New Shun 1730

The inscription was written in a heroic manner. Liu Yu raised his leg and kicked it. The wood was solid and it hurt his toes.

"The grass and trees have no heart, they are just dead things. Why do you have to pick on the wood?"

Liu Yu squatted on the ground, rubbed his toes, and cursed: "How can I pick on the wood? It's that Yeli Dashi who has a great reputation. Even now, the Luosha people still call us Khitan. I just wonder what you patrolled when you patrolled the border? Such a big thing, don't you know how to smash it?"

Du Feng's heart tightened, and he hurriedly explained: "Sir, although I recognize Western numbers and can speak a few words of Luosha language. But I don't know what it means. When I saw the numbers on it, I just thought it was a tombstone. As the saying goes, death is the greatest, and it is not good to disturb other people's graves. If we had known that it was written so abominably, we would have smashed it long ago."

The dead are the greatest, this is a deeply rooted morality of the Chinese people. Du Feng really didn't expect that the content written on it was like this, and the last sentence was even more ambitious.

He waved his hand and wanted to "make up for his mistake" with his friends, and he was going to push down the big cross.

Liu Yu hurriedly grabbed it and waved his hand, saying: "The merit is not here, nor at this time. Keep it for now, and smash it later. Since you have been to Luosha Castle, how far is Luosha Castle from here?"

"My Lord, it is still quite far. From Handoliwei City to the east, it is all swamps and not suitable for living. Secondly, the upper reaches of the Songhua River are in our hands, and the Luosha people are also worried that our navy will go downstream in case of war, so they built the fortress on the bank of the Heilongjiang River. If there is a war, the Luosha people's navy can also go downstream to support."

This place is very close to Sanjiangkou where the Songhua River flows into the Heilongjiang River. If conditions permit, it is naturally best to build a city in Sanjiangkou.

However, it seems that the current technical level is not enough to build a city and live in Sanjiangkou, which is full of swamps. The Luosha people chose a good location for the castle, which is quite thoughtful.

"Du Feng, you have learned surveying and other miscellaneous knowledge, and your father is a frontier army captain. For so long, have you never thought about surveying the castle map of Luosha?"

Du Feng thought to himself that I learned that thing to become an official, not to do this.

You just said that you should not interfere in politics if you are not in a position to do so. I drew the map, but I can't be promoted, and no one rewards me with a few taels of silver. What do I draw that thing for?

Your fart is light, but from childhood to adulthood, except for the demoted officials, where else can there be a serious official from the capital come here? You "Li" family members don't think about it, but let us think about it?

But it's not nice to say this, so he had to say: "Your Excellency taught me, I remember it. After your Excellency said it, I understand what it means to apply what you have learned. If you learn but don't use it, it's better not to learn it."

Liu Yu sucked his teeth and thought that this was a set of words.

"Since the fortress of the Russians is far away and there are swamps everywhere, how can they collect tribute?"

"My Lord, the Russians use birch bark to make small boats. A small boat weighs only 30 to 50 kilograms and can hold 6 to 7 people. They go downstream or go up along the river mouth. A team of 30 to 50 people is difficult for ordinary small tribes to resist. If you don't want to lose people, you can pay tribute with skins. My father led people to fight because a tribe complained. In the chaos, he killed several Russians and injured his leg."

After quietly saying that his family was a meritorious person, Liu Yu thought about the Cossacks who were rowing birch bark boats everywhere, thinking that these Cossacks learned from the Vikings?

After asking a little more, Liu Yu also understood the situation of the border troops.

The Cossacks can come here to rob and collect tribute, but these border troops can't come and go.

Most of these tribes have been canonized by the court and nominally belong to various guards. It's too troublesome to rob them, and you may be reported and dismissed.

In the tributary land, the court granted tribute and the tribes showed their submission, which was the tradition of the Xia. On the Luosha side, they robbed first, and when they got used to being robbed, they didn't need to rob anymore, and the tribes would take the initiative to hand it in on time.

The border troops were jealous of the tribes, but no one dared to touch this bottom line.

There were only a few Russians, and they usually stayed in the castle, and there was no village. They wanted to "go where the invaders can go, and I can go too", but there was nothing they could do.

Although the court did not do much in the north in recent years, the system of tributary land was still maintained.

Some tribes paid tribute on both sides, and the border troops robbing them was equivalent to robbing their own people, which was a serious crime, and it was not the same as robbing a smuggling caravan - no matter how rich the smuggling caravan was, it was still a merchant; no matter how poor the tribe was, it had a nominal official position.

This was different from the Xiongnu invading the border during the Han Dynasty and the Western Tartars causing trouble during the Ming Dynasty. After all, what was robbed was not the villages and towns in the Central Plains with registered households, and there were no immigrant villages in this place now.

In this way, the border troops can only go out for a walk when there is something to do, and do what they should do when there is nothing to do.

After fighting in the summer, they go there to sell things in the winter. There is nothing to do. They have already formed a tacit understanding with each other.

This tacit understanding is not a good thing.

However, since Du Feng said so, it shows that there is no need to worry about exposing his feet when going to Luosha Castle. The people around him are all veterans, different from the caravan people, and they can see it if they are interested. Since there is such a tacit understanding, the Russians should not care.

The border troops robbed the caravan, and the Cossacks on the opposite side did the same. It's nothing more than looking at the dish of the person. If you can beat them, you will rob them, and if you can't beat them, you won't rob them.

After asking about the general situation, Liu Yu called Jiao Laobutu and others to discuss it.

"Our job is to find out the truth. Since we prepared to pretend to be a caravan and a tribe of deer hunting dogs, we have to start now."

