"Your Excellency Marshal, the Omsk fortress will make the Chinese army hit their heads and bleed."

"I think Barnaul will have a new nickname, and it will become a 'sad place for the Chinese.'"

"Russian warriors on the battlefield will teach the Chinese a good lesson, so that they can learn to show respect for the great Russia and Her Majesty the Empress."

"If Barnaul is the sad place of the Chinese, then Baprorodar will be the paradise of death, a mill of flesh and blood sacrificed with countless lives!"

The cries of the colonel's officers rang out in the conference room.

As representatives of the army in the three besieged cities, the colonels spoke in a loud tone, and their attitudes were optimistic and firm.

Kamensky, Saketkov, Worbasy and other bigwigs all laughed, and Worbasi's smile was especially bright.

"It's a great opportunity and we're going to change everything here." Pyotr Aleksandrovich Rumyantsev had a smile on his face, and he could hear that the officers' cries were not bluffing, but genuinely optimistic about the plan. The veteran's interest naturally rose, waving his arms and speaking in a sonorous and powerful tone.

Everything that changes here – the demarcation of borders, the situation between China and Russia, the influence on the Kazakh clans, the vassal forces on both sides, everything will change with this war.

"Although we are still in a passive position in this plan, the first step depends on the actions of the Chinese. But we must not base our hopes entirely on the losses of the Chinese, and Barnaul is the closest city to Novokuznetsk, and the closest to Tomsk. Our army has Barnaul as its basic objective.

After this meeting, you will have to go back and be ready for battle. Especially Barnaul—" Rumyantsev's eyes looked at the colonel sitting at the farthest end of the table, "told Major General Nikolayevich to be ready for battle, and also to be ready for a counterattack." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency." The colonel straightened up and solemnly gave a military salute to Rumyantsev.

"Worbasil, you need to move your troops too. Mobilize the troops as fast as possible, small units, in conjunction with the Cossack cavalry, and constantly harass the Chinese troops in Barnaul, especially their cavalry. Wait for my orders, and then you will need to cut off the Chinese army from the rear in one fell swoop. Before that, you need to confuse Chinese, and before the Siberian army from Novokuznetsk is discovered by the Chinese, you need to make a false impression that the Chinese army will think that our next center of gravity is in Barnaul......"

When the fake is true, the truth is also false. Rumyantsev is also worried that this 'illusion' will not allow the Chinese army outside Barnaul to refrain from attacking Barnaul, but the Siberian army in Novokuznetsk must add a cover, and then when this 'cover' is exposed, the 'illusion' will appear so realistic, otherwise it is doubtful.

"Perhaps this can also cover the 'true intentions' of the Siberian Army. Let Chinese mistakenly believe that the goal of the Siberian army is to relieve the siege of Barnaul......"

Rumyantsev knew very well that he had taken a big risk with this choice. But he was not willing to play passive defense all the time. Born in the general's door, registered as a private of the Praetorian Guard at the age of 6, served as an officer at the age of 15, participated in the Russian-Swedish war at the age of 18, and served as the commander of the infantry regiment of the colonel, Rumyantsev, his military thinking is more inherited and developed the offensive combat ideas of the Russian army under Peter I, not sticking to the traditional line tactics, attaching importance to the establishment and use of reserves, emphasizing the combination of frontal assault and flank assault and the close coordination of various arms.

Regardless, he was more offensive than defensive.

In the last Russo-Turkish war, Rumyantsev, who had just been promoted to field marshal, led his troops south along the left bank of the Prut River, won more with less, and led the inferior Russian army to defeat the Ottoman army several times, forcing the Ottomans to sign the "Peace of Little Kenarja", and Rumyantsev was also awarded the title of Zadunaisky (Trans-Danube Victor).

His earliest fame in Europe was also achieved in successive offensive battles.

Therefore, Rumyantsev, who had been fighting a defensive war for three or four months, spotted a fighter that did not seem to be a fighter and chose to take the initiative to attack.

The battle was a very good time, but he wanted to seize it. Prior to this, the fighting on the Western Siberian Plain had always been on the defensive by the Russian army, which was too passive. And Rumyantsev, who did not know that the Turks was an undercover spy, was doomed to the outcome of this battle from the moment he decided to turn to the offensive.

He did not know that after he had hatched this battle plan, the Chinese side would definitely 'cooperate' in launching a 'fierce attack' on the three besieged cities.

The harassment of Barnaul by the Turks was not successful, and Rumyantsev then sent all the Cossack cavalry he had.

God is pitiful, the Cossacks in Siberia are already scarce, and they have to deal with the Wehrmacht and the Mongols, and they simply cannot be withdrawn. And the Cossacks on the Urals, nominally fifty hundreds, but the main forces were all transferred to the Caucasian battlefield, just like the Cossack cavalry on the Don, so that only two thousand Cossacks remained in the hands of Rumyantsev.

