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Zhang Tingxun chased wildly for about 4 minutes, and finally caught up with a Siberian hunter.This kind of aborigines recruited by the Cossacks can only shoot cold arrows and fight with the wind, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as those of the Daur warriors.

"Bah!"

Zhang Tingxun let out a low cry, and slashed the enemy's back with his knife.

Then he ignored it and continued to rush forward with the knife in his hand.The Siberian hunter who was cut down by him struggled and wanted to climb forward, but was killed by the chasing Daur warrior with a knife.

After another 2 minutes, Zhang Tingxun caught up with a Cossack.

The Cossack was wearing leather armor. When he heard footsteps behind him, he turned around and raised his gun to shoot.

Zhang Tingxun immediately threw his waist knife, spinning and flying towards the enemy.It's a pity that although he had a good aim, he hadn't practiced the knife throwing technique. In the end, the handle of the knife hit the enemy's arm, and the waist knife continued to fly out and brushed past his ears.

The Cossack dodged subconsciously and did not shoot immediately.

Zhang Tingxun had already pounced on him, pushed aside the enemy's firecracker with his left hand, and smashed the enemy's face with his right fist.After throwing the Cossack down, Zhang Tingxun quickly grabbed the gun again, used the matchlock gun as a fire stick, and slammed it into the enemy's forehead, causing the opponent to faint.

Not to mention the difference in size between the two sides, one side is recharging its energy and waiting for work with leisure, and the other side is tired and hungry after a long journey, what suspense is there in the fight?

Picking up his waist knife again, Zhang Tingxun wiped the enemy's throat. Seeing blood bubbling from the wound, he stepped forward to continue chasing and killing.

Soon, he caught up with another Cossack. This guy didn't even have a matchlock gun, so he probably belonged to the bottom of the Cossacks.Seeing that he could not escape, he turned around and knelt down to beg for mercy, kowtowing to Zhang Tingxun trembling all over.

brush!

The light of the knife flashed, and the head flew up.

Zhang Tingxun's sword skills can be transferred to become an executioner.

The general has an order that no prisoners will be taken in this battle.Raksha ghosts are full of evil, and they will be killed if they are encountered in the future, and no one will be left alive.

After chasing to the river, the Cossacks jumped into the river one after another to escape, and Zhang Tingxun also began to take off his cotton armor.

It took a while to remove the armor, and more and more friendly troops followed, and even began to chat while removing the armor.

"How many brothers did you kill?" asked the comrade-in-arms next to him.

Zhang Tingxun smiled and said, "Three."

The soldier said: "You are very powerful, you chased so fast, I only killed one."

"Take it off slowly, I'll go after it first." Zhang Tingxun raised his waist knife and plunged into the river.

After Zinoviev swam across the river, he was so tired that he lay on the ground panting.Seeing someone chasing him across the river, he quickly got up and continued to flee. He lost all his weapons while swimming.

The nobleman hadn't eaten all day. After fleeing more than ten meters away, he was really exhausted. He turned around and said, "I am a boyar nobleman. I surrender. My family will pay the ransom..."

Zhang Tingxun couldn't understand the bird language at all, even if he understood it, he would kill him.

Slashing with a knife, Zinoviev subconsciously raised his hand to block. Four fingers were cut off on the spot, and he rolled on the ground in pain.

The Daur warriors didn't wear armor, and it didn't take time to take off their armor. At this time, one of them had already been chased.Zhang Tingxun didn't care about the nobles, he just wanted to kill more enemies, and ran away after saying: "I'll leave this to you!"

The Daur warrior swung his knife and slashed at his thigh. Zinoviev hurriedly crawled, but was caught up and slashed his back.

After cutting more than ten knives in a row, the Daur warrior finally stopped, looked at the corpse of the Raksha ghost and cried, and shouted hysterically: "I have revenge, I have revenge!"

Zhang Tingxun had already chased into the forest, and a Datong army was killing the enemy ahead, he was surprised: "Why are you so fast?"

