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Yegor's face changed drastically, and he shouted in panic: "Run away!"

Throughout Siberia, the number of Cossacks was definitely more than a few hundred. Seventy years ago, the first group of Cossacks to enter Siberia numbered more than 840 people.

Those who could not survive in Tsarist Russia, Poland, and Lithuania came to the East to explore. Over the past few decades, even if the number of people was less than 10,000, there were at least several thousand, but many of them froze to death, starved to death, or were beaten to death.

But here is the Heilongjiang River Basin, and there are only two to three hundred Cossacks (including the servant army).

Moreover, they used boats as transportation. Even if he made a fortune in the past two years, he could only get more than thirty Mongolian horses, so the cavalry outside the village must be the enemy.

Without Yegor's reminder at all, the rest of the Cossack bandits had already rushed diagonally out of the village.

The Cossacks were not warriors, they were robbers.

Since he is a robber, his priority must be to save his life. Not to mention encountering large groups of cavalry, even if they encounter hundreds of elite natives, these guys will run as fast as they can.

"outflank!"

Luo Yanggui, who came with troops, divided his troops before entering the village.

The three hundred Datong cavalry were quickly divided into three teams. One team went around to the east of the village, one team went around to the west of the village, and one team led by Luo Yanggui went straight into the village.

In the blink of an eye, the Datong cavalry rushed past the young man.

In the eyes of the indigenous teenagers, these cavalrymen were like magic soldiers descended from heaven. Their war horses are so tall and mighty. Their leather armor is so exquisite and strong. Even these heavenly soldiers, everyone wears leather boots on their feet.

"There are enemies coming around on the left!" a Cossack shouted in panic.

"There's one on the right too!" shouted another Cossack.

Yegor was almost pissed with fear. He gritted his teeth and roared: "Charge over at full speed, don't be surrounded!"

They can't run away.

The dragoons subordinate to each division may also have some riding on inferior horses. But as the first cavalry division, all war horses are carefully selected, either hybrids of Indian horses or good horses from Mongolian horses.

The war horses of the Cossack bandits were obtained from the Buryat Mongols. Some are obtained from robbery, and some are purchased through trade. Whether they are good or bad depends entirely on luck.

When both sides were running at full speed, it was obvious that the horses of the Datong Cavalry were faster.

"Breakout to the right!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Yegor took out a horn, jerked the reins and started to turn. He didn't dare to rush forward because the Datong cavalry had already outflanked them, so he could only run towards the forest to the east in a panic.

More than a dozen Cossack bandits reined in their horses and changed directions.

There was a Cossack who turned too hastily and his horse couldn't hold back its hooves. He lost his balance and fell to the ground with him and his horse. The guy struggled to get up, but before he could get on the horse, Luo Yanggui had already caught up with him and shot him two to three meters away.

When Yegor saw the Datong cavalry coming from the right, he subconsciously raised his matchlock gun. Suddenly I remembered that I had already fired the gun before I had time to reload it.

Yegor waved his riding whip fiercely, and the horse speeded up again.

His Mongolian horse was stolen from the Cossack leader when he took refuge with Khabarov. Although it cannot be called a BMW, it is still a good horse and has reached the average level of the cavalry division.

If you look down from above, you can see Yegor leading the way... escaping. His men were quickly thrown out of more than ten positions. On the left, Datong cavalry came back, and behind them there were Datong cavalry pursuing them.

Luo Yanggui rode his horse galloping and bent his bow to draw an arrow.

Whoosh!

An arrow hit the Cossack in the back, the arrow piercing the leather armor. However, the power of the horse bow was not great, and the enemy was injured but not dead. The arrows were swaying on his back, and he still continued to run away.

Whoosh!

Bang bang bang!

Bows, arrows and bullets rained down on the Cossacks.

There are three types of cavalry in the Datong Cavalry Division.

One is the valiant cavalry, which can shoot arrows from a distance and fight in close combat, and even carries a hand crossbow and a small buckler.

One is the Yi Cavalry, which can organize wall-type charges and shoot arrows from a distance, but its traditional melee fighting ability is weak.

One is the dragoon, which mainly uses fire guns to fight.

Of the three hundred people brought by Luo Yanggui, fifty were dragoons and the rest were all valiant cavalry. This time it was an expedition. The knights took off their iron armor and came here wearing only leather armor.

When Yegor heard the gunfire, he subconsciously lay on the horse and turned back to check the situation. He was suddenly frightened out of his wits.

After a baptism of arrows and bullets, more than a dozen of his men were almost wiped out, leaving only two lucky ones alive. One of the guys had an arrow stuck in his shoulder, swaying as the horse rose and fell.

"Run, run!"

Yegor accelerated his horse like crazy and finally rushed into the forest. At the same time, the horse's speed also automatically slowed down.

On the outskirts of this primeval forest, there are often indigenous activities, and many trails have been trampled. Yegor rode along the path and looked back from time to time, only to see an enemy chasing him closer and closer.

Luo Yanggui's position is the commander of the cavalry regiment. This time he only brought 300 cavalry, purely for the purpose of the expedition.

The horse he was riding on his crotch was a second-generation hybrid of a Wari horse and a Mongolian horse. It was already barely touching the edge of the BMW. At this moment, the four hooves are galloping, as if flying in the forest, and it can take at least half a stick of incense to catch up.

