Judging from the time when the ice melts in Heilongjiang in previous years, the Northern Navy would not be able to catch up with Yaksa in early May. From the end of March to May, the snow on the land melts and the ice remains on the rivers, and the troops can not reach Yaksa.
Ligashan (countryside) is pretty good.
A week later, a battalion of Pan Xiucheng's regiment set out for Khabarovsk as the northward detachment, and a civil affairs detachment of 80 people also went together. This team included a construction team of 50 people and 20 people.
Students from the cadre school, and a medical team of ten people.
At the same time, the Civil Affairs Bureau began to mobilize idle labor from various settlements and march north in batches. The purpose was to follow the northward detachment and build a land passage to Khabarovsk.
Zhao Xin plans to build Boli into the largest town on the north bank of Xingkai Lake. It is located on the east bank of Heilongjiang and is the center of Heilongjiang. It can not only control the upper and lower reaches of the river, but also be connected with the Songhua and Ussuri rivers.
It is very dangerous and has always been valued by successive dynasties. Since the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Khabarovsk was not only the center of the central dynasty's rule in the region, but also the only place to manage the lower reaches of Heilongjiang.
At the same time, Xu Dayong and Wang Changsheng, who were far away in northern Jiangsu, also received orders from Zhao Xin. Zhao Xin asked Wang Changsheng, who was getting along well with the Cao Gang, to go to Guangzhou to contact Cai Zhaoping of Wanhe Bank. Last year, Zhao Xin asked Wanhe Bank
It’s time for the sailboat I bought for you to be delivered.
At the same time, Zhao Xin ordered Xu Dayong to transport at least 100,000 more refugees to Beihai Town this year.
Xu Dayong suddenly felt that Alexander, one hundred thousand! It would be better to let him rebel directly.
This is the fifty-third year of Qianlong's reign. The severe drought that affected six provinces has passed. The Qing Dynasty's disaster relief operations in recent years have been quite effective. Agui, who was demoted to the capital to manage river works, has been busy dealing with the aftermath of the disaster.
People's livelihood. Nowadays, the scale of refugee escape is no longer that big. If we try to buy people through human traffickers, thousands of people will die in a year.
Of course, rebellion is impossible. Not to mention that Beihai Town does not have the extra strength to open a battlefield. It will only mess up the Central Plains, and in the end Beihai Town will have to come out to end it. The gain outweighs the loss.
Xu Da used a gloomy face to discuss countermeasures with a group of subordinates, and one of his subordinates came up with the idea to recruit people in Shandong. Last year, Shandong experienced large-scale production cuts in both the summer and autumn harvests. It is estimated that more than 50,000 people could be recruited from Dengzhou and Laizhou, the two places that were hardest hit by the disaster.
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Another guy who had gone to Hubei to buy refugees came up with an idea. He said that there are currently many refugees at the junction of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Hubei provinces, numbering in the tens of thousands, and their livelihoods are extremely difficult. Moreover, it is a "three-no-no" zone, and the government's control is weak.
Rather than recruiting refugees in the Central Plains where the government has strong control, it is better to go there and have a look.
Xu Dayong had actually known about the refugees at the junction of the three provinces for a long time, but he had been unwilling to provoke them because of the large number of bandits and secret sects there. There was no better way at the moment. He first sent a telegram to Beihai Town and got
After approval, I prepared to take people there after Qingming Festival.
At the end of March, Liu Sheng finally returned to Fuldan City with his new wife. Also returning with him were the Balk villagers headed by Saharian and the old shaman.
As soon as Liu Sheng and others came back, the first thing they did was to contact Zhao Xin. On the way back, they met the northward detachment, and from this they also learned the news that Tsarist Russia was about to invade.
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Zhao Xin smiled and said, "Aren't you going to hold a banquet?"
Liu Sheng said angrily: "All the wine we should drink has been drunk in Balke Village. It doesn't matter if we are a few days late here!"
"Okay. I will take a regiment to Fuldan City the day after tomorrow. You first prepare the troops for battle."
"Going north?"
"No, hit Ninggu Pagoda!"
...
