"Eldest Brother's movements are so fast!"
Zeng Ying was in the command vehicle converted from a steam tank, looking at the endless grassland in the distance. At this time, his headquarters was located in the Baraba Grassland.
According to the Tanma Lai newspaper, if you go a thousand miles further, you should be able to reach Kurgan, which was captured before Wanli years ago.
"The further west we march, the more Rakshasa soldiers the King's Division will encounter. Senior Brother probably hasn't captured Moscow yet!"
Zhang Huangyan also led his troops to rush all the way, but there was still some distance from Wanli's forward base.
Zeng Ying originally wanted to join up with Yang Zhan, a fellow Sichuan man, but both groups set out from the northern vassal state.
But the latter took the land route, first went to fight Yakutsk, and then began to move westward.
Zeng Ying led his troops directly upstream along the Black Water, passing through Chita and Ulan-Ude, to Irkutsk on the shores of Lake Baikal.
Instead, they first met up with their third senior brother Zhang Huangyan, and when they caught up with Wan Li, they had three fellow senior brothers together.
As for Yang Zhan, a fellow villager, because Xianbei Liya was too vast, Zeng Ying could only lead his troops and travel together with Zhang Huangyan.
Zeng Ying commanded 5,000 troops, including 3,000 cavalry, 1,500 infantry, 500 artillery, 500 heavy troops, and was equipped with 100 steam tanks and ten airships.
Zhang Huangyan had under his command 10,000 Ming Army cavalry (including 3,000 special forces), 10,000 Menggu cavalry, and 5,000 infantry. He had as many as five bronze artillery battalions and five missile battalions, as well as 300 steam tanks and 20 airships. .
After the two units joined forces, the total strength reached 35,000 people, with 400 tanks and 23,000 cavalry, with extremely powerful assault capabilities.
However, after adding Yang Zhan's 10,000 troops, it was just about the same strength as Wanli's troops.
This is also the reason why a certain senior brother was able to make a storm during the Western Expedition, because no Rakshasa garrison could defeat the heavily armed group of Wanli.
After arriving in Omsk, Zhang Huangyan and Zeng Yingcai obtained updates on Wanli through the commander of the local garrison.
This big brother has already led his troops to capture Chelyabinsk and Ufa, and is now attacking Cherny.
Zhang Huangyan judged based on the direction of its attack that in the next step, Wanli may go directly to Moscow via Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod!
But because it is so far away from the mainland, supplies have become very difficult.
In addition, it would take a lot of time to cross the Volga River without finding enough boats.
Zhang Huangyan believed that his troops should be able to join Wanli when he led his army across the river. With the increase in strength, he would at least have more confidence.
Once they cross the Volga River, the number of Rakshasa soldiers that Wang Shi will face will definitely exceed the three to five thousand before.
To the west of the Volga River is the densely populated area of the Rakshasa Kingdom, accounting for more than 95% of the total Rakshasa population.
According to the information given by the respected master, if the Rakshasa Kingdom has a population of 20 million, it can at least form an army of about one million to resist the king's attack.
The three of them together only have 90,000 people, so they must not be arrogant just because they won a series of small victories in the early stage.
Once you underestimate the enemy and want to calmly withdraw your troops from a place thousands of miles away from the homeland, it will be an almost impossible task!
Zhang Huangyan can also understand the senior brother's desire to establish immortal achievements, but there is no doubt that before the main force of Rakshasa is severely damaged, the occupation of Moscow has only a symbolic meaning.
However, judging from the situation, it will be winter when our troops arrive in Kazan. If they continue to move westward, they will have to brave the wind and snow, which is very risky and some of the gains outweigh the losses.
The safe move is to rest in Kazan first, then cross the Volga River next year and besiege Moscow.
At this time, Wanli's troops were already in a head-on confrontation with the defenders of Kazan City...
Tsar Alexei I received a series of news of defeats from Siberia, and was already very annoyed with a group of wastes.
It happened that the Don Cossack Rasin led his troops to plunder the Volga River and the west coast of the Caspian Sea. He actually dared to attack his own fleet, and the matter became more and more troublesome.
By the time Alexei I decided to send troops to eliminate this damn gang, the number of enemies had swelled to tens of thousands.
What's even more frightening is that they also have a powerful backer - the Qing army from the Eastern world!
According to the report of Prozorovsky, the governor of Astrakhan, the number of invading Qing troops was as high as more than 300,000!
Although there are quite a few large Menggu cavalry mixed in, there is no doubt that the approximate number is unmistakable.
Because the people sent by Alexei I to verify the situation also reported the same data, only a little more.
