The Crescent of the Sultan

Alexei's destruction has become inevitable. Being attacked from both sides on a mountain road, the Russian army will not have any way to survive.

Dombrowski ignored this group of Circassians. The order he gave his men was to help the Circassians capture the Russian army, while he blocked the exit from the mountain.

As for what the Circassians want to do with the Russian army, that is their own business.

Facts have proved that the men on the grassland are never soft-hearted, and Sultan and Sherifali almost wiped out all the Russian troops.

This kind of annihilation is not as simple as killing prisoners. The cruelty of the grassland people is fully revealed at this moment.

The Circassians used axes, swords, and muskets to kill all the Russian soldiers. They treated the Russian officers like skinning beasts, and their shrill shouts made people's scalp numb.

Afterwards, the corpses of nearly 10,000 Russian soldiers were thrown into the valley. Perhaps future businessmen will be able to see numerous bones when passing through this mountain road.

Although Dombrowski was not at the scene, he still heard the screams, which were far less than what Sultan and Sherifali did to Major General Alexei.

They deliberately brought each other into the convoy, then killed a cow and wet the hide.

The weather was very good these days, and the sun was shining brightly all the way. They wrapped Alexei in wet cowhide and exposed him to the sun.

The sun scorches the cowhide mercilessly, the water evaporates bit by bit, and the cowhide becomes tighter and tighter.

For Major General Alexey, who was wrapped in cowhide, this was almost unbearable torture.

He wanted to shout, but he couldn't make any sound at all. The cowhide had strangled his neck, and even breathing became difficult.

It was already July, and the high temperature and oppression made Major General Alexey's life feel like years. He hoped to die immediately.

But Sultan and Sherifali would not give him this chance at all. Whenever Major General Alexei was about to lose consciousness, they would pour a ladle of water on the cowhide to restore its elasticity to the already tight cowhide.

Major General Alexey would sometimes be fed some food and water by Sultan and Sharifali's servants.

In this way, when other Circassians had evacuated, Sultan and Sherifali and a group of Circassian light cavalry, accompanied by Dombrowski, arrived at a distance from Circassian The nearest Russian fortress for the Sri Lankan people.

Two Circassian light cavalry put Major General Alexei on his horse. They rushed to the vicinity of the fortress as quickly as possible and left Major General Alexei outside the fortress.

The Russian defenders in the fortress were a little confused until Sultan and Sherifali arranged for someone to fly a flag written in Russian.

"This is your major general, damn Russian!"

The Russian army chief Vasily felt extremely annoyed and wanted to rescue his useless commander.

After all, after Repnin left, this guy was the top commander. If he really died here and the other family started to cause trouble, who would he ask to reason with.

But he didn't have any chance. Circassian cavalry and an army of about four thousand people were watching him outside.

And he only has a thousand people at hand. If he really goes out, it is probably just a matter of hearing a noise.

In fact, if there were only Circassians, Vasily would not be afraid at all. As for the mighty Russian Empire's army, they were afraid of a group of savages who couldn't even get a gun together.

The cavalry of these people is indeed powerful, but I not only have guns, I also have cannons. After forming a square formation, do you dare to attack the cavalry?

It can be said that this group of foreign troops frightened Vasily. If Repnin was usually there, Vasily would not talk nonsense and prepare to start an armed march on the border.

But now, Major General Alexey brought nearly 10,000 people out, and ended up like this. One can imagine the opponent's combat power.

Especially when Vasily used a telescope to catch a glimpse of a large heavy cavalry on the opposite side, he didn't go out. He didn't know if he would be in trouble in the future. If he went out now, he would definitely be dead.

"But where did this army come from?"

Vasily was very puzzled. The only one that could come up with an army of about 4,000 men, mixed with a heavy cavalry, was the Ottoman Empire.

But how dare the Ottoman Empire? It was just a fluke last time. This time they dare to provoke the empire?

Time passed little by little, and almost no one paid attention to Major General Alexey who was thrown on the ground. The sun was baking the earth fiercely. Major General Alexey gradually woke up. As the moisture in the cowhide passed, the tightness became more and more intense. Come stronger and stronger.

Major General Alexei's struggle became more and more intense. In a daze, through the small opening made by the Circassians in the cowhide, he caught a glimpse of Vasily standing on the top of the city, which cheered him up.

Major General Alexey shouted with all his strength.

"Save me, hurry up, Vasily."

At this moment, Vasily was stunned by this sudden shout. What the hell, you've made it like this and you can still speak.

And judging from this voice, the other party is really the major general.

This made it difficult for Vasily. Originally, the reason why he did not rescue immediately was because he planned to say that he could not confirm his identity and to ensure the safety of the fortress, he was not allowed to send troops at will.

But when Major General Alexei shouted, there was nothing he could do.

It was definitely impossible to leave the city. If he sent a small team to rescue people, he would probably die. The other party couldn't let him rescue people so easily.

Vasily's eyes gradually became dangerous. Since the problem couldn't be solved, the only way to solve the problem was to solve the problem.

"Fire and aim at him."

Vasily calmly gave orders to the adjutant next to him.

"Fire! Sir, there's...

"There's nothing good to say. If you want to avoid getting into trouble in the future, just do as I say, otherwise you may not even be able to save your life.

According to legend, Major General Alexei has already died for his country, and the one in front of him is just someone pretending to be the enemy, hoping to trick him into opening the fortress.

We couldn't fall into the enemy's trap and wanted to show our determination to hold on to the fortress, so we directly bombarded this fake. "

Seeing that the adjutant still refused to leave, Vasily suddenly felt the fire rising in his heart, and he roared angrily.

"What are you still doing? Go ahead, you idiot."

Seeing the look of his superior, the adjutant immediately trembled with fear and took action immediately.

After a while, the artillery on the fortress made a loud noise. After the first few shells missed, one finally hit Major General Alexei who was thrown to the ground.

Blood and minced meat spattered on the land, making an abrupt patch appear on the green grassland.

The Circassians roared with laughter. They laughed wildly and left here with the army that Vasily had never seen.

Looking south, Vasily stared at the enemy until he could no longer see the enemy's back.

He looked back at the fortress, summoned his guards, and asked them to pass orders to many officers.

The enemy has left, and we have to clean up our hands.

Thanks to Zhuge Ruosu, panzer5, and A-M-Kuznetsov for their monthly votes.

Sorry, the title is wrong, it should be "humiliation".