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  Chapter 736 733 [Khabarov opened his eyes wide]

   It was the Daur boy next to Khabarov who was responsible for the translation.

  The young man was sent to speak outside the village, and when Wang Fuchen rushed out with his husband, he immediately became the first prisoner of this battle.

  The Chinese spoken by Wang Fuchen was first translated into local dialect by the general officer of the army, and then the Daur boy guessed and spoke to Khabarov with great uncertainty.

  After two or three layers of translation, it reached Khabarov's ears and has turned into asking him "whether he is the great Cossack chief".

Khabarov patiently explained: "Cossacks are not tribes, they are free people who are not ruled by lords. Every Cossack settlement will elect its own leader. The big leader is called Hetman, and the small leader is called Ataman. I am in In Yakutsk, I was just a small leader. When I arrived in Yaksa, I became a big leader again.”

  Wang Fuchen asked: "Where is Yakutsk? Where is Yaksa?"

Khabarov said: "Yakutsk is a castle built on the Lena River, far northeast of here. Yaksa is the village I built, just on the Amur (Heilongjiang) and Zeya River (Jingqi) Li River) at the junction."

After the Daur boy translated, he suddenly looked up at Wang Fuchen, gritted his teeth and said, "That's not Yaksa, it's our village. He killed all the men in the village, and I survived because I was young. He killed the living women and children. , to the bandits under his command. Our patriarch, Higinieyi, was also killed by these bandits. The patriarch’s wife, unwilling to obey Khabarov, even bit him, and was strangled to death by him.”

  Wang Fuchen glanced at Khabarov, and asked the boy, "What else did the Raksha ghost do?"

The Daur boy said: "These bandits forced us to farm and hunt. They also went to other tribes, captured many captives, and forced them to build a city wall for him. There was a chief of a big tribe named Guigudar. His The village built a three-story wall, fought bravely, and killed four Rakshasa robbers. Khabarov was very angry. After breaking through the village, he killed more than 600 people on the spot and took away more than 300 women and children."

  Seeing that Wang Fuchen was silent, the Daur boy said again: "Two months ago, the bandits attacked Tolga City (Aihui City). They captured the leader Tolga, and also captured the nobleman Tulongqia."

  Torga, the lord of Aihui City, is also the Chief of the Winged Wings Canonized by the Tartars.

  Tu Longqia, a cousin was given marriage by Huang Taiji to be the Consort of the Qing Dynasty because of his bravery in battle.

The Daur boy said: "Torga City (Aihui City) has been burned and killed by robbers. The leader Tolga and the nobleman Tulongcha, their daughters were all taken away, and their wives were killed because they were too old. .”

   "Can you count?" Wang Fuchen finally spoke, but his focus was different.

  The Daur boy said: "I am also called Tulongcha, the eldest son of the shaman in the clan, just like that great nobleman."

   Cultural people among the aborigines!

  Wang Fuchen asked: "Yaksa, your village, how far is it from Yakutsk?"

Turuncha replied: "I don't know how far it is, but more than half of the grain we grow and the grain looted by the robbers will be transported to Yakutsk for sale. I heard that you can take a boat along the way. It will be there in a month."

  Wang Fuchen asked again: "How many Rakshasa ghosts does Yaksa have?"

  Tu Longqia said: "There are more than 20 more."

  Wang Fuchen asked Khabarov again: "How many people are there in Yakutsk?"

In order to survive, Khabarov immediately sold the Cossacks in Yakutsk: "The chief of Yakutsk is not a Cossack, but a down-and-out noble officer sent by the tsar. The chief of Yakutsk is named Peter Go Lovin. The secretary of Yakutsk, named Vasily Poyarkov. They have the power to tax the Cossacks, so they are very annoying. The property I looted will be shipped to them. Live in There are only more than two hundred Cossacks in Yakutsk, but there are five or six hundred indigenous people attached to them."

  Wang Fuchen continued to ask: "Apart from Yakutsk, where are there Rakshasa ghosts?"

Khabarov said: "On the shore of Lake Baikal, there are two castles, Upper Angarask and Bargutim and Tun. Further west, there are Ust-Kut, Upper Lusk, Osinsk, and Bratsk. Four castles. Those places are all the territory of the Buryat Mongols."

  Wang Fuchen was at a loss, asked the natives and the translator with the army, and barely figured out what Buryatia is, which is the Buriyat tribe of northern Mongolia.

  As for Lake Baikal, after repeated inquiries and speculations, the missionary officer Zhong Kaidong suddenly interjected: "Lake Baikal is probably the North Sea."

   "Beihai?" Wang Fuchen still didn't understand.

  Zhong Kaidong said: "Su Wu shepherds the North Sea."

  As a surrendered general, Wang Fuchen performed well, but he was recommended to go to a military academy.

  Although I only read it for one year, I know many allusions. Because in addition to military subjects, the military academy also cultivates loyalty and patriotism. Wang Fuchen has heard countless stories about Su Wu shepherding sheep and Yue Fei fighting gold.

   "The place where Su Wu herds the sheep," Wang Fuchen laughed at first, and then acted angrily, "How can the robbers take away the place where the ancestors kept the sheep? I will make a report when I go back. Sooner or later, Beihai must be brought back!"

Zhong Kaidong said: "According to this person's confession, there are more than one or two Raksha ghosts. We only eliminate one of them. If we retreat directly, then the Raksha ghosts in Yakutsk will surely go south again to occupy Yaksa. Some soldiers must be left behind." Go and guard, but we can't garrison without authorization."

