Guo Xu sent Luck Dehun away, so he comforted the soldiers, appeased the prisoners, and prepared to march to Xingkai Lake.

The original plan to open up the Outer Northeast was changed by the victory in this battle.

According to the original opportunity, Luckedhun and Guo Xu would recruit some Jurchen soldiers to join them in the Mokowei area. According to the Qing Dynasty people, if you get ten dynasties, it is better for Xian people to get one Mongol, and it is better to get ten Mongols than to get one Jurchen.

All you need is some cloth, cotton, and salt, and you can recruit some guys who dare to fight.

After recruiting, the fleet will set off from Mokowei, head north to the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, and then take advantage of the wide surface of the Heilongjiang River and the depth of the channel in summer to enter it. Find a suitable location to set up a trading outpost.

According to the information that has been obtained, there are two places to choose from, the area where Temple Street is located, where there is a Yongning Temple stele, which was built by Yishaha, who went out to patrol the Nuer Gandu Division several times in that year.

Although the stele was erected during the Chongde period, it still exists today, and many local aboriginal people will worship the inscription, which is a place known to the Jurchens of all ethnic groups.

Another place is Pulu Township, which is the place where the Manchus admired the black silk in the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River, and it is also the place where all ethnic groups and tribes go to concentrate, even the tribes on Sakhalin Island will go.

The reason for taking the sea route is because the land is the sphere of influence of Manchuria, which not only has a garrison in Ningguta, but also rules the middle and lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River for many years.

But now, the Qing army of Ningguta and the Qing army of Wuya have been defeated, and there is no threat to the east of Ningguta, advancing by land, along the route of the Qing army to reward Wuya, it is also an inland waterway, the speed of travel is not slow, and many Jurchen tribes can be contacted along the way, and more extensive trade can be carried out.

As for appeasement or something, Guo Xu didn't think about it, it was agreed with Li Zhaoji, and in his opinion, there was no need to let the Jurchens choose between the trading company and the Manchu Qing for the time being. Without using force, the Jurchens would definitely choose Manchuria, after all, the Daimyo of Bogda Khan was still very influential in the middle and lower reaches of Heilongjiang, although Emperor Taiji of Bogda Khan was dead.

And if force is used, it means that the pioneering action will incur a large cost, which Guo Xu cannot afford.

Trade first, turn the ginseng fur from the Outer Northeast into silver, and wait until the strength grows to carry out more actions.

"Big brother, this guy Haise, I want to see you." Guo Hu came to Guo Xu and said to him softly.

Guo Xu put away the letter he wrote to Li Zhaoji to report on the First Battle of Mo Kuowei, put it in a locked drawer, and said: "Ah Hu, what are you doing, it's just a captive, how mysterious and secretive, I don't know which woman thinks it's going to drill my bed at night." ”

Guo Hu said: "Haise wants to cooperate with us, but he wants to come quietly. ”

"What do you mean?" Guo Xu asked.

Guo Hu replied: "Didn't the eldest brother ask me if anyone in the captives knew about the existence of the Cossacks, Haise not only knew, but was also willing to cooperate with us to fight the Cossacks." ”

"Oh, he knows." Guo Xu was interested, he had always been wary of the Cossacks, after all, this was a group of people that the big shopkeeper Li Zhaoji had reminded him of.

Soon, Haise was brought to Guo Xu, this guy almost pulled out the anus, the whole person is still wilted, there is no martial arts that Zhang Jing should have, and in Akdun, Guo Xu has heard a lot of legends about Haise, he is a warrior, and a person can fight tigers with bare hands and the like.

As incredible as it sounded, it was clear that the Jurchens east of Ningguta were afraid of him.

"Haise, I heard that you are willing to surrender?" Guo Xu asked.

"No, it's not surrender, it's a willingness to cooperate with you." Haise could speak Chinese and immediately replied.

Guo Xu shrugged: "Is there any difference?" ”

"I hope that after the cooperation is over, you can let me take my men back to Ningguta, that is, release us," Haise said. ”

Guo Xu thought for a while and said, "You don't look like a fool, you must be somewhat sure of saying this." Well, give you a chance and try to convince me. Well....... Let's talk about the Cossacks first, if you don't know much about them, you don't need to tell me anything else. ”

"I don't know what the Cossacks you are talking about, I have not heard such names. But Guo Hu said that in the Heilongjiang area, there are some foreign Yi in the territory of the Sauron people, so it should be a Rakshasa ghost. That's what the local Saurons and Phyacas call them.

They rode horses, built and sailed ships, wielded muskets, and a small artillery, loved to rob, and ate people, and had an insatiable greed for furs. Haise said.

Guo Xu nodded, this is basically the same as what Li Zhaoji said, although it may not be, but this is obviously his competitor.

"How do you know?" Guo Xu immediately asked.

Haise said: "I am Zhangjing, the garrison sent by the Qing Emperor to Ningguta, and I am responsible for all affairs with the Jurchens, from the conquest of bombs to the trade of tribute, these activities will bring some news. These are the people you are talking about, which the Phyakha and Sauronites came to tell me when they came to Ningguta.

They wanted Ningguta to send troops to exterminate this group of Rakshasa ghosts. ”

"Tell me more." Guo Xu reminded.

