"If the general wants to kill someone in a lowly position, he can just give the order. Why should he do that?" Upon hearing that he was asked to enter the city to persuade him to surrender, Franzbekov came to Zhu Ruodeng in tears.
"Oh, why did the pacifier say this? I asked you to persuade Tutursk and Bratsk to surrender because you were once the governor of Tsarist Russia. You can get twice the result with half the effort by pacifying the Tsarist Russian army." Zhu Ruodeng hurriedly comforted him with kind words.
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"If Your Highness asks me to surrender the Tutursk guard Khovansky, I have a relationship with this person, so I am somewhat sure about it; but if you ask me to surrender the Bratsk guard Radudakovsky, this person has always been
Known as the loyal dog of the Tsar, he hated me to the core after I presented him to Yakutsk and returned to the Ming Dynasty. If I fell into his hands, I would definitely be worse than death. Unfortunately, I am loyal to His Highness, even if it means death, I would rather die.
In the hands of His Highness." After saying this, Franzbekov burst into tears.
When Zhu Ruodeng heard this, he suddenly felt a little ashamed. After surrendering, this man flattered him in every possible way, and donated countless gold, silver, jewels, and musicians. In order to complete the Western Expedition as soon as possible, he sent him into the city to persuade him to surrender, but he did not consider his safety. Indeed,
Somewhat chilling."
Thinking of this, he decided to give the Rakshasa surrender a little sweetness, "Since there is little hope of persuading Radudakovsky to surrender, you don't need to go to Bratsk Castle in person. You can just send someone to bring a letter of persuasion."
However, if you can persuade Khovansky to surrender, it will be a great achievement. I have always been clear about rewards and punishments. After you have accomplished your task, I will report to my father to express your position as an earl. Do your best and don't let yourself be disappointed!"
"Count!"
When he heard that he could be crowned a count and become a noble after successfully persuading him to surrender, Franzbekov was so excited that he trembled all over. In this era, it was more difficult for ordinary people to become nobles than to reach heaven. This was the case in both the Ming Dynasty and Tsarist Russia. He was the Tsar.
Russia has sold its life for more than thirty years. Although it has reached the rank of governor of Yakutsk, it still cannot join the ranks of the nobility, not even the lowest baron.
He immediately turned his sadness into joy and said excitedly: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will persuade Khovanski to surrender to the Celestial Empire."
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"Oh, the number of flags of the Ming army suddenly increased several times. What should we do?" On the watchtower of Tutursk Fort, Khovansky, director of the Tsarist Russian Shooting Military and Political Department, looked at the Ming flags that suddenly appeared under the city.
The military flag was raised, terrified.
In this western expedition, the number of troops directly under Zhu Ruodeng was three times that of Zhu Ruofeng. With more troops, there were naturally more military flags. In addition to the sun and moon flags, there were also colorful general flags and flags, which were vast and boundless, as if they were infinity.
The endless ocean surrounds the small Tutursk Fort.
After repeated defeats, Hovanski was basically frightened by the Ming army, but was stimulated by Radudakovsky and regained his fighting spirit. But war is not something that only requires courage. He was
After being surrounded for so many days, he was bombarded by the Ming army every day. At first, he ordered the gunners to fight back. But the opponent's artillery fire was too fierce, completely suppressing the cannons on the city. He had no choice but to stop fighting back and ordered his subordinates to hear the news.
When the cannons sounded, they went into the cannon defense holes. As a result, before the Ming army attacked the city, their subordinates were killed by cannons and more than sixty were injured.
This kind of invisible enemy casualties hurt morale the most. The morale in the castle dropped sharply. As the commander-in-chief, Khovanski also lost the courage he had at the beginning. He regretted that he had listened to Radudakovsky's instigation and was
Surrounded by this small Tutursk Fort, we have become a turtle in a jar.
"Supervisor, look, someone is coming." He was thinking about something and came to report.
Looking down the city, I saw seven knights slowly coming towards the castle.
"Don't shoot. I am Franzbekov, the warlord of Yakutsk. I have something to discuss with Director Khovansky. Open the city gate and let me in." As soon as this group of Ming army cavalry approached the castle, they used
Yelling in Russian.
"Russian?"
Khovansky picked up his telescope and observed carefully, and found that this group of people were indeed Russians, led by his old friend Franzbekov, the Yakutsk warlord.
Khovansky was taken aback and thought to himself: Didn’t Franzbekov surrender to the Ming Dynasty? How could he appear here?
After a slight hesitation, the city gates were opened and they were allowed to enter.
Franzbekov entered Tutursk Fort with six Rakshasa generals who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. As soon as they entered the city, they were disarmed by a group of wolf-like soldiers.
He shouted anxiously: "Khowanski, how could you treat your friend so roughly?"
"Friends?"
Khovansky smiled contemptuously, "My friend Franzbekov has already served His Majesty the Tsar in Yakutsk. What is in front of me is just a shameful traitor to Tsarist Russia."
"No, my friend, I did not betray the great Tsarist Russia. After the Ming army cut off the connection between Yakutsk and Moscow, I fought with several times the Ming army with thousands of soldiers. I was outnumbered and surrounded in the isolated city.
Even so, we still persisted for several months. I believe that even if you were to take command, you might not be able to do better. In the end, when I ran out of ammunition and food, in order to save the lives of the soldiers, I surrendered Ming.
.The Lord warns us to cherish life. Is this wrong?"
Franzbekov spoke passionately, and when he got emotional, he burst into tears. He completely forgot that he did not surrender because he had run out of ammunition and food. When he surrendered, he still had 3,000 soldiers and ammunition.
There is enough food, and the food can last for two months.
Hearing what he said, Khovansky fell into deep thought. Indeed, after the Ming army captured the Lake Baikal region, the Tsarist Russian army in Yakutsk became a lone army. Without rescue, they changed their command.
Maybe not as good as others.
"Take him to the living room and give him a chair," Khovansky shouted. As soon as he entered the living room, he said directly with the bluntness of a soldier: "My friend, I am different from you. Your family members are all in Ya
Kutsk, but my family members are in Moscow. I don’t want to harm my family because of my surrender, so I can only fight to the end. Therefore, there is no need to say anything about persuading surrender. For the sake of past friendship, I will not kill you.
Please come back."
The words were very strong, but Franzbekov clearly noticed that when he said the four words "Fight bloody to the end", his fingers trembled. He couldn't help but chuckle, "Dear Khovansky, I am not asking you to
You surrendered, but you were defeated and captured."
"Defeated and captured? What do you mean?"
"It's very simple. You secretly ask your confidants to open the city gate and let the Ming army rush in and capture you all. In this way, you will be defeated and captured instead of surrendering. Your family will not be implicated, and you will be captured as prisoners after the war.
My identity was redeemed by Moscow. What do you think?"
Khowanski's heart skipped a beat. This was a good idea. He thought about it and smiled bitterly: "Let's do it this way, my friend. For the sake of our old friendship, please take care of me!"
On December 26, the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Ming Dynasty, Khovansky asked his confidants to secretly open the city gate. The Ming army ambushing outside the city swarmed in and captured all the defenders of Tutursk Fort.<
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In order to sell horse bones for a fortune, and to win over foreign generals for his own use, Zhu Ruodeng petitioned Franzbekov to be the Bratskob.