The Datong army put away his sword and said: "We ambushed in the northwest, and the boat was also hidden there. We all took a boat to cross the river and blocked the Raksha ghost. Hehe, this is a Raksha officer."

Stepanov lay there, his eyes wide open, having ended his sinful life.

Zhang Tingxun continued to chase into the forest, and three Datong soldiers captured more than ten Raksha ghosts.

These enemies couldn't run anymore, and didn't want to run anymore, so they all put down their weapons and surrendered.

Seeing Zhang Tingxun chasing him, those Datong soldiers said to him: "Don't do anything first, kill when there are too many people, so as not to run away again."

The Raksha ghost couldn't understand Chinese, and thought he would survive, so he knelt down to rest foolishly.

When the Datong army increased to five people, they shouted: "Kill!"

Zhang Tingxun immediately slashed out with a knife, killed one with one knife, and seriously injured the other with the second knife.Seriously injured, he didn't care about it and rushed to the next target. The Cossack who was not attacked was frightened and ran for his life.

Zhang Tingxun continued to chase him madly, and hacked another person to death a few minutes later.

Collecting the corpses after the war, Cossack and Siberian hunters were chased and beheaded 572 people.

There must have been some escaped, but very few.

In the continuous Outer Xing'an Mountains, they were either eaten by wild animals, or starved to death due to lack of food, or died at the hands of the natives in the mountains.

Let's talk about the fortress expert Beketov, this guy ran so fast all the way, he actually got rid of the pursuit.But he was tired and hungry, and it was difficult for him to walk. That night, he met a Siberian tiger...

Yaxa.

When Wang Fuchen received the news, he said to Hou Rusong: "This victory is too fast, and there is more than enough food and grass. Why don't we fight again?"

Hou Rusong said: "You can't go to Chita, the order from the governor's side is to go west to Yaksa at most."

Nerchinsk was a castle built last year. Neither the imperial court nor the Anton Protectorate knew about it. They thought that the nearest Tsarist Russian stronghold to the west was Chita.

But no matter Nerchinsk or Chita, the distance is too far, and it is close to the fortresses around Lake Baikal.It is easy to fight down, difficult to defend, and difficult to logistics.

"Then go back to Hailan Pao first, and go north to fight Yakutsk!" Wang Fuchen said.

Yakutsk is now the only stronghold of Tsarist Russia in the Far East.

As long as the land of about 460 million square kilometers is taken there, only the local aborigines will be left to live.

Hou Rusong said: "The attack on Yakutsk can't be like this time, and the enemy discovered it in advance. I heard from that Khabarov that there is very little food in Yakutsk, there are few Raksha ghosts there, and the city wall is well built." It is very simple. Blast through the city wall and attack the city immediately, and the enemy cannot break through, and no one will be left there if killed!"

Chapter 852 [Rushing for Three Thousand Miles]

"It's summer, and you still need to bring a cotton jacket on board?" Wang Fuchen was surprised, even though he had already spent a cold winter in Hailanpao.

Khabarov bent his body and replied respectfully: "General, the summer in Yakutsk is very short, and then the temperature will drop sharply."

"How much did it drop?"

Wang Fuchen couldn't imagine any place that could be colder than Hailan Pao.

Khabarov said: "Compared with Yakutsk, Hailanpao can be said to be like spring all the year round."

As soon as these words came out, Wang Fuchen was speechless for a moment, and turned to look at Hou Rusong.

Khabarov, the Cossack leader, performed extremely well in the Battle of Yaksa, and Wang Fuchen no longer dared to underestimate what he said.

Khabarov continued: "The land in Yakutsk is always frozen, and there are only three or four months to grow food every year. In severe cold years, only two months can be used to grow food every year. Even in In summer, if you dig two or three feet underground, you will find permafrost. In some places, you can dig one foot down to get permafrost.”

"What's the purpose of occupying such a broken place?" Wang Fuchen couldn't help complaining.

