New Shun 1730

The lead bullets flying out of the hot barrel were not round.

And if you still smoke after having a cold, you will spit out large sticky phlegm that is stained black by the smoke when you cough.

The half-melted lead bullet, which looked like large sticky phlegm, stuck to the Cossack's face like a pancake.

Before the smoke cleared, the tribesmen on both sides of the ice castle had already rushed out under the leadership of the two sentries.

Du Feng relied on his intuition and felt that he had shot and killed someone, but he didn't feel much.

It was indeed a bit disgusting, but it was mostly caused by the smell of blood.

The strong smell of blood is a little sweet and a little smelly. This strange smell mixed together is like a hairbrush tickling your throat.

There was saliva constantly forming under the tongue, trying to suppress the urge to spit it out.

He grabbed a handful of snow and stuffed it into his mouth, barely dispelling the sweet and fishy smell in his mouth.

He didn't move for a long time, until someone came over and told him that the battle was over.

Several Cossacks ran into the woods, and the hunters of the tribe were chasing them.

A few were captured, and the remaining injured were treated with finishing blows out of kindness and compassion.

Otherwise, it would be pitiful to bleed and stick to the ice in such a cold weather, and freeze to death without being able to move. It would be better to have my head chopped off.

Those veterans who followed Liu Yu may have never fought such a comfortable battle in their lives. Originally I just thought Liu Yu was a good official, worthy of love but little awe. After this battle, he suddenly gained more than ten kilograms of awe, which was about as heavy as a head.

There was nothing to say about the battle. The volleys within ten meters directly destroyed the Rakshasa people. All that's left is to chase and escape.

Du Feng quickly ran over from a distance and replied with a proud look on his face: "My lord, fortunately you have lived up to your fate. The Rakshasa people's artillery has been captured by us. Your Excellency's clever plan, those Rakshasa people are just as you expected." ”

Liu Yu took a look at Du Feng's attire and asked curiously: "Why are you wearing so many coats? To be a soldier?"

"Well……"

Du Feng was really embarrassed to say that he was dressed like this because he was frightened by a group of stupid dogs whose owners were killed and didn't even know how to take revenge, so he smiled to cover it up.

The three cannons were also carried over by him and his men. Liu Yu kicked them twice, tutted twice and shook his head slightly.

The caliber is too small and there is no field gun mount. It is probably a leather gun that has been eliminated from Sweden?

Du Feng thought about Liu Yu's previous complaints about "playing chess with stinky chess baskets". Du Feng was a little confused and asked: "Sir, the Rakshasa people also use light artillery. So, the Rakshasa people also play chess with stinky chess baskets." Have you played too much chess?”

Liu Yu let out a laugh and said with a wry smile: "These are not the elites of the fifth battalion of Rakshasa, they are just some soldiers on the border. The Rakshasa people are in the west, and those who play chess together are not stinky chess baskets."

"My lord, my experience in fighting against the chieftains in the southwest is that equipping them with light cannons without mounts is not only unsatisfactory, but also harmful. But my lord, the patients of the country are firstly the northwest, secondly the southwestern chieftains, and thirdly the Rakshasa Kingdom. Yes. The rest, such as North Korea, are all filial. As you said, it wouldn't be too bad for the Rakshasa people to play chess with the masters in the west. But the problem is that there are no chess players competing against each other here. Have you ever heard of the dragon-slaying technique? Even if you learn the art of slaying dragons, wouldn’t it be in vain if you don’t have any dragons to use?”

Liu Yu sighed: "That's right. There is no dragon to slay for the time being, but the evil dragon has grown up and will fly over sooner or later. Now that there is no dragon, it is difficult for the court to have the heart to learn; wait until the evil dragon flies over, and then learn Where is the time? That’s all I’m worried about.”

Du Feng saw Liu Yu worried and felt a little admiration in his heart.

Then I thought again, Fan Zhongyan could have said, "If you live in a temple, you will be worried", that person is the prime minister. Mr. Liu can more or less say the same. His father is the Duke of the country, and I am just a white man now. Why do I think so much?