The strength of the Qing army was roughly between 300,000 and 500,000, which made Alexei I almost faint after hearing the news...
The damn Cossack traitors were only active from Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) to Astrakhan.
After receiving the support of the Qing army, the scope of activities reached Saratov and even the important downstream town of Simbirsk!
This is tantamount to saying that the area west of Moscow has been opened, which made Alexey I even more angry.
It turns out that all he needs to do is eliminate the handful of traitors in the south and the yellow-skinned monkeys in the east.
Now there are at least 300,000 more Qing troops on the southeastern battlefield. This news has frightened the whole of Moscow.
Although Alexei I was not as good as Ivan IV with a violent personality, it was not that he had never fought a war.
On the contrary, the emperor personally conquered Poland and defeated the Polish army in Smolensk.
Then he tied with Sweden's Carl X, which was already considered a rare event.
Tsarist Russia also succeeded in competing with the Ottoman Empire for the eastern region of a certain Klan and successfully absorbed the Zaporozhye Cossacks.
It can be said that in terms of martial arts, Alexei I's record is completely impressive.
However, due to successive years of military use, the treasury was depleted and lacked gold and silver currency support, forcing Alexey I to order the issuance of copper coins, which caused rapid currency depreciation and also caused inflation.
For Alexei I, it was not particularly difficult to organize two armies and defeat the enemy at the same time.
The problem is not that there is no one, but that we have no money to send troops!
Of course, you can still fight without money, you just have to change the way.
That is to use your own shooting army as a supplement and order nobles from various places to lead their troops to serve the king.
At the same time, the minions, mainly serfs, were mobilized and guaranteed their freedom after victory.
Many serfs were the property of nobles, and the two strategies were contradictory to each other.
But there is also a solution, which is to extort a sum of money from the defeated Ming Empire.
After receiving the huge compensation, all the troubles can be solved!
Alexei I transferred back the Smolensk governor and the famous general Shein to command the troops to resist the yellow-skinned monkeys invading from the east.
Then he ordered Prozorovsky, the governor of Astrakhan, to serve his crime and perform meritorious service. If he could not lead his troops to regain the lost territory, he would no longer want to be a governor and go to keep company with the serfs!
For the Tsarist Empire, the situation has taken a turn for the worse. To be precise, the vast areas south of Voronezh and east of the Volga River have all been occupied by enemy forces!
When he received the news that Chelyabinsk had been lost, Alexey I realized that something was wrong.
Even if there are probably thousands of Cossacks in the area east of the Ural Mountains, they may not be able to reverse the situation in a short time.
Fortunately, the mobilization was still in time, allowing Scheinen to lead an army of 50,000, including 10,000 shooting troops, to fight against the yellow-skinned monkeys.
From the mobilization to the arrival of Schein and his troops in Kazan, it took more than half a year.
Wanli arrived just after Sheyin arrived in Kazan City, which was a front and rear step.
Even in less than a week, this fortress on the east bank of the Volga River can be easily captured by the Ming Dynasty's army.
Some nobles had previously suggested that Schein camp on the west bank of the Volga River and wait for the yellow-skinned monkeys to cross the river before attacking.
But Schein had no intention of doing that because it was impossible to determine the specific time when the enemy troops would cross the river.
If the time of crossing the river happens to be winter, and the river is frozen, and facing the long river direction, how can we stop the opponent?
More importantly, the important town of Simbirsk south of Kazan has been captured by the Cossacks and the Qing army.
This place is less than 200 miles away from Kazan. If we don't station in Kazan, the army is likely to be attacked from both sides in the wild.
As for Prozorovsky, who led his troops to fight the rebellion in the south, Schein had no hope at all...
If you abandon Kazan City, you will have no large stronghold nearby to garrison.
This means going to Nizhny Novgorod, two hundred miles away, which is equivalent to giving Kazan and the surrounding area to the enemy.
The current situation can no longer lure the enemy deeper. Behind Kazan is Nizhny Novgorod.
After Nizhny Novgorod is Vladimir, and less than a hundred miles to the west is Moscow!
Right now, Kazan has become the first line of defense against the invasion of yellow-skinned monkeys.
Although there are two more steps ahead, we must not give up on the first step easily.
If the enemy can be severely damaged in the Kazan area and forced to retreat westward, that would be the best result.
Schein had read the letters requesting help submitted by Obukhov, Khabarov, Tolbuzin and others, which also involved the battle.
But in general, it does not have much reference value, because the disparity between the enemy's and our own forces is too great, and our own side has been outnumbered, which does not reflect the true combat effectiveness of both sides.
