Mao Wenlong is indeed a little blind, these days there are constantly local residents come to the police, there are Cossack bandits everywhere looting, Mao Wenlong's troops are sent out in waves and the result is very little, these Cossack bandits are very cunning, each robbery is divided into more than a dozen shares at the same time, Mao Wenlong did not dare to divide the troops too scattered, afraid of being ambushed, as a result, there was news of being robbed every day, Mao Wenlong was angry, but there was no good way to solve it.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen came, and also brought a large number of weapons and other materials, Mao Wenlong was overjoyed after seeing these materials, after spending this winter with difficulty, Mao Wenlong was about to go crazy, it was too cold here, even if most of his soldiers were from the Yehenara tribe, they were frozen enough, the food was still able to meet the needs of the soldiers, meat was not a big problem, the most critical vegetables were too few, only some old pickles, although the room with large thick glass was relatively warm, But it can't all be used to grow vegetables, and it also loses money, and after paying a lot of silver, it almost buys up the vegetables in the homes of nearby residents, which cannot guarantee that the soldiers lack nutrition.

Now it has entered April, and the field has only begun to have some greenness, you can pick a little fresh wild vegetables, but the hateful Cossack bandits came to make trouble, they tyrannically burned and looted everywhere, Mao Wenlong had to send troops everywhere, and it was easy to recover a little physical strength, and now it was dragged exhausted, if the Cossack bandits had a large-scale attack, I really don't know if they could stop it, and now finally came reinforcements, bringing a large number of supplies, Mao Wenlong can not be happy.

Faced with the problems encountered by Mao Wenlong, Zhu Youzhen also felt a headache, like fleas biting people all over the ground, and like mosquitoes flying all over the sky, if he didn't go out, maybe these bandits would drive the indigenous people here hundreds of miles away, and finally there was a lonely city left, and there were fewer people who went out, and more people went out, maybe they would lose the city.

Mao Wenlong and Zhu Youzhen brought Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, and Kong Youde to analyze the situation, and if they couldn't figure out the purpose and plan of the Cossack bandits, even if they filled in all the 4,000 men and horses that Zhu Youzhen had just brought, it would not be enough to toss. These three subordinates are not stupid people with only strength and no brains, they are all the feudal kings with different surnames in the later Qing Dynasty, and a few people sat down to discuss the situation they are facing now.

Mao Wenlong said: "A few brothers, the elder brother is incompetent, tired of thousands of troops, now those yellow-haired people outside the city are arrogant, today to attack the east, tomorrow to fight the west, and they are all snatching things and running, so that we are tired of coping, it is really a big fight with us, we will admit it if we can't beat it, but now it's like fleas and mosquitoes, they can't eat us but they bite us all over, and they can't catch them, a few look at what good ideas we have, brother bows to you here." ”

In the city of Tomsko, nearly a thousand miles away from Mauburg, in the hall of a huge courtyard, a crazy ball is now being held, and the minister from Moscow Mikhanovich is the focus of this ball, and the owner of this ball is the owner of this courtyard, Chernenko, surnamed Stroganov, who was granted privileges in the time of Ivan IV, collected Cossack criminals, organized a bandit army of 840 people, and destroyed the Siberian Khanate in one fell swoop, Chernenko is now in the prime of his thirties, with great ambitions to continue eastward and annex all of Greater Siberia.

Robbery, murder, burning houses, and capturing countless serfs, Chernenko was full of passion, in the vast Stroganov family, he was one of the most talented of them, he was more calm, cruel, cunning than the rest of the people, he had been extremely smooth development, in the last year he encountered a lot of blows, the most distressing thing was the sudden disappearance of a team of five hundred people, and then a succession of squads and merchants lost news. The angry Chernenko continued to send people out to investigate, and finally figured out the reason, it turned out that there was a team of extremely fierce generals, with a fierce team to occupy a small village there, and began to build a strong city there, and lost a lot of bandits, and finally figured out that this was a team from the distant Ming Empire, and it was in the same group as the people who were fighting in the south. This made Chernenko feel the crisis, if it was an indigenous group, he would not be afraid, but now that it involves a country, he has to be vigilant, especially since he knows that those people are very well armed and have a very high fighting quality.

