Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 352
"votre altesse (French: Your Highness)?"

Aleksandrov was stunned for a while, but a French sentence popped out of his throat, which made Zhao Xin frown.

Can this speak well?

Zhao Xin knew that French was the social language of the entire European high society in this era, but the problem was that he had never learned it at all.

"Earl, right? Please sit down." There was only one seat opposite Zhao Xin, so the other officers could only stand.

After Aleksandrov sat down with some hesitation, Zhao Xin said indifferently: "Now, let's talk about the specific issue of surrender."

"Please wait a moment." Lieutenant Essin who was standing beside him spoke. He walked behind Aleksandrov, bowed his head and whispered a few words.

After hearing this, Alexandrov looked dazed, and asked tentatively, "Are you the descendant of the last Ming royal family who fought against the Qing emperor for several years?"

"Does this have anything to do with your surrender to me?"

"Your Excellency, oh, no, Your Highness, of course it has something to do with it." After Essin finished speaking, he asked Aleksandrov in a low voice: "Commander, can I say a few words?"

"Of course. Go ahead, my lieutenant."

At this time, Aixin said to Zhao Xin: "Your Highness, we sent a messenger to you more than two months ago. I wonder if you have received it?"

"Letter? What letter? Who sent it?" Zhao Xin began to play dumb.

"It's my two subordinates, they are all Buryats, Aimorigen and Batelsang."

Zhao Xin shook his head slightly: "I've never heard of it."

"Maybe they lost their way." Ai Xin showed a playful expression on his face, looked at Zhao Xin and continued: "In the letter, we expressed our gratitude to Count Ivan Jacobi, the governor of Irkutsk, for your rebellion against the Qing emperor. For your appreciation and support, he hopes to unite with you to carve up this vast land together."

"Oh?" Zhao Xinyu asked mockingly: "This has been the territory of Chinese dynasties hundreds of years ago. Why should I carve up with your governor?"

"No, Your Highness." Aleksandrov said at this time: "This territory used to be the land of our Russian Empire. Back then we sent troops to help the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately we were defeated in the end. This territory was also taken away by the Qing emperor. Now is the time to return to the arms of our country."

"Hahahahaha!" Zhao Xin was overjoyed at being able to reverse black and white to this point.

He stood up slowly, the smile on his face hadn't faded, and he suddenly pulled out the pistol from his waist with his right hand, raised it up and shot Aixin in the head.

"boom!"

As the violent gunshots rang out, blood spurted out, and Aleksandrov, who was splashed with blood all over his face, was startled and fell back, turned over and fell to the ground.

Several regiment leaders of the Russian army did not expect Zhao Xin to be so irritable, looking at the blood on the ground, all of them turned pale, and thought to themselves, what kind of Highness is this?The devil is almost there!

From their point of view, nobles are polite when they talk, even if they want to kill someone, it's just a matter of winking, how can anyone kill someone by themselves?

Just as an officer was about to step forward to help Aleksandrov, all the guards around raised their guns, and a guard behind the highness was even more exaggerated, pulling out a knife directly from his back; it seemed that as long as the guard As soon as His Highness gave an order, the heads of these people would fall to the ground immediately.

"Who are these people!" Veins appeared on the officer's forehead, and beads of sweat slowly flowed down his cheeks.

Bogaevsky hurriedly stopped his colleagues and shouted: "Don't move!"

"What!" Zhao Xin closed the safety, put the gun back into the holster, looked coldly at the Russian military officers and said, "Are you worthy of negotiating terms with me?"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and said to a guard: "Notify the artillery positions of the third company and open fire on the Tsarist Russian fleet!"

In less than a minute, the Tsarist Russian officers present heard the rumble of bombing outside the city again.Bogaevsky was sweating nervously, and begged loudly: "Your Highness, please stop the shelling. I swear in the name of God, we have no other intentions!"

