Sun Fumin looked at the situation on the two battlefields before and after, and then his heart settled down.
It seems that the re-formulated strategy is correct.
The previous idea that the fire gun soldiers could conquer the world has been shattered after encountering the Cossack cavalry, and joint operations of all services are an effective method.
The fighting continued.
For some unknown reason, the Cossacks did not escape despite the bad situation and continued to fight the Ming army desperately.
Sun Fumin thought for a moment and understood that without this fortress, the Cossacks would have no way to survive without food.
As time went by, Bossak saw the Cossack cavalry falling off their horses one by one, and understood that there was no way to defeat the Ming army today, and if they retreated, the troops without food would not be able to cross the vast wilderness and reach the next five hundred A fortress many miles away.
However, it was somewhat difficult for him to choose to surrender, because the Rakshasa Kingdom promised to give the Cossacks freedom, and the Rakshasa Kingdom was powerful in force, and the consequences of betraying the Rakshasa Kingdom would be serious.
Even though the Ming Dynasty had strong military force, the Cossack settlement was close to the Rakshasa Kingdom and far away from the Ming Dynasty.
The Rakshasa Kingdom could kill the Cossacks at any time, and the Ming Dynasty was only a distant threat after all.
Since he was unwilling to surrender, Bosac had no choice but to escape.
He found a gap, shouted, and ran over with the remaining Cossack cavalry.
This gap was requested by Sun Fumin to be reserved for the Cossacks.
He believed that opening up the gap could weaken the Cossacks' desire to fight and prevent them from falling into a trapped beast still fighting.
Seeing the Cossacks starting to flee, Crete whistled and led the Mongolian cavalry to follow the Cossacks at a distance, preparing to pursue them with bows and arrows.
Some of the fire gun soldiers also loaded their ammunition, then mounted their horses and followed the Mongolian cavalry.
Sun Fumin ordered the battlefield to be cleaned.
At this time, there were no soldiers in the fortress.
Atailie volunteered to lead people into the fortress.
Sun Fumin told him to be careful and asked him to lead an infantry division to explore, and the others began to clean up. battlefield.
After a while, Atairie sent someone to report that the entire fortress was empty.
The original garrison should have escaped through the gate on the other side.
The food in the fort was not burned and could supply the entire battalion for about two months.
This made Sun Fumin feel good, and the results of the battlefield cleanup came out quickly.
A total of more than 350 Cossacks were killed without prisoners, and more than 230 usable horses were seized.
The Ming army lost four Twelve infantrymen and twenty-three gunmen.
This kind of battle damage ratio is considered normal.
In fact, a large part of the Cossacks were killed or wounded by cannons and muskets.
Although the two armies fought fiercely when they met, not many of the enemies were actually killed.
There are many, and the Cossacks do not have firearms, so of course there will be such a battle loss ratio.
Sun Fumin ordered the troops to enter the city.
The facilities in the city were complete, and the whole camp did not feel supported by them.
The quartermaster first inspected the warehouse.
After careful counting, he found that the amount of food in it was more than what the infantry reported.
There were more than 2,000 people.
It can be consumed for more than three months.
There are also a large number of leather goods piled up in the warehouse.
These are all high-quality leathers.
Because everyone in the Ming army already has leather jackets and down jackets, these leathers will be handed over as captured, and 30% of them will become rewards for the soldiers.
It is stored in the account of the battalion headquarters in the form of silver coins.
The cooks started cooking, and soon the chasing troops came back.
Crete brought back fifty-four heads and more than forty horses.
The fire rifle soldiers were mainly to prevent the Cossacks from counterattacking, so they had one head.
Level didn't get it either.
Of course, when calculating military merit, one-third will be counted on their heads.
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The military judge began to record the merits.
In addition to the court's pension, the dead soldiers would have half of all the seizures on their heads, and the surviving soldiers would share the other half.
This reward method was the result of Cao Wen's consultation with the Ministry of War and the General Staff after he sent an edict to the emperor.
Zhu Youxiao believed that in this case, a heavy reward would make the soldiers bravely fight for the imperial court in this harsh environment.
Sun Fumin quickly wrote the battle report and sent a messenger back to Shuanghe City.
After receiving the battle report, Cao Wenzhao sent people to the capital and sent a battalion to the fortress occupied by Sun Fumin.
It is more than a thousand miles from Shuanghe City to the fortress occupied by Sun Fumin, and it is also more than a thousand miles from Shuanghe City to Beihai.
The train can only go to Beihai now.
The immigrants from Shuanghe City have just arrived and cannot In order to ensure the food self-sufficiency of this place, Lu Xiangsheng ignored Zhu Youxiao's eagerness to occupy the entire Siberia and ordered that the large army could only advance to Sun Fumin's location for the time being, establish a stronghold first, and wait until enough food and other materials were stored.
Only then can we continue to move northwest.
Taking into account the wishes of His Majesty the Emperor, the General Staff has no restrictions on the exploration of small units within a bureau.
Lu Xiangsheng wrote a special letter to Cao Wenzhao, conveying to him the emperor's eagerness to occupy more land, hoping that he could organize some small teams to conduct preliminary exploration first.
As for the composition of the small team, Lu Xiangsheng hoped to use Mongolian cavalry as the main force, but the captain of the small team must be Han Chinese, and the Han people participating in the small team must choose people with better riding skills to reduce unnecessary losses.
Zhu Youxiao is now very dissatisfied with the speed of the march to the northwest, but he also understands the principle of sending out food and grass first when the army is dispatched.
In the absence of trains, relying on horse transportation to supply military rations would indeed put great pressure on logistics.
Providing food to the enemy is an extremely useful strategy, but it is almost impossible here, because the number of enemies is small, and accordingly their food reserves are also small.
In this place where there may be no human habitation for hundreds of miles, if you want to provide food to the enemy, Enemy reality is an extremely difficult idea to implement.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to agree to Lu Xiangsheng's method of using a small force to explore.
At the same time, he began to urge the Ministry of Railways, asking them to prioritize the construction of the northwest railway and build the railway to Tomsk first.
Mao Yuanyi transferred 50% of the Ministry of Railways' resources to Beihai, while Zhu Youxiao believed that 80% of the resources could be transferred to Beihai, and domestic railway construction could be postponed.
However, the Ministry of Railways has already formulated construction plans for three domestic railways, namely the Liangjing Line, the Beijing-Guangzhou Line, and the Beijing-Western Line, and construction of each line has already begun.
Allocating resources at this time is equivalent to giving up these three lines.
The most important lines in the country, and these three lines are not only funded by the imperial court for construction, but also sold a large number of railway bonds in order to increase public participation.
If it is really postponed, it will cause serious dissatisfaction among domestic merchants.
For the imperial court's Credibility can be a huge hit.
Therefore, the emperor's request to allocate more resources to Beihai was collectively resisted by the cabinet and the Ministry of Railways.
The Ministry of War and the General Staff also believed that domestic instability would have a very negative impact on the war in the northwest, and they would rather go slower than before.
Domestic stability must be preserved first.
The ministers do not understand the urgency of His Majesty the Emperor.
According to the news reported by Cao Wenzhao, the Rakshasa Kingdom does not have many troops east of the Ural Mountains, and some of the troops are not sent in the name of the Rakshasa Kingdom. , just a bodyguard hired by a businessman.
The Ming Dynasty now has so many troops in the Beihai area, but the emperor wants to speed up the conquest, even without hesitation to cause instability among the people in the country
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