Siberia is still a little cold in May, but it is already warmer than the terrifying low temperature in January. As the temperature rises, the snow outside begins to melt slowly, and the earth slowly begins to thaw, and the color of black soil is exposed in many places.

On that day, on the low and simple city wall of Manjingwei, a general of the Ming Empire took a telescope and carefully checked the white and black mountainous land west of Manjingwei. There was the colony of the Rakshasa Kingdom. The Rakshasa Kingdom, which was the Tsarist Russia, was renamed by the emperor, and was the main target of the Ming army stationed here.

The garrison of the Manjingwei happened to be built at the entrance of a huge mountain range on the banks of the Lena River at the junction of the Ming Dynasty and the former Siberian Khanate. It seems that this mountain range is suitable for access, so during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the Manjingwei was established here to guard this important place.

However, after the Tumu Fort Incident, the Ming Dynasty's power declined day by day and was gradually unable to look north, and the Manjing Guards were gradually abandoned.

After many years, the Ming army was finally stationed here. The Ming general standing on the city wall is Yang Zhong, the leader of the Guanning Army's First Cavalry Division.

Yang Zhong is tall and strong. Standing there, he is like a mountain. You can tell by looking at his back that he is definitely a rare powerful general.

However, if you look at the front, you will be shocked. It’s not that he is ugly, he looks heroic, but he is too young and seems to be in his twenties!

Can he become a fourth-rank general at such a young age? Could it be that he is like Wu Sangui, a general in the Ming Dynasty who has a good reputation and can be promoted to a general by accumulating his ancestors?

He was indeed a descendant of the generals, but his ancestors were not generals of the Ming Dynasty, but generals of the Yang family in the Northern Song Dynasty!

His position was not obtained by accumulating his ancestors, but by promoting his martial arts and military merits.

This Yang Zhong can be said to be a legend in the Guanning Army and even the Ming Army.

He has been determined to imitate his ancestors since he was a child and serve the country with loyalty. Although his family is in a low state, he never forgets to study hard. Moreover, he has high talent in military tactics and martial arts, especially the Yang family's gun technique passed down by his ancestors, which is perfect.

In the tenth year of Chongzheng, he participated in the Dingchou Martial Arts. With his skillful military strategy and superb marksmanship, he passed the hurdles and finally won the position of top martial arts scholar in one fell swoop!

You know, he was just in his early twenties at that time. How should he arrange his position as a young martial arts top scholar?

Fortunately, our Emperor Chongzheng Zhu Cijing did not discriminate at all, and he also particularly liked to use Zhonglie. When he heard that he was a descendant of the Yang family general, Zhu Cijing immediately stuffed him into the Guanning Army and became a guerrilla general!

Although it was not uncommon for the first and second-class Wu Jinshi to become a guerrilla general at that time, they were generally assigned to third-class legions, and few of them entered the second-class legions. The Guanning Army was a first-class legion, which shows that Zhu Cijiu had high hopes for him.

Yang Zhong did not disappoint Zhu Cijiu's high hopes. In the two wars between the Southeast Peninsula and South Asia, he fought bravely and commanded properly. He soon accumulated military merits and was promoted to the fourth-rank general. He used the adapted name, which is the major general commander.

Now, Yang Zhong has become a rising star in the Ming army, and his reputation is no less than that of young corps commanders such as Cao Bianjiao, Zu Dabi, Qin Gongming and Qin Yiming. Cao Wenzhao, the chief general of Guanning Army, also had an extraordinary respect for him, so he handed over such an important pass as Manjingwei to him.

The Manjing Guard was built according to the scale of the Ming Dynasty's standard garrison. In other words, there were only more than 5,000 people stationed here, but the regular cavalry division of the Guanning Army had a total of 10,000 troops. How did they squeeze in?

It’s okay to say more than 10,000 soldiers. After squeezing, the military camp with more than 5,000 people could also be occupied, so the more than 10,000 war horses would be a little troublesome.

