The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 423
On the opposite side of the Erdao River, a centurion from the Sidwa tribe is stationed here.Citri was the centurion of this centurion.

Although he is only 29 years old this year, because he is the youngest brother of Simeri, the leader of the Sidwa tribe, he was sent here to be stationed.

Nominally, this is the first line of defense against Bu Kui, and its position is particularly important.

In fact, as long as you are a little expert, you will understand that this is just an excuse.

Although it was the first line of defense, the Tatars and Bukui were in a state of truce, and the envoys were negotiating with the imperial court, so there would hardly be any fighting here.

Even if there is a war, the spies lurking in Bukui will send the news back as soon as possible.After getting the news, they will immediately retreat to Qingshichuan.

Qingshichuan is defended by two thousand-man teams, which is the real first line of defense.

Xi Terry's real purpose is actually for money.

Because this is the closest to Bukui, and it is the most convenient passage for South Wendura to enter Bukui, so almost all merchants traveling to and from the entire Wendura grassland pass through here.

Setting up checkpoints here to collect money and goods has become an extremely profitable business.That's why Xi Mailui sent his most trusted little brother here.

It had been snowing heavily for a whole day, and it was already dark, and lanterns were lit in the yurt.

Shiteri was sitting on the carpet, drinking with his arms around a slave girl.

This female slave was sent by his brother Xi Mairui the day before yesterday, and she is a khaki.The slaves who were taken captive after the Sidwa tribe occupied South Vendura.

Ten husband Min Da came in, rubbed his hands, sat in front of the desk, and drank a glass of wine.

Minda is Shitri's cousin, so he is entitled to sit here.

"I don't think the snow will stop for a while, have all the brothers retreated?"

"They have all withdrawn. I just sent them some wine and told them to drink. I will tell them to go out later."

"You don't need to go out, it's snowing so heavily, who will come?"

"Centurion, you'd better be careful, the people from Bukui are just across the way, so come here as soon as you say it."

"It's snowing so heavily, what are they doing here? Besides, tell them to come, do they dare to come? We are negotiating with the imperial court now, and they won't come."

Bang, bang, bang, there was a sound outside.

"what sound?"

Citri's hearing is still good.

"It seems to come from the yurts of the brothers. I'll go and have a look."

Minda stood up and walked outside.

As soon as they reached the door, the door was kicked open, and four people broke in.

Min Da instinctively wanted to draw the knife, but saw a flash of cold light, and the knife pierced into his heart.Before he could say a word, Minda fell down dead.

Just as Shiteri was about to stand up and take the knife, a long gun was pushed to his head.

"Citry, you're having a good day."

A man in his twenties sat in front of the case, took the wine, cut the mutton with a knife, and began to eat slowly.

The female slave hid at the foot of the yurt in fright, trembling all over.

"Who are you? Dare to come here to play wild, don't want to live?"

Shiteri was forced to sit back down and tried to calm himself down.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Wei Ruoshui..."

"You are Wei Ruoshui?"

Shiteri couldn't help but startled.

To him, this name was like a thunderbolt.

Among the leaders and clan elders in North Wendura, when Wei Ruoshui's name was mentioned, people would be terrified.

In the past few months, it was this person who killed several chiefs, seven or eight clan elders, and a dozen thousand commanders.Inside North Vendura, there was great confusion.

Today, among the three major tribes in North Wendura, almost everyone hates him to the bone.

Some time ago, we were still working together to get rid of him.

"Yes, I am Wei Ruoshui. What's the matter, I'm so famous now? Even you know me?"

"How did you get here?"

"Look at what you're asking, how else can you come here, isn't it just coming from the river?"

"We are negotiating now. If you come here, it is a violation of the agreement."

"They talk about theirs, we beat ours. Our army regiment doesn't care about that. If you want to say that you violated the agreement, you didn't say that when you came to South Vancouver. Who told you to come? "

"what do you want to do?"

"Your people have been killed, so please come with us to Qingshichuan."

"What are you going to do?"

"Recover South Vendura."

"Recover South Wendura? Just rely on you? You are courting your own death. The 15 army has been beaten to the ground by us. Just you guys, still want to take back South Wendura? Let me go as soon as possible. , Back to Jiangdong, I don't have to pursue you."

"They are them, we are us, to beat you, a few thousand people are enough. Let's go, my subordinates have a bad temper, and they are impatient to wait. I can't stop you if you want to die. .”

Knowing that it was useless to say anything, Shiteri had no choice but to get up and go out. He was escorted and gradually disappeared into the night snow.

On the east bank of the Erdao River, Feng Zijing's yurt.

There was a big brazier in the corner of the room, filled with a pot of charcoal fire, emitting red light, and the room was full of warmth.

Jia Min, Princess Chang'an, Feng Ziying, Wei Ruolan, Chen Yeqing, Zhao Dahai and others were sitting scattered in the room.

