Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Those confiscated black slaves were sent to Nanjing and then processed uniformly.

The reason why it has to be sent to Nanjing City for further processing is because there is a clean room in Nanjing City now.

To put it bluntly, the cleaning room is the place where the eunuch and his little brother are separated from each other.

Needless to say, the purpose of sending those black slaves to the ablution room was unnecessary.

Well, this is Zhu Jing'an's idea.

In order to ensure the purity of the Chinese bloodline and ensure that no one in future generations would point to his portrait and ask why he has yellow skin instead of black skin.

He demanded that all black slaves sold to the Ming Dynasty be castrated.

No mistakes!

Moreover, Zhu Jing'an was also planning to issue an ancestral precept after he ascended the throne. Throughout the Ming Dynasty, those who dared to have fornication with black slaves would be severely punished. Nobles would be expelled, officials would be dismissed, and the people would be exiled. There would be no tolerance.
Well, as long as he can eliminate this scourge for future generations, he will be responsible for the big deal.

Some of the castrated black slaves will be sent to mines to mine, and some will be sent to labor camps to work together in the labor camps.

Zhu Jing'an didn't have any good impression of those black slaves.

I hate them even more than the white foreign devils!

After all, what happened to France and the United States on the original historical line is a real lesson learned.

……

Lake Baikal, Irkutsk!
A Ming army of three thousand people arrived outside Irkutsk and camped outside the city to prepare for war.

Preparing to launch an offensive against the city of Irkutsk!
Yang Chen stood on a low hill outside Irkutsk, looking at the bastion-shaped building in the distance, with a slightly solemn expression on his face.

"What the hell, who did this intelligence investigation?"

"Didn't you say that there are only 200 defenders in Irkutsk? No matter how you look at it, there are not only 200 defenders!"

Looking at Irkutsk from Yang Chen's position, he could clearly see that the city walls of Irkutsk were filled with people.

This is definitely more than 200 people!

At least six or seven hundred.

The adjutant on the side heard this and spoke.

"Prince, maybe the residents in Irkutsk have also been mobilized to defend the city."

These days, Mao Zi can be said to be a soldier in Siberia.

Although their regular garrison is not very large, the number of adventurers and Cossacks of all types is definitely not a small number.

When Yang Chen heard this, his face showed understanding, and he immediately nodded and said.

"That makes sense!"

"I was the general who was anxious just now, but I really shouldn't be."

After saying this, Yang Chen opened his mouth and continued to give instructions.

"Give me the order to raise the observation balloon and closely monitor the movements of the Rakshasa soldiers in Irkutsk."

"Then give the order to our army's artillery, asking them to immediately set up their positions and prepare to launch a trial bombardment of Irkutsk city."

Although this was an expedition to Lake Baikal, the Ming army did not carry any heavy artillery with the army.

But that’s just without heavy artillery!

Those light cannons that weigh only a few hundred kilograms and are easy to transport are still carried a lot.

Although the Ming army did not bring any heavy artillery, because the artillery of the Ming army were rifled cannons, the artillery shells they used were powerful explosive shells.

Therefore, it is still enough to carry out a fire attack on the city of Irkutsk.

There is definitely no problem in suppressing Irkutsk's city defense artillery and covering the Ming army's infantry attack.

……

At the top of the city of Irkutsk, guard Pavlovich looked at the movements of the Ming army outside the city and couldn't help but frown.

The expression on his face is one of visible worry!
He knew the news about Petroyev's complete defeat in the war with the Ming Dynasty.

He even knew that the Ming army was likely to launch a counterattack next. But what he didn't expect was that Irkutsk would bear the brunt of the Ming army's counterattack.

"Your Excellency, our army's sentries did a brief inspection outside the city and found that the invading Ming army numbered almost three thousand."

"But because the Ming army's sentries are extremely powerful in combat, our army's sentries are unable to obtain accurate information."

When Pavlovich heard this, he suddenly felt calm.

A smile appeared on his face involuntarily.

How should I put it, he still has some confidence in Irkutsk's defensive capabilities.

In his opinion, if you want to conquer a bastion, you must have ten times the number of troops, plus enough time to spend it.

The current Ming army only numbers three thousand, and does not have ten times the strength.

Second, there is not enough time to spend.

Because it is already mid-June of 1784 in the Western calendar.

According to the rotation of the four seasons, it is midsummer now, and it is still early for winter.

However, that is the change of seasons in Guanhai, not in Siberia.

As the saying goes, it snows in Hutian in August. In Siberia, the temperature drops and freezes in August and September every year.

In other words, the time left for the Ming army to attack the city was only one and a half months at most.

If the return time of the Ming army is also included, the time available for siege is only half a month at most.

Pavlovich didn't believe that Irkutsk, which he had worked so hard for so long, couldn't even hold it for half a month!

Taking a deep breath, Pavlovich spoke.

"Send an order to Old Pete and ask him to personally operate the cannon and fire at the Ming army camp outside the city."

"I want those Han people to know that this Siberia is the promised land given by God to the Tsar. It is the paradise of us Rakshasas and Cossacks. No one is allowed to invade."

The officer who came to report heard this and nodded immediately.

"Your Majesty, Major!"

After saying this, he turned around and sent the order.

Not long after, a deafening sound of artillery sounded in the city of Irkutsk...

……

Yang Chen was comparing the map and planning an offensive strategy.

The city defense of Irkutsk is quite strong, with a bastion covered with rammed earth and bricks, and a moat for protection. If the Ming army could not arrange it in advance and launch an attack rashly, it might cause a lot of casualties.

However, just when Yang Chen was about to give the order, the sound of artillery fire rang out.

With a deafening roar, a cloud of gunpowder smoke rose from the top of Irkutsk, and a black artillery shell roared towards the Ming army camp.

The moment he heard the sound of the cannon, Yang Chen subconsciously looked in the direction where the sound of the cannon came from.

I saw a cannonball flying in mid-air.

But only halfway through the flight, still hundreds of meters away from the Ming army camp, its kinetic energy was exhausted and it fell to the ground.

After smashing a ball of dust on the ground, it continued to roll forward for a hundred meters, and finally completely exhausted its kinetic energy and fell to the ground, spinning...

Most of the Ming army are veterans, and the generals are also veterans who have fought many battles and have rich experience.

When setting up camp, you will naturally not make the stupid mistake of setting up your own camp within the enemy's shelling range.

Naturally, the artillery shells fired from the city of Irkutsk could not really threaten the Ming army's camp.

Unless the defenders of Irkutsk bring artillery out of the city to fight with the Ming army in the field!

Well, this is exactly what the Ming army wants.

It's good to leave the city. If the enemy army leaves the city, they can be wiped out in the field, saving the Ming army the trouble of attacking the city again. (End of chapter)