The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

At this time, Xie Miao also came to see Chechen while the two armies temporarily separated from the fighting.

Xie Miao asked, "Head, what shall we do next?"

"What we do next depends on what the other party will do next." At this time Cheer Chen was in a good mood because he had repelled an enemy's attack, and he said roundly.

Xie Miao failed to understand Cheerchen's meaning. Xie Miao scratched his head, at a loss.

"Haha, haha..." Seeing Xie Miao's appearance, Chechen couldn't help laughing.

"Xie Miao, what we do next depends on what the other party will do next. If they do not pursue, we will retreat slowly, and our people will wait and cover us five miles away; if the Kalmyks dare to come again Attack, we'll give them a bit more severely." Cheerchen explained.

Xie Miao suddenly realized.

"I see, captain! I'm going to make arrangements." Xie Miao said.

Just when Xie Miao and the others began to retreat slowly, the group of Kalmyk cavalry that had disappeared appeared again.

This time, the Kalmyk cavalry opened a long line of skirmishers. Each cavalry was three to five meters apart. Obviously, this was to prevent heavy casualties from being shelled again.

At this time, Xie Miao's infantry was slowly approaching the artillery position where Cheechen was.

"Change shotgun!"

Cheerchen drew the saber on his waist and pointed it diagonally forward, he ordered.

Cheechen had waited for the Kalmyk cavalry to enter the range of the artillery again, and was about to swing the saber down sharply, ordering fire, but the Kalmyk cavalry stopped outside the range of the artillery.

Seeing this, Cheechen immediately ordered: "One shot is ready to fire, nine shots are ready!"

"Boom!" The artillery on the far right roared again, and another burst of gunpowder smoke rose from the opposite side.

This time the movement was much weaker than the last time. The shotgun fell to the ground after flying to its maximum range, without causing any casualties to the enemy.

When the shelling stopped, the Kalmyk cavalry moved again. They opened up a longer frontal width, and then stood in groups of ten, like a large open net, enclosing the mercenary group.

"Yelisey, have you seen it? These Kalmyk cavalry seem to be planning to nail us here!" Cheerchen pointed to a flag-bearer who was holding a pennant right across from him and said to Yelishey who came to him. .

"Let’s see... Ah, it’s like this. But they made a big mistake. With such a sparse formation, I can defeat them with just one charge! Commander, let me take the Hessian Cavalry and Isaac. The tribal cavalry of the patriarch, taking advantage of the dispersal of the enemy's forces to counterattack." Yelisei couldn't help fighting.

Yelishei's idea of ​​bringing along Isaac's Tatar tribe cavalry had also happened to Chechen, but in the end it was rejected by him. Cheechen worried that the urinary nature of the Tatar cavalry, once out of the range of the muskets and artillery, a counterattack would likely be marked by them as a rout, and the rout of the Tatar cavalry would impact his own people instead. In this way, it is better to let them continue to cover Xie Miao and their retreat on the flanks.

"No, Isaac's 300 Tatar Cavalry should be kept." Chechen said.

Next, Cheechen ordered Yelischey to lead the Hessian cavalry to move on standby, while Xie Miao and others waited for half of the soldiers, while the other half took a rest. He also ordered a group of soldiers to dig a trench around the artillery position under the cover of the musketeer to make a stand.

The Kalmyk cavalry mistakenly thought that the mercenary group's move to increase fortifications was to stand by and wait for help. They really wanted to stop it, but under the gaze of the black hole of the musket, the Kalmyk commander didn't dare to act rashly.

The "coward" of Kalmyk commander made Chechen's plan to lure the enemy unsuccessful, and the two armies began to stand in a stalemate.

Obviously, the longer the delay, the more detrimental it is to Cheorchen.

When the sun was about to set, Cheerchen led the blocking troops and began to retreat quickly. They first launched a counterattack with the Hessian cavalry, and when they encountered resistance, they disguised themselves and retreated. Then they slowly introduced the Kalmyk cavalry into the range of the muskets and artillery. Then, all the muskets fired together to shoot the Kalmyk cavalry. I was caught off guard.

Taking advantage of the Kalmyk cavalry being beaten up, Cheechen led his army to quickly disengage from the Kalmyk cavalry and marched toward Cherkessk.

Since the Kalmyk cavalry who surrounded Chechen and them had only 1,000 men, there was no advantage in number, and there were only bows and arrows but no muskets, and the two losses also made them a long memory. Therefore, the Kalmyk cavalry only dared to follow far away, and did not dare to approach within the range of the musket.

Before sunset, the guard led by Cheer Chen joined the main force of the mercenary group. After about an hour of marching, they finally returned to Cherkessk.

