Chapter 823: Western Expedition (8)

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 On the top of the city of Krasnoyarsk, three lone bronze cannons fired back feebly at the Ming army's cannons. They were soon silenced by the bombardment of eighty Ming army cannons.

The wooden wall could not withstand the rapid fire of artillery fire. It only lasted for more than an hour before air leaked from all sides and five large gaps were opened.

"For the Ming Dynasty, move forward!" Commander-in-Chief Chen Shangchuan drew his sword and took the lead.

"It's broken. Crazy Chen wants to steal my first victory. Quick, speed up." Wu Jingbo Wang Guoxi was in a hurry and urged his men to enter the city.

This city is very small. Wang Guoxibu and Chen Shangchuan rushed to the front. Li Shiyuan and Deng Yao behind were unable to move, so they stomped their feet anxiously.

The general who conquered the west, King Zhu Ruodeng of Hebei, arrived. Seeing the lively fighting in the city, he smiled and asked King Zhu Ruofeng of Yu: "Vice general, is this city difficult to defeat?"

Zhu Ruofeng smiled slightly, "It's just a wooden city. Our army broke open the city wall without any effort. The soldiers have already rushed in. It won't be long before the city will be dedicated to the general."

"Very good, you should take the lead in this battle!"

Zhu Ruodeng was very satisfied and raised his telescope to observe again. Soon, he, who was experienced in the battlefield, felt that something was wrong. In most cities, as soon as the walls were broken, the shouts of killing would quickly subside, but the walls of this city had already

After being blasted away for a long time, the shouts of killing inside became louder and louder. Something was wrong, something very wrong!

"Wu Jingbo urgently reports that the Rakshasa people have an ambush in the city. Our army is fighting in the streets with the enemy." Just as he was suspicious, the military information came.

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"Team, be careful." A sergeant stood in front of Li Youtian.

"Bang", a bullet was fired from the large wooden house opposite, and the sergeant fell down helplessly.

"Brother Daniel!"

Li Youtian yelled, it was his fellow countryman Chen Daniu who died. He had no time to grieve, drew his knife, and rushed towards the big wooden house with a few brothers. As a veteran, he knew very well that it took time for the Rakshasa ghost to reload ammunition, so he could not give it to him.

A chance for them to fire a second shot.

"Bang!"

Li Youtian kicked open the door, but it was an empty room. The Rakshasa soldiers who fired cold shots had disappeared without a trace.

This kind of scene was constantly staged in the city. At the beginning, the Rakshasa army still defended the wooden house and fought with the Ming army house by house. However, they could not withstand the overwhelming force of the Ming army, and the result of the stubborn defense was that the house was humiliated and people were killed. Gradually, the defenders

Instead of holding on to their positions, they used their familiarity with the terrain to engage in urban guerrilla warfare with the Ming army. Every street and every wooden house became a battlefield. They would run away with just one shot. Under cold gun attacks, Ming troops continued to attack.

Shot down.

At first, some Rakshasa troops surrendered, but Zhu Ruodeng, in order to avenge the massacre of the Tatar tribes in Kizil, Abakan and other places, strictly ordered that no Rakshasa prisoners be taken, and all Rakshasa soldiers who surrendered were executed on the spot.

Seeing that there was no way to survive by surrendering, the Rakshasa army in the city resisted desperately. There were battlefields everywhere in Krasnoyarsk.

"Uncle Wu Jing, the war cannot be fought like this." Chen Shangchuan urgently went to Wang Guoxi for discussion.

"Mr. Chen, do you have any good ideas? Tell me quickly," Wang Guoxi asked.

"Our army is far more numerous than the enemy. We should concentrate our forces and clear out the remaining enemies street by street. We will station troops on every street occupied to reduce the enemy's range of activities. If there are streets that are difficult to attack, simply set them on fire."

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Wang Guoxi thought for a while and then said happily, "Madman Chen, this is a good idea! Let's do it like this."

After changing their tactics, the Ming army took advantage of its large numbers and gradually gained the upper hand in street fighting.

Seeing that the Ming army in the city was unable to fight for a long time, Zhu Ruodeng ordered Deng Yao's troops to enter the city for reinforcements. As time passed by, the advantage of the Ming army in the city became more and more obvious.

