"Come out! There are more of us than you. Put down your weapons and don't kill!" When Funyan'a was still in extreme shock, a young voice speaking Manchu sounded from the opposite side.
"Who are you?! How dare you kill officers and soldiers!" Funyanga said loudly.
"You are not the first, nor the last. You have no way out. Surrender, we will treat the wounded."
"Fart!" Funyan'a was furious. "You have almost killed all my men. Who are you kidding?!"
"Isn't there a panting guy? You don't care whether he lives or lives?"
Funyan'a turned his head to look at the man with the arrow in his abdomen, and saw that he was leaning against a tree, groaning miserably, breathing weakly. Just as Funyan'a was struggling, he heard a "cang", followed by
A very familiar voice came over.
"Hero, spare your life! Villain is willing to surrender!"
"Irahan!" Funyan'a didn't expect that his most astute subordinate was still alive.
"Put your hands up, hold your head in your hands, and come out!" the man opposite shouted sternly.
Funyan leaned over and looked from the side of the rock, and saw Irahan walking out from behind the big tree with his hands raised and his head in his hands.
"The man with the bow and the musketeer, where are you two?" The Manchu voice sounded again. "Stop dragging your feet, there are more of us than you. Hurry up!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the musketeer hiding behind the tree shouted: "I am willing to surrender, too!" After saying that, he also threw out the blunderbuss in his hand.
Seeing that things had come to this, Funyanga let out a long sigh and threw the bow and arrow out of his hand helplessly. Then he stood up and raised his hands, and then imitated Irahan and held them on his head.
A quarter of an hour later, Funyan's three people were tied up with five-flowered ropes, kneeling on the ground, looking up at the sneak attackers in front of them. By now they already knew that there were ten people in total.
These people wore straw hats made of branches on their heads and strange colorful clothes. Even half of their faces were covered with a black and green cloth, so they could not see their faces clearly. In addition to holding a hand in each of their hands, these people
In addition to the weird short black blunderbuss, he also carried a long, weird-shaped bird blunderbuss on his back.
The three of Funyan'a looked at each other and thought to themselves that no wonder they hadn't noticed them for a long time. They were just dressed like this and hiding in the bushes. As long as they stayed still, they wouldn't be noticed at all.
As for the man who can speak Manchu, he and another man are currently treating the armored soldier who was shot in the abdomen by an arrow. The man asked his injured men: "The life is long enough. If I were here, all of you would be dead."
I can’t live. What’s your name?”
"Ah, ah, Alin." The wounded soldier's face was pale at this moment, and a heavy cold sweat slid down his forehead.
"Oh, how many people are in your family?"
"Six!" The armored soldier named A Lin screamed, and the arrow on the right side of his abdomen was violently pulled out by another man.
"Okay, after applying medicine and bandaging, it should be fine. Let's check again when we return to Fuldan City."
"Fuldan City!" Funyan'a was shocked. He shouted to the man and asked: "What happened to Fuldan City?! Who are you?!"
The man turned around and looked at Funyan'a, pulled off the cloth on his face, exposed his big yellow teeth, and said with a smile: "Of course Fuldan City is occupied by us. As for who we are, you will know when we get there.
Already."
Funyanga looked at the other party's vaguely identifiable appearance in surprise, and asked tentatively: "Are you a bannerman?"
"I'm from Kurgazi." The man said disdainfully. Then he took out the strange short blunderbuss and pointed it at Irahan's head, pushed away the battering ram, and asked: "Give you a chance, won't you?"
If you say so, I'll blow your head off."
"Hero, spare your life! I must tell you!" Irahan knew that the weapon in the opponent's hand was powerful. After the sound like exploding beans just now, he saw with his own eyes that a big hole was punched in the head of one of his companions.
"How many troops are behind you?"
"I don't know the exact number of people. But I heard that including us, Agui Zhongtang sent a total of more than 200 people."
"Are they all going to Fuldan City?"
"No, our team is here to check the road conditions along the post road. The others are going to the Xila River." Ilahan poured the beans into the bamboo tube and vomited them all.
