In May of the fifth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, just half a month after the death of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third generation general of the Edo shogunate in Japan, General Shengjing of the Qing Dynasty and Prince Dudo of Shuoyu finally ended their long journey and arrived in Heilongjiang. Nurgan New City near the estuary.
Nuergan New City is located on the north bank of Heilongjiang, about 70 miles away from the estuary of Heilongjiang. It is a civil structure bastion built next to the beach on the north bank of Heilongjiang.
The fortress is triangular in shape, with one side along the Heilongjiang river beach, and the other two sides are protected by trenches two feet wide and one foot deep. There is a protruding prismatic solid fort on the three corners of the triangular bastion. On the fort is placed a 6-pound bronze cannon produced by the Holy Roman Empire or Italy, all of which are original cargo shipped from the Spanish galleons. .
A port and market were also built on the edge of the Heilongjiang River to the south of the bastion. It is summer now, the best season of the year in the Heilongjiang estuary area. The Sauron tribes around Nuergan City will bring furs, Dongzhu, ginseng, and other mountain products that can be sold for two yuan to the Nuergan market for sale. Merchants from the Nine Banners and the Xianglu Banner outside the Pass will use the waterways of the Songhua River, Nen River, and Heilongjiang to transport grain, salt, and ironware to Nurgan City in exchange for the Sauron people's specialties.
There are also a dozen 3,000 stone bird ships operated by Korean merchants who speak Shandong and Huizhou dialects. They have been running the Nurgan-Vladivostok-Busan route since the fourth year of Shunzhi.
These merchant ships often go north from Busan in the summer, transporting cloth and general merchandise to Nurgandusi, and then transport furs, dongzhu and various medicinal materials to Vladivostok. The furs and dongzhu were unloaded at Vladivostok Port, and then loaded with more medicinal materials (ginseng, deer antlers, tiger bones, etc.) and shipped to Busan. It only takes one round trip a year, but the money earned is definitely several times more than traveling on the Northern Route!
Precisely because of these "Korean Bird Boats", the port and commercial market of Nurgan City prospered in a short period of time. What was originally regarded as a bitter cold place has now become increasingly prosperous due to the Pacific fur and pearl trade.
"Haha, Mulima, you did a good job! This place where birds don't poop has become wider!"
Standing on the wall of the Nurgan Triangular Castle, looking at the prosperous market and dock below, Dodo provoked Thumbs up to praise Mulima.
Mulima dared to take credit, "Your Majesty, you really ruined the slaves. How could this be run by slaves? This is all because of the foresight of Emperor Ama and the prince, and you contacted the people of Zhisbania, and then the slaves were allowed to do this." Ergan prospered."
"A meritorious service is a meritorious service," Duduo waved his hand, "What is there to be modest about? I have clear rewards and punishments for my actions, and I will definitely go to the memorial to ask for merit for you.
Aobai! Your brother did a great job, how are your Sauron cavalry training going? You won’t let me down, right? "
Since being defeated by the Cossacks, Obai has been busy with two things. One is to reorganize the defense along the Heilongjiang River. In addition to the Nurgan Fortress, four major fortresses including the Khabarovsk Fortress, the Aihun Fortress, the Lahassusu Fortress, and the Hailanpao Fortress were also built. A city was also built in Acheng near the Songhua River as the capital of Angbang Zhangjing in Heilongjiang. the fundamental place.
The second thing is to organize and train the Sauron Pioneer Battalion. The so-called Solon Pioneer Battalion is a new type of cavalry specifically designed to defeat the Cossacks that Obai proposed to Dorgon before. It does not wear armor or mount and shoot. Instead, it is equipped with lances, matchlocks, sabers and good Yili horses. It uses dismounted shooting. , the tactics of mounting assault and group charge.
At the beginning, the Sauron Vanguard Jia La had only 1,000 people. But later, the strong men of the Sauron tribe along the Heilongjiang River enthusiastically joined the army, and the Oara Mongols and Zhbanians sent a sufficient number of Ili horses and matchlock guns. Therefore, Dorgon approved the plan proposed by Dodo and Obai to expand Sauron's vanguard Jia La, and expanded the establishment to 3,000 people.
Now the first batch of 1,000 Sauron cavalry recruited have completed their training and formed two Niulu groups. They all followed Obai to Nurgan City.
