The left deputy general of Dingbian, Baoning, a native of the Zhengbai Banner of Mongolia, was fifty-seven years old. This man was old and fought. Although he was in the third-class duke of his ancestors, he still relied on his military achievements to serve as a general of Chengdu, Jiangnan, and Yili, a general of general.

His term of office was over when he returned to Beijing to meet, and Qianlong planned to let him take over Sun Shiyi as the acting governor of Sichuan. As a result, news came from Tsarist Russia that the North Navy was about to attack Outer Mongolia, so Qianlong pulled out the generals in the northwest and asked him to come to Ulya Sutai.

When Baoning, who was convening a military controversy with his generals, was shocked when he learned that the Northern Navy suddenly appeared in front of him. He immediately walked to the cavalry school kneeling in the tent and shouted loudly: "How many people do they have? How many cannons are there?"

"The thief suddenly opened fire at our army. There were about dozens of bird guns, and the cannon was only fired once, so, so..."

Don't ask, the answer is only three words, I don't know.

The anger on Baoning's face flashed and he asked sinisterly: "Where is Ye Chu and others?"

The Ye Chu he mentioned was the Mongolian Xieling of Zhengbai Banner who led the vanguard troops. The cavalry school knelt on the ground and didn't even dare to raise his head. He gritted his teeth and replied: "The Xieling said that the enemy's situation is unknown. If he just came back like this, I would be sorry to the dead brothers. He asked the bid to come back and report that he had already taken everyone around the upper reaches of the Tes River, preparing to find out the enemy's situation and come back to report to the general."

Baoning snorted. If Ye Chu dared to come back with such a gray face, Baoning would have to kill him. He said to the cavalry school: "Understanding the enemy and advancing, he lost dozens of elite soldiers. Although Ye Chu was the chief general, he should also be responsible for praising Hua to advise! Go down and get fifty military sticks!"

"Yeah! Thank you for your gratitude for not killing me!"

When the cavalry school was taken down, Zasaktu Khan and Duro Prince Buniratana, who was in the right position of the head coach, stood up and said, "Master, it sounds like there are not many people in the North Sea pirates. Why don't you send some people to tent?"

This man who had just attacked Jue at the beginning of the year and took over the Zasaktu Khan tribe, was in a strong sense of service. He thought that if he could make great contributions in this battle, he would be able to get a prince-level rank like Chebudenzabu back then.

Baoning walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, thinking silently. He walked to the wooden picture and looked carefully at the mountains and rivers above, trying to find out where the Northern Navy came from.

Is Chuckto? That's more than 2,200 miles! Baoning firmly believes that if the North Navy really drives straight from the Chuckto West Station, even if the Karen soldiers can't stop it, there will be someone who will send a message? Even if the North Navy has captured all the soldiers in Karen station and no one of them is let go, there will always be some herders who are grazing along the way?

Since Chaktu is impossible, there is only one possibility left. These people should have come by boat from the lower reaches of the Wakmu River. The Northern Navy repelled the Tsarist Russian army last year and captured several towns on the Yenisei River. Baoning heard about it a few months ago. Thinking of the Chahantorohai Station, which is also part of the line leading to the Tanu Ulianghai, the answer seems to be revealed, but the problem is that no one from the Tanu Ulianghai has come to report the news!

"Can you say that Donu Ulianghai is lost?!"

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Baoning's forehead instantly, and his hands were trembling slightly.

At this time, the counselor Ailon Ah, who was accompanying the army, hurried to Mutu and asked in a low voice: "Master, do you want to take a rest first?"

Baoning shook his head slightly when he heard this, then pointed to Mutu and told his guess. Everyone in the tent frowned. Aaron's eyes repeatedly glanced at Mutu for a while before he said: "Master, Beizhi guessed that the North Pirates ahead would not have many troops, and if they were killed, they would only have two thousand people."

"Oh?" Everyone in the tent turned their confusing eyes to Ailona, ​​waiting to listen to his noble opinions. For Baoning, although he had never fought with the North Navy in recent years, he had read all the newspapers copied by the Military Affairs Office. Before leaving, he had specially chatted with Qinggui for half a night. After hearing Ailona's words, he immediately realized that what the other party said made sense, and then signaled to the other party to continue talking with his eyes.

"In the eyes of Beiyi, if the North Sea pirates traveled to the Huakemu River with thousands of troops, although Karen was defeated on the station along the way, they would still send out a warning and ignite the wolf smoke. Even if all Karen soldiers were killed in battle, the herdsmen around would be in a panic. However, since our army set out, there was no warning from both the east and the west. This means that the bandits must have raided lightly with small troops, and there would definitely not be too many troops."

Tushetu Khanchedendorji's eldest son, after Taiji'eidobdorji heard this, he spoke, "What if there were a large number of people following behind them?"

