Just as Bogaevsky was preparing to launch the final attack on Humaer City, a group of Hezhe people from the middle and lower reaches of Heilongjiang River and Daur border residents from the upper reaches of Huma River gathered to help.
Armed with harpoons, bows and arrows, spears and knives, these border people drove canoes and fast-horse boats, like moths to a flame, braving the hail of bullets and whizzing artillery fire, they launched an attack on the Rakshasa invaders.
Standing behind the fence of the island, Aihunzuo led Tubote to see the scene of reinforcements coming from all directions. He was very energetic at first, but when he saw the Hezhe people going up to confront the Rakshasa regardless, he became anxious.
"Hurry up and get those people ashore! Hurry! They are no match for Rakshasa's artillery and muskets, and they will die in vain!"
After hearing this, several subordinates and border leaders hurried to the shore, stood in the river and shouted loudly.
The sound of gunfire drowned out the shouts on the shore, and the Hezhe people tried one after another to get close to the Rakshasa warship, but the dense rain of bullets caused them to be shot and fell into the river one after another. The canoe made of birch bark could not withstand the ten-kilogram weight.
Iron bullets and dense shotguns.
It didn't take long before the surviving Hezhe fishermen rowed their boats to the small island where Humar City was located amidst bullets. When these people climbed onto the river bank, only more than fifty people survived.
The soldiers and civilians had no time to pay homage to those who died in the battle, so they helped the reinforcements who climbed onto the shore and took refuge in the walled city.
From this moment on, several fishing boats would come from the south of Heilongjiang from time to time. When there were few people, they would anchor a few hundred meters away from the Russian fleet, waiting for opportunities to attack; when there were many people, they would make noises.
Later, Bogaevsky had to dedicate two warships to deal with these troublesome "barbarians".
At this time, a burst of cheers suddenly came from Humar City. The gunpowder and shotgun bullets shipped from Ulusumudan finally arrived. Along with the gunpowder, there were actually more than 200 border residents who came from Murususu.
This is undoubtedly a powerful new force for the current Humar City.
Tibet looked at the dozen or so soldiers who were out of breath from exhaustion and asked eagerly: "What happened on the road?"
The leader of the team said: "Sir, there is not enough gunpowder in Ulusumudan. I also took people to search in Karen and several villages in the south, and finally I got this little."
Having said that, he struggled to pick up a set of items wrapped in royal blue furoshiki from the carriage. Tibet opened it and saw that it turned out to be a set of golden chain mail that could only be worn by deputy governors.
Na Zuo led the way: "Sir, this is sent to you by a special person from the Deputy Governor. I happened to meet them in Guobugar, so I collected it for you. There is a letter in the bag, and there is also something in this box.
There are two thousand taels of silver."
Upon hearing this, Tibet hurriedly opened his bag, took out the letter and read it without saying a word.
In this letter, the deputy commander of Heilongjiang City, Eldemubu, offered his armor as a reward in order to encourage Tibet, and stated that he would later petition the court for merit for Tibet and his soldiers and civilians, and reward his descendants.
Demubu told Tibet that according to the news from Commander Heng, thousands of reinforcements from Hulunbuir had crossed the Teni River and were on their way. The day the army arrived in Heilongjiang City, Luo
When the head is given to Sha.
Seeing the white silver in the box, Tubot smiled bitterly and was speechless. He didn't even intend to take his life, so what was the use of this silver?
Taking advantage of the break when the Rakshasa stopped bombarding, Tubot, who was wearing chainmail, pointed to the silver in the box and shouted to his subordinates: "Here are two thousand taels of silver. I don't take a penny. I share it all with everyone. Every day."
Fifty taels per person!”
Neither the soldiers nor the border residents had ever seen so much silver. Most of what they used daily was to make money. At first, a few people from around came to take away a few ingots of silver and put them into their arms. Later, Tibet simply asked people to carry them.
box and distribute the money to everyone.
Since it was rewarded by the official, why not take it?
Fifty taels of silver is a huge sum of money to everyone. It can buy dozens of pieces of cloth, hundreds of kilograms of grain, and dozens of horses and cattle in Heilongjiang City.
Tibet didn't know what a stupid thing he had done, and it didn't take long for him to regret it!
He thought he was being selfless by sharing the money since he didn't get a penny; but he forgot that once people have thoughts, their thoughts are not so simple.
At 9:30 a.m., Colonel Bogaevsky, commander of the 1st Zaibelgar Fusilier Regiment, issued an attack order to all Tsarist Russian troops participating in the war, requiring that the city of Humar must be completely captured before 12 noon, and after the capture
Quickly march towards Ulusumudan and Guobughar.