"To be a prisoner, you must have the consciousness of being a prisoner!" Zhao Xin put his hands behind his back, and waited for Aleksandrov to get up from the ground, and then said in a deep voice: "Now, I order you to hand over your sabers and surrender to our army unconditionally." surrender!"

Two days later in the early morning, when the fleet led by Wu Siyu was moored at the pier outside the east gate of the old city of Aihui, Zhao Xin finally let out a sigh of relief and finally arrived.

Wu Siyu took Hu Ji down the springboard, saw Zhao Xin who was waiting for them, and hurried forward to salute.

Zhao Xin hurriedly returned the gift, and asked Wu Siyu and the three of them, "Are you tired?"

Wu Siyu looked tired, but he saw that Zhao Xin's eyes were bloodshot, so he said: "It's okay. By the way, where are the prisoners?"

Zhao Xin turned his head and pointed to the old city of Aihui, saying: "It's all enclosed inside."

Since the Russian army handed over their sabers and surrendered, Zhao Xin imprisoned them all in the old city of Aihui.Fortunately, there were only three gates in the old city. He assigned four companies to guard the west, south and east gates respectively, and arranged two companies to patrol outside the city. not idle.

The team of six hundred people had to watch the prisoners, arrange the defense of Heilongjiang City to the south, and pay attention to the Tsarist Russian fleet that fled to the north of the mouth of the Zeya River. Everyone was very nervous and exhausted these two days.

For those captives of Tsarist Russia, Zhao Xin was not polite.All the prisoners' meals were halved and distributed, and anyone who dared to cause trouble would be taken to the river bank and shot.Fortunately, it is June and the weather is not too cold. The Russian prisoners lighted bonfires at night, and nothing happened except that there were more mosquitoes.

In order to reassure these prisoners, he ordered medical soldiers to enter the city to treat the seriously wounded.According to the words of later generations, even if they are shot tomorrow, the prisoner must be kept alive today.

When the Tsarist Russian officers saw that the North Navy actually sent doctors to treat their injuries, they gradually let go of their worries; and those who tried to make trouble were stopped by the officers and non-commissioned officers.

After Wu Siyu listened, he said to Zhao Xin: "I understand. After the troops disembark, I will arrange for Huji's troops to switch defenses. How about you go to sleep first?"

Zhao Xin shook his head and said: "There is time. I can arrange some things when you are here, or there will be no manpower at all."

After speaking, he called Chen Jishan and asked him to take Wu Siyu to deal with the camping of the troops after disembarking, and then Zhao Xin asked Sahalian to come over.

"My surname is long, are you tired?" Zhao Xin kindly invited Liu Sheng's father-in-law to sit down, and made him another cup of tea.

"Hey, I'm not tired at all. My lord, what can you tell me?" Sahalian admired Zhao Xin now. 600 people fought against more than 1 people, and they won a complete victory, and even captured thousands of people. This former emperor and descendant of the Ming Dynasty is really amazing!

But what impressed him the most was that Zhao Xin was always very polite to these border residents, and never put on airs of superiority just because he was a Han Chinese.

Zhao Xin took a sip of his tea, and then said: "There is such a thing. Although the Qing army in Heilongjiang City has escaped, we don't know how many people are still there. We didn't have enough manpower before, and I didn't arrange anyone to go there. , now I would like to trouble your old surname Chang."

When Sahalian heard this, he got up quickly and said, "My lord, please order, I will take someone to do it myself!"

Zhao Xin signaled the other party to sit down, and then said: "I will let Wukanbei and a platoon go with you. Two things, the first is to let them know that the Beihai Navy is not a robber, and let them open the city gate and live in peace. If there are patients in the city, our medical team can also help them treat; the second is to find out how many people are in the city and when the Qing army will return."

Sahalian said: "My lord, don't worry about this matter, I will definitely finish it! I will take people there now!"

