New Shun 1730

Nothing is more exciting than the desperate defenders seeing reinforcements.

In despair, a straw can also turn into a huge ship with sails in the mind.

Hannibal grabbed the telescope from the man next to him and almost hit his eyes.

White background, blue X, on the ship downstream, the St. Andrew's Cross flag designed by Peter for the Russian Navy was flying high.

Hannibal recognized the ship at a glance.

Yes, it was Bering's expedition ship.

There were no cannons on the ship, and the ship was not very big, and it was not even suitable for inland navigation.

However, at this moment, in Hannibal's eyes, its majestic body seemed like the flagship of the Russian Navy, the Ingelmann Lander.

On the river, a "fierce" battle was going on.

The musketeers on the expedition ship were shooting down from the side of the ship, and birch bark boats were constantly being hit. The people on the boats might have been shot to death and fell into the water one after another.

A birch bark boat was even directly overturned by the expedition ship, but unfortunately the people on it had jumped into the water before it was overturned.

Through the blurry eyepiece, Hannibal saw the figure of the deputy captain of the expedition, Cherikov, waving a flag at this side on the boat.

"Yes! It's Cherikov, no mistake."

"The expedition team should have found traces of war downstream, so they returned here to report the news. It must be like this."

The spider-web-like trench outside the city has made Hannibal fall into deep despair. The better you learn, the deeper the despair; the better you learn, the more you understand that the Z-trench tactics are unsolvable with your current troops.

Hannibal didn't have time to think about it.

The expedition team had only more than forty people and could not provide much help in defending the city.

But this ship could take away most of the soldiers.

Hannibal concluded that the war between Shun and Russia had already started, and his previous misjudgment might make those reinforcements here meaningless consumables.

It was unrealistic for the Imperial Legion to cross the Ural Mountains to support here and cross the vast Siberia to come here.

The few mobile forces are partly in Yakutsk in the north and partly in Irkutsk in the west. There are not many who can provide support.

Since Shun and Russia have already started a war, if they want to gain the greatest benefits for Russia, they should shrink their forces and strictly guard the castles in the upper reaches of the Amur River. As a support point, connect Yakutsk and Irkutsk.

As long as the upper reaches of the river are guarded, the Amur River will still be the Amur River of Russia, not the Heilongjiang River of Dashun.

Since it is no longer possible to defend here, they can only abandon the city and let the remaining men leave by boat. As for women, children and the elderly, that is not a problem to be considered in war.

Hannibal thought so, and Cherikov in the telescope became clearer and clearer.

The messenger was not around, and the shooting troops next to him who were liquidated were all army soldiers, and they did not understand the flag language of the navy at all.

But Hannibal had been Peter's secretary after all and participated in the construction of the Russian navy, so he grabbed a flag and waved it to convey his meaning to Cherikov.

"Don't dock! Control the water!"

"Don't dock! Control the water!"

Once the ship docks, it's dead. A large ship that has lost its mobility is likely to be captured by the army. In that case, Hannibal will lose the opportunity to shrink his forces, notify reinforcements, and hold the upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River to gain the greatest benefits for the post-war negotiations with Russia.

The fortress downstream can be abandoned, as long as the upstream is not abandoned, Russia will eventually benefit.

This fortress can no longer be defended.

There is a fortress engineer on the opposite side who may also have returned from studying in France. Hannibal felt that the silent confrontation before was just like a deduction with his classmates in the military academy, full of déjà vu.

Once the heavy artillery arrives, even if 300 reinforcements come, it will be meaningless. It is better to shrink, even abandon another fortress in the middle reaches, and concentrate troops to defend the upper reaches.

Otherwise, they will be defeated one by one.

…………

On the expedition ship, Cherikov, feeling guilty, raised his head.

It was not that he was proud of his betrayal, but because there was a pistol against his back... the pistol he almost chose to commit suicide with.

The unpredictable fate made this name written into science fiction by Jules Verne a traitor and Judas.

The Arctic and the Bering Strait, Alaska, and even the history of human geographical discoveries in the future may never be associated with this name again.

"What does the flag signal mean?"

"Control the water surface, don't dock."

Mantou put a gun against Cherikov's back. Liu Yu stood behind Mantou, wearing a captive Swedish first mate's hat, and asked what the flag signal meant.

This answer made Liu Yu very satisfied.

Hannibal was going to escape.

These days, this "Zhao Kuo" talked about war on paper, which put great pressure on another "Zhao Kuo" in the castle.

Different thinking, different religion, different growth process, but the first actual combat of the children of nobles is always similar.

Hannibal graduated from the military academy and went to France to get the rank of captain. He never really organized a fortress defense battle.

Born as an emperor's secretary, he has a very high level of paper skills and perfect drawings.

But it is precisely because of his high level of paper skills that Liu Yu knows how much pressure his paper talk can bring to him.

Hannibal has been facing a windmill giant from beginning to end.

He has a heavy artillery with a hammer, but he just dug a few gun positions to scare him.

Liu Yu wanted to use this exploration ship to give Hannibal some hope when his psychological defense line was about to collapse.

