"Your Excellency!" Ashku said, "It will take more than an hour to get here, and it will be dark after the lowly post enters, and the mountain road will be difficult to walk after dark, and I am afraid that I will not be able to come back until tomorrow morning." ”

Wang Xinyu agreed: "Okay! Just go inside! Camp outside and wait for you. ”

Ashku walked into the forest and disappeared in a few moments. Wang Xinyu ordered the Ming army to camp on the spot, cut down wood, set up wooden fences, set up tents, and spend the night outside the mountains and forests.

Early the next morning, Ashku walked out dejectedly.

Wang Xinyu knew what was going on at a glance, but he still went up and asked, "How is it?" ”

Ashku replied with a dejected face: "My lord, forgive me for my ineffective work, they refuse to submit to life or death, and say that the Rakshasas don't know that they are here, they are safe here, so they don't have to worry about it." ”

Wang Xinyu sneered: "I knew it would be like this!" Let's go, let's take the troops up! I don't believe that they are being held at gunpoint, and they still refuse to go with us. ”

"But my lord......" Ashku heard Wang Xinyu say that he would lead the troops up, and he felt a little sad in his heart, after all, the people of the Oroqen tribe were of the same nationality as him, and he did not want to see the Oroqen people killed. But thinking that the Ming army saved himself from the Rakshasa people, and that someone in the Ming army had a gun in his hand, he still agreed to come down and was willing to lead the way.

Ashku led the Ming army into the mountain forest, through the woods, and there was a path in front of him that could not be found outside the jungle at all, this path had been winding to the back of the mountain, Wang Xinyu found out that this mountain was not a mountain, but two mountains of similar height, and there was a large valley in the middle! At that time, there were no flying machines, so it was impossible to find a cave in the middle of these two mountains.

"This nature is amazing! It's a natural hiding place! Wang Xinyu sighed.

The road in the mountains looks close, but it's actually quite far. Ashku walked with the Ming army for about an hour before they came to a small village. This small village is similar to the small villages common to the Oroqen people in those days, with a simple wooden fence made of wood. From time to time, the sound of dogs barking and the noise of children can be heard in the village, and from a distance, you can see some men and women walking around the village from time to time.

After getting closer, Wang Xinyu found that the houses of these Oroqen people were made of pine or birch wood as supports, covered with birch bark, and covered with animal skins on the outside, with a diameter of about seven or eight meters at the bottom and a height of five or six meters. There was still smoke in the room, and it was obvious that the Oroqen were cooking.

The people in the small village were a little frightened when they saw a group of soldiers coming towards their cottage from afar. The men ran back to the house in a panic to get their weapons, the women hid with their children in their arms, and some women covered the babies' mouths with their hands to keep them from crying. The village chief, along with the elders, also took up arms to fend off these unknown intruders. It wasn't until he walked in that the village chief found the leader Ashku.

"Ashku! How are you? Why are you back again? And with so many soldiers? A middle-aged man who recognized Ashku boldly stepped forward and asked.

Ashku replied, "Uncle Chiktu, they are fighting the Rakshasas, and I want to come and discuss things with you. ”

The village chief, Enedi, stepped forward. After carefully looking at Wang Xinyu and the others who were following behind, he saw that Wang Xinyu was wearing a red Han official uniform and a silver bright light helmet. Look at the soldiers in the back, except for the officer who is Mingguang Helmet Mountain Wenjia. The rest of the soldiers were all six-petal helmets and red cotton armor, no matter how they looked like the officers and soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but like the Li Chengliang army he had seen many years ago. At that time, the village chief was just a child.

The village chief frowned: "Who the hell are they?" Why did you come here? ”

When speaking, the Oroqen people did not behave at all friendly, and almost all the young men climbed onto the roof. The bow and arrow in their hands were aimed at the outside of the village, and if the other party dared to break through, they would not hesitate to release the arrow.

Seeing the posture of the Oroqen people, Wang Xinyu sneered and shouted: "Line up!" ”

More than a hundred musketeers stood in three rows, their flintlock pistols aimed at the archers of the village. More than 20 Ming archers stretched out their bows and arrows, drew their strong bows, and aimed their arrows at the village. Twenty gun-bearers at the end, set up their guns, and pointed their guns at the gate of the village. Fifty pikemen and fifty swordmen and shield-bearers stood in front of the ranged soldiers, lined up in a neat formation.

