Obviously, it is impossible to retreat safely. If you want to leave, you have to fight with your opponent.
"All the soldiers are ready to fight!" Chechen shouted.
The soldiers who were lined up to retreat stood up one after another, and the long gunners, Musketeers and artillery took their places.
Although the soldiers'' actions are still neat and meticulous, it can be seen that other soldiers of the mercenary regiment are extremely nervous except Xie Miao and others who have fought with the Kalmyk people.
The first to arrive was the Kalmyk team that had fought with Cherchen. But this time, seeing that the mercenary regiment was well defended and the number greatly exceeded their own side, these Kalmyk cavalry divided their troops into two ways, blocking only the front and rear exits of the camp and waiting for the arrival of the large army.
With the arrival of the following 4000 kalmec cavalry and more than 3000 tribal cavalry who took refuge in Yishi LAN gley, ah Yuqi''s encirclement of the mercenary regiment became thicker. As ah Yuqi did not order the attack, the cavalry just looked at the prey in the circle outside the range of the mercenary artillery, but did not take further action.
But even so, they also put great pressure on the soldiers of the mercenary regiment. Because the helmets of Kalmyk cavalry are generally covered with high triangular flags, it seems to some soldiers of the mercenary regiment that they are trapped in a sea of flags, which is a scene they have never encountered before. Moreover, the Kalmyk cavalry from the East did not rely on drum music, but on flag language to command the battle, which also made some soldiers of the mercenary regiment mistakenly think it was a kind of black magic. Out of fear of the unknown, they constantly wipe the sweat on their hands with their trouser legs and cross their chest to dispel the fear in their hearts.
As it was late, ah Yuqi did not launch an attack on the first day of encircling the mercenary regiment, which enabled the exhausted mercenary regiment soldiers to rest for a night.
But the confrontation between the two armies cannot last forever. Early the next morning, karmec''s side made the first move.
More than ten groups of four soldiers came out of Kalmyk''s cavalry, who struggled to carry artillery.
Yes, it''s artillery. Although the caliber of the artillery was not as good as the artillery brought by Chechen from bagchisale, it was indeed an artillery.
This situation not only surprised Chechen, but also surprised other officers of the mercenary regiment. If we still have the confidence of World War I in the fortification in the face of cavalry, the confidence of Pedro and others is not so sufficient in the face of cavalry with artillery that can blast away their own solid long Spearman square and breast wall.
"Maybe it''s just that these Kalmyks are playing tricks. How can nomads have so many guns?" Pedro comforted when he saw that Cherchen and everyone were a little nervous.
Unexpectedly, as soon as his voice fell, the artillery opposite opened fire.
"Boom!"
A shell landed in the middle of the two armies, stirring up countless clods of earth.
Now, no one doubts the authenticity of the Kalmyk artillery.
Pedro''s hand holding the knife was full of sweat. He knew that after the shelling, the Kalmyks would attack.
"Counterattack, counterattack. What are you doing in a daze!" Pedro called back to his artillery in chagrin. These artillery were waiting for Cherchen''s order, so they didn''t fire bullets. Now the deputy commander gave an order, and they instinctively looked at Chechen.
Seeing the artillery looking at themselves, Chechen ordered, "use shrapnel."
Due to the lack of experience of the Kalmyk artillery, they did not build artillery positions, nor did they build breast walls and other defense facilities, so the use of shotguns was more lethal than the use of solid shells.
After a salvo, the three skinned guns and their gunners were destroyed.
The remaining Kalmyk Gunners did not retreat, but continued to load their guns, turning a blind eye to the imminent death.
Just then the formation of the thick Kalmyk cavalry moved. A group of cavalry put on an offensive posture.
The enemy did attack, but it was not the karmecs who advanced to the front position of the mercenary regiment, but the team of LAN gley at the beginning.
Yelishei''s eyes were sharp. He immediately found that the leaders of the team preparing to attack, who were wearing more gorgeous armor than ordinary people, were not others, but the heads of Tatar tribes who set out from Ashu castle with the mercenary regiment and were summoned by Chechen and saijietbei.
