Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 497 Moscow

In terms of military strength, the Qing army is out of proportion to the Russian army.But after struggling to survive in the most difficult environment, with the weapons of the new army comparable to the Ming army, the strength of the Qing army is far superior to that of the Russian army.

Many battles have already caused a certain degree of fear in the Russian army, which also made Tsar Alexei dare not use superior forces to press out.

The Russians also thought of many ways, but Chenglin cracked them all one by one.The Russians also sent envoys many times to seek a truce with the Qing army, but Feiyanggu's approach was very brutal. He had the Russians sent bald and even cut off their scalps to remove the beards of the Russian envoys. They were all shaved, and slave marks were even burned on their faces with a branding iron.This extreme insult bluntly told the Russians that their Qing army had not considered armistice and peace talks. This was an out-and-out conquest, and the loser would have to accept slavery.

With an absolute advantage, the Qing army is also extremely bold and proactive.

A Tatar officer knelt down on one knee and asked their commander Cheng Lin to fight: "General, our Zhengbaiqi Tatar cavalry is ready. As long as the new army's artillery fires, we can attack the Raksha ghost's position. Kill them all!"

The ethnic composition of the officers under Cheng Lin is now very complex. In fact, the proportion of real Manchus in the Eight Banners is now less than [-]%. A large number of people of different ethnic groups have been filled into each banner as inmates, and some of them have been Given a certain status and the strength of the Western Qing Dynasty, a certain degree of cohesion has gradually been formed.

For example, the officer's name is Hutu, and his name is given in Manchu, which means demon.Although his name has a certain degree of contempt, but it is the name bestowed by the masters, so it becomes honorable.Hutu is a Ural Tatar tribe who surrendered to the Eight Banners during the westward migration of the Qing Dynasty.Later, his tribe was compiled into a Jiala, which belonged to Zhengbai Banner.

There are many foreign military officers like Hutu who have taken refuge in the Eight Banners, and the Eight Banners guards under their command have gradually become the most important military force in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties at this stage.And the new army under Fei Yanggu's personal control is already used as the Dinghai magic needle, and will not rush to the forefront.

As soon as Hutu called for a fight, others such as Kazakhs, Mongols, Tatars, and even Ukrainian Cossacks all called for a fight.The composition of the Eight Banners of the Guards is complex, and even the different troops do not even communicate with each other in language, but they are all under the command of the Qing army, and they dare not disobey any military orders.

Cheng Lin thought for a moment, and ordered Hu Tu to attack.

Hutu led the cavalry to the size of a regiment, and it was also very spectacular to spread out and gallop up.Cheng Lin ordered the artillery to divert fire symbolically, and the Zhengbai Banner Tatar cavalry rushed up.Although the combat effectiveness and discipline of this group of Tatar cavalry were not very good, the artillery of the new army was exceptionally easy to use. Once a fight broke out, the Russian army in a nearby barracks was greatly damaged. Hutu led the army to charge for a while, and then Destroy this Russian army position and behead more than 600 Russian soldiers.

But when Cheng Lin was trying to figure out how to capture Moscow, the Cossack cavalry he sent came back to report.

"General, we have discovered that the Polish army is coming to Moscow from the west under the banner of King John II."

The officers below cheered happily: "Our reinforcements are here!"

Although they are all confident that they can break into Moscow, it must be good to have the help of reinforcements.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Lin shook his head and said, "The Poles didn't come to help us. I'm afraid they came to help the Tsar."

All the officers stared wide-eyed, a bit puzzled.

"How come, Poland clearly signed an alliance with us."

Cheng Lin was very determined: "Before, he wanted to use our hands to attack Russia, but now Russia is likely to be completely annexed by us, and he is not at ease. The commander urged them to advance, and they kept pushing. It's too late to come in Moscow."

Cheng Lin is well aware of the capriciousness of Europeans for their own interests. One day they are friends, but tomorrow they can stab you in the back.Moreover, from Xiqing's standpoint, Poland would not have been allowed to exist forever.After cleaning up Tsarist Russia, Poland sooner or later became the target of Western Qing attacks.

Feiyangu's current grand strategy is very clear, which is to eliminate Tsarist Russia and occupy their original land.Su Shuhuan's army had already arrived in the Volga River Basin. For the first time in his life, the Ming army did not pursue the Qing army and formed an oppressive force on them.Therefore, the Ming and Qing Dynasties took the Volga River as the default dividing line.Although the restored emperor opened his mouth wider at the beginning, obviously out of natural defense considerations, the Ming army did not step across the Volga River, but began to build farms on the east bank of the Volga River, and cleaned up the mess left by Xiqing.

This made Feiyanggu feel relieved, and his great cause of dominating Europe could finally be carried out.Feiyanggu hoped to capture Russia and Ukraine and use the Great Plains of Eastern Europe as a basis to rebuild the Qing Dynasty.After that, he prepared to fight all the way west, with Poland at the forefront.

Cheng Lin, who is rich in military talent, quickly caught this opportunity.He said: "Send someone to Ryazan to inform the commander-in-chief to send more people. We are going to deal with the Polish and Russian troops at the same time. In addition, the army immediately withdrew from Moscow and left a small number of troops as bait to lure the Russian army." , our main force will attack the Polish army first."

He has almost no hesitation at all, and he has already determined that the Poles must have turned their backs. This is his self-confidence.

Cheng Lin led the army to meet the Poles. King John II of Poland completely felt that he was doing mental calculations and unintentional, and that he would definitely defeat the Qing army. However, when the two sides met, no one spoke. , And sent two wings of cavalry shock wave army.The wave army thought that he was the one who was going to make a surprise attack, but after entering the battle, he was beaten by the Qing army.

Even on the battlefield, after the Polish army was at a serious disadvantage, the Ukrainian Cossacks who were pro-Polish immediately chose to defect and joined the formation of the Qing army.After John II couldn't control the situation, he barely escaped.

Chenglin first defeated the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, almost without stopping, and killed another carbine. At this time, Feiyangu led more Qing troops from Ryazan to Moscow.The Russian army originally wanted to eat up the small garrison of the Qing army first, but accidentally got into the pocket array woven by Cheng Lin.

In this campaign, Cheng Lin and Fei Yanggu led a total of 61000 Qing troops against 110000 Russian troops. Tsar Alexei led the army in person and was killed by Qing snipers in the second day's battle, but before he died , the Russian army has been attacked to collapse.

The Russian army suffered more than [-] casualties. In fact, not that many people died, but Feiyanggu directly ordered the wounded Russian soldiers to be buried alive after the war.

The Qing army entered Moscow smoothly, and Fei Yanggu announced the massacre of the city, especially the nobles in the city, not a single one would be let go.

Standing on top of the Kremlin, Cheng Lin looked at Moscow covered in blood, calm and speechless.

(End of this chapter)