Xinshun 1730

Chapter 45 Ice Wall
The stonemason looked at the typos on the paper, and thought that today he had opened his eyes.I have been engraving the inscription for half my life, and it is the first time I have seen so many "Tongjia characters".

But thinking that my name can be like the one on the Yongning Temple stele, the names of stonemasons and carpenters can be engraved on it, and it will not rot or break for thousands of years, it is worth it.

The carpenters and masons stayed here, and Liu Yu led people to follow those tribesmen to the next village that the Rakshasa might attack.

It is said that the tribute should be paid first, and then protected.

However, since the reign of Xuande, the tribute has been cut off for 300 years, and now we can only protect it first and pay tribute later, to declare that Dashun still has power and a right to speak here.After this battle, they are willing to send someone with walrus ivory and mink fur to follow them to the Songhua River defense envoy.

Liu Yu didn't feel satisfied with the glorious appearance of the celestial dynasty, but felt that these people could win more things for him.

For example, someone paying tribute to the emperor would definitely like it.

For example, you can trick some people to shed some blood for you along the way, do some private work, and a few more people are always useful.

After arriving at the tribal village, Liu Yu intuitively understood why the tribes that could be defeated by dozens of Cossacks and dozens of servants were helpless.

The entire village has almost no defenses, and the houses are all built of wood with thick thatch on them.

A fire can burn a house to ashes.

In order to prevent fire, these wooden houses are far apart. A tribe of one hundred people, the village is huge.

There are only some simple fences outside as a defense. Not to mention that the Cossacks are carrying cannons this time, even if they are all muskets, these people cannot resist.

According to the speed of the Cossacks, there is about two or three days of preparation time.

After walking around the village for a few times, Liu Yu took Du Feng and others to check the terrain nearby.

The village is on a small hill with a small river behind it.

There are dense forests next to them. These tribes don't know how to farm, and religious customs don't allow them to farm. At most, they collect a little food such as berries, hazelnuts, and pine nuts.

Only in front of the village is a grassy open space, which is also covered with thick snow.

"What do you think the adults should do? There is no danger to defend this village, why not fight in the field?"

Du Feng felt that the chances of winning in the field were great.He often dealt with Cossacks in Handoli Acropolis, so that's about it.Riding skills are good, and they can endure hardships, but field battles are not their strong point, but defending fortresses is really difficult.

Since these Cossacks came from the north and did not ride horses, but requisitioned moose and dogs, it was tantamount to abolishing the riding skills that Cossacks were best at.

Liu Yu raised his horsewhip and pointed to the open space in front of the village: "I don't think there is any need for a field battle. These Raksha people will definitely launch their cannons in this open space, and after the bombardment, they will rush into the village. They will be defenseless."

"Uh... my lord, don't underestimate the enemy."

Liu Yu laughed, and asked back: "What do you think the Cossacks came here for so far? To expand the territory for the motherland?"

"Of course not. The prosperity of the world is all for Lilai."

"That's it. Fighting is not the purpose, fighting is to achieve a certain purpose. Knowing what he is trying to achieve, you can infer how they will fight. Let me ask you, why did these Cossacks come?"

"Return to your lord. The Raksha people kill people to frighten the village, and attack the village to rob the fur."

"Since this is the case, not to mention that the Raksha people will not be able to surround the entire village with a hundred or ten people. Even if they can surround and kill everyone, they ask who will collect the 'Yasak'? So, the Raksha people will not Surrounded on all sides, but must be bombarded in front, and swarm in after breaking the fence. Whoever breaks into the village first can grab the most skins. Besides... the Raksha people are used to bullying this tribe, they have forgotten Why are you fighting? Bullying the tribe, is that called fighting?"

Stretching out his thumb to roughly measure the distance in front of the open space, Liu Yu pointed to a lonely birch tree in the distance and said: "Today I will remind them. The bullying tribe is used to bullying. This is playing chess with a stinky chess basket. It's getting worse."

"It's the same in our country. We beat the southwestern chieftain and came to the conclusion that the one hundred and ten catties, the small cannon that can climb mountains and ridges, put it on horseback, and doesn't need a gun carriage are the most useful. This is not true. Is it nonsense?"

"In my opinion, it's about that position where the Raksha people will set up artillery. Tribal wars don't have any rules, and these Raksha people don't think about things like flanks and rear. Don't think too much, just think about it." If there are too many, this battle will not be fought well. I leave it to you to seize the cannon."

Du Feng's heart skipped a beat, since Emperor Taizong's battles in Jingxiang, there are three top military achievements: beheading generals, capturing flags, and grabbing cannons.

After Dashun Jingxiang counterattacked, it was extremely difficult to win the world.

Nanming is okay, he will be scattered as soon as he rushes, and Manqing is much more difficult to fight.In particular, the artillery of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was relatively large and good, so at that time, grabbing cannons was equivalent to capturing the flag.

This is also the reason why the Zhechong government soldiers in various parts of the Songhua River have to scrape together a qualified war horse when they demolish their houses and sell their land: being an infantry soldier is easy to die, and you can't get any spoils of war, let alone snatch guns. great merit.

Du Feng was stopped by Liu Yu's "make up for his merits". Apart from fighting with the Cossacks and taking back Liu Yu's hat along the way, he really had no chance to make meritorious deeds.

Now that Liu Yu is making it clear to give him a chance, how can Du Feng not understand, he hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, my lord, leave it to me. Are you going to use the tribe as bait?"

"It's not bait, it's an anvil. Don't ride a horse, take a few people around, choose a place, and lie down there."

