In an encounter, the Cossack cavalry fought with the weak against the strong, but the result was a draw, leaving the four Oirat troops in shame.
Fang was in a stalemate for a while.
The brave Cossack cavalry, each with eight men and eight riders, some wearing high cylindrical hats, and some wearing black cloaks, have guns slung on their backs and sabers hanging on their waists.
Under the black cloaks, there are bright clothes, which are particularly conspicuous on the prairie.
Compared to the ethnic Mongols, the Cossacks are a mixture of Slavs and Mongols, mostly composed of oppressed free people who formed nomadic tribes near the Cri and Black Seas)
Therefore, the Cossack cavalry only had the patience and tactics of the Mongols, as well as large Eastern European horses, sharp scimitars, and advanced muskets. After absorbing the essence of the East and the West, they galloped across Central Asia and Siberia, becoming the most important thugs of Tsarist Russia.
If I had to use one word to describe it, it would be a mercenary.
A mercenary tribe composed of free people and slaves, first served the Kriya Khanate, and then served Tsarist Russia.
"Great Khan, there are a lot of Russians coming nearby..." The scout heard the news.
The city of Tomsk is an important castle in Russia and Central Asia. Once it is lost, half of the Siberian Khanate's land will be lost, and it cannot bear the loss.
"Go back -" Oqiltu Khan gritted his teeth, looked at the unwilling Heqi and Batur, and said comfortingly: "After this battle, we all understand that the gap with the Russians is just a matter of guns."
"As long as we have enough guns and fire, the Russians can surrender."
That being said, the two agreed reluctantly.
In the past ten years, another collective campaign of the ancient tribes of Oirat has ended and ended in failure.
But they have learned their lesson: buy muskets in quantity from Akito.
At this time, Moscow, Tsar Alexei, who ruled the entire Russia, also received information about the battle situation in the city of Central Tomsk.
As the first tsar of Russia and the second tsar of the Romanov dynasty, Tsar Alexei has ruled Russia for nearly eight years. The situation in Russia is not good.
He was only twenty-five years old and his face was pale. He was holding a book in his hand and his whole body looked a little thin.
At this time, standing in front of him was Morozuo, who had just been appointed Patriarch of the Orthodox Church to Father Nikon, as well as the auxiliary minister and teacher.
"Your Majesty, Bi River Basin is not peaceful."
Morozov shook his head, his gray beard trembling and hanging on his chest, and he looked extremely knowledgeable.
He was extremely upright towards this scholar who brought him back after being exiled:
"But the most important thing now is to solve the problem of Zabarozhye (Eastern Poland). The Polish-Lithuanian Federation has already taken the lead. If no decision is made, Zabarozhye will be destroyed -"
"This opportunity is rare."
Although Russia's national power is constantly increasing by relying on the legacy of the Golden Horde, it is not prosperous.
There is a powerful enemy in the north, Sweden, which occupies a large area of land along the Baltic Sea and firmly controls the trade routes to Europe;
To the west is the feuding Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, which occupies a series of important forces headed by Smolensk and threatens Moscow at all times.
To the southwest is Ukraine, which belongs to Poland. The Sasha cavalry from the Ukrainian steppes is also a serious threat to Moscow.
To the south is the Crimean Khan, a Turkish vassal state that invaded Russia countless times over the centuries.
At this time, in East Poland, Khmelnytsky led the Zabarozhye Cossacks to carry out a Khmelnytsky uprising against Poland, but they were beaten until they vomited blood and had to ask Russia for help. voluntarily belong to Russia.
"My minister, do you know? Such a decision is actually tantamount to declaring war on Poland."
Nikon's father shook his head and said solemnly: "Although the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is getting weaker and weaker, it still has one hundred thousand cavalry. This is a huge challenge to Russia."
"Poland is like the former Golden Horde. It looks like a behemoth, but in fact it is vulnerable to a single blow and will fall over." Morrow shook his head to the left and said seriously.
And listening to the two people's argument (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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, Tsar Alexei only needed to open the paper, read the words on it, and said: "Tomsk is fine, even if the city is broken, for Russia it is just a lost castle, and it will be restored in a few years. "
"But, my two ministers, you seem to have overlooked something."
The two turned to look and thought carefully.
Or Morozov was sensitive and immediately noticed the key: "Tatars actually have muskets?"
"Who sold it to them? The Cossacks? Or the Crimean Khanate?"
"The Cossacks only know how to plunder, they don't know how to do business, and they don't dare to do business."
Tsar Alexei continued: "As for the Crimeans, they know how to sell slaves. They don't have many muskets. How can they sell them?"
"Where did that come from?"
Father Nikon said in surprise.
"Ming people (Khitan people)."
Alexei sighed and said, "Who would have thought that we would be so close to the East."
"Leave those Tatars alone, and you will find the East, a land full of silk, porcelain, and gold."
"In this way, as long as we have contact with those Ming people, the empire's finances will be much easier)"
Morozov was overjoyed when he heard this.
At this time, although Russia had been strengthening its centralization, it was actually still a feudal serf system. The vast areas were governed by the big nobles. Only a fertile area near Moscow belonged to the tsarist territory.
The support of Pang's army and central system all depended on the royal territory.
Of course, the collection of commercial taxes, customs duties, and salt taxes were one of the few places where the tsar could make money, but now he is in financial difficulty.
Two years ago, due to the imposition of salt tax, the salt merchants attacked, ransacked Morozov's house, and killed the Duma secretary Kister and the imperial courtier Pleseev.
The increase in trade taxes is something the emperor is looking forward to.
"Silk!" Alexey squinted his eyes and whispered: "It seems that the East not only has silk, but also fearsome muskets and gunpowder."
"I just don't know how powerful Fang is compared to those in Western Europe."
In fact, Moscow was shaken after learning the news about the Ming people (Khitans), another overland route after the Ottomans blocked the Silk Road.
Nobles throughout Russia took action, thinking of forming a caravan to go to the East where honey, milk and gold lay.
Businessmen from various countries in Moscow were equally shocked.
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