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Chapter 916 Tsarist Russia declares war on Ming Dynasty (Part [-])
Zhang Xianzhong stationed troops in Aihui City.Several main naval warships of the Ming Dynasty have reached the Jingqili River and the Udi River along the Nen River, Songhua River and Heilong River.

At this time, the spies sent by Zhang Xianzhong came back and reported that Tsarist Russia had sent 10 regular troops to the city of Yakutsk. Interestingly, their [-] regular troops were different from the original mercenaries. They were also called expeditionary troops. Ready to fight a big battle with Ming Dynasty, now a [-] Tsarist Russian expeditionary force is marching towards Nerchinsk.

Zhang Xianzhong saw that the time was right, and he had to wipe out the Tsarist Russian invaders in Yaksa and Nerchinsk before the reinforcements from Tsarist Russia arrived.

Using the local residents, Zhang Xianzhong has also figured out that around the two cities of Nerchinsk and Yaksa, Tsarist Russia has built more than a dozen castles and fortifications. Or Cossacks.

So Zhang Xianzhong issued an order for a full-scale attack, and the Battle of Yaksa kicked off.

Nearly [-] expeditionary troops of the Ming Dynasty marched by land and water, and launched a fierce attack on more than a dozen strongholds such as Nerchinsk, Yaksa, Suli, and Humar.

There are two leaders of the Tsarist Russian invaders who are stubbornly resisting here, Stepanov and Tolbuzin. One of these two guys occupies Nerchinsk and the other occupies Yaksa. fight back.

This kind of all-round attack by the Ming army made the dozen or so castles of the Tsarist Russian invaders unable to care about each other, and could only fight on their own. Their retreat has created a situation of catching a turtle in a urn.

It has to be said that the castle fortifications of the Tsarist Russian invaders was very strong, and their firepower was also very fierce. Thousands of muskets and blunderbusses fired at the same time, and the mountain cannons roared wildly, filling the air with smoke, blazing into the sky, and sand and stones splashing.

At this time, the red-clothed cannons of the Ming army roared. These red-clothed cannons were not only deployed on land, but also on the naval battleships of the Ming Dynasty. This upgraded version of the red-clothed cannons is much more powerful than the mountain cannons of the Tsarist Russian invaders. , The range is also far, one after another shells whizzed out, accurately landed on the castle invaded by Tsarist Russia, inside the fortifications, rumbled.

These Tsarist Russian invaders never dreamed that the Ming army had such firepower. This red-clothed cannon smashed them to pieces, the castle was blown into ruins, the mountain artillery was blown into dumb, the muskets and birds, together with the Tsarist Russians. The bodies of the invaders were flying all over the sky.

Soon the firepower of the Tsarist Russian invaders was suppressed.The iron cavalry of the Ming Expeditionary Army, as well as the infantry and the navy rushed forward together, and rushed into the castles and fortifications of the Tsarist Russian invaders with a single charge.

Then the two sides fought hand-to-hand. Originally, the Ming army and Killing Aggression were outnumbered. In addition, the red-clothed cannon had knocked them out of their heads. Therefore, there was no suspense in this kind of hand-to-hand combat.

Soon the Tsarist Russian invaders in Suli, Humar and other fortifications were wiped out.The Tsarist Russian invaders in the two castles of Nerchinsk and Yaksa suffered heavy casualties. These so-called Cossack warriors with blue eyes and big noses couldn't bear it and demanded to surrender. .

Ignored these Zhang Xianzhong at all, and asked his soldiers to wipe out these Tsarist Russian invaders.

This fierce battle started around noon and continued until the second watch of the night. More than a dozen castle strongholds headed by Nerchinsk and Yaksa were all taken away by the Ming Expeditionary Army, and all 1 Tsarist Russian invaders were buried in the castle and Inside and outside the fortifications, Stepanov and Tolbuzin, the two small leaders of the Russian invaders, all died in the chaos.

The Ming army smashed their fortifications and castles and burned them to the ground.

At dawn, the Ming Expeditionary Army completely occupied the cities of Nerchinsk and Yaksa.

At this time, Zhu Yousong, who was advancing eastward and northward along the Amur River Basin and commanding Li Zicheng's Ming expeditionary force, had reached the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, received news of the victory in the Battle of Nerchinsk. Immediately passed an edict to praise and reward Zhang Xianzhong's department.

However, the Tsarist Russian government soon formally declared war on the Ming government.

Zhu Rusong saw that it would be good to formally declare war, so as not to be sneaky, so he also formally declared war on the Tsarist Russian government.

After the government officially declares war, it means that the armies of the two sides can fight openly.

Not long after the Tsarist Russian government and the Ming government declared war on each other, more than 3 Tsarist Russian expeditionary forces that had arrived around Lake Baikal launched a fierce attack on the Ming expeditionary force led by Zhang Xianzhong. They attempted to retake Yaksa and Nerchinsk and other places.

Compared with the mercenaries of the Tsarist Russian government and the so-called Cossack warriors, the Russian government's expeditionary force seems to be more powerful, and the artillery fire is more violent, mainly because they are larger in scale and have more people.

But none of this can change their fate of fiasco.

The fierce exchange of fire between the two sides, although they were both expeditionary forces, the Tsarist Russian Expeditionary Force was no match for the Ming Expeditionary Force. No matter in terms of firepower, individual combat, or collective charge, they had to bow down.

In the Geerbiqi River and the Ergun River, the navies of both sides encountered each other.Although both sides are now in the age of sailing ships, the warships of Tsarist Russia are not comparable to the warships of Ming Dynasty. In terms of tonnage, firepower equipment, and speed of the ships, they are all a grade behind.

Because the warships equipped by the expeditionary navy of the Ming Dynasty are all improved and refitted on the basis of the Dutch warships. The strength of the Ming Dynasty and the navigation technology of the Netherlands make such an upgrade far surpass the warships of Tsarist Russia.

Compared with the ordinary warships of Tsarist Russia, Ming's warships are equivalent to cruisers, battleships, and close to aircraft carriers.

Therefore, compared with Ming's strong ships and guns, Tsarist Russia's navy is simply vulnerable.

Therefore, in this fight between the two sides, the winner was immediately determined.

The Tsarist Russian Expeditionary Army retreated steadily, and the Ming Expeditionary Army advanced step by step.

On the day when the two sides fought, Zhang Xianzhong's Ming expeditionary force advanced the front line by more than 100 miles.

These arrogant and arrogant Tsarist Russian expeditionary forces repeatedly exclaimed and couldn't stand it!
At this time, tens of thousands of troops under the command of Huang Degong arrived in the Lake Baikal area. Although Huang Degong's army was not the Ming expeditionary force, this team was also experienced in many battles, and its men were as fierce as clouds, not to mention how powerful Huang Degong's iron whip was. , his young generals Ma Bao and Zu Keyong are all powerful generals who can annihilate the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.

Therefore, the addition of Huang Degong's new force directly declared the destruction of the more than 3 Tsarist Russian expeditionary forces.

After three days and three nights of fighting between the two sides, the Tsarist Russian Expeditionary Army suffered heavy casualties, and only 3 people fled back to Yakutsk in embarrassment, with more than 5000 horses and horses. In this battle, more than 20 fortifications such as castles and strongholds of the Russian invaders were destroyed, and 3 Russian expeditionary troops were annihilated.

Zhang Xianzhong’s Ming Expeditionary Army settled in Novayakutsk, while Huang Degong’s troops settled in Ikutsk on the other side of Lake Baikal. Dozens of naval battleships of the Ming Expeditionary Army sailed into the vast Lake Baikal .

(End of this chapter)