Jiang Chong was riding a horse on a hill in Kharta, Heilongjiang Province, using a telescope to observe the Baiyi camp in the distance.
Bai Yi cut down trees and built a camp on the Heishui River, which is the Heilongjiang River. The camp was not big, only 150 meters long and wide, and was surrounded by strong walls. There was an exit to the north of the camp.
There were anti-horses outside the exit, which seemed to be a very tight defense.
The Bai Yi people in the camp were eating in the small square in the middle of the camp. Jiang Chong saw that all those people were tall and tall. Some had yellow hair and some had black hair. They seemed to have grabbed one from a nearby village.
The deer was eating its meat with his hands, acting very wildly.
Even when eating, these Baiyi carried their matchlock guns on their backs.
There are many horses in the camp, and those horses are taller than Mongolian horses.
Jiang Chong knew that this was the "Tsarist Russia" that the Duke of Guo called. These men who gathered in the camp to eat venison were the Cossacks that the Duke of Guo called.
Half a month ago, the Duke ordered Jiang Chong, who was stationed in Alchuka, Heilongjiang Province, to go north to Kharta to repel the invading Tsarist Russia. Jiang Chong led 500 people on horseback to ride north and arrived at Kharta in sixteen days.
In fact, this is not the first time that Tsarist Russia’s troops have arrived in the Heilongjiang Basin. As early as July 1643, Tsarist Russia sent an officer named Boyakov to lead 112 military personnel and 15 homeless people to collect taxes.
There were 2 officers, 2 translators, and 1 blacksmith, a total of 132 people, heading from Yakutsk to the Heilongjiang region of China.
That expedition was unsuccessful. Belarus encountered fierce resistance from the local fishing and hunting people in the Heilongjiang River Basin, and finally withdrew to Siberia because they were outnumbered.
However, Tsarist Russia's coveting of the Heilongjiang Basin has never stopped. Now, four years later, Tsarist Russia once again sent troops into the Heilongjiang Basin. This time, Tsarist Russia sent more brave and capable Cossacks, numbering more than 400 people.
Jiang Chong looked at his troops.
This time Jiang Chong brought 500 men and 1,000 horses. In addition to the 500 horses for riding, the other 500 horses carried dry food and rocket launchers on their backs. Compared with heavy cannons, rocket launchers were more suitable.
Due to the rapid excitement of the small-scale troops, Jiang Chong now has more than 600 rocket launchers at hand. Jiang Chong believes that the Baiyi camp cannot stop him.
Jiang Chong was observing the Cossacks when he suddenly saw the sound of a gunshot in the grass in front of him.
Bai Yi's police post hidden in the grass spotted Jiang Chong's men and fired a warning shot.
Hearing the sound of gunfire, the Cossacks in the camp suddenly became nervous. They immediately stopped sharing food, rushed into the tent and launched three small cannons, mounted the cannons on the gap in the camp wall, and then each held a matchlock gun to guard the camp.
on the wall of the village.
These Cossacks are considered well-equipped, and I am afraid that even if they encounter the same number of Qing troops, they will be able to defeat them. Tsarist Russia's soldiers and horses fought all the way from Europe to Heilongjiang and conquered the entire Siberia, relying on these soldiers who were good at using firearms.
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If Heilongjiang Province was still the territory of the Qing Dynasty, Jiang Chong believed that the Qing Dynasty could only compromise with these warlike Tsarist Russian soldiers. The historical Treaty of Nerchinsk gave all the territory north of the Xing'an Mountains to Tsarist Russia.
But now the master of Heilongjiang is no longer the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but Li Zhi.
The Russian police sentry fled back to the camp.
Li Zhi was not prepared to say anything to these murderous European colonists. Jiang Chong received the order to kill all the invaders. He led 500 Tiger and Ben Army soldiers holding rocket launchers and pressed towards the Cossack camp.
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On March 13, on the wall of Jiaxian City, Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, fell into despair as he looked at the invading troops approaching like a tide.
The 15,000 regular soldiers of Datong Town had to face hundreds of thousands of intruders. This battle was impossible to fight.
The officers and soldiers who invaded the hinterland of Henan faced severe logistical problems. Because of the muddy roads caused by heavy rain, the officers and soldiers on the front line could hardly get any supplies. And because of the strong walls and clear fields of the invading army, there was also no food and grass in the captured cities. If
If the army continues to stay in Jiaxian, it is likely that they will collapse due to hunger.
Three days ago, Sun Chuanting had to lead his army to withdraw to the west, to the west of Henan, to eat nearby.
However, Sun Chuanting was unwilling to give up the city he had conquered so hard, and asked Wang Pu to lead 15,000 regular soldiers to guard Jiaxian County to prevent Li Zicheng from making a comeback.
Sun Chuanting made a fatal mistake.
It is an impossible task to defend the heart of Henan with 15,000 people. The Jiaxian city wall is not a thick earth wall like Kaifeng. The Jiaxian city wall is only 1.5 feet. The outside of the city wall is not covered with bluestone, but is in disrepair.
Made of blue bricks. Such a city wall was very fragile and could not stop the invading army from attacking at all.
Although the Chuang army was defeated by the official army a few days ago, the main force of the Chuang army suffered little loss. Those hungry soldiers had no other way out but to follow Li Zicheng, and they quickly returned to Li Zicheng's command. Li Zicheng pulled out two more soldiers in the blink of an eye.
There are more than 100,000 troops. Except for the momentum of these soldiers and horses, which are not as strong as a few days ago, there is almost no difference in other aspects.
Wang Pu's deputy general Zhao Shixi looked at the mighty invading army and his face turned pale.
"Commander, how many days do we have to guard?"
Wang Pu looked at the deputy general and said nothing. Even Wang Pu, who had always been bohemian, felt the seriousness of the situation. Defending in this small town was obviously a dead end.
Zhao Shixi said: "The intruders are surrounded by three and one is missing. There are no troops deployed in the west. It seems that they want to use this to shake our military morale."
Wang Pu said nothing.
Zhao Shixi added: "Commander, the walls of this county town are short. If the rebels don't have artillery, we can probably hold it for ten days. After ten days, maybe Sun Du's army can come back. But if the rebels have artillery, we can only hold it for one day."
I can’t even keep it.”
Wang Pu looked at Zhao Shixi and took a breath.
Nowadays, the 15,000 regular soldiers in Datong Town are like turtles in a urn. Wang Pu can only hope that the intruders will not have artillery to help them attack the city this time.
However, Wang Pu soon became completely desperate. In the camp of the invading army, Wang Pu saw hundreds of cannons.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
A huge roar sounded in the camp of the intruders, and amid the cheers of the insurgents, heavy artillery shells hit the city walls of Jiaxian. The fragile green bricks were blown to pieces in an instant, revealing the layers beneath the bricks.
Rammed earth.
The soldiers and horses in Datong Town collapsed almost the moment they heard the sound of cannons.
Attacking the city with artillery and defending the city wall is definitely a dead end. Kaifeng City cannot be defended, how can the Jiaxian City Wall, which is 1.5 feet high, be defended? The soldiers in Datong Town are not willing to wait for death on the city wall.
They rushed to the west city wall where there were no intruders in panic, jumped down without hesitation, and fled to the west.
Wang Pu no longer talked nonsense with the deputy general. He rushed down the city wall, mounted his horse, and almost madly rode out of the west city gate to escape to the west.
