Of course, Liu De cannot be allowed to go to Nerchinsk alone for talks with Goro. The proper formation must be in place. The mission must look like a mission, and the specifications must be taken seriously by the Russians, so Zhao Qiang gave Liu De
Germany's "mission" was equipped with a team of cavalry, and also transferred a team of fire muskets from the Guards Division, ten military officers and civilians, and three Russian translators, a total of 423 people.
This delegation was formed. [ ] At the same time, an order was sent to the rearguard division stationed in Tugursk, asking them to send a brigade to escort Liu De and his party to Nerchinsk together with the Dujigensk garrison. After the delegation went to Nerchinsk
After that, the two brigades were stationed by the Ank River forty miles away from Nerchinsk, paying close attention to the movements of the Russian army. If anything happened to the mission, they would come to the rescue. As a precaution, Zhao Qiang asked Zuo Mingnan to dispatch three
The brigade headed to Dujgensk to prepare for any eventuality.
Since it had snowed north of Yask and the roads were inconvenient, the Hezhe "sled" team that had been brewing in Zhao Qiang's mind was formed. Two hundred Hezhe people, together with 860 dogs, and 200 sleds were responsible for the transportation tasks of the mission.
In addition to camels, food and other supplies were also transported on sleds, which could reduce manpower and speed up the march.
The Hezhen people have been using sleds to travel in winter for thousands of years. The sleds they use are similar to the sleds that Zhao Qiang later acquired. They are all pulled by dogs, and a few are pulled by horses. A larger sled requires five to six dogs.
The sled can carry three to four people, and smaller ones can also accommodate two people. The speed of a dog-pulled sled cannot match that of horses, but it is faster than a person walking on two legs. It usually travels four times a day.
Ten miles is not a problem. If the snow is thick enough, we can even reach a marching speed of fifty to sixty miles. Calculating the distance, if we set off now, we will reach Nerchinsk in early December.
This is the first sled team of the Guan Ning Army. It is a team establishment and is affiliated to the Logistics Department of the Army. The team leader is Muling from Hezhe, a former flag officer of the 2nd Infantry Regiment. He and his relatives are followers of the service.
The Guan Ning Army who took the initiative to defect to the Guan Ning Army along with Director Lin Yi'an was absolutely loyal. However, the Hezhe people were not good at fighting by nature. They were natural fishing experts, but not excellent soldiers. Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the Guan Ning Army He Zhe were not good at fighting.
There are not many, and most of them serve in the civil service and in some non-combat positions. But like the Oroqen people, none of them are untouchables. They are all free people, enjoying the war dividends of the Guanning Army.
Liu De and his party set out on the ninth day of October. Before leaving, Zhao Qiang led Qi Zhuang, He Manchuan, Wei Ji and other military and political officials in Yask to see them off. They went straight for three miles before returning. Qi, He and other military generals responded to
Liu De couldn't accept it when he went to negotiate with the Rakshasa people. They believed that the Rakshasa people had been weakened so much that they were not worthy of attention at all. It would be no problem to drive them all out of the east after the spring. But they didn't know why the commander wanted to do this.
Let Liu De negotiate with them. There is no need to negotiate with the Rakshasa people. As the old saying goes, kill him while he is sick. Now that the Rakshasa manpower is weak, it is a good time to wipe them out in one fell swoop. Don't fight now.
Reservoir Dogs, in turn, wanted to negotiate with them, which more or less made a group of officers whose military success was based on Rakshasa's body question.
Regarding the doubts of his subordinates, Zhao Qiang explained that the main enemy of Guan Ning's army next year is the Qing army. In the face of the common enemy, the Rakshasa people are our allies. As the saying goes, the enemy of the enemy is our friend. Since the Qing army regards the Rakshasa people as
If the enemy is a big enemy, then the Guan Ning army cannot completely wipe out the Rakshasa people, so it is better to leave them to contain the Qing army. Moreover, once the war against the Qing begins, there will be more places to use troops, and there will be no energy to deal with the remaining remnants.
