In the northern war, Tsarist Russia, which took the initiative to initiate the war, won consecutive battles and victories, which can be said to be high-spirited and proud.
The Russian King Alexei Mikhailovich raised a total of 150,000 troops and suddenly attacked the United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania in three groups.
Because of the butterfly effect, the war between Tsarist Russia and Poland that was supposed to begin in 1654 did not begin. However, the war between the two countries ended up being delayed for two years due to other reasons, and the war started in 1656.
In the original history, the total number of Tsarist Russian troops was one hundred thousand, and they were also divided into three groups.
Among them, the Russian army on the northern route started from Velikiy Luki and connected to Knievel, Polotsk, and Vitebsk.
The Russian army in the middle route started from Vyazma, captured Dorogobuzh, and then Kosmolensk.
The Russian army on the southern route started from Bryansk and advanced towards Minsk along the Roslavl-Orsha-Borisov line.
In the end, the Russian army defeated Minsk, Vilnius, Kaunas, Grodno and other important cities. They even occupied Lublin and reached Nizhny Kazimierz and Pulawi on the Vistula River. As a result, Warsaw, the capital of Poland, was threatened by the Russian army.
However, at this time, Sweden sent troops to conquer Warsaw and Krakow first, and also sent troops to threaten the Russian army's northern flank, eventually forcing the Russian army to give up the offensive.
In this plane, Alexei's army is more powerful than it was in history. And there is more motivation to attack Poland, and enough wealth must be plundered to not lose money.
Therefore, the offensive of the Tsarist Russian army was naturally more fierce than in the original history. With such a strong military front, not only did they quickly conquer the Polish city that had been conquered in history, but even Warsaw, the capital of Poland, was in danger.
The King of Poland, Jan Kashmierz, was caught off guard. On the one hand, he mobilized the hidden troops to try to prevent the attack of the Sha Hungry army. On the other hand, he also immediately called for emergency help from his allies.
Poland's main neighbor to the south is the Ottoman Empire. Although they are now allies, the remaining armies of the Ottoman Empire mainly want to attract the attention of the Ming army on the Arabian Peninsula, and more importantly, they need to defend Istanbul. It is impossible to split their troops for support.
The main neighbor to the north was Sweden, a powerful country at this time. It was also one of the main allies in attacking Tsarist Russia and could support Poland the fastest.
The neighboring country to the west is the Holy Roman Empire, which is also the target of Poland's help, but the rescue will be relatively slow.
Based on this, the Poles placed their main hopes on Sweden, looking forward to it day and night, hoping that Sweden's strong army would arrive as soon as possible.
As a result, the Poles were disappointed.
They waited and waited, but could not wait to come to Sweden. In the end, Warsaw was captured by the Russian army. King Jan Kashmier of Poland was forced to flee to Silesia.
The unprecedented victory made Russian King Alexey smile with joy. He immediately decided that it would be best to pursue the enemy while he was victorious and destroy the feud in Poland.
As a result, when the Tsarist Russian army had just finished resting and had not yet begun to pursue the pursuit, someone quickly reported that Sweden had sent troops and launched a direct attack on the Russian Kingdom itself from the north.
This time, Alexei was shocked.
From the moment he started the war, he wanted to pick up the weak persimmons.
Although Alexei coveted the territories of Sweden and Poland. However, Sweden during this period was far stronger than Poland. Therefore, he planned to destroy Poland first, and at least get enough benefits from Poland before considering war against Sweden.
Unexpectedly, the Swedish people wanted to steal the house while he was not at home.
In this way, Alexey naturally can no longer bully Poland. Therefore, on the one hand, he first sent a vanguard back to the country to stop the Swedish army. On the other hand, he urgently contacted Poland to prepare for peace talks. After signing the treaty, he withdrew his troops to deal with the Swedish offensive.
This kind of operation is not a problem under normal circumstances. European countries basically follow this process.
However, the current international situation is actually a secret alliance of European countries to destroy Tsarist Russia.
Therefore, Poland ignored Tsarist Russia's initiative to seek peace. Not only did they gather the remaining armies to continue their stubborn resistance, the troops of the Holy Roman Empire also began to enter Poland and fight against Tsarist Russia.
In this case, Alexey was very helpless and had to order the army to retreat in batches. As for things like ceding territory and paying compensation, he didn't want to think about it.
As a result, before he had withdrawn from Poland, another horse came to report and brought bad news.
Alexei had previously sent a vanguard to rescue the country, a total of 20,000 troops, all equipped with rifled guns and cannons. However, they were quietly ambushed halfway by the Swedish army and were basically wiped out.
