In the far north, the sky is very late in winter, and when it is time for breakfast, the sky is still dark, the moon has set, the dark sky is full of stars, the camp of the Ming army is lively, and the soldiers who have rested all night get up one after another. A group of soldiers who got up earlier had already prepared breakfast, there was no special firehead army in the formation of the sled soldiers, Zheng Zheng did not bring heavy soldiers with him on this long-distance run, and each sled car was both a chariot and a transport vehicle, and the cart was full of ammunition, grain and grass.

The sled soldiers had raided several tribes along the way, and the newly recruited locals were sent to the recently conquered Russian castle, and the city of Ingoda was renamed Chita City. Newly recruited local indigenous soldiers were used to guard Russian prisoners.

Zheng Xi's army arrived here from Chita, passing through the Khingan Mountains, which the Russians called the Yablonov Mountains. From Chita, which is more than 200 meters above sea level, to the Hung Yen Mountains, which are more than 1,000 meters above sea level, the sleigh is all the way uphill along the frozen river, but there are four horses pulling a sled, and the horsepower loss is not very large.

Along the way, the Ming army pulled out a small stronghold of the Russian army and obtained some food. After that, we went downhill and reached the shore of Lake Baikal.

After breakfast, the Ming army first sent a few sentry horsemen to explore the way, so as to prevent the Qing army from ambushing on the way. After not finding any ambush, the Ming army's sled team began to advance in the direction of Beihai City. The sled convoy advanced three miles and stopped two miles below the city.

In the far north, the sky dawns very late in winter, it is already past seven o'clock in the morning, and the sky is not yet dawn.

The Ming army began to set up positions, the gunners carried the twelve-pounder field guns with the longest range from the sled carts, and a part of the Ming army cleared the snow and dug up a snow field with a shovel to clear a piece of hard ground for placing the artillery. The dug snow was piled up in front of the artillery position, which could have the effect of resisting the shells of the Qing army.

After arranging the position of the twelve-pounder field gun, the Ming army waved the shovel and pushed forward, digging deep trenches in the snow, and the dug snow was piled on both sides to play a protective role. Then someone pushed a small-caliber light gun and advanced in the ditch. The Ming army in front dug both sides of the deep ditch wide, and then dug out an artillery position.

"Send a few sharpshooters to harass the Tartars." Zheng Xi gave the order.

It was getting dark, and the horses that had been untied from the sleigh were well rested. Several snipers mounted their horses and galloped away in the direction of Beihai City. The sniper galloped to a distance of two hundred paces from the city, stood on his horse, picked up his Minnie sniper rifle, and observed the movement of the city from the scope.

"There's a tartar showing its head!" A sniper sneered, picked up the gun, aimed at the outcropping Qing soldier, and gently pulled the trigger, only to hear a gunshot, a high-speed rotating bullet pierced the Qing soldier's helmet, the lightning rod helmet flew up, the bullet drilled into the forehead, with skull fragments drilled out of the back of the head, and even the money rattail pigtail on the back of the head was knocked away.

"Bang bang" There were several gunshots in the snow, and many Qing soldiers who were standing behind the battlements and probing their brains were shot in the heads.

After firing the bullets, the sniper immediately rode away and retreated out of range of the Qing artillery, then turned over and dismounted, stood in the snow, stood up the gun, and loaded the bullets.

While the first group of snipers retreated to reload, the second group of snipers arrived two hundred paces outside the city, picked up their guns and fired at the city, killing several Qing soldiers.

When the second group of snipers returned to reload, the third group of snipers arrived outside the city and took up their guns and shot at the city. The third group of snipers finished shooting, and the first group of snipers had already been loaded, and rode to the city to shoot at the city. Of the 100 snipers under Zheng Xi's command, except for 10 who were scattered everywhere to monitor the Qing army, the remaining 90 people were under the city, divided into three groups and took turns to shoot at the city, so that the Qing soldiers at the head of the city did not dare to show their heads at all.

"It's so damnable!" Chang Ning was so angry that he jumped like thunder, "Ming dogs are rampant outside the city, but we don't dare to go out of the city to fight!" Even if people don't come out, let the Rakshasa people come and bombard them with cannons! ”

The Russian artillery team came over with a few cannons, set up artillery at the head of the city, and prepared to use artillery to deal with those hateful Ming troops when they approached again.

"The Rakshasa people's artillery is pushed up, be careful, after arranging the artillery position, concentrate firepower, concentrate more than ten cannons to bombard one of his Rakshasa people's artillery positions!" Zheng Xi gave the order.

Although the 12-pounder field gun, which had the longest range, had been prepared, it did not fire at the head of the city, because the smoothbore guns did not have a high hit rate when firing two miles away, and even if six guns were concentrated to bombard one gun position of the Russian army, it could not be guaranteed to be destroyed. The Ming army was waiting for the rest of the artillery to be in place.

"Ming dog digging in the snow! Aim at them and fire them! Chang Ning yelled.

The Russian artillery at the head of the city spewed fire, and more than a dozen cannons made a deafening roar in turn, and the shells whistled and smashed into the Ming army that was digging.

Hearing the sound of artillery, the Ming army immediately dropped the shovel in his hand and fell into the ditch.

The shells fired by the Russian army smashed on both sides of the deep ditch, and the shells drilled into the snow, raising a burst of diffuse snowflakes, but the thick snow immediately swallowed the kinetic energy of the shells, and the shells that pierced into the snowdrifts could only bounce at most once, and they drilled into the snow; Some of the shells didn't even bounce, plunged headlong into the snowdrifts and disappeared.

In fact, the thick snow is the same as the sand, and it can also consume the kinetic energy of the solid cannonball, and sometimes the effect is even better than the sand, because the cannonball drills into the snowdrift, causing the snow to melt into water, and after the cannonball drills into the snowdrift, the kinetic energy is quickly consumed, and there is no threat to the Ming army hiding in the ditch at all.

Only one Ming soldier was unlucky, a shell just fell into the ditch and hit his shoulder, and half of his body was immediately smashed into pieces by the shell.

The Russian artillery shelled for a while and found that it had no effect, so they stopped the senseless shelling so as not to waste ammunition.

The Ming army continued to dig, clearing a few clearings in the snow a mile away from the city. Then someone pushed the cannon and entered the clearing.

It was busy until noon, and the Ming army began to bombard the city fiercely. After the test firing, a cannon with a door that had been angled erupted into flames, and whistling shells smashed on the city. Solid cannonballs smashed into the city walls, and ice exploded. Immediately after that, several mortar shells landed on the head of the city, and immediately exploded into a ball of fire.

More flowering shells fell on the city and exploded, the city was in a mess, the sharp fragments tore the human body to pieces, the air wave lifted the weapons and wood fragments, a Russian artillery was also hit, the heavy cannon immediately fell apart, the gun carriage wheels flew into the sky, the barrel turned over, and the three Russian gunners who had no time to run away were immediately crushed.

"Minggou has fired, hurry up!" Chang Ning yelled anxiously.