In terms of official rank, Tong Guoxi, the leader of the Han army, is from the third rank, which is much higher than the Manchurian Niu Lu Zhang Jing from the fourth rank. However, it is also correct that the Han army is subordinate and Manchuria is the main attack, so in terms of command, Tong Guoxi still has to obey the dispatch of his brother Yaer Bixi. Today's artillery is the military order of Yaerbixi.

"What are you afraid of these rakshasa birdmen? Brothers have seen it, no one in this small town knows how to use artillery! Ha Lu Ha! Tong Guoxi said the reason that both of them knew.

Indeed, in the city of Angarsk, although there are two city defense guns, there is not a single one who can use them! Not only that, but now the other two castles around Lake Baikal - Barguzin Fort and Baontovsk - do not have even a single artillery that can use the city's defense artillery!

It turned out that at this moment, among the Russian troops stationed in Siberia, the smallest number were artillery and city fire fighters. Not to mention these three small young fortresses, even the two fortresses of Tobolsk and Tyumen, which were built long ago, now add up to only one artillery "ten commanders" in the current book, and there is no mention of "ten artillery commanders" in the registers of other cities. As for the fortifications, the Tobolsk and Tyumen armies were initially barely equal in number to artillery, but since they were met with Buryat Mongols with bows, sabers and arrows before the arrival of the Zidu army, they began to gradually decrease, and by the second half of the 17th century they were no longer at all.

Therefore, those who have blacksmith skills in the castle will be recruited as artillerymen in times of emergency. And unfortunately, the only blacksmith in the city of Angarsk. When he went out a few months ago, he became a prisoner of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, and now he is happily doing hard labor in Ulan-Ude. Why be happy? Because he was in the castle of the Russian governor, he couldn't receive any extra pay at all, and he did it for nothing! And in Jidu, it is a reference to the treatment of the Han army blacksmith - good wine, good meat, and processing money!

When the siege began many days ago, the Qing army did not dare to enter the fire range of the city defense cannon on the city wall. But from beginning to end, the cannon didn't even mean to say hello, and remained eerily silent. This made the Qing army, which was accustomed to artillery attack and defense, very uncertain. Later, the bold Sun Jin became an experienced gunner. Volunteer to ride a war horse. With a dozen brothers scattered, they rushed towards the city gate. Finally, the Cossack defenders on the city walls could not sit still, and after a rush of work, finally lit the fuse of the artillery.

"Scatter!" Seeing this, Sun Jin hurriedly shouted. A dozen war horses immediately dispersed, well-trained. Half ringing. Finally. Finally waited for that boom! Sun Jin fixed his eyes, good guy, the cannon pills were not aimed at himself at all. Instead, he flew to the wasteland dozens of feet away behind him, where there was not even a rabbit!

"Come again!" Sun Jin decisively brought back the horse's head and launched another feint. This time, several of them even rushed to the trench under the city, calmly dodging the sparse bows and arrows on the opposite side, and fired at the head of the city. When one of the Cossack guards in the middle fell to the bottom of the city, the cannon did not go off!

So, Sun Jin and the others came back happily and unscathed—those two cannons had completely become the ornaments of the Rakshasas, and they would soon become the trophies of their Qing gunners!

"Ah Hun, why did you say that the general did not give the order to attack the city for a long time? I don't think there are any Rakshasas running into the city anymore in the past few days, but many people have come out to surrender one after another. If you don't fight again, there will be no one in it in a few days, how boring! Albishi grumbled.

"Brother, I heard that the general is also struggling with this. Because the emperor gave a decree to a Rakshasa person, I don't know if the road can still be beaten......" Tong Guoxi also looked helpless. Fortunately, in his philosophy, the best policy is to surrender without a fight.

"Ah...... These Rakshasa birdmen, how can they just let them go! Yaerbixi was extremely disappointed, and it seemed that she couldn't wait to push Sun Jin aside now, and go up and fire the cannon by herself!

"Brother, don't hurry! Not to mention the more than 200 brothers under our command, even my more than 100 Han troops can rush in and destroy dozens of people inside. Even if it starts, it's not a big battle, and it doesn't matter if you don't fight. Tong Guoxi smiled and comforted his brothers.

It's true. Now in the whole city of Angarsk, all the Rus' and Cossacks combined, there are only 50 people. Among them, 21 infantry Cossacks, 15 cavalry Cossacks, and the rest were all unarmed civilians, including the governor Ivan and his scribes. As for the weapons, with the exception of 10 old Russian-style Pishaw arquebuses, they were all sabers, sabers, bows and arrows commonly used by the Cossacks! Of course, the most advanced firearm in the city was a European-style flintlock pistol used by Ivan for self-defense, and it was also the only one.