"Head, deputy head. Come and see these traitors!" yelishei angrily pointed to those guys and said to Chechen and Pedro.
Hearing yelishei''s cry, Chechen, Pedro and other officers of the mercenary regiment looked forward unanimously, and they soon recognized the tribal chiefs.
"No wonder saigetbey and karazimir will be wiped out in one night. It turns out that all these tribal chiefs have taken refuge in Yishi LAN gley." Pedro suddenly realized.
"Captain, there are thousands of them. It seems that most of the people who followed us out of Azov have defected. So will..." father sparsokukotsky said with concern.
There was no exit behind father sparsokukotsky, but Cherchen had understood what the priest was worried about. He was worried that there was an insider in Ashu castle. If so, maybe the Azov fort has been lost now.
This is exactly what Cherchen is worried about. However, he is worried that there is no point in Yasu fort. The most important thing is to get through the current difficulties first.
At the beginning of the conversation, LAN gley''s army had entered the firing range of the mercenary regiment''s musket. The Tatar cavalry''s horses ran faster and the ranks spread wider.
The musketeers of the mercenary regiment lined up in five dense rows behind the breast wall, holding muskets in their hands and staring at the front.
Suddenly, viscount Hesse shouted, "Captain, look behind us, there are enemies behind us!"
Chechen hurriedly turned his head to look. But a group of kalmec cavalry appeared behind the position.
Obviously, the opponent is ready to attack the mercenary regiment back and forth.
"Yelishei, you lead the Hessian cavalry to disperse the enemy behind the position. Viscount Hessian, you lead the Hessian infantry to assist yelishei and open a gap for the retreat of the main force." Chechen ordered one after another.
In front of the position, Kalmyk''s artillery fired shells with skin guns to provide final fire support for the friendly forces. Then they raised their guns and retreated towards the back. However, the chain bullets fired by the gunner''s hand still didn''t even touch the trenches of the mercenary regiment''s position. They can only play a dispensable role in boosting morale.
The tartar cavalry roared. They drew arrows on their horses and shot the first wave of arrow rain towards the position of the mercenary regiment.
Watching the gunner withdraw with his artillery, LAN gley''s Tatar cavalry rushed up at the beginning. Ah Yuqi smiled and said to Yishi LAN gley, "Khan, it depends on who wins the position first."
"Ah Yuqi Taiji, in terms of military courage, my people are not as good as your Kalmyk cavalry." at the beginning, LAN gleyipi replied with a smile.
At the beginning, LAN gley was born in the Crimean khanate, surrounded by Poland, czar Russia and Ottoman Turkey. He knew very well that if the cavalry could defeat the Musketeers in the field, once the infantry shrank back to a solid position, it would be impossible for the cavalry alone to break through the line of defense.
However, the tartar cavalry attack was the result of ayuqi''s order. At the beginning, LAN gley did not intend to popularize knowledge for this Taiji.
At this time, the two allies actually have their own calculations.
After destroying karazimir and capturing saijietbei, ayuqi thought that the chiefs of the Tatar tribes who had defected would be attached to their own turhut khanate, but he didn''t expect that all these tribal chiefs had defected to Yishi LAN gley. This made ah Yuqi very dissatisfied with Yishi LAN gley. He believed that all the battles were fought by himself, but the biggest profit was LAN gley at the beginning. Especially when he inadvertently learned that uzenbei, who had never left Yishi LAN gley, was sent by Yishi LAN gley to occupy Yasu fort, he was full of vigilance to Yishi LAN gley. Ah Yuqi worried that the Kalmyk people would inadvertently make wedding clothes for the former Khan.
Therefore, in this attack on the position of the mercenary regiment, ah Yuqi stubbornly wanted those who took refuge in yishilan gley to take the lead, while the karmec cavalry attacked behind the mercenary regiment. Moreover, ah Yuqi secretly instructed his commander to make way if the mercenary regiment wanted to break through.
Of course, ah Yuqi didn''t want to let Chechen go. He wants the mercenary regiment to flee to the Azov fort and let uzzenbey, who occupied the Azov fort, fight with the mercenary regiment. At that time, he will fight with Snipes and mussels and benefit the fishermen.
