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During the two-month stay, the military rations were consumed a lot.

The enemy in this battle is not a Cossack, but a poor logistical supply.Cossacks don't have this kind of trouble. They can eat people when they run out of food, and the aborigines everywhere are arrested casually.

When he came near the stockade of Hu Erha, the chief received the news and came to greet him.

The chief's name is very cute, transliterated as Dai Pengpeng.However, he looked quite scary, with a hideous scar on his face. When he saw Wang Fuchen, he knelt down and cried: "My lord general, you are finally here!"

Wang Fuchen asked, "Where is the Rakshasa ghost?"

Dai Pengpeng replied: "The Raksha ghosts have already left. They robbed dozens of livestock and arrested some tribesmen. They want [-] furs and they said they will come to get them next time. If they don't get enough, they will kill people."

Wang Fuchen asked again: "How many Rakshasa ghosts are there?"

Dai Pengpeng said: "I don't know about other places. There are more than 100 Raksha ghosts who came to our village. They came by boat, and they all brought firecrackers and swords."

Wang Fuchen asked, "Where is the Rakshasa ghost's lair?"

Dai Pengpeng replied: "According to the tribes farther to the east, Raksha ghosts are entrenched in Boheli."

Boheli is Burleigh, also known as Burleigh, the urban area of ​​Khabarovka in Russia.The territory of New China is a rooster, and Boli is on the other side of the river at the tip of the rooster's comb.

In the Tang Dynasty it was Boli Prefecture, in the Liao Dynasty it was the Ministry of Jieli, Bahuluwei was established in the Ming Dynasty, and it was called Boheli in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. They are all different transliterations of the same name.

Wang Fuchen got some food and continued to walk east along the river.

Coming to the confluence of Heilongjiang and Songhua River, the aborigines here provided new clues.

Raksha ghosts did occupy Boheli for several months, and used it as a base to plunder the Heilongjiang and Songhua River basins.But after grabbing enough goods, he took the stolen goods and went to Beishan (outer Xing'an Mountains) along Heilongjiang.

Wang Fuchen was dumbfounded. He went out to toss for a few months and consumed so much military rations that he didn't even touch the shadow of the enemy.

The stronghold of the Cossack bandits is on the other side of the Mohe River!

How to do?

Wang Fuchen didn't want to go back home, he finally had the opportunity to make meritorious service, how could he give up without encountering the enemy?

"The [-] peasants should go back in half, and send a few Mongolian cavalry to lead the way," Wang Fuchen ordered. "The peasants who returned from the original road don't need to bring much food. Let the Mongols and Jurchens along the way provide food. How much food did you take?" Give them a lot of military tickets, and let them take the military tickets to Liaoning to exchange for goods. If any tribe refuses to send food, they will say that I will lead troops to borrow food at any time!"

There is almost not enough food and grass to support so many peasants.The various tribes here were ransacked by Raksha ghosts, and it was difficult to provide enough food, so they had to throw the extra folks back home.

Fortunately, the natives along the river are used to taking boats, so many boats can be recruited here, and the food can be shipped and transported.

A few days later, Wang Fuchen took 1000 cavalry, 1500 civilian husbands, and more than 10 Mongolian soldiers along the Heilongjiang River towards the Xing'an Mountains.The nearby indigenous tribes sent warriors to follow them. They had a blood feud with the Cossacks, and they brought their own dry food to fight with the Datong cavalry.

Not to mention destroying the Cossacks, as long as the Cossacks are beaten so hard that they dare not come, the tribes in the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang and Songhua Rivers will sincerely support the Datong court from then on.

Just continue northward for dozens of miles, and Wang Fuchen will be lucky.

The Cossack bandits who were full last year came to rob again this year, and are currently robbing the Sakhalian natives along the Heilongjiang River.

Chapter 728 [Cossack Bandit]

The names of various tribes in the Northeast are often named after rivers.

