After the occupation of Lan Baozi in September 1859, it had been renamed "Good News" by the Lu people, and the current commander is Second Lieutenant Dupigin - the original Captain Bestrenko was unfortunately killed during the sortie, and Dupigin had to take up the burden.

Like Besstrenko, Dupigin was transferred to the Far East after 1857, and both men were veterans of the Crimean War, and it took more than three months for the company to reach Nerchensk after a strenuous trek on the muddy and waterlogged Siberian post road.

Dupigin swears that no matter what kind of Lucian hero, as long as he walks through this road to hell, he will deeply understand a truth, "It is not so easy to make achievements!" ”

Everything that followed proved this point of view.

Although the rebellion in Eastern Siberia finally began to subdue under the soft policy of the new governor Pugatin, after wars and rebellions, the original population of 100,000 was reduced to only a few tens of thousands. The subsequent food imports were heavily dependent on external imports, and the finances had long since collapsed, thanks to St. Petersburg's support.

According to everyone's thoughts, don't toss around in this situation!

But what the general public said is not true, the Yarrow War that began in 1856 was still going on, and the emperor Alexander II and the governor saw that they wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob it, so the empire began to expand in the Wulong River valley in 1859.

It is said that at the time of the previous governor of Eastern Siberia, Muravyov, this indigenous tribe was very easy to deal with, and often a few dozen imperial soldiers could conquer a tribe and hundreds of heroes could take the land. But the veterans of that year were basically killed in battle, and it is impossible to confirm the authenticity.

Anyway, the current situation is different from the legend - the natives resolutely run when they see a large group of imperial people, and they put cold guns when they see a lone one, and they never fight head-on, so they are very difficult to deal with.

And the most disturbing thing is that the empire of breeched rifled guns like the Minnie gun has just begun to be redressed, but the savages have one in their hands, which is said to have been done by English merchants, and they don't know whether it's true or not.

Under the leadership of Governor Pugatin, everyone worked steadily step by step, and last summer took the town of Albazin, washing away the humiliation of 170 years ago; In September, it won this important land on the other side of Aihui, and "good news" became the new name of this place.

But that's the end of it - the Governor's Mansion said on the surface that it would give the other party a chance for peace, but who didn't know that the Governor's Palace's small supplies and manpower had also been exhausted.

After that, the first batch of 400 people in the conscription team was almost completely wiped out, and Captain Bestrenko was furious when he heard the news, and personally led people to retaliate. But as a result, he himself was shot off his horse by a cold gun, not to mention that the accompanying team later broke up.

I had no choice but to take over this mess, and I fought a few tough battles with these Diao people, but the effect was little - relying on the long range, the terrain was responsible, and the savages were happy to put cold guns, how could this battle be fought.

Fortunately, the governor of Pujiating understood the situation and sent someone to ask the Tang government to mediate, so he had a chance to breathe.

He also strictly ordered his subordinates not to attack casually, even if the two warships were blown up by a sneak attack in the winter, and there were people around the town who kept firing cold guns, this did not change the original strategy - as long as they waited for the beginning of spring to raise a batch of supplies, and then gathered troops to oppress the other party's government, these mobs lost their support, and they must not be able to make trouble.

"Counting the days, this reinforcement is almost here. Although the mob is provocative outside today, you will suffer in the future! Dupigin thought about it, and a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Suddenly, there were several loud bangs outside the house, and he quickly picked up the matching knife and rushed out.

"This 6-pounder breech gun is such a good thing! None of the previous rifled guns can compare! Takeda Kaizaburo said as he walked around the 8 cannons, excited.

But the gunners didn't bother to bother with him, and continued to fire in a hot fire - this cannon fired quickly, three shots a minute, while the previous rifled guns were fired once every two minutes, of course, good

Stuff up.

Egawa Hidetoshi knew that Takeda was a knowledgeable person, but Hakokan Tokori Toshiki definitely didn't understand it, so he had to explain - there was no way, didn't he do this himself.

Youngmin and Hori Toshi-hee had a good personal relationship, and in 1855 they negotiated Soya to let the white lord run it, but they gave him dignity at that time.

