The Tsarist Russians surrounded Ulan-Ude for so many days, but the eight thousand Cossack cavalry did not move at all.
If they don't come out, Lin Weidu plans to have Teng Ziquan lead the Second Cavalry Brigade to launch a night raid on the Russian army to draw out the Cossack cavalry.
But before he moved, the Tsarist Russians moved first. Eight thousand Cossack cavalry moved eastward, which was a huge and mighty mass. It was impossible to hide it from the eyes of the Renaissance Army.
When the enemy moves, I move! Lin Wei also stepped up preparations. First of all, the Second Cavalry Brigade was sent out to closely monitor the enemy's every move.
The battlefield had been chosen before, and it was in a valley beside the Shile'e River. The name determined by the Heilong local government was Huangyang Valley.
The ridges on both sides of this valley are relatively steep, and even yellow sheep cannot easily jump up them.
So this has become a place where hunters hunt yellow sheep every year.
Hunters would ride horses and drive the scattered yellow sheep herds into the valley from all directions, then guard the valley mouths on both sides and approach from both ends to the middle, compressing the movement space of the yellow sheep herds.
The panicked yellow sheep will instinctively climb up the ridges on both sides, trying to escape from both sides.
However, the ridges on both sides are steep and climbing is not easy.
When a large number of yellow sheep climb to the ridge, the hunters who have been ambushing on the ridge in advance will suddenly appear.
What they hold in their hands is not bows and arrows or shotguns, but gongs or waist drums.
Yellow sheep are naturally timid.
As the sound of gongs and waist drums came, the yellow sheep that climbed halfway up the mountain were frightened. Most of the sheep lost their front hooves and fell from the ridge. Some broke their legs, and some simply fell down.
It died and became the herdsmen’s food reserve in winter.
The most indispensable thing on the grassland is the yellow sheep. This little guy has a strong vitality. It can be seen no matter where it is.
Even in later generations, many wild animals on the grasslands will become extinct, but the population of yellow sheep is still very large.
But don’t eat yellow sheep. They are protected animals in future generations, and the yellow sheep’s smell is too strong and not delicious.
It's summer now, and dense bushes and weeds have already grown on the ridge. If you don't know this place very well, you won't realize that the ridges on both sides are so steep.
In fact, the grass and shrubs grow unevenly, making these ridges look gentle.
Major General Klinsky led his Cossack cavalry to leave the Tsarist Russian camp outside Ulan-Ude in a mighty manner.
The whole team was in a relaxed and happy mood because they finally no longer had to stay outside this turtle-shell-like town.
Once they break into the Chinese rear, the Chinese gold, silver, silk, tea, and women will all become the property of the brave Cossack cavalry.
Many Cossack cavalrymen are already full of yearning for the Chinese settlement ahead.
They fantasized about rushing into Han people's houses and loading boxes of their gold and silver treasures onto carriages.
Then, after enjoying their women in their house, they finally drove away in the fully loaded carriage.
If there was anything the Cossacks loved most, it was robbery.
Originally, the targets of Cossack cavalry robbery were mostly Siberian aborigines.
What can those aborigines have? The taste of aboriginal women is stronger than that of Tsarist Russian men. The robbery experience is not good.
After meeting the indigenous people, the Cossacks can at most get some pleasure from killing.
But this time they are going to the rear of China.
Tsarist Russians have always coveted the land of China, and Chinese products make them even more happy.
A very important reason why Tsarist Russia continued to invade eastward was to open up trade routes with China from the east and directly purchase silk, tea and exquisite porcelain.
In recent years, Dashengkui has made a lot of money by exporting tea and silk to Tsarist Russia. This also shows that Tsarist Russia is also a fan of Chinese commodities.
Major General Klinsky knew that someone was watching him. They had already fought with the scouts of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade before.
So what if someone is watching? If the Chinese had the ability, they would have sent reinforcements to Ulan-Ude long ago. Why hide and seek with them here?
