New Shun 1730

No matter how good these Cossacks are at swimming, they are not as fast as the light bark boats.

When most Cossacks chose to jump into the water to escape, the bark boats hidden in the reeds rushed out.

The musketeers lay on the boats and shot at the Cossacks swimming on the water like shooting targets.

After shooting them dead, they quickly rowed over to retrieve the bodies. The price was five rubles per head, and there was no cheating.

Even so, several Cossacks still robbed a bark boat, but they were eventually shot by the musketeers.

The battle had turned into a massacre from the moment Liu Yu led his men to shoot from the flank and Du Feng led the cavalry to attack from the rear.

Once the formation was disrupted and the flank was attacked, the bravery of the individual was completely useless.

The gunshots gradually stopped, and Du Feng rode his horse to Liu Yu, half-knelt firmly and saluted with a sincere heart.

"Sir, this battle is a complete victory. I think at least 300 Cossacks have come. I guess there shouldn't be many people in the Russian castle."

With joy on his face, he tore off the hat of a Cossack cavalry corpse next to him and wiped the bloody knife. He took out a small bottle of oil from his waist, wiped the oil on his knife, and inserted it into the scabbard.

Jiao Laobutu also came from a distance, took off his armor and shirt, revealing his bruised shoulder hit by the axe. Liu Yu just nodded slightly at him. He was not dead and had no blood. This injury on the battlefield was nothing.

After approaching, Jiao Laobutu also gave Liu Yu a formal military salute like Du Feng. Jiao Laobutu did not participate in the previous battle at Yongning Temple. This time, he really saw Liu Yu's deployment and was convinced. He no longer had the arrogance he looked down on at the beginning.

Soon, the battlefield was cleaned up.

There were a total of 110 heads, some of whom were captured, and the rest were injured.

Out of humanitarian spirit, Liu Yu ordered people to chop all these wounded Cossacks to death.

In this era without antibiotics, and in summer, it is a torture to live with serious injuries.

The rest were captured and tied together with ropes.

As for the emperor, he still hoped to have some kind of captive offering ceremony. This place is very close to the Handori Acropolis, so he can keep these captives and don't have to worry too much about logistics. Just spend money to buy them. Anyway, the soldiers here are farmers or local landlords, and the grain is not easy to sell. They all hope to fight in order to exchange it for silver for the court to buy grain locally.

Since the emperor is at the front line in person, he should still like the scene of captive offering, which can be regarded as flattery.

According to the previous promise, Liu Yu privately used the silver coins obtained from the trade of disguised caravans. Each sentry took the heads of his own team and counted them next to Liu Yu. One hand handed over the head and the other handed over the money, and the head and money were both paid.

The soldiers were naturally happy to get the money.

But the happiest ones were the tribesmen who followed Liu Yu to pay tribute.

They were tortured to death by the "Yasak" tribute of the Cossacks before, and they couldn't beat them. They all regarded the Cossacks as invincible "evil ghosts".

Now seeing that the evil ghosts who asked them to collect the Yasak in the past have all been killed or caught and tied together, they finally believe that the emperor of the Celestial Empire will protect them.

As for why they didn't care before... uh... maybe the emperor didn't know before?

Looking at these tribesmen, Liu Yu knew that in the future, consolidating the border defense still depends on uniting these people.

At least in the short term, we can't expect large-scale immigration, and the court may not be able to afford the money.

Let's increase taxes in Jiangnan to compensate for the migrants in Shandong and Henan. The land that the slaves in Jiangnan had distributed themselves was not returned to the gentry by Dashun for "justice", which had offended a wave.

To this day, there are still people who are obsessed with the "benevolent policy" of the Qing Dynasty in suppressing the slave rebellion in Jiangyin and returning the land to the gentry. They want to reverse the Shun Dynasty and restore the Qing Dynasty in Jiangyin, a heavy place. There is no hope of increasing taxes in a short period of time.

Let the literati take the lead in sending their sons to the border. This is insulting and persecuting scholars. Of course, the nobles are also like that. Before the imperial power has dealt with the gentry, it has to rely on the power of the nobles, and it is even more unwilling to offend the nobles.

Since they are unwilling to increase taxes and are unwilling to take the lead and set an example, they can only learn from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to forcibly migrate criminals and sons-in-law to the border. But there is no need to think about it, they will definitely be labeled as "King Zhou and Jie".

Fortunately, the Little Ice Age has passed and the temperature has gradually warmed up. Crops such as rye from Russia have also begun to be introduced, and rice from North Korea has also crossed the Suifen River. Slowly, there should be more people.

