"What is this?" Karkarov's heart fell into his lower abdomen, and he looked at the fireworks that exploded into a cloud of red smoke in mid-air, "Could it be that after the Chinese took Erkou City, they still want to come south to attack us!" ”

Another herald stepped forward to say something, "General, there are probably several thousand Chinese, and they are already attacking us from the north!" ”

There was no need for this frightened herald soldier to tell himself, Karkaroff picked up the binoculars, and the Chinese soldiers standing in several rows with muskets in their rows to the north slowly walked towards the defensive line, "Get ready to shoot!" Karkarov ordered loudly, "Yes!" ”

The Russian soldiers were ready to return fire, although they had just rested, but needless to say, more terrible things were experienced, the cavalry from the south also charged, and Karkarov almost fell, this is the worst-case scenario, "They are ready to sandwich us!" ”

"General, the western battery is occupied by the Chinese!"

"And the grain depot to the north! And a place to store ammunition! ”

Karkarov looked to the north, where there was a lot of black smoke lit, and the thumping of muskets was getting louder and closer, and then to the south, where the shouting cavalry was attacking in all directions, some of them had already stepped on cover. He gritted his teeth, "Let's retreat!" ”

"Where to retreat?"

"To the north!" Karkaroff said, "The Chinese in the north have no cavalry, we can escape, otherwise we will be chased by cavalry, and there is only a dead end." Don't care about the soldiers in front of you! Karkaroff ran off the battery, turned over and mounted his horse, "Just a few of us, let's go!" ”

More and more voices were voices of the Chinese, these damned Chinese, Karkarov had just gotten rid of a musket squad intent on pursuing him. But his retinue had lost more than half, and only four or five lonely men were left to follow him on horseback, and under the sunset, Karkaroff took the reins of his horse and galloped through the desert and cursed the damned Chinese loudly, "I must return to the Governor's Palace." Then lead the army back for revenge! ”

"Bang bang bang" a few gunshots hit Karkarov's shoulder, he screamed, fell off the horse, his own soldiers hurriedly dismounted and supported Karkarov, fortunately did not hit the vital point, Karkarov's face was covered with cold sweat, his face showed a painful look, he struggled to stand up. A shout from the side, "Hey! ”

Karkarov's face was like ashes, a group of more than 100 musketeers surrounded him, he had to raise his hand, several soldiers came over and tied him up, a man with a calm face slowly walked out, he seemed to already know that this was the local general, "Hello general." I've come from afar, aren't you going to entertain one or two? ”

The interpreter translated the words. Karkarov closed his eyes and had a resigned expression, "I am your prisoner of war, and I am willing to surrender to China." ”

"You can do more than surrender, General." Rong Lu looked at the chaotic defense line, "I want you to give an order, all the Russian soldiers lay down their arms and surrender to Ben Shuai." ”

Karkaroff stared angrily at the hateful Chinese man in front of him, but the Chinese man only smiled lightly. Without changing his glare, he sighed in frustration, "I am willing to obey your orders, Your Excellency. ”

On August 13, the emperor received a report, on the ninth day of August, Rong Lu took a ship built by the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works, crossed the water of the North Sea, raided the Erkou City, captured the empty Erkou City within half a day, and then went south, and the Wuliang Haimad Mountain to attack the Slyudyanka Line, Karkarov was captured, the Russian soldiers of the Slyudyanka Line of Defense all surrendered except for the dead, the west of the North Sea has been cleared, Rong Lu organized 9,000 cavalry, and went north to attack the Erkou City again, Kill the governor of Erkou, who escaped the city last time without being in the city, and capture the city again. As soon as the news came back to China, the government and the opposition were boiling.

"Yes, yes!" The emperor clapped his hands excitedly, at this time he had just left Monan, and when he arrived in the Erketu area, the white tent had just been laid down, he couldn't wait to sit down cross-legged on the woolen felt, waved his hand to let the eunuchs who arranged the big tent retreat, and happily said to Shen Guifen and other ministers who were entourage, "Rong Lu lived up to my expectations, and really quickly conquered Erkou City!" ”

"In the victory of the war in the north, in addition to the soldiers who used their lives and were well-equipped, the emperor personally came to Kulun to supervise the battle and boost morale, which is the first priority," Shen Guifen said, "The emperor let him do his own thing, if it were not for this, Rong Lu would definitely not have made this dangerous move to cross the North Sea." ”

The emperor nodded and smiled with satisfaction, "Rong Lu's recital clearly stated that there are many summer winds in the North Sea, and the storm is as big as the open sea. ”

"It can be seen that the land of Beihai must belong to my Qing Dynasty," Qinghai congratulated, "The ministers congratulate the emperor." ”

"Don't be busy congratulating, there are other places in the future, I also want to hear the good news, my appetite is much bigger now, Jiang Zhongyuan, is the ordnance still enough?"

"Back to the emperor, when the official road was just built, many muskets and artillery were transported to Kulen, which was enough for the army, and in addition, Rong Lu played in the excerpt, and the arsenal of Erkou City has also been captured, which must be enough." Jiang Zhongyuan said.

"Rong Lu said in the compromise that he would send a team of men and horses to garrison outside Erkou City, and the army would go south and go around Beihai to Ulan-Ude to support Yang Yuebin."

"Why don't you continue to spend time in the North Sea this time?" The Emperor wondered.

"The dispatch of the army is not as good as Ronglu's surprise attack of 2,000 people, but it can be planned slowly," Shen Guifen said, "Ulan-Ude already has reinforcements from the governor of Siberia, and it is difficult to capture it in a hurry, and the sneak attack is afraid that it will be useless. ”

"That's very good, if the Russian army in Ulan-Ude can be exterminated, then the Russians can no longer dominate the land of the North Sea," the emperor nodded, "Shen Zhongtang, you have prepared a reward, although the war is undecided, there is such a great victory, you must celebrate, send a will to reward first, pay or something may as well go down first, we haven't arrived at Kulen yet, they are so brave, pass the decree, let the queen and them follow slowly, let's hurry up, go to Kulen immediately," the emperor said with a smug smile, " I'm going to get closer to the military newspaper! (To be continued.) )