However, the necessary caution is still required. Every time he passes through a valley, he will send scouts to explore the valley.
Major General Klinsky knew that the enemy also had a mobile cavalry. This group of cavalry had been far away from the Tsarist Russian army and did not dare to approach.
Perhaps they felt that they were no match for the Cossack cavalry.
But Major General Klinsky had a way to get them out. As he got closer and closer to Chita City, Klinsky knew that the opponent would be unable to hold back. Maybe the attack would start in a certain valley.
The distance from Ulan-Ude to Chita is about three to four hundred kilometers, and it only takes three or four days for the cavalry to travel.
On the first day, Klinsky and the others did not see an enemy, and there was not even anyone on the road. Not only were there no people, there were even very few animals.
The next day, they continued along the road.
There is a simple dirt road between Ulan-Ude and Chita. This road is basically made by humans and animals. There are two deep ruts on both sides. It can be seen that carriages have often passed through it in the past year.
In fact, these ruts were made by horse-drawn carriages transporting supplies from Chita.
The terminal point for transporting materials by water is Chita City. In fact, after passing Nerchinsk, the materials must be transported to Chita by flat-bottomed wooden boats. Because in the upper reaches, the river becomes wider and submerged, and seasonal
Features are stronger.
In spring and summer, the upper reaches of the Nerchinsk River can lead to Chita City.
Three tributaries converge to form the Nerchinsk River, and Chita is on one of the tributaries. As a tributary, Chita's river is not deep, and horses can be waded across the river. Only large wooden boats with wide bottoms can be navigated.
After the supplies arrive in Chita, they have to pass on the road before moving to Ulan-Ude.
Now Heilong Province has not had time to repair the roads, so it can only use high-wheel carts to transport the goods along the original dirt roads.
That's why Klinsky was able to see two deep ruts on this road.
At this time, in the Huangyang Valley 20 kilometers ahead of Klinski, a temporary team composed of some soldiers and militiamen from the Second Cavalry Brigade was gathering.
Lin Wei wanted to make the opponent feel that a large army was attacking them, but it could not be their main force.
Because the main force of the Second Cavalry Brigade was to be hidden in the west, they wanted to block the Cossack cavalry's retreat after the battle began.
The mobility of this shadow cavalry team must also be particularly strong.
Therefore, Lin Wei chose the militia from the state-owned ranch in the Nerchinsk area. Most of these people are grassland people, but now they have the same short hair as the soldiers of the Renaissance Army and wear the green militia uniform of the Renaissance Army.
These people can use riding bows and flintlocks, understand orders, and have a certain degree of organization.
The most important thing is that their riding skills are very good.
Lin Wei mixed some dragoons into this team and formed a cavalry team of three to four thousand people. They disguised themselves as the main cavalry of the Renaissance Army to lure the Cossacks over.
Among the crowd of cavalry was a slightly thin young man. He was wearing a green military uniform. Although his face was a little dark, he was very clean. He had regular features and a pair of slender eyes that looked exceptionally clear.
This is the prairie boy Chi Na whom we haven’t seen for a long time.
Chi Na originally wanted to join the army with Lu Guoyi, but was unable to do so because of his age.
He spent a winter with his mother in the city of Nerchinsk. During the severe cold winter, they took care of the livestock hidden in the mountains every day.
Most of the time, China was forced to go to school with other children.
They learn Chinese characters, learn to speak Chinese, and sometimes even learn some arithmetic and history in a room with white walls and a heated kang.
From the history of Teacher Jiang, Chi learned that the grassland people and the Han people in the south have a common ancestor.
This ancestor had many children, including ancestors of the prairie people and ancestors of the Han people.
The ancestors of the prairie people liked to stay with cattle and sheep, ride horses, and enjoy the prairie, so the ancestors allowed him to live in the prairie.
