These Cossacks who had come all the way from Central Asia never expected that Aihun City would set up such a fascinating formation for them. The major of the Pioneer Battalion looked at the straight black lines on the wide ice and shouted in surprise, "My God! What is this? Are the Chinese doing something?"
"I heard that the Chinese are the best farmers in the world. Are they going to plant some crops on the ice? It looks a lot like farmland!"
"Idiot! Shut up!" The major tilted his nose angrily and shouted at the nonsense soldiers around him, "The Pioneer Battalion controls the river embankment, disperses these Qing slaves, and fights for the advancing position for the army!"
More than 500 cavalry began to spread, and all the survivors in Jiangbei fled in fear. Soon the wide and flat river embankment on the north bank of Aihui Ferry was isolated, and more and more flags began to appear behind these leading cavalry troops. .
On the highest slope on the south bank of Heilongjiang, on a four-story wooden observation tower, Hunchun was observing the movements on the other side. When he saw more and more black spots appearing on the white snowfield in the north, they finally formed. After the tide swallowed up everything white, he knew that the main force of the Cossacks had finally arrived.
It would be a lie to say that I am not nervous. The number of war horses carried by the 30,000 Cossacks has reached 70,000. It can be said that this locust-like army has plundered Northern Mongolia, which is what the Han people often call the Mobei Grassland. Empty.
Such a large number of war horses cannot be provided by one or two tribes. They should be the accumulation of wealth of hundreds of tribes on two or three rivers and more than ten grasslands.
The Kirigakure kid next to Hunchun was also sweating. She was not someone who had never seen the world. From Japan to Ryukyu to Jiangnan and the capital, she had seen countless big scenes.
But she has never seen such a raging wave of cavalry charging. This is not an army, it is just waves, layers upon layers of waves.
"Baga! In our Fuso, if there are more than a thousand cavalry fighting, it can be written into the history books. Today I actually saw 60,000 to 70,000 war horses galloping together! Amaterasu, the foundation of mainland civilization is really not ours What the island nation can imagine!”
Hunchun clenched his fists and said fiercely, "Don't worry, we can withstand it! Fortunately, this is a pure cavalry unit. If Rakshasa Ghost had another half a year to prepare, and they had come with infantry and artillery, we would have been able to withstand it. It’s so dangerous!”
You are right. If there are 50,000 Cossack cavalry, 80,000 or 90,000 horses, and 50,000 infantry and artillery accompanying the army, then such an army can run rampant in the Far East.
Even Xiao Letian's volunteer army has to avoid its edge. Because if there are infantry, there will be engineers, and if there are engineers, there will naturally be craftsmen. They can open roads in the mountains and fill bridges when encountering water. The inexhaustible wood in the Far East can make enough ships and rafts for the army, and even build a pontoon bridge. possible.
Fortunately, Tsarist Russia was eager to rescue, and fortunately there were only cavalry here, otherwise the tactic of bombing the river for defense would be of little use.
Not only that, Hunchun really wanted to thank the old man. If it hadn't been for the old man's brilliant idea to break the ice, otherwise the destruction of the entire river bed this evening would have been absolutely impossible.
"Look! The Rakshasa ghosts are trying to cross the river, and their cavalry are on the ice..."
The Cossack Pioneer Battalion in Jiangbei sent three squads of troops to carefully step onto the ice in three directions. There was no problem at the riverside. Just after they advanced more than 20 meters and entered the second grid, they heard the crackling of the ice. The next burst of strange noises.
"No, the ice is about to collapse. Get back quickly..." The three squadrons of cavalry turned around and ran away, not daring to stay even for a second.
There was a commotion on the north shore, and then the strength of the three squads was reduced to nine cavalry. Groups of three began to walk cautiously onto the ice. This time they walked a little further, covering more than 150 meters, but the further The closer you get to the center of the river, the more dangerous it becomes. The war horses and cavalry together exert huge pressure on the ice, and the sound of underwater cracking is heard again.
"Retreat...these despicable Chinese actually came up with such a trick! Damn it, didn't they already agree to use the passage? What does this mean..."
"It must be asking for bribes! These Chinese are the most greedy. If we don't give them enough gold, they won't let us cross the river! God punishes these heathens..."
While scolding, the cavalry continued to test the ice. Finally, they found that riding on the ice was a dead end. They had to dismount and walk onto the ice, and the crowd had to disperse and not create too much pressure in local areas. Only then could they be safe. Walk to the middle of the river.
But when they reached the middle of the river, the Qing army on the opposite south bank gave up. Countless translators shouted on the riverside, "Go back! This is the territory of the Qing Dynasty. You are not allowed to move forward any further! Go back..."
"Damn it, you don't understand, do you? If you go any further, you'll release the arrow..."
The arrogant Cossacks didn't care about the threat from the Chinese and continued to move forward with their guns and knives in hand.
"Archers... prepare the rocket... three fingers too high... release!" Nan'an gave an order, and five hundred archers lit the bows and arrows wrapped in oilcloth in the brazier. They only heard the sound of jumping... a sound of bowstrings, Five hundred shooting stars suddenly appeared in the sky.
With a high parabola, the burning bow and arrow flew into the sky at 45 degrees, drawing a beautiful arc of flames in the evening sky.
Bang bang bang... A rainstorm of arrows struck in front of the Cossacks, and a wall of fire stood on the ice. Although no enemy was killed, the threat was very obvious.
"Go back! If you go any further, we'll fire! Damn it, the red cannon is designed to blow up the ice and drown you bastards!"
The pathfinders on the ice did not expect that the Qing slaves would be so tyrannical. Their previous perceptions were completely different. Looking at the burning wall of fire, they knew that the Qing slaves were not joking.
The scolding vanguard had no choice but to withdraw.
More and more cavalry gathered on the north bank, and the military flags of various troops were buzzing in the sky. At a quarter past five, Fadeev's regimental flag finally appeared, and the Chinese army rushed to Aihui City.
Fadeev was stunned as soon as he rushed onto the river embankment. "Oh God! The Qing people destroyed the ice? Are they defending us? Did something go wrong during this time? Where is the pioneer officer? Let him come see me!"
The Major of the Pioneer Battalion galloped over and reported everything that had just happened to Fadeev. "...Legion Commander! These Chinese have carved grooves on the ice and destroyed the ice." layer of safety, and it’s also filled with a lot of earth and charcoal to speed up melting!”
"Just now our pathfinders were driven back by a hail of arrows as soon as they reached the center of the river. Cannons were even set up on the other side! These slaves have betrayed us!"
Just as Fadeev was deep in thought, Chekov, the commander of the third division beside him, suddenly came over and asked in a low voice, "Did Gogol and the others give too little money to buy the way? Intelligence showed that Tepuxin was extremely greedy. , maybe this is his blackmail plan!"
