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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 727: Siege and City Breakdown

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    "The siege has begun. The Taiping Army launched another shameless surprise attack. It can be seen that they have been preparing for a long time. I don't know what to do. The fall of Nerchinsk, the pearl of the city, may be tomorrow. The one on their flag  The terrifying and evil totem is the mythical beast in the legend of this ancient nation - the dragon. In my opinion, this totem is so ferocious. We were hiding under the enemy's fire. I can only pray to God to let the severe cold come quickly.  New" - Sergeyev's "Memoirs of the Far Eastern War"

    On the Taiping Army position outside Nerchinsk, Liu Mingchuan looked at the Manchu general Tepuqin beside him and said: "General Zhang, the enemy's 30,000 cavalry reinforcements have been annihilated. What do you think should be done next?"

    Tepuqin's original name was Pu Xi, with the surname Baixi and Ren'an, and his surname Zhang. He was born in Shengjing with a red flag for the Han Army. His ancestors were the first Han people to surrender to the Qing Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty. Later, he was classified as the Han Army Flag.  Northeastern native.  This man only took over as the general of Heilongjiang this year, and he only temporarily replaced the sick Yishan, and was not an actual military officer. However, after taking office, he actively prepared for the Russian invasion. Later, after the Qing court's surrender edict reached the Northeast, he  He led the troops and civilians under his jurisdiction to surrender to the Taiping Army.

    After Tepuqin surrendered, he followed the Taiping Army's national order, restored his Han surname, and changed his name back to Pu Xi. He became the first batch of Manchu generals who still fought for the Taiping Army on the front line. He is currently the Cavalry Commander-in-Chief of the Northeastern Army.  The staff officer can also be regarded as Liu Mingchuan's deputy in this siege.

    Historically, after Tepuchin took over as the general of Heilongjiang, the Russians had already occupied a large area of ??land outside the customs. He was ordered at a time of crisis. In order to prevent Tsarist Russia from invading again, he took two major measures. One was to train troops.  The Oroqen people of the Mar 5th Route were incorporated into the Jiangyou regiment, and they installed Taika along the river to patrol and watch out for the enemy. They also selected soldiers from Butha and Mergen and trained them diligently. They also selected soldiers from Qiqihar, Hulan and other four cities.  Flag Ding.  Moved to Heilongjiang City (i.e. Aihui) to support each other.  Second, in order to solve the problem of food and salary for officers and soldiers, he proposed to ban the recruitment of people to reclaim wasteland in response to the Qing government's policy of sealing off the Northeast.  On July 21, the 10th year of Xianfeng's reign, he went to the imperial court and petitioned to open up the Hulan Mongol Mountain area (today's Mulan County) to recruit people to reclaim wasteland. The Qing government approved it, thus changing the Qing government's policy for more than a hundred years.  Heilongjiang¡¯s ban policy.  "A lot of things are made in Jiang Province."  Immigration to the border improved Heilongjiang's financial situation, and also played an important role in resisting Tsarist Russia's encroachment on Heilongjiang.

    After joining the Taiping Army in this time and space, he was very active in the Northeast Army's dispatch of superior forces to attack Tsarist Russia. After Zhang Puxi (from here on changed to Han name writing) listened to Liu Mingchuan's words, he pondered for a moment and said: "The Rakshasa people are the biggest  One of the reinforcements has been wiped out, and it is impossible for other Rakshasa troops to come to the rescue. We besiege the city and wait for the strategy of annihilating the enemy reinforcements. There is little hope of success again, and seeing that the cold weather is coming, I think Nibu  Chu should be captured as soon as possible in the near future so that our troops in the field can spend the winter in the city.¡±

    Liu Mingchuan nodded and said: "Shuai Tan means the same thing. He is leading the troops to Chita. The Russian troops there are very empty after the 30,000 cavalry were annihilated. Tan Shuai wants to lead his troops."  After the troops captured Chita, they spent the winter there. He asked us to capture Nerchinsk as soon as possible and then lead the army into the city to spend the winter so as not to be caught off guard when the severe cold comes."