Sakhalian Department, free translation is Heilongjiang Department, Sakhalian Ula is Heilongjiang.It generally refers to the indigenous tribes living in the vast area on the north bank of the middle reaches of Heilongjiang, which are subdivided into many small tribes.

On the south bank of the Heilongjiang River are the Greater Khingan Mountains and the Lesser Khingan Mountains. The environment is difficult, the population is small, and the living conditions are relatively primitive.

The northern bank of Heilongjiang, which is the territory of the Sahalian people, is relatively more advanced and richer.

A lot of arable land has been reclaimed along the river, and the crops grown include barley, oats, buckwheat, millet, peas and so on.But they can't get enough to eat just by farming, so they also fish and hunt, belonging to a half-fishing and half-farming society.

When Wang Fuchen came here, he soon found traces of war.

It was autumn at this time, and crops such as barley had just matured, and animals such as sables were also growing fat.The Cossack bandits picked a good time to snatch both fresh food and freshly peeled furs.

Even for the sake of gaining prestige and weakening the natives, the food that could not be taken away was directly burned.

In front of Wang Fuchen's eyes, large tracts of wheat fields were scorched black by the Cossacks.

The chief of the local tribe knelt on the shore with his tribe, and when Wang Fuchen got off the boat, he cried and cried: "General, help me, give me some food!"

Wang Fuchen, who himself didn't have enough food, sneered suddenly: "When you helped the Tartars fight and slaughtered the Han people, why didn't you think of distributing food to the Han people? Now I'm here to help you expel the Raksha ghosts. It's not enough to ask you for food." It’s alright, do you still want me to share the food with you?”

After hearing the translation, the native chief quickly argued: "Master General, we did not fight for the Tartars, we have been bullied by the Tartars all the time!"

It's not clear.

Jianzhou Jurchen is purely an expansion of force. Donghai Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen, and Beishan Jurchen are all objects of conquest by the Jianzhou Tartars.It is nothing more than siege the city, kill the leader, plunder the population, and set up the Eight Banners.

Those who helped the Tartars fight in the early days were all aboriginals who were taken away, and they were promoted step by step from slaves.In the mid-term, a large number of aboriginals in the Heilongjiang River Basin were forcibly relocated to Liaoning, organized into the Eight Banners, engaged in production and farming, and fought in wartime.

As for the aborigines who have not moved away, they have to pay tribute to the Tartars with Dongzhu and fur every year.Even if you are honest and obedient, the Tartars may continue to attack and plunder the population to supplement the Eight Banners Army.

These natives are definitely oppressed.

But some of them did join the Eight Banners Army.

Only the Sakhalian tribe has many titles in the history of "Drafts of Qing History".For example, Er Yitu died in Changsha.Duoluodai died in battle in Bazhou, and his son Sarai died in battle in Dongting Lake.Roll cloth, and died in Luancheng.Ayantu, died in Nanpi.Narmadai died in Xiamen.

In this time and space, the officers of the Eight Banners who were beheaded by the Datong Army were at least hundreds of people from the Sakhalian Department.They fought extremely bravely, or they were not smart enough to use their brains. When the tartar gave an order, the Sahalian soldiers rushed forward without fear of life and death.

It is precisely because too many people were looted by the Tartars, and the death rate after enlisting in the army was extremely high, the population along the coast of Heilongjiang was empty.

Otherwise, how could hundreds of Cossack bandits dare to come to Heilongjiang to show off their might?

Wang Fuchen glanced over and found that most of the people kneeling in front of him were old and weak women and children.There are also some young and strong, which were left on purpose by the Tartars to let them collect pearls and hunt for fur.

Should hate them?

Or should we pity them?

Wang Fuchen was too lazy to settle old accounts, and asked, "When did the Raksha ghost leave? Where did he go?"

The native chief replied: "The Raksha ghosts have been walking for six days. They are divided into two groups. One group goes back upstream by boat, carrying the plundered fur and food. The other group goes north on horseback and goes into the forest. I'm afraid I'm going to rob the tribes in the forest."

"How many people do they have? How many boats? How many horses?" Wang Fuchen asked.

