The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 460 The Cossack Attack

The research here has been decided, so I went to Lameihua and Liu Gengxin.

Jia Min didn't hide anything, so he revealed his plan.

Because it involves her own direct interests, Wintersweet Blossom naturally strongly agrees.

"I still have five girls there, all of whom were my own soldiers back then, and they are also extremely brave. You can ask them to be bait with the girls. The others also carry bows, arrows and sabers, and they can go into battle together at that time."

"It's always good to have more people. However, the success or failure of this matter depends on Mr. Liu's full support."

"Jia Guerzilla is being polite. This group of thieves is also our confidant's serious trouble. If we can eradicate them in one fell swoop, it will be regarded as a great deed for us. Dare you do your best to help?"

"When we first came here, we lived two lives, and the news was not good, so we had to rely on Mr. Liu to get more information. As for the war, we are enough, but Mr. Liu doesn't need to worry about it."

"Just listen to Jia Guerrilla's arrangement. I will always do what you say."

"Tomorrow, I will send one person here, and another person from Wintersweet Blossom, who will take the shape of our goods and go out to sell them. Let the wind out and tell us what goods we have here and how many women there are."

"Jia Guerrilla means that when the Cossacks heard the news, they would think of coming here to rob and lure them into being fooled. This plan is very clever."

"Tomorrow morning, we will check the terrain and see how to set up an ambush. When the time comes, we will catch him and kill him."

The big event is certain, and there is no rush to hurry tomorrow, so everyone started chatting.

"Mr. Liu, I heard that there is a Wei family here in Beihai, is there such a thing?"

Wei Ruolan mentioned her family.

"There is really a Wei family in Pingyuan City, and it is indeed a big local family. But by coincidence, I still have contacts with their family. It is said that the ancestors are also from the Central Plains. When Su Wu was shepherding sheep, it was for his ancestors to herd sheep. Could it be ...."

"According to the elders of the family, this Wei family is a branch of our own family, and I want to visit here when I come here."

"Okay, when the time comes, the old man is willing to go with you and introduce you. It doesn't matter if it's from the same family or not, it's always the real name. After all, it's a level closer than others."

"In that case, I would like to thank Mr. Liu in advance."

"Where is it? It happens that I also want to go to Pingyuan City. When the time comes, I will go with you all the way. I will introduce you by the way. It's just a matter of raising my hand."

The next day, Jia Min sent Qing Gele and Lameihua sent Te Mier, led by Liu Gengxin's nephew, and went out to sell a few goods.

The purpose is to let out the wind and lure the Cossacks to take the bait.

Jia Min surveyed the terrain and arranged an ambush position.At the same time secretly organize weapons.

Previously, since there was no threat along the way, the serial guns, spray canisters, and interception nets had been sealed up.This time, facing the superior number of Cossack cavalry, they had to use these trump cards.

The word Cossack comes from the Turkic word "kasakh", which means "treasure hunter with light weapons".

The early Cossacks were mainly employed as helpers or served on the border, living in no fixed place and wandering around.In order to survive and defend against powerful enemies, they formed gangs to plunder houses, rob the rich and help the poor, somewhat like green forest heroes.

At the same time, it also has many characteristics of refugees.Later, most of them were recruited by Ross and others and became professional soldiers.

Cossacks began to receive military training at the age of 15. They usually served on the battlefield when they were young, and retired when they were around 36 years old.

The composition of the Cossacks is mainly composed of two parts.One is the Tatars and the other is the Slavs.In normal times, they are also soldiers and civilians, but they mainly focus on fighting.

Due to the relatively systematic military training he received since he was a child, coupled with his predatory nature, he has a strong combat effectiveness.Their combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the Tatars in North Wendura.

With just 300 people, they can act recklessly here, which is enough to witness their strength.

The battlefield was chosen near a swamp two miles outside the village.There was a small lake surrounded by some low willow groves.

Two yurts were set up there, and Baochai and others played there during the day, and retreated secretly to the village at night.

The soldiers lay in ambush nearby, secretly protecting.

According to Jia Min's arrangement, Liu Gengxin sent a secret sentry to hide in the mountains along the way.

If the Cossacks came, they would come from the road down the mountain.Easy to spot in the mountains.

The farthest secret sentry was placed ten miles away from Tongyuan Fort.There are a total of ten dark sentries along the way.

In the past, the news from Tongyuan Fort was delivered on horseback after discovering the enemy's situation.Although this speed is not slow, it is still not fast enough.

Jia Min's method is the message tree.

Cut off the trees in advance and bury them in the soil.When the enemy is found, they push down the trees.When the next secret sentry sees that the tree on the previous sentry has fallen, it will push down its own tree, and so on.

The advantages of doing this are, one is that it is easy to conceal, and the other is that it is extremely fast and can have sufficient warning time.

