His eyes turned back to Zhao Xin.
After Liu Sheng and others attacked from Kyaktu, Zhao Xin immediately issued an order for Jiuzang stationed in Chiyan City to select 1,200 elite soldiers and generals to form a "south detachment." They will take a boat south along the Yenisei River and enter the Uliang Sea Sizuo Territory from Kemukemqik located on the border. After that, this force will go eastward along the Wakmu River, follow the tributary Barji River to the south through Tripo Lake, penetrate directly into Bayanbulak Kalun, and cut off the Kyaktu West Road Station Line and Ulia Station line in the northern part of Sutai, waiting for an opportunity to seize Ulia Sutai.
Since the trip was thousands of miles long and had complex terrain along the way, the "Southern Detachment" arranged for several Tuva and Buryat Mongolians to serve as guides.
Although there are fewer Northern Navy troops here in Red Rock City, Krutogorov's Cossack servant army that has been rigorously trained by the Northern Navy has reached 3,000 people. Zhao Xin knew that the "Sixth Russian-Turkish War" should have come to an end in terms of time. The Russian army would no longer have large-scale ground wars. The rest was Ushakov's business, so he ordered The Cossack servant army was dispatched to attack Achinsk, 160 kilometers away, to control the Chulym River Basin.
Achinsk was built in 1641, and in another time and space, Dzhugashvili was imprisoned there.
"Your Majesty the King, the Northern Navy will be your strong backing, and Cheliaba Fortress is waving to you. The Cossack Kingdom will prosper in your hands!"
"Everything is as you wish, dear prince, master of Eastern Siberia, Ataman of the highest honor! The Siberian Cossack Kingdom will be a sharp sword in your hands, and I and my descendants will always be loyal to you!"
On July 10, 1791, at the Northern Navy Western Front Command Headquarters in Red Rock City, Krutogorov knelt down on one knee to Zhao Xin, expressed his allegiance again, then stood up and left, joining the people waiting outside the door. Mikhail and others set out together with the assembled troops.
Zhao Xin stood up from the table, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, folded his arms, and watched calmly as the Cossack troops in the square outside left in company units.
In order to establish a barrier between the future China and the Russian Empire, Beihai Town invested heavily in this Cossack servant army. Not only is its daily training exactly the same as that of the Beihai Navy, but even the weapons and equipment are provided by Beihai Town.
The officer's standard weapon is the "Type 84" revolver with flash cap. There is nothing to say about this. The infantry's weapon is Qingyishui's "Model 1790" front-loading Miniature rifle, which uses a flash cap to fire; although the shooting speed is still 2 to 4 rounds per minute, the effective range has been increased to 370 meters, which is much higher than that of the Tsarist Russian Army Flintlock musket used.
In terms of long-range weapons, Zhao Xin equipped the Cossack troops with thirty-five M1857 twelve-pound guns imitated from another time and space. This bronze-cast artillery can fire solid artillery shells, blasting shells, shotshells and shrapnel shells. It is a type of field artillery with higher shooting accuracy. It can effectively perform counter-battery missions at a distance of one thousand yards. Suppress enemy infantry from a distance of five hundred yards.
Considering that Krutogorov and his group of men were not familiar with the new tactics, Zhao Xin also sent an officer advisory group headed by Lu Shoushan to help and specifically direct the war against Russia.
Apart from that, it’s Zhao Xin’s bad taste. The military uniforms he equipped for the Cossack servants were red uniforms with dark blue trim (including cuffs, lapels and collars), which consisted of a black flat-top short-brimmed hat, a red jacket, black pants, and black boots, a perfect replica of the lobster soldiers. ; It's just the kind of clothing from the mid-19th century, which is obviously different from the current clothing style of the British army. You must know that red dye is still quite expensive in these days, so once the new military uniforms were launched, they were deeply loved by the Cossack soldiers.
Okay, now we have to talk about Zhao Xin’s new title, “Ataman with the Most Honor”.
In late June, Krutogorov held a meeting of the Military Council of the Cossack Kingdom in Red Rock City. At this meeting, upon Krutogorov's proposal, all military committee members voted unanimously to award the title of "Supreme Ataman" to Zhao Xin, the great leader of the Northern Navy and savior of the Cossacks. This title means supreme military leader, in charge of the Cossack Military Council.
However, Zhao Xin refused after learning about it. What a nonsense! He is not a Cossack.
So Krutogorov changed his name to flatter him, adding the word "honor" in front of him, in name only, without having to attend the Cossack Congress. Zhao Xin thought about it and accepted it.
Well, actually don’t blame anyone else for this. If you want to blame it, you have to blame Polya’s uncle Igor. A few months ago, this guy drank too much with Krutogorov, and finally couldn't help but reveal the story of his first encounter with Zhao Xin, leaving a table of Cossack officers stunned.
