Nie Shicheng's Dragon Banner Army finally chose to detour from Chikle, although tactically speaking, walking from the east line is easier to be discovered by the enemy. However, considering that walking from Humal was going north against the wind, the cold wind blowing from Siberia from the region was enough to freeze the expeditionary army's noses. The soldiers had already worked hard enough to travel a long distance, so if they could suffer less, they should suffer less. The most important thing is to cross two big rivers from the western line: Heilongjiang and Jieya River, and a small river: Sheremja River.

Since the moment the Dragon Banner Army set out, I have been worried about their fate. The huge team of more than 10,000 people has penetrated into the enemy's territory in such weather and environment.

Suddenly I remembered the Russians' disappearing cavalry, would it be a roundabout way? If so, I was shocked and I might encounter the Dragon Flag Army in Chikler!

No matter how worried I was, the frontal battle situation was still coming. There was no news from Nie Shicheng at the moment, so my eyes had to focus on the front line of Heihe. The artillery positions were all lost, but the cavalry carefully trained by Yiketanga were still there, and more than 10,000 Liaodong cavalry, whether it was charge or counter-charge, were a very good and effective force. The Maxim machine guns of all important strongholds were also equipped. In addition to the Cavalry Battalion to prepare for the return of the country, all the firearms of the Forward Battalion and Jianrui Battalion were handed over to the Eight Banners of Heilongjiang for use. Therefore, in terms of military equipment, in addition to artillery fire, they even surpassed the Russians in other aspects.

Information from Jilin shows that the gathering of troops in Suifen Hall has been completed. A group of eight banners of Jilin garrisoned with 18,000 people have camped on site in Suifen Hall. Zuo Baogui, the admiral of Shengjing who was rushing to help from Shengjing, personally led an elite force of more than 2,000 people to enter the dense forest outside Shuangchengzi, ready to cut off the supply line and north escape route of Vladivostok at any time.

However, there was no big noise on the front. Apart from sporadic artillery fire, there was no feint attack from the cavalry some time ago. And I never received any news of the battle in the direction of Yili and Chiktu. It seemed that Russia did not want to expand the situation. The current battle was only limited to the Heihe line.

Even so, the current situation has greatly tested the logistics supply system of the Qing Dynasty. Originally, the logistics supply line when the emperor went north to worship his ancestors was now going to Nenjiang. The emperor himself had more than 70,000 personal soldiers, plus more than 30,000 local people in Heilongjiang, and the supply of tens of thousands of people was all under the newly established logistics department. Li Bingheng's head was probably almost broken.

Fortunately, the Northeast was rich in resources and had a lot of accumulation in daily life, which was enough to cope with the supply of 30,000 people a year. This was a military order, and Yiketang was also well prepared. So for a while, there was no problem with logistics preparation.

On the seventh day of the third month, the commander, who was unable to hold on to the end, finally got news from Nie Shicheng's troops. Sure enough, on the official road along the river west of Zickle, Nie Shicheng's vanguard, the cavalry Feng Guozhang's troops met the Russian Cossacks on a narrow road. After a fire of muskets, it was Feng Guozhang's troops' Mauser rifles that had prevailed. The enemy dropped dozens of people and horses and retreated. It was discovered that Chickel County had fallen, and the county seat was now in the hands of the Russians, and local officials had already gone to the fortress.

By the eighth day of March, Nie Shicheng's troops had already recovered Chikler and were confronting the Cossacks on the other side of Heilongjiang. At this time, the superior firepower of the Dragon Flag Army played a role. The 37mm Tianjin-made Green Camp gun was intensively fired, destroying the remaining pride of the Cossacks. The Cossacks of thousands of people couldn't help but retreat. In just two days, the army crossed the river and camped.

