Captain Li Renjun was woken up early this morning because his subordinates came to report to him that they arrested a spy who was probing his head in the wild last night. However, after interrogation by intelligence personnel, they found that the so-called "spy" was not Manchu at all, but a Russian. Li Renjun was very interested after hearing this, so he decided to organize a second interrogation of the spy, and he himself would also observe it himself.

The so-called spy who was captured must have been "warmly treated" by the East Coast intelligence personnel last night. At this time, there were many obvious bruises on the corners of his mouth and eye sockets, and there were condensed blood scabs on his hair, which looked more depressed. A Russian-speaking gendarmerie picked up the spy and started interrogation. Several other gendarmerie were assisting, and one was standing beside Li Renjun while recording and interpreting oral translation.

"The monarch of all Ross, the Tsar, the slave of Moscow's Grand Duke Arikse Mikhailovich, the loyal subordinate of the governor Dmitry Andreevich Franzbekov, and the Cossacker Jerofi Pavlov from Yakutsk to pay tribute to you..." As the military police translated the spies' words one by one, Li Renjun probably understood what was going on.

It turned out that these were more than a dozen small Cossack teams who had traveled from Yakutsk to collect taxes and reconnaissance intelligence. They heard the local "Argents" (Hezheren) somewhere upstream of the Amur River that the rich Ussuri River and the Amur River converged were occupied by an unknown army. The soldiers in yellow robbed several villages there, burned, killed and looted, and forcibly demolished many tents (Culuzi) inhabited by the local Daurs and Hezhes on both sides of the river. They asked these people to move north to their designated locations downstream to settle down.

Pavlov and others, who were originally planning to go downstream to collect taxes, were disappointed when they heard this. However, they were still ready to go there to try their luck. At least they could see the situation first, and they could report to their superiors what was going on here, so that they could not complete the tax task of 300 rubles. Their luck was obviously not good, so something happened. A Cossack was killed by a hunter of the Heilongjiang Security Group who was patrolling the night. Pavlov himself was injured and caught, while the others scattered and disappeared.

Li Renjun, who understood the whole story, suddenly lost interest in listening. After instructing the Cossack to treat his injuries and properly detained him, Captain Li Renjun left the cell and prepared to inspect the construction of the camp. It was early September today, and the weather would turn colder in more than a month, and the construction of Boli Village must be completed as soon as possible.

Boli Village said it was a village, but it was actually a collection of three villages not far apart. The East Coast people rebuilt the largest and most complete village in the middle, strengthened it, and then occupied it as the main force's garrison. At the same time, they also sent soldiers from the Heilongjiang Security Corps to take naval inland gunboats to the upstream to collect taxes - in fact, it was more important to expand the influence of the East Coast and weaken the foundation of the Qing Dynasty's rule.

The construction of Bolizhai is simpler. The people on the east coast are almost in the Heishui area, but there is no shortage of people. A while ago, a "sized" transport fleet of more than 20 sailing fishing boats had been sent to Gonghezhai, Bolizhai and transported a large number of supplies and personnel. Among them, Bolizhai received a quota of 500 Ming people, and 200 of these people were retired East Coast soldiers. They would form the core of the East Coast rule of the East Coast people in Bolizhai.

After these people arrived, they would first use some of the construction materials they transported to speed up construction, first build some artillery positions, and in addition, the dock also needs to be rectified and the city wall needs to be reinforced. In short, a lot of things need to be done. Li Renjun planned to stay here until mid-October and try to collect more materials including food for the left-behind personnel in Boli Village, and then lead the army back to Heishui Port.

However, his plan was destined to be disrupted. As soon as he came out of the cell, an officer brought him a shocking news: an army of more than 60 flat-bottomed boats on the upper reaches of the Ussuri River was flowing northward, and there were a considerable number of cavalrymen on the shore, and they were probably Manchurians, and the target was almost certain that they were the yellow-clothed thief jumping around the place where the two rivers gathered.

Li Renjun, who learned the news, did not dare to neglect and immediately ordered the entire 105th Company of the Army, who was resting in the village, to gather, and all officers and soldiers canceled their leave and entered a state of combat readiness. At the same time, more than 200 soldiers of the Miaojie garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison garrison

In addition, some local native tribes who defected to the East Coast people volunteered to patrol the upper reaches of the Ussuri River and assisted a small number of East Coast cavalry to reconnaise the enemy situation. Li Renjun still trusted these Hezhe and Daur people, because the East Coast people helped them wipe out the feud tribes that had fought with them for many years as soon as they arrived. Moreover, the news that Bogde Khan's troops came from the upper reaches of the Ussuri River was initially learned from them, so they were considered relatively reliable people.

