Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 342
When the fierce battle of Ningguta was in full swing, the Tsarist Russian army more than 2000 kilometers away took three days to completely wipe out the five cities of Yaksa near the border, and began to go downstream in the southeast direction.

The first stop they encountered when going south was Guigudar City (near Xinjieji Village, Jinshan Township, Mohe County).

In May of the eighth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1615), the Khabarov gang who invaded Heilongjiang had bloodbathed Guigudar City.After the city was broken that year, the Cossack gang beheaded all the Daur captives, killed 660 adults and children, and took away more than 240 women and more than 100 children.There were more than a thousand people in the city, and only a dozen people survived in the end.Those women who were robbed were "assigned" and ravaged by the Cossacks on the spot, and they were abused in every way according to the "habits" of the Cossacks.

In the early morning of that day, after the old fisherman Zamusu escaped from the boat of the Russian advance team, he took a shortcut and hurried on, and finally arrived at the city of Guigudar the next night, and called the police to the Daur people here.

The head of Daur, known as "Little Gui Gudar", heard that the Raksha people had invaded again. He first sent his tribe and Zamusu to row south to ask for help from the officers and soldiers of Humar Karen. The city of Gouda is concentrated.

More than 100 years have passed, and the number of Daur frontier people around Guigudar City has increased to more than 2000.When they heard that foreign enemies had invaded, the whole family, young and old, mobilized together, led the livestock, brought bows and arrows, spears and belongings, and rushed to the city of Guigudar.

Like his ancestors, Xiaogui Gudal first led his clansmen to strengthen the walls of the old city overnight, and then built three defense lines in the city with earthen walls and wooden piles.There is no door on each earth wall, but passages are dug underground for offensive and defensive purposes.Two deep ditches were dug between the three earthen walls, and a tunnel leading to the bank of the Heilongjiang River was built in the city to store grain and grass.

In order to prevent the women and children of the clan from being slaughtered by Rakshasa like in the past, Xiaogui Gudar ordered the old people, women and children of the clan to retreat to Humar Karen.But no matter what he tried to persuade, those old women would not leave.

An old man in the clan said: "Xiaogui Gudal, we are all old, and we can't escape what should come. In the past, the old people in the clan said that Rakshasa is a beast, and they even ate people back then! Only with bows and arrows Spears will speak to them."

Little Gui Gudal was helpless, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Old people, I will not force you if you don't leave, but women and children must go! If you don't have enough boats, then ride a horse! Take less if you can! If you don't leave, it will be too late !"

He tried his best to talk, but in the end, dozens of women stayed behind, while hundreds of other Daur women brought their children and bid farewell to their brothers, husbands and children in tears. A large retreat began in the direction of Humar, hundreds of miles away.

Behind them, cottage houses burning to clear the land
In the early morning of the next day, dozens of Tsarist ships appeared on the river outside the city of Guigudar.

Xiaogui Gudal came to the riverside with a dozen young people, only to see that dozens of large boats had already crossed the middle of the river and approached the bank.On the leading boat stood a sturdy guy with a face similar to his own.

"Listen, people on the boat, stop the boat and go back immediately, or we will shoot our bows and arrows!"

"I'm Aisin, Second Lieutenant of the First Buryat Infantry Regiment. Listen up, people by the river, put down your weapons and surrender immediately! As long as you pay the 'fur tribute' to Her Majesty, you will be spared! If not, we will Bombard the Walled City, just like it did three years ago in 170, and tell you not to stay behind!"

Xiaogui Gudal heard the Mongolian words spoken by the other party, and shouted angrily: "We Daur people only pay tribute to Bogda Khan, and this is also the territory of the Qing Dynasty! If you want us to pay taxes to you, ask me first. Do you agree with the bow, arrow and spear in your hand!"

After all, he raised his bow and set an arrow, aiming at that guy named Aixin.

"Dole!" The long arrow dyed with black feathers hit the edge of the ship's gunwale, and Aixin was startled immediately.

"The guy who doesn't know how to live or die, shoot him to death!" Aixin was furious. He drew out his waist knife and loudly ordered his subordinates.

Little Gui Gudal saw Luo Sha raised his musket, and quickly called his men to retreat into the city.

Several white smoke billowed from the big boat, piercing gunshots echoed on the river, and several Daur youths were shot and fell off their horses.

More than 170 years have passed, and the Daur people are still the same as before, living a life of raising horses and grazing; but Luocha is no longer the wandering bandits with hundreds of people, this time it is a more vicious demon than before.

Boom!Boom!
As more than a dozen puffs of white smoke rose from the bow of the big ship on the river, the Tsarist Russian army fired.