The absolute temperature difference in Yakutsk exceeds 100 degrees, the extremely cold weather is more than minus 60 degrees, and the extremely hot weather can approach 40 degrees.In midsummer, only the 1-meter-thick frozen soil on the surface can melt, and if you continue to dig down, you will find the permafrost layer.

Wang Fuchen asked, "Can you farm over there?"

Khabarov replied: "The farm in Yakutsk was opened up by me, and I also opened up a salt field. But my farm and salt field were taken over by the damned noble chiefs! Without me, they would not be able to live here. Farming on frozen soil. General Wang, after capturing Franzbekov, please allow me to kill him personally to avenge him!"

"Of course." Wang Fuchen smiled.

Khabarov, a guy with bloody hands, also looks different among Cossacks.

He seldom kills at first, and even rarely fights.Every time he went to a new place, other Cossacks were busy looking for furs, while he concentrated on cultivating the farm.By providing food to the Cossacks, the small life can always be nourished, and then the farm is occupied by people.

Beketov, who was eaten by the Siberian tiger, was also a professional, and was invited to build castles wherever he went.

Hou Rusong said: "I asked you to draw a map of the river course leading to Yakutsk. Why haven't you drawn it yet?"

Khabarov quickly explained: "General Hou, it's really not my secret. The river from Hailanpao to Yakutsk is too complicated to draw from memory."

Starting from Hailanpao, go north along the Jingqili River (Jieya River), with numerous forked tributaries along the way, and you have to carry the boat to walk a section of land during the process.

Such a complicated water and land route was explored by starving more than 40 Cossacks and killing more than 50 people to eat meat.

These Cossack leaders, not to mention other skills, are like gods in the field of pathfinding and escape.In other words, those without keen intuition and unlucky luck have all died on the way of exploring and escaping!

Khabarov's original plan to go south was to build a farm in the Heilongjiang River Basin to provide food for Yakutsk to make money, but he didn't want to go back after he went south.

Wang Fuchen left 600 people to garrison in Yaksa, another 400 people to garrison in Hailanpao, and the remaining 500 Datong troops all marched towards Yakutsk.

Not only prepared cotton-padded jackets and quilts, but also loaded all the leather boots with fur on board, and left them for the soldiers stationed in Yakutsk to spend the winter.In addition, with many captured Cossack ships, more than [-] small Daur boats were conscripted.

The native soldiers did not follow, the journey was too far.

The fleet headed north for more than [-] miles and encountered the first big tributary. Khabarov pointed to the northwest and said, "Go this way!"

The Anton Navy has graduates from military schools and has been drawing maps along the way.Because I was in a hurry and didn't have much time to measure, the map drawn must be out of shape, and it can be corrected after a few more visits in the future.

Going northwest for more than [-] miles, I encountered several tributaries, and finally came to Jieya Reservoir hundreds of years later.

At this time, of course, there is no reservoir, but there is a small lake, and there are many flat areas around the lake that can be cultivated.

After crossing the lake, the current becomes swift, and the banks are lined with towering mountains.

Then, abandon the big ship and carry the small boat over the mountain by land, and all the naval warships will stay here to meet them.Sailors and sailors all helped carry supplies.

It took a full six days to walk the mountainous area several kilometers in a straight line, because the artillery had to be moved.Another few kilometers of flat land, to a tributary of the Aldan River.The navy officers and soldiers returned to the fleet the same way, and the 500 army moved forward by small boats.

From Hailanpao to Yakutsk, not to mention the twists and turns of the river, the straight-line distance on land is 1300 kilometers, which is equivalent to from Beijing to Changsha!

If the tortuous distance is also counted, this dispatch of troops can be called "the raid of three thousand miles".

From Yakesa to attack Nerchinsk, it will take more than 1000 miles to arrive.Why do you have to go three thousand miles to fight Yakutsk?

Because as long as Yakutsk is defeated, it can be easily held, and food supplies can be transported later.However, taking down Nerchinsk would have to face long-term harassment, so it is better to wait for the future to send troops once and for all.

