Not long after Alsay left, the whole post station began to boil. Dots of torches lit up the courtyard. The postmen were busy boiling water to kill the sheep, and then led the horses to the stables, unharnessed them and fed them. As for Duerjia's more than 100 subordinates, apart from arranging a few people to patrol, others occupied the dormitories of the postmen, lying on the warm kang one by one, and even shouted for wine. .
Duerjia and several of his soldiers were led by the post leader to the room where he lived. After entering the room, the soldiers wanted to help him take off his armor. Duerjia raised his hand to stop him and sat down on the North Kang. After looking around for a while, he reached out and touched the quilt, and then let the leader waiting outside the door urge him in.
Even though this place is more than fifty miles away from Qiqihar and it is already night, Duerjia still feels uneasy. This guy's experience of being captured at the Mongolian River Station made him suspicious.
The leader crawled and rolled into the house. After he kowtowed and stood up, Duerjia stared at him for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "What is your name?"
"Slave Shu Lu, please give your regards to the army!"
"Where's the writing style here?"
"It's just a show. He has been ill for several days and his mother-in-law is taking care of him. He just said that he would come over to greet Dajunmen. I said you don't make Dajunmen unhappy by looking like a consumptive ghost. It's more important to stay well and recover."
"Is there anything unusual around the inn these days?"
"When we go back to the army gate," the leader Shu Lu said, short in stature and with a strong voice but a strong mustache, "Except for the fact that a few wild wolves came the day before yesterday and took away two sheep, there is nothing else to do. .”
"Where are the Northern Pirates?"
Shu Lu looked confused and said, "I haven't heard of it."
Seeing that Shu Lu was answering fluently and with no abnormality on his face, Duerjia waved his hand and said, "Go down, I'll call you if I need anything."
After sending away the reminder, Durga took off the heavy nail armor under the service of the soldiers, removed the iron plate hanging on the chest, took off another layer of chain armor, and was still wearing a ; When he sat cross-legged on the hot bed and drank the hot tea handed over by his own soldiers, he felt a lot lighter all over, and then a wave of tiredness came over him. However, he didn't dare to sleep at all, and he still asked the captain of the personal soldiers to take people out for inspection, and told the other party to be vigilant.
However, what Duerjia didn't expect was that ten minutes later, in the kitchen of the inn, the cook in charge of cooking mutton soup was pouring a bag of white crystal powder into the boiling pot, and then using a big iron spoon After a few vigorous stirs, Shu Lu, who was talking to him, was standing at the door of the kitchen, looking around.
The cook muttered: "Captain, is it too much to put a whole bag in? What if we drink these guys to death?"
Shu Lu walked into the kitchen and said softly: "Stop talking nonsense, serve it out quickly, and then notify others to get ready!"
"Okay!"
Not long after, bowls of fragrant and mouth-watering mutton soup were placed in front of Durga. He took a sip of the soup, raised his brows, and said in approval: "Damn, this soup is really good, not worse than the cook in my house!"
Shu Lu bowed his waist and said with a smile on his face: "I don't dare to accept the praise from the army! The things from the deserted villages and wild mountains are just a little more ginger... If the army uses it well, it belongs to the slaves." loyalty."
"Where are the others?"
"Don't worry, I've already sent someone to bring it from across the room! I'll bring you the foot-washing water after you finish eating later!"
After Shu Lu went out, Duerjia said to several soldiers who couldn't help but swallow their saliva: "I can't eat such a big bowl, so you should hurry up while it's hot!"
Upon hearing this, several soldiers hurriedly thanked their master for his kindness, each filled half a bowl, and started eating and drinking...
Half an hour later, the entire inn gradually became quiet from the noise, and the flames of the torches in the courtyard could not help being swayed by the faint night wind. At this moment, Shu Lu came to the door of Duerjia's room with a few guys who looked like postmen.
"Dajunmen? Dajunmen?" No one answered, and there were waves of snoring in the room.
Shu Lu took out the dagger from his waist and put it into the crack of the door. He slowly opened the door latch with the tip of the knife. He pushed the door lightly and heard a "squeak".
The door opened.
By the candlelight blown by the wind, Shu Lu saw Duerjia leaning sideways on the kang, snoring, and several of his soldiers also staggered and fell to the ground, fast asleep. .
"Do it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several men like wolves and tigers rushed in and tied up Duerjia and others with all their hands.
The same scene was also played out in several other rooms where Qing troops rested. In a separate bedroom, Arsai and a companion worked together to tie up a Qing army leader with his hands behind his back, perhaps because his arms were twisted and eaten. Painful, the assistant leader suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Arsai blankly. However, because of the added ingredients in the mutton soup, this man's mind was still a little groggy and his whole body was weak. He couldn't understand what happened for a while. .
"Hel me up..."
Arsai was shocked when he saw this. He reached out his right hand to his side, picked up a wooden stick as thick as his forearm, raised his hand and gave the leader a hard blow on the head. With a "boom", the guy immediately fainted. Dead in the past. After everything was done, Arsai wiped the sweat on his forehead with lingering fear.
