The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 428 Unexpected Encounter
At one o'clock in the morning on the third day after entering the South Wendula Grassland, Jia Min and Princess Chang'an arrived at Sidaowan with 550 people from Jia Lian's department.

There are still forty miles away from Horseshoe Mountain.According to the original plan, they will eat here, set off after two hours of rest, arrive at Horseshoe Mountain at [-]:[-] in the morning, launch a feint attack on Xi Mairui, and pin him here.

After the other troops arrived, they encircled Ximailui and finally wiped them out.

After starting from Qingshichuan, this army has not contacted other troops, and just kept moving forward.

Regarding this, Princess Chang'an was always a little uneasy.

She had dealt with the Tartars and knew how powerful they were.

As for the combat effectiveness of the Fubingtuan, although I believe they have some abilities, but until now, after all, they have not seen it with their own eyes.So, I still have some doubts in my heart.She also had no idea how sure the Fu Corps was against the Tatars.

According to her thinking, she actually hoped that Jia Lian's army would move more slowly, and move forward together after the other troops arrived.In this way, it seems to be more secure.

However, now that Jia Min is commanding the troops, it is hard for her to say anything.I can only bury my worries in my heart.

At three o'clock in the morning, the troops finished their rest and set off again to Horseshoe Mountain.

After walking for about 10 minutes, Jia Lian hurried back on horseback.

"Officer Min, there is a situation ahead. The vanguard came back to report. It seems that there is a team coming from the opposite side and moving towards us."

"About how many people?"

"The exact number is still unclear, but it is estimated to be at least a few thousand."

"If there are a few thousand people, it will be Xi Mairui. It seems that the news of our entry into South Vendura has been leaked, and Xi Meirui has responded."

"How did you leak the news? Didn't you keep blocking the news?"

Chang An asked.

"It's normal for such a big operation to leak information. The grassland will have its own intelligence system. These few battles have been fought at night. Even if they are surrounded and fought, it is not surprising that some people ran out to send news."

"Officer Min, if it's Xi Mailui, what does he want to do?"

Jia Lian asked.

"The purpose is nothing more than two. One is to get reinforcements, and the other is that he wants to escape. No matter which one it is, since he has encountered it, he should prepare to fight. No matter what, he must not be allowed to pass through here."

"Battle Commander Jia, order the troops to stop advancing and set up defensive positions. Don't take the initiative to attack. Let's fight defensively first."

Jia Lian agreed, pulled his horse and left.Call the troops to move while walking.

Now that he has already encountered the enemy, it is meaningless to conceal his whereabouts.

"Gao Dazhuang, send two people back to meet the other teams, tell them that Xi Meirui has left Horseshoe Mountain, and tell them to speed up their march and come here as soon as possible."

"Come on, let's go ahead and have a look. It seems that this decisive battle is about to start early."

The team that came in front was indeed Xi Meirui.

People who ran out from Qingshichuan had reported to him that the Bukui people had started to attack.

At first, Simrey was skeptical of the news.

It wasn't that he doubted the authenticity of the news, but he couldn't figure out the intention of the Bukui people to attack Qingshichuan.

Until now, he still did not believe that the Bukui people dared to launch a large-scale attack on South Vendura.

He didn't believe that the Bukui people were real until the people who escaped from the Three Eyed Well said that the Three Eyed Well had been occupied by the Bukui people and the four thousand-man troops were wiped out.

2000 people in Qingshichuan plus 4000 people in Sanyanjing, 6000 people were wiped out.In terms of military strength, the Sidwa people do not have the advantage, and the two sides are basically equal.

Coupled with the advantage of the Bukui people's firearms, their side was already at a slight disadvantage.

If someone else came, Xi Mairui was not afraid, this time it was the Bukui Mansion Corps, so he had to be careful not to belittle him.

After careful consideration, Xi Mairui ordered the village to set up camp and set off overnight to Hongshilazi.

His plan was, if Hongshilazi and Xiaobeihe were not attacked, he would reinforce these two places, stop the advance of the Pukui people here, and then drive the Pukui people out.

If these two places have been lost, my 5000 people will go directly to Qingshichuan, then take the North Peak Pass, and return to North Wendula.

If the Sidwa had suffered a great setback in South Windura, his enemy would not have been the Puque people, but the Votel and Wali Valley people in North Windura.

The Sidwa people who are now staying in North Wendura are almost all old and weak women and children.Once the tribes he led were buried in South Wendura, his clansmen and pastures would immediately become the objects of division between the two tribes.

The clansmen in the family will be turned into slaves by them, and they will be enslaved forever.

In the history of North Wendura, such a thing has happened more than once.

A horse came back from the front, it was the commander Hugel.

