His eyes turned back to Zhao Xin's side.

After Liu Sheng and his friends attacked from Chaktu, Zhao Xin immediately issued an order to ask Hu Ji and Mislang, who were stationed in Chiyan City, to select 1,200 elite soldiers and generals to form the "South Detachment". They will take a boat along the Yenisei River and enter the Ulianghai Sizu Leader from Kemu Kemuqik on the border. After that, the troops will go east along the Wakmu River, pass through Tripo Lake and go south, and go straight to Bayanbulakkaren, cut off the station line of Chaktu West Road and the station line of Ulyasu Taipei, waiting for an opportunity to seize Ulyasutai.

Because the itinerary was thousands of miles long and the terrain was complex along the way, several Tuvas and Buryat Mongols were arranged as guides in the "South Detachment".

Although there are fewer Northern Navy in Chiyan City, the Cossack Servants under Krutogorov, who have been strictly trained by the Northern Navy, have reached 3,000. Zhao Xin knew that the "Sixth Russian-Turkish War" should have come to an end based on time. The Russian army will not have any large-scale ground wars in the future. The rest are all about Admiral Ushakov. So he ordered the Cossack Servants to launch an attack on Achinsk 160 kilometers away, thereby controlling the Qiulem River Basin.

The place Achinsk was built in 1641. In another time and space history, Jugashvili was once in jail there.

"His Majesty the King, the Northern Navy will be your strong backing, and the Fortress of Chelyaba is waving to you. The Cossack Kingdom will flourish in your hands!"

"Everything is as you wish, respected prince, master of East Siberia, the highest honor attaman! The Kingdom of Siberia's Cossack will be the sword in your hand, and my descendants and I will always be loyal to you!"

On July 10, 1791, in the Western Front Command of the North Navy in Red Rock City, Krutogorov and Mikhail and other Cossack generals knelt on one knee to Zhao Xin.

"I wish you a victory!" Zhao Xin said with a smile on his face.

After Krutogorov and others left, Zhao Xin stood up from behind the table, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, held his arms, and watched quietly as the Cossack troops on the square outside left one after another in the company.

In order to establish a barrier between China and the Tsarist Russian Empire in the future, Beihai Town has invested greatly in this Cossack minion army. Not only are the weapons and equipment provided by Beihai Town, but even a training outline was specially compiled.

You should know that the training methods of flintlock weapon platforms are completely different from those of semi-automatic weapon platforms, from queues, marching to combat methods. To give the simplest example, who has ever seen a practice of using flintlock weapons "mounting bullets in a lie-down position"?

The officer's standard weapon is the "Type 84" revolver using the fire hat, which is nothing to say. The infantry's weapon is Qing Yishui's "Type 1790" front-mounted Minnie rifle, which is fire hat fired; although the shooting speed is still 2 to 4 rounds per minute, the effective range has been increased to 370 meters, which is far higher than the flintlock rifle used by the Tsarist Russian Army.

In terms of long-range weapons, Zhao Xin equipped the Cossack troops with thirty-five twelve-pound guns, which were imitated from another time and space. This bronze-cast can fire solid shells, blasting shells, shotguns and shrapnel, which is a type of field artillery with higher shooting accuracy; it can effectively perform anti-artillery tasks at a distance of one thousand yards and suppress enemy infantry at a distance of one thousand five hundred yards.

Considering that Krutogorov and his men were not familiar with the new tactics, Zhao Xin also sent a team of officers led by Lushoushan to help and specifically command the battle against Russia.

In addition, Zhao Xin's bad taste. The military uniforms he equipped the Cossack servants were dark blue striped red uniforms (including cuffs, lapels and collars), that is, black flat-top short-brimmed hat, red top, black pants, black boots, and a perfect replica of lobster soldiers; it was just the kind from the mid-19th century, which was obviously different from the clothing styles of the British army at present. You should know that red dyes were quite expensive in this year, so the new military uniform was deeply loved by Cossack soldiers once it was launched.

Well, now we have to talk about Zhao Xin’s new title, “Attaman the highest honor”.

In late June, Krutogorov held a meeting of the Military Commission of the Cossack Kingdom in Red Rock City. At this meeting, at Krutogorov's proposal, all military commissioners passed the unanimous vote and decided to award the title of "Supreme Ataman" to the great leader of the Northern Navy, Zhao Xin, the savior of the Cossack. This title means the Supreme Military Leader and in charge of the Cossack Military Commission.

However, Zhao Xin refused after learning about it. It was simply nonsense! He was not a Cossack.

So Krutogorov changed his name and flattered him, adding the word "honor" to the front, only putting a name on it and not having to attend the Cossacks. Zhao Xin thought about it for a while and accepted it.

