The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

When Cherkessk Cossack leader Naum Vasilyev was in a stalemate with his Don Cossack cavalry and the rebels of the pseudo-Dmitry Tsar when it fell.

Although in the first confrontation Naum Vasilyev misunderstood that his opponent was just a mob and rashly launched an offensive, which caused the Don Cossacks who were only light cavalry to fall into the infantry phalanx and lost some people, But he quickly found a way to deal with the rebel army, that is, to keep following, using long-range firepower to continuously consume the strength and patience of the rebel army. If the soldiers of the rebel army can't stand the passive beating and break away from the rush of the large unit, then Naum Vasilyev would lead the Cossack cavalry to encircle and eat it, and disengage it before the rebel army arrives; and if the rebel soldiers do not pursue, then they can only endure passive beatings and continue to be beaten. Hit until the psychological breakdown.

This method is really effective. Due to the lack of muskets and other long-range weapons for confrontation (the soldiers of the Free Slave Corps mainly used melee weapons, which is not stingy, it is because the Crimean Khanate itself lacks muskets; and the peasants and Cossacks who joined, There are only a few muskets, and the quality is poor), the advance speed of the rebel army has dropped from 20 kilometers per day to only seven or eight kilometers per day. And like a giant bear besieged by a pack of wolves, losing blood every day.

"Stepan Racine, there is a way to heaven, you don’t go, **** has no way to vote. Since you come back to find death and dare to pretend to be the czar, then I can only send you on the road again. You will go to **** to be yours Tsar!" Naum Vasilyev said cruelly.

In the first confrontation, Naum Vasilyev recognized Stepan Racine. Although Stepan Racine put on a fake beard in order to pretend to be the pseudo-Dmitry Tsar, Naum Vasilyev recognized him at a glance—the two were once allied brothers. Chief M. Vasiliev's knowledge of Stepan Raxin can be recognized even if he turns into ashes, not to mention just wearing a fake beard.

After being "beat and run" by the Don Cossack cavalry, the insurgents stayed where they were. They built the fortifications, but they even planned to stick to it.

Although this increased the difficulty of the Don Cossack's sneak attack and "fighting and running", it made Naum Vasilyev even more desperate.

It is important to know that on the vast and sparsely populated prairie, if you say that moving forward is looking for death, then sticking to it is waiting for death. Naum Vasilyev estimated that the food carried by the insurgents would definitely not be enough for them to eat for more than a week. After a week, the insurgents will starve to death in their strong camp.

But even so, Naum Vasilyev was worried that Stepan Racine had another plot. Because Stepan Racine in Naum Vasilyev's impression is not such a person who will kill himself.

And if a troop sticks to it, it is most likely to be ready for help.

And who is the reinforcement that Stepan Racine is waiting for?

For his own inner worry, Naum Vasilyev sent scouts in both east and west directions.

To the east, in the Volga River Basin, is a group of Tatar tribes that recently came from the East, calling themselves Turgut (called Kalmyk in Tsarist Russia, and later for the convenience of writing, the author called them Kalmyk). These Kalmyk refused to accept the rule of Tsarist Russia, and was brave enough to fight against the Don Cossacks. They were very likely to help Stepan Racine to fight against him.

To the west, of course, it is in the direction of Cherkessk. In that direction, Naum Vasilyev knew that there was a Tatar army approaching Cherkessk, but before Naum Vasilyev sent troops to defeat the rebels, the Crimean Tatars The army seems to have fallen into civil strife. Not only has it stayed in place for more than a month, but it also seems to be badly injured. Only a thousand people are left-this is also Naum Vasilyev's daring to leave Cherkesk and lead a large army to fight the uprising One of the reasons for the army.

At this time, Naum Vasilyev still did not link the civil strife in the Tatars with Stepan Racine.

For the next two days, Naum Vasilyev waited for the return of the scouts in a stalemate.

The first to bring back information were the scouts heading to the Volga River Basin. He brought back the news that the Kalmyk people did not change anything, only a Kalmyk cavalry was hunting on the grassland under the leadership of their Taiji Ayuqi.

This made Naum Vasilyev relieved. In the evening, the scouts returning from Cherkessk left Naum Vasilyev like a bolt from the blue.

The city of Cherkessk was occupied by the Tatars, and Tatar cavalry was coming here.

Naum Vasilyev was dumbfounded when he heard the news.

Now ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ even if Naum Vasilyev is stupid, he understands that Stepan Racine is in collusion with the Tatars. And he started in Cherkessk in order to cooperate with the Tatars in the capture of Cherkessk.

"This **** guy actually colluded with the Tatars."

Knowing that he was put by Stepan Racine, Naum Vasilyev wished to lead his army to attack the camp of the insurgents and take Stepan Racine, the pseudo-tsar, alive.

But reason told him that it was unwise to attack the big camp.

"I should retreat now and go to Prince Yuri Boryatinski and them." Naum Vasilyev calculated.

But soon Naum Vasilyev himself rejected his plan.

"No, no. Prince Yuri Bolyakinski and the others may not be able to protect themselves now. Besides, I have lost Cherkessk. It doesn't matter if they, noble lords, I am a Cossack. I bundled it up and sent it to Moscow as a scapegoat. And the pseudo-tsar’s troubles were also caused by me. The most taboo of their Romanov family is this. The tsar will definitely hate me for rebelling against me. Smart Naum. Vasilyev cannot do such a stupid thing."

Naum Vasilyev thought to himself. He felt that he was like a boat in the raging Black Sea, in danger of capsizing at any time.

After calculations, Naum Vasilyev knew that the only way he could go was to find a way to defeat Stepan Racine and the Tatars. But is it possible on the basis of these hundreds of people?

Suddenly, an inspiration flashed in Naum Vasilyev's head. He tightly grasped the arm of the adjutant next to him.

"Vasily, does the messenger who came back from the east mean that Ayuqi is hunting with Kalmyk cavalry!"