Only then did Krutogorov, Mikhail and others remember a secret rumor circulating among the Northern Navy: His Royal Highness King Zhao has the power of gods and ghosts. As long as he leads the troops into battle, the officers never have to worry about the logistics of military supplies. It was clear that there were rats running around in the warehouse yesterday, and it became full again this morning.
It is said that in the early Zaporizhia Cossack legends, many famous Ataman leaders were powerful wizards. These Ataman wizards have many special abilities - including stopping bleeding, catching bullets with their bare hands, walking on water and fire, becoming invisible, hypnotizing, appearing in several places at the same time, causing enemies to flee the battlefield in panic, and being able to foresee the future or count the numbers. What happens in other places hundreds of kilometers away affects people's thinking and can also affect nature.
But, there is another legend about the Cossack wizard. That is, ordinary bullets cannot kill them, and only silver bullets specially made by the church can be used. In addition, when wizards are buried, their faces must be face down and cannot see the sun, otherwise they cannot be resurrected. Therefore, for the same purpose, there are When a wizard was buried, a wooden stake had to be driven into his heart...
The cohesiveness of the Cossack wizards to the Cossack group is huge, and ordinary Cossacks are in awe of them. They believe that as long as there is a powerful wizard in their group, they are invincible.
For example, there was once an Ataman named Ivan Silko. During his 21 years as Zaporizhia Ataman, he participated in more than two hundred battles and was never defeated.
In the eyes of the Cossacks, the reason why Ivan Silko is victorious in every battle is because he has powerful magical powers, including the ability to predict the details of his opponent in advance, so that he can defeat more with less and severely defeat the enemy. victory.
According to legend, after the death of Ivan Silko, the Cossacks chopped off his right hand and carried it with them during the battle as a sacred object of the army. It is also said that for five years after Ivan Silko's death, the Cossacks did not bury his body but carried him away because he instilled fear in their enemies and helped them achieve victory.
Krutogorov's purpose is not only to flatter him, but also to strengthen the authority of the Siberian Cossack Congress and strengthen his personal status by establishing an Ataman wizard with "superior power". In other words, if I, the king, are protected by a wizard, who dares to explode? !
At the end of the 18th century, Achinsk was just a small town. After the arrival of three thousand Cossacks in bright armor and armed to the teeth, Krutogorov sent a messenger to send an ultimatum to the garrison and parliament in the town. The letter stated There is only one line: Surrender out of the city, otherwise we will blow it up with cannons!
Achinsk suddenly fell into chaos. Some people were ready to surrender; others planned to cooperate with the Russian army to resist. The person in charge of commanding the local garrison was a lieutenant colonel. He only had four artillery pieces and a thousand soldiers. Although the strength of the two sides was very different, he did not want to retreat.
Seeing the garrison trying to resist, Lu Shoushan suggested firing directly, but Krutogorov had his own clever plan. He sent a mounted officer to ride towards the Russian position, holding a highly inflammatory letter he had written in advance high above his head.
"Brothers of the Cossacks! By the order of Grand Duke Alexander Ivanovich Petrovich! Please put down your arms and surrender immediately! Cossacks do not fight Cossacks, we are all brothers! We want to establish our own kingdom here!"
I'll do it! Where did this great duke come from? The leading lieutenant colonel of the Russian army felt very bad after hearing this, and the soldiers under him also looked at each other in shock. However, he was still brave enough to stick his head out of the cover and shouted at the red knight on the horse:
"Hey~~! Let me tell you! What is the relationship between your Archduke Petrovich and Archduke Paul in St. Petersburg?"
"He's right! What evidence do you have?!"
When he heard someone asking, Second Lieutenant Shishkin slowed down his horse and shouted in high spirits: "Brothers! The Grand Duke of St. Petersburg is fake! He is the woman who usurped the throne and her lover Grigory Grigo. The son of Lievich Orlov! That woman and his lovers conspired to kill Tsar Peter III, and Grand Duke Petrovich was the only descendant and legal heir of Tsar Peter III! His full name is Alexander I Vanovich Petrovich Fyodorovich!"
boom! The Russian army behind the bunker suddenly made an uproar, and the faces of the several Russian officers in charge changed drastically. They seemed to have a premonition of what would happen next.
"I said brother, you might as well read the letter to us!"
"Yes, come and listen!"
Shishkin felt that he had never been so prosperous in his life. He immediately took out a red speaker from the saddle bag behind him and recited the contents of the letter while letting the horse trot.
"On the order of the Grand Duke, he will give you a holy cross made of gold! All Cossacks are allowed to keep beards! The rivers, pastures, and cultivated lands in the territory belong to all Cossacks! The Grand Duke promises to give the Cossacks permanent freedom! But who wants to If he resists to the end, he will be regarded as a traitor to all Cossacks! As a counter-revolutionary!"
“What is counterrevolution?!”
