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On May 18, the 17th year of Wucheng in China, the Hillock plague was rampant, and the Russian residents who survived the city had to surrender to the Chamon coalition forces outside the city; On the same day, the Russians of the city of Amarat took advantage of the negligence of the Chamon coalition army to escape the city, but then the Korqin cavalry appeared, and under the siege and interception of the Korqin people, in the end, less than 50 people fled to the city of Verkhniy Angarask, and the rest died on the way to escape.

On May 30, because of the lack of food in the city of Selengesk, more than 2,000 Russian ** people then tried to break through the siege, but none of them escaped under the strict defense of the Chamon coalition army, so far, in the Nizhny Baikal region, Russia is left with only a lonely city in Nerchensk.

"Lord Overseer, Mongols, Mongols are back." The Cossack captain, who was still wounded, was carried in front of Krientt in such a bloody way. "Also, there are Chinese."

"Is it finally here?" Krient, who had already been prepared, sighed. "Let's go, let's see."

Through the binoculars, the Overseer Kderient was greeted by cavalry all over the mountains, most of them Mongols he had long been familiar with, but there were also some troops with unusual uniforms: "Is that the Chinese?" Poplawsky, you go on my behalf to negotiate with the Chinese and ask them to withdraw from the Tsar's territories"

More than an hour later, the overseer returned to the city and reported in a dejected tone to the anticipatory officials and priests: "The Chinese declare that they do not recognize the Treaty of Nerchinsk between the Empire and the Qing Empire, and that the Nizhny Baikal region was part of China 2,000 years ago, and they demand that we surrender immediately, otherwise we will be treated as invaders." ”

The tax collector in the city shouted violently: "Two thousand years ago! Ridiculous, these damn heretics, how can they not say that they had sovereignty over this place before the First Rome. ”

"Your Excellency the Tax Collector, maybe the Chinese are right, this place was their territory 2,000 years ago." The priest narrowed his eyes and said. "But the glory of the Lord has shone on this territory, and we must not withdraw from this land that already belongs to His Majesty the Tsar, Lord Overseer, do you think that is true?"

Kderient did not immediately answer the priest's words, but simply asked the adjutant: "Poplawsky, according to your observations, can the Chinese take Nerchensk?" ”

The young adjutant replied: "According to my observations, the Chinese have a lot of small artillery, but it seems that there are not many large-caliber heavy artillery, and it should not be possible to capture Nerchensk, but the Chinese and Mongols have too many forces, and they can completely besiege for a long time"

Before Poplawsky could finish his words, a captain came to report: "The Chinese have re-dug the siege trenches. ”

Facing the gaze of the leading figures in the city, the Krient Overseer, who had limited troops, could only sigh: "May the Lord bless the reinforcements sent by the Governor to Nerchensk before the food in the city runs out." ”

After hearing Kdrivet's words, the Russians present prayed to God with all their hearts, but these anxious people did not know that the object of their hope at this moment, the Russian reinforcements from the mainland, had actually appeared on the outskirts of Irkutsk, the capital of the Irkutsk province (note: in 17o8, Peter I reformed and divided the whole territory of Russia into eight provinces).

Speaking of which, it was not Count Plenin-Andropoyev-Orsk, who was then the governor of the Irkutsk province (also known as Eastern Siberia), who ignored the crisis in the east, but because the Great Northern War was the most important thing for Russia at the moment, so under the constant urging of the famous Peter I, Count Orsk had already transferred the entire Siberian army to Europe early on, and was unable to assist the Nizhny Baikal Military District. This is also the reason why when the Nizhny Baikal Military District applied to him for soldiers in order to invade the middle and lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River, the count only sent 300 soldiers.

Then one will ask, how could it have been more than a year since the Russians established the city of Tyumen on the site of the former capital of the Siberian Khanate, Gengiola, and the Russian settlements dotted all over Siberia, even if they were cobbled together from the settled Cossacks, a large army should be put together to reinforce the east?

Those who hold this view actually see only one, not two.

Although Russia has colonized Siberia for more than 100 years, the Russian inhabitants west of the Ural Mountains are still a small number of local people, and can only cultivate land around the main towns, with a total of no more than 150,000 households and more than one million people, and in such a vast Siberia can only be regarded as a drop in the ocean.

In the countryside that the Russians could not control, there were all the local natives who had submitted to Russia after the defeat but were dissatisfied because of the Russians' tyrannical conquests, so the Governor could only rely on a few thousand irregular Cossack armies and a number of town self-defense units to deter these aliens, and did not dare to evacuate them at all, otherwise there might be a terrible situation in the East that had not been resolved, and the Siberian Governorate itself could not be saved.

To add insult to injury, in addition to the internal hidden dangers, Russia also had conflicts with the Jungar Empire in the south because of the encroachment on the Jungger pastures, although it had not yet evolved into a major war, but under the watchful eye of the Dzungars, Count Orsk did not dare to show a flaw at all, so he had to hold on to the ground and hope that the war on the Western Front would end as soon as possible, and the troops transferred to the west could return to Siberia before the east fell into annihilation.