Du Feng nodded in agreement, but he was still puzzled.Looking back at the vulnerable tribal village, he hesitated for a long time and asked, "How can an adult make an anvil instead of a bait? The anvil must be able to withstand the hammer. This village is so dilapidated that I'm afraid it will be difficult to defend." One is that the Raksha people will arrive in three to five days, and there is no time; the other is that it is freezing cold, even if an adult knows how to build a fort, there is no way."

"Haven't you seen "Three Kingdoms"? Cao Mengde conquered Ma Chao, Lou Gui offered advice, poured water to freeze and form a wall. No matter how cold it is in the northwest, it's colder than here? Now the ice is harder than iron, and wood is used as the base of the plywood. You can build a wall. You don’t have to worry about the things inside, you just choose a good place, and after you choose it, bring someone to wait there. When the opportunity comes, you can grab the gun yourself. As for when the opportunity comes, if you If you don’t even know this, then you really don’t need to make meritorious deeds.”

Du Feng hummed, thinking that what he said made sense.

Jumping off the horse, together with a few partners who came together, they went around to the nearby woods, looking for a place upwind, which was not easy to detect, and was covered by trees.

Liu Yu returned to the village by himself and chose a house in the middle of the village.

Let the translator talk to the elders and warriors of the tribe. They only regard Liu Yu as the savior who appeared after praying to the gods, so they naturally obeyed.

All the wooden houses in the middle of the village were knocked down, and the knocked down timber, branches, etc. were spread on the ground without digging.

After stacking up layers, fire was made, ice was cut, snow was melted, water was fetched, and buckets of water were poured on the wood branches.

It was the coldest time, and the water condensed into ice in a short time.

Some people were sent outside to continue cutting trees, but in just one night, a simple fortress was completed.

The ice wall, which is less than two meters high, is not high, but it is very thick.

The entire ice wall forms a "V" with a huge angle, and the two wings are supported by simple ice castles to prevent the Raksha people from finding out that they are going around from the two wings.

Water was splashed outside again all morning, and some snow and wood were covered in the afternoon.

The wall is no more than two meters high, and the base is more than one meter thick. It has been frozen into one piece, and hitting it with a hammer is just a white mark.The person squatted inside, stood up just in time to shoot.

There was no need to make it so troublesome, Liu Yu was worried that Du Feng would not be able to capture the cannon, and the Raksha people would bombard him with cannons, that's why it was so complicated.

The contempt mentioned before, but tactically, we must first consider defeat and then victory.If the Raksha people were really alert, with this simple ice castle, three times as many people would not be able to attack it.

It is quite simple to use the ice wall as a fortress, but the difficulty is to let the people of these tribes learn to retreat.

Not to mention an organized retreat, at least when you really want to retreat, don't run chaotically towards the ice castle, but go around to the two wings.

His tactics are simple.

The fence outside the village is used to lure the enemy.Let the "cannon fodder" of the tribe stand in front, and shoot with bows and arrows according to the primitive tactics.

With the bone bows of these people, they will definitely not be able to kill a few people.But if you don't guard the fence, you are afraid that the Raksha people will become suspicious.

According to Liu Yu's thinking, the Cossacks would definitely fire a few cannonballs and shoot two rounds with a volley of guns.Once the fence is broken, they will rush over.

These Cossacks don’t have many flintlocks, and even fewer bayonets. Today’s Tula Arsenal only produces two to three thousand flintlocks a year, and the frontline troops are not equipped enough, let alone these Cossacks who made a fortune from exploration.

But the arquebus shooters of the Raksha people use axes as gun mounts.A sharp weapon for hand-to-hand combat, but also a sharp weapon for cutting fences.Once the Rakshasa began to charge, the tribesmen would run back.

Don't fight hand-to-hand with the Raksha people, you can't beat them: the Raksha people at least have a military organization and teammates to cooperate. Forming a charge to cut down these tribes that swarmed up in chaos is not much different from running into a flock of sheep to kill sheep.

Don't look at the people in this tribe who are all physically strong and often brag about fighting tigers and shooting bears. This is not the same thing as fighting.

As long as the people of these tribes learn to run backwards from the two wings, it will be fine to run to the two wings of the ice castle.Let the Rakshasa people approach, and a volley can break the formation of the Rakshasa people. When there is no formation, it is time for these tribal warriors to perform.

After the volley, the formation dispersed, and the tribesmen who had retreated to the two wings fought back and won a big victory.

From the team, two low-level officers such as palm whistle were selected, and each of them led a team of tribesmen, and they just learned how to run backwards.

It seemed like a simple task, but it forced the two hands to scold their mothers.They ran like herding sheep, chaotic and disorderly, and several even headed in the direction of the ice castle.

That is to say, when the elders of the tribe spoke, the people of those tribes had to listen, and could only practice how to run backwards over and over again.

After two full days of practice, I was able to look good. At least when I ran, I knew who to run with, and I knew roughly where to run.

When I was about to prepare, I finally heard the barking of a dog from a distance, and the harsh barking of a moose.

Liu Yu stood on the wood, took out the binoculars and looked at it, convinced that the Raksha people finally came to take revenge.

He jumped into the ice castle and squatted down, asking the musketeer hidden inside to check the matchlock and gunpowder one last time.The tribal elders who were used to lure the enemy also wore bear skins, and put out a drum made of fish skins, beating on a pile of wood in the ice castle.

All the skins in the tribe were taken out and piled up prominently in the ice castle.

Liu Yu wasn't nervous at all. The musketeers who were veterans on his side had a number one hundred and ten, and they had simple fortifications.Seventy or eighty true Rakshasa people are nothing to worry about.

The only thing to worry about is their own discipline.

Looking at those soldiers who were eager to kill and exchange their heads for money, Liu Yu reiterated it one last time.

"Those who shoot in advance will have eighty sticks, and all military achievements, trophies, and head money will not be divided."

(End of this chapter)