The situation of the rebels in India was much better than Dong Shuheng expected.
It should be that the two moves of the Holy Army and Myanmar's westward advance played an important role.
Dong Shuheng knew that Queen Bayi died as a hero. This was found in the history books of junior high schools.
But now Queen Bai has become the leader of the Northern Rebel Alliance.
And she still holds real power. Fortunately, Queen Bai has always been a key supporter of the Renaissance Army, and her relationship with the Lone March Army is pretty good.
In the evening, Dong Shuheng stayed in the compound and had a meal with the senior officials of the military region.
Most of these people are from his side and are old acquaintances.
In the entire military region, Peng Yulin is probably the oldest. The others are all young men.
It will be fine in another ten years. By then, the officials and officers trained by the Renaissance Army will be in the golden age of their careers.
At this moment, Dong Shuheng suddenly had an idea to fast forward time.
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The Yenieshe River has now been renamed the Dry Leaf River.
In the season of July and August, the temperature here rarely returns to above zero, which is considered summer.
At this time, the upper layer of frozen soil begins to melt.
The river channel, which was originally not wide, became very wide as the snow melted upstream gradually gathered.
The Kuye River is the geographical dividing line between the Central Xianbelia Plateau and the West Xianbelia Lowland Plain.
The eastern plateau has an altitude of between 500 and 1,000 meters.
In fact, they are all low mountains. To the south is a continuous sea of forests. Near the Arctic Circle is an open tundra zone.
This area has been completely restored to the control area of the Far North Province of the Renaissance Army.
For the indigenous people here, the measures taken by the Renaissance Army were not much different from those of Tsarist Russia.
It's just that the Renaissance Army is more gentle. It's the same deal, so the Renaissance Army won't squeeze them too much.
The same applies to tax collection, but the taxes collected by the Fuxing Army are much lower.
Those tribal people who cannot survive in the wilderness can still work in the strongholds established by the Renaissance Army to support themselves.
Gradually, the children born to these tribes no longer need to be cruelly abandoned. They find that they can feed more children.
Even if the tribe cannot accommodate them, they can still be allowed to go to the towns to seek a way out.
The Renaissance Army sold them many production tools, which greatly improved their production efficiency.
The Far North Province has also introduced a policy of medical rounds. Every summer when the caravan sets out, there will be some doctors accompanying it, carrying a large amount of medicine.
They will go to the tribe to consult the indigenous people there and distribute some basic medicines to them.
No matter when or where, treating illnesses and rescuing people is the best way to build relationships.
Just like those missionaries, ascetics usually had medical skills to win the favor of others and spread their teachings.
The Far North Province may be the largest territory owned by the Renaissance Army, but it is definitely the least populated.
The total population of the entire province may not exceed 200,000 people, and a large part of them are aboriginal people who usually cannot see people.
In the wilderness where forests and tundra intersect, Zeng Laojiu, dressed in leather clothing, walks in the middle of the team. Behind him are five hundred soldiers from the advance team. Most of them are short Fuso warriors and some aboriginal hunters.
This year, more than half of the Arctic advance team was transferred to North Amelia.
The manpower here in Xianbelia seems a bit tight.
This increased the patrol tasks of Zeng Laojiu and the others a lot.
There are currently two detachments of the advance team in the Far North Province, totaling about 3,000 people.
Zeng Laojiu is the vice-captain of one of the detachments.
This time he personally led people to the west side of the Dry Leaf River mainly to inspect the border posts set up here.
On the buffer zone between the two rivers, the Renaissance Army set up a series of forts from south to north.
These border posts are far apart and cannot guard against people. Their main function is to make a statement.
Also, I would like to ask for some convenience for the patrol team.
Guarding the border here is a very dangerous thing.
Because most of the time the people in the outpost can only rely on themselves.
Therefore, it is very easy to be attacked by enemies here.
After all, I don’t even know who carried out the sneak attack.
In fact, there is no need to check. Usually when encountering such a situation, the advance team will go to the Tsarist Russian-controlled area opposite to kill several strongholds and retaliate.