Yegor was frightened and angry. Knowing that he could not escape, he slowed down and stopped.

The former Lithuanian serf raised his spear and charged towards Luo Yanggui on horseback.

Luo Yanggui also raised his spear and chose to confront the enemy.

Two war horses passed by each other, and Yegor suddenly flew up and fell to the ground, smashed to pieces. A large amount of blood gushed out from the hole in the leather armor on his chest.

The moment he stabbed the enemy, Luo Yanggui abandoned his spear. Then he reined in his horse, turned around, drew his sword and rushed towards him. Yegor, who was lying on the ground, was hit in the knee by a knife before he could recover.

Luo Yanggui dismounted, picked up his spear, and plunged it into the enemy's throat without saying any nonsense.

This group of Cossack bandits was wiped out without any effort.

For the first time in history, the Qing army fought against the Cossacks, and they fought so humiliatingly.

At that time, Khabarov robbed the village and was stationed in a village with earth walls. There were 20 musketeers, 70 Cossack refugees, 117 native servants, and three artillery pieces.

General Ningguta Haise has 600 Eight Banners troops, 500 Daur natives, 420 Feyaka natives, and 105 Hulha natives under his command. It carries six artillery pieces, 30 muskets, and 12 missiles against ten thousand enemies.

The strength of the Qing army was six times that of the Cossacks.

And the Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time was at the peak of its military power. The surrounding indigenous people were all informing the Qing army, and they didn't even notice that the Cossacks were surrounded.

In this battle, the Qing army was defeated miserably...

The Cossacks had obviously been surrounded, and the Cossacks didn't know it yet, so the Qing army could just attack at night and be done with it.

But General Ning Guta, Hai Se, insisted on arrogantly arraying himself in formation, and then bombarded the earth wall with artillery.

Blow down a few more gaps in the earth wall, attack several sides at the same time, and use the advantage of troops to get it done. Hai Se wanted to order the capture of prisoners alive, and since only one breach was destroyed, he ordered the whole army to charge to capture the prisoners.

The Cossacks aimed all three artillery pieces at the gap in the earth wall.

The Qing army swarmed forward, crowding the gap and becoming a live target for artillery.

The Qing army was quickly stunned by artillery fire, and the Cossacks took the opportunity to organize a counterattack. In the chaos, the Qing army suddenly collapsed, including the Eight Banners Army, and 676 people were killed. Those Cossack bandits captured 830 Qing army horses, 17 muskets, 2 artillery pieces, and also grabbed a large amount of food.

After this battle, Khabarov's strength increased dramatically, and it was more than enough for him to ride two horses.

This is the real Eight Banners Army. Don't think how awesome they are, it's just that the Ming Army is worse than them.

"Captain, there are still survivors."

"bring it here!"

A Cossack bandit who was not killed by an arrow was escorted to Luo Yanggui.

I originally planned to torture the news, but the two sides couldn't understand each other's language.

Luo Yanggui felt that the other party was pretending to be stupid and ordered the torture. But the Cossack, who was tortured to death, was still just screaming.

Bao Bai, a young aboriginal boy and clan leader, came with his tribe members and kowtowed to Luo Yanggui when they met.

"Get up," Luo Yanggui asked, "Are there any Rakshasa ghosts nearby?"

Bao Bai said: "There are also, but it is not a Rakshasa ghost, but a dog raised by a Rakshasa ghost. The Rakshasa ghost defeated two Daur tribes, and some timid Daur people became dogs for their enemies. They Just in the forest, there were plundered grains, women, and some beast skins."

"Lead the way immediately!" Luo Yanggui said.

These natives didn't know where the enemy was, so they asked the hostages who were released to report the news to lead the way, but there was not even a ghost there.

The indigenous teenagers organized hunters and searched for traces in the forest. After spending most of the day, they finally found the traces of the enemy.

More than a dozen Daur natives remained in place, guarding the livestock, grain, women and furs that the Cossack bandits had stolen. Seeing that the Datong cavalry was outnumbered and each one of them was on horseback, they did not choose to run away, so they immediately knelt down and begged to surrender.

After repeated questioning, Luo Yanggui obtained more military information.

It turns out that not everyone in Khabarov's main force carries a matchlock. There are only more than 20 Cossack musketeers, more than 100 Cossacks who use cold weapons, and the rest are all indigenous Siberian hunters.

These indigenous hunters come from different tribes, including indigenous people from the north of Lake Baikal and Mongolian herders who were captured by the Cossacks. These people were all equipped with hunting bows, some with knives, and some without. When facing the Datong cavalry, their combat effectiveness was negligible.

Luo Yanggui muttered: "It's really a group of bandits. There are only two or three hundred such weak bandits, but they are able to run rampant on both sides of the Heilongjiang River. Do the local indigenous people have no eggs?"

It’s not that there are no eggs, it’s that those with eggs were either killed by the Tatars, or captured and killed as soldiers by the Tatars.

Moreover, the Cossacks owned large ships, which came and went in Heilongjiang like the wind. If several indigenous tribes unite and appear with thousands of troops, the Cossacks will immediately escape by boat and go to another place to rob.