It's not the fault of others. If you want to blame Polya's uncle Igor. A few months ago, this guy got drunk with Mikhail, but he couldn't help but tell him what he had first met with Zhao Xin, which made the Cossack officers stunned.

Until this time, the officers also remembered a secret saying among prisoners of war. His Highness, King Zhao, was like a wizard, able to fly and escape to the earth and take advantage of his sleep to take the head. He only brought ten warriors and defeated the tens of thousands of Tsarist Russian troops that invaded Heilongjiang.

OK, six hundred arhats have become ten warriors. I guess they can become grandfather with seven gourd kids...

Speaking of which, in the early legend of Zaporoze Cossack, many famous Ataman leaders were powerful wizards. These Ataman wizards possessed many special abilities, including stopping bleeding, catching bullets with bare hands, walking on water and fire, invisible, and hypnotizing, and appearing in several places at the same time. They can foresee what will happen in the future or in other places hundreds of kilometers away, affect people's thoughts and nature.

However, there is another legend about Cossack wizards. That is, ordinary bullets cannot kill them, and they can only use silver bullets specially made by the church. In addition, when wizards are buried, their faces must be facing downwards and cannot see the sunlight, otherwise they cannot be resurrected. Therefore, for the same purpose, some wizards have to nail a wooden stake in their hearts when they are buried.

It sounds very much like Count Dracula.

Ataman's cohesion with the Cossacks was huge, and ordinary Cossacks were very respectful to them. Although the Cossacks were used to betraying for the sake of profit, and the three or even the four surnames were not a problem, they never dared to betray Ataman.

They believe that as long as there is a wizard with powerful magic power in their group, they will be invincible.

For example, there was once an Ataman named Ivan Hirko. During his 21 years as Zaporoze Ataman, he participated in more than 200 battles and was never defeated.

In the Cossacks' view, the reason why Ivan Silko won every battle is because he has powerful mana, which includes being able to predict the opponent's background in advance, so as to achieve a huge victory of defeating the enemy with less and hitting the enemy with pain.

According to legend, after Ivan Sirko's death, the Cossacks cut off his right hand and carried it with him during the war as a holy relic of the army. Some people also said that in the five years after Ivan Sirko's death, the Cossacks did not bury him, but instead fought with his body everywhere, winning one victory after another.

Krutogorov's purpose is not only to flatter him, but to strengthen the authority of the Siberian Cossack Conference by establishing an "excellent mana" Ataman wizard and strengthen his personal status with the flow. In other words, I am the king who is surrounded by a wizard, who dares to blow up the thorns?!

At the end of the 18th century, Achinsk was just a small town. After the three thousand Cossacks with distinctive armor and armed teeth arrived, Krutogorov sent a messenger to send an ultimatum to the defenders and parliament in the town. There was only one line of words on the letter: surrender out of the city, otherwise you would use cannons to blow up the flat!

Achinsk was immediately in chaos. Some people were ready to surrender; some people planned to cooperate with the Russian army to resist. The person in charge of commanding the local garrison was a lieutenant colonel, with only four artillery and a thousand soldiers under him. Although the power difference between the two sides was huge, he did not want to retreat.

Seeing the garrison trying to resist, Lushoushan suggested firing directly, but Krutogorov had his own tricks. He sent an officer riding a horse to the Russian position and raised a letter that was extremely inciting to his head.

"Brothers of Cossacks! At the orders of Grand Duke Alexander Ivanovic and Petrovich! Please put down your weapons and surrender immediately! The Cossacks do not attack the Cossacks, and they are all brothers! We will build our own kingdom here!"

I'll take a look! Where did a grand duke come from? The Russian lieutenant colonel was not good enough to hear that all the soldiers under his command were looking at each other. However, he was still brave and stretched his head out of the cover and shouted at the red knight riding on his horse:

"Hey~~! I say! What is your relationship with that Grand Duke Petrovich, that Grand Duke Paul of St. Petersburg?"

"He is right! What evidence do you have?!"

Hearing someone's question, the second lieutenant Shishkin slowed down his horse and shouted with great enthusiasm: "Brothers! The grand duke of St. Petersburg is fake! He is the son of the usurpation woman and his lover Gregory Gregory Vecchi Orlov! The woman and his lovers conspired to kill Tsar Peter III, and Grand Duke Petrovich is the only descendant and legal heir of Tsar Peter III! His full name is Alexander Ivanovich, Petrovich, and Fedorovich!"

Boom! The Russian army behind the bunker was in a panic and the faces of several Russian officers in charge changed drastically. They seemed to have had a premonition of what would happen next.

"I said brother, you might as well read the letter to us!"

"Yes, read it and listen!"

Shishkin felt that he had never been so glorious in his life. He then took out a red speaker speaker from the saddle bag behind him, and while letting Ma Xiaobu jog, he recited the contents of the letter.

