Xinshun 1730

Chapter 193 Intimidation and Threat
On the hill, the staff and the heads of the various regiments were still waiting for Liu Yu to make the final pre-war arrangements.

The hot air balloon has already observed the configuration of the quasi-department. Although there will definitely be changes during the fight, as far as the current situation is concerned, the deployment of the quasi-department is still mainly on the south side.

"You guys, work hard and use what you have learned."

"It now appears that the Ministry is going to attack our south flank. I don't think they will move. We should lure them into it."

On the map, Liu Yu pointed to the location of the Chinese army.

"They have too many cavalry. If they can't get trapped, most of them can easily escape. I don't have enough cavalry, so I can only take risks and lure them to attack the central army and make dumplings in the chaos."

After observation, Liu Yu slightly changed the battle plan according to the situation.

"Once the quasi-department reveals that the main force is here, strategically they have no way out. So they must win. We are on the south side, and almost all the Qingqi are deployed on the south side, and the early artillery is also there."

"Everyone, on the south side, take an offensive stance, we don't need to hide our combat power anymore. You are on the south side, take an offensive stance, and I will mobilize the Chinese army in front of Chief Policy Ling Dunduobu Supporting the attack from the south."

Wu Fangrui pondered the situation for a while, then asked: "What if we attack too fast on the south side and he chooses to retreat?"

Although the number of soldiers in the Zhunbu had doubled, these officers who had been instilled with confidence by Liu Yu were still worried that they would scare the Zhunbu away if they attacked too hard, not because they couldn't stand it.

Liu Yu smiled and said, "Don't worry, he won't run away. Strategically, he has already exposed that the main force is in the north of the mountain, so he can only put all his eggs in one bet. As long as we show a weakness in the central army, he will follow."

"Da Ce Ling Dunduobu is a famous general. A famous general not only knows how to fight, but also understands strategy. He understands strategy and knows that this battle can only be won, not tied, let alone lost. He can't retreat. He retreated. Our west road army will go straight to Luntai."

"Tactically, if the momentum is not right, it is right to withdraw quickly. Strategically, if the momentum is not right, it is right to bite the bullet and fight down."

"Our cavalry is basically on your south side. You play a defensive counterattack and start attacking. I will mobilize the Chinese army to support with great fanfare. Since he is a famous general, it is impossible to miss this opportunity."

"The overall strategy remains the same, lure them to attack and feign retreat, and take advantage of the formation to let them sink deeper."

He took out his pocket watch and checked the time.

"It's nine o'clock in the morning. When it's time to fight for lunch, the quasi-department has fallen into our trap. Everyone, get on your marks."

The trumpeter blew the horn, and the commanders of the various ministries jumped on their horses, saluted Liu Yu, and went to command separately.

Considering that the Qingqi soldiers from the Songhua River were likely to be undisciplined, and their heads would get hot when they charged, he asked Lieutenant General Zhang Jin and the chief of staff to go to the south side.

Zhang Jin was a little nervous, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Shouchang, I really don't understand this style of play."

Liu Yu smiled and said: "Don't worry, you don't need to understand. The marching commander will tell you when to do it. You are the lieutenant general and the grandson of the British prince. All you have to do is give orders. The marching commander does not have orders from you and me. , cannot command an army.”

Zhang Jin nodded.

He really didn't know much about this kind of tactics. He had been a guard in the capital and was in charge of the guards of the Beijing camp, but he had never seen the tactics of the Qingzhou Army.

But thinking about Liu Yu's bold plan, if he can really defeat the main force of the Zhunbu in one fell swoop, he will also benefit a lot.

Especially since he is the deputy general of the Qingzhou Army, his grandfather, the Duke of England, has already warned him: everything is done by Liu Yu, and if you win the battle, this achievement is Liu Yu's, but the follow-up achievements are all yours.You are the deputy general, and you will be the chief general in the future. Once the Zhunbu is leveled, Liu Yu will no longer be in charge of the Qingzhou Army.

What he said is so clear, Zhang Jin is also working hard to learn, although he has heard a lot from Liu Yu, but after all, he has no self-confidence.

At this time, Liu Yu asked him to go to the south side to give orders, and the marching Sima followed him, so he was a little relieved.After giving Liu Yu a military salute that he thought was a bit weird, he got on his horse and went to the south side together.

The location on the hill is good to see the big picture.

He was accompanied by several officers, some staff officers, and Boris, the Russian special envoy.

Boris couldn't be sure whether the Dashun Alignment Department had deliberately chosen the timing when the War of Polish Succession started and Russia was preparing for the Fourth Russo-Turkish War, or it was purely a coincidence.

But he can be sure that the purpose of Liu Yu asking him to follow and watch the battle is to demonstrate Dashun's military strength and to strive for conditions favorable to Dashun for the future border negotiations on the western front.

Prior to the First World War in Heilongjiang, it was known that the border from the east of Lake Baikal to the Pacific Ocean was established.It was said at the time that negotiations on the western front should be carried out after the level is achieved.

Dashun fought amazingly in the First World War in Heilongjiang. The artillery and siege skills terrified the Russians. Coupled with the political chaos in Russia, Liu Yu finally forced Count Tolstoy to death on the Selenga River.

However, with the continuous exchange of Russian missions over the years, the Russians discovered that Dashun's military strength was not as terrifying as they had imagined.

Perhaps the artillery is good, but the tactical system of the infantry is completely behind, that is, the level of Ottoman in the siege of Vienna in 1683, and may even be slightly inferior.

Boris didn't know that Dashun's Qingzhou Army was a pure fusiliers line regiment, and he didn't know until he went to Mongolia.

He didn't agree with Liu Yu's formation either.

However, he also carefully kept his mouth shut and did not express any opinions.Even if Liu Yu fails, as long as he doesn't die in the battle, he will have no problem returning to Russia.

