Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 960 Eastern Tactics
The target of Karl's troops was Tsarist Russia, which had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.While expanding its territory, it also attacked the Ming Dynasty to let European countries know that even if Sweden went to attack the Ming Dynasty (its vassal country) alone, it would be no problem.

Tsar Alexei was really watching, but he never expected that Sweden would come to beat him again.

Hearing the news, Alexei couldn't help but curse, but there was nothing he could do.

Tsarist Russia's national strength was originally inferior to Sweden, and now it is even more incomparable with Sweden.Now the Swedish army is pointing directly at Moscow, the town they occupied before. Obviously, this time, it is estimated that they will not leave after the occupation.

In desperation, while thinking about how to resist the Swedish attack, he sent eight hundred miles to the Ming army on the side of Samara Fort to urgently ask for help.After all, Tsarist Russia is already a vassal state of Ming Dynasty in name, and it also paid protection fees before, that is, paid tribute to grain and grass.

This time, Poland did not take the opportunity to add insult to injury, and then attacked Poland.One of the reasons is that it was disabled by Sweden and other countries before, and it needs to be restored.In addition, I also want to see how Sweden will fight Tsarist Russia first. How will the Ming Dynasty respond?If it is possible, Poland most hopes that Sweden and Ming can lose both sides!

The [-] Swedish army, divided into two groups, went straight to Moscow.

Alexey tried to resist, but found that there was no way to resist, so he could only choose to retreat, and was ready to abandon Moscow at any time.At the same time, he was also worried, wondering if the Ming Dynasty would send troops?After all, Tsarist Russia is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and this is the first time it has been attacked!
Not surprisingly, the Swedish army finally reached Moscow. Alexei did not dare to resist and threw an empty city to them.

At this time, almost all European countries knew about the situation here, and sent many spies to inquire about the situation.It's like a group of spectators, watching Sweden bully Ming's vassal state, commenting, and evaluating the situation of Ming by the way.

"Your Majesty, about [-] Swedish troops are continuing to chase!" Alexei was frowning in the temporary camp when he heard his subordinates come over in panic and report.

Needless to say, he scolded his mother again, scolded the Swedes for being too deceitful, and then asked about the situation of the Ming army in a panic, but there was no news.

"Whether it will help us or not, at least there is a letter." Alexei immediately became angry again when he heard it, "What the hell is Varischi doing? !"

After scolding for a long time, there is also a lot of resentment towards Ming, but in the end there is nothing to do.

"Your Majesty, the Tam clan has surrendered to Sweden."

It was another bad news, which made Alexei unable to get angry even if he wanted to, because the Tam tribe was not the first tribe to surrender to Sweden.Faced with Sweden's menacing offensive, everyone knew that Tsarist Russia could not resist. Therefore, several tribes had secretly left Alexei's side before and chose to surrender to Sweden.

After sitting blankly for a while, Alexei felt the aura of doom deeply. He couldn't help asking himself, is Tsarist Russia going to end?

Under the urging of the personal guards, after Alexei came back to his senses, he ordered to continue to retreat eastward, as long as he could last!
Of course, the Swedish army can feel the situation in Tsarist Russia.Especially the news brought by the surrendered tribes made the Swedish king Karl feel more comfortable, and said to his subordinates: "Look, Tsarist Russia has defected to the Ming Dynasty, thinking that it will hug a thigh, but in the end, when we heard that our Swedish army was fighting Come here, you don't even dare to fart!"

This time, after completely occupying Tsarist Russia, destroying a country, and greatly expanding the territory of Sweden, Karl's reputation has reached a peak.After hearing his words, his courtiers were all flattered for a while.

Karl simply kept doing nothing, and sent messengers to the country, asking for more troops, and he wanted to completely occupy Tsarist Russia.Therefore, he sent the army in Moscow to the north and south to capture other Tsarist Russian towns and surrendered to the Tsarist Russian tribes.

On the tsar's side, the [-] Swedish troops ran after the tsar, and more and more tribes surrendered.In short, the situation in Sweden is very good.According to the development of this situation, it is estimated that within half a year, Sweden will be able to swallow the entire Tsarist Russia.

However, an accident happened.

When the pursuing Swedish army was about [-] miles away from Moscow, a Ming cavalry army suddenly appeared behind the Swedish army and raided Moscow.

Led by the envoy of Tsarist Russia, that is, Varischi sent by Alexei, the Ming army's surprise attack was really sudden, and it almost broke into Moscow.

Thanks to the fact that the Swedish army at this time was really considered a strong force in Europe and responded quickly, it was prevented from being invaded by the Ming army into Moscow.

Karl, who was standing on the top of the city to check the Ming army, asked his subordinates very annoyedly: "The Ming army is here, why is there no news at all? Is it true that the Tsarist Russian tribes who surrendered to us did not really surrender? Otherwise, why? They all said that the army has no sign of sending troops?"

