Chapter 839 Dilemma

Nicholas had decided to fight, but he had no idea how to fight.

Continuing the mindless charge is definitely not acceptable. The previous battle has proved that the charge is to die. But apart from charging, what else is there to do?

In the previous form of war, the two armies met and then rushed to fight hand to hand.

Even if there are muskets and cannons, they will consume a little remotely, and then the two armies will come together again to fight hand to hand.

Essentially, not much has changed.

When there was a situation where it was impossible to rush to the enemy, Nicholas and his subordinates suddenly became incapable of fighting.

"Perhaps, we can capture the people of their country, and then push these people in front, and our soldiers follow."

an officer said.

"But what if this method doesn't work and the enemy still shoots?"

Nicholas's concern is not whether it is ethical to do so, but whether Hua Jun will be soft-hearted.

Under normal circumstances, the army will shoot directly in this situation.

On the battlefield, there is no room for mercy.

"At least try it, unless you have a better way."

This sentence made Nicholas's decision, because he has no better way, and no one else has a better way.

Subsequently, Nicholas Fu issued an order for his subordinates to arrest the people of Dahua.

When they were in action, the Chinese army was also rushing towards here.

Tsarist Russia first discovered the cavalry of the Chinese army.

When Nicholas heard that a cavalry of more than 1,000 people had appeared behind him, he panicked.

That's cavalry. In this plain area, cavalry is an invincible existence.

If the Chinese army has enough patience, that single cavalry can kill the Russian army.

Facing the Chinese cavalry, they had only one way, and that was to set up camp.

But camping isn't a long-term solution, and supplies are a problem.

If they retreat, the cavalry can pursue and charge them, and then their infantry will be scattered with a single charge.

To defend against the onslaught of the cavalry, they had to form a formation.

When they set up the formation, the cavalry of the Chinese army could watch and wait from a distance. Anyway, the infantry could not keep the same formation forever.

When they began to march, the Chinese cavalry could mount and attack again.

In the plains, as long as they keep their distance at all times, the cavalry can drive the infantry into madness and give the infantry no time to rest.

Therefore, when he heard that there were Dahua's cavalry, and there were thousands of them, Nicholas's heart collapsed.

He urgently summoned his subordinates to discuss how to retreat.

Attacking Dahua, he has given up this unrealistic idea, he just wants to save his own troops and retreat, and defend this place in East Siberia.

After all, this is the only result of their eastward expedition.

"There are more than a thousand cavalry, where did they come from, why was there no news before?"

When Growan and the others heard the news, they immediately changed their color and sent out soul torture.

They all knew how dangerous the situation was.

"Quickly withdraw, if we don't withdraw, we will all die here."

"How to withdraw, will the enemy's cavalry watch us leave?"

"Now that we have captured more than 300 Dahua people, we may be able to bring them along. If Dahua's cavalry dares to rush over, we will kill the hostages."

There was a lot of discussion and disputes, and finally a plan to use the people was finalized.

It's a pity that Siberia is so vast and sparsely populated that it took them a day or two to catch more than 300 people.

If this were in Jiangnan, there would be more than a few people in a village.

"More than 300 hostages are still too few. Compared with the credit for killing thousands of enemy troops, I think the other party will definitely charge up without hesitation."

Nicholas put himself into the position of the leader of the Dahua cavalry, and felt that the Chinese army could not take into account the lives of hundreds of people.

The whole house was once again caught in an argument.

They were anxious and helpless.

In the end, on the one hand, they sent envoys to negotiate with the Hua army, and on the other hand, they collected more Dahua people.

The request made by the envoys they sent was very funny. Nicholas said that they could withdraw from Dahua's territory and return the stolen property, but the Hua army would not allow them to attack them again.

Hua Jun naturally chose to ignore this request.

The Hua army gave their demands, demanding that the Russian army must lay down all their weapons and surrender unconditionally.

Those soldiers who committed crimes must be punished.

Such a request was naturally impossible for the Russian army to accept, and the negotiation broke down after only one contact.

After the talks broke down, the Russian army was in an awkward position.

Continuing to stay in place is to wait for death, and to retreat is to be rushed by the cavalry.

Hua Jun was not in a hurry at all, waiting for the big army to come to attack the fortress.

The advantage of the cavalry is only in mobility.

After two days of grinding, Nicholas and others waited for another bad news. A large army of Dahua arrived here, with a total of seven or eight thousand people.

The original army, Hua Jun, has gathered more than 10,000 people.

This time, Nicholas was completely desperate.

After the main force of the Chinese army arrived, without any ink marks, they immediately launched artillery attacks on the Russian army, and prepared for the general attack.

As for the ordinary people in the Russian army, they can only ask for more blessings.

Just as Nicholas thought, in the face of huge military exploits, this loss is completely worth it.

The value of a soldier is at least equivalent to three or four ordinary people.

And the Russian army still has 5,000 soldiers, destroying this force is enough to make Tsarist Russia feel pain.

But for Dahua, the death of hundreds of civilians is insignificant. You know, Dahua's population has exceeded 200 million.

The continuous and violent shelling made the Russian army barracks cry and scream.

"Kill those big Chinese."

Nicholas shouted angrily.

He wanted to vent his anger by killing people.

"Calm down, Commander, if we still kill those Dahua people now, we'll be dead later. If we keep these people, we may still have a chance to surrender."

Growan advised.

"Fart, you coward, I don't care about the enemy's revenge, I will fight to the end for honor."

Nicholas roared.

However, there are very few people who think like him, and most of them just want a chance to live.

Although the order to massacre the people was issued, no one followed it.

At this moment, Nicholas has lost control of the army.

After a shelling, the Chinese army launched a general attack.