readx;?“ Riding the ......" horse running on the vast prairie, the breath of spring has been blowing, and countless tender green grasses have come out of the earth, putting on a layer of green for the withered yellow grassland. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Chen Mingmu sent Chen Kaishan with more than 6,000 people from the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division from Zhangjiakou into the vast grassland.

Their purpose was not the cavalry of the Qing and Russian coalition forces in Shaanxi and Gansu, although the latter had a large cavalry ranks, but there was a second division and the instructor's men and horses, and there was no wind and waves there. Chen Kaishan's destination is Lake Baikal, Bojiangjin is bold, relying on the little shrimp in his hand, he really dares to get involved in the Chinese battlefield, Chen Ming wants to give the Russians a great deal!

He was going to send troops to destroy the Russian stronghold on Lake Baikal.

Lake Baikal is an important place in Siberia, and the Cossacks there are also the most loyal and fierce in St. Petersburg among the Cossacks, but unfortunately, there are few people. The sparse population was the biggest flaw of this group of Baikal Cossacks.

In 1643, Kurbat Ivanov, the commander of the Cossacks, came to the wooden fortress of Verkholensky on the Lena River, and with 74 men, the son of a Tungusic tribal leader as a guide, they went south along the Lena River, and finally they came to the shore of Lake Baikal. Kurbat Ivanov and his men made boats, sailed through Lake Baikal and discovered Olkhon Island (the third largest island in the world, with an area of 730 square kilometers and an altitude of 1,276 meters).

Kurbat Ivanov, who left thirty-six men in place, took the rest along the western shore of Lake Baikal and began to sail north, coming to the mouth of the Verkhniy Angara River. Here he met another Tungusic tribe and, with the help of the Tungusic people, finally reached the northernmost point of Lake Baikal: Kurbat Ivanov established a settlement here and began the most primitive trade with the locals. Of course, it didn't take long for the Cossacks to be used in the future, riding horses and muskets and starting to collect tribute from the local tribes, and it was no longer a trade between you and me.

From 1648 A.D., the Buryats along Lake Baikal and along the Angara River began to migrate eastward to Transbaikal and Mongolia. By 1655 A.D., there had been a larger migration. That year, the angry Buryats acted in unison, and after killing all the Russians they could, they withdrew to the area east of Lake Baikal. But then they were brutally retaliated against by the Russians. And the northern and western parts of Lake Baikal fell into the hands of the Cossacks.

After the Manchu Qing and the tsarist government signed the "Treaty of Nebuchu", the pearl of the North Sea, the land of the shepherds of the Suwu Dynasty, completely fell into the hands of the Russians.

Russia's intervention in the war with China this time required a full 1,000 Cossacks from Lake Baikal, and it is hard to imagine how many people are left there. According to information from Outer Mongolia, there are less than 10,000 Russians in the entire Baikal.

At the same time, it is also to test Outer Mongolia and force Outer Mongolia. Time is getting shorter and shorter, when will Outer Mongolia make up its mind?

Then there are the Buryat Mongols, these Mongol tribes active in Siberia, see if you can bring them back! Although these people lived thousands of miles away from the hinterland of the Russians, the exploitation and oppression of the Buryat Mongols by Tsarist Russia never slowed down. Otherwise, how can the Buryats always remain on a small scale? This is the same as what happened to the Turks.

Chen Ming sent a standard cavalry brigade, more than 6,000 main forces, two horses, twenty light cavalry guns, and a bronze casting! This will further reduce the weight of the gun. There was also a batch of mortars that had been loaded with horse-drawn artillery carts, as well as their ammunition trucks.

Chen Ming watched the cavalry farther and farther away until it sank below the northern horizon. His expression was very solemn, because the responsibility of the cavalry brigade was too heavy this time. Teach the Russians a lesson, contact the Siberian Tatars, that is, the Buryat Mongols, and the other is to make Outer Mongolia feel 'pressure'.

Chen Ming didn't know if Chen Kaishan could complete the task, so he gave Chen Kaishan all the rights.

"Your Highness, there is news from the Japanese side. The shoguns of the Tokugawa shogunate expressed their dissatisfaction with the upcoming operation of our army against Ezo. They believed that the northern part of Sakhalin belonged to China, and the southern part belonged to Japan. We do not agree with the notice of all Japanese in Omari Town [Sakhalin Island] and the southern part of Sakhalin Island ordered the withdrawal of the Matsumae Domain. Xiong Bingzhang came with new news.

