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They were lined up on the north bank and fired with concentrated firepower.

This is where the Aldan River flows into the Lena River. Half of the Datong army entered the Lena River by boat, while Zhang Tingxun and others landed on the north bank of the Aldan River.

The castle facing the water on both sides was originally designed to guard against indigenous attacks, but now it is being bombarded across the river.

"The north city wall is cracked!"

Some Cossacks began to exclaim that the city wall cracked directly after being bombarded by the second round.

Let's put it this way, the castle in Yakutsk was captured by the natives ten years ago, so you can imagine how crudely it was built.

Not only the shortage of manpower, but also the perennial frozen ground.Every summer, when the land thaws, it is necessary to plunder furs, grow food, and dig soil to build walls.

The city wall is just two rows of wooden fences, filled with soil in the middle, not even the city walls of small Chinese counties.

There is also a bastion structure, which is also extremely simple, and at most it can deal with the local aborigines.

Franzbekov was almost collapsed by the artillery bombardment, and he yelled, "Where did this enemy come from?"

Secretary Boyarkov said: "Could it be the Khitans from Amur (Heilongjiang)? I heard that Khabarov was wiped out by the Khitans."

"How do I know!" Franzbekov exasperated.

Boyarkov said: "It's better to abandon the city and break through."

Franzbekov shouted: "How do we break out? Summer is almost over, and we can't take away food when we break out. Once the temperature drops, even if we break out, we will all freeze to death and starve to death!"

If you can't break through, you can only stick to it, or...surrender.

A Cossack leader came and begged: "My lord, the enemy's artillery is too fierce, why don't we surrender."

"boom!"

There was a gap in the north city wall.

The shelling still didn't stop, and the shells were crazily poured towards the city wall.They didn't bring many shells, so they attacked immediately after they finished shooting.

The Cossacks were also firing back, but firstly, the number was too small, and secondly, the caliber was too small to cause effective damage at all.

Franzbekov said: "We can't surrender. If we surrender, we will definitely be killed. It's too cold and remote here, and we can't support too many people. We will definitely die after we surrender!"

"boom!"

While speaking, another section of the city wall fell down.

Zhang Tingxun stood on the other side of the river, excitedly watching the artillery salvo scene.He missed it in Yaksa, but now he witnessed the whole process. The battlefield is indeed more interesting than the military academy.

"Aren't we going yet?" Zhang Tingxun asked.

Peng Chunlin explained: "There are not many gaps in the collapse, and the bombardment must continue, otherwise the casualties will be great."

"boom!"

Clods of soil and sawdust were splashed, and Secretary Poyarkov was directly thrust into his chest by a wooden thorn.

The bastion is also made of wood mixed with soil. The wall foundation is thick and not easy to collapse, but the bunker structure of the bastion is very fragile.

Seeing that his secretary was dead, Franzbekov hurriedly withdrew from the bastion in fright.If he continued, he was either killed by shells or splashed with clods and sawdust.

It wasn't until the bastion in the northwest corner was smashed badly by shells, and the shells were basically consumed, that Wang Fuchen said: "Cross the river and attack the city!"

A large number of small boats quickly crossed the river, and soldiers of the Datong Army jumped onto the shore one after another.

Zhang Tingxun mixed with the crowd and rushed to the nearest exit.He was organized into a team of five, and he was not responsible for ascending the city, but entered the castle through the gap to fight in the streets.

"All withdraw to the south of the castle!" Franzbekov roared.

Some Siberian hunters have already begun to flee. They are not Cossacks, but Cossacks' henchmen.

In the face of such a terrifying enemy, it doesn't matter whether it will freeze to death or starve to death in winter.Anyway, let's break through and escape first, if you stay, you will definitely die, and there is still a chance to escape.

The south gate of the castle was opened by Siberian hunters, and deserters poured out one after another.

But in the southwest of the castle, the Datong army also landed, the purpose is to intercept the enemy who abandoned the city and fled.

Franzbekov gathered the Cossacks, and the Hedgehogs in the southeastern corner of the castle.Although this low-ranking aristocrat from Tsarist Russia from Germany was completely desperate, he was also aroused to be fierce, and he had to resist stubbornly in a death situation.

Chapter 853 [Forest Battle]

Just as Franzbekov was preparing for a bloody battle, a Cossack leader suddenly led his men away.