The ministers in the court said more: "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world," and the shouts were quite loud. However, I have lived in Handoli Acropolis for more than ten years, and I have never seen a minister's son take the initiative to come to such a place.

Du Feng hasn't grown up yet, and he still has the unique rebelliousness of young people. I have also personally experienced the situation of being "gold and jade but ruined" by those sled dogs. I always feel that Liu Yu is also an alarmist?

Are the Westerners just like those sled dogs?

Looks like a wolf, but actually can't bite anyone?

Liu Yu saw Du Feng lowering his head and didn't know what he was thinking. He thought Du Feng was still struggling with meritorious service, so he said: "Okay, you can go down first. I will write down the merit of seizing the cannon for you."

"Thank you, sir."

After bowing and retreating, Liu Yu did not look at the messy corpses on the battlefield, but came near the tribesmen.

After this battle, in the eyes of these tribesmen, the Celestial Empire was like a god.

In their opinion, the "evil ghosts" who were simply unable to resist died all over the place in an instant.

Those legends from back then actually came true. When I look at Liu Yu again, it's like watching a god descending to earth, everyone is trembling with fear.

Liu Yu deliberately asked a few of these people to follow him back, and said: "You are the tributes of the Heavenly Dynasty. It's just that it has been difficult to pay tribute since the Xuande Year. If you follow me to the Heavenly Dynasty and pay tribute to the Emperor, there will naturally be an Emperor in the future. If you want to protect me, you won’t be afraid of those evil spirits. I don’t know what you have here, but it’s just a tribute.”

He didn't know how the translation was made. According to the Chinese system, paying tribute meant losing money to the Chinese government.

But... cloth, silk, porcelain, these things can be reproduced if they are gone.

And the land is no longer productive.

The tribute system can be integrated into the Westphalian system in a different form if it survives to the end. Even in the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the first article is neither compensation nor Taiwan, but recognition of Korea's separation from the tribute system and its independence.

From the perspective of land and legal principles, it is worth losing a little silk a year.

Anyway, these people may not be able to see the emperor, but if they go to the Songhua River Defense Envoy to hand over the tribute, and the emperor gives them a little, these people will be very happy.

The elders in the tribe remember the legends of ancient times, which are nothing more than walrus ivory and mink, which are abundant in the tribe. It is really worth it to exchange these things for the protection of the emperor.

After a brief discussion, it was decided that two young men from each tribe would follow Liu Yu with tribute.

Liu Yu asked about other tribes around and selected a few who knew the way from the tribe.

At dinner time, all the Luosha people were either dead or captured, and there was nowhere to escape in this weather. These tribesmen are not good at fighting in formation, but they are very good at tracking and catching escapees.

After asking clearly, I learned that these people had a winter camp in the north. This time, they all thought that slaughtering the tribes would get furs, so all the Cossacks came, and only a few women were left in the winter camp.

The gunners were not from this batch of Cossacks, but were invited from Okhotsk. They did not need to participate in hand-to-hand combat, and they could share the money just by operating the guns.

After asking roughly, Liu Yu was relieved. There are many Cossacks who die in such places every year. One more or one less is not too much. Most of these Cossacks act spontaneously and will not arouse the official vigilance. At least not this year.

After counting, a total of 16 prisoners were captured. A few Cossacks, and the rest were naturalized tribesmen.

Du Feng whispered and suggested: "Sir, just kill them. It will be difficult and dangerous for us to go back. These people will have to be taken care of by people and have to share food."

Liu Yu nodded and shook his head.

He thought the same as Du Feng on this point. It was indeed troublesome to take them back. But as for killing them... sometimes, people who are destined to die are also useful.

After boiling ink, he took out dozens of sheets of paper and wrote a sentence: This place is protected by China and is a tribute to China.

"So, Du Feng, take your people and destroy the winter camp mentioned by the Luosha people. Inquire about the tribes along the way. It is estimated that many of them have the heart to resist Luosha, but they just don't have the courage. Take the captives around a few times and let the people of the tribe here blow it for us."

