1484 The Shameful Fight
The soldiers are very fast, and the three first mailboxes went down without any obstruction. This was based on the light of the tokens of the defense of the Sanxian City, and the subsequent battle was purely a blitzkrieg.
The unprepared checkpoint could not have expected that the Rakshasa ghost would come so quickly. Before Ningguta City's order was transmitted, the enemy's troops had already rushed to the doorstep.
Almost as soon as the cavalry fired a volley of muskets, the soldiers on the garrison retreated one after another. Even if there were a few hard bones who wanted to stop the defense line, they were still trying to get the chariot. The martial arts of the world were only fast and could not be broken. This group of Cossack cavalry regiments used war to support the war and actually attacked the medieval Mongolian cavalry regiments.
I fought to Sandaohe. Half of the ancient post road here had been left. The order of resistance issued by Ningguta had just reached the local garrison.
In fact, just when Hunchun and Deputy General Lin discussed to block the Rakshasa cavalry on the ancient post road and were about to delay time for the volunteers, the three surnames were defeated without attacking.
Then Hunchun and others still convened a council of generals and officers in accordance with the past procedures, and then conveyed orders to the generals to implement the orders, delivered the generals to the garrisons, and then concentrated the elite soldiers from all over the country in the pre-determined areas... This set of combat mode was completely the Middle Ages, and the efficiency was extremely low.
Hunchun had suffered in the hands of the Rakshasa ghost before. Because he knew the power of the Rakshasa ghost, he had never eaten a vacant amount in the Ningguta Defense Zone, a defense zone that faced the Far East across the river, and the military pay he gave to the soldiers was the highest among the generals outside the pass.
If we only compare with the soldiers in the Qing Dynasty, then the officers and soldiers under Hunchun are definitely elite soldiers, and at least they are invincible in the Qing army camp outside the pass.
Unfortunately, the powerful medieval army is just dust in the trash can of history. They are completely different from modern army in terms of concept. Faced with the blitzkrieg of the Cossack Cavalry, all the methods Hunchun carried out were just a joke.
Originally, the blocking ground that Hunchun and the generals discussed was on the banks of the Salin River between Karen and Karen, Toutao. The mountains are interspersed here, with high mountains and dense forests. Although the river water is frozen, the artificial embankment can serve as a support for defense.
Ningguta area dispatched 20,000 soldiers to block the river embankment and river channel. Although I dare not say that I could defeat the enemy, it would be good to get some time for Xiang Shaolong and the others in three days of blocking. This is also considered that he was loyal to the emperor in Hunchun.
However, the plan was not as good as the change, and news continued to come. When two thousand soldiers gathered on the banks of the Salin River, military newspapers were sent in front of him, and Sandaohe had been broken by the enemy.
When four thousand soldiers gathered on the banks of the Salin River, four Karen Towns were captured and all defenders were killed in the front military newspaper.
When five thousand soldiers gathered on the banks of the Salin River, three Kaolun Town were attacked from the front military newspaper. The enemy cavalry regiment bypassed the town, and the defenders could not stop it.
In the evening of that day, when there were finally five thousand soldiers on the banks of the Salin River, the shocking news was brought by the defeated soldiers. The village of Erdao Karen, north of the Salin River, was broken by the enemy. The thousand defenders were completely destroyed without even stopping for half an hour.
The defeated soldiers riding war horses rushed to the banks of the Salin River and knelt in front of General Hunchun's war horses and cried bitterly, "General! It's not that we don't work hard to fight to the death, it's too fast, it's too fast!"
"In one day, three rivers, four Karens, three Karens and our checkpoints were all broken through... The enemies were all two horses, and a quick gun from a water, so we couldn't raise our heads!"
"General! You can't fight hard... You can't fight hard. The enemy has more than 20,000, and they are all elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and there is not a single one to make up the numbers. This is not something we can resist!"
Hunchun held the knife in his hand and really wanted to kill these incompetent wastes alive, but when he thought about the scene when he fought with the Rakshasa ghost, he knew that these soldiers were not lying, so he couldn't cut the knife any longer.
Just then, Deputy General Lin suddenly pointed at the exit of the woods in the north, "Look... The cavalry of the Rakshasa ghost! The entire army was deploying defenses and defending the river embankment..."
The afterglow of the sunset shines on the earth. Half of the forest is already dark, but the top of the tree is still soaring golden light. People at the entrance of the post road can see the sunlight that is half bright and half dark with their naked eyes.
In the endless darkness, the endless cavalry tide rushed out like a ghost, everyone was equipped with a pair of horses, and the white mist sprayed from the mouth and nose of the war horse in the air actually formed a thin cloud.
The Cossack cavalry, who was leading, saw the Qing army officers and soldiers stationed on the other side of the river at a glance. He pulled out his sabre and shouted proudly, "Assault formation is ready to fight... Ula!"
The cavalry that rushed out of the post road suddenly formed a fan, and the attacking front grew longer and soon formed a dense charge cavalry regiment.
The Tsarist Russian cavalry, who had been forcibly marching for several days and nights, still had strong energy. While shouting the slogan of Ula charging, they took out a few dried meat pieces from their arms and stuffed them into their mouths to replenish their energy. Some even took out their treasured silver wine pot and drank two sips of the spirits.
"Ula!Ula!Ula..." The big horse's hooves trampled on the ground, rumbling like thunder and hitting people's hearts. The soldiers under Hunchun's faces were pale, and even their hands and feet began to tremble.
"General! You can't fight hard! The plan has miscalculated, we must change the plan..." Deputy General Lin rushed over and shouted loudly.
"Yes! General! You can't fight hard with these Rakshasa ghosts. Our equipment is not as good as theirs. The number of people is not as large as theirs, and there are even fewer war horses... If you work hard like this, you will be wiped out!"
Hunchun's face turned pale, "Then what are we here to do? Are we welcome VIPs? No war..." Before he finished speaking, Deputy General Lin and several colleagues around him winked, and the three deputy generals rushed over from behind.
"I'm sorry, General! Surviving and preserving strength is the king... I'll offend you today!" Several people covered the general's mouth and pressed him to the ground.
"Wuwuwu..." Hunchun struggled to get up, but there were three generals and arhats there. The personal soldiers in Hunchun around him pretended not to see it. Depending on the situation, they had communicated with Deputy General Lin before.
"Get a defensive formation and hit a white flag! Speak to the other party..."
With a bang, the soldiers on the outside pulled up the ropes, and the three-meter-long hardwood pole hidden in the snow, pointed to the outside, and soon formed a forest of guns to defend the cavalry from rushing to the formation. Then the spearmen filled the positions, and the archers and musket soldiers pressed behind the formation, and a small defensive position was formed on the river embankment.
"Listen to the Tsarist Russian cavalry regiment opposite us! We are not here to fight you, we are here to protect the safety of the Qing people... As long as you do not harm the Qing people, we will not attack..."
"We will make way for you to get out of the post road, you can turn directly into the Suifenhe River Basin..." Deputy General Lin shook the white flag, and the Russian-friendly translators in the team shouted loudly over and over again.
Hunchun's tears mixed with the soil, rubbing his face all over. This day was the most shameful day in his life.
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