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The names of various tribes in the Northeast are often named after rivers.

The free translation of Sakhalian Division is Heilongjiang Division, and Sakhalian Ula is Heilongjiang. It generally refers to the indigenous tribes living in the vast area on the north bank of the middle reaches of Heilongjiang River, which are subdivided into many small tribes.

On the south bank of Heilongjiang are the Greater Khingan Mountains and the Lesser Khingan Mountains. The environment is difficult, the population is small, and the living conditions are relatively primitive.

The north bank of Heilongjiang, which is the territory of the Saharians, is relatively more advanced and wealthy.

A lot of farmland has been reclaimed along the river, and crops grown include barley, oats, buckwheat, millet, peas and so on. However, they could not get enough to eat just by farming, so they also engaged in fishing and hunting, forming a half-fishing-hunting, half-farming society.

Wang Fuchen came here and soon found traces of the war.

It is autumn at this time, when crops such as barley are ripe and animals such as sable are also growing plumply. The Cossack bandits chose a good time to grab both new grain and freshly skinned skins.

Even in order to establish their authority and weaken the natives, the food that could not be taken away was directly burned.

In front of Wang Fuchen's eyes, large areas of wheat fields were scorched black by the Cossacks.

The chief of the local tribe and his tribe knelt on the shore. After Wang Fuchen got off the boat, he immediately cried and cried: "General, help me, please give me some food!"

Wang Fuchen, who himself was short of military rations, immediately sneered and said: "When you helped the Tatars fight and massacred the Han people, why didn't you think of sharing food with the Han people? Now I'm here to help you drive away the Rakshasa ghosts. It's enough without requisitioning food from you. That’s all right, but you still want me to share the food with you?”

After hearing the translation, the indigenous chief quickly defended: "General, we did not help the Tatars fight, we have been bullied by the Tatars!"

I can't explain this clearly.

The Jurchens in Jianzhou were purely military expansion. The Jurchens in the East China Sea, Jurchens in the West Sea, and Jurchens in the Beishan were all conquered by the Tatars in Jianzhou. It is nothing more than conquering cities and territories, killing leaders, plundering the population, and setting up eight banners.

In the early days, those who helped the Tatars fight were all abducted natives. They were promoted step by step from slaves to meritorious service. In the middle period, a large number of indigenous people in the Heilongjiang Basin were forcibly moved to Liaoning and organized into the Eight Banners, where they were engaged in production and farming, and fought in wartime.

As for the indigenous people who have not been relocated, they still have to pay tribute to the Tatars with pearls and furs every year. Even if you are honest and obedient, you may still be attacked by the Tatars and plunder the population to supplement the Eight Banners Army.

These natives are definitely oppressed.

But some of them did join the Eight Banners Army.

This Saha company alone has many names in "Manuscripts of Qing History" in history. For example, Eyitu died in Changsha in battle. Duoluo Dai died in the battle in Bazhou, and his son Sarai died in the battle at Dongting Lake. Gunbu died in battle in Luancheng. Ayantu died in battle in Nanpi. Narmadai died in Xiamen.

At this time and space, at least hundreds of Eight Banners officers were killed by the Datong Army from the Saha Company Headquarters. They fought extremely bravely, or they were not smart enough. When the Tatars gave an order, the Sakhalian soldiers rushed forward without fear of life or death.

Precisely because too many people were robbed by the Tatars and the death rate after joining the army was extremely high, the population along the Heilongjiang River was empty.

Otherwise, how could hundreds of Cossack bandits dare to come to Heilongjiang to show off their power?

Wang Fuchen glanced over and found that most of the people kneeling in front of him were old, weak, women and children. There are also some young and strong people, who were deliberately left by the Tatars to collect pearls and hunt furs.

Should you hate them?

Or should we pity them?

Wang Fuchen was too lazy to settle old scores and asked, "When did the Rakshasa ghost leave? Which way did it go?"

The indigenous chief replied: "The Rakshasa ghosts have been gone for six days. They are divided into two groups. One group is going back upstream by boat, taking the stolen furs and food with it. The other group is riding north and getting into the forest. I’m afraid I’m going to rob the tribe in the forest.”

"How many people do they have? How many boats do they have? How many horses do they have?" Wang Fuchen asked.

The indigenous chief said: "The boats of the Rakshasa ghosts are very big, more than two hands and two feet put together. The Rakshasa ghosts don't have many horses, just a little more than two hands. They come very fast. , it went so fast that we didn’t even have time to summon the warriors to resist.”

Wang Fuchen said: "I'm asking you, how many Rakshasa ghosts are there?"

"Countless, many, many." the indigenous chief replied.

Wang Fuchen was so depressed that he called a hundred soldiers, lined them up in order, and asked, "Are there so many?"

"More," said the native chief.

Wang Fuchen asked another three hundred soldiers to line up and asked: "Are there so many?"

The indigenous chief recalled carefully: "It was less than this."

That's about two hundred.

Wang Fuchen pointed to his boat and asked, "Is the Rakshasa ghost's boat that big?"

The indigenous chief immediately replied: "It's bigger than the general's largest ship."

Wang Fuchen's grain transport ships were all collected halfway, and the largest ones were not very big. It seemed that the Rakshasa ghost's ship was not much bigger either.

Wang Fuchen immediately ordered: "Divide the troops to pursue. Luo Yanggui..."

"exist!"

A cavalry officer stepped forward.

Wang Fuchen said: "You take three hundred cavalry to pursue the Rakshasa ghosts in the north, and pick a few locals here to be your guides. Regardless of the outcome, we will only pursue for half a month and return to this place immediately."

