Kowloon wins

Chapter 927 Fighting Gedeng Mountain ([-])

Although the word "war" has been signed on the war letter of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces, Hong Qing didn't really plan to follow the pace of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces. He launched an attack, but only moved his own camp forward five miles, and set up a camp five miles away from the camp of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces. Take a day off.

On April [-]th of the third year of Chengde, when the time was right, the sun had just poked its head above the horizon, when suddenly there was a sound of horns in the originally quiet Qing army camp, and immediately two doors were closed tightly. The gate of the barracks opened with a bang, and groups of officers and soldiers of the Qing army with live ammunition stepped out from inside, heading towards the camp of the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms in a meandering manner.

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

With such a big move by the Qing army, the lookout posts on Gedeng Mountain immediately noticed something was wrong, and they dared not ignore it. The horns sounded one after another. In an instant, the entire camp of the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms It is a good faction of soldiers and horses.

"Great Khan, the Qing army has been dispatched, and our Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms should not show weakness. It is time to go to the battle so as to teach the Qing people a lesson. Please give the order to the Khan."

Although Grand Duke Gagarin was the governor of Siberia in Russia and the commander-in-chief of the Russian military in name, he was actually just a politician. The Grand Duke did not intend to go into battle to command the battle in person, but handed over the command to Lieutenant General Tolsky, the commander of the First Army, but he led a group of entourages to hurried up Mount Gedeng. Butan, leading dozens of generals, was observing the movement of the Qing army in front of the mountain, and immediately approached with a smile, and proposed a sentence in a calm manner.

"Um……"

Cewang Allah Butan has never liked the Russians, and he has no affection for the treacherous and greedy Grand Duke Gagarin. If he had a choice, Cewang Allah Butan would rather surrender to the Qing Dynasty than Russia. People form allies, but the grudge between the Junggar Khanate and the Qing Dynasty is too deep, and it is difficult for them to coexist peacefully. Because of this, in order to keep the Khanate from being destroyed, even if they know it is drinking poison to quench their thirst, Zewang Arabutan also had to choose to temporarily attach himself to the Russians. Even so, he was unwilling to bow his head in front of Grand Duke Gagarin. Although Ce Wang Alabatan's face remained calm, his brows were already slightly frowned, but he couldn't get angry, so he could only let out a noncommittal noncommittal.

"Khan, don't worry, the army of my Great Russian Empire is ready, and it will definitely give the Qing people a head-on blow!"

With more than [-] soldiers in his hands, and basically equipped with new weapons, the Grand Justice Gagarin was very self-satisfied, and he would not care about the indifference of Allah Butan. , confidently made a promise.

"Yes, yes, with Grand Duke Gagarin's army here, we will have no worries in this battle."

The national strength of the Kazakh Khanate is the weakest, and it has been invaded by both Russia and the Junggar Khanate in previous years. This time, the number of troops coming here is also small, with a total of [-] cavalry, which is of no use at all. He didn't even have the capital to guard one side alone, and the camp could only be aggrieved and squeezed together with the Junggar Khanate. It's just a role of soy sauce, no, even though he opened his mouth with a smile on his face, neither Cewang Allah Butan nor Grand Duke Gagarin even looked at him.

"Your Excellency the Grand Duke Gagarin, the defeat of the first battle is related to the morale of the army, and there must be no loss. How about asking your Excellency the Grand Duke's troops to fight?"

Although he hated Grand Duke Gagarin very much, when such a great enemy was in front of him, Cewang Allah Butan did not dare to act emotionally, and made a request after pondering.

"Of course, the Great Khan only needs to guard the left flank firmly and not give the Qing army an opportunity to take advantage of it. As for the frontal battlefield, I will leave it to the powerful army of the Great Russian Empire."

Grand Duke Gagarin is a slippery politician, and he will not fail to see that the proposal of Allah Butan has the intention of letting the Russian army go shopping with the Qing army so that it can profit from it. However, Grand Duke Gagarin did not I didn't take it to heart, nothing else, just because Grand Duke Gagarin had absolute confidence in the more than [-] troops under his command, he had long wanted to compete with the Qing army for a while, in order to repay the embassy that year. The "humiliation" suffered by the Qing Dynasty, of course, would not care about Cewang Allah Butan's dark thoughts, and he patted his chest and agreed with it.

"Okay, then it's settled. If we win this battle, the Junggar Khanate will belong to the whole country, and we will never have any second thoughts."

Hearing what Grand Duke Gagarin said, a bright light flashed in Cewang Allah Butan's eyes immediately, and a smile appeared on his always flat face, and he began to swear swearingly .

"Khan, just rest assured, the army of the Great Russian Empire will never let the Khan down!"

