Chechen finally didn''t tell Pedro that Fatima was pregnant with her child. And this day passed in the exhaustion of both sides. Neither uzzenbey nor isilan gley launched another attack.
On that night, the weather was unusually stuffy and human, and the air was filled with a burning smell and the stench of dead bodies. The darkness was heavy, as if it was going to rain cats and dogs. And the rain is exactly what Chechen hopes. Because although the heavy rain will bring a lot of trouble to the mercenary regiment building a defense near the beach, it can also prevent the enemy''s attack in the next few days.
In the vehicle array, except for the guard sentry, all the soldiers entered mengxiang. Everyone was seizing the time to rest and replenish their strength. In the middle of the chariot camp, Cherchen gathered all the officers except father sparsokukotsky, who was seriously injured, to discuss tomorrow''s defense.
Cherchen first said: "Ladies and gentlemen, today, relying on everyone''s tenacity, we withstood the double attack of LAN gley and uzzenbey at the beginning, but the karmec cavalry led by ah Yuqi, an ally of LAN gley, has not been involved in the battle today, although I don''t know why. But after all, it is a new force of the enemy, and we can''t count on it Yuqi has been sitting on the wall. So tomorrow, if the Kalmyks join the war, what should we do? "
After listening to Chechen''s words, everyone was silent for a while. Then, yelisheyi took the lead in raising his head. He looked around and saw that no one else spoke, so he first said, "Captain, let me say a word first."
After getting Chechen''s approval, yelishei spoke. He said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to say that we can''t just defend. Today''s battle, although our losses are large, the enemy''s losses are even greater. The enemy dropped no less than 700 bodies on our Uzbek position alone, and I estimate that among Uzbek''s men and horses, there should be no more than 3000 people with real combat effectiveness. Now they are poor, so we should It''s time to launch a night attack and defeat them to reduce our pressure tomorrow. "
Ye lishei''s suggestion is obviously very courageous and risky. Although night attack has always been a classic method of defeating the strong with the weak when the enemy is strong, the risk is also great. Therefore, although ye lishei looked at Cherchen with hopeful eyes and hoped that he would adopt his own suggestions, Cherchen did not agree as decisively as before, but hesitated rarely.
At this time, fedot spoke the second. He said: "Yelishei, I''m not throwing cold water. I just want to tell you the truth and let you know how bad our situation is. Just now, I distributed the ammunition I received from Ingrid. Each Musketeer only has 50 lead bullets and corresponding gunpowder. If this number is used up in the night attack, we will not last for the next few days. Moreover, you can see After a day''s battle, the soldiers are already exhausted. How can they have the energy and strength to attack at night? I think it''s better to stick to it, because if it goes well, viscount Hessen can arrive here in three days by boat after borrowing soldiers from Kafa, and the ability of the Tatars to attack fortified positions has always been their weakness. "
"But what if? If Viscount Hesse is caught halfway, or if Mehmed Pasha doesn''t want to send troops, have you considered this situation? We may never wait for reinforcements (I hope it doesn''t happen) , but if we defeat uzenbei in front of us, we won''t be troubled. We can arm ourselves with the enemy''s materials, and we can even recapture Azov fort. You say our soldiers are exhausted, but the enemy is also exhausted. My Hessian cavalry haven''t been involved in the battle today. They are full of fighting spirit and energy Yelishei refuted fedot''s difficulties one by one.
At this time, perhaps yelishei was too impatient, and his tone hurt fedot. Fedot, who has always been good tempered, refused to retort: "Yelishei, you''re talking about the benefits of a successful night attack, but what if it fails? At first, LAN gley and uzzenbey are not novices. Won''t they guard against our night attack? If the night attack fails and our only new force suffers losses, have you considered what we can rely on to sustain it?"
Yelishei was deliberately refuted by fedot, but he couldn''t find a good reason. He put his hands on his chest and snorted angrily.
Cherchen originally called everyone to discuss tomorrow''s defense, but after yelishei put forward the proposal of night attack, the officers of the mercenary regiment were divided into two factions, one agreed with the night attack, and the other supported staying and waiting for help.
