Beketov added: "You can't go directly to the forest and valley in the north!"
Escape was the most important thing. Zinoviev ignored the aristocratic airs and humbly asked the two Cossack chiefs: "Then where should we go?"
"Go east!"
Stepanov and Beketov said the answer in unison.
And the east is the direction the Datong Army came from.
On the east and west sides of Yaksa, the riverside is full of tidal flats overgrown with reeds. Since it is not yet autumn, it is difficult to burn out a fire, which is very conducive to the sneaking of the defenders in the city.
On the east side, the terrain is particularly complicated.
?Heilongjiang encountered a sharp bend here, and the speed of the water flow was greatly slowed down, and large sandbars and tidal flats were alluvial. There is also a small river flowing in from the northeast, forming large and small ponds and rivers between the tidal flats and sandbars, and some places even belong to swampy areas.
If the water rises and then recedes, there will be no shortage of food at all, and a large number of fish will be stranded in the tidal flats, and the second half of the scene of "beating roe deer with a ladle to scoop fish" will appear.
The Datong army only has more than a thousand people, and it is impossible to surround the castle to death.
After nightfall, you must return to the camp to guard against the enemy's sneak attack, so that there is a huge gap for a breakout.
midnight.
The west gate of the castle opened, and a group of Daur slaves, all gagged, were expelled by the Cossacks.
Surprised and delighted, the slaves rushed westward in the dark. After running for a full mile and getting into the reeds, someone tore the rag out of his mouth and shouted excitedly: "The Raksha ghost is gone, the Raksha ghost is gone!"
In fact, as soon as there was movement in the castle, the sentinel hiding in the reeds on the tidal flat had already rowed to Jiangxinzhou to report the news.
At this time, he heard the shouts of Daur slaves again, Wang Fuchen said with a smile: "The sound of the east hits the west, and I really want to flee east."
The Datong Army has Khabarov as a guide and consultant, so how can they not guess what the enemy is thinking?
They are all Cossack leaders, and they even make the same breakout route.
But to the east of the castle, five or six Cossack and Siberian hunters carried a small boat, heading straight for the dense reeds. When encountering ponds or rivers, they put down the boat, rowed for a while, and went ashore to continue carrying the boat.
"Did the Khitans come after them?" Zinoviev looked back from time to time.
Stepanov said: "When you get here, you are not afraid of pursuers. There is a lake in front of you. After crossing the lake, you can go north for a short distance to the river."
? You can also talk about lakes and ponds. Anyway, the area is not big or small, and they are all formed by the sediment accumulation in Heilongjiang. Going downstream from Yaksa to the place where Heilongjiang turns to the south, there are dozens of similar ponds of different sizes.
With such a complex terrain and reeds everywhere, it is impossible for the Datong Army to send troops to pursue it. One is that it is difficult to find the enemy, the other is that it is easy to be sniped, and the third is that it is possible to stray into the swamp.
No need to chase, just block the key exit!
It is impossible for these Rakshasa ghosts to hide in the reeds all the time. Either choose to continue to the east, regardless of the consequences, go to the lower reaches of Heilongjiang, wherever you grab it, there is almost no possibility of returning to Nerchinsk. Either go out of the reeds and head north, where there are two river valleys, get into the ravine to play by ear, and maybe go around and go upstream back to Nerchinsk.
Leaving the reed marsh, the Cossack carried the boat and ran northward, but he still didn't hear the pursuit.
Finally, they saw a small river flowing from the mountains in the north, and then turned sharply to run parallel to the Heilongjiang River.
They didn't bring any larger boats, and each of the small boats they carried with them could only hold more than ten people. Moreover, all the redundant parts have been dismantled, and the speed of running is very fast when it is lifted up, and it can be quickly rowed away by throwing it into a small river.
This is the core method of the Cossacks. Relying on such convenient ships, they have been wreaking havoc from the Don River Basin to Heilongjiang.
Going north along the small river, when it was about to enter the valley, the sky was almost bright.
Beketov looked at the entrance of the dark valley, frowned and said: "It's not right, why didn't the Khitans come after them? Even if they didn't come after them, there should be some movement."
Stepanov asked: "You mean, there are enemies in the valley ahead?"
"Very likely." Beketov nodded.
Zinoviev was a little unbelieving: "Could the Khitan know divination? How could they set up an ambush in front of us in advance."
Beketov said: "I have been exploring in Siberia for almost ten years, and I have an intuition about the danger. There must be an ambush in the valley ahead!"
Stepanov said: "??And others turned a blind eye to it.
When the Cossacks left, only a pile of bones, sewage and blood remained on the ground.
Well, I didn't eat my head either.
Continuing to march for a day, they found an indigenous village, raided and captured more than 30 people, all of whom were killed and ate their fill.
A few days later, of the more than 800 Cossacks and Siberian hunters, there were only more than 700 left when they came out of the mountain.
Even if the Datong Army doesn't come to intercept them, when these guys return to Nerchinsk, only half of them will be left.
Zinoviev is already in a trance
?, as a nobleman, he never thought that he could eat people. But I was so hungry that I stuffed food into my mouth, and when I was full, I started to be afraid. At night, I could dream of ghosts claiming my life.
Crazy, these Cossacks are all crazy!
He didn't want to be the general manager of Heilongjiang anymore, he just wanted to return to Nerchinsk early, and then went to Moscow on the grounds of recuperating.
This is a broken place, whoever loves it will come, Zinoviev vowed never to set foot in Siberia again.
"My lord, cross the valley in front of you and continue to the north, and the mountains will be gentle. If you cross a low mountain range, you will see a large flat land, and the villages there must have food." Stepanov said.
Zinoviev nodded quickly: "Before returning to Nerchinsk, everything will be arranged by you."
What steward, what nobleman, his identity has been forgotten, and Zinoviev is afraid when he sees a Cossack.
But when he got to the river valley, he was finally able to slow down.
Because some Cossacks actually carry fishing nets with them, they can get some fish to satisfy their hunger, so the noble lord can stop eating human flesh for the time being.
Two days later, hundreds of Rakshasa ghosts had already lurked to the outskirts of the village.
Zhang Tingxun is in the village, and he is almost impatient to wait.