Chen Ming listened to the inconsistencies, "Does Tokugawa Isaharu think that the governor will negotiate conditions with them?" ”

Although 300 years ago, the leader of the Ainu tribe in Sakhalin offered Takeda Nobuhiro a bronze bird's platform. In the 21st year of the reign of the Myojin Emperor [1593 in the Western calendar], Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent Matsumae Keihiro to defeat all the Ezo (i.e., Ainu) and theoretically occupy all the land owned by the Ainu, including the part of Sakhalin controlled by the Ainu.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen [1635 in the Western calendar], Matsumae Gonghiro sent Murakami Saemon to inspect Sakhalin Island. But is this a bird? Did Chen Ming listen to the Japanese talk about this?

In the eighteenth year of Chongzhen [1645 in the Western calendar], the participants of the Amur march under the leadership of the Russian Boyarkov saw the northwest coast of Sakhalin Island for the first time. Subsequently, Tsarist Russia sent Cossack soldiers to harass the Heilongjiang River valley, including Sakhalin.

More than 30 years later, Kuharu Kotan of the Matsumae Domain**Jinya established the town of Omarari Town on Sakhalin Island, and the Japanese began to develop fishing grounds in Sakhalin in earnest.

Does that mean that the Russians also have some 'legitimate' sovereignty over Sakhalin? .

Although it is accurate to say that the Japanese have been pioneering Sakhalin for almost a hundred years. Compared with the situation where China has no sovereignty but has never sent a single soldier to that side, the Japanese are indeed stupid to give up their century-old efforts under Chen Ming's order. But they must swallow it now! Sakhalin, including the Kuril Islands, that's all Chinese.

The Japanese told the Russians in more detail. After the signing of the Treaty of Nebuchu, Tsarist Russia sent an expeditionary force (consisting of soldiers and prisoners) to attack the northern tip of Sakhalin Island, killing the Hezhe inhabitants, building camps and mining coal, as the Manchus had no official garrison on Sakhalin. Since then, the Russians have continued to increase their forces on Sakhalin and have fought fiercely against the local natives and the Japanese forces in the south. ”

"It's a place very far north, with short summers and extremely cold winters that can last up to six months, and several ports are frozen for a long time. Parts of the north can freeze for up to eight months. "In addition, the sea around Sakhalin Island is often foggy, and it is called the 'sea of fog'. In addition to the Ainu, the indigenous people also include the Hezhe, Mongolian [Tatar], Oroqen and so on. The Japanese said it in detail, and Liu Wu read it to Chen Ming one by one.

"That's just right. Let the flotilla start from the south of Sakhalin. In addition, he sent an official envoy to Edo and told Tokugawa Iji, and asked him to obediently retract his outstretched claws. ”

Chen Ming didn't care how long the Japanese had been active on Sakhalin, because that was not a reason at all. The four words 'since ancient times', only Japan is strong is their best excuse and reason, and now Japan is a small Shopee, does Chen Ming need to listen to the pioneering history of the Japanese?

Sakhalin, that's China.

annoyed Chen Ming, and even Hokkaido could be separated, "I told Tokugawa Iyoji that the Ainu can also establish a state." ”

……

Tongzhou, the original Qing army barracks, is now the Beijing recruit barracks.

In the recruit training ground, 1,300 new recruits who arrived last month wore thick winter military uniforms and warm locomotive hats, and a huge red five-pointed star hung in the middle of the hats.

Their exposed faces and hands were already red from the cold, and they were so hot that they wanted to take off their cotton clothes when they cleared the snow, but now the cold chill penetrated directly into their bones. Many people feel that their faces and hands are no longer perceptual.

Almost seventy percent of the people in this new battalion are from Hebei, then a small number of people are from Henan and Shandong, and the rest are all from Gyeonggi. There are many reasons why they are willing to join the army, some are for military merit, some are for revenge, and some are for survival, but whether they can become soldiers on the battlefield in the future depends on their training in these three months.

Standing in a military posture is half an hour, walking in unison will choose on the ice of the puddle, the ice surface is thin and thick, first thin, a column of soldiers with their feet, as soon as they land, it is estimated that the next moment can step on the ice and fall into the puddle. After returning to the dormitory to change clothes, he was pulled onto the ice and walked right, how many people did not dare to raise their legs when they heard the whistle, and then they were pulled out by the instructors and punished severely. Because it's called not obeying orders, running around the playground for one or twenty laps is a piece of cake.

"Recruit Lei Wanxing."

A familiar voice like a cow's bark came from not far away, and Lei Wanxing was agitated and came back to his senses from his drowsy state.

"Here!" Lei Wanxing hurriedly straightened his chest.

