The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Cheerchen finally didn't tell Pidro that Fatima was pregnant with her child. And this day also passed in the exhaustion of both sides. Neither Uzenbey nor Isilan Glyy launched another attack.

On this night of the day, the weather was rare and dull and human, and the air was filled with a burnt smell and the rancid smell of corpses. It was dark, as if it was going to rain heavily. But the rain is exactly what Cheorchen hoped. Because the heavy rain will cause a lot of trouble for the mercenary group that builds defenses near the river beach, but it can also prevent the enemy's attack in the next few days.

In the car formation, all the soldiers except the guard sentry entered Mengxiang, and everyone was taking time to rest and replenish their energy. In the center of the chariot camp, Cheerchen gathered all the officers except for the seriously injured Father Spaso Kukotsky to discuss tomorrow's defense.

Chechen first spoke: "Everyone, today, relying on everyone’s tenacity, we withstood the two-sided attack of Isilan Glyy and Uzenbey, but Ishran Glyy’s ally, Carl led by Ayuqi Meck cavalry, they have not been engaged in the battle today, although I don’t know why. But this is a new force of the enemy after all, and we can’t expect Ayuqi to sit on the sidelines all the time. So tomorrow, If the Kalmyks join the battle, what should we do?"

After listening to Cheerchen's words, everyone was silent for a while. Then Yelishei raised his head first. He looked around and saw that no one else was speaking, so he first said: "Head of the team, let me say a few words."

After getting Chechen's approval, Yelishei spoke. He said: "Everyone, I want to say that we can't just defend like this. In today's battle, our losses are great, but the enemy's losses are even greater. The enemy just throws away at the Uzenbey position in front of us. No fewer than 700 corpses were laid down, and I estimate that among Uzenbeyi’s men and horses, there should be no more than 3,000 who are really capable of fighting. Now they are tired of horses, we should launch a night attack to destroy them to relieve us tomorrow pressure."

Yelisei’s suggestion is obviously extremely courageous and extremely risky. Although the night attack has always been a classic tactic of defeating the strong when the enemy is strong and we are weak, the risk is huge after all. Therefore, although Yelishei looked at Cheerchen with hope and hoped that he would adopt his own suggestion, Cheerchen did not agree with him decisively as before, but hesitated rarely.

At this time, Fedot spoke for the second time. He said: "Yelsey, I am not pouring cold water. I just want to tell the truth and let you know how bad our situation is. Just now, I distributed the ammunition I received from Ingrid. The musketeer only had fifty lead bullets and the corresponding gunpowder. If this number is exhausted in the night attack, we will not be able to survive the next few days. And, as you can see, the soldiers went through a daytime battle. , People are already exhausted, how can there be energy and physical strength to attack at night? I think it is better to stick to it, because if it goes well, the Viscount Hessian can get here in three days after borrowing from Kafa and taking a boat, and the Tatars are fighting for it Ability has always been their weakness."

"But what if? In case Viscount Hessian is caught halfway, or Mahmed Pasha is unwilling to send troops, have you considered this situation? We may never wait for reinforcements (I hope this Happens), but if we defeat Uzenbey in front of us, we will not be troubled. We can arm ourselves with enemy supplies, and we can even retake Azov. You said our soldiers are exhausted, but the enemy Also exhausted. My Hessian cavalry has not been engaged in the battle today. They are high-spirited and energetic..." Yelisei retorted to Fedot’s difficulties one by one.

At this time, perhaps Yelishei was too impatient. His tone of voice hurt Fedot. The always good-tempered Fedot retorted unwillingly: "Yelisei, what you said was after the successful night attack. Good, but what if you fail? Isilan Glyy and Uzenbey are not fledgling rookies. Wouldn't they prevent us from attacking at night? If the attack fails, our only new force will suffer. Loss, how can we survive, have you considered it?"

Yelishei was robbed of by Fedot, but he could not find a good reason. He put his hands on his chest and snorted.

Cheechen was originally to convene everyone to discuss the defense of tomorrow, but after Yelishei proposed a night attack, the officers of the mercenary group were divided into two factions. One faction agreed with the night attack, and the other supported the night attack. .