Seeing that the city was about to be destroyed, the main force of the Ming army outside the city gradually began to slack off. Because the armor was too heavy, the Ming army cavalry on guard outside had to dismount and rest in order to prevent their horses from being exhausted.

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"It's so cold in this damn place, my friend, are you okay?" In the forest outside the city, Vlasyev rubbed his hands and asked Dezhnev with a smile. Who is Krasnoyarsk?

In this cold place, later generations of Russians once said, "The people who live here are the real men, and this place is not suitable for everyone to live."

Unexpectedly, Dezhnev smiled contemptuously, "Your Excellency, you have forgotten that I was an explorer. I once went to Yakutsk to search for the far east, which is the coldest place in the world."<

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Vlasyev shrugged, "I'm very happy that you can say that. It shows that you still have plenty of physical strength."

He pointed at the Ming army down the mountain and said, "It has been half a day since the enemy crossed the river and attacked the city. They must be tired and hungry. You see, their cavalry have all dismounted to rest. So, it is time for us to attack!"



"As you command, my Overseer."

Seven hundred Cossacks secretly took out the war horses hidden in the mountains. They are a people who grew up on horses and are proficient in riding skills.

"Da~da~da~"

Seven hundred cavalry roared towards the Ming army's center outside the city.

"What's going on?"

"Not good! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The Ming army cavalry on guard outside was in a panic.

"Don't panic, mount your horse and fight," Mogul, the Daur general in the Ming army, shouted.

His men had just mounted their horses, and before their horses could speed up, they were knocked down one after another by the roaring Rakshasa cavalry.

"咴聿聿!"

The pinto horse that Mogul stepped off was knocked over by a Rakshasa's maroon horse, and he and the horse fell to the ground together. Before he could get up, a heavy horse's hoof stepped on his face, and he became a horse in a moment.

Pile meat patties.

Other Ming army generals, including Prince Horqin's eldest son Bi'er Tahar and Tumutebo, and the guerrilla general Zorba hurriedly mounted their horses to fight, but they were all killed because they lost their horse speed.

After killing the scattered cavalry, Vlasyev and Dezhnev rushed straight to the center of the Ming army.

"Put your gun up! Put your gun up quickly!"

Deputy General Chen Jiusi shouted, Rulin's spear array has always been a weapon against cavalry.

Unfortunately, the Ming army's formation was aimed at the city, but the enemy came from the flanks. It took time to change the formation.

The sound of "bang bang" continued, and the Rakshasa people took out their loaded muskets and fired on their horses. The close range shooting caused the spearman to fall to the ground.

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A rouge horse was running as fast as the wind. Vlasyev on the horse thrust out a fatal spear. The tip of the spear was blood red and penetrated the chest. Chen Jiusi fell in a pool of blood.

After killing Chen Jiusi's tribe, the Rakshasa people rushed the defeated troops to attack the nearby dynasty's pioneers.

"Straight bitch!"

Chao Chao first cursed and tried to stop the defeated army from charging into the formation, but was unable to stop him. Instead, he was forced to retreat by the defeated army.

The defeated troops of Chen Jiusi's tribe and the first tribe of the dynasty disrupted the Ming army's Fu Lehe tribe, Zhang Qixiang's tribe, and Gente Muer's tribe. In panic, the entire army formation was crumbling.

"Go there, there is the handsome flag of the Ming Dynasty," Vlasyev shouted, leading Dezhnev to attack the banner of Zhu Ruodeng, the Ming Dynasty's king.

"General, two deputy generals, please retreat quickly, and the last general will take cover." Deputy General Chen Biao stumbled to find Zhu Ruodeng, Zhu Ruofeng and Ma Bao. He was Zhu Ruodeng's second uncle and was ordered to protect the Chinese army.

"Shut up, the enemy can only have a thousand riders. How can there be any reason for my 20,000-strong army to retreat?" Zhu Ruodeng was furious.

"General, our army's formation is in chaos. If we don't leave, it will be too late." Chen Biao was shocked.

"Second uncle," Zhu Ruodeng suddenly called him, "I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty. I have tens of thousands of troops in my hands. There is no way I can be scared away by a mere thousand cavalry. If you dare to retreat, I will kill you again."

Apologize to my mother and concubine!"

