"Bahhhh..."
The rumble of horse hoofbeats was heard by the people in the convoy just when Jin Guofeng and others saw the convoy. They seemed to be relatively elite, and those people immediately took a defensive posture.
However, there are only about 300 people. So what if there are 300 white-armored soldiers? With nearly 5,000 cavalry, how can they turn the world upside down?
Jin Guofeng led the coalition forces and quickly surrounded the convoy. Upon closer inspection, they couldn't help but feel strange.
Because these enemies were obviously never seen before, they were blond and blue-eyed, and their appearance was very different.
"Xiyi?" Jin Guofeng was very surprised and couldn't help but said.
"Western barbarians?" When Gruschibu's son heard this, he repeated it a little strangely, and then asked, "Commander, do you mean these people are the barbarians in the far west?"
To the Central Plains dynasty, the tribes on the grasslands were barbarians. However, for the Mongolian tribes, the people in the far west that they once conquered were also barbarians. It can be said that the people over there were really surprised to meet them here.
After hearing this, Jin Guofeng nodded and said: "Looking at their appearance, they are different from me, the Ming Dynasty, and you Mongolians. They must be Xiyi."
Having said this, he paused and said: "There were indeed such people in the North before, but those were thousands of years ago. They had been exterminated long ago. After so many dynasties, we have never heard of the North again. There are such Yi people. I can confirm that these should be Western Yi people!"
They were even more surprised when it was confirmed that it was Xi Yi. How far is that? To actually come so far to burn, kill, and loot. This is more of a prisoner than a prisoner!
So, Jin Guofeng drove his horse closer, and immediately shouted loudly: "You and other Western barbarians came to my land of the Ming Dynasty to burn, kill and loot. What crime should you do?"
In his understanding, this place was under the jurisdiction of Nuergandu Division, and of course it was the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so he asked confidently.
However, these Xiyi didn't understand at all, and they shouted back. Jin Guofeng couldn't understand either, and no one around him could understand either.
However, language is not the only channel for communication. I saw those Westerners starting to point fingers and use body language to communicate.
Jin Guofeng looked at it for a long time and finally understood. What these Westerners mean is that these carts can be given to them, but they must be let go.
After understanding these understandings of Xiyi, Jin Guofeng became furious and shouted: "You Xiyi, you killed my Ming people, robbed my Ming people's things, and now you still want to leave safely, you really think that my Ming Dynasty is easy to bully. Of?"
After he finished speaking, he raised his hand.
As a result, all the cavalrymen immediately drew their bows and arrows, aiming at these Western barbarians.
Five thousand versus three hundred, so what if you can fight again? What's more, of the five thousand men and horses, three thousand are from Guan Ning's army, and the remaining Karaqin cavalry have been able to ride horses and shoot arrows since they were young.
When the Western Yi saw the movement here, instead of continuing to beg for mercy, the monsters screamed "Wow!", took off their shields from their horses, and even tried to charge fiercely.
The coalition army under Jin Guofeng's command was already very angry after being chased by Jianlu. Now that there was an opportunity for an adult to bully a child, it was natural that they had just vented their anger.
After Jin Guofeng gave the order with a wave of his hand, thousands of arrows were fired immediately, including many with superb archery skills. They drew their bows and shot arrows like a series of arrows, venting the depression in their hearts. They were all running for their lives anyway, and no one was thinking about taking any prisoners.
These three hundred or so Xiyi couldn't charge very far at all. Even their shields were useless. Even the men and horses were shot into hedgehogs. Some of them were well protected by armor. Even if they didn't die, they were badly knocked down. After getting up from the ground, they became targets for the coalition forces to vent their anger, more like hedgehogs.
Personal bravery is of no use at all in this situation. Of course, if he had the legendary military skills or something, he might be able to struggle, otherwise he would be a scumbag.
After simply and swiftly dealing with these Western barbarians, the coalition forces began to clean up the battlefield.
After just a cursory glance, the inspecting soldiers couldn't help but cheer. When the situation was reported to Jin Guofeng, he couldn't help but be surprised and happy.
It turned out that this convoy was fully loaded with furs and other supplies of various colors, and they were also precious furs. If it is transported to the capital, it will be a huge fortune.