The addition of the Cossack cavalry did not have much impact on the Chinese siege force of Barnaul, the Wehrmacht outside Barnaul had more than 10,000 people, the vassal Mongolian and Kazakh cavalry could also have tens of thousands, and the cavalry troops of Chen Han were stronger. However, this information was soon reported to Chen Qi, the governor of the Northwest Military Region in the area of Jaisangbo, and almost at the same time, the top-secret information that Wu Baxi arrived was also sent to Chen Qi.

Then all the actions of the Wehrmacht went exactly as Rumyantsev 'expected'.

The latter is like a clown under Rumyantsev's baton, telling him to do whatever he wants.

Barnaul is the closest battlefield to Novokuznetsk and Tomsk, and the three besieged Russian cities can roughly be connected into an isosceles triangle, and Barnaul is the northeasternmost point.

- Paplodar is the point of this inverted isosceles triangle, in the far south, Barnaul and Omsk are one northeast and one northwest.

If the Russians want to do something, of course, they have to solve the problem of Barnaul first.

Time passed little by little, and the Siberian Army, which had set out from Novokuznetsk, had already turned around and headed south. With a distance of thousands of kilometers, it takes them a month to get to Jaisangbo.

Because before the military operation, the Russians did not have the opportunity to set up a military station on the route from Novokuznetsk to Zaisanbo, and their supplies together had to be carried "with them", which would be too procrastinating.

In Rumyantsev's prediction, the Siberian army will not reach Jaisanpo at all, and will be discovered by the Chinese, and then the Chinese will mobilize a large number of infantry troops to eat this lone Russian army deep into their own territory, and the Russian and Turkish cavalry outside Barnaul need to become appropriately stronger. It is as if to attract the attention of the Chinese as much as possible, so that it can play a kind of "cover" for the Siberian army.

And in the process, the Chinese army will definitely launch an attack on the three cities.

Rumyantsev believed that the rockets in the three cities would teach the Chinese army a good lesson, and then when the attention of the Chinese was diverted, the First Army and the Turghut cavalry in his hands could take advantage of the weakness to harvest the lives of the Chinese.

Even if the Chinese realize that something is wrong and mobilize troops to reinforce it, it will be too late.

Saltykov personally came to the front line of Barnaul, and before the dagger was met, the Russian cavalry on the front line of Barnaul needed to be as active as possible in order to attract the attention of the Chinese army and try their best to cover the Siberian army.

It's just that more and more Turk cavalry and Kazakh cavalry are gathering here. Worbasil's face was gloomy.

In these days of harassment, the Turghut cavalry was killed, wounded, and captured, and three or four hundred prisoners were taken. This is the killing of one's own people, is there any worse tragedy than this kind of tragedy?

Worbasy told himself in his heart that these were the price he had to pay for victory, but his heart ached like blood.

Ivan Ivanovich Saltkov was friendly to Worbassi, not only because of the circumstances, but also because he admired Vaubasi's bravery, although they did not fight side by side in the last Russo-Turkish war, but the rank of general on Worbasy's shoulders was not given for nothing. Worbasi on the battlefield is very brave!

Now that the situation is dangerous, the Russian infantry and cavalry have fallen into a disadvantage, so having a brave and responsible warrior to partner in the big counteroffensive, Saltykov feels a kind of luck.

Yes, the dark clouds on Wolbasi's face, which caused him to feel sorry for his dead and wounded tribal cavalry, were taken by Saltkov as a contemplation of the situation of the war. It was a beautiful misunderstanding.

"We have to regain the advantage, and now we need to draw more attention from the Chinese to Barnaul." When Worbasey said this, a number of unjust souls who asked for his life appeared in front of him.

Those tribal warriors died too unjustly.

Even the forty-five-year-old Worbasy is a ruthless man who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he can't bear this kind of inner pressure. He was now desperate for the moment when the truth was revealed, as if then his heart would be lighter.

From the east, the more than 2,000 Turks who had been 'wiped out' outside Irkutsk had now assembled in the south of Barnaul and were waiting for the main Russian forces to plunge headlong into the encirclement, and it was very simple to reveal the truth.

Of the more than 2,000 Turk cavalrymen who had lived in China for more than ten years, each of them could speak fluent Chinese, and some of them had learned to write Chinese characters, arithmetic, veterinary medicine and planting techniques, and there were also freshly baked Mongolian doctors.

No matter how stupid a person is, after being indoctrinated and taught for more than ten years, he can also cast and form, and he is qualified. And these people will be the cornerstone of the thrust of the Turghut tribe in the future.

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Worbassy's performance is very successful, as a veteran, pretending to be a real actor who has not been discovered for more than ten years, he is distressed when he should be distressed, and angry when he dares to be angry, Saltkov's eyes can't see through Worbasy's heart.

He was thoroughly deceived by Worbasil.

The latter's more than ten years of acting experience has established a glorious brand effect for himself, and many, many Russians will react to the mention of Vorbasi Khan in Turghut on the Ural River, and the first reaction is the loyal subjects of the empire. Surrounded by such a layer of aura, who can look directly into his heart through the outside?

