There's nothing more exciting than the desperate defenders seeing reinforcements.

In times of despair, a straw can also be turned into a giant ship with sails in the mind.

Hannibal snatched the telescope from the man next to him, almost slamming it in the eye.

With a white bottom and a blue X, on the ship downstream, the St. Andrew's Cross flag designed by Peter for the Russian Navy fluttered high.

Hannibal recognized the boat at a glance.

That's right, it was Bering's expedition ship.

There were no artillery on board, and the ship was not very large, and it was not even very suitable for inland river navigation.

However, at this moment, in Hannibal's eyes, its majestic body resembles the flagship of the Russian Navy, the Inglemannland.

On the river, "fierce" battles are underway.

The musketeers on the expedition ship were firing down the side of the ship, and birch bark boats were constantly being hit, and the people on board could have been shot dead and fell overboard.

A birch bark boat was even directly knocked over by this expedition ship, but unfortunately the people on it had already jumped into the water before it was overturned.

Through the blurred eyepiece, Hannibal saw the figure of Cherikov, the deputy leader of the expedition, waving the flag on the ship.

"Yes! It's Cherikov, that's right. ”

"The expedition must have found traces of war downstream, so they returned here to report the news. It must be like this. ”

The cobweb-like trenches outside the city had plunged Hannibal into deep despair. The better you learn, the deeper your despair; The better you learn, the more you understand the Z-shaped trench tactics with your current strength, and there is no solution.

Hannibal didn't have time to think about it.

The expedition consisted of only forty people and did not provide much help in defending the city.

But this ship can take most of the soldiers.

Hannibal concluded that there was already a war between Shun and Russia, and that his previous error of judgment would make the reinforcements a meaningless expendable here.

It is unrealistic for the Imperial Legion to cross the Ural Mountains to support this place, and to cross the vast expanse of Siberia to come here.

a small number of mobile forces, partly in Yakutsk to the north; Part of it is in Irkutsk to the west. There isn't much that can be supported.

Since the war has already started on Russia, if you want to fight for the maximum interests of Russia, you should shrink your forces and strictly defend the castles in the upper reaches of the Amur River. As a support point, connecting Yakutsk and Irkutsk.

As long as the upper reaches of the river are guarded, then the Amur River is still the Amur River in Russia, not the Heilongjiang River in Dashun.

Since this place is no longer defensible, it is necessary to abandon the city and let the remaining men leave by boat. As for women, children and the elderly, that is not something to consider in war.

Hannibal thought so, and Cherikov in the telescope became clearer and clearer.

The herald was not around, and the liquidated shooting corps next to him were all army and did not understand the flag language of the navy at all.

But Hannibal had been Peter's secretary after all and had participated in the construction of the Russian Navy, so he grabbed a flag, waved it, and conveyed his meaning to Cherikov.

"Don't moor! Take control of the water! ”

"Don't moor! Take control of the water! ”

Once the ship is docked, it is dead. Large ships, having lost their mobility, were likely to be captured by the army. In that case, Hannibal would lose the opportunity to shrink his forces, notify reinforcements, and hold on to the upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River to maximize the benefits of the post-war negotiations with Russia.

The fortresses downstream can be abandoned, as long as the upstream ones are not abandoned, Russia will be advantageous after all.

This fortress can no longer be defended.

On the opposite side, there is a fortress engineer who may also have returned from studying in France, and the previous silent confrontation, Hannibal felt that it was like a deduction with his classmates in a military school, full of a sense of déjà vu.

Once the heavy artillery arrived, even if three hundred reinforcements arrived, it would be meaningless. It is better to shrink, and even another fortress in the middle reaches will be abandoned and concentrate forces to hold the upstream.

Otherwise, it will be broken by each one.

…………

On the expedition ship, a guilty Cherikov held his head high.

Not that he was proud of his betrayal, but because he had a short gun against his back...... The short gun he almost chose to use to kill himself.

The unpredictability of fate made this name, which was written into science fiction by Jules Verne, a traitor, Judas.

The history of the Arctic and Bering Strait, Alaska, and even the future of mankind's great geographical discoveries will probably never be associated with this name again.

"What does the flag mean?"

"Control the water, don't moor."

The steamed bun was held to Cherikov's back, and Liu Yu stood behind the steamed bun, wearing the hat of a captured Swedish first mate, and asked the meaning of the flag.

This answer made Liu Yu extremely satisfied.

Hannibal was on the run.

These days, his "Zhao Kuo" is on paper, which puts great pressure on another "Zhao Kuo" in the castle.

Different thinking, different religions, and different growth processes, but the first actual combat of the children of Xun Gui is always similar.

Hannibal graduated from the military academy, went to France to mix up the rank of captain, and never really organized a battle for the defense of the fortress.

Born as the emperor's secretary, he has a very high level on paper and perfect work on pictures.

But it is precisely because the level on paper is too high that Liu Yu knows how much pressure his paper talk can bring him.

From beginning to end, Hannibal faced a windmill giant.

He has a heavy cannon with a hammer, but he just dug a few gun emplacements to scare him.

