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Chapter 53: The Sacrifice of Spring Seven Sacrifices

One day in mid-May, the Han Hai Army, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly started to launch again.

Kakduli gathered five thousand cavalry and rushed towards the camp north of Krasnoyarsk.

Seeing such a large formation, the Cossacks in the camp did not attack, but joined the infantry in the camp to attack the coming cavalry with artillery and muskets.

In the past, when they invaded Siberia, as long as there were two hundred people and enough food, they could rely on a Muzhai to safely defend for a year and a half. With this move, they had no opponents throughout the Siberian jungle.

Now they still have two thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry, such military strength, and a large number of muskets and artillery. In this case, as long as there is enough food, it is more than enough to capture a Khanate.

However, this time, they actually gave up on attack.

After the brigade of five thousand cavalry started to move, even if one person and one rider only occupied 5 square meters of space, it would be more than 20,000 square meters. In the Siberian jungle, which is still a forest area, it would be a complete "covering the sky and the sun".

After the brigade of cavalry stopped about two miles away from the camp, the two thousand cavalry in front suddenly ran to both sides.

Only then did the people in the camp find that there were five artillery guns between the two teams of cavalry and cavalry!

The distance between two miles has exceeded the range of the short-barrel cannon in the camp, but the effective range of these five-menibuchu bronze cannons is four miles!

The cavalry in the camp suddenly felt a little regretful, but it was a little late now, and the enemy's cavalry was still waiting for the battle.

In less than three minutes, all the twelve kilograms of lead bullets loaded by the five cannons were in place. A distance of two miles, just put the muzzle to the lowest position.

"boom!!!!!"

It is 167 cm long and 11.2 cm in diameter, and together with the gun mount, it weighs 1,100 kilograms, plus the first ammunition weighing 1,300 kilograms loaded on the gun mount, each Minebuchu bronze cannon weighs 2,400 kilograms.

If you take two and a half pounds of medicine, you can accurately hit a target two miles away if you shoot at zero degrees. If you raise 5 degrees, you can hit a target three miles away. If you raise 10 degrees, you can still hit a target four miles away accurately. At this distance, the shell still has strong kinetic energy!

After a huge roar, five twelve-pound lead bullets roared forward.

"Bang!", "Bang!", "Cruff", "Ah!"

In an instant, various sounds of shells hitting the wooden fence and human bodies were heard.

When the smoke of gunpowder dissipated and looked carefully, a small piece of the fence facing the bronze cannon had already fallen to the ground!

"call out……"

This was the whistle that the new round of loading began to be counted. A soldier standing next to the bronze cannon picked up a long rod with a wet cloth and stuffed it into the barrel and turned it quickly. After turning, another soldier holding the rod of the same length but wrapped in a dry cloth, stretching the rod into the barrel and turning it.

Then a soldier put a standard medicine bag containing ammunition and lead ammunition into the muzzle. The fourth soldier picked up a long push rod and quickly pushed the medicine bag into the cannon chamber.

At the same time, a soldier near the blast hole had loaded the induction medicine.

The sixth soldier picked up the tunnel engine connecting the cannons - his ears were stuffed with cloth and his back was facing the cannons.

Seventh, the eighth soldier had already worked together to complete the calibration of the artillery position.

According to two artillery pieces, one platoon, and five are also considered to be a company. The artillery company commander blew the copper whistle to fire.

Standing opposite the soldier holding the tunnel engine was a soldier holding a small red flag - the ninth soldier!

After hearing the whistle, the soldier waved the red flag in his hand suddenly. The sixth soldier holding the tunnel engine saw it and then pulled the trigger.

"boom……"

Five artillery guns were fired again almost at the same time.

The company commander looked at the clock placed on the ground.

"Three minutes, make do"

He muttered.

Next to the ammunition rack not far away, six soldiers were waiting for the battle, ready to transport medicine bags at all times. Once the soldiers near the artillery died, they could make up for it as soon as possible.

This is why a 12-jin Nibchu bronze cannon was equipped with fifteen people and eight horses (four horses pulled the cannon body and gun mount that loaded the first ammunition, and the other four horses pulled two ammunition weighing 2,600 kilograms). Compared with the past, they also cut the grooms and were both artillery soldiers.

The effect of this round was amazing. The camp on that side had collapsed by shells!

"Three live ammunitions, two shotguns"

The company commander gave another order.

This command contains two meanings.

If the enemy still does not move, then put on the horse after loading and move forward, and bombard it again when it is about four hundred meters closer to the camp. At this time, if the enemy quickly sets the camp up again, the three live-fire artillery loaded cannons will continue to bombard the hasty fence, and it is inevitable that they will fall to the ground again.

At this time, a round of shotgun bombardment is carried out at the notch, and each Minebuchu bronze cannon can load a pack of shotguns containing one hundred leads.

Once this shotgun is launched, its effective range can reach 400 meters, forming a barrage about 30 meters wide, and there will be no grass in the barrage!

If multiple shotguns are shot crosswise at the same time, the effect will be better!

If the enemy is to prevent the Hanhai Army cavalry from breaking into the big village at this time, the shotgun can also be aimed at the cavalry and fired. When the enemy is hit hard by the head, he will be at a loss for a moment and be stunned, our cavalry will be dispatched.

