Zhao Xin was actually joking with Li Rui. Since ancient times, how could the victor rush to negotiate with the defeated party?
But his guess was correct. Rumyantsev just wanted to delay the negotiation. Before sending someone to deliver a message to the Northern Navy, he had already ordered his scouts to find another shortcut across the Oka River.
No one wants to be a prisoner, and the Russian generals are no exception. Moreover, Rumyantsev, as the Field Marshal of the Tsarist Empire and the Governor of Little Russia, did not want to end up like Suvorov.
If Zhao Xin deployed 10,000 troops along the coast of Zima, Rumyantsev would definitely not do what he wanted. Unfortunately, the Northern Navy did not have enough troops, so the Russian army felt that there was an opportunity.
The Russian captain who came to deliver the letter returned to the Russian command headquarters with the Northern Navy's ultimatum. When all the Russian generals who came after hearing the news heard the Northern Navy's conditions, they were all worried and looked worried.
It is now one o'clock in the afternoon, and the Russian army has only 26 hours left.
"Is there any news from the reconnaissance team?" The speaker was Lieutenant General Timoxin.
After hearing this, everyone looked up at a colonel from the headquarters. The man glanced at Rumyantsev and saw that the commander-in-chief remained calm, so he said: "The amount of water in the Oka River is not large now, and there are shoals that can cross the river.
There are several places, and our scouts found a small number of enemies guarding them in two of them. Here, and here, no enemies were found."
After that, he marked several locations on the map on the table. Everyone took a look and found that the two shoals where no enemy troops were found were located 20 kilometers north of Zima and 20 kilometers north of Perevo.
Zixian County is very close. The problem is such a large-scale troop mobilization, the enemy's scouts will definitely discover it.
Lieutenant General Bezukhov said: "Distance is not a problem, our army can carry out operations at night."
At this time, someone asked: "How to deal with those green cannon carts? Those things can run faster than war horses."
A group leader said: "You can set up obstacles, cut down trees, and just lay them across the road."
Rumyantsev sat sideways at the table with a drooped face. Although his face was expressionless, he could not help but think about it in his mind. If his opponent was a Turk, he would not have to take such pains. The problem is that those who call themselves "Serys"
The Chinese army cannot be treated like other opponents. All kinds of powerful and strange equipment are emerging in an endless stream, and the frontline generals are simply unable to deal with them.
He thought again and again, then stood up and said: "I really didn't expect that the battle would end like this. However, the conditions given by the enemy are unacceptable! I have thought a lot. At present, our army needs to rely on the rapid maneuverability of the cavalry.
Try your best to lengthen the enemy's supply line and force them to finally retreat. Maybe some of you here will disagree with the decision I am about to make, but as the commander-in-chief, I relied on the authority given to me by Our Lady and the country to forcefully cross the Oka River.
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The various units of the Russian army had been counted before and found that there were still more than 37,000 troops. Except for the two cavalry regiments that were lost on the left wing, the other cavalry regiments were still relatively intact. Moreover, due to the large number of wounded and chaotic infantry, they became prisoners of war.
, the overall mobility of the Russian army has improved a lot.
Now the troops are less than 300 kilometers away from Nizhny Uginsk. If they can cross the Oka River covertly and quickly, they can rely on several supply depots between Zima and Nizhny Uginsk, plus the Oya River and Uda River.
No matter how blocked by the river, they can escape back to Nizhny Uginsk. As long as it is delayed until October, the cold winter in Siberia will begin. No one can fight in this kind of weather. The cold weather will be the Russian army's biggest helper.
As soon as these words came out, the Russian generals present stood up one after another to accept their orders and then left. Time was running out, and they still had many things to arrange.
However, even though the Russian army's preparations were careful, the North Korean Navy's scouts still discovered anomalies through drones. After all, cutting down trees and setting up obstacles would not be done quickly if there were fewer people.
At about 2:30 in the afternoon, after receiving intelligence from the scouts ahead, Zhao Xin understood that the Russian army was planning to run away. Not to mention Rumyantsev, it would be the same for him. With an army of more than 30,000 people in his hands, the opponent
There are only a few thousand people. Even if it is difficult to fight, they will not surrender easily.
However, Zhao Xin was not in a hurry. After thinking about it all night, he felt that his previous plan to wipe out the Russian army east of the Oka River was not realistic. Thousands of people could eat tens of thousands of people. This is a big pot of raw rice.
, if the operation is slightly improper, it is very likely to strangle oneself to death.
In this case, it is better to take advantage of our own speed and stick to the back of the Russian army to implement the "zero knockout" tactic, chasing and knocking until the enemy's strength advantage is eliminated.
