Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1669 Rising Wind and Clouds ([-])

Both Denglai and Ningbo are troubled by the shortage of troops, and the Heishui area is similar, but the situation is not as serious as that in the south!

从库页岛征集来的兵马陆续汇集——大泊县出兵800、黑水县出兵700、南库县出兵500、皮城县出兵300、奥哈县出兵200——再算上从虾夷地调来的500阿依努仆从兵的话，在10月初时集中至结雅县这边的援军总数量，已经超过了三千！

Although these 3000 people are all militiamen, their combat effectiveness is uneven—the ones in Dabo and Heishui counties are not bad, while the others are relatively average in combat effectiveness. The Ainu soldiers from Ezo are in a mess and can only make up Waving the flag - but the number is indeed large enough, large enough to give the Russians some headaches.

In order to maintain the life and fighting supplies of more than 4500 officers and soldiers (including the militia recruited by Liu Jianguo in Temple Street, Jiangdong and other counties), various small steamers have recently been desperately transporting food from Sakhalin Island (black wheat, dried fruit, salted fish, bacon, spirits, etc.) to Jieya County, and even the Kingdom of Korea sent several navy ships (turtle boats and board boats, a total of four) to transport a batch of wheat, Rice and medicinal materials can be regarded as "contributing to military needs", so all kinds of materials in Jieya County have piled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Considering that it is now a rainy summer and autumn season, Liu Jianguo ordered Jieya County to urgently build a large number of row wooden houses, which will be used as grain depots and material depots to store all kinds of war materials. In short, people on the east coast are working on resuming production in Zeya County—of course, it has been partially restored, and the vast rural areas can only be temporarily abandoned—while making preparations for the westward expedition to the Russian-controlled area.

As for the Russian expedition to the west, this was basically after Liu Jianguo recovered the third counties of Hailanpao, Jieya, and Wu in the first half of the year-in fact, strictly speaking, it was not completely recovered, because in some remote rural areas, limited Due to the threat of the Russians and the lack of projection capabilities, it is still controlled by the rebellious tribesmen, and the army on the east bank has not had time to crusade against them-it has basically been determined.And it's also easy to understand. Over the years, how have people on the east coast suffered such a big loss and faced such a serious provocation?If you don’t find a place from the Russians this time, the 20 tribesmen in the outer northeast (limited to the control area on the east coast, and most of the population has not been naturalized, and the number is estimated) will change their lives. Seeing it, the prestige accumulated by the East Coast people over the years will also be severely weakened.

Therefore, no matter what, the people on the east coast will go west this time to visit the Russian territory.Even if not many people were killed and not many favorable results were obtained, at least this attitude of active revenge must be displayed, otherwise it will really be impossible to get along.

Of course, from Liu Jianguo's point of view, this incident happened as soon as he took office, and his face really hurt.Therefore, Liu has already decided that he will either not go to the Russian side this time, or he will gather troops and supplies and go to Yaksa and Nerchinsk to fight in a serious manner, as the saying goes. Indecent, let the Russian who just slapped him also taste his iron fist.

Liu Jianguo is very patient now, and he is not even in a hurry anymore. He is tirelessly gathering troops, hoarding supplies, and setting up advance bases in Jieya County. Liao Xiaoyao, the captain of the Denglai Pioneering Team, planned to send an elite cavalry team into the Russian-controlled area to start a raid after the winter of this year; and when the Heilongjiang thawed in the spring of next year, he would take advantage of the convenience of water transportation, "All the soldiers in the country" started a battle with Yugovich, Stepanov and others in Albazin.

At this moment, most of the subordinates also know the plan of the immediate boss, so this meeting has also started working hard, laying a good foundation for the big attack in the coming year.As for why you don't send troops this year, brother, you don't even look at the reality!The reality is that the only ships are already operating at full capacity, and they have to transport personnel, equipment, and supplies from Sakhalin Island, and import food from the south, and then have to transfer back and forth between Zeya River and Temple Street. Basically, the transportation capacity is already extremely tight in the rush to transport supplies and food in Model Fort and Harbin, unless the Bank of Taiwan will also use the seven or eight "Yaksa" class armed transport ships leased, but they themselves are quite busy now , basically impossible.

Therefore, when faced with the devastated counties of Hailanpao, Udi, and Zeya, and the local people who were starving for food, the only supplies that were available were distributed to the local people so that they could survive in peace. In the following harsh winter, the pace of this march was naturally delayed all of a sudden.

