One hundred and fortieth chapters Dingyuan battle eighteenth
The first to arrive in Yask were the reconnaissance team and Zhao Qiang's personal troops, as well as two troops from the transport brigade. [] When they were led by Dumu from Daur, they appeared in Yask through the forest from the path.
, the Russians and local residents were still in a state of "sleepwalking". They had no mental preparation for this sudden army. Some Sauron and Daur slave laborers even thought that it was the Rakshasa army. They just swept away in the distance.
After one glance, they no longer cared about who came here or what they were doing here. They only cared about whether their work could be completed and whether the Rakshasa supervisors would stop yelling at them.
After finishing the work, can I successfully collect food and return to my cabin?
As the intelligence shows, Yask is an undefended "city". It is like a village or town in later generations. It is much larger than Songshan Fort, but its defensive capabilities are not even as good as those of a small stone fortress like Shouyi City. As for those so-called defenders
After wandering around like ordinary residents, Zhao Qiang knew that what happened next was not a battle, because those Russian defenders could not be called an army at all, they were just a group of bandits at best. If I had to describe it, then the action of capturing Yask could be
Use "exercise" to describe it: one party attacks and the other collapses. There is no process, only results.
The battle was nothing worth writing about. When the cavalry of the reconnaissance team rushed over with the Cossack sabers waving, there was no resistance, only chaos. The Russian soldiers fled in all directions, while the Daur puppet soldiers raised their flags symbolically.
They raised their weapons and spontaneously surrendered. The more than one hundred Sauron puppet troops were even more exaggerated. They did not surrender, but chose "battlefield uprising". Before the cavalry of the Guanning Army rushed into Yask, they first attacked
The Rakshasa people took action. Their fighting performance stunned the cavalry who rushed in. It was hard to believe that these Sauron people would suddenly burst out with such brave morale and fighting will, until those Rakshasa people were pressed down by the angry Sauron people.
When they were on the ground, grabbing with their hands, hitting them with stones, and slashing them with their swords, the cavalrymen were somewhat thankful and also somewhat sympathized with the Rakshasa people.
After realizing that the Rakshasa people were gone, the residents of various ethnic groups living in Yask and the slaves who had been kidnapped also began to beat up the drowned dogs. They took wooden sticks, kitchen knives, stones and other tools in teams of three and five.
Groups of people went to chase the fleeing Rakshasa soldiers. Guan Ning's army was welcomed as a "liberator". Some Sauron women spontaneously sang songs of praise and brought hot water and what they thought to Guan Ning's army.
Although there was very little food to entertain guests, this behavior obviously satisfied the military officers headed by Zhao Qiang.
Half an hour later, Yask returned to calm. The surrendered Daur people, the uprising Sauron people, and the captured Rakshasa people were all circled together. After a brief screening, the Sauron soldiers who rebelled on the battlefield were reorganized into Yask.
The security team, the Daur people were used as auxiliary soldiers of the transportation brigade, and the Russian soldiers were tied up one by one with ropes and temporarily detained in the cattle pen, because Zhao Qiang did not think of how to deal with them for the time being. He planned to wait for Qi Zhuang and Hu Wang
After sending the captured Rakshasa soldiers over, deal with them together.
Three days later, Qi Zhuang led the left wing troops to reach Yask; five days later, Hu Wang's right wing arrived safely. At this point, the first phase of the Dingyuan operation came to an end, and the three armies successfully joined forces in Yask.
This operation successfully completed the set goals and lasted twenty-three days. It planned to capture three Russian strongholds, including Guri River City, Dingyuan City, and Yask, as well as more than 120 small tribes and villages. It controlled the Guli River Basin, Xilin Mu
Danhe and Jingqilijiangyou actually control land equivalent to the area of Zhili Province in Guannei.
A total of 260 Russian soldiers were killed and wounded, 310 were captured, and 1,100 puppet soldiers of various ethnic groups were killed. The population of various ethnic groups in the occupied area was estimated to be about 24,000, and the Guanning Army was not included in the statistics.
The population under its jurisdiction is approximately 20,000.
