According to the memory of Emperor Chongzhen, among the oil fields of Tsarist Russia, the richest reserves were the Tyumen oil fields, in the basin east of the Ural Mountains.

At this time, there were actually very few people here, and there were not many Tsarist troops. It can be said that the region east of the Ural Mountains has not yet been taken seriously by Tsarist Russia. Since their tentacles reaching out to the Far East were cut off by the Ming army, there are even fewer traces in this east.

From this point of view, it is actually relatively simple for the Ming army to occupy this place.

However, Emperor Chongzhen's plan was not just to occupy the Tyumen oil fields. Because the topography of the Ural Mountains is gentle in the west and steep in the east, if this is the boundary in the future, it will be more difficult for the Ming army to defend it.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen's original intention to Hong Chengchou was that the Ming army should go forward again, at least to the Volga River Valley. If you can, you can go west, because there is also an oil and gas field on this plain. But this is not required.

In the border dispute, if the opponent cannot be cleaned up fiercely, then the friction over the border will continue. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty and Tsarist Russia will inevitably fight. As for where to choose, it is up to Hong Chengchou to decide.

He had already known many times in advance, and of course Hong Chengchou had already chosen the location according to his will. The place he chose was Samara Fort on the east bank of the Volga River.

This Samara Fort was built at the end of the 16th century by Tsarist Russia to protect against the invasion of nomads. Here, already with a certain amount of defense.

Hong Chengchou led the army and came in a mighty way, and the cavalry at the outpost advanced rapidly, so that the Russian garrison on this side had no time to escape, let alone destroy, and it was surrounded by water.

When Hong Chengchou led the army to arrive, and the Hongyi cannon was lit up in front of the battle, the white flag was raised at Samara Fort. There were only more than 1,000 of them, and there was no possibility of resistance.

"From now on, this place will be called Mingweisburg!" Ascending to the top of the castle and looking out over the Eastern European Plain, Hong Chengchou ordered the name to be changed.

Subsequently, the army and the subsequent minfu began to expand the fort of Mingwei.

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One of the original Oirats was a large tribe called the Turghut, most of whom were nomadic decades ago and eventually reached the Volga Valley. They were joined by a small number of Dulbert and Hoshote tribes, among other tribes belonging to the Oirath tribe.

However, after they migrated to the Volga Valley, they did not live happily ever after.

Tsarist Russia in the north would often go south to harass, buy furs at low prices, dump goods at high prices, in short, think of various ways to squeeze them dry. And to the south, on the eastern bank of the Volga River basin, it will often be invaded by the Kazakh Khanate; On the western bank of the Volga Valley, the Crimean Khanate was often attacked. All in all, life is still very hard.

If the original historical development is followed, they will eventually not be able to withstand this invasion. In the 18th century, the tribes of the eastern bank returned to the Ili region and became Manchu vassals. There are more than 30,000 households and more than 170,000 people in these tribes who have returned to the east, but in just a few months, under the pursuit of the Tsarist Russian army, half of them died on the way home.

In addition, because of poor communication with the Westerners, and most importantly, the Volga River did not freeze back then, so that the Westerners failed to make the trip and eventually became serfs in Tsarist Russia.

On this day, when the Great Khan of the Turks heard the report of his subordinates, he could not help but be furious: "They are really too deceitful! ”

After the tribe moved to the Volga River Valley, in addition to grazing, they also cultivated farmland and diverted water for irrigation to make up for the lack of grazing. But unexpectedly, when the harvest was about to be made, the two southern khanates almost unanimously sent troops over to burn, kill and plunder.

"Father Khan, do you want to ask the Tsar for help?" Seeing that Punchuk Khan was so angry, his son, Ayuqi, who was already fifteen or sixteen years old, immediately suggested.

Nominally, they were allied with Tsarist Russia.

When Punchuck heard this, he glanced at his naïve son, and couldn't help but get angry and shouted: "What do you think the tsar is? It's an underfed wolf that can swallow our tribe, you know? ”

What made him even more unbearable was that the tsar stipulated that the words "slave" and "subject" must be used in the recitals given to him by Turghut Khan. This is an ally, he is simply treated as a slave, and he is not even as good as a slave, and he is trying all kinds of ways to squeeze the Turks.

After Ayuqi was reprimanded by his father Khan, he bowed his head and said nothing. When he was young, he was finally subdued by the strong. Among the surrounding forces, Tsarist Russia is the strongest, so he has the most favorability.

For this son, Punchuck has high hopes. Therefore, he simply stopped spoiling him, and told his son about the cruel reality, including the oppression of Tsarist Russia, and how to drink blood naked behind those transactions.

