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The alarm bell in Gulihe City has never been used since it was erected 20 years ago, so when the soldiers at the top of the city rang the bell, everyone didn't know what happened, but looked at the top of the city in doubt. 【】It wasn't until they saw the city guard by the river running over with a group of children terrified that they arrived at the enemy hiding behind the water vapor.

The army on the other side seemed to feel that there was no need to hide themselves anymore. They took off the cloth strips wrapped around the horse's mouth and let the horse neigh to its heart's content.However, what surprised the people of Gulihe City was that those enemies did not launch an attack immediately, but stayed on the other side of the river without any movement.

"Hurry up, hide in the city, the Qing army is about to attack!"

Tokolowski didn't even bother to put on his clothes. He wore his big boxer shorts and loudly reminded the residents who still didn't respond. head.The common people and merchants came to their senses at this moment, and they started running towards the city in a swarm.The whole market was in chaos, large and small stalls were overturned by the panicked crowd, and the goods were scattered on the ground, trampled by the passing crowd.No one wanted the cattle, sheep and livestock anymore. They were running around in the market here and there, and the children were crying and not knowing what to do.

After Tokolowski ran into the city, he immediately went to the top of the city. The four musketeers at the top of the city saw him and reported the situation on the opposite side with some anxiety.

"My lord, the Qing people are hiding in the dense forest. We don't know how many of them there are!"

"They have cavalry, and there seem to be a certain number of musketeers. It is certain that these Qing people came prepared, and their target is us!"

"The nearest bridge is ten miles downstream. If they go around it, it will take at least half a day. Therefore, we must immediately arrange defenses and send Yask for help!"

"The city gate must be closed immediately, and no more people can be allowed in. Otherwise, if the enemy army besieges us, the city will run out of food!"

The officers’ opinions made Tokolowski a little upset, because it was the first time he encountered an enemy attack. Before that, his only military action was the year he came to Gulihe City, leading a group of The musketeers went to a small tribe unwilling to pay taxes to the empire to show the strength of the tsarist army.And in that operation, God knows, he didn't even fire a single shot, and didn't even have a chance to draw his sword, so that small tribe obediently surrendered.

Oh, damn it, how did those Qing people come from the south? Have the southern army been defeated by them?Tokolowski was a little flustered. Although Gulihe City was formerly the territory of the Qing people, when the imperial army came here 30 years ago, the Guli River became the territory of His Majesty the Tsar, and has never been controlled by the Qing army. threaten.God knows how these Qing people crossed the southern stronghold and ran here!

The flustered Tokolowski tried his best to calm himself down. He rejected the officers' request to close the city gate and prevent the people from entering the city.

"Half a day is enough for us to arrange our defenses. Since those Qing people will not attack immediately, why do they refuse the imperial people to enter the city? Aren't they the people of His Majesty the Tsar?"

However, the suggestion to ask Yask for help was accepted by Tokolowski. He just realized clearly that the Qing team on the opposite side was densely packed, and it seemed that there were thousands of people. It is absolutely difficult to resist the attack of so many Qing soldiers.Although there are not many musketeers in Yask City, together with those native troops, they can mobilize 700 people. As long as they can arrive in time and participate in the defense of the city, Tokolowski believes that it is still possible to defend Gulihe City .Although he has never fought against the Qing people, all Russians in the east believe that the cowardly Qing people are definitely no match for the imperial army. Their battles are often thunderous and rainy. As long as there is a little casualty, They will back off.

Perhaps these Qing troops came here on a symbolic errand only because of the forced orders of their emperor or general, Tokolowski thought, and he even thought that these Qing people might have suffered in the Russian stronghold in the south , just sneaked here secretly, wondering if there would be something to gain.

Absolutely don't let these Qing people who want to take advantage of it invade my city, otherwise these poor people will be poisoned again.Tokolowski devoted his hard work in Gulihe City, and he didn't want his hard work to be destroyed by those Qing people who came suddenly.