"Commander, these Western barbarians must have plundered a lot in the east, otherwise, it is absolutely impossible for that tribe alone to have so many things." Gulusi Qibu's son reported to Jin Guofeng.
After hearing this, Jin Guofeng said a little strangely: "I didn't expect these Western barbarians to come to my Ming Dynasty quietly! In this case, when I return, I will definitely report it to the court!"
After saying that, he, like his soldiers, happily inspected the trophies.
Naturally, Jin Guofeng didn't know that these Western barbarians were actually sent by Tsarist Russia. From the beginning of the 16th century, the wealthy Stroganov family began to expand eastward for the sake of wealth. Later, Tsarist Russia fought hard against Western Europe and made the country even poorer, so it began to join in the plundering of the east. Fur became one of Tsarist Russia's most important exports to Western Europe during that period and an important source of finance. .
It was also because of this as a driving force that in the following years, despite setbacks, Tsarist Russia continued to send troops to the east.
In the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign in the Ming Dynasty, Tsarist Russia established the Yakutsk Castle in the Far East. In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the Tsarist Russian army had already reached the coast of Okhotsk. The existence of the Pacific Ocean temporarily stopped Tsarist Russia from expanding eastward. Then, they started heading south. In their original history, they would have continued to expand eastward, that is, across the Bering Strait.
At this time, although Jin Guofeng said verbally that this was the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Nuer Gandusi actually no longer existed. And even if Nuergandusi still exists, it is different from the situation in the pass. They only recognize the identity of the Ming Emperor and pay tribute. It is not that the imperial court directly rules and manages the tribe of Nuergandusi.
Therefore, Jin Guofeng did not have much sense of identity with Nuergandusi, especially those in the far north. He just used his identity as a commoner of the Ming Dynasty when it was useful, and did not have much psychological burden.
After seeing all the trophies, the excitement of Jin Guofeng and his soldiers slowly subsided. Most of these carts were filled with precious furs. They urgently needed food, but there wasn't much. It was just enough for them to have a full meal.
As a result, some soldiers started scolding them, saying that there was something wrong with these Western barbarians' minds. Why didn't they bring more food and supplies?
This is because they wrongly blamed these Westerners.
You know, the reason why these Western barbarians traveled thousands of miles to come so far to the east was because these furs attracted them. Furs were not particularly valuable in the Ming Dynasty, but in Xiyi, because of the weather and because their upper-class nobles liked this, furs were particularly valuable. As long as it can be transported back, you can make a fortune. Compared with food and grass supplies, of course their first choice is to transport these precious furs. Otherwise, why would you come so far?
As a result, after Jin Guofeng's troops experienced such an episode, they were troubled by the previous problems: the army was exhausted and there was not much food and supplies left. If they ran further north, the land would be vast and sparsely populated, and supplies would be even poorer. At this time, there is no need for Jianlu to chase and kill him, he can kill himself.
Two days later, the morale of the team was getting lower and lower, and the mood was not right. This situation not only occurred among the Karaqin tribe, but also among the soldiers of the Ming army.
Jin Guofeng had no choice but to stop. Instead of continuing to run north, he stopped to think of a way.
"Commander, it seems that I haven't heard anything from Jianlu these days!" One of his personal guards suddenly reminded him.
When Jin Guofeng heard this, he immediately came to his senses. In the past, the rear did not stop at night, and from time to time they would report the traces of Jianlu pursuing them, which forced them to keep running. But in the past few days, it seemed that there was really no such news. I was so used to running that I even ignored it.
Thinking of this, Jin Guofeng couldn't help but feel happy. Could it be that the Governor took action?
Hong Chengchou secretly confessed before he left that it would be a great achievement to lure Jianlu away. And this great achievement must be due to a big change happening on the Governor's side.
But there is another possibility, that is, Jianlu has some conspiracy, maybe he just wants to lure them back.
After thinking for a long time, Jin Guofeng finally made the decision based on the current situation in the army to lead the army south and go back. Of course, if you go back, you must be very cautious. Once you find something wrong, turn around and run away immediately.
