The Russians are deeply influenced by Mongolia in all aspects, and a large number of Mongolian loans, postal services, taxes, and clothing are also influenced by Mongolia, and the military law system is also learned from Mongolia. Even the Russian system of government is Mongolian.

The Mongolian nobles of the Kazan Khanate, the Astra Khanate, the Siberian Khanate, the Crimean Khanate, the Nogai Khanate, the Blue Horde, and the White Horde later served in the Russian principality, which became the origin of the surnames of many grand dukes and princes. Russia once had 92 grand dukes, 50 kings, 13 princes, and more than 300 noble surnames of Mongolian blood.

Russia's political centralization, economic serfdom, military expansion and belligerence, religious obedience to the world, etc., are all inherited from the Mongol tradition. These things are still at work in Russia today.

To this day, the Mongols still have a profound influence on Russia's military, and the Soviet Red Army adheres to the essence of the Mongols' tactics, using high-speed maneuver as the main method of warfare and a large area of plains as the main battlefield.

Mongol knights traveled 80 kilometers a day, and under the post system they could travel 500 kilometers a day. The Mongols were also advancing at an astonishing pace, taking two months and five days to capture Northern Russia, averaging an average of 85 to 90 kilometers per day. The capture of South Russia took two months and ten days, an average of fifty-five to sixty kilometers per day. The capture of Hungary and Poland took three months, fifty-eight to sixty-two kilometers per day.

In contrast, the Soviet Red Army, which marched the fastest during World War II, marched from the Vivas River in Poland to the Oder River in Germany with little resistance, advancing only 500 kilometers in 20 days, an average of only 25 to 30 kilometers per day, and this battle is regarded as the fastest advance in modern warfare.

Of course, the Russians also inherited the characteristics of the Mongols such as cold, bloodthirsty, warlike, and greedy for land, like simple and rough polar bears. Incorporating the genes of the insidious and cunning steppe wolf.

When Russia is not as strong as the other side, they will even pretend to be grandsons, greet you with a smile and a nod of their heads. But when he is far superior to you, they will often rush up and bite you hard, and then go out of your way to get back what they want.

It will even destroy your country. Annexe all your land, and then declare it to be the land of Tsarist Russia. This has allowed Russia to expand westward, east, and south for hundreds of years, becoming the largest country on the planet.

In this era, Russia was not as strong as later generations, and could only be regarded as a third-rate country in Europe, not only the country was poor and weak, but also bullied by Poland and other neighboring countries, and Moscow was twice captured by Polish troops.

But the vast area of Siberia was occupied by the Tatars, and the Russians absolutely could not tolerate it. Because that means wealth, and without Siberia, Russia will forever lose the opportunity to rise. They also did not allow the South Russian steppes west of the Ural Mountains to become a pasture ravaged by the Tatars.

There was a strong call for revenge against the Tatars and for the recovery of the lost territories in Siberia from all walks of life throughout Russia. In fact, in addition to the huge wealth contained in Siberia, the main reason for Russia's expedition to Siberia involved the interests of the Russian tsar and all strata in the country, and the main reason was that the opponent was the Tatars.

The Tatars are traditionally nomadic people who are not equipped with firearms. In the process of conquering Siberia, Russia not only easily conquered the Tatar states such as the Kazan Principality and the Siberian Khanate. He also fought with the Buryats, Kalmyks and other Tatars for many years, and had an innate psychological advantage over the traditionally backward Tatars.

If it weren't for the cold Siberian winter. Perhaps in 1642 the Russian army would cross the Ural Mountains on an expedition against the Tatars. Russia spent a year preparing and formed a Siberian expeditionary force of nearly 100,000 men.

The formation of such an army is definitely a huge burden for Russia. But in order to form this Siberian expeditionary force, Tsar Mikhail . Fedorovich and the Russian nobility, merchants, and a large number of landlords did their best, and there was a bit of a tragedy in the fortunes of Russia.

This Siberian expeditionary force. There were more than 30,000 regular troops armed with new arquebuses and hundreds of front-loading guns, and the ranks of officers and non-commissioned officers were veterans of the Smolensk war.

There were also a large number of European mercenaries who had experienced thirty years of war and had a wealth of experience, serving as instructors and artillery instructors in the army for nearly a year. The Siberian Expeditionary Force has been training hard, even in the cold winter.

In order to deal with the fast-moving Tatar cavalry, the Siberian Expeditionary Force was accompanied by more than 10,000 regular cavalry, more than 40,000 Cossack cavalry, and a large number of war horses and carriages.

A large number of Tatar landlords and Russian refugees in the area west of the Ural Mountains also spontaneously joined the Siberian expeditionary force. The Russian army not only reorganized them, but also carried out large-scale refitting for them, and sent a large number of officers and non-commissioned officers to train them for nearly a year.

In the spring of 1643, the Russian Siberian Expeditionary Force set out. The commander of the expeditionary force was the experienced commander Mikhail Murphy. Borisovich. Schein, that is, the commander of the Russian army in the Smolensk war.

Although the Smolensk War was ultimately lost, the reasons were manifold. The Russian army, which consisted of warlords and a large number of foreign mercenaries from all over Russia, was in a constant state of internal strife and division, and at the time of the Tatar invasion of the South Russian border, soldiers and lords from these regions left their camps without permission to go back to defend their homeland.

So the main reason for the defeat was not Mikhail . Borisovich. Schein's command, and the Russian army of this period could not find a better candidate besides him, so Tsar Mikhail. Fedorovich once again appointed him as commander-in-chief of the Siberian Expeditionary Force.

But the expedition to Siberia was different, and this time for the invasion of Siberia, the Russian strata were united like never before. After the baptism of the Smolensk War, the Russian army has also fully matured and transformed into a modern army, so the whole country of Russia is very confident in this war.

At the end of April 1643, the Russian expeditionary force to Siberia set out, ready for its departing. Borisovich. Under the leadership of Schein, they crossed the Ural Mountains and entered Siberia, waging a war against the Tatars in an attempt to recover the vast Siberian region.

This huge army of nearly 100,000 people carried the Russian Tsar Mikhail Brown. Fedorovich, and many nobles, big merchants, and the hopes of all classes of the Russian community.

It can even be said that once the Siberian expeditionary force is defeated, Russia will inevitably find itself in an extremely dangerous situation. The Siberian Expeditionary Force, which was formed at great expense, was already all the elite of Russia. (To be continued.) )

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