Since Sun Chuanting and Mao Wenlong cooperated with each other to seize Tomsco, the largest city here Zhu Fort was established, and then Sun Chuanting and Mao Wenlong began to build a series of small castles around Zhu Fort nearby, slowly encroaching on the west, driving the Russian explorers to retreat, because according to Zhu Youxiao's strategy, these small castles are named after the battle heroes, so it greatly improves the enthusiasm of the soldiers, not only combat bravery, but also combat skills and tactics continue to improve, As a result, the combat effectiveness of the entire unit has been greatly enhanced.

Later, under the will of Zhu Youxiao, Sun Chuanting transferred Mao Wenlong from Maobao to Bingzhong Fort, let Mao Wenlong be stationed here, and continued to march westward, marching in the direction of the Irtysh River, which is another tributary of the Ob River. After arriving at Bingzhong Fort, Mao Wenlong himself led his main force and the three major thugs, Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde, and Shang Kexi, to continuously carry out encroachment operations.

Many of the local residents are related to the ancient northern tribes of China, some of them went south and became part of the Mongols, Xianbei and so on, while those who remained became the indigenous people here. From the theory of evolution, people who can have the ability to attack everywhere belong to the excellent people in the race, and they are born with restless genes buried in their bones, while those who stay in the local development are relatively weak, conservative in thinking, and lack of thinking in the future.

Mao Wenlong deeply understood the essence of Zhu Youxiao's thoughts, and he must have a good relationship with the local indigenous people everywhere he goes, so that it is very convenient to carry out various activities. As for the means to make a good relationship, it is nothing more than to pay something that is not available locally and is very needed, which Mao Wenlong did very beautifully, even Sun Chuanting is not as clever as him.

This is a cold area in winter, winter heating is the biggest trouble, and then there is the problem of hunters going out to hunt for fire, especially in the cold season, once the hunter loses the fire source, he will directly face death, so how to protect the fire is a very troublesome problem, lose the fire source and lose his life, but no one can guarantee what will happen in the process of fighting with the prey.

There is a large coal mine near Bingzhong Fort, there is no problem with coal, more is inexhaustible wood, but the heating problem is not to have fuel to solve all the problems, there is also the problem of how to use it, it is easy to set up a fire, but it is not easy to keep it at a good temperature in the house, Mao Wenlong thought of a good way for them, that is, to make a heating stove, and then connect a few pipes to channel the big kang inside, which solves the heating problem of the indigenous people. As for the problem of fire source, it is better to solve it, Mao Wenlong brought a large number of ordinary lighters, and he brought two with him, no matter where he went, he had a fire source with his hand, and the problem was very simple to solve.

The West Siberian region is the largest plain in Asia, but because it is located in the subarctic region, although the precipitation is not large, but the evaporation is smaller, so there are muddy swamps everywhere, which is very difficult for the march to fight, especially the transportation of military materials is a problem, according to Sun Chuanting's original plan is to prepare to take a boat down the Ob River, arrive at the confluence of the Irtysh River, and then go upstream to attack the Russian administrative center in this region, Fort Tobolsk, but found a serious problem, That is, the swamps on both sides of the river are so dense that it is impossible to go ashore, and when there are not many people, the expedition team is a very good place, but it is difficult to march on a large scale. After more than a year of detection, the end result was that the only way to march west was along the southern forested belt, which was by far the best route that even the most experienced indigenous people could not find.

The living environment here is relatively harsh, Sun Chuanting doesn't understand why Zhu Youxiao has to occupy this desolate place, but he doesn't understand it, since Zhu Youxiao has already issued the task, the most general must carry it out, in order to ensure that the task can be completed smoothly, Sun Chuanting spent more than a year to build a large number of small villages and forts around nearly a thousand miles near Zhubao, whether it is the indigenous residents or their own soldiers, all people can live here.