In addition to the empty Russian military ammunition depot in Dingyuan City, the storage capacity of gunpowder in Guri River and Yask City is about 2,600 kilograms, 760 muskets, and other weapons.
In addition to gunpowder weapons, they also seized 1,600 taels of gold and 12,000 taels of silver. They also obtained a small silver mine located five miles east of Dingyuan City, with a monthly output of about 20,000 taels of silver.
There is an iron mine in Lijiangyou. These two mines were built separately by the Russians six years ago. Most of the silver and pig iron produced were transported to Nerchinsk and then to the hinterland of Russia. This time they all fell into the hands of Guan Ning's army. Knowing
After owning a small silver mine and iron mine, Zhao Qiang was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night. The next day, he sent someone to deliver a letter to Shouyi City, asking Duncan to come to Yask immediately. Zhao Qiang was ready to hand over the silver mine and iron mine affairs to
Duncan handled it. He also planned to arrange for Guo Youcai and others to go to sea from Vladivostok or detour to North Korea and go to Macau to purchase weapons and some production equipment for themselves.
In addition, they also obtained more than 2,000 cattle, sheep, pigs and chickens, and about 4,000 hectares of arable land. The people of the civilian and military officials have taken over the Guli River and Dingyuan City. Because the road to Yask is difficult to travel, the General Administration Office
Reception to Jask and surrounding areas is delayed.
In order to digest and consolidate the fruits gained, Zhao Qiang let the entire army rest for a week before launching the second phase of the operation. Anyway, the Russians' strongholds were scattered and their troops were also scattered. Even if they knew about the emergence of Guanning Army, they could not take very many measures to deal with it.
If they join forces and refuse to defend in one place, they will have to give up some small strongholds. If they mobilize their troops to attack, Zhao Qiang would not like it, and this can save a lot of effort.
Qi Zhuang's left wing had a strength of 1,700 when it set out. When they came to join forces, the number including the prisoners Qing Zhuang had expanded to 3,000. Hu Wang's right wing had expanded even more. When they joined forces, they had nearly 5,000 troops.
More than a thousand Han people came to vote, which made Zhao Qiang extremely happy. He had never thought that there were descendants of the Ming army in the Far East. In order to show that he valued these Han people, Zhao Qiang personally had lunch with their representatives and
Rewards were given to the Han people who helped stabilize the order in Dingyuan City. At the banquet, the representatives of the Han people expressed their longing for their homeland in Guan Nei. Zhao Qiang struck while the iron was hot and told them that the Guan Ning Army would definitely go south to expel the Tatars and restore their homeland in the future, so he requested to be scattered in various places.
The Han people can support Guan Ning's army.
In the eyes of the Han people, Zhao Qiang is the supreme commander of the Guan Ning Army. Since he has promised to lead the Han people back to their homeland, the Han people will naturally not doubt it. Although he has lived in this cold land for two to three hundred years, he can return to his homeland.
Going there is undoubtedly the biggest attraction for the Han people. Therefore, after the banquet, the Han representatives spontaneously led the Guan Ning Army envoys to various Han settlements to promote the Guan Ning Army to them and let them all defect to the Guan Ning Army. In the future,
Let's go back to our homeland together.
In view of the rapid expansion of the troops, on the third day of rest, Zhao Qiang ordered all troops to return to their original organizational structure, and immediately established the Second Cavalry Regiment and the Second Infantry Regiment. The first regiment was organized in the same way as the First Regiment. In order to allow the new
The established regiment has a certain combat effectiveness. The 1st Cavalry Regiment and the 1st Infantry Regiment each selected 300 people to be transferred to the newly established regiment. 600 people were transferred from prisoners and young men to make up the 1st Cavalry and Infantry Regiment.
At present, young men of all ethnic groups, including captives, can be drafted to the tune of 10,000 people. It is estimated that other tribes and Han people who have not yet been found can also be drafted to about 10,000 people. In order not to affect the production and life in the occupied areas, Zhao Qiang does not plan to
All men are recruited, so except for the residents of various ethnic groups who are used as auxiliary soldiers and untouchables, other people who take the initiative to vote and welcome Guan Ning's army are regarded as free citizens, and the male recruitment ratio for them is maintained at 100%.