    Zhang Puxi said: "That's it. Then I will ask the generals from all ministries to come to discuss and formulate a plan to attack Nerchinsk." After that, Zhang Puxi ordered the soldiers to go and notify the generals from all ministries to come to the headquarters for a meeting.

    Before the generals arrived, Zhang Puxi looked at the soldiers not far away who were still cleaning the battlefield after last night's battle. The Taiping Rebellion's national flag, the golden dragon flag with a red background, was fluttering in the wind.  He said with emotion: "I didn't expect that we used to be as fearful of the barbarians as tigers, but now it seems that the barbarians are also vulnerable."

    Liu Mingchuan said with a smile: "The Yi people are not three-headed and six-armed. Just like us, they only have one person to eat." He paused and said: "Now the army's ammunition has been consumed by 40%. I want a group to try to fight a dozen Nibu.  In Chu City, the Second Regiment attacked the pier outside Nerchinsk City. Before, they thought not to surround the enemy. The enemy still thought that Nerchinsk City could still hold on, so they did not capture the pier. Now it seems that the pier has not been captured either.  It¡¯s necessary to stay.¡±

    Zhang Puxi hummed and said, "The pier outside Nerchinsk City should be easy to capture, so that the enemies in the city will not be able to escape by boat from the pier after seeing the beginning of the siege."

    After the two discussed it, the generals of the various armies have also arrived. Now there are more than 10,000 regular Taiping troops in the outer city. Plus the Korean and Japanese soldiers and horses of the servants, there are more than 13,000 people in total. There are 1 civilian husband accompanying the army.  More than 8,000 people.  After seeing the generals of the various armies arriving, Liu Mingchuan issued an order. The soldiers of the second regiment first attacked the dock outside Nerchinsk City. The first and third regiments attacked the city of Nerchinsk from the north and south. The Korean and Japanese regiments were responsible.To the west and leave the east, this is the strategy of encircling three and missing one, but a huge pocket was placed on the east of Nerchinsk, waiting for the enemy to break through and annihilate it.

    There are still about 1,500 Russian garrison troops at the Nerchinsk City Pier. During the siege of the city for more than ten days, the Taiping Army did not attack here because the defenses were slightly lax.  Early that morning, the Taiping Army suddenly launched a surprise attack on the dock. After the artillery fire attack, the soldiers of the Second Regiment successfully entered the dock.

    There were basically no solid fortifications at the pier. After the infantry broke in, they fought with the enemy for more than an hour and basically cleared the Russian garrison at the pier.  Three small Russian gunboats docked at the dock fled in panic, preparing to sail to Hanoi, Heilongjiang Province, but were quickly destroyed in the river by intensive artillery fire from the Taiping Army on land.

    There were mountains of grain and ammunition in several warehouses on the dock, which made the commander of the second regiment extremely happy. It seemed that after the siege began, the Russians were afraid that the transportation channels would be blocked by Taiping artillery fire, so they did not transport the supplies into the city.  , in fact they no longer have this opportunity.

    In the evening, each infantry regiment was ready to attack the city, but in the afternoon, the Russians launched another counterattack out of the city. Similarly, under the attack of the Taiping Army's field fortifications, guns and bayonets,  The Russian army left more than 200 corpses behind and retreated to the city of Nerchinsk to defend themselves, not daring to come out again.

    Although Nerchinsk City is a city, it has been built as an important military fortress, so the defense system of the fortress is still very complete. If they want to conquer such a strong fortress, the Taiping Army is still prepared to launch an siege at night.  war.

    After each army had dinner at the starting position, night fell early, around eight o'clock in the evening.  The artillery regiment, with more than a hundred artillery pieces of various types, began to spit out angry flames towards Nerchinsk City on time.  After many days of siege, the Taiping Army artillery had basically figured out the visible defenses of Nerchinsk City and fired artillery according to the preset coordinates.  The Russian citizens in the city complained endlessly.  They never found the exact location of the Taiping Army's artillery position, so when they fired back, the artillery shells failed to hit the enemy's homes. Instead, the artillery position was exposed, and the Taiping Army's artillery cleared it away with a dense rain of bullets.

