Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 345 Borderers and Qing Army

Some years and months can be forgotten by people at any time, including those days that bring joy and happiness to people; but some years and months that condense blood and tears are embedded in people's hearts like knives and axes, because they leave people There are deep, unhealed scars.

May 1788, when the cold spring was still lingering, was such a day of hatred.

This day is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

Tibet, the co-leader, got up very early. He didn't sleep well last night and got up several times to inspect the city defense.

Rakshasa finally came. Tibet has done its best with his soldiers and thousands of border people these days, and Humarmu City finally has a look.

Although Tibet is an Ewenki, he has also read some books during his many years of fighting in the South and North; he admires the sages of the Han people in the books, and he knows what righteousness is when facing the vicious Raksha barbarians Where, his nation and human conscience dominate his heart and his actions.

Bullying the weak and fearing the strong is the logic of all robbers, even Bogaevsky, the head of the First Transbaikal Musketeer Regiment, is no exception.He underestimated the courage of the border generals of the Qing Dynasty, and the surrender terms he sent were rejected.

Facing the threat of the Rakshasa envoy, Tibet just said a word, he wanted to pass Humar Karen, unless all the 2000 people here died in battle!

For Bogaevsky, an order from Nerchinsk City made him have to speed up the task of getting through Heilongjiang.

Yes, Suvorov, the commander appointed by Empress Catherine II, has arrived in Nerchinsk. His request to the heads of his regiments is to lay down a place, consolidate a place, and firmly occupy it.

Suvorov thought that Bogaevsky's movements were too slow, and he hoped that he could be stationed in Heilongjiang City, the largest castle of the Qing Dynasty in Heilongjiang, before May [-].At that time, Suvorov will honor Bogaevsky in the official office of the Qing Dynasty in Heilongjiang City.

Tibet walked up to the wooden city wall, looked up into the river, and saw that big Rakshasa ship docked on the east bank of Heilongjiang.He knew that the Rakshasa on board was waiting for the large group of people behind.

In the past few days, the definite news of the fall of Guigudar City has spread to Humar City. Except for the women and children rescued by Tibetans, all 2000 people in the city were killed in battle. Rakshasa's butcher knife dyed Heilongjiang red of the river.

And the orders from Aihui City and Heilongjiang City made Tibet have to stick to it for at least five days, so that the rear would have enough time to improve the city defense and call the border residents from the surrounding villages to rush to support.

Not to mention his difficulty here, even the Heilongjiang general Hengxiu who was in Qiqihar also fell ill suddenly.Three days ago, news came from the yamen of the vice capital of Hulunbeier that another fleet of Luocha entered from the lower reaches of the Zed River (Selenge River) on April [-], burning, killing and looting along the way; The rescue envoy sent by Tuxie Tuhan in the back road has arrived in Hulunbuir.

Because it is located in an important place on the Sino-Russian border, Hulunbeier's deputy capital yamen guards many waterways, with a force of 800 people.How could Hengxiu have the mind to control the life and death of the Mongolian ministries behind Khalkha, the most important thing is to defend the two cities of Heilongjiang City and Aihui.Once Raksha breaks through here, tens of thousands of miles of life will be ruined, and Raksha will have no soldiers to control in the entire middle reaches of Heilongjiang, and the warships can reach the sea directly.

When Tibet was in a trance, he saw several fast horses galloping from the north.When these Qing troops galloped to the city, the cavalry immediately shouted: "My lord! Luocha's fleet is still thirty miles away from us, and it will arrive in half an hour!"

After hearing this, Tibet immediately returned to the tent with his own soldiers, and arranged defensive tasks for the military attache and the leader of the frontier people.

"The Rakshasa is coming, is there anything you don't understand about the previous plan?"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Tibet continued to instruct: "Everyone, be careful, Luosha's cannon is powerful, you must pay attention to concealment when firing the cannon. When the time comes, we will let Rakshasa in and give them a hard time!" Remember, no one is allowed to attack without the order of the officer!"

"Follow your lord's order!"

Just when Aihui and Tibet were preparing for the battle, the North Navy fleet led by Zhao Xin had crossed Laha Susu (now the Tongjiang area of ​​Jiamusi) where the Heilongjiang River and the Songhua River meet, and was galloping towards Heilongjiang City. .

When the fleet turned to Heilongjiang, the river was full of Hezhe people's canoes, flat-bottomed boats and Kuaimazi boats going upstream.When the patrol boats in front blew their horns to keep these ships out of the way, the Hezhe people on the river saw this large fleet consisting of four strange boats without sails and oars and two flat-bottomed wooden boats (barges) behind them. , His face was full of shock and confusion.

