Harobav took more than a hundred Cossacks on a large boat to the south bank of the Heilongjiang River, entered the mouth of the Emur River, and raided the south bank village at night.
This was originally a large village consisting of twenty-four tents. After they occupied Yasak, the villagers had fled, and now Ravkai united several tribes to come back. This is now the residence of Ravkai's brother Shirkinei.
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They approached the camp quietly.
When they arrived at the riverside, the camp with a hundred tents was still very lively, but most of them were women, children and the elderly. The young and middle-aged people followed Shirkinei to the north bank, to the camp of leader Ravkai.
Khabarov jumped down and jumped ashore.
The Cossacks behind him also jumped ashore, carrying blunderbuss and swords and axes, and followed Khabarov to the camp. The camp only had a wooden fence with tents inside, as well as their deer and dogs.
The dog heard the noise and started barking wildly.
But Khabarov and the others had already rushed to the gate, swung their axes and started chopping violently, and soon the gate was opened without even a single person blocking it.
Hearing the barking of dogs, an old man came out with a bow and arrow to check.
Khabarov swung the ax and hit the old man in the face. The old man fell down with a scream. Khabarov, who succeeded in the blow, shouted, "Kill them all!"
A tent is a family, but young and strong men are not in the camp.
The barking of dogs, screams and roars of Cossacks alarmed the entire camp. Old men, women, and even children came out with bows, arrows, knives and axes.
There was a bang.
A Cossack raised his gun and knocked down an old man. He put away his gun and rushed forward, pulled out his ax and chopped down another old man.
The sound of banging firecrackers was everywhere. The Cossacks were experienced in looting and fighting. They worked in groups of three and five and gave priority to those holding bows and arrows. They showed no mercy to the elderly, children and women.
There were also Cossacks behind, who took the horses from the boat and began to mount them to surround the camp, not letting anyone escape.
The camp of hundreds of people was quickly turned into a hell.
Although the old men were very brave, and the women and children did not show weakness, they were no match for the Cossacks. The vicious bandits held muskets and killed them from a distance. The Cossacks were still wearing armor and could not be hurt easily.
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More than 300 old, weak, women and children were surrounded, and Khabarov called an interpreter to persuade them to surrender.
Someone cursed these bandits, but Khabarov pulled him out and shot him in the head.
"From now on, this is the territory of Tsarist Russia, and all of you must pay a tax in kind on mink skins to the Tsar. Every person in the tent must pay, and each person must pay ten mink skins a year."
An elderly woman said, "It's not impossible if you just pay in-kind tax on furs, but ten mink skins per person per year are too many. It's okay to pay one mink skin per tent per year, but now
Mink skin is difficult to hunt, so you should allow us to use deer skin, fox skin and other furs as compensation. You cannot rob us, let alone kill innocent people indiscriminately!"
Khabarov said disdainfully, "I'm not here to bargain with you. One person has ten mink skins a year, fox skins, etc. are fine, but they must be paid according to the value.
Also, your resistance today has caused us a lot of losses, and you must pay compensation."
"You also have to serve us, help us build cities, and have the obligation to send troops to help us attack other tribes that refuse to surrender and pay tribute."
Some people say they are too greedy and demanding too much.
Khabarov waved his hand, and several Cossacks rushed in, captured the opponents, and then shot them all again in public.
The remaining women, children and the elderly were silent.
He let go of an old man and asked him to go back to Shirkinei and Ravkai to convey a message for him. As long as they were willing to surrender to Tsarist Russia, pay taxes in kind and pay compensation to them in the future, he could stop attacking them.
After letting the old man go, Khabarov asked the Cossacks to take the survivors in the camp to repair the camp fence and strengthen the defense. He also killed many deer of the Daur people in the camp, stewed the meat in a large pot, and opened it for eating.
After eating and drinking, the Cossacks began to drag the Daur woman into the tent.
The women resisted, but all they got in return were beatings, and some were even beaten to death.
Screams echoed through the camp.
They killed, robbed, and then committed adultery with unscrupulousness and arrogance.
The old man found Ravkai and the others, and Shirkinei was extremely angry when he heard that his camp had been captured, his wife and children were captured, and many people died.
Ignoring Ravkai's persuasion, he took his own people and hurried back. They wanted to take revenge on the Tsarist Russian bandits and take back their wives and children.
They crossed the river in a small boat and rushed back to the mouth of the Emur River as the sun rose.
