Liang Yue's arrival in the Dnieper River Basin was like a weasel entering a chicken coop, quickly triggering a chain reaction.
Now that the Khmelnytsky Uprising is in full swing in the region, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is helpless in the face of the turbulent uprising.
This uprising was also instigated and supported by the Russians behind the scenes.
Later, Russia took action personally and launched the Russo-Polish War.
However, Russia's originally ferocious momentum came to an abrupt end due to changes in the east, and it had to readjust its strategies.
This resulted in the uprising encountering setbacks and making it increasingly difficult to persist.
The arrival of Liang Yue attracted the Tatars in the rebel army.
After all, compared to Poles, Cossacks, and Russians, Tatars are closer to the East anyway.
Especially with the example of the Torgut tribe, the Tatars suddenly realized that they might be the masters of this land, and immediately united under the banner of Liang Yue.
Liang Yue's power began to expand rapidly, and the number of troops exceeded 300,000.
In addition, the empire sent him many practical officials.
With these officials, Liang Yue finally transformed from a former bandit to a political power.
After occupying the land, he no longer just plundered and destroyed it, but established a complete system with the help of officials to appease the civilians for production, establish a government for management, and at the same time encourage agriculture, promote business, and crack down on lawlessness.
In a short time, the vast area east of the Dnieper River to the Volga River quickly settled down and accepted his rule.
With the help of officials, Liang Yue founded the Xinhua Kingdom.
Subsequently, the certificates of canonization, jade seals, scepters, and royal crowns given by Zuo Menggeng were successively delivered, which also showed that this new country was protected by the empire.
The establishment of the Xinhua Kingdom directly affected the war situation on the side of the Kazakh Khanate.
Facing the aggressiveness of the National Defense Forces, the Kazakh Khanate was unable to resist, so it had to choose to form an alliance with Russia and pray for Russia to send troops.
After Gudnov returned, everyone in Russia understood that there was no possibility of peace with the empire.
What the empire asked for irritated Russia's nerves, and it was impossible for Russia to agree.
Then there is only one way to go: war.
The outcome is judged by the outcome of the war.
For this reason, Russia had to withdraw from its original plan to compete with Poland for the Dnieper River Basin, and at the same time began frantically recruiting troops from all over the country.
Countless civilians, serfs, Cossacks and even criminals were filled into the army and headed east one after another.
But Russia's concession was not echoed by Poland.
Poland instead saw this as an opportunity.
Representatives from Poland quickly found Liao Zhongjian and proposed the idea of a tie-up.
Originally, the European coalition forces had begun preparing to attack the Ottoman Empire at this time. Poland was an important country in Central and Eastern Europe and a member of the Allied Forces. Liao Zhongjian could not refuse.
He quickly sent people to report to the country by land.
This reflects the benefits of the empire's expansion into Eastern Europe.
In the past, this kind of communication across thousands of miles could never be achieved within a year or two by sea. But now by not stopping all the way, it actually only took more than four months.
Zuo Mengeng quickly gave instructions and asked Liao Zhongjian to agree to Poland's conditions.
Poland and the Kingdom of Xinhua used the Dnieper River as the boundary to divide the territory of Ukraine and support Poland's actions in the direction of Romania.
Romania is now a client state of the Ottoman Empire and is within the strike range of the coalition forces. As for what to do with the land after conquering Romania, the empire played tricks.
Poland was very happy about this and happily signed the agreement with the Empire.
Subsequently, Poland and the Kingdom of Xinhua quickly joined forces to attack Chmelnytsky's rebel army.
Without the support of Russia, how could this insurgent army, which was already weak, be able to withstand the attacks of the two major military groups?
In the end, Khmelnytsky had no choice but to leave Ukraine and retreat to Kiev.
The Kazakh Khanate was in dire straits.
Because of the rise of the Xinhua Kingdom, their ties with Russia were severed.
In the spring of 1663, Turkestan, the capital of Kazakhstan, faced a siege by the 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Cavalry Divisions of the National Defense Forces. It only defended for eighteen years before being breached.
Yangir Khan could only flee to Salechuk and survive as a last resort.
Zuo Xuanyan gave full play to the spirit of chasing the poor bandits with the remaining troops and mobilized all armies to catch up. In just three months, he captured most of the territory of the Kazakh Khanate and reached the Caspian Sea.
All the famous generals in the Northern Strategic Cluster and Northwest Strategic Cluster spontaneously attacked her, vowing to improve her reputation.
After assessing the situation, Zuo Xuanyan formulated a new plan.
She did not rush to attack Salechuk, but gave Russia the opportunity to send troops and generals.
Because she found that the National Defense Forces were fighting all the way, and the battle line was a bit too long, making logistical supplies difficult.
If the Kazakh Khanate is eliminated at this time, then the battlefield with Russia must be west of the Volga River. As a result, the supply line of the Wehrmacht will be long and arduous, and the Russian supply line will be more convenient. The situation is very unfavorable.
If the attack is placed east of the Volga River, the Russians will also suffer from supply line problems.
At the same time, she was still waiting for several other lines of defense troops to arrive.
In late May, good news came from the Northern Line.
After a long journey of more than two years, the Fourth Division and the Eighth Division finally conquered Tyumen, Yekaterinburg, and Chelyabinsk.
The Wehrmacht has advanced to the foot of the Ural Mountains.
At the same time, a partial division sent by Lu Zhiqian also reached the mouth of the Ob River.
As long as you cross the river, you can see the northern end of the Ural Mountains.
As a result, Russia had to deploy a large number of troops along the long Ural Mountains. Otherwise, once the 4th and 8th Divisions choose to cross the mountains, there will be no danger to defend the vast Eastern European plains.
At the same time, Zuo Xuanyan also sent a mission to the Safavid dynasty, urging the Safavid dynasty to join the coalition and use force against the Ottoman Empire.
When the empire swept across Central Asia, the Safavid dynasty was trembling.
After all, they had fought against the empire in Central Asia, and they were afraid that the empire would attack them, so they had been forming troops on the border for defense.
Now the Empire is showing goodwill.
Not only will it not use force against the Safavid dynasty, it will also form an alliance with it.
All it takes is the Safavid dynasty to join the coalition and fight against the Ottoman Empire together.
Zuo Xuanyan offered generous conditions to the Safavid dynasty.
The empire supported the Safavid dynasty's claim to the Mesopotamia.
This condition really made the Safavid dynasty very happy.
The Ottoman Empire was tyrannical for a while, and the neighboring Safavid dynasty suffered greatly. At the same time, the wealth in the two river basins also made them jealous.
Now that they no longer need to be enemies of the empire, they can also expand their territory. The Safavid dynasty quickly agreed to the conditions of the kingdom.
In the autumn of the same year, under Zuo Xuanyan's order, the Fifth Front took advantage of the Safavid dynasty, divided its troops into two groups, and began to attack the Transcaucasus region.
The Ottoman Empire began to encounter attacks from both sides.
