Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 372
This is the first time for Bai Mingxiu to enjoy the treatment of being besieged by others. For him, this experience is really quite novel.

The Russian army led by Zinoviev is actually more like a group of hooligans and bandits, with a total strength of about three to 400 people, gathering almost all Russian troops from Lake Baikal to the Outer Xing'an Mountains.

When Zinoviev saw the flag of Ming Dynasty fluttering on the Ludominyansk Castle, he became a little hesitant.

"It's actually Chinese!" Zinoviev was not ignorant of the situation in China.In fact, when the Manchus began to retreat, he and several other Tsarist Russian commanders were struggling to expand their aggression, going further afield in an attempt to control more land outside the Xing'an Mountains.

As early as 1652, Tsarist Russia had a conflict with the Manchu Qing. Since the bandit Cossacks continued to invade, rob and kill people of all ethnic groups in this area, the Manchu Ningutamel Zhang Jinghaise led about 1000 people with him. The Russians fought.As a result, due to lack of experience and incompetence, Haise was defeated by Khabarov, the leader of the Tsarist Russian expedition. More than 700 casualties were lost, and a large number of horses and guns were lost, while the Russian casualties were less than a hundred. The victory gave Khabarov a very legendary heroic color.However, the Qing army made a comeback later, and even called on the army of the North Korean Li Dynasty as a helper. The Russian army was quickly defeated and withdrew from this area.

But in the past two years, the Qing army was destroyed in the Central Plains like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves. The Jurchen tribes north of the wicker border were constantly arrested and fought like strong men. These areas were also very empty, allowing the Tsarist Russians to take advantage. Many places in Heilongjiang and Songhua River have been occupied.

The Russians originally thought that they would be able to stabilize their presence in the Outer Xing'an Mountains following the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, but the Ming army came very quickly, and soon there were activities of the Ming army in Liaoning, Jilin and other places, and the Ming army continued to send out small-scale The team appeared in the Sanjiang area, which made the Russians feel the pressure.

Zinoviev originally wanted to inform the tsar about the progress of the Russian army in the Far East, to see if he could find some other means to protect the interests of Tsarist Russia in the Far East and further aggression.Because judging from the situation of the Cossacks' contact with the Ming army, these Ming troops are well-equipped, brave in combat, and strong in organization. The Cossacks will be defeated with only a little contact.

Now, the Ming army actually appeared directly in the Lake Baikal area, which made Zinoviev very nervous.

"... Judging from the reports of Alexei and others, this army is not a Ming army at all, but a gang of horse thieves and gangs composed of Altai and Tungus. Maybe there is a shadow of the Ming Dynasty, but it is definitely not a Ming army. What official power of the country." Zinoviev summed up.

"If this is the case, then we can directly eliminate this bandit gang, and the Ming country can't directly blame us. As long as we continue to increase the strength of Lake Baikal and even Nerchinsk and other places to deter the Ming army, then we should be able to maintain Stay within our sphere of influence."

Zinoviev frowned as he looked at the walls of the Ludomyansk castle that he had visited.Because siege has never been the strong point of the Cossacks, it may not be a problem to let them plunder in remote and desolate places without supplies. It is not a problem to deal with those backward nomads, but if it is really on the battlefield, the Cossacks can play a role. The role is basically to be a ranger on the periphery, to engage in tasks such as reconnaissance and harassment, and it is even impossible to do a frontal impact and duel on the battlefield.To deal with the regular army of any European country, the Cossacks will basically collapse.

Facing this castle, the Cossacks could only stare blankly. They also lacked heavy weapons and could do nothing.

"Chief Zinoviev, if you mobilize the cannons in other castles, you should be able to attack the city." His subordinate, Pavlovich, the direct commander of the Cossacks, suggested.

It is well known that the Cossacks will not attack the city, even if it is only a very small castle, but the Cossacks will not charge towards the city wall, they will be easily shot down by the volleys of the defenders on the city wall.

Zinoviev was a little entangled. It was a risky move to deploy the few artillery in the castle to attack Ludominyansk. No one knew whether other strongholds would be attacked by other strongholds after they assembled their troops in this castle. Force blow.After all, the Buryats had just surrendered, and they didn't have much loyalty to Tsarist Russia.Once they get a glimpse of the benefits, they are likely to join in the attack on Tsarist Russia as well.

Just as the Russians were staring at the castle, suddenly the people on the wall dragged up two rather strange looking things, thick iron pipes that looked like buckets.

The people on the city wall yelled in a language that the Russians could not understand, and then threw an unknown medicine bag into the iron bucket-like tube?
Zinoviev immediately felt something bad: "Is this a mortar?"

In Europe, armies of various countries often use mortars to attack cities. These artillery have a tortuous trajectory and are very effective against city walls.However, the defenders are using mortars, which is slightly rarer.Moreover, the "mortars" on the city wall are too crude.

"Fire!" Duanmuwen's voice sounded on the city wall, and several Russians in the Einsatzgruppen lit the two unconscionable cannons.After all, only the Russians in the Einsatzgruppen have some operation and understanding of artillery.

In fact, unconscionable artillery has no technical content at all. It is roughly a number, and it is over when it is aimed in one direction.

With a loud bang, two unscrupulous cannons fired one after another. The unscrupulous cannons filled with explosives and projectiles hit the front directly, drew a parabola, and hit the Cossacks surrounded outside the city.

The Cossack war horses were startled by the huge cannon, and some even fell off the horse directly.

One of the unconscionable cannonballs went awry and missed anything, while the other hit the edge of the Cossack formation. This shelling was quite terrifying, killing two people on the spot, and all kinds of broken pieces flying around Nails and even stones and other debris, although they are not enough to kill at this distance, they can still hurt people.

The Cossacks suffered such a blow, and immediately became a little confused. Some Cossacks even reined in their horses and ran back. Even their commander Zinoviev was shocked by the heartless cannon on the castle. withdraw.

But at this time, the gate of the city was actually lowered, and Bai Mingxiu, holding a carbine in his hand, led the cavalry of the ranger to rush out.

(End of this chapter)