Khabarov and other bandits had been wild all night, but when they saw the Daur people coming back, they did not panic at all.
Shirkinei was blinded by hatred, and led his men to attack the fence directly with bows and arrows.
When they rushed forward, Khabarov led the Cossacks to stand behind the fence and shoot. Some people even lit the fuse and fired the cannon from behind.
Daur's heroic attack resulted in heavy casualties. When they wanted to retreat temporarily, Stepanov rushed out of the fence with a group of Cossack light cavalry.
They galloped on their horses and quickly rushed in front of the retreating Daur people. They wielded their Cossack scimitars and cut down one Daur warrior after another.
Kirkiny continued to retreat, and finally had to jump on the boat to escape, and most of them died on the shore.
He returned to the shore camp and cried bitterly to his brother.
"These bandits have fierce weapons. We should take shelter for now and wait for reinforcements from the court." Albasi, the leader, suggested.
However, Ravkai had little hope for reinforcements. Previously Houjin sent troops to conquer the Daur tribe downstream, and a leader of the tribe went to pay tribute to Emperor Houjin. He also married the princess of Houjin Emperor and was granted the title of Prince Consort.
Living in Liaodong, his descendants were awarded official positions and titles, and some soldiers from their tribe were recruited to fight in Liaodong.
Later, Lafka and others in the upper reaches also followed suit and paid tribute to the Hou Jin Dynasty. They paid tribute to the Hou Jin Dynasty officials in the Jinqili River Estuary area.
On the north bank above the Jingqili River in Heilongjiang, there were nine large tribes. Later Jin Dynasty collectively called them the Sauron people. In fact, they were not all Sauron people, or they were actually many tribes or even different ethnic groups.
In the later Jin Dynasty, they were collectively called the Sakhalian Tribe, or the Sauron Tribe, mainly because the section of Heilongjiang from the confluence of the Ergun River to the Jingqili River was called Sakhalian Ula by the indigenous people.
The meaning of Ula is Jiang.
Sakhalian-Ula is also Heilongjiang in the indigenous language. In some tribal languages, it is called the Amur River, which probably means black river.
More than thirty years ago, in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, Nurhachi ordered Hu Erhan and An Feiyanggu to lead troops across Heilongjiang and capture the 11th village of the Saha company.
At that time, there were many tribes on the north bank of the middle reaches of Heilongjiang, including the Saha Company Tribe, the Guaercha Tribe, the Huerha Tribe, and the Sauron Tribe, and they all lived in different places.
The Sakhalian tribe is not simply a nation, but has become more of a regional geography and tribal concept.
Later Jin Dynasty marked the Sakha Company Headquarters as the tribes living in the north of the Qili River Estuary on the north bank of Heilongjiang River. They were subdivided into Daur, Ewenki and other tribes.
Ravkai can also be regarded as belonging to the Sakha company. They belong to the Daur ethnic group and live in the upper reaches. Five branches flow into the Heilongjiang estuary and five city gates have been built. They not only hunt and hunt, but also farm and raise deer. In their area
They also produce mink, and there is a Saharcha tribe next to them. Saharcha means black mink.
Aihui in the lower reaches means female mink.
There are three tribal alliances in their area: Hurha, Sarhacha, and Sauron. They belong to Sauron, but Sauron is divided into various haras based on regional clans.
It is very complex in itself.
If they are from the same tribe, the relationship is relatively close, but if they are from another tribe, there may still be conflicts.
This time, Ravkai's Hara encountered Tsarist Russian bandits, so he went to unite with the other Hara clans of the Sauron tribe in the upper reaches and asked them to send troops for assistance. It took a long time to gather a lot of people.
However, his brother's defeat made Rafkai understand that even if he had gathered more than a thousand Sauron archers, he did not seem to have any advantage in front of these muskets and artillery.
“If they let our women and children go and promise not to invade or rob us in the future, then we can pay them taxes.
You can’t ask for any more ransom from us.”
After discussing with other leaders of Sauron's tribe in Hala, Ravkai was very afraid of the Tsarist Russian firearms. In fact, although Ravkai wanted to fight again, the other leaders backed down and they were unwilling to follow.
When these fierce Tsarist Russians fought, they did not capture their wives and children, nor did they kill their parents.
Ravkay himself did not have many men, and his reckless brothers also lost many warriors, so he finally had to make this unbearable condition.
There was no pressure on them to pay tribute to the Tsarist Russians.