The Tsarist Russians were also anxious. When 9:30 arrived, all the 12-pounders and 24-pounders on the big ships opened fire together. The deafening roar frightened the border residents who came to support them and turned around and left.
The firepower of the Rakshasa was too strong! The fighting spirit of the soldiers and civilians of Humar City gradually collapsed under the deterrence of the invaders' muskets and cannons. Many people carried the silver rewarded by the court and carried the wounded to retreat to Humarwoji Mountain.
When the bombardment was over, Aihun's assistant leader Tibet discovered that there were only about twenty people left to fight with him.
When the Cossacks landed on the island by boat and approached the city of Humar, more than 20 Qing troops armed with spears and swords, led by Tibet wearing gold chainmail, launched a final charge against the enemy.
Anyone else could leave, but since Tibet read that letter and put on that chainmail, he could only die fighting here.
"Aim! Shoot!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
On May 29th of the Gregorian calendar, the Tsarist Russian army arrived at the deserted Dongcheng and Murususu. At this time, they were less than a hundred miles away from Heilongjiang City.
In the 22nd year of Kangxi (1683), after the Qing government quelled the San Francisco Rebellion and recovered Taiwan, it sent Sabusu, the deputy governor of Ningguta, to lead the Qing army to settle in Aihui, and built the new and old Aihui cities successively.
Both cities are called "Heilongjiang City".
Since the Tsarist Russian army had mastered the Qing army's Karen troop deployment throughout the Heilongjiang General Mansion last year, they formulated corresponding military plans based on this information.
On May 30, according to Suvorov's order, Russian Major General Alexandrov, who led the army from Nerchinsk, will serve as the commander of this offensive operation against Aihun, and the general of Tsarist Russia's Eastern Route Army will
Colonel Fisher of the Staff Headquarters served as the Chief of Staff for this offensive operation; Eshin, a Buryat man, was promoted to lieutenant due to his meritorious service. Because he was familiar with the situation in this area, he was transferred to the Staff Headquarters to assist in the work.
Facing the tightly defended Heilongjiang City, the Tsarist Russian army attached great importance to it. The day after they arrived in the cave city, they held a military meeting on the largest warship in the fleet. Those present at the meeting included Major General Alexandrov
, Chief of Staff Colonel Fischer, commander of the artillery, commanders of the 1st to 3rd Transbaikal musketeers, commanders of the 1st and 2nd Buryat regiments, and the captain of the guard acting on behalf of a small number of cavalry units.
At the meeting, Chief of Staff Colonel Fisher read out the troop allocation and attack order for the Heilongjiang City operation on behalf of Major General Alexandrov. This time the Tsarist Russian combat troops included 15 companies, 48 guns, and a cavalry company.
In addition, Cossack Lieutenant Colonel Pechenkin was responsible for commanding 207 oarsmen, 80 boats, and 5 flat-bottomed barges.
In the small conference room, Tsarist Russian officers wearing green and red lapel military uniforms were crowded. Fischer opposite, under the light of the candlestick held by his assistant Essin, read out the battle order.
"Order: Issued to the troops assembled outside Heilongjiang City, Eastern Front Army Staff Headquarters, May 30, 1788.
1. Our troops should cross the river to the left bank of the Amur River on the night of June 1, repel the enemy from their positions in the old city of Aihun, and occupy the old city of Aihun.
2. Colonel Shverin led the Second Regiment, following Colonel Bogaevsky's column, and landed near the old city of Aihun, and then continued to advance in the same direction. After crossing the river, one company was left behind in the old city of Aihun.
On the high ground to the west of the city, in order to observe and cover the rear of the combat troops.
3. Lieutenant Colonel Polyakov crossed the river following the column of the 2nd Fusilier Regiment, mopped up the enemies as far as Zigou, and then followed the right wing of the combat troops to advance.
Fourth, Lieutenant Colonel Pechenkin was responsible for correctly allocating rowers and sending river boats to the left bank. After the troops landed, they returned to the fleet to continue transportation.
Fifth, the cavalry company crossed the river in the north of the old city of Shang'aihui at 1 o'clock in the middle of the night to reconnoiter the enemy's deployment. After the reconnaissance was completed, they concentrated on the right wing of the combat troops.
6. When Major General Alexandrov led the reserve troops to land near Aihui Old City, the artillery commander directed the artillery of each ship to destroy the enemy artillery set up on the banks of Aihui Old City and Heilongjiang City, and bombarded Heilongjiang City with artillery fire.