The ancestors of the Han people liked farming and creating with their hands, so they stayed in the south, which is suitable for farming.
When China was getting her hair cut, she saw her own appearance in the mirror. It was indeed not much different from the soldiers of the Renaissance Army.
In the spring of this year, China and her mother were assigned to a ranch - Black Bear Ridge Ranch.
The ranch was named this because there is a mountain on the edge of the ranch called Black Bear Ridge.
The area around Nerchinsk was all divided into pastures, and those areas suitable for farming were turned into farms. Of course, there were also some farms that were both grazing and farming.
When spring came, my mother went to sow grass seeds with the ranchers, and areas were divided into areas for grazing.
Most of the time, cattle and sheep are kept in pens and fed by pasture workers. In this way, cattle and sheep grow much faster than before.
The technician at the ranch explained that this is called fattening, and of course they have to be driven out to run several laps every day. It is said that it is for the health of the cattle and sheep.
Prairie people have been herding cattle for thousands of years, and there aren't that many rules.
Chi Na only needs to participate in grazing for a short period of time every day.
Because he has become a militiaman, he is actually over sixteen years old, but long-term malnutrition has made him smaller, which makes him look like a child.
But in the past year since joining the Renaissance Army, his life has improved a lot, which has made him physically stronger, but he is still shorter than his peers.
But he shot very accurately. As a militiaman, he also had a flintlock rifle of his own.
China seemed to have a natural talent for shooting. After only a few months of training, he could already hit a rabbit a hundred yards away with a flintlock.
In the rabbit hunting activity organized by the ranch, China won first place.
Some people may ask why we kill rabbits, rabbits are so cute.
Rabbits will destroy pastures. They like to dig holes everywhere. They say that cunning rabbits have three burrows.
Therefore, their destructive power is more powerful than mice, so general pastures will try their best to remove rabbits.
At this time, Chi Na was wearing a small green military uniform, with a cowhide belt tied around his waist, and the belt was filled with fixed flintlock powder.
There is also a leather pocket on the side of the belt, which contains lead bullets.
China's eyes have been staring enviously at the Type 53 lance held by the dragoon. That gun looks so beautiful, and now owning a lance is China's ideal.
"Let's go!" the dragoon officer leading the team ordered. All the militiamen followed their officers and set off on horseback.
Their target was the Cossack cavalry heading towards the valley.
Of course, Lin Wei didn't want them to fight the Cossacks. He only needed to lure the Cossack cavalry over. They only needed to hang the Cossacks from a distance, and follow the dragoon's style of fighting, shooting from a distance to attract them to attack.
Just fine.
Lin Wei would never dare to let them fight hand-to-hand with the Cossacks, as that would inevitably lead to heavy casualties.
Klinsky led the Cossack cavalry along the dirt road and marched eastward at a normal marching speed.
The mountains on both sides are covered with sparse trees and more shrubs, and only some tall ones grow in the valleys.
Strictly speaking, this is part of the Mobei Plateau. The altitude is generally above one thousand meters. However, the peaks here are not high, and most of them can only be regarded as hills.
In this season, the scenery on the mountain is still all green, the flowers have basically withered, and the fruits are not yet ripe. What comes into view is a vast expanse of green.
Suddenly, Klinsky raised his right hand, and the cavalry beside him stopped one after another with him as the starting point.
"It's the sound of horse hooves. A large number of cavalry are approaching, preparing to fight." The order was passed by the messenger.
The surrounding Cossack cavalry also heard the movement, and they all prepared their flintlocks.
The original marching formation is also changing, becoming a more aggressive formation.
These cavalry still used their flintlock muskets and did not replace rifled guns. Only infantry liked those things, but the cavalry did not like them because they were inconvenient to use on horseback.
The flintlock is only an auxiliary weapon for the Cossack cavalry. What these tough Cossack cavalry trust most is the spear hanging on the saddle and the saber on the waist.
