Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 239 The Cossacks Come to the North

Just when the Ming and Qing were fighting fiercely in the Central Plains.

The land of northern Liaoning.

Around the port of Vladivostok.

A red cavalry is slowly moving forward.

The number of this cavalry is about [-] people.

The knights of the cavalry wore buckskin clothes, red cloaks, flintlock guns and sabers on their waists.

Frost and snow hung on his face.

Under half of his face is a thick beard.

This bearded cavalry is the Cossack cavalry of Tsarist Russia.

And it was no one else who led this cavalry.

It was Mikhail, the governor of Eastern Siberia of the Tsarist Russian Empire who was captured on the Liaodong battlefield.

And next to him was Radishchev, a shrewd intellectual from Tsarist Russia who was arrested together.

"General, how could Moscow be so naive as to think that only a few thousand Cossack cavalry could force the Ming Empire to the negotiating table?"

Radishchev shook his head.

"The current situation is clear. The expansion of the Russian Empire in the Far East is over. If the empress is smart, she should accept it as soon as she sees it, avoid being involved in the civil war in China, and at the same time avoid stimulating the powerful Ming Dynasty. Empire, otherwise... Her empire may not even be able to keep part of the territory in Asia, and the achievements of Tsarist Russia's century-long expansion will be destroyed in one fell swoop."

Because Emperor Zhu has eyes but does not know Mount Tai.

I don't know Mikhail's fame and ability at all.

So after the other party gave enough ransom, he let the person go-Emperor Zhu didn't think that the current Tsarist Russia could invest much military power in the Far East.

Before the Man Qing was completely resolved, his eyes had not yet blocked Russia.

But the empress of the Moscow Kremlin didn't think so.

She believes that the Ming-Qing war is an opportunity for Tsarist Russia, especially after discovering an ice-free port in the Far East.

Tsarist Russia, which naturally has a strong desire for land and expansion, cannot turn a blind eye.

The Queen of Tsarist Russia quickly made a decision to increase her troops to East Siberia, and to take advantage of the Ming and Qing Dynasties to go south to capture Vladivostok.

Now Mikhail is very unlucky and took more than 4000 Cossacks to spy on Vladivostok
The opponents of more than 4000 Cossacks were half a brigade of the Ming army in the Vladivostok reclamation area and reclamation soldiers with about 2000 people.

The reason is half a brigade.

It was because the newly formed 35th Army Dragoon Brigade was transferred to two battalions to participate in the battle to encircle Shanhaiguan.

So now the commander of the 35th brigade, Zeng A Dashou, only has two dragoon battalions with 2000 soldiers, and at most about 2000 soldiers can be mobilized from the army as infantry.

So Mikhail came with four thousand Cossack cavalry, in fact, he had a little chance of winning in his heart-because the 35th brigade of the Ming army was newly formed, and it was only half a brigade, its combat power should be higher than that of the Ming army. The elite is much worse, and the equipment is also much worse, at least there are not many heavy artillery.Those army garrisons are not professional soldiers, so there is nothing to worry about, so in the case of equal strength, the Cossack cavalry will definitely win.

"It is possible to win this round.",

"And after the victory?" asked Radishchev.

"After winning, we will naturally be on the negotiating table with the Ming Empire." Mikhail said, "This is the Russian style, isn't it?"

First fight on the battlefield, and then go to the negotiating table to consolidate the results of the battlefield.

Russia's eastward expansion all the way is really smooth.

So even if Mikhail had seen the fighting power of the Ming army, he felt that with four thousand Cossacks, it shouldn't be a big problem to occupy Vladivostok.

"Four thousand Cossacks dare to come and die?!"

The port of Vladivostok at this time.

Zeng Ada stared in surprise after receiving the news from the detective cavalry.

He really didn't know why this group of Cossacks equipped with flintlock guns thought they could covet Vladivostok with four thousand troops?

With the expansion of Ming's military station in Vladivostok.

Around the port of Vladivostok.

Eight Juntun villages have been established, each with a population of about 1000, and three to 400 strong men.

If the mobilization is extreme, the eight military villages can pull out more than 3000 muskets.

In addition, the two dragoon battalions left behind in Haishengwei Port.

Not to mention four thousand Cossacks.

Even if this number is doubled.

It's still here to die!
Zeng Ada didn't get the chance to participate in the Battle of the Central Plains, so he was already suffocated.

Now the Russian dared to take four thousand Cossacks and went south to provoke.

It is simply unbearable and unbearable!
Immediately.

Zeng Ada issued a mobilization order, ordering all the strong men in the army to enter the camp with guns for vigilance.

At the same time, he himself led two battalions of dragoons northward to fight.

The two sides met on an open plain.

Zeng Ada held up his binoculars to check the Cossacks on the opposite side.

Found only a thousand rides.

"It seems that the Cossacks often use fraud to lure me into the encirclement."

Zeng Ada said.

"Tian Zhuang! Take two companies up, one on the left and one on the right, and shoot at them with muskets!"

