Sandaogou was once again robbed by fire, this time the flames engulfed the houses of the local people, and the flames came out of every crack in the houses, and the smoke did not dissipate for three days.

At the same time, Ettorin sent all his cavalry to expand the search area for the traces of those damned volunteers, and all the Russian outposts and military camps on the east bank of the Ussuri River were dispatched to search for those sneak attackers all over the world.

After all, the Russians have been operating on this land for seven years, and they have troops stationed on the main communication routes, bridges, and dangerous mountain passes, and this large net is sparse but has been formed.

In ten days, Ettolin's soldiers caught the traces of those enemies three times, but unfortunately these cunning Chinese did not entangle them at all, and only fled into the primeval forest immediately after a brief conflict.

Ettolin was going crazy, every time the main force arrived, all that was left behind was a few Russian corpses and a mess, and the volunteers didn't leave them any clues.

Looking at the layers of distant mountains and dense forests, Aitolin did not dare to go deeper, he knew that these people must have the help of local hunters, so he dared to go deep into the inaccessible primeval jungle, he did not dare to take such a risk.

The Russian army began to take revenge on the innocent people, a large number of civilians were slaughtered, captured into an effort, and villages were burned to the ground, which further intensified the contradictions between the remnants of the Far East and the Russian rulers.

In the following half a month, there were more than 10 violent incidents of attacking lone Russian troops on the east bank of the Ussuri River, and in the last few days, there were even fierce clashes in which a squad and a platoon of Russian troops were ambushed by the volunteers, and more than half of them were killed or wounded.

In the autumn of 1868, the Russian army in the Far East was completely encircled by this people's war.

Just when Ettolin was furious and wanted to expand the battle, the first snowstorm in the Far East unexpectedly struck, the temperature plummeted to more than minus 20 degrees, and the bad weather finally made the two sides temporarily choose a truce.

Qing Dynasty, Jilin Province, in the Ningguta General's Mansion, Manchu Ningguta General Hunchun is sitting in the winter warm room with a sad face, there are four small dishes on the round table in front of him, and a pot of wine is warmed in the middle, looking at the heavy snow outside the window, Hunchun has not moved his chopsticks for a long time.

On one side of the table sat a letter from his superior, the Heilongjiang general Tepuxin, in a very harsh tone, telling him to close all the passes on the Ussuri River for the rest of the winter, prohibiting the remnants of the Qing dynasty on the other side of the river, and not doing any business.

Isn't this a chaotic fate? The two sides of the Ussuri River are the same ancestor, and how can they be cut off from marriage, trade, and speaking the same language for thousands of years. But he knew that Tepchen also had a hard time, because the old Maozi Tiachenko on the other side had already posted six times in a row, and each time the wording was tougher than each time.

The battle of Sandaogou has shaken the entire Guanwai, and now the people in the west of the Ussuri River have been sensational, they can't believe that the murderous old Maozi was actually killed more than 1,000 people in one go, but the villagers who secretly ran back on the other side have confirmed this, and even a small number of people from Sandaogou have come here to take refuge, they are all witnesses who have participated in the public trial meeting.

The rumors have been verified, and the whole people are boiling, this group of old Maozi has not been a thing since the Kangxi period, and who of the people outside the border has not suffered a scourge? Now there are volunteers to give out their anger to the big guy, and everyone is excitedly pulling their necks and shouting, and the sales of alcohol in ten miles and eight towns have suddenly more than doubled.

Hunchun was also very excited at first, seven years ago, the compensation for the land was a shame that they could not forget for a lifetime, the court was weak but the men outside the gate were not cowardly, at that time, the generals of the garrisons outside the gate had jointly written to beg the court not to cut the land, even if they lost more money, they could not cut the land of their ancestors!

But there was no way, at that time, the city of Beijing was occupied by foreigners, Xianfeng died and the new monarch was still young, and the court really had no choice, and this evil breath could only be swallowed with blood.

Now someone has taken a bad breath for the big guy, Hunchun didn't say anything in his mouth, but he was already happy in his heart, but the music was just a moment, and then trouble came.

Tiyachenko wrote a series of letters to the Heilongjiang general Tepuxin, insisting that it was the Qing State that secretly supported the rebellion in the Far East, that the Qing State organized those militants, and that the Qing State planned the whole operation.

Russia retains the power to settle the matter by force, and now they have sent the Sandaogou tragedy to Moscow and Beijing, and they want to internationalize and expand the matter.

In the diplomatic documents, they arrogantly threatened the Qing Dynasty that if the Qing did not immediately stop these conspiracies and rebellions, then the 30,000 Cossacks in the Far East would enter a state of war, and they would have to transfer 50,000 elites from the Baikal area, and even to the Caucasus, and they would raise an army of 100,000 Cossacks to fight the Qing Dynasty in an all-round way, and they would fight until the Shanhai Pass.

Arrogant! It's just arrogant, Tepuxin is as angry as Hunchun, at that moment they really want to mobilize all the troops outside the gate and Lao Maozigan, fight them a decisive battle, beat them out of the white mountains and black waters, and restore the boundaries that Kangxi Ye demarcated back then.

But can this battle really be fought? After calming down, the two fell into deep thought.

The imperial court has not paid the military salary in full for more than ten years, and everyone understands what the reason is, there is a long hair in the south, and the Manchurians outside the court who have no money have to be considerate, and the life will be a little harder.

But the army is not a common people's life, food and clothing in life can be saved, we eat pickles if there is no meat to eat, we don't buy new clothes when we have less money, if we can make a living, then weapons and ammunition can make a living?

What kind of foreign guns did Lao Maozi use? What kind of weapons did the Eight Banners defenders use outside the gate? The enemy's artillery was already pure flowering shells, and the Eight Banners also used red-coated cannons, which also fired solid projectiles.

This is an unavoidable gap in strength, Hunchun and their hearts are the same as Spiegel, if a conflict breaks out, let alone 30,000 old Maozi, even if 10,000 heavily armed Cossacks are killed, the Eight Banners will not be able to resist.

If it really gets to that point, it's nothing to lose your head, and if you let the imperial court cede a few more pieces of land, then you'll be really sorry for your ancestors.

Hunchun slammed the table and knocked over the wine jug, "Damn, what kind of fairy is this volunteer on the road......?

At this moment, the housekeeper's eager voice came from outside the door, "General, there are guests arriving outside, we dare not stop it, and now we have rushed to the second gate......"

"What? what kind of people are so bold!" Hunchun was furious.