"Tell them that the Russians will not tolerate their continued existence because they are all traitors."
"Even if I let them go, they have nowhere to go. The only way now is to fight for me. Only in this way can they have hope of survival, otherwise the Russians will tear them into pieces."
"I can give them what the Russians give them, or even more. Gold, silver, women, whatever they can think of, I can give them. Of course, if you want to get these, you must fight and take Russia's
Come and exchange human heads with me."
Under Duncan's translation, the expressions of the Cossack cavalry slowly changed from fear to joy. When they were first brought out, these Cossacks thought that the Qing people were going to kill them all like they did the Russians, but they didn't expect that the other side was just
Ask them to participate in the battle against the Russians. These Cossacks understand that if they do not agree to the other party's request, they may end up like the Russians. Even if the other party really lets them go, they will be killed by the Russians, because the Russians
People will not tolerate rebels.
After discussing with each other for a while, a Cossack boldly said a few words to Duncan. After hearing this, Duncan translated his words to Zhao Qiang.
"Your Excellency General, he said that they are willing to fight for you, but they have a condition."
At this point, Duncan stopped and observed Zhao Qiang's reaction to decide whether to tell the Cossacks' conditions.
"What are their terms?"
What surprised Duncan was that the butcher Tatar officer did not show any anger, but was very interested in hearing what the prisoners would ask for.
"They hope that after fighting for you for a period of time, they can leave here and return to their hometown in Ukraine."
Go back to Ukraine? After listening to the Cossacks' request, Zhao Qiang showed a kind and understanding smile and said to Duncan: "This condition is very suitable. I will let them return to their hometown, and let them go back full of gold and silver. Chinese people
There is an old saying, "When leaves fall, they return to their roots." I don't know if you understand. These Cossacks' desire to return to their hometown is to return to their hometowns. Of course, it can also be said to be a return to their hometowns. Well, you tell them what I say, as long as they don't let me down.
I agree to their request."
But all this depends on the premise that you are not killed by the Russians. Zhao Qiang glanced at the more than 20 Cossacks with satisfaction, and said to Qi Zhuang on the side: "Qi Baihu, starting from today, these Rakshasa people
They will become your subordinates, and they will be responsible for the soldiers' riding training and... serve as the vanguard of the cavalry battalion."
Qi Zhuang understood immediately: "I understand!"
With the addition of these Cossack cavalry, Zhao Qiang was slightly satisfied with the performance of the cavalry battalion when they rehearsed the charge formation.
The weapons used by the cavalry are all Cossack sabers, and are not equipped with long-range attack weapons such as bows and arrows. This simple and direct charge formation is destined to cause a certain number of casualties in each charge, but Zhao Qiang does not worry about this, nor does he worry about these Cossacks.
People are unwilling to sacrifice their lives. The Russians will definitely not accept these rebels anymore. If they want to return to their hometown alive, they can only fight for themselves. Besides, Zhao Qiang doesn't care about money at all. Cossacks are natural mercenaries and have milk.
He is my mother's master, and the one with the highest price will refute it. No fool will agree when there is no way out and there is the temptation of huge wealth. As for the death of their tribe and leader, it is just a passing cloud. Who will die for it?
People lose their lives.
There are only a few dozen Cossacks now, and Zhao Qiang hopes that in a few months, there will be at least hundreds of Cossack mercenaries. Under his instruction, Qi Zhuang mixed these Cossacks with the strong Oroqen people of various ethnic groups into four
However, only thirty war horses were allocated to them, and the rest without horses were used as reserve cavalry. The subtext of this arrangement was that if the people in front died, the people behind could die again.
Zhao Qiang does not require the cavalry battalion to master the skills of riding and shooting, because he will equip them with muskets in the future. For now, as long as they can meet the requirements of a qualified cavalry.
According to Zhao Qiang's arrangement, Hu Wang transferred fifty strong men of various ethnic groups from the guard camp to Qi Zhuang. These strong men will be used as auxiliary soldiers and receive riding training.
The guard camp and the supply camp were just going step by step, with nothing to focus on. Zhao Qiang still believed in the abilities of Hu Wang and Guo Fei. They could not command an army of ten thousand people, but they had no problem commanding a hundred or ten people. He
I believe that under the leadership of these two people, those foreigners will not turn against them. Therefore, after leaving the cavalry camp, Zhao Qiang went directly back to the fort to visit the wounded.
Under the care of ten specially arranged Daur women, the injuries of the wounded began to improve. The injuries they suffered were only flesh wounds. In the era of cold weapons, if the injuries were serious and could not be cured, they could insist on coming to Guiyi City.
This shows that the injuries are not too serious. It is estimated that these people will be able to fight again in half a month. The injured did not expect that Lord Qianhu would be able to come to them so busy that they could not help but feel excited. Zhao Qiang comforted them for a while before calming them down, and then
He gave them a few words of comfort and asked them to recover from their injuries, and then continue fighting against the Rakshasa people after they recovered.
After coming out of the wounded, Zhao Qiang was about to go back to his house to rest. When he passed by several rooms where Russian supplies were piled, he couldn't help but ask Yan Qian to find Wei Ji.
Wei Ji's Civil Affairs Department currently has twenty members. Except for four Han soldiers, the others are all old and weak men. It is not possible to kill the enemy in battle, but it is more than enough to follow Wei Ji's Civil Affairs Department to handle fort affairs.
Zhao Qiang only listened to Wei Ji's statistics on the gold, silver, jewelry and other property. He didn't know whether it was the exact number, and he didn't want to bother weighing it. He didn't doubt the people who suspected him, but he didn't doubt the employees. Zhao Qiang didn't care whether Wei Ji was filling his own pockets, as long as he
As long as he can take care of it for himself. Even if this guy is really greedy, it doesn't matter. He has no place to use these extraneous things anyway.
"The things piled up in the house are the basis for our survival in the future. You must take care of it carefully. I will ask Hu Baihu to assign ten more people to you later. You arrange for them to take turns guarding this place. No one can come here without my order."
Extract anything. Got it?”
"Don't worry Qianhu, the younger one will definitely take care of this place!"
Wei Ji is still innocent. Faced with so much gold and silver, he is rare and unmoved because he knows that these external possessions are of little use at the moment. Now we are just north, with the Manchus to the south and the Rakshasa people to the north. The foundation is not stable and could be destroyed at any time.
It is possible to be driven out of Shouyi City. The top priority is to expand the army and occupy a larger territory, in order to create a greater foundation with Zhao Qiang. Compared with the future, gold and silver and other floating wealth cannot be compared. I am worried that Zhao Qiang will
Suspecting that he had tampered with things, but now seeing that Zhao Qiang just asked him to be more careful and had no doubts or distrust towards him, Wei Ji couldn't help but feel relieved.
After giving Wei Ji a few more instructions, it was getting late, and Zhao Qiang was going to go back to his house to sleep. He would pick up Feng Yun and Wu Jun's family members who were staying in the Oroqen tribe early tomorrow morning.