Hope in despair will expand the small hope infinitely, allowing Hannibal to make a "correct" judgment again.

Hannibal was absolutely right to run.

If you can't hold it anymore, it's not as simple as staying here and waiting to die. Instead, such a large-scale professional siege force will go up the river to defeat and destroy all the castles one by one.

It is better to shrink the troops and concentrate them in a fortress to buy more time.

If Hannibal had never been Peter's secretary, but was just the commander of this fortress, Liu Yu's method would be ineffective.

Precisely because Hannibal served as Peter's secretary, he has an overall view and a higher vision when thinking about problems.

This advantage now becomes a disadvantage and will destroy him.

Liu Yu was worried that Hannibal would be completely desperate, make a wrong judgment, and really want to defend here.

After hearing Cherikov translate the semaphore, his anxious heart finally fell.

"Send the order, continue acting, continue shooting those bark boats. Control the water surface and tell those boats to retreat."

"The people on the boat were preparing to send a signal, and they cheered up after a while. Remember, that dark man must be caught alive."

"No guns allowed, only people caught alive."

Holding the gun against Cherikov's bun, he secretly sighed a few times, thinking to himself, Third Master, Third Master, can we stop saying such unlucky words? Aren't you afraid of that black guy Hannibal killing everyone in and out?

Liu Yu didn't care about the unlucky words he said. He took out Bering's pocket watch and looked at the time.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

Hannibal didn't have much time, and he would definitely escape before one o'clock in the afternoon, otherwise he would not be able to sail to a safe distance before dark. This is a river, not a sea.

I looked at the flying Russian naval flag, the wind was heading northwest.

Just right for swimming upstream.

What we have to do now is to continue waiting and finish the drama of clearing the river.

He closed his pocket watch and smiled at Cherikov.

"Mr. Cherikov, please return to your 'post'. Your mission is accomplished."

A different person escorted Cherikov away, leaving only Mantou beside him. Liu Yu patted Mantou on the shoulder and said: "Behave yourself in a while. Since you said you wanted me to support you and make a fortune, this is an opportunity. ”

"I'm partial, otherwise it's okay to let Shu Tu or Du Feng come. As a general, I have a share of all the credit. But you are different."

"Work hard in the future. Since you have studied with me and been a companion reader, you can take this opportunity to show off as a person."

"It is said that if you are poor, you can only help yourself; if you are prosperous, you can help the world. I am half-decent but not prosperous, so I can only help the people around me.

Steamed Bun nodded heavily, his mood was so excited that he was about to kneel down. Liu Yu shrugged and shook his head.

"We'll see you later. There's no need to say any words of gratitude."

…………

Twelve noon.

The river surface has basically been "cleared".

Several small boats rowed out from the bastion, and the remaining Cossacks rowed hard.

Hannibal stood on the first boat, and after approaching the expedition ship, a ladder was thrown down from the ship.

Having followed Peter in Neva for a long time, he is extremely skilled at climbing the navy ladder.

As I climbed up the ladder, I heard a familiar voice greeting me in Latin.

"Mr. Hannibal, we meet again."

Latin, which once made Hannibal feel noble, elegant, and civilized, now felt unspeakably harsh.

Looking across in panic, Liu Yu bared his white teeth and looked at him with a smile.

"Is it you?"

Subconsciously, he touched the blunderbuss at his waist.

The steamed bun next to him was waiting for this opportunity. He bent his arm and hit Hannibal hard in the stomach with his elbow.

Hannibal was in pain, bent over, and was hit hard on the back by the steamed bun. He couldn't stand at all, and fell to the deck.

The moment he fell, there was loud gunfire on the ship.

Liu Yu chuckled and said to the deacon behind him who was responsible for recording military achievements: "Mark it down. The adopted son of King Rakshasa wanted to shoot me with a gun, but my servant Mantou loyally protected him and knocked him to the ground and captured him alive. ”

Then, he pulled Hannibal up by his hair, had someone hold Hannibal's arm, and walked to the smoke-filled deck.

On the water, the remaining Rakshasa people who were attacked were unable to fight back. They either jumped into the water to escape, or completely collapsed and surrendered after desperate hope and despair.

The smoke on the river is vast, so vast that no shore can be seen. The smoke of gunpowder blows in the wind, adding to the magnificence.

Two soldiers held Hannibal, Liu Yu was in high spirits.

Throwing aside the Swedish first mate's hat, he knelt on the ground, letting Mantou tie up his hair behind him, and put on his samurai leather bedding.

He stood up and took off the Russian navy uniform he was wearing, and put on the imperial uniform. He carried an embroidered spring knife around his waist, adjusted the laces, and put on a large green cloak.

Just when the wind blows, stand up against the wind, flick your big cloak, and make the sound of hunting.

Pointing to the soon-to-be-fallen Stepanovsk in the distance, overlooking the Heilongjiang River in the summer, he looked at Hannibal and said the three words from the Roman era in Latin.

VENI

VIDI

VICI

I'm coming!

See you!

I conquer!