Jiao Laobutu also knew his responsibilities and nodded: "It's not difficult to pretend to be a tribe. The camp has allocated many naturalized soldiers for this purpose. It's just..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that my lord has finally led the army out once. If we only achieve this small contribution, it will be in vain. We have traveled thousands of miles and are exhausted. Before coming here, I was told to listen to your lord. I don't know what the court is going to do, lord." Can you tell me something? It’s easy to do it.”

Liu Yu felt happy and thought that this was also a restless person.

Military merit is the most important thing, and beheading and city destruction are the most important things in the army. It can be heard that Jiao Laobutu thought that it was finally easy to get out, and there was no rope to tie him up, so he might as well do something big. I just don’t know what the imperial court means, so I want to talk about Liu Yu’s tone.

But Liu Yu understood the importance in his heart, so it was better to restrain him, and said: "You want to make meritorious service, and I also want to make meritorious service, but it is difficult to make meritorious service. If you are not careful, you will not get any credit, but it will become a crime of provocation." ”

The fact that the imperial court wanted to start a war with Russia was considered a secret because there were no Rakshasa people in the imperial court or in the capital, and the imperial court did not care too much about keeping it secret. But after all, Jiao Lao Butu was not the so-called "one of his own" in Qi Guogong's circle, and he didn't know much about it. He just asked him to listen to Liu Yu on important matters.

Not knowing the bottom line of the court, many things were done without knowing it, so Jiao Lao Butu wanted to find out.

Liu Yu first made the key to the matter clear and signaled not to miss the big deal. To appease him, he drew another cake.

"Don't think that you have to behead people to count merit. Since you have read the book, how did Feng Changqing get up during the Kaiyuan period? Didn't he start by recording where there were springs, where there were rivers, and where troops could be stationed? You Do you think that fighting is the half of the day when you are in battle? The easiest part of fighting is the half of the day when you are fighting in battle.”

Without saying anything clearly, Jiao Laobutu heard what Xian meant and understood what Liu Yu meant and what the court meant.

I just couldn't help but vomit a few times in my heart, cursing my bad luck. I thought to myself, if you don't know how to use the code, don't use it like a fool. You don't understand what this person's ending will be. It's very unlucky.

Now that he understood the court's intention, Jiao Lao Butu felt at ease.

Liu Yu has a lot of things of his own to do. Not only did he need to investigate the defense situation and armament status of Rakshasa Castle, but he also had to lead people to draw a map of the mountains and rivers, and draw the inscriptions of Yongning Temple.

Yongning Temple is still far away from here, so you have to be prepared to check out the Rakshasa castle and know what to check and what to draw.

To put it mildly, if the surveying, mapping and reconnaissance was done well, all the credit goes to Liu Yu.

Speaking more broadly, the city defense system and governance methods of the Rakshasa people are an opportunity for Dashun to try and learn.

Liu Yu was actually quite politically incorrect in his heart, and secretly thought that it would be better for Dashun to use the experience of the late Ming Dynasty war to attack Rakshasa's castle. There would be heavy casualties, and he would not be able to wake up unless he was beaten in pain. I have been talking so much about the Western military system that I might as well let the emperor feel the pain...

If you want to be "Tian Feng" and say some tactics that are correct, but are simply impossible or incapable of being used in the military. If the siege cannot be defeated in the future, then Fang will show that he is correct, and he is not just talking on paper.

With Dashun's force projection capabilities and Li Guo's reformed Thirty Years War-level tactical system, winning strategically was not a problem, but the cost and death toll were all.

Everything has a price.

Fortunately, he was born in the feudal dynasty, so he didn't have to pay the "price" and was qualified not to be a number in the history books.

"Let's go to the Rakshasa's first castle together first. When we get out of the castle, we will discuss and confirm. I will use the Rakshasa's first castle as a template to tell those people what to do. Check, what do you think? Although those people know some Western knowledge, they don’t understand military affairs. I’m afraid if they just follow you, they won’t see the point.”

"Secondly, there are three, six or nine levels of writing investigation reports. Those who write clearly are considered qualified. Those who write clearly and make suggestions are considered superior. Western scholars have experience in how to siege Rakshasa Castle. Zheng Ke teaches it. When the time comes, I will teach it to them, and they will follow you to check and consult according to the template. When the time comes, won’t the superiors be so surprised that they think they have talents that can be used? "

"Perhaps there will be a 'staff department' in the army in the future. If done well, it will be good for both you and me."

He had a hidden agenda and made a big deal for Jolaobu.

But Jiao Lao Butu was very happy and thought that this was indeed the case. This Liu Yu is capable of reaching the heavens. If he can really write clearly and make suggestions, he will at least be remembered by his superiors, not to mention his contribution in the future.

"Sure. It's just that there are so many of us, and the Rakshasa people may be worried if we go together. In my opinion, your Excellency and I will take a hundred or ten good people there, and the rest of us will wait here. If the Rakshasa people really Whatever you can tell, it’s easy to slip away.”

Liu Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Lao Shu, it's easy to escape. But if you escape, our future will be ruined. I'm not afraid of anything else. I'm just afraid that these elite soldiers are used to being wild. They are all masters who have killed people." Son, if you have any trouble entering the Rakshasa Castle, you'll have to restrain him."

"yes."

Jiao Laobutu also thought it was reasonable, and several people discussed it and divided the entire team into two.

Liu Yu, Jiao Laobutu, Du Feng and others, together with hundreds of people, drove the cart. The remaining people camped in the dense forest by the river and waited.

Carry muskets and weapons with you, and the caravan must be armed anyway.

After crossing the river and leaving, and walking for a few days, Liu Yu finally saw the Rakshasa castle, and he also thought about how to be a good "Tian Feng".