At this time, Cherchen was in fear of another thing. Although fedot and yelisheyi only mentioned Viscount Hessen when they mentioned the reinforcements, and deliberately didn''t mention Fatima, Cherchen inevitably thought about that. This made Cherchen very upset. In addition, the weather was muggy, Cherchen felt that he couldn''t penetrate Come on.
Feeling a little breathless, Chechen tied the button at the collar. At this time, because he, the leader, had not spoken, the debate between the faction supporting yelishei and the faction supporting fedot became more and more intense.
"Enough!"
Feeling anxious, Che Chen shouted. The noise was so loud that he even woke up the sleeping soldiers around.
Yelishei and fedot both looked at Cherchen and waited for him to make up his mind.
"I," Chechen just opened his mouth and felt his throat dry. He swallowed his saliva hard, and then said, "I think it''s better to defend more steadily."
Fedot saw that Chechen supported his opinion and showed a happy smile on his face. And yelishei was full of disappointment.
Now that we have determined the defense, then we turn to how to defend. The focus of tomorrow''s defense is obviously the kalmec cavalry of ayyuqi on the other side of the Kuban river. Therefore, all Musketeers and most artillery are arranged on this side to prevent the enemy from crossing the river. On the side facing uzzenbeii, Chechen led the long Spearman squadron and a small amount of artillery, while the Tatar cavalry led by the ISAAC patriarch dismounted and supported Chechen and the long spearmen with bows and arrows. As for the Hessian cavalry, they are still in reserve.
Early the next morning, drums, bugles and guns sounded again. Relying on the absolute advantage of twice the number, LAN gley and uzenbei launched another attack at the beginning.
As usual, there was a artillery battle before the attack.
As more than ten chariots of the mercenary regiment were destroyed, a gap of more than 20 meters wide appeared in the front of the mercenary regiment. For the defense of this gap, according to the deployment last night, Chechen can only rely on simple sandbags and spearmen.
Uzbeki will focus on this gap. He hit all the guns and large caliber muskets, bombarded the gap, and tried to kill and disperse the long gunmen blocking the gap.
In this battle between flesh and steel, the mercenary regiment constantly had long gunmen hit by shells and bullets. Those solid shells are the greatest threat to the mercenary regiment - although the hit rate of Tatar artillery generally depends on God''s blessing, even if a shell hits, it will break through a blood Hutong in the crowd.
During the shelling for more than half an hour, two solid shells hit the gun array of the mercenary regiment, killing and wounding two columns and 21 soldiers.
Under such circumstances, it is easy for weak willed soldiers to collapse. Because fear of death is human nature, even elite veterans may weigh the pros and cons and have the idea of running away if they face the situation of death. The two squadrons from Poland are not a strong army, and their age is either too old or too young. Up to now, it depends on the leading soldiers of officers and strict military law. Because this time, Chechen didn''t command at the back. On the contrary, he stood in the front and took the battle flag of the mercenary regiment in his hand.
The shells that shot at the gap also shot at Chechen. As the head of the mercenary regiment, he stood in the front line, which gave the soldiers great encouragement.
In addition, aunt Pedro and aunt valvalvalla also took a team of hundred war veterans to stand around the square of the long gunners and dismounted Tatar tribal cavalry to prevent anyone from running away. Pedro even personally executed a Tatar cavalry who tried to escape.
After the deserter was executed, Pedro warned loudly: "you escape, where can you escape? We are surrounded by enemies. After leaving the vehicle array, which of you can run over a four legged horse, go out and die, stay here and fight. There is still a way to live when the reinforcements arrive. Think about it for yourself!"
This is a very simple truth that everyone can understand. And that''s what Chechen said before the war.
Therefore, all the people had to clench their teeth and stick to the end, and use their numb nerves to resist Uzbek''s artillery fire.
The shelling stopped and uzzenbey sent cavalry to attack. In his mind, the spearmen at the gap should break down even if they were not seriously injured. At the same time, the river was full of troops crossing the river at the beginning.
Tens of thousands of iron hoofs hit the ground. That huge momentum, even the dust at Chechen''s feet jumped.
"Shoot an arrow!" Chechen shouted.
"Fire!" cried fedot on the Bank of the river.