The worried Chernenko connected with the current tsar of the Romanov dynasty in Moscow - Mikhail through his family power, this Mikhail Romanov Tsar was the first tsar of the Romanov dynasty, a not simple emperor, it was he who laid the foundation for Russia's eastward expansion, from Western Siberia to Eastern Siberia. When he learned that the Ming Dynasty had already arrived in Siberia, he couldn't help but be surprised, and immediately sent Mikhanovich with a large number of Cossack cavalry and an army composed of homeless, criminals, and serfs to Siberia in batches, intending to suppress the Ming Dynasty's westward expansion intention.

Prior to this, Mikhail had already sent people to Tomsky in the harsh winter, so that he would send troops to harass him as soon as the spring began, and also gave orders to send troops to the Russian troops stationed there in Kuznetsk. Chernenko also asked his brothers stationed nearby for help, so that a large number of Cossack bandits, outcasts, and criminals continued to harass the area around Mauburg.

Mihanovich has now arrived, but it will take some time for the arrival of the entire force, you must know that the current road is very difficult to walk, and there is still a large amount of baggage to be transported, and it is also necessary to cross the Ural Mountains, and at least it will take more than a month to complete the deployment of the entire force.

In Maobao Castle, Mao Wenlong's meeting was still going on. Geng Zhongming said: "When we first came last year, we didn't see many Russian yellow hairs, even if we saw more businessmen than bandits, we didn't have anything to kill for serious businessmen, all the bandits were killed, and those businessmen were still very grateful to us, I don't know why the businessmen didn't come this year, but there were so many scourges, is there something big going on?" ”

Shang Kexi said: "Do you see that the people who came this year are very different, in addition to the bandits on horseback last year, they are businessmen, and this year these people are particularly messy, including the clothes they wear and the color of their skin are very different." ”

Kong Youde also said: "Yes, it feels like their personnel are a bit messy, and it definitely doesn't look like a gang." Because when we encircled and suppressed, we found that some came to rescue, some fled directly, and some even took advantage of the fire to rob. ”

Mao Wenlong thought for a while and said, "Things are really strange, are they really going to attack?" There's nothing good here other than some furs, are there? ”

Shang Kexi said: "Maybe there may be some secret here that we don't know, after all, we are new to the city. By the way, it seems that someone has found gold nuggets in the mountains to the south, maybe they are here to grab it. ”

Geng Zhongming said: "I feel as if they are short of troops, and at this stage it seems that they are trying to harass us, not allowing us to rest in peace, and then delaying our construction of the city." Didn't Lord Banzai say that we must build the walls of stone into stone? Maybe Long Live Lord had expected this a long time ago. ”

Mao Wenlong seemed to have a sudden realization, and immediately said: "Okay, since we judge that the Russians will attack on a large scale, then our goal is very clear. From tomorrow onwards, we will recruit a large number of local natives to help us build the city as soon as possible, preferably two feet high within a month, at least not so that they can run up on horseback. In addition, we must mobilize all the indigenous people within a hundred miles of the vicinity to our Maobao, so that it can be convenient to protect them, and come to help us repair the city, anyway, a large number of supplies are about to arrive, and when they send the supplies, let them go back and continue to transport, we will use this fortified city to attract all the Russians here, let them shed blood and sweat here, and see how capable they are. ”

Kong Youde said: "Then should we first investigate the origin of the Russians' attack, and how many bandits are harassing us, should we first come to an ambush or something, and kill their morale, so as not to come and cause chaos when we build the city." ”

"Okay, that's it. Let out all the boys who are engaged in the investigation, let them find out the current pattern of the activities of this gang of bandits, and if possible, come to an ambush. The others went to mobilize the people in the vicinity to take refuge in the city, so that we would not be embarrassed. Mao Wenlong made up his mind to do a big job to see who was stronger.