The Rakshasa people, so in order to avoid being attacked on both sides, they must sit down and talk with the Rakshasa people. And if the negotiation is really successful, the Guan Ning Army can also get some support from the Rakshasa people. This is for the currently impoverished Guan Ning Army.
, doubt is also a big helping hand.
After listening to Zhao Qiang's explanation, Qi He and others still didn't quite understand. However, they did as the commander-in-chief said. Now they went back to the army to attend training. Negotiation is something humans do, not them.
What's wrong with these bosses? It's more important to train their soldiers and wait for the first prize in the spring. Wei Ji then went to busy himself with the affairs of the people. There are so many things in each department now that it's scary, and those department chiefs can't make up their minds.
Lord, he is barely managing from his position. Major matters must be decided by him.
After Liu De left, Zhao Qiang waited for another two days, but still couldn't wait for the two Daur intelligence agents sent to the Qing occupied area to come back. There was no intelligence from Anmar either. Now he really couldn't sit still.
As time goes by, the temperature gets colder and colder day by day. His order to raise the standard of rations for the untouchables has also caused the food reserves to be consumed at an alarming rate. If he continues to wait like this, he may really have to sit back and wait for death. After thinking about it, Zhao Qiang
Decided to take the risk and lead the people south in person. No matter what, we must get some food back. If you are lucky and find a transfer point for the Qing army's rations, then seize their food. If you are unlucky and cannot find a transfer point,
Then learn from the Khitan people and attack Caogu, which is full of people. Anyway, with the Cossack brigade, the Qing army will not suspect the leader of Guan Ning. What's more, every winter, it is common for the garrison of the Russian strongholds to go south to plunder. But this time
It's just a bigger scale. After making up his mind, Zhao Qiang immediately began to make arrangements to go south for friendship.
Grifsky's Cossack brigade is the main force going south, and it is also the main force in disguise. Their big noses and green eyes can be used to cover their journey, so they must be brought with them. In addition, some cavalry must also be brought with them. Otherwise, if they don't
If you are lucky enough to encounter the Eight Banners of the Qing Army, you will not be so agile. According to Sun Youtianci's information, the men responsible for the escort task are the subordinates of General Jilin and General Shengjing of the Qing Army. They are all authentic Manchu Eight Banners, and their combat effectiveness is naturally not weak.
Wherever you go, it’s always good to prepare in advance, otherwise you really have to encounter them. Although the Cossack brigade’s all-red-haired ghosts can scare the Qing army, it is not easy to snatch the food from their hands. There is one
It's different with the cavalry in hand. Even if the Qing army discovers something is wrong, they will only mistake the Guan Ning Army's cavalry for the Rakshasa people's auxiliary army, and will not discover the true identity of the Guan Ning Army for the time being.
In the end, Zhao Qiang decided to take part in the troops going south to plunder grain. They were the Cossack Brigade of the Guards Division and a brigade of the Cavalry Division, with a total strength of 1,400 people. When it comes to grabbing grain and plundering grain, it is not about the number of troops but the speed, so
Leading two brigades is enough, but bringing too many people will be a bad thing. The cavalry brigade is the first brigade of the 1st Regiment of the Guards Division. Zheng Guohui, a member of the 100-year-old brigade, was originally from the Lianghu Rear Guards of the Wu Army.
They were the Qing army's Green Camp men and horses in Hunan and Hubei who had surrendered to the Wu Army in the north. The Wu Army called these men and horses who surrendered to the rear auxiliary army. Zheng Guohui was in his early thirties. He used to be a corps commander. He was very tall, but he was not a cavalryman.
He worked as an infantryman early in the morning, and after following Zhao Qiang north, he was transferred to the cavalry. He was a cavalryman who became a monk on the way. But this man seemed to be born to be a cavalryman. He was good at riding horses. In less than half a month of training, he could keep a balance on the horse and charge.
