According to Kangxi's plan, Ma Qi had already set off for Nerchinsk.
That's right, it's the Nerchinsk where the "China-Russia Treaty of Nerchinsk" was signed. The Rakshasa country is called: Nerchinsk.
Nerchinsk was one of the most important military fortresses used by the Rakshasa Kingdom to attack the Qing Dynasty, because by going eastward along the Shilka River (the northern source of Heilongjiang River), one could directly enter the northeastern hinterland of the Qing Dynasty, which was extremely convenient.
According to the report of Heilongjiang General Boding, the Rakshasa Kingdom had about 500 standing musketeers and 300 Cossack bandits in Nerchinsk.
In other words, the total number of enemies is about 800.
Yuzhu knew very well that in this era without the Trans-Siberian Railway, in fact, the supply line of the Rakshasa Kingdom was extremely long and difficult.
As long as the city of Nerchinsk is captured and destroyed this time, the Rakshasa Kingdom's ambition to invade the east will be severely frustrated.
In winter, the Siberian Plain is freezing cold, with extreme temperatures reaching minus 65 degrees.
However, Yuzhu's "Ping Rakshasa Strategy" was to adopt Huo Qubing's method of attacking the Huns from the north, and unexpectedly imitate Li Su's strategy of entering Caizhou on a snowy night, seizing the city of Nerchinsk in one fell swoop and annihilating the Rakshasa thieves.
Kangxi had fought in the Battle of Yaksa, and he naturally knew that Heilongjiang was extremely rainy in spring and autumn.
At this time, troops were sent to Nerchinsk. The roads along the way were muddy and muddy, making it difficult to transport heavy artillery.
However, it was extremely cold near Nerchinsk in winter. The packhorses dragging the heavy artillery would definitely not survive the severe cold at night and would freeze to death.
To be honest, if it hadn't been for Yuzhu's constructive idea of using a Northeastern silly dog to drag a sled gun truck, Kangxi would still have been unable to have the determination to fight back against the Rakshasa gang.
Kangxi was a famous commander. Last year, he had already issued an order to Heilongjiang General Bo Ding, asking him to send more than a dozen Northeastern silly dogs to Yaksa City to see if they were really resistant to freezing.
As a result, Boding reported, these silly dogs spent the winter outdoors safely.
In this way, Kangxi felt confident, and then made up his mind to let Yuzhu give it a try.
In addition, Kangxi also had selfish motives when he asked Yuzhu to lead troops to the Rakshasa Kingdom.
Yuzhu has not yet reached the weak crown, and is already a third-grade nobility and fourth-grade official. It is already difficult to get promoted.
However, it is also difficult to get promoted.
Emperor Shunzhi made a rule that non-clan members without military merit could not be awarded titles of second or higher rank.
The so-called titles of second rank and above refer to baron, viscount, earl, marquis and duke. Among them, duke and marquis belong to the super rank title.
As long as Yuzhu successfully captured Nerchinsk and displayed the military and national prestige of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi had no problem conferring him a third-class baronet or even a third-class viscount.
Hehe, Huo Qubing, who is not as good as the weak crown, is also a great auspicious person!
Ma Qi, the imperial envoy, was just Kangxi's strategy to paralyze the Rakshasa people.
Because Ma Qi has always maintained that the area west and north of Yaksa is really too cold and uninhabited for hundreds of miles.
If the food is tasteless, it would be a pity to throw it away. It is not appropriate for the Qing Dynasty to use troops, and peace should be the most important thing.
Ma Qi and Yuzhu acted separately, one in culture and one in military affairs, without interfering with each other.
If Ma Qi could stop the Raksha Bandits from continuing to harass the Qing Dynasty, there would be no need to fight Yuzhu.
Of course, this was just Kangxi's plan. Yuzhu had already made up his mind that Nerchinsk City must be conquered.
The new recruits who had just entered the military guard camp quickly learned to obey under the double grind of military sticks and hungry food.
Yuzhu always managed the army with kindness and power. The obedient ones were rewarded with meat, while the unruly ones were spanked with military sticks and starved for several meals.
However, after several days of training three times a day, Yuzhu still overestimated the quality of the Han army bannerman "Yu Ding".
A total of 246 bannermen were recruited, and nearly a hundred of them couldn't bear the hardships in the military camp and cried and wanted to go home.
Hehe, this played into Yuzhu's hands. He immediately pretended to be extremely angry, wrote a memorial to Kangxi, and vomited a lot of bitterness.
In view of Yuzhu's consistent good performance, and Kangxi also knew about the depravity of the bannermen, he allowed Yuzhu to select recruits from the green camp soldiers in Beijing.
Kangxi was still particularly wary of the Han people in the south, but Yuzhu was actually satisfied with being able to choose soldiers from the green camp.
Lu Wu led his men to select more than 200 young and strong Green Camp soldiers, 100 of whom were to fill the vacancies, and the additional 150 were to raise soldiers.
He who raises troops prepares troops.
The treatment of the Wuwei Battalion is not as good as that of the Forward Battalion, but it is much better than that of the Green Battalion soldiers.
According to the military system of the Qing Dynasty, among the green camp soldiers, horse soldiers were paid 2 taels per month, fighting soldiers were paid 1 tael and 5 qian per month, and guards were paid one tael per month. All three types of soldiers were given three dou of rice per month.
In fact, due to the widespread corruption and expropriation among the officers of the Green Camp, the monthly salary received by the guards was only 700 Wen at most, and the rice given to them was only one and a half buckets.
Such poor treatment is completely incomparable to that of the Wuwei camp.
Not to mention anything else, the three taels of silver per month in the Wuwei camp alone were enough to attract the Green Camp soldiers to come and invest one after another.
