In the Western Han Dynasty, Lake Baikal was under the control of the Huns, called "Beihai", and was a famous place for Su Wu to herd sheep.

The ancestors of the Manchus lived in this area, and at that time they were called the Sushen people, who submitted to the Zhou Dynasty at that time.

During the Western Han Dynasty, after the Xiongnu occupied this place, they also wrote to the imperial court to ask the "Shishi Baosai" Ru to guard the northern territory for the Han Dynasty, and the Xiongnu became a subordinate department of the Han Dynasty, and the northern territory under its rule, including the Baikal region, was the territory of the Han Dynasty.

Later, after several turns, it successively belonged to the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, and the Manchurian Jiannu.

This lake, which resembles the moon, has been called Xiaohai by the Han people since the end of the Tang Dynasty. Xiaohai now has a new master, Yan Yingyuan, the marshal of Zhengliao, sent troops to garrison it, and hired northern factories to build a large city on the east bank of the lake.

Nowadays, under the banner of Kuangfu homeland, Tsarist Russia frantically attacked the Khanates of Siberia, and these khanates in the western mountains were often killed by hundreds of Tsarist Russian expeditions, losing the face of their ancestors Mongol Tatars. The Cossacks crossed the Ural Mountains and swept across Eurasia, exterminating the nomadic peoples who had been roaming the steppes for thousands of years.

The winter here is covered in snow, and the snow foam blown by the north wind is like a blade.

More than twenty factory builders huddled in a low-slung house, smoke from the burning charcoal of the iron stove drifting out of the chimney.

Before the arrival of winter this year, most of the people in the factory returned to Guannei for the New Year, and the rest were homeless after their relatives died at the hands of Manchurian Tatars during the four years of the Northern Expedition. Anyway, it's sad to go back, so it's better to gather here to earn some money for the owner's care appliances, and secondly, to have a companion, so that it will not be a big New Year.

There is a large cauldron squatting on the stove, the aroma of meat is overflowing, and only wine and meat are the best consolation in cold weather. More than 20 big men surrounded the iron pot, each with a bowl in his hand, the boiled meat pieces were fat and thin, the soup was splashed in one bite, and then there was a sip of spirits, which was indescribably enjoyable.

When a bunch of men finish eating meat and drinking, they always have to say some meat jokes, otherwise they will feel that there is something missing.

And these men who are alone in a foreign land, when it comes to women, they already feel very far away. In this icy and snowy land, only the local natives, ten years ago the Cossack Kurbat Ivanov of the Yenisei region came to the Baikal region, killed all the men and robbed the women here, and later General Yan Yingyuan recovered this place, it is really uninhabited.

Yan Yingyuan's choice to build a city here was also deliberate, this moon-shaped lake is huge, rich in aquatic products, surrounded by many gold mines (250 found in later generations), and rich in coal, timber, and kaolin.

Kaolin is a non-metallic mineral, which is a clay and clay rock dominated by kaolinite clay minerals. Because it is white and delicate, it is also known as dolomite, which is the best raw material for firing ceramics. As long as it is transported back to the Central Plains, or a few magnetic kilns are built here, these kaolin clays everywhere will be transformed into fine porcelain equivalent to gold in Europe.

Moreover, this place is close to Mobei, and it can already support each other with Xia Wanchun's army, and the distance between them is very close. This newly built city is bound to become a springboard for Yan Yingyuan and Xia Wanchun to continue their offensive, and it is also of great strategic significance.

While a group of people were unscrupulously telling meat jokes, in the storm outside, a small team slowly approached the half-built city.

In fact, this was an expedition, and the minions of Tsarist Russia attacking the east and plundering large territories were actually expeditions of about 100 people. Because it was too cold to fight in a large army, these people said it was an expedition, but in fact they were armed robbers organized for money, who came to Siberia to hunt and rob tribes. It was this arm, which was less than a thousand people, who took away a large area of territory from Kang Mazi alive.

Suddenly, a rapid dog barking sounded, and the faces of the men in the room changed, how can there be any guests in this kind of place, and the dog barking means that someone has sneaked up, so there is no doubt that the Rakshasa people are timed.

The man at the head was not alarmed, and shouted: "Close the doors and windows and fire signal flares." ”

Yan Yingyuan knew that building a city in such a place would inevitably be attacked by the Rakshasas, so he reserved a team of soldiers and horses in the city, and as long as there was an enemy attack, he would let the guys in the factory sound the signal flare, and naturally there would be soldiers and horses coming. Because this kind of place is really not suitable for a large army to garrison, the cold winter and disease alone are unbearable. Most of Yan Yingyuan's army was stationed in the Heilongjiang Valley, and Xia Wanchun even retreated to Wuliang Mansion to conduct pre-war drills and preparations. The number of soldiers who remained in this military fortress and transit point, which had not yet been built, did not exceed two hundred.

One person asked, "Brother Wang, do you want to make sure, if the beasts pass by, wouldn't it be for those soldiers to run away in vain?" ”

The leader surnamed Wang glared at him and scolded: "Li Liu'er, how many lives do you have to try?" Listen to me to hit the signal flare first, if it is a false alarm, we will apologize, and pay some wine and meat for the New Year. ”

The signal flare that the Ascend Sailor has just developed is specially made for this kind of place, and it is loud enough but not too dazzling. After the people in the house launched, they all hid in the room and did not dare to show their heads, and the barking of dogs outside gradually turned into several wails, and everyone was convinced that it was indeed a group of enemies.

It was impossible to send a large army in such a place, and the Manchu Qing and Tsarist Russia fought fiercely in later generations, in fact, there were no more than 2,000 men at most in each battle. In the ninth year of Shunzhi, more than 200 Russian expeditions invaded the village of Uzara, and the Qing army Zhang Jinghai brought 600 regular troops plus more than 1,000 auxiliary soldiers from nearby tribes, with 6 cannons and 30 birds. In this battle, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was defeated, so that the surrounding tribes were slaughtered, and almost no one was left alive.

The Tartars showed their strange combat power in the face of foreign enemies, especially the European powers, in the early days, and the Manchurian Tartars took advantage of the earth wall after blasting it open, but it took too much time to shout, and as a result, the Russians transferred the only two cannons to the side of the gap, and when the large group of Qing soldiers squeezed in from the gap, they were bombarded with bayonets from the oncoming cannons, and they collapsed at once, and the Russians took advantage of the situation to chase and kill, just to find that the Qing soldiers pushed their cannons outside the wall, so they also grabbed them and used them, and then the chain collapse of the Qing army could not stop.

A few years later, Tsarist Russia made a comeback, and this time, the 1,500 Manchu and Korean forces were beaten to the ground in the face of 400 Cossack cavalry. If it weren't for the lack of food and water for the Cossack soldiers, the epidemic would have been epidemic, and when the reinforcements arrived, what awaited the Manchus would have been wiped out. The Qing Dynasty had no choice but to besiege and negotiate peace. This is the strange story of why the land was ceded after winning the war.

Not far away, in a house hidden under the snow, Jiang Bin, who heard the sound, jumped up, and led the soldiers out of the camp tent with thick armor and white cloak on the boat. All snow-white cloaks, the best camouflage here, the group bent over towards the factory builders' houses.

In the heavy snow, Boyakov pulled out the spear from the dog's body, and the hot dog blood spurted out and froze instantly, listening to the loud noise, Boyakov cursed: "They still found out, then show your courage and force, and fight them with real knives and guns." ”