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At the same time, Prince Dorgon of Jianlurui was clearing out the Sauron tribe. This Sauron tribe has another name in the Ming Dynasty, which is the Haixi Jurchen, also known as the Savage Jurchen. Jianlu had many sources of troops by capturing these savage Jurchens.
It has to be said that this time, because Jianlu's troops were damaged and other ethnic groups lacked confidence in Jianlu, Dorgon worked hard to capture the wild Jurchen. This was not only an effort to increase the overall strength of Jianlu, but also to reestablish the military power in his hands. Therefore, his harvest can be considered very rich.
At this time, Dorgon had captured more than 3,000 savage Jurchens, but he was still not satisfied. No, from the captives' mouths, he learned that there was another tribe in the north who could probably capture 30 or 40 more people. As a strong man, he refused to miss it, so he brought another five hundred men and horses to surround the place.
However, this time, Tan Ma reported back not with an excited expression, but with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, this tribe should have been exterminated, and the women and children have not been spared. There are many corpses in the camp, and they are already smelly. , and...and..."
Hearing this, Dorgon couldn't help but be surprised. Seeing him hesitating, he couldn't help but shouted angrily: "And what?"
"And there are a lot of human bones, it seems that a lot of them have been eaten." After hearing this, Tan Ma didn't dare to neglect, and quickly reported back.
It's not like Jianlu had never done such things as cannibalism. However, this kind of thing is not the norm after all. It is still a bit surprising to see it here suddenly.
When Dorgon heard this, he couldn't help but be a little surprised. He immediately led the people and went to the camp to see it himself.
Sure enough, Tan Ma was right. The corpses on the ground already stunk. Judging from the traces left behind, everyone in this camp was killed, the women were insulted during their lifetime, many human bones were piled up, and many were eaten.
"Who could have done this?" Because the smell was too bad, Dorgon had to leave the camp and choose a place upwind, and then asked a local prisoner beside him.
However, this tribe is relatively far north, and the captives do not know what is happening here.
In this way, Dorgon felt strange. You know, in wars between tribes, women and children will not be killed. This is beyond the scope of common sense.
Just at this time, the scouts from the surrounding areas came again to report that there were traces showing that the murderer who massacred here went to the northwest, and the number of them was not very large, probably more than a hundred or so.
After hearing this, Dorgon was curious and ordered a pursuit.
One day later, Dorgon really caught up with him. There were indeed more than a hundred people, massacring another small tribe.
Five hundred captives surrounded these people. What surprised Dorgon was that these people were obviously not from here, because they looked completely different.
Seeing so many people appear, these people immediately started shouting and gesticulating. Dorgon guessed that these strange people were saying that they came here to do business, but this tribe was dishonest and bullied them, so they killed them.
If he hadn't seen a tribe that was slaughtered by them before, Dorgon might have believed them. Now that he saw that they still dared to lie to him, he did not hesitate and immediately ordered that these strange people be captured. Anyone who dared to resist would be killed without mercy.
In the end, more than a hundred people first pretended to surrender and then tried to break out. After all, Dorgon was the Jianlu Prince, and the 500 people he brought with him were all Jianlu elites. After a chase, they were all killed.
The remaining people in this tribe were able to communicate, and once Dorgon got to know them, he roughly understood the situation.
It turned out that these strange people came from the north, saying they wanted to exchange goods, and they were very generous with their offers, which made the tribe relax their vigilance. Then, all of a sudden, these people started killing people. Unprepared, the strongest members of the tribe were often killed immediately by them.
Dorgon was very surprised about this. He didn't know when such a ferocious tribe appeared in the north.
He didn't know that the people he eliminated were actually people from Tsarist Russia. According to historical records, the leader of these people was Tsarist Russian scribe Vasily Boyarkov. On the orders of his superior, Yakutsk military and political chief Golovin, he led an armed team of 132 people from Yakutsk. Kutsk set off to carry out aggressive activities in the Heilongjiang region.
They wandered around this area for three years. They not only kidnapped some local leaders as hostages, extorted money and even ate the flesh of local residents. As for the small tribes, there is no need to bother, they can naturally do whatever they want.
What I didn't expect was that under the butterfly effect, Dorgon continued to go north to capture the wild Jurchens, and ended up wiping them out.
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