He Aihun's gunpowder depot in the old city would approach the left bank whenever the opportunity arose, waiting for an opportunity to land and use artillery fire to cut off the enemy's retreat to Qiqihar.
Seventh, pay attention to cover the fleet to avoid sudden attacks by the tribesmen and the Qing army."
After Colonel Fisher read out the combat deployment, the commander of the force, Major General Alexandrov, finally concluded to all the officers present: "Gentlemen, due to your incompetence, the Commander-in-Chief failed to enter Heilongjiang City as planned.
An investiture ceremony was held, and his arrival date was rescheduled to June 10th. There is no need to say how important our offensive operation is this time, but please remember that Her Majesty the Queen is waiting for news of our victory! May the glory of God
May we be invincible!"
On May 30, Ivan Yakobi, the governor of Irkutsk who had just crossed the border and arrived in Yaksa, couldn't wait to issue an order to remove all stone tablets with Chinese characters on both sides of the border from the border to Humalkalun.
Scrape off all the tombstones, and change all the names of mountains, places, and waters along the road that belong to the Qing Dynasty, so that there is no place on the map that has anything to do with the Qing Dynasty!
When Suvorov, the commander-in-chief of Tsarist Russia's Eastern Route Army, saw the list of place names drawn up by Ivan Jacobi before setting off, he couldn't help but cursed "bastard!" because in addition to naming the place names after the Jacobi family's surname, first name, and father, the commander-in-chief of Tsarist Russia's Eastern Route Army,
Even the names of his wife and relatives are listed, and even the last place name is marked with "This is my wife's pug!"
After reconnaissance by the leading troops of Tsarist Russia, it was found that the Qing army's positions were deployed from the highlands of Karen Mountain to the coast of Aihui Old City. At the same time, the main force of Heilongjiang City was not concentrated in the city, but in the woods four or five miles offshore.
There are only guard posts along the coast during the day, but at night there are continuous guerrillas.
At the same time, the Tsarist Russian General Staff believed that the confluence of the west bank of Heilongjiang River and the Zieya River was the most suitable place to assemble the starting troops. There was only a small village with a few households (later known as Hailan Paotun). After landing, there is a mountain pass opposite, where you can
The entire combat force is assembled in it. The Russian army, advancing along this ditch, can penetrate deep into the enemy's rear and left flank without anyone noticing.
In fact, due to lack of troops, General Eldemubu of the Qing army withdrew the Qing troops that had been deployed from the old city of Aihui to the Jieya River. There was only one army near Shaodazigou consisting of one assistant leader and two Xiaoqi.
A patrol team composed of assistant leaders; in addition to providing warning and reporting, this team could also protect the left flank of the Qing army's defense line.
And this decision made him regret it endlessly!
At three o'clock in the middle of the night on June 1, the musketry regiment led by Bogaevsky landed in a small boat, and then launched an attack along the high ground on the left side of the ravine. At four o'clock in the morning, a ten-man patrol team of the Qing army discovered
They were killed, and the two sides immediately started fighting. The Qing army, which only had bows and arrows and two shotguns, soon after the battle, eight people including the chief were killed in the battle, and only two people fled back to report the news.
At about the same time, as dawn just started to break, the Tsarist Russian fleet sailed past the intersection of the Zieya River and the Heilongjiang River, approaching the old city of Aihui. The artillery of the Qing army on the river bank launched a bombardment. Shotguns, carried by two people, and muskets,
The fire of the strange cannon flashed across the river like lightning, and the scene was extremely spectacular; the residents of the old city of Aihui climbed to the top of the city and cheered loudly, but then the roaring shells of Rakshasa forced them to hide behind the city wall.
The roar of the Qing army's volleys was mixed with the rumble of artillery from both sides. The 24-pounder guns in the Tsarist Russian fleet also opened fire. Thick columns of smoke soon rose from the Qing army's river bank position, and the Qing Dynasty
The army's artillerymen suffered heavy casualties. Colonel Fisher, chief of staff of the army, estimated based on the firepower of the Qing army's defense line that the Qing army deployed at least 2,500 men here.
The exchange of fire between the Tsarist and Russian fleets at the Qing army's artillery positions on the river bank diverted the attention of the defending Qing army, and the Tsarist Russian army's landing operation at the mouth of the river went very smoothly. However, when the Qing army general in charge finally discovered what was going on,
The Qing army had no choice but to step out of the defensive line and take the initiative to fight.
