Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 711 New Changes in the North

"Fire!" With the order of the gunner, the artillery on the side of the "Amur"-class inland shallow water gunboat fired a salvo.After the salvo, the gunboat with a displacement of only 250 tons even moved a few tens of centimeters across the center of the river due to the reaction force.

Four shells of different calibers landed on the soft black soil by the river bank, and bounced a few times among a group of savages wearing fish skin and roe deer skin. On the ground, gurgling blood splashed out from the mouth of the stumped limb, making the whole scene extremely bloody.

"One to six platoons land, seven or eighty-nine platoons cover, and the grenadier platoon is armored!" Captain Li Renjun, the commander of the 105th company of the Army, drew out his sharp saber and ordered loudly.Following his order, the 240 officers and soldiers of the whole company took urgent action immediately. They stood on the left side of the gunboat. On the small wooden boat that had been put down a long time ago, the soldiers on the boat immediately pushed towards the shore with wooden poles.

The fish skin tartars on the shore did not dare to get too close to the river bank, they were not uninformed.The Russian Cossacks had taught them the power of muskets a long time ago, and they understood that the poorly made wooden bows and bone arrows in their hands were ridiculous toys that were vulnerable to well-trained musketeers.So they stood away from the river bank early to avoid being shot by the musketeers on the big ship smoking black smoke in the middle of the river.But they avoided the musket fire, but they couldn't dodge the artillery fire. The shells fired one by one from the eight east coast gunboats caused damage to the crowd one after another.

Although their crowd density was already very low, they still suffered heavy casualties from the shells falling like raindrops.At this moment, I saw the musketeers of the East Coast Army rowing towards the shore. Their will to fight finally loosened. It wasn't that they were timid and afraid of death, but it was this asymmetrical fighting style that made them very frustrated.The enemy can easily take advantage of firepower to kill you, but you have nothing to do with them.

They have experienced this kind of grievance before, that is, those Cossack riders who come and go like wind from the west and north.These sturdy warriors used sabers, spears and muskets to make these half-fishing and half-farming wild people hard to guard against, and finally succumbed to their iron hooves one by one, and obediently obtained their fur, gold dust, livestock and a little bit of poor food. Serve it up, otherwise the whole village is in danger of being destroyed.This is not a joke, these Cossacks are all murderous demon kings without blinking an eye, even the bankrupt serfs in Russia are not good at it, they are also good at killing and looting goods when they are armed.

Originally, these Cossacks galloping across the land were already a headache, but now a large group of "river thieves" from the river suddenly appeared, armed with muskets and cannons, they were equally tough and unbelievable. resistance.Especially when their number seems to be much larger than those of the Cossacks, whose number is no more than 200 at most, this makes these village elders who settled along the river and the river even more frightened.

The battle ended after 5 minutes, and the landed East Coast Army formed a tight formation, and smashed any attack attempts by the savages with skilled volleys of guns.Captain Li Renjun, who came ashore with a saber in hand to command, also looked very high-spirited. Back then, the old Maozi relied on these modernized professional infantrymen to march eastward, sending Tatars, Mongols, Turkmens, Kazakhs, Jurchens, and Manchus along the way. How high-spirited it would be to wait for the barbarians to flatten, destroy countless countries, and expand thousands of miles of land.As for the Cossacks?I'm sorry, the cavalry is only in an auxiliary position in this process. They can't even handle the Turkmen herdsmen, and they have been defeated by the Kazan people many times, not to mention the Mongols who are skilled in bows and horses. The real decisive role is still hard work Russian infantry - a third-rate infantry known in Europe for its low combat effectiveness and incompetence.

The elders of this village knelt respectfully at the feet of the Dong'an people, begging for their forgiveness.Captain Li Renjun leaned on his saber, and under the guard of soldiers, he looked at these shabby-dressed savage Jurchen tribes with the arrogant eyes of a victor.After posing enough power, he waved his hand lightly, letting the Heilongjiang security regiment (a temporary force composed of 500 strong men from the four villages including Temple Street) who followed him ashore from Zhongshandan The officers and soldiers from the birthplace talked with them in the native language, asking them to pay taxes and submit to the rule of the people on the east coast.

Taxes are really not light for the savages in these villages, but what can be done, now people are knives and I am fish, accept your fate, your life is in their hands.Could it be possible to leave home and work and escape to a distant place?That was a near-death situation. If there was no one to help him, it would be very difficult to survive this winter.

After reluctantly paying the taxes, Captain Li Renjun told them that they are now under the protection of the East Coast Republic of China, and if any Russians or Manchurians come to collect taxes from them, they can sternly refuse .If those people are still persistent, then report to the nearest Gonghezhai immediately, and the people on the east coast will organize a crusade to defend their interests.Of course, some accidents will inevitably happen before the crusade team arrives. If they are worried about their own safety, they can move their families to Gonghe Village or even further downstream Jiangdong Village, Henggun Village, Temple Street and other places to settle down and become Colonial residents under the rule of the Eastern China Republic.

After collecting the taxes, Li Renjun led his troops to evacuate the village after forcedly recruiting several guides, and then continued to march along the south, sweeping up all the villages he saw.Some villages were far away from the river bank. Li Renjun even sent the main force of the army to cooperate with [-] soldiers from the Heilongjiang Security Regiment to go ashore and attack inland.

