A few days earlier, when the cavalry besieging the castle of Angarsk had abruptly withdrawn, Steward Ivan had been a delight. At that time, his first reaction was that reinforcements from Tomsk had arrived, and the barbarians besieging him, whether Buryats or anything else, had retreated. When he personally climbed to the top of the city to watch, he found that only part of the evacuation was carried out, and there were more than a hundred soldiers waiting outside the city, and the two sturdy cannons were still there!

At night, Ivan, who couldn't bear it anymore, personally selected ten Cossack cavalrymen and quietly left the castle while the moon was dark and the wind was high. The reason why he went into battle in person was not that he was brave and good at fighting, nor was he taking the lead, but that he wanted to fight a little earlier and seek relief.

The result can be imagined: at first it was smooth sailing, and there were no Bogda soldiers in sight. Just when they thought they were out of danger, the enemy's terrible bows and arrows and muskets arrived unexpectedly, leaving the bodies of four of Ivan's men behind and had to return to his "cage". After that, Ivan forced himself to wait and see what happened, only waiting for a large army sent by the Overseer to emerge in the distance outside the city to relieve him.

Yesterday, a large army finally appeared, but it was reinforcements from soldiers outside the city! The Russians don't even see a single hair!

Early this morning, a funny dressed Chinese, named "Tong Guoxi", which he himself reported under the castle, actually led a Pole to take the initiative to come to the door! Governor Ivan had no choice but to receive them, and learned from the Polish Lukash that Captain Peter of Tomsk and his men had been taken prisoner by the Emperor of Bogda.

When he panicked, the Chinese general told him. At present, there are 500 people outside the city, all of which are the "Eight Banners" of the Qing State, that is, the regular army! In fact, there is no suspense in the central meaning - it is surrender!

What if you don't surrender?

On the surface, the ratio of forces between the two sides is 500:50, but this is just a simple comparison of numbers. Although the breakthrough in the middle of the night was unsuccessful, it was still rewarding for Governor Ivan - the enemy trapped on the outskirts of the city had extremely high military qualities!

Quietly from the beginning. Let yourself beat your horse and gallop. as soon as they entered the encirclement, they suddenly launched an attack; From unmistakable feathered arrows to dense musket shots; From the hearty killing to the abrupt release, all this can only show that the Angarsk Castle has reached the point of no return.

Ivan before coming to the Yeniseisk. He served in the Tsar's Praetorian Guard. The reason why I chose to go as far away as Siberia. In fact, it was to escape the Russo-Polish War [part of the Thirty Years' War in Europe] that began last year. He remembers it vividly. In July 1654, the Praetorian Guard was part of the Janissary Army. Cherkassky and others, under the command of others, occupied the Russian-Polish border fortresses Bere and Dorogobuzh and began the siege of Smolensk. The so-called well-trained Russian army of more than 40,000 did not fight such a uniform battle!

Even if it was a casual war, it made Ivan. Ivanovich. Boyar was frightened, so he spent a lot of money to buy off the important ministers around the prince, and fled to this distant place to seek temporary peace. But who would have thought that the terrible war would still take the initiative to send to the door!

It can't be defeated, even if the fifty city defenders under his command can fight to the death, not to mention that they are already scattered now. Yesterday, two more Cossacks took the liberty of opening the city gates, and fled to the Chinese army on the opposite side and surrendered.

You can't defend it, and you can't attack it! The original blacksmith in the city who was also a gunner, who could not build the city and did not leave the city at night, but went out to harvest wood for iron smelting before the siege of the Qing soldiers, and must have been fortunate to be a prisoner of others. The walls of the Angarsk Castle, less than two feet high, resembled a small sandcastle in front of the tall siege ladders erected far away, vulnerable to attack.

In this way, surrender becomes the only way to live. But the key is whether I can return to Tomsk after surrender - where I have my own possessions! Once he became a captive, would the Emperor Bogda be as fond of slavery as the Tsar? Originally, he wanted to negotiate with the Chinese in order to give up this place with dignity and save his wealth and face, but this high-spirited Qing officer completely cut off his last bit of luxury!

What to do? Maybe doing nothing is one way to go, maybe the other two castles not far away will come to reinforcements, maybe the Virgin Mary just played a big joke on herself, or maybe it was a nightmare that you can't wake up from......

In desperation, Governor Ivan exercised his position as the supreme military and political governor of Angarsk for the last time - opened the last warehouse in the city that was still in stock, moved all the vodka in it to his office, and drank and got drunk all night......

That night, all the soldiers in the city got carried away and drank vodka spirits, which were rarely seen on weekdays, and the atmosphere of drunkenness and death enveloped the entire castle. How could Ivan drink more than ten cases of good wine by himself? While he was distracted, the soldiers stole a lot to share with their brothers. Just before Ivan's captain of the guard was about to lose his last bit of consciousness, he heard what seemed to be the master inside the door shouting something. He seemed to be crying—

Why did I come to Angarsk when I knew it was today? I might as well stay in Sweden and learn how to repair firearms! Whining......

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The next day, a thick pole feather arrow fell on the head of the city of Angarsk, which looked like it was done by the Qing army under the city, and a small cloth bag was clearly hanging on the arrow. The archers defending the city did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly delivered the cloth bag to the office of the chief Ivan, along with the long arrows.

Ivan, who had been woken up, was very angry at the recklessness of the short-sighted soldier after a hangover, and threw the feathered arrow aside with great impatience, and poured the contents of the small cloth bag on his desk with his own hands.

"Bang la-la-" The two rings flicked a few times on the table, and they lay there very calmly.

