The soldiers sent by Tchaifkov stood in the camp, respectfully below.
Muravyov asked, and the soldier reported: "Your Majesty Governor, when General Tchaifkov led his soldiers from the west to Vladivostok, he discovered an army under Li Zhen. The two armies met, and General Tchaifkov sent them to Vladivostok. Defeated, General Tchaifkov said that the news that our troops were divided into three lines has been leaked, and the three-way siege has no effect."
"We defeated an army under Li Zhen as soon as we went out. Well, that's great."
Muravyov had a smile on his face and was extremely happy.
Winning the first battle is a good thing.
The soldier was also extremely happy and continued: "The general said that Li Zhen knew that our three armies attacked Vladivostok together. Although the general defeated one of Li Zhen's armies, Li Zhen still thought that General Tchaifkov would go to Vladivostok and would not change his march. direction. Therefore, the general has now changed his direction and is coming here quietly, preparing to surprise the Qing army. The general is in the dark and the governor is in the light. You will be the first to launch the attack, and then the general will lead the troops to attack. The two armies will attack. Kill Li Zhen."
After listening to this, Muravyov calmed down.
After thinking for a long time, Muravyov said: "When will Tchaifkov come back?"
The soldier reported: "Two days later."
Muravyov shook his head and said: "No, two days is too tight. Let him come back with his soldiers in three days. I will exchange fire with Li Zhen first, completely attracting the power of Li Zhen's army, and destroying Li Zhen's firepower." Only when Li Zhen is stuck and can't be distracted, and then Tchaifkov leads his troops to kill, will the effect be great enough."
"I will make sure to convey the order clearly."
The soldier nodded solemnly in agreement, then turned and left.
"Come here," Muravyov shouted.
Konisky walked in quickly, saluted Muravyov, and stood up straight.
Muravyov asked: "Is there any news about Medeyev recently?"
Konisky shook his head and said: "There is no news about General Medeyev. It is estimated that General Medeyev and his soldiers are about to approach Vladivostok and start a surprise attack on Vladivostok."
Muravyov said: "Li Zhen discovered that our troops were divided into three groups. I guess Medeyev also encountered the enemy."
Konisky immediately said: "Your Majesty Governor, we will not lose against the Qing army except Li Zhen. General Medeyev is the elite of our army. He was personally promoted by you. He wants to destroy the soldiers under Li Zhen's command." It was easy. Although General Medeyev was impatient and had a bit of a bad temper, he was absolutely unambiguous in fighting. When he encountered the Qing army, he would easily annihilate the opponent, and then go straight to Vladivostok. With General Medeyev's personality, he would definitely Only after the battle is won will someone be sent to report the news."
"That's true, this guy has this kind of character." Muravyov said with a smile.
After Konisky's words, Muravyov put the matter behind him and thought about declaring war with Li Zhen.
At present, Muravyov and Li Zhen are stationed in each place, and they have prepared sufficient defenses.
Muraviov's army was stationed behind a hillside, using the hillside as a barrier. Moreover, Muraviov's elite soldiers were stationed on the hillside, steadily blocking the road leading to Muraviov. If Li Zhen wants to send troops to attack Muravyov, he will inevitably be attacked by this group of soldiers stationed on the hillside.
Similarly, Li Zhen's army was stationed behind a slope.
This slope was not high, and it was not deep in the mountains and forests, but it was enough to contain Muravyov's army attack. Moreover, Li Zhen also asked the soldiers to dig circles of trenches on the slope, and then opened up from the military camp. A road leads directly to the top of the slope, which can continuously replenish troops. Li Zhen's army also curbs the main road below the slope to prevent Russian soldiers from attacking.
Both armies are well prepared.
Whoever wants to break the current deadlock must take the lead in letting his soldiers attack.
It is conceivable that such a battle must be tragic.
Konisky saw Muravyov deep in thought and knew not to disturb him at this time, so he stood quietly in the tent.
After half an hour, Muravyov stood up, took out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to slowly grind the ink. After grinding the ink, he picked up the brush, spread out a piece of letter paper, and put the pen on the paper. There was a line of Chinese characters written on the letter paper. After the ink dried, Muravyov packed up the letter and ordered: "Give the letter to Li Zhen. The war will begin one day later."
"ah,,."
Konisky was stunned for a moment, and with a puzzled expression on his face, he asked: "Mr. Governor, we are going to war with Li Zhen. Naturally, the other party does not know what is best. This way, sending troops to raid will be effective. Why do you need to inform the other party? .”
Muravyov said: "Just go and deliver the message, and the rest will follow my orders."
"yes."
Konisky stopped questioning and left immediately.
Muravyov was sitting in the camp, with a sneer on his lips. Naturally, he had a certain reason for doing so. If Muravyov suddenly ordered the soldiers to launch an attack and changed his previous confrontation style, Li Zhen would definitely be shocked. Suspicious, doubting the purpose of Muravyov's raid, guessing the intention, maybe he figured out the key to it.
Muravyov clearly mentioned Tchaifkov's victory in the letter, indicating that Li Zhen was defeated. At this time, Muravyov's request for war also implicitly meant to force Li Zhen to retreat. It was as if Tchaifkov had led the way. He rushed to Vladivostok with his soldiers, and Medeev also led his troops there. The two armies attacked. If you, Li Zhen, don't go back to garrison, you will fail.
The purpose of this was to hide Tchaifkov who was coming.
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Qing army, Chinese army tent.
After receiving the letter from the Russian soldier, Li Zhen opened the envelope and quickly read the contents on the letter. Li Zhen stared at the handwriting on the letter and was quite surprised because the last pen on the letter was Muravyov, and this The calligraphy is vigorous and powerful, showing Muravyov's Chinese calligraphy skills.
"My lord, the Russians are extremely arrogant, kill this little soldier first."
After Lu Shaochuan saw the contents of the letter, he had a fierce expression on his face and wanted to kill the person who sent the letter.
Li Zhen did not speak, but took a piece of letter paper and wrote the word "War" with a pencil. Then, Li Zhen sealed the letter in a letter, handed it to the Russian soldiers, and asked the Russian soldiers to leave.
Long Ao said: "Muravyov got the news of our defeat, and it seems that he can't wait to prepare for the battle."
Li Zhen smiled slightly and said: "This is exactly what you want, defeat Muravyov."
Long Ao suddenly laughed and nodded heavily.
Long Ao immediately conveyed the order to fight, and the army immediately mobilized. Li Zhen's 6,000 soldiers, plus the more than 1,000 soldiers brought back by Long Ao, totaling more than 7,000 soldiers, all rushed to the position to prepare for the Russian soldiers. attack.