The civil fortress that could withstand muskets, bows and arrows could not stop the bombardment of the 12-pound gun. One round of iron bullets pierced through the earthen wall of the old city, and the Daur Qingzhuang who was hiding behind was overturned to the ground with unabated momentum.

Not long after, the other dozens of large ships of the Tsarist Russians also joined the shelling.All of a sudden, shells flew across the city wall from the riverside to the shore, and the thin old city wall was riddled with holes.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the barges of the Tsarist Russian army began to land on the shore, and hundreds of Buryats rushed to the shore, holding muskets and shooting at the city.

There are muskets and cannons on one side, and bows and spears on the other. Thousands of Daur people competed with the artillery fire with their flesh and blood.

"Sumuti, you are injured, retreat to the tunnel!"

"No! That's where women and cowards stay. I'm going to die on the city wall!"

After the roaring young man finished speaking, he sat down on the city wall. Enduring the severe pain of his injured leg, he threw the feathered arrows in the bag at the enemy one after another.When he had no arrows to shoot, the young man tried his best to prop himself up with his right leg, and suddenly roared and threw himself out of the city.
This battle was unprecedentedly tragic for the Daurs, but it was really easy for the invading Tsarist Russians.The concentrated fire of several 12-pound guns quickly opened a large gap in the city wall, and the Buryat musketeers rushed in immediately.

Little Gui Gudal had already shot all the feathered arrows in the bag. He picked up a prepared stone and threw it at a Rakshasa soldier. He fell to his knees with a cry.

More than a dozen old people and women walked over carrying stone baskets. Little Gui Gudal hurriedly picked up another one, and was about to throw it out when a grenade fell from the sky.

"boom!"

The smoke dissipated, and Xiaogui Gudal fell into a pool of blood.The women carrying the baskets at the back went crazy when they saw it. They grabbed the stones from the ground and rushed over to try to smash the enemy to death.

"shooting!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Women and old people were shot and fell to the ground.

The roar of cannons and muskets covered up the cries of the killing and drowned out the laughter of the Rakshasa generals on the river.With blood and gunpowder everywhere, the city of Guigudar fell again three years later in 170.

A few days later, seven hundred miles northwest of Heilongjiang City, at the confluence of the Huma River and Heilongjiang.

After thousands of years of river erosion, a wide delta zone has been formed here, surrounded by mountains and rivers, fertile land and lush aquatic plants. (Luding Mountain, Lord Wei's territory, is here.)
In the winter of the 11th year of Shunzhi (1654), the Cossack Stepanlov gang was defeated by the Qing Dynasty general Qingche Duwei Ming Andali's troops, fled here in a hurry and built Humarsk Castle.They lingered on for four years. Ningguta Zhangjing Sarhuda led an army to conquer it, and the angry border residents burned the castle.

In the 22nd year of Kangxi (1683), the Qing government approved the request of the king and minister for discussing politics, agreed to build Humarmu City on the island by the river, and set up scouts in order to colonize the border and capture Yaksa.However, after the Second Battle of Yaksa ended, Wooden City was abandoned immediately.

In the fifth year of Yongzheng, in order to prevent poaching from Rakshasa, the Qing court established Humar Karen here.In the history of another time and space, later generations called this place "ancient station".

Since the Qing Dynasty, Karen outposts in Northeast China have been divided into two types functionally, Outer Karen and Inner Karen; in terms of geographical climate, they are further divided into permanent Karen and relocated Karen.

Humar Karen belongs to Wai Karen; however, because of its remote location and severe cold climate, it is also relocated to Karen.The garrison soldiers here go to Aihui City every year after the river freezes to spend the winter, and they don't return to the island to continue their garrison until the river melts the next year.

This is also the place where the yamen of the vice capital of Aihui collected tribute from the surrounding border residents.Every year in March and December, officials of the Qing government come here from Aihui City to collect tribute and taxes, and the heads of various ministries come here to pay the taxes and receive rewards with the tribute delivered.

However, with the warning message from Yaksa, the tranquility of Humar Karen was broken.

In order to defend against the Rakshasa invasion, Ered Mubu, the deputy capital of Heilongjiang City, ordered all Karen garrisons in the surrounding areas to gather at Humar Karen, and the three hundred armored soldiers who had been ordered to go north also rushed here.In the past few days, thousands of border residents of various ethnic groups who heard the news also rushed here one after another to assist the officers and soldiers in defending.

Although the wooden city built during the Kangxi period has been destroyed, the base of the original wall is still there.The border residents who came here immediately put into the construction of the wooden city regardless of their hard work.

The restored wooden city has been reduced by half from its original perimeter of eight miles. The outer walls are all surrounded by thick pine wood from the surrounding mountains, and the interior is filled with earth and rocks.

"My lord, there are a few Daur people who came from the upper reaches to report the news, begging to see you!"

