While the two were talking there, Shishkin, the commander of the "Ural" Cossacks, came up and said: "Great Commander, I formally request to you that after the invasion of Jilin and Liaodong, each of my warriors needs five young Ming women. ”

Raising his chin proudly, Shishkin said again: "And my soldiers will not kill these Ming women, my soldiers will bring them back to Siberia and use them as slaves in the family in the future." ”

Tobinsky and Zhirkov looked at each other, and Zhirkov said: "Shishkin, your requirements are not too harsh. According to our intelligence, I heard that there were more than a million Ming immigrants in Liaodong and Jilin, and there were at least hundreds of thousands of young women. You Ural Cossacks can get enough Ming women. ”

Shishkin listened to Zhirkov's words and realized that his request was nothing at all. He hastened to add: "Our Cossacks in the Urals want the most beautiful." ”

Tobinsky from the Don said loudly: "The most beautiful can't be given to you, Shishkin, our Don Cossacks also need beautiful women!" ”

"But our Cossacks on the Don River will not bring the Ming women back to Siberia, and when we leave Liaodong, we will kill all the Ming women."

Zhirkov smiled and said: "Shishkin of the Urals, you can't bring so many Ming women back to Siberia, your fat wife will hit you with bread." ”

Shishkin said loudly: "Of course, Grand Commander, my wife can't take care of my affairs, I just need to give her two silver coins a month for the family." I will choose an open place in the city of Gurteki and build a warehouse, lock up my Ming female slaves, and let them sew clothes in the warehouse to earn money. ”

"Ming women have very good sewing skills and can earn me money."

Tobinsky said: "Then you can't take such Ming women to Russia, you can occupy their bodies, you can kill them, but you can't let so many Ming people live in Siberia." You know, we have only a little bit of people in Siberia. If you bring so many Ming women back to Siberia, all our children and grandchildren will have the blood of Ming people in the future. ”

Shishkin snorted disdainfully and said: "Tobinsky, your worries are unnecessary. As long as the father of the child is a Cossack, he will always be a Cossack. ”

The three of them laughed as they spoke. Tobinski took a step back and said, "Good! Good! Our Don Cossacks only need grain and silver, and the women are picked first by the Cossacks of the Urals! ”

Zhirkov thought for a moment and said, "However, what I'm worried about is whether Li Zhi of the Ming Kingdom will flee without a fight and evacuate the entire population of Jilin and Liaodong?" ”

Shishkin frowned and said: "If that's the case, it's too bad. If Li Zhi did that, I would definitely burn down all the cities, docks, and farmhouses in Liaodong, and I would not leave Li Zhi with even a single thatched house. ”

Tobinski said: "Your fears, Archon, are justified. Li Zhi's army can't withstand the bitter cold, and it is impossible to fight us in this coldest winter, and he may evacuate the entire population. ”

"In this bitterly cold weather, the peasants were evacuated and spent the night in the coldest fields, and the Ming people would freeze to death in the snow at night. If Li Zhi had organized the Ming people to retreat, I believe that at least a third of the peasants would have frozen to death at night in the wilderness. That's no different than us swinging a knife and killing them. ”

"The only problem is that I can't grab women."

Hearing Tobinsky's analysis, Shishkin frowned and snorted coldly.

Taking a breath, Tobinsky added, "But in any case, the Great Commander, their mountain-like pile of grain cannot be moved. We can Shishkin move this grain back to Siberia in batches. ”

"Then we destroyed all the buildings and facilities in Jilin and Liaodong, so that Li Zhi's seven-year immigration achievements failed, so that he no longer dared to immigrate to the north."

"In that case, sooner or later, this northeastern land will belong to us in Russia!"

The three of them looked at each other for a while, then laughed again.

"Either way, it's a war that won't meet resistance. The only question is how much loot we will get. ”

The three of them were smug there, but suddenly they saw three scouts rushing towards them in the white snow in front of them.

The scout seemed to have seen something he couldn't believe, and with a frightened face, he rushed desperately towards Zhirkov.

Rushing in front of Zhirkov, the scout rolled off his horse in a panic.

After rolling in the snow, the scout who immediately rolled down said loudly: "Great Commander, in the snow ahead, in the cold snow, there is an army of the Ming Kingdom attacking!" ”

When the three Zhirkovs heard this, they looked at each other for a while.

The three of them were silent for a few seconds, and then suddenly burst into laughter, as if they had heard the funniest joke.

Tobinsky said loudly: "The Ming people have attacked!" The mighty Ming army suddenly acquired high-quality furs that only we Russians have, conquered the bitter cold, and attacked in the snow and against the wind, I am so afraid! ”

"I'm so scared!"

After Tobinski said this, the three of them laughed again.

After laughing for a long time, Zhirkov said to the scout: "This is completely impossible, scout, you must be mistaken. The Ming people don't have our fur and can't stand such a severe cold, and if they come to attack us, half of them will freeze to death on the road! ”

After thinking about it, Zhirkov said: "Scout, you must have regarded the fleeing peasants as the army of the Ming Kingdom. When it was freezing on this day, the only people who would trek in the wilderness could only be the fleeing peasants of the Ming Kingdom. ”

The three scouts were stunned, they didn't expect the Commanders to react like this.

They shouted loudly: "Great Commander, we really see the army of the Ming Kingdom. There were still a lot of scouts outside their army, and we were hiding under the snow in a pine forest to sneak in their army! ”

Shishkin said: "Scout, you are too cowardly, you must have been frightened by the Ming soldiers who escorted the Ming peasants. Since Li Zhi prevented the peasants from retreating, he would naturally send some soldiers to protect him. But it will definitely not be an army, only our Russian warriors will be able to conquer this coldest winter. ”

Shishkin put his bag next to the baggage cart and turned over and stepped onto his warhorse.

In order to save horsepower, the Cossack cavalry did not ride horses when marching, and only mounted them when fighting.

Without waiting for the scouts to argue, Shishkin waved his hand and shouted: "Cossacks of the Urals!" The peasants of the Ming Kingdom are in front, and there are a lot of women and silver there! Launched! Get ready to snatch these gifts from the Lord! ”

Shishkin raised the new rifle he was carrying on his back and shouted: "Ula! ”

All the Cossacks were instigated by Shishkin, and one by one they turned on their horses and shouted: "Ula! ”

"Ulla!"

"Ulla!"

The sound of a tsunami was swaying, and even the snow on the pine trees not far away was shaken down.

Under the stunned gaze of the three scouts, 20,000 Russian Cossack cavalrymen rushed towards the "fleeing peasants" in the distance, armed with rifles, like a huge sharp arrow.