Less than five meters away from him, he saw a huge Siberian tiger already making a gesture about to pounce.
"Bang"
The sound of a gunshot could not stop the striking white-fronted insect from swooping down.
"ah……"
In this outer Xing'an Mountains, Rovinsky's last screams immediately sounded.
What Rovinsky certainly didn't expect was that not far from him, gunshots and screams alerted several people leading the horses.
They heard the sound and looked at the source of the sound, a little frightened, like a frightened bird. One of them said to the leader: "It seems to be Rowinsky's voice."
Another person heard this and followed with fear: "Could it be that the Ming army is chasing us here?"
At this moment, the roar of a tiger rang out in the forest, making their horses want to escape.
The leader is Khabarov.
He led his people to block the Sauron attack. Unexpectedly, they turned out to be an elite cavalry army uniformed in military uniforms. When he saw this, he immediately chose to run away without even thinking about it.
It was true that he saw the opportunity quickly, but his accomplices had no time to react and helped him block the Ming Dynasty cavalry, giving him a chance to escape back to the camp and escape on horseback.
Several other people were Tsarist Russian colonists who saw his actions and immediately followed him to escape.
At this time, as soon as he heard the roar of the tiger, he knew that Rovinsky had encountered a tiger.
He originally wanted to go over and have a look, but as soon as this thought came up, it was immediately replaced by another thought, so he immediately said: "Let's go, the tigers here are too fierce, we can't defeat them. And Rovinsky is at this time He must have been bitten to death by a tiger, he didn’t even scream."
The other people didn't want to cause trouble, so they immediately followed him, speeding up, and immediately reached the place where the sound came from.
Then, they hurriedly hurried along, like beggars, and finally escaped back to Yakutsk.
Yakutsk, also known as the "Ice City", was founded in 1632. It is located in the middle reaches of the Lena River. It was an important stronghold for the Russian colonists to expand to northeastern Asia, southward and to the Pacific coast. Because of the river, transportation is relatively convenient. The location, in later generations, became a river port, an important aviation port and a road transportation center.
This is one of the coldest castles where humans have settled.
In winter, people's breath can be heard turning into ice ballast immediately. Fish taken out of the river are as hard as rocks, and small fish can be eaten as popsicles. In later generations, car tires will crack after a short time. , steel is as brittle and easy to break as ice, artificial leather soles cracked outdoors in more than ten minutes, corpses buried under moving soil never rot, and mammoth corpses tens of thousands of years ago were as fresh as ever when they were unearthed.
Therefore, winter is not suitable for human activities. Generally speaking, from April to October, Yakutsk is relatively warm and humans can still go out for activities. When the Tsarist Russian colonists went out to colonize frequently, it was naturally the summer when the climate conditions were better.
At this time, it was the end of June, and July was the hottest month in Yakutsk, with temperatures reaching nearly 20 degrees.
Khabarov and the others escaped in a sweat, and their horses were killed and eaten by them on the road. When they saw Yakutsk, they all knelt down and cried in excitement.
After going through all kinds of hardships, he finally escaped!
Colonization in the past has never been as dangerous as this one.
Seeing a group of patrols discovering them and running towards them, Khabarov quickly said to several of his accomplices: "We came back in a big defeat with only a few people. Your Excellency the Governor will definitely be held accountable. When the time comes, , they will definitely put us in jail!"
Upon hearing this, several other people thought of it and were a little overwhelmed.
Just because they escaped does not mean they can accept the fate of being imprisoned. Knowing that Khabarov was smart, he quickly asked him for advice.
"Remember, just put all the blame on Rovinsky!" Khabarov quickly warned them, "Just say that they were ambushed by the natives, and don't mention the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers!"
Upon hearing this, some people couldn't figure it out and quickly asked: "Why?"
Khabarov turned his head to glance at the patrol that was getting closer and closer, then immediately turned back and told them: "Those Ming officers and soldiers will definitely not stay in such a remote place for a long time and will go back. In this case, We can raid the natives next time, rob them of all their belongings, and kill them all to take revenge. Otherwise, if the Governor knows about the Ming army, he might not let us go south! Then we are so far away The Far East, isn’t it in vain?”
Others may have just come for nothing, but Khabarov will still have to bear a debt that he cannot pay off, and his life will be even more difficult.
Who made him offend the previous governor and rob his salt industry and farm, leaving him with nothing, but he still borrowed money to gather the colonial team this time.