The news reached Heihe, which made all the soldiers participating in the war happy. Even the Xiaoqi Battalion, which was originally scheduled to return to Beijing with me, started arguing, saying that he would stay and fight the Russians, which made the Xiaoqi Battalion commander Dexin difficult. In fact, he wanted to stay and make contributions. I have read his resume. He served as the governor of Jiangxi for six years. In the 16th year of Guangxu, Cixi transferred him to Beijing to be the governor of the Xiaoqi Battalion. There was only one position. Although he had a high position, he was not really a shortage. He was even worse than being the governor of Jiangxi. Moreover, he usually heard people chatting and heard that he was going to serve as a ministry officer and promoted the title. I don’t know what to do, so he stopped here. Although the Xiaoqi Battalion is the first battalion in the world and the governor is in the best position, he is not as good as the emperor who is a tyrant from other borders. The princes in the capital are all caught a lot, let alone the small governor.

"Everyone under your command wants to stay and fight?" I looked at Dexin with a smile and said, "It is a good thing to contribute to the country. But I have to remind you that this is not a soft persimmon, nor is it a military general, so I won't say much if I defeat you. Even if you win, there is a censor who impeaches you as a responsibility to protect you but is eager to make a breakthrough, which is also a bad reputation for you. Have you ever thought about this?"

"Reply to the emperor." Dexin bowed down. His body was slightly fat, and he wore a lot of clothes in the cold weather, so he looked a little bloated and ridiculous. Dexin had a fat face and said quietly: "These slaves have thought of it. But they can't stand those gossips. It's better to fight this life on the battlefield to be a title of a prince and a marquis, which is worse than listening to those gossips in Beijing."

"Oh? What gossip?" I wondered.

Dexin looked at me awkwardly, and couldn't say anything, probably nothing good. I shook my hand and said, "Do you want to stay? Forget this time, I will remember to let you go out for war next time. When I return to Beijing, I will transfer you to the Dragon Flag Army."

Suddenly I remembered that I usually heard the guards telling jokes about De Dutong being lustful, and I couldn't help but joke: "The Russian women are nothing good, and it's nothing if they don't send you this time. Haha."

Dexin blushed and said silly: "The only thing is wrong with me, the emperor clearly sees Wanli..."

I was so happy. This guy was so funny. He was under a lot of pressure now, so it was perfect to use him to relieve his boredom. So he asked, "Since you have the desire to serve the country, why haven't you made progress in the past few years?"

"The emperor clearly understands..." Dexin said, looking up carefully at my face, she said boldly: "I beat the two girls in our family to enter the palace for a talent show, and the old lady from Lao Fu transferred her slaves to Beijing. Originally, she said that she had good luck and married the Tian family, and she always wanted to be awarded a title. She was old friends in the capital, and she didn't know how many times she ate the wine."

I was confused when I heard it. At the end of the day, I realized that when Guangxu chose the queen, his two daughters were also the second candidate, but they chose Longyu, Zhenfei, and Jinpin, the three of them were a bit chaotic. I couldn't help but itchy in my heart, and I smiled and asked, "I remember, your daughter, have you allowed me?"

"Reply to the emperor's words." Dexin's face was hesitant and said aggrievedly: "The emperor doesn't speak, and I dare not promise him. I have been at home in Beijing."

Oh? I was even more interested in it. It is said that these sisters are the most beautiful. The result was that Cixi was afraid that she would take Longyu's favor, so she did not ask the sisters to enter the palace. I think Guangxu still expressed it, so Dexin did not dare to give her daughter to her. I guess if Cixi had not died early, Dexin might have returned to the position of governor of Jiangxi soon. It was precisely because of Cixi's early death that Dexin would stay in Beijing and would be wronged until now.

Thinking of this, my mind moved and said, "Let me go back to your house to see them. You should not fight this battle this time. If the censor impeached me, I would not be able to protect you too much. Go back and pass the orders and start the decree on March 15th. Okay, please kneel down and rest assured."

Although he had not agreed to what he asked for, he unexpectedly felt like I was favored. It seemed that his original dream of being absent from the country was beginning to become real again. Naturally, he was overjoyed and immediately knelt out with a smile.