In this way, when the time came to the end of June and the beginning of July, this army on the east bank that went all the way south had already killed the Boli City at the junction of the Ussuri River and Heilongjiang in later generations.Naturally, there is nothing in Boli City at this time, and the city built by the Han immigrants in the later generations still has no shadow at all.

However, there are also many local residents (Hezhe people, Daur people) who live on fishing and hunting, but the strange thing is that they hardly engage in farming activities. The Hezhe people, Daur people, and Oroqen people who are further north and west than them Or Fei Yaka more or less grow some grains such as rye and oats as a food supplement.However, the residents near Khabarovsk seem to be farming nothing. They live on fishing and hunting full-time, and they only pay taxes to Bogd Khan in Manchuria. They also provide horses and soldiers to Bogd Khan’s army. The relationship between them is very close—it can even be said to be close, because they were the first few wildling Jurchen tribes who took refuge in Huang Taiji.

"Do you only obey Bogd Khan's rule? Very good!" Watching the soldiers of the Heilongjiang Security Regiment who jumped off the gunboat like dumplings, Captain Li Renjun, who was in charge of the operation, sneered, and then "swiped" Without hesitation, he drew out the command saber from his waist, moved toward the fortress built by these savages, and said: "Everyone fight bravely, Xu Xicheng for two days!"

After hearing Li Renjun's latest "instructions", these soldiers who had hardly fought any decent battles along the way suddenly shouted long live, and then killed towards the city wall by the river with red eyes.However, they were not overwhelmed by the excitement of being able to rob and kill at will. They still carried out mechanical battles in an orderly manner in accordance with the combat regulations.

The tribe under Bogd Khan's command is indeed stronger than those savages in the north, because there are some elites wearing cotton armor in their crowd, and many of them are using metal crossbows, which makes people who are used to wood The soldiers on the east bank of the spear bone arrow were taken aback.

But it was just a surprise. When the people on the east bank lined up in a tight formation and dragged up four field light artillery, it was already doomed for the failure of these Hezhe and Daur people.The violent artillery fire smashed the stockade made of trees and splashed sawdust on the ground, and the violent volley of guns hit every soldier who tried to appear at the top of the city. Such a fierce offensive made the wild people feel scared.

They tried to send some cavalry to attack the artillery positions or musketeer phalanx of the people on the east bank, but the [-] spearmen of the Heilongjiang Security Regiment who were guarding the side told them that this scattered cavalry charge was against them. It doesn't do anything for them, it just adds some extra merit to them.

The wooden structure of the stockade could not withstand the concentrated fire attack of the 8-pound artillery. The gate of the stockade was breached first, followed by the wooden walls on both sides of the gate.At this time, the artillery on the east bank also replaced the artillery with shotguns, and the musketeers began to cooperate with the artillery to attack, knocking down any enemies who tried to approach.After clearing up the enemy's organized resistance, the soldiers of the Heilongjiang Security Regiment led by Wang Shichuan yelled "Wan Sheng" three times, and then charged in with armor and spears. The enemy's resistance began to collapse irresistibly.

The battle finally came to an end at around three o'clock in the afternoon.The soldiers of the Heilongjiang security regiment who rushed into the city began a bloody cleansing operation. All adult men of the Hezhe or Daur ethnic groups in the city were killed, and women and children were taken away. As for livestock, fur, money and As for the food, it is naturally distributed in proportion after being obediently handed over.Of course, Captain Li Renjun pretended not to see those who were privately intercepted by the soldiers who entered the city.

After successively cleaning several forts within a radius of dozens of kilometers near Boli City, Li Renjun ordered the whole army to land and began to build the forts.They collected a large amount of taxes in kind such as grain, livestock, fur, gold and silver along the way. At this time, they decided to repair and rebuild the enemy's old stockade and set up a solid stronghold here.At the same time, the eight gunboats also returned in batches, preparing to go to Temple Street to bring a group of people and supplies to enrich the new stronghold named Bolizhai.

And just after the people on the east bank guarded the junction of Heilongjiang and Wusuli River, and began to overhaul the city wall, Zhang Jinghaise, the ancient pagoda of Manqing Ning, finally received that many villages under his rule were "suddenly burst into flames." Bandits in yellow" news of the bloodbath.To be honest, he was extremely shocked by the news. The thief in yellow actually appeared in the Heilongjiang area?

Haise is Ningguta Merezhangjing, not a low-level bannerman who knows nothing, he still knows more or less what happened in the south of the pass.The Marshal Mo of the Thieves in Yellow has gained a great reputation in the three provinces of North China. As a middle-level general of the Eight Banners, he is naturally very clear.And just because he clearly knew many things, he was even more shocked at this time.After thinking about it for a while, Hai Se, who felt bad in his heart, immediately ordered the [-] Eight Banners garrison officers and soldiers in the city, and at the same time recruited [-] to [-] strong men from the nearby villages, and then brought two small-caliber artillery With a large number of horses, they rushed towards the junction of Wusuli River and Heilongjiang.

He had to go and see what happened over there, otherwise he would always feel uneasy!Of course, before he set off, he had already sent a messenger to Shenyang to deliver this amazing news to the remaining generals over there as quickly as possible.

(End of this chapter)