On the second day, the royal car arrived at the front line, and Zhu Cihong rode out of the camp to check the enemy situation after a short rest.

At this time, it is already early summer, the sky in Ili is high and the clouds are light, the wind is refreshing, and the grass grows lush and straight, which is really like the reputation of "plugging the south of the Yangtze River" in the rumors.

The soldiers of the Ming army stationed along the river, seeing the canopy dragon banner covering the sky and the sun, knew that the holy car had arrived, and for a time the sound of long live the mountain shouted loudly throughout the thirty-mile company camp.

Zhu Cihong beat his horse to the front line, pressed the cold hilt of his sword in one hand and held a telescope in the other, observing the enemy's defense on the other side of the river.

However, I saw that the Russian-Kazakh coalition army was surrounded by mountains and underwater villages, and deer ditches were all over the front of the formation, surrounding the entire army formation like an iron wall.

The time, location, and confidence are all gone, and when he heard that the main force of the Ming army had arrived, the commander of the coalition army, Zinoviev, knew that he was in danger, and he had nothing to do in a panic, so he had to defend hardcore.

He knew very well that as long as he ordered to retreat, the Ming army would inevitably take the opportunity to pursue and chase all the way, and then he would only end up in the annihilation of the entire army!

If you don't retreat or leave, it's also very uncomfortable, and those who are waiting for the coalition army will be eaten and divided by the Ming army, and they will be eaten bite by bite.

Zinoviev was anxious and could only wait patiently for reinforcements to arrive.

Fortunately, recently, the general headquarters of the coalition forces sent an order, saying that the reinforcement army had marched towards the Ili River valley at night, with 150,000 horses!

This news was like a stimulant, which made Zinoviev regain his strength, and strictly ordered the coalition troops to hold the camp and not take half a step back!

He seems to have gained insight into the strategic intentions of His Majesty the Tsar, which is planning to fight on two fronts and peel the Ming army alive!

What excites Zinoviev the most is that the emperor of the Ming Kingdom is in the Ili River Valley! If so, they will be captured......

In the end, reason prevailed over illusion, Zinoviev knew that the most important thing at the moment was to keep the army, not to be defeated by the Ming army before reinforcements came, there was hope for life!

The Kazakh army commander Tou Ke suggested that a "camel city" be built around the position, hold on and wait for reinforcements, wait for reinforcements to arrive, and then fight to the death with the main force of the Ming army led by the Ming Emperor!

After listening to his detailed introduction, Zinoviev shouted that it was feasible and ordered the Kazakh army, who was good at this way, to set up this large array.

"Camel City" is a castle built by camels, camels are known as "the ship of the desert", whenever there is a sudden change in climate, the wind and sand are pervasive, when the wild flight falls, the camels do not need to be greeted, that is, they can rely on each other, lie still.

When the Mongols invaded the Song Dynasty, they used this method, and now the descendants of the Golden Family are copying the work of their ancestors again.

Touke, the son of the king of the Khan, ordered the whole army of 15,000 camels to be gathered, arranged in a row around the position, and pressed a large wooden box on the hump, covered with felt cloth, and sprinkled with water, so as to defend against the muskets of the Ming army.

After the "camel city" was laid down, the musketeers of the coalition army hid behind the camels, and Touke arranged 20,000 archers on the hillside, waiting for the Ming army to attack.

The location of the coalition forces is a red hill, the northern slope is an unclimbable cliff, the south is a steep slope that can be climbed, and there are two rivers in the northwest that join the Ili River, and the whole terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Relying on the terrain, the Russian-Kazakh coalition army laid down the "camel city", formed a temporary city, set up a position, and vowed to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army to the end!

Zhu Cihong looked at the arrangement of the coalition army, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Hehe, Mao Zizhong really has the talent to govern the army, but it's a pity that they met my emperor's army!" ”

Similar to this kind of camel city tactics, there are many times in history, the Eastern world, the West also has, the most famous of which is the Hussite Chebao during the Hussite War, which used a large number of modified carriages as temporary fortifications, with infantry and firearms, to form a very good defensive formation, has been imitated by Hungary, HRE, Turkey and other European powers, extremely powerful.