For this young man who was only in his twenties, he never thought that he would rebel before that morning three days ago. Although his ancestors were also Han Chinese who were exiled here, more than a hundred years have passed, and whether there is any enmity or not, it has nothing to do with him.
Speaking of which, Arsai's Han name was Cui Shilu, and his ancestors were Geng Jingzhong's old subordinates in the "Three Feuds".
Starting from the 21st year of Kangxi, in order to deal with the Tsarist Russia entrenched in Yaksa and solve the problem of transporting military supplies from Shengjing to Heilongjiang City, the Qing government spent four years building a long road from Wula in Jilin to Aihui City. The 1,711-mile post road, with a total of 25 stations, is called the "Dazhan Road".
In the twenty-fifth year of Kangxi's reign, the Qing government transferred 750 generals who had surrendered after the "San Francisco Rebellion" from the pass. They were organized into the Thirteenth Team together with their families. They were escorted by Eight Banners soldiers and sent to Heilongjiang. and serve at various stations in Jilin. At this point, these Han people became the postmen stationed at the post station for generations.
These people have military status, but they are not under the flag and do not undertake expedition missions. Instead, they have been responsible for long-term duties in a militarized manner from the capital to the northernmost tip of Heilongjiang, such as delivering official documents, transporting people, and escorting prisoners. Because they have lived in border areas for a long time and are succeeded by their fathers and sons, many people have adopted Manchu names in order not to be looked down upon.
In the history of another time and space, it was not until 1907 that the "Three Generals' Offices" of the three eastern provinces were abolished and reorganized into provinces, and the bannermen were classified as civilians and their status was reduced, and then the name was changed back to Han.
Three days ago, a reconnaissance team from the North Navy came to Temudehe Station. After killing the leader, Bi Tie Shi and several postmen who led the resistance, more than a dozen people surrendered one after another, including Cui Shilu. in.
The captain of the reconnaissance team is named Bamangon, who is also the leader "Shu Lu" who visited Durga before. Eight years ago, Zhao Xin and the others took the lead in capturing the Karen Station in Fuldan City in order to face Fukang'an's army.
At that time, Bamagong was a bachelor, a stationary who had eaten his last meal but had not finished his meal. Feeling that the Beihai Navy treated everyone equally, he took the lead in submitting. He later worked as a guide for the survey team of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, then joined the Northern Navy, and then joined the reconnaissance team.
By the way, in order to facilitate the reconnaissance team of the Northern Navy, most of them wear pigtails. They also need to be familiar with the living habits, speech and behavior of the border residents and the Qing army, and understand the routes of various post stations.
As a former station attendant, Baman Gong used his own personal experience to admonish and enlighten Cui Shilu and others because he knew the system of the post station very well.
You must know that the Qing government has strict restrictions on the scope of activities of the station ding. In order to prevent these people from escaping, they are required to live no more than a hundred miles away from the place of service, and their family members must not travel more than eight miles. Therefore, the station ding can only respond to changes in the outside world through communication. obtained from the mouth of the messenger.
The problem is that the Beihai Navy is fully prepared for this "spring offensive". Once launched, it will be as fierce as the wind, giving no time for the Qing troops along the way to react. The mission of the reconnaissance team is to capture the inns along the way in advance and intercept the messengers delivering military reports. As a result, the inn behind did not know what was happening in front.
When he learned that the Northern Navy was about to attack Qiqihar, Cui Shilu, whose family all lived in Qiqihar City,
He immediately panicked. In order to ensure the safety of his family, he first expressed his surrender. After the first one, others also expressed their submission one after another because of the safety of their families.
After two days of contact, the station staff realized that the Beihai Navy was not the "overseas barbarians" described by the court at all; among them were Han, Manchu, Daur, Hezhe, and Oroqen people, all kinds of people. When they learned what kind of life the former Manchu and Qing station officers lived under the rule of Beihai Town, they all yearned for it in their hearts.
Fifty acres of land, an unbelievable "salary", a doctor when you are sick, helping singles find wives, and their children can go to school and become scholars, and even the whining train can run hundreds of miles a day... ... Each and every instance deeply stimulated them. You should know that it is okay to suffer a lifetime of hardship. No one wants to let future generations continue to live like this and be unable to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives.
When Cui Shilu was chatting with Ba Mangon and others, he learned about the salary and benefits of ordinary Northern Navy soldiers, and he was extremely envious. He thought that if he could become a Beihai soldier, would he be able to follow him into the customs one day and return to Fujian, where his ancestral home is?
At noon, Bamanggong and the others received a telegram from the 19th Regiment, reporting the situation of the Qiqihar battle and asking them to stop the Qing troops fleeing south. Baman Gong considered that his team only had ten people, and in order to move forward lightly, he did not bring much ammunition. It would be difficult to stop hundreds of people, so he decided to disguise himself as a postman and act according to the opportunity.
Who would have thought that he would actually capture the Manchu general from Heilongjiang!