It was already seven o'clock in the evening, and they had just had dinner.

"Have you all eaten, brothers?"

Jia Min asked.

"I just went out to see it, and I ate it all, and now I'm waiting, just waiting for an order."

Feng Ziying went to the corner of the room and fiddled with the charcoal fire that was already very hot.

"Officer Min, the Tatars probably would never have dreamed of our operation this time."

As Wei Ruolan spoke, she showed a complacent look.

"That's called surprise. With such a heavy snowfall, who knew we would launch an attack at this time?"

As Chang An spoke, he brushed his hair and moved his body a little away from the charcoal fire.

Jia Min stood up, took a sip of tea, and said in a deep voice.

"Surprise is only one of our purposes, and it is not the main purpose. I have already emphasized to you before that the reason why we choose to fight the Sidwa people in such a heavy snow day is to disintegrate their cavalry advantage."

"In such heavy snow weather, the impact speed of cavalry will be greatly reduced, which provides the greatest advantage for our infantry-based tactics."

"Of course, the Fubing Regiment is not afraid of the Tatar cavalry now, but we don't need to fight a cavalry war of attrition with them when there are other tactics to choose from."

"Every one of our fighters has spent a lot of time and money on training, and every battle loss is a huge loss."

"So, you must keep in mind the following tactical points. First, act as covertly as possible, increase the suddenness of the attack, and launch the attack when the opponent has no warning."

"Secondly, while launching an attack, give full play to the role of the flamethrower, disperse their horses, and try to find no horses after the Tatars come out. Although the Tatars' iron cavalry is relatively powerful, they are away from the War horses are almost impossible to fight. In terms of infantry tactics, they are not our opponents at all. This is to use their own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses."

"Thirdly, we should give full play to our superiority in firearms, kill and injure a large number of enemies in the shortest possible time, destroy their will to resist, and call them to surrender as soon as possible."

"Fourth, the individual combat capability of our army regiment has now surpassed that of the Tatars. They have lost their horses, and their disadvantages are even more obvious. Therefore, we must resolutely implement encirclement tactics, encircle the majority with a few, and do the opposite In short, fight a war of annihilation in which less wins more."

"This is the main reason why we have spent so much effort, even in such a heavy snow day, even if the snow is cleared to open the way, we have to transport a large amount of luggage up."

"The Tatars thought that with such heavy snow, even if we attacked them, they would be attacked by light soldiers. Therefore, they would not run away easily. This created an opportunity for us to wipe them out."

"Fifth, after the encirclement, we must resolutely cut off the enemy's back route, prevent them from escaping, and report the situation to the enemy defending in other places, so that the next target can take precautions or escape. In that case, we will have to pay more More power. Combat efficiency will drop a lot.”

"The 500 Tatars in the Three Eyes Well were handed over to General He Can. Now he has [-] people. After such a long period of training, it should be no problem to win this goal. This is an opportunity for him to train troops. .”

"The remaining 4000 people are the business of our government corps. Although they have an absolute advantage in total, they are dispersed in garrison and we adopt individual defeat tactics. Therefore, in a single battle, the number is not large. What a disadvantage. We must establish the determination to dare to win and believe in our usual training results."

"We have been looking forward to this heavy snow for a long time. For this reason, we have specially conducted special training on snow marches, snow battles and night battles. This time, it is time to test the results of the training. Everyone, I look forward to your victory. Below , His Highness Chang'an, please give me a lecture."

Chang An stood up.

"Everyone, I won't say much. If I say too much, I'm afraid you will laugh, because I am not as good as you when it comes to fighting. I just want to say that this time I am sharing your glory. Because I have a wish, and I don't want to use As the defeated general, go back to the imperial capital. If I go back as the victor who regained South Vendura, I will be very proud. Everyone, please."

As he spoke, Chang An bowed his hands to the crowd.

Feng Ziying took the lead and knelt down on one knee.

"If you are willing to serve His Highness, His Highness' wish will be fulfilled."

Everyone followed Feng Ziying's example and knelt down.

"If you are willing to serve His Highness, His Highness' wish will be fulfilled."

A burst of cool air hit, the yurts opened, and Feng Zijing came in.

"Report to Chief Min, Wei Ruoshui has captured the stronghold on the other side, and the head of the first regiment, Jia, has marched towards Qingshichuan. General He Can has crossed the Erdao River and is advancing towards the Sanyan Well."

Jia Min smiled and put on his fur hat.

"Let's go, now it's time for us to follow. Each of you looks for your own prey, and plunges your powerful swords into the enemy's heart. See you at Horseshoe Mountain at noon the day after tomorrow."

With that said, he was the first to go out.

Everyone filed out and disappeared into the vast snowstorm.

(End of this chapter)