Chapter 996 992 [Kill Prisoners]

Along the Heilongjiang River, larches tower into the clouds, and a total of thirty scouts are hidden in the canopy of the mountains on both sides.

They wear special iron shoes with a "ㄛ" shape at the front, which can be used to climb tree trunks and quickly climb up. This kind of iron shoes is usually used to climb trees and crack pine nuts.

After climbing to the top, choose a strong branch and secure the pulley device with nails and ropes. Two people work in groups, take turns guarding, and use pulleys to climb up and down.

Luo Shu tied the noose around his waist and hugged the tree trunk with his arms.

His partner Chen Yutai below was lowering the rope bit by bit. With mutual cooperation, he quickly descended to the ground.

Luo Shu untied the noose, Chen Yutai took it and put it on, and also put on the iron shoes.

Chen Yutai climbed up the tree trunk, and Luo Shu pulled the pulley on the ground to help his partner climb up the tree quickly. When Chen Yutai arrived at the observation position, Luo Shu tied the rope and hung a bell on the lower end of the rope.

After squatting in the tree for a long time, Luo Shu was so tired that his back ached and his eyes were sore and uncomfortable.

He lay on the hay, took out dry food and closed his eyes to fill his stomach.

After eating the dry food, I didn't even have time to drink water, so I fell asleep in a daze.

"Jingle Bell!"

A bell suddenly rang under the tree, and Luo Shu woke up from his sleep. He was afraid that the mountain wind would blow the bell, so he did not act immediately. He saw the rope shaking violently and the bell ringing even louder.

Luo Shu picked up his flintlock rifle, ran quickly down the mountain, jumped on the boat and went to report the news.

This place is thirty miles away from Nerchinsk!

Holisanfu is the commander of this support army. He is usually stationed in Bargutimuhetun. This city was built on the shores of Lake Baikal, close to the Balakhu tribe of Buryat Mongolia, and battles of various sizes never stopped every year.

Only one-third of the territory of Buryat Mongolia was occupied by the Cossacks.

Among them, the Balahu tribe became more powerful. Because of this Mongolian tribe, the pastures were not damaged, but instead received a large number of refugees who fled south. They didn't lack horses or people, they just lacked pasture and food, and they attacked them whenever they had the chance. It doesn't matter if you lose troops, since the population is too large to support them, so as long as you can kill the Cossacks, you will gain.

The city of Ust-Borolva was the scene of the most lively fighting. We did not dare to send out too many soldiers for support, and left a full 60 Cossacks to guard the castle.

Bargutimu and Tuncheng were under slightly less pressure, leaving 40 Cossacks for defense.

Further north, almost all the troops in the cities of Verkhino Angarask and Baont were mobilized, leaving only ten Cossacks in each castle.

Four castles and three strongholds gathered together 386 Cossacks and more than 800 servants. After gathering in Chita, they quickly rushed to Nerchinsk's aid.

They also encountered an attack by the Buryat Mongols on the way, and they won every battle, but one Cossack was killed, five Cossacks were injured, and the indigenous servant army suffered more than 20 casualties.

"Just go ashore here and go around the mountains." Holisanf said.

He had been very cautious and landed more than ten miles in advance. The Cossacks walked in the front, and the native servants followed behind to carry food. These guys also brought some food and grass to Nerchinsk.

But their every move was watched by the Datong Army sentries along the coast.

While walking among the mountains, Holisanf suddenly muttered: "Why do I feel something is wrong?"

Of course something was wrong. All the birds and animals along the way were scared away by the Datong Army. The mountain forest was extremely quiet.

After Chen Yutai asked Luo Shu to report the news, he returned to the ground with his telescope. After the Cossack fleet passed, they went to gather with other scouts on both sides of the bank, followed the enemy at a distance, and when the enemy came ashore, they destroyed their ships.

The selection criteria for these scouts are different in each region.

Take the Heilongjiang coast as an example. You must be proficient in climbing, know how to swim, and preferably also have accurate marksmanship. After being selected as a scout, you have to learn the indigenous language, especially the language of the Daur people, so that you can communicate easily with the indigenous people in the mountains.

Each of them had a flintlock rifle, and was armed with daggers and axes, and other miscellaneous things.

As the boat was taken away by their partners, the scouts cut down small trees, tied them up with the ropes from before, and made a raft to move forward slowly. After advancing for more than ten miles, people continued to join along the way, and the fifteen scouts successfully completed their assembly.

When they arrived at the Cossack landing point, the enemy had already moved away and the ship was upside down on the shore.

Chen Yutai swung his ax and chopped into pieces, smashing the bottom of the Cossack's boat, and then climbed to a nearby big tree and squatted there.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Gunshots rang out in the distant mountains and forests.

There is more than one path here, and it is impossible to achieve a perfect ambush. The Datong army was divided into several groups to set up ambush, and only 200 people were the first to fight. Before the gunfire rang out, other scouts were already in action, guiding the rest of the troops closer to the battlefield.

The moment the gun rang out, Holisanf suddenly fell down, his heart beating violently.

The Datong Army responsible for the ambush had two scouts who fired rifle rifles at Holisanf and his secretary respectively.

A bullet flew past Holisanf's ear.

Another bullet hit the clerk's chest, and he didn't die completely after he fell.

