Chapter 975

On the city wall, Zhu Sansi let out a sigh of relief. Neither Tsarist Russia nor the Golden Tent Khanate outside the city showed any signs of attacking again. It seemed that the two targeted shots had been effective.

He did this, firstly, to use the limited ammunition to create the illusion that they still had ammunition, and secondly, to create conflict between them.

After all, if the Great Yu Empire only attacked the Golden Tent Khanate and not the Tsarist Russians, anyone would be suspicious. By using these two points, he only wanted to delay their attack.

And just as he thought, this move seemed to have had a good effect, and the armies outside the city had stopped moving.

“Division Commander, they’re really scared,” Gao Yingfeng said in surprise.

“I hope so. Now we can only try to buy time and wait for reinforcements, otherwise Yakutsk will be taken sooner or later,” Zhu Sansi sighed.

Gao Yingfeng’s face became serious. One problem they faced was that they were too far away from Jianzhou, while Tsarist Russia had been operating in Siberia for many years, and their infrastructure was well-established.

In his opinion, to hold Yakutsk and its surrounding land, they needed to build roads and also relocate people to the border to defend it.

Otherwise, simply relying on the army’s temporary garrison and defense would not be enough to completely control this place.

“The ammunition for breaking out has been used up. The only hope for the soldiers to survive is to hold on. Division Commander, we are not cowards. If we have to die, we will die together,” Gao Yingfeng said with unyielding determination.

In this situation, Zhu Sansi did not want to blame Gao Yingfeng too much. He patted Gao Yingfeng’s shoulder heavily and looked at the city outside with a profound gaze.

However, in the following month, both the Golden Tent Khanate and the Tsarist Russian soldiers seemed to have been bluffed by Zhu Sansi’s trick.

While keeping a small amount of ammunition, they would fire a few shots to scare the Golden Tent Khanate every time they attacked, and the Golden Tent Khanate’s soldiers would be scared and run back every time.

Then, on the morning of March 17th, Zhu Sansi was suddenly awakened by cheers from the city wall. Hearing the sound, he and Gao Yingfeng immediately went up to the city wall.

In the direction of the south of Yakutsk, a cavalry wearing dark green military uniforms appeared on the other side of the river.

“Division Commander, it’s our cavalry! It’s our cavalry!” Gao Yingfeng shouted excitedly.

The soldiers on the city wall cheered loudly. After holding on for four months, they had finally waited for reinforcements to arrive.

Zhu Sansi’s eyes were slightly red. If this batch of reinforcements had not arrived, they would probably not have been able to hold on. They had been holding on until now entirely by sheer will.

Compared to Zhu Sansi’s excitement, Gubat and Karlov’s faces were extremely ugly. This army had suddenly appeared here, and they had not received any news about it.

There was only one explanation: the outposts they had occupied had all been destroyed by this cavalry, and all the people in the outposts were dead.

“I think it’s best to retreat now,” Gubat said, squinting his eyes at the cavalry that had suddenly appeared. He was too familiar with this cavalry because they often fought on the grassland.

And he was also very familiar with the leader of this cavalry, Zhang Qinian, the devil who had killed his two nephews.

Karlov punched a nearby tree, and the snow fell, scattering everywhere. “Retreat! That’s absolutely impossible, Gubat. If we can’t take Yakutsk this time, neither of us can explain it to the Queen. Don’t forget that you are also a Tsarist Russian now. For the past month, you have been passively attacking and preserving your strength. Do you think I don’t see it?”

Gubat’s face immediately turned red. He said angrily, “Is that so? I also want to ask you why the Great Yu Empire’s army only attacks my soldiers and not yours. Is that also a coincidence?”

“It is indeed a coincidence. We have all been fooled. The fact is that their reinforcements have arrived. They used the psychology of a fool like you,” Karlov could no longer bear it. He finally understood why the Golden Tent Khanate had lost so completely to the Great Yu Empire. This was a nomadic tribe that could not be trusted at all.

Gubat looked at the cavalry on the other side of the river and then at the cheering city of Yakutsk and gradually came to his senses. They seemed to have really fallen into a trap. Otherwise, why would these soldiers be so happy?

A feeling of humiliation surged in his heart. Gubat looked at the tens of thousands of cavalry and the remaining four thousand slave soldiers behind him and said, “Zhang Qinian, we will settle our score here today.”

With that, he ordered the cavalry to sound the charge bugle.

On the other side of the river, Zhang Qinian also saw Gubat. He put down his telescope and said, “Don’t get into a long battle. Get into the city immediately. We have traveled a long distance, and our soldiers are tired and are no match for them. The supplies we are carrying are the key to defeating them.”

“Yes, General.” Upon receiving the order, the cavalry commanders immediately ordered the soldiers responsible for transportation to whip their horses and pull the sleds towards the city.

At the same time, three thousand cavalry broke away from the main group and went to meet the barbarian cavalry.

“Open the city gates quickly!” Zhu Sansi immediately ordered from the city wall. At the same time, he looked worriedly at the charging cavalry. As a general, he naturally knew that the cavalry’s condition was very poor now, and in order to withstand the cold, they were not wearing armor, only military uniforms.

Gao Yingfeng heard this and quickly opened the city gates with his soldiers. The cavalry pulling the sleds quickly entered the city.

Inside the city, the leading cavalryman shouted to Gao Yingfeng, “These boxes are all Han-style rifles and bullets. Quickly equip them!”

“Han-style rifles!” Gao Yingfeng was stunned, and then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face. He said to the soldiers beside him, “What are you waiting for? Change your guns now.”

While speaking, he immediately sent someone to inform Zhu Sansi.

After a while, Zhu Sansi came down from the city wall. After seeing what was inside the boxes, he was pleasantly surprised and ordered his soldiers to quickly change their equipment.

Before going to Yakutsk, Zhu Sansi belonged to the Imperial Guard, so he was naturally no stranger to the Han-style rifle. In order to be the first to be equipped with the Han-style rifle, they had already explained it to the soldiers in the military camp when they had a sample gun. It could be said that his soldiers could use the Han-style rifle as soon as they picked it up.

“Quick, quick, quick!”

As boxes of Han-style rifles and bullets arrived, Zhu Sansi and Gao Yingfeng personally took charge of distributing the weapons. The soldiers who received the weapons did not return to the city but chose to boldly rush out of the city gates.

They assembled outside the city in a square formation, the nemesis of cavalry, and bravely charged forward.

With 6,000 soldiers and 6,000 guns, the soldiers with brand new weapons quickly launched a counterattack.

“Bang bang bang…”

The firing pin struck the primer, and after the metal bullet made a deafening sound, the metal bullet head flew at high speed towards the barbarian cavalry. At the same time, the soldiers pulled the bolt, the shell casing was ejected, and the soldiers reloaded another bullet to fire.

With each shot, the soldier’s body moved slightly with the recoil of the gun. Under the accurate and powerful shooting, the barbarian cavalry who were fighting with Zhang Qinian fell down like wind-blown wheat.