What surprised them was that there were several Hezhe hunters standing under a big red flag on the first strange boat. When the fleet passed quickly, they saw that the last two flat-bottomed wooden boats were all wearing leather clothes or Hezhe people in fish skin suits.

After the fleet slowed down to avoid the fishing boats, the Hezhe people on the river began to question the people on the flat-bottomed boat loudly.

"Hi~~ Let me say, where are you from?"

"Bali Kashan."

"What are you doing here?"

"We followed Bei Haijun to fight Rakshasa! How about you?"

"So do we. I heard that those goddamn Rakshasa are burning, murdering and raping in the north, committing all kinds of crimes. I must let them taste the taste of bows, arrows and spears!"

"Hey, let's take a step ahead, and we won't be able to hit Rakshasa by then, so don't cry. Hahaha!"

At this time, the young man Hezhe on another flat-bottomed boat asked the caller: "I said, what is the Beihai Navy for? I only heard that there is a Beihai Town in the south, and you can exchange a lot of strange things."

The shouting clansman turned back and said, "Have you no experience? Last time I asked you to go to Fuldan City with me, you were too far away and unwilling to go. Let me tell you, Beihai Town is more lively than Sanxing City, and the people living there are all For the poor people from within the pass, a group of god-like figures lead them to open up wasteland and cultivate land, open mountains and build roads."

The young Hezhe was surprised and said, "Huh? Opening mountains? That's not something that only gods can do!"

"No! The old shaman said the same thing."

The young man hesitated and said, "But...but the court doesn't care?"

"The court? Bogda Khan's tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers have all been beaten away!"

A few people on the boat here were talking about the legend of Beihai Town, and a few Hezhe people in a flat-bottomed boat over there shouted to the Beihai fleet: "I said~~ Slow down, take us on board, and I will fight with you!" Rakshasa!"

Zhao Xin, who was standing in the patrol boat cab, listened to the translation by Sahalian and others, and smiled slightly. He saw Wu Kanbei standing aside in a daze, so he ordered: "Wukan Bei!"

"To!"

"Go to the deck and sing the Yimakan you sang in Khabarovsk loudly again, so that these Hezhe people know what we are going to do."

"Yes!"

The speed of the fleet slowed down, and as the roar of the motors weakened, a majestic Yimakan song fell from the sky like a hurricane, echoing on the Heilongjiang River, and the Hezhe people on the river heard it, and gradually joined in. Huh, the echo of Wanling!
"Alala Henina~~
Imma can come for thousands of years,
Where is the Hezhe hero?
The green mountains are not old, the river is rolling,

Heroic spirit fertile river blood!
Heilongjiang, ah Wanlichang,
White mountains and black waters my hometown,
Stepping on the soil under the Yongning Monument,
The battle flag is raised high towards the sun. "

boom!boom!
On the river outside Humar City, howling shells spewed out from the artillery on more than a dozen Tsarist Russian warships, and slammed into Humarmu City fiercely.A ten-jin iron bullet flew over the top of the city, knocking the top of a thatched hut up, causing the guards in the hut to scream; the shell bounced obliquely on the ground in the wooden city, and immediately smashed into a dirt basket full of dirt. With a "crash", the soil basket shattered, and the black soil was scattered all over the ground.

In order to guard against the shelling of Rakshasa, Tibet ordered people to place many soil baskets and rag bags filled with soil in the wooden city.This hand really worked. As long as Luosha's shells hit the soil basket and cloth bag, the violent kinetic energy would be absorbed by the soft soil.

This is already the third round of shelling that Humar City suffered today.

In the first two rounds, after the careless Tsarist Russian army battered Mucheng into a mess, they still sent the Buryat Musketeers to land as usual. The company was hit hard by the army and civilians of Humar City, with heavy casualties, and fled back to the big ship in a hurry.

Ever since the Tsarist Russian army crossed the Ergun River and entered the territory of the Qing Dynasty, both the Cossacks and the Buryats felt that the prestigious Qing Empire was like paper, and there was not even a decent fortress along the river.

From Rafkai to Guigudar, there are all villages built with logs and mud. Not only could they not withstand the power of the 12-pound gun, but they were all shot down by a charge in the end.

All of the above finally made them suffer a big loss under the city of Humar.

The shelling lasted for a long time, and the soldiers and civilians who stood firm in the city knew that Rakshasa was about to send people to attack again.

"My lord! There is not much medicine for the shotgun, and it is enough for two more rounds!"

Hearing his subordinates say that the ammunition for the shotgun was insufficient, Tibet, who was having his head wound bandaged, said, "Has the person sent to Ulu Sumudan to transport gunpowder come back?"