Na Qitai's right eyelid has been twitching in recent days, which makes him feel that something big is about to happen. But what will it be?
He is still the deputy capital of Ningguta, but he has been promoted from the second rank to the first rank, and has also been granted the title of second-class viscount. The main reason why he has not been transferred is because he has fought with Beihai Town and Zhao Xin
They had too many interactions. Both Qianlong and Qinggui thought that he had done a good job in the previous negotiations with Beihai Town. Among the officials under Jilin General Yamen, Na Qitai was regarded as the most important person to Beihai Town and Zhao Xin.
The person who knows the most.
Of course, except Fukang'an.
Could it be that Beihai Town wants to take action? Na Qitai recalled the intelligence from the sentinels and reconnaissance these days and said that there was nothing unusual about the Beihai Navy. However, he felt that even if the Beihai Navy wanted to attack, with the current scale and strength of Ningguta City, Zhao Xin
That bastard can't get any favors either.
Yes, Qitai hated Zhao Xin so much. If it weren't for him, he wouldn't be staying in this "broken" place.
The current Ningguta City is no longer the original wooden city with pine trees and soil. After more than two years of repairs, the city wall of Ningguta is now a brick city with a height of two feet and a thickness of six feet; even the other side of the river
The old city has also been renovated and renovated.
As a result, a pattern was formed with Ningguta New City as the main city and the old city as the supplement. The two cities are one in the east and the other in the west, separated by the Hulha River (Songhua River). People from Jilin, Heilongjiang and Guannai were transferred
The Eight Banners Army camped on the two wings of the old city, also known as the "Ningguta Camp". It is now commanded by Jilin General Mingliang.
The entire Ningguta camp has a total of 15,000 Manchu, Han and Mongolian soldiers. Counting the accompanying soldiers and civilians, the number is almost 32,000. The entire camp stretches from the north bank of the Taktonka River in the south to the south of the Kushha River in the north.
It spans the Hualan River and Shangjian River, nearly eighty miles from north to south, and is divided into ten camps.
After experiencing the power of the Northern Navy, the Qing army now also imitated the Northern Navy and dug several trenches one foot wide and eight feet deep outside the camp, with a large number of antlers and horses deployed in the middle.
After Jilin General Mingliang learned in detail what happened in the Battle of Fuldan City, he divided the artillery units into several places and concentrated them to form a cross-intensive firepower.
As for the Hunchun camp, which is hundreds of miles away in the southeast, it currently has a total of 12,000 troops. In addition to Hunchun City, there is also a mountain city guarding the pass.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to escort supplies to the old city, Na Qitai went to the camp on the other side of the river in person and raised his concerns with Mingliang.
Throughout the Qing Dynasty, there were not many hairpin families like the Fucha family that could produce several generals. Needless to say, Fu Heng, Fukang'an was among the best, and Jilin General Mingliang was actually as good as Fukang in military ability.
Ann's character.
Like Fukang'an, Fucha Mingliang was the son of Fu Heng's eldest brother Fucha Guangcheng. Like Fukang'an, he was Qianlong's nephew.
In the 19th year of Qianlong's reign, Mingliang entered the provincial examination. Qianlong asked Fu Heng by chance: "Does anyone in your family take the provincial examination?" Fu Heng said Mingliang. After hearing this, Qianlong said, why should a child of an aristocratic family bother?
Do you want to compete with those scholars for status? There is no need! So Mingliang was promoted to Lan Ling Guard and ordered to participate in the battle against Junggar.
Later generations commented that he "knows the soldiers and leads to prosperity, and is honest and honest with Sun Shiyi." However, this man has always been unlucky. He is often implicated by his friends and his official career is wasted.
After listening to Na Qitai's words, Mingliang smiled and reassured him that he didn't need to worry too much. Since February this year, each battalion has regularly sent out sentries to the Fuldan City area. News comes back every day, and there is no unusual movement in Beihai Town.
What's more, the distance from Dongning to Ninggu Pagoda is only over 200 miles, and there are beacon towers every five miles along the way. If something happens, the beacon signal can be sent, and the news can be received in just one meal.
