The Revolt of the Three Feudatories: All-in at the start in Beijing

Facing Aguda, Andrei felt that being without weapons and facing an adult brown bear was incredibly despairing.

However, when he saw a junior officer with a red flag with black Chinese characters on his back, he looked pleasantly surprised and immediately pointed at the flag.

"Are you from the Great Han Kingdom?"

"Is that your national flag?!"

"Can I join the Great Han?"

What Andrei said puzzled Aguda. In this remote area, someone actually knew about the Great Han and inexplicably wanted to join it.

"We are indeed the army of the Great Han Dynasty. How did you know that? Do you know about our Great Han Kingdom?"

At this point, Aguda remembered that he had come to kill someone, so why waste words with this person? He slapped Andrei across the face.

"You said you were useful, but now that I've taken the fortress, what use are you?"

Adler was also jolted awake by the slap. His immediate priority was to survive, otherwise how could he join the Han army and become a general commanding a large army?

"I know those Russian people very well. I can make them submit as quickly as possible. You also need labor to govern this place, right? They can herd livestock and farm for you, can't they?"

Aguda was about to say that it was none of his business, but then he remembered that he wanted to bring Jin Ge to live here. If a large number of people could stay, that would be good too, so he waved his hand.

"Tomorrow morning, gather all the people together and bring them outside the city. I want to see what kind of people you Russians are!"

"Sablin, keep an eye on him!"

After Aguda finished speaking, he strode out of the governor's mansion and led his men to inspect the other gates. He still couldn't sleep until he saw it with his own eyes.

By this time, all the city gates had been breached, and only about twenty Cossack mercenaries remained, bound by ropes to the west gate, which was also the Cossack mercenaries' barracks.

Meanwhile, the surrendered Cossack officer was trying to persuade the captured Cossack mercenaries.

"Think about it, think about it carefully!"

"We're giving this to the Tsar. He endures hardship and cold in Siberia, yet he receives so little land in return. He usually gets so many furs, but the least money. So where does all that money go?"

"But it's different for the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to govern this place. He can directly become a soldier of the Han Dynasty, not only receiving thirty acres of land, but also the opportunity to start a family here and purchase goods from the East. Which is more worthwhile!"

These words from the Kazakh army left the Cossacks at the bottom completely dumbfounded. It seemed that after working for Tsarist Russia for so many years, all the benefits had gone to the Cossack leaders, and they themselves had indeed received very little.

"I want to join the Han army!"

"I want to be a Han Chinese!"

Just as everyone was silent, a young Cossack stepped out from the crowd and raised his hand.

This voice undoubtedly broke the hearts of these Cossacks, and they quickly all joined the Han army.

For them, there was no property, land, or family in Tsarist Russia, so joining the Han army was carefree and without any ties.

The initial silence was merely the result of long-term oppression by the Cossack leaders.

Aguda, standing to the side, was very satisfied. With this, he now had fifty Cossack soldiers under his command, plus the Jurchens, making it much easier to defend the fortress.

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The next day, the Russian people, who had just woken up, began to get up and work, but then they heard a bugle call to assemble. So they followed the sound to the open space at the East Gate.

When more than a hundred men, women and children gathered together, they found something was wrong with their surroundings, because many new faces appeared, and the Cossacks were standing behind them.

Andrei straightened his collar and stood among the people.

"Our fortress fell last night. These are the soldiers of the Han Emperor; they will rule you!"

"Congratulations, you're free!"

As Andrei's words spread, most of the Russian people actually showed expressions of joy, and one middle-aged Russian even knelt down to worship the Jurchens.

Aguda was completely bewildered by these Russian people, and almost thought he was hallucinating.

You've got it wrong. We're here to rule you. What's the meaning of you kneeling and bowing to us?

Faced with Aguda's questioning gaze, Andrei also showed an embarrassed expression.

"These people included some of the lowest-ranking citizens of Tsarist Russia, others were prisoners from tribes, and even the elderly were disposed of!"

"In recent years, their lives have been worse than those of cattle and horses. Every day they are either mining and logging, or cleaning furs in the fortress, creating profits for the Russian nobility!"

"I admire your Eastern countries, where people are treated equally, and everyone has the opportunity to become a member of the nation's nobility. They also learn about these things from me!"

Upon hearing this, Aguda was speechless!

He doesn't understand these things related to people's livelihoods.

Is mining and processing fur tiring?

Seeing that Aguda remained silent, Andrei assumed that Aguda was feeling sorry for the people at the Nerchinsk fortress, so he stepped forward to explain.

"However, among these people are some merchants and families of Russian soldiers, totaling more than fifty people. I have already ordered the Sablin ensign to arrest them all, and they await your disposal at any time!"

Loyalty, that's what loyalty is all about.

Although he still has blond hair and blue eyes, he already has a heart that leans towards Han. More importantly, he arranges things in an orderly manner and deserves special treatment!

Aguda was very satisfied, as this saved him a lot of trouble. Managing the people was not his forte, so he nodded and slapped Andrei on the shoulder.

"Send all the merchants' and soldiers' families to mine and do the hardest and most tiring work. As for the common people, the old and weak will stay in the fortress to weave cloth, while the young and strong will follow my men to hunt."

"Our Han army is about to arrive; we must stockpile plenty of meat before they arrive!"

When Andrei rearranged the work, a cheer erupted from the crowd. There were fifty or sixty able-bodied men, all of whom raised their hands to participate in the hunt.

This is perhaps the tragedy of insufficient resources.

Someone always has to be a low-level worker; now it's just that former nobles are taking on mining jobs.

Mining in Nerchinsk was naturally coal mining, and back then there was a risk of collapse. You could very well die in the mine shaft without even a chance to be buried.

In the following two months, taking advantage of the winter when food could be preserved, Aguda led his team to continue hunting.

In addition to obtaining a large amount of meat, they also captured a Cossack mercenary squad of fifty-five men.

There was no fighting between the two sides. Under Andrei's guidance, these people joined Aguda's team, and the number of Cossack mercenaries exceeded one hundred.

April 1, 1675 AD.

In 1875, Chen Liu arrived in Nerchinsk with a large army of artisans, criminals, and a large amount of supplies.

Aguda, accompanied by eighty-two Jurchens and one hundred Cossack mercenaries, went out of the east gate to greet them!