For the main general Wang Fuchen, it doesn't really matter whether those Cossacks can be eliminated.
It is very simple to deal with the Cossacks, at least in the Xing'an Mountains area. That is to capture the Cossack castle along the river, and garrison troops in the castle to reclaim it, and push it step by step.
In this way, the living space of the Cossacks can be compressed, and it can also provide a stronghold for Han immigrants.
As for the Nerchinsk, no one wants to fight.
It's too far away, and the Datong Army doesn't eat people, so the logistical pressure is too great.
Keep the Cossacks in Nerchinsk and continue to harm the Buryats. No matter how many deaths there are, it will not matter to the Datong Army.
The Yaksa area is already the limit of the power projection of the Central Plains Dynasty. Historically, the Manchu Qing could only fight here, and then signed the "Treaty of Nerchinsk" with Tsarist Russia.
It is better to attack Nerchinsk from Yaksa than to send troops from Hulunbuir. Of course, it is best to be able to send troops from both routes at the same time.
The plan formulated by the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion is as follows:
The Anton Governor's Mansion dispatched a partial division, that is, people like Wang Fuchen, to lay down Yaksa as a stronghold first, immigrate to open up wasteland, and manage the aborigines. The Rao Le Duhu Mansion consolidated the Horqin Grassland and the Xilin Gol Grassland. About three years later, troops were sent from Xilingrad to conquer the Hulun Buir Grassland occupied by Khalkha Mongols. Then, the two sides advanced side by side and attacked Nerchinsk. Then captured Chita, as a bridgehead to recover Lake Baikal.
In addition, before attacking Nerchinsk, troops must be dispatched from Hailanpao, go north along the Jingqili River, enter the Lena River and go straight to Yakutsk. As long as Yakutsk is pulled out, from Lake Baikal to the Bering Strait, the Cossacks no longer have a stronghold, and the entire north of the Xing'an Mountains to the Arctic Circle is Chinese territory.
If Wang Fuchen hastily captured Nerchinsk, he could only garrison a small number of troops due to logistical difficulties, and he would inevitably suffer endless harassment from the Cossacks.
Therefore, at the moment when the Cossacks abandoned the city and fled, Wang Fuchen had already achieved his strategic goal.
The rest is to keep as few dead as possible. There is too much shortage of soldiers here. I would rather let the Cossacks go than fight in the reed marshes, let alone chase them into the mountains and forests. If Zhang Tingxun's sidelines were unsuccessful, they would withdraw their troops and let the Raksha ghosts flee back to Nerchinsk.
Unexpectedly, the Raksha ghost really hit the door.
But it is also reasonable, those guys want to go back, they must find the village to grab food, and the largest nearby village is there.
"I'm coming!"
Zhang Tingxun hid behind the house and observed the situation with binoculars.
This telescope was brought from Nanjing by him, and it is definitely impossible for him to distribute it at his level.
?For the first time on the battlefield, Zhang Tingxun was not afraid, but excited all over his body. He kept in mind the rules he learned in the military academy, and kept looking at his immediate commander (postmaster). The sentry commander Peng Chunlin was looking at the command flag of the battalion commander.
The flag was waved, and Peng Chunlin also raised his hand
"kill!"
At this time, the Daur warriors hiding in the village, who did not know which tribe they came from, couldn't help but shoot arrows outside ahead of time.
Officers at all levels of the Datong Army were instantly speechless.
Thousands of exhortations and ten thousand instructions, everything must be obeyed, but at critical times, they still mess up.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
The Datong Army could only shoot along, although the enemy hadn't entered the best position yet.
"There is an ambush!"
When Zinoviev heard the gunshots, he turned and fled in fright.
The rest of the Cossacks and Siberian archers were tired, sleepy and hungry at this time. They thought they would be able to grab food immediately, but they were met with bullets and arrows. Where do they still have the will to fight? Even the boat ignored it, turned around in a panic and fled.
Without a boat, even if all these people escaped, they would never return to Nerchinsk alive. 100% of them would die of illness and starvation on the way.
When the battle has reached this point, it doesn't matter if you chase him or not.
Zhang Tingxun was proud of being a sharpshooter in the military academy, but this shot missed the enemy at all, so he had no time to reload, so he asked Peng Chunlin: "Chief post, do you want to"
"Chasing the enemy!"
Peng Chunlin drew his sword and rushed out.
Zhang Tingxun immediately shut up when he heard the words, put down the flintlock gun in his hand, drew his waist knife and rushed out of the village.
This guy is as strong as a calf, and he runs fast when chasing the enemy.
? Although the Datong Army wore cotton armor, its load far exceeded that of the Cossacks. But those Cossacks were exhausted physically, and they could still explode their potential at the beginning of their escape, and their speed became slower and slower as they ran.
"kill!"
In the woods to the northwest,; When the Datong army increased to five people, they shouted: "Kill!"
Zhang Tingxun immediately slashed out with a knife, killing one with one knife, and severely wounding the other with the second knife. Seriously injured, he didn't care about it and rushed to the next target. The Cossack who was not attacked was frightened and ran for his life.
Zhang Tingxun continued to chase madly, and hacked another person to death a few minutes later.
Collecting the corpses after the war, Cossack and Siberian hunters were chased and beheaded 572 people.
There must have been escaped, but very few.
In the continuous Outer Xing'an Mountains, they were either eaten by wild animals, starved to death due to lack of food, or died of
The hands of the natives in the mountains.
Just talk about the fort expert Beketov, this guy ran so fast all the way, he actually got rid of the pursuit. But he was tired and hungry, and it was difficult for him to walk. That night, he met a Siberian tiger
Yaxa.
When Wang Fuchen received the news, he said to Hou Rusong: "This victory is too fast, and there is more than enough food and grass. Why don't we fight again?"
Hou Rusong said: "You can't go to Chita, the order from the guard is to go west to Yaksa at most."
Nerchinsk was a castle built last year. Neither the imperial court nor the Anton Protectorate knew about it. They thought that the nearest Tsarist Russian stronghold to the west was Chita.
But no matter Nerchinsk or Chita, the distance is too far, and it is close to the fortresses around Lake Baikal. It is easy to fight down, difficult to defend, and difficult to logistics.
"Then go back to Hailanpao first, and go north to fight Yakutsk!" Wang Fuchen said.
Yakutsk is the only stronghold of Tsarist Russia in the Far East today.
As long as the land of about 4.6 million square kilometers is taken there, only the local aborigines will be left to live.
Hou Rusong said: "The attack on Yakutsk can't be like this time, and the enemy discovered it in advance. I heard from that Khabarov that there is very little food in Yakutsk, there are few Raksha ghosts there, and the city wall is well built." Very simple. Blow through the city wall and immediately attack the city. The enemy cannot break through, and no one will be left there if killed!?