Haise said: "It is about the eighth year of Chongde, that is, the end of the sixteenth year of your Emperor Chongzhen, and when the Chinese New Year is approaching, the Rakshasa ghosts have arrived at the tribe of Sauron, and they are the Daur people of the Sauron people. The rakshasas said that they were here to do business, and three chiefs believed them and were taken away for ransom.

A battle ensued, with ten killed and thirty seriously wounded, and it is said that there were only about a hundred of them.

The Rakshasa was no match for it, and was surrounded by the Daur for the wintering camp, and the Rakshasa who lacked food ate the captives and their own wounded soldiers, but even so, they starved to death forty men that winter.

In the spring of last year, the Rakshasa escaped the siege and reached the lower reaches, leaving the territory of the Daur and arriving at the territory of the Huerha. A forward force of twenty-five men was scouting the way in front, and was ambushed by the Huerha, killing twenty-three.

After that, they continued to advance along the Heilongjiang River, and they were nowhere to be found, they should have gone downstream, and at that time, there were only about twenty Rakshasa ghosts left. ”

Hearing these words, Guo Xu hesitated, he wondered if the so-called Rakshasa ghost was a Cossack after all.

After all, the great treasurer Li Zhaoji turned him into a pioneering all-rounder, with some skills required by colonists, proficient in both cold and hot weapons, cavalry on horseback, sailors on ships, natural warriors, fearless conquerors, and the object of study for his own troops.

How did he become a stupid guy who was beaten by the natives in Haise's mouth.

Of course, the Cossack is the Rakshasa ghost, and the Rakshasa ghost is the Cossack, and Haise is not mistaken, and what he said is also the truth.

The reason why there is such a gap in combat effectiveness is that Li Zhaoji described to Guo Xu the Cossacks who fought with the main force of the Qing army in various places in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang and forced the Manchus to sign the "Treaty of Nebuchu", while Haise told Guo Xu that it was the first group of 133 Cossacks led by Boyarkov to come to the Heilongjiang region.

The reason why there is a gap between the two sides is that the initiator is Dolgon, this guy can be called Duo Zhongzheng, in the face of the attack of the Cossacks, it was he who set a policy of non-resistance, which led to the Cossacks becoming bigger in the north of the Heilongjiang River.

"Looks like we won't be able to meet them." Guo Xu said.

He opened his map, the map of the Nuergan Governor, and on the edge of it, in the inland area of the coastline, Li Zhaoji marked a place called Kurtsk, which was the starting point of the Cossack harassment of Heilongjiang.

The Cossacks, who disappeared this spring, headed north along the Heilongjiang River and then along the coastline, finally arriving in Kurtsk next spring.

"Haise, how's Ningguta doing?" Guo Xu asked.

Haise smiled: "Could it be that you want to attack Ningguta?" ”

Guo Xu nodded: "Why not, I just won a big victory, and I heard that Mandahai brought the elite of Ningguta, so the city is empty at the moment." ”

"No, you're wrong. Now Ningguta has never been more powerful. Haise said with a smile, he said: "All this is because of the war last year, the imperial court declared a great victory, but the losses were great. The reason why Beizi like Mandahai came here was because he wanted to gather an army to sweep the Jurchen barbarians around Heilongjiang again, and capture these people to replenish the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

As a result, the area around Ningguta has been mobilized, and now there are at least 2,000 troops in and around the city. ”

"Two thousand troops, Ninguta?" Guo Xu obviously didn't believe it.

Haise said: "The first emperor once conquered the Heilongjiang region four times. The first time was eleven years ago, and the most recent one was the year when the Rakshasa ghosts went south, and a total of more than 30,000 people were obtained, only some of them were sent to Liaodong to replenish the population, and the rest were placed in the area of Ningguta.

Now this group of people was ordered by Mandahai to assemble, according to Mandahai's plan, they should go downstream together, catch more Jurchens, and then move into Liaodong together. ”

Guo Xu shrugged helplessly, obviously this was what he didn't want to see, and he had nothing to do.

"Well, Haise, can you tell me why you want to cooperate with us?" Guo Xu asked.

Haise said: "Even Aixin Jueluo like Luck Dehun has served you, I am a Jia Lazhangjing, why should I die for the Qing Dynasty?" Although I now belong to the Eight Banners of Manchuria, I am not a Manchurian, I am a Huerha.

When the Rakshasa ghosts went south to harass my people's homeland, the tribesmen came to me, but Mandahai did not allow me to help them, and asked me to trick them into leaving their hometown and going to Liaodong to fight.

Originally, I was happy, which meant that my people didn't have to beg for a living in a wild land, but now it seems that going to Liaodong is to fight with you, and that is undoubtedly a disaster. ”

Haise originally didn't know much about the battles that took place in Liaodong, but after being captured, he was imprisoned with the Manchurians, especially those people that Mandahai brought from Shengjing, and told him a lot about Liaodong, especially the Eight Banners who had participated in the Battle of Qinghe, and was even more afraid of the Oriental Trading Company.

After hearing this, Haise realized that he had almost killed the Huerha people, and the Eastern Trading Company, which had nothing to do with this place, was willing to send troops to deal with the Rakshasa ghosts who hurt his people, and his attitude towards prisoners of war was not bad, so he was willing to cooperate.

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