Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 284 Winning Over Osman

Hatu touched the blood on his face, and with an order, the Horqin cavalry and a thousand prairie wolves under his command quickly rushed to the central battlefield.

Dakoff watched the black whirlwind wield his saber and kept harvesting the Cossack cavalry. He was speechless for a long time, until Tariq told him in a sad tone that the 76th Division was wiped out. He suddenly woke up and said Saying: "My God!"

Although most of the Mongols' weapons and equipment were very backward, the madness on them gave the Russian army a headache.The Mongols are no longer fighting with their lives, but at the cost of their lives in exchange for the enemy's injury, even if it is a slight wound. This kind of wild fighting spirit has indeed caused an inexplicable chill in the hearts of most Cossacks.

Zhang Yu quietly watched the situation on the battlefield. The current battle situation has been reversed due to the appearance of the prairie wolf. More and more Russian troops have fallen, and fewer and fewer Russian troops can continue to fight on horseback.On the other side of the battlefield, Dakov also quietly watched what was happening in front of him, and he roared loudly at the Cossack cavalry on the battlefield ahead: "Even if you have only the last drop of blood left, you must fight on, great! Your empire needs you!"

But it was too late at this time. Dakoff saw that the black prairie wolves had already overwhelmed the main Cossack cavalry on the central battlefield, and the number of Russian troops on the battlefield dropped rapidly like falling into quicksand.Seeing that the central battlefield was in desperation, the Russian army on the right-wing battlefield wanted to get rid of the siege of the Wenkui cavalry division, and rushed outward desperately to support the main cavalry.But they seem to have forgotten that in addition to Wenkui's Mongolian cavalry, there is also a 1000-man prairie wolf army. The Mongolian wolf pack tactics have been brought to the extreme at this time. On the one hand, Wenkui's Mongolian cavalry surrounded the Russian army on the periphery. On the other hand, the prairie wolves carried out a frantic massacre of the Russians in this encirclement.The Russian troops who wanted to rush out were the first to be hunted down.

In the bitter cold wind of the grassland, Wen Kui took off his robe and threw it into the sky, shouting: "Brothers, let me block it, and don't let the Russians rush out." The Mongols who already hated these Russian troops , Hearing Wen Kui's words, he chased and intercepted desperately, never letting the Russians break out of the encirclement.

The fight on the right-wing battlefield continued for another half an hour, and the shouts of the Russians became smaller and smaller, gradually being submerged in the neighing of the Mongolian cavalry horses.

At this time, the central battlefield gradually became quiet, only the neighing of war horses and the panting of soldiers could be heard.The Mongolian cavalry and prairie wolves rushed over from the left and right wings of the battlefield, pressing up layer by layer. The Mongolian army was still organizing the encirclement on the outskirts, while the prairie wolves entered the center of the encirclement, bit by bit to the remaining thousands of soldiers. The name Cossack is near.This time has just entered winter, but the hunting season on the Kulun grassland has arrived ahead of schedule!

"It's over!" After saying these words, Dakov took out a pistol and aimed it at his temple.

Talik nodded, his face was as pale as a sheet of paper. From the beginning to the end, he watched the great Cossack cavalry from victory to defeat, but until now he still didn't understand, could it be that the great empire would be defeated by this cowardly eastern country? ?
Talik snatched Dakoff's pistol and said loudly: "General, you said that suicide is the most cowardly form for a soldier, and he must face it calmly whether he wins or loses."

Dakov was disheartened. Seeing the Russian soldiers being massacred in front of him, he knew that he had made a mistake and let these imperial soldiers be buried in a foreign country. He said weakly to Talik beside him: " Order the soldiers to lay down their weapons and surrender."

After 10 minutes, everything was over. Groups of Cossack cavalry handed over their weapons at the designated place, and then they knelt on the ground row by row under the escort of Chinese soldiers.The north is still cold, but the grassland has regained its original calm.

An adjutant of the expeditionary force stepped forward to the Chinese position after handing over his weapon. Zhang Yu's guards immediately stepped forward to block him, pointing their black muzzles at the adjutant's chest.But he was not afraid at all, and said in blunt Chinese: "Lieutenant General Dakov, the commander of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, asked to see your supreme commander." After the soldiers searched and found no weapons, they reported to Zhang Yu .

Zhang Yu nodded and agreed to Dakov's request.

Not long after, Dakoff brought Chief of Staff Talik to the Chinese position. The gray cotton general officer's coat he was wearing was already covered with blood and dust, and his face was full of exhaustion.He came up to Zhang Yu, holding the command saber in both hands, and lowered his head at the same time.Zhang Yu also knew that this was a western etiquette, and the surrender of the sword by the defeated party represented failure.Zhang Yu took the command saber and held it high with one hand, and there were deafening cheers from all around.

Zhang Yu handed the command knife to the guard, and said to Dakov: "As long as you don't run away or resist, I will guarantee your personal safety." Dakov nodded, bowed deeply, and his face became paler.

