Zhao Xin was actually joking with Li Rui. Since ancient times, how could the victor rush to negotiate with the defeated party.
But he was right in guessing that Rumyantsev just wanted to stall for time through negotiations. Before he sent 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. What's more, Rumyantsev, as a field marshal of the Tsarist Empire and governor of Little Russia, did not want to end up like Suvorov.
If Zhao Xin puts 10,000 troops along the coast of Zima, Rumyantsev will definitely not do what he wants. Unfortunately, the Northern Navy did not have enough troops, so the Russian army felt it had an opportunity.
The Russian captain who came to deliver the message 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 conditions of the Northern Navy, they were all worried and looked worried.
It was one o'clock in the afternoon, and the Russian army had only 26 hours left.
"Is there any news from the reconnaissance team?" Lieutenant General Timoxin spoke.
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. There are shoals that can cross the river." There are several places, and in two of them our scouts found a small number of enemy guards. Here, and here, no enemy was 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, which was quite close to Perevoz County. The problem is such a large-scale movement of troops that enemy scouts are sure to spot 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 artillery 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 make calculations in his mind. If his opponent was a Turk, he wouldn't have to take such pains. The problem is that the Chinese troops who call themselves the "Serris People" really cannot treat them as 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 commander-in-chief, I relied on the authority given to me by Our Lady and the country to forcefully cross the Oka River. .”
The various departments 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. And because a large number of wounded and confused infantry 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. Despite the obstruction of the river, he could escape back to Nizhny Uginsk no matter what. 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 is running out and they still have a lot 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 definitely not happen 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 if it were him. With more than 30,000 troops in hand, the opponent only has a few thousand people. Even if it is difficult to fight, they will not surrender easily.
However, Zhao Xin was not in a hurry. He had now figured it out. He wanted to use thousands of people to eat tens of thousands of people. This was a big pot of raw rice. If he did not operate it properly, he would most likely be strung 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.
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. Large-scale cavalry groups can maneuver 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 North Navy was to conduct a long-distance pursuit, the logistical supplies would be unsustainable. The problem is that except for a few of our 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 Beihai 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, Pan Xiucheng was ordered to leave two battalions in Jima and send one battalion to Tulum, 120 kilometers away, destroying all the Russian supply depots along the way and waiting for an opportunity to capture the town of Tulum.
This is how fighting is, nothing remains static, and combat plans always need to be adjusted at any time based on 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.
Sure enough, at five o'clock in the afternoon, when the Northern Navy's attack force launched a tentative attack on the enemy, the Russian army was immediately frightened. These green iron monsters came again!
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 was in charge of 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 parapet fortifications or hide in cottages or in the dense forests on both sides of the road. As long as the opponent does not come within two hundred yards of us, they will not fire a shot, and they will not be able to hit them 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 any time.
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. .
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 reached 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 tearful residents and supply points that had been reduced to ashes.
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