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According to Zhao Qiang's request, after the army set off, the Department of Communications would send people to follow it. According to the standard of a post station in thirty miles, a small post station would be built on the spot to facilitate the information transfer of soldiers and horses from all walks of life. 【】uu So Xu Ping, the director of transportation, organized [-] strong women and [-] old and weak men to set off with the army.

The strong women of all ethnic groups are different from the women of the Han family in the Guan. Their physical strength is only slightly worse than that of the men in the clan.For example, the women of the Oroqen people are the main labor force of the clan, and they have a certain right to speak in their respective clans, which is much stronger than the women of the Han people.

In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of these strong women and old and weak men, Wei Ji asked the Animal Husbandry Department to allocate some cattle and sheep, and asked the Agricultural Reclamation Department to provide some grain for transportation.After Xu Ping received the cattle, sheep and grain, he told the strong women and men who were going to set out with the army that as long as they completed the task, each of them would get no less than ten catties of meat and twenty catties of grain as rewards.

Ten catties of meat and twenty catties of grain are undoubtedly a huge temptation for these strong women and men who are mostly untouchables.Since they were taken captive to Shouyi City, although they could barely fill their stomachs with three meals a day, they had very little oil and water, and the daily work they had to bear was too heavy.Therefore, they often have a full stomach an hour ago, but they are very hungry an hour later.

Hearing that after completing the task, there will be meat and grain rewards, the strong women and men are naturally a little excited, especially the strong women with children are even more excited, wishing to finish the work right away, so that they can bring meat and grain Looking back at Yicheng, let your children have enough to eat.

With the hope of eating, the strong women and men set off with the army and walked very fast. When they arrived at the place, they consciously left manpower to build the post station, and the rest continued to follow the path set by the army until the next three days. Ten miles away, people will be left to build the post station, and so on.

Xilin Mubinsk and Gulihe City are more than 300 miles away from Shouyi City, while Yask is less than [-] miles away from Shouyi City. Therefore, Qi Zhuang's left wing and Huwang's right wing set off lightly, carrying only half a month's rations , in order to quickly reach the second city and implement the occupation.

If the operations of Hu Wang and Qi Zhuang's troops go well, after successfully capturing Guli River and Xilin Mubinsk, except for a small number of troops left waiting for Shouyi City to receive personnel, most of the rest will quickly march to Yask and join Zhao Qiangyi. Carry out the second phase of the battle plan.As for the population and wealth of Guli River and Xilin Mubinsk City, Wei Ji organized personnel to take over and count them, and replaced the Russians as the occupiers.

Because he didn't know the actual situation of these Russian cities and strongholds, Zhao Qiang didn't decide which stronghold to use as the base camp of the Guanning Army. Therefore, the order to Wei Ji was to send people to count the population and wealth, and to choose another one after the battle in Dingyuan was over. The most suitable place is to build a base area. In the future, all the population will be transported to the base area in a planned way until they go south to the outside of the pass. After gaining a foothold outside the pass, the base camp will be moved to the outside of the pass. There, they will continue to encroach on the inside of the pass and finally successfully enter the pass. , Turn over the Qing Dynasty, let the banner of the Guanning Army fly in the sky of Bauhinia City.

Yask City is much stronger than Gulihe City and Xilin Mubinsk, and its area is also larger. Therefore, under the guidance of the Russian artillerymen just now, the artillery team that fired a few shots was driven away. It can be useful in the event of a siege.

Although the four cannons were transported by horse-drawn carriages, they moved at a slow speed. In order not to be too far away from the artillery team, Zhao Qiangyi controlled his marching speed at [-] miles a day. According to this speed, he could reach Yask City in seven days.

In addition to mobilizing [-] troops for the "Operation Dingyuan", nearly [-] people of various ethnic groups were also conscripted to engage in various war-related affairs.It can be said that, except for the necessary personnel, the entire Shouyi City has devoted itself to this war of expanding its territory and strength, and no one can avoid it.

When the Guanning Army marched towards the Russian stronghold in three routes, a dispute broke out in the city of Yaksa as far away as Heilongjiang.The two sides in the dispute were the Russian commanders of Yaksa City, but surrounded by everyone was Tolbuzin who left Cooper and Flamekir and fled back.At this moment, he was grimacing, looking angrily at a young officer with a beard on the opposite side.

The officer of the year is Shakchav. Two years ago, he was just a murderer exiled from Moscow to the East, but now he is the captain of the Musketeers in Yaksa City. The two hundred musketeers under him are all composed of exiles. Among the few military personnel, the musketeer team led by Shakchav is more offensive and more effective.Therefore, in Yaksa City, he was the number two figure besides the city guard Tolbuzin.

When Tolbuzin fled back like a coward, Shakchav realized that the opportunity had come. He would have been unable to go to this hateful robber. It might be his turn.But now, Shakchav felt that he had the qualifications to challenge the opponent. He felt that Tolbuzin's useless performance was no longer suitable for the commander of an imperial city.Therefore, he and four other officers who were also exiles took the lead in launching an attack, demanding that Tolbuzin leave Yaksa immediately and hand over the command of Yaksa City to them.

"Torbuzin, you coward! You threw Cooper and Flamekir to the Qing people, and buried four hundred warriors of the Russian Empire. How can you still have the face to come back! If I were you, I would rather jump If you drown in the river, you will be ashamed to come back!"

Shakchav's ally, Sterling, has already torn his face. Seeing Tolbuzin's delay in making a statement, he was a little furious. Why can this coward stay in Yaksa again? He should leave immediately!

"Sterling, shut up, you are not qualified to teach me a lesson!"

