Xinshun 1730

Chapter 59 The Four Brothers

No matter how good the water skills of these Cossacks are, they are not as fast as light bark boats.

When most of the Cossacks chose to jump into the water to escape, the bark boat hidden in the reeds rushed out.

The musketeer lay prone on the boat and shot the Cossack swimming on the water like a target.

After being shot to death, they quickly rowed over to pick up the corpse. The price was five rubles a head, and the price was clearly marked.

Even so, several Cossacks robbed a bark boat, but were eventually shot and killed by the musketeers.

The battle has turned into a massacre from the moment Liu Yu led people to shoot from the flanks and Du Feng led the cavalry to copy the rear.

The formation was chaotic, the flanks were attacked, and personal bravery was completely useless.

The gunshots gradually subsided, and Du Feng galloped up to Liu Yu, knelt firmly and gave a convincing military salute.

"My lord, this battle has been completely won. I think at least 300 Cossacks have come. Presumably there should not be many people in the castle of the Raksha people."

With joy on his face, he tore off the cap of a Cossack cavalry corpse next to him, and wiped the bloody knife.He took out a small bottle of oil from his waist, wiped the oil on his knife, and inserted it into the scabbard.

Jiaolaobutu also came from a distance, took off his armor and jacket, revealing his bruised shoulders that had been hit by axes and spears.Liu Yu just nodded at him slightly, he was not dead or bloody, this little injury on the battlefield was nothing serious.

After approaching, Jiaolao Butu also gave Liu Yu a formal military salute like Du Feng.Jiaolaobutu did not participate in the previous battle at Yongning Temple, but this time he really saw Liu Yu's deployment, and he was convinced, without the arrogance that he looked down upon at the beginning.

Soon, the battlefield was cleaned up.

There were 110 heads in total, some of them were captured, and the rest were wounded.

Out of humanitarian spirit, Liu Yu asked people to hack all these wounded Cossacks to death.

In this age without antibiotics, and it is summer again, to live with a serious injury is to suffer.

The rest were taken captive and bound together with ropes.

As for the emperor, I still hope there will be some kind of captive offering ceremony. This place is very close to the Acropolis of Handoli, so we can keep these captives without worrying too much about logistics.It’s just spending money to buy. Anyway, the government soldiers or local owners here, the food is not very easy to sell, and they all hope to fight the war so that they can be exchanged for the silver that the court buys food on the spot.

Since the emperor came to the front line in person, he should still like the scene of offering prisoners, which can be regarded as flattering.

According to the previous promise, Liu Yu took the initiative to use the silver coins exchanged for the disguised caravan trade.Each whistler took the head of his own team and counted them next to Liu Yu.Hand in hand, pay money in one hand, and the money in the first hand is cleared.

Zhanbing took the money, so he was naturally happy.

But the happiest ones were those tribal people who came to pay tribute with Liu Yu.

They were tortured by the "Yasak" tributes of these Cossacks before, and they couldn't beat them again and again. They all regarded the Cossacks as invincible "evil ghosts".

Now seeing that the evil spirits who asked them to take Yasak all lost their heads, or were arrested and tied together, they finally believed that the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty would protect them.

As for why he didn't care about it before... Uh... Maybe the emperor didn't know before?

Looking at these tribesmen, Liu Yu knew that the consolidation of border defense in the future still depends on uniting these people.

At least in a short period of time, large-scale immigration cannot be expected, and the imperial court may not be able to afford the money.

Let’s raise taxes in the south of the Yangtze River to make up for the relocated people in Shandong and Henan. When the slaves in the south of the Yangtze River were transformed into the land that the slaves got, Dashun didn’t uphold the “justice” and return the land to the gentry, which has already offended a wave.

There are still people still obsessed with the "benevolent government" of the Qing Dynasty in Jiangyin to suppress the slave revolution and return the gentry's land.

Let the scholar-bureaucrats take the lead in sending their sons to the border. This is degrading and persecuting scholars.Of course, Xungui is also like that. Before the imperial power finishes cleaning up the gentry, it has to borrow the power of Xungui, let alone offend Xungui.

Neither willing to raise taxes nor take the lead to set an example, the only way is to follow the example of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who conscripted sinners and son-in-laws to force them to move to the frontier.But don't even think about it, you will definitely be labeled as the "lord of Zhou Jie" again.

