Boza Ferry is located ten miles northeast of Yakesa, with dense forests on both sides. Take a boat along the ferry and go south less than three miles to Heilongjiang. [] Zhao Qiang selected this place as the node of the army garrison because it is well hidden.
Under the eyes of the Qing army, there is no need to worry about being discovered by the Qing army.
On the second day of May, all the divisions arrived at Boza Ferry and assembled. As soon as Zhao Qiang gave the order, they crossed the Tuguli Mountain in the southwest, which is hundreds of meters above sea level, and marched towards Yakesa.
The soldiers sent to investigate Yakesa have returned. According to their reconnaissance, the Qing army surrounded Yakesa six days ago and conducted a siege battle, but failed to capture it. Now they will kill Yakesa.
surrounded and did not attack again.
Zuo Mingnan, who had received the order as early as March, had already leveled the area around Boza Ferry to facilitate the army's encampment, and rushed to make rafts that could be used to cross the river. By the time Zhao Qiang and his army arrived, one hundred and sixty rafts had been made.
There are more than one frame, each of which can carry ten troops and two horses. One regiment can be crossed across the river at one time.
After Zhao Qiang arrived, he ordered the rearguard division to select some Hezhe people who were familiar with water and ordered them to cross the river on rafts to choose a landing point for the army. After receiving the order, the rearguard division immediately selected more than 20 people from the second regiment.
He Zhebing took two rafts to cross the river. Since there were Qing navy patrols on the river during the day, they chose to cross the river on a moonlit night.
The Hezhe soldiers have been fishing for a living for generations and are as familiar with the river as they are with their own bodies. They thought they would cross the river safely and come back safely, but unexpectedly, an accident happened. They successfully crossed the Heilongjiang River.
, but an accident occurred when returning. A raft was swallowed by a sudden rapids. Despite all efforts to rescue, all eleven sergeants on the raft fell into the river, and one person survived. At dawn the next day, downstream,
Six bodies were found, but the remaining five were never found.
After the incident, Zhao Qiang decided to worship the eleven Hezhe soldiers to comfort their spirits in heaven and to boost the morale of the three armies.
Soon, the eleven wooden coffins that were rushed to the ferry were carried to the ferry in turn. The bodies of drowned soldiers lay in six wooden coffins, while the other five only contained some of their personal clothing from the camp.
Standing solemnly in front of him, Zhao Qiang, dressed in armor and military uniform, stood beside the wooden coffin. There were more than 10,000 soldiers in the army, but they were very quiet.
"The army went on an expedition. This small group of soldiers was exploring the Heilongjiang waterway for the army. Unfortunately, they drowned. Here, I ordered them to be posthumously awarded as the general flag. Their families were granted 100 acres of land, which will be supported by Guan Ning's army for the rest of their lives. The land will be passed down from generation to generation!"
A soldier shouted loudly there, and the soldiers present could hear every word clearly. Everyone had different emotions. The officers and soldiers in the same team as that team of soldiers even burst into tears.
Zhao Qiang took a step forward, and the soldiers at the side were holding a wooden tray with three glasses of wine on it. Zhao Qiang picked up the wine glass, sprinkled the wine on the ground in front of the ten wooden coffins, and said slowly: "General Guan Ning,
This commander treats me like a nephew, and every death is like cutting my own flesh and blood. But now you and eleven other people have died for our Guan Ning army’s plan to conquer the south. Although this commander is heartbroken, he also feels honored for you. He
The Commander-in-Chief of Japan has decided to build the Temple of Heroes so that you can enjoy the incense and offerings from thousands of people! I am currently leading an army to fight to the death with the Tatars, and I cannot send you back home. These three glasses of wine can be regarded as a farewell farewell for you."
After saying that, he took a step back, clasped his hands into his fists, and bowed deeply. The place in front of the ferry became completely silent, except for the sound of a few sergeants who were familiar with the deceased wailing loudly.
Suddenly, the entire Guan Ning Army erupted into a roaring roar. Regardless of officers and soldiers, generals or junior officers, everyone was shouting: "I am willing to die for the commander-in-chief, I am willing to die for the commander-in-chief!!"
Everyone was shouting sincerely, everyone was shouting at the top of their lungs, everyone felt like the blood in their bodies was boiling, and their morale was high and in full swing.