"Heraldic ring[1]?" Ivan was shocked. blurted out, and most of the strength of the wine dissipated. He grabbed one of the rings and took a closer look.

"Barguzinburg has fallen!"

Immediately, Ivan exclaimed, threw away the ring in his hand, and grabbed another one...... Sure enough, a moment later, he leaned feebly back in his chair and muttered to himself:

"The Baontovsk fort is also finished...... It's over, it's all over......"

The room was inseparable from Ivan's two personal soldiers. and the shooter who delivered the letter. Hearing this, I felt relieved, and I was full of relief at the upcoming "finish......

Not bad at all, under the separate leadership of Wu Enqi and Yaerbixi, the two Niu Lu, who were fully equipped, were respectively under the cooperation of the two Han army leaders. The Qing army captured the two smaller castles in just one day. Twenty or thirty people were taken prisoner. Through the commentary of Lukash. Jidu learned that the Rakshasa people used rings to stamp seals instead of seals, similar to Chinese fire paint seals[2]. So after some ridicule, several generals still got the heraldic rings of the directors of the two cities. And sent it to Tong Guoxi, the commander of the Han army, who was the main attacker, with a fast horse.

The only one who didn't get his wish was Albixi. He originally thought that he would come back to conquer Angarsk with his brother Tong Guoxi. But after careful consideration, Jidu decided that Shi Tingzhu's blue-banner Han army should independently undertake this task, but he transferred all the six auxiliary leaders [Niu Lu] under Tong Guoxi's staff. Regardless of the Han troops scattered everywhere, the siege of a small castle by nearly 1,000 Han troops shows that Jidu is determined to win, and also highlights the intention of giving Shi Tingzhu the opportunity to make meritorious contributions at the critical moment.

Jidu's plan is to annihilate the main force of the Rakshasas, and Lan Bai should be counted as the first achievement. Against the Rakshasa phalanx, Ji Xiha also contributed a lot. After a big battle, only Shi Tingzhu has not yet made a name for himself. At the same time, the first battle to destroy the Rakshasa 500 main force, and then to take the two main castles, if the Han army can "surrender without a fight" to the only and largest remaining castle Antolsk, it will be perfect - there is a hard-fought battle, and there is a sacrifice of soldiers who surrender without a fight!

The emperor lives up to his wishes! Less than an hour after the arrow reached the tower, the gates of Fort Angarsk were opened. Ivanovich. Boyar led a team of more than 50 men out of the city and surrendered!

Almost at the same time, an eight-hundred-mile express report that had been prepared long ago was rushing towards the Jingshi to the south through the post road of the newly established Ulan-Ude Bangbangzhangjing district......

(End of chapter.) Because it is the first time Hongyi has written a war plot, he is very unskilled, and the plot is also very procrastinating, and there must be a lot of mistakes. ）

"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 tears of joy

[1] Heraldic rings, also known as signet rings, evolved into family emblem rings. More than 3,000 years ago, there were no rings in the world. The rulers of ancient Egypt used seals to show their transcendent status and status, and that seal was a symbol of status. Wherever the powerful go, they had to carry their seals with them. However, there is always a fear of losing the seal when you carry it with you, and since it represents power and status, it must be displayed. For this reason, they simply put the seal on their hands, which gradually evolved into the form of rings. At that time, most of the people in power were men, so it was men who should have worn rings in the first place, not women. However, the style of the seal seems to be too monotonous, so the ancients added patterns and carved patterns to the design, which became more and more luxurious. Rings are more representative in religion. Among Catholicism, the most famous is the ring worn by the Pope, which is engraved with a statue of St. Peter fishing in a boat with a jewel, which is used as a seal when the Pope signs important ecclesiastical documents. After the death of the Pope, the ring was also destroyed.

Accordingly, European aristocrats gradually began to use their own family emblem rings, which doubled as signet rings. Its main use is: in ancient Europe, the envelope was painted with fire, in order to prevent others from peeking at the contents, they used their own family's unique ring, and stamped a unique mark on the firepaint, so that the recipient could check whether the firepaint on the letter seal was complete when receiving the letter. Later, with the development, each nobleman or family would have their own independent and special badge, and with the withdrawal of fire paint from history, this kind of ring became a kind of symbol ring to mark one's own origin or family belonging, and no longer had use value.

[2] Fire paint sealing, is a kind of sealing form that uses ignition fire paint, drops on letters (objects) to seal, harden the front seal, and prevent it from being opened, which is the extension and development of ancient bamboo tubes and wooden seals, and is a historical product under specific conditions. Fire paint, also known as "sealing wax", also known as "sealing paint". Pine resin, paraffin, tar and pigment mixed and heated into block strips, generally red or brown-red, can also be made into blue, white and other special colors as required, soft when heated, sticky, specially for bottle mouth, letter seal sticking. When sealing, use a candle flame to ignite the fire paint, and at the moment of melting into a thick shape, it is dripping at the place where it needs to be sealed, and the seal is stamped before it is solidified, and a clear mark pattern is left after cooling. It is not only beautiful but also can effectively prevent private demolition. In addition, fire paint is also applied to the chicken feather bonding of chicken feather letters to prevent the chicken feathers from falling off. Fire paint seal is relative to the "clay seal" of the sealing form, fire paint seal is suitable for fire paint sealing conditions of a kind of seal, in order to facilitate observation and inspection, often with the name of the agency or logo engraved in Yin. With the development of papermaking technology and the improvement of paper, the envelope has been changed from multi-layer to single-layer, which is still used today. Fire paint sealed the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty between the government and the people; During the Republic of China, it was used for government agencies, but it was rarely used by the people. (To be continued......) (To be continued......)