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Time goes back to the eighth day of August in the 52nd year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty.

The northernmost of the three surnamed Jurchens, the Beishan Jurchens and the Beishan defense line bordering the Russian Empire.

The so-called North Mountain, is the Outer Khing'an Mountains, the Outer Khing'an Mountains from the northeast corner of the Mongolian Plateau, from west to east, across thousands of miles, all the way to the sea, just like a giant dragon, the head rests on the Mongolian Plateau, the tail stretches into the sea, if it is in Feng Shui, there is an emperor born here.

Regardless of the feng shui, at least the Trans-Khing'an Mountains have always been a fringe of the Central Plains Dynasty's rule in Northeast Asia, which separated the Northeast Great Plain from Siberia, blocking the baptism of Siberian cold winds and further development.

The Heishui Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, the Liaoyang Province of the Yuan Dynasty, and even the former Nuer Gandu Division of the Ming Dynasty were all bounded by Beishan.

Never a step further north.

After the establishment of the Jurchen with the three surnames, with Beishan as the center, there are hundreds of miles to the south and north, and this area has become the fief of the Beishan Jurchen, and the times are stationed.

But now, the fiefdom of the Beishan Jurchen Department is only the area south of Beishan.

At the northern foot of Beishan, Bayang'a stood at the top of a battle fort, looking around, his eyes filled with confusion.

Bayang'a is a member of the Erji clan, and the Erji clan is the largest tribe in the Beishan Jurchen tribe - there are more than 30,000 people in the whole clan, accounting for about 30% of the Beishan Jurchen tribe.

Beishan has always been the traditional territory of the Erji clan, in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. The ancestor of the Erji clan even received the canonization of the Ming Dynasty and became the commander of the northernmost guard post on the Ming border - Wude River Guard. This position continued until the Zhengde period. Of course, after the establishment of the Jurchen with the three surnames, the original Wude River Wei became the current capital of the Beishan Jurchens.

Bayanga grew up in the city of the Wude River, if you use the truth. It's kind of a city person. This can also be seen from his name. Bayang'a means rich in Jurchen language, and this name can make him and those around him use what kind of grass at once. Tree bark, wild boars, mice, and the like are distinguished from Ze.

At first glance, it is a name obtained by people who have read books, Bayang A has always been quite proud, and he also faintly looks down on other people, although this name is equivalent to Zhang Fugui and the like among Han people.

However, Bayang'a's fortune is not directly proportional to his name, and at the age of ten, he was taken out of his home by the conscripted officials and thrown to the front line of the Beishan Defense Line, and until now, it has been five years, these five years. Not only has Bayang Ah not become rich, but he has not even taken a half-official position. This is simply incredible, because of the huge casualty rate on the Beishan front, the recruits who came in with him have not only become brave veterans. Most of them became officials. The worst one is also the captain of ten.

Bayang'a's father worked as a clerk in a Han Chinese shop in Ude River City, which was a very common occupation in Ude River City, but it was not low. Because the Han Chinese shops needed some Jurchens to take care of them, these Jurchens were well-versed in the local taboos. Things that need to be sorted up and down, and even have some miscellaneous relationships with the high-level, with them, you can reduce a lot of trouble. But in this industry, the first thing is to be proficient in Chinese, how can the Jurchens talk about being proficient in Chinese?

Because of the shortage, the treatment is good, and Bayang's father has a very generous income, which can not only raise his wife and children comfortably, but also bring back some rare things of the Han people from time to time. When Bayanga was a child, he used those things to show off everywhere, making his friends greedy.

Since he was a child, Bayang'a's father trained Bayang'a to read Chinese books, write Chinese characters, and speak Chinese, hoping that he could take over his class. Bayang'a was also angry, and his homework was good, but unfortunately, when he was ten years old, the conscription officer broke into his house like a fierce god and announced that according to the order of the general of Zhengbei, Bayang'a was conscripted into the army. …,

Thinking of this, Bayang Ah scolded viciously: "These Russian mongrels are here." ”

The confused Bayana came here to know why he came back.

Just about five years ago, a group of people came to the north, and no one knew how they came here, except that one day, they saw their cavalry galloping in view, wearing black cloaks. Wielding a shiny sabre. They have awkward names and call themselves Russians. Based on his abundant knowledge, Bayana deduced that Russia, in Jurchen words, should mean a piece of.

However, no matter what Russia means, it cannot hide their formidable combat effectiveness. These outsiders with unsightly brown or yellow hair, big noses, blue eyes, and snow-white skin were generally at least seven inches taller than the Jurchens, and they were very powerful, well-armed, and extremely fierce and brave in battle.

In his third year here, Bayana fought the Russians.

He saw his ten-captain wield his mace and smash the Russian's head into a rotten watermelon, and almost at the same moment, his head was slashed with his sabre, and blood flowed profusely.