As the man listened, his expression became more and more solemn. He turned to the person behind him and said, "Dingci, we need to go back and report this matter as soon as possible."
"yes."
Funyan'a realized something in his heart and suddenly said loudly: "Are you the Oros people from the Sira River?"
"Hey! Do you know this too? Tell me what else do you know?"
When Funiya saw the man turning to look at him, he glared and asked, "Even if you are from Kurkaqi, you are still from Yiche Manchuria. How can I, the people under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, be the weaklings of the barbarians?"
! Your ancestors have been disgraced!" The more he spoke, the more excited he became, and the spittle from his mouth sprayed onto the man's face.
In the twenty-fourth year of Kangxi's reign, Funiyang's great-grandfather died in battle at the gates of Yaksa; so he had not had a good impression of the Oros people since he was a child.
The man wiped the saliva on his face with his hand, squatted down and stared at Funyan'a fiercely and said: "Which of your eyes saw me working for the Oros people? I am from Beihai Town! If it weren't for you guys
The dog officers and soldiers insist on arresting my Ama, and now I even have a wife!"
Funiyang'a's heart was shaken, and he immediately remembered the incident in Hunchun last year, which was very popular at the time. He looked carefully at the face of the man opposite him, and there was not a single wrinkle on his forehead under the oil paint.
"You, you are Seldan's son?!"
That man was Serdan's son Erlu.
Starting from May 15th, Serdan and Elu each led a small team and set off westward. A dozen days later, when they reached the Shufan River, a fork of the Suifen River, the two teams separated.
Dan's goal is Hunchun. His team will go south from the middle reaches of the Shufan River, cross the mountains and enter the Jurhe River Basin, and then reach it by going down the river. On the Elu side, they will go west along the Suifen River and cross the river.
Daling, go straight to Ninggu Pagoda. In addition to spying on the military deployment of the Qing army, these two teams also have a very important task of catching tongues.
It's a coincidence that just now, Elu was hiding in a tree to observe the two official ships. Unexpectedly, Funiya and the others bumped into them. Seeing that they couldn't escape, they had no choice but to start a fight. Otherwise
He saw that his men had been shot in the thigh and were unable to move. None of Funyanga and the others would survive.
After Erlu finished speaking, he stood up and patted the dirt on his butt, and said to the person behind him: "Sadaji, you take Heiji and Jubei, escort the four of them back, and the rest follow me. Damn it
, I’ve spent the whole morning here.”
While talking, several team members had retrieved all the war horses scattered around, and brought their own horses from a distance. Elu left a dozen horses at a time, and he took them with him.
He followed the remaining team members all the way to the west.
A few days later, in the early morning, Elu and his group of seven finally arrived near a village twenty miles away from the old city of Ningguta.
This is the hometown of Sushen. After the Kaiyuan Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty, it was the seat of Longquan Prefecture in Shangjing, the capital of the Bohai Kingdom. In the Ming Dynasty, it was the residence of the Jurchens in Jianzhou, the capital of the Nurgan capital Siwoji.
According to "Chronicles of Ninggu Pagoda" written by Wu Zhenchen of the Qing Dynasty, it is said that there were six brothers in the past, each living in one place. In Manchu, "six" is called Ninggu, and "one" is called pagoda. So although Ninggu Pagoda is
There is a pagoda in the name, but in fact there is no pagoda.
This place "looks to Changbai in the south, around Longjiang in the north, the heroic area of Yunbiancheng, and the imperial village of Zhuangjintang". It also leads to Nuore, Kurkaqi, Solon, Qiyala, Banjierhanfeyaka, and Hezhe.
Feyaka, Kuhaye, Feyaka, Qiler and other tribes must pass through. It was the most important military strategic location north of Shengjing in the Qing Dynasty.
Ningguta City in the Qing Dynasty had two cities, the old and the new, fifty miles apart from the east to the west. The old city was located east of the Songhua River and on the south bank of the Hualan River. In the forty-fourth year of Wanli, Nurhachi once stationed troops here. In the fifth year of Kangxi, another city was located in Hu.
