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Chapter 575 Over a Hundred Cavalry
The solid Tomsk bastion stands in the north of the Zhungeer Basin, peeping into the Western Regions.However, the Cossacks who stood firm on the Tomsk Bastion were in a panic.The army from the east has surrounded them for several days, bombarding the Tomsk bastion with artillery from time to time.

The Pioneer Regiment seemed to have no intention of attacking by force. Even so, a small corner of the Tomsk Bastion was still blown down, causing the Cossack defenders to scramble to block the gap with stones.

The Cossack officer sat down on the ground with a sad face, and said to himself as if complaining: "When will our reinforcements arrive? Our Tomsk bastion has been damaged before the enemy has sent soldiers to attack. If this continues, it will fall sooner or later.”

The other Cossack soldiers next to the officer were equally downcast, pessimistic about holding on to the Tomsk bastion.Originally, they had no opponents in the Siberian plains, but now they were beaten by the Eastern army and huddled in the fortress like Sun Tzu. Such a gap made them feel uncomfortable and desperate.

"Look, the eastern army has begun to retreat!" The Cossack soldiers standing guard on the towering wall of the bastion suddenly shouted excitedly, making the Cossacks in the Tomsk bastion all look at me and me in unison. Look at you, and then rush up the city wall excitedly.

They stood on the city wall and looked towards the east. Sure enough, the eastern army of thousands of people rose up and retreated in an orderly manner.

"The eastern army has really retreated, and we are safe now!" The defenders in the Tomsk bastion celebrated with each other after the disaster.

The Cossack officer fell into thinking: "There is no reason for the eastern army to withdraw when it is beneficial to them. There is only one possibility, and that is the arrival of our reinforcements."

"Sir, wouldn't it be great if our reinforcements came? We can definitely give the eastern army outside the fort the most hated revenge. They have captured many of our strongholds, and many of our companions have lost their lives because of fighting with them. They died in battle," said a Cossack soldier.

"I don't know which general the tsar sent over and how many troops there are. If possible, I also hope that we can defeat the eastern army outside the city and stop being so useless." The Cossack officer said helplessly.

On the west side of the Tomsk Bastion, the [-] Tsarist Russian Corps, which had gone on an expedition to the east, had already crossed the Ob River. It was their arrival that made the allied forces of the Pioneer Regiment retreat three miles and confront the Tomsk Bastion far away.

Yakovlev and Grand Duke Dolgoluki took the lead in setting up a camp outside the Tomsk Bastion to prevent the Eastern Army from sneaking in. Then they led Xinla with the Cossacks, and the three main commanders entered Tomsk with a group of guards. Bastion.

"Commander, fortunately, our compatriots guarded the important Tomsk Bastion, and never gave the Eastern Army a chance to enter." The Cossack officer defending the Tomsk Bastion saluted the Cossack commander Xinla.

Although Xinla's status in Tsarist Russia was not as high as that of Grand Duke Dolgoluki and others, his father was the leader who led the Cossacks to expand their territory in Siberia, so the Cossacks in the Siberian Plain followed Xinla's lead.

"His Majesty the Tsar and the Patriarch have learned of what happened to you, so they sent us to support you. Grand Duke Dolgoluki and General Yakovlev will lead our army to destroy the eastern army outside." Xin La Said to the Cossack officer.

"It's great!" The Cossack soldiers in Tomsk were excited, and they could finally destroy this eastern army that was competing with them for control of Siberia!
Grand Duke Dolgoluki frowned slightly, and didn't think highly of the Cossack soldiers, but he noticed the damage to a corner of the bastion, and couldn't help asking: "Is this the damage caused by the artillery from the east?"

"My lord duke, that's right, this place collapsed due to the artillery bombardment of the eastern army. Fortunately, we repaired the gap in time, otherwise the eastern army might have a chance to climb in through this gap." The Cossack officer replied.

"General Yakovlev, come here and have a look. The artillery in the east is more powerful than ours." Grand Duke Dolgoluki was also a Tsarist Russian nobleman who had experienced strong winds and waves. He knew artillery very well. By looking at the cracks in the bombed bastion and the iron pieces left by the shells of the Kyushu Army, you can roughly judge the power of the opponent's artillery.

"The artillery shells used by the opponent have a large number of fragments. They should be the flowering shells commonly used by Orientals, and there are also solid shells. Where did they fire?" Yakovlev asked the Cossack officer.

"In that place, you adults can still see the ruts left by their artillery." The Cossack officer stood on the city wall and pointed to an area outside the city.

Grand Duke Dolgoluki frowned when he heard about it: "You mean there? The distance is too far away! Their artillery has such a long range?!"

"That's why we defenders are so desperate. Our bronze guns on the bastion can't hit their camp, but their artillery can bombard our castle with impunity. We can't go out of the fort to fight, Because their numbers are far greater than ours, going out to fight them is just death." The Cossack officer said helplessly.

"Understood." Yakovlev said, even if he led hundreds of people to defend the Tomsk fortress, he couldn't do better.

"Yakovlev, the artillery used by the Eastern Army has a longer range than ours. Do you have any good ways to deal with them?" Grand Duke Dolgoluki asked Yakovlev.

"We can take advantage of the number of people to hold back their main force, and then send a cavalry to ambush and attack their artillery and general flags. What do you think, Duke?" Yakovlev said after thinking for a while.

"That's a good idea." Grand Duke Dolgoluki couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

Suddenly, the Cossack soldiers on the wall of the Tomsk bastion shouted again: "A Mongolian cavalry appeared in the southeast, and they went to the camp of the eastern army!"

"What?!" Grand Duke Dolgoluki, Yakovlev, Xinla and others were shocked!Has the Eastern Cavalry completely captured the Jungar Basin? !

They hurriedly looked at the Mongolian cavalry who appeared.I saw that more than a hundred cavalry entered the camp of the Allied Forces of the Pioneering Regiment from the southeast, not the [-] Eastern cavalry they had imagined to attack the Zhungeer Basin.

"Only a cavalry unit of more than a hundred people, what role can it play in the camp of the Eastern Army at this time?" Yakovlev and Grand Duke Dolgoruky looked at each other, and this insignificant incident seemed to reveal something.

　Thanks to the Northern Expedition to the Sky, Ashes Yihui and all the book friends.

　　
　
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