Besides, it's been six years since I've been in the Northland, and Yingmin has also understood that although he is a Westerner compared to outsiders, he is really exquisite, and he can't compare with professional and technical personnel, so he can only be an "administrative bureaucrat" as Zhixiu said - Yingmin has nothing to be dissatisfied with this, this technocrat does practical things, administrative bureaucrats do logistics, and no one can do without whom.

Yingmin bragged for a moment, what kind of silk tight gun body, barrel tight gun body, what vertical wedge gun bolt, what broken thread gun bolt, what brown gunpowder, picric acid, made Hori Li Xi stunned.

In the midst of Yingmin's boasting, the Lu camp has turned into a sea of fire!

Actually, the Naoxiu family didn't want to use artillery, because didn't it mean that outsiders were interfering - the "Sauron Divisions" had Minnie guns and were already against the sky, and there were still cannons, and fools didn't believe it was civil unrest.

However, the military forces deduced that if there was no artillery or warship bombardment, the battle could not be fought except with human lives.

Winning is the last word, so everyone can only agree, "What should be used, anyway, little John will take the name of England to cover it." ”

Sure enough, the Lucia people refused to lure the snake out of the hole again, and Hori Naoyoshi could only order an artillery bombardment.

Speaking of which, the firing range of this 6-pounder breech gun is not much higher than that of a 3-inch rifled gun, one is 3800 meters and the other is 3600 meters, and the caliber is much smaller - in the case of grenades, one is 6 pounds and the other is 9 pounds.

But in reality, of course, this is not the case, the projection speed is different, the shell structure leads to a different charge, and the charge is also different, which leads to an almost dozens of times worse actual power.

If the Lu people hadn't killed Lan Baozi before, the coalition forces would not have dared to fire so wildly, for fear of accidental injury. But self-inflicted evil cannot live, the Lu people are evil and evil this time, and choosing a place to stick to this strategy is a complete failure.

Earlier, 400 men of four Cossack cavalry companies had been lost in the clash caused by the requisition, which did not have many horses, and two warships were also damaged in winter, so that not a single one of the defenders, totaling less than 800 men, broke out of the encirclement.

Originally, although the terrain of Yijiang was unfavorable, it should be possible to break through on three sides and some people could run out.

But you didn't lead the snake out of the hole before, that's right, but you should send a team to attack and contain it, how can you let the opponent build fortifications in a good time!

In fact, if the Lu people knew about hell, of course they would not admit it - if you were building fortifications 1.5 versts (about 1.6 kilometers) away, you would not be able to hit a twelve-pound front-loading smoothbore cannon, and a fool would think of attacking. As soon as this winter came, the reckless people had already been killed.

Besides, the previous neat 1,500 people were better, half an artillery team, 1 infantry company, four Cossack cavalry companies plus the naval army, and the regular soldiers accounted for more than 7 percent. But after many conflicts, the regular soldiers died quickly, and the armed people ran fast, and now, the armed people accounted for nearly 4 percent, and the sailors who went ashore accounted for 4 percent, how to fight this battle!

What's more, how can it be said that no one has managed to run out, and among the hundreds of people who jumped into the river, haven't some of them successfully swam to the other side? But you're good, shouting something, smiling kindly, but holding a wooden pole and saying help, but what's the matter with this one pressing into the water?! Aihui's deputy capital is all over the customs to ensure that you are not righteous!

Actually, this is really not about people's insurance, the idea is special ~ Pu Qin take.

Didn't the Lu people notify last year, "In March of the following year, General Wulongjiang was invited to Aihui and his party, and the two sides divided the border", as the charge d'affaires of General Wulongjiang ~ Puqin, how dare he not come.

He gathered two or three thousand soldiers and horses, arrived at Aihui City early, and joined the two thousand five hundred people of Guan Bao

A soldier.

Although Te~ Puqin is a talent who has never been promoted, and his literary talent is to be discussed, but there is of course a reason why people can become a feudal official - in the seventh year of Daoguang (1827), he threw his pen into Rong, and he relied on military merits to start his business.