War is like this, nothing remains static, and combat plans always need to be adjusted at any time according to the enemy's situation. Rumyantsev wanted to lengthen the supply line of the Northern Navy, so Zhao Xin destroyed the Russian army's supply points along the way.
The Russian army is currently staying in the village of Zalari, which is still 300 kilometers away from Nizhniyutinsk, and more than 750 kilometers away from Krasnoyarsk. No matter how fast the war horse runs, it only has four legs.
.A large-scale cavalry group can move up to 5 to 6 kilometers per hour, let alone infantry wearing boots.
Isn't it ridiculous to want to compete with the North Korean navy's iron bases and armored vehicles!
He could imagine that the Russian generals must have believed that if the Northern Navy carried out a long-distance pursuit, the logistics supply would be unsustainable. The problem is that except for a few of his own people in this time and space, no one knows that Zhao Xin is a huge "logistics supply"
"Station", as long as he follows the marching team, the Northern Navy will not worry about supplies at all.
As a result, Zhao Xin ordered the armored convoy and two battalions of infantry to set off immediately, approaching the Russian army two kilometers away to launch a probing attack. At the same time, he ordered Pan Xiucheng to leave two battalions in Jima and send one battalion to the Russian army.
March to Tulum, one hundred and twenty kilometers away, destroy all the Russian supply depots along the way, and wait for an opportunity to capture the town of Tulum.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Sure enough, at five o'clock in the afternoon, when the attack force of the Northern Navy launched a tentative attack on the enemy, the Russian army immediately became confused, and these green iron monsters came again
Got it!
After Rumyantsev learned the news, he was scheming and keenly aware that his opponent already knew his plan to escape, so he immediately ordered the troops to set off immediately, and arranged a regiment of Chasseurs, a small number of Unicorn Cannons and
A squadron of hussars is responsible for the rear. As mentioned before, "chasseurs" are actually dragoons, that is, mounted infantry, and are more maneuverable than ordinary infantry.
The Russian army has now become more sophisticated. They no longer fight in line with the Northern Navy. The infantry either hide behind the breastworks or in the dense forests on both sides of the road. As long as the opponent is not close to either side,
Within a hundred yards, they didn't fire a single shot, and they couldn't hit it at all anyway. The artillerymen also changed positions after firing two shots. Nowadays, there are more wealthy war horses, and the unicorn cannons of more than 400 kilograms can be moved at a moment's notice.
Walk.
The two sides fought like this until dark. After losing one battalion, the Russian army took advantage of the darkness to withdraw from the battle. Before leaving, they set a fire, burning the small village of Zalari into a piece of white ground.
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On September 4, when Chen Jishan's reserve regiment arrived at Kutulik Village and took over all the remaining prisoners of war, Zhao Xin led a team of more than 4,000 people to set off.
At this time, after two days of rapid march, the Russian army had arrived on the other side of Perevoz County and began to cross the river one after another. However, when they entered the county town on the other side of the river, they faced the tearful residents and the people who had already melted.
A supply point for Ashes.
In Eastern Siberia in the eighteenth century, except for large towns like Yeniseysk, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhniyutinsk, Irkutsk, Yakutsk, and Kyaktu, the residents of other settlements were not
Not many, hundreds of households are standing up to the sky. It's okay to bully the Yakuts or Buryats with muskets, but dealing with more than 500 North Koreans is undoubtedly a ridiculous thing.
The Russian generals no longer cared about the local residents at this time. They stopped for a while in the small Perevoz County, plundered all the few cattle, sheep and grain they had, and then hurriedly headed towards the next supply point.
The worst happened. In the next two days, the other three supply points on the way to Tulum were also destroyed. Rumyantsev originally wanted the pursuing Northern Navy to eat horse meat for military rations.
, and ended up experiencing it myself first.
Three days later, more and more soldiers were falling behind in the exhausted Russian army. Sometimes they kept up with the advancing column, sometimes they fell behind, and they kept changing. By September 8, there were several false alarms in the team, and the soldiers
They fired randomly at the deserted wilderness on both sides of the road, ran blindly, infantry and cavalry collided with each other, and then gathered together amidst the shouts of the officers, and then complained to each other for this unwarranted fright.
curse.
Entering Siberia in September, the night temperature becomes very cold. At this time, the battlefield situation becomes a bit strange. The actions of the armies of Tsarist Russia and the Northern Navy are like a cat and mouse game. The Northern Navy is leading the way.