At 6:45 in the morning, the Qing army sent out an army of 500 cavalry soldiers armed with bows, arrows and spears, and only two cannons; 15 minutes later, another army of 200 shotgun soldiers and
A force of 1,000 armored soldiers carrying bows and arrows and holding spears, armed with ten muskets and two victory cannons, together with 80 cavalry, surrounded the Russian army in the ravine.
Bogaevsky sent two of his Cossack artillery batteries carrying six-pounders and eight-pounders to bombard the Qing army. Fifteen minutes later, he commanded his four battalions to launch an attack.
The ground battle between the Qing army and the Rakshasa started at 7:30 in the morning. The Qing army's two sub-cannons opened fire about a mile away from the Russian army. After firing one round of solid shells and two rounds of shotguns, the shotgun soldiers
The volley fire began, and the armored soldiers and cavalry prepared to surround the right wing of the Russian army. On the left wing of the Russian army, a team of two to three hundred Oroqen hunters, under the cover of the woods, threw rain of arrows at the Rakshasa.
Because the shooting range of Qing artillery and shotguns was too far, the losses of the Tsarist Russian army were not great. Bogaevsky sent a company and quickly drove away the Oroqen; then he ordered two battalions to attack the right wing
cavalry and armored soldiers, and the rest of the troops launched a general attack on the Qing army directly ahead.
Faced with the fierce bombardment of Tsarist Russian muskets and artillery, the Qing army could not help but retreat. At first, they could fire back normally. By noon, the Qing army could no longer hold on, and the remaining remnants began to retreat over the mountains towards Aihui.
By one o'clock in the afternoon, the leading skirmishers of the Russian army had occupied the top of the ravine; two hours later, Lieutenant Colonel Polyakov led the 1st and 2nd Buryat Fusiliers Regiment towards the old city of Aihun.
At this time, the Qing army north of the old city of Aihui was almost completely wiped out by the Russian army. The deputy commander of Heilongjiang City, Eledmubu, was shot and injured and fled back to the city.
As for the artillery battle on the Heilongjiang River, since all Tsarist Russian warships were inland river ships, they did not have gun decks. All artillery was placed on the bow and amidships. This resulted in the artillery battle in the morning.
The Qing gunners in the old city of Aihui fired 12 shells from two sky cannons into the river, destroying two 12-pound cannons and a 24-pound cannon in the Tsarist Russian fleet on the spot, and then used victory cannons to kill the Cossack soldiers.
20 people.
Dozens of large and medium-sized Yaksa warships coming from the Heilongjiang City Water Camp also damaged several Tsarist Russian warships, killing and wounding hundreds of enemy soldiers. However, due to the age of the cannons on the ship,
As a result, some of the guns exploded within a few shots, while others were unable to fight anymore because the barrels overheated.
The Qing government set up a naval camp in Heilongjiang General Mansion, which was mainly stationed in three locations: Qiqihar, Mergen, and Heilongjiang City. The water camp located in Heilongjiang City had ten large Yaksa warships and four No. 2 Yaksa warships.
Ten, ten river boats. These boats were built in the Jilin Shipyard in the 22nd year of Kangxi's reign. According to the regulations of the Ministry of Industry, they need to be overhauled every five years and scrapped every ten years.
However, due to years of peace and quiet on the border, the combat effectiveness of the water battalion in Heilongjiang City has dropped sharply. The battalion officers only command the sailors to practice punting, and they don't care about the firing of cannons on the ships. It is the business of the shotgun battalion. The Ministry of War requires the water battalion to be in
Exercises are held ten days before the frost every year, but in recent years Shuiying has always used the freezing of the river as an excuse to not hold any exercises at all.
Compared with the Qing army's water camp, the 12-pound cannons on the Tsarist Russian warships fired quickly and accurately. At the same time, with the support of incendiary bombs and shotgun shells, the Qing army's water camp suffered heavy losses. In one day, four large Yaksa warships were lost, and the medium-sized Yaksa warships were lost.
There are more than 20 Sa war ships.
In the afternoon, the Cossack cavalry faced the villages that were deserted and even the wells had been filled in. They viciously burned several villages outside the old city of Aihui. In the raging fire, the ignited wood made a crackling sound.
, dozens of thick black smoke pillars rose over the wilderness, but the soldiers and civilians guarding Heilongjiang City and Aihui Old City could only watch helplessly, each speculating on their own unknown fate.
In such a battle that was about to be lost, a red flag appeared on the river south of Heilongjiang City, and the fleet of the Northern Navy finally arrived.