Klinsky had already arranged his men in formation, ready to launch at any time.
A group of cavalry in green uniforms rushed towards them.
They shouted slogans of charging to kill and held muskets in their hands.
Klinsky's cavalry also moved.
The Renaissance cavalry on the opposite side began to turn two hundred yards away from the Cossack cavalry.
Fortunately, the valley where this road is located is wide enough for the cavalry to turn. The turning position is the closest to Tsarist Russia.
All riders did not shoot until they reached that position.
Chi Na and the others followed the team with flintlock guns, just to show off their momentum and increase their numbers.
At such a long distance, their flintlocks had no choice but to rely on fate if they wanted to hit anyone.
However, China still raised the muzzle of the gun as much as possible, took aim, and fired the shot.
He knew that the bullets of the flintlock gun would fall downward after a hundred meters, just like the arc drawn by the instructor, so he had to raise the muzzle of the gun.
He saw a Cossack cavalryman falling from his horse opposite him, as if he had killed him.
When the rear column turned, the Cossacks also entered the range of the flintlock.
There was a sound of shooting, and many militiamen on the Renaissance Army side were also knocked off their horses.
There were casualties on the Cossack side, and they would not let this enemy go. Judging from the number of casualties just now, these Chinese cavalry did not seem to be that powerful. They just had some muskets that had a longer range.
Klinsky did not doubt that he was there, and ordered the Cossack cavalry to speed up to catch up and destroy this group of cavalry. This wave of enemy cavalry numbered several thousand.
Klinsky felt that it was impossible for the other party to use thousands of elite cavalry as bait. In that case, wouldn't their main force be larger? With such strong strength, they would have been able to help Ulan-Ude rescue the siege.
There is no need to hide and seek outside.
Therefore, he judged that this group of people was the main cavalry force that had been operating on the periphery.
They saw that the Cossack cavalry was about to attack their rear, and now they were anxious, so they came out to stop them.
This tactic of shooting at the opponent from a distance had already been seen by the Tsarist Russian army during the previous confrontation between the scouts.
The way to crack it is to use your own horse speed advantage to quickly close the distance with the opponent, so that the opponent's advantage cannot be used.
In the valley between the mountains, the chase between the two sides began. Although the Renaissance Army was riding Mongolian horses, most of them were prairie men who were skilled in riding. In addition, they were light and strong, and the weight on their horses was small.
, the difference in speed has become much smaller.
However, the Cossacks were gradually closing the distance.
The 20-mile journey only takes half an hour on horseback.
At this time, the cavalry running at the rear had entered the shooting range of the Cossack cavalry.
The Renaissance soldiers in the front turned around and fired, and the Cossacks in the back also shot. Some people on both sides were killed.
Chi Na was small and light, and his horse ran faster, so he had no safety concerns at this time. It was just that he suddenly slowed down his horse.
Because he found that the people behind him had moved closer to the Cossacks to within 100 yards, which was exactly the shooting range of his flintlock rifle.
Everyone was running as fast as they could, and they could already see Huangyang Valley in front of them. As long as they brought the Cossacks into the ambush circle in Huangyang Valley, they would be victorious.
Only China deliberately slowed down his horse, wanting to fall behind.
He had just completed loading while marching. Loading a flintlock gun on horseback was a very difficult task, but China did it very skillfully.
He now has to create opportunities for himself to shoot out the bullet.
Slowly, more and more people passed by him. Finally, no one behind China was facing him anymore. China turned back and aimed at a bearded Cossack who seemed to be making aiming movements.
"Bang", China shot the bullet, one step ahead of the man. So the man fell off his horse.
China hurriedly rode out. From time to time, his companions fell off their horses beside him. He could even hear the sound of bullets flying past his ears.
His heart was beating loudly. This was the feeling Chi Na liked.
The bullets seemed to evade him, and not a single bullet hit him until he followed the team into Huangyang Valley.
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