Tower of Babel

But how can things ever be that ideal? Sun Tzu's art of war is just a special situation. Joseph is a complete layman on war. In fact, not only Joseph, but the entire West was in a state of blind men and elephants in the art of war at this time, but it was his wrong ideas that were used as imperial edicts by Wang Xiaoming and other people who had forgotten their origins, causing the Chinese side to almost be destroyed.

After nearly a year of Zhang Cheng's subtle influence, not only Joseph, but also many senior generals were exposed to Sun Tzu's Art of War and Eastern Strategy, and knew many tactics. One of them was called digging holes, which was specially designed to deal with enemies who actively attack. Da Mao was no longer reckless. Big hair. Da Mao has become bad, and TV dramas make people learn to be bad.

After the foreign powers marched in and landed, Mao Xiong, except for some hidden troops, all the frontal troops collapsed at the first touch. They fled in the face of the wind. They didn't even need their cotton coats. They abandoned their helmets and armor and marched lightly. They threw down their weapons, food, and gold coins. The gunshots of resistance were heard. Blank guns and platoon guns were fired sparsely, without causing any casualties to the multinational intervention forces. All interventionist forces won the first battle and seized a large amount of supplies. This is not surprising. I have long heard from the Germans that the Mao Xiong army was disorganized and vulnerable. Now it just confirms what the Germans said.

After counting the seized guns, we found that there were both old and new Mosin Nagants. Some of the new guns had not even been unpacked and the gun oil had not even been wiped off. Wrapped in oil paper, it was spotless. There is also a 7.62mm water-cooled heavy machine gun equipped by Russia. Boxes and boxes of bullets. In 1877, various caliber artillery were tested, ranging from 87 mm to 107 mm and 152 mm. These heavy equipment are also the core equipment of an army. If these weapons are lost, the army will be useless. In addition, countless cotton-padded clothes, quilts, hats, gloves, and military shoes were seized.

It was already December, and the weather was very cold. Those Russians were running away wearing thin clothes. They thought they would freeze to death outside tonight if they didn't use it. Originally, the multinational force was just a show-off, waiting until next spring. Unexpectedly, the Russians would be defeated at the first touch, so they could not help but pursue the victory. During this pursuit, in order to escape, the Russians actually threw gold coins to slow down the pursuers! The armies of all parties tasted the sweetness and became extremely excited, so after you sang and our side came on stage, we chased by car, horseback, running, whatever, just like flies chasing after seeing blood. Moreover, every time they pursued, something was gained, ranging from hundreds to thousands to tens of thousands of gold coins, resulting in a serious disconnect between the front and rear armies.

It’s not that there are some who are timid, but the commanders of all parties, after comprehensive analysis, are not worried about any traps here, because there are too many weapons abandoned by the enemy along the way. There are guns and ammunition all over the mountains and plains, and there are even heavy weapons. This kind of artillery was abandoned by the roadside, and the weapons were gone. You still want to launch a counterattack? So they pursued them even more unscrupulously.

Even if careful people discovered that the Mao Xiong had evacuated a lot of people before the defeat, and there was a sense of a strong wall and a clearing of the wilderness, it still did not arouse alarm. The discarded weapons all over the mountains and plains still proved that this was the real enemy of the Russian army. Rout! The Russian army discarded too many weapons! With thousands of artillery and heavy weapons and millions of Mosin-Nagants, could they arm the entire intervention force? How can anyone throw away a weapon like this? Isn't this the same as our Qing army? Looking back on that war, I just feel that happiness came too suddenly.

Countries began to go crazy, scrambling to invest their troops, fearing that they would be late and grab less. Although they encountered resistance in the direction of St. Petersburg, the Qing Dynasty did not have no self-protection alliance. St. Petersburg also subsequently declared independence to protect itself. The situation is almost exactly the same as that of the Yasuko incident. Even despite the Allied powers deploying defense lines and blockades, St. Petersburg has become an isolated city. After sending people to persuade them to surrender, the other side's attitude was very ambiguous.

Although a little unhappy, no one wanted to bite this hard nut, and St. Petersburg was ignored by many parties. On the other hand, as time went by, although fewer and fewer gold coins were seized, more exciting news was obtained. The gold rubles they captured were only intended to be used to pay soldiers, but now there is a large amount of gold, about three thousand tons, which was confiscated from the nobles, and was gathered together to be transported to Moscow. At that time, because the railway was broken, they could only rely on horse-drawn carriages temporarily. Transport by road!

Upon hearing the news, the chasing troops immediately rushed to pursue them like chicken blood. Sure enough, they soon made some gains. They found some carriages with broken wheels on the roadside and seized some scattered gold nuggets. After counting, there were more than three tons! The news was further confirmed, but the bad thing was that the news also spread. More troops heard the news and joined the pursuit. The situation began to get out of control like wild dogs fighting for food.

Three thousand tons of gold! Even if a country spends all its wealth, it may not be able to get 3,000 tons of gold. This is a wealth that is overwhelming. Let alone 3,000 tons, even if it grabs one kilogram, it is enough for ordinary people to live for a lifetime! Who wants to stop? In this way, a large number of elite troops were attracted, and they were led by the nose in an armed march back and forth on the Russian snowfields. Many countries did not hesitate to send planes to conduct aerial reconnaissance to target the gold convoy. But this golden convoy is very slippery and always invisible and invisible. It often changes its position overnight, stands out from the encirclement and plays hide and seek with everyone. As time went by, more and more troops arrived.

However, some armies are still too far behind and are destined to be unable to catch up with this batch of gold! They can only be reluctant to occupy the territory. Expanding the territory will not bring immediate results, but it is also of great significance. According to reliable sources. Vladimir was assassinated, internal strife broke out in Moscow, and the furry bears were leaderless. This time it was completely over! Nowadays, it is a horse race on Russian territory.

But whether it's grabbing gold or staking land, no one can do it. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The great powers are constantly expanding their troops crazily. Training is no longer needed. What's important now is to occupy territory. As long as someone can hold a gun and show off, a large number of weapons have been seized and come in handy. The surrounding neighboring countries are even more eager to use the power of the whole country to occupy territory and expand their territory. Lithuania, a ruined country, also spent all its money to organize an army of 100,000. All in all, it was very busy.

After a month and a half of pursuit and interception, the good news finally came. The convoy escorting the gold was blocked in a small village by multinational forces. Hundreds of thousands of people surrounded 3,000 people, and they were already unable to fly. Colonel Maclay picked up the telescope and looked at the small village by the river.