Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 945 Sneak Attack
The commander of Tsarist Russia in Ryazan was none other than Golovin, the governor of Siberia who had retreated from the Kazakh Khanate.

None of the other generals of Tsarist Russia had any experience in fighting the Ming army, and Khabarov and others who were the first to enter the Northeast were killed by the Ming army.

Tsarist Russian Emperor Alexei still handed over the command of Ryazan to Golovin.

Losing an arm without delaying command meant that Golovin would be guilty and meritorious.

Alexei did not hold him accountable for the defeat of the Golovin Kazakh Khanate.

Golovin was still very grateful to the tsar. After receiving the order, he ignored his arm injury and led an army of 15 to garrison Ryazan.

Tsarist Russia's 15 troops are already quite a lot. You must know that their strength was not very large at that time.

Golovin held 15 troops in his hands, plus the 20 Ryazan garrison, a total of [-] troops accounted for half of the Tsarist Russian army.

With an army of 20, Golovin was full of confidence, but later he heard that the Ming army also had 20, and the emperor of Ming Dynasty was also personally marching, so he started to beat his heart again.

After Alexei received the news that the emperor of Ming Dynasty had personally conscripted, he sent another 6000 troops to support him.

I hope that Golovin can defeat the Ming army in one fell swoop, and it is best to take the Emperor of Ming as a prisoner, so that he can exchange for large areas of land in the northwest and northeast of Ming.

In order to catch a Ming army scout, these 6000 people encountered the vanguard of the Ming army, and were wiped out by the vanguard of the Ming army.

Of course, at this time Golovin didn't know that the 6000 people had been wiped out. After receiving Chekov's call for help, he knew that the Ming army was good at ambushes, so he didn't dare to attack rashly.

For the sake of victory in the Ryazan Battle and for his own future, Golovin chose not to save him. He did not send a single soldier, but stepped up his defense.

Although the Allied forces were almost wiped out in the Battle of the Kazakh Prairie, Golovin also learned a lot.

The firearms of the Ming army were far ahead of the Allied forces. This Golovin could not imitate, but the trenches of the Ming army impressed him deeply.

So Golovin also followed the example of the Ming army in digging trenches, mobilizing the Tsarist Russian army and civilians to dig three trenches in front of Ryazan City in three days.

Tsarist Russian firearms soldiers squatted in the trenches holding muskets, and there were fifty cannons on the top of the city. Golovin felt that Ryazan was now impenetrable.

Before Meng Liang led the vanguard of the Ming army to Ryazan, he had already received information about the trenches being dug by the Raksha ghosts.

He immediately ordered the Ming army to slow down the marching speed, and sent multiple scouts to inquire about the intelligence of the Tsarist Russian army.

Soon scouts reported that Ryazan had gathered 20 troops and fifty artillery pieces.

Meng Liang frowned, feeling that Golovin was not as simple as he imagined, and it might be difficult to end this battle quickly.

To be a pioneer is to build bridges when encountering mountains and rivers, and fight first when there is a battle.

Meng Liang ordered the army to speed up the march. As the vanguard of the Ming army, they must try the firepower of the Tsarist Russian army to lay the foundation for the active troops to attack Ryazan.

The army finally arrived in Ryazan before dark, and Meng Liang sent an order to set up camp five miles outside the city.

Because the opponent's city has artillery, the barracks of the Ming army must be outside the range of their artillery.

After the arrival of the Ming army, Ryazan did not send troops to fight. Golo Wenxue was obedient, and he was waiting for the Ming army to take the initiative to attack.

After a full meal, Meng Liang asked Zhang Fugui to lead a five thousand Ming army to launch a tentative attack on Liang Zan.

As a result, as soon as the Ming army entered the artillery range above Ryazan City, the Tsarist Russian army launched a frenzied bombardment of the Ming army.

With the roar of the artillery on Ryazan City, countless shells bombarded the Ming army.

Although Zhang Fugui ordered the army to disperse the charge, dozens of soldiers under his command were killed by the opponent's solid bullets.

The Ming army has always used artillery to bombard others, and it is rare to be bombarded by opponents with artillery and have no strength to fight back.