A new city was built five miles southwest of Jueluo City on the Erha River (Mudanjiang).
Elu climbed up a big tree, took out his telescope and looked to the north. All he could see was the endless fields. At this time, in the village not far away, the smoke had already risen, and the barking of dogs in the village could be vaguely heard.
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Elu watched for a while, then quietly slipped down from the tree, turned around and climbed over a mountain pass. His team members and horses were all staying in the dense forest deep in the mountain col.
"Captain, how are you?" Several team members saw Elu coming back and stood up and asked.
"You guys can't get through, so I have to go alone." After Elu said that, he walked to his horse and took off a big baggage from the horse. After opening it, it was full of people's clothes: a half-used
A sheepskin waistcoat, a jacket, a pair of trousers and a pair of homespun shoes. In addition, there is a belt and a belt.
These clothes are what he wore before. And his braid is still there and has not been cut. This is what Zhao Xin told him, don't cut it yet, because he may need it later.
Elu first changed his clothes, then took out a razor from the bag on his horseback. He walked to the stream, poured some water on his hair that had grown more than an inch long, and asked other team members to help him shave his head clean.
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After dressing up, Elu put on his robe and said to the other team members: "Wait here. I will be back the day after tomorrow at the latest."
Half an hour later, when Elu passed by a courtyard in the village, an old man opened the door and walked out. He looked at Elu's face and asked in Manchu: "Haha (a man is called in Manchu),
Where did you come from?"
When Elu saw it, he quickly stepped forward to hold the old man's hand and replied with a smile: "Mafa, I am from Taining Village in Shangjian River. I went to the city to visit relatives."
"Oh. That's not close."
"Yes, I came out right after dark and have been walking all day."
"Come in and have a drink of water. It's still more than seventy miles from here to the city."
"Hey." Elu nodded in agreement, and he and the old man entered the yard.
In Ningguta in this era, except for the exiles, the local residents lived a relatively prosperous life. The local banner people and natives never took any money with them when they went out, and they could eat and stay as they pleased when passing by households on the way. And when every household met a guest staying, no matter they knew him or not
, all of which are like "there is green grass for horses, and millet for guests." We take care of the food, lodging, and fodder for the horses, without taking any penny. The people are simple and honest.
The old man saw that Elu had a strong figure and a simple and honest face, and he liked him in his heart. While drinking water and smoking a dry cigarette, the old man started chatting.
"Mafa, this is my first time going back to the city. I heard it's very lively there."
"Well, a lot of officers and soldiers have come outside the city recently. I heard they are going to the east to fight the Oros. You have to be careful when you enter the city and don't collide with the officers."
"Ah! How many people are here?"
"I can't tell. The family in the front yard just came back from the city yesterday and said that there were thousands of people in the camp outside the city."
"Hey! Then I'm going to see it."
"Listen to me, haha, go home early after seeing your relatives."
"Mafa, what do you mean by this, is there not peace in the city?"
The old man smoked a dry cigarette, got up and poured a bowl of water for Elu, and then said: "No matter how chaotic the world is, our place will not be chaotic. I heard that Agui Zhongtang is recruiting troops locally, so be careful of being noticed by the officials.
Your Majesty calls you to join the army in the Eastern Campaign."
After bidding farewell to the old man, we walked to the next village, Elu, and before it got dark, we found a family to stay overnight. The family's house was small and there wasn't enough space, so Elu didn't mind, so he slept in a stable.
Early the next morning, he ate two pieces of yellow rice cake and drank a bowl of rice porridge at the house where he was staying overnight. Then he took his leave and followed the road to the west. After crossing the river, he saw the gate of Ninggu Pagoda.
Built in the fifth year of Kangxi's reign, this new city has a circumference of eight miles (slightly larger than the Forbidden City in Beijing) and has four gates. The inner and outer city walls are surrounded by two circles of cultivated pine wood, and the middle is filled with compacted earth. This was also the case in the early Qing Dynasty.