Liu Yu wanted to use this expedition ship to give Hannibal a little hope when Hannibal's psychological defense was close to collapse.

Hope in despair will infinitely expand the small hope, and make Hannibal make a new "right" judgment.

Hannibal was absolutely right to run.

If you can't hold it, if you don't run, it's not as simple as staying here and waiting to die, but such a large-scale professional siege force will break through each along the river and destroy all the castles.

It is better to shrink the forces and concentrate in one fortress to buy a longer time.

If Hannibal had not been Peter's secretary, but only the commander of the fortress, Liu Yu's method would have been ineffective.

It is precisely because Hannibal was Peter's secretary that he will have a bigger picture and a higher vision when thinking about problems.

This advantage becomes a disadvantage at this point, and it will bury him.

Liu Yu was worried that Hannibal was completely desperate and made a wrong judgment, and he really wanted to defend here.

Listening to Cherikov's translation of the flag, his hanging heart finally fell.

"Summon, keep acting, keep shooting those bark boats. Take control of the water and tell the boats to get out of the way. ”

"The people on the boat were ready to give a signal, and they all cheered up for a while. Remember, the person who doesn't slip away in the dark must be caught alive. ”

"No guns, just catch them alive."

Holding a gun against Cherikov's steamed bun, he secretly snorted a few times in his heart, thinking to himself, third master, third master, can we stop saying such unlucky words? Aren't you afraid that the black guy Hannibal will kill seven in and seven out?

Liu Yu didn't care about his verbal inluck, took out Bering's pocket watch, and looked at the time.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

Hannibal didn't have much time, so he would have escaped before one o'clock in the afternoon, or he wouldn't be able to sail to a safe distance before dark. This is the river, not the sea.

Looking at the fluttering Russian naval flag, the wind was blowing northwest.

Just right for going upstream.

What we have to do now is to continue to wait and finish the drama of clearing the river.

He closed his pocket watch and smiled at Cherikov.

"Mr. Cherikov, please return to your 'post'. Your mission is accomplished. ”

Someone else escorted Cherikov away, leaving only the steamed bun by his side, Liu Yu patted the steamed bun on the shoulder and said, "Behave well in a while." You said you want me to give you a boost and earn a career. This is an opportunity. ”

"I'm biased, otherwise it's okay to let Shu Tu and Du Feng come. I am the general, and I have my share of this credit. But you're different. ”

"In the future, do a good job. Since you have read books with me and been a companion, you have taken this opportunity to mix up your personal appearance. ”

"It is said that if you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will help the world. If I can't reach half of it, I can only help the people around me.

The steamed bun nodded heavily, his mood was agitated, and he was about to kneel. Liu Yu shrugged and shook his head.

"I'll see you in that matter. Words of gratitude, needless to say. ”

…………

Twelve o'clock in the afternoon.

The surface of the river has been basically "cleared".

Several small boats rowed out of the bastion, and the remnants of the Cossacks rowed with great difficulty.

Hannibal was standing on the first boat, and when he approached the expedition ship, he threw down the ladder.

He had been following Peter in Neva for a long time, and he was extremely skilled in climbing the navy's soft ladder.

Climbing up the soft ladder, I heard a familiar voice greeting in Latin.

"Mr. Hannibal, we meet again."

The Latin that once made Hannibal feel noble, elegant, and civilized was unspeakably harsh at this time.

Looking at the other side in a panic, Liu Yu bared his white teeth and looked at him with a smile.

"Is that you?"

Subconsciously touched the short hammer around his waist.

The steamed bun beside him waited for this opportunity, bent his arm, and smashed Hannibal's stomach with his elbow.

Hannibal was in pain, bent over, and was hit hard by the steamed bun in his back, and he couldn't stand at all, and fell on the deck.

The moment it fell, the ship was filled with gunfire.

Liu Yu grinned, and said to the deacon behind him who was responsible for recording the experience of military exploits: "Write it down." The righteous son of the Rakshasa king wanted to shoot me, but my servant Mantou loyally protected the lord, knocked him to the ground, and captured him alive. ”

Then, pulling Hannibal by the hair, he pulled him up, and had Hannibal by the arm, and walked to the smoke-filled deck.

On the water, the remnants of the raided Rakshasas were unable to fight back at all, either jumping into the water to flee for their lives, or completely collapsing after despair of hope and despair, and raised their hands in surrender.

The smoke and waves on the river are vast, the vast shore is not visible, and the smoke of gunpowder follows the wind, adding a point of bearing.

The two soldiers carried Hannibal, and Liu Yu was in high spirits.

He tossed aside the Swedish first mate's hat and sat on his knees, letting Manju tie his hair behind him and put on a samurai leather band.

got up and took off the Russian Navy uniform he was wearing, changed into a brocade uniform, carried an embroidered spring knife around his waist, tidied up his belt, and put on a cyan cloak.

Just when the wind rises, stand against the wind, shake the big gun, and hunt for the sound.

Pointing to Stepanovsk, which was about to fall in the distance, overlooking the Heilongjiang River in summer, he looked at Hannibal and said the words of the three Roman eras in Latin.

VENI

VIDI

VICI

I got it!

I'll see you!

I conquer!