"After the command of the Grand Duke, he will give you a holy cross made of gold! All Cossacks are allowed to keep their beards! The rivers, pastures, and cultivated land on the territory belong to all Cossacks! The Grand Duke promises permanent freedom to the Cossacks! But whoever resists to the end will be regarded as a traitor to all Cossacks! Deemed as a counter-revolution!"

"What is counter-revolution?!"

Shishkin said resolutely: "Everyone who does not speak for us poor people is the enemy! It is a counter-revolutionary! There is only one way to treat them, which is to send them to the gallows!"

A Russian soldier hiding behind the bunker heard this and couldn't help but blurt out: "I think he's saying it's so good."

Another agreed: "Yes, everything belongs to all Cossacks. I think this idea is really good. The one who can say this must be a saint!"

At this time, the Russian lieutenant colonel was almost pissed off, and immediately ordered his men to fire the cannon and kill the bastard who was confusing the crowd on the other side. However, the Cossack soldiers in charge of firing the cannon stopped doing it. They were already bewitched by Shishkin's words. You should know that whether it was Ural Cossack or Ilek Cossack, they were all believers of the old Orthodox Church, and the army did not allow beards to grow.

"Catch them all!" The lieutenant colonel was furious. He first ordered his guards to tie up the gunners who refused to fire the gun, and then ordered several backup gunners to say, "I order you to fire the gun!"

The oldest gunner looked slouching, but he tossed and turned his mouth and said: "You can't fire, sir. I think the young man is right."

The lieutenant colonel shook his body and almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. He thought to himself, what kind of bastards are I leading!

Krutogorov failed to fire and sent only a brave Shishkin to make a call, which eventually caused more than half of the Achinsk garrison to mutiny. Seeing that the situation was not good, several Russian officers fled with several subordinates in advance, while the lieutenant colonel was tied up by the mutiny Cossack soldiers.

Soon, the bells of the church in the city were ringing, and the Russian Cossack soldiers and the Cossack civilians who heard the news in the city walked out of the bunker to greet the "Grand Duke".

When Krutogorov, surrounded by more than twenty guards wearing bearskin hats, came down from his horse, tasted bread and salt, he immediately announced that he would exempt the cap tax, beard tax and fishing tax under his rule, which immediately won loud cheers from the crowd.

As for the Russian lieutenant colonel, Krutogorov did not hang him immediately, but ordered people to put him in prison. He announced that all criminals need to be tried by the Ataman Conference and proved that they are guilty before they can be punished accordingly, and no one has the right to deprive others of their lives without authorization.

The troops stayed in Achinsk for only one day. Early on the third morning, Krutogorov ordered the promoted Shishkin to lead a company to stay and station, and then led the troops to set out again and advance towards the Tobogor Fortress, sixty kilometers westward.

That place is called a fortress, but in fact it is just a village surrounded by wooden fences. However, there are as many as 2,000 residents here, which is already considered a "big city" on the Siberian wasteland.

On July 15, Krutogorov led a large army to the north bank of the Churem River. He still used his usual tricks and sent an officer to shout in front of the formation. However, because there were those who had fled back from Achinsk in the fortress, the local Russian officer was prepared and fired without saying a word, and broke the lieutenant of the servants on the spot.

Krutogorov was furious and ordered the gun to attack immediately. When twenty cannons were pushed to the front of the formation, the Russian troops in the fortress were panicked. The deafening sound of cannons lasted for an hour, and the Tobogor Fortress, surrounded by wooden fences and chest walls, could not resist the bombing of the flowering bullets. The flowering bullets made by the North Navy Arsenal were added with nitrofiber, which was far from comparable to black gunpowder. Each explosion could take more than a dozen lives.

When the outer fortifications were ravaged by shells, more than a thousand Cossack soldiers in red rushed into the fortress. Then, gunfire sounded one after another in the fortress, and all the Russian troops and residents who were trying to resist were killed. An hour later, the entire Tobogor Fortress fell and the commander of the fortress was captured.

After this battle, the reputation of "Grand Duke of Petrovich" spread across the banks of the Churem River. Every day, all kinds of Cossacks came to Tobogor to surrender. Some of these people came to find hope, some tried to take advantage of the situation, and some hoped to get along with the "Grand Duke" and jumped on the dragon gate.

Because it was summer and the water traffic in Siberia was smooth, news from the Cossack Kingdom quickly spread to the Ob River Basin, Ural Mountains and Volga River Basin to the west, and finally reached St. Petersburg more than a month later.

The 61-year-old Queen Catherine II was shocked after hearing the news. She could not have imagined that the rumors about Peter III that she had worked hard to suppress would rise again. She had guessed that there must be the shadow of Beihai Town behind the impostor "Grand Duke". As a result, she gritted her teeth at the King of Zhao who had never met before, and wanted to cut her into pieces.
Chapter completed!