"For those who are willing to surrender and pay tribute, give them the paper and tell them that they don't have to give Yasak to Luosha in the future. Let them send two people, bring walrus ivory or other messy things, and follow me back."

"After taking the captives around, the tribes willing to pay tribute, then these "evil ghosts" Leave a souvenir. Whether it's a finger or an ear, see how many tribes there are. Try to make every tribe willing to pay tribute get a little blood on it. "

"If you have something to do, come to Songhua River to find the emperor's ministers. I guess this news will spread in a few years. People here are dissatisfied, and people further north are probably dissatisfied too. Let them make trouble. Anyway, our Celestial Empire is vast and rich in resources, and we don't lack a few skins from the tribes. The Russians are cruel, and we are gentle. Bury the thorn first, and we will decide whether to use it in the future. "

Du Feng took the order to do it, and Liu Yu continued to lead people to draw maps along the coastline.

Sent a few people, taking advantage of the winter ice, to Sakhalin Island through the strait that was dozens of miles wide, smashed the Orthodox cross on it, and inserted a piece of wood to declare the claim.

The people who stayed in the tribal camp collected some shells left over by the tribe and burned some lime. The sacks of human heads were brine with lime and salt, waiting to go back and exchange them for money.

It was to the end of February of the following year, and almost everything that needed to be done was done.

Du Feng destroyed the winter camp of the Rakshasa people and visited several tribes along the way. The parts of those Rakshasa people became bone tools of each tribe.

Including those in the downstream and surrounding areas, a total of more than 40 tribes received the paper.

Each tribe sent two people. On March 13, Liu Yu and the people of those tribes offered sacrifices to the sky at Yongning Temple, broke arrows and swore not to betray.

After offering sacrifices to the sky, there were more than a hundred people in the team, and they followed Liu Yu back.

Along the way, some tribes were constantly gathered, and they all sent people to follow Liu Yu. Taking advantage of the easy winter, they finally returned to the camp where they had left people to guard in April when the snow began to melt.

The people led by Jiao Laobutu have not returned yet. The people in the camp are the same as those led by Liu Yu, and they are no different from wild people.

Their beards are untidy, their faces are covered with grease, and their fur coats and hats are covered with black putty. They have been looking forward to the day of returning home for a long time. Even though they have fallen into this state, they are still cheering.

Everyone thought that as long as Jiao Laobutu returned, they could go back.

However, Liu Yu did not think so.

The reason why he chose to camp here and asked Jiao Laobutu to come back before June was for one person - Vitas Bering.

In other words, for the map of Siberia and the Heilongjiang River Basin in Bering's hand.

Since there were ships in Stepanovsk, Bering must have gone down the Heilongjiang River. The Japanese he brought with him made Liu Yu judge that Bering was preparing to enter the sea from the Heilongjiang River and find a route to Japan.

From the stories of the tribes near Sakhalin Island, we can know that the Japanese had indeed been here before.

In fact, in the eighth year of Chongzhen, the Matsumae clan sent Sato Kamo Zaemon here.

If the border had not been reduced during the Xuande period and the tribute system had continued, it would have been very likely that a trade line of fur-tribute-silk reward-Japanese sundries would have developed.

But even if the Nurgan Dusi was pulled in after Xuande, when the Japanese came here in the seventh year of Chongzhen, they found that there was really nothing to trade, so they left it alone. These tribes have lost the opportunity to communicate with the outside world until now.

Theoretically, it is definitely correct. You can indeed go to Japan from here. After Sakhalin Island, you will reach Hokkaido.

When Liu Yu was chatting and laughing with Hannibal in Luosha Castle before, he was concerned about Bering and Denbei. It can be inferred from indirect hints that Bering must go to sea.

Choose this place because the Heilongjiang River has left many sandbanks and river islands here, making the river relatively narrow.

If you can't take it by wits, it is also beneficial to rely on sandbanks and islands to attack.

In any case, you must seize the ship and capture Bering, whether by coercion, inducement, or force.

If there is a picture, take it, if there is no picture, draw it now.