Facts have proved that the fighting nation is not made of iron. The forced marches day and night consume a lot of physical strength of the soldiers. At this time, they are relying on the breath in their hearts to hold on. No one can guarantee whether this breath will be released before the decisive battle. .
It's better not to cause unnecessary problems, not to mention that these Qing soldiers guarding the river embankment seemed to be regular soldiers. At least this ancient position for defending the cavalry still had a decent appearance, and although the soldiers' expressions were a little frightened, they were not completely panicked.
This shows that these soldiers have received military training on weekdays. It seems that General Ningguta is really not a loser.
"Stop the attack... move around the formation!" Orders came one after another among the attacking crowd. The soldiers put down their rifles, returned their sabers to their scabbards, turned their horses' heads, and fought past the spears on the river embankment.
Lieutenant General Lin and others turned pale. The Qing soldiers holding spears saw the tall war horses passing quickly half a meter away from the tip of the spear. Just a moment later, the group of cavalry crashed in.
The arrogant cavalry passed by the jungle of spears with their horses sideways, looking at the Qing braided soldiers with mocking eyes. Some whistled, some spat, and some raised their buttocks and farted at the Qing army's position. ... There are countless insulting gestures.
"What a disgrace! What a disgrace..." Countless officers and soldiers in the military formation were stunned, but the situation was stronger than the others. If you can't beat them, you can't beat them. Five thousand soldiers with cold weapons fought against 20,000 musket Cossacks. They couldn't think of anything with their heels. Know who wins and who loses.
"We will take revenge, we will always take revenge! But before we take revenge, we must survive first..." Vice General Lin said angrily as he wiped his tears.
The Cossack Cavalry Regiment rolled forward as if it had no head. The invisible pressure made all the Qing officers and soldiers present sweat profusely, as if they had entered midsummer early. Half an hour later, Gogol and Furmanov rushed in front of the Hunchun Army.
Hunchun growled, "Let me get up! The Rakshasa ghosts will be suspicious if I'm not here at this time! I've already figured it out, so get your butts off my back..."
Hunchun struggled to get up from the ground, put on his general hat, got on his horse and shouted, "Who is the commander on the other side? I am Hunchun, General Ning Guta of the Qing Empire, please come and talk to me with someone of equal status..."
Gogol recalled the previous intelligence. He knew that General Ningguta was a very important vacancy in the Qing Dynasty's establishment outside the customs. Before the Sino-Russian Treaty of Beijing in 1860, General Ningguta directly controlled the land on both sides of the Songhua River. The land in the Far East that is now ceded was actually originally under the rule of General Ning Guta.
"It seems that this person's status is not lower than that of the General of Heilongjiang. I'll go see him..." Gogol urged his horse to stand in front of the spear formation and looked mockingly at these sharpened pine sticks, which were all polished and patinated. spear, smiled and shook his head.
"Dear general, you use these weapons to protect your people? It's so ridiculous. I really don't understand. How did the Qing Dynasty win the war in Jiangnan? Did it all rely on British mercenaries? ? Hahaha, I’ve heard about the Americans’ Walton Gunners and the British Sir Gordon, but I haven’t heard of any generals you can fight with…”
Hunchun's lips trembled with anger, "If it weren't for the Jiangnan turmoil, and the Qing Dynasty's national power was concentrated in Jiangnan, how could you be so wild outside the customs? You were just taking advantage of the situation. That was the case nine years ago, and it is still the case now. , what else can you do besides sneak attacks?"
"What's so great about having sharp firearms? The Qing Dynasty is rich and its people are strong. As long as they free up their hands to equip our armies, it's just a joke. What's so great about temporary arrogance? Ten years east of Hedong and ten years west of Hexi..."
"Okay, okay... My time is precious, and I'm not here to argue with you! If you want to see me, just tell me what you have to say!" Gogol shrugged with an indifferent expression.
"Okay, let me ask you, even if you have the imperial court's decree to borrow the road, why do you kill my Qing people and rob my Qing people's food and grass! You have provoked a dispute, and you must answer for this matter An explanation from the Qing Dynasty..."
Gogol sneered and said, "I'm very sorry for those people who were accidentally injured, but Sir General, I also want to remind you that we are friendly troops that your court allows to cross the border, not enemies! We spent money to collect food and grass, but they were attacked Stop! This is war. We marched tens of thousands of kilometers to the Far East not just for fun, what we want is to defeat the enemy!"
"Any action that prevents us from winning, we consider it to be our enemy. If you have any objections, you can complain to our minister stationed in Beijing..." Gogol smiled sinisterly, "You choose to negotiate with us. Solve it, or prepare for war? It depends on your government’s intention..."
"Hahaha, but I heard that the emperor of your country is no longer in power, and the court is divided into two factions. No one obeys the other. I don't know if it is true! Hahaha..."
After hearing these words, Hunchun's throat felt sweet, and he was so anxious that a mouthful of blood was about to spurt out, but he held it back. He must not lose the face of the court on this occasion.
"General Gogol, right..." Hunchun gritted his teeth and swallowed the mouthful of blood. "What an arrogant tone! But let me remind you one last thing. After all, this is the land of the Qing Dynasty. The mountains and rivers here have been ours for generations. A place to survive..."
"Just one Ninggu Pagoda has more than a million households. Do you really want to fall out with me? Have you considered the consequences? Just like what you encountered by the Songhua River, I will let you fall into endless harassment. "Don't underestimate my determination. Even if I can't defeat you on the battlefield, I will still haunt you like a poison that corrodes your bones..."
"When you confront the volunteers, do you believe that I will let you be harassed by millions of people? Do you... believe... don't... believe it!"
Gogol's face suddenly turned dark, and the arrogance he had just felt was gone. He held the riding whip tightly and was about to have an attack, but in the end he held it back.
Furmanov next to him couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to step forward to cause trouble, but was stopped by Gogol.
Suddenly Gogol changed his smile and said, "Dear General! I think there is a certain misunderstanding between us! Is there a conflict of interest between us? There shouldn't be..."
"The Far East Volunteer Army is Xiao Letian's private army, and Xiao Letian has always been a threat to the Qing Dynasty, hasn't he? We are helping the Qing Dynasty to eliminate dissidents!"
"I apologize for what I said before. If your people were harmed during our forced march, we will negotiate and make detailed statistics after the war... Believe me, the generous Tsar will not grudge these things. Money, those people who suffered losses will definitely receive generous compensation!"
"And I also promise that from now on we will no longer harass the people of your country. Will this make the anger in your heart less, General!"
Hunchun nodded and said coldly, "Remember what you said today, I will keep an eye on you!"
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