Chapter 74 255 Yaksa's Victory

How did Tsarist Russia invade the northeast of our country?It turned out that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty was busy entering the customs and relaxed the defenses on the northern border.Tsarist Russia took the opportunity to invade the Heilongjiang region of our country.They plundered property and killed people in our country, and were resisted by residents of all ethnic groups in our country.After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it sent troops to fight against the Tsarist Russian invading army, and recovered Yaksa on the north bank of Heilongjiang occupied by Russia (in the northwest of Huma, Heilongjiang today, and on the north bank of Heilongjiang east of Mohe).

When Emperor Kangxi dispatched a large number of troops to the southwest in order to pacify the San Francisco, a Russian fugitive brought 84 bandits to Yaksa, our country, where he built a fortress and looted everywhere.They presented the sable furs they had stolen to the Tsar.The tsar not only pardoned the fugitive's crime, but also appointed him as the governor of Yaksa, wanting to occupy our land forever. Emperor Kangxi had just quelled the San Francisco rebellion, so why wasn't he angry when he heard that the northeast border was violated?In order to find out the enemy's situation, he personally went to Shengjing. On the one hand, he sent generals Peng Chun and Lang Tan to the border for reconnaissance in the name of hunting;

After making all the preparations, Emperor Kangxi sent a letter to the leader of the Russian army in Yaksa, ordering him to withdraw from Yaksa as soon as possible. Not only did the Tsarist Russian army refuse to withdraw, but instead sent more troops to Yaksa to confront the Qing Dynasty.Seeing that a peaceful settlement was impossible, Emperor Kangxi issued an order to march. In 1685 AD, Emperor Kangxi appointed Peng Chun as the capital, and led 15,000 soldiers from the army and navy, marched to the city of Yaksa and surrounded Yaksa. After several years of preparation, the Tsarist Russian army repaired the castle very firmly.After observing the terrain, Peng Chun built an earth hill in the south of the city, and asked the soldiers to stand on the earth hill and shoot crossbow arrows into the city.The Russian army in the city thought that the Qing soldiers were going to attack in the south of the city, so they pulled their troops to the south of the city.How did you know that the Qing army put artillery in a hidden place in the north of the city, taking advantage of the emptiness of the enemy's defense in the north of the city, they suddenly blasted the artillery.The shells roared from the top of the city and flew towards the city. The enemy's tower was hit by the shells and burned blazingly.

As the sky gradually turned gray, the Qing army piled firewood under the city again, preparing to set fire to the city. The leader of the Russian army panicked and raised a white flag on the top of the city to surrender. According to Emperor Kangxi's prior instructions, Peng Chun released all the surrendered Russian troops and ordered them to withdraw to the mainland.The leader of the Russian army, Tolbuzin, wept and left with the defeated soldiers. After the Russian army withdrew, Peng Chun ordered the soldiers to demolish all the Yaksa Castle and let the people cultivate it; then, he led the army back to Aihui City.

However, the leaders of the Russian army who had suffered a disastrous defeat did not give up. They heard the news of the withdrawal of the Qing army, and soon after, they led their troops back to Yaksa and built the castle even stronger. The alarm on the border reached Beijing, and Emperor Kangxi decided to wipe out the invading army completely.In the summer of the following year, Heilongjiang General Sabusu once again marched into Yaksa.The soldiers of the Qing army thought that the enemies who had let go from them were coming again, and wished to wipe them out immediately.This time, the Qing army fired more fiercely. The Russian soldiers went out of the city to counterattack several times, but were beaten back by the Qing army.The leader of the city guard, Tolbuzin, was shot and died; a group of invading troops had to hide in cellars, but within a few days, they became sick and died, and finally only one hundred and fifty people remained.

The Tsarist Russian government hastily sent envoys to Beijing to demand negotiations.Emperor Kangxi ordered to stop the siege. In 1689 AD, the Chinese government sent a representative, Soetu, and the Tsarist Russian government also sent Golovin as a representative. They held peace talks in Nerchinsk, demarcated the border between the two countries, and affirmed that the vast areas of the Heilongjiang and Ussuri River basins are Chinese territories. .This is the Treaty of Nerchinsk.