On July 22, 1788, the fourth day of July in the fifty-third year of Qianlong's reign, three regiments of the Northern Navy, which had rested in Heilongjiang City for nearly two weeks, arrived in two batches at the mouth of the Humar River, 320 miles away.
When they saw the small riverside island that had been captured by Tsarist Russia and was now in ruins, and then learned about the resistance deeds of the Tibetan co-leader from the guide Zamusu, everyone in the Northern Navy was filled with indignation. As for that
Zhao Xin also sent people to find the remains of Tibet, the Ewenki co-leader, and other Qing soldiers and border residents who died in the battle. Zhao Xin also sent people to find the remains on the island, reassemble them with thick pine boards, and buried them at the foot of Xiaoheilazi Mountain.
This move of the Northern Navy surprised the Daur, Oroqen and Sauron people who followed the north to help. In their view, these rebels under the banner of the Han people did not exclude the border residents, regardless of the Manchu and Han ethnic groups.
Everyone is treated equally; and the Northern Navy has been occupying Heilongjiang City for a month and has never mentioned paying the poll tax, which makes the border residents really not used to it.
In the past, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties controlled the various tribes of border residents through poll taxes, and then used large amounts of material rewards to stabilize people's hearts, so that each tribe could send people to work as soldiers for the Manchu Qing court and guard the border.
The problem is that the military and political system in Beihai Town is different from all feudal regimes in this time and space. Zhao Xin owns several large-scale gold and silver associated mines, and has nowhere to spend the money; the various factories in Beihai Town now produce mountains of materials, and only
It can't be consumed much by purchasing from the border tribes in the lower reaches of Heilongjiang.
I don't want your head tax or tribute. If you want living necessities, it's no problem. Just go to the trading company to buy furs and handicrafts in exchange for money. The quality is high and the price is low. Children and elders can't be bullied.
Are you good at archery and riding horses as well as you want to be a soldier? I welcome you with applause. But first you have to go to the recruit camp in Heilongjiang City for three months of training, and you also have to learn Chinese and Chinese characters. The last two alone will stump many illiterate people.
Yes, all of these people were playing very well with their bows and reins, but as soon as they picked up their books and pencils and entered the classroom, they all looked dull and stupid after the class.
In order to delay the actions of the Northern Navy in order to create time for the completion of the fortifications, the Tsarist Russian army in the direction of Yaksa City continuously dropped wooden rafts into the river starting from the line of Guigudar City. Many of the wooden rafts had just been cut off at the front.
After finishing the wood, the hind legs were hastily tied together and thrown into the river. After floating for a short distance, they began to fall apart. As a result, the river was full of thick logs, which was extremely harmful to the Northern Navy's fleet. In the end, the fleet had to transfer to
Stop and take shelter on the Huma River.
In addition, the two battalions of hunters left behind by Suvorov's previous order were divided into small groups of dozens of people according to the order, and they cooperated with each other to harass and block the reconnaissance team sent by the Northern Navy.
The hunting soldiers sent by the Russian army were all hunters, and they were very familiar with fighting in mountainous terrain. A dozen of them fired cold shots at random intervals, and then turned around and disappeared into the dense forest. This made the reconnaissance team either pursue or not.
Neither.
The most terrible thing is that drones are completely useless in dense virgin forests, and it is almost difficult to detect those small groups of Russian troops.
Although the reconnaissance team is equipped with automatic weapons and homemade grenades, the amount of ammunition they carry is limited after all, and the weapon killing effectiveness in dense forest terrain is also significantly reduced. Even if the Russian team was wiped out in this battle, there is still another battle ahead.
, endlessly.
Faced with this situation, after Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng discussed it, they immediately changed their tactics and adopted a layer-by-layer relay strategy to transport ammunition and supplies along the river.
Liu Sheng and Fan Tong led a regiment, and with the cooperation of several flat-bottomed wooden boats filled with ammunition and supplies and moving along the river bank, they arranged the troops to move forward in platoon units and in coordination with the reconnaissance team. As long as the Tsarist Russian hunting team was discovered
, it is direct fire suppression. The dense rain of bullets first hits the opponent so that he cannot lift his head, and then outflanks him from both sides, annihilating him in one fell swoop.