And since there will be no fighting this year, Jieya County—at least the surrounding area of ​​the county—should be cleaned up.Liu Jianguo was born as a local cadre and had been in charge of land reclamation in southern Chile for many years. Therefore, he returned to the county magistrate with great interest. He personally guided the local residents to plant rye and vegetables near the county seat, and caught a large number of salmon and dried them. Dried fish, and at the same time went to the field to mow grass and prepare a lot of horse feed (with soybean meal for war horses), I was very busy.

On October 1673, 10, when the temperature in the Heilongjiang River Basin dropped sharply and the bitter north wind began to howl, messengers from Harbin Fort and Model Fort finally sent to Jieya County to report the local situation to Liu Jianguo.

It is said that Bahai, the son of the governor of Naowen City (that is, the later Qiqihar) and the former general manager of Ningguta, Shar Huda, led the army to harass the front lines of Model Fort and Harbin Fort for some time.At that time, when the situation was most critical, the traffic between Mofan and Harbin was cut off, and many messengers were hunted down. At first, the two places didn't care about it, thinking that it was the tribal people who were in trouble, so they each sent a team to cooperate in "suppressing the bandits." As a result, they were defeated by the superior troops led by Ba Hai in the wild, and the situation fell into an extremely dangerous situation at once. It seems that the efforts of the people on the east coast to penetrate the Songhua River Basin for many years will also fail at this time.

Fortunately, the Third Infantry Regiment of the First Division of the Liaodong New Army arrived in time!The arrival of this infantry regiment with nearly [-] officers and soldiers has effectively stabilized the psychology of the surrounding tribal people who are looking to the east bank, and greatly deterred the arrogance of hostile forces.Especially after the main force of the Qing army led by Ba Hai fought against the Third Infantry Regiment for several times, the Daurs and Mongols who were like grass on the wall in the east bank control area immediately "woke up like a dream" and began to fight against the enemy. A certain degree of attack on the invading enemy further stabilized the local situation and objectively boosted the dynamic balance of the local situation.

At present, Bahai leads the elite of the Two Thousand and Eight Banners to garrison Naowen City, and there are many Mongols who have recruited around, so the situation has a slight upper hand.Although the people on the east bank who were stationed in Model Fort and Harbin Fort were temporarily on the defensive, the Qing army did not have the slightest ability to eat any of them. In addition, after the river thawed in spring, a large amount of food and military supplies arrived at the two places. At the wharf, the Qing army was even more hopeless, and the confrontation between the two sides became increasingly obvious.

After listening to the messenger's words, Liu Jianguo nodded, knowing that the Third Infantry Regiment might not be able to return for a while.After abandoning such an important frontier stronghold as Ningguta, the Qing court actually regretted it now, so in recent years they have begun to actively rectify the military defense of North Manchuria. Bahai served as the capital of Naowen City is a clear proof.

Now, Bahai has [-] elite soldiers at hand, and the Mongolian cavalry that comes from time to time supported by nobles on the grassland behind him. We have to follow the pace of the Qing army to increase troops here, otherwise we may encounter some serious crises.

Since the Third Infantry Regiment was unable to move while staying in North Manchuria, Liu Jianguo could only rely on the more than 4500 people on hand (the 4000 people on the roster were actually reduced by just over [-] people due to war damage, disease, etc.) The appearance of "Crooked Melon Cracked Dates" went to fight the Russians, and they really had to be more cautious. After all, their combat effectiveness is still quite insufficient, so it cannot be completely reassuring.

In the strategy set by Liu Jianguo, it should be "first west, then south", that is, to inflict some serious damage on the Russians to the west first, forcing them to withdraw from the war between the east bank and the Qing, redefine the border, sign a peace agreement, and then Go south and enter North Manchuria.After all, the land occupied by the Russians is not as good as Beiman, which is still in the hands of the Qing court, from any point of view. The soil there is fertile, and it is still an endless plain. Development, the population is increasing day by day, and the end is a good place, so it is important to give priority to controlling North Manchuria, provided that it is approved by the local executive committee in advance. This does not seem to be a very simple matter, and some of them go back and forth. .

And if the people on the east coast want to control North Manchuria—in fact, it also includes the adjacent grassland areas, that is, Manchuria and Mongolia—at present, the first obstacle is the Naowen city capital area restored by the Qing government in recent years. up.Bahai has a lot of soldiers on hand, which is quite troublesome, and the two generations of their father and son have defended the border for Bogd Khan. Gather heavy troops to deal with, of course, this is not a big problem after peace with the Russians.

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On October 1673, 10, when the people on the east coast of Zeya County were calmly preparing for everything, Yugovich, Stepanov, Tolbuzin, and Konstan in the Russian-controlled area to the west Father Ding and other leading figures in the Baikal Krai—this is the name the tsar had recently given to this land, which was administered by the newly appointed military and political governor of Nerchensk, Tolbuzin—are also discussing.