The reason why Duduo and Aobai came to Nurgan City was because they received a secret report from the Kingdom of Korea, saying that Japanese General Tokugawa was planning a large-scale invasion of Kuwu Island - this matter made a big fuss in Japan, and in Renchen Of course, the Kingdom of Korea, which had been very concerned about Japan's movements after the Japanese Rebellion, learned the news, so it immediately informed the General's Office in Shengjing.
When Duduo heard that the Japanese were coming to snatch furs from the Qing Dynasty again, of course he couldn't agree, so he ordered Obai to immediately lead 1,000 Sauron cavalry to Nuergan City, and he himself left Shengjing and went to Nuergan City to take charge.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty," Obai immediately patted his chest and assured, "My slave's 1,000 Sauron cavalry are all elites who have been trained over and over again. They can withstand 3,000 Japanese soldiers!"
He doesn't dare to talk big now. He doesn't dare to brag about one versus ten. It would be great if one versus three.
"What if there are more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers on Sakhalin?" Dodo asked.
"You're not afraid of that," said Obei. "My Sauron soldiers are all Orions and are used to the bitter cold. They can fight with the Japanese on Sakhalin Island."
Duduo nodded: "Then it will be hard on you."
"A slave is not afraid of hardship. As long as he can serve the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Ama, and the Emperor, he is not afraid of death!"
Obai's words were beautiful, and Duduo nodded with satisfaction: "Okay! With your words, I feel relieved. I will sit here in Nurgan City. If there are too many Japanese soldiers on Sakhalin Island, If it is difficult to win for a while, you try to delay it until next year when all the Sauron cavalry are trained, and I will personally take them to Sakhalin Island!"
He paused, "In addition, I also brought half a small red Yi cannon Niulu, a total of 3 small red Yi cannons. You can take them to the island together."
"Cha!" Obai quickly took the order.
Duduo asked again: "Is there a boat to the island?"
Mulima took the question and replied: "If you want to return to the prince, the ships are ready, a Japanese sailboat and two Korean merchant ships."
"Is there anyone on the island to help you?"
"Yes, yes," Mulima said, "The Hezhe, Feyaka and Ainu people on the island have been paying us tributes of mink skins, and the chief of the Feyaka people is also related to the prince."
"Are you related?" Duduo said with a smile, "A relative who can't even be hit with a stick, right?"
Mulima laughed and said, "Those are also relatives!"
"Okay!" Duduo nodded, "Then get some cloth and ironware and send them over, so that we can get closer."
The Aixinjueluo family has many relatives in their hometown in Northeast China. The third aunt and the eighth aunt, if you count on your fingers, all the respectable ones can get a little bit of a relationship. Even if they can't get married, they are still fellow Northeasterners, two or three generations older, and they might even hunt together in the old woods!
This relationship does not exist between the Rakshasa Kingdom and Japan, so the people of Obai have a home field advantage when they go to Sakhalin Island!
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"In April of the fourth year of the Hongxing Period, the Japanese shogunate Tokugawa Iemitsu passed away. 5,000 Japanese troops were led by Kusunoki Masaki and crossed the Kuwu Island in three batches... This is a memorial transferred to the Generalissimo's Office. ?Why not the Ministry of Rites?"
Nanjing Forbidden City, Fengtian Hall, Dongnuan Pavilion.
Emperor Zhu is presiding over a routine collegial meeting between the two governments. As usual, there are 16 major events to be discussed today, and the first of them is the evil Japanese imperialists sending troops to Kuwu Island.
This matter...should be reported to the Ministry of Rites! And it’s not a particularly important matter. The Ming Dynasty couldn’t send troops to Kuwu Island to fight against Japan, right?
"Your Majesty," Li Yan, the military advisor of the Generalissimo's Office, replied, "The Generalissimo's Office feels that this is an opportunity for us to regain the Ryukyu Kingdom. This Ryukyu Kingdom has always been a vassal of the Celestial Dynasty, but it was captured by the Satsuma Domain of Japan. Now it is nominally We serve the Celestial Empire, but are secretly controlled by the Satsuma clan, which really undermines the majesty of the Celestial Empire.
Now Annan, Siam, Chenla, and Laos have all signed the "Treaty of Suzerains and Vassals." Among the Ming Dynasty vassal states in the southeast sea, only Ryukyu, Sulu, and Boni have not signed it. "
