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Being able to bring back four cannons from Nerchinsk means that these four cannons are definitely not the Hongyi cannons weighing more than 3000 catties, but should be small-caliber field cannons, otherwise it is impossible for Cooper to be able to The cannon came back from Nerchinsk. 【】But even with small field cannons, it would be too much for Zhao Qiang to fire four guns into Shouyi City at the same time. The second reason is that Shouyi City is a fortress, not a real city, and it is only a palm-sized place. , the area is too small, but now there are more than 2000 people in the fort. It is no exaggeration to say that if the Russians close their eyes and shoot at the fort, they will be killed.Moreover, most of the soldiers who can fight in the city are the people of various ethnic groups who have just been captured by Qi Zhuang. As soon as the cannon fires, I am afraid that before the Russians attack, our own side will be messed up first.At that time, instead of countering the attack of the Russian Musketeers, it is necessary to use limited soldiers to suppress the panicked people of all ethnic groups, lest they open the fort gate to escape, and the Russian army took the opportunity to rush into the fort effortlessly.

When Zhao Qiang followed Wang Ping Fan North to face the Qing army, the shocking scene of dozens of cannons from the Qing battalion firing a salvo is still firmly in his memory. He clearly remembers that when the cannons sounded, some The troops from the green battalion immediately retreated, crying their fathers and mothers, and caused confusion among the troops from the old battalion, before they were broken through by the Qing cavalry from the front.After that battle, Wang Pingfan's troops changed from offensive to defensive. After Wu Sangui's death, they retreated thousands of miles until they were surrounded by the Qing army in Sichuan and wiped out.It can be seen from this that artillery has so much lethal and intimidating power on the battlefield of this era.

At that time, the Qing army used Hongyi cannons and a large number of small cannons, and most of them were newly purchased from Macau during the Shunzhi period and the early Kangxi years. These artillery were operated by the Shenji Battalion of the Kangxi pro-army.However, due to the blockade of the Qing government, the Wu army was seriously short of artillery. The only dozen of artillery were actually red artillery purchased during the Wanli and Tianqi years of the Ming Dynasty. It is completely scrapped.The remaining few doors are also as old as they are, and are of no use at all.Therefore, throughout the San Francisco Rebellion, apart from the large-scale use of artillery by the Qing army, basically no family in the San Francisco used artillery on the battlefield, even small ones.

In his previous life, he had heard that cannons were the king of war, and in this life, the owner of his body had seen the scene of bombardment with his own eyes, so Zhao Qiang had to pay attention to these four cannons. He had to change his tactics of pure defense, otherwise Cooper would only rely on these four cannons It can make the fighting spirit in the castle full.Furthermore, it is not Zhao Qiang's fighting style to be beaten like a tortoise in the castle. Although he is not good at military command, his daring to fight is no less than anyone else.

It is definitely not possible to defend, let alone retreat, the only way can only be to go out of the fort to find an opportunity to fight in the field.Cooper came prepared, although he didn't understand what he wanted to bring back so many soldiers and horses from Nerchinsk, but there was no doubt that Shouyi City would be the first target for his sword test.

Perhaps, this battle can truly appreciate the fighting power of the Russians. Zhao Qiang thought so, thought for a while, and told Duncan to write him back to Cooper immediately. Come".

Duncan frowned after hearing these six words, as if he had no hope of Zhao Qiang's ability to defeat the Russian army with artillery.He wanted to persuade this heroic Tatar general not to suffer the immediate loss, so he might as well take someone out of Shouyi City first, and it would not be too late to take revenge when he was strong enough.But seeing Zhao Qiang's resolute face, Duncan didn't dare to say those words.

After sending the reply to the three Russian troops who sent the letter, Zhao Qiangma summoned Wu Si and Guo Fei to discuss the battle.In terms of military strength, Zhao Qiang's side had several hundred more soldiers than the Russian army, but the problem was that most of them were people from various ethnic groups who had been taken captive by Qi Zhuang, and the experienced soldiers were taken away by him and Hu Wang.In addition to the 50 soldiers left behind in the fort, the 150 Qi Zhuang subordinates who escorted Ding back, plus more than 1000 people with minor injuries who can fight, there are more than [-] experienced soldiers in total. Bo came back with only his hundred musketeers, which was more than enough to deal with him, but now that he brought back [-] troops and four artillery pieces, it would be foolish to rely on this number of troops to deal with Cooper.

Thinking that when Qi Zhuang sent people back two days ago, he said that he would bring people back to prevent the Russian army from attacking the city, but Zhao Qiang had harvested nearly a thousand people at once, so he would like to fight one place, and he always thought that Cooper would be fine. There were only a hundred musketeers coming back, and they couldn't threaten Shouyi City, so they asked Qi Zhuang to tell Qi Zhuang to take his 600 troops to go further and try to capture more people.In addition, he also knew from the two sergeants sent back by Hu Wang that Hu Wang was leading people south to Morgan, and if all went well, he would bring back 4000 people at one time. This news made Zhao Qiang even more excited.I once calculated with my fingers that if Hu Wang successfully brought back 4000 people, and Qi Zhuang could bring back another 3000 people, then the population of Shouyi City would surge by nearly 4000, and Nei Nan Ding could bring back another [-] people. At that time, it is completely possible to form several teams of thousands of people to loot and kidnap people in the rear of the Russian army, so that the population and strength of one's own side can grow in a snowball manner.After surviving this winter, next year there will be [-] troops in hand, and then the sea and the sky will truly be brighter.

But who knows that things changed too fast, and the expected things took a 180-degree turn. The Russian commander of a small stronghold was able to bring back 1000 troops.Thinking of this, Zhao Qiang regretted it very much, he should have let Qi Zhuang return earlier, with his [-] fresh troops joining, the odds of winning the battle outside the city would be great.

It's too late to regret, now we can only face it.

There are more than 150 soldiers who have experience in the battle. In addition, the captured Zhenghong Banner Sauron soldiers and those strong men of various ethnic groups who fled in Tuerling. There are more than 140 people on both sides, but their combat effectiveness is not reliable. However, in terms of loyalty, he was able to pass the test, because it was the Raksha people who would eat people's hearts, not the army of the Qing Dynasty.If they don't work hard, or want to bite back, they have to think about how the Raksha people will deal with them afterwards.

Among the people sent back by Qi Zhuang, besides the elderly and children, there were more than 900 men who could kill the enemy with weapons. In addition to the Feiyala people, there were also some Daur and Hezhe people.

Both Wu Si and Guo Fei are sensible people, knowing that the chances of defending such a small fort are slim when the enemy has artillery, they both agreed with Zhao Qiang's decision to go out of the city to fight.After unifying their opinions, Zhao Qiang immediately asked Guo Fei to take out the weapons captured by the Qing army and arm all the men.Experienced soldiers left 100 people as the main force, and all the rest were assigned to serve as small flag officers.After ordering Wei Ji to have cattle and sheep slaughtered for the soldiers to feast on, Zhao Qiang put on the iron armor he took off from the leader of the Qing Army Association, straddled his horse strenuously, and ordered everyone to leave the fort.