Naturally, his subordinates couldn't answer this question.

But fortunately, the Ming army is all cavalry, even the kind with one man and two horses. It is obvious that they do not have the conditions to attack the city. This makes Karl feel relieved. He strictly ordered to do a good job of defense. Return to aid, and at that time, the Ming army will be able to gather and destroy the Ming army under the city of Moscow.

However, he hadn't started his plan yet. After staying outside Moscow for three days, the Ming cavalry marched eastward under the watchful eyes of the defenders at the top of the city.

"Your Highness, it's not good, the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty has gone east!"

After hearing the report from his men, Carl, who was sleeping on Alexei's bed, was stunned for a moment. When he came to his senses, he became anxious.Obviously, the Ming cavalry relied on their strong mobility to intercept the Swedish baggage train.

The biggest difficulty for the Swedish army to attack Tsarist Russia was actually the problem of food and grass.

Of course, Alexei would not leave food and grass for the Swedish army. He took everything he could take away. If he really couldn't take it away, he would keep it if he thought he could have it when he came back in the future, otherwise it would be destroyed.

In addition, many tribes of Tsarist Russia surrendered to Sweden, and those people must have limited food and grass, which also needs to be provided by Sweden.Coming and going again and again will increase the burden on the Swedish army.As a last resort, Sweden must have transported grain and grass from the country.

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, Karl sent messengers to recall all the troops urgently, organized troops, and began to return to help to ensure the safety of his supply team.

However, the development of things was beyond his expectation.

When he led the army back to the east for two days, he lost the trace of the Ming army again, which made him a little confused: "What the hell is the Ming army doing? Where did they hide?"

The territory of Tsarist Russia was not only large, but also sparsely populated, which made him even more unaware of the movements of the Ming army.

After cursing for a while, we can only ensure the safety of the transport team first, which is the most important thing.

Five days later, Karl finally received the news from the Ming army, but the result left him dumbfounded.

The Ming army actually killed a returning carbine, ambushed halfway, and killed two Swedish troops who hurried back to Moscow to help.Among them, the road with the largest number of troops was the 3000 who chased the tsar, and only more than [-] cavalry troops fled back to Moscow in the end.

Hearing this news continuously, Karl was really dumbfounded.He was very uncomfortable with the Ming army's tactics!

He wanted to fight, but he couldn't find the Ming army. He was led by the Ming army all the time, but he was defeated by the Ming army one by one!

At this time, he felt like he was fighting someone. He punched him and hit the cotton without any force or damage.But when someone punched him, it actually hit him, which made him feel very painful!

Karl was a little mad. He knew why this happened, so he ordered angrily: "Gather your troops and attack the Ming army's Samara Fort. Let's see how they avoid fighting!"

This is too passive, the Ming army does not need to defend, the cavalry is still maneuvering, if it continues to fight like this, defending everywhere is equivalent to not defending everywhere, and sooner or later the Ming army will be exhausted to death!
However, his order was stopped by his subordinates.

Samara Castle is too far away from Moscow, and even farther away from the Swedish mainland.If the Swedish army wants to attack Samara Fort, it must mobilize the power of the whole country.And at least this is not what the current Swedish nobles want to see!

If after going to Samara Fort, they were defeated by the Ming army, how many Swedes would return to Sweden alive after such a long journey?

People are not stupid. After realizing the reality, Karl was very helpless. In the end, he could only order to burn Moscow and withdraw his troops back to Sweden.

So, just like that, the European country's first initiative to provoke Ming's war ended like this.

Alexei was overjoyed when he heard the news. This time, he personally went to Samara Fort to meet with the Governor of Ming Dynasty and Hong Chengchou, Marquis of Ming Wei, and thanked him in person for the support of the suzerain.

In this regard, Hong Chengchou did not hesitate to smile, and even helped Alexei himself and said: "Since Tsarist Russia has become a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, it is naturally protected by Ming Dynasty. This matter will be reported to the emperor at the official meeting, and the emperor will decide. Whether to send troops to punish Sweden!"

Alexey was overjoyed after hearing this, and went back to deal with the rebels happily. He also trumpeted the strength of the Ming army and Hong Chengchou's words to boost his momentum and embolden himself.

What happened this time made those small countries and tribes that surrendered to Ming Dynasty all overjoyed. It turns out that Ming's thigh is really right!
The Ming Dynasty is too powerful!I love Daming!
In fact, strictly speaking, the Ming army, at least the army under Hong Chengchou, was not much stronger than the Swedish army.It's just that subjectively, the Swedish army encountered the Eastern style of play for the first time and was not adaptable; objectively, the Ming army did not need to defend and had sufficient maneuverability. In addition, the Swedish army had been going well in the early stage, but suddenly encountered a blow from the Ming army and won. The negative nature is obvious!
It didn't take long for all European countries to know about this incident.

(End of this chapter)