    Amidst the chaos.  Sergeyev loudly ordered his infantry to stand ready. After the bombardment, the Taiping Army would definitely send infantry to attack. He originally had more than 14,000 infantrymen, but there were only more than 5,000 regular troops, and the rest were temporary.  Armed exiles, criminals and outlaws.  More than 1,500 of them were guarding the pier. Judging from the smoke and shouts of death coming from the direction of the pier this morning, more than 1,500 people at the pier were already dead.  During the counterattack out of the city last night and this afternoon, more than 3,000 people were killed or injured, leaving less than 9,000 people left in the city.  Troops began to be stretched thin.

    Sergeyev knew that the opponent's firearms were ferocious. He originally planned to go out of the city to attack the Taiping Army at night after nightfall last night. Relying on the Russians' fierce stabbing skills, he would use the darkness to offset the advantage of the opponent's firearms and give the enemy a major blow.  .  But I didn't expect that in last night's night attack, the Russians were repulsed by the enemy using the method they are best at - bayonet charge. It seems that the enemy is equally familiar with night fighting and bayonet fighting.

    After the bombardment, Sergeyev found that the Russian firepower points in the Nerchinsk Fortress had been basically destroyed, and various fortifications were also severely damaged.  After fifty minutes of artillery preparations.  The artillery of the Taiping Army began to fire into the city of Nerchinsk. It was an indiscriminate bombardment, because the Taiping Army knew that there would not be any Chinese civilians in the Russian strongholds and fortresses, because they were all killed by the Russians.  Empty.

    And just then.  The Taiping soldiers in the trenches of the starting position were already ready. Amidst the loud blast of the charge, thousands of Taiping infantry shouted loudly and formed a skirmish line to quickly charge towards Nerchinsk City.

    The sky above Nerchinsk City was filled with thick smoke, and the baptism of blood and fire made this ancient city.  Accepting the pain before the Phoenix's Nirvana.  The artillery fire was well prepared, and the dilapidated brick and wood city walls did not hinder the Taiping soldiers too much. Half an hour after launching the attack, a huge golden dragon flag with a red background had been planted on the top of the Nerchinsk city.

    Thousands of Russian soldiers in the city brandished bayonets and fought with Taiping soldiers on various streets. This time, after a brief exchange of fire, the Russian soldiers were finally able to fight hand-to-hand with the enemy, but they did not use their weapons as they imagined.  The heroic bayonet routed the enemy.  The Taiping soldiers were more skilled in stabbing skills. They worked in groups of three, guarding each other back to back. Three Taiping soldiers were able to kill seven or eight Russian soldiers, and most of the scattered Russian soldiers fell to the ground.  fell under the gunpoint of Taiping soldiers.

    After fighting for two hours, a group of enemies broke out towards the east, but were ambushed by a pre-arranged pocket formation outside the city. More than 3,000 Russian soldiers fell here, and then the Taiping Army troops in the east  Taking advantage of the situation, he rushed into the city and joined the battle to eliminate the remaining enemies in the city.

      After a night of fierce fighting, the remaining more than a thousand Russian soldiers were surrounded in the square of the Nerchinsk City Hall. Sergeyev found that he was surrounded. His soldiers were desperate but hopeful.  Looking at himself, Sergeyev finally made the difficult decision to surrender. At dawn, the last thousand or so Russian troops in the city surrendered at the city hall.

    After clearing away the remaining enemies in the city and performing a simple entrance ceremony, Liu Mingchuan and others received exciting news. A large number of silver ingots were found in the warehouses in Nerchinsk City. This made several Taiping Army leaders overjoyed and hurried there.  Looking at the warehouse stacked with silver ingots, I saw that this warehouse is located in the basement of the backyard of Nerchinsk City Hall. The entire room is filled with huge silver ingots. Each silver ingot is fifty taels, and there are tens of thousands of them here.  A silver ingot made several people stunned.  Liu Mingchuan quickly ordered heavy troops to be guarded, and at the same time sent this news to Tan Shaoguang and Beijing together with the news of the capture of Nerchinsk City.  (To be continued.)
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