After the order was issued, the departments immediately started to operate nervously. The reinforcement of the city walls, the construction of the artillery positions, and even Captain Li Renjun ordered the opening of the newly built arsenal, and the bows, spears, arrows, armor, etc. (all of which were seized from the Qing army on the Shandong battlefield) were taken out, and all the newly transported 500 young men were armed.

The nervous action lasted for five days. When the first ray of morning light on September 10 rose from the eastern horizon, a unit of messy clothes and different shapes of equipment appeared in the sight of the people on the east coast.

The Manchus are here! At this time, there is no need for the officers to supervise, and everyone is more vigilant, especially those newly transported men here. The knuckles of their lances are white, which shows their inner tension. Most of these people are from Shandong mud legs. They have heard of the reputation of the Eight Banners soldiers a long time ago. Some of them have even seen the Tartars burning, killing, looting in Shandong, and they say that it is impossible to have no fear. Fortunately, they are now fighting in the city, and there are relatively calm soldiers from the Black Water Guard nearby to assist, so they will not be defeated by looking at the wind.

Li Renjun also raised his telescope and looked forward. The army seemed to be the Qing army at this time. This can be seen from the Manchurian blue flag flag they set up. In addition, the appearance of a large number of Eight Banner Armored soldiers wearing foam nails and lightning rods on their heads further proved this fact.

There was no need to say anything else. Li Renjun pointed his knife forward, and two 8-pound cannons placed at the head of the main village of No. 2 began to have a correction test: two shells were shot at the deviated one, and one shot hit the river in the Qing army's flat-bottomed ship fleet, splashing a large pool of water, and also causing chaos in the Qing army formation.

However, the two artillery pieces could not organize the Qing army to complete the landing operation, and at this time they also accelerated their movements. A cavalry team of more than 200 people also stabbed the three east bank villages along the river bank to a short distance outside the three east bank villages, closely guarding against the possible east bank cavalry units. In addition, they also sent two Daur-born envoys, who rode on horseback and shouted loudly to the main village No. 2, "The will of Shamshakhan (i.e. Emperor Shunzhi)" to the main village No. 2, but Li Renjun ignored this at all, and just ordered the troops to prepare for battle and fight to the end with the Qing army.

After a while of struggle, the Qing army probably found that the enemy could not communicate at all, and it might have also confirmed that they were notorious yellow-clothed thieves, so they immediately stopped any attempt to surrender. After landing, they immediately began to siege the three cities. Their troops were twice as strong as those of the East Coast, including more than 500 soldiers from the Inlaid Blue Flag, more than 600 soldiers from the tribes near Ningguta, more than 800 Daurs, Hezhe, and Oroqen tribes gathered along the way. In addition, there were 200 soldiers sent by Hurha, Soren and other troops to assist in the battle. The total number was about 2,200, including two small-caliber Fran machine cannons and more than 50 bird guns of various colors. The lineup was also quite powerful in the Heilongjiang River Basin.

As their opponents, the total strength of the three cities was about 1,100, which was exactly half of the Qing army. Among them, the largest main village No. 2 was stationed with all the 105th Company of the Army and 260 Miaojie garrison soldiers. The soldiers of the Miaojie garrison were average in combat but their equipment was pretty good, so they should not be unable to defeat the opponent's tribes; the No. 1 village on the east side was stationed with 300 soldiers from the Hei Shui garrison, and the No. 3 village on the northwest was stationed with 320 officers and soldiers of the Heilongjiang Security Regiment, with a total strength of about 1,100. In addition, the East Coast people also had about 500 newly transported men (two hundred of whom were retired soldiers with combat experience), and these people were stationed in 1 and 3 villages, and were also distributed to assist in defending the city.

The battle started soon. The Qing army, which lacked siege equipment, immediately pushed up two small-caliber Fran machine cannons, aiming at weak places such as the village gate, and intending to bomb out a passage into the city. However, their small-caliber and short-barrel cannons were a joke to the East Coast people. If they used this kind of cannon, they would not even have to blow open the village walls and gates made of double-layer solid logs, not to mention that there was a thick layer of soil on the city walls and gates as buffers. For this kind of city, there was no possibility of being defeated head-on without the 8-pound field cannons from the East Coast people!
Chapter completed!