The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 693 What, you want to talk about since ancient times?
Shi Liudeng, holding a rifle, led his three hundred Miao soldiers as the vanguard, braving the whistling bullets, bent over, and ran forward quickly.

Although he gave the impression of being very young because he would lead a large uprising of poor Han and Miao peasants on the border of Hunan, Guizhou and Chongqing the next year, he was actually quite old and was already 55 years old this year.

The fact that he was able to join the army at the age of 55 and lead peasant uprisings in history was due to his strong physique.

Shi Liudeng's hometown, Songtao County, Guizhou, is not very famous, but the two counties to the north of his hometown were very famous in the late Ming Dynasty, namely Youyang and Shizhu.

The famous heroine, who even during the heyday of the Eight Banners Army could not defeat the Shizhu White Spear Army, who had to be dispersed by the surrendered gunners of Shenyang using city defense cannons, came from this area.

The reason why Youyang is mentioned is that in history, when Qin Liangyu led the army, not only the white-pole soldiers of the Shizhu chieftain, but also the white-pole soldiers of the chieftains of Youyang.

Mrs. Bai Zaixiang, the wife of the chieftain Ran Yuelong, who was granted the title of first-rank imperial wife of the commander-in-chief of the central army by Emperor Tianqi, was Qin Liangyu's right-hand man. The two heroines often went on expeditions together.

During the bloody battle of Hunhe, Bai Zaixiang led his brother-in-law Ran Jianlong, adopted sons Ran Tianyu, and Ran Tianyun to fight together. After the defeat, it was Bai Zaixiang who took the initiative to cover the rear.

In the end, Jianlong and Tianyu were killed in battle, and 1,700 Youyang Tusi soldiers were killed, which was more than 60% of the total number of troops.

Despite this blow, their patriotism remained undiminished. Later, the Youyang White Spear Soldiers joined the Shizhu Tusi Soldiers in suppressing the She'an Rebellion, and were one of the pillars of the Ming court's stability in the southwest.

Shi Liudeng was born in such a place. He was deeply inspired by the deeds of the two chieftains and influenced by the martial spirit of the two chieftain areas. He had the habit of practicing martial arts since he was a child. The four of him and his sons practiced martial arts at home all year round. They were quite famous in Songtao, so they can fight and charge now.

As they approached the first stone building of the floating bridge defended by the Russians, the bullets immediately became more accurate. This stone building was not high, but it was very strong because it had been reinforced by the Russians who had colonized the city for generations.

There are shooting holes and platforms above, below, left and right, so even if only a musket is used, it can cause great damage to the attacking team.

"Last time we came here to fight, we knew that Grandpa Qi's artillery couldn't hit this stone building. I thought we had to rush in without regard for our lives, throw bombs through the firing holes to drive the Russians away from the bottom floor, and then use explosives to blow open the door of the stone building and rush in.

This job is not easy, so I need thirty fearless people. My son Shi Xingjian is one of them. Anyone else who has the guts to go, please step forward!"

Shi Liudeng patted his eldest son's shoulder, and the eldest son grinned slightly. This is really my father. He works hard to save his life, but he never forgets himself.

But the next second, Shi Liudeng took out three tokens from his pocket and said, "This is a reward from the former general Chen Zhongtang.

The Emperor allowed him to appoint fifteen local magistrates from Yibohai to Yili. This token represents a magistrate, just like the loyal and righteous Marquis Ma and the loyal and righteous Marquis Qin.

After Mo Zibu fought back, he restored Qin Liangyu's title of Marquis of Loyalty to the descendants of the Ma family in Shizhu, but demoted it to Earl.

The descendants of Qin Liangyu's brother Qin Bangping were also found and given the title of Earl of Zhongyi. The descendants of Youyang chieftain Ran Yuelong and Bai Zaixiang were brought back from Zhejiang and given the title of Earl of Zhongsu.

Let the Ma family continue to guard Shizhu, the Ran family guard Youyang, and the Qin family move to Yinjiang, Sinan Prefecture, Guizhou (Yinjiang County, Tongren, Guizhou).

This formed the current Three Loyal Lords chieftain system in the Chongqing-Guizhou region. Someone from the Qin family even served as the governor of Guizhou, making them an important tool for the imperial court to control northern Guizhou.

