The Rakshasa ghosts are really going to play a big game today, and the reason is the severe cold snap this winter!
It's too cold. These Rakshasa ghosts can no longer bear such non-combat attrition. Even if the lives of the soldiers are worthless, the noble officers can't stand it anymore!
They thought they could rob some supplies from other places in Central Asia, but they were very disappointed!
A lot of cattle and sheep were taken away, but not much tanned leather was taken away. A lot of pasture was taken away, and maybe there was no coal or oil for heating at all!
The cold winter in the Ili Valley will take at least three months to break. If we don't solve the problem of tents and heating in these three months, let alone fighting, the Rakshasa ghosts will freeze to death!
These Cossack officers got together and came up with an extremely daring plan.
Set up an ambush, ambush the Chinese with three times the force, capture at least a thousand prisoners, and then use these prisoners to exchange supplies with the Chinese!
"There is plenty of coal and firewood in Ningyuan City. We hid 60,000 to 70,000 pieces of tanned cowhide in the city. These are the supplies we urgently need for winter..."
"We can continue to fight by exchanging prisoners of the Qing army for these supplies. If we cannot exchange for these supplies...then I'm sorry, we can only disobey the tsar's order and withdraw our troops to the old camp on the other side of Lake Balkhash." go!"
"At least there are adobe houses and wooden houses over there for us to spend the winter, so our brothers won't freeze to death!"
"But everyone needs to think about it. By withdrawing our troops, we have violated the will of His Majesty the Tsar. Even if we survive this winter... it will be difficult for us to survive the cruel laws in Moscow!"
All the Cossacks knew that there was no way to retreat. Capturing Qing prisoners in exchange for supplies was the last resort. This was the only gamble in life.
Redbeard's brigade was responsible for facing the enemy head-on, and there were two thousand elite Cossacks ambushing each other in the north and south. The Qing army leaving the city this time encountered a surprise attack of nearly seven thousand cavalry from three directions.
The incident happened so suddenly. Normally, the number of Rakshasa ghosts harassing the grain transport team ranged from one thousand to two thousand, and it was rare for a single troop to number more than two thousand.
Rongquan was completely unprepared for this attack, and he saw the enemy's cavalry charging over.
It's too late to run at this time. As long as you retreat, the team will be in chaos, and there will be a one-sided massacre behind you!
"Let the people surround the forage carts around the cannons to defend against the enemy cavalry attack...and then let the people withdraw!
"Hold it to me! Buy some time!
The reinforcements in the city rushed out in a hurry, and the cavalry outside the city fortified themselves in place. The common people drove the carts to protect the three cannons, and then turned and fled.
What a mess! The entire east side of Ningyuan City was in chaos.
Boom boom... boom... the cannons began to roar. This was not the time to begrudge the shells. The screaming shells flew into the charging cavalry team. The firelight and shock waves tore apart pitch black patches from the carpet-like crowds. !
The Cossacks were going crazy at this moment. Compared with freezing to death, charging to death was a very good choice.
"Fire the cannon at the top of the city... suppress the Rakshasa ghosts from the north and the south who are seeking revenge... fire the cannon!"
Boom boom boom... The 88 field artillery mounted on the top of the city began to fire. The limited ammunition was continuously consumed. The cavalry tide in the distance, like a swarm of ants, was blown to pieces by the artillery fire!
Shrapnel flew into the air, flames shot into the sky, and the shock wave overturned the war horses, creating chaos! Once the God of War takes action, gods and ghosts can easily be defeated!
But the Cossacks also fought tooth and nail, and the roar of Ula's charge never stopped from beginning to end!
"Ula...continue to charge forward..."
"Ula...the enemy has no more artillery shells, what we are facing is the last wave..."
"Ula...charge for His Majesty the Tsar...!"
The purpose of this battle was to capture prisoners, so the charging cavalry did not even use their muskets. Everyone drew their sabers and the sunlight reflected them like a steel forest!
"Fire...fire..." Facing the enemies approaching from three sides, the Qing troops leaving the city panicked. They didn't know which direction they should break out of, and they were afraid that subsequent reinforcements would not be able to join them, so they could only line up loose troops. Formation and shoot at the opposite side!
Three thousand versus seven thousand. In this battle, all fools know that they will be spoiled, and the reinforcements used at the city gate are still six or seven miles away from them!
Bang bang bang... bang bang... gunshots sounded like fried beans. The Cossacks on the opposite side were knocked down row by row. The horses that lost their owners continued to charge aimlessly, while the Cossacks around them seemed to be nothing. Nothing like that!
"It's over... it's over..." Rongquan roared and covered his eyes with his left hand to stop watching. In the telescope, his own military formation had been cut into a corner by the enemy, and the bloodiest fighting battle broke out!
Sabres, spears, battle axes, waist knives... There were crisp sounds of gunfire in the middle, and the Qing army and the Cossacks who rushed into the army started a hand-to-hand fight!
The smell of blood rushed over at once, and the screams were endless. Soldiers were chopped off their horses one after another, and their bodies were kicked back and forth by the horses' hooves.
Boom...boom...this is the sound of a hand mine exploding, and there is even a heroic scene in which the Qing army fired the hand mine and pounced on the enemy officers and died together.
"Young and old gentlemen! We can't lose Yi Ning...if we lose it, we will be in doom!"
"Kill every last soldier...and we have to wait until spring reinforcements arrive!"
"Don't give an inch! Don't give an inch!"
The three thousand brothers who left the city were already entangled by Red Beard's brigade, and what was even more frightening was that the five thousand cavalry who came out from Ningyuan City were still three miles away from the position and were eventually attacked by Rakshasa ghosts from the north and south. Contact was cut off.
Group after group of war horses rushed in the middle of the open space between the two armies, and the passage of life and death was cut off!
"Fire...keep firing...blow up the enemies blocking the road...rescue our brothers..." Rong Quan's anxious iron fist smashed the city wall desperately, and blood dripped down.
"Report... report to the general... there are no more... report to the general... the shells have been used up! There are no more..."
With a bang, Rong Quan's eyesight went black and there was an explosion in his head. His whole body tilted to one side, so frightened that the soldiers behind him quickly hugged him.
"General! You cannot fall. The army cannot live without you..."
Rong Quan fell limply on the body of the soldier, looking at the horizon battlefield with his eyes distracted, "Let...let the reinforcements withdraw from the city...those brothers...we won't save them!"
"General!" A group of officers behind him knelt down and choked with sobs.
Rongquan's eyes followed the battlefield on the horizon and began to look into the distance. "The sky is so blue today. It's been a long time since I've had such a good day..."
"Brothers...I...I'm sorry for you!"
well……
At this moment, Rong Quan's eyes, which had been in three tones, suddenly became aura again, as if he had found a brand new focus.
"Is that an eagle? Or a dark cloud?"