Tibet, the coordinator from Aihui City, hurriedly said: "Bring it quickly, I want to inquire personally."

Not long after, when the old fisherman Zhamusu and his three companions were led into the big tent by the armored soldiers, when they saw the general of the Qing army sitting in the middle, they bowed their heads.

"Grassman Zhamusu sees Master Xieling! Please send troops to rescue Guigudar City!"

"Wait up and talk."

Zamusu got up and hurriedly said: "My lord! The villain escaped from Yaksa, and the three of them were sent by the leader of Guigudar City to ask for help!"

Tibet nodded and said, "Don't worry, speak slowly."

After a meal, Aihuixie leader Tibet listened to Zamusu and the other three people's narration, and sighed: "It took you three days to arrive here, and I estimate that Guigudar City may not be able to survive." gone."

"Ah!" The three Daur people who came with Zamusu became anxious. "My lord, there are nearly a thousand old and young people in the city, this, this, this has to go and save them!"

"It's too late!" Tibet got up and walked outside the tent, pointing to the officers and soldiers who were building the wooden city with the border residents, "Look, I only have four hundred soldiers here, and I'm afraid it's not enough to defend Humar, how can we continue Divide up and go north to rescue?"

Zhamusu had a sad expression on his face when he heard this, while the other three Daur people burst into tears, knelt on the ground and kowtowed in the direction of Guigudar City, praying for their relatives whose life and death were unpredictable.

At this time, a leader walked up behind Tibet and said in a low voice: "My lord, the last general is willing to take his soldiers and send a sentry to the northwest. If anyone escapes, there will be a response."

Tibet said in a deep voice: "I can't give you more people, you can only bring ten people."

Na Zuoling cupped his fists and said, "Hey!"

After the leader of the Aihui Association, Tubert, waited for Nazuo to lead him away, he turned his head to the southeast with his hands behind his back, and sighed secretly. He knew that the time left for him was running out, and the Luocha fleet would sail down the river at any time. Excuse me, but when will Qiqihar's reinforcements arrive?

In Qiqihar City, the Heilongjiang General's office is located in the east of this wooden city.Because the weather has not completely warmed up yet, Heilongjiang general Hengxiu's office is still in the warm hall in the back hall.

At this time, an aide opened the curtain and walked in. He bowed to Heng Xiu who was sitting behind the desk, and handed over an urgent letter with three chicken feathers on it.

Hengxiu took a look at the cover, it was sent by Ningguta Camp, he opened it and took a few glances, his face was full of anger.

"Ming Yinzhai, this bastard, actually wants me to send troops?! Rakshasa is about to hit Heilongjiang city!"

The staff member cupped his hands and said, "Commander, how can we return to Commander Ming?"

"Go back! I have no soldiers! He has tens of thousands of elite soldiers under Ming Yinzhai's command. If this can't stop Zhao Ni and his gang, they might as well ram them to death!"

Hengxiu paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, the heat from the earth dragon in the warm hall made him very irritable.Without even thinking about it, he asked, "How many days has it been since you sent out the urgent report to Mr. Qing?"

The aide said, "It's been two days."

Qing Gui is the Minister of Economics and Strategy who was ordered by the imperial court to manage Jilin and Heilongjiang. Now that Hengxiu is asking for help, he must report to Qing Gui who is in Ula, Jilin.

At present, Qiqihar's Eight Banners garrison troops are insufficient to support Ninggu Tower, so there are only 3000 left in total. After receiving the urgent report from the Deputy Capital Commander of Heilongjiang City yesterday, Hengxiu has dispatched [-] armored soldiers to support them. There are no soldiers to adjust.

"Pen and ink are waiting for you." Heng Xiu decided to send another urgent message to Qing Gui for help.According to the news sent back from Aihui City, Rakshasa launched a sudden attack this time, and the offensive was extremely fierce. There were hundreds of warships alone, and it was difficult to resist with the 1000-odd defenders in Heilongjiang City alone.

The staff hurriedly polished the ink, Hengxiu picked up the brush, and was about to dip the ink, when she heard the sound of the door curtain, looked up, and saw that it was her personal soldier, Captain Goshha, who came in.

Heng Xiu said while smearing ink, "Say, what's the matter?"

"Commander, 8000 people from Zhao Ni's department broke through the Ningguta camp three days ago, and Commander Ming retreated to Ningguta City!"

"What?!" Heng Xiu yelled in shock, and the brush in her hand fell onto the snow-white letter paper with a click, and the ink splashed everywhere.

　According to the Qing system, all officials stationed in Karen must report to the court for approval before taking office.In Karen, there is one assistant leader, who is awarded the sixth-rank Lanling bodyguard; the number of soldiers is ten to fifteen.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)