This time with an army of 50,000 men, Schein wanted to give the invading yellow-skinned monkeys a head-on blow in Kazan.
If the other party can underestimate the enemy, then you are more likely to win...
Wanli asked a Cossack prisoner to send a battle letter. If the other party's general was willing, he could set up a battle formation tomorrow.
Otherwise, just wait to be besieged by artillery fire!
Anyway, I didn’t dare to face the beating, so I could only hide inside and get beaten!
Schein agreed to this request after brief consideration.
If you can't defeat it yourself, there is still a city behind you that you can defend.
If the opponent loses, that will just happen to kill them all!
There are five thousand Cossacks under his command, which is a very powerful force when chasing the enemy's remaining soldiers.
Including the Cossacks, Schein had ten thousand cavalry, which could form two fists on the left and right wings.
In the middle, you can place 40,000 troops and hundreds of artillery pieces to see how the opponent can win.
The next day, Wanli on horseback calmly looked at the large number of Rakshasa soldiers coming out of the city.
No order to attack was given before the opponent's formation was completed.
The two armies were arrayed about three miles apart, and neither of them easily advanced towards the opposite side.
"Commander, shall we strike first this time?"
"No! I was scared of the Rakshasa soldiers before. I finally encountered so many stupid and bold people who are not afraid of death, but we can't scare them away anymore, otherwise it will be difficult to catch them!"
"The commander is wise!"
"Send my order to the general to put the entire army on defense and prepare to resist the enemy's cavalry attack!"
The strategy of Manli in this battle is to defend and counterattack. If you can take the initiative to attack me, that would be the best.
Instead, I slowly pushed forward and pushed the artillery to a position where I could attack the city.
If you don't come over, Wanli can still seduce him.
It's very simple, that is...
Wei Cha!
Fire a wave of "Scud" tactical missiles!
If you can hold it back, consider yourself capable!
The missile force likes the enemy's infantry phalanx the most, as it is the best target.
After getting the launch order, everyone was very happy because they hadn't encountered so many prey for a long time.
In Liaodong, even the vicious dog Tatars were frightened by missiles, because once they died, a large area would die.
It seems that Rakshasa soldiers are not afraid of death, so they would just use them to sacrifice to heaven!
After igniting, a large number of Scuds quickly took off into the air and flew towards the distant target.
At the same time, the nobles and generals of the Russian army were all sitting on their horses, watching this spectacle with monocular binoculars with great curiosity!
But as the unknown objects launched from the opponent's array flew closer and closer, everyone became a little panicked.
It must be an unknown weapon, and it might be quite lethal.
Schein also expressed doubts about this, but he was still not sure and planned to observe it.
"boom……"
When the first Scud fell, it was followed by a series of explosions and huge fireballs.
The infantry phalanx was blown up to the point of howling like ghosts, and the soldiers' broken limbs flew into the air, even falling into the arms of the noble generals.
Now everyone finally understood the power of this weapon and immediately panicked, but it was too late.
Wanli fired out all the 500 missiles that were about to get wet. According to visual inspection, the hit rate could reach at least 30% to 40%.
The target of the attack is the infantry phalanx that covers a large area of the ground. This target is easy to hit, and it is easy to capture after being disabled.
Those cavalrymen, although more valuable, ran very fast.
As the saying goes, ten birds on a tree are worth less than one in the hand.
Wanli planned to cripple the opponent's infantry first, making them lose their ability to fight in the field.
As for the cavalry alone, he has many tanks and more than 30,000 cavalry, so he is not afraid of the opponent's assault.
"Damn it, order the cavalry to launch an assault on the enemy from both wings!"
Unexpectedly, the yellow-skinned monkey had such a powerful weapon. Schein, who suffered a big loss, immediately ordered the cavalry troops to attack.
If the delay continues, the other party may come back to their old tricks. If you cannot be in the same place and suffer the same losses, then you will be a complete fool.
Ten thousand Russian cavalry began to flood towards the Ming army, but this was exactly what Wanli had expected, and the entire army had already been ordered to defend.
Immediately, various light and heavy artillery pieces equipped by the Ming army, including tank guns, began to spray at the enemy cavalry groups. Hundreds of ballistic trajectories were vaguely visible, and the scene was spectacular.
At this time, the airship just took off and could overlook the entire battlefield situation and continue to provide Wanli with battlefield updates.
The Russian cavalry couldn't help but feel scared when they saw that the opponent actually had something that could fly into the sky.
However, Mandai did not allow these airships to carry aerial bombs because the wind direction was wrong...
For the time being, the airship can only play a role in reconnaissance and intimidation, which seems to be enough.
