Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

"Selenge" is located at the confluence of "Selenge River" and "Ulan River". The depth is about two summer feet (250m).Although the water level of the Selenga River is not deep, there is silt several feet deep at the bottom of the river, and it is easy for people and horses to trample on it.In addition, the west bank of the Selenge River is widely distributed with swamps of unknown depth, so it forms a natural protective barrier in the east of Selengesk.

The width of the Ulan River, which is located 60 summer feet ([-]m) south of the city of Selenge, is far less than that of the Selenge River. Specifically, it is only equivalent to one-sixth of the width of the Selenge River. , the water depth is shallower, and because it is a sandy riverbed, most river basins can be waded.However, due to the rapid flow of the Ulan River, a series of swirl zones were formed at the section where it flowed into the "Selenga River", and high and low holes were cut at the bottom of the river bed, resulting in the "Selengesk" The south gate directly crosses the Fa, and it is necessary to go upstream for four or five hundred summer feet before passing through.

The dangerous environment at the confluence of the two rivers made it necessary for the defenders to strengthen their defenses on the northeast sides.Of course, if the siege party wants to implement a long-term siege, it only needs to dig trenches on the northeast sides of the city to complete the blockade of the city.Therefore, from the Qing-Mongolian Allied Forces, the Xia-Mongolian Allied Forces to the last Russian army that appeared, they all acted in this way.

Since the strength of the Russian army is generally not too large, considering the relationship between the two blockade lines, the barracks of its siege troops were finally set up on the northeast corner of Selengesk.It used to be a large farm here. Not to mention the open terrain, there were enough farmhouses, stables, mills, and water canals for the garrison. The Qing and Xia armies also had garrisoned there.

On the other hand, the Chamoun Allied Forces did not find the Cossack cavalry brigade in the notification when they first arrived, so the Chamoun Allied Forces set up camp along the Ulan River Valley at the beginning.It wasn't until Alamodo Korninov's troops returned to the Russian camp from the south along the Selenga River in a large circle, that Kuching divided up and blocked the gap in the south, and then launched a campaign to fill the city The operations in the outer trenches were mainly carried out by the relatively close Ulan River Henan troops.

Now that the two sides have made an appointment to fight, naturally, the battlefield can only be set on an impact plain east of Selengesk that is about 120 Xiazhang (72km) long and the widest point is about 48 Xiazhang ([-]km) .

"God bless the Tsar, and bless your loyal subjects with eternal glory"

In the early morning, after the pre-war mass presided over by the priest accompanying the army, the blessed Russian troops left the camp one by one.Almost at the same time, the Chamon coalition forces also began to act.The two sides tacitly stopped all actions that interfered with each other, and completed each other's queue before the sun dispelled the last mist.

"The Raksha people are really real, and they even use their troops evenly." Standing on the tall command vehicle, several Xia army staff officers carefully observed the formation of the Russian army with binoculars. Due to the long distance and the magnification of the binoculars The coefficient is not very high, so Xia Jun can only vaguely observe that the Russian army is deployed in the middle of the infantry, and the Cossack cavalry troops that Xia Jun is most worried about are scattered on the two wings. This is good news. "So our army will win." [

"Don't get complacent too early. You can't see clearly the distribution of forces on the two wings. Who knows if the Raksha people have played tricks." Having said that, the leader of the army, Sima Zong, reported the observation results to Kuching as quickly as possible. And therefore inquired. "Marshal, do you want to strengthen the power of the right wing?"

As the natural main force of the Xiameng Allied Forces, the Xia Army participated in this battle, including the Second Regiment of the First Brigade of the Second Division of the Longwu Army that was picked up from the city of "Selengesk". There were four light cavalry regiments and two heavy cavalry regiments. There are 72 cavalry in Regiment A and several horse detection posts, guard posts of cavalry artillery regiment, guard post of baggage regiment, and guard post of center base regiment. In addition, there are [-] artillery posts belonging to regiments and divisions, totaling [-] The artillery, if all placed on one wing, is enough to overwhelm any Russian army.

However, Xia Jun had to consider the problem of the Mongolian volunteer army. Being dragged down by pig teammates, Xia Jun could not adopt extreme deployment plans, so in the end Xia Jun deployed a heavy armored regiment on the left flank near Selenghsk. The 24 cavalry and 36 artillery pieces in the center, [-] cavalrymen and [-] artillery pieces, including a heavy armor regiment, were deployed on the right flank near the eastern mountainous area to cooperate with the [-] Khalkha cavalry. As for the middle road, Xia Jun no longer has the strength to invest in cavalry troops, so he only deployed [-] artillery pieces and [-] local Mongolian soldiers.Now it seems that this formation is enough to restrain the opponent's average use of troops, but the right wing is a little insufficient and needs to be strengthened.

"Strengthen?" Kuching shook his head. "The troops on the right wing are already large enough, and if they are strengthened, they will not be able to use them." In terms of the distribution of troops, Kuching's words are reasonable. Therefore, due to the restrictions on the hills on the east side, the Chamon coalition forces have implemented large-scale detours. Therefore, accumulating more troops on the right wing is actually a waste, but Kuching's words are actually a deliberate misinterpretation of the meaning of the staff officer, and its purpose is not to fool the Mongolian princes who are around. "It's better to keep the reserve team in hand to cope with the situation." The staff officer wanted to remind him again, but noticed Ku Jin's extraordinarily stern gaze, and suddenly became a little submissive, so he listened to Ku Jin's order. "Pass down the order so that the baggage post can be arranged first."

