The Ming army entered Ulan-Ude, which has become a barren land. There is not a soul in sight. There are only some abandoned cabins of the Buryat people standing alone in the wind and snow.
"General, the Rakshasa people have moved all the local people away. They want to strengthen the wall and clear the country, and attack when our army runs out of food. We should fight quickly." Ma Bao, deputy general of the Northern Campaign, advised Zhu Ruodeng.
Zhu Ruodeng nodded. "What Puchenghou said is to order the whole army to speed up; he also informed Sun Guangwei to end the rest and recuperation as soon as possible and contain Barguzin's Rakshasa army from the east."
This time the Ming court issued three million taels of "Zhao Xin Tickets", and the problem of military expenditures was temporarily solved. However, transporting grain to northern Xinjiang has always been a big trouble. Zhu Ruodeng's army only had three months' worth of military grain, plus five months' worth of grain.
One hundred cattle, ten thousand sheep, and the rest need to be transported from Kulun.
The Rakshasa people's hard work of clearing the country could not deal a fatal blow to the Ming army in the short term, but if the war dragged on for a long time, it could cause big trouble. Under this situation, Zhu Ruodeng decided to capture Vernolensk as soon as possible.
With tens of thousands of men and horses boundless, the Ming army arrived on the right bank of the Qigoye River, and there was a sense of murder in the air.
The Severnsk Fort is more like a wooden stockade than a fort. Although it is a wooden stockade, it is also heavily fortified. The Rakshasa Army reinforced the thickness of the fort and dug a moat more than ten feet wide outside the fort. The riverside is covered with
The sharp caltrops.
After Khovansky and Milevalov returned to the settlement of Vernelensk, they forcibly recruited a hundred Cossacks to join the army, and recruited another 200 servants from the relatively submissive Buryat Mongolian tribe. The total strength
It has recovered to more than 3,000.
Khovansky asked Milevalov to take 1,500 soldiers and 12 cannons to garrison the Gorodavo cliff near the castle; he led the remaining troops to defend the castle.
Zhu Ruodeng knew that he was inexperienced on the battlefield, so he consulted with generals Ma Bao, Ma Xin, Chen Youlong, Li Benshen, and Hu Maozhen as soon as he responded to the military situation. This actually won him a good reputation as a follower of good deeds.
"General, it is better for our army to camp fifteen miles south of Vernelensk Castle, close to the Chigoye River. This will make it easier to get water and attack the city."
"Accurate!"
"General, tomorrow you can prepare more trucks and fill up the moat to facilitate the army to attack the city."
"Accurate!"
"General, we can set up two posts tonight and send more sentries to prevent the enemy from hijacking the camp."
"Accurate"??
The people Emperor Guangwu sent to his son were all veteran generals in the army. They had rich battlefield experience, and the suggestions they made were all practical, so they were naturally followed one by one.
After setting up a camp, burying pots and making rice, they prepared to take a good rest and build up enough strength to attack the city tomorrow. Unexpectedly, something happened not long after.
"General, it's not good, dozens of sergeants in our army are suffering from vomiting and diarrhea and are unconscious!"
Just as Zhu Ruodeng was discussing things with Ma Bao, one of his subordinates came to report. He was a little confused, "What's going on?"
"Not good!"
Ma Bao slapped his thigh and said, "I have been hunting geese all day long, but the geese pecked my eyes. This must be the Rakshasa ghost that threw poison into the river. We must ask the brothers to stop eating immediately, and then dig a well on the spot to get water to make food again."<
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The northern barbarians encountered by the Ming army before were mainly Mongolian tribes. Mongolians believed that water was a pure god and would never poison the river water. The residents of Nerchinsk and Lake Baikal were mainly Mongolians.
Man, when the Ming army attacked Nerchinsk, the Rakshasa people took into account the Mongolian reaction and did not poison the river. Therefore, everyone at the top and bottom was a little careless and did not guard against this move.