Aarona shook his head affirmatively and said, "No! If there were a large number of people, the flags of the Tangu Ulianghai would definitely send people to in the emergency. No matter how fast the thief was, he would not be as good as the four-legged horse."

When the generals in the tent heard this, yes, that's right. You should know that the Yimas at the Taiwan Station are all the best healthy horses, and they are all selected from one hundred miles in terms of endurance and speed. The 600-mile rush in the imperial court and even the 800-mile rush that is rarely used are achieved through these Yimas.

Baoning felt much more relaxed, and a grim smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Since that's the case, don't blame me for being rude. Just use this Northern Navy to boost the morale of the entire army!

The second-class Taijipun Chukdash of Saiyin Noyan's tribe was determined to compete for his merits. Seeing this, he took the lead in bowing to Baoning and asked for his orders: "Master, I am willing to bring a thousand people to take back the Chahantorohai Station!"

Prince Buniratana of Duro smiled and said with a slight smile: "Ah~~~A small post station, why do you need Pengchukdashtaiji to take action personally? Send a left-wing long journey."

Eydobdorji of Tushetukhan's army looked at these guys who wanted to win the credit without stopping. He couldn't help but sneer. He made up his mind to never be the first to be a leader. Others don't know what the North Navy is like, but he has seen it with his own eyes. Before leaving, Amachedendorji had instructed that safety is the first priority in this battle, and preserving strength is the most important thing.

"Remember to me, our family is already the Prince of Doro, and after fighting, it's only a prince's grade. Besides, the Northern Hair Army is fighting with the imperial court now, it's hard to say who will win. If we fight to the death with the Northern Hair Army, we'll be cheaper by then."

The problem is that when the old fox Che Dendorji said this, he never expected that the half of his men who stayed in Kulun had almost been eliminated by the North Navy.

At the same time, on the hills on the southeast and northeast sides of the Chahantoro Sea Station, more than 600 Northern Navy soldiers were digging trenches and building fortifications with all their might. There were too many stones in the soil on the local mountain, and they were afraid of landslides by blasting, so the soldiers were exhausted. They set out lightly at dawn, marched and rushed for more than 100 miles, with only one engineer shovel at hand.

After simple treatment, several Qing army wounded soldiers arrested were immediately interrogated. After Mislang confirmed the scale of the Qing army's strength, he immediately informed Hu Ji in the rear. He placed four companies of the first battalion on two hills one kilometer away, and sent a row across the river to reconnaissance in the direction of Zhuerkuzhu.

After dark, the reconnaissance platoon exchanged fire with the Qing army's whistle cavalry on the grassland twenty miles northwest of Zhuerkuzhu. The Qing army behind was immediately alarmed. They did not care about the poor vision at night, and immediately sent thousands of Mongolian cavalrymen wearing torches to search for the traces of the Northern Navy. The thirty people in the reconnaissance platoon sneaked south for five miles and could no longer walk. They encountered more and more Mongolian cavalrymen, and the risk of exposure was getting greater and greater. Seeing that the situation was not good, the platoon leader immediately led his men to retreat and returned to the Chahantoro Sea in the early morning.

Mislang, who had not closed his eyes all night, was called out by the orderly soldiers after half an hour of sleep. He told the other party that he would call him as long as the reconnaissance platoon came back.

"How is it? What's the situation?" After meeting the reconnaissance platoon leader, Mislang asked his most concerned question.

"There are too many enemies! We first went up the ridge and observed with a night vision telescope from a distance. There were camp tents everywhere on the grassland, and there was no end at a glance. I guess there were more than 15,000 people. Later, we came down from the mountain and found that it was almost twenty miles away from the enemy camp, and we encountered the enemy's whistle and cavalry camp. Basically, there was a tent set up by cavalry every 200 meters, with a total of twenty people, and the bonfire was not extinguished all night."

The platoon leader swallowed and continued with lingering fear: "The Mongols' ears were too thief. We had to shoot and kill two cavalrymen, but one guy shot an arrow and called the police. Good guy, the enemy actually dispatched more than a thousand people. Twenty miles west and south of the Tes River are a very large grassland, with no mountains and few soil buns. Close reconnaissance is easy to be discovered by the enemy."

After hearing this, Misron nodded and asked the platoon leader to go back and take the time to rest. He lost his sleepiness at this moment, so he asked the orderly soldiers to make a big cup of tea and look at the map again.

On the morning of August 5, Baoning sent 500 Mongolian soldiers of Zhengbai Banner and 1,000 Arc devils led by Deputy Chief Fude, intending to test the firepower of the Northern Navy and learn about the specific number of the Northern Navy. If possible, he would attack the other side of the Tes River and occupy the post station.