In Cherkessk, Pedro and his two squadrons, who had arrived early, had already fortified their positions with the remaining defenders. Since there was not enough time to dig the trench wider and deeper, the defenders scattered a circle of triangular spikes on the periphery of the trench to block the charge of the Kalmyk cavalry.

The sentry on the watchtower saw Cheorchen and the others retreat, and hurriedly lowered the suspension bridge to let them enter the city. Next, the Hessian cavalry and artillery also entered the fortification.

Standing inside the suspension bridge, Pidro saw that Cheorchen was safe and hugged his nephew. When Spasokukotsky and others saw this touching scene of family reunion, they couldn't help smiling.

Pidro hugged Cheerchen three times tightly, then let go of his hand.

He said to Chechen: "My nephew, you must listen to your uncle this time. Cross the river, before the Kalmykians come, quickly cross the river. We return to Azov, and then take the boat back. Poland. No! Go back to Spain. Anyway, you can go anywhere!"

"My dear uncle!" Cheerchen couldn't help but smile when he saw Pidro's incoherent speech.

"You're still laughing!" Pidro gave Cheorchen a fiercely. He continued: "What I'm saying is true! Karachi Mirza and Saigetbey are all over. We are isolated and helpless, and we can't win the fight. Although our temporary fortifications can be blocked. For a while, what's the use of this? As long as they keep us trapped for more than ten days, we will be hungry. Besides, that Muhammad Glyy is not very good to you, so what can we do for them."

After Pedro finished speaking, Cheerchen smiled and said, "Uncle, we of course have to retreat to Azov. There is no doubt about it. But when it comes to escaping back to Spain, this is too far. Got it!"

Pidro said that he was anxious when he returned to Spain. Seeing that Cheerchen was not opposed to withdrawing to Azov, he hurriedly defended: "You bastard, now you learn how to play with my uncle."

Cheerchen smiled back at Pidro. He clapped his hands, and was about to say a few words of thanks to the officers of the mercenary group. But inadvertently, Cheechen glanced at the surroundings of the suspension bridge, some soldiers showed fear and withdrawal expressions and eyes. Obviously, the frustrating words of his Uncle Piedro just now affected them. Seeing this, Cheerchen had to say something to boost his morale in order to redeem the adverse effect that Pidro had just caused.

Chechen said: "Everyone, although we retreated without winning this time, this is not because we are inferior to the Kalmyks, but because some of our friendly forces acted arbitrarily and did not obey the command. In the blocking battle just now In this game, our infantry fights with the cavalry of the opposing force without falling into the wind. This fully shows that our combat effectiveness is stronger than the opponent. Everyone, when we return to Azov for a rest, let these Kalmykia People know how good we are!"

Cheechen's words were made to Yelishei, and even to the soldiers around him. After listening to Chechen's words, everyone's morale rose again. Even Yelishei and others thought: "Yeah, as the team leader said, we were scammed by teammates like pigs~www.readwn.com~ Otherwise, what Kalmyks would defeat these Kalmyks? "

Then, seeing everyone's morale boosted, Cheerchen began to plan the next retreat plan.

In order to prevent another ambush and surprise attack by the Kalmyk cavalry, Cheerchen prepared to send scout cavalry in eight directions before the large troops retreated. These cavalry are both scouts and communications. What they did was to detect the enemy's situation and report information during the march. There are five scout cavalry on each road, and these five men look at each other during the investigation, and can't get out of their sights. And everyone is equipped with flare to alert the army in case of an emergency.

Then, all the troops in the camp were divided into six teams. The first to retreat were the cavalry and engineers. They will advance quickly to the crossing of the Don River and hold the bridge over the river. If the bridge has been destroyed by the Kalmyks, then the engineers accompanying the army must quickly erect the pontoon bridge over the river.

Then the infantry and artillery units retreated. The order of all the infantry is the two mercenary squadrons led by Father Pidro and Spasokukotsky, two hundred infantry and artillery led by Xie Miao, and five hundred Hessian mercenaries. After all the four infantry units left the camp, they marched at a distance of two miles between them.

At the end of the team, there are three hundred Tatar cavalry led by Patriarch Isaac, who are in charge of the queen.

Although Cheerchen's heart is a bit sad when he always puts Patriarch Isaac’s Tatar cavalry in the last and most dangerous position, but compared with the other parts of the mercenary group, if you want to lose, Cheerchen would rather lose. Tatars. People are close and distant, and Cheerchen is no exception.

But shortly after Cheer Chen arranged the retreat plan, a huge yellow smoke suddenly rose up in the north. Cheerchen knew that that was the main force of the Kalmyk cavalry.