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Chapter 1321 Mingwei
In fact, fewer people also have the advantages of fewer people, while more people have the disadvantage of more people.

Among them, the most critical thing is that when there are more people, the logistical pressure will be greater.For the Ming army's western expedition, it took several years to prepare logistics materials and train the army.Among the forwards, Li Dingguo's [-] cavalry army left the main force and set off with only dry food with them. This placed very high demands on Li Dingguo's cavalry army.It would be very dangerous if there were supplies to replenish before the food on the body was eaten up.

Later, the main force of the [-] forwards in Mangui could not do what Li Dingguo's troops did. The army had to carry supplies, and the quickest way was to carry cattle and sheep to supplement the army's needs.

Going down, the main force of Yang Sichang's troops was too numerous to solve the problem by simply carrying cattle and sheep, so they had to pull carts of food and supplies.It is precisely because of logistical constraints that Li Dingguo's troops can come and go like the wind, and every battle is unexpected.However, although Mangui's troops were also cavalry troops, their speed was much slower.Yang Sichang's troops were even slower.But in this way, Yang Sichang's troops can carry heavy artillery for siege, and it will not affect the marching speed much.

In this way, on the side of Samara Fort, Man Gui did not attack the city, but the main force led by Yang Sichang had the capital to attack the city.

When Samara Fort was built a few years ago, it never thought that it would encounter so many enemies.Moreover, the main prevention objects of the construction at that time were the enemies of the nomads.Therefore, compared to the current battle, the Samara Fort not only cannot accommodate the [-] troops brought by the Patriarch Filaret, but also the strength of the castle cannot withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery.

Yang Sichang was already happy after seeing the situation in Samara Fort.I can finally make some achievements, and I won't let Li Dingguo focus on the past.

As soon as the army surrounded, the heavy artillery came forward. Although there were only two heavy artillery with rifling engraved on them, these two heavy artillery were outside the range of the enemy's artillery. It was obvious that the enemies were in a bit of a mess, especially those under the walls of Samara Fort, who were defending against the city, were the first to start rioting.

This time, Yang Sichang also felt the benefits brought by the advanced weapons. Originally, the heavy attack had already lowered the morale of the enemy to a low point. Then he saw the Samara Fort slowly collapse under the bombardment of heavy artillery. One place, one place, on the second night, the Tsarist Russian nobles outside the fort first couldn't bear it and tried to break out and escape.

It's just really embarrassing, Yang Sichang is not an incompetent master, he had expected this a long time ago, dug a hole and waited for these Xiyi to jump.

When it was dawn the next day, Patriarch Filaret sneaked up to the top of the city, and when he saw the Ming army cleaning up the dead bodies near their camp, his face was so gloomy that dripping water could be seen.

Originally, our own troops were no match for the Ming army, but these nobles outside the city acted without authorization and ran to die by themselves. Now, they are looking for death, but they have dealt a blow to the morale of the city and boosted the morale of the Ming army. , the city wall will be bombed down, how can this battle be fought?
In desperation, Patriarch Filaret asked people to wave a white flag, and wanted to discuss surrender with the Ming army.However, the envoy's ears were cut off and he was driven back soon. Yang Sichang only replied with one sentence: "In the past, I killed countless Oirat people in the Ming Dynasty. Now, I come to crusade according to the emperor's order, and I will pay with blood!"

This time, Patriarch Filaret was desperate, and he couldn't even surrender, which was too unreasonable.At this time, he began to regret the previous attack on Oirat Mongolia. When he remembered the materials that were plundered to Oirat Mongolia and was complacent, now it seems that his vision is so short-sighted!
But then, he also came back to his senses, as if the Oirat Mongolia was not part of the Ming Kingdom back then, how could he know that the Ming Dynasty would stand up for the Oirat Mongolia!This... this... the Ming army outside the city is unreasonable!

However, Patriarch Filaret had nothing to do about it. He could only gather his nobles and said to them solemnly: "Everyone, you should have heard the reply from the Ming army outside the city. Now we have no way out. Only by fighting to the death with the Ming army can we survive. Therefore, everyone, remember, we must unite, act together, and survive the death, understand?"

I have to say, his words are still effective.Of course, what’s more, these nobles have seen the fate of trying to escape their accomplices privately, as well as the reply from the commander of the Ming army. Therefore, they had to give up other thoughts and expressed their opinions one after another. They must listen to Patriarch Filaret and must Fight the Ming army to the end.

