In the early morning, the outside of Mangazea City was crowded with merchants waiting to enter the city to trade. The guards on the city looked at all this with disapproval and had long been accustomed to it.
Old Mangazeya is located on the coast of the White Sea in the Arkhangelsk region. At that time, there were two trade routes: one was the sea route, which passed through the Barents Sea and the Kara Sea during the thaw period, and entered the Ob Gulf along the Yamal Peninsula.
, then enters the Taz Bay to the Taz River, and finally reaches Mangazeya; the other is a land route, crossing the North Dvina River and the Pechora River, over the Ural Mountains, and through the Komi-Zlyane region.
To Mangazea.
Whether it is sea trade or land trade, merchants are always an indispensable part of the city's scenery! Through their hands, huge amounts of mink skins, walrus tusks, animal oil (seal oil, whale oil) and other precious resources are continuously transported from here.
Europe.
Moving to New Mangazeya on the banks of the Tuluhan River, a tributary of the Yenisei River, although sea trade is no longer available, land trade is still possible.
"Don't make any noise, it's not time to open the city gate yet," Centurion Sochi shouted angrily. After he shouted, the messy caravans below the city became quieter.
Suddenly, Sochi's eyes widened, "An army is coming, prepare to fight!"
Hearing the noise, the caravans outside the city panicked. The merchants fled with their reindeer desperately, trying to protect their goods.
Bil Tahar and Franzbekov were not interested in these small fish and shrimps. Their target was the city of Mangazeya. According to Vasilev's statement, there were only 130 Cossacks left in the city.
On guard. If you don’t take what God gives you, you will be punished!
Seeing that the defenders on the city were on guard, Franzbekov nodded slightly at Vasilev.
Vasilev came to the city gate and shouted, "Open the door quickly, it's me. I was defeated and retreated."
"Ah, it's the Governor."
When Sochi saw that he was the chief, he ordered the city gate to be opened.
"Centurion, something is not right. There were less than a thousand soldiers when the governor left the city. They suffered a defeat, so they should be even smaller. How come there are far more than a thousand troops outside the city?" A captain of fifty said suspiciously.<
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Sochi took a closer look, and sure enough, there was a huge crowd of two thousand people under the city.
"Overseer? You suffered a defeat, but the number of troops doubled?" He asked with a smile, but made a gesture to let the defenders prepare to fight.
Seeing that he was discovered, Vasilev simply told the truth, "Our army was completely wiped out, and I was made a prisoner. The army under the city was the Ming army."
"What!"
The defenders were shocked and raised their guns, ready to shoot.
"Put down your weapons, my children. An army of nearly a thousand people has been wiped out by the Ming army. What use can you, more than a hundred people, do? I have negotiated terms with the Ming army commander. As long as you put down your weapons
, life and property will be protected. Those who are willing to join the army can continue to stay under Count Franzbekov, and those who are unwilling to join the army can leave freely. If they resist, the army will attack the city and leave no chickens or dogs behind!" Vasi said
Lev shouted.
After hearing this, the city was completely silent.
Upon seeing this, Bier Tahar shouted: "Get ready to attack the city!"
After hearing the order, the Ming army moved into formation, row after row, row after row, with flags covering the sun and murderous intent soaring into the sky.
Sochi's face was as pale as paper, and he finally made up his mind and shouted outside the city: "We are willing to surrender, and I hope you will keep your word!"
Having captured this giant commercial port without a single blow, Bil Tahar felt happy in his heart. He asked Vasilev to take him to see the treasury of Tsarist Russia.
Good guy, once you take a look at it, you will never leave it! Tsarist Russia has a lot of treasures in the treasury, including a hundred thousand mink skins, more than a hundred thousand walrus tusks, more than 6,000 barrels of whale oil, more than 20,000 barrels of seal oil, and
Some gold, silver and copper coins.
As soon as he saw the look in Bil Tahar's eyes, Franzbekov understood it clearly, but deliberately asked slyly: "Your Majesty, these things must be handed over according to military regulations. Do you want to seal them in the treasury and wait for the general?"<
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"Well, Uncle Brazko, you see, the quantity of these things is not what I and I have said." Bil Tahar rarely had a good look on Franzbekov, "In my opinion,
How about only reporting half, no, 30%, and the remaining 70% divided among the soldiers?"
Franzbekov felt secretly happy, but reluctantly agreed.
Not to mention, after they embezzled public funds together, the relationship between Uncle Guo and Uncle Bratsk heated up rapidly, and they became brothers of life and death.
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The drama of persuading surrender was simultaneously staged in another province of the Rakshasa people: the Tomsk Military District.
After Stadukhin, the governor of Tomsk, was defeated and captured, Chen Biao, Fulehe, and Zorba were ordered to take advantage of the victory to advance westward and seize Tomsk Fort. They marched day and night until they reached the city.
Under the command of Tomsk Governor Kopelov, the defenders were ready, and the war was about to break out.
Chen Biao summoned Stadukhin and said, "Warlord, the main force in Tomsk has been completely wiped out by our army. Resistance is futile. Why waste lives? You'd better persuade your subordinates to surrender."
Stadukhin nodded repeatedly, "The general's words are reasonable. I am willing to persuade my subordinates to lay down their weapons and surrender to your army."
"If the governor can successfully persuade you to surrender, I will speak kindly for you in front of the general." Chen Biao was so happy that he had people escort him to the city to persuade him to surrender.
Stadukhin shouted to the city: "I am your warlord Stadukhin, where is Chief Kopelov?"
Kopelov appeared at the city gate with a dark face, "At that time, I advised you to stick to the city and not rescue Yeniseisk. You refused to listen. It was embarrassing to be defeated and captured. What? You still tried to persuade you to surrender, but you couldn't do it again.
Embarrassed once?"
"Kopelov, you idiot, I'm not here to persuade you to surrender, I'm here to encourage you to fight for the country. The main force of the Ming army is still attacking Yeniseisk, and what's coming is just a partial division. As long as we hold on for more than a month
, His Majesty the Tsar’s reinforcements have arrived.”
"So brave!"
Chen Biao was furious and shouted at Fu Lehe: "Go and cut off his head."
Fuleh jumped off the horse, walked behind Stadukhin, held his hair with one hand, and cut it off with a knife with the other hand, and a human head fell to the ground.
"Return and surrender quickly, and you will have a way to survive. For those who are stubborn and unresponsive, this is the fate of them!"
"Bah~bah~bah~"
He was answered by several gunshots.
"Damn it!"
Chen Biao was furious. He originally thought that the main force of Tomsk had been wiped out in Yeniseisk, and there were only some old and weak soldiers in the city. They must not dare to resist and surrender obediently. Unexpectedly, he was so stubborn?
"Send the commander's military order to capture Tomsk, and the sword will not be sealed for three days," he said with a gloomy face.
"Wonderful victory!"
"Wonderful victory!"
"Wonderful victory!"
Upon hearing that the sword would not be sealed for three days, the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted, and they roared towards the city. The cruel war turned the expedition soldiers into beasts, and they needed to vent.
The fierce siege battle lasted for nine days. After all, there were not many elites in the city. Although Kopelov organized old men and women to help defend the city, they still could not hold it.
The city was broken, and Kopelov was hacked to death on the city wall. The angry Ming army launched a bloody revenge, and this military town turned into a Shura field.
This chapter has been completed!