Shishkin said resolutely: "They are the enemy! There is only one way to deal with the enemy, and that is to send them to the gallows!"
A Russian soldier hiding behind the bunker couldn't help but said after hearing this: "I think what he said is really good."
Another person agreed: "Yes, everything belongs to all Cossacks. I think this is a really good idea. Whoever can say this must be a saint!"
At this time, the lieutenant colonel of the Russian army turned green. He immediately ordered his men to fire and kill the bastard opposite. However, several Cossack soldiers responsible for firing the artillery quit. They had been bewitched by Shishkin's words. You must know that whether they are Ural Cossacks or Ilek Cossacks, they are all believers of the old Orthodox Church. They have always been secretly unhappy that the army does not allow beards.
"Arrest them all!" The lieutenant colonel was furious. He first ordered his guards to tie up the gunners who refused to fire, and then ordered several backup gunners: "I order you to fire!"
The eldest gunner put on a submissive look, but he kept saying the same thing over and over again: "You can't fire, sir. I think the young man is right."
The lieutenant colonel swayed and almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, thinking to himself what kind of bastards I was leading!
Krutogorov did not fire a single shot, and only sent Shishkin, a brave and desperate man, to shout, which eventually caused more than half of the Achinsk garrison to mutiny. Seeing that the situation was not going well, several scheming Russian officers fled with a few of their men in advance, while the leading lieutenant colonel was tied up by the mutinous Cossack soldiers.
Soon, the church bells in the city were rang, and the Russian Cossack soldiers and the Cossack civilians who heard the news in the city walked out of the bunker to greet the "Grand Duke" with bread and salt in their hands.
When Krutogorov, who was surrounded by more than 20 guards wearing bearskin hats, got off his horse and tasted the bread and salt, he immediately announced that he would be exempted from the poll tax, beard tax and fishing tax under his rule. This move immediately It earned loud cheers from the crowd.
As for the Russian lieutenant colonel, Krutogorov did not hang him immediately, but ordered him to be imprisoned. He announced that all criminals need to be tried by the Ataman Assembly and proven guilty before corresponding punishment can be implemented. No one has the right to deprive others of their lives without authorization.
The troops only stayed in Achinsk for one day. On the morning of the third day, Krutogorov ordered Shishkin, who had been promoted, to lead a company to stay and garrison. Then he led the troops to set off again, heading 60 kilometers to the west. Tobogor Fortress advances.
That place was said to be a fortress, but it was actually just a village surrounded by wooden fences. However, with as many as 2,000 residents here, it is already considered a "big city" in the Siberian wilderness.
On July 15, Krutogorov led his army to the north bank of the Churem River. He still used his old tricks and sent another officer to shout in front of the battle. However, because there were people in the fortress who had previously fled from Achinsk, the local Russian officers were well prepared. Without saying a word, they came up and opened fire, blowing the servant army lieutenant to pieces on the spot.
Krutogorov was furious and ordered an artillery attack immediately. When twenty cannons were pushed in front of the formation and placed out, the Russian troops in the fortress immediately panicked. The deafening sound of artillery continued for an hour, and the Tobogor Fortress, which was surrounded by wooden fences and parapets, could not withstand the bombardment of explosive shells. The muzzleloader shells produced by the North Navy Arsenal were filled with nitrocellulose, which was far more powerful than black powder. Each explosion could take away more than a dozen lives.
When the outer fortifications were ravaged by artillery shells, more than a thousand Cossack soldiers in red rushed into the fortress. Subsequently, gunshots rang out one after another in the fortress, and all Russian soldiers and residents who tried to resist were killed. An hour later, the entire Tobogor Fortress fell and the fortress commander was captured.
After this battle, the reputation of "Grand Duke Petrovich" spread throughout both sides of the Chulem River, and all kinds of Cossacks came to Tobogor every day to take refuge. Some of these people come here in search of hope, some try to fish in troubled waters and profit from it, and some hope to get involved with the "Grand Duke" and jump over the dragon's door.
Since it was summer at this time, the waterway traffic in Siberia was smooth, so the news of the Cossack Kingdom quickly spread to the Ob River Basin, Ural Mountains and Volga River Basin in the west, and finally reached St. Petersburg more than a month later.
The 61-year-old Empress Catherine II was shocked when she heard the news. She did not expect that the rumors about Peter III that she had worked hard to suppress for many years would rise again. She had already guessed that there must be someone from Beihai Town behind the imposter "Grand Duke". As a result, she gnashed her teeth with hatred towards His Royal Highness King Zhao, whom she had never met before, and wished she could cut him into pieces.
The Queen convened a meeting of the Tsarist Russian Military Council on the day she received the news. She decided to immediately recall the most elite "Ekaterina Army" and "Ukrainian Army" of the Russian army, under the command of her old lover Grigory Alexander. Drovich Potemkin serves as the commander of the army and must destroy this group of Cossack rebels!
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