Siberia in May is still a bit cold, but it is already warm compared to the horrible low temperatures of January, and as the temperature rises, the snow outside begins to slowly melt, and the earth slowly begins to thaw, revealing the color of black earth in many places.

On this day, on the low and simple city wall of Manjingwei, a general of the Ming Empire took a telescope to carefully inspect the white and black mountains west of Manjingwei, which is the colony of the Rakshasa country, and the Rakshasa country is the Tsarist Russia that was renamed by the emperor, which is the main target of the Ming army stationed here.

The guard of Manjing Wei was built at the pass of a huge mountain range on the bank of the Lena River on the border between the Ming Dynasty and the former Siberian Khanate, and it seems that this mountain range is also suitable for passage in this location, so the Ming Dynasty established the Manjing Wei here during the Yongle period to guard this choke point.

However, after the change of Tumubao, the Ming Dynasty was declining, and it was gradually unable to look north, and Manjingwei was slowly abandoned.

After many years, the Ming army was finally stationed here, and now the Ming general standing on the city wall is Yang Zhong, the commander of the first cavalry division of the Guanning Army.

This Yang Zhong, tall and strong, standing there is like a mountain, looking at the back, you can know that he is definitely a rare fierce general.

However, if you look at the front, you will be taken aback, not that he is ugly, he is also heroic, but he is too young, and he looks like he is only in his twenties!

can be a general of the fourth rank at such a young age, is he also the same as Wu Sangui, after being a general of the Ming Dynasty, he can be directly promoted to a general by accumulating Zuyin?

He is indeed the queen of the generals, but his ancestors are not the generals of the Ming Dynasty, but the generals of the Yang family in the Northern Song Dynasty!

His position was not obtained by accumulating the shadow of his ancestors, but was promoted by martial arts and military merits.

This Yang Zhong can be said to be a legend in the Guanning Army and even the Ming Army.

He has been determined to emulate his ancestors since he was a child, loyal to the country, although his family is poor, but he does not forget to study hard, and he has a high talent in the art of war and martial arts, especially the ancestral Yang family marksmanship, which is practiced perfectly.

In the tenth year of Chongzheng, he participated in the Ding Chou Ke martial arts, with his skillful art of war and amazing marksmanship, he passed all the way, and finally won the position of martial champion in one fell swoop!

You know, at that time, he was just in his early twenties, how could such a young Wu Zhuangyuan arrange his position?

Fortunately, our Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong did not have any age discrimination, and he especially liked to use the queen of loyalty, when he heard that he was the descendant of the Yang general, Zhu Cijiong immediately stuffed him into the Guanning Army and became a guerrilla general!

Although it was not uncommon for a first-class and second-class Wujin soldier to be a guerrilla general at that time, it was generally assigned to the third-class army, and there were very few who entered the second-class army, and this Guanning army was a first-class army, which shows that Zhu Cijiong had high hopes for him.

This Yang Zhong did not live up to Zhu Cijiong's high hopes, in the two major wars in the Southeast Peninsula and South Asia, he fought bravely and commanded properly, and soon accumulated military merits and was promoted to the rank of general of the fourth grade, with the adapted name, that is, the commander of the major general.

Now, Yang Zhong has become a rising star in the Ming army, and his reputation is not even inferior to that of young army commanders such as Cao Bianjiao, Zu Dabi, Qin Gongming and Qin Yiming.

This Manjing Guard was built according to the scale of the standard guard of the Ming Dynasty, that is to say, originally only more than 5,000 people could be stationed here, and the regular cavalry division of the Guanning Army had a full 10,000 horses, how did they squeeze in?

More than 10,000 soldiers are better to say, squeeze in, the original military camp of more than 5,000 people can also live, and these more than 10,000 war horses are a bit troublesome.