Anyway, in the Heilongjiang River Basin, there has never been a king who could unify the various tribes. The tribes formed a loose alliance and lived a life of hunting, fishing, and some simple farming. Although there were some city gates, they often moved to graze.
Hunting etc.
When the Yuan Dynasty was strong, they submitted and paid tribute. When the Ming Dynasty went north, they also submitted and paid tribute. When the Hou Jin Dynasty rose, they still submitted and paid tribute. Anyway, it was just a symbolic payment of furs, etc., and they still lived on their own.
Especially these tribes in the upper reaches.
In the past, there were some larger tribes or alliances in the Heilongjiang Basin, but whenever they became stronger, they would start to move south.
Tsarist Russian bandits came to spy on the Heilongjiang River Basin again and again, recording and inquiring about the situation here, and finally called it the Flower Tent Khanate because many tribes were accustomed to living in tents.
There were several exchanges of envoys from both sides, and finally Ravkai personally came to the city of Yaksa for talks.
"We can return your wives, children, and even slaves, livestock, etc., but you must keep the hostages. In addition, you must cede the city of Yaksa to us. Also, we will return the other four cities such as Emur to you.
But you must send people to help us build two castles at the mouth of the Ergun River and the mouth of the Emul River on the south bank.
From now on you will have to pay ten sable skins per account every year."
"Now is not the season for catching minks. We have already paid the emperor one mink pelt before. We will hand over the remaining sixty-four mink pelts of the tribe to you, and we will make up for the rest later." Rafkai brought it.
Sixty-four mink pelts, and some other furs.
But Khabarov didn't like those, only mink fur.
"From now on, we will pay a tax in kind based on one thousand mink skins per city per year. If there is more, we will not levy it. You will keep ten of your sons as hostages. You will take back the more than 270 defeated prisoners, women, children and children here."
, go back to your original place and live there, don’t be afraid, we don’t want your ransom either.”
The negotiations between the two parties went smoothly.
Khabarov also intended to ease the tension. As long as these people were willing to pay fur taxes to them, it didn't matter if they let the captives go. Rather than just robbing them once, he would rather see these people obediently pay taxes in kind every year after being conquered.
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Moreover, after these people surrender, they can also buy food, etc. from them.
This time he also brought some knives, axes, iron pots, plows and shovels from Yakutsk, saying they were sold to Daur at a low price, but the prices they offered were not cheap at all.
However, for Rafkai and others, although these things are not cheap, they do need them, and in the past, it was not cheap to exchange things downstream.
In the end, fox skins, deer skins, grains, etc. were exchanged for things belonging to the Tsarist Russians.
Khabarov also proposed that he hope to set aside some places on their territory for future settlements of the Tsarist Russians, and to facilitate the construction of cities, trade and mutual markets.
Rafkai finally agreed.
An agreement was reached between the two parties.
Ravka led the leaders to swear an oath in the Daur tradition, expressing their surrender and allegiance to Tsarist Russia.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Baharov divided the plots on the land that the three robbed, and drew lots to give it to the Cossacks who came with him, and each of them got a large piece of land.
Then they recruited the Sauronites to farm the land for them, and they used sickles, axes, etc. as rewards for the Saulonians to farm the land for them.
Khabarov and others won the first battle, but they were not in a hurry to go south, because in this battle they lost one Cossack and wounded fifteen others, and they needed to recover here.
And after discussing with his subordinates, he planned to build the other two castles first, reinforce Yaksa, add forts, and even planned to search for gold, silver, and lead mines here, as well as search for other surrounding tribes, and bring them together.
One conquest.
Those who do not surrender will be directly slaughtered or captured as slaves, and they will build cities and farm land for them. He plans to grow food here and transport it back to Yakutsk, where he can make a lot of money.
If you can find gold and silver mines, you will be even richer.
Even if you can't find gold or silver mines, you can make a lot of money by conquering more tribes, collecting fur taxes, or snatching fur livestock.
For a while, they were not in a hurry to go south.
He even planned to send a group of Cossacks back to Yakutsk to transport a batch of grain and furs to demonstrate their success, and then transfer some artillery and recruit some Cossacks.
They even brought over some Cossacks' wives and children in Yakutsk and settled here.
Shirkinei decided to stay as hostages, and he stayed with nine warriors.
He cut off his own hair with a knife and gave it to his humiliated wife, asking her to keep it away.