Sterling's harsh words made Tolbuzin very uncomfortable. He couldn't explain what happened when he fled back, because until now, he still hasn't figured out what happened. Is the Qing team that popped up out of nowhere really from the Qing Dynasty? Which general commanded.But he knew that he must not leave Yaksa, otherwise Nerchinsk would tear him apart.

In the East, if you have soldiers, you have power, and if you don't have soldiers, you are nothing.If Yaksa is lost, any pawn can trample on himself at will.

Sterling, you clown, if it weren't for me, you would have been killed by the natives long ago!Looking at Sterling, whom he had rescued from the natives, Tolbuzin was disgusted. Yaksa is mine, and no one can snatch it from me!

"Yaksa is my Yaksa. Without me, this city would have been impossible to build! Without me, you are still poor exiles!"

Tolbuzin pointed at Shakchav and Sterling uncontrollably: "You have to understand, I, Tolbuzin, earned everything for you with my head! If it weren't for me, there wouldn't be you Do you think those proud nobles in Nerchinskri would look down on a group of murderers and exiles! No! What they value is only our bravery and our brutality!"

"We must be united, do you understand? If there is internal strife among us, the only ones who will be cheap are those nobles, who are eager to receive Yaksa from us!"

"Don't you want His Majesty's reward to fall into other hands! If you don't want to, then you must obey my order!"

"Shakchav, I know you want to be a real commander, but you can't betray me because of this! There is one thing you have to understand, that is, I am not a coward, but those Nerchinsk The musketeers didn't obey my orders at all, and the governor sent me to participate in the eastward march, just to distract me so that his men could take over Yaksa!"

After roaring for a while, Tolbuzin tried his best to calm himself down. He had to appease the officers who wanted to drive him away, because the musketeers under their command accounted for half of the troops in hand. Without them, he would have done a great job.

"Shakchav, the people of the Qing Dynasty have a big place, and the East is a big place. Women and gold are everywhere. Your eyes should be farther away!"

"Believe me, Shakchav, one year!" Tolbuzin exclaimed temptingly: "In just one year, we can take another city from the hands of the Qing Dynasty. By then, you, Shakchav ! Will become a real city guard!"

"Is what you said true?"

Tolbuzin's words made Shakchav's heart flutter, and he also let him know why the governor asked Tolbuzin to go to the east alone, instead of letting the musketeers of Yaksa City go together.

Perhaps, what he said is true, those proud nobles don't believe us at all.

After a brief consideration, Shakchav reached an agreement with Sterling and two other officers. They agreed that Tolbuzin would continue to be their commander, but a year later, if Tolbuzin could not take them to take it from the Qing Dynasty. For the new city, Tolbuzin must take the initiative to hand over his power.

After cursing Shakchav and others ashamed, Tolbuzin hugged them one by one with a smile on his face, and promised that a new Yaksa would definitely appear in front of everyone in a year.

"Torbuzin, this matter must be reported to the governor, and the Qing people must be punished, otherwise they will laugh at the empire."

Shakchav, who was overwhelmed by Tolbuzin's promise, suddenly thought that Nerchinsk must be notified of the news of Vlamikir and Cooper's defeat, otherwise those Qing people would become more daring and say Maybe when they will have the courage to take the initiative to attack the city of Jacques, you must know that in the downstream, those Qing people will build a new city. After the city is built, blind people can come out.If they were not severely punished, these Qing people might think that the Russian warriors were afraid of them.

"Oh no, it's no use telling them."

Not wanting Tolbuzin, he shook his head and rejected Shakchav's proposal. He smiled and patted Shakchav's shoulder: "The governor has no more troops, even if he knows that Flamekiel and the others are finished, he still has the energy , if that’s the case, why bother him. Now, we just need to do our own thing well, and let the governor handle other things by himself.” In fact, Tolbuzin didn’t want to let Nerchinsk know that he had escaped so quickly. , Nerchinsk and the trip to the east have made him realize that the governor wants to get rid of himself.

Hearing Tolbuzin's words, Shakchav was taken aback for a moment. Although he was bold, he did not dare to conceal military information and did not report it. He did not understand why Tolbuzin dared to do so.

Tolbuzin's loyal subordinate Hershov reminded Tolbuzin: "I heard that the tsar's special envoy, Mr. Golo, is leading an armed force of 500 people on the way to the East. With his arrival , The governor has a powerful force in his hands. Regarding the bold and reckless move of the Qing people this time, I think it is still necessary to pass on the news to the governor, and let him send Lord Golo's army to exterminate them."

"Why are you thinking that the governor will send people to clean them up instead of us doing it ourselves?"

Tolbuzin slowly scanned the officers: "Since last year, there have been a lot of thefts in our strongholds. Food and weapons will always disappear inexplicably. It cannot be ruled out that these are organized by the Qing people. Contact this time again. They openly attacked our army, and it cannot be ruled out that these Qing people are preparing for a big attack. So, everyone, our chance to make contributions has come!"

Tolbuzin walked to a crude map hanging on the wall behind him, and tapped downstream with his index finger: "I think we should quickly respond to the dirty behavior of the Qing people and let them know that the Russian Empire is not good. Mess!"

Tolbuzin has decided to use greater credit to clear himself of the charge of being a coward, and at the same time let Nerchinsk and even Moscow realize that in the East, without him Tolbuzin, the empire's territory will become bigger and bigger.

His Majesty's reward of honor will be my greatest asset.Well, now let the filthy Qing people have a taste of my power, Tolbuzin.

"Everyone, please mobilize the soldiers immediately, we will attack the Qing people's Aihui City tomorrow!"