four thousand Cossacks, it should be to occupy Vladivostok . It's not much of a problem.

"Four thousand Cossacks dare to come and die?!"

The port of Vladivostok at this time.

Zeng Ah Da glared in surprise after receiving the news from the scout.

He really didn't know why this group of Cossacks, armed with flintlock muskets, thought that they could covet Vladivostok with 4,000 troops.

With the expansion of the Ming Dynasty's military camp in Vladivostok.

Around the port of Vladivostok.

Eight Juntun villages have been established, each with a population of about 1,000 people, and 3,400 Zhuangding.

If mobilized to the limit, the eight Juntun villages can pull out more than 3,000 muskets.

Plus the two dragoon battalions left behind in the port of Haishengwei.

Not to mention four thousand Cossacks.

This number is doubled.

I'm still here to die!

Zeng Adaa failed to get the opportunity to participate in the battle of the Central Plains, and he was already holding his stomach.

Now the Russians dare to go south with four thousand Cossacks to provoke.

It's simply unbearable!

Immediately.

Zeng Adaa issued a mobilization order, ordering all the strong men in the military camp to enter the camp with guns on guard.

At the same time, he himself went north with two battalions of dragoons to meet him.

The two sides met in an open plain.

Zeng Ah held up the binoculars and looked at the Cossacks opposite.

It was found that there were only a thousand rides.

"It seems that the Cossacks often used to deceive us into the encirclement."

Zeng Adaa said.

"Tian Zhuang! You take two companies, one left and one right, and shoot at them with muskets! ”

Zeng Ah commanded loudly.

"When they fail, you will catch up! Lao Tzu wants to give them a center to bloom on all sides! ”

'Order! ’

Out of the ranks is a thin young man who once made meritorious contributions on the battlefield in Liaodong, entered the officer's crash course, and is now a battalion commander under Zeng Ada.

Two companies of 500 men rode away, one left and one right.

Let the Cossack officers and knights who were responsible for luring the enemy sneer.

Cossack cavalry, though, said to be cavalry.

But also mainly with flintlock pistols.

They quickly dismounted, lined up, and set up a horizontal formation.

But the Ming army opposite them didn't seem to care about the other party's formation at all, and they didn't dismount.

Instead, the musket was leveled at a distance of about one hundred and fifty yards and the aiming design began.

"They're rifled guns!"

"These Chinese are really rich!"

"Hurry up, their guns have a longer range than ours!"

The Cossack cavalry didn't care either.

They were convinced that they could get as close as they could reach a distance of about fifty yards.

The musket fire is their advantage.

And after the musket fire, it was hand-to-hand combat.

Those Chinese, who do not look very tall, are clearly no match for the Cossacks if they want to fight hand-to-hand!

A horizontal formation slowly came.

Tian Zhuang, who commanded the battle, couldn't help grinning.

Even the Eight Banners are not so stupid.

This Russians dare to fight in a war, just line up in a horizontal line to fight and shoot in line.

I really don't know how to write dead words!

"A hundred steps into the enemy! Fire!! ”

Tian Zhuang shouted.

Then the musket in his hand locked on the Cossack cavalry commanders standing at the forefront.

Bang!

The bullet is pushed by the gunpowder explosion to pinch the rifling, resulting in a strong spin, and after the bullet is discharged, it flies straight to the target under the stable trajectory brought by the spin.

Poof!

The Cossack commander was still shouting and cheering up the morale of his men.

He suddenly tilted his body.

Fell on the snow.

The next moment.

Bang Bang Bang!

Five hundred muskets fired a volley.

The Cossacks in the front row suddenly fell two or three hundred people!

Such casualties made the Cossack cavalrymen's faces change dramatically.

The bearded face with his chin in it showed a look of trepidation.

It didn't take long.

Another burst of gunfire.

Under the crackling gunshots.

One by one, the Cossack cavalry fell in a pool of blood.

Soon, these fierce Cossacks couldn't stand it and were shot all over the field, and the squad quickly broke up, and fled backwards on horseback - but it was meant to be defeated, and now it should be nothing, right?

"Why are you so many?"

A group of Cossacks was seen leading the defeated Ming army into an ambush circle.

Mikhail frowned.

"Maybe the Ming army dispatched such people? Why does it look like it's really defeated? ”

said an officer of the Russian army.

"Annihilate these hundreds of people first!"

The Ming army had a total of 2,000 regular troops.

If you kill a few hundred at once.

It's also a nerve-wracking injury.

Soon.

Four thousand Cossacks came from two sides.

Form a flanking momentum.

"Dismount! Array! ”

Tian Zhuang shouted.

The soldiers of the two companies soon formed two horizontal rows, their guns facing each side, kneeling on one knee and leveling their muskets.

The Cossacks on the opposite side did not pull out the artillery, in fact, now that the snow has begun to melt in Liaobei, heavy weapons can easily get stuck in the mud.

And yet at this very moment.

Zeng Ah Da led the troops to arrive.

Sixteen mortars that came with the army were erected on the high ground.

Condescendingly, they bombarded the Cossacks who dismounted and fought on foot.

Soon the Cossacks were blown to a crush.

After leaving behind a few hundred corpses, he fled north on horseback

Zeng Ah Da did not pursue either.

Instead, after cleaning up the battlefield, he immediately sent people to the south by boat and reported the news that the Russian Cossack cavalry coveted Vladivostok to Peng Jun, the governor of northern Liaoning.

After receiving the news, Peng Jun strengthened two dragoon battalions on Vladivostok's side on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also sent people south to report the news to the great tomorrow.

At this time.

In Xin'an County, Baoding Province.

The big tomorrow is here.

The news of "capturing Qianlong alive" and "the cavalry of the Cossack brigade coveted Vladivostok and were repulsed" were placed on Zhu Daohua's desk one after another.

"Your Majesty, Qianlong was captured alive in this battle, and more than 30,000 Eight Banner soldiers were captured! It's an unprecedented victory! The clear tartars are over! Tao Biquan said happily.

"The question now is, how to deal with this Qianlong? How to clean up the capital, and how to deal with Russia? ”

Zhu Daohua said with a smile.

Now that he is an emperor, he can't be relaxed for a moment.

The battle between the Ming and Qing dynasties has already been decided.

The Russians in the north are not willing to be lonely again.

It's a real rush.

There is no pause.

(End of chapter)