Zhao Xindao: "Don't worry, my old surname is Chang. You have been tired for several days. Take a rest first and leave at noon. I will have the horses ready for you."

Sahalian is over 50. In this era when people can be called "old man" after 40 years old, Zhao Xin can't explain to Liu Sheng and Wu Xiha if he is really tired.

Not to mention how the North Navy prepares, the city of Heilongjiang in the south is really worried these days.

The Vice President took his men to the city of Mergen overnight, and it was said that he was going to ask for rescue soldiers; but even if he went to ask for help, he wouldn't take all the armor soldiers away, right?
Right now, apart from the wounded who cannot afford serious injuries, there are only more than 2000 border residents from the surrounding villages and prisoners exiled here. If someone really attacked the city, it would be impossible to defend it.

In addition to the lack of soldiers, the biggest problem in Heilongjiang City now is that there is not enough food.It’s the fifth month of May and June, and the new grain hasn’t matured yet. Last year’s grain stockpile was not much, and it dropped even more when the war broke out; The rice silos and granaries have been emptied, and everyone is now hanging by the spot in the Dafo Temple in the southwest corner of the outer city, and the porridge is so clear that people can be seen.

After noon, a few border residents guarding the north gate of the outer city of Heilongjiang saw dozens of fast horses approaching not far away.When the group approached, they realized that the opponent was not a soldier from the imperial court.

"It's broken! That boy's traitor is here!"

"This is how to do ah?"

Zamusu, who was guarding here with several Daur people, leaned on a spear, squinted his eyes for a while, and said suddenly: "Wait a minute, I don't think they are here to attack the city."

Sure enough, after a while, Zamusu and others who were huddled behind the city wall heard someone outside the wall shouting: "Is there anyone who is breathing? I am the surname of Hejiesa, and my name is Sahalian!"

"Is it a Hezhe?" Several Daurians looked at each other, and finally Zamusu, who was the oldest, poked his head out, and saw that the man on the horse outside the wall was indeed dressed as a Hezhe.

"My name is Zhamusu, from Daur. Where is your surname Sa? I've never heard of it."

Sahalian looked up at the gray-haired head on the wall, and said with a smile: "Brother, our village is on the edge of Tling Rock. Do you know about the Yongning Monument?"

"Ah, I heard about it from Ama before." Zamusu's eyes lit up. There are no fishermen on the Heilongjiang River who don't know the Yongning Monument. In their hearts, it is already two sacred objects.

"I'm a fisherman from Rafkai. Rakshasa is here, and I'm here to report. But who would have thought. Sigh~~"

"Brother, those of us on the Heilongjiang River, no matter Hezhe or Daur, live in the same river, so we are a family in the boat!"

Zamusu's eyes became hot when he heard this, and tears almost fell down. He choked up his voice and asked, "How dare you come here with only so few people. The guns of Luocha are powerful, and many officers and soldiers died."

"Hahaha, old brother, you don't know this, the Rakshasa was defeated by us, and there are thousands of Rakshasa imprisoned in the old city to the north!"

"What?!" Zamusu froze for a moment.

"Don't believe me?" Saharian said with a smile, "Why don't you come with me, brother, and I'll take you to have a look."

"Hey, wait a minute, let's discuss it."

"I'm waiting, you tell the people in the city, I, Sahalian, swear to the sky, Rakshasa was defeated by us, if there is even half a lie, I will be struck by lightning from the sky, and I will die a terrible death!"

When Zamusu heard that Saha had made such a solemn oath, he believed more than half of it, so he hurriedly sent someone to the Great Buddha Temple to call some leaders over.

In the temporary headquarters of the Beihai Navy, because Zhao Xin drank too much strong tea, he couldn't fall asleep even if he wanted to sleep. He tossed and turned the pancakes on the bed, and then got up again, scribbling and correcting in front of the desk, planning the arrangements for the future.

The curtain of the tent door rattled, Wu Siyu walked in at this moment, saw that Zhao Xin was still writing, and said, "Why don't you sleep for a while?"