"Hugel, what's going on?"

Similui eagerly asked about the situation.

Hugel is the most capable commander under him, and he has great trust in Hugel.

"Headman Ximailui, a team has been found ahead."

"Who is it?"

"I don't know yet. I guess it should be from Bukui. It's not our team."

"how many people?"

"It is estimated to be around 2000 people."

"They came very quickly. What do they want to do? Are they thinking of Horseshoe Mountain? It would be too disrespectful for us to dare to go deep alone with only 2000 people."

"what should we do?"

"Stop advancing first, and send people to reconnaissance. Tell the commander to come here. Go and see for yourself how many of them there are and whether they have any firearms."

"Understood, Chief."

About ten minutes later, the four commanders all came, and another ten minutes later, Hugel also came back.

"Headman Ximailui, the other party is indeed from Bukui. From a distance, they have Frangji and other firearms. I don't know if they have them. However, they have brought a lot of luggage and hundreds of sledges."

"How did they come here under such heavy snow? How could they go so fast? Why didn't any of Bu Kui's spies come here?"

"It should have been pulled out by the Bukui people."

"The Bukui people are really hateful. I wanted to beat them up, but they came first. From this point of view, the situation of Hongshilazi, Baoyinqiu and Xiaobeihe is not very good."

"Headman, what shall we do?"

"I think the Bukui people didn't expect us to appear here. Their fire attack is useless here. But, what do you do with other firearms?"

Similui hoped that someone would answer his words, but he was disappointed.No one answered.

He also had no effective way to deal with the firearms of the Bukui people.

Originally relying on the speed and impact advantages of the cavalry, it can still be used to some extent.However, the heavy snow now has a thickness of two feet, which must greatly slow down the speed of the cavalry.

"We must rush over as soon as possible and rush back to North Wendura. Otherwise, our people will be in danger. Even if the Bukui people have firearms, they can't take care of them. Hugel, you take a thousand-man team to attack first , try them. The others are ready to rush out once Hugel opens the gap."

Hugel walked away, and several others followed suit.

Xi Mairui was left to wait here alone.

There is a popular saying on the Wendula grassland, "The snow is not cold and the snow is cold."

It means that the first day after the snow, the weather will not be too cold.From the second day after the snow, the weather was cold.

It is now the third morning after the heavy snow stopped, and it is four o'clock in the morning, which is the coldest time of the day.

Although he had lived on the Wendula grassland since he was a child, Similui was also shivering from the cold at this time.

On the Fubingtuan's side, it's not a good feeling.

The soldiers of the prefectural corps are now wearing leather jackets produced locally in Bukui.This kind of leather is usually made of cowhide, without interlayer, just a layer of leather.

In order to keep warm, it has to be filled with a lot of hazel grass.

If you don't walk long distances, the grass will not move inside, and the thermal effect is not bad.

However, when you walk long distances, the scorpions will move, some will huddle together, and some will get out of your shoes.When riding a horse, if the feet are not moving for a long time, they will also be cold and painful.

In order to prevent frostbite, you have to walk up and down from time to time.

After walking for a long time, marching continuously, wearing a lot of clothes, and carrying a lot of equipment, my feet and body sweat.Once you stop, the sweat on your body will disappear and you will become colder.

Therefore, in such a cold season, it will be warmer when marching.

At this time, there were people blocking the way ahead, and the people of the Fubingtuan really wanted to fight, so they could move around and be warmer.

Due to the hasty encounter with the enemy, the originally designed fire attack tactics that have been effective in other places are no longer used here.The plan to use this to weaken the advantage of the enemy's cavalry has failed.

In front of the Fubingtuan, it was a head-to-head battle with the enemy.

Although he has the advantage of firearms, the enemy has the advantage of a large number of people. For the Fubingtuan, the situation is not optimistic.

"Officer Min, the enemy has begun to gather and seems to be attacking."

"Second Brother Lian, how are you going to fight?"

"The first wave, the Frang machine bombardment."

"Row."

"The second wave, intercepted by serial guns."

"Row."

"Third wave, long shot."

"Row."

"The fourth wave, bow and arrow interception."

"I guess they won't invest too many people in the first wave. But this time, they will fight harder. Make them suffer and give them a shock."

"Understood, these people have never tasted the taste of serial guns, so give them a warning, and they will be afraid when they charge next time."

"Turn up all the Franglers and serial guns, and give them a hard blow. Also, strengthen your guard to prevent them from escaping from the wings."

"Don't worry, Chief Min, they can't escape."

Indistinctly, a group of black shadows began to move in front of him, and then, there seemed to be some vibrations under his feet.

That was when the Tatar cavalry began to attack.

(End of this chapter)