Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 358
"I didn't expect He Yi and the others to meet the Cossacks and rob them of their castle." Chu Yun was a little surprised when he received the news from the Lena River Basin.

The unexpected point is that the Tsarist Russian adventure team has reached the eastern part of the Siberian Plain, and the other point is that the pioneer group easily defeated this group of adventurous Cossacks.Speaking of which, the technology of the Liao army is now more than a generation ahead of Maozi. As long as the number and terrain are not absolutely inferior, it is basically a one-sided massacre.

"They are building a fortress on the west bank of the Great North River. As an important stronghold of the pioneering group in eastern Siberia, they ask us to prepare another batch of materials to be transported there. In the spring of next year, they can go directly westward from this fortress without having to travel thousands of miles across the Heilongjiang River. Just move on." Zhao Youguang said.

"Approved. It's good to have a medium-sized stronghold in that no-man's land. Although it's still in the investment stage, what we pay now will be compensated ten times and a hundred times in the future."

"In addition, recruit a group of new people for the pioneer group to supplement our forces in the Siberian Plain. Going further to the west, there may be some descendants of the Mongolian Empire in Siberia and the Tsarist Russian army that may enter Siberia. If they encounter large-scale resistance , or go to western Siberia and stop exploring."

Chu Yun is already very satisfied with the results achieved by the Pioneering Group.At least they have curbed the penetration of Tsarist Russia to the east of the Siberian Plain.Now the spheres of influence of the two sides are divided by the Lena River, and it will matter where they can fight in the future.Speaking of which, Chu Yun didn't want the pioneer group to go to Europe. The supply line was too long. If there were no trains, it would be good if the pioneer group could control the central part of the Siberian plain.The west is close to Tsarist Russia. Even if the Liao army has more advanced firearms, it will be difficult if the supplies are not available.

Do you want to build a Trans-Siberian Railway to Eastern Europe?Chu Yun suddenly remembered that Tsarist Russia in the industrial age had built a large railway from Moscow to Vladivostok in order to control Siberia and find an outlet to the east.

"Let's forget it. The Trans-Siberian Railway built by Mao Zi is nearly 20 miles long, and it took two generations more than [-] years to build it..." Chu Yun thought about the massive manpower and material resources needed to build the Trans-Siberian Railway. It is not something that the Liao Army can afford now.

What's more, the construction of the [-]-mile railway across the Inner Mongolia grassland by the Liao Army has just started. If the Siberia Railway is to be really built, at least it will have to wait until the people who take over the territory of Ming Dynasty.

"What's the situation in northern Shaanxi? What's the latest progress of the peasant rebel army and the officers and soldiers? Has the peasant rebel army started to fight back?" Chu Yun asked about the situation of the Ming officers and soldiers and the peasant rebel army in northern Shaanxi.

"Well... Hong Chengchou and his troops attacked northern Shaanxi in three ways. Among them, Hong Chengchou's Qin soldiers were the main force to encircle and wipe out influential leaders of the uprising army such as King Chuang, Eight Great Kings, and Cao Cao, while Cao Wenzhao, Zuo Liangyu, etc. The foreign reinforcements were responsible for covering and attacking Hong Chengchou's left and right flanks, making it impossible for other peasant rebels to effectively support the besieged rebels. Now the rebels are in a state of panic, and Li Zicheng, the only general who has the ability to compete with the officers and soldiers, supports his own strength and has no support from others. The Yijun means that even his old boss Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang can't mobilize him." Zhao Youguang said.

"This is because Li Zicheng no longer looks down on his companions who resisted the officers and soldiers with him. When everyone was a brother in distress, they had hoes and iron knives in their hands, but now Li Zicheng has thousands of weeds that were bought at a high price from us. Of course, I look down on those cowards who drag their legs and climb on his head to give orders." Chu Yun said, "Look, Li Zicheng is waiting for the opportunity, and when the officers and soldiers scare these peasant rebels, he will send troops as the savior of."

In the remote mountainous area of ​​northern Shaanxi, the Li Zicheng that Chu Yun talked about was drinking and eating meat with a bunch of small and medium-sized leaders under him, and he was not worried at all about the officers and soldiers who were attacking northern Shaanxi.In other words, they knew that the officers and soldiers were busy attacking the peasant rebels such as King Chuang, the Eight Great Kings, and Cao Cao, and they were happy to watch Li Zicheng, the strongest of the peasant rebels, watch from the sidelines.

"These short-sighted idiots, I once invited them to go eastward to Luoyang, unite with the rebels in Heluo, then cross the Yellow River into Shanxi, and then join the rebels in Shanxi. The rebels in the three places can reach 10 people. Tens of thousands of people work together If you attack the capital, it may not be a great cause, but unfortunately these idiots only want to preserve their strength, and they are defeated." Li Zicheng said with resentment while drinking.

"Brother, you don't need to pay attention to these incompetent youngsters. After this battle, after they are scared by the officers and soldiers, we can take over their power logically." General Zhang Yuan said.

"If we stand by and watch like this, will the officers and soldiers wipe out the main force of our rebel army? At that time, we will be the only ones to deal with the officers and soldiers. I am afraid that the pressure will not be small." Some leaders of the rebel army who took refuge in Li Zicheng also worried.

"What is the main force of the rebel army? We are the main force. They are just a bunch of food waste." Zhang Yuan put down his wine bowl and said coldly, "If we hadn't rushed into the Three Thousand Musketeers Battalion to block the officers and soldiers for them in the past two years, they would have been killed. Eliminated. They have healed their scars and forgot about the pain, and they didn’t say anything about our contribution to the breakthrough. We just didn’t take action this time, and they will remember our benefits when they are beaten into dogs by officers and soldiers.”

"Brother Zhang Xian is right. We have been through life and death in the past two years. We don't know how many times we have defeated the raids of officers and soldiers. We even captured the city of Xi'an once. We can no longer sacrifice our brothers' lives for these idiots." Li Zicheng was still indignant. Said unfairly.

"We have secretly trained two thousand new recruits in the mountainous area. Together with our veterans, there are 5000 people. The two thousand muskets promised by the Liaodong merchants will soon be in place. By then, our musket battalion will have [-] elites, enough to defeat the officers and soldiers. Already!" Zhang Yuan said, "With the eldest brother leading us, will we still be afraid of those officers and soldiers?"

After listening to Zhang Yuan's words, Li Zicheng was very helpful: "Thanks to Brother Zhang Xian who revealed all the training methods of the Liao army, our soldiers are so brave and good at fighting. There are two thousand more elite soldiers. When the Liaodong merchants bring the muskets, We will launch a counterattack against the officers and soldiers."

A group of rebel leaders were at the banquet, and a soldier of Li Zicheng who was standing guard outside came in: "General Chuang, the merchants from Liaodong have arrived."

"They are here, my two thousand muskets!" Li Zicheng had no time to put on his shoes, so he went out barefoot.

The rest of the generals looked at each other and followed Li Zicheng out of the cave. 11
(End of this chapter)