Xinshun 1730

Chapter 60 Thinking Differences
Holding high the banner of "refusing to hand over Yasak", the well-fed crowd came to the outside of the castle of the Raksha people.

People like Liu Yu don't even need to change their clothes.After walking for nearly a year, the clothes have not been washed at all, saying that they are tribes in the forest, no one will doubt it.

Handuoliwei's soldiers don't need to come to participate in the siege for the time being, but go back to transfer food and grass.

Liu Yu felt that he had no problem using the money that was used to disguise the caravan.

As long as you tell the emperor when the time comes, when you hand out the money, you should also say that it is His Majesty's internal money, let alone your own, there should be no problem.

As for the 3000 taels of silver that he owed to his family and friends, Liu Yu didn't care.

As long as he succeeds and makes merit this time, his father will have to jump up and down to help him pay back the money.

Besides, why do you have to pay back the money you borrowed based on your ability?If I have done meritorious service this time, those cronies and dog friends are not allowed to show it?

Money is not a problem, and many things can be easily solved.

There are quite a lot of military land in Handoli Acropolis, but the food in this place cannot be sold.

If there is no war, it is useless except for brewing wine and changing skins.

If the grain is transported to a place with a large population like Liaodong for sale, a wife will not worry about paying for the children in her belly.The surrounding tribes are fishing and hunting, and they can drink a few sips of wine, and they are willing to exchange leather. Handuo Liwei has a lot of shochu pots, and the price of food is not low.

This group of government soldiers may be the ones who are most looking forward to fighting in Heilongjiang. In addition to making meritorious service, dividing land, and increasing the population of tenant farmers, the grain stored in their homes can finally be sold for money.

Due to the relationship between Du Feng and Du Qian, the grain price in Handoli Acropolis is bought at the normal price.The captured Cossack horses were also traded by Liu Yu with these government soldiers, and they were all exchanged for food.

It's a pity that Russia hadn't bred the Don horse at this time, and most of the Cossacks rode Mongolian horses, otherwise the horse breed could be improved.

There were a few good horses, though.

The captured Cossacks reported some Karabakh horses from Persia, and some Hanoverian horses from Sweden.Although captured, the Cossack who loves horses still hopes that Liu Yu can take good care of these fine horses.

I beg Liu Yu not to drink water when the horse is sweating, not to drink ice and snow in winter, not to feed grass with dew...

It can be clearly seen that it is different from the pity horses ridden by the government soldiers. The good horses selected are decided by Liu Yu. He keeps three good horses for himself, and the rest are given to those who have a good relationship with him.

After getting closer to the local real power figures, and the promise that after the city is broken, the fur and silver will be shared equally. .

After the logistics problem was resolved through negotiation, Liu Yu led Jiaolaobutu and Du Feng to the upstream.

There is a sandbar and a waterway densely covered with Jiangxin Island.

The map of Bering is really well drawn, and the records are very detailed.

"Although I am full of confidence, I still have to consider what happens. If the city cannot be broken within 20 days, I have to be prepared to besiege the city on the river and fight for aid."

"Otherwise, if the reinforcements from the upper reaches enter the castle, we will have to squat outside the city until they run out of food. At that time, we will not be able to get the credit, and we will scratch the wall with regret."

Looking at the narrow and curved river channel of Jiangxin Island covered with sandbars, after listening to Liu Yu's words, Jiaolao Butu could easily understand what he was thinking.

"What does your lord mean, if we can't break through the city within 20 days, we have to prepare for an ambush here?"

"Well. Just in case. I think so, Du Feng, you ask your father to bring some people, I also have a carpenter here. Let your father build some birch bark boats here."

"For the matter of the siege, your father should not go. One is that he has a leg injury, and the other is that he is old and has a leg injury, and he can't get promoted. There is no need to grab this merit. I will leave it to you. "

Du Feng is very satisfied with this arrangement, and he is sure that his father will also be satisfied.Liu Yu spoke very straightforwardly, that was indeed the case, but if Du Feng was not allowed to participate in the siege, then Du Feng would be very unhappy.

"I hope that I don't have to fight this battle here. If we can break the city in 20 days, we will defend it with a strong city, and three to five hundred people from the upstream will come to give credit. It's just that everything is in case, and we can't Hope everything goes according to our arrangement."

Du Feng responded: "My lord, don't worry, I'll tell my father. There are still quite a few carpenters in the city."

Liu Yu turned his head to Jiaolao Butu again.

"Brother Shu, you bring some good hands and observe the river on the other side for the past few days. If the city sends boats out to ask for help, don't fight them, let them pass. Let me know when you see the boat coming out for help."

"Yes. How are you going to besiege the city?"

"It's not urgent. There is nothing to do in the chaos. When they send people to ask for help, I will attack the city in a serious manner. I have to deceive that Hannibal. I am really afraid that he wants to repay the kindness of the emperor. Use yourself in exchange for the upstream castle and prepare for the battle. In that case, two great achievements will become one, which is a bloody loss."

Jiaolao Butu didn't ask any more questions, and took Liu Yu to Jiangxin Island by paddling.

After measuring the distance between the river channel and Jiangxin Island, looking at the soil quality of Jiangxin Island, and throwing a few leaves to measure the flow velocity of the channel, Liu Yu nodded, indicating that there is no problem.

If all his followers failed and he insisted on besieging the city here to fight for aid, it should be no problem to rely on the captured small cannons, the cannons from Handoli Acropolis, and the captured expedition ship. of.