Zhang Tingxun stayed on the boat, obviously feeling the temperature drop day by day.

When you go around to the north of Yakutsk, you must wear a cotton jacket.

But the scenery along the way opened his eyes. He had never seen such a vast forest.

"General, when we stopped for a rest last night, the stargazing measured 62 degrees north latitude," said the military observer. "Today is August 8th in the new calendar (not much different from the lunar calendar). It's five and a half degrees."

Wang Fuchen said: "According to what Nakhabarov said, the temperature will drop sharply in the next month. We must make a quick decision, leave dozens of soldiers to garrison, and the rest of the soldiers must rush back before the river freezes. Otherwise, the army of thousands of people There is not enough food to survive the winter, and many people will starve to death here. If the city cannot be broken within five days, no more fighting, and the whole army will return the same way.”

They came all the way, but they only had five days to attack.

The military and political chief of Yakutsk is called Dmitry Andreyevich Franzbekov.There was also a secretary named Vasily Danilovich Poyarkov.

Both of them belonged to the lower boyar nobles, and the surname of the secretary even directly carried "Boyar".

If the tsar is likened to the emperor of Zhou, the princes and nobles are princes, and the boyar nobles are scholar-officials.Boyar nobles had no land at first, and even warriors could be called boyars. This low-level boyar was similar to low-level samurai in Japan.

In the 17th century, the boyars were more extensive and gradually owned land, dissolving their vassal relationship with princes and nobles.During the war, the boyar nobles organized people from their own territories to join the army of the princes and nobles.In times of peace, boyar nobles served as vassals to princes, and some held administrative positions in localities.

The military and political officer Franzbekov is somewhat special. He is not only a low-ranking boyar, but also a German.

No matter what, the fact that these two came to the Far East to fool around proved that they had already lost their territories.Well, probably similar to the Japanese No Samurai.There is no title of samurai, but no land, not even the employment of the lord.

"Winter is coming again," Franzbekov complained looking at the sky. "Last year's winter was so cold that two Cossacks froze to death. There are not many furs this year. I hope next year's harvest will be better. At most After three years, I will leave, this place is not for human beings to live in. Work hard, and then I will sell the farm to you at a low price."

"Your Excellency will definitely be rewarded by His Majesty the Tsar when you return to Moscow." Poyarkov flattered.

Khabarov's occupied farm has become a wealth traded by nobles.

The Cossacks who went out to plunder furs have returned one after another, and even brought back a few indigenous women.

The barley planted along the river had already been harvested, and several Cossacks were supervising the slaves digging potatoes.If we don't dig quickly, we won't be able to dig this year, and the land will be frozen in a month at most.

"Boats, so many boats!"

A Cossack standing on the top of the city pointed to the east and shouted in horror.

East?

Franzbekov's first reaction was that it was untrue. It was terribly cold here. How could there be an unknown army in the east?

Board the boat here and head west all the way to Lake Baikal.

The direction of attention of the Cossacks has always been the west.Some people once explored eastward and saw the Pacific Ocean, but due to climate and population reasons, they have not yet built a city by the Pacific Ocean.

"Defend the castle!" cried Franzbekov.

The Datong Army came so fast that the Cossacks were defenseless and had no chance of escaping.

Even if I leave immediately in a small boat, I don’t have time to bring enough food. The trip to Lake Baikal is nearly [-] miles away, and not bringing enough food is tantamount to suicide.

The Yakutsk Castle at this time, not the address hundreds of years later, was built at the confluence of the Lena River and its tributaries.

"Bombarded by artillery, the city defense artillery of the Cossack bandits is not powerful..." Khabarov roared excitedly. Halfway through the roar, he felt that something was wrong. He bowed and shrank beside Wang Fuchen, "Please, General, command."

Wang Fuchen didn't bother to pay attention to this guy, and said to the adjutant: "Order the ministries, there is no need to camp, and shoot on the other side of the river!"

Only a dozen or so cannons were brought, and all of them were the smallest caliber guns on the navy warships for the convenience of climbing over the mountain.