Fortunately, God did protect the Russians, and the Swedes, who had too many enemies, were embattled in the Great Northern War, so Russia gained an advantage in the war, although the peace treaty between Russia and Sweden was not signed, and the two sides still had the possibility of fighting again, but Russia's advantage was already difficult to shake, and the double-headed eagle could be distracted and look to the East. In addition, after several years of war, the western part of Russia has been exhausted and unable to supply more than 100,000 troops, so after receiving the report of the Eastern Siberian side for help, Peter I still relatively readily transferred part of the Russian army back to Siberia.

However, the distance from western Russia to the province of Irkutsk was too great for the reinforcements, which in the eyes of Count Orsk, were already very large - consisting of four regular Russian regiments of 3,700 musketeers, 500 artillery and 28 artillery pieces, and more than 5,500 Cossack cavalry, plus more than 15,000 merchants, circuses, brothels, and native Russian poor who tried to follow the army to the East, no more than 15,000 men, - it took a year and a half to drive from the western Ural Mountains to Irkutsk.

Seeing this army, which claimed to be able to sweep most of the steppes of Central Asia and even invade the already weakened Qing Empire, to further open up territory for Russia, Count Orsk believed that they would be able to successfully solve the crisis in the east in one fell swoop, but after arriving in Irkutsk, a new problem arose for the Russian army -- because of the barrier of the Eastern Sayan Mountains, the terrain on the southern line of Lake Baikal was complicated, and it was difficult for the army to get through Guò, and only by crossing Lake Baikal could they quickly reach Selengsk. However, news from Selengesk has been cut off for many days, and the danger of entering an area of unknown conditions is very great.

In addition to the unknown enemy situation, the Russian army also has a big problem to solve, that is, the need for ships to cross Lake Baikal, although Count Orsk has prepared some ships in advance, he did not expect that the number of reinforcements is so large that these river boats he prepared need to make many trips to transport the entire army.

What to do? It is certainly not possible to go north along the shore of the lake from the Severobaikalsk region, because Lake Baikal is narrow from east to west and long from north to south, and this detour will reach the snowfall season, and there are many forests and swamps along the line, which is absolutely impassable for the army.

So, did you go straight through the East Sayan Mountains despite the harsh terrain? The answer is also no, people and horses may be able to pass the east Sayan Ridge, but what about the baggage dà car and artillery? Is it difficult to have someone to carry it on your shoulders?

Why not wait for the arrival of winter and then go up from the frozen Baikal to Guò? But can Nizhny Baikal wait so long? In case the Baikal region falls during this time, and the ignorant Russian army crashes headlong into the ambush circle of the opponent, then it is called a disaster.

"Your Excellency, the defense officer of Kiliansk has sent someone to inform." Just when the Russian civil and military in the city of Irkutsk were disagreeing and did not know what to do, two pieces of news came from the north. "About forty days ago, the Yakutsk Military District sent a reinforcement army to Nerchensk, and if this news is not erroneous, then His Excellency Kderientt is still holding on to Nerchensk, waiting for reinforcements from the mainland. In addition, the Novouyansk side urgently reported that around the time of the arrival of reinforcements from Yakutsk, a force of Tatars of nearly 10,000 men attacked Novouyansk, seized the crops and peasant women from the farms outside the city, and then headed north, possibly crossing the Lena River into the Central Tunguska Plateau, or attacking Bodaibosk in the northwest. ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, is there no news of Bodaibosk yet?" General Alexandro Anthony Kiriyenko, who commanded the Russian army in the east, squinted his eyes and looked at the tsar's ministers in front of him, and after receiving his confirmation, Kiriyenko stared at the map with a grim face, and only made a judgment after a long time. "After analyzing these two pieces of information, I think that the Qing people have not yet taken Nerchensk, and the Tatars are systematically destroying the surrounding cities in order to prevent reinforcements from coming from the mainland, so as to prevent us from getting the necessary supplies nearby. So, we have to speed up and save Nerchensk before the snow falls. ”

"I would like to remind His Excellency the General that this was news from more than a month ago, and we cannot be sure that Nerchensk is still holding out." Count Orsk was not only concerned about the safety of the eastern territories, but also worried about the continuation of the war and the supply of Irkutsk and the Great Army. "In case it's a trap"

"I trust that His Excellency Krientt will be able to hold Nerchensk before our troops arrive." General Kiriyenko categorically rejected the speculations of the Governor-General of Eastern Siberia. "Before, no reinforcements could be defended, and now with reinforcements from Yakutsk, there is no reason why they can't hold it." Kiriyenko said confidently. "The Qing people are taking advantage of the emptiness in the eastern part of the empire, and the actual combat power is very weak, as long as we appear in time, we will definitely be able to give the Qing people a lesson that will never be forgotten."