Chapter 58: The Winter Offensive
Hearing Yang Meng say that there is medicine for colds, can Ayuqi Khan not be excited?
The Turghat Khanate is now struggling, and if there are no more human resources, then nothing to talk about is empty talk. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Ayuqi Khan wants all his strength to save the lives of his people, cold medicine, comparable to gold, better than gold.
Ayuqi Khan said, "General, I beg you to save my people, right?" As long as the general is willing to help us Turks, in the future, Ben Khan is willing to obey the general's dispatch in the future, and he will never give up! ā
"Come on, that's what you want!" Yang Meng secretly rejoiced in his heart.
Immediately, Yang Meng took out a pill and said with a smile: "Don't worry about the Great Khan, didn't I come?" This pill is a panacea that can treat wind and cold, and many people in our Qing Expeditionary Force have been infected with wind and cold, and they all rely on this pill for treatment. This time, the general provided 100 pills to the Great Khan, and the Great Khan could set up a temporary settlement to gather those who suffered from wind and cold, boil some ginger soup, and when the time came, the pill would be incorporated into the ginger soup and given to the sick, and within three days, he would be cured. ā
Ayuqi Khan took the pill, looked at it carefully, and sniffed it again, the smell was not strong, he asked in surprise: "General, can just a few pills save my 300,000 people from the Turkut tribe?" ā
Yang Meng doesn't blame Ayuqi Khan, it is true that looking at such a small pill, anyone may not be at ease, not to mention, there are a lot of Turks, 100 pills, in Ayuqi Khan's opinion, is not enough to distribute.
Yang Meng said: "Great Khan can rest assured, the good medicine does not lie in the quantity, but in the strength of the medicine. Wind and cold disease is not a serious disease, as long as there is a medicine to treat it, it is not terrible. Rest assured, according to the number of pills, distribute them to ensure that everyone can drink a bowl of medicinal soup and will be cured. ā
When Ayuqi Khan heard this, he felt a lot more relieved, and he immediately called Sangar and instructed: "Sangar, gather together the people who are suffering from wind and cold in the Khan's court, and then boil a pot of ginger soup, and then put this pill into the decoction and let everyone share it." ā
"Great Khan, Princess Sharapova is seriously ill now, why don't you give this pill directly to the princess?" Sanger said.
Ayuqi Khan shook his head and said, "No, although Sharapova is a princess, so many people in the Khan's court who are suffering from wind and cold need to be treated, and she can't harm everyone because of her." Go, do as Ben Khan wants. ā
"Yes, Great Khan!"
Yang Meng secretly praised Ayuqi Khan's decision, and did not show favoritism, which is what a wise leader should do.
Yang Meng immediately said: "Don't worry, the Great Khan has prepared the pills, and the Great Khan will quickly order people to give them to the clansmen." ā
With that, he took out a bag of pills and handed them to Ayuqi Khan.
Ayuqi Khan thanked him repeatedly: "All the Turks of the Khan Dynasty have thanked the general!" ā
Yang Meng shook his hand and said, "Everyone is born from the same root, why do you need to see each other like this?" The Great Khan can observe the effect of the pill, and if anything happens, feel free to come to General Ben. Leave! ā
"General, go slowly!"
......
Returning to the expeditionary force station, Yang Meng inspected the barracks again.
Although the sick members of the expeditionary force are still lying under the covers, they are obviously in good spirits, not like before, they are sick and about to die.
After turning around, he finally came to Wu Tian's military camp.
Yang Meng sat down, took a sip of hot tea, and said: "This ghost weather, it's really bad, no wonder these hairs want to expand externally, once they taste the sweetness, they will be like maggots on tarsal bones." This time, when we hit the Volga River Valley, we must not retreat, occupy this place, and then find a way to open up the road to the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, and then we in China will have peace of mind. ā
Wu Tian said: "General, do you want to try the winter offensive?" At this time, the enemy often has no combat effectiveness, and our soldiers are now cured, so bring some pills along the way, and in the end, they can open the road to the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea in winter. ā
Yang Meng smiled: "You kid is addicted to war, isn't it?" But there is some truth in what you say, so let's give you a chance, take those brethren with the best health, touch the river, first deal with the defenders on the opposite bank, and then advance to the Caspian and Black Seas. ā
"Thank you, General!" Wu Tian was overjoyed, this was a militant, the snow was falling so much, he still wanted to attack.
However, his strategic thinking is not bad, on such a cold day, the enemy must be huddled in the bunker and shivering, the artillery of the expeditionary force, at this time, just come in handy, bombardment for a while, can make the evil army on the other side of the river tremble even more.
Early the next morning, an expeditionary force of 100 men stopped on the banks of the Volga River.
Wu Tian took the lead, he suddenly pulled out his waist knife and shouted: "Brothers, the opportunity to make meritorious service has arrived, and the general will order: all 20 artillery pieces are fired!" ā
"The general has an order: open the cannon!"
"Fire!"
......
The 20 'Huaxia No. 1' guns unveiled the mystery.
As the soldiers of the expeditionary force pulled down the mechanism, a shell flew out of the barrel and then exploded in the snow on the opposite bank.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
In the snow, all sorts of things from the explosion of the shells flew wildly, and from time to time there were screams.
The thick sound of artillery alarmed both banks of the Volga.
Ayuqi Khan immediately sent Sangar to inquire what the situation was, and when he learned that the expeditionary force was attacking the evil army on the other side, Sangar was very happy.
The immediate threat to the other side of the strait was lifted, and the crisis in the Turgot Khanate could also be directly resolved.
"General Wu, do you need the help of our Turks? We also have about 2,000 fighters! Sanger's fighting mood was also mobilized, and the fierceness of the Turks could also play a role at this time.
Wu Tian nodded and said: "General Sanger, this is okay, after the shelling, you will lead your people to rush over on the glacier to force the evil army to surrender, if you resist, you will be killed!" ā
Sanger said happily: "General Wu, I've been waiting for this day for a long time, so you just wait for the good news below!" ā
......
The shelling lasted for two hours, and the intensive artillery fire covered a place within 2 kilometers of the other side of the Volga, and this area also happened to be a dense area of bunkers for the evil army.
After the shelling stopped, the cavalry of the Turks rushed across the Volga with a roar, their weapons being scimitars, which were perhaps more effective than muskets in such cold climates.
Although the position of the evil army has long been in disarray, although it is covered with thick snow, the simple bunkers of the evil army are still difficult to withstand the attack of the expeditionary force's artillery shells, and many bunkers have been directly destroyed, and the stumps and broken arms are scattered all over the ground.
Moreover, the evil army obviously did not expect that the expeditionary force would launch an attack at this time, which is also one of the reasons for the large number of casualties of the evil army.
After the Turgots wreaked havoc on the position of the evil army, they stopped killing, and after being pressed on the head of the evil country for so many years, the Turkuts have long been suffocated, and if they have the opportunity, of course, they need to vent well.
The evil army that resisted was killed, and the crippled army was also killed, and the Turks did not like captives who had no hands and feet, and this kind of captives could only waste food and could not work.
At the end of the battle, the evil army took more than 10,000 prisoners and many more died, and they were miserable, becoming the first victims of the artillery of the expeditionary force.