Fortunately, there was plenty of wood and stone here. After Yang Zhong arrived here, he directed his men to start crazy construction. Before the ice was frozen, they not only restored the original buildings of Manjingwei, but also built many horse sheds, and finally barely placed the war horses.

This Siberian winter is not ordinary cold. Although Yang Zhong was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the terrifying low temperature. Drops of water turn into ice, and sprinkling water turns into ice, all of which are a little bit of it. When the coldest time here, the boiled water will immediately turn into ice beans when it is sprinkled out!

To this end, Yang Zhong had to formulate a temporary military rule:

For example, during the freezing period, all daily exercises are cancelled. In this ghost weather, when the wind blows, it can freeze and crack your mouth. If you still practice, you will not know how to live or die.

For example, during the period of ice, the guard posts on the city wall do not need to stand there to blow the air. They just need to hide under the female wall to burn the fire, and always pay attention to wait and see.

There are also things like taking turns to go out to chop wood every day, changing the post for half an hour, not leaving the military camp without a task, etc. The First Cavalry Division of the Guanning Army endured more than half a year, and finally endured this terrifying ice period.

However, the warmer the temperature, the more dangerous it is. It is unlikely that the enemy will attack during the ice period. Now it is thawed, it is hard to say.

After looking for a while, Yang Zhong began to walk slowly along the city wall to the west. Every time he passed by a guard post, he would seriously remind him: "Be careful and always keep alert."

Now that the ice period has passed, everything has returned to normal, these sentries can no longer hide under the female wall to burn the fire. Moreover, after half a year of severe cold test, all soldiers' resistance to cold has been greatly enhanced. This coldness seems to have no effect on them. Now they are standing there one by one, staring seriously at the front, meticulously.

Yang Zhong was still very satisfied with his subordinates. Guanning Army was a first-class legion of the Ming Dynasty. Those lazy and sloppy and careless people had long been eliminated, and the rest were first-class elites.

After inspecting him, he felt that there should be no problem. He was about to go down to see the training situation when a post not far away next to him suddenly shouted: "General, there seems to be something on the river."

The river surface is three or four miles away from the city wall. It is naturally impossible to see clearly without a telescope. Most people can't even see the river surface. This post tells the situation on the river surface. Is it because he was dazzled or his eyes were particularly good?

Upon hearing this, Yang Zhong immediately raised his telescope and looked towards the direction of the guard post.

Oh my God, there is really something wrong, and it is not the same. The river surface is densely filled with Rakshasa soldiers wearing white cloaks!

Based on Yang Zhong’s combat experience over the past few years, he could see that the enemy troops had at least 100,000. He carefully observed the enemy’s weapons and equipment. As he looked, his face gradually became cold.

These people actually had muskets in their hands!

Ten thousand to one hundred thousand. If the number of artillery is large, there will be a fight. The problem is basically all mountainous from Nuergandu to Manjingwei, and the artillery cannot be transported at all. Therefore, there is no artillery in Manjingwei now.

This time, he was afraid that he would be loyal to the country, but Yang Zhong did not show any fear. He quickly put down his telescope and shouted: "Zhao Yinglong."

A personal guard who was following him heard the sound and immediately knelt on one knee and bowed: "I'm here."

Yang Zhong ordered without hesitation: "Immediately, ten personal guards, one man and two horses, rushing to Zhenzhenhe Guard day and night to report to the Taifu and Deputy Commander Lu. The Manjing Guard was attacked by Tsarist Russia. The number of enemy troops was about 100,000, all equipped with muskets!"

When Zhao Yinglong heard this, he did not get up and leave. Instead, he pleaded loudly and said, "General, let me stay!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Zhong immediately shouted and said, "This is an order."

Disobeying orders is a death sentence, and Zhao Yinglong had to respond when he heard this: "Subordinate obeys the order."

After saying that, he stood up, turned around and ran under the city wall.

Yang Zhong looked at his back and said resolutely: "Help me tell the Grand Tutor and Deputy Commander Lu, and Wei Han vowed to live and die together with the Manjing Wei!"
Chapter completed!