Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 195 War Drums
Na Qitai put away his smile and gradually turned into a grim expression.He stared into Zhao Xin's eyes and said, "That Yalha and Seldan were also taken in by you?"

"My lord, it's not surprising that I call you that. I would like to ask, what did the Yalha family do wrong? He just met me on the island by chance and changed some clothes, salt and iron pot. You just messed with Jarha." The Ha family is ruined."

"This matter can be appealed to the imperial court when you tie yourself up and plead guilty."

"I'm sorry. We are not citizens of the Qing Dynasty, so we can't do this."

"In this case, I have two last questions."

"Please speak, I will tell you if I can."

"Since you said that you are not our citizens, where did you come from?"

"We are survivors of the previous dynasty who came back from overseas."

When Na Qitai heard this, his heart skipped a beat.Only to hear Zhao Xin continue: "This place, including the Xila River, is the former place of Nuer Gandusi in the Ming Dynasty. As Han people, we return to our own land and settle down. Is there anything wrong?"

"Which former dynasty?" The answer to this question is very important to Na Qitai!

"Guess?" Zhao Xin didn't answer directly, but smiled and showed eight teeth.

Na Qitai was smoked by Zhao Xin's rogue tone, he suppressed his anger and asked, "How many of you are there?"

"If I say tens of thousands, you won't believe it, and of course I don't believe it either. So." Zhao Xin shrugged and said, "No comment."

Na Qitai couldn't take it anymore, he stood up abruptly, and said to Anthony, "Master An, let's go!"

"Master Vice President, I still have a few words to ask them. Can you wait a moment?"

Na Qitai walked outside the awning and said without looking back, "Then you ask."

Priest Anthony asked Zhao Xin anxiously: "Your Excellency, I would like to know under what conditions you can release my two companions?"

Zhao Xin waved his hand and said, "You can't decide this matter. Let your governor of Irkutsk, Ivan Jacobi, come and talk to me. But I'm curious about your identity, why are you with them?"

"Your Excellency, I am a member of the mission sent by the Orthodox Church to Beijing." Anthony wondered how this person even knew the name of the governor of Irkutsk. Could it be that they were subjects of the empire before?
"Oh!" Zhao Xin remembered immediately. "Macarius, do you know him?"

"God! You actually caught him?!"

"Thank you, I brought Father Ma back to civilization from a remote desert island."

Anthony said in his heart that I wish I could strangle you to death. If it weren't for you, why would members of our mission be under house arrest by the Qing emperor.However, he suppressed his anger and persuaded him: "Your Excellency, I might as well tell you clearly that the Qing Empire has gathered tens of thousands of troops in the west. You can't beat them."

"Oh? I might as well tell you clearly that we are not you, and this place is not Yaksa; you were driven out as a group of invaders back then. We are just returning to our homeland."

This is really a pot that can't be opened and lifted!
Anthony's face turned blue from anger, but as a monk, he still bowed and begged: "Your Excellency, I have one last request. When you are defeated, don't use my companion as a hostage."

Zhao Xin said with a smile: "No problem, it's nothing to worry about."

Na Qitai left with a full stomach and the inquiring news.In the evening of the second day, Dingci and Pingzhi finally returned to the Twin Castles with four prisoners and one wounded.After they saw Liu Sheng, they immediately reported Erlu's whereabouts and the fact that the Qing army sent a large number of scouts to the Xila River.

Zhao Xin was shocked when he heard this, he had to go back and tell Wu Siyu and Zhao Liang about it.He gave Liu Sheng a few words, and sneaked back to modern times while no one was paying attention.I rented a car and drove back to the non-freezing port overnight.In the middle of the night, he had already appeared in Beihai Town.

At this time in Beihai Town, Chen Qingsong was already on his way to the Fuljaha River, from where he would take a patrol boat to the north.Wu Siyu and Zhao Liang have already transferred their two battalions to the west bank of the river.

Zhao Xin went to the office on the south side of the square first, and saw that the lights were still on.Taking a closer look, Wu Siyu and Zhao Liang were arguing inside.When he knocked on the door, the two people in the room were startled.

"Why are you back? Finished?"

"What are you fighting for? I just sent away the Manchu capitulation group. I came back this time to tell you something." Zhao Xin sat down at the table, and no matter who it was, he picked up the cup and drank it.

Surrender group?Still play like this?

"Tell me, talk about it. What kind of routine is this ancient persuasion?"

"There is no routine, I just took the opportunity to spy on the news, and I ran away in anger. I will talk about this later, and I will talk about the important things first. The Qing army sent more than 100 scouts, divided into a dozen teams, to Beihai Town Here it comes."