"Okay, let's go back. I guess Hannibal should have a headache too."

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Liu Yu guessed right, Hannibal really had a headache.

The location of the ambush was far away, but the gunshots could still be heard, and it was vaguely guessed that there was a big battle there.

He was a very cautious person, and when the Cossacks hadn't returned in the afternoon, he knew in his heart that those Cossacks were finished.

He resolutely issued an order to make everyone withdraw to the castle and remove the food outside the castle.

The trade district and some houses outside the city were subsequently burned without the slightest hesitation.

Many women were crying there, and some people begged not to burn the house, but he ignored them and ordered the shooting army who was exiled here to maintain order.

If the house is not burned, it will hinder the shooting range, and it may provide cover for the attacking party and provide wood for the attacking city.

After doing everything a garrison engineer would do, Hannibal started to have a headache.

Who did it?
Is it the surrounding tribes?

Or did the Khitans in the south go to war with the empire?

None of the Cossacks who went out to rob came back. How many people are there?

There are only more than 150 men left in the city, and the remaining women are useless. The few who can shoot guns are also recruited to participate in the defense, but the number is still not enough.

However, out of confidence in his own ability, he was sure that he could rely on this inferior bastion to defend it for a period of time.

But the crux of the problem now is whether to send someone for help?
If Shun-Russia is at war, it is meaningless to ask for help. It is better to send someone to tell the upstream officers and ask them to guard against death and prepare for battle, and buy some time here.

But if it's just a "riot" by the Burakumin, it's best to ask for help.

He is not afraid of the tribal people attacking the city.

In 1504, 140 Portuguese in Cochin, India, relied on a simple city defense system to fight against Calicut's 5 army, and achieved an exchange ratio of 0:5000.

Although the Portuguese boasted, Hannibal thought that with his own ability, he might be able to replicate the myth of the Portuguese in Cochin.

However, what if the tribal people don't attack the city, but only besiege it?After the siege, what about refusing to surrender Yasak?
Then we must send people out of the city to clean up, otherwise the wildfire of the rebellion will burn from Heilongjiang to Kamchatka. It is said that the tribes of Kamchatka have also organized resistance since a few years ago.

Once the fire is started, it will spread throughout the Far East unless it is extinguished when it is first ignited.

Defending the city cannot defend the control over the tribe.Defending the city cannot extinguish the fire of resistance.But moving out of the city requires mobile troops, and Hannibal didn't have any mobile troops in his hands.

In the evening, a mighty tribe of tribesmen came outside the city, holding up the banner of "Reject Yasak" flying, and the big bloody characters on it could be clearly seen through the telescope.

These tribal people no longer only have bows and arrows, many of them carry matchlock guns.

Thinking of the sound of firefights he heard before, Hannibal felt that Dashun should be playing tricks behind his back.

Maybe Dashun encouraged these tribesmen to rebel because he didn't want to start a full-scale war with Russia?

Dashun produces guns, officers, and money, and tribes produce people?

If it wins, then Russia can only withdraw from Heilongjiang.

At least on the diplomatic level, Dashun did not go to war with Russia, but used these tribes to directly gain control of Heilongjiang.

He has been studying in France for too long, his brain is very westernized, and he doesn't understand what the Chinese Empire is... The Chinese Empire basically has no equal diplomacy, and when it is strong, there is no alliance, only the advanced form of alliance such as tribute.It is even less likely to do this kind of thing in the way he thought.

"Mencius" said: Chao Tianzi said to report his duties.If he fails to court once, his rank will be demoted; if he fails to court again, his land will be cut;

Under the whole world, could it be the king's land.

Within the realm of the kingdom, even if the rise of Junggar poses a threat to Dashun, it is impossible for Dashun to form an equal alliance with Khalkha Mongols: either pay tribute, and I will cover you; or, you two will fight together until the end. until served.

Or... if you can't beat him, you will kill him and hang him from a tree with his neck twisted.

As for supporting the tribe to resist, I hide behind and do not come forward to accept the tribute, and then come forward after the tribe has finished dealing with it... The court will not make such a "shameful" decision.

However, Hannibal did not understand the difference between East and West.It is not against harmony to apply the Western approach to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, but it is obviously wrong to apply it to the present.

So using his western mind to judge this matter, he fell into the pit dug by Liu Yu for this westernized mind.

After careful consideration, Hannibal made a wrong judgment.

In a letter to the upstream officer, he wrote:
"...Obviously, the Khitans are not going to war with us, but are instigating those tribes to rebel against the Yasaks—on this point, the behavior of the Cossacks is the indisputable fuse. I am not blaming you, you are also a Cossacks, but the continuous resistance is inseparable from the barbaric behavior of the Cossacks."

"But now, barbarism can only be conquered with barbarism."

"In view of this, I beg you to send about [-] soldiers. There is nothing wrong with the bastion guards. Those barbarians are as fragile as pancakes on Maslenitsa. But my troops are not enough to go out of the city to encircle and counterattack."

"If the resistance of these barbarians cannot be stopped in time, it will burn like a fire on the grassland. The fire in autumn must be extinguished in time. If it is not extinguished, it may burn from here to Bria Special, Kamchatka. You should understand this truth."

"As soon as your reinforcements arrive, I will be able to fight back. I think that before long, there will be many hanged corpses floating on the Amur River, and next year's river fish will be fat, but not tasty. Those barbarians saw the river surface The dead body on the ground will understand the price of resistance..."

(End of this chapter)