Zeng Ada ordered loudly.

"Wait until they feign defeat, you guys will catch up! I want to give them a center that will bloom and all sides will be red!"

'Decree! '

The one who came out was a thin young man who had made meritorious service on the Liaodong battlefield and had taken a crash course for officers, and is now a battalion commander under Zeng Ada.

Two companies of 500 people rode away on horseback, one left and one right.

The Cossack officers and knights in charge of luring the enemy all sneered.

Although the Cossack cavalry is said to be cavalry.

But it is also mainly fighting with flintlock guns.

They quickly got off their horses, lined up, and got rid of a horizontal formation.

But the Ming army opposite them didn't seem to care about the opponent's formation at all, nor did they dismount.

Instead, level the musket at a distance of about 150 yards and start aiming at the design.

"They're all rifled guns!"

"These Chinese are really rich!"

"Hurry up, their guns have a longer range than ours!"

The Cossack cavalry didn't care either.

They firmly believe that as long as they can get as close as fifty yards or so.

The musket shooting is that they have the upper hand.

After the musket fire, it was hand-to-hand combat.

Those Chinese who don't look very tall, if they want to fight hand-to-hand, they are obviously not the opponents of the Cossacks!

A row of horizontal formations came slowly.

Tian Zhuang, who commanded the battle, couldn't help grinning.

Even the Eight Banners soldiers are not so stupid anymore.

The Russians dared to line up in a horizontal line to fight and shoot.

I really don't know how to write the word dead!
"The enemy has entered a hundred steps! Open fire!!"

Tian Zhuang shouted.

Then the musket sight in his hand locked on the Cossack cavalry commanders standing at the forefront.

bang!
The bullet kneads the rifling under the impetus of the deflagration of the gunpowder, which produces a strong spin. After the bullet is ejected from the chamber, it flies straight to the target under the stable trajectory brought by the spin.

Pfft!

The Cossack commander was still yelling to boost the morale of his subordinates.

He suddenly tilted his body.

fell on the snow.

next moment.

clap clap clap!
Five hundred muskets fired in unison.

Two or 300 Cossacks in the front row fell down immediately!
Such casualties made the faces of the Cossack cavalry change drastically.

There was a look of panic on the face with the big beard stuck under the chin.

It didn't take long.

Another shot.

Under the sound of crackling gunfire.

The Cossack cavalry fell one by one in a pool of blood.

Soon, these fierce Cossacks couldn't take it anymore, and they were shot all over the field with random guns. The horizontal team quickly broke up, and they fled backwards on horseback—but they were going to bluff at first, but now they really It should be fine if you lose, right?

"Why are there so many people?"

I saw a group of Cossacks leading the defeated Ming army into the ambush circle.

Mikhail frowned.

"Maybe the Ming army dispatched such a few people? Why does it look like they are really defeated?"

A Russian military officer said.

"First wipe out these hundreds of people!"

The Ming army has a total of [-] regular troops.

If you kill a few hundred at once.

It can be regarded as a muscle injury.

soon.

Four thousand Cossacks surrounded them from both sides.

Form a pincer attack.

"Dismount! Formation!"

Tian Zhuang shouted.

The soldiers of the two companies quickly formed two horizontal lines, with their muzzles pointing to both sides, knelt on one knee, and leveled their muskets.

The Cossacks on the opposite side did not pull out the artillery. In fact, now that the snow has begun to melt in northern Liaoning, heavy weapons can easily sink into the mud.

Yet at this moment.

Zeng Ada led the troops to arrive.

Sixteen mortars that came with the army were set up on the high ground.

Condescending, he bombarded the Cossacks who dismounted and fought.

The Cossacks were quickly defeated.

Fleeing north on horseback after leaving hundreds of bodies behind
Zeng Ada did not pursue either.

Instead, after cleaning the battlefield, they immediately sent people to take a boat south to report the news that the Russian brigade of Cossack cavalry coveted Vladivostok to Peng Jun, Governor of Northern Liaoning.

After Peng Jun got the news, he strengthened two dragoon battalions for Vladivostok. On the other hand, he also sent people south to report the news to Da Tianzi.

at this time.

In Xin'an County, Baoding Prefecture.

The Son of Heaven is here.

The news of "Qianlong was captured alive" and "the cavalry of the Cossack brigade coveting Vladivostok were repulsed" were placed on Zhu Daohua's desk one after another.

"Your Majesty, Qianlong was captured alive in this battle, and more than [-] Eight Banners soldiers were captured! It is an unprecedented victory! The Qing Dynasty is over!" Tao Biquan said beamingly.

"The question now is, how will Qianlong deal with this? How will the capital be dealt with, and how will we deal with Russia?"

Zhu Daohua laughed.

This is the emperor, but he can't relax for a moment.

Here the Ming and Qing battles have already been decided.

The Russians in the north are unwilling to be lonely again.

What a rush.
Never rest for a moment.

(End of this chapter)