"Where are those idiots from the Nalan tribe? Where have they gone?" Andrei roared.
The dozen or so people from the Nalan tribe headed straight for Snow Wolf City; they had long since disappeared.
"Sir, should we rest here for a bit?"
"Those warhorses pulling the Tsar's cannons were already exhausted."
"No need to rest, we can rest once we reach the city walls."
Andrei refused outright.
The group moved forward slowly.
"Sir, I think the cavalry can advance faster. We don't need to wait for the Tsar Cannon. We can use it to bombard Snow Wolf City when we can't take it."
Andrei sneered coldly: "You idiots, do you think we value their Snow Wolf City?"
To tell you the truth, Snow Wolf City is utterly insignificant in the eyes of me and General Sheffield.
Our objective in this attack is to eliminate the Nalan tribe soldiers within Snow Wolf City.
"They have killed more than 3,000 of our people."
“We must teach them a lesson and let them know that going against us means certain death.”
"Otherwise, who knows what these guys might do."
"Pass down the order to speed up the march."
"yes……"
Two messenger cavalrymen rode their horses back and forth among the marching ranks of the Russian soldiers.
"The commander has ordered us to speed up the operation."
"Let's rest after we take Snow Wolf City."
"The more we rested along the way, the more tired we became. The commander said that once we stormed into Snow Wolf City, the women there would be ours, and there was more than five million taels of silver inside."
The Russian soldiers were thrilled when they heard about the five million taels of silver.
"Tonight, I'm going to rest with two women in my arms."
"We've been living in the middle of nowhere these past few days, and I'm freezing. My feet are so cold I've lost all feeling in them."
"That's right. I don't pee now, I've forgotten that I still have that thing. It's probably all frozen off."
"Tonight we'll stay in the city and sleep in warm beds."
"The first thing I must do upon entering the city is to have a warm and filling meal. I've had enough of this damn weather."
The Russian soldiers quickened their pace.
Some of them cursed the terrible weather, some made the sign of the cross in prayer, and some told dirty jokes.
Soon, the Russian soldiers were getting closer and closer to the small hill where Jiang Tian and his group were hiding.
According to Jiang Tian and his group's estimation, in another half hour, these Rakshasa soldiers would pass in front of them.
Just then.
Two soldiers from the Nalan tribe rushed over.
The two Nalan tribe soldiers rushed up behind Jiang Tian and his group.
"Who are you people, and what are you doing here?" the two Nalan tribe soldiers shouted as they drew their bows and pointed arrows at Jiang Tian and his companions.
Jiang Tian was furious when he saw this.
These people were preparing to ambush the Russian soldiers.
What are these Nalan tribe cavalrymen doing here causing trouble?
"What are you idiots doing?" Jiang Tianyi knew they were from the Nalan tribe as soon as he saw the golden collars around their necks.
However, Jiang Tian was unaware that these two Nalan tribe cavalrymen and Nalan Mingzhu were not from the same tribe.
"I'd like to ask you all what you're doing here, sneaking around like this."
"You want to deal with those divine messengers?" A cavalryman pointed to the approaching Rakshasa army.
"If you dare to go against them, you're courting death."
"Sound the horn to inform the divine messengers that someone has set up an ambush here."
Jiang Tian and the others were stunned.
Soon, the mournful sound of horns rang out.
Jiang Tian was furious: "These beasts are not Nalan Jingyu's subordinates; they are trying to ruin our plans."
"Kill them."
Swoosh! Two sounds.
Before Jiang Tian could finish speaking, two arrows were aimed straight at his chest.
Two clanging sounds.
The two arrows struck Jiang Tian's chest armor, sparking as they fell to the ground.
Upon seeing this, the Tiger Warriors quickly raised their muskets.
Two gunshots rang out.
The bullets flew out quickly and struck the two cavalrymen directly in the chest.
The two Nalan tribe cavalrymen looked at the bullet holes in their chests.
Bright red blood flowed from the bullet hole.
The two men collapsed onto the snow with a thud.
...
Andrei was stunned for a moment when he heard the gunshot.
Despite the howling north wind, he could still hear the gunshots clearly and distinctly.
Where did the gunshots come from?
"It came from the northwest."
"Are they our scout cavalry?" Andrei demanded loudly.
“It wasn’t our scout cavalry. The road is flat; we didn’t send out any scout cavalry,” Poplov quickly said from the side.
"Sir, the gunshot wasn't fired by our gun either."
"The gunshot came from behind that hill."
Just then, one of the Russian cavalrymen in front ran back.
"Sir, there are people behind the hill, and quite a few of them."
What did you see?
“We saw countless messy hoofprints ahead, probably from one or two thousand horses.”
"These sons of bitches stole our guns and now they want to ambush us here."
"Bring all the cannons over here."
"First, bombard the hill in the distance. After all the cavalry have finished bombing, you will charge from both sides."
Andrei's eagle eyes were fixed on the hill.
"yes……"
Soon, the artillerymen drove horse-drawn carts and pulled the cannons to the Shandong slope.
All the cavalrymen were also ready, guns at the ready.
The scene was completely quiet.
Jiang Tian poked his head out and looked into the distance through binoculars.
Less than two miles away from him, a dozen or so cannons were lined up in a row.
There were more than 6,000 cavalrymen, divided into two groups.
They charged from both sides of the hill until Andrei gave the order.
“These bastards from the Nalan tribe,” Jiang Tian said, looking at the two corpses. “These dogs are good for nothing but causing trouble.”
Jiang Tian and his group could have set up a perfect ambush.
As a result, their good deed was ruined by these two Nalan tribe cavalrymen who appeared out of nowhere.
"Sir, they're preparing to bombard us!" a Tiger-Runner shouted a warning.
"They're not going to fire anything." Jiang Tian glanced at the enemy's artillery.
This type of artillery is a direct-fire artillery piece; it cannot fire in a curved path.
They hid behind a small hill, out of the enemy's reach.
Besides, even if their cannons could hit it, so what?
"Brothers, prepare for battle."
And at that very moment.
Li Yuanba and Xiang Yu, who had circled around to the other side, exchanged a glance.
"Xiang Yu, did you hear the gunshot just now?" Because of the distance, Li Yuanba didn't hear it clearly.
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