Kou Lian also returned to the battalion at this time and sent the latest battle report on the front line. The front line had changed. After a fierce artillery fire, the Russian army launched a small charge. The cavalry and infantry company of about 300 people and were fired back by a fierce Mauser rifle from the defense. Later, there was no movement, and the report from Iktang Ana was also delivered in time. It turned out that the reason why the Russian army launched the charge was that General Alekseev, the Governor of the Far East, personally came to Hailanpao from Vladivostok. Gribsky, the governor of Amur where Helanpao was located, personally accompanied Alekseev to the front line for inspection. Under the supervision of high-ranking officials of this level, Cossacks launched such a charge.

I laughed in my heart. The Russians obviously did not expect that I would take advantage of the opportunity to worship my ancestors in Liaodong and personally go to the front line to supervise the battle. The military morale of the border defense was completely incomparable to the past. Although some soldiers who received the Mauser rifle did not even undergo any training, in such an advantageous defense battle, fighting is the best training. Among the local garrisoned Eight Banners in Heilongjiang, a new recruit named Zhao San quickly learned how to use this new type of rifle. Under the witness of Yike Tanga, who had just arrived in Heihe to supervise the battle, fired five shots and knocked down three Cossacks, one horse, and only one shot was released. This man was soon regarded as a hero and widely praised.

Stimulated by this victory, the morale of the front-line army was unprecedentedly high, especially Lian Shun and Feng Xiang, who had already asked to lead his subordinates to raid Hailanpao three or four times. They were all severely scolded by me.

I am still waiting for news from Nie Shicheng. This army has devoted a lot of effort and placed high hopes. Nie Shicheng himself is also a good general, and I hope he can bring me good news.

This noble guest from Russia also gave me a new idea and immediately passed the order to Zuo Baogui, ready to shoot General Alexeyev on his way back to Vladivostok.

If this general who pioneered the East could die in the Far East, it would not only be a victory on the small battlefield, but a strategic victory. Can Zuo Baogui's two thousand men complete this task? I clenched my fists and said to myself: If Zuo Baogui can complete this task, give him the Marquis of Jin!

Sitting in the tent, I was bored for a moment. Thinking of what Wang Changtai said about Xiao Dezi, I frowned and asked Kou Lian, and said, "There is nothing unpleasant in the palace recently?"

"Reply to the emperor's words." Kou Lian was stunned for a moment, then bowed and said, "Since the emperor took power, there has been no chaos in the palace. It's just that people often talk about it. The emperor is kind-hearted and the rules are not as strict as before."

"Oh?" I took a sip of ginseng soup and asked without comment: "Who is it all saying this?"

Kou Lian was silent for a moment, and hesitated and said, "It's all those eunuchs with no rank in the lower class, and some of the labor eunuchs such as Xinzheku said this. The slaves... have never heard of anything."

I frowned. I was very dissatisfied with Kou Lian's behavior. I didn't say anything, and just looked at him coldly. Finally, Kou Lian couldn't resist kneeling down and cried, "Master, I really can't bear to share these trivial matters with your god. I said, I said everything..."

Kou Lian's words were just about to come, but I was shocked. According to him, Prince Rui Renshou's prince Dechang had all bowed to Xiao Dezi. What did this kid want to do? He was a idle royal family and made friends with the inner palace. Do you want to die? Suddenly I wondered whether this matter would have anything to do with Ronglu's ties? I immediately ordered Dechang to be detained in the clan's house, and smiled and said, "Everyone said, what else is there?"

"Zha, let me say to the emperor." Kou Liancai was angry and then laughed. He knew the importance of this matter, so he dared not hide it anymore. He said openly: "I heard that Cui Yuguier, who served Lao Fu first and now serves Lao Dunyi Rongqing, said that Prince Rui wanted to recognize Lao Guixian as his mother and scolded the Lao Guixian. I also heard that Eunuch De..." As he said that, he glanced at me carefully, and then hesitated: "I am even more rude than Eunuch Li."