It's just that the knockoff of the coalition army in front of me is really discounted!

Zhu Cihong, including all the Ming generals who graduated from the Huangming Military Academy, knew that this heavy defensive tactic and other similar tactics had a fatal weakness, that is, they were afraid of artillery!

Such a dense array just provides an excellent target for the artillery, and the shells are scattered, and the opposite side will basically receive them all, so that they can't let them go!

Zhu Cihong raised his voice and said: "Li Yu! Has all the artillery of our army been pulled over? ”

Li Yu, the Governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, replied on the horse: "Back to Your Majesty, the forty Wuhuang cannons of our army have all been arranged!" When the elevation angle is ten degrees, the range of our army's Wuhuang cannon can reach four miles, as long as Your Majesty gives an order, these bullshit defenses of Mao Zi will be wiped out in an instant! ”

"Good! Then fuck it! ”

Zhu Cihong was no longer polite, ordered all the Wuhuang artillery to be transferred, and ordered the whole army to report a meal at noon, and after the artillery bombardment tore through the gap in the enemy formation, the whole army launched a charge!

At present, the Ming army has divided 20,000 troops to the north to support the northern army, and Zhu Cihong plans to defeat these turtle grandsons before the arrival of enemy reinforcements, so that they cannot join forces together, so as to delay time!

After receiving the order, the Shenwu army quickly calculated the distance and angle of fire, and rearranged the forty Wuhuang cannons to the best shelling position according to the situation of the enemy's camel city, which was not detected at night.

The rest of the army, immediately bury the pot to cook, organize the team, and prepare to launch a surprise attack on the enemy position!

After lunch, all the units of the Ming army were in place, and Zhu Cihong was wearing a battle robe, and he immediately stepped forward.

When the officers and men of the three armies saw it, their spirits were greatly boosted!

Zhu Cihong took out a pocket watch, looked at the time, and then gave a combat order: "Li Yu, order the Shenwu Army to bombard the camel city!" ”

"Cao Minghao, I order you to lead the eight thousand dragon martial army to prepare for the attack, and when the enemy formation breaks through, immediately break into the enemy army, divide it from the flank, and disrupt its formation!"

"Qi Guangyang, I order you to command 30,000 infantry troops, focus on the enemy's middle army, sweep away the Hu soldiers, and capture and kill the enemy generals!"

"The three armies obey the order, if they are not effective in battle, Hugh blames me for the ruthlessness of military law!"

"The last will be ordered!" The generals responded loudly, and everyone rushed to the command of the various departments.

The Russian-Kazakh coalition forces on the opposite side, seeing that the Ming army had put on an offensive posture, were all nervous, and they formed a tight formation, hiding in the "camel city" one by one under the cover of the dense forest, and strictly defended it with smoothbore guns and bows and arrows supported by Tsarist Russia.

In the middle of the Ming army, Zhu Cihong suddenly pulled out the saber hanging from his waist, pointed obliquely at the sky, and shouted: "Go to war!" ”

Seeing this, the standard-bearer officer on the watchtower immediately waved the command flag in his hand to convey the order to the three armies.

The first to launch was the Shenwu Army, and the forty Wuhuang cannons roared almost simultaneously.

The cannonballs flashed red and carried thick smoke, and exploded on the camel city, shaking the earth.

For a time, the camel city of the coalition army was filled with gunsmoke, flesh and blood were flying, and the death of the soldiers was different, and many people were directly blown up into a puddle of minced meat, which was unbearable.

However, the defense of the camel city is still good, with special effects, the Wuhuang cannon just opened a gap, and the coalition army immediately had a group of camels leading a group of camels to seal the gap in time.

The musketeers who were lying in ambush behind the camel city were Russian sharpshooters selected by Zinoviev, and they were specifically aimed at the charging assault soldiers of the Ming army to shoot.

You have your sharpshooter, I have my sniper, under Qi Guangyang's order, the sniper battalion of the Western Army was dispatched!

Those who can enter the sniper battalion of the Ming Army to become snipers are all the best in the army.

Under the targeting of the snipers of the Ming army, the Russian sharpshooters who lagged behind a lot in muskets were once in a situation of being beaten, and they did not dare to come forward when they were beaten!