This method opened the eyes of Liu Gengxin, those secret sentries, and even the soldiers of the Fubing Regiment.The wintersweet flower is even more amazing.

There will be no movement on the first day, and the Cossacks will not react so quickly.After they got the news, they will conduct verification and even go to Tongyuan Fort to do some reconnaissance.

As a relatively military-literate organization, this should be their basic course of action.

On this day, Jia Min focused on explaining the cavalry tactics of the Cossacks to the soldiers, and formulated corresponding tactics for training.

At noon the next day, people came to Tongyuan Fort one after another, saying they were here for shopping.In one afternoon, a total of thirteen people came.

Two of them caught the attention of Wei Ruolan and Jia Qin who were secretly watching.

These two people are different from others.

One is that after arriving, they wandered around the village.

The second is that when buying things, they don't look carefully at the goods, and they don't bargain much, and they are more generous.

After leaving the village, they stayed for a while near the small lake where Baochai and the others played.

He asked Liu Gengxin to take a look at the two, and said that they were strangers and had never seen each other before.

Based on this, it was concluded that the two men were spies of the Cossacks.

Scouting today should take action tomorrow.

According to Liu Gengxin, the actions of the Cossacks here are generally carried out in the early morning and evening.

Because the caravan carried a lot of goods and vehicles, after the successful looting, it was very inconvenient to walk at night, so Jia Min judged that the Cossacks would start attacking in the early morning of tomorrow.

Marching tonight is also convenient for hiding whereabouts and preventing leaks.

It's summer now, and it's dawn at four o'clock in the morning.

At two o'clock in the morning, Jia Min ordered all members of the caravan to enter the position.

The first position was the swamp outside the village. Qin Zhong led a dozen people, pretending to be women, to live in yurts.

The second position is in the yard of the old outpost in the village.Because it is in the middle of the village and blocked by houses, it is convenient to surround the Cossacks.

At five o'clock in the morning, the news trees on the mountain fell one after another, and the Cossacks came.

They came very arrogantly, three hundred people were all crowded together, and they didn't even send out an outpost.It is estimated that they are used to rampant here and have never met an opponent, so they don't take the caravan seriously.

It's just that they never imagined that the people in this caravan were all the elite of the Bukui Mansion Corps, and they were equipped with weapons they had never seen before.

The leader of this Cossack cavalry is Michurin.

This time, he led three centurions, and they have been galloping across the territory of Beihai for more than half a year.More than three months ago, he led his team here.

Here, he indulged in the joy of killing, the pride of the conqueror.Those women, goods, and treasures that were robbed or sent by others can be enjoyed freely by him.

From a distance, he saw the small lake, and beside the small lake, there were two yurts.

According to information, there are several very beautiful young women in these two yurts.

Michurin has seen many young women, but these women are different.

They are women from a noble family of Daedeok.

Michurin has seen a lot of women from noble families in Rose.But it's just a look.No aristocratic woman would take a fancy to him as a Cossack.

Although he is rich, courageous, and willing to give love.However, he was still a lowly Cossack after all, and he couldn't get into the eyes of those noble women.

However, it is different here.

He is the conqueror here.Everything here is his prey.

If I cannot conquer the noblewomen of Rose, I will conquer the noblewomen of the East.

While conquering them, they also need to take their caravan's money and goods into their pockets.

Michurin reined in the horse, waved his hand, and the procession stopped.

Turned around, facing his team.

"My dear brothers, there are a few women in the two yurts in front. They belong to me. You are only allowed to capture them for me, and you are not allowed to touch them. You must keep them intact for me."

There was a burst of arrogant laughter in the team, and it spread wantonly to the surroundings in the silent morning.

"In the middle of the village in front, there are more than 100 carts of goods. There are also some women, that are your prey. Now, I want you to bring those things back to me."

"Of course, there are more than 100 men there, and they still have some bows and arrows in their hands. Yes, they are bows and arrows, that kind of gadgets, bows and arrows like toys. It is said that this kind of thing can shoot people to death. Oh, It’s probably thousands of years old, right?”

There was another burst of wild laughter.

"Oh, look, did someone come out of those two yurts? Yes, someone came out. They were some women. They found us and started running to the village now? Oh, they ran away. It's pretty fast, I like such a woman."

"But, what can they do if they go to the village? They must have reported to those men. But, so what? Even if those trash men know about it, what can they do?"

"Look, I have talked so much again. Whenever I am happy, I like to talk more. I know you are all waiting. So I won't say more."

"Now, I order you to rush into that village, leave the women and goods behind, and kill all the men."

Michurin drew his saber and held it high.

"My warriors, for the glory of the Cossacks, charge!"

Clamping the horse's belly with his legs, he rushed out.

(End of this chapter)