"Come back quickly, winter is coming, you will die if you escape!"

Franzbekov cried out anxiously.

The Cossack leader turned a deaf ear and even ran faster, taking more Cossacks with him.

Franzbekov finally followed suit, shouting as he ran: "Flee to the south and fight in the forest!"

There are also forests in the tundra.

Zhang Tingxun followed the troops to chase south, passing through a reclaimed farmland, the ground ahead was covered with moss, and it kept slipping while running.

The Datong army outflanking the west had scattered the hunters who escaped from Siberia before, and attacked the Cossacks trying to rush into the forest from the side.

Franzbekov could only flee to the southeast, almost entering the forest at the same time as the Datong army chasing from the side.

The Cossack leader who escaped the fastest suddenly brought people back.It is estimated that they also want to understand that if they do not take away the supplies in the castle, they will starve to death even if they escape successfully.

The Siberian hunters all ran away, and there were not many Cossacks left, only more than 80 people.

"boom!"

Franzbekov fired and then retreated immediately, heading deeper into the forest where he had to find a chance to reload.

Hearing the gunshots, the Datong officers all hid behind the tree trunks and moved forward in groups of five covering each other.

There are fallen leaves under Zhang Tingxun's feet, and moss under the fallen leaves. He feels that he is stepping on a soft carpet.

"Run, let's go around to the east to outflank!" Peng Chunlin said.

Several teams of five people lowered their bodies and ran faster, Zhang Tingxun felt his heart beating wildly.

These Cossacks, after entering the forest, seemed really unwilling to escape, and retreated while shooting.Their idea is very simple, to lure the Datong army into the woods, and then continue to shoot guerrillas.

Only in this way can he have a chance to defeat the Datong army, and then return to the castle to get his own supplies.

Zhang Tingxun ran for a while, and heard gunshots appearing in the west, which proved that they had succeeded in outflanking, so he gradually moved towards the west.

The light in the forest is very dark, similar to the evening.

Franzbekov hurriedly reloaded the ammunition. Seeing that the match was almost burnt out, he quickly took out another match and replaced it after igniting it.Then, he aimed at a shadow that he felt in front of him and shot...it missed, the distance was too far, as if he was playing a lottery ticket.

The gunshots of the Cossacks were chaotic and disorderly. After loading the ammunition, they looked for opportunities to shoot.

On the side of the Datong Army, there are five people in a team, and at least two people are guaranteed to be loaded at any time.The division of labor is also very clear, some people explore the way, some people cover, alternately shooting and advancing.This is a deformed version of the Little Mandarin Duck Formation.

"Boom!"

Franzbekov shot out with one shot, and immediately received two bullets in return.

The Datong soldier who was almost hit by him immediately fell to the ground and rolled over, and then quickly ran towards the nearby big tree.

In this five-member team, one person changed positions to hide, two people shot, and the remaining two took the opportunity to rush forward, each hiding behind the big tree in front of them.

Franzbekov was also lucky, and both bullets missed him.This guy ran with his waist down, trying to escape further, and then reloaded and shot coldly.

"There was gunshots ahead, which tree they should be hiding behind."

"I'll fire the gun first, you guys watch."

Zhang Tingxun's team of five has already discussed the division of labor.

The "bang" shot immediately frightened the Cossacks in front, leaving the hiding place and running back.

Scaring the snake out of the grass has already worked.

"Bang, bang!"

The two soldiers of Datong found the enemy and immediately raised their guns to shoot.

Although all the shots went wrong, Zhang Tingxun and another comrade-in-arms took the opportunity to catch up.

When he got close, Zhang Tingxun squatted and raised his gun, aiming at the enemy and firing.

"His mother!"

Zhang Tingxun cursed, at such a short distance, he would not miss the target in the military academy, but he would miss the chain on the battlefield.

In fact, it is very simple, the difference between a dead target and a moving target.

These few gunshots had already alarmed another Cossack, who fired at Zhang Tingxun who was the closest.

After Zhang Tingxun shot the shot, he rolled over on the ground and quickly climbed to the nearby big tree, then ignored everything and buried himself in filling his ammunition.

The first three people who fired their guns rushed forward with their bayonets in their hands. They were already sure that there were only two Cossacks here, and they had all fired before and had no time to reload.