The Qing army camped in the woods three miles away from the east bank of the Tes River. After a short rest, Fude ordered his men to attack. He asked two hundred Eight Banner Mongolians to walk in front, one thousand Mongolian arrowheads behind, and Fude walked in the end with three hundred Zhengbai Banner Mongolian soldiers.

At this time, the Northern Navy's trench system had not been dug, and hundreds of foxglove pits were distributed in stairs on the hills. In order to attract the Qing army troops to cross the river, Mislang specially placed a squad near the post station. He told the squad leader that once the Qing army vanguard began to cross the river, he would retreat after firing a few shots.

The rumbling sound of horse hooves from far to near, and the flags of the Qing army teams soon appeared in sight. With the sound of a horn, the figures of dozens of Mongolian cavalry of Zhengbai Banners became clearer and clearer.

"Don't shoot! Follow my orders!"

Although there was only one squad of the Northern Navy at the post station, these people had previously fought the Battle of Usolier with Zhao Xin and chased the Tsarist Russian army for more than a thousand miles, with rich experience in the battle.

The Eight Banners Mongolian soldiers who rushed to the front were scattered very wide. Everyone knew that there were cannons on the opposite side, and there were flowering bullets. After they tried to approach the river bank, they found that there was no movement on the other side. Then they immediately raised their bird guns and fired more than a dozen shots towards the reeds on the opposite bank. Then the people retreated for more than a hundred steps and began to reload the bullets.

After two rounds of shooting, the other side was still silent. Deputy Chief Fude was relieved. He immediately ordered a thousand arrowheads to rush across the Tes River in the order of the team. When the Mongolian arrowheads wearing zither suits and shields walked to the river bank, the Northern Navy, which was ambushing on both sides of the post station, opened fire.

The Mongolian Arrows on the shore were caught off guard and seven or eight were killed on the spot. The scene suddenly became a little chaotic. The Mongolian soldiers who had already walked to the river to prepare to cross the river took down their bows and arrows and shot them across the river.

Deputy Chief Fude heard the gunshots that were obviously different from bird guns, and he didn't take them seriously. He said to his subordinates: "Tell them not to be afraid. There are not many pirates in the North Sea. As long as they rush to the other side, the thieves will be finished."

The sound of the trumpet sounded again, urging the Mongolians on the river bank to cross the river. At this time, Fude transferred another thirty horse-riding bird gun soldiers, divided into three teams, and fired at the opposite shore in turn in turn. White smoke suddenly rose on the river bank.

"Captain, the Qing army has such a little ability, so we can fight."

After hearing the guard's words, Mislang showed a smile on his face and said, "Don't underestimate, there are only so many people, and the big head is behind!"

The guard said dissatisfiedly: "It's useless to come as many as you can. We have fought tens of thousands of Rakshasa soldiers with muskets, and are we still afraid of the Qing army holding bows and arrows?"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Near the post station, the squad leader who led the team ordered his men to fire another round of gunfire on the other side, and then said: "Retreat!"

When the Qing army on the other side of the river saw more than a dozen North Navy wearing dark green clothes suddenly stand up from the grass and turn around and run towards the hill more than a mile away, there was a sudden thunderous joy.

"Cross the river quickly! Kill them! The commander has an order, and each person will be given a silver reward of three taels of silver!"

As soon as these words were heard, the Mongolian arrowheads on the shore were like crazy, walking hard in the river water that was waist-deep. Three taels of silver were not a decimal for Mongolian arrowheads, and they would not have to worry about getting the food for this winter.

As the people shouted and the horse was neighing, as more than 200 arrowheads in front of them crossed the river safely, most of the Mongolian arrowheads and Eight Banners soldiers rushed to the river bank, especially when Mislang saw a square white flag with a gold flowing cloud dragon embroidered in the telescope also appeared on the river bank, he knew that it was the deputy chief flag of the Qing army, and immediately ordered the three mortars on the hills to fire with the flag as the center.

More than twenty seconds later, the explosion smoke with fire rose up on the river bank, and countless broken limbs and short bodies mixed with shock waves were thrown into the air. Then the three mortars fired five shells in succession. Both the Qing army and Mongolian soldiers on the river bank were shrouded in thick smoke, and even the big flag disappeared. After a while, countless broken limbs, weapons and clothes fragments mixed with blood fell from the air and fell into the Tes River.

All the Mongolian soldiers who had already crossed the river were frightened. They all looked pale and knelt on the ground and kept reciting the Buddha and Bodhisattva. In their opinion, this is not a war, it is simply a demon who appears in hell!

At this time, behind a hill three miles north of the post station, Ye Chu, the Qing army assistant leader, heard the roar like thunder in the distance, and his face changed drastically, and his butt and urine flowed back into the valley.
Chapter completed!