"There are too many things to do, and I can't sleep. Are you done with the defense change?"

"Well, the medical team and the cadres are setting up tents. By the way, what are you going to do next?"

Zhao Xin put down his pen, rubbed his forehead and said, "Keep fighting until Lake Baikal is over!"

"Ambition really is not small!" Wu Siyu said with a smile: "Recovering the old place is such a big matter, this time I have to follow whatever I say."

"You and I, together with Da Liu and Wang Yuanfang, good fellows, the four King Kongs of the Beihai Navy are dispatched together, which is really a face!" Zhao Xin changed the subject with a smile, and joked: "You have been away for a few months. Is your family not in a hurry?"

Wu Siyu said: "How dare you talk about me? What about your marriage with Miss Shen? Boss Shen complained to me before leaving."

Zhao Xinyi waved his hand and said: "He is not complaining, he is anxious to become a relative of the emperor."

Zhao Xin could talk about this himself, but others really couldn't bring it up, so Wu Siyu thought for a while, then changed the subject and said, "By the way, I'll tell you an interesting thing. Before I left, I heard from Old Chen that Father Ma recently Foaming on the mouth in a hurry, but that old monk Chengche did a remarkable thing."

"Oh?" Zhao Xinxin said, what are these two doing again?He lit a cigarette and asked with great interest, "Tell me?"

Speaking of which, since the Beihai Navy went northward and the news of Rakshasa's invasion spread in Beihai Town, the situation of Father Macarius in Beihai Town suddenly became embarrassing.Nothing else, because everyone knows he is a Rakshasa.

The eyes of the people around him changed, from respect to disdain, and even a trace of hatred.Those patients who came to the Beihai Town Hospital for X-rays all asked to be replaced; they didn't want this Rakshasa to see through their bodies.

Even though Father Ma denounced Tsarist Russia's invasion in public, he was still secretly happy. He felt that the glory of God was finally going to shine on this black land.However, seeing the dozen or so believers who had finally developed fell apart, Father Ma was in pain and happiness like schizophrenia, and the blisters on his mouth became more and more obvious.

On the contrary, the behavior of Chengche's master and apprentice caused waves in Beihai Town, making all the time-traveling people look at this old monk with admiration.

On the second day after Zhao Xin set off, Chengche asked his apprentice, the little novice, to sign up to join the army. This move shocked even Chen Qingsong.He came to the hut where the old monk lived and raised his own questions.

"Why did the mage do this?"

Sitting cross-legged, Cheng Che twirled the Buddhist beads in his hand, and said lightly: "What I eat is the millet of China, where I live and drink the white mountains and black waters. As a disciple of the Buddha, when the enemy invades and wreaks havoc, I cannot save lives. I, Buddha Tathagata, try to show respect, and think that I am not as good as a dog! A dog can still pull a cart and guard the gate for the Lord, but the poor monk is useless, and he still eats with shame, how can he not be ashamed of his heart?"

After hearing this, Chen Qingsong felt that the mountains were looking up, and his heart was surging. He folded his hands respectfully and said, "I've been taught! If the mage has any requirements, please let me know."

"The poor monk heard that there is a type of soldier in the Northern Navy who specializes in medical care, and heals the wounded and rescues the dying in battle?"

Chen Qingsong understood immediately, so he said: "Master, don't worry, they are medical soldiers, and I will greet the people in the army."

"Then there will be a benefactor."

Thus, the little novice took off his cassock and became a medical soldier of the Northern Navy since then.

After listening to Wu Siyu's narration, Zhao Xin shook his head after a while and exclaimed: "This is a real practice, it's really amazing!"

When the two were amazed, Chen Jishan came in from outside the tent, and said to Zhao Xin with joy, "My lord, Chief Wu, Sahalian and the others have brought some people back!"

　Three shifts a day, breaking the record.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)