Zhang Fugui was worried that there would be a large number of casualties under his command, so he hurriedly ordered the army to withdraw from the range of the artillery. This thing cannot be resisted with the body.

The Ming army now has a rule in fighting overseas, that is, fight as soon as it has been fought. If it fails, it can choose to retreat temporarily, but it cannot be defeated.

Seeing Meng Liang, Zhang Fugui was a little embarrassed and shouted:
"Old Meng, you must find a way to kill the artillery on Raksha Ghost City, otherwise the threat will be great. Today, dozens of brothers under my command will be killed or killed..."

Before Meng Liang could speak, Huang Dahu chuckled:
"Hey, Boss, you haven't lost a battle before, have you? You're getting thicker and thicker when you talk to the vanguard officer so confidently after losing a battle..."

"Fuck off, if it wasn't for worrying about too many casualties under his command, I would definitely not retreat..."

Zhang Fugui gave Huang Dahu a hard look, but felt a little guilty when he spoke.

Meng Liang waved to his two companions:

"Don't make noise, the Holy Majesty is behind us, we must find a way to get back the place, let's go out and have a look!"

Several young generals walked out of the barracks, raised their binoculars to look at the top of Ryazan city, and then looked at the three trenches below the city, Meng Liang fell into deep thought for a while.

After a while, he turned his horse's head back to the camp, and Zhang Fugui and the others followed him back to the camp.

Seeing that Meng Liang was silent, Zhang Fugui asked:
"Old Meng, have you thought of a way?"

Meng Liang looked at him and smiled:

"I'll help you find the place tonight."

"Huang Dahu, lead your subordinates to dig a trench 50 meters in front of the camp to prevent Rakshasa ghosts from sneaking in."

"Yes"

"Huang Xiaohu and Zhang Fugui, you lead 5000 troops to garrison the left and right highlands. Once you find the Rakshasa ghost attacking, immediately support them with mortars!"

"Yes"

The vanguard of the Ming army only had 5 people. Meng Liang was worried that the Raksha ghosts in Ryazan would attack at night. After all, they had an army of 20.

Now that the Ming army occupies two small highlands on the left and right, they can support each other, so that they will not be eaten by the Raksha ghost.

"There's no way for Lao Meng to help my brother find his way back like this?"

Before leaving, Zhang Fugui asked again, he was still thinking about avenging the dozens of subordinates who died in battle.

Meng Liang smiled slyly:
"At night, taking advantage of the darkness, we sent people to quietly throw grenades into the Raksha Ghost trenches, and you will be responsible for covering the throwers to retreat."

"Haha, good idea, let's go!"

Huang Dahu and Zhang Fugui smiled and turned to leave.

As the night gradually deepened, the city of Ryazan became very quiet. In the afternoon, a central guard proposed to attack the Ming army barracks at night, but Golovin refused.

Facing Ming, whose firearms were superior to the Tsarist Russian army, Golovin would definitely not do anything uncertain now, and the most important thing was to defend Ryazan.

Maozi in the trenches was able to watch the movement of the Ming army vigilantly at first, but when there was still no movement until the middle of the night, they began to doze off.

At this moment, more than 200 steps in front of their trenches, there were hundreds of black shadows crawling quickly on the ground.

They were all dressed in black, and it was hard to see them clearly in the dark night.

At a distance of more than 20 meters from Maozi's trench, they stopped crawling, and then threw the grenades they were carrying into the Luosha ghost's trench.

One person carried a grenade, and the throwing team of 2000 Ming troops threw more than [-] grenades into the Raksha ghost trench.

Then get up and run back at a sprint speed of [-] meters. If you run slowly, you may be killed by the Raksha ghost flintlock gun.

Some Maozi were woken up by the grenade, touching their painful heads and wondering what happened.

Tsarist Russian soldiers on duty found the Ming army running back, and they immediately shouted loudly:

"Get up, there is a sneak attack by the Ming army..."

They yelled and were about to shoot at the Ming army, and suddenly more than 2000 grenades exploded in succession.

"Boom bang bang..."

(End of this chapter)