The native chief said: "The boats of the Rakshasa ghosts are all very big, more than the sum of two hands and feet. The Rakshasa ghosts don't have many horses, just a little more than the two hands. They come quickly. , went so fast, we didn’t even have time to call up warriors to resist.”

Wang Fuchen said, "I'm asking you, how many Raksha ghosts are there?"

"Innumerable, many, many." The indigenous chief replied.

Wang Fuchen was so depressed that he called in a hundred soldiers, lined up neatly, and asked, "Are there so many?"

The native chief said: "More."

Wang Fuchen lined up another three hundred soldiers and asked, "Are there so many?"

The indigenous chief recalled carefully: "It's a little less than this."

That's about two hundred.

Wang Fuchen pointed to his boat and asked, "Is the Rakshasa ghost's boat this big?"

The native chief replied immediately: "It's bigger than the general's biggest boat."

Wang Fuchen's grain transport boats were collected halfway, and the biggest ones were not too big. It seems that the Raksha Ghost's boat was not too big.

Wang Fuchen immediately ordered: "Divide up and pursue. Luo Yanggui..."

"exist!"

A cavalry officer stepped forward.

Wang Fuchen said: "Take [-] cavalry and go to the north to chase after the Raksha ghost, and pick a few locals here as guides. Regardless of the outcome, you will only chase for half a month, and immediately return to this place the same way."

"Yes!"

Luo Yanggui held his head high.

Wang Fuchen said: "The rest of the cavalry will follow me to pursue along the Heilongjiang River. The peasants, livestock and ships will follow me and advance slowly, leaving fifty cavalry to protect the logistics."

Choose a good guide, and the Datong cavalry will immediately pursue and kill them.

After advancing along the river for more than a hundred miles, the sentry came back and reported: "General, according to the natives in front, the main force of the Raksha ghosts is tens of miles away, where the Heilongjiang River and the Niman River (Russia's Buleya River) meet. The intersection. There is a large island in the middle of the river, and the rivers and swamps on both sides are densely covered, and the Raksha ghosts are stationed on the Jiangxin island."

"These Rakshasa ghosts know how to fight." Wang Fuchen couldn't help muttering.

The Cossacks who invaded Northeast China mainly used ships.The performance of the boats they built is far superior to that of the natives, and they can quickly escape by boat when the situation is not good.

The place where they chose to camp was located on Jiangxinzhou. With the advantage of ships, the Cossacks were already invincible.What's more, there are still swamps everywhere on both sides of the strait, and the Datong cavalry can't get close quickly.

You can't go after it directly, otherwise you will scare the snake, and the Raksha ghost will escape by boat if he feels danger.

Mission officer Zhong Kaidong said: "You can ask the aborigines to spread the news, saying that there are Han merchants who brought a lot of gold and silver to collect fur. Then choose another aborigine who has a bloody feud with the Raksha ghost, and let him be a dead man to give to the Raksha. The ghost reports. Since the Raksha ghost is a bandit, he must be lured by gold and silver, and our army can set up an ambush at a suitable place."

"good idea!"

Wang Fuchen said: "The aborigines here are not very smart. You have to prepare a speech for them so that they can memorize it fluently, so that they won't be easily exposed."

……

The Cossack leader who looted Heilongjiang was named Khabarov.

After the city of Khabarovsk in China was ceded to Tsarist Russia by the Qing Dynasty, the name of this person was changed to "Khabarovka".

Khabarov was originally an owner farmer, but because he lost his land, he was better off than a serf.In order to make a living, he joined the Siberia expedition team and gradually became the expedition leader. With bloody and brutal methods, he was always able to get fur from Siberia natives.

Relying on the profits from the fur trade, Khabarov bribed officials to get a license from the government.

Gradually, he not only engaged in fur business, but also became a private salt dealer, bought land and owned his own farm.

Then, Khabarov was targeted by the lord, who not only seized his salt fields and farms, but also put him in prison on charges of tax evasion.The wealth accumulated over the years was wiped out in one day.