At this time, Cheer Chen fell into the panic of another matter. Although both Fedot and Yelishei mentioned the reinforcements, they only mentioned Viscount Hessian, and deliberately did not mention Fatima, but Chechen still inevitably thought about that aspect. . This made Chechen extremely upset. In addition to the sultry weather, Cheerchen felt a little breathless.

Cheering, feeling a little breathless, knotted the button on his neckline. At this time, because he, the head of the group, had not spoken, the argument between the faction supporting Yelisei and the faction supporting Fedot became more and more intense.

"enough!"

Cheerchen yelled, feeling anxious. The sound was so loud that it even awakened the sleeping soldiers around.

Both Yelishei and Fedot looked at Chechen, waiting for him to make up his mind.

"I," Cheechen felt his throat dry and uncomfortable as soon as he opened his mouth. He swallowed hard, and then said, "I think it's better to defend."

Seeing Cheerchen's support for his opinion, Fedot smiled happily. Yelishei was disappointed.

Now that the defense was determined, everyone turned the topic back to how to defend. The focus of tomorrow's defense is obviously the Kalmyk cavalry of Ayuqi on the opposite bank of the Kuban River. For this reason, all the gunners and most of the artillery are arranged on this side to prevent the enemy's entire division from crossing the river. On the side facing Uzenbeyi, Cheechen led a squadron of pikemen and a small amount of artillery for defense, and the Tatar tribe cavalry led by Patriarch Isaac also dismounted and supported Cheechen and the spear with bows and arrows. Soldiers. As for the Hessian Cavalry, they still serve as a reserve team.

Early the next morning, drums, horns, and cannons sounded again. Relying on the absolute advantage of twice the number, Isilan Glyy and Uzenbey launched another attack.

As usual, there was an artillery battle before the attack.

As more than a dozen of the mercenary regiment’s chariots were destroyed, a gap of more than 20 meters wide appeared on the front of the mercenary regiment. For the defense of this gap, according to the deployment last night, Cheerchen could only rely on simple sandbags and pikemen.

The focus of Uzenbey's offensive is this gap. He hit all the artillery and large-caliber muskets and bombarded the gap, trying to kill and disperse the pikemen who blocked the gap.

In this contest between flesh and steel, the mercenary regiment had pikemen constantly being hit by shells and bullets. Those solid shells pose the greatest threat to the mercenary group. Although the hit rate of the Tatar artillery is generally dependent on the blessing of God, even if it is a shell hit, it will penetrate one in the crowd. Coming from the alley of blood.

In the shelling of more than half an hour, two solid shells hit the gun array of the mercenary regiment, causing two columns and 21 soldiers to be killed and injured.

Under such circumstances, a weaker-willed soldier can easily collapse. Because the fear of death is human nature, even elite veterans may weigh the pros and cons and have the idea of ​​running away if they face the situation of death. The two squadrons from Poland are not strong, and their age is not too old or too young. The support to the present depends on the leadership of the officers and the strict military laws. Because this time, Cheerchen did not command from the back, instead, he stood in the forefront and held the banner of the mercenary group in his hand.

The shells that were shot at the gap were also shot at Cheerchen. As the head of the mercenary regiment, he stood on the front line, which gave the soldiers a great encouragement.

In addition, Piedro and Aunt Varvara also led a team of veterans of a hundred battles standing around the pikemen and the dismounted Tatar cavalry phalanx to prevent anyone from fleeing timidly. Pidro even personally executed a Tatar cavalry who tried to escape.

After executing the deserter, Pidro exclaimed: "You escape, where can you escape? We are surrounded by enemies. After leaving the chariot, any one of you can run past a four-legged horse and go out to death. Stay here and wait for the reinforcements to arrive. There is still a way to survive, so think about it yourself!"

This is a very simple truth, everyone can understand. Moreover, Cheorchen said the same before the war.

As a result, everyone had to grit their teeth and persist to the end, using their numb nerves to fight the gunfire of Uzenbeyi.

The shelling stopped and Uzenbey sent cavalry to attack. When he thought about it, the pikemen at the gap should have collapsed even if they were not killed or injured. At the same time, the river was densely packed with troops from Isilan Gley crossing the river.

Thousands of iron hoofs hit the ground. With that huge momentum, even the dust under Cheechen's feet jumped.

"Archery!" Cheerchen shouted.