Although several other people had no debts, they felt that what Khabarov said was reasonable and they still wanted to get rich again, so they all nodded in agreement with Khabarov's suggestion. Not only can the blame be returned to Rovinsky, but the path to wealth in the Far East does not need to be cut off.
The reason why they all think so is because in their imagination, the Far East Empire is a rich country full of gold, and the Heilongjiang River Basin is a land of barren mountains and rivers for the Far East Empire. How could they stay in this kind of country all the time? If you ruin the place, you will definitely go back.
Only people as poor as Tsarist Russia would regard that place as a treasure and covet the land and wealth there.
It must be mentioned here that the main reason why Tsarist Russia expanded eastward was the bitter cold in Europe. Fur was the hard currency of various countries and the most popular commodity. Good furs are very expensive. At this time, Tsarist Russia was one of the poorest countries and was in urgent need of money.
Therefore, one of the main reasons for Tsarist Russia's eastward expansion was to obtain furs. The Sauron people have nothing else, but like other indigenous people, they have a lot of fur.
Of course, the Tsarist Russian colonists would be happiest if they could come across various rare minerals.
If it were just the original history, they would be right. The Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time did not even despise the bitter cold in the Heilongjiang River Basin, so there was a strange scene. After finally winning the war, they still had to cede territory.
It is estimated that if Liaodong was not the so-called Longxing Land of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, more land would be ceded to Tsarist Russia.
And in this plane, Zhang Mingwei traveled across time, so of course he knew the importance of Heilongjiang, and even more so, he knew that even Siberia was full of treasures. Not only will they not give up the Heilongjiang Basin, they will even want the entire Siberia.
In Yakutsk, Tsarist Russian Governor Franzbekov is still thinking that by sending troops to conquer the Saurons this time, he will be able to obtain the land there, not only permanently solving the food problem in Yakutsk, but also gaining More wealth can be regarded as a major political achievement after he took office in Yakutsk. He has been looking forward to the early return of the colonial troops sent out to bring him news of promotion and promotion.
As a result, they never expected that out of the more than 200 colonial troops, only four people including Khabarov returned, and they were still in a mess.
When asked, he was even more surprised. It’s not that the others haven’t come back, it’s that they will never come back.
For a moment, he was very shocked and quickly asked what was going on.
Khabarov was one of the leaders of this colonization, so Franzbekov must have asked him.
In fact, Khabarov was already thinking about how to answer the governor's questions afterwards when he learned that Rovinsky died from a tiger's mouth.
Therefore, when he heard the inquiry, he did not hesitate at all. He told the story he had compiled in advance, and the other three people nodded in agreement.
The fact that Khabarov made up is nothing more than Rovinsky's incompetence, which caused the Saurons to flee south one after another, and they did not seize the opportunity to fight and were not prepared. As a result, the Saurons gathered their troops and launched a sneak attack in the dark. The firearms lost their due power, which led to this heavy loss.
At the end of the sentence, Khabarov said in a very emotional tone, pretending to be sad: "Rovinsky is really a warrior of our Tsarist Russia. At a critical moment, he killed eleven Saurons by himself, shouting He sacrificed his life heroically to let us escape and report the news!"
"Brave ass, he is just a stupid pig, incompetent, he..."
Franzbekov, on the other hand, was furious, spitting sweet things from his mouth, and scolded Rovinsky angrily. He continued scolding Rovinsky until he was really tired, and then he ended his curse and said, "Two hundred people were wiped out by the natives of the East. , you are really stupid!"
As he spoke, he pointed at Khabarov and cursed: "You still have the nerve to come back? Why don't you die? You are all the same stupid pigs..."
Maybe it was because he was tired from scolding him before, so he didn't scold him for long this time. Khabarov bowed his head and was scolded, and managed not to retaliate.
When Franzbekov stopped scolding, Khabarov patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, Your Majesty the Governor, this revenge must be avenged, and all the natives must be killed to occupy the fertile land for His Majesty the Tsar. The Governor knows With my farming ability, I can guarantee that the land is definitely very fertile..."
Franzbekov was worrying about how to explain to Moscow. When he heard his emphasis, he suddenly had an idea in his heart.
The final result was that Rovinsky was still the one taking the blame, while Khabarov was acquitted and became the leader of the next colonization.
However, Khabarov naturally did not dare to go again in a short time. What if the Ming army had not left yet?
Therefore, he found a reason to delay and rested in Yakutsk. According to his opinion, it is best to delay this winter. Those Ming troops will definitely not be able to bear the cold and will withdraw.
However, what they never expected was that instead of leaving, the Ming army went all the way north to Yakutsk.