Although it has not been plagued by the Russian army, and there are almost no birds in the Qing army outside the Guan, some people still recognize the iron pipe and know the power of this weapon. I only heard someone shouting: "God! Iron pipes in their hands! That's the fire-breathing iron pipe in the hands of the Rakshasas! I heard that the flash of fire and the roar of the fire killed people from afar! ”

Seeing that there was no arquebus in the hands of the Ming army, the village chief shouted: "Don't be afraid! They're just bluffing! They don't have a fire rope on their birds! It doesn't make a sound! ”

"What did the village chief say?" Wang Xinyu couldn't understand the Oroqen language, so he asked Ashku.

"Back to my lord, he said that your bird guns don't have fire ropes, but they are just scaring people." Ashku didn't dare to hide it, so he could only answer truthfully helplessly.

Wang Xinyu sneered: "He said that our bird gun is to scare people? Then let them see how powerful our weapons are! Tell him that we're not birds, it's flintlocks! With that, Wang Xinyu took a loaded flintlock pistol from the hand of a musketeer, turned the muzzle, aimed it at the wooden fence, and pulled the trigger. Only a thunderous gunfire was heard, the fire flickered, the smoke filled the air, and a pungent smell of gunpowder came from the air.

The sound of this gunshot frightened almost everyone in the village, the women screamed and the children cried.

The village chief turned his head to look and saw a pair of small holes in the wooden fence where he was shot, and it was obvious that the bullets had easily penetrated the wooden fence. Looking at Wang Xinyu's gun again, it was indeed not hung with a fire rope, and he was even more surprised.

"It's amazing!" Chiktu sighed.

Egendi came back to his senses, faced Wang Xinyu and asked, "This lord, if you have any requirements, just say it, as long as we can help you, we will definitely do our best!" ”

Wang Xinyu bowed his hand and saluted back: "We came here to fight the Rakshasas. We are short on manpower, and we hope to have your help, and I hope that your warriors will join us and fight alongside us to fight the Rakshasas! You also know how many nearby villages the Rakshasas have hazard! How many of your people have been killed! This Ashku. was killed by the Rakshasas, and he was captured as a slave by the Rakshasas! ”

Egendi also knew that Ashku was taken by the Rakshasas as slaves, and of course they also knew that the Rakshasas had sacked several nearby villages, killed countless people, and burned down many villages by them. But he still didn't want his people to go to war, because fighting would kill people, and his village was so hidden, was it necessary to trouble the Rakshasas? Thinking of this, Egendi replied, "This lord, I'm really sorry. There are few people in our village, even fewer young and middle-aged, and we are not good at fighting. As you can see, our village is so secluded that the Rakshasas can't find it at all, and we don't want to trouble them. ”

"Are you so indifferent when the Rakshasas kill you Oroqen, take your women as their playthings, and take your children as slaves?" Wang Xinyu asked.

"I'm sorry! Our people have no quarrel with the world! As long as our people don't die. It's none of our business how many of them die! If the adults want to levy prey and fur, we can give some. If we want our people to go to war and die, that can't be! "The forehead embankment is back.

Wang Xinyu's face turned cold: "Village elder." Now I'm not asking you, I'm not consulting with you, I'm hoping you agree, do you understand? If you don't agree. Then don't blame our men for being ruthless! As he spoke, he pointed to the more than 100 musketeers behind him: "With them alone, we can kill all the men in your village, and let your women and children go with us honestly!" Although they can't fight. But they can go and work for us! ”

Chiktu was furious, pulled out his hunting knife and roared, "If you want to do it, you can try it!" Is it your iron pipes that are powerful, or our bows and arrows! ”

"Uncle Chiktu, calm down! Not even the Rakshasas can beat them, and you are no match for them! "After all, they are all of the same people, Ashku advised Chiktu to lay down his arms.