Durga woke up not long after being tied up. You must know that in order to ensure nothing went wrong, Ba Mangun not only tied his hands and feet with "pig's trotter buckles", but also tied his mouth with a rope to prevent this guy from biting his tongue and committing suicide.
When the groggy Durga felt unable to move her hands and feet and couldn't close her mouth, she was immediately frightened and a layer of white sweat appeared on her back and forehead!
He didn't have time to think about where he was. He twisted his hands and feet desperately and made a whining sound from his mouth. However, the binding method of "Pig's Trotter Buckle" made him tighter and tighter. Soon, he heard someone say coldly: "Dajunmen, don't try so hard, you can't break it!"
Duerjia was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and felt that the voice was a bit familiar, so he squirmed like a big insect, and soon saw that the person standing in front of him was the one who had knelt down to him before, like a dog. "Ling Ji Shu Lu". But at this time, "Shu Lu" had his arms crossed on his chest, with a look of disdain on his lips, looking at him like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered on the chopping board.
"Introduce yourself! I am Bamangon. I am currently the squadron leader of the third squadron of the Northern Navy Reconnaissance Group. I have been waiting for you here three days ago."
Duerjia only felt dizzy for a while, thinking that it was indeed the Beihai Navy, why was she so unlucky? He was actually captured twice!
At this time, I heard Baman Gong say again: "Durjia, please get some rest first, there are only a few days left when you can sleep. Someone will come to pick you up from Qiqihar early tomorrow morning."
Duerjia's eyes flashed fiercely, and she wished she could eat the guy in front of her, but everything was in vain...
Yang Zhongming, the leader of the 19th Regiment, soon learned the news that Durga had been captured. He was overjoyed. He arranged for a company overnight to ride to Temudehe Station early in the morning to escort Durga back. .
This man has already made up his mind. He is going to hold a public trial involving all the soldiers and civilians of the city, and then hang the Manchu clan clan member on the gallows!
One day later, on April 8, Li Rui and Jiang Fan led two other regiments and artillery battalions to Qiqihar. In addition, a logistics transportation brigade composed of more than 3,000 civilians accompanied the troops.
These people are all Han, Daur, Ewenki and Oroqen people from Heilongjiang City, Humar Town and other places. In order to repay the kindness Beihai Town has shown them over the years, everyone drove their own reindeer or horses to carry their loads. Carrying a lot of supplies, they lined up on the post road for more than ten miles.
Jiang Fan, a scholar who wanted to learn from Ma Fubo of the Han Dynasty, is 33 years old this year. This age is still considered young by modern people, but it has reached middle age in the eyes of ancients. You must know that the average life span during the Qianlong period was only 4
5 years old.
Since shaving his hair and joining the army, Jiang Fan has always been in a staff role, but he has participated in many battles. Especially after experiencing the "Battle of Usoliya", he finally realized that the shape of war was no longer the lupine turban and general Mochisaki in the history books.
During his two years in Siberia, he carefully studied the Northern Navy's infantry tactics manual and previous battle records, and gained some insights into the Northern Navy's tactical use. During this period, he went to the Cossack Emirate with the staff group to assist Alexander Pugachev in formulating a combat plan against the Russian army, and participated in the siege of the Omsk Fortress.
Because Jiang Fan was a rare "senior intellectual" within the Northern Navy, Zhao Xin intended to train him to become a generalist in military and political communication, so he also asked him to participate in negotiations with Tsarist Russia to improve his experience. If nothing goes wrong as his deputy this time, Zhao Xin plans to let him stay in Baibaier City for two years.
In Zhao Xin's view, if Jiang Fan is used well, it is far more useful than promoting a time traveler, and there is no need to worry about what the other party thinks. Through his understanding over the past few years, he saw that Jiang Fan was still a scholar with old-fashioned ideas at heart. His ideal is nothing more than to gallop through the world, achieve success, report to the king, and keep the common people safe. If this is the case, then provide him with a platform to express his ambitions.
On April 9, Jiang Fan, with two regiments and two artillery batteries, began to move westward towards Hulunbu Yuer, 560 miles away.
In order to implement the "close the door and beat the dog" strategy, the Northern Navy troops stationed in Kulun and Baiboer City each sent a battalion. They will meet at Kyaktu and then march eastward along the Kyaktu East Road Station. The two sides plan to meet in Hulunbuer City.
According to the previous combat plan formulated by the staff, after taking Qiqihar, Li Rui will lead the 19th and 20th regiments to stay for a period of time to wait for the end of the spring flood ice period.
At that time, the two regiments will take the water camp's large and small warships, quickly go south along the Nen River, go straight to Bertune on the north bank of the Songhua River, and then take the Huntong River eastward to capture Lalin, and finally capture Alchuka and liberate the entire Heilongjiang River. Jurisdiction.
As the days passed, the temperature began to rise, and the sound of ice melting on the river sounded from morning to night. When a line of wild geese returning north began to appear in the sky, the river was already covered with small mountains of ice, which collided with each other and made a thunderous roar.