After saying that, Shi Liudeng stuffed the first token into the pocket of his eldest son Shi Xingjian's military uniform.

Shi Xingjian was overjoyed. Only then did he realize that his father loved him. It was worth it to exchange his life for a hereditary chieftain position!

"When you die, I will take over this chieftain position for you first, and when Ah Hu grows up, I will hand it over to him.

When both of our fathers die, the emperor will take Ah Hu to the capital to raise him and marry him to a daughter of the imperial clan, and he will still hold the chieftain position."

Shi Xingjian touched the command arrow on his chest with trembling hands, and looked at Shi Liudeng with golden light in his eyes, "Father, I am willing to die."

Only then did everyone realize that this token had such great benefits, and that since Company Commander Shi Liudeng was going to give one to his son out of personal favor, it would definitely be put into practice. So they rushed over to sign up, and thirty members of the suicide squad were immediately selected.

With such great encouragement from military achievements, Shi Xingjian and others suddenly felt that the lead bullets were not so scary. These Miao and Tujia people are particularly able to endure hardships, and they are quite fierce and agile when their morale is high.

The Russian soldiers in the stone building suddenly found that it was difficult to fight against the Khitan soldiers who were running wildly with their backs bent and guns in hand. The accuracy of the matchlock guns was poor to begin with, and now they were firing blanks one after another. After fighting like a tiger, they only killed seven or eight people.

Shi Xingjian rushed to the bottom of the stone building, lit the bomb, and waited until the fuse was almost burned out. After his comrades beside him swallowed nervously, he threw the bomb in through the firing hole.

With a loud bang, the Russians' shrill screams were heard from inside.

Then, a bomb fell from the stone building. Shi Xingjian ran fast and dove behind a big rock, but the two comrades beside him were too late and were covered in blood.

Two gunshots rang out, and a Russian who had just thrown a bomb fell down from above with a scream, blood gushing from his chest, and he was still twitching slightly.

"I say your Lord and Ancestor!"

When Shi Xingjian saw the casualties among his fellow villagers, he was immediately furious. He shouted, held the bombs and started to light them and throw them everywhere, throwing them into different firing holes. The Russians screamed in pain and had no choice but to move upstairs.

At the same time, the Russians were not willing to be outdone. They risked their lives to drop bombs from the upper floors, which also blew Shi Xingjian and others down below into a pulp.

However, this reduced the number of people shooting, and Shi Liudeng took the opportunity to lead 300 Miao soldiers in another desperate charge.

The soldiers were killed one by one, but the firepower was weakened a lot after all. They roared and finally rushed to the bottom of the stone building through the narrow passage.

Count Gudovich was now anxious. He roared loudly and ordered the Russian artillery to start bombarding the stone building.

This caused huge casualties to Shi Liudeng's Miao soldiers. The huge shells of the six-pound field gun poured down from a height of hundreds of meters with potential energy.

If it hits a human body, it will be shattered into pieces immediately. Even if it hits a stone, the flying debris may be fatal.

The three hundred Miao soldiers naturally could not withstand the bombardment of six cannons. Shi Liudeng's thigh was also cut off a large piece of flesh by the flying stones. He endured the piercing pain and loudly ordered the soldiers to enter the stone building and fight a bloody battle with the Russians in the narrow space.

The screams became louder. More than 500 people from both sides were fighting in a stone building that was only three stories high and not very spacious. It was like being in an octagonal cage. There was no place to hide and no possibility of retreat.

At this time, the muskets had basically lost their effect. Both sides first threw bombs at each other. After the bombs were thrown out, they started a hand-to-hand fight with cold weapons, holding long swords and short axes.

Although Zhu Shedou's forehead was sweating from nervousness, he did not order other soldiers to go up for reinforcement, because the stone building was so small that no matter how many people went in, only a few of them could participate in the hand-to-hand combat.

After a while, he looked at Wu Bayue and said, "After all the people from Songtao die, it will be the turn of you people from Qianzhou Hall. If all of you die, I, Zhu Shedou, will take over personally."

