With a few loud bangs, the door of Governor Alexander Stroganov's office was knocked heavily, and then the furious voice of Stroganov's adjutant, Peter Andropov, came: "Your Majesty the Governor, they are coming!"
Governor Stroganov and Governor Urasov, who were discussing whether to defend the city or run away, glanced at each other. Governor Stroganov shouted loudly: "Peter, come in and talk."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the door being pushed open and Andropov's face full of panic expression. This young nobleman had served as an officer in the shooting army. He had also fought against the Mongols in Central Asia and had seen mountains of corpses and seas of blood. What on earth could have made him panic like this?
Governor Stroganov immediately asked: "Peter, what happened? Who is here? Could it be Obai?"
Andropov nodded in admiration: "Your Majesty the Governor, you are right! We have just received a report from Petrov Pass. The Tatar army is coming. At least 150 galleys are heading towards Nibu along the Shilka River. Chucheng is coming..."
With a crash, Governor Stroganov stood up. Because he got up too quickly, he even pushed the chair under his butt half a step back, and he didn't know what he bumped into?
Urasov, the governor of Irkutsk who was confident just now, was also a little nervous: "How is this possible? The mud and floods have not passed yet, the roads are simply not suitable for the army to pass, and the water on the Shilka River is so fast... .”
"Those Tatars have a very difficult river navy to deal with," said Governor Stroganov, who has been the governor of Yakutsk for many years and is very aware of Obai's strength. "They are very familiar with Heilongjiang and Shile." With the conditions of the Ka River, it is not surprising that boats can be sailed during the flood season.”
As he spoke, Stroganov's face suddenly darkened, "Damn it, the road is too muddy now, it will be difficult for us to retreat from Nerchinsk City! Unless..."
There is no waterway from Nerchinsk to Lake Baikal, and the roads in Siberia will be too muddy for a period of time after the snowmelt season arrives, making it difficult to pass.
Of course, Governor Stroganov can still leave with a small number of people, but the thousands and hundreds of defenders in Nerchinsk City and a similar number of Rakshasa merchants cannot leave - a small number of people can be left alone. Pick up a few horses so that you can carry enough supplies to complete the journey of more than ten or twenty days and retreat to Baikal Fort on the southern shore of Lake Baikal. But as more people retreated, there were not enough horses in Nerchinsk City, and carriages had to be used to transport supplies and materials... But the roads were all turned into mud pits, how could the carriages pass?
As Stroganov spoke, he cast an expectant look at Urasov - please quickly suggest that this governor transfer to Baikal Fort!
"Sir," Urasov said firmly, stood up and gave a military salute, "I and the entire garrison of Nerchinsk Fortress will not let you down. We have a strong castle and well-trained garrison. ..... Even if one hundred thousand Tatars come to attack, it is impossible to capture our fortress!
As long as we are here, the land of Nerchinsk will always belong to Rakshasa and His Majesty the Tsar! "
Hearing what he said, Stroganov could not be so shameless as to propose a retreat - if he were to escape before the battle, he would be blamed!
If the Nerchinsk fortress is occupied by the Tatars, as long as the Urasov in front of him can escape (judging from the current attitudes of Obai and Yue Le towards the Rakshasa Kingdom, even if Nerchinsk is captured, they will not go on a killing spree) ), the responsibility will definitely be passed on to the governor of Yakutsk who fled the battle. After all, the Governor of Yakutsk is the highest military and political officer in Eastern Siberia. His desertion will definitely severely damage morale.
If Urasov held the Nerchinsk fortress, then Stroganov would be even more unlucky... Troganov would be even more unlucky! Urasov became a hero who defended the Rakshasa territory and the Tsar, while Troganov was a cowardly, cowardly, and utterly corrupt sinner!
"Okay!" Troganov suppressed the idea of escape, "Let's guard Nerchinsk together... we must let the Tatars know how powerful we are!
But before the war begins, we should still send envoys to the Tatar army and give them a stern warning! "
He glanced at his adjutant and said, "Peter, take people to see Obai and ask his people to leave the Rakshasa Kingdom immediately! Otherwise, the Cossacks and Shooting Army will wipe them all out!"
...
Peter Andropov, the military envoy sent out to negotiate by Troganov, did not leave Nerchinsk City too far. Just in front of the Petrov Pass that had just been occupied by Obai and Yuele's troops, he met The Tatar army came ashore to rest.
The city of Nerchinsk is surrounded by a large basin, and the Petrov Pass is located at the eastern entrance of the basin. It is the choke point into the basin along the Shilka River. It is about a hundred miles away from the Nerchinsk Fortress. Miles. The Rakshasa people built a wooden fortress there according to the mountains, but there were not many defenders there, and they could not stop the continuous flow of Aobai and Yuele soldiers. After a brief resistance, the defenders abandoned the fort and fled.
When Peter Andropov arrived, at least a hundred wooden boats were docked on the river bank under the wooden castle. When Andropov followed a few "pseudo Rakshasa soldiers" on the muddy ground toward the wooden castle, he paid special attention.
He found that most of the wooden boats were empty, but there were also soldiers guarding some wooden boats... Andropov also found a chance to take a look with the telescope he carried and found one of the wooden boats. There were two large-caliber mortars mounted on it, and a wooden boat was equipped with a large-looking cannon!
This group of barbarians actually came to Nerchinsk City with heavy artillery - can Nerchinsk City still be defended?
No, they are not barbarians... because their clothes look similar to the Rakshasa Shooting Army (Santa Claus Soldiers), and the muskets on their shoulders look a little stronger than the defenders in Nerchinsk City. Woolen cloth!
Moreover, this group of Tatar soldiers, who looked similar to the "Santa Claus soldiers" of Rakshasa, was very numerous, covering the mountains and plains, perhaps more than 10,000 of them. They are cutting down trees and expanding the Petrov Pass. It seems that they want to expand the level into a wooden fort that can station a large army.
Peter Andropov thought to himself: It seems that this time the Battle of Nerchinsk is going to be a lot easier!
With an uneasy mood, this Rakshasa noble officer from Moscow finally met Obai and Yue Le in a large tent inside the checkpoint.
Both men wore red robes similar to those of the "Santa Claus Soldiers" and also wore red hats. As Obai got older, his hair and beard turned white, and he looked like a real Santa Claus.
Because Obai's son Namofo has been stationed in Yaksa City for a long time, he has been dealing with the Russians, and he also took a Rakshasa girl as a concubine, so he can speak Rakshasa language. Today, he is also in the big tent, serving as an interpreter.
He said to Andropov in Rakshasa: "My father Obasky and his ally Yuletov, because they were sabotaged by the Chinese emperor, now brought 20,000 troops to the city of Nerchinsk to surrender. , from now on we will be the officials and lords of the Rakshasa Kingdom!"
Surrender?
real or fake?
You are so confident in surrendering, what on earth are you Orientals thinking in your minds?
Andropov was still not sure, so he asked tentatively: "Will you really hand over the weapons to us? Is this what you meant by surrendering just now?"
"No, no..." Namofo shook his head repeatedly, "You misunderstood. Surrender means that you disarm, hand over your weapons and Nerchinsk Castle, retreat to the west of Lake Baikal, and then we will attack you again." surrender!"
What does surrender mean to you in the East? Andropov was dumbfounded. What kind of logic is this? In the West, the party that surrenders its weapons and territory is usually the party that surrenders, but the party that gets the enemy's weapons and territory cannot be considered a surrender!