Characteristics of all garrison cities outside the Pass in the middle period. Historically, it was only after the end of the Qianlong period that they were gradually converted into earthen cities.
At this time, there were clouds of boats and oars on the river outside the city, and large boats were lined up all the way to the south, with no end in sight. Some boats were filled with officers and soldiers, some were loaded with cargo, and some were actually filled with war horses. These
The ship docked at the pier outside the east gate. After getting off the ship, groups of officers and soldiers did not enter the city, but lined up and headed south.
Elu didn't follow him to take a look. He went straight to the east gate and saw a notice posted on the wall. Elu couldn't understand it. He asked the soldier guarding the gate and found out that it said "recruiting military and civilian husbands and locals".
He was able to join the army and was signed as a scholar of the Imperial Academy.
After entering the city, he discovered that there was an inner city in the city. It was almost two miles in circumference and had gates on three sides: east, west, north and south. Elu went to a restaurant to inquire about it at noon, and the waiter told him that the inner city
It is the general's office and the residence of officers and soldiers. There are no civilians living there. There is also a north gate in the inner city, but due to Feng Shui reasons, it is never opened. (In ancient Feng Shui, it was said that the north gate was built to welcome the air, not only to receive it.
Be careful, and you must welcome the anger into the city, so the gate tower should be tall.)
Erlu ordered wine and food, and when he was finishing his meal and paying the bill, the waiter came over and asked for twenty-five cents.
"Why is it so expensive?!" Erlu asked for a bowl of noodles, two ounces of soju and a bowl of stewed bones.
The guy was a Han Chinese and thought that Erlu was a native of the Armored Man, so he explained: "Sir, you haven't been to the city recently. You don't know the nearest market."
Erlu was a little curious. Seeing that the guy was about to leave, he quickly grabbed him and asked, "No, you have to talk to me carefully." After saying that, he took out another five-piece coin and stuffed it into the other person's hand.
The waiter grinned after accepting the money and explained: "Sir, you don't know that since April, more than 8,000 officers and soldiers have been arriving from the military camp outside the city. I heard that there will be more A Zhongtang from the capital.
We are sitting in the camp outside. With so many officials taking the money given by the court, do you dare to go into the city to buy things?"
Elu asked curiously: "Isn't it good to have money?"
"Okay?" The waiter pointed to the dishes in front of Erlu and continued: "He just ordered these things. Even when he went to buy a bag of needles, he paid for it and checked the account. Our shop has a small profit, so how can we have so much money?
Looking for him? As time goes by, everyone has to raise the price together, otherwise we will be forced to close down just to change the money. Money is expensive and silver is cheap now. If you use coin to buy things, everyone will be happy, and maybe they can give you a discount.
"
"There is such a thing." Elu suddenly realized.
After leaving the restaurant, Elu followed the boy's instructions and walked around the street in the west gate of the city. In the shops on the street, he found that there were indeed more officers and soldiers who were out of camp to buy goods. Elu
First, he memorized the prices of food, cloth, salt and other daily necessities in each store. Then he found a secluded place, took out a piece of paper from his pocket and wrote it down.
After that, he went out of the west gate and went to the outside of the military camp. He found a slope and several idle men were standing on it to watch. Erlu pretended to have never seen the world and climbed up the slope to watch with everyone.
He saw strict flags everywhere in the military camp, and the sound of muskets being fired in the distance. He roughly estimated the number of tents, and estimated that there were thousands. Based on the calculation of six people per tent, the size of the camp here was terrifying.
It cost tens of thousands of people. This result shocked Elu. He silently wrote down all the flags he saw before returning to the city. He first went to the grocery store to buy two kilograms of tobacco leaves, and then pulled a few feet of cloth.
.After that, I went to find a carriage shop outside the city to stay.
The next day, Elu set out before dawn and joined his men in the evening. After hearing Elu's investigation results, everyone felt that they had seen everything they needed to see, so they decided to rush back to Fuldan City at night.