Both parties seem to have agreed on this as they come and go.
"Captain, ahead is Huo Qubing's Fort." After two days of marching on the edge of the muddy swamp, Zeng Laojiu's team finally saw a forest road.
The terrain here in Hexi is low-lying, and a large number of swamps will appear in summer.
In Zeng Laojiu's opinion, perhaps it would be easier to march here in winter.
No one knows how many soldiers from the advance team are buried in the swamp here.
Sometimes it looks like a piece of green moss, but as soon as a person steps on it, it is instantly swallowed up.
It's fine if there's someone around, but if there's no one around, you'll have to wait for death.
"Okay, I understand. Let's rest in the pine forest in front and send a small team to explore the way." Zeng Laojiu ordered.
"Hi!"
The Fuso squad leader who reported the report agreed.
Then the man called over a small group of scouts, including three Fuso warriors holding muskets and swords hanging on their waists. There were also three aboriginal hunters holding compound crossbows.
These hunters originally used bows and arrows. However, bows and arrows require fixed postures to operate, which is sometimes not conducive to concealment, so their superiors sent them some powerful compound crossbows.
These composite crossbows are more convenient and concealed to use.
They would load their crossbows in advance, then quietly approach the enemy and shoot them through the enemy's neck with a sharp steel crossbow.
It would have been a luxury for these hunters to have an iron arrowhead in the past.
This kind of crossbow arrow made of all steel is regarded as an incredible luxury item by these forest hunters.
Therefore, after every battle, these people would recycle their crossbow arrows.
Including the team leader, a total of seven people headed towards the bunker in the forest.
Why should we be so cautious when inspecting our fortress?
This is because the outpost here was often knocked down by the Tsarist Russians in winter, and then the Tsarist Russians would occupy the magpie's nest and occupy the outpost.
When the advance team patrolled here, they set up an ambush and ambush the advance team again.
Captain Fuso, who was walking at the front, raised his right hand, and the other six people who were bending forward to touch all stopped.
Through the dense books, you can see a clearing in the forest.
The area of the open space is about the size of a football field. In the middle is a small mound five or six meters above the surrounding ground.
A two-story structure with a wooden exterior was built on this mound.
The advance team gave this small fortress post a domineering name as "Huo Qubing Fort", perhaps hoping that the God of War would bless them.
The lower level of the fortress is the living area, and the upper level is where the guards usually stand, with windows.
The team members who usually garrison these forts will be on duty on the second floor and live on the first floor. Food and other supplies are also stored on the first floor.
A floor dragon and a fireplace were built on the first floor, but there were no windows. This was the only way to withstand the severe cold in winter.
In addition to having a certain defensive role, such a fortress can also provide a temporary foothold and food supplies for patrols.
Under normal circumstances, these small fortresses are stocked with large amounts of food.
Although the fortress is not large, only a dozen meters in diameter, the outer walls are made of thick logs.
It is a double-layer structure, with moss, soil and lime mixed in the middle filled in.
Not only does it have a good thermal insulation effect, but it can also enhance defensive properties.
At this time, the Fuso team leader stopped because the red background golden dragon flag on the fortress was missing.
This should not happen. Even if the flag is damaged, the guard post will hang it up.
"You two go over and have a look." The squad leader nodded to two team members and motioned them to go forward and check. The fewer people involved in such dangerous matters, the better.
Ten minutes later, Zeng Laojiu led his people to the fortress.
At this time, his eyes seemed to be able to spit out fire. More than a dozen stripped corpses were hung from the fence behind the fortress.
Because the weather has warmed up, the corpse has been deformed. But it can be seen that the short body is the Fuso warrior, the messy haired one is the aboriginal hunters, and the tall male body with short hair is the Han man of the garrison team.
team leader.
The supplies in the fortress were looted. Strangely, the enemy did not destroy the fortress.
Usually, fifteen people will be stationed at such a post, which is considered a reinforced squad.
Now all these people are dead. The enemy's methods are even more cruel than before.