I sighed and shook my hand to let them go out. My heart was bright. I finally knew why I was surprised that Ronglu and others had no one to carry the banner and were so chaotic. At that time, I thought that even if I defeated me, there would be no one who was justified to inherit the throne, so I was so relieved. At this time, I realized how outrageous I was wrong. As long as I had the right to be a puppet, would I still worry that no one would be a puppet? Humph! Even if it was a puppet, there were a lot of people who jumped out to do it. Isn’t this virtuous person the one who thought he had a long life?

Today is the eighth day of the third lunar month, and I will go back to Beijing in seven days. Now I am fighting, and Beijing has sufficient arrangements. Besides, I have 70,000 soldiers in my hand, so I am not worried about any problems this time. Besides, the old imperial concubine scolded De Chang out, which means they have not fully done these things.

Since I have made up my mind to return to Beijing and then deal with them, I will not rush to issue an order to deal with anyone, so as not to alarm the enemy. Let’s talk about everything when I return to Beijing!

He fell asleep and opened his eyes and reported it urgently. Nie Shicheng sent a message back. Huo Jiner personally took action and owed Sun Fu's head. The reason was that Huo Jiner found that Sun Fu was perfunctory with the army on the surface, but secretly sent someone to notify the Russians, preparing to work inside and outside, and secretly attacked the Dragon Flag Army at night. Nie Shicheng originally wanted to use the trick, arrange the infantry to set up a trap, set up a rifle, and take him the person who kicked the camp, but was suffering by Huo Jiner's reckless behavior. He had to set up a camp in Chikle, send a scout cavalry to expand the search range, and move forward slowly. There was no big progress for the time being.

Since this is the case, the front cannot always guard the front. At my signal, Yiketang organized a small-scale tentative charge, which was indeed covered by artillery fire and the muskets of the fortress. Yiketang gritted his teeth, hating that he had no artillery fire support at hand. After losing a group of people on both sides, the front entered a stalemate, and neither side dared to go deep into the opponent's defense line.

There has been no progress in the next few days. The only good news is that Zuo Baogui's troops intercepted a small-scale supply team moving north from Vladivostok in Shuangchengzi, and seized some muskets and some small-caliber artillery. However, there must be disadvantages. In this way, Russia will inevitably be more vigilant. At that time, a high-ranking official like Alekseyev will definitely be on high alert. Whether Zuo Baogui has a chance to attack is still a problem.

At this moment, he suddenly slapped his head, "Silly, there was no radio at this time. Whether a small supply team disappeared or not, if it was not verbally transmitted, it would not be possible to be sent to Hailan, hundreds of miles away. Therefore, even such a major event as Vladivostok's loss may not be able to be sent to Hailan. Thinking of this, he immediately issued an order to Zuo Baogui to completely block all the contacts between Vladivostok and the outside world. Vladivostok is a harbor. At this time, the frozen materials have not yet been melted. As long as he seals his land road, it will be a dead city!

Just hurry up the time. In March, it is already spring in the pass. Even in this place near Siberia, it only takes one month at most. It is time to say goodbye to the cold and life-threatening ghost weather. The freezing period of Vladivostok may be over soon.

On March 12th, they were about to set off and return to the palace, and they could no longer stay here. At this time, the scout cavalry sent to the east met with Nie Shicheng's reconnaissance cavalry on the river east of Sixty-fourth troughs. That afternoon, Nie Shicheng's troops had already arrived at Sixty-fourth troughs, and a part of the infantry had encountered the enemy, and a fierce gun battle broke out. After the artillery battalion of the Nie Army arrived at the launching artillery position, the enemy quickly retreated to Hailanpao and handed over the Sixty-fourth troughs to Nie's troops.

The residents of Sixty-SiTun were naturally excited. Since the Russians forcibly occupied this place in the 1950s, this is the first time that there have been so many royal troops here, so naturally every household welcomes Nie Jun.

