Irkutsk, the former seat of the Russian Governor-General of Eastern Siberia.

It has now been renamed Beihai City.

The fortress built by the Russians is now the site of the Western Capital Division of the Ming Dynasty.

The sun and moon flags were planted on the top of the fortress, fluttering in the wind.

Now it is gradually summer, and the pastures are abundant and pasture, and cattle and sheep are everywhere.

Because the Ming Dynasty redivided the territory of the Mongolian tribes, and almost directly adopted the method of the former Qing Dynasty to govern Mongolia, the Mongolian tribes were divided into very sparse pieces.

At the same time, the Western Capital Division also completed the transformation of the "staff system".

Now it is almost completely no different from the Ming Army, among the staff officers at all levels, many of them are a new generation of Manchu and Mongolian children - of course, they will not say that they are Manchu now, they are all a new generation of Ming Army officers who have undergone military school education, and all they think about is fighting, being promoted, and going to the interior.

"I don't want to drink the northwest wind on this prairie for the rest of my life!"

Forconze his horse and ran towards Butterworth City.

As the son of Fukangan, his reputation among the second generation of the original Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners surrender is still quite high.

This Faulcon has a pockmarked face, and he doesn't like to look at people with his nostrils.

However, the results at the Beidu Military Academy are very good.

After graduating from the military academy, he had the opportunity to stay in the mainland and serve as a grassroots officer in the Ming Army.

But in the end, he chose to come to the Western Capital Division.

Because he thinks that here, it is possible to get the opportunity to fight!!

Really.

Now's your chance!

Just when he was on vacation, he got the news that a war command group sent by the emperor had entered Beihai City!

The leader is Yang Yuchun, who made a name for himself in India.

Sending Yang Yuchun to conquer the Western Capital Division must be to send troops!

After all, the Ming Dynasty maintained the 30,000 troops of the Western Capital Division in Beihai City, but it was not for fun.

Faulcon is well aware that war will definitely break out!!

Bang Bang!!

On the shore of the Hanhai Sea.

Two gunshots rang out, and a wild deer that was running fast was shot, and with a pop fell to the ground, and after a few convulsions, it would not move.

"Good gun! Really good gun! ”

A short and strong man who was on the horse couldn't put it down, looked at the Daming Guangfu 6-year-old rear loading rifle in his hand, and praised it repeatedly.

The strong man has been raised on the grassland for several years, and the cattle and mutton are full every day, and the former Qing general Fukangan is raised like a bear.

Now he is the head of the logistics department of the Zhengxi Capital Division.

Specially responsible for the collection of "cattle and sheep tax" from local tribes.

And next to him is also an acquaintance of Fukangan, now Yang Yuchun, a lieutenant general of the Ming Army.

Speaking of which, Yang Yuchun was working under Fukangan at the beginning.

But now

The status of the two has dropped.

"Haha, Mr. Fu, of course this gun is good, this is the standard equipment of the Ming Army, and it is going to be implemented in the whole army in the next few years!" Yang Yuchun laughed.

"Sir, you said that if you let the Expedition to the Western Capital Division dispatch 10,000 athletes, all equipped with this kind of rear-loading guns, can you break through the Russian stronghold in Abakan?"

"You want to equip the Expeditionary Western Capital Division with a rear-loading gun?!"

Fukangan was stunned for a moment, and his face changed slightly.

There are still more than half of the army in the Ming Army that have not changed their guns after loading, so what is the purpose of changing them to the Western Capital Division first?

To pull out the Russian stronghold in Abakan?

After the Russians lost Eastern Siberia, their power shrank to Abakan.

Abakan is 1,500 miles west of Beihai Cheng.

The distance is not far - it is really not far, because the terrain is very flat, and there is no shortage of horses in the expedition to the Western Capital, and an army of 10,000 can be equipped with 30,000 war horses.

It will be there in ten days.

But the Russians, after losing Eastern Siberia, did not directly abandon the entire eastern territory.

They still amassed an army of 30,000 at Abakan.

Only 10,000 troops were dispatched. We are going to attack the 30,000 enemy troops who are well fortified.

As far as Fukangan knows.

The Russians are now also playing with barbed wire squatting and pit flow - because the fortifications such as the fortress are weak in the face of large-caliber artillery, and the cost of reinforced concrete is high, so now barbed wire and trenches are the most cost-effective and cost-effective means of defense.

In the face of a position of 30,000 people, let alone only 10,000 troops.

Even if it's all dispatched.

That may not be able to be won.

And there will definitely be heavy casualties

Fukangan's face is cloudy, and the son of tomorrow won't be worried about the expedition to the Western Capital, right?

"Mr. Fu, the Son of Heaven will not play such a small trick as killing people with a knife, if he is not at ease with the expedition to the west, and he will break up all the young and strong people in the camp and integrate them into the collective farms of the New World and Nanyang, do you have the ability to resist?"

Yang Yuchun knew what Fukangan was thinking, so he spoke.

A wry smile appeared on Fukangan's face.

truly

The Ming Dynasty now has a large number of collective farms in the northeast and northwest.

These collective farms could easily pull out hundreds of thousands of guns.

Not to mention that the staff officers at all levels in the Western Capital Division are now in complete control of the army.

Now even Genghis Khan is alive, integrating all the Manchu and Mongolian tribes.

That can't compete with the power of the Ming Dynasty in the northeast and northwest.

This is not the time for cavalry.

Now Tangnu Wulianghai and the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, from Dihua City to Yili, have basically belonged to the Han land, and the farms of the Han people are as dense as stars here.

In addition, today's war is a comparison between iron and fire, and a competition is about production and manufacturing capacity.

Today's era is no longer the era where grassland heroes can be useful.

Fukangan shook his head slightly and said, "Even so, there is no certainty of success for 10,000 troops to attack the position of 30,000 troops, right?" ”

Yang Yuchun smiled when he heard this and said: "This is not necessarily, the emergence of any new weapon will be accompanied by the emergence of new tactics, with the density of the Russians' firepower, we can use 10,000 troops, which is enough to break through their positions!" ”

Fukangan's face changed.

"Send the gun down during this time, and then train well, don't worry, Ben will not fight an uncertain battle!"

Yang Yuchun said with a smile.

Fukangan nodded.

In fact, even if he objected, there was no way.

Soon.

An army of 10,000 was assembled.

War on the steppe is all about speed.

After ten days.

The Ming Dynasty marched against an army of 10,000 in the Western Capital Division and rushed towards Abakan.

Before the army arrived.

The vanguard had already arrived at the periphery of several bastions set up by the Russian army around Abakan.

Fast horses crisscross the grassland.

The news of the Ming army's initiative to attack spread like crazy to the base camp of the Russian army in Abakan!!

"How many of them are there?!"

The commander of the Siberian Military District of the Russian army, tall Alexander with a head like a polar bear. Musayev stood up in shock.

"Ten thousand?!"

(End of chapter)