Na Qitai felt a little relieved after hearing this, but that was all. After that, he returned to Ningguta City and saw a doctor for acupuncture, but it was of no use.
In fact, his worries were right, and the Northern Navy had already dispatched; but because the mountain road was difficult to travel, the Qing troops in charge of sentinels did not fulfill their responsibilities.
South of Hunda Mountain and one kilometer north of the Suifen River, troops composed of the Second Regiment, the Fifth Regiment and a battalion of the First Regiment of the North Navy were walking with difficulty on the muddy mountain road.
"Come here and help me!"
Following the loud greetings of several carriage drivers, hundreds of soldiers from the marching column of the Second Regiment of the North Navy suddenly ran out and helped push out the carriage that was stuck in the mud.
"What happened!" Liu Sheng and Fan Tong, who came from behind on horseback, jumped off their horses one after another and joined the team pushing the cart with their guards.
The officer in charge of the second regiment's baggage team turned around while pushing the wheels of the carriage and said: "Commander-in-Chief, the road has collapsed and the carriage has sunk in the mud, so we can only push it."
It is said that the road construction team in Beihai Town is not a professional construction company after all. Although they have been warned in advance, how can the refugees who can even recognize the Chinese characters understand what road collapse in the tundra is?
Due to excessive digging of soil on the roadside, excessive erosion of rain and snow, and the trampling of large groups of vanguard troops, this five-kilometer-long slope road eventually collapsed. The carriages carrying supplies were passing by.
At that time, I was dumbfounded.
When everyone worked together to push the carriage out of the mud pit, Liu Sheng said to Fan Tong, who was panting from exhaustion: "This can't be done. We have to find a way. There are more than 3,000 people behind us!"
Fan Tong took out his handkerchief and wiped the mud on his face and said, "What can we do? It would be great if Mr. Zhao comes with us."
Liu Sheng frowned and said: "Can't we handle such a little trouble?! We can't let him be the transportation captain every time. What the hell! We are attacking in two directions this time. There are not enough people in the northbound detachment, so he has to wait.
Let's go there together when the three groups come back."
Fan Tong said quickly: "Then I will quickly organize people to fill in all these mud holes first."
Liu Sheng nodded and motioned for him to go quickly.
Zhao Xin's request to him was to capture Ninggu Pagoda before the end of April in order to control the waterway from Hulha River to Songhua River. But what Liu Sheng didn't expect was that after only walking more than 200 miles, the team's traveling speed
It slowed down.
...
After entering April in the Gregorian calendar, the Polya family living outside the city of Nerchinsk was surprised to find that two more regiments of Cossack soldiers and no less than 2,000 Yakuts arrived from the direction of Chita outside the city.
Although the Yakuts look like Mongols, they are actually descendants of the Huns-Turks; and unlike the Mongols who believe in Buddhism, most of the Yakuts believe in Orthodox Christianity.
After the Cossack Corps arrived, they began to build warehouses and officer barracks outside the city. Since the time of Peter I, there has been a rule in the Tsarist Russian army that only officers at the regiment headquarters can have permanent barracks, and permanent barracks will never be built for soldiers.
housing.
Where do soldiers go to sleep? Find accommodation in private houses.
A few Cossack musketeers also lived in the cowshed of Polya's family. After they arrived, they asked Polya's aunt for drinks and told some harmless dirty jokes, which confused Polya and
The aunt was so frightened that the two of them didn't even dare to go through the front door and jumped out of the window. The next day, a Tsarist Russian officer arrived and reprimanded the Cossacks, and Polya finally plucked up the courage to go out.
Feed fodder to cattle.
The spring of 1788 was earlier than in previous years. In February of the Gregorian calendar, there was still ice more than one meter thick in the Heilongjiang River. By the beginning of March, it was no longer accessible. As the temperature increased, from mid-April on the Gregorian calendar, the ice in the river began to thaw.
Beginning to take away the harsh winter ice.
Large chunks of ice drifted down the river like hills, making thunderous roars when they hit. The ice broke more and more, and finally turned into pebble-like debris, floating downstream. When traveling from Nerchinsk to Chita
When even pebble-sized ice fragments could not be seen on the river, the Tsarist Russian invasion began.