The Guli River is hundreds of meters wide, and the deepest point is more than four meters. It is absolutely impossible for the Qing team to cross this river without boats. To reach the wooden bridge downstream, they have to go around a mountain. , It is impossible to get there without half a day.As the supreme commander, Tokolowski, since he ordered this, the officers had no choice but to agree to arrange their own defenses and move as much medicine as possible to the city for preparation.

The people in the city stood densely in the street because of panic and panic, and the soldiers ran up and down the city at a loss. Rumors spread in an instant. There are only a few thousand people, and no one has announced how many clearing teams have come, but all the rumors prove one thing, that is, on the other side of the Guli River, there is indeed a huge clearing team that is eyeing the city of Guli River, and they can come at any time. Attack.However, although there were rumors that the Qing army was strong, the residents did not feel frightened by it, or wanted to escape from Gulihe City and hide from the Qing people in a safe place.They were just wondering whether the city guard needs to participate in the battle to defend the city, and if so, he must sign up to participate.

We must not let the Qing people capture our homeland, and we must not let those invaders harm our family!

Decades of evolution have made the people of all ethnic groups living in Gulihe City forget that the Qing people, not the Russians, ruled here earlier.If it is said that they were still hostile to the Russians before, but now, under the administration of the city guard, they have regarded the Guli River as their homeland, Russia as their country, and His Majesty the Tsar as their own country. own emperor.

For their homeland, their relatives, and His Majesty the Tsar, the residents of Gulihe City are willing to fight to the death with the Qing invaders!After the panic, the residents began to calm down. They organized themselves and were ready to participate in the battle of defending the city at any time.

The Russians in the city were organized, and they were distributed muskets as a reserve team, ready to replace the musketeers killed and wounded in the city at any time.The men of the residents were also ordered to gather in the east of the city, but Tokolowski has not distributed weapons to them for the time being, because he felt that with the guards of musketeers and Ewenki, it was impossible for the Qing people to occupy Guli in the first attack River city pool.

In order to stabilize the hearts of the people in the city, the gathered men were divided into several teams to help the people who had fled into the city to resettle their lives. The people of all ethnic groups who woke up from the panic felt that they accepted the arrangements at this time, and everything seemed so orderly .

"Master, your clothes!"

When Tokolowski was busy arranging the city guards, Ale'er came up behind him holding his clothes. Only then did Tokolowski realize that he was wearing nothing but a pair of big underpants.A little embarrassed, he took his clothes, and Tokolowski quickly put them on.While wearing it, he stole glances at the musketeers around him, wondering if they were making a joke of himself.Fortunately, the musketeers' attention was attracted by the clearing team on the opposite side.

Because the water vapor on the river surface was very thick, apart from the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty faintly swaying in the woods on the opposite side, and the roar of war horses resounding from time to time, nothing else could be seen.

"Qianhu, the river is too deep, we can't cross it by force, only Zhamu Pai can pass!"

"Then Maza wooden raft!"

Qi Zhuang was a little anxious. The location of Gulihe City that Duncan marked was correct, but he forgot to mark that the city was on the other side of the river, but he didn't know where the nearest bridge was.

The Raksha man who took a bath just now told Qi Zhuang that the current of the Guli River is not too fast, and it is not very difficult to swim across it if the water is good. There is no way to attack the city, but the firecrackers cannot be sprayed with water at all, otherwise they will become useless, and it is also useless for cavalry to swim over.

The only way now is to quickly tie up the wooden raft and cross the river with the soldiers.The original surprise attack had failed. As a veteran, Qi Zhuang was very sorry to see the messy scene on the other side of the river just now. If it wasn't for this river, there would be no problem at all in capturing Gulihe City. Now, he can only look at the river and sigh.

"After an hour, we must immediately attack"

Under Qi Zhuang's order, all the infantry of the two brigades went to cut wood, and the cut wood was quickly transported to the river, and all kinds of ropes and cloth strips that could fix the raft were collected.Because there are stretches of woods behind, the wood is easy to cut, and it doesn’t need to be too strong, as long as it can carry people, so after an hour, twenty wooden rafts were tied up, and each side could stand seven or eight. people.