Why so few people? Because the Siberian army in the 17th century was always nervous. The first reason is the reason that Tang Ruowang, who is far away in Beijing, inadvertently mentioned to Hongyi - at this moment, Moscow is experiencing a severe Black Death! In Russia around 1655, when the population of his hometown had been reduced by nearly a third due to the plague, where was there a surplus of organized expeditionary forces to go to Siberia?

Of course, the more important willingness lies in the international and domestic environment that Russia is facing! From an international point of view, this is the inevitable result of the incessant and "chaotic period" of war in Russia and Europe. According to the Moscow Central Committee at that time, the total number of troops in Siberia in 1622 was 6,500, and after the rapid expansion of the army in 1684-1685, it reached only 9,170 men. Until 1697, the total number of men serving in Siberia was 9,862. And that's forty years later, hehe......

In fact, in the course of Tsarist Russia's eastward invasion, the number of invading troops stationed in various castles was no more than 1,000 at most, and at least a few hundred or dozens of people. At the beginning of the Russian occupation of Siberia, the number of military personnel sent to the castles was small. According to the Lemaizov Chronicle, when the city of Tyumen was founded in 1586, there were only 300 military personnel, while Tobolsk was founded with only 500 people, and even fewer other castles. With the expansion of colonial activities, the number of Siberian military service personnel increased. In 1624 there were 2,181 military service personnel in Siberia, which increased to 3,384 in 1650 and 4,655 more than forty years later in 1699.

Although the total number of military personnel in Western Siberia is growing, the situation is not the same in each city. Tobolsk was the administrative center of Siberia, which dictated that it had to maintain a large garrison. But in 1655, the number of military personnel in the city had only increased from 730 to 1,100 at the time of its founding! As for the Yeniseissk, which was closest to Angarsk, the total number of military service at that time was only 600! Nothing more! Ha Lu Ha, that's it!

To make matters worse, throughout the 17th century, the likes of Tobolsk, Tyumen and Tara often clashed with steppe nomadic tribes, so large numbers of cavalry were needed to secure these cities. The newly baptized regiments of Tatar and Cossack cavalry, the cavalry company of the "Lithuanians" were asked to take charge of this task. These cavalry units were formed in the form of infantry Cossacks and marksmen. With the adjustment of the personnel of the troops, Russians were often added to the "Lithuanian" cavalry company and Cossack cavalry regiment, but on the whole they were still limited by the combat methods of the Cossack nomads, and firearms were not used in large quantities.

In order to solve the fatal problem of shortage of soldiers, in the second half of the 17th century, foreigners, newly baptized Tatars, and local Siberian minority leaders began to be recruited into the new Russian army as archers or artillerymen. This phenomenon reflects the process of gradual assimilation of foreigners and aliens in service by Russians. But these foreigners and aliens were generally small in number, and their salaries could not exceed those of Russian Cossacks and marksmen.

Judging from the domestic political situation in Russia, the current Siberia has not yet been officially managed by the central government in Moscow as a national strategy. The key to the functioning of the Siberian system of rule was the spontaneous actions of the Rus' explorers and Cossack mercenaries, and Moscow and the three overseers only provided some supply lines and hoarding points. Throughout 17th-century Siberia, the protagonists were the local aborigines scattered all over the country!

Therefore, this is another potential opportunity that history has left to China in the "bitter cold land", which is becoming less and less! Of course, human history is equal for all races, and while favoring the Chinese, it has not completely deprived the Rus of opportunities. But fortunately, the Shunzhi Emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty, Fulin, Dorobelle Xuanye and Shizi Jidu, will ruthlessly deprive the first opportunity left in the official history to the Siberian region of the Rakshasa Kingdom at the most appropriate time! Just like the inevitable fate that young Angarsk will face right now!

However, the aristocratic overseers who already existed in the Far East of the Qing Dynasty would not sit idly by, and would inevitably struggle before dying. In the face of death, there is no justice or hypocritical mercy, there is only one truth, and that is the strong expectation of survival in a desperate situation.

An encounter is inevitable for the unprepared Rakshasa people, as well as the prepared Qing people.

(Chapter to be continued)

"A limerick poem. Hidden Head

Reading literature and reading history is only a long breath

I was saying that there was an opportunity back then

The layout is a long-cherished wish

It's hard to come and go

Get up and spend a hundred years

Point out the suffering and diseases of the world

The edge of the town was razed to the sea

Wen'an Wuding happy teardrops (to be continued......)