The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Chapter 56: The Battle of Smolensk (18)

   In order to make sure that the plan to raid the Alexei camp was foolproof, Smolensk sent almost all the forces that could be maneuvered on hand. Including a 300-man wing cavalry company, a 100-man Dragoon, and five-hundred Smolensk infantry.

   In terms of the marching route, the team led by Doronin did not take the nearest path. Instead, it made a large circle from the east gate, and then launched an attack from the left flank of the camp.

   Although it is the first time to command cavalry, Doronen is obviously as talented in the military as he is in the political field. After leaving Smolensk, he threw out all the cavalry in his hand-one to monitor the enemy in the east; one to go five miles ahead to guard against the enemy's ambush.

   Three hundred winged cavalry moves with the synchronized soldiers. Since the infantry also had two small-caliber artillery, the marching speed was even slower.

  The troops marched slowly and firmly in this way. When Doronen's large group was 10 kilometers away from Rudonia, the scouts sent out returned from the skirmishers.

   "Your Excellency Commander. We have investigated along the way, and there is no ambush." ​​The scout said, taking off his mask.

   "Thanks, Cadiz. Is there anything else?" Doronen replied.

   It turned out that this scout was Kadiz who came to Smolensk with Chechen and the others. After escorting the caravan, although Kadiz and his companions also joined the Polish army in Smolensk, they did not join Pedro and them, but joined the cavalry. Later, the cavalry of the various units were unified under the command of Doronin, and Cadiz became a dragoon. Because of his superb swordsmanship, he was promoted to the leader of the Dragoons shortly after Doronin took over the wing cavalry company.

"The camp of Tsarist Russia in Rudnia is more than a mile away. They built simple wooden fences around the camp. There are guards in front of the gate of the village, but not many guards." Cardi Si reported the detected situation to Doronin.

   "Very well, Cadiz. You go back and continue to ambush."

   The situation reported by Cadiz was similar to the information he had obtained in advance, and Doronen was even more convinced that the attack would be successful.

   The upcoming victory inspired Doronin’s fighting spirit, and he urged the infantry to speed up.

   Finally, Rudonia was already watching.

   As Doronin’s troops approached the Russian barracks, the Russian army finally discovered Doronin’s army. The horn was sounded in the camp, as if calling the police. The drums of war were beaten here and there.

   "Balabin, prepare to fire." Doronin ordered the infantry commander Balabin to arrange artillery positions.

  Russian troops in Rudnia are obviously unwilling to sit still. An infantry came out of the gate and formed six ranks along the wooden fence. Two rows are pikemen, and four are pikemen. There are about six hundred men.

   "The crowd of mobs."

  Through the monoculars, Doronen had already seen that these Russian troops were inferior, even the soldiers in the front row had no armor for self-defense.

   "The armored cavalry lined up."

  Doronin raised the scepter in his hand and commanded loudly. What he cares about now is not the issue of annihilating the Russian army in front of him, but whether he can rush into the barracks as quickly as possible and capture Prince Alexei alive.

   "Kadex, you lead half of the dragoons to the back of the village, don't let the prince escape."

   Cadiz ordered to leave.

   The winged cavalry moved. These pride of the Republic of Poland only confronted the enemy in a line, standing in front of the enemy line. The helmets of these cavalry are decorated with cloud wings, and Rulin's spear thorns are tied with long green and black triangle flags.

  Doronin leaped past the wing cavalry on his horse, and ran to the leftmost side of the line.

   "I will launch an assault with you, and may the protector of the country bless us. Long live the Republic! Long live the wing cavalry!" Doronen gave an impassioned pre-war speech.

   "Hurrah! Hurrah!" The wing cavalry responded one after another. Their shouts shook the sky.

   strike out.

   Doronin waved the scepter in his hand forward.

   The knights leaped on their saddles and galloped forward. Their sturdy bodies cling to the backs of the horses, and their lances pointed forward.

   Behind the wing cavalry, the artillery carried by the infantry also fired. Two artillery shells landed on the Russian army's position, but because they fell too close, they did not cause damage. But it also caused chaos to the Russian army.

   After the first row of winged cavalry launched a charge, the remaining dragoons scattered to the two wings of the winged cavalry, and the infantry formed five rows to follow behind.

   In that era, few infantrymen were able to block the charge of the armored cavalry. What's more, the first platoon of the Russian infantry has only one hundred men. Their long spears are only more than three meters, while the wing cavalry's long spears are close to six meters.

   The destruction of the three Russian infantry units was only a short time. Under the weight of a mountain of wing cavalry, the infantry of Tsarist Russia fell to the ground one after another. After the lance pierced the enemy in the first row, the caster did not disappear, and then ran into the second and third columns with the corpse pierced on the tip of the gun.

   The Russian army behind was shaken. Some collapsed Russian troops threw down their weapons, shouting and fleeing towards the rear frantically.

After defeating the Pikemen, the winged cavalry dropped their lances, pulled out their saddle sabers and continued to charge. The sword uses the horse's speed, even if the cavalry does not wield the saber, the saber can easily cut the human body with the horsepower. Following the wing cavalry, the five hundred infantry also flooded into Rudonia.

   Rudonia instantly turned into a **** of blood and fire. Some of the defeated Russian troops fled into houses and tents, hoping to avoid being chased by the Polish troops, but the Polish infantrymen who followed immediately pulled them out, and some overcame the fence and escaped; and More Russian troops flooded the main street, hoping to escape from the back of the village. But there was already blocked by dragoons.

   The dragoons led by Kardex opened fire in groups of ten, and the continuous firepower overturned waves of defeated Russian troops. In a short while, a half-person high wall was piled up at the entrance of the street.

  The battle went so smoothly, but Doronin's face was unhappy. Because it was so smooth. The defeated enemy army does not look like there are more than two thousand people. UU read www.uukanshu.com and the famous shooting army did not appear, nor did the Boye cavalry appear.

  Although it is said in the intelligence that Prince Alexei sent eight thousand Russian troops to stop Prince Yanush Laziviu, the prince did not personally go out after all. As the residence of a Russian prince, there should be at least some elite guards around him.

   Just as Doronin was in doubt, the infantry commander Barabin reported:

   "Commander, our people found a high official over the church."

   Duo Ronin heard the words and hurried over with Balabin.

   At the church, more than a dozen Russian soldiers in red uniforms surrounded a man in gorgeous mirror armor to make the final resistance.

   They guarded the door of the church, fighting with enemies several times more than themselves. These warriors brandished a long axe and stubbornly pushed back the rushing Polish army.

   Seeing that the strong attack could not be achieved, the infantry retreated five steps one after another, and set up muskets far beyond the attack range of the long axe.

   "Surrender." A small flag warrior shouted.

   No one responded.

   The small flag samurai ordered a shot.

   The red uniforms fell at the door of the church.

   A black figure staggered out of the church, he looked at the corpses all over the floor with a sad expression on his face.

   "Prince Alexei, I am the Doronin Councillor of Smolensk, Republic of Poland. You will be treated in line with your status." Doronin said. He hoped to give the prince the dignity of the nobility so that the prince could voluntarily surrender.

   "I am Prince Alexei, the shooting officer Count Bezukhov." The man raised his head and smiled, looking at Doronin like a friend.

  He is not Prince Alexei! Where is the real prince?

   Doronin was dizzy.

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