This tactic of the Northern Navy was extremely effective, inflicting heavy losses on the Russian Chasseurs. If Suvorov had not strictly ordered them not to retreat, and those who violated the order would be hanged, these Chasseurs would have fled long ago.
When Liu Sheng and others arrived at the old site of Duojin City, thirty kilometers away from Yaksa City, the amount of wood dropped by the Russian army into the Heilongjiang River was finally reduced to negligible, and the fleet staying in the Huma River could move.
During the days when he was stranded in the Huma River, Zhao Xin felt that beating children on a rainy day was idle time, so after an inspection, he immediately issued an order, and thousands of people from the Northern Navy started to do it together. First, in the Tsarist Russia that year
The invaders built a military station on the site of the castle built by the invaders. Later, they built more than 30 wooden ridges at the foot of the mountain, dug wells, and set fire to the river banks.
The west side of the military station is adjacent to the Huma River. The terrain is steep and steep, and the well dug by the Tsarist Russians is still there. It only needs to be cleaned and it can be used. It was like the Cossacks who had to dig trenches and burn fire.
Different from the brick-filled earth wall, the Beihai navy built an explosion-proof wall with reinforced concrete and two wire fences. With this military station and the prototype of the village at the foot of the mountain, hundreds of people will be hired to open up wasteland and cultivate land on both sides of the river bank in the future.
The area around the mouth of the Huma River is as peaceful as Mount Tai.
In fact, even if Zhao Xin does not move the Han population here, with the protection of the Beihai Naval Station, the nearby Daur people will gather in the villages at the foot of the mountain to settle. Several Daur people who accompanied him to the north took a fancy to this place, and the free houses were not enough.
You are a fool to stay!
Unlike the Oroqen, Hezhe or other nomadic peoples, the Daur people in the outer northeast have formed a village-style lifestyle since the Ming Dynasty. Their agriculture and animal husbandry are relatively developed, and they are deeply influenced by the farming culture of the Central Plains.
After staying at the mouth of the Huma River for more than twenty days, Zhao Xin finally received news from the front troops, and the Northern Navy fleet set off again. Due to the unfamiliar hydrological conditions, and the fact that there were more than 20 ships with them
The wooden boats filled with soldiers traveled more than 450 kilometers of waterway for five or six days before they all arrived.
No one knows which dynasty or generation the old site of Duojin City was built in. Only some moats are temporarily left on the ruined site, and not a single tile is left. Zhao Xin speculates that this is a relic of either the Liao Dynasty or the Jin Dynasty.
Zhao Xin learned from several Russian prisoners captured by the reconnaissance team that the Russian army built two castles in Yaksa, one big and one small. In addition to building a large four-sided star with a side of one kilometer on the north bank of Heilongjiang,
In addition to building several semicircular trench positions outside the bastion, they also built a small bastion on the ancient city island across the river in the south, thus forming a mutually supporting defense between the northern and southern cities.
pattern.
The old castle site on the ancient city island was built when the Qing army attacked Yaksa. Due to the fierce artillery fire from the Russian army defending the city, the Qing army built a castle on the ancient city island across the water in order to prevent the war from prolonging into winter.
The fortress guarded by trenches formed a commanding position over the city of Yaksa occupied by the Russian army, and artillery was mobilized to bombard the city. Although the Qing army later failed to attack the city, the artillery strikes on the ancient city island caused considerable damage to the Russian troops in the city of Yaksa.
In many cases, even the leader of the Russian army, Tolbuzin himself, was killed by one shot. This left a deep impression on Suvorov when he read the notes of his predecessors.
Different from the failure a hundred years ago, Suvorov realized the seriousness of the situation two months ago. As the commander-in-chief appointed by Catherine II, he ordered the start of military campaigns throughout Siberia.
Through conscription, a huge team of nearly 5,000 people was recruited from two battle line infantry regiments and a chasseur battalion.
The discipline of these newly recruited soldiers was lax. Although Major General Alexei, who was in charge of leading the team, tried his best to restrain them, they were still slow to move and did not arrive at the twin cities of Yaksa until early August by boat.
So far, the Tsarist Russian Army has deployed up to 18,000 troops on the front line of Yaksa City, including four battle infantry regiments (7,200 people), a Chasseur Corps (3,828 people), and a newly recruited independent Chasseur Battalion (957 people).
people), two cavalry regiments (1,000 people) and a logistics force composed of 5,000 civilians.
"Ah! There are so many people. When we finish this battle, how many prisoners will we take?"
At a dinner table at the naval camp in the north of Duojin City, when they heard Fan Tong suddenly say this from the side, Zhao Xin, Liu Sheng and Wu Siyu who were sitting around all laughed.
Zhao Xin murmured while grabbing the rice: "Yes, now there are people working on road construction. In fact, what I am most concerned about is whether Suvorov is there. The tongue we caught before was too low-level.
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Liu Sheng said: "Then let the reconnaissance team catch an officer with the rank of captain?"
Wu Siyu said: "I agree, you know yourself and your enemy."
A few people were chatting and talking animatedly while eating, but Li Yansheng, who was eating with his head down at the long table behind him, couldn't help but stop, with a look of astonishment on his face. He thought to himself that more than 8,000 people were attacking a fortified city occupied by 20,000 people.
Barrier, I didn't think about whether I could win the battle, but I was worried about taking too many prisoners? Although the Northern Navy had surrounded and annihilated thousands of Russian troops under Aihui City before, it was a sneak attack, and Rakshasa was caught off guard.
What good things are you thinking about?
The reason why this man was able to follow him was, first of all, that he wanted to join him, but the condition was that he had to come and see how the Northern Navy fought against Rakshasa; secondly, Zhao Xin wanted to use him as an example to the people of all ethnic groups in the outer Northeast.
.It means don’t look at me holding high the banner with the word "Ming" and calling myself His Highness. I can even take away the flags of the Han army and the Sauron tribe. All other flags, whether they are Sauron or whatever, come and join me!
So Zhao Xin asked Li Yansheng to follow Yin Bingwei, and follow the guards of the company every day to fight. In turn, he asked Yin Bingwei to monitor him. It was impossible to detach the army now.
Hearing Zhao Xin and the others say that they should continue to catch their tongues, Li Yansheng raised his head and said to Yin Bingwei on the opposite side: "Brother Yin, can I follow you and catch your tongues?"
Yin Bingwei raised his head and said: "This is all the matter of the reconnaissance team, not the guard company's turn."
Li Yansheng asked: "I always hear you talking about the reconnaissance team, who are they?"
Yin Bingwei said: "The reconnaissance team has done well before they can be selected to serve as guards for you."
"Oh? Then Brother Yin used to be a strong general in the reconnaissance team?"
Can Yin Bingwei tell the truth? He can only answer with silence.
The reason why he was selected as a guard by Zhao Xin was because he was going to attack the Satsuma Domain, and there was one less person around him who knew how to sneak attack by the island nation's samurai. Zhao Xin didn't want the island nation's people to suddenly attack him with an "Iai Slash" when he was talking to them, so he decided to take over as his master.
Yoonbei from "Ono Itto Ryu" followed.
Li Yansheng thought that the other party was looking down on him, and thought to himself, what's so great about you, a barbarian from the Japanese country? You carry a broken sword on your back all the time, and one day I have to show you the horse-cutting sword technique passed down by my family.
That night, the Northern Navy reconnaissance team, which received the mission, set out under the leadership of Serdan. This time their mission was to capture an officer who was at least a lieutenant or above. The group of thirty people did not take a boat, but rode on horseback.
Heading northwest through the dense forest on the south bank of the Heilongjiang River, the target is the former Qing army's Karen at the mouth of the Emur River. It is across the river from Yaksa City and the Russian fortress of the ancient island city. It is speculated that Tsarist Russia will definitely be on the hills there.