The commander-in-chief of the Swedish army was, thanks to the butterfly effect, not Thorstensen, who died of illness in middle age.
This man was one of the best field marshals in Europe at the time. He was good at long-distance attacks and rapid maneuvers. He was a blitzkrieg general of that era and the teacher of King Carl X of Sweden in military art.
After Sweden received Poland's emergency request for help, under Thorstensen's suggestion and in line with the purpose of being most beneficial to Sweden, the Swedish army did not rush to rescue Warsaw, but sent troops to the Kingdom of Russia, with the goal of Moscow.
But who knows, Thorstensen knows that the Tsarist Russian army will definitely rescue him. Therefore, attacking Moscow is not his main purpose, but the annihilation of the Tsarist Russian army is his main purpose.
He led the Swedish army to suddenly withdraw under a feint, and ambushed the hurried Tsarist Russian army at the place where the Tsarist Russian reinforcements must pass.
It has to be said that Thorstensen is a cunning battlefield veteran and a very difficult person to deal with.
After he eliminated the vanguard of the Tsarist Russian army, he did not attack Moscow again. Instead, he quickly entered Poland and took the initiative to attack the main force of the Tsarist Russian army.
However, Thorstensen's attack was not an upright positional battle, but mainly harassment, which was to slow down the withdrawal of the Tsarist Russian army.
At this point, Alexei finally tasted the pain.
Behind him were the allied forces of Poland and the Holy Roman Empire, and even Luxembourg, which belonged to the Grand Condé fiefdom, all sent troops to pursue him. On the road ahead of him, there were also Swedish troops that he feared were harassing and blocking him.
If you are not careful, it is possible for the entire Tsarist Russian army to be wiped out.
It was also at this time that Alexey finally became aware of the conspiracy of European countries. If an alliance had not been formed in advance, it would be absolutely impossible for such a situation to arise.
In the past, Tsarist Russia and Poland were feuding and fought frequently. I have never seen these countries so united in helping Poland!
Also, logically speaking, Poland and Sweden are still hostile. However, now they have all united to deal with Tsarist Russia. They would not believe it if they killed Alexei without forming an alliance in advance.
Alexei is not a fool. The only thing that can unite these formerly enemy countries is that he is canonized by the Ming Emperor and surrenders to the Ming Empire.
Understanding this, he knew that if he lost the war, it would be impossible to obtain the understanding of these European countries through peace talks.
His situation has become very dangerous!
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Compared with Alexey's worries, the Polish King Jan Kashmire had a pleasure in taking revenge on his enemies.
Even if he reoccupied Warsaw, after seeing Warsaw in ruins, not only did he not reflect on his incompetence, but he even hated Alexei, said harsh words, and vowed to hang Alexei in Warsaw. .
The coalition forces attacked unhurriedly, and there were strong Swedish troops harassing them in front. Jan Kashmire felt like he was playing cat and mouse, wondering every day how frightened that damn Alexei was. He imagined that one day in the coming day, he would encircle and annihilate the Tsarist Russian army, watching Alexei kneel on the ground begging for mercy, and he would go up and trample Alexei under his feet.
Almost no one has any doubts about destroying Tsarist Russia, the lackey of the Ming Empire. The only difference is when to destroy the Russian army.
However, something they never expected happened.
Alexei was also decisive, and even threw all the wealth he plundered in Poland to the Swedish army. When the Swedish army went to take advantage of the wealth, he left part of the army to block it, and used He succeeded in cutting off the gecko's tail and led the army to escape back to Moscow.
Of course, the Swedish army prioritizes the wealth left behind by the Tsarist Russian army. Otherwise, it should ignore the wealth first and pursue the Tsarist Russian army and fight the eager Tsarist Russian army. Not to mention how much loss there will be, if the wealth is pursued from behind. If the troops of Poland or the Holy Roman Empire picked it up, it would not be in Sweden's interests.
No, after the Polish King Jan Kashmierz caught up with his troops and saw the wealth captured by the Swedish army, he had the following dispute.
"These are mine!"
"No, these were captured by us!"
"These were taken from me by Tsarist Russia and they belong to me!"
"No, these are our trophies!"
"These are the treasures of Poland, even the silver urinal used in my palace!"
"No, these are all proofs of our merits!"
"..."
Jan Kashmire was furious, but there was nothing he could do because he could not defeat the Swedish army.
The previous war against Poland was a waste of money. Without bringing the spoils back to the country, it would be impossible to make up for the losses of this war.
Once the weather gets a little warmer, he has no confidence that he can defeat the coalition forces outside the city. The only hope is that the Ming Dynasty will come to the rescue!