Zhang Yu ordered people to clean up the battlefield quickly. Looking at the scattered corpses on the grassland, he was not happy with the victory, because the price of this war was also quite heavy.According to statistics, less than 3 of the [-] Mongolian cavalry are alive.At present, there is not much medicine in the army, and the weather is cold and the conditions are extremely harsh. It is impossible to save those soldiers who were hacked. Some of them were frozen to death on the battlefield, and some gradually lost consciousness and passed away in the arms of their comrades.Therefore, when cleaning the battlefield, it is rare to find surviving soldiers.

Zhang Yuchang sighed, and said to Zhirui in grief and indignation: "The dead soldiers must be buried properly, and the pension must not be less. If there is no money, I will personally ask the emperor for it."

In the city of Beijing, Guan Xuqing received the battle report of Kulun's great victory, and immediately summoned Feng Xianghua and other senior military officials to discuss matters.

"The Great Victory of Kulun greatly hit the arrogance of the Russians, but I said that the Russians can only be defeated and cannot be conquered. Their Tsar Nicholas will definitely organize a large-scale counterattack of the army. The next war will no longer be partial but Comprehensive." Guan Xuqing asked the ministers a question as before, hoping to hear their understanding of this issue.

"Your Majesty, I think this is nothing to worry about. Russia's most elite Far East Fleet, Far East Army, and Cossack cavalry have all been defeated by us. The Tsar has nothing more than one million mercenaries recruited this year." Feng Xianghua assessed the situation. put forward his own opinion.

"I'm not worried about the Russians, Xianghua. You have to know that when a big war breaks out, it will not only be fought but also fought. One is very difficult. If the countries around him are also inclined to Russia to unite against the empire, that's a big deal. A war will be much more troublesome than imagined."

Feng Xianghua nodded: "Your Majesty Shengming, do you mean that the top priority is to unite the countries surrounding Russia?"

"That's right, fighting a war is the same as being a human being. When you make an enemy, you must find a way to make a friend, otherwise your life path will become narrower and narrower."

"If this is the case, in Yichen's opinion, it would be better to form an alliance with the Ottoman Empire first. Over the years, Ottoman and Russia have had many disputes. The so-called enemy's enemy is a friend. I believe that submitting an alliance with him at this time will definitely have a miraculous effect. "

"That's right, that's exactly what I mean. Xianghua, your insight has improved again." Guan Xuqing praised with satisfaction.

Soon the imperial order was sent to London, England, and Guo Songtao, the minister in the UK, was ordered to go to Ottoman to hand over the covenant.

Many years ago, the Ottoman Empire was already a piece of fat in the eyes of the Russians. Because it was located in the north, Nicholas II didn't care much about the mouth of the Far East. Fort Tandin, to obtain the key to enter and exit the Mediterranean Sea, in order to obtain access to the sea.For hundreds of years, they fought against the Nordic countries in Western Europe and the Ottomans. Over the past few hundred years, the land area of ​​Tsarist Russia has increased more than a hundred times, but they have not obtained the ideal outlet to the sea.

The north of Russia is the sea, but the boundless sea is full of icebergs, and the coastline has been frozen for many years, making it impossible to build ports.Although the Baltic Sea in the west is an outlet to the sea, it has been frozen for a long time, and as an inland sea, the conditions for going to the sea are not very good. The narrow sea outlet has always been strictly controlled by European maritime powers.

The Black Sea, which was once thought to be an estuary, turned out to be an inland sea. The real right to go to the sea was firmly controlled by the Ottoman Constantinople. In order to open up this sea route, the Tsar and Turkey fought for hundreds of years. Although the declining Ottoman Turkish Empire was defeated again and again, and even changed from a European power to an Asian country today, the way in and out of the Mediterranean has always been in the hands of Ottoman.

For the right to go to the Black Sea, the Sea of ​​Azov has been occupied since 1667. Russia and Turkey will break out a large-scale war every 20 years. In the Crimean War, if it were not for the obstruction of Britain and France, Constantine Dimburg is now part of Russian territory.

Guan Xuqing didn't want the Russians to focus all their attention on the Far East, so he needed an ally, the enemy of the Russians for generations, Osman.

A few days later, in Constantinople, the Ottoman Sultan Hamid II happily received Guo Songtao. At this time, Ottoman was suppressed by Russia and Bulgaria, and learned that China expressed its willingness to form an alliance with Russia to deal with Russia. At that time, Hamid II immediately agreed to the Chinese envoy's request for an alliance. In order to show friendship, he also generously donated 200 excellent Arabian horses to China.Of course, China's goodwill was even greater. The generous Chinese emperor provided Ottoman with military supplies worth [-] million yuan at a time. These supplies were all new rifles and ammunition made by Chinese arsenals.This surprised Hamid II. He knew that the military weapons produced and sold in China are currently very popular in the world. The price is lower than that of the British and German countries, but the performance is not inferior.In order to thank the Chinese emperor for his generosity, Hamid II immediately decided to sell the Imperial Power-class battleship Geerlai, which had just been purchased from the United Kingdom, to China at the order price.At this point, the old-fashioned Hamid II still kept an eye out. He originally planned to use this warship to stop Russia's attack, but now that the Sino-Russian war has begun, this warship has lost its practical value. The huge maintenance cost of the super battleship is a headache.

(End of this chapter)