In early April of the 53rd year of Qianlong's reign, Aihun Assistant Commander Jingqinbao, who was patrolling the Sino-Russian border, received a report from Oroqen fishermen fishing on the Ergun River that a large number of Tsarist Russian troops and war fighters had appeared outside Nerchinsk.
Ship, it looks like there is going to be a big move.
Jingqinbao hurriedly led a team of 100 people to investigate the area around Yaksa City. The group stayed in Ravkai City upstream of Yaksa for a few days. Sure enough, they received reports from border residents who were grazing and fishing on the border, saying that they had seen the Ergun River with their own eyes.
A large number of Rakshasa warships gathered on the river to the west. Jingqinbao was deeply aware of the seriousness of the situation and hurriedly sent one of his subordinates to sail back to Aihui City to report immediately.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! A few days later, Eldemubu, the deputy commander of Heilongjiang City (Aihui), who received the news, also felt that the situation was not good. Since the battle of Yaksa, Nerchinsk
No Tsarist troops were ever assembled there; even if there were Cossacks who crossed the border to cause trouble, they could be driven out quickly after negotiation.
Eldemubu decided to immediately send more manpower to Ravkai City. He ordered another of his assistants to lead 300 people, including 50 Han army shotgun soldiers, to go north to support him. At the same time, he sent someone to urgently report to Heilongjiang in Qiqihar.
General Hengxiu.
According to the Qing system, the garrison of Aihui City should have been 3,000 people, but at this time, there were only more than 1,000 armored soldiers stationed there. Except for a small number of Han military flags, most of the others were Manchus, Saurons and Das.
Hu'er (Daur) soldiers. Since the thirty-fourth year of Qianlong's reign, the Eight Banners garrisoned in Aihui City have been mobilized southward many times by Qianlong to attack Burma, Jinchuan, and quell the rebellion in Shaanxi and Gansu... And after Qinggui moved north
In order to implement the plan to siege Beihai Town, more than a thousand people were deployed from the Eight Banners garrisoned in Aihui City.
It's too late!
Even if the Heilongjiang general Hengxiu, who was a first-class military general guarding the border and a clan member, knew that the Russians were about to invade, he had no right to transfer troops back from Ninggu Pagoda. He only had the power of execution and execution, and the power of decision-making was in his hands.
In the hands of Qianlong and Lifanyuan.
According to the "Treaty of Kyakhta" signed by the Qing Dynasty and Russia in the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), if the Heilongjiang general writes a letter or replies to the chief executive of Nerchinsk, he must first submit the letter to the Lifan Yuan and wait for approval and revision.
It was drafted, approved, read by the emperor, and translated before it could be issued. With the speed of communication in these years, border incidents are handled in terms of "years".
On April 15, the fifty-third year of Qianlong's reign, and May 7, 1788 in the Gregorian calendar, Jingqinbao and his party, who were patrolling the river near Ravkai City, finally saw the Tsarist Russian fleet crossing the border.
The overwhelming number of ketches and sloops of the invaders covered the river. The Tsarist Russian sailors on the first few ships saw the Yaksa warships that were protecting them at a glance, and immediately surrounded them.
On the Yaksa warship, a sailor saw the flag on the opposite ketch and quickly reported to Jingqin: "Sir, they are really Rakshasa people!"
The assistant leader Jingqinbao's face was full of astonishment at this time, and his right hand holding the waist knife began to tremble involuntarily.
"How dare they!"
One of his subordinates said: "Sir! What should we do? Rakshasa boats are coming around!"
"Come up!" Jingqinbao glanced at the city of Ravkai behind him. The smoke in the city had already risen, and he heard the screams of the crowd on the shore and the neighing of the horses...
Behind him are the people of the Qing Dynasty. As a general patrolling the border, he does not dare to retreat, and he must not retreat!
"Be on guard with your bows and arrows! Load your shotguns and light your match ropes! Load your cannons! Prepare to meet the enemy!" Jingqinbao ordered loudly to his subordinates. Since they could not retreat, they could only fight to the death.