"That's it?" Wu Siyu disagreed. "We have so many cameras."

"Be careful, there is no big mistake. There are many women, old people and children here, and it will be difficult to deal with if something happens. Don't forget, this area is considered to be the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty, so people are more familiar with the situation in the mountains and forests than us."

Zhao Liang nodded and said, "Don't worry. I'll make arrangements immediately and notify all households and departments in the morning. During this period, don't leave the town, and you are not allowed to go up the mountain into the forest." After finishing speaking, he went out to find someone.

Zhao Xin asked curiously at this moment: "What were you two arguing about just now?"

Wu Siyu explained: "Teacher Fang made TNT, I mean make a batch of grenades first."

"What? TNT has been messed with? Teacher Fang is amazing! I'll go and have a look tomorrow morning."

The next morning, in the chemical laboratory on the east bank of the river, Zhao Xin, wearing a gas mask and protective clothing, looked at the white flaky crystals in the beaker for a long time, looked up at Fanghua and asked, "Mr. Fang, what do you think of this thing?" Is it about the same as crystal meth?"

When Fang Hua heard this, his nose almost twisted in anger. He gave Zhao Xin a blank look, and decided not to explain to this chemistry idiot.

In fact, the two are quite different. Trinitrotoluene is white or yellow needle-like crystals, while methamphetamine is white or colorless crystals.The problem is that Zhao Xin doesn't understand. He has only seen the anti-drug promotional photos on the street bulletin boards.

However, Zhao Xin knows that the modern arms industry is an extremely environmentally destructive industry. The water will turn pink after being polluted by TNT. These pollutants are called "pink water", and the cleaning process is very difficult and expensive.At the same time, TNT is still a carcinogen and cannot be directly contacted.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xin said to Fanghua: "Mr. Fang, TNT is a carcinogen, and it pollutes the environment when produced. Can we make ammonium nitrate? It can be used as both a fertilizer and an industrial explosive. It is just what we need to build mountains and roads."

Fang Hua thought about it for a while, and Beihai Town's current capacity could not handle this kind of industrial wastewater at all, so he agreed.

For the current Beihai Town, explosives are mainly used to open mountains and build roads, and they are really useless in other places.In this era, there are neither bunkers to blow up nor tanks to blow up.If you really need to siege a city or capture a fortress, a few D30s can solve the problem. If it doesn’t work, you can replace it with a few D20s (Long live the 152 God Sect!)
On the second day after Zhao Xin came back, the monitoring station really found traces of Qing army scouts.These guys didn't jump into the trap set by Beihai Town as soon as they came up, but stayed on the periphery for a day.They usually borrow ropes and other tools to climb up the big tree to observe from a distance, and then move on after they feel that there is no danger.

But when these people entered within three kilometers of Beihai Town, most of them couldn't go back.Wu Siyu specially dispatched three companies to encircle and suppress these Qing army scouts with the cooperation of the monitoring station.Hengji and Yalha led the soldiers to search with several big dogs from the Serdan family.

These scouts of the Qing army who were hiding in the mountains and dense forests were driven out of the sky by Beihai town and had nowhere to go, panicked and desperate.In the end, only a few scouts who escaped the monitoring range of Beihai Town managed to escape, and then rushed all the way back to Ninggu Tower to report.

Seeing this result, Zhao Xin is very satisfied with the surveillance network he spent tens of millions of Money on.

According to the previous plan, Deng Fei would not be able to return until July.In order to prevent the Qing army from attacking from the sea, Wu Siyu and Zhao Liang built a large number of hidden fortresses and two artillery positions along the dock.Zhao Xin left them some newly purchased PKM general-purpose machine guns.

It is said that a large part of the PKM general-purpose machine guns were included in the latest batch of arms purchased by Zhao Xin.For nothing else, it's cheap!Brand new, priced at $350, strong and durable.

After checking the situation in Beihai Town, Zhao Xin took the time to have a meal with Miss Shen, and then hurried back to Twin Castles.

Two days later, Chen Qingsong finally arrived in Fuldan City and took over the logistics work in an all-round way.

Another day later, Erlu and Serdan rushed back one after another. Zhao Xin summoned Liu Sheng, Wang Yuanfang, Ding Guofeng and others to listen to their reports.

After Serdan waited for Erlu to finish speaking, he began to say: "When we came back, the number of Qing troops in Hunchun had reached 3000, and they were all transferred from Ninggu Tower. A few months ago, a large number of officials were sent to inform the villages and tribes in the Heilongjiang and Suifen River basins, saying that we are a group of barbarians from outside the region who are occupying the country."