After the Ming army captured Nerchinsk, they encountered an unscrupulous opponent: Duke Golitsyn. In order to preserve the Lake Baikal basin, the Duke not only ordered the relocation of the herders from the east of the lake, but also ordered poisoning near the water sources where the Ming army passed.<
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Fortunately, the flow of water in the Qiguoye River was large, and the Ming army discovered it early, and only dozens of people were poisoned. After military doctors rescued them, most of them were out of danger, and only three people died from the poisoning.
Before the battle even started, they suffered a small loss, which made the entire Ming army filled with indignation.
"These Rakshasa ghosts are really despicable!" General Jiaktu scolded Baoluo angrily.
"The Immortal Heaven will definitely punish these devils!" Tubaseleng, the Marquis of Kalaqin, also roared.
"The last general invites you to fight!"
"The last general invites you to fight!"
"The last general invites you to fight!"
The Rakshasa army poisoned the river, which seriously violated the faith of the Mongols.
Bobabu, Sanyinnuoyan Bodanjin and other Mongolian generals all asked for battle.
Seeing that his military morale was available, Zhu Ruodeng nodded. Among the generals who asked for the battle, Bier Tahar had the deepest background. He was the eldest son of Prince Horqin Wu Keshan and the elder brother of the Concubine Xian of Emperor Guangwu's harem. Concubine Xian was quite favored by Guang Wu.
Emperor Wu gave birth to a daughter. In order to celebrate the Han and Mongolian family, the emperor personally named her Princess Horqin. The line of virtuous concubines, because they did not give birth to a prince, did not pose a threat to the throne, and they also had the support of the Mongolian Horqin tribe behind them.
The person the Crown Prince and King Ji are competing to win over.
"Bier Tahar, I have ordered you and Babu to lead two thousand troops to attack Lensk Fort early tomorrow morning. The fortress must be broken as soon as possible." Zhu Ruodeng decided to give the emperor's relatives Horqin a face and ordered Bier Tahar to
The former army general, as for Chechen Bobabu, was a famous tiger general in Mobei Mongolia, and he was familiar with the terrain of the North Sea, so he was made the former deputy general of the army.
Two thousand Mongolian soldiers pushed carts and ladders slowly towards the Upper Lensk Fort. They vowed to teach these Rakshasa ghosts who disrespected the immortal heaven and poisoned the river water.
At the same time, the Ming army's Zasak Tubnorbu and Sanyinnuoyan Bodanjin led 2,000 Mongolian soldiers and were ordered to attack the Gorodavo Cliff to contain the Rakshasa army on the cliff.
In a cave on the Gorodavo Cliff, Milevalov was looking at the topographic map of the Severon Lensk Fort. Barev, the commander of the Rakshasa Shooting Corps, broke in and said, "General manager, the Ming army under the cliff has begun to attack the mountain.
”.
As an old rival of the Ming army, Milevalov did not panic at all and calmly ordered, "Take a thousand men and guard the cliff, and call me again when the Ming army attacks the fort."
"Yes!"
Barev saluted with a military salute and led his troops out of the cave. There are two caves on this cliff, one big and one small. The big cave can hide a thousand soldiers, and the small cave can hide 500 soldiers. When the Ming army shot towards the mountain,
They hid in the cave; as soon as the sound of cannons and cannons stopped, they filed out again.
"Haorui~Haorui~Haorui~"
The Mongolian soldiers shouted and began to attack the mountain. Norbu and Denzin ignored the dignity of the count and charged personally.
"Shoot," Barev roared.
The sound of "bang bang" continued, and the Rakshasa army was condescending and shot down the warriors of the Zasaktu tribe and the Sanyinnuoyan tribe one by one.
In Mobei Mongolia, there are many heroes who are not afraid of death. Norbu pulled out the Mongolian scimitar in his hand and tried to attack the mountain with all his strength. However, he was held back by Danjin, "Norbu, the military order given to us by the general is to contain the Rakshasa on the mountain.
Just use the army, there is no need to attack by force."