They kept ringing the bells to attract and tease; while at the rear of the Russian army, Zhao Xin led the Northern Navy troops to stick to the Russian army unhurriedly. More than 20 armored vehicles were like whips to drive away livestock.
This "animal" was badly beaten and bruised.
On September 9, two regiments of Russian light cavalry responsible for the pursuit finally caught up with the Northern Navy's assault force fifty kilometers away from Tulum. The frustrated Russian army immediately launched an attack.
.If supplies are no longer available, many cavalry will have no choice but to become infantry.
"Hurrah!...Brothers...kill all the Tatars..."
The cavalry whipped their horses and galloped forward along the road. No one cared about their formation, they just wanted to destroy this annoying enemy in front of them.
Soon, urgent gunfire rang out from the front, bullets flying in the air whizzed by, and then the unique explosion of the Northern Navy's mortars. In the billowing smoke, the Cossacks fell off their horses one by one.
on wet soil.
The battle lasted for more than half an hour, and the mortar shells carried by the North Korean navy were almost exhausted, and then they withdrew from the battle under the cover of the hilly terrain. What was left behind, in addition to dead bodies and dead horses on the ground, was because of
The wounded Russian soldiers howled like dogs in despair. At night, the Russian troops who came after them could only eat roasted horse meat.
When the Russian army set out from Zalari, there were more than 500 carts transporting baggage and artillery. Now there are less than 300. In order to protect the few remaining military supplies, each regiment sent people to closely guard the baggage convoys.
, however robberies still occur from time to time.
On September 10, the Northern Navy raiding force, which had been destroying Russian supply depots, suddenly appeared on the east bank of the Oia River. Before the local residents could react, they quickly seized the ferry.
The name "Tulum" comes from the Yakut language, meaning "valley". The local population is less than a thousand, and it is already considered a large town. Faced with the sudden arrival of the murderous Northern Navy, the settlers and those left behind
The infantrymen resisted hastily, but their muskets and sabers were ultimately unable to withstand the North Korean navy's rifles and grenades.
An hour later, the Russian cavalry who had chased to the other side of the Oia River saw plumes of black smoke rising from the town of Tulum, which made the Cossack cavalry on the verge of collapse all look ashen.
Although the Northern Navy cannot completely cut off their retreat, there are always many places in the surrounding wilderness that they can go around, and the dark night can also allow them to cross the Oia River. As long as the Russian army would rather die than surrender, the Northern Navy can easily
It is difficult to capture them all.
However, it is actually not suitable for the army led by Rumyantsev. Many Russian infantry have discarded their guns and ammunition just to go faster. Without supplies and adequate rest, the morale of the troops has deteriorated.
Seriously depressed, everyone was exhausted. From the day Zalari began to escape, hundreds of thinly-clad people died during the rapid march and in the camps. At this time, everyone in the Russian army understood that whether it was
If they continue to escape or attack Tulum, the only thing waiting for them is death, whether they freeze to death or starve to death.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This type of tactics of the Northern Navy made the Russian army extremely uncomfortable. The breaking troops who had been rushing to the front turned what they thought was the rear into the front line. And they fell behind.
The Russian army was continuously divided and surrounded, and was subsequently annihilated.
At this time, Zhao Xin was like an experienced herdsman. He knew that it was better to scare the running animals from behind rather than whip them head-on.
On September 11, the remaining 17,000 Russian troops tried their best to cross the Oia River in chaos. At this moment, they no longer wanted to fight the Northern Navy. Many of them just wanted to find a way out and go home.
They abandoned all their artillery and carriages and jumped into the icy river water, unable to care for themselves. Some cavalry even ran far north along the winding river bank to avoid encountering the Northern Navy.
Facing the blinding artillery fire and bullets from the pursuers on the other side of the ferry and behind, the skinny horses and soldiers were in chaos on the river bank. Countless people died on the east bank of the Oia River, and many people drowned in the water.
, and finally drifted down the Angara River, and many people surrendered.
But those who crossed the river continued to flee westward. Rumyantsev and several of his generals, surrounded by a few of his men, abandoned his most trusted soldiers and took advantage of the night to take a detour through the forest and reach the warehouse.
Go away in panic.
On September 12, thousands of remnants of the Russian army stranded east of the Oia River, struggling to the death line, under the leadership of General Bolkonsky, flew a white flag and surrendered unconditionally to the Northern Navy.
Two days ago, Lu Shoushan's troops conquered Ilimsk, an important military fortress located northeast of the Angara River after an arduous journey.
In this way, the North Navy's first and second phase strategic goals in the entire battle have been basically achieved. The next step is to attack the North and South on land and water and approach the Yenisei River!