The order was passed on, the Tatar cavalry in the rear quickly opened the bow, and the artillery also inserted the red iron rod into the fire gate. When the Tatar cavalry of uzenbei was shelled, they automatically tightened their formation and rushed forward faster, hoping to escape the bullet rain in the dead corner of the shelling; On the Kuban River, a large raft was hit by gunfire and split.
At this time, the artillery stopped and the dense drums sounded in the vehicle array of the mercenary regiment. It was that the spearmen were reorganizing the formation, and the artillery also refilled the artillery with loose bullets.
On the front, uzzenbey saw that what was fired from the mercenary regiment was not bullets but feather arrows. He knew that the mercenary regiment had run out of ammunition. The excited uzzenbey loudly ordered the cavalry to charge at the fastest speed. But he didn''t realize that his side''s gradually elongated snake array had completely exposed its flanks.
Uzzenbey''s mistake immediately fell into Chechen''s eyes.
The enemy''s mistake was his own fighter. Chechen immediately ordered the trumpeter to blow the horn of attack.
At the gap on the side of the vehicle array, Hessian cavalry, which had already lined up on the side of the vehicle array, set out.
In the past few days of fighting, almost all the people have been fighting. Only they have been the audience. At this time, Hessen cavalry are already eager to try. At this time, when they see the battle flag dancing, the cavalry led by yelishei rushed out of the left wing at a very fast speed and attacked the enemy cavalry in front of the vehicle array.
For this blow, Chechen had no reservation, and all the most elite Hessian cavalry sent out, like a tiger stretching out its claws and teeth to a python at the same time. Uzzenbey certainly understood what it meant to be attacked on the flank. He quickly ordered a team of cavalry to stop the charge of Hessen cavalry, but it was too late.
In the blink of an eye, the Hessian cavalry had been killed close.
The most elite soldiers from Hesse, Germany roared, their military flag fluttered in the wind, the scabbard hit the armor, making a clang of steel collision, and the sharp military knife hung high over the horse''s head.
Hessen cavalry pierced the thin cavalry wall composed of uzenbei''s attacking cavalry with a dense wall charge, and then rushed into the enemy array. It was like a hurricane, sweeping everything all the way and cutting the giant snake into two sections!
On the uzenbei side, most of the Tatar tribal cavalry who followed the attack of the Tatar heavy armor cavalry hardly wore armor, and only a wooden skin shield was used as self-defense armor. Their combat effectiveness is lower than that of kalmec cavalry. Therefore, weapons and will are stronger than their karmec cavalry. They can''t resist the attack of Hessian cavalry, and they are even more impossible.
Originally, the Tatar heavy Armored Cavalry wanted to rush into the chariot and the position by relying on the impact of the horses, regardless of the side attack of the Hessian cavalry. But the ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny. Because of the previous attack, the front of the vehicle array was full of blood and bodies, especially at the gap. The horse cannot keep high speed when stepping on it, but its hooves always slip because of blood. In order not to stumble, the heavy Armored Cavalry of the former army can only reduce the speed of their horses, which makes them almost live targets. After being cut off by the cavalry of the mercenary regiment, the long gun array blocked the road ahead. Under the continuous shooting of bows and arrows in the vehicle array, the bodies of the former cavalry of Tatar tribe were stacked one layer after another in front of the vehicle array, paving a death carpet.
On the other side of the river, gardanzeling saw that at the beginning, LAN gley put all his strength into the battlefield as promised, and Chechen''s mercenary regiment was at the end of a powerful crossbow. The warlike kalmec asked ah Yuqi again: "ah Yuqi, let''s cross the river and destroy them all."
Ah Yuqi ignored kardan Zeling, and he continued to cast his eyes on the other side. On their own side of the Kuban River, Kalmyk people secretly cut down trees and made many wooden rafts. The front of these rafts is equipped with baffles covered with wet cow leather, which is also more huge. At this time, when crossing the river, Cherchen''s mercenary regiment, which was in a bitter battle, obviously didn''t have much spare power to block it.
Do you want to cross the river?
At this time, what made it so difficult for ah Yuqi to make a choice was not LAN gley or Chechen at the beginning, but a message he had just received from the Messenger - the fall of Kursk.