"Look at where you are, where are you slanted!" The instructor was so angry that he was going to blow his beard and stare at him. Lei Wanxing didn't know if he was dizzy or what was wrong when he stood in a military posture, his body shook first, and then his feet unconsciously began to move in the direction of inclination, and he was about to collide with the person in front of him.

And seeing that Lei Wanxing's face was full of energy now, and he was not in a coma at all, the instructor was more inclined to Lei Wanxing to fall asleep standing up.

"As a recruit instructor, what I hate most is that my recruits are lazy and slippery, don't train seriously, and don't train hard. Because you gave up a great opportunity. "Many of the instructors in the recruit camp are disabled veterans who have retired from the battlefield, just like this corporal instructor in front of him, who is missing two fingers on his right hand, including a thumb.

"Recruit Lei Wanxing, out of the ranks. Run twenty laps around the playground! Hurry, hurry, twenty laps! ”

The instructor has his right hand behind his back and a whip in his left hand. The angry expression on his face made his recruits shiver.

"Yes, Instructor." Lei Wanxing didn't even dare to show a bitter look on his face, saluted the instructor solemnly, and trotted out of the array. That is, with his back to the instructor, facing the recruit comrades who are on the same team, there was a trace of crying on his face.

Twenty laps. The playground is about 150 zhang around, which is almost a mile road, that is 20 miles of road.

After running, the legs are going to be wasted. I hope I don't come to the emergency meeting at night tonight.

"If you can't finish in an hour, you'll run another 20 laps after today's training!" The instructor said unceremoniously. The new barracks have been established for several years, and its existence time is to accompany the growth of the Fu Han Army. The battalion has long sorted out a complete set of training subjects and regulations for recruits.

The instructor of each recruit team has a great right, as long as the report is passed, the instructor has the right to only drag his recruits' eggs up in the middle of the night, play in the ice and snow in the middle of the night, and warm up.

Lei Wanxing rushed out like a rabbit. At the edge of the playground, there were a few unlucky people who had been driven out of the queue of other recruits, and the same unlucky ones were running on the playground track next to the playground. Lei Wanxing joined the running team with ease. A soldier who is not penalized is not a good soldier, and a boot camp career without a penalty is not a complete boot camp career.

The abundant food ration of high protein and high calories and the systematic exercise and exercise of large loads have unconsciously made the physique of Lei Wanxing and these recruits quietly change in dozens of days. Even if Lei Wanxing and others felt that they were as tired as a dog, he could still maintain a speed of one lap in three minutes.

This kind of punishment of one hour and twenty laps, very few recruits at the beginning can complete it on time, but more than a month has passed, and now recruits can generally achieve it. But it can be completed again, and an hour later, when Lei Wanxing, who was tired and panting, returned to the team like a dead dog, the faces of the surrounding comrades-in-arms were twitching one by one.

The morning passed quickly, and at half past eleven, the bell struck. Hearing the instructor's 'disband' command, Lei Wanxing squatted on the ground, and the whole person was about to collapse.

The intense hunger tortured Lei Wanxing's stomach, and the two soldiers in the same dormitory pulled him up from the ground, and the hungry soldiers did not enter the dining room, but returned to the dormitory first. From half-past eleven to two in the afternoon, it was the happiest time of the day in the bootcamp besides sleeping.

The soldiers who had washed their hands and faces gathered in front of the restaurants before twelve o'clock, and compared with the life of these people before joining the army, the food in the army was happy. Rice, white flour steamed buns, steamed buns, noodles, and at least one salted fish a day.

Improving life once in five days, large pieces of pork are the soldiers' favorite, and greasy roast pork intestines will be disgusted by everyone.

People in this era are short of oil and water. In the first 10 days of the camp, some people could eat four or five large steamed buns at a meal, and those three steamed buns weighed one catty. Only when these people are raised with oil, the seemingly incredible amount of food will slowly decrease.

For the first time to improve life, it is common to make braised pork, and every time a recruit enters the camp, some people will have diarrhea after eating the first meal. It's so greasy to eat that their stomachs can't stand it.

"When I have saved enough military merits, I will put one or two hundred acres of land at home, and then eat meat, noodles, and meat buns every day......" Lei Wanxing chewed on the buns, he was active in his brain, so he was punished every once in a while, but the cleverness in his brain made him sneer at many people's desire to 'eat good noodles and eat braised pork every day'. How can there be such a good thing in the world? Eating like that every day, how big a family business does it take to support it.

There are hundreds of thousands of Fu Han troops in the whole world, and every one of them is like this, and everyone has come to serve as soldiers. He didn't want to look forward to eating good noodles and braised pork every day, but just turned his ideal of drinking porridge every day into eating meat noodles and meat buns every day. (To be continued.) )