Wang Xinyu pointed to the musketeer behind him and said coldly to the forehead: "Don't think that your bows and arrows can beat our flintlock guns!" You can't even beat the arquebuses in the hands of the Rakshasas! Think for yourself! My patience is limited, give you a stick of incense time to consider! If I don't get an answer that I'm satisfied with, then I can't wait, and even if I can, my brothers can't wait! ”

After speaking, Wang Xinyu asked people to light a piece of incense, insert it on the ground and start counting the time. The Ming soldiers in the back were full of murderous faces, staring at the archers in the village.

Egendi said to Chiktu: "They are Ming, not Manchurians, if you don't listen to them, they will really be cruel to us!" Before, they killed good and risked merit, and even their own people could kill and pretend to be meritorious! Don't say it to us now. ”

"Patriarch, but if our young man goes with them, won't he die in vain? The Rakshasas are so powerful! What's more, if the Rakshasas knew that our young and middle-aged people were soldiers for the Ming people to fight them, they would definitely take revenge on us, and they would spare no effort to find our village chief and slaughter all our women, children, old and weak! Chiktu said.

"Yes! Patriarch, we can't promise! Another young man also said, "There are not many young and middle-aged people in our village, and if they are dragged to serve as soldiers, how will our women and children survive and how can they survive?" Who will feed them? ”

"However, the current posture, they are not negotiable! There are so many of them, and they are sharply armed, and there are not many young and middle-aged people in our village, how can they beat them? If we lose, we men will not be dead, and our women and children will all become their slaves! He shook his head.

There was a lot of discussion, but there was still no solution. When the time was nearing time, Egendi asked, "How much prey fur are you going to collect?" There are also ginseng, jerky, we can also provide it. How many of us do you want to be soldiers? ”

Wang Xinyu replied: "We won't take your things for nothing!" You give us furs, ginseng and jerky, and we will exchange them with you for grain, tea and cloth! And we are willing to feed your women and children, old and weak! We have only one condition, that is, all your stockades will be relocated and you will go with us to the opposite island! lest when your men fight with the Rakshasas, your women, children, old and weak will be avenged by them! ”

"What? You want us all to move out? We're not leaving! We have lived here for generations! We didn't want to leave! When he heard that everyone was going to move, he couldn't help but be furious.

"Disagree, don't you? All right! Wang Xinyu turned around and gave an order.

The four gunmen had to pull the trigger, and this weapon was improved by Wang Xinyu with the addition of a bipod, and the craftsmanship of the barrel was improved, and the power increased a lot.

"Boom" four gunshots, the gun made a roar like a cannon, the goose egg-sized projectile hit the walled door, only to see sawdust flying everywhere, the walled door was beaten to pieces in an instant, and the tattered door panel flew out backwards. By the time the smoke cleared, the gate was gone.

Seeing that the Ming army not only came with guns, but also brought "cannons", Egendi knew that he was not an opponent, so he could only grit his teeth and suppress his anger, and promised to move the village and follow the Ming army.

Because the village chief spoke, some young adults in the village who refused to leave also had to move. Everyone in the village dragged their families and bottles and cans with them, and left the small mountain village where they had lived for generations. Because there were too many things to bring, the team moved slowly, but Wang Xinyu didn't mind.

"Let you go to the opposite island, and it is also for your own good! Your women and children have no worries, you can rest assured that you can go with us to fight the Rakshasas! Wang Xinyu explained with an amiable face.

When the Oroqen people arrived at the riverside, a big boat was waiting for them by the river.

After getting on the boat, everyone was sent to the opposite island of Sakhalin.

On Sakhalin Island, Wu Xiaolei, Zhang Shiwen and other strong people and Mongol captives had already built a camp on the island to accommodate the Oroqen women, children, the old and the weak, and these Oroqen women and children who came were arranged to live in them. The young men of the Chiktu and Oroqen were all included in the ranks of the selected Han and Mongol captives and began the harsh training.

The Han and Mongol captives who were selected to serve as soldiers were the best of these people, but not everyone could pass the training, and only those who were qualified could become soldiers. The same is true of the Oroqen people, who are not qualified, will be screened out and become laborers who provide food.

As for the women, they are given work such as herding sheep, raising cattle, shearing sheep, and cooking. The children of the Oroqen people were gathered together to learn Chinese, learn cultural knowledge, and at the same time undergo military training. (To be continued.) )