"Fire!" Fedot on the river bank also shouted.

The order was passed on, and the Tatar tribe cavalry at the rear quickly opened the bow, and the artillery also inserted the red iron brazing into the fire door. The Tatar cavalry in Uzenbeyi was shelled and automatically tightened their formations and sprinted forward faster, hoping to avoid bullet rain at the dead corner of the shelling; while on the Kuban River, a large raft was hit by shelling and broke apart.

At this time, in the car formation of the mercenary regiment, the sound of artillery stopped, and the dense drums sounded. It was the pikemen who were regrouping, and the artillery was also reloading the artillery with shotguns.

On the front, Uzenbey saw that what the mercenary group had fired was not a bullet but a feather arrow. He knew that the mercenary group had run out of ammunition. The excited Uzenbey commanded the cavalry to charge at the fastest speed. But he didn't realize that the flank was completely exposed by the long-snake formation that had gradually elongated.

This mistake of Uzenbeyi immediately fell into Chechen's eyes.

The enemy's mistake is his own fighter, Cheerchen immediately ordered the horn to sound the horn of attack.

At the gap on the side of the car formation, the Hessian cavalry that had been lined up on the side of the car formation was dispatched.

In the fighting over the past few days, almost all of them have been engaged in the battle. Only they have been in the audience. At this time, the Hessian cavalry had already been eager to try. At this time, they saw the battle flag dancing and the cavalry led by Yelisei. From the left flank, they rushed out at an extremely fast speed, attacking the enemy cavalry in front of the car formation.

For this attack, Cheerchen no longer reserved, the most elite Hessian cavalry all dispatched, like a tiger facing the python at the same time with its minions. Uzenbey certainly understood what it meant to be attacked on the flanks, and he hurriedly ordered a team of cavalry to stop the charge of the Hessian cavalry, but it was too late.

In the blink of an eye, the Hessian cavalry had already slammed forward.

These elite fighters from the German Hessian area let out a roar, their flags fluttered in the wind, their scabbards hit the armor with clanging iron and steel, and sharp sabers hung high over the horse's head.

The Hessian cavalry used a dense wall charge to pierce the thin wall made up of Uzenbeyi's offensive cavalry, and then rushed into the enemy's formation, rushing like a hurricane, sweeping everything all the way, cutting the giant snake into two!

On Uzenbei’s side, most of the Tatar cavalry who followed the Tatar heavy cavalry attack hardly wear armor, and as a protective gear for self-defense, there is only a wooden skin shield~www.readwn.com~ Their combat effectiveness is lower than the Kalmyk cavalry. Therefore, the Kalmyk cavalry, whose weapons and will are stronger than theirs, could not withstand the attacks of the Hessian cavalry, and they were even more unlikely.

Originally, the Tatar heavy armored cavalry wanted to disregard the side attack of the Hessian cavalry, relying on the impact of the horse to rush into the chariot and rush into the position. But the ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny. Because of the previous attack, the front of the car formation was full of blood and corpses, especially in the gap. Not only can the horse step on it not be able to maintain high speed, but because the blood horseshoe always slips. In order to prevent the horse from losing the front hoof, the heavy armored cavalry of the front army can only reduce the speed of the horse, which makes them almost a living target when riding on the horse. After being cut off by the cavalry of the mercenary regiment, the phalanx of long spears blocked the way forward, and bows and arrows continued to be fired in the carriage. Death carpet.

And on the other side of the river, Galdan Tsering saw that Isilan Grey had put all his power on the battlefield as agreed, and Chechen’s mercenary group was already at the end of the battle, this militant Kalmay The Ke people asked Ayuqi to fight again: "Ayuqi, let's cross the river and destroy them all."

Ayuqi ignored Galdan Celing and continued to cast his gaze on the other side. On their own side of the Kuban River, the Kalmyks secretly felled trees to make many wooden rafts. The front of these rafts were installed with baffles covered with wet cowhide, and they were even larger. At this time, crossing the river, Chechen's mercenary group, who was in the midst of a bitter battle, obviously didn't have much spare energy to resist.

Do you want to cross the river?

At this moment, what made Ayuqi so difficult to choose was not Yishiran Gree or Chechen, but the news he had just received from the messenger that Kursk had fallen.