"yes!"

Luo Yanggui held his head high and his chest high.

Wang Fuchen said: "The remaining cavalry will follow me to pursue along the Heilongjiang River. The people, livestock and boats will advance slowly behind me, leaving fifty cavalry to protect the logistics."

After choosing a good guide, the Datong cavalry immediately pursued and killed them.

After advancing for more than a hundred miles along the river, the sentry rider came back and reported: "General, according to the indigenous people in front, the main force of the Rakshasa ghosts is dozens of miles away, where are the Heilongjiang River and the Man River (Russia's Brya River). The intersection. There is a large island in the center of the river, and the rivers on both sides are densely covered with swamps. Rakshasa ghosts are stationed on the island in the center of the river."

"These Rakshasa ghosts can actually fight." Wang Fuchen couldn't help but mutter.

The Cossacks who invaded Northeast China mainly used ships as their means of transportation. The performance of the boats they built was far superior to that of the natives, and they could quickly escape by boat when the situation was bad.

The place they chose to camp was located on Jiangxin Island. With the advantage of ships, the Cossacks were already in an invincible position. What's more, there are swamps everywhere on both sides of the bank, and the Datong cavalry cannot get close quickly.

You can't chase them directly, otherwise you will definitely alert the snake, and the Rakshasa ghost will take a boat to escape if it feels in danger.

Missionary officer Zhong Kaidong said: "You can ask the indigenous people to spread the news, saying that there are Han merchants who bring a lot of gold and silver to collect furs. Then choose an indigenous person who has a blood feud with the Rakshasa ghost, and let him be a dead man to fight for the Rakshasa ghost. The ghost reports. Since the Rakshasa ghost is a robber, he must be lured by gold and silver, so our army can set up an ambush at a suitable place."

"good idea!"

Wang Fuchen said: "The natives here are not very smart. You have to prepare the rhetoric for them and let them memorize it thoroughly, so that the secret will not be exposed easily."

…

The Cossack leader who looted Heilongjiang was named Khabarov.

After the Chinese city of Khabarovsk was ceded to Tsarist Russia by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, its name was changed to "Khabarovka" after this person.

Khabarov was originally a yeoman farmer. Since he lost his land, he was doing better than a serf. In order to make a living, he joined the Siberian expedition and gradually became the expedition leader. By relying on bloody and cruel methods, he could always get furs from the Siberian natives.

Relying on the profits from selling furs, Khabarov bribed officials and obtained licenses from the government.

Gradually, he not only engaged in fur business, but also became a private salt dealer, purchased land and owned his own farm.

Then Khabarov was targeted by the lord, who not only robbed him of his salt fields and farms, but also imprisoned him for tax evasion. The wealth accumulated over the years was gone in one fell swoop.

After he was released from prison, Khabarov relied on his past reputation to explore further east, heading eastward step by step to Heilongjiang.

Currently, Khabarov already owns a walled city, which is Yaksa on the other side of the Mo River!

It was originally the residence of the Aola clan of the Daur tribe, and a large number of the young men of the Aola clan were taken away by the Manchus. With an empty population, it was occupied by Khabarov and used it as a base to plunder along the Heilongjiang River Basin.

Historically, the Treaty of Nerchinsk signed by Kangxi was the result of the war between China and Russia in Yaksa.

Jiangxinzhou.

Khabarov was eating and drinking with a woman in his arms. The woman was snatched from a nearby indigenous village.

In addition to property and food, the Cossacks also liked to steal women to vent their frustration during the march. If there is no danger, take the woman back to the base to be a female slave. If there is danger, throw the woman away, or simply kill her and run away.

If you run out of food on the way, you can even kill a woman to eat meat!

After eating and drinking, Khabarov called his deputy: "It's been more than ten days, and Yegor hasn't come back yet? Send a few riders to explore the forest to the east. Don't go too deep, just one or two God will come back."

"I'm afraid we're lost," the deputy said and left.

Khabarov's men initially had only 138 men, several ships, and three artillery pieces, all with muskets.

When he captured Yaksa and had a base, more Cossacks soon joined him. At present, the manpower has expanded to 257 people, and the furs have been exchanged for war horses-those war horses were snatched from the Buryat Mongols by the Cossacks further north.

Patting the woman's butt and pushing her away, Khabarov said to the indigenous boy next to him: "Take what is given to you and use it. As long as you are loyal to me, you will benefit from it."

The indigenous boy quickly lay down on the ground, kowtowed to thank him for the gift, and then took the woman out to express his sexual desire.

An indigenous boy from the Aola clan of Daur tribe. The place had been conquered by the Cossacks. Those who resisted fiercely were all killed, and those who survived were farmed and hunted by the Cossacks. There were also some who were timid and weak and were taken as slaves by the Cossacks and became the loyal lackeys of the bandits.

A sound of gasping soon came from the next door. The indigenous boy did not dare to resist the robbers, and vented all his anger on the innocent woman.

Khabarov heard the sound, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face. This kind of woman snatched halfway is purely a consumable, and I'm tired of it after playing with it for a few days. Give rewards to slaves to gain loyalty. Just like taming a hound, you have to give the hound meat.

Khabarov walked to the edge of Jiangxin Continent with a fire gun on his back, overlooking the vast swamps and forests on the other side.

He divided his forces into two groups and went into the forest to plunder the natives. Now one of them has come back, but another one has been missing, otherwise he would have returned to Yaksa with the loot.

This is not unusual, most likely you are lost.