evil slave

"You tell them that the Russians will not tolerate their continued existence, because they are all traitors.【】"

"Even if I let them go, they can go anywhere. The only way now is to fight for me. Only in this way can they have hope of survival, otherwise the Russians will tear them to pieces."

"What the Russians give them, I can give them, and I can even give them more. Gold, silver, women, as long as they can think of, I can give them. Of course, if you want to get these, you must fight and take Russia. Come and exchange the human head with me."

Under Duncan's sentence-by-sentence translation, the expressions of the Cossack cavalry slowly changed from fear to joy.When they were first brought out, these Cossacks thought that the Qing people would kill them like they treated the Russians, but they didn't expect that the other party only asked them to participate in the battle against the Russians.These Cossacks understood that if they did not agree to the request of the other party, they might end up like the Russians. Even if the other party really released them, they would be killed by the Russians, because the Russians would not accommodate rebels.

After discussing with each other for a while, a Cossack boldly said a few words to Duncan. After hearing this, Duncan translated his words to Zhao Qiang.

"Your Excellency General, he said that they are willing to fight for you, but they have one condition."

Having said that, Duncan stopped and observed Zhao Qiang's reaction to decide whether to tell the Cossacks' conditions.

"What's their condition?"

To Duncan's surprise, the butcher Tatar officer did not show any anger, but was very interested in hearing what demands the prisoners would make.

"They hope that after fighting for you for a while, they can leave here and go back to their hometown Ukraine."

Go back to Ukraine?Hearing the request of the Cossacks, Zhao Qiang smiled kindly and understandingly, and said to Duncan: "This condition is very suitable. I will let them return to their hometown, and I will let them go back with a full load of gold and silver. There is an old Chinese saying, Returning to the roots of Ye Luo, I don’t know if you understand, the desire of these Cossacks to return to their hometown is Ye Luo’s return to their roots. Ask for my consent."

But all of this depends on the premise that you have not been killed by the Russians.Zhao Qiang glanced at the more than 20 Cossacks with satisfaction, and said to Qi Zhuang who was beside him: "Qi Baihu, from today onwards, these Raksha people will be your subordinates, and they will be in charge of the soldiers' riding drills and... serving as cavalry Pioneer of the battalion."

Qi Zhuang immediately understood: "This subordinate understands!"

With the addition of these Cossack cavalry, Zhao Qiang was slightly satisfied with the performance of the cavalry battalion when rehearsing the charge.

The weapons used by the cavalry are all Cossack sabers, and they are not equipped with long-range attack weapons such as bows and arrows. This simple and direct charge is destined to cause a certain number of casualties every time they charge, but Zhao Qiang does not worry about this, nor does he worry about these Cossacks People refuse to sacrifice their lives.The Russians would definitely not accept these rebels. If they wanted to return to their hometown alive, they could only fight for themselves, not to mention that Zhao Qiang didn't care about money at all.Cossacks are born mercenaries, whoever has milk is the master of the mother, and those who pay the highest price will refute it.If there is no retreat and the temptation of a large amount of wealth, a fool will not agree.As for the death of their clansman and leader, it was nothing more than a fleeting moment, who would lose his life for the dead.

Now there are only a few dozen Cossacks, and Zhao Qiang hopes that there will be at least a few hundred Cossack mercenaries in a few months.Under his instruction, Qi Zhuang mixed these Cossacks and Oroqen people of various ethnic groups into four small banners, but only allocated [-] horses to them, and the rest without horses were used as reserve cavalry.The subtext of this arrangement is that the people in front die, and the people behind can die again.

Zhao Qiang did not require the cavalry battalion to master the skills of riding and shooting, because he would equip them with blunderbuss in the future.Now, as long as they can meet the requirements of a qualified cavalryman.

According to Zhao Qiang's arrangement, Hu Wang transferred from the guard battalion to Qi Zhuang fifty strong men of various ethnic groups. These strong men will be used as auxiliary soldiers and will receive riding training.

The guard battalion and the supply battalion were just step-by-step, and there was nothing to focus on. Zhao Qiang still believed in the abilities of Hu Wang and Guo Fei. They could not command an army of ten thousand people, but there was no problem in commanding a hundred people.He believed that under the leadership of the two, those alien races would not rebel.So after leaving the cavalry battalion, Zhao Qiang went directly back to the fort to look at the wounded.

Under the service of ten specially arranged Daur women, the wounded began to improve.The injuries they suffered were only flesh wounds. In the era of cold weapons, if the injuries were so serious that they could not be healed at all, if they could persist in coming to Guiyi City, it meant that the injuries were not too serious.It is estimated that in half a month, these people will be able to regroup.The wounded didn't expect Lord Qianhu to come to them in such a busy schedule, and they couldn't help being excited. Zhao Qiang calmed them down for a while, and said a few more words of comfort, telling them to recover from their injuries and continue to fight the Raksha people after they recover.

After coming out from the wounded, Zhao Qiang was going back to the house to rest, but when he passed by several rooms where Russian supplies were piled up, he couldn't help asking Yan Qian to find Wei Ji.

Wei Ji's Civil Affairs Department currently has 20 members. Except for the four Han soldiers, the others are strong men, old and weak.

Zhao Qiang just listened to Wei Ji's statistics for gold, silver, jewelry and other properties. He didn't know the exact number, and he didn't want to bother to weigh it.There is no need for suspects, no doubts for employers, Zhao Qiang doesn't care whether Wei Ji has his own pockets, as long as he can take care of himself.Even if this guy is really greedy, it doesn't matter, anyway, he has no place to use these extraneous things.

"The piles in the house are the basis for our future survival. You must take care of them carefully. I will ask Hu Baihu to transfer ten more people to you. You arrange them to take turns guarding this place. Without my order, no one can come here. Extract anything. Know?"

"Don't worry, Qianhu, the little ones must be firmly in charge of this place!"

Wei Ji is still innocent. Facing so much gold and silver, it is rare for him not to be tempted, because he knows that these external things are useless right now.Now just to the north, the Manchus are in the south, and the Raksha people are in the north. Their foundation is not stable, and they may be driven out of Shouyi City at any time.The most urgent task at the moment is to expand the army and increase its strength, to occupy a larger territory, in order to create a larger foundation with Zhao Qiang.Compared with the future, the floating wealth of gold and silver cannot be compared with it.I was worried that Zhao Qiang was suspecting him of tampering, but now seeing that Zhao Qiang just asked him to take care of him, and didn't have doubts or distrust of him, Wei Ji couldn't help but feel relieved.

After a few more instructions to Wei Ji, it was getting late, and Zhao Qiang was going to go back to the house to sleep, and to pick up Feng Yun and Wu Jun's family members who were staying in the Oroqen tribe early tomorrow morning.