It seemed to be a deliberate attempt to anger the advance team.
This was not the first time that Zeng Laojiu saw the outpost being taken away by the Tsarist Russians, but both sides had agreed not to insult the corpses of the other side's soldiers.
To put it bluntly, the war in the Far North is not overt and neither side recognizes it at the national level. It can only be regarded as a border conflict.
"Let's go, let's continue heading west." Zeng Laojiu ordered. It's disrespectful to come and not go.
There are 500 people in his team, all of them are veteran players, and they are very skilled in cooperating. They can almost walk sideways here.
The hunting parties of the Tsarist Russians usually only numbered one to two hundred people.
When summer comes, they will cross the Ob River to the buffer area between the two rivers in search of prey.
Of course, their prey includes the advance team who will also be active here.
After burying the comrades here, Zeng Laojiu left a small team to garrison here, and at the same time sent people back to deliver food to re-establish the food reserves of this outpost.
It can be seen from the condition of these remains that these Russians had left before the summer.
However, the advance team never bothers to find the murderer.
As long as you go west and near the river, you will definitely be able to find the Tsarist Russian stronghold.
Continuing forward west for two days, they passed through patches of swamps and forests.
Zeng Laojiu and the others were not very fast. If they encountered prey on the way, they would have to stop to hunt.
Food cannot only rely on the dry food you carry with you. The dry food that is easiest to preserve is often the last life-saving food.
"Captain, a temporary Russian camp was discovered ahead. There are about a hundred people, a dozen tents, and dozens of horses." A scout team leader reported.
Obviously, this is a caravan or a raiding party.
Anyway, they won't spend money to trade if they can rob it.
The current transition period between the two rivers is very uneven.
There was no long-term business to be done, and the Russians came here with the intention of making a one-time deal.
"Eat them! Send a few teams to ambush them around to prevent anyone from escaping."
The attack began soon, and the aboriginal hunters first stepped forward to eliminate the opponent's sentries with crossbows.
Then the team members surrounded it from all sides and attacked.
Because of his numerical advantage, Zeng Laojiu did not choose to conduct a sneak attack at night.
While the fighting was going on here, the team that had been sent out to ambush suddenly withdrew.
"What's going on? Why are you back?" Zeng Laojiu asked angrily.
"Captain, the enemy has an ambush outside. The number is unknown, but the enemy has cavalry." The captain said with some horror.
"Retreat!" Zeng Laojiu broke into a cold sweat after hearing the report, and he hurriedly ordered a retreat.
Zeng Laojiu is considered a battle-hardened man, but he made a mistake this time.
At this time, there was also loud gunfire in the camp, and the Tsarist Russians in the camp were blocking the outside from behind the cargo boxes piled in the camp.
This resulted in constant casualties on the advance team's side.
The other party obviously designed a trap for him.
First, he used the incident at the outpost to anger himself, and then used a disguised caravan as bait.
Fortunately, there are only a few hundred people on our side, so there is no delay in executing the order.
Not far away are stretches of woods.
Zeng Laojiu led his men into the forest.
The Tsarist Russians behind kept chasing, still making wailing noises from their mouths.
It's like driving away prey.
Zeng Laojiu felt an inexplicable sense of humiliation in his heart, but fortunately he was not as reckless as he appeared.
"Run, don't stop, keep running." Zeng Laojiu shouted to the soldiers around him.
He remembered that there was a swamp ahead. As long as he entered that swamp, the enemy's horses would not be able to catch up.
In terms of speed, they were almost the same as Tsarist Russian hunters. The only thing he was worried about was the opponent's cavalry.
In such sparse forests and tundra areas, cavalry can still do a lot of damage.
Until now, Zeng Laojiu has not figured out how many people there are on the other side, but he only knows that there are more people on the other side than there are on his side.
Did the Tsarist Russians take the wrong medicine? There are so many people waiting for them here. How much supplies will this damn thing consume?
This is completely unlike the style of Tsarist Russians who are always stingy.
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