Chapter 1119: Moscow (4)

Finally, as this dull voice grew louder and louder, a long queue appeared on the road in the distance, and countless war horses were galloping towards them.

The faces of the Russians on the walls of the town of Lyubertsy turned pale, and the Tatars in the distance were so fierce that they felt very depressed, and there was a murderous aura in their faces.

Some of the timid people on the wall were almost frightened, and the Tatar cavalry column could not be seen. There are only two or three hundred young men who can fight in the town of Liuberzi, and this person can't hold the town at all.

"Boom...... Rumble ......"

Countless horses' hooves struck the ground with a continuous roar, and the ground around the town trembled.

With the arrival of the Tatars, the town was completely chaotic. The militia who had been guarding the wall jumped off the wall and fled in all directions, and the town was full of cries of women and children, and they had no intention of resisting.

The Tatar cavalry of the brigade came to the town of Lyubertsy and did not stop, but went all the way to the west. Bands of cavalry whizzed in front of the town of Lyubertsy.

Although the Tatar cavalry in the queue had five or six horses each, the long cavalry column was not in the slightest. The knights on the war horses were expressionless, and when they passed by the town of Lyuberzi, they didn't even look at their town, they simply ignored it completely.

Countless majestic cavalry columns, like a rolling iron stream, continued to roar past the town of Lyuberzi, and it took half a day to pass.

A group of Maozi in the town of Lyuberzi were so frightened by the momentum of the Tatars that they didn't even dare to breathe, they were already stupid.

How many people are here, let alone tens of thousands. Looking at their small town, there are only two or three hundred young people, all of whom are militiamen from the surrounding peasants, and their weapons are also varied.

It is a good thing that these Tatars are not interested in them at all. People are going to Moscow. Seeing that the army of the Tatars finally passed, the Russians on the wall finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They had been overwhelmed by the Tatar army just now, and now that the Tatar army had passed, the Russians suddenly relaxed, and sat down on the ground one after another, soaked in cold sweat.

"Don't be afraid, everyone. The city of Moscow was well defended, and there were tens of thousands of elites, and the Tatars did not even have artillery, so they could not capture the city of Moscow at all. When they can't attack for a long time, they will definitely leave here. ”

"The Tatars are all cavalry, they have no firearms, they can't even take our town, as long as everyone works together, they will definitely hold the town."

These two old Russians served in the Russian army. So the people in the town let these two veterans lead the militia in the town. Of course, they knew that the Tatar army had brought these militias to the brink of collapse, so they could only cheer everyone on.

After listening to the words of two Russian veterans, these militiamen finally gained some morale. They got up from the ground and threw themselves into the work of repairing the fortifications.

The two old men stood on the wall, looking in the direction of Moscow, their expressions still extremely solemn.

"Peter, can Moscow hold on?"

Old Peter shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Andrey, look at these cavalrymen today. Are they still Tatars. We've all seen the Tsar's cavalry guards, and they're not as strong as these Tatar cavalry. ”

Both of them had heavy faces. What they just said was just to raise the morale of the militia in the town. They actually knew what was going on, both of them had fought before, and of course they could see that when they looked at these Tatar cavalry, they knew that they were well-trained elites in a hundred battles.

The town's militia saw the strength of the Tatar army. When repairing the town's defenses, it also became more strenuous. Now only by guarding the town can his family survive.

As for running away with their families, they didn't think about it at all. dragged his family out of town, how could he escape the pursuit of the Tatar iron horsemen.

"Bang Bang...... Boom ......"

In the afternoon. The broken bell on the arrow tower was struck again.

Peter and Andre, who were directing everyone to work, had their eyes fixed, they looked at each other, and then immediately ran towards the arrow tower.

When they climbed the arrow tower, they saw another puff of smoke and dust coming out of the distant horizon. Countless cavalry were roaring towards them.

The two hurriedly got down from the arrow tower and shouted to the militia in the town: "Tatars...... The Tatars are here again, take up arms and go up to the wall......"

The town was in chaos again, and a group of militiamen scrambled to soak the walls with all kinds of rudimentary weapons.

Pots of hot oil and hot water were also lifted to the wall and set up on the stove to burn. Two front-loading copper cannons were also pushed out and loaded with ammunition.

The Tatar cavalry of the brigade was still roaring forward, this time with wagons in the cavalry ranks, pulled by a few short, long-haired horses, but not slow at all.

The Russians on the wall were praying in their hearts that the cavalry would leave as they had done last time. But this time they were doomed to disappointment.

A detachment of horses of several hundred cavalry, leaving the brigade, turned towards the town of Lyubertsy and stopped not far from the town.

After a while, a dozen cavalrymen rushed out of the queue and ran towards the town.

There was a muffled sound of "boom......".

A copper cannon on the wall opened fire, and a hot solid bullet instantly rushed out of the muzzle, but the accuracy was too poor, and it smashed on the ground more than a dozen meters away from the dozen Tatars, and after a few bounces, it stuck in the soft soil.

A dozen Tatars were also taken aback, and hurriedly turned their horses and fled from here. The cavalry in the distance also stirred.

"Who told you to shoot...... It's so far away, only a dozen people, can you hit it? ”

Old Peter and Andre rushed to the gun position, and while scolding angrily, they whipped the gunners with whips on their heads and faces. It turned out that a gunner was too nervous and accidentally ignited the goose feather tube.

At this time, several of the wagons of the Tatars in the distance left the Tatar convoy of the brigade and came to the front of the town. The Tatars jumped off their horses and busied around the side of several carriages.

Old Peter and Andrei saw the Tatars push a small cannon from the back of the carriage, and their hearts could not help but tense. How did the Tatars also have artillery, where did they get firearms.

But the two of them did not panic, they had both been on the battlefield, and the small cannon launched by the Tatars, looking at the barrel and caliber, was not as big as the two three-pounder cannons in the town, and it was hoped that this small cannon could not pose a threat to the wooden walls of the town of Lyubertsy at all. (To be continued.) )

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