Without falling off his horse, after fighting several tough battles, he became a capable cavalryman and made many achievements in battle. In addition, he was a veteran of the Wu army, so this time he was promoted from the general banner to a hundred households and led the cavalrymen.
The first brigade with the most powerful combat effectiveness in the division can be regarded as a model team for the cavalry division and even the entire Guanning Army.
Zheng Guohui got married when he was in Green Camp. He was only 21 years old at that time. The girl from the same village that his family told him was average-looking, but she was more virtuous and filial. Guohui was in the army and was paid as a soldier.
She served Zheng's parents at home, took care of the housework, and farmed several acres of land. When the villagers mentioned this girl, they would raise their thumbs and praise the Zheng family for marrying a good daughter-in-law, and Guohui for getting a good wife. For this daughter-in-law, Zheng Guohui
He also liked him from the bottom of his heart, his parents were satisfied with him, and his life was pretty good. In the third year of their marriage, his wife gave birth to a fat son. This made Zheng He and his parents extremely happy. At that time,
All the soldiers in the barracks were there. Commander Zheng was extremely happy every day. He would say hello to everyone he met, "Do you know? I am a father, and my wife has given birth to a son for me!"
The good times did not last long. In the following year, which was the fifteenth year of Kangxi's reign, King Pingxi from the west suddenly raised troops to attack Hunan. Zheng's Green Camp did not fight a single battle, and the guerrillas led by troops killed the county magistrate.
He and several bannermen were chopped off with a knife, and he led Zheng Guohui and a group of subordinates to surrender to King Pingxi. From then on, Zheng became the soldier of King Pingxi. After changing from the Qing army to the Wu army, the first two years were pretty good, with victories everywhere and territory occupied.
It was getting bigger and bigger. When the Qing army saw the Wu army coming, they opened the city and surrendered. Anyway, the good times didn't last long. I don't know what happened to Prince Pingxi. He just stopped by the Yangtze River and didn't move.
Then, the sun set, and the good situation was short-lived, and the real defeat was like a mountain. After that, Zheng was captured by the Qing army, and he and a group of "Wu rebel soldiers" were kidnapped to the outside of the pass as slaves. Once there,
Until today. After Zheng was sent as a slave outside the customs, he didn't know the situation in his hometown. He didn't know whether his parents were there, let alone whether his wife had remarried or how tall his son was. It's really pitiful for the parents in the world. A man like Zheng Guohui is three feet tall.
Since I arrived outside the customs, I have been thinking about my son who is only a few years old every day. In my dreams, I wonder what his son looks like, whether he is well fed, whether his clothes are warm, and whether his family has been implicated by him.
Thinking about this every day, Zheng's whole body felt as if he was wilted, and the energy and spirit of the past could no longer be gathered around him. He just thought that his life was over, and he might not be able to see his wife and son until he died.
I can no longer support my parents.
Life was worse than death, and he lived without knowing it for more than half a year. It wasn't until Zhao Qiang raised his arms at Songshan Fort that Zheng Guohui changed. He thought that if he didn't fight hard, he would never have a chance to go back in this life, but if he did, what would happen?
Maybe God will open his eyes and allow him to see his son in his lifetime. Once a person is full of hope, it is like a life. From then on, Zheng Guohui seemed to be reborn. He was so energetic that he charged into battle without blinking an eye. Just like that, one knife after another.
Swords, scars, from a slave to a hundred cavalrymen of the Guan Ning Army, and in charge of the first cavalry brigade of Guan Ning, the future is even more promising. However, Zheng didn't pay attention to these, and never thought about it.
He put all the glory, wealth, and rewards he received from all his military exploits in a package, and he didn't even look at the Rakshasa women captured by the army. Anyway, he didn't do what others did, and he didn't enjoy what others enjoyed, because he just wanted to
Other than that, everything else is meaningless to him. Because he doesn’t play with women, he is like Ma Long who married a Rakshasa girl and became the slave of all the old Wu Jun brothers.
As for the joke, whenever old brothers get together, they will never forget to make fun of Zheng Guohui and Ma Long. Regarding this, Zheng, like Ma Long, laughed and neither responded nor refuted, letting them talk.