Therefore, Te~Puqin and Guan Bao are both veterans.

But over the years, the imperial court has continued to transfer troops from outside the border, and although the two of them have made up for the soldiers after taking office, they have also recruited some people, but this strength is not as good as the Lu people, and it doesn't work if the numbers are enough.

Therefore, after the division of troops to Xinaihui City and the formation of a corner trend, Te~ Puqin sighed relative to Guan Bao, "The two old bones are to be explained!" ”

At this point, there was no need to hold on to it, so Guan Bao confessed that he had purchased ordnance privately without waiting for the approval of the imperial court.

Sure enough, Te~Puqin heard that there were "1,000 rifled guns and 20 guns", but he didn't say anything, so he asked vigorously, "When will it come?" ”

The big shopkeeper of the Jili Warehouse didn't dare to hold it - he only learned afterwards that there was a matter of "demarcating the border", according to the customs of the Lu people, it was obvious that this was a war between the two countries. But the Laogou Gold Mine is now clearly explored, it is true, he dares to run back to the Guannei, and the four heads of the Zhangwang, Li and Hu families can tear him apart, and it is estimated that the whole family will not even be able to live if they count the rats.

The big shopkeeper had to truthfully explain that this ordnance was not mine, it was sent by a Guevara foreign company, and the customs exit was also made by Che Guevara.

Of course, Te~Puchin wants to ask:

"What is the origin of this foreigner? What should you be guilty of colluding with foreigners in private? ”

"It is said that this foreigner sent guns to Prince Bodol Gatai, and it is said that the four families of King Zhang and Li Hu are the handlers."

"It is said that you are a big-headed ghost, and this business of your own family is still said!" Te~ Puqin also understands the same as Guan Bao, this foreign bank is on the imperial court, and the tower is on the Prince of Bodol Gatai.

This is good, Monk Greenqin has such a big head, with him in front, what are you afraid of!

So, the charge d'affaires Wulongjiang General Te~ Puqin no longer asked, and privately asked Guan Bao to let go.

Guan Bao scolded his mother while continuing stubbornly, fortunately, the foreigner was still trustworthy, and sure enough, the ordnance was delivered on time.

In fact, the big shopkeeper of the Jili Warehouse scolded his mother for a winter - the master told that if this big gold mine was real, then the foreign bank could say anything. But there is no evidence for this, and it is not up to me when something happens.

But this gold is rolling in front of him, and he can't move his feet if he wants to withdraw, so he didn't give any money to Guan Bao and Aihui City.

Guan Bao took the ordnance, and then agreed to "Sauron's troops to raise troops", and by the way, he also opened a lot of blank prospects to go out, anyway, it was not his own soldiers and horses who died, so it was nothing wrong to take some risks.

But when Lan Baozi fought, Te~ Puqin and Guan Bao were all taken aback - this "Sauron Division" is also too fierce, what kind of artillery is this so powerful, and the Lu people who are rampant on weekdays don't even have the strength to fight back.

But in any case, whether it is the internal friction of foreigners, or the tail of the civil unrest, this level is half of the past:

The foreigner who sent the ordnance said that the reinforcements of Lucia were only 2,000, and the 800 were wiped out, and 2,000 was nothing! As for how to end the fight after the fight, you have to wait until you win the battle to figure out whether it is not.

To tell the truth, Te~Puqin and Guan Bao are both considered to be the ones who dare to fight among the courtiers, so they were put in this position.

Guan Bao was so happy to see that his subordinates couldn't help it, and they all asked for orders to go to the river to help in the battle, so they "accidentally" drowned Lucia's swimmers.

On May 18, 1860, all the remnants of the 800 Lu people in Jiangwanzi were annihilated - a few of them may have escaped along the river, and it is believed that they could not escape the search of the rebels.

But this battle was not over, there were still 2,000 enemy troops down the river, and the coalition army of 1,800 people, which had suffered small losses, seized the time to rest and recuperate, and waited for the arrival of the great enemy with high morale.