He knew that there were some Swedes among the Junggars. The old Count Tolstoy, who was forced to death by Liu Yu, had signed the Treaty of Adrianople with Turkey. country.But those who did not escape to Turkey, Peter did not release, but selected some of the Swedish prisoners and incorporated them into the army.

In the battle of Yamesh Lake, many Swedes serving in Russia were captured, as well as some Poles.There is also an agreement between Russia and the quasi-ministration that officers of sufficient rank will be released.As a nobleman, Boris will not embarrass him.

It now appears that Liu Yu relies too much on infantry and artillery.

But Boris believes that the cavalry still dominates the battlefield. There are many Torghut cavalry archers in the Russian army, and they can still be used as the main cavalry. The front line is slightly thin, and the number of cavalry is seriously insufficient.

He knew that Liu Yu was going to use the infantry to sweep from the flanks, but he doubted that the infantry would be able to maneuver so fast on the battlefield?

From the looks of it now, he looked up to Dashun's artillery again.Relying on hot air balloon observation, the artillery was used intensively, and the artillery positions were deployed reasonably, which quickly defeated the artillery of the quasi-headquarters.

"Even if the quasi-parties can win, there will be heavy casualties. An attack without artillery support is easy to collapse. Chinese artillery is very powerful. Their cannons are French, but the French's artillery skills are not good, not even as good as it is now. Russian artillery. French gunners who operate 24-pound guns today may be recruited to operate [-]-pounder guns tomorrow. Chinese artillery is well trained, which is different from France. Their drills are not French."

At this moment, Russia and France are at war for the succession of the Polish throne.Boris has been to France and knows the French well, but he doesn't understand the tactical system of the Qingzhou Army.

It is different from France, Russia, and even the tactical system of every country in Europe.

If this battle can be won... Russia may really have to make concessions on the Irtysh River.

Otherwise, when fighting against the Turks, if Dashun can't get what he wants at the negotiating table, he will use the army to get it, especially now that Dashun is very close to France.

Rifles, bayonets, cannon, all French.

However, the military song of the Qingzhou Army is clearly the British grenadier song, which Boris can't hear wrong; their light cavalry is more like Cossacks; their felt hat uniform with red tassels is obviously Chinese style; their parade pace, the obvious Prussian folk dance kick style; they assigned the four-pound gun to the battalion level, which is also a strong Swedish style.

Can such a weird army really defeat about twice as many Junggars?
Boris was very skeptical, perhaps there would be no problem with guarding the bastion, but in such a large-scale field battle, the opponent still had the advantage of cavalry, so he was not optimistic.

Boris picked up the binoculars and observed the battle on the southern front. The shooting between the quasi-headquarters and the Qingzhou Army had already begun.

"My God... How stupid is it to shoot a camel-mounted swivel gun against an eight-pound, four-pound, or even twelve-pound field gun?"

In the binoculars, the artillerymen of the Qingzhou Army completely suppressed the eight-pound field guns of the Zhunbu, and then adjusted the angle to bombard the musketeers on the southern side who were advancing in formation.

The camel hands of the quasi-department braved the artillery and drove the camel to a sufficient shooting distance, then tied the camel's limbs and let the camel lie on the ground.

The small swivel cannon above is being loaded, and the musketeers behind are using large Turkish-style muskets with a long range, but the formation is still too sparse compared to the densely arranged flintlock formations of the Qingzhou Army.

The artillery on the Qingzhou Army's side began to bombard them intensively. The camels were hit and their flesh was bloody, but their limbs were bound and they couldn't run at all.

After the shell bounced, it hit the heavy arquebus gunner behind.

The southern line of the Qingzhou Army formed a standard four-array formation, and continuous gunshots rang out.More intensive firepower, faster loading, and shooting at a distance of a hundred steps make the entire battlefield full of gunpowder.

The shooting lasted for about a quarter of an hour, and the musketeers in the quasi-headquarters were already in confusion.The camel guns basically didn't play any role, most of them were destroyed by the field guns behind them, and a small part of them were not the opponents of the four-pound regiment artillery at all in the counter-fire.

Every time the Junggars shoot once, the Qingzhou Army can shoot two or three times, and because the formation is denser, almost every time they shoot, a group of people will fall down on the side of the Zhunbu.

The artillery shells continued to hit the quasi-gunners who formed the formation. After a quarter of an hour of firing, the quasi-gunners were visibly shaken.

Boris put down the binoculars, and there was really nothing to see in the shooting phase.

With the boring massacre, the absolute advantage of artillery and the horizontal rate of fire of the flintlock, the Junggars have less than the slightest advantage in shooting.

Liu Yu walked up to Boris and asked with a smile: "Is the Turk army the same? You form an alliance with the Austrians. The Austrian princess will marry the Duke of Lorraine. The French will not let the Habsburgs marry." You got the 'betrothal gift' of Lorraine. But if you win the Polish issue, maybe the French will not be able to interfere in your war with Turkey. I think you and Austria will have a big victory over Turkey. "

Boris frowned, knowing that Liu Yu was reminding him of the current situation in Europe, or the issue of the western border between Shun and Russia after reminding Ping Zhun.

If Russia does not retreat, the Qingzhou Army will win the quasi-bu, and it may take the opportunity of the Russian-Turkish war to attack the Russian city on the Irtysh River and strive for the interests on the negotiating table.

Boris knew very well that it was Liu Yu who made him see the strength of Dashun's army clearly when he, the special envoy, came to follow the Qingzhou army.

Regarding this malicious but elegantly smiling demon, Boris also replied gracefully: "The Turks are stronger than the quasi-bu and have more troops, but we can always win. And you, you haven't won yet." victory."

(End of this chapter)