"Not yet. It's so dark today, I can't even see a shadow."

Tibet sighed and said: "Let's carry it with a bow and arrow and a big knife for a while. It's getting dark, and Rakshasa has to rest. The gunpowder may arrive at night."

This carrying was carried until dawn the next day, and the person who delivered the gunpowder had not yet arrived.

At dawn, Tibet led people to inspect the city. Humar City is no longer a city. The wooden walls facing the east have all been smashed. A row of wooden fences was erected from the damaged timber.

But how did this reach Rakshasa's attack?

At this time, on the Tsarist Russian sailboat on the Jiangxin side, a strong Cossack man was waving a whip in his hand, beating a Tsarist Russian officer severely.The leather whip mixed with horsetail mane was whipped on the opponent's back, and each whip was a bloodstain.

"Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty!" The Cossack in charge put away his whip, walked up to Bogaevsky and stood upright, saying, "Colonel, the execution is over."

Bogaevsky, who was eating breakfast, wiped the corners of his mouth with a snow-white handkerchief, motioned for the orderly to remove the leftovers, put on his three-cornered hat, and then got up and walked to the officer who was being tortured and said, "Because you The stupidity caused us to lose two companies of soldiers! It took half a day to take down a small wooden city, what a waste!"

The surrounding Cossack officers all stood silently, not daring to breathe.

"Lieutenant General Suvorov ordered us to attack Heilongjiang City before May 5, but you see, we are still hundreds of miles away from Heilongjiang City by water, and there are still seven villages and fortresses that need to be conquered. You guys If you are still as lazy as yesterday, you will lose all the glory of the Cossack Legion!"

Bogaevsky glanced at the officers on the deck sternly, pointed to Humar City not far away and said loudly: "I only give you two hours, if you still can't conquer this village, you will all be killed." Removal! Go to be a groom!"

"For Her Majesty the Empress! For the glory of the Cossacks!"

Just when Tsarist Russia was about to launch an attack, on the river bank opposite Humar City, a group of unknown Hezhe hunters suddenly launched a sneak attack on the Buryat soldiers who were in charge of guarding the river bank.

They hid in the grass and bushes, yelling and shouting to attract the attention of the Rakshasa, while others popped up suddenly and shot long arrows at the intruders with ebony bows.The Buryats who were caught off guard fled to the big ship in panic, and the Hezhe people immediately started chasing and killing them, but at this moment, there was a burst of gunfire from the big boat by the river, and the group of Hezhe hunters were beaten dead and wounded everywhere.

"Where did these guys come from?" The officer in charge looked suspicious. These barbarians wanted to attack the fleet with only bows and spears, and they were clearly here to die!

"Woo~~woo~~"

Suddenly, a long conch horn sounded over the Heilongjiang River, causing the officers and soldiers on the Tsarist Russian fleet to turn their attention to the south
"Your Excellency, Colonel!" A Cossack officer hurried to the captain's cabin on the lower floor, knocked on the door and said to Bogaevsky, "Your Excellency, Colonel, come out and have a look."

Bogaevsky put down the quill in his hand and asked in surprise, "What happened? Who is blowing the conch outside?"

"Colonel, I think you'd better go to the deck and have a look."

Bogaevsky, who walked to the deck, was stunned when he saw the abnormal scene on the river.

"Where did they all come from?!"

From the horizon of the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River, hundreds of canoes, fast horse boats and flat boats are rapidly approaching; and at the opposite Humar River mouth, dozens of Daur fishing boats also appeared on the river. .

"Colonel, I think these people should be tribal people living in the surrounding area." After speaking, an officer holding a binocular to observe, handed the binoculars in his hand to Bogaevsky.

"Look, their weapons are all bows and spears, and they don't even have matchlock guns."

"Hmph! A group of ignorant primitive people!" Bogaevsky put away the binoculars and ordered with a look of disdain: "Notify all the soldiers on board to prepare for battle! Let's use blood and fire to teach these bad guys a lesson." Barbarians who believe in God!"

　Let's talk about it.Some readers may feel that the frontier people’s resistance against Russia I wrote in these chapters seems to mean the War of Resistance, but in real history, whether it was the resistance war that spread throughout the outer Northeast in 1867 or the subsequent massacres , Manchu, Hezhen, Oroqen, Daur, Ewenki and Han people, all shed blood on the land of the outer northeast.Regardless of whether it was Hailanpao or Jiangdong Liushitun, the number of dead border residents of all ethnic groups was no less than that of the Han people.In this matter, those who shouted "Huang Han" can wash up and sleep.

　　
　
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