Fortunately, there is plenty of wood here, and there is no shortage of stone, after Yang Zhong arrived here, he commanded his subordinates to start crazy construction, before the ice, they not only repaired the original buildings of Manjingwei, but also built a lot of horse sheds, and finally placed the war horses.

This Siberian winter is not an ordinary cold, although Yang Zhong has been mentally prepared, but he was still startled by the terrifying low temperature, what drops of water into ice, sprinkle water into ice, that is all trivial, here when the coldest time, just boiled water will immediately become ice beans!

For this reason, Yang Zhong had to formulate a set of temporary military regulations:

For example, during the freezing period, all daily exercises are canceled, and in this ghost weather, when the wind blows, you can freeze your mouth and crack it, and you still practice, that is not knowing whether you are alive or dead.

For example, during the ice period, the sentry on the city wall did not need to stand there to blow the wind, but only hid under the female wall to bake the fire and watch at all times.

There are also things such as going out to chop firewood in turns every day, changing sentry posts every half an hour, not leaving the barracks without a task, etc., the First Cavalry Division of the Guanning Army has endured hard for more than half a year, and finally survived this terrible freezing period.

However, the warmer the temperature, the more dangerous it becomes, and the enemy is unlikely to attack during the ice period, and it is not good to say that it is thawing now.

After Yang Zhong looked at it for a while, he began to walk slowly along the western city wall, and every time he passed a sentry, he would solemnly remind: "Pay attention to always be vigilant." “

Now that the ice period has passed, everything is back to normal, these sentry posts can no longer hide under the women's wall to roast the fire, and after half a year of severe cold test, all the soldiers' cold resistance has increased a lot, this cold seems to have no effect on them, and now they are standing there one by one, looking at the front seriously, meticulous.

Yang Zhong is still very satisfied with his subordinates, the Guan Ning Army is the first-class army of the Ming Dynasty, those who are lazy and slippery, and those who are hangers have long been eliminated, and the rest are first-class elites.

After he made a round of inspections, he felt that there should be no problem, and was about to go down to see how the drill was going, when a sentry not far from him suddenly shouted: "General, there seems to be a situation on the river." “

This river is three or four miles away from the city wall, without a telescope is naturally not clear, ordinary people can't even see the river surface, this sentry actually said that there is a situation on the river, is he dazzled or his eyes are particularly good?

When Yang Zhong heard this, he immediately raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the sentry's finger.

Oh my God, there really is a situation, and it's not an ordinary situation, the river is densely packed with Rakshasa soldiers in white cloaks!

With Yang Zhong's combat experience in the past few years, he could see that there were at least 100,000 enemy troops in this force, and he carefully observed the enemy's weapons and equipment, and looked at it, his face slowly turned cold.

These people have muskets in their hands!

10,000 against 100,000, if the number of artillery is large, there is still a fight, the problem is that from Nuer Gandusi to Manjingwei is basically mountainous, and artillery cannot be transported at all, so Manjingwei does not have a single artillery now.

This time, I was afraid that I would be loyal to the country, but Yang Zhong did not show the slightest fear, he quickly put down the binoculars and shouted: "Zhao Yinglong." “

When a guard behind him heard this, he immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "My subordinates are here." “

Yang Zhong ordered without hesitation: "Immediately take ten personal guards, one person and two horses, day and night, and rush to Zhenzhen Hewei to report to Taifu and Deputy Marshal Lu, Manjingwei has been attacked by Tsarist Russia, and the number of enemy troops is about 100,000, all equipped with muskets!" “

When Zhao Yinglong heard this, he didn't get up and leave, but asked loudly: "General, let me stay!" “

When Yang Zhong heard this, he immediately scolded: "This is an order. “

Disobedience is a capital crime, and Zhao Yinglong had no choice but to respond: "Subordinates obey orders." “

With that, he stood up, turned and ran under the walls.

Yang Zhong looked at his back and said resolutely: "Help me tell Taifu and Vice Marshal Lu that Wei Han swears to live and die with Man Jingwei!" “