In that battle, Bayana lost his left arm forever. From then on, the snow sagare, the black cloak, and the madness on his hideous face appeared in his nightmares from time to time.

But it was not necessarily a bad thing, and Bayan'a, who had broken an arm, could no longer fight, so he got an errand - managing weapons and armor in the battle fort, and also working as a gangster. Seeing that warriors from various tribes continue to come here, and then go to war with great ambition, and then only a headless corpse returns, those Russians have the custom of cutting off people's heads as trophies.

But Bayana has always lived.

These Russians who came out of nowhere are constantly growing, and Bayanga has been here for a long time, and he has heard a lot of rumors, and the adults above revealed that their number soon reached tens of thousands, and all of them are elite and brave warriors. They conquered many tribes hundreds of miles north of Beishan, driving them to build huge castles more than a hundred miles away from Beishan, these damned outsiders. According to the news that came at the beginning of the spring of this year, they even began to drive tens of thousands of their slaves to cultivate the land.

Look, they're going to settle down here.

The Beishan Jurchens and the Haixi Jurchens and the Jianzhou Jurchens can't be compared, they are the weakest one, there were only a few tribes at the beginning, although they continued to arrest the wild Jurchens in the forest. So far, there are only 100,000 people. (Previously set incorrectly...... Sorry)

The soldiers who can fight can only make up 20,000 at most. The Beishan Jurchens are alone, and they can't compete with the Russians with their own strength. Since the Russians came here, there have been several battles, and it cannot be said that they have been defeated repeatedly. However, a large number of troops were also lost. The Russians on the other side also lost a lot of troops, but they were able to replenish them in time.

If it weren't for the Great Khan who sent 10,000 Praetorian Guards, I am afraid that they would have been broken long ago.

The Beishan Jurchens are not helpless, and their way to deal with it is to build a war fortress.

It was early in the morning, in Bayang'a's sight, at the northern foot of the North Mountain, relying on the rugged low hills and hills, countless castles were built.

Each of these castles is about two feet high and is circular. The diameter is about five zhang. The castle was built with thick walls, and some of the terrain was particularly dangerous, with deep trenches dug.

From a distance, the castles look like giant beasts crouching in the morning light.

Fifty soldiers were stationed in each castle, among other things. There are also some logistics staff, like Bayan'a. …,

The distance between each two castles is thirty zhang, which is also a saying, because the range of the big arrows of the average Jurchen soldier is fifteen zhang, that is. If an enemy tries to pass through the middle of two castles, they will be hit with arrows from both castles.

At a glance, such castles are densely packed, and I don't know how many there are.

There is a castle every 30 zhang, in the north foot of Beishan, from east to west as long as 20 miles, about 3 miles wide in an area, there are more than 300 castles, constituting a strict Beishan defense line. The main road leading to the hinterland of the Jurchens in Shannan - Fengyukou was firmly blocked behind him.

After the construction of the defensive line, the Great Chief of the Ergi clan and the general of the expedition to the north, Delehe, declared that the Russians would never be able to cross the Leichi again.

As a matter of fact, after the construction of the Beishan defensive line with hundreds of castles and 15,000 soldiers, the Russians never won again, and their casualties increased, and the Jurchens gradually reversed their decline.

"Bayang, you shit, hurry down and cook, the brothers are hungry and stupid!" A rough voice suddenly sounded, interrupting his thoughts.

It was the roar of the centurion, the highest military commander in the castle.

Bayan sighed and walked down the steps slowly, ready to cook.

The backdrop of the North Hill defense line and the largest of the castles.

This castle is built on the mountain, the scale is extraordinarily large, the diameter is full of fifty zhang, and the city wall is higher, and the garrison is extremely strong. The walls were densely packed with archers, and near the castle, there were even groups of knights in black heavy armor patrolling constantly, and their mounts were also a head taller than other horses, and they were also fully armored.

The eyes of the other soldiers were full of envy and admiration, and they fought side by side for a year, and naturally everyone recognized that these soldiers were the kidnappers and horses, the elite of the Great Khan's Guards, and the personal guards of General Wanyan who led 10,000 Janissaries to the Beishan defense line.

The status of this castle speaks for itself.

Behind the castle, there is Fengyukou, which is a narrow valley road with a width of only more than ten zhang, but a length of more than fifty miles. This is a naturally formed canyon, and it took tens of thousands of people more than ten years to build this place in order to open up the passage to Beishan.

As long as the Beishan defense line is broken, you can go all the way south along the valley and go straight into the Jurchen hinterland. The territory of the Jurchens is like a prostitute with her thighs spread open and fucked by others, defenseless in front of the Russians.

And here, at the same time, it is also the command center of General Wanyan and General Zhengbei.

