Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 645 Slavic War Scientist

After assigning the tasks, Guo Kang's subordinates began to act on their own.

He observed the terrain. The entire team was deployed in a range of about one kilometer. The 300th team was the closest and ran the fastest. In half a quarter of an hour, they had already started digging. The other teams also formed a battle formation, began to move forward, and gradually dispersed.

The soil here is very soft and easy to dig. Although it is impossible to build solid fortifications, it is enough to dig a ditch and pile up a pile of soil. Soon, several hundred-man teams began their work under the cover of friendly forces.

The previous training finally came in handy. Although the trenches they dug were still a little crooked, the Ross recruits were much more efficient at their work.

Seeing them act like this, the enemy seemed a little overwhelmed. The infantrymen were still squatting on the high ground, without any reaction. Only a group of riders ran down, looking over here and discussing with each other. After a while, it seemed that they had not come up with anything, so they continued to ride forward and observe the formation of Guo Kang and his men.

Before Guo Kang could figure out what to do next, he suddenly saw Li Xuanying riding his familiar black horse with two followers. Suddenly, they jumped out from behind a rock, drew their bows and shot, and the two riders fell off their horses immediately.

The enemy reacted quickly, some picked up bows and arrows to fight back, while others raised their lances and turned their horses to charge forward. Li Xuanying also threw away his bow, took his spear from his horse's back, and rushed straight into the crowd.

The enemy was in chaos, and Guo Kang couldn't see what was going on. He could only see him clashing back and forth from a distance. Once, when he collided, the tip of his spear even stabbed an enemy away. Other enemies picked up various weapons to attack, and he moved left and right on his horse, turning around from time to time to fight back.

Both sides moved very quickly. Guo Kang was still thinking about who to call for support, but Li Xuanying had already knocked down several people in succession. The remaining riders suddenly felt that something was wrong and fled. Li Xuanying caught up with the slowest one, raised his gun and swept him off his horse. Two followers immediately caught up, tied him up, and put him on the horse. The three of them drove their horses all the way back at a trot.

They passed by the 2nd and 4th Hundred-man Teams who were digging fortifications. The soldiers there, whether veterans or Russians, cheered loudly. Wang Hongru, who was leading the digging, ran over with a shovel and stretched out his hand to congratulate him. Li Xuanying slowed down, saluted them a few times, then waved his hand and ran towards Guo Kang.

"I captured a prisoner!" He shouted from a distance, "Do you want to interrogate him? I see they are well dressed. I think he is a commander. He should know something."

"I don't have time here. Send him to the corps headquarters. They have people who are responsible for interrogation and record keeping, and they can even give you credit." Guo Kang finished speaking, and then blamed him: "But you are also reckless. You know that group of people are well dressed, but you still rush in? They have only a dozen people, and you only have a few people?"

"Alas, we were too late." Li Xuanying waved his hand, turned around and asked his followers to send the people away, and then replied: "On the battlefield, these situations cannot be estimated in advance. If we waited for our people to arrive, the enemy would have left long ago. Besides, the enemy is not stupid. Seeing so many of us waiting, they will definitely not advance so far."

"That being said, the guy you met this time couldn't beat you. But what if you meet a tough guy and you can't get rid of him in a short time? Wouldn't you be giving yourself up as well? The guy's fighting ability is not written on his forehead." Guo Kang reminded.

"For things like this, if you encounter an opportunity and think it's feasible, just go for it and leave everything to your own skills and courage. Of course, this is indeed a gamble on luck - it's normal if you don't get it." Li Xuanying disagreed and said with a smile: "If you have to say, it really depends on luck and courage."

"But we're already on the battlefield, where is a completely safe place? Both sides are riding horses, and the speed is so fast, how can you have so much time to plan? Just charge as long as you think it's advantageous. What's behind is the Father's domain, it's not up to me to decide." He scratched his head: "Think about it, if you want to calculate everything and then fill it with people... then, I guess you can only command the Russians to fight. Besides, even if you are commanding the Russians, don't you often lead the charge yourself?"

"What you said..." Guo Kang was speechless for a moment. However, they had won this time, so whatever they said made sense. He could only urge Li Xuanying to rest quickly and take care of the horse. He might be useful later.

After this small confrontation, the enemy seemed to be more cautious and hesitated to attack. Guo Kang was very careful and kept watching whether they would rush over while digging trenches. However, the enemy stayed where they were, looking even more timid than him, a novice.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Guo Kang quickly asked everyone to help unload the cargo and guide the follow-up troops to land.

When the 100th team landed, the weapons they were escorting were also delivered. Their crossbow, along with arrows, rations, and gunpowder, were also carried up by everyone.

Several other rowing boats also came to the shore one after another, and the clergy of the brigade led by Father Ivan jumped off the boats one after another. With the help of the auxiliary soldiers, they quickly carefully transported their unique cross with the head of the statue, along with the developing vehicle, mobile altar, thunder vehicle and other equipment, as well as pictures, musical instruments, candlesticks, hammers, drums and other ritual instruments to the shore and assembled them.

When the two guns were hoisted off the ship, the equipment of the brigade was basically complete. However, just as Guo Kang was waiting for them to transport the guns, shouts of killing came from the east of the front line. Occasionally, the sound of gunpowder exploding could be heard. "What's going on?" Guo Kang was very surprised.

The people around him were not clear about the situation. Moreover, he was the supreme commander here. Guo Kang realized that he had to make his own judgment.

He thought about it and thought that the Eighth Legion in the east was probably fighting with the enemy. Because that was closer to the port, and according to the intelligence he had received before, the enemy had already occupied part of the port area outside the city wall. For subsequent transportation and supply, the port was very important, so it was best to get it first.

They also considered this issue during the meeting before the battle. Therefore, part of the Eighth Army will try to land directly and occupy the port area. If that doesn't work, they will land on the beach next to the port area.

Under this situation, the enemy will definitely try their best to stop us and mobilize heavy troops to stop us. At that time, the 33rd Legion and other allied forces will be responsible for clearing the enemies in other directions, and then make a detour to deal with the remaining enemies.

However, according to the plan, the Eighth Corps had to be the main force in the naval battle; they also had to fight the main attack on land, which would consume a lot of physical strength. The soldiers and officers of the Eighth Corps wanted to be the first to land, and said they didn't care. But the command decided to let them observe when they landed. If they could take the port directly, it would be the best. If the conditions were not ripe, they would wait until the 33rd Corps was assembled, and then decide the focus of the attack based on the situation.

Before, there was not much movement from the Eighth Army Corps. Guo Kang guessed that the port was indeed difficult to attack, and they were still conducting reconnaissance and deployment, and had to wait until they were ready. But now there was suddenly such a big commotion, and no one knew what was going on.

Before he could think it through, Captain Lu Yougong had already run over.

"Captain, Captain!" he said hurriedly, "Let's hold back. We have to attack."

"Do you also think that the Eighth Legion has started attacking?" Guo Kang asked hurriedly: "Should we ask the legion?"

Lu Yougong was originally the top centurion of the 17th Legion, and was said to be promoted to the commander of the regiment. It was a waste of talent to work in his brigade. He was only hired to "look after the children" because of his family's reputation.

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Before setting off, the adoptive father also told Guo Kang that he must listen to Captain Lu's advice. If the situation is urgent and he really can't command, he can just let him take full command. He should focus on the military affairs and not take risks with the lives of soldiers for the sake of face. Even if he is really not cut out for this, at worst he can come back to be a civil servant. Anyway, Da Lama Wang has been anxious to have him, and the Guo family is not short of people who can go into battle; but if he doesn't know himself and is stubborn, even God can't save him.

Guo Kang had no objection to this. The fatigue caused by various tasks along the way was beyond his expectations, and it did make him doubt whether he had the ability to do it. Rather than for the sake of face, it was the sense of responsibility towards Tuohuan and others, as well as the Russians who followed him, that supported him, so he insisted on working every day and took time to hang out among his subordinates.

On the battlefield, the pressure was even greater. When Joanna came to make suggestions, Guo Kang even felt that "finally someone came to share the burden", so he let her take charge. In the eyes of others, this might be an amazing decisiveness and generosity. After all, letting a woman command a naval battle was already an incredible and counterintuitive judgment - and he actually won. Only Guo Kang himself knew that he really couldn't take care of it at the time and wanted to lie down...

This time, when Lu Yougong came to make a suggestion, Guo Kang had a similar idea. Before the other person finished speaking, he hurried to ask for his ideas. However, Lu Yougong was much calmer than Joanna. Perhaps he noticed Guo Kang's intention to shirk responsibility, so he shook his head decisively to stop him.

"Sending people over is too slow. We can ask the corps for instructions, but we must prepare and move first. Otherwise, we may miss the opportunity to fight." Lu Yougong advised: "The corps did not make any specific requirements before, but only ordered us to control the beachhead and establish a landing area according to the enemy's situation. According to military law, at this time, you have the power and responsibility to make changes to the formation on your own."

"Okay..." Guo Kang scratched his head: "Then I will give the order right away. You go and gather the 100-man team. I will tell the auxiliary soldiers to stop working and get ready for battle. Don't dig the trenches ahead for now. We are ready to attack!"

"Yes!" As usual, Lu Yougong stood up, bowed, turned around and left.

"Where's Master Hans?" Guo Kang turned around and shouted, "Tell Father Ivan to put up the flags and drum cart first, and don't worry about anything else. Let's get ready to go!"

"Okay, okay." Master Hans sent an apprentice to pass on the message and began to gather the others. They were now Guo Kang's guards, and they would act with him in the subsequent land battles - or as Zhu Wenkui said, they would follow Guo Kang closely to prevent him from sending them away. There were not many of them, so they quickly assembled and prepared to set off.

(End of this chapter)