"There is an ambush, retreat to the forest to the west." Holisanf shouted.

Nearly 400 Cossacks and more than 800 servants received a cold shot, and more than 70 people fell in an instant. Due to the close distance, the Datong Army's hit rate was close to 30%.

While the Datong Army was reloading their ammunition, the remaining enemies fled frantically.

"Fix the bayonet and scatter the Rakshasa ghosts directly!"

Counting the two scouts, 202 Datong troops came out with bayonets in hand.

Suddenly encountered an ambush, the Cossacks were in panic and did not dare to stop and fight back even if they had a gun in their hands. It was good that they did not completely lose their organization.

A part of the indigenous servant army abandoned the food and fled indiscriminately, and did not obey Holisanf's order to withdraw westward. These guys didn't escape far before they ran into another Datong army. Most of them surrendered directly, while a few continued to run away.

Holisanf fled to a hillside, leaned behind a big tree and shouted: "Fight back here!"

The Cossacks were very obedient, but the native servants ignored them and continued to run away, hoping to go boating on the river.

Just as these Cossacks were reloading, gunfire suddenly came from the hillside diagonally above the north. Several Cossacks were shot and fell to the ground - another Datong army had arrived.

Being attacked from both sides, there is no way to escape. Anyone who dares to show his head will become a target.

There are four scouts in these two Datong armies.

They put on iron shoes, hid behind the trees and climbed up. Climb to a certain height, step on the tree trunk with iron shoes, immediately reload ammunition, and attack the enemy from two directions from a high position.

Luo Shu was right behind the Cossacks. He led the troops to come, and he was already out of breath from exhaustion.

Now I climbed up a tree and immediately saw the backs of several Rakshasa ghosts.

Holisanf was targeted by Luo Shu because he was the best dressed and his hat was even made of sable fur.

The weapon in Holisanv's hand is a rare Cossack flintlock. He squatted quietly behind a big tree, quietly observing the Datong Army below. Suddenly he heard shouts from the side, and he instantly became desperate - surrounded on three sides!

"boom!"

Despair only lasted for a moment. Holisanf's back hurt and he felt that all his strength was draining away.

Luo Shu grinned and continued to reload. He is very confident in his marksmanship. He is a sharpshooter selected from tens of thousands of soldiers!

The general suddenly disappeared, and the Cossacks completely lost their organization.

But surrounded by three sides, they did not dare to escape, because they would die faster if they left the cover of the big tree.

Cossacks kept falling, and enemies were everywhere. They didn't even know where to hide.

"Surrender, we are willing to surrender!"

Finally, a Cossack officer shouted. This guy was obviously mentally broken.

In a certain death situation, the Cossacks will also surrender.

In the Battle of Yaksa, the Cossacks attacked the Qing army's siege equipment in the fog. After being ambushed, those who could not escape surrendered. A total of 45 people were escorted to Beijing to join the army. They were affiliated with Xianghuang Banner and were organized into the 17th Sergeant of the Fourth Staff Commander of Manchuria. This collar was also called the "Russian Team".

Zhao Han was very stingy with Khabarov and had to perform meritorious service to be promoted.

Kangxi was much more generous to the 45 Cossacks. As bloody prisoners, they actually enjoyed the treatment of bannermen, with the highest rank of fourth-rank officials and the lowest rank of seventh-rank officials, and they were also allocated houses, land and wives (widows of executed prisoners). The Guandi Temple was even rebuilt into an Orthodox church, and its population increased to about 1,000 in the late Qing Dynasty.

Due to intermarriage with the Chinese throughout the ages, the appearance of these Cossack descendants is almost the same as that of the Chinese. More than 200 people were killed by the Boxers, several more moved to the Soviet Union, and the rest have been living in China.

"Put down your weapons and come out with your hands raised!" shouted an officer who spoke some Russian.

One after another, the Cossacks dropped their weapons and raised their hands, carefully leaving their hiding place.

The guys were tied up and taken to Nerchinsk.

Hundreds of native servants fled to the river in panic, rushing to lift the overturned boat into the river.

"There's a hole in the bottom of the boat!" someone yelled.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Fifteen scouts squatted on the trees and fired into the crowd. They didn't need to take much aim. There were people around the ship.

As gunshots rang out from all directions, the indigenous servants thought they were ambushed by the army and subconsciously jumped into the Heilongjiang River. While diving, I also took off my clothes. If my clothes were too thick, I wouldn’t be able to swim far.

The scouts came to the ground and slowly loaded and fired.

It doesn't matter if we hit or not, we can't let the enemy come ashore anyway. When the enemy is half dead from exhaustion, even if he swims to the other side and escapes, he will probably starve to death because it is too far to walk back to Chita.

As for the captured Cossacks, Emperor Zhao had already given orders to kill them all, leaving no one alive!

There is also a method to kill, and waste must be reused.

Li Zheng ordered them to be taken to the top of Zibao city, all tied up and fixed, and shot in groups of ten.

Hearing the sudden gunfire, Bashkov picked up the telescope and his face turned pale - his reinforcements had been killed!

Trapped in a lonely fort, with no reinforcements and no food and grass. How can we fight this?

(I’ve been busy these past two days, so there’s only one update today.)