May of the 16th year of the Apocalypse.

Beishan Provincial Administration.

Under the order of Zhu Youxiao, Mao Wenlong, the general of Beishan, led more than 1,000 Ming troops to advance towards Yakutsk, the easternmost city built by the Rakshasa Kingdom.

This area is extremely cold most of the year.

Especially at the coldest time, you can hear the sound of gas turning into ice slag even if you exhale.

The temperature is above zero only during the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and September of the lunar calendar.

Therefore, Mao Wenlong had to lead his troops to set out in May when the ice and snow began to melt, and then he had to end the war before October came.

Otherwise, his troops would suffer heavy losses due to the cold.

At this time, the army stationed in the Rakshasa Kingdom of Yakutsk had just begun to resume training and patrol due to the warming weather.

These Rakshasa soldiers wore leather boots made of natural leather and creaked on the snow that had not yet completely melted. At the same time, the Ming government troops who were walking towards them were also wearing military boots made of natural leather and crunched on the snow.

The distance between the two sides is two miles away.

However, the pride of the Rakshasa soldiers who were negligent in understanding the neighboring countries and not encountering strong enemies since they went east, prevented them from noticing that a Han army from the East had approached them and attempted to occupy the new city they built here and collapse their ruling system here.

There were not many soldiers stationed here in the Rakshasa Kingdom, only about 500 people.

Because the Rakshasa Kingdom has a large population, and its total population is not as large as the current Ming Dynasty, but its area is already large. It is spread across the country, and a city is only a few hundred soldiers stationed. Even if the invasion of other places is only a scale of hundreds of people.

Historically, the number of troops invaded the outer Xing'anling area in the south of the Rakshasa Kingdom was only a few hundred.

Mao Wenlong had already noticed the patrolling Rakshasa soldiers with a telescope.

Therefore, Mao Wenlong waved his hand and instructed his army to surround the left and right wings with the help of the forest. Just as the Rakshasa soldiers had completely entered their encirclement, Mao Wenlong immediately ordered: "Battle me!"

The firearms of the Ming Dynasty have been improved since the chemical technicians of the Academy of Sciences have developed the thunder mercury as fire hats, that is, fire medicines, and have begun to improve the firing device. In the past, flintlock rifles used hammers to strike iron sheets to produce sparks and ignite gunpowder, and turned into flaming hats, and needle-punched thunder mercury to ignite fire medicines. At the same time, the gun bullets have also become pointed cylinders, and are loaded from the back, and are embedded in the rifled rear-load firing guns.

Now, the officers and soldiers led by Mao Wenlong use this kind of firearm. This kind of firearm has high shooting accuracy, long range, and is more convenient to operate, making it easier for individual soldiers to fight independently.

Bang!

With Mao Wenlong's order, gunfire began to sound in the field where the snow had not melted.

The soldiers of the Rakshasa Kingdom who were surrounded fell to the ground one by one.

Andre, the military officer of the Rakshasa Army, was extremely shocked. He didn't understand why there were so many war robes wearing mandarin duck armor and the firearms were so sharp that after just one encounter, many people were killed on his side.

Andre had to turn his head immediately and prepare to withdraw from the city. However, the artillery soldiers on the Ming army also began to show their power at this time. Many shells came over and directly knocked Andre and the remaining soldiers beside him to the ground.

When Andre stood up from the ground, he found that he was surrounded by these tall Ming soldiers in front of him.

The physique and height of a group are related to its economic development level. At this time, the Han people did not experience the era when the Qing Dynasty relied on sweet potatoes to make the national physical condition decline seriously. In addition, the Ming Dynasty is in its peak period, so the logistics supply is sufficient, and the soldiers' physique is not inferior to those of the people of Rakshasa.

"Kneel down and avoid death!"

The Ming soldiers surrounding him were shouting loudly at Andre.

But Andre couldn't understand.

It was after Mao Wenlong, the Jinyiwei interpreter who followed him in advance, ordered him to kneel down and avoid death. Andrei understood what the other party meant and knelt down honestly.

Andrei was also extremely shocked. He did not expect that these yellow-skinned people from the East had already prepared for their Rakshasa Kingdom in advance, and they had prepared a translator, but he was unprepared.

Mao Wenlong picked up the muskets provided by the Rakshasa Kingdom on the ground: "This is not much different from bird guns! Even such muskets dare to invade our Ming Dynasty territory. I don't know who gave you barbarians the courage!"

Mao Wenlong said as he said to his Jinyiwei translator: "Ask him how many defenders there are in Yakutsk City."

The interpreter of the Jinyiwei asked Andre.

Andrei told the truth in order to survive and did not dare to disobey Mingjun's intentions.

When Mao Wenlong learned that there were only 300 defenders in Yakutsk City, he added a little confidence, but the soldiers were never tired of deceitful. He did not directly lead his army to attack Yakutsk City. Instead, he took advantage of the pride and underestimation of the enemy by the Rakshasa army at this time, and only sent a hundred Ming troops as bait to go to the vicinity of Yakutsk City to attract the attention of his defenders.

Not long after, the defenders of Yakutsk were indeed deceived. Under the leadership of his military officer Piek, he attempted to see Wei Jian's sudden appearance of the Ming army, and wanted to ask why he suddenly appeared in his territory.

But when Piec encircled the Ming army, the Ming munitions were more powerful, and they suffered heavy casualties and were subject to anti-encirclement.

In the end, Pieke was captured alive like Andre.

Yakutsk City was successfully captured by the Ming army.

"I want to ask, why did your Ming Kingdom invade my Yakutsk?"

After being captured alive, Pieke asked about Mao Wenlong through the Jinyiwei translation.

Mao Wenlong raised his hand gun and pressed the gun on his forehead. Then he pulled the trigger and killed Piecke on the spot.

Andre couldn't help but tremble when he saw this.

At this time, Mao Wenlong really looked at Andrei.

Andre had no desire to fight. At this time, he was full of fear, and therefore liquid flowed out of his body, as Mao Wenlong continued to push his forehead with a pistol.

"Tell him that they had opened up territory and invaded other people's residential areas without the permission of His Majesty the Emperor of our Celestial Empire, which had violated the regulations on the maintenance of the basic global order of the Ming Empire! Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor of our Celestial Empire sent us to rescue the primitive residents here and maintain the order here. In addition, in order to make their country know about this, he allowed him to pick ten people to accompany him back, take the decree of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to show their tsar, and inform their tsar of the reason for our dispatch of troops, hoping that their tsar would know the right position and take the initiative to withdraw his troops, and no longer invade rashly! Otherwise, the Celestial Empire would destroy its country! He was judged!"

At this time, Mao Wenlong suddenly spoke to the translator of the Jinyiwei.

When Andrei understood what Mao Wenlong had just said from the translator of the Jinyiwei, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

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"The Celestial Empire? Violates the basic global order? Why do they think we should abide by their laws in this abominable Eastern Empire!"
Chapter completed!