"Brother, when you go back, be careful of these Tsarist Russian bandits, send people south to find the emperor's army, and ask them to send reinforcements to destroy these Tsarist Russian bandits."
Rafkai said worriedly, "But I heard that the emperor of the Central Plains has changed."
"Even if the new emperor's soldiers are willing to come, they may not go anywhere easy."
Thirteen years ago, the most powerful tribal leader in the upper reaches of Sakhalin Ula was Bomu Bogor. He was the strongest in the Sauron tribe. He led his children to Shengjing to meet with Huang Taiji in person, and paid tribute to horses and
In addition to mink skins, Huang Taiji also gave him pommel horses, python clothes, armor, etc.
After he came back, he also recruited various tribes for Huang Taiji, and all the cities and towns on the north and south banks of the middle and upper reaches of Heilongjiang joined him one after another, among which Yakesa, Duojin City, Duochen City, Asazin City, Ertu City, etc. were the most famous.
The next year, he led the leaders of various ministries to pay tribute to Hou Jin again.
After that, Bomu Boguoer also relied on Hou Jin's canonization and banner to expand his power rapidly, becoming the leader of the middle and upper reaches of the tribe. Being extremely powerful, he cut off all ties with Hou Jin. As a result, Huang Taiji worried that he would be in trouble.
, so he took a preemptive strike and mobilized troops and horses to attack the Sauron tribe headed by Bomubogor. Later Jin divided his troops to seize the territory and captured Yaksa, Ukul, Asazin, Duochen and other cities. Bomubogor assembled
They defeated 6,000 tribal soldiers, but in the end they were lured deep into the army by the Hou Jin army and fell into an ambush. Hundreds of people were killed and injured, but a large number of Hou Jin soldiers were still killed and injured.
After breaking out of the siege, Bomubogor counterattacked Houjin. The Houjin army was defeated and suffered numerous injuries, so they had to retreat.
The following year, Huang Taiji sent troops to attack again and adopted the strategy of attacking in the east and attacking in the west. On the one hand, he threatened to send a large army to attack Heilongjiang again and force Bomubogor to move north. However, he deployed Mongolian elite cavalry to sneak attack from the upper reaches. After two months, he succeeded.
They raided and captured Bomubogor's brother and his family members. Half a month later, they successfully raided Bomubogor and captured him, his wife and others.
In this battle to quell the rebellion, the Qing army captured more than 2,200 young men from Sauron, more than 4,400 women and children, and more than 3,000 mink skins. Finally, they burned down Yaksa and other cities.
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During the Hou Jin Dynasty, Bomu Bogor was the strongest leader in the middle and upper reaches of Heilongjiang. He was from the Ewenki tribe. He eventually became the leader of various tribes in the middle and upper reaches and was called the leader of the Sauron tribe by the Later Jin Dynasty.
He almost established a Sauron Khanate in the middle and upper reaches of Heilongjiang, but was eventually decisively attacked and destroyed by Hou Jin. His defeat also dealt a heavy blow to various ministries in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang.
Although Ravkai is from the Solundaur tribe and is not of the same ethnic group as the Ewenki, he was once a member of the Bomubogor alliance and fought several battles with the Houjin Army with him.
Later, after the defeat and surrender of Jin, he also rebuilt five cities on the old ruins such as Yaksa, and became a powerful leader of Sauron in the upper reaches.
Over the years, he has paid tribute to Hou Jin every year, but he has not forgotten what Hou Jin did when he attacked Bomubogor. He burned the city where they had lived for generations, killed the resisters on the spot, and plundered the population and property.
A prison was built on the spot and many prisoners were imprisoned. Later, many Sauron prisoners were moved south to form banners.
In real comparison, Tsarist Bakharov, who only had about 200 people, was far less ferocious than Hou Jin.
They were afraid that driving the tiger to devour the wolf would end up luring the wolf into the house, but now they have finally regained some strength.
"Isn't it said that the new emperor is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty? The Ming Dynasty was okay with us tribes in Saharian Ula before. Maybe they are different. Maybe they can really help us drive away the Tsarist Russian bandits and restore their previous stable life?"
"Try it, how can you be willing to do it if you don't try it? So many people died at the hands of those bandits, and our wives and daughters were ruined and insulted by them. How can we just forget it and pay tribute and taxes to them?"
Rafkai hugged his brother and said, "I will send someone to call for reinforcements. Don't worry, I will definitely rescue you."
