The two were talking there when Shishkin, the commander of the "Ural" Cossacks, came up and said: "Commander, I formally make a request to you. After we invade Jilin and Liaodong, each of my warriors will need five young men.
Women of the Ming Dynasty."
Raising his chin proudly, Shishkin added: "And my soldiers will not kill these Ming women. My soldiers will take them back to Siberia and use them as slaves at home in the future."
Tobinsky and Zhirkov looked at each other, and Zhirkov said: "Shishkin, your request is not too harsh. According to our intelligence, I heard that there are more than one million people in Liaodong and Jilin.
Ming Dynasty immigrants, there are at least hundreds of thousands of young women. You Ural Cossacks can get enough Ming Dynasty women."
After listening to Zhirkov's words, Shishkin realized that his request was nothing at all. He quickly added: "Our Ural Cossacks want the most beautiful ones."
Tobinsky from the Don River said loudly: "I can't give you all the most beautiful ones, Shishkin, we Don Cossacks also need beautiful women!"
"But we Don Cossacks will not bring Ming women back to Siberia. We will kill all Ming women when we leave Liaodong."
Zhirkov smiled and then said: "Shishkin of the Urals, you can't bring so many Ming women back to Siberia. Your fat wife will hit you with bread."
Shishkin said loudly: "Of course, Commander-in-Chief, my wife can't control my affairs. I only need to give her two silver coins every month for household expenses. I will choose one in Gurtki City.
Build a warehouse in an open space, lock up my female slaves from the Ming Dynasty, and let them sew clothes in the warehouse to make money."
"Women in the Ming Dynasty have good sewing skills and can make money for me."
Tobinsky said: "Then you can't take such Ming women to Russia. You can take over their bodies and you can kill them, but you can't let so many Ming people live in Siberia. You must know that we only have
A few people. If you take so many Ming women back to Siberia, all our descendants will have the blood of Ming people."
Shishkin snorted disdainfully and said: "Tobinsky, your worries are unnecessary. As long as the child's father is a Cossack, he will always be a Cossack."
The three of them talked and laughed. Tobinsky took a step back and said: "Okay! Okay! Our Don Cossacks only need grain and silver, and the Cossacks of the Urals will choose the women first!"
Zhirkov thought for a while and said: "However, what I am worried about is whether Li Zhi of the Ming Dynasty will flee without a fight and evacuate the entire population of Jilin and Liaodong?"
Shishkin frowned and said: "It would be too bad if that is the case. If Li Zhi does that, I will definitely burn down all the cities, docks and farmhouses in Liaodong, and not even a hut will be left for Li Zhi."
Tobinsky said: "Commander, your worries are justified. Li Zhi's army cannot withstand the severe cold and cannot fight us in this coldest winter. He may evacuate all the population.
"
"In this severe cold weather, if the farmers are transferred and spend the night in the coldest wilderness, the Ming people will freeze to death in the snow at night. If Li Zhi organizes the Ming people to retreat, I believe that at least one-third of the farmers will freeze to death in the wild at night.
Freezing to death. That’s no different than killing them with our swords.”
"The only problem is that I can't get a woman."
Upon hearing Tobinsky's analysis, Shishkin frowned and snorted coldly.
Taking a breath, Tobinsky added: "But no matter what, Commander, their mountains of grain cannot be moved away. We can move these grains back to Siberia in batches in Shishkin."
"Then we destroyed all the buildings and facilities in Jilin and Liaodong, causing all Li Zhi's immigration achievements in the past seven years to fail, and making him never dare to immigrate to the north again."
"In that case, sooner or later, this land in the Northeast will belong to Russia!"
The three of them looked at each other for a while and laughed again.
"No matter what, this is a war without resistance. The only question is how much loot we can get."
The three of them were enjoying themselves there when they suddenly saw three mounted scouts rushing towards them from the white snow in front of them.
The scout seemed to have seen something he couldn't believe. His face was full of horror, and he ran towards Zhirkov desperately.
Rushing in front of Zhirkov, the scout rolled off his horse in panic.
The scout rolled in the snow and immediately rolled down and said loudly: "Commander, in the snow ahead, in the cold snow, there is an army from the Ming Dynasty attacking!"
When the three Zhirkovs heard this, they looked at each other for a while.
The three of them were silent for a few seconds, and then suddenly burst into laughter, as if they had heard the funniest joke.
Tobinsky loudly said: "The Ming people are attacking! The powerful Ming army suddenly obtained high-quality furs that only we Russians have, conquered the severe cold, and attacked on the snow and wind. I am so scared.
!”
"I'm so scared!"
After Tobinsky said this, the three of them laughed again.
After laughing for a long time, Zhirkov said to the scout: "This is completely impossible, scout, you must have seen it wrong. The Ming people don't have our furs and can't stand such severe cold. If they come to attack us
, half of the people will freeze to death on the road!"
After thinking for a while, Zhirkov said: "Scout, you must have regarded the fleeing peasants as the army of the Ming Dynasty. When it is freezing, the only people who will trek in the wilderness are the Ming soldiers."
country’s fleeing farmers.”
The three scouts were stunned, not expecting the commanders to react like this.
They shouted loudly: "Commander, we really saw the Ming army. There were a large number of scouts outside their army. We hid under the snow in a pine forest and secretly observed their army!"
"
Shishkin said: "Scout, you are too timid. You must have been frightened by the Ming soldiers escorting the Ming farmers. Since Li Zhi prevented the peasants from retreating, he would naturally send some soldiers to protect him. But that will never happen.
It is the army, and only our Russian warriors can conquer this coldest winter."
Shishkin placed his luggage next to the baggage cart, turned over and mounted his horse.
In order to save horse power, the Cossack cavalry did not ride horses when marching, but only mounted when fighting.
Before the scouts could argue, Shishkin waved his hand and shouted: "Cossacks in the Urals! The peasants of the Ming Dynasty are just ahead. There are a lot of women and silver there! Get on your horse! Get ready to snatch these and give them to us."
one's gift!"
Shishkin raised the new rifle on his back and shouted: "Ula!"
All the Cossacks were incited by Shishkin. They got on their horses one by one and shouted: "Ula!"
"Ula!"
"Ula!"
The sound was like a roaring tsunami, and even some of the snow on the pine trees not far away was shaken off.
Under the stunned gaze of the three scouts, 20,000 Russian Cossack cavalry raised their rifles like huge arrows and rushed towards the "fleeing peasants" in the distance.