As soon as Seldan said this, everyone present laughed.He took out his cigarette pouch and lit it, and continued: "This is not the most important thing. From May to June every year, it is the annual Wulin appreciation in Delingen Wood City. Feeder from various ministries of Heilongjiang and Wusuli Yaka people, Hezhe people, Xibe people, and Oroqen people will all go there to pay poll tax, and then return for a share of grain, rice and cloth.

The news I inquired is that Marshal Fu sent people to Delane Wood City in early May.It is said that all ministries are not allowed to contact us in private, and those who violate it will be punished as collaborating with the enemy and treason, and all the families will be executed.

In addition, since the beginning of March, he has recruited more than 2000 people in the Hunchun area. They are called "Tui Barbarians", and they are all good hunters from various villages.Before I came back, I heard that many people were on their way to Hunchun. "

Wang Yuanfang who was on the side said: "This Fukang'an is quite sinister. He doesn't let the border people get in touch with us, so that the border people think we are morons. He also recruits the border people to serve as soldiers and die. Even if we win, these border people treat us I don’t like her anymore. It will be even more difficult to win over in the future.”

Ding Guofeng interjected at this time: "Why don't you let Brother Seldan go to various villages to help lobby for a while?"

Zhao Xin shook his head and said: "No way. He and Yalha are both on the arrest list of the Qing government now. Fukang'an must have nothing good to say when he sent people to preach." What's the matter?"

Seldan said in a deep voice: "When I came back, I took a look at the situation at Karen Station along the way. Now the 460-mile trail from Hunchun to Karen, Mongolia has been widened a lot, and it is no problem for two carriages to walk side by side. From Mongolia Karen arrives."

Liu Sheng interrupted: "How far is it from Karen, Mongolia to our place?"

Seldan didn't even think about it, and immediately replied: "Four hundred miles. Now it has been repaired for almost three hundred miles."

Zhao Xin asked, "How many people are building roads?"

Seldan said: "There are seven to eight thousand people."

Zhao Xin nodded, and then said to everyone: "Now the situation of the Qing army is basically clear. Our A Zhongtang and Marshal Fu have mainly done four things since they came to Jilin. , notify the ministries, and send scouts to investigate."

Liu Sheng added: "There is also persuasion."

Everyone was happy to hear it.

"Based on the reports from Seldan and Erlu, it seems that they have the last step left to build the road. A hundred miles of road, thousands of people will repair it, and it will be almost a few days. I guess the Qing army is already on the way. We It should also be dispatched."

After the meeting was over, the twin castles started combat preparations.The companies began to report before the battle and announced their combat missions.

Ding Guofeng's task was to lead Erlu's team and Sheng Haizhou's battalion forward fifty miles southwest to perform the task of covering the battlefield and lure the large Qing army into the preset position.

The task of Wang Yuanfang's team is the most important. He will lead the Seldan team, Huji and two battalions, cross the Suifen River westward, and then go south into the northern foot of Tongken Mountain to hide.After the Qing army arrived at the Twin Castles, they quickly crossed the Latte River and occupied Mongolian Karen Station eastward, cutting off the retreat route of the Qing army.

The most important thing for Wang Yuanfang and the others is to maintain constant communication with the twin castles in order to reach an accurate time of action.Sufficient supplies, a set of radio antenna and Polaroid PRC-2090 short-wave military radio have become essential items to carry.

Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng led the remaining three battalions and set up their positions here, waiting for the arrival of Fukang'an's army.

Time went back to the tenth day of June. Wukanbei, who had been raised for nearly a year, paid the head tax for a piece of mink fur in Delengen Wood City, and took the grain and rice distributed, and boarded the board without hesitation. Yaksa warship bound for Ninguta.He was accompanied by seventy Hezhenfeiyaka and Oroqen hunters.

The call-up order issued by Fukang'an deeply ignited the revenge anger buried deep in Wukanbei's heart.When the officials of the Qing court announced the call-up order, Wukanbei was the first to stand up and express his response.

Although the "Eros" entrenched in the Sila River may not be the same group as the ones who attacked his homeland, Wukanbei still went.He vowed to use the hard bow in his hand to teach those blue-eyed, high-nosed intruders a lesson and avenge his wife and children.

Poor Wukanbe didn't know, he had completely picked the wrong opponent.And Zhao Xin, who was thousands of miles away, didn't know that a border dweller far away at the mouth of Heilongjiang would come to seek his "revenge".

When the torrent of war begins to surge, no one knows where they will be drawn!

(End of this chapter)