Guan Ning's army has always granted land to meritorious officers as a reward for military merit. However, Zhao Chu, a disciple of Gu Yanwu, proposed that this trip south to conquer the Manchu Qing Dynasty could increase the number of acres of land granted on a large scale and place the land granted in Shengjing.
, Heilongjiang and other places, instead of giving training in the existing territory of the Guan Ning Army, in order to increase the determination and enthusiasm of these Chinese foreign soldiers to defend the fruits of victory and defend the Guan Ning Army.
Sinicization and ideological indoctrination are certainly a means, but using actual land benefits to motivate and trap the Sinicized foreign soldiers of the Guan Ning Army will definitely have a greatly enhanced effect. Especially if the land granted in the future is in the areas currently controlled by the Qing army,
So it is undoubtedly a spur to the soldiers.
Granting fields means handing over the use rights of the fields to the soldiers' families, and only receiving 10% or half of the harvest, and the rest belongs to the person who has been granted the fields. This is equivalent to everyone who gets the fields from Zhao Qiang's side.
Soldiers and officers are both landowners, and their land ownership is closely related to Zhao Qiang. As long as Zhao Qiang survives and becomes more prosperous and wealthy, their land ownership will become more secure, and they will be able to have enough food and clothing from generation to generation, and even be able to
They will become wealthy due to the accumulation of military merits, but if the collective of Zhao Qiang and Guan Ningjun collapses, the land and wealthy life they have obtained will also disappear.
The soldiers have this consciousness in their hearts. They will fight to the death for Guan Ningjun in exchange for a prosperous life for themselves and their families. They will fight to the death to make their own prosperous life better. They will fight to the death to defend this group and defend Zhao Qiang.
, let the life you have improved last for a long time, rather than just a flash in the pan.
Zhao Qiang's lectures in front of the camp were very effective in boosting morale, but no one noticed that Zhao Qiang only mentioned Guan Ning's army everywhere, only his commander, but did not mention Zhou Dynasty or the late emperor at all.
The eleven wooden coffins were carefully placed on carriages and sent to the Han Tomb in Shouyi City for burial. Zhao Qiang entrusted Liu De to send them ten miles back.
Although eleven people died, the Hezhe soldiers on the other raft brought back the safety of the channel and the landing site. After hearing the report, Zhao Qiang convened a meeting with officers from each division and regiment.
"Commander, let's take down the Tatars' Northern Expedition army first, and then send our troops south to capture Aihun and Humar. We will use these two cities as a springboard to attack Ningguta and Shangyang Fort! How many of our Wu troops are there?
Brother Wan Lao and the 30,000 Yunnan people who are loyal to the prince, as soon as our banner arrives, these two places will be at your fingertips!"
"The General Guards Division is requested to attack Yaksa immediately!"
"No!"
Qi Zhuang said that Zhao Qiang had made a battle plan before, that is, to first deal with Kangxi's Northern Expedition army, and then take advantage of the empty Qing army outside the pass to sweep through Heilongjiang and Ningguta, while Hu Wang's vanguard division would move into Jilin to contain Shengjing.
In this way, most of the Qing army outside the pass will fall into the hands of Guan Ning's army in just a few months. But now, Zhao Qiang feels that he can make some changes. Since crossing the river is feasible, he might as well capture the Qing army's garrison first.
The grain-rich area of Aihui cut off the Qing army's supply of grain and grass. By then they would be unable to capture Yaksa, and they would have no choice but to jump into the river to feed the bastards!
All the power that Kangxi could mobilize was in the Northern Expedition Army. Zhao Qiang had no doubt that after defeating the Northern Expedition Army commanded by Peng Chun, Kangxi could only dwell on the corrupt situation outside the pass for at least half a year, and Fa Zai organized the army.
A massive Eight Banners Army is coming to attack, unless he dares to release the Green Camp!
After making up his mind, Zhao Qiang said to Manchuan: "My commander's order! The Guards Division will cross the river tonight and capture Aihui City for me within two days! I want the Tatar Northern Expedition Army to starve to death in Jacques
Under the city of Sa!"
That night, the First Regiment of the Guards Division was ordered to cross Heilongjiang.