But at least for a few decades, these tribute-paying people from the border will still be the main force for patrolling and protecting the border.

Taking advantage of these people's gratitude and excitement, Liu Yu called these tribes that had stopped paying tribute for three hundred years together.

"Heilongjiang is a black dragon."

"Yellow River is a yellow dragon."

"Yangtze River is a white dragon."

"Pearl River is a blue dragon."

"These four dragons are brothers and cannot be separated. In the future, you will pay tribute to the true dragon emperor, and the emperor will naturally reward you. Since the four dragons are brothers, they should work together. Just like the story of breaking arrows you should have heard."

"Since you have chosen to pay tribute, if someone asks you to collect Yasak, the emperor will naturally not allow it, and will naturally protect you."

"Now, there is still a castle of Rakshasa in Heilongjiang. It's like the black dragon has several rotten sores on its body, which are stink and pus. What should we do?"

A young man from a tribe in the crowd shouted: "Cut out the rotten sores!"

"Yes! Cut it out!"

More people shouted, Liu Yu nodded, pressed his hands and said: "Okay! Then let's go and cut out the rotten sores now."

"Since the four dragons are brothers and cannot be separated."

"You grew up on the banks of the Heilongjiang River, and you are the children of this black dragon. My ancestors were Mizhi people and grew up drinking water from the Wuding River. The Wuding River also merges into the Yellow River..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he coughed slightly and signaled Du Feng to be smarter and compliment him so as not to ruin the atmosphere.

Du Feng stepped forward and said loudly: "My ancestors are from Yuncheng. They also grew up drinking the water of the Yellow River. They followed Xie Qian, the Marquis of Zichuan, from Shandong to the Songhua River, and they also grew up drinking the water of the Heilongjiang River."

As soon as he stepped forward, the officers surrounding Liu Yu stood up one after another.

"My ancestors were from Jingzhou and grew up drinking water from the Yangtze River. I followed Duke Yi to fight back against Shaanxi and also drank water from the Yellow River."

"My ancestor was a slave of the Songjiang Prefecture. He drank the water of the Yangtze River. He followed Duke Xiang to conquer Guangdong, so he drank the water of the Pearl River."

"My ancestors were mining slaves in southern Hunan. They followed King Daping to conquer Changsha and besiege Guangxi..."

The officers stood up one after another and reported their relationship with these four dragons. In short, the world is vast, but they are inseparable from these four dragons. As for the Huaihe River... after all, it lacked some cards. Since Sanyi returned to the river in the Song Dynasty, the Huanghuai River has not been separated.

Sihe covers almost the entire Han Dynasty, and every officer can have some connections. As more people participate, the mood gradually becomes more intense.

Liu Yu asked people to bring a white horse from among the captured horses, and asked people to go to the river to catch a few fish, and took out more than a dozen heads.

He stabbed the white horse to death with a knife, asked Jiao Laobutu to chop off the horse's head, and made three sacrifices out of the white horse, the river fish, and the enemy's head.

Mix horse blood with wine, break arrows and swear an oath to all the tribes.

"The four dragons are inseparable and are all brothers. Today I will offer sacrifices to a white horse, a river fish, and the enemy's head, and the Emperor and Queen's earth will serve as evidence."

"Anyone who hurts this brother is like hurting his own body. Let's kill him together!"

"Whoever divides this brother is like dividing his own wife, and we will kill them together!"

"Anyone who messes with this brother is like messing with his own mother. Let's kill him together!"

The broken arrow was inserted in front of the three animals, and a match rope was used as incense. A group of officers and tribesmen followed Liu Yu and knelt down to the three animals, vowing not to rebel and working together.

After the oath, he asked people to buy a pot to make rice, and killed some of the injured horses on the battlefield to make a meal of meat. Call some cavalry to go out near the Rakshasa Fortress to investigate the situation.

Du Feng looked at the high-spirited tribesmen and the flag that read "Refuse to Pay Yasak" with confusion.

"My lord, since they have already paid tribute, why do they refuse to pay it? They should not have paid it in the first place."

"Nonsense. You should listen to what I say to know what the Rakshasa characters mean. They people can't even understand it. I write in Rakshasa characters, of course, for Rakshasa people to read. Do you think Did I write it for them to read?”

"Write it to the Rakshasa people?"

Du Feng was even more confused.