Therefore, no matter that, we are a complete winner.

What a Cossack. After the camp fell, their cavalry came out! Some of the infantry inside were lifting up the fences, and some were loading artillery. Although they were a little panic, they were still in order.

The enemy's cavalry must have come for artillery.

Kak Duli, who was riding on a horse, felt very moved when he saw this scene.

He had two feelings.

One is naturally the power of his own artillery. Such a large amount of artillery can produce such power. If it were placed in the Qing Dynasty, at the same distance and the same large amount of artillery shells, the cannon body alone would probably cost 3,000 kilograms. With the cannon stand and ammunition, it would probably cost 5,000 kilograms, and at least eight horses would need to be pulled at the same time!

They also have heavier artillery, but it requires more than ten bulls to pull, and the speed and maneuverability are greatly reduced.

"Fortunately, I came to the Great Xia Empire, otherwise..."

When I thought about the fact that I was still in the Qing Dynasty, I was shattered under the bombardment of such artillery shells and shots, I couldn't help but feel a little chilled.

Another feeling was against the Cossack cavalry opposite.

"What a powerful cavalry, with superb riding skills, fierceness, unyielding, simple and effective swordsmanship. If it were put in the Qing Dynasty, it would be a perfect candidate for Bayala. There were so many of these cavalry! Moreover, under the shocking attack of artillery just now, they were not conservative and still chose to attack at the risk of being attacked by artillery and cavalry. This courage is probably not even Bayala."

Bayala, who is fearless in the face of cold weapons, would probably only be able to escape if she saw such a powerful cannon.

"boom!!!"

After the two cannons loaded with shotguns roared, in an instant, the battlefield opposite was quiet, and then a large array of screams appeared, including those of them, as well as those of war horses.

"Bang!"

At this time, Kakduli shook his whip and moved out again with his cavalry.

...

A few days later, the army surrounding Krasnoyarsk suddenly increased.

"Arson ready!"

The governor Golovin roared, and Yuewu issued an order. The serious military commander in the city, Major Bekotov, quickly shouted, "Slow!"

Golovin was furious and stared at him and shouted: "There are thousands of enemies on each side. If they don't bombard them with artillery before they approach, do they have to wait until they approach and climb up the city wall like ants to attack?"

But Bekotov shook his head and handed him the telescope in his hand.

In the camera, Golovin became more and more shocked the more he looked at it.

I saw that there were only five or six thousand "enemy troops" coming over him. The cavalry behind him looked like the barbarians of Sauron, while the infantry running in front was a typical costume of a newly established shooting soldier in the Russian Empire!

That's not all. There was a carriage among the infantry, with a big cross standing on it, and a man was tied to it.

"O God," the telescope in Golovin's hand almost fell to the city.

That man turned out to be the cousin of the current Tsar, the Grand Duke of Moscow, the Minister of Kazan Prefecture in charge of Siberia, Nikita Romanov!

He quickly ran to the other two sides, and when he saw it, he suddenly burst out all of them.

The great hero Pozarsky, who was tied to the cross in the east, and the famous Don Cossack leader to the west. Tukhachevsky, who had just defected to the empire, came here to support him according to the letter from Tobolsk Governor Philip Lemezov, who came here to support him!

"How is that possible?"

Golovin fell into the ice bank at once.

"The army close to 20,000 actually..."

This time, the telescope in his hand really fell down.

Krasnoyarsk surrendered, and Peter Golovin did not dare to hold on to himself at the risk of being injured in the Grand Duke of Moscow. Moreover, in their hands, in addition to Nikita, there were also Pozarsky, Tukhachevsky, and as many as 5,000 Cossack prisoners!

The Tsar's aunt's cousin, the Imperial Cavalry Director Chekarsky, was a soldier, and he escaped in Dingyuan City, barely saving his face for the Russians.

...

A month later, in the Assumption Cathedral of Our Lady, after listening to Chekarsky's story, the Tsar was not panicked at all, but instead looked relieved.

"Go, take Molozov with him, he knows Turkic and Mongolian languages, and the conditions are very simple. We give up the area east of the Yenisei River, and talk about the rest slowly. Nikita, Pozarsky, Cossack, and shooting soldiers will all be replaced."

"The empire should also give up its half-heartedness. It is serious to win the Baltic Sea's estuary. If it can fight the Crimean Khanate in the south, it will be best to completely defeat it."

"The Sorens' tea is very good. Although we were defeated, we can still be a business partner. I hope that one of the four cities of Tara, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk and Yenisesk can be retained for trade."

In Mikhail's heart, he didn't care much about losing so many soldiers. In the war with Poland for Smolensk not long ago, the Empire lost 8,000 mercenaries from the German city-state in the war, and also lost the commander of this army, Colonel Sanders, the Englishman, who was the most powerful army under the empire.

But after that, the well-populated empire quickly reorganized its army.

"otherwise"

The voice of the always weak Tsar suddenly became cold.

"Tell the Saurons that my empire has nearly 20 million people. If they are more and more eager, I can launch 100,000 cavalry and 100,000 infantry to go east, so that these pagans can also consider it!"
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