In this way, the war returned to the original situation.The Ming army was outside the city, and the two heavy artillery were just outside the range of the cannons at the top of the city. They fired one shot after another without haste, and there was no fight other than that. Mark of.

The Tsarist Russian army in Samara Fort, having regained some morale due to despair, began to slowly wear down again.But on this day, before the heavy artillery knocked down the walls of Samara Fort, their morale plummeted.

Therefore, a group of Ming soldiers returned from the west, escorted a few people, and lined up outside the city for execution.

"It's not good, Your Excellency the Patriarch, it's not good!" A leader rushed into the palace of the Patriarch Filaret almost scrambling, and reported in a panic, "Your Highness... His Highness, he is here Outside……"

"What? He's here?" Patriarch Filaret was originally ill. After being besieged by the Ming army, his condition worsened and he was already bedridden. Sitting up on the bed, he said with an inconceivable expression on his face, "He has always been cowardly, but now that he is in this situation, he even brought troops to reinforce him?"

Before anyone could answer, he hurriedly got out of bed, and while walking outside, he guessed again: "Did the reinforcements from several other countries come with them? How many soldiers and horses are there, can they defeat the Ming army? Hurry up!" , Immediately assemble the army in the city, it is best to cooperate with the outside, maybe we can fight and defeat those demons from the east!"

"..." The leader who came to report the letter was terrified and couldn't even get in the words, so he had to follow behind, and finally waited until Patriarch Filaret finished speaking, and then hurriedly replied, "No, no, Your Highness... Your Highness was captured by the Ming army!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Patriarch Filaret staggered and almost fell.Then, he immediately threw off the maid who had just supported him, his face was pale, and he hurried out to check the situation.

Naturally, it was impossible for his subordinates to lie to him. When he reached the top of the city, he found that everyone was looking outside and didn't even know he was coming. He knew that everything was over.

As the tsar, his son was cowardly and cowardly, and he would definitely stay in Moscow and never come out.But now, since he appeared outside the city, it meant that Moscow had already fallen into the hands of the Ming army.

Sure enough, when he went up to the top of the city and looked out, he saw his son and several nobles who stayed behind in Moscow being escorted by the Ming army outside the city for execution.

The same goes for Yang Sichang, who even found someone who knew Tsarist Russian and shouted to the inside of the city: "You, a small country, dare to offend my Ming Dynasty even if you are overconfident. Now that the king is marching west, destroying you is like killing a chicken. , but interest, open your eyes and watch!"

After finishing speaking, the soldiers from the Oirat tribe got on their horses and pulled these people, and began to run around the city. Under the watchful eyes of everyone on the top of the city, they dragged these Tsarist Russian nobles to death alive.

On the top of the city, there was silence, deathly silence.

Suddenly, with an "ah", Patriarch Filaret screamed and fell backwards.Fortunately, the people around were awakened by him, and they supported him with quick hands and eyes.However, seeing him spitting out blood and rolling his eyes, he knew something was wrong.

Sure enough, that night, Patriarch Filaret said "ahhhh" unwillingly, and stretched out his hand to grab the sky, as if trying to grab some life-saving straw, but in vain. In the end, he dropped his hand, kicked his foot, and there was no more movement.

His death once again hit the morale of the Tsarist Russian army. That night, the remaining Tsarist Russian nobles could no longer bear the pressure and led their own men to break through the encirclement.

Not surprisingly, the Ming army outside the city waited for work with leisure, and dealt a heavy blow to these headless Xiyi. When the sky was bright, Yang Sichang began to climb up the Samara Fort with a smile on his face, and looked into the distance.

In the temporary chat group, Yang Sichang was finally able to speak confidently: "Your Majesty, I have wiped out the main force of Tsarist Russia and occupied Samara Fort!"

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen was not surprised.You must know that Tsarist Russia at this time was only a small country in Western Europe, and it was far from the powerful country in later generations.The Ming Dynasty is just the opposite, it is not the Daming that is too busy to take care of itself and is about to destroy the country in history, but the Ming Dynasty that is at the height of the sun and is stronger than any dynasty in history.With the strength of Ming Dynasty at this time, it can only deal with Tsarist Russia, a small country in Western Europe, so it is naturally a crushing situation.