What ah Yuqi didn''t expect was that he was calculating Yishi LAN gley, and Yishi LAN gley was also calculating ah Yuqi. He had already told Ahmadinejad patriarchs that they must make a big attack later, but they must not damage their troops, that is to say, just pretend.
Because of this, Chechen and his mercenary regiment had the chance to escape from the sky.
The front position of the mercenary regiment was densely filled with feather arrows. The tartar cavalry, in groups of 100 people, kept passing in front of the mercenary regiment''s position, but did not enter the range of the fire gun. This disappointed Cherchen, who was already ready to let the Tatars eat "Gustav thunder". He didn''t know what the Tatars were doing. In desperation, he had to order the first two rows of Musketeers to shoot freely, and the last three rows continued to stand by.
At the back door of the camp, when yelisi led the Hessian cavalry to attack the karmec cavalry behind him, the karmec cavalry who had already received the secret order of ayyuqi began to retreat after a little resistance and gave way to the Azov fort.
When yelisheyi sent someone to tell Cherchen that the way to retreat had been opened, Cherchen was overjoyed. He did not expect that yelishei could beat back the karmec cavalry so quickly and open the gap. Although Chechen also suspected that it was too smooth, he now had no choice.
In order to prevent karmec cavalry from coming back and chasing, Chechen and his troops set out quickly. All the soldiers began to retreat according to the pre arrangement.
Seeing the mercenary regiment break through. At the beginning of the original plan of "acting", LAN gley began to worry. He persuaded ah Yuqi to pursue quickly, otherwise he would feed the tiger.
"Khan, where''s your uzzenbey? Where is he now?" ah Yuqi suddenly asked when LAN gley was so worried at the beginning.
At the beginning, LAN gley was stunned. Then he said, "Terje, my uzen should be on his way. I sent him to ASU to continue recruiting."
"That''s great," ah Yuqi said with a laugh. "We just drove this group of enemies to the Kuban River, and then attacked uzenbei back and forth."
Seeing ah Yuqi say so, he made it clear that he didn''t want to waste his strength in order to completely annihilate Chechen. At the beginning, LAN gley hated his teeth, but he had nothing to do.
After all, I don''t want to eat bones, just meat.
"Then, Terje, we must not lose it," said LAN gley at the beginning.
He bit us hard.
"No, of course not." ah Yuqi smiled.
Besides Chechen, along the way, Chechen was most worried about the destruction of the bridge on the Kuban River by the Kalmyk cavalry, because now time is more valuable than anything, and cutting down trees to rebuild the floating bridge must waste a lot of time. Moreover, once we meet the enemy by the river and fight against the river, we will die.
Fortunately, yelishei, who arrived at the Kuban river ferry in advance as a pioneer, sent someone to bring back good news - the bridge is intact, and 100 Hessian cavalry have crossed the river and established a defensive position.
Hearing the news, Chechen breathed heavily. Just cross the river and the mercenary regiment will be safe.
At this time, the asak patriarch who accompanied Chechen smiled and said, "bey, God bless us. Those Kalmyks are so close that they didn''t destroy the bridge on the river in advance."
But Chechen didn''t reply to the words of the patriarch of Isaac, because the patriarch''s words reminded Chechen - how could the kalmec Taiji named ah Yuqi make such simple mistakes one after another?
And that reason, even if Chechen wants to break his head, he can''t think of it.
When we arrived at the Bank of the Kuban River, people on both sides of the river hissed. The four infantry units have crossed more than half. Fedot and Sir hessenzi are leading more than 100 Hessen infantry standing in front of the simple fortification at the bridge head, waiting for Cherchen''s arrival.
Although he had a safe trip, Cherchen saw the dignified faces of fedot and Viscount Hesse. Seeing Chechen coming, they looked at each other, and finally fedot took a step forward.
"Colonel," fedot said with difficulty, "there is very bad news."
"What news?"
"Yasu fort is lost!"
Sitting on the horse, Chechen''s eyes were black. His body shook and almost fell off the saddle.
What I worried about happened.