When Ao Bai and Yue Le planned to treason and surrender to the enemy, it was already August in the 24th year of Hongxing, which is late September in the Western calendar. It is still the Little Ice Age, and the temperatures on both sides of the Heilongjiang and Shilka rivers are

Very low, even below freezing at night.

However, there is finally no snowfall or ice cover yet, and the Songhua River-Heilongjiang-Shilka River line still maintains a certain degree of navigation capability, which can at least allow the Heilongjiang Navy's inland fleet, which Ao Bai has worked hard for more than 20 years, to pass through.

The so-called inland river fleet is actually a small inland river fleet used to support the army in operations in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang, the Ergun River, and the Shilka River. The equipment is suitable for operations in inland rivers with shallow water levels.

There are about a hundred light sand ships sailing. If they are all dispatched, they can carry tens of thousands of stones of supplies at a time, or the "Rakshasa Army" of several thousand people and enough to keep them in the Ergun River, Shile

Supplies for several months along the Kag River, as well as heavy firearms such as 12-pound short-barreled field guns, were transported to Nerchinsk City!

In the past ten or twenty years, Ao Bai has been able to secure his position as the Protector of Heilongjiang, and he can also keep the Rakshasa people on the defensive and not dare to invade south. In addition to relying on the powerful "Rakshasa Army", he also relies on this Neijiang fleet.

With this fleet, he could transport the army to Nerchinsk City when the Songhua River-Heilongjiang-Shilka River was not blocked by ice, and he could also carry a sufficient number of siege artillery.

The number of troops that the Rakshasa Kingdom can maintain in Nerchinsk City is only 1,000 people, usually only a few hundred. With such a small number of troops, it is impossible to withstand the thousands of "Rakshasa Army" carrying cannons. And Obai

The "Rakshasa Army" was trained with the help of Spanish military advisers, and there are many white mercenaries among them. Their tactical level is almost comparable to that of the serious Rakshasa "Santa Claus Soldiers". The Cossacks under the Yakutsk Governor's Palace

Not a rival at all.

Because time was tight, there was no room for Obai and Yue Le to prepare slowly.

So the two people quickly pretended to pass on the king's orders, and first brought the "Rakshasa Army" jointly organized by the two Protectorate Palaces with their families (the excuse was that they would build a city in Nerchinsk for a long time), and transferred them from near Huining (Harbin) to Jacques

Sa City (located at the intersection of the Shilka River and the Heilongjiang River); then ordered the river fleets stationed along the Heilongjiang River to carry as much food and grass as possible and gather them in Yakesa; then the two of them took their close soldiers and

The family members arrived at Yaksa City in late September of the 24th year of Hongxing's reign...and on September 22nd of that year, they launched a westward expedition towards the city of Nerchinsk by land and water!

While the army was marching westward, Obai and Yue Le also sent envoys to Yakutsk - the purpose was to let the Rakshasa people not to be afraid, we are not here to attack you, but to surrender to you!

The deployment of troops and the assembly of fleets in the past month were almost all done in public. In order to cover up the true purpose of treason and surrender to the enemy, Obai and Yue Le not only reported to the court that Nerchinsk's Rakshasa army had invaded.

There were signs of the Rakshasa invasion, so they wanted to take a preemptive strike and spread the news of the Rakshasa invasion everywhere in Heilongjiang and Andong... For a time, both sides of Heilongjiang were shrouded in the sudden cloud of war.

Moreover, the report that the Ming army was about to launch a large-scale attack was also brought to the city of Yakutsk by patriotic businessmen from the Rakshasa Kingdom and placed on the desk of Governor Alexander Petrovich Stroganov.

Alexander, who was born in the Stroganov family (the same family that was ordered to conquer Siberia and opened up a vast territory for the Rakshasa Kingdom), was in the office entertaining Lev, who had just arrived from Moscow, when he received this report.

Count Naryshkin...this man is incredible, he is Tsar Alexei's new uncle!

Because the Tsar had just married his sister Natalia Kirillovna (Peter I’s biological mother) as a house filler, he was sent to Siberia as an inspector—actually to make a fortune!

In front of this young and handsome aristocratic young man from the west, Alexander, who is in his fifties and has been the governor of Yakutsk for eight years, actually showed a horrified expression.

"Governor," said Count Naryshkin, who was a very perceptive man, "what terrible thing has happened?"

"The Chinese have provoked a war!" Alexander Stroganov said, "They have assembled thousands of people and a fleet and are preparing to attack Nerchinsk City in a large scale!"

"So what?" The young earl did not realize the seriousness of the problem, "We have been at war with the Chinese for many years, and there is no winner yet? And we still have the advantage!"

Although there was no formal declaration of war between the Ming Dynasty and the Rakshasa Kingdom, the military conflicts between the two sides began as early as when the Ming Dynasty absorbed the Zhungeer tribe as vassals. It continued intermittently, but never stopped. Especially after the Sengge conquered the Hezhong area.

, because the Rakshasa Kingdom joined the Anti-Zungar Alliance, it was almost in a formal state of war with the Ming Dynasty.

On the eastern front, the city of Nerchinsk under the jurisdiction of the Yakutsk Governor-General's Palace was also broken several times by the Ming army. Of course, soon after the Ming army broke through the city, Alexander Stroganov would personally lead the attack.

The army "defeated" the invading territory and recovered the lost territory...

Because it always received good news from Yakutsk, Moscow always believed that the situation in Eastern Siberia was acceptable and that Governor Stroganov could fight well.

But Alexander Stroganov himself knows a lot about it. How did his victories come about?

Those victories were only due to the conflict between the Chinese governor of Heilongjiang, "Obaiski" (the pseudonym used by Obai when he pretended to be a Rakshasa, and later the Rakshasa people also called him this) and their court, and they were unwilling to send troops from the direction of Heilongjiang.

Cooperation, and the city of Nerchinsk was too desolate for the Chinese court, so after conquering Nerchinsk several times, they set fire to the city and left, leaving Alexander to gain some credit for nothing.

But this time the situation is different, "Obasky" has moved! This shows that the Chinese emperor has given him enough benefits, so this time the Yakutsk Governor-General immediately said that there will be real trouble...

While Alexander was talking to Count Naryshkin, one of his adjutants, Andropov, a young nobleman from Kazan, walked in excitedly and brought Alexander a stack of letters.

"What's wrong?" Alexander asked, "Peter, what good news have you brought me?"

"Yes, Mr. Governor," Peter Andropov nodded. "The great news is that Obasky's envoy arrived at the Petrov Fortress and brought his personal letter."

"A letter of surrender?" Alexander asked.

"No, he is planning to defect to His Majesty the Tsar. He said in the letter that he was being persecuted by Nanjing, so he wanted to bring his followers to join us."

"What?" Count Naryshkin showed a surprised expression, "That's great!"

"This is a conspiracy!" Alexander was very sure. "They don't believe in God, so they like to use conspiracies, but they can't deceive me... because I have seen this."

He pointed to a thick book on his desk.

Count Naryshkin picked up the book and took a look at it. It was printed in Latin and the title was "The Legend of Three Kingdoms".

"This is a book dedicated to Chinese-style conspiracy!" Alexander said, "I have read it many times, so I know very well what Obaisky wants to do! He wants to fake a surrender!"

"Perhaps not?" said Count Naryshkin.

"That would be even more troublesome!" Alexander shook his head.

"Then what should we do?" asked the count, "should we just stay in Yakutsk and do nothing?"
Chapter completed!