In the chat group, before Emperor Chongzhen had time to speak, Lu Xiangsheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, had already spoken first: "From the several battles with Xiyi, we can see that our Ming firearms are excellent, which greatly reduced the casualties of our Ming soldiers. Therefore, my minister Suggestion, my Ming military research and development must stay ahead."

Sun Chuanting, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, saw it, and immediately had the opportunity to speak: "The scientific and technological knowledge promoted by Your Majesty is really a priceless treasure. My Ming Dynasty has this sharp weapon, and I can maintain the lead. I am also drafting adjutants in various yamen. There must be excellent talents who understand professional science and technology to carry out the plan.”

Not to be outdone, Hong Chengchou, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, immediately spoke to express his sense of existence: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate is sending censors to the subordinate yamen of various localities, demanding that the local authorities strictly investigate fraud in exams and put an end to scientific and technological problems. Subjects muddle through."

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy when he saw it, and he smiled and said in the group: "All the ministers know this, and I am very relieved!"

But Yang Sichang looked depressed, I am the one who destroyed the country, what do you guys mean, instead of saying congratulations, you diverted the topic, and the emperor didn't even say anything, is this really good?

After complaining for a while, he also had to admit that the current Daming has already become numb to such wars as the War of Extermination of the Nation.Do the math, starting from the destruction of Dongwu, counting Nanyang, North Korea, Japan, etc., it is no wonder how many countries have been destroyed. It is no wonder that everyone is no longer surprised by this.

After quitting the chat group, Yang Sichang took it easy and looked at the scenery on the Eastern European Plain.

Speaking of which, things in the Ural Mountains are really different.Generally speaking, the temperature in the east is much lower than that in the west, so the vegetation is completely different.

Yang Sichang is entitled to know that Da Ming launched this war, ostensibly to avenge the people of the Oirat tribe, but in fact, Da Ming is also plotting endless wealth underground in the east.

The captives captured in this war will not watch the capital like Li Dingguo did, but will work as coolies to expand the castle and become the bridgehead of Ming Dynasty in this far west.The emperor gave it a name for this, and it was called Mingwei Castle, which means that the Ming Dynasty is famous far and wide, and it will shock the Western Yi.

Thinking of this, Yang Sichang looked at the herds grazing in the distance, and suddenly thought in his heart: In fact, the name Yangcheng here is not bad, it fits the occasion, and it can also imply that he laid down here, isn't it!
Therefore, under his careful thinking, after the expansion of the original Samara Fort, the official name on the surface is Mingwei Fort, but the locals, especially Xiyi, still like to call it Yangcheng.Of course, that's a later story.

At this time, in the Ming Dynasty, after a year of preparations, the Ming Dynasty officially returned to Yingtianfu and changed its name to Jingshi, also known as Nanjing.The original capital was restored as Shuntian Mansion, also known as Beiping, which was also the accompanying capital of the Ming Dynasty, and also had eight departments and other yamen.

At the same time, Li Dingguo continued to make trouble in Europe under the support of the Manchu army.The cavalry army under their command came and went without a trace, and disappeared without a trace. In the territories of Poland and Sweden, two opponents who had just suffered heavy blows, they attacked the nobles and divided the fields. They carried out the will issued by Emperor Chongzhen, which was to hit Europe hard Those with vested interests, that is, the European aristocracy, unite the oppressed people in Europe, that is, the serfs and slaves that are still common in Europe.Li Dingguo's prestige began to resound over Europe, known as the Eastern Lightning.

It was not until late autumn, when the weather gradually cooled down, that the army retreated back to Fort Mingwei and stationed here, with Man Gui as the commander.And Yang Sichang led the army back to Tian Province for the winter.After all, the army is staying here, so the logistical pressure is too great.

In Moscow and other places, the Ming army gave up all of them, and even Poland and Sweden, which were crippled, were eager to occupy the vacated territories.

However, the Ming army still had a deterrent effect in Fort Mingwei. On the European continent, while many forces began to grab territory, they also tended to unite with each other.

At this time, Europe was originally engaged in a 30-year war because of the issue of belief.For this reason, there are also Xiyi people who want to find out what the Ming people believe in, trying to distinguish friends from enemies.

However, the answer they got was obviously beyond their expectations.

(End of this chapter)