What's more, in the Wuwei camp, three bushels of rice were actually distributed every month. One bushel was five dou, one bushel was ten liters, and three bushels was equivalent to one hundred and fifty liters.
Not to mention anything else, this 150 liters of rice alone, if distributed in full, would be enough to feed a family of five.
After the personnel were reunited, everyone was undergoing intense training.
Today, tall hats are generally popular in Western countries. However, Yuzhu was worried that Kangxi would not emulate the Western Yi, so he deliberately changed his hat to a large-brimmed military hat.
No one has ever seen a large-brimmed military hat, so the ministers in the court could not wear the hat of a foreigner.
Yuzhu was riding on a horse, wearing a Western-style large-brimmed hat, a straight gray military uniform, a long knife hanging on the cowhide belt around his waist, and special long riding boots, and began his routine inspection of the military camp three times a day.
Hi, Yuzhu is extremely handsome to begin with, and when he puts on the crisp new military uniform, his whole person looks so cool!
The military camp, where training is held three times a day, is filled with vitality.
Yuzhu was riding on his horse, strolling slowly while carefully observing everyone's training.
Well, using the old to lead the new is indeed a magic weapon for quickly forming an army.
It has only been a month, and the queue training is already taking shape.
On the way, Yuzhu randomly picked a row of soldiers and loudly ordered: "Everyone, pay attention, stand at attention, and turn back!"
I saw that the soldiers turned around neatly and when they put their legs together, their heels made a dull snapping sound.
Yuzhu nodded with satisfaction. Only with competition can progress be achieved. He had already dropped the bait and was waiting for his assistants to take the bait.
"Go ten steps!" Yuzhu ordered again, and saw this row of soldiers walking forward.
However, one soldier was half a beat too slow, making the entire straight line crooked and extremely ugly.
"Drag him down and give him a spanking." Yuzhu gave the order to spank him unceremoniously.
Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime!
The most important thing for line infantry is organization and discipline. Especially the first row of soldiers, the death rate is astonishingly high. As long as they don't flinch, they are true warriors.
In the northern attack on Rakshasa, in addition to the soldiers who dare to fight, there are also many logistical support tasks that Yuzhu needs to worry about.
Three hundred musketeers, plus three hundred artillery armor, a small team of more than 600 people in total. According to the standard of five people per vehicle, at least 300 special sled vehicles are needed.
Among them, one hundred and thirty sled trucks carried soldiers, while the remaining vehicles carried grain, charcoal, firewood and other items.
Yuzhu went to kill the Rakshasa Japs, not to die in Nerchinsk, so he thought very carefully.
It was extremely cold in Siberia in winter. If it was necessary to cut down wood for fire along the way, it would not only seriously affect the efficiency of the march, but also wet wood would be difficult to ignite.
In addition, when marching in winter, just for drinking water, you need to prepare dozens of large iron pots in advance.
As for the problem of getting water, there is no need to worry about it with the thick snow.
In short, the army is traveling, and Yuzhu is a military rookie. There are too many issues to consider, involving all aspects.
According to past practice, when the Qing Dynasty sent out a soldier, it needed the assistance of at least five civilians.
This time, since it was a battle of muskets and artillery, the fewer civilians accompanying them, the better, so as not to consume too much and waste extremely rare food.
Therefore, Yuzhu planned to train his soldiers how to drive sleds after heavy snowfall in the capital.
This time, Kangxi made great determination and ordered the inner treasury to bring out 20,000 kilograms of pig iron and work day and night to build the sled's skateboard.
It's just that those grandsons from the Ministry of Internal Affairs are desperate for money, and even dare to ask for benefits when it comes to Yuzhu.
When Lu Wu took someone to pick up the sled and skateboard, people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs found excuses and blocked the way.
Yuzhu knew as soon as he heard that the people from the Military Academy were waiting for him to negotiate.
"Sir Yu, logically speaking, you are the chief minister of our Ministry of Internal Affairs and you belong to us. However, the old rules have been established for decades, and I don't dare to break them carelessly. Otherwise, how can I go up to the top?
Where is the explanation?" Hu Tabu, the doctor of the Military Academy, looked like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, and he opened his mouth to ask for Yuzhu's favor.
Yuzhu said with a smile: "Then when the emperor returns to Beijing, when I play chess with him, will I tell him the same thing?"
This is considered a threat from Chi Guoguo!
Unexpectedly, Hutabu was not afraid at all. He raised his face and said calmly: "Master Yu, I am not afraid of your jokes. The emperor also knows these old rules. However, Master Yu, you are a red second-class shrimp."
, and he has brought troops to go to war. The higher-ups mean that the losses receivable should be halved."
"Ahem, Sir Yu, to be honest with you, this means that you have taken action personally. If it were anyone else, there would be no one less important." Hutabu's explanation made Yuzhu laugh.
This group of grandsons, knowing that Yuzhu was a famous figure in the imperial court and a son of the Tong family, still dared to blatantly extort money. Obviously they were not afraid of going to court before the emperor.
There were losses in the Ming Dynasty and losses in the Qing Dynasty. It was a common practice to collect dirty money!
If it were another yamen, Yuzhu would have applied eye drops and ruthless hands directly in front of Kangxi, and that would have been the end of it.
But the Ministry of Internal Affairs is different. Even if Yuzhu kills Hutabu and still calls Tabu, he can't stop and kill him, and he still offends people unusually.
"Half is still too much. 20% of the loss receivable cannot be more." Yuzhu said coldly, "If it exceeds 20%, then don't blame me for being rude. Others can't kill you. I'll chop off your head."
, it’s still no problem.”
The famous man in front of the emperor is so arrogant!
As a result, after Khutab went to the back office to discuss the matter, he received an unprecedented 20% of the loss.