In the hall in the center of the castle, the hall with a radius of more than 20 meters was full of people, and if you look closely, they are all generals wearing armor and high rank. Although dozens of people were seated, the hall was silent, silent, only breathing could be heard. Everyone's eyes fell on the figure standing at the front.

On the north wall of the hall hangs a large map, which occupies almost the entire wall. The map depicts the terrain within more than 100 miles of the defense line at the northern foot of Beishan, and the map is extremely detailed, with rivers, hills, and even every forest, every hill, and every battle fort clearly visible.

A man in heavy black armor was facing away from everyone, looking at the map.

Little by little, time passed. The man stood there motionless, already for a cup of tea. If it was usual, these generals who led the troops would have been impatiently clamoring. And now, they are surprisingly patient.

Finally, the man took a long breath. Slowly turn around.

It turned out to be a woman!

And she was a very beautiful woman, no more than twenty years old, with a beautiful countenance, clearly of Caucasian blood, eyes as charming blue as seawater, and skin as snow. Such a person has a cold face, as if a layer of frost has been condensed. …,

She is very tall, more than 1.7 meters, and she is already taller than most of the Jurchen generals present.

The heavy armor she wears is the same as that of a kidnapping horse. They are all extremely heavy stainless steel heavy armor, weighing more than sixty catties, but when worn on her, it is easy and easy, and there is no place to affect her activities. Apparently. Her strength is not as simple as it seems.

She slowly glanced at everyone in the hall, and everyone was looked at by her star-like eyes, and they all involuntarily straightened their backs.

"According to the detailed report, in the last month, and especially in the last half month, the density of those patrols sent by the Russians has tripled. The number of foreign raiders has increased from 3,000 to more than 10,000, and the range of raids has increased from a radius of 150 li to 300 li, and it is even close to us! Moreover, they once again began to capture a large number of the surrounding wild Jurchen and Daur tribes, and the number of horse teams in and out of Nebuchu increased by a full three times! What does this mean? The woman suddenly spoke, his voice was very good, crisp and crisp, like broken ice falling on a jade plate, which made people's hearts seem to become cool after listening to it.

There was no response in the hall, and the generals were still sitting upright, they had long since become accustomed to the way she spoke, and knew that she did not like interruptions. And it's true that not many of them know what the above data means, and many of them are even a little dizzy to listen to it.

"The Russians are going to war." The woman herself replied: "And from these data, it can be seen that this is definitely a big battle, and the opponent's strength is at least 50,000!" There is no doubt that they are here to destroy us. ”

A small number of generals showed shocked looks, but most of the generals had the same faces as usual, but their faces were a little more solemn. They have already seen too many sword soldiers with the Russians, and it seems that it will be nothing to fight again.

Only this time, the scale is a bit big!

"Since they want to fight, let's fight with them, I've already killed ninety-three Russian mongrels, enough for a hundred, and I can drink in the Great Khan's tent and save face!" A big man with a bearded face suddenly stood up and laughed arrogantly.

The woman's face remained unchanged, and she said lightly: "Since General Delehei has this intention, this commander naturally wants to fulfill it!" ”

"Generals obey orders!" The woman snorted coldly, and all the generals stood up in unison: "Each general will transfer three of his troops, a total of 6,000 people, and concentrate them around Fengyukou Valley Road for reserve purposes. The rest of them held fast to the castle, prepared enough food and water for fifteen days, and each soldier prepared three bowstrings and five hundred arrows. In addition, all military supplies were distributed to various castles, and there was no greed, and officers at all levels were told to be prepared for a long battle. ”

"In addition, General Delehe, this commander has given you the command of 1,500 Praetorian Guards, and another 100 crutches and horses for you, and now set out at once, secretly lurk on the west side of the Beishan defense line to hide, and as soon as the Russians are discovered, they will immediately surprise attack, disrupt their positions, and drag the main force of the Russian army for at least two teas. Is it possible? ”

Delehei smiled: "Don't worry, don't worry, if it doesn't work, I'll come and see you!" ”

"You don't have to come to see you, if you don't succeed, you're already dead." The woman made a rare joke, smiled slightly, like a glacier thawing, bright and incomprehensible, many young generals were excited, but they suddenly felt ashamed of themselves, and quickly lowered their heads.

Delehee smiled, but he was not angry.

"But don't worry, I'll take the rest of the horses and the Praetorian Guard. As long as you can hold two cups of tea, I have already broken through the rear army of the Russians, and when the time comes, they will have no hope of turning the tables! The woman paused, and suddenly shouted: "Everyone, my Jurchen, Wan Sheng!" ”…,

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! The generals shouted in unison. His face overflowed with confidence. The source of this faith is this year, under the command of this woman. The Beishan Jurchen quickly turned the situation around, and did not suffer a loss.