Fortunately, the Little Ice Age has passed, and the temperature is gradually warming up.Russia's rye and other crops have also begun to be introduced, and North Korea's rice has also crossed the Suifen River. Slowly, there should be more people.

But at least for decades, these frontier tributaries were still the main force in patrolling and protecting the border.

Taking advantage of these people's gratitude and excitement, Liu Yu called these tribes who had stopped paying tribute for 300 years together.

"Heilongjiang is a black dragon."

"The Yellow River is a yellow dragon."

"The Yangtze River is a white dragon."

"The Pearl River is a blue dragon."

"These four dragons are brothers and cannot be separated. In the future, if you pay tribute to the real dragon emperor, the emperor will naturally reward you. Since the four dragons are brothers, they should work together. It is like the story of the broken arrow that you should have heard."

"Since you have chosen to pay tribute, if someone asks you to confiscate Yasak, the emperor will naturally not allow it, and will naturally protect you."

"Nowadays, Heilongjiang still has Rakshasa's castle. It's like a black dragon who was bitten by an evil spirit and developed several rotten sores, stench, and pus. What should we do?"

A young man from a tribe in the crowd shouted, "Pull out the sores!"

"Yes! Take it out!"

More people followed suit, Liu Yu nodded, pressed his hands together and said, "Okay! Then let's go and scoop out this rotten sore."

"It is said that the four dragons are brothers and cannot be separated."

"You grew up on the banks of the Heilong River, and you are the children of this black dragon. My ancestors were Mizhi people, and grew up drinking the water of the Wuding River, which also flows into the Yellow River..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he coughed lightly, signaling Du Feng to be smarter, and to cheer him up, so as not to break the atmosphere.

Du Feng stepped forward and said loudly: "My ancestors are from Yuncheng. I also grew up drinking the water of the Yellow River. I followed Zichuan Hou Xieqian from Shandong to the Songhua River, and I also grew up drinking the water of Heilongjiang."

As soon as he stepped forward, the officers surrounding Liu Yu stood up one after another.

"My ancestors were from Jingzhou, and I grew up drinking the water from the Yangtze River. I also drank the water from the Yellow River when I followed Duke Yi to fight against Shaanxi."

"My ancestors were slaves of the Songjiang Mansion. They drank the water from the Yangtze River and fought in Guangdong with Duke Xiang, so they drank the water from the Pearl River."

"My ancestors were mining slaves in southern Hunan. They fought Changsha and surrounded Guangxi with King Shoveling..."

The officers stood up one after another and reported their relationship with these four dragons. In a word, the world is vast, but they are inseparable from these four dragons.As for the Huaihe River... After all, there is a lack of cards. Ever since Song Sanyi returned to the river, the Huanghuai River has not been separated.

Sihe almost covered the entire Han area, and any of the officers could have something to do with it.As more people participated, the mood gradually became warmer.

Liu Yu asked someone to bring a white horse from among the captured horses, and asked someone to go to the river to catch a few fish, and took out more than a dozen human heads.

He stabbed the white horse to death with a knife, and asked Jiaolaobutu to cut off the horse's head, and made three animals with the white horse, river fish, and enemy heads.

Mixing horse blood with wine, breaking arrows and swearing to all tribes.

"The four dragons are inseparable, and they are all brothers. Today, the white horse, the river fish, and the head of the enemy are used as sacrifices, and the emperor and empress are the proof."

"Whoever hurts this brother is like hurting himself, let's kill them together!"

"Whoever divides this brother is like dividing a wife, kill them together!"

"Whoever messes with this brother is like messing with one's own mother, and we will kill them together!"

The broken arrow was inserted in front of the three animals, and the fire rope was used as incense. A group of officers and people in the tribe followed Liu Yu and knelt down to the three animals, vowing not to betray, and working together.

After the oath of alliance, they asked people to buy a pot to make food, and killed some wounded horses on the battlefield to make a meat meal.Ask some cavalry to go out to the vicinity of Raksha Fortress to investigate the situation.

Du Feng looked at the high-morale tribesmen and the banner that said "refuse to surrender Yasak", feeling puzzled.

"My lord, since they have already paid tribute, how can they refuse to pay? They shouldn't have paid in the first place."

"Nonsense. You have to listen to me to know what the Raksha characters mean. Those people can't understand them even more. I wrote in Raksha script, of course for the Raksha people. Don't you think Did I write it for them?"

"Write it for the Raksha people?"

Du Feng was even more confused.

"My lord, the Raksha people are not stupid. Although they are far away from the castle, they can hear the gunshots like popping beans. Besides, these tribes have been confiscated by Yasak, and no one organizes them to fight against the Raksha people. There are more than 300 Cossacks left, and the Raksha people must have guessed that we did it."

Liu Yu nodded and said with a smile: "So what? What do you think if you are an officer of Luocha? If it is a formal war, why do you need to write this line?"

"Writing this line, the Rakshasa officer will think that this is our agitation behind the scenes, but he doesn't want to actually start a war. He must be thinking of sending people to suppress these tribes, and he will send troops from upstream to ask for support."

"If we make a big fanfare, the Luocha officer may send troops to ask for support; but he may also learn from Zhang Suiyang and stay here by himself to buy time for the future. Instead of calling for reinforcements, they will ask their people to stand still and strengthen the defense. .”

"It's so easy to do such a vote, don't be complacent. If we can trick the Raksha people to send troops from the upper reaches to support, we will take this city, ambush the reinforcements, take advantage of the situation and go north, and take another one. In this way, all the fortresses in the middle reaches of Heilongjiang will be destroyed. Cleared up."

"The merits of one city and the merits of two cities, which is more important? Find a way to mobilize the enemy, fight ambushes, and field battles. It is better to go to the fortress."

Thanks to Bering for the map, Liu Yu knew the Russian fortress in Heilongjiang Liu Yu like the back of his hand.In the upper reaches of Stepanovsk, there is also a fort, which is used to connect Yakutsk and the middle reaches of Heilongjiang.

Liu Yu was very sober, he didn't have any heavy artillery, so he was mentally ill to attack the fort by force.If he wanted to grab military merit, he had to find a way to trick people out of the castle.

As long as they were tricked out, these Cossacks were not that difficult to deal with, but if they were all squatted in the bastion, it would be difficult to deal with.

It is not enough to seek for a while without seeking forever.

Now that the war has begun, before this fortress is captured, a qualified staff should prepare for the next fortress. The war should be a densely woven web, not unconnected points.

It can only be used once for profit.Once the war starts, this trick is useless.

Siege and aid, this can be used, but it needs to be slightly modified here.

The Raksha people went down the river, and they didn't have a navy, so they couldn't send aid normally.

But fortunately, they are far away, even if someone is sent here for help, and reinforcements are sent, it will take 30 to [-] days to go back and forth.

I have enough confidence to take down the fort in front of me within 20 days, and capture Hannibal to repay the merit.

After capturing the fortress, wait for reinforcements from the Rakshasa upstream, and then fight another battle of annihilation.

At that time, there should only be one hundred and ten people left in the upstream fortress, and it is entirely possible to take it down.

In this way, the two support points of the Raksha people in the middle reaches of Heilongjiang will be completely eliminated, and they will gain a greater say in future negotiations.

From the perspective of the tribe, writing that line is not at all a "rejection of Yasak" for the tribesmen, but to make Hannibal misjudgment.

I think that Dashun didn't start a full-scale war against Russia, but just incited some tribes behind the scenes. As long as they can be subdued, there is no big problem.

To deal with tribal resistance, Dashun is instigating behind the scenes instead of participating in the war directly. The best way is to mobilize mobile troops to suppress it; and if Shun Russia goes to war in an all-out way, it is better to huddle in the fort and wait for reinforcements from the west and north.

Liu Yu has a high opinion of Hannibal.

I'm really afraid that the engineer of this fortress has "the ambition of dying the country, in order to repay the kindness of the late emperor".When the time comes to stay here, just don't ask for help, but let the upper reaches prepare to strengthen the city defense with all their strength, and don't hesitate to buy time for the overall situation... That's a fly in the ointment.

He still has a second hand, and he is confident that he will break through the city in a short time. Naturally, he hopes that the enemy will send reinforcements.

　Xu Xiake, a native of Jiangyin.After the slave change, it was also the Manchu Qing who "upheld justice" and wanted to return the land that had been divided by the slaves.There are rumors that Xu Xiake's descendants died loyally against the Qing Dynasty and died unyielding. In fact, one of his sons died in the slave rebellion.The limitations of the times, anyway, we were not the servants of the Xu family at that time. It is estimated that all the servants of the Xu family were killed, or they had no mating rights at all, so it is impossible to have offspring, so don't worry about it. "Xu Xiake's Travel Notes" is really well written.

　　
　
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