And in the process of harassment, Wu Baxi really didn't be lazy and mess around, at most he arranged for the Turks to pay attention to safety, which is completely different from 'paddling'.

Then it has to be said that Saltkov really had a talent for cavalry, and after he came to the front line of Barnaul, the Russian-Turkish cavalry under his command really caused a lot of trouble for the Wehrmacht outside the city of Barnaul, for example, he almost broke a Wehrmacht's defensive position on the outer line.

This made Chen Wei, the commander of the 11th Division of the Northwest Military Region under the city of Barnaul, very angry, and this kind of humiliating thing was the first to appear under his own hands.

"Rice bucket! A bunch of rice buckets! A few cavalrymen will make such a mess of you! Do you have burning sticks in your hands? ”

Chen Wei slapped the table and roared.

When he followed the troops out of the customs, it was not that he had never encountered a large force of cavalry, but he had never suffered a loss. Even, in the northwest battlefield, he also had a highlight moment when he led a regiment to resist the charge of five or six thousand Qing Russian cavalry and killed five or six hundred people.

Chen Wei is a real general honed on the battlefield, he has not gone to military school, he is a veteran born in the Chen family, he was bravely wounded many times back then, and he has not been an officer, so he was directly promoted to the battalion officer. When Wei Xiuzhi first guarded Wuxi, Chen Wei was one of the four battalion officers under him.

Later, during the Battle of Wuchang, he followed Gao Qiao to block the retreat of the Jingzhou banner soldiers and the green battalion, and made a lot of meritorious achievements.

However, Chen Wei, who was brave in combat and lacked command ability, was stuck for several years at the threshold of the promotion of the battalion officer to the regimental commander, and it was not until Chen Han sent troops to the Northern Expedition that he ascended to the position of the regimental commander, and fought one battle after another in the northwest before he was promoted to brigade commander.

When the country was founded, Chen Wei didn't even have the qualifications to confer a rogue knight, but he was not ready to accept his fate. Chen Hanjun has undergone two major eliminations in a row over the years, and many people who were contemporaries with Chen Wei have left the front line of leading troops, but Chen Wei is one of the few remaining 'ancient fossils'.

But Chen Wei also knew in his heart that this war was his last battle, and it was also his last chance. If you perform well, you may not be able to take the through train to the Americas, but if you do not perform well, you can only 'enjoy prosperity' in your hometown.

Because of this, he expressed his dissatisfaction with the harassment of his troops by the Russian and Turkish cavalry, and then formed a threat. Even if the battalion that suffered was not suffering very much, this made him thunderous.

Chen Wei stood in front of him several officers who were close to each other, these were the battalion leaders who were attacked by the Russian and Turkish cavalry and the officers of the battalion leaders who rushed to support, they all shrank their necks one by one, and they didn't even dare to come out.

The battalion officers who were attacked were shameless to speak, and the battalion officers who rushed to support only relieved the siege of friendly forces, but they failed to take the opportunity to kill the enemy, and they did not dare to speak.

Seeing that no one answered, Chen Wei did not turn off the fire, raised his hand, pointed to the nose of one of the right lieutenant officers, and shouted, "Feng Wenguang, you tell me." What does your camp do for food? Is it that our fighters really can't beat Lao Maozi, or are you stupid and incompetent!? ”

Feng Wenguang was in a cold sweat.

Although Chen Wei was the commander of the 11th Division, the strength of the 11th Division did not all come to Barnaul, and the 11th Division was one of the three main divisions under the jurisdiction of the Northwest Military Region, and the whole division had 25,000 men.

The Wehrmacht under the city of Barnaul has a maximum of 15,000, which is still due to the fact that Barnaul is too close to the Russian army, so an extra regiment of troops is arranged.

When Chen Wei commanded the troops, he did not have the brigade level at all, and directly commanded to the regiment level, or even the battalion level.

Feng Wenguang didn't dare to reply to his, so he could only bury his head in training, and then secretly swore in his heart that he would win the battle next time.

This time the Cossack attack came too quickly, and the time chosen was also on the eve of dawn, and the attack was carried out with a vote and left. But in any case, the defenders of the position were indeed lax, and it was his own carelessness that gave him an opportunity.

A battalion has lost a team, not to mention the division commander spraying him, if their battalion is transferred from the position to the rear like this, the hat on his head may not be able to be kept.

Feng Wenguang took the opportunity to make a guarantee when Chen Wei's anger dissipated a little. Chen Wei waved his hand fiercely: "Don't talk nonsense with Lao Tzu!" You just have to remember what you say. If I make another mistake, you'll roll me back home. ”

Chen Wei was very unkind to Feng Wenguang. But no one thinks that this is Chen Wei suppressing Feng Wenguang, Feng Wenguang is Feng Shaohua's son, although Feng Shaohua retired from the army with the rank of general, but the old generation has face, Chen Wei can't help but sell it.

When Feng Wenguang came out of Chen Wei's headquarters, his forehead was covered with sweat, dripping down his chin and dripping to the ground.