Knowing that Allah Butan's words are nothing but lies, but Grand Duke Gagarin didn't mind at all, nothing else, in the view of Grand Duke Gagarin, as long as he defeated the Qing army on the opposite side, the extremely weak The Junggar Khanate is nothing more than a piece of fish on a chopping board, and there will be no big waves at all. It is really not a big deal to say some good things to make Tzewang Allah Butan happy.

"Hahaha..., okay, come here, send an order, the three armies are in formation, ready to meet the enemy!"

Tseng Wang Arabitan seemed to be really moved by Grand Duke Gagarin's words. He raised his head and laughed a lot. At the end, he waved his hand vigorously and gave an order full of pride.

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

As soon as Tsewang Allah Butan gave an order, a row of trumpeters standing on the top of the mountain immediately blew the order to attack. Immediately, the left-wing Junggar army and the right-wing Russian army marched out of the camp gate in unison. The tense formation began on the flat ground before climbing.

"The whole army will stop, and line up on the spot!"

Just when the Allied forces of the Three Kingdoms began to deploy their formations, the Qing army, which was winding its way, finally reached the point where it was only two miles away from Gedeng Mountain. Seeing the Allied forces of the Three Kingdoms marching forward, Hong Qing did not push forward any further. Instead, they reined in the soldiers and horses just one and a half miles away from the warning line of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces. After the order was given, the armies immediately followed the deployment before the battle and began to form a tense formation.

Whether it is the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms or the Qing Army, they have done enough pre-war preparations this time, and the formation of troops is naturally very quick. In less than half an hour, the formations of both sides have already been deployed. , Hundreds of thousands of troops faced each other far away, the battlefield was utterly silent, and a decisive battle to determine who the overlord of the Far East would be was about to begin.

On the side of the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms, the 13 Junggar Army and the Kazakh Khanate army lined up on the left flank, with infantry clustered in the front and cavalry behind, and nearly [-] old-style artillery were used to hold down the position, posing a posture of guarding against death , and although the Russian army has only more than [-] people, it occupies the two positions of the center and the right wing. Among them, the first Siberian frontier army is deployed in the center, and the second and third armies are arranged on the right wing. There are a large number of Cossack cavalry. As for the most elite First Guards Army, they are placed in the rear of the middle road as a reserve team. At the front of the front, more than two hundred artillery pieces of various types are lined up. Refers to the Qing army array.

On the side of the Qing army, the 12 troops were also lined up. The first and second divisions of the right-wing third army formed six square formations with brigades as units, and a regiment of the artillery division, which corresponded to the strictly guarded troops. The army of the Junggar Khanate was commanded by Cheng Guiwu; in the middle, three divisions of the First Army, one and a half brigades of artillery, and two brigades of the First Cavalry Division formed the front formation, with Yue Zhongqi as the commander-in-chief; the rear formation was led by Hong Qing. Most of the third division, the third brigade of the first cavalry division, and the second cavalry division were the reserve team. The left wing only arranged two divisions of the second army and one brigade of the artillery division, and Zhang Miao was in charge of scheduling; as for the third army The third division of the army and a regiment of the second cavalry division are the transport troops, responsible for ensuring the appeasement from the camp to the own front, and this part of the work is under the responsibility of Tashan.

"Order: The right wing immediately launches an attack, and tells Wachaifsky to go all out and smash the Qing army's front in one fell swoop!"

On the mountainside of Gedeng Mountain, Lieutenant General Tolsky led a large group of staff to build a temporary headquarters, but after seeing him observe the Qing army's position with a monocular for a long time, he said expressionlessly. With a wave of his hand, he issued the first combat order in a cold voice.

"Yes!"

Tolsky gave the order, and a messenger hurriedly complied, and rushed along the hillside to the right.

"Order: The first division, the first division of the third army to attack, the second division to follow up, the third division and the second division of the third army are the reserves, start attacking!"

Vachaifsky, Lieutenant General of the Second Siberian Frontier Army of Russia, is 52 years old. He has participated in the wars between Russia, Sweden, Turkey and other countries, but it is a pity that he was born in a small nobleman and had no way to advance. He served as the Second Siberian Frontier Army. It has been nearly ten years since the commander of the army, but he has never been promoted again. He is in urgent need of a huge battle to be promoted. Therefore, even though the relationship with Torsky was extremely tense in the past, he has never treated Torsky at this time. Ji's order was very questionable, and after quietly listening to the orderer's words, he waved and gave the order to attack without saying a word.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

As soon as Wachaifsky's military order was issued, the sound of war drums sounded immediately, and rows of Russian officers and soldiers began to advance to the beat of the drums, thus kicking off the prelude to the battle...

(End of this chapter)