As the signal flag on Xia Jun's command vehicle waved a few times, Kuching's order was quickly implemented.I saw officers and soldiers of the Xia Army driving carts pouring out at the junction of the three fronts of the Chamon Allied Forces—a supply regiment of the Xia Army is usually equipped with about 120 transport carriages, and now these carriages are constantly appearing on the two wings on the battlefield.

Seemingly aware of Xia Jun's strange movements, the Russian army began to move forward.However, due to the slow speed of the infantry, the Cossacks on the two wings did not speed up their horses at the beginning, so the Russian army could only watch helplessly as the heavy soldiers of the Xia army quickly arrived at the center of the battlefield on the two wings.The next scene that stunned the Cossack cavalry appeared. The Xia army's heavy soldiers untied the connection between the carriage and the dragging horse, threw the carriage in disorder on the battlefield, and then turned around and ran back.The Cossack soldiers who observed the Xia army's movements didn't know what was in the Xia army's supply cart, but even if it contained stones, it would be an extremely dangerous obstacle for the cavalry preparing to charge.

"You are not allowed to speed up." The Cossack leaders who commanded the battle on the two wings stopped the riders around them one after another. Although it seemed that they had lost the initiative, as long as they successfully escorted the main force of the Russian army across the center line, the enemy on the opposite side would be included in the Russian artillery. Within the shooting range, the outcome of this battle has not yet been determined. "Suppress it, suppress it all."

Not to mention the little chaos on the Cossack side, when the heavy soldiers returned after completing their mission, new orders from Kuching followed.

So Xia Jun's artillery posts at the forefront of the battle line began to drive forward, and arrived at the predetermined shooting position at twice the speed of the Russian army's front line advance. Shoot the artillery barracks.

"Ready!" Looking at the indicator flag behind, Xia Jun's gunners raised their torches. "put!"

With an order, the eight-point artillery belonging to the Xia Army division began to speak, and several solid objects fell into the Russian army formation in an arc, making bloody alleys—speaking of which, the place where the two armies are fighting now was originally The farmland has been reclaimed, but after two years of siege, weeds have grown on the former good land, and the weeds with well-developed roots have turned the originally soft land into solid clods. In addition, Siberia's winter is about to Arrival, so there is enough strength to support the jump of the gun.

"Come again," Xia Jun, who fired a round, reloaded at the fastest speed. At this time, the Russian army on the center line had already begun to place artillery to prepare to fight back, and the two sides were not hit by the regiment's four-point artillery. The Cossack cavalry also saw that the situation was not good and began to be forced to speed up. "Ready? Great, ready, let go!"

When the eight-point artillery was preparing for the third round of shelling, the Russian artillery also began to resound. However, due to the relatively scattered artillery of the Xia Army, the effect of the Russian artillery fire was not good, and only one was forming a jump. Later, by mistake, he hit a dragging horse that had been pulled to the rear.The poor Mongolian horse didn't even have time to whine, and fell to the ground with a burst of brains, causing the sensitive ones to hiss wildly, scaring Xia Jun's groom to rush over to comfort him.

At this time, the Xia Army's four-point artillery also opened fire on the Cossack cavalry who forcibly emerged in the blocking area.

Because of the short distance, the Xia Army's four-point artillery fired grapes, and the fine lead almost closed the entire blocking area, smashing the Cossack soldiers who had finally protruded into a sieve. [

"Yu Ma." But precisely because of the grape shooting, the Xia Army artillery's shooting position was very close to the blocking area, so when the Xia Army's quarter artillery team was preparing to launch the second round At that time, the rear and reminded them to prepare to retreat. "Quick, are you ready?" The second round of firing had just ended, and the recoil of the fired "powder" had just come to a stop, and the artillery had just come to a stop before being tied to the horse-drawn carriage. On the carriage. "Quickly, retreat."

Artillery retreat is particular. The artillery of the Xia army on the left can retreat to the Ulan River on the left side of the battlefield, the artillery of the Xia army in the center can retreat directly to its own front, and the artillery of the Xia army on the right can only retreat to the front due to terrain restrictions. Retreat in the central direction and retreat to your own front.Since the light artillery units withdrew first, in order to avoid confusion, the Xia Army artillery on the central front had to hold on for a while longer.Logically speaking, in this case, the centerline artillery will face the joint attack of Russian artillery fire and Cossack cavalry on both wings.However, in actual combat, it is impossible for the Cossack cavalry to come and outflank the Xia army's centerline artillery, unless the Cossacks are willing to face their own artillery fire, or the centerline Russian artillery stops attacking. It is impossible to realize, not to mention that before the artillery of the Xia army began to retreat, except for the local Mongolian soldiers on the central front, the Allied forces of Xia and Mongolia on the two wings had already begun to mobilize their horses to the battlefield

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