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Chapter 353 Cossacks
"You still want to struggle after falling into our hands?!" He Yi punched Ivan in the face.

Ivan, the vicious little Cossack leader, stared at the stars, and fell to the ground unsteadily.His hands were tied behind him with thick rope.

"Who are you?! Bastard, why are you attacking us!" Ivan said in a daze.

"What language does this person speak?" He Yi turned his head and asked the people in his pioneer group.

This time, all the pioneers shook their heads, and no one understood what Ivan said.

"Could it be that it's really Maozi?" He Yi couldn't communicate with them, and the two sides just stared blankly.

Ivan and more than a dozen Cossacks were tied together and surrounded by hundreds of pioneers.Since they entered the East Siberian Plain, they have not seen so many soldiers, and the pioneers still have muskets. Two Cossacks were shot and killed during the battle between the two sides, so Ivan led the rest of the people directly All surrendered and gave up the idea of ​​resistance.

If the opponent was only a few hundred natives, Ivan would dare to attack even if there were only a few people around him, but the opponent was a soldier with hundreds of muskets, and if he continued to resist, the entire army would be wiped out.

"Sir, Xiao Liu said that some of them can speak Turkic!" said a member of the Pioneering Group.

"Some of them can speak Turkic? Well, you people who understand Turkic can communicate with them." He Yi was overjoyed when he learned this.

Sure enough, one of the people led by Ivan could really speak Turkic. With this person as an interpreter, all communication problems were easily solved.

"Sir, they said that they are Cossacks from Western Tsarist Russia. They Cossacks are a group of people of different races mixed together. There are descendants of Turkic people, and there are East Slavs. The language is also very mixed, but most people It speaks a Western language, and only a few descendants of Turkic people know Turkic language." Said the member of the Pioneering Group who communicated with Ivan and the others.

"There are too many languages ​​in this world, and communication is extremely troublesome. It would be great if everyone could speak Chinese." He Yi said annoyed.

"Isn't this what the military leader is doing? It's a pity that our generation is hard to see. In the future, our children and grandchildren will be able to see the grand occasion where the whole world speaks Chinese." Chen Xiaode said.

"I was thinking too much, let's deal with the Cossacks here first."

With an interpreter, He Yi unceremoniously ordered several Cossacks to transport the members of the pioneering group to an imperceptible river beach on the opposite bank in batches.Several Cossacks were also left as hostages on the east bank.

Ivan could only stare at the soldiers of the pioneer regiment who were constantly being transported to the other side.His nose and face were swollen and he lost the courage to fight.Originally humble, they have always been vicious in murdering and arsonating, but after meeting the even more vicious Pioneer Corps of the Liao Army, they were soon fisted at each other.

"Where did these people come from? Why do they have more advanced muskets than us?" Ivan asked the Cossack who could speak Turkic.

"They said they were soldiers of the Eastern Celestial Dynasty, and that the Siberian Plain was their territory since ancient times. They heard that we had invaded their territory, so they sent troops to expel us." said the Cossack who could speak Turkic.

"Bandit logic, robber logic! We Cossacks have wiped out quite a few Mongols since we went east, and I haven't heard of any relationship between this place and the Eastern Celestial Dynasty!" Ivan was so angry that his nose was crooked, "It's been since ancient times. !"

"They have many people and many guns, we are not opponents, of course they have the final say." The rest of the captured Cossacks also resigned to their fate.

"Oops, they have a large number of people, and they are in the dark. Our main force staying on the west bank is not their opponent!" Ivan thought of the commander who stayed on the other side and the main force of a group of Cossacks led by him, "If the commander and them are also defeated If caught, our largest expedition team will be wiped out!"

The rest of the Cossack captives also changed color.

"Whatever you prisoners are yelling about, give me peace of mind, or I'll shoot one by one!" A pioneer soldier guarding them pointed a musket at them.

Although he knew that these Cossacks could not understand Chinese, they must know the shining muskets.

When Xiao Liu saw the group of Cossack prisoners who captured his family, he was so angry that he kept throwing stones at them, while the Cossack prisoners who were afraid of death moved their bodies on the ground like earthworms to avoid the stones.

There were 400 advance troops of the Pioneering Regiment, and there were also large carriages carrying supplies.It is difficult for these large carriages to cross the river in a short period of time, and He Yi and they are also worried that they will rush to transport important supplies to the east bank before the Cossacks on the east bank are pacified.

So he left about 100 people on the west bank to guard the captives and carriages, and another 300 people crossed the Lena River in small boats in batches, planning to attack the Cossacks on the east bank.

"Although we have left part of our troops on the west bank, our 300 people still have the advantage in numbers and firepower. We must try our best to avoid unnecessary casualties." He Yi gathered members of the pioneering group who crossed the Lena River.

The members of these pioneering regiments usually do some chores in pioneering, but they are still soldiers at heart. Once they encounter such an occasion, the results of their training when the frontiers are blocked by ice and snow in winter make them energetic and chilling.

"Sir, I brought a dozen people back to their camp pretending to be the group of Cossack captives. They must have never imagined that the ones who came back were not their own, but ours. They would definitely be caught off guard." A small officer Said.

"Your idea is very good, but you are too risky. If they are the first to find out, you may be shot by their muskets on the river." He Yi worried.

"We are not afraid! I have tried their muskets, but the accuracy is very low and the range is short. It is estimated that it will be difficult to hit moving targets on the river." The little officer said.

"Okay then, you take a dozen people in their small boats to attack their camp from the river, and I will personally lead the main force to attack them up the river. We will use both methods to beat them to pieces!" He Yi said.

"What about the natives caught by the Cossacks? When we attack the Cossacks later, we may accidentally injure the natives."

"There is no way. If we don't rescue them, their fate may be even worse. I hope they can escape in all directions after we open fire. When we fire next time, try to avoid these natives as much as possible.

(End of this chapter)