Chapter 974

The cold wind blew against Zhu Sansi’s dark green military uniform, causing it to flap loudly.

Looking at the barbarian slave soldiers who were about to launch their second charge, Zhu Sansi said to Gao Yingfeng with a serious face, “You are so audacious. How dare you hide ammunition? I order you to distribute all the remaining ammunition to the soldiers now, or I will personally execute you by firing squad!”

“Division Commander, you!” Gao Yingfeng opened his mouth. Seeing Zhu Sansi’s serious face, he stomped his foot in frustration and could only order the soldiers to bring out the remaining ammunition.

He and Zhu Sansi were superior and subordinate in their positions, but they were like brothers in life. Facing such a desperate situation today, he only wanted to save Zhu Sansi’s life, as for him, Zhu Sansi’s future was bright, while he was just a reckless man whose path could only end here.

“Hmph!” Seeing Gao Yingfeng’s soldiers carrying ammunition out from under the city, Zhu Sansi glared at Gao Yingfeng again. “I’ll settle the score with you after this battle is over.”

While the two were talking, the Golden Tent Khanate’s slave soldiers outside the city once again launched an assault on Yakutsk, and the Tsarist Russian artillery also began another round of shelling.

“It’s really hard to imagine that Barov, that fool, died at the hands of these natives,” Karlov said outside the city, looking at Yakutsk through his monocular telescope with a hint of smugness.

For him, retaking Yakutsk was only a matter of time, and he would be highly praised by the Queen.

Gubat stood beside Karlov. He scoffed at Karlov’s sudden confidence. “Lieutenant Karlov, you should be grateful for the soldiers of our Golden Tent Khanate who have died. It was they who exhausted the ammunition of the soldiers in the city. Otherwise, it would not be so easy for you.”

Karlov pouted. He understood Gubat’s thoughts; he was trying to steal his credit. In fact, after the Golden Tent Khanate surrendered to the Queen, the Golden Tent Khanate had not achieved anything significant, far less important than the Cossacks to Tsarist Russia.

As for this nomadic tribe from the eastern grassland, their generals could not fully trust them, and it was precisely for this reason that the Golden Tent Khanate was so eager to perform.

“Of course, I will report your achievements to Her Majesty the Queen.” Karlov showed a faint smile. He knew very well that he needed these cannon fodder from the Golden Tent Khanate to wear down the Great Yu Empire’s army in Yakutsk. It was not beneficial to offend Gubat now.

Gubat showed a satisfied expression when he heard this. If it weren’t to resist the threat of the Great Yu Empire, the Golden Tent Khanate would not have groveled to Tsarist Russia.

“This is a true partner.” Gubat waved his hand, and the slave soldiers in front of him once again charged towards Yakutsk.

Unlike the previous seven charges, this time Gubat sent all his slave soldiers. This time, he wanted to capture Yakutsk in one fell swoop. The Great Yu Empire’s soldiers, who had lost their firearm advantage, were no match for them.

Under his command, tens of thousands of slave soldiers surged towards Yakutsk from all directions. At this moment, Karlov also ordered the artillery to attack Yakutsk again.

The rumbling of cannons resounded throughout the battlefield.

However, to their surprise, the Great Yu Empire’s soldiers on the city wall were very quiet this time, as if they had given up resistance.

The battlefield was too quiet during the slave soldiers’ charge. Although it was a bit strange, Gubat and Karlov were both extremely confident.

Because they were sure that the Great Yu Empire’s soldiers had run out of ammunition.

At five hundred, three hundred, two hundred, one hundred, fifty, and thirty meters, the slave soldiers surged forward like a tide. Just as they reached the city and were halfway up the wall, a dense volley of gunfire suddenly rang out.

The sound of three cannons also rang out in retaliation from the city wall. Before Karlov and Gubat could react, they saw the artillerymen not far away being blown to pieces.

However, the Great Yu Empire’s artillery counterattack was very brief. After thirty cannonballs, the city wall fell silent again.

Under the dense gunfire, the slave soldiers at the city suffered heavy losses. More than a thousand people fell under the city in a very short time, and this was enough to cause the slave soldiers to collapse.

When the gunfire stopped, the surviving slave soldiers scrambled to escape from the city.

“Damn it, this is a trap!” Karlov cursed. “They did it on purpose, it must be on purpose.”

Gubat was also shocked. They had never encountered a firearm counterattack in the past few days, but today they encountered fierce resistance, which caused him to lose a lot of his troops. Now he had a similar thought to Karlov, that the Great Yu Empire was deliberately setting a trap to kill as many of their soldiers as possible.

This thought made him a little worried. He did not want to lose too many troops here, because the weaker his strength, the more unfavorable it would be for him on the grassland.

After the Golden Tent Khanate lost Guandong, the internal conflicts within the Khanate gradually intensified. The banner heads who originally owned land in Guandong lost everything. Now they wanted to get a piece of land on the grassland to support their own clansmen, while the banner heads who used to occupy these lands were not happy at all.

Because of this reason, the Golden Tent Khanate now seemed harmonious, but in fact, it was full of conflicts, and every banner head wanted to preserve his strength to avoid being taken over by others.

If it weren’t for Dolgor’s order, he would never have come to fight in this cursed land of ice and snow.

“These people from the Great Yu Empire are as cunning as foxes. We can’t charge recklessly like this anymore,” Gubat said, wanting to retreat.

Karlov stared into Gubat’s eyes when he heard this. “Maybe these are their last bullets. We have to keep trying.”

Frowning, Gubat looked at the Tsarist Russian soldiers who had suffered almost no losses and was a little annoyed. “Why don’t you let your soldiers charge? Are the lives of our Golden Tent Khanate soldiers not lives?”

Karlov wanted to say yes, but to conquer Yakutsk, he endured it, because he knew very well that if he recaptured Yakutsk, he would receive great favor from the Queen, and this was too tempting.

“Of course not. How about this, we take turns sending soldiers to probe?”

Karlov waved his hand, and fifty Tsarist Russian soldiers went towards Yakutsk. Unlike last time, the Great Yu Empire’s soldiers did not shoot and only hid on the city wall to avoid the Tsarist Russian soldiers’ gunfire.

After running out of bullets, these Tsarist Russian soldiers retreated calmly, and Karlov smiled.

Gubat’s brows furrowed even more, but Karlov had already done so, and he could only send five hundred people to continue probing. However, when his soldiers reached the city, the Great Yu Empire’s soldiers shot again, causing the slave soldiers to scatter.

Looking at each other, Karlov and Gubat suddenly looked strange. A hint of dangerous light appeared in Gubat’s eyes. Facing Gubat’s gaze, Karlov felt a chill in his heart. He understood that Gubat was beginning to suspect him.

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