At this time, Yiketang Abe, who learned the news, also ordered the advancement of the defense line and together with Nie's troops to complete the encirclement of Hailanpao. At this time, the focus of the battle situation was on the Russian artillery cluster. As for the fortresses along the river, there was no place to use anything in front of the artillery fire of Nie's troops.

Logistics, from Helen's Mansion to Nenjiang Mansion, then to Heihe Mansion, to Aihui Hall, cross the river to Sixty-four Tunnel, on this line, on the official road where pedestrians are usually deserted, has been in a long stream in the past few months. The shells, military rations, silver and bullets are constantly sent to the front line. The logistics officials said that the military factories affiliated to the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau and the Shenji Camp have been paid for two consecutive months. Although it has been hard throughout the journey, in order to hit the Russians, the legs of the Logistics Department were almost broken.

The team of disappeared Cossack cavalry also appeared. On the snowy field northeast of Hailanzau, a team of thousands of Cossack cavalry detoured to the rear of Nie Shicheng's army and caught Nie Shicheng's army off guard. Although Nie Shicheng quickly stabilized his position with his excellent equipment, he still killed more than 700 people by the enemy's charge. Nie Shicheng was furious but had no choice but to be cryed by the local residents. In anger, he tied up the Russians living in the Sixty-Four Villages and took them in front of the formation. He sent people to Hailanzau every day to whip them.

At first, the Russian army fired a few shots in the city, but after killing dozens of Russians in vain, they gave up the fire operation, turned out to be in vain, closed the city gate and could not stand out. The remaining bunkers outside the city cut off the logistics supplies in the city, and gave up resistance. They raised their white shorts with guns and walked out of the bunker and surrendered to Nie's troops.

Nie Shicheng's "rape" indeed aroused the anger of the Russians. The Cossack Cavalry Brigade quickly launched a raid on Nie's troops in the evening, but Sixty-fourth Village was not a suitable place for the cavalry to play. Relying on favorable terrain, the Dragon Flag Army infantry lit a torch at a high place, illuminating more than a thousand cavalrymen entering the camp. The dense muskets and artillery fire quickly caused heavy losses to the Russian army. The results of the battle were counted the next day, and the losses of the Russians that night reached more than 600.

Nie Shicheng was still unhappy and sent Feng Guozhang, who was also angry, to go north to find the main force of the enemy to fight. Finally, he found nearly 7,000 Cossack soldiers in the northeast direction. Feng Guozhang divided the more than 1,500 cavalrymen under his command into two teams, one set up a gun and one set up a team. After the shooting, the front team immediately retreated and set up a gun. He shot again, then set up a gun, and retreated while shooting. Such a rash tactic actually left the depressed Russians with no choice but to watch Feng Guozhang's troops retreat calmly after killing hundreds of their own people.

Feng Guozhang retreated while conveying the enemy's position to the Chikle County. Feng Xiang, the deputy commander of Aihui who followed the station, had already breathed a sigh of relief. It was already evening when he received the news. Without saying a word, he immediately let his three thousand soldiers eat a big meal openly. Each of them drank three bowls of wine, and threw the wine bowl and led the cavalry to kick the battalion overnight. Unfortunately, the Russians suffered a great loss and gained knowledge and were prepared. Feng Xiang did not take advantage, but instead lost nearly a thousand people. He had to go back to Chikle to defend him in depression. However, he realized afterwards that the enemy did not dare to attack Chikle again and slowly retreated to Temple Street.

The Russian artillery fire still had the advantage. On the second day, the Russians didn't know what was going crazy. The artillery fired randomly, causing hundreds of pits to be thrown around Hailan Basket. Fortunately, Nie Shicheng had been on guard for a long time. The siege did not surround the city, so he hated that his 37MM camp cannon fired at the city walls and fired a lot. The Russian army still did not move and did not come out to fight back.
Chapter completed!