Wu Bayue was not young anymore, but he was even more ferocious. Qianzhou Hall was Jishou, Hunan, which was not far from Fenghuang in Xiangxi in later generations. The famous Xiangxi strong army, the Xianbing, came from here.

Wu Bayue is 53 years old and can still be in that kind of place. He is like the leader of the martial arts world. With a long sword, he is invincible in Xiangxi. Naturally, he is not easy to deal with.

Hearing what Zhu Shedou said, he grinned and said, "Don't worry, Commander. As long as we enter the stone building over there, no one can defeat the 200 long swordsmen trained by Wu Bayue."

"These Khitans are too confident. Our warriors occupy the high ground. Do they think they can defeat them with just two hundred people?"

On the hillside, Count Gudovich roared loudly, but he didn't seem to say it with full confidence, but rather seemed to lack confidence.

"Alexander, let Lieutenant Colonel Andrei take two companies and prepare to provide support!" He was indeed lacking in confidence, because Count Gudovich had already sent people to prepare for the support.

But just as his two companies moved, Zhu Shedou waved his hand and his remaining 1,000 Guizhou soldiers also moved.

Count Gudovich gritted his teeth and ordered a regiment to be deployed directly to pretend that a large-scale reinforcement was to be sent.

Dong Jinfeng immediately ordered the flag officer to wave the flags, and the Yangwu Army moved forward collectively, pretending to attack the hill.

As soon as the 3,000 Russian Cossacks emerged from the woods, they were immediately surrounded by the Mo Nan cavalry and dared not launch a large-scale surprise attack. Seeing this, Count Gudovich had no choice but to stop his aggressive actions and withdraw all his arrangements.

Dong Jinfeng naturally would not continue to attack, so these ten thousand people just stopped fighting as if they had done some warm-up exercises.

The brutal fight in the stone building finally ended.

After nearly an hour of fighting, more than 170 Russian soldiers were almost all killed. They did not surrender, and Shi Liudeng did not accept their surrender. He even took up his knife and killed them himself.

Because of his three hundred Miao soldiers, only about one hundred and ninety were left.

His eldest son had fallen in a pool of blood. In an attempt to throw a bomb that was about to explode in the crowd, his right hand was blown off at the wrist. He was now unconscious and it was unknown whether he could survive.

With a snap, a Songtao Miao soldier risked his life to climb to the top of the stone building. Amidst the whizzing lead bullets, he kicked off the white, blue and red double-headed eagle flag on the top of the stone building and planted the red background gold sun and moon flag, which symbolized the Dayu royal family and the Dayu army, on the top of the stone building.

For a moment, the cheers of the Dayu Army resounded throughout the sky, while the Luo Army on the hill was filled with grief and anger, and shouted insults.

At this time, Count Gudovich, the commander of Ross, was very calm. He looked at everything indifferently, and then looked into the distance.

He had nearly 20,000 men, but the real elite soldiers were all here. The 14,000 men who were defending the camp in the distance were all recruited farmers.

Although these farmers were all armed settlers and were very skilled in the use of muskets, they could only fight against the Kazakh herdsmen, but they had no chance of fighting against the Khitans, who were obviously elite regular troops.

"Count, we cannot let Brigadier General Vasily and his men attack. We must let them guard Petropavlovka. This is an important guarantee for our departure." Major General Alexander persuaded.

Petropavlovka is a small town between Pavlov and the Golden City (Semipalatinsk Fortress), and its geographical location is also relatively important.

There were originally more than 500 Russian armed colonists in the city. After Dayu took over Jintang City, all the immigrants here fled.

Now this has become the headquarters of the Russian army. Count Gudovich has stationed more than 10,000 militiamen he recruited from around Omsk here.

After hearing what the deputy general said, Count Gudovich was torn between his own conscience and his own desires, because he could now see that the enemy was indeed the elite of the Khitans, whose combat effectiveness was comparable to that of the elite soldiers in his hands, and they even had an advantage in terms of weapons and equipment.

But Count Gudovich felt that it was impossible for all 10,000 of the enemy's troops to be of this level. He suspected that the enemy, like him, was sending elite troops to the front.

So Count Gudovich wanted to call up the reserve troops as well, as he felt there was still room for battle.