This time, Zhao Qiang personally mobilized Zheng Guohui's first brigade to follow him south. It was Zheng's composure. Zhao Qiang had always paid attention to his generals to see if there were any generals who could stand alone in the future. Zheng Guohui was one of the few he valued.
, so I took him with me on this trip south, firstly to let the First Battalion fight against the Eight Banners Zhenger Bajing of the Qing Army, and secondly, to train Zheng Guohui so that he could be entrusted with important tasks in the future.
On November 13, Zhao Qiang led his troops to Shouyi City. After informing Wu Si of his intention, he asked him to temporarily command the Shouyi City brigade to organize the residents of the city to form a transportation team, and cooperate with the Army Logistics Department who arrived later.
Waiting at the location to rob the plundered grain. When Wu Si learned that the marshal was going to rob the grain in person, he couldn't help but persuade Zhao Qiang not to go. He could just let him go. However, Zhao Qiang declined politely and told Wu Si that you just need to do a good job.
Just do what you have to do.
Seeing that Zhao Qiang insisted on going, Wu Si could not persuade him anymore, but he mentioned several of his sworn brothers and Pan Changqing, and told Zhao Qiang that he wanted to send someone to contact them, because they had been separated for several months, and he did not know how they were doing.
, Now that Guan Ningjun is on the rise, it is time to hire people. These sworn brothers of his are all good players in Zhongyong Camp. Master Pan is also resourceful. If he can contact them, it will be a big help to Guan Ningjun.
Good thing. The Second Battalion of Zhongyong and Yiyong are the strongest battalions of the Wu Army. There are many benefits to having these veterans to enrich the Guan Ning Army. But Wu Da and the others are now in Shangyang Fort, nearly a thousand miles away from here. They are sending people so far away.
It is too risky to contact them, so it is better to let it go. After the Qing army attacking Yaksa is dealt with in the spring of next year, we can send people southward and contact various places for the uprising. By then, all places will take action together, which will be more helpful for occupying the outside of the pass. Therefore.
Zhao Qiang asked Wu Si not to contact them for the time being. After Wu Si heard this, he hesitated to speak. Zhao Qiang did not pay attention to his expression because he was busy explaining things to others.
The military rations transported by the Qing army from Shengjing, Jilin and other places were transported by water, and the route was "Liaohe Songhua River Heilongjiang". The Liaohe River was in the hinterland of the Qing army. It was impossible for Zhao Qiang to run there with more than a thousand men and horses in a swagger.
The Liaohe River is the starting point, and there cannot be too much food stationed there, and Heilongjiang is the destination. Not only are the Russians entrenched there, but also the Manchu and Qing troops mobilized from various places are stationed there, so Zhao Qiang cannot be a sheep in the tiger's mouth.
Send yourself to the door. Therefore, the only possible place to take action can only be at the Songhua River. But the problem is that the Songhua River is so long. Who knows where the Qing army's transfer station will be. Could it be that he led a group of subordinates and stood on the bank of the Qing army's station?
The grain transport ship was slowly passing by in front of him. But just because he didn't know, it didn't mean he wouldn't go. Now Zhao Qiang could only put his hope in the Songhua River, so he rested for a day in Shouyi City and arranged the follow-up grain transport team.
The next day he led his troops south.
The route Zhao Qiang chose to go south was not from Songshan Fort, but from Mergen, which had been plundered by Guan Ning's army. According to reconnaissance, the Qing army had not set up any more castles there since Mergen City was burned down.
Therefore, except for the small tribes originally scattered around Mergen, there is no trace of the Qing army in the surrounding area of Mergen. From Mergen, walk more than a hundred miles south, then turn southeast and walk another hundred miles.
, is the Songhua River. This means that Zhao Qiang is now leading his troops to Morgan and then sneaking into the Songhua River Basin. At least at this time, the Qing army has no way to know in advance that such a group of people appears in their territory and take precautions.