  Wang Fuchen asked the Daur boy: "How far is Yaksa from here?"

  Tu Longqia said: "It takes six or seven days to go down the river by boat, and it will not exceed ten days against the water. But some places on the shore are difficult to walk, and there are forests and mountains. I am afraid it will take a month or two to walk."

Zhong Kaidong said: "It's almost winter, so I have to go back quickly. On the way back, ask those tribes who can build ships to build more transport ships, and promise to exchange them for food in the coming year. Next year, you don't need to bring so many horses. The boats come and go, and when the time comes, bring a few cannons, and then go to attack the city wall of Yaksa."

  Wang Fuchen asked: "How is the city wall of Yaksa?"

   Khabarov said: "There is not enough manpower, only some low earth walls have been built, and the castle has not yet been built."

Zhong Kaidong said: "It's too cold and remote here, and the food production is low, so it's impossible to station too many troops. If you want to rule here, you have to follow the example of the Jianzhou Tartars, canonize some indigenous leaders, and let the indigenous leaders govern on their behalf. Let's go back to Liaoning as soon as possible. , and report the details to the imperial court. When the troops are dispatched next year, it is best to bring the imperial envoys here, and confer the chieftains along the way as chieftains."

   "Your idea is good, I will listen to you." Wang Fuchen smiled.

  Two days later, the Datong Army returned the same way, and the Daur boy Tulongcha was also taken with him, and he was not yet a prisoner.

   No one cares about how many bad things Turoncha has done by being a dog by Khabarov's side. He has a quick mind and can count. He is a cultural person among the aboriginals and is familiar with the Heilongjiang River Basin, which is enough to serve as an army guide in the coming year.

  37 Cossack captives were **** on the grain transport ship and held separately, almost one on each ship, so as to prevent them from rebelling after gathering.

  The grain ship is small and has no cabin.

   Khabarov was not only tied up, but also had a rag stuffed in his mouth, so he couldn't make a sound at all. He was terrified and uneasy because Wang Fuchen didn't follow the script.

  In Russia, Poland, and Lithuania, no matter how many bad things he has done in the past, a famous Cossack leader like him will be accepted by the lords as long as he is willing to serve. The lord here, why doesn't he accept himself? He also tied himself up and took him away. Could it be that he took him back to kill him?

  The army returned all the way to the Songhua River Basin, where Khabarov came last year. Compared with the "prosperous" middle and upper reaches of Heilongjiang, the lower reaches of Heilongjiang and the Songhua River Basin can already be called "wealthy".

   Continue to march along the Songhua River, and gradually come to the place that Khabarov didn't grab.

  Through the grasslands of the Mongols, after Harbin and Changchun, Khabarov was ordered to disembark and walk.

  There hasn't been much change here. The people have been sparsely populated due to wars all the year round. When they reached Anle Prefecture, the population quickly became denser.

  Anle Prefecture has a vast area of ​​jurisdiction, including Shuangliao, Siping, and Kangping in later generations. The original Han, Jurchens, and Mongols have already settled down and divided their fields for resettlement. After several years of immigration, the registered population (over 12 years old) in the prefecture exceeds 40,000.

  Sparse villages, in the eyes of southern Han people, can be said to be remote and desolate.

   But Khabarov became more and more frightened. Every day, he passed two or three villages, and each village had at least dozens or hundreds of people. This is much richer than Heilongjiang and Songhua River, and presumably it has reached the core of the lord's rule.

  Finally, they arrived at Anlezhou City, which had more than 2,000 residents.

   In this "big city", Khabarov was handed over and suddenly separated from the lord. The Cossack captives were led by a group of soldiers and escorted to the "giant city" Tieling.

   Seeing the city wall of Tieling, Khabarov had a thought: Is he being escorted to see the king? Even if he wasn't a king, he might at least be a grand duke!

   However, the captives never entered the city.

   After resting at the station outside the city for one night, he was escorted and continued on the road, arriving in Shenyang in a few days.

   Seeing the Shenyang City Wall, Khabarov was inexplicably shocked.

  King, there must be a king living in the city!

  It's a pity that I still didn't enter the city. I took a boat all the way down, and then came to the seaside. After waiting for a few days, I boarded the naval warship.

  What a majestic warship, Khabarov was fortunate to have seen Ottoman warships, and these warships were not lost to the Ottoman Navy at all.

   Khabarov was thrown into the cabin and imprisoned, unable to see what was going on outside. He only felt that after stopping for a few days, the goods in the cabin were moved out, and some goods were moved in again.

   When he was escorted off the ship, he came to a huge seaport (Shanghai).

   Well... so many people!

  Khabarov looked at the pier stupidly. The dense crowd made him fear for no reason. Looking back, the port is full of merchant ships, and each ship means endless wealth.

   Then, he was stuffed into the cabin again and headed for Nanjing along the Yangtze River.

   Returning to the deck again, the moment Khabarov saw the city wall of Nanjing, his legs became weak: Great Lord, where am I?

   All the way into the city, Khabarov saw many nobles.

  It was early winter at this time, and passers-by were wearing thick clothes. But some people's padded jackets are made of silk. Some wore leather jackets, some wore sweaters, all in fashionable styles, and Khabarov saw them all as noblemen.

  Finally, Khabarov realized that this must be the capital of the Khitan people!

  (end of this chapter)