In the Far East, this is just the name of the Tsarist side, and in the mouth of the Qing people, this land is called the Ussuri River Basin, the Heilongjiang River Basin, the White Mountain and Black Water, the Land of the Wild Jurchen, and the Oroqen Hunting Ground......

This vast area was completely undeveloped during this era, and there was not the slightest hint of modernity in all the cities, no factories, no railways, and even the usual post roads in Kannai. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In their minds, even if there is another Zhu Yuanzhang among the Han people hundreds of years later and drives them away, the Manchus will continue to live in the land where their ancestors lived from generation to generation, just like the Mongols, and look for opportunities to rise again.

Unfortunately, things backfired, times changed, the Middle Ages were like a surging river and never returned, and the Manchus did not wait for the Han to invade the Guanwai, but encountered more brutal barbarians from the north.

Rakshasa ghosts, a nation that everyone knows and knows in the Kangxi period, swept in again after more than a hundred years of silence, this time there was no saint with the Manchus and Rakshasa ghosts, and more than one million square kilometers of land were cut off by Tsarist Russia without a little war.

At this point, the land of Longxing Manchu has become fragmented and is no longer the same as it used to be.

Open the map to see the current Far East, which is basically divided into four parts, and the geographical dividing line is three great rivers.

The Heilongjiang River flows from west to east, and to the north of the Heilongjiang River is the hunting ground of the Oroqen and Outer Mongolians cut off by Tsarist Russia, and to the south of the river is Heilongjiang Province.

The Ussuri River flows from south to north and eventually joins the Heilongjiang River. On the west bank of the Ussuri River are the Heilongjiang River and Jilin, while on the east bank are the severed wild Jurchen and Oroqen hunting grounds, including numerous Han Chinese settlements outside the Guan, and Vladivostok is the southernmost part of this area, across the sea from North Korea.

The Heilongjiang and Ussuri rivers converge and become the Amur River, flowing northeast and flowing into the Tatar Strait, opposite the mouth of the sea is Sakhalin.

In this war, the main battlefield was on the east bank of the Ussuri River, because the focus of Tsarist Russia's Far East strategy was in Vladivostok, and they needed a deep-water port and an eastern starting point for the Trans-Siberian Railway.

On the contrary, the number of Tsarist Russian soldiers north of the Heilongjiang River was extremely scarce, and there were only one or two sentry posts on some communication arteries, in which more than ten people were stationed in a squad, and the entire territory was in an undefended state.

Xiao Letian's plan for this war is very clear, Heilongjiang in April is still in the stage of river closure, the earth has not yet had a greenhouse effect in the late Qing Dynasty, the winter is long and cold, and if you want the entire Heilongjiang to completely thaw, you must wait at least until the end of April and the beginning of May.

Since the Manchurians in the Far East have not invested much in infrastructure construction, the official roads are very scarce, and once the permafrost dissolves in May, the entire white mountains and black waters will become a quagmire.

The more modern the army, the more dependent it is on heavy equipment, and the transfer of artillery alone is a big problem.

Time was running out for the Far Eastern Volunteers, who had to completely eliminate the Russian forces in Vladivostok in April and stop the enemy before Russian reinforcements arrived on the Amur River to prepare for the crossing.

It would be a very critical war, tens of thousands of Russian cavalry in Central Asia would launch a desperate attack at the last moment when the river was still passable, and the Russian commanders were not fools, they knew that once the Amur River thawed, the cavalry army would not want to cross the river unless all the men and horses had wings.

The Far East is vast and sparsely populated, and productivity is low, so don't see timber for shipbuilding everywhere, but cutting and processing require manpower and skilled work.

Should tens of thousands of cavalry and horses cross the river on rafts, and be the live targets of the Chinese?

As long as Xiang Shaolong's army can hold in the decisive battle of the Amur River and hold it until the river thaws, then there will be no suspense in this battle in the Far East.

Build a permanent defensive line across the Amur River, and then convene a congress of the people of the Far East in Vladivostok to officially announce the establishment of the Far East, when the time comes, there will be Chinese people to help them through the difficult times at the beginning of the founding of the country, and in just one summer and autumn, the Far East will be able to train 50,000 or 60,000 regular troops again.

When the time comes, there will be guns in their hands, money behind the Chinese, and uninterrupted diplomatic efforts, so that the great powers will recognize the status of the Far East one by one, and this country will be built.

It's easy to say, but the battle must be fought step by step, and this battle is very difficult.

First of all, Vladivostok must be solved quickly, this is the largest city in the Far East, and the future capital is located, and without first solving this place, the army will not be able to divide its troops to the north.

After the settlement of Vladivostok, it was necessary to quickly move 800 miles north, and before the Russian reinforcements were about to cross the river, the Volunteers had to block the southern bank of the Amur River and build a defensive line.

It was a contest of time, as well as a contest of fire and blood, as the Volunteers had to fight not only against the Russian reinforcements, but also with the gradually warmer weather.

What's more important is that Xiao Lotian and Zaichun must arrive in Europe in July, this is an unchangeable strategy that has been formulated, even if the battle of the dragon master does not go well, the Zhiyuan will have to leave at that time.

Travelling from Asia to Europe, thanks to the opening of the Suez Canal, the journey has been reduced by a third, but the journey time has taken nearly two months.

The year 1869 was a race against time, and the winner would eventually become the king of East Asia.

Prepare for war, prepare for war, prepare for war! When the Zhiyuan was galloping northward, the vast area east of the Ussuri River centered on Vladivostok had completely turned into the main battlefield.

More than 10,000 Russian troops cowered in the main castle of Vladivostok and the scattered fortresses around it, and as far as they could see, the arrogant Chinese had already repaired the offensive front under their noses.

There were soldiers everywhere, the black pressure of 40,000 was endless, the forests in the distance were decreasing every day, and the soldiers were cutting down massive amounts of timber to build forward positions.

The indigenous peoples of the Far East have all been mobilized, Han Chinese, Oroqen people, Jurchens, Mongols, Fuso warriors...... All the tribes that are unwilling to be ruled by the Rakshasa have sent their own elite young men.

The volunteers led by General Xiang were strictly disciplined and never bullied the people, and the volunteers had a lot of money, such as foreign guns, cannons, bayonets and daggers of 100 forged steel, melon grenades, wooden handle grenades, and even snowflake road bushido transported from Fuso.

These are the favorite treasures of the grandfathers of Guan, many of them are good babies that you can't dream of, and today as long as you follow General Xiang, you can get it.

"Three regiments and one battalion...... Send a company of brothers to the beach to receive the latest supplies! The prime minister has sent us arms again, let's go for a ......walk."