However, soon this decision, which was actually beneficial to Dayu, was forgotten by Count Gudovich.

Just as Mo Zibu believed, the commander of the army must be clear about his combat objectives.

After achieving your goal, don't act rashly or go all in unless there are huge benefits.

Count Gudovich also believed in this creed. At this time, it was possible to win by dispatching the reserve troops, but it was impossible to retake the Semipalatinsk Fortress.

But if we fail, we will be doomed. After the entire army is wiped out, even the Ural Mountain gateway like Omsk will be lost.

The difference between success and failure is too great to be worth the risk.

So, Count Gudovich said to Major General Alexander, "Send an envoy to test the attitude of the Khitans."

. . . .

In Jintang City, Chen Guangyao felt relieved.

The fighting power of the Russian Empire was indeed several times greater than that of all the nomadic peoples, but it still suffered from the disadvantage of weapons and was slightly inferior to Dayu, and at most was on par with them.

If their combat effectiveness is about the same, the gap will become apparent when comparing their national strength. In ten or twenty years, they will have trouble sleeping.

"Your Highness, you Khitans say that East and West Siberia and Central Siberia are your inherent territories, but Western Siberia is definitely not yours.

This is the sacred and inviolable territory of the Russian Empire!

Therefore, your attack on the Semipalatinsk Fortress is unacceptable!"

Major General Alexander personally served as the envoy, which was really stressful.

Because he sensed that Count Gudovich was still unwilling to give up, but he no longer wanted to fight and did not want to die in this snowy place, so he took the risk to come here in person to see the truth.

Chen Guangyao smiled faintly, "Major General, please don't say such things. We didn't bring out the Mongol Empire's claim, which is already giving you face.

The area surrounding Jintang City has been the inherent territory of our Chinese vassal states since ancient times. Princess Xijun of the Western Han Dynasty shed tears of homesickness here. This is our land."

Don't say that. It's nonsense. In history, the Wusun Kingdom did indeed live as a nomad here, and the King of Wusun was indeed a vassal of the Western Han Dynasty.

However, Major General Alexander disagreed. He suppressed his anger and said to Chen Guangyao, "Your Highness, if the occupation thousands of years ago can be considered as evidence, then every great nation can claim the territory of others.

And while the Mongol Empire did rule the Third Rome, that was an invasion. We have already driven away the barbaric Mongol Khan. Your so-called claim is untenable."

Chen Guangyao laughed and shook a finger in front of Major General Alexander.

“You are right, but there are not many great nations in this world.

In other words, I believe that only the Han people of the Chinese Empire are the only nation in the world worthy of being called great.

Besides, you Slavs believe that fists are the most powerful, so why are you starting to be reasonable now?
Major General, either you defeat us or stop talking nonsense."

Major General Alexander's face flushed with anger. He gritted his teeth and said, "Then I can assume that Your Highness is saying that the Seris Empire is about to launch an all-out war against the Third Roman Empire, correct?"

The meat of the show has finally come. Chen Guangyao has been waiting for this moment. He deliberately put on a strange look and said to Major General Alexander:

"Dayu has never targeted the Rus Empire. It is you who have been ignoring our warnings and continuing to invade Dayu's territory with the intention of supporting opposition forces.

Therefore, the heroic Dayu army, under the command of His Majesty the Great Eastern Emperor, had no choice but to launch a counterattack."

Major General Alexander felt relieved. This was exactly what he wanted. With this statement, he could go back and persuade Count Gudovich to withdraw his troops.

The major general believed that the current loss would only be resolved after the Third Rome had dealt with the situations in the Ottoman Empire, Poland and Sweden, and only then would it have the energy to deal with Seris and regain its face.

"Then Your Highness, can you tell me where the border of the Seris Empire is?" asked Major General Alexander.

Chen Guangyao smiled contemptuously, "This question is not something a mere major general like you can ask. I am only the Duke of the Empire, and I cannot answer your question on behalf of the Great Eastern Emperor and the court of the Great Yu Empire.

Major General, you should go back now and tell Count Ivan Vasilyevich Gudovich that his best option is to leave this land immediately and unconditionally.

Leave this land that belongs to the Great Yu Empire and the Great Emperor of the East."

(End of this chapter)