This woman is Wanyan Yeping.

The thirteenth daughter of Wanyan Chen monk.

Born in Zhengde for 34 years. On the day of his birth, there was a vision of a white rainbow running through the sun, and the Jurchens thought that they were gods.

At the age of fifteen, he fought with his father and Duoyan Sanwei, and his military talent began to appear, and at the age of sixteen, he led five thousand Jurchen elites to crusade against the Haidong barbarians, won ten battles and won ten battles, beheaded eight thousand, and became famous. Among the Jurchens, there are three heroes of Haixi, Jianzhou Yepingzhi said.

Fifty-one years of Zhengde. In view of the unfavorable situation of the Beishan Jurchens, the monk Wanyan Chen worshiped as the general of Zhaowu Yun, the marshal of the expedition to the north, and led the 10,000 Praetorian Guards to support the Beishan Jurchens and lead all the wars.

This woman thinks highly of herself. Often compares herself to the eldest princess of Pingyang.

Four hundred versts away from the Beishan Jurchen Line, on the banks of the Guri River, Nebuchu.

Nebuchu is not a big city, only a twenty-meter-high castle in the center is quite large, very powerful, and other than that. There is only one wall on the periphery, which is more than a foot high and short. However, the area around Nebuchu has been well developed, and the large areas of dense forests that used to be everywhere have disappeared and have been opened up into farmland.

The barley and rye grown in the fields are ripe, and when the wind blows, the waves of wheat roll in the golden sun.

The area bordering farmland and forests is home to beehives with beekeepers walking around and countless bees flying around wildflowers.

In the Guli River and the surrounding lakes, many large nets have been cut horizontally and vertically, and many small boats have been going back and forth in the rivers and lakes, full of live fat fish.

Farmers, beekeepers, fishermen sang songs from Kazan, the Caucasus, the Black Sea coast or whatever.

Standing on the balcony of the hall on the highest floor of the castle, you can see it all.

Zakhrev let out a long breath, his eyes full of intoxication, and his heart was surging.

Praise God, what a beautiful and rich land this is? This is the legendary paradise with milk and secret! And most importantly, this rich area was fought by itself!

Although now only fifty versts near Nebuchu is such a paradise of abundance with golden tones.

And this is what he has to do now, this time he and the Ming general joined forces, with him to attract the Jurchen troops, the army of the great tsar will sweep everything under his command, and sweep away those Jurchen barbarians over there.

As for the swinger Jurchens? Zakhrev had a sinister smile on his face, and he looked far away, all the way to the south. Thousands of miles away, thousands of miles away in the south, is a richer Ming. If the general of the Ming Kingdom named Lian Zining suffered heavy losses, he wouldn't mind and would destroy him too.

The sound of armours continued to be heard, and countless Russian soldiers walked out of Nebuchu with weapons and shields in hand, and marched towards the south. Countless soldiers converged into a huge black torrent, and in the ranks, the red-gold battle flags of countless double-headed eagles fluttered.

Everywhere the double-headed eagle battle flag looked, it was the land of the great Russian Empire.

On either side of the ranks of the infantry were numerous horsemen on tall horses, with black cloaks and sharp scimitars in their hands. Seeing them, a smile appeared on the corner of Zakhrev's mouth, these Cossacks are the sharpest knives in their hands, as long as those things can open the gap, the rest, it's up to them.

Soft footsteps sounded behind him, and the voice of the guard officer Gradzic came: "Great Governor, in accordance with your orders, the Count of the Tenigin-Stroganov family has arrived at the town of Nercha with his army of 60,000 men, and General Kutuzov has also begun to set out with your headquarters of 40,000 men. Fifteen thousand Cossack cavalry, led by General Yermak himself, reached the Fort of Tentins, which was only a hundred versts from the Jurchen North Hill line, and now it was another five thousand Cossacks led by his deputy. Eighty thousand servants had already arrived at Tentinsburg with their baggage. In addition, the Tsar's supplies for you have also arrived outside the city. ”

"What? What is the shipment? Zakhrev suddenly perked up, and his face was full of joy.

The batch of materials he applied for from the tsar was not as simple as ammunition and military salaries, and there was also the key to whether he could gnaw the hard bone of the Beishan defense line this time.

His Majesty the Great Tsar turned out to be so generous this time!

Of course, the adjutant knew what he cared about, and smiled slightly: "Yes, Your Excellency, the batch of supplies you are looking forward to is among them. The transporters passed on the word of His Majesty the Great Tsar that these things had been bought by His Majesty from the Netherlands and the Spaniards at great expense, for you to cherish. That's all. ”

"Cherish! Of course I will cherish it! Zakhrev could no longer hold back his excitement and laughed. (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )