Chapter 918: Fast victory

Another whistleman had blood flowers all over his body, and he fell to his head, causing Li Pinggui's heart to be angry.

"I'll go!"

A brave deputy sergeant rushed out, but was pulled back by Li Pinggui. He was angry but was particularly clear. With such a strong attack, the brave non-commissioned officers around him were exhausted after they died, so he would save these loyal and brave officers.

Well, this is the essence of the Ming army.

"The cannon is here, the cannon is here!"

Li Pinggui was hesitating in his heart whether to try an attack last time. There was a riot in the back team, and a large number of soldiers surrounded several gunners who looked honest and somewhat frightened. The three gunners actually carried a two-pound cannon and were dizzy.

Come by surrounded by.

"It's gone, it's gone!"

Li Pinggui was ecstatic and scolded him repeatedly. A large number of excited soldiers dispersed and looked at the three cute gunners.

"Recharge!"

Li Pinggui's heart was completely gloomy and waved his hand. The three trembling gunners took off the shells from their backs, and the fixed gunpowder was trembling and loaded them up. Li Pinggui looked at the three trembling gunners, their white faces, and cursed in his heart.

The bastard actually let such a gunner go to the front line, but he had to admit that these three dizzy gunners solved his big trouble.

Not long after, a broken wall was pushed by the Ming army, and a two-pound light cannon suddenly appeared.

Bang!

With a light sound, a dark red shell roared past low, hitting too close. After the shell landed on the ground, it jumped and smashed a wall.

Bang!

After correction, the second two-pound shell hit the Russian barricade at close range, and smoke and dust filled with mud and sandbags filled with soil flew high.

Bang bang!

Amid the unique shooting sound of two-pound small cannons, the Russian barricade was destroyed by artillery shells passing by at low altitude, and the Russian army hiding behind fled in all directions. Li Pinggui took a last look at the two whistlemen who were wrapped in military uniforms and were full of glaring eyes.

He took a deep look, recorded the appearance of the two men, and rushed out with a large number of soldiers.

South City Gate, where fierce battles are fought.

The Ming army carried a large number of small cannons and carried them onto the city walls. With the advantage of numericality, they launched a fire with the Russian artillery basement. Dark red shells roared by, and the Russian army fought back with their strong artillery, while the Ming army was

With the advantage of the lightweight cannon, he launched a siege. In extremely difficult circumstances, Li Zhengming immediately decided to dismantle some artillery companies, and used elite troops to escort one and two pounds of small cannons to support the front line.

It was this move that reduced the number of casualties of the Ming army in various departments that were blocked from the attack. Li Zhengming dismantled ten light artillery companies, and a total of sixty light artillery pieces were broken into pieces. Under the protection of elite troops, they went deep into the front line and played in the tough battle.

It has a huge effect. The flexible use of light artillery in the battle is a reflection of a general's rich combat experience.

The Russian army collapsed until dawn, and the collapsed front was full of surrendered soldiers. After dawn, the remnants of the Russian army were squeezed into a military camp with a complete defense system. The ruins of the church were squeezed by the Ming army on all sides.

He defended a low stone wall and resisted stubbornly with the solid stone wall. About thousands of Russian troops guarded the stone wall with their mezzanines and counterattacked with the field cannons on high-altitude cannons.

The city fortresses of this era were all in the city, and the military camp was a small fortress with a complete defense system. The military camp and church in Irkutsk were built together. Although the buildings were destroyed by siege cannons, they were all made of stones.

The city wall was intact. Although it was only three or four meters high, it was very strong. The light cannon could only leave a white spot. The Ming army in various departments failed to attack several times, so they changed the attack to siege. At this point, the Russians were

Siberia, the largest fortress on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains, changed hands.

The Russian army was defeated in a tragic siege, and more than 10,000 people were killed in the street battle, and as many as 28,000 Russian troops laid down their weapons and became prisoners. The Ming army was not easy to fight in this battle, and three thousand were killed in battle.

Nearly 5,000 were seriously injured, and more than 300 grassroots officers below the sentry commander died in the chaotic street battle, which was considered to be a trauma. The casualties ratio was close to one to one, which completely calmed down the arrogant Ming army.

Hanhai City, Grand Governor's Office.

The fierce siege battle lasted for three days, and the Ming army won quickly. Although it hurt one thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred of them, its strategic significance was very important. How important is Irkutsk City to the Russians? This large fortress

It is Russia's administrative center in Siberia and the Russian army's advance base on the east side of the Ural Mountains. Once this city is broken, the Russians' fifty-year eastern expedition will be destroyed.

The Ming army on the front line besieged the Russian army's last resistance while organizing troops to attack from all sides.

Once this city was broken, the villages, towns, markets and small cities established by the Russians based on the fortress were like ripe fruits waiting for the Ming army to pick them.

In the evening, the military congress of the Grand Governor's Office.

In an optimistic atmosphere, the Ming generals chatted quietly and acted calmly. This battle was a quick victory. In March, all the lands in the northern border would fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Unlike the optimism of their subordinates, Ma Cheng was wary of Russia.

The army's counterattack will inevitably come in full force. From the words of the Russian surrendered generals and the aristocrats, no one knows better how important Siberia's natural hunting ground is to Russia than in Macheng.

Since the Russians advanced eastward fifty years ago, fur business on the east side of the Ural Mountain became popular until fifty years later, the natural hunting grounds in Siberia were occupied. The Russians were quickly fattened during the expedition to the east.

Two years ago, as an example, the Stroganov family, who is engaged in fur business, pays as much as 100,000 rubles every year to the Russian treasury.

What is the concept of a hundred thousand rubles? It is equivalent to 20 to 30% of the total revenue of Russia's treasury. Including other taxes in Siberia, Siberia's natural natural resources treasure house, and the European fur market that is in short supply, provides sufficient for the rising Tsarist Russia.

Nutrition, Tsarist Russia made a fortune during the Eastern Expedition, rising from a third-rate Eastern European country to a powerful world empire.

Nowadays, in addition to the Sibir city east of the Ural Mountains, Tyumen city at the mouth of the Tula River, Toborsk city at the Ob River estuary, several strong cities are still sticking to it, and the claws extending to Siberia have been slapped.

The Ming army completely cut off, which was a fatal blow to the Russians.

The military agreement, more than 200,000 Ming troops divided their troops and moved forward alternately. While the Russian army could not react and drove straight in again, they used cavalry to blitz at the fortress of Thuming, the fortress at the mouth of the Tula River. The light cavalry surrounded the strong fortress without attacking and covered them with cavalry.

On the battlefield, we strive to turn the fortresses built by the Russians along the river into lonely cities before the winter arrives within a few months.

Macheng's strategic intentions are extremely likely to achieve.
Chapter completed!