Garrisoned troops.
That day was August 18th. In the early morning, the reconnaissance team arrived at a location twenty miles away from Emulkaron. Serdan's plan was to sleep in the morning and wait until dusk to act, but he just slept for two hours.
, the soldier in charge of sentry pushed him awake.
"A group of Rakshasa soldiers were found!"
Serdan opened his sleepy eyes and asked: "How many people?"
The sentry said: "Fifty on horseback, one hundred and fifty on foot, and the leader seems to be a lieutenant."
The reconnaissance team has been fighting with the Russian army these days, not to mention the prisoners in Aihui Old City. They are now very familiar with the markings on the enemy's military uniforms.
Tsarist Russian officers all have a ribbon hanging from right to left on their shoulders, a three-cornered hat on their head, and a saber on their waist. The Russian infantry all wear black lambskin helmets with yellow feathers.
A hard-brimmed helmet, a linen uniform top with red lapels on the neck and chest, red cuffs on both sleeves, bloomers of the same color, a white belt, and backpack straps that cross on the left and right sides of the chest.
It is white; as for the cavalry, it is another story. Their uniforms are covered with dense buttons.
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Serdan thought to himself that he encountered a Rakshasa team of 200 people just twenty miles away. If he avoided this group and moved forward, he might encounter a big fish. Thinking of this, he asked his men to keep their distance.
Be alert, prepare for battle, and do not alert the enemy for the time being.
He didn't want to fight here, but who knew that the Russian troop was getting closer and closer to the reconnaissance team, and there was a Daur man who had taken refuge in the patrol team. Relying on the instinct of hunting in the jungle for many years, this guy keenly felt that there was someone in front of him.
There was a horse, so he immediately reported it to the lieutenant leading the team.
The Russian lieutenant immediately ordered his chasseurs to disperse, and the cavalry to detour to the flanks. Seeing that the enemy had already set up an attack formation and was advancing step by step, Serdan had no choice but to order to open fire.
"boom!"
With the sound of a gunshot, the sergeant holding a blue flag who was walking in the Russian army was knocked to the ground by a shot. Gunfire suddenly erupted on the reconnaissance team's position, and several Russian soldiers who were walking in the front were shot.
They were shot to death one after another.
During the days of fighting against the Northern Navy, the Russian army also noticed the ultra-long shooting range of the Northern Navy's weapons, so they would rather fight in dense forests than face the Northern Navy directly in the wilderness.
As soon as they heard the gunshots, the Tsarist Russian Chasseurs quickly fell to the ground or hid behind thick trees or rocks. Under the lieutenant's order, some of the Chasseurs either ignited the cast iron bombs they carried with their bare hands, or forced them with their hands.
The gunners dropped bombs to confuse the Northern Navy's shooting vision, while others attacked from the side to buy time for the cavalry.
The early hand-held mortar was called "Hand Mortar". This thing was to change the front chamber of an ordinary smoothbore rifle into a large bullet chamber made of steel. The gun body was extremely short, like holding a big cup, and had many calibers.
It is between 50~60mm.
Didn't I say before that the Russian army is now learning everything from the Prussian army, so this early grenade was also introduced into the Chasseur troops.
In fact, this thing is extremely dangerous. The shooter needs to load the gun and add gunpowder. Before shooting, he must first light the grenade fuse, then put the grenade into the muzzle of the mortar, and then fire at the enemy. Therefore, once the firing is delayed, the consequences will be
One can imagine.
Moreover, due to poor iron casting technology and poor black powder, early grenades often only broke into a few relatively large pieces of broken iron when they exploded. Unless this thing hits the crowd, its lethality is really impressive.
After fighting for a long time, the brave and careful Russian lieutenant discovered that the opponent only attacked soldiers and did not shoot at him. He immediately understood that they wanted to capture him alive.
How the hell is this possible! He immediately ordered a soldier to go back and shake people off, preparing to annihilate this "Qing army".