Chen Biao felt a shiver in his heart. This nephew was very strict in running the army and never called him his second uncle during war. Calling him this way today must have made up his mind.

He hurriedly gave a salute and said, "Don't worry, General, I will swear to the death to protect the safety of the Chinese army." After saying this, he immediately rushed to the army and formed a formation to resist.

"Here comes the drum!"

Zhu Ruodeng climbed up to the high platform and beat the war drum hard with drumsticks.

"Dong~dong~dong~" The sound of the war drums was as shocking as thunder.

"March to the drums! It's actually a march to the drums!"

Hearing the sound of drums, Ma Bao got on his horse, raised his tanning whip spear, and greeted the Rakshasa people.

Hearing the sound of drums, Zhu Ruofeng picked up his prince's sword and fought to the death.

Hearing the sound of drums, the surrounding Danghu Marquis Ruan Jin, Yuan'an Bo Chen Youlong, Malay Bo Hu Maozhen, General Chen Qice, Liu Yipeng and others all led their headquarters to attack the Rakshasa Army.

The central troops of the Ming army were all elite, and the personal guards of King Ji and King Yu were even more elite. They resisted desperately, but Vlasyev and Dezhnev were unable to break through for a while and fell into a entangled battle.
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This gave the rest of the Ming army time to regroup and fight again. After Ruan Jin, Chen Youlong, Hu Maozhen, Chen Qice, Liu Yipeng, and Li Shiyuan formed their military formations, they came like a flood and surrounded the Rakshasa army.<

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"No, Dezhnev, hurry up and lead your troops to break out." Seeing that the situation was not good, Vlasyev shouted at Dezhnev.

"What about you? Overseer", Dezhnev asked.

"I'll break it off".

"No, it's better for you to lead the army to break through after I break up the encirclement."

"Stop fighting. I am the commander-in-chief. I will flee first when in danger. How can I be the commander-in-chief? Leave quickly!" Vlasyev shouted angrily.

Dezhnev could not defeat him, so he had to turn around and break out. After several battles, only a hundred riders stood out.

Vlasyev was surrounded by Ming legions. The number of soldiers and horses became smaller and smaller, and his men were exhausted. In the end, there were only a dozen guards left around him.

A yellow gelding galloped up like the wind, and the knight sitting on the horse had a commanding aura, "Are you the general of the Rakshasa people? You dare to attack Gu's army with such a small number of troops, how brave you are!"



"Yes, I am Vlasyev, the governor of the Russian army. You call yourself Gu, are you the King of Ji of the Ming Dynasty?"

Vlasyev spoke Chinese very fluently, which made Zhu Ruodeng very surprised, "Do you understand Chinese?"

"Your Highness, I was a businessman before joining the army. I have been to your country, so I know the language and customs of your country."

Zhu Ruodeng nodded and asked: "At this point, are you willing to surrender?" He was a man who cherished talents. He felt that this person was brave and resourceful, so he wanted to recruit him to surrender.

Vlasyev rolled his eyes, "I can put down my weapon, but I want to see Franzbekov."

Zhu Ruodeng smiled. Franzbekov was once a senior official in Tsarist Russia, and many Rakshasa troops were willing to surrender through him in order to have security after surrender.

"It's so accurate."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Vlasyev put down his machete and became prisoners with the remaining ten guards.

The battle at Krasnoyarsk Fort also came to an end. Guardsman Hawke and his men were all killed in the battle, and the Ming army captured more than 500 Rakshasa civilians.

"General, what should we do with these Rakshasa people?" Ma Bao asked.

Zhu Ruodeng was in trouble. In order to avenge the massacred tribes in Kizil, Abakan and other places, he ordered that no Rakshasa prisoners should be kept. All the Rakshasa soldiers had been killed. But what about these civilians?

"Your Highness, the benevolent are invincible." Lu Shiyi approached and whispered: "You are a prince, and you have a heavy army. I don't know how many pairs of eyes in the court are staring at you."

Zhu Ruodeng understood that if he wanted to be the crown prince, he must have a good reputation. He must not leave a bad reputation for being cruel and easy to kill. He nodded and said: "The ones who are killed are the Rakshasa soldiers who have done evil. How can the Rakshasa people be killed?"

If they are guilty? Just spare their lives."


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