"Albazin Fort, Nerchensk Fort (built by Pashkov in 1657), Irgensk Fort, Kamalsk Fort and other places must be strengthened, and even the city of Yakutsk, Be careful in Kiliansk Fort, Tugilsk Fort and other places. In addition, stockpile food and gunpowder in Ilimsk Fort, ready to be transported here at any time. Regarding this, I will write to Tobolsk and Yenisei From the Sklan, please ask them to lend some of the materials in the local treasury to our side.” The first to speak was Yakutsk Warlord Peter Yugovich, who, as the supreme officer of the Amur River Basin, managed Yakutsk With Nerchensk, he is mainly responsible for major strategic aspects, such as troop deployment, material raising, external liaison and so on.

Aleksei Tolbuzin was probably the second most important person after him.The guy who kept order and accepted bribes at the Kilensk market was very dissatisfied with being sent to Nerchensk, which is not a shit.But there was nothing he could do, because in Kiliansk Fort he was beaten half to death by a Lithuanian officer named Nikifor Chernigovsky, who exposed him for blackmailing businessmen and embezzling taxes , The crime of embezzling the state treasury caused a stir in the city for a while.

Fortunately, he has a strong background, and someone above him protected him, so he insisted on suppressing this matter, but he couldn't stay in Ilimsk and Kiliansk, so he had to go to Nerchensk to avoid the limelight. In view of the current surrounding situation, he will actually stay in Albazin Castle for most of the year, preside over the defense here, and guard against possible counterattacks from the people on the east coast—go to someone else’s land to have a good time, how is it possible Not ready to be retaliated?

Therefore, this time he talked about his own job: "The Albazin Castle is honestly quite strong, but it is not as good as I expected. Because it would be fine if it was made of bricks and stones , instead of a mixture of wood and earth as it is now. Now the castle has a total of three towers, one on the side of the mountain and two on the side of the Amur River. All three towers lack cannons. I ask Yakutia As for the Yenisesk treasury, at least 12 cannons should be mobilized to strengthen the defense. If not, it is also okay to collect some cannons from the surrounding small castles and use them. They should not have such powerful weapons as cannons there. "

"There are currently some piles on the outside of the castle, but they are not enough. I need to cover the entire castle, and it is best to dig a trench two russians wide, and surround the trench with a wooden fence wall. We are in the castle. There are more than 500 professional soldiers. If I recruit farmers, I can probably gather close to 1000 people. It sounds like a lot, but I only have 100 flintlock guns and more than [-] matchlock guns. The army’s light artillery only has Three doors, the most important thing is that shells and gunpowder are in short supply, and they must be replenished as soon as possible, otherwise we won't be able to hold on for too long." After thinking for a while, Tolbuzin said again.

The more than 500 professional soldiers in the Albazin Castle are part of the shooting army officers and soldiers who set out from Moscow, and the remaining 1000 people were controlled by Stepanov, and 900 soldiers from Yakutsk Together with the Cossacks, as a mobile force throughout the Baikal Krai.As for the hundreds of reinforcements from Yeniseysk and Topolsk, they were stationed in Nerchensk, together with the original local garrison (there are also [-] people in total, and the mobilization of serfs is far more than that) , defending the core.

"Cannonballs and gunpowder can give you some supplements, but muskets are a little troublesome. I can give you three hundred matchlock guns at most." After thinking about it, Yugovich replied: "There are only so many, Alexei , this is the limit, we have other areas to take care of."

Afterwards, without waiting for Tolbuzin to say anything else, he turned to Father Constantine and asked, "What did Chief Gentemur and Katanna say? Are you ready?"

"Peter and Pavel told me that they are loyal servants of His Majesty the Tsar and devout believers of the Lord, and they will resolutely fight to the end with the cruel and warlike pagan East Coast people," the priest said.

"That's good. Next, we will split up, deploy materials, mobilize troops, raise money and food, and strengthen the mobilization of the Tunguskas. In short, make all preparations for war and wait for the people from the east coast to attack. I have a hunch that they It will definitely come, either this year or next year." Inspector Peter Yugovich finally said.

I went to the hospital yesterday for a B-ultrasound, and then I went to the orthopedics department. After the doctor met, he didn’t say a word. He took my hand and said, "Let me see", and then I did not think I was ready. I crushed my ganglion cyst with lightning speed, and then sent me home, really speechless.

It took me two days to finish coding this chapter today. The doctor told me not to use the computer. I definitely can’t use it at all. I can only code slowly while wearing a wristband, so I didn’t have time to update yesterday, sorry.

(End of this chapter)