When Zhang Tingxun finished loading the ammunition, his teammates had already killed one with a bayonet, and another Cossack was running away.

"Stop chasing, there are still enemies over there!"

Looking sideways, Zhang Tingxun saw a red dot, which was a slow-burning match, especially eye-catching in the dark forest.

This is a double crush of equipment and tactics.

The Datong Army has always maintained a five-member team, with a very clear division of labor, and uses flintlock guns at the same time.And those Cossacks were almost fighting on their own, with little cooperation with each other, and they were still using easily exposed arquebuses.

Zhang Tingxun groped forward with his cat waist, when suddenly a cold arrow shot and pierced into the cotton armor on his chest.

"And the enemy!"

Zhang Tingxun roared, and instead of stopping, he sped up and ran in the direction of the arrow.

It was a Cossack who didn't even have a matchlock gun. He shot Zhang Tingxun with an arrow, and before he had time to be happy, he saw the "prey" rushing towards him without incident.This guy fled in a panic, completely revealing his tracks.

Zhang Tingxun took an arrow, startled and angry, and chased wildly with his teammates.

Before they could catch up, another five-man team had already outflanked the front side and knocked down the fleeing Cossack with one shot.

Zhang Tingxun was very depressed. He was proud of his martial arts skills, but after entering the forest, he did not kill any enemy, but was shot in the chest by the enemy.

Before he had time to complain, Zhang Tingxun raced against time to reload the ammunition.

Franzbekov is really depressed. He often takes Cossacks and Siberian hunters to bully the natives in the vast frozen forest.With cold guns and cold arrows, he is invincible. Ten Cossacks can defeat hundreds of natives.

But now facing the Datong Army, they can't take advantage of it at all.

He couldn't even figure out why the firecrackers of the Datong Army could shoot without matchlocks.Without the red dot of the matchlock, hiding in the woods is too advantageous.

"Bang bang bang!"

Suddenly gunshots came from the south, and Franzbekov was completely desperate. They were surrounded by the Datong Army.

Franzbekov stopped firing, and even put out the matches, so as not to reveal his tracks.He crawled forward and moved forward quietly, trying to escape from the encirclement. As for whether he would starve to death or freeze to death in winter, we will wait until he escapes the catastrophe in front of him.

The five-man squads of the Datong Army slowly narrowed the encirclement through nearby gunfire, and gradually compressed the enemy's activity space.

Zhang Tingxun continued to advance for more than 200 meters, and wiped out another enemy on the way.

However, it was still not him who killed him.

Franzbekov stopped moving, lay down on the ground and rubbed against the fallen leaves, trying to hide his body in the pile of fallen leaves.Not only can there be no grass here, even the bushes are very rare, there are only moss and mud under the fallen leaves, and there is almost no hiding place except for the big trees.

Zhang Tingxun's teammate walked slowly to his side, pointing to a pile of fallen leaves in front of him.

Zhang Tingxun immediately understood and continued walking without seeing anything.

Franzbekov, with his head stuck in the fallen leaves, was so frightened that he heard footsteps nearby that he held his breath and dared not move.

Fortunately, footsteps passed by from both sides, and he didn't seem to notice him.

The teammate pointed at the pile of fallen leaves as they advanced.

Zhang Tingxun threw away the firecracker, and saved at the same time as his teammates, holding Franzbekov down on the left and right.

Caught alive.

"Pooh!"

Franzbekov blew on the dead leaves around his mouth and muttered, "I surrender, I surrender!"

Zhang Tingxun saw this person's clothes clearly, and was immediately pleasantly surprised: "This is a Rakshasa official, and the hat is made of sable fur. With this appearance, I am afraid it can sell for 1000 taels of silver in Nanjing. And these boots are also good leather. I made it, and I didn’t have to run away in Nanjing for 300 taels. And this robe, fortunately, I didn’t use a knife or a gun. If it is damaged somewhere, the 100 taels of silver will be gone.”

"So valuable?" The teammates widened their eyes.

Everyone in the squad is happy, and the Datong Army does not cut off heads to discuss military exploits.For a team of five like this, the combat achievements belong to the collective.Only for particularly important achievements, will someone be rewarded additionally after collective credit.