After he was released from prison, Khabarov, relying on his past reputation, ventured further east to explore the region, step by step eastward to Heilongjiang.

At present, Khabarov already owns a city, that is Yaksa on the other side of the Mohe River!

It was originally the residence of the Aola clan of the Daur tribe. The young and strong of the Aola clan were taken away by the Manchu Qing.Under the emptiness of the population, it was occupied by Khabarov and used this as a base to rob along the Heilongjiang River Basin.

Historically, the signing of the "Nerchinsk Treaty" by Kangxi was the result of the war between China and Russia in Yaksa.

Jiang Xinzhou.

Khabarov was eating and drinking with his arms around a woman who was snatched from a nearby indigenous village.

In addition to goods and food, Cossacks also like to rob women to vent their depression during the march.If there is no danger, take the woman back to the base as a slave girl.If there is danger, throw the woman down, or simply kill and run away.

Short of food in the middle, you can kill a woman to eat meat!

After eating and drinking enough, Khabarov called his deputy: "It's been more than ten days, and Yegor hasn't come back yet? You send some riders to the forest to the east to investigate. Don't go too deep, one or two I'll be back someday."

"I'm afraid I got lost." The deputy said and left.

Khabarov's men initially had only 138 people, several ships, and three artillery pieces, all with muskets.

When he occupied Yaksa and had a base, more Cossacks soon joined in.At present, the manpower has expanded to 257 people, and the furs have been exchanged for war horses-those war horses were snatched from the Buryat Mongols by the Cossacks further north.

Patting the woman's buttocks and pushing the woman away, Khabarov said to the native boy next to him, "Use what is rewarded to you. As long as you are loyal to me, your benefits will be indispensable."

The indigenous boy quickly lay down on the ground, kowtowed to thank for the gift, and then dragged the woman out to vent his desire.

An indigenous boy from the Aola clan of the Daur tribe.It has been conquered by the Cossacks, and all those who resisted fiercely were killed, and those who survived were given to the Cossacks to farm and hunt.There are also some timid and weak ones who are taken in as slaves by the Cossacks and become loyal lackeys of the robbers.

Gasps were heard from the next door. The native boy did not dare to resist the robbers, and all his anger was vented on the innocent woman.

When Khabarov heard the voice, a smile appeared on his face.This kind of woman snatched halfway is purely a consumable, and I'm tired of playing with it for a few days.Give rewards to slaves to gain loyalty.It's like domesticating a hound, and you have to feed the hound meat.

Khabarov walked to the edge of Jiangxin Continent with his gun on his back, overlooking the vast swamps and forests on the other side.

He divided his forces into two groups and went into the forest to plunder the natives.One has come back now, and the other has been missing for a long time, otherwise he would have returned to Yaksa with the spoils.

This situation is not unusual, most likely lost.

Chapter 729 [Burn, Kill and Loot]

The Cossack cavalry who didn't come back on time, of course, was bitten by the Datong cavalry!

A few days ago, in the northern forest of the middle reaches of Heilongjiang.

There is a small tribe here that mainly focuses on fishing and hunting. Yegor led more than a dozen Cossacks, and under the guidance of a local guide, he quickly raided the villages of the indigenous tribes.

It is said to be a village, but in fact it is just a wooden fence around the settlement to guard against wild animals.

These Cossacks on horseback are not qualified to be called cavalry.

For example, Yegor, who led the team, was just a runaway serf from Tsarist Russia.He came to Siberia with the expedition team, and first mixed with Yakutsk (the name of this person, which later became a place name), but Yakutsk was not only cruel to the natives, but also cruel and harsh to his own people.

A few years ago, news came from farther southeast that there was a big river called Amur (Heilongjiang).In the lower reaches of the river, it is extremely rich and prosperous, not only has a large population, but also is rich in sable fur, and gold and silver mines have been discovered.

The Cossacks who drank the wind and snow on the shore of Lake Baikal were immediately stimulated to scream.