"Sir, the Rakshasa people are not stupid. Although this place is far from the castle, the sound of gunshots is like popping beans, so of course they can hear it. Besides, these tribes have been captured by Yasak, and there is no one to organize them, so it is difficult to fight against the Rakshasa people. There are no more than three hundred Cossacks left, so the Rakshasa people must have guessed that we took action. "

Liu Yu nodded and said with a smile: "So what? If you were an officer of Rakshasa, what would you think? If it was a formal war, why would you write this line?"

"Writing this line, Rakshasa officers will think that we are inciting them behind the scenes, but they don't want to actually start a war. They must be thinking of sending people to suppress these tribes, and they will mobilize troops from upstream to request support."

"If we make a big splash, the Rakshasa officers may mobilize troops and ask for support; but they may also learn from Zhang Suiyang and stay here by themselves to buy time for the back. Instead of calling for support, they may ask their people to stand still and strengthen the defense. ”

"It's so easy to accomplish such a feat. Don't be complacent. If we can trick the Rakshasa people into sending troops to support from the upper reaches, we can capture this city, ambush the reinforcements, take advantage of the situation, go north, and seize another one. In this way, all the fortresses in the middle reaches of Heilongjiang will be destroyed. Cleared."

"The merits of one city and the merits of two cities, which one is more important? Find ways to mobilize the enemy and fight ambushes and field battles. It is easier to attack the fortress."

Thanks to the map sent by Bering, Liu Yu knew the Russian fortress in Heilongjiang Liu Yu well. There is also a fort in the upper reaches of Stepanovsk, connecting Yakutsk and the middle reaches of Heilongjiang.

Liu Yu was very clear-headed. He didn't have heavy artillery. He was mentally ill if he forced himself to attack the fortress. If you want to steal military glory, you have to find a way to trick people out of the castle.

As long as they are deceived, these Cossacks are not that difficult to deal with, but if they are all squatted in the bastion, it will be difficult to fight.

If you don’t plan for the eternity, you won’t be able to plan for the moment.

Now that the war has begun, before this fortress is captured, a qualified staff should prepare for the next fortress. The war should be a densely woven network, not unrelated points.

It can only be used once if it is tempting. Once the war starts, this trick will be useless.

This can be used to siege a city and bring reinforcements, but it requires some slight changes. The best way to use it is to focus on it, and you can't just use it without knowing how to adapt it.

The Rakshasa people went down the river. They had no navy and could not fight for reinforcements normally.

But fortunately they are far apart. Even if someone is sent here to ask for help or reinforcements are sent, it will still take twenty or thirty days to go back and forth.

I was confident enough to capture the fortress in front of me within twenty days and capture Hannibal to repay his merits.

After capturing the fortress, stand ready and wait for Rakshasa reinforcements from upstream to fight another battle of annihilation.

By then, there should be only a hundred or ten people left in the upstream fortress, and it is entirely possible to capture it.

Thus, the two support points of the Luocha people in the middle reaches of the Heilongjiang River were completely eliminated, and a greater voice was gained for future negotiations.

From the perspective of the tribe, the line was not written for the tribesmen to see, "refusing to surrender Yasak", but to make Hannibal misjudge.

He believed that Dashun did not go to war against Russia in an all-out manner, but was just inciting some tribes behind the scenes. As long as they could be suppressed, there would be no big problem.

To deal with tribal resistance, Dashun was inciting behind the scenes but not participating in the war head-on. The best way was to mobilize mobile forces to suppress it; and if Shun and Russia went to war in an all-out manner, it would be better to shrink in the fortress and wait for reinforcements from the west and north.

Liu Yu had a high opinion of Hannibal.

I'm really afraid that this fortress engineer has the "will to die for the country and repay the kindness of the former emperor". At that time, he would stay here and not ask for help, but let the upstream prepare to strengthen the city defense with all their strength, and he would not hesitate to buy time for the overall situation... That would be a flaw in the ointment.

He also had a backup plan, and was confident that he could break the city in a short time, so he naturally hoped that the enemy would send reinforcements, create a time difference, and then do another wave.

Xu Xiake was from Jiangyin. After the slave rebellion, it was the Qing Dynasty that "handled justice" and took back the land that was divided by the slaves. There are rumors that Xu Xiake's descendants were loyal to the Qing Dynasty and died unyieldingly. In fact, his son died in the rebellion. It's the limitations of the times. Anyway, we are not the slaves of the Xu family at that time. It is estimated that the slaves of the Xu family were killed or had no mating rights at all. It is impossible for them to have descendants, so don't worry about it. "Xu Xiake's Travels" is really well written.