Just as Zou Sheng guessed, Rumyantsev decided to launch the final attack.
The ice and snow weather these days gave him the best chance.
He knew very well that the Tsarist Russian army was best at fighting in extreme weather conditions. In comparison, the Longyan people seemed a bit inferior in this aspect.
This is an opportunity given to him by God!
He must grasp it!
Because he has long realized that this war has lost its meaning until now. Because Tsarist Russia has paid too much. For this war, Tsarist Russia has consumed more than half of its national income.
Moreover, Rumyantsev is in a huge basin in the Usu area, so he has always been in an urn.
This is what makes him uncomfortable.
But he had no choice but to fight hard. He knew Peter's temper.
Peter wanted Liangzhou, so he only needed to think about how to capture Liangzhou, and he didn't even have to think about how to convince Peter to give up the war.
Facts also proved that Rumyantsev's guess was correct.
Their large army has been dragged here for more than a year! On the one hand, they have to free their hands to deal with the Wusun local armed forces, and on the other hand, they have to consider how to capture Yanqi.
But everything was arranged perfectly by Rumyantsev.
Especially last year, several times Long Yan's army suddenly opened the city gates and launched a surprise attack on them. If other generals had led the army, they would have been dispersed by Long Yan. However, Rumyantsev's experience is really a seasoned one.
, abruptly blocked several surprise attacks that would have shocked the world, and still had the upper hand.
This is the role of a famous general.
The next day.
Sure enough, Tsarist Russia launched its strongest general offensive in a year. As soon as dawn broke, an army of 100,000 troops began to gather. This first wave of 100,000 troops began to attack. This wave of troops, including Cossack cavalry alone,
There were 50,000 people. In addition, there was the first formation and all the siege equipment of Tsarist Russia.
Siege engines immediately began to attack the city, and the cavalry began to invade the city gates.
Infantry and shield soldiers went into battle together.
Artillerymen, follow behind.
Early in the morning, an alarm sounded in Yanqi City, and Zou Sheng got up immediately. It was cold, too cold. As expected, Rumyantsev chose to launch an attack on the first day after the heavy snow. As the old saying goes.
It is said that the snow is warm and the snow is cold. The weather after heavy snow is the coldest.
"Holy crap, are they here again?"
"How to fight!"
"The knife is frozen!"
"Damn it, stop fighting!"
"Surrender!"
When the alarm sounded, the soldiers in the camp began to complain and complain everywhere, and their morale was naturally greatly affected.
"Everyone is on alert, anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
Zou Sheng understood the mood of these soldiers very well, but he had no choice. This was war, and he could only issue military orders.
Long Yan immediately began to defend. The weather was so cold that the hands and feet of the defenders were almost frozen. This made the people who operated artillery and muskets lose their accuracy. Facing the 100,000-strong Tsarist Russian army
Yanqi suddenly felt the pressure he had never felt before!
Under the bombardment of artillery, the city wall began to collapse.
At that time, many people were blown to pieces and their limbs flew up. But soon, substitute soldiers came to take over.
The battle began to get fierce.
One hundred thousand troops here had just entered the battle. Rumyantsev gave the order again, and the other one hundred thousand troops attacked again.
Two hundred thousand troops, let alone the grand scene. The artillery bombarded the sky non-stop. This time, the Tsarist Russian army followed the siege equipment and slowly pushed the artillery closer to the city gate. This made the artillery
Bombs can be thrown into the city more fully. For a time, Yanqi's buildings, Yanqi's streets, and all places in Yanqi are threatened by artillery fire.
"Asshole!"
"These guys are really cruel!"
The expressions of the generals on the wall changed drastically.
On normal days, these Tsarist Russian troops would not dare to bring their artillery so close, because the Hongyi artillery on Longyan's side is more effective and more powerful. As long as their artillery dares to enter the range of Longyan artillery,
Longyan's artillery will deal a devastating blow to their artillery...
But today.
The situation was different. Due to the weather, Long Yan's artillery was either inaccurate due to the coldness of the operator, or simply misfired. In this case, their threat to Tsarist Russian artillery began to decrease.
In this case, the threat to them from Tsarist Russia's artillery was the opposite. As long as the artillery shells fell, they would definitely pose a threat to Yanqi, and even a blind attack could cause some casualties.
This is the first time in a year that Yanqi City has been in such chaos.
"evacuation!"
"Evacuate the crowd!"
"quick!"
The generals began to rush to give orders.
The situation in the city has also become chaotic.
Military camps, civilian houses, and various buildings were hit and destroyed to varying degrees.
Zou Sheng made the decision immediately: "Assemble the entire army and prepare for an encounter!"
"What?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed drastically.