Ayuqi didn't expect it to be like this, and suddenly became furious, blushed, and said angrily to Punchuk: "Father Khan, it's the other way around!" ”

Hearing this, Punchuck did not reply immediately, but showed a thoughtful expression. After a while, he said: "Not only our Turks suffered greatly from Tsarist Russia, but also the Don Cossacks to the west. If we can unite them, maybe there will be hope. ”

In the original history, after about ten years, it was the Don Cossacks who could not bear the oppression of Tsarist Russia and rebelled under the leadership of Stepan Razin, and the Turkuts on both sides of the Volga River responded en masse, which is a famous uprising in history.

However, in the end, it failed, according to the experience of later generations: the spontaneity of the peasant uprising, the limitations and dispersion of its actions, the lack of centralized and unified command, the repeated strategic mistakes of the leadership, and the illusion of the tsar; The rebel army was inferior to the Tsarist army in military terms, and the equipment of the rebel army was much worse than that of the Tsarist army; Their military qualities are poor and their discipline is lax.

At this time, after Punchuck finished speaking, he finally sighed, obviously, not optimistic. For them, Tsarist Russia was too strong!

Suddenly, he turned his head to look east, frowned and did not speak.

Seeing him like this, Ayuqi also turned his head to look at the east, but he couldn't see anything, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Father Khan, what are you looking at?" ”

"I heard that the east, our ancestral land, has undergone earth-shaking changes, if we move back, I wonder if it will be better than the current life?" Punchuck had heard a little about the east, but it was too far away, and there were all kinds of news, which made it a little difficult for him to tell.

Some say that Gushi Khan has led his troops to Qinghai-Tibet, and his power has increased greatly; But there are also those who say that the wolf ambitions of the Junggar tribe have annexed the other tribes; There are even rumors that the emperor of the country drove a personal expedition and wiped out the entire Dzungar tribe......

Hehe, how is this possible, although I have not dealt with the Ming Kingdom, but I heard from my fathers that the Ming Emperor was more powerful than the two generations of emperors who founded the country, and when the third generation was still the fourth generation of emperors, he was wiped out by the Mongolian ancestors, and even the emperor himself was captured. Since then, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom has never come out in his palace, how can he be so powerful?

Thinking of this, Punchuck planned in his heart, or wanted to go to Gushi Khan. After all, Gushi Khan was a famous Great Khan, and he was once the common Great Khan of their tribes.

However, it is not easy to move a family! Who wants to leave their homeland if they can?

He was thinking about it, when suddenly, he heard Ayuqi shouting: "Father Khan, someone is coming!" ”

Hearing this, Punchuck looked up and followed his son's point, and saw a cavalry speeding towards the steppe in the distance.

This is the core of the Turghut tribe, the cavalry of other forces, it is impossible to come over like this, it can only come under the leadership of his men.

Looking at the red color of the cavalry, Punchuk couldn't help frowning, thinking in his heart: coming from the north, looking at the clothes, it is not the Tsarist Russian army, nor is it from his own tribe, where will it be the "guest"?

At this time, he really had to ask questions about the guests. Including Tsarist Russia, in fact, they are not guests, but wicked people!

Or it was almost to the king's tent, and a horse broke away from the group and came galloping.

Punchuk's guards, naturally, were also vigilant, and the cavalry on the periphery was only allowed to pass as soon as they made contact with that horseman.

Closer, Punchuck naturally recognized that the person who was speeding in was one of his henchmen. It was as if there was something very joyful, and the smile on that face was about to bloom. He couldn't help it, so he snorted, "What are you happy about?" ”

At this moment, the man was already galloping closer, and before the horse's front hooves fell, he could not wait to jump off the horse, take a few hurried steps, and said to Punchuk: "Great Khan, your distinguished guest is coming, Great Khan, your distinguished guest is coming......

As he spoke, he pointed to the cavalry behind him, which had slowed down.

"What distinguished guest?" When Punchuck saw him like this, he became even more depressed, and immediately shouted coldly.

As far as the current situation of the Turks is concerned, where are the distinguished guests?

Ayuqi on the side was also very curious when he heard it, and couldn't help but interject: "Where is the distinguished guest?" ”

"Ming army, Ming cavalry!" The man hurriedly replied, "They have taken the Samara Fort. ”

"......" Hearing this, all of a sudden, both Ayuqi and Punchuck were taken aback, and then they were stunned.

The legendary Ming army actually fought here, and also captured Samara Fort, they are really so powerful?

Punchuck quickly came back to his senses, but he was not very happy, the Ming army is coming, so what? Even if they beat away the hungry wolf, who knows if there is a tiger?

As he was thinking about it, his subordinates hurriedly delivered good news: "Great Khan, that Ming army general belongs to our Turghut Department!" ”