In the original history, the process of Russia's eastward expansion used very few troops, but perhaps it was Zhu Youxiao's westward expansion plan that caused Russia to be highly vigilant, so that the number of troops here has increased to more than dozens of times the original, and the measures they took were the same as before, with points to lead the area, first to build castles in each place, form a series of supply points, and then expand to the surrounding areas, and Zhu Youxiao's strategy is exactly the same, the soldiers include Lithuanians, Russians and prisoners on the European battlefield.

In the process of the unification of the Russian state, the main class force on which the Grand Duchy of Moscow relied was the service nobility. During the reign of Ivan IV, the government recruited and selected soldiers from among the peasants, craftsmen, and merchants to form a shooting army, and these people were called "recruiters". The previous aristocratic armies, because of their usual real estate management, were slow to move and discipline when they were in battle, and they gradually lost their military significance. Thus, by the 17th century, the archery corps, mainly craftsmen and merchants, became the main force of the army. The Shooting Corps went out to fight during wartime and engaged in handicrafts and commercial activities in peacetime. They were paid, equipped with more advanced weapons (arquebuses) at the time, better trained, and had strong combat effectiveness.

The Western Siberian garrison consisted mainly of archers, infantry Cossacks, cavalry Cossacks, artillerymen, city fire armor and dragoons who appeared in the second half of the 17th century, the largest of which were infantry Cossacks and marksmen.

In the 17th century, in the rosters of the army, marksmen and Cossacks were usually included in the same list, without any division. There is no strict distinction between the two in terms of the style of service, salary, equipment and even uniforms, so they are often used interchangeably in terms of titles. For example, a unit of 100 Cossack commanders is often called a "Cossack regiment", and a unit of 100 men of archers is called a "Cossack cavalry company".

Due to the relative shortage of military personnel overall, each city is equipped with a different branch of the military according to its position and the needs of its defense. For example, in Tobolsk, Tara and Tyumen, the number of infantry Cossacks and marksmen usually accounted for 1/3 to 1/2 of the personnel in military service; In Berezov, there were no marksmen until the 30s of the 17th century, and most of the garrison consisted of Cossack cavalry; There were no Cossack cavalry in Tulinsk and Perym, and the few marksmen formed the main military force in these two cities.

History has changed dramatically, with Russian archers and Cossack cavalry companies accounting for the majority of the troops, and the archers of each city are an important part of the city's defense. Very mobile Cossack cavalry companies were very harmful, and they were more able to adapt to the cold climate here. In addition, there are Cossack infantry, their marching speed may not be very fast, but they also have a large number of dog climbing plows, so that they can cooperate with the Cossack cavalry company to form a characteristic dragoon, and the combat effectiveness is still very high.

After more than a year of investigation, Sun Chuanting found that it was impossible to march along the Ob River, except for the large number of small villages and forts that he had established, he withdrew the rest of the troops and stationed them in Bingzhong Fort, leaving Cao Wenzhao to lead some soldiers to run Zhubao, where to form a group of cities and villages and towns, consolidate the foundation of rule there, and put aside the idea of marching troops for the time being.

After Sun Chuanting returned to Bingzhong Fort, Mao Wenlong and his subordinates Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, and Kong Youde were completely liberated, plus Zhang Bingzhong, He Renlong, Shuo Lei, these young people, none of them were peaceful guys. Mao Wenlong knew Sun Chuanting's status in Zhu Youxiao's eyes, not to mention that Daming has always been a civil official with a higher status than a military attaché and is under the jurisdiction of Sun Chuanting, which is a matter of course, as for Zhang Bingzhong, He Renlong, Shuolei These generals are not so particular, after they get together, in addition to fighting and training, they eat and drink and fight.

Mao Wenlong was taught by Zhu Youxiao's military book, and was deeply affected by the true meaning of the generals of later generations, Sun Chuanting was relieved to hand over all these generals to Mao Wenlong to manage, and he became a full-time governor, and was appointed by Zhu Youxiao as the governor of Zhubao, responsible for all the overall military and political situation, and made every effort to organize the transportation and distribution of logistics materials for the generals on the front line.