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In the mid-14th century, Muscovy, which became independent from the Golden Horde of the Mongol Empire, grew stronger and annexed smaller states. In 1546, Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy was crowned Tsar, and the Russian Empire was born.

Counting from Ivan IV, to now he is already the 7th tsar, the current tsar Alexei. Mikhailovich ascended to the throne at the age of 17 and is now only 21 years old, which is very young.

Under the rule of the previous tsars, although it has been 30 years since Tsarist Russia emerged from the 'Age of Chaos', it is still full of hidden dangers on the whole.

In the north, there was a strong enemy, Sweden, which occupied a large area of land north of the line from Pskov to Novgorod, on the Baltic coast, and firmly controlled the trade routes to Europe;

To the west is the feud of the Polish Empire and the Kingdom of Lithuania, occupying a series of important towns led by Smolensk, threatening Moscow at all times;

To the southwest is Ukraine, which is a vassal of Poland, and the Cossack cavalry that comes to the Ukrainian steppes is also a serious threat to Moscow, making it difficult for Tsarist Russia to sleep.

To the south, in the direction of the Caucasus, there was tremendous pressure from the Ottoman Empire.

Only the Don Cossacks in the southern steppes, although still independent of Tsarist Russia, were already under the orders of Moscow.

And now, the mighty Qin army is sweeping through East and Siberia, and is approaching step by step, which has become the greatest threat to Tsarist Russia.

Ivanov, who galloped down the Volga River with 9,000 cavalry, saw this military operation as a battle that changed the fortunes of Russia. So he sent out an army of nine thousand in one fell swoop. Only 1,000 men remained in the Tsaritsyn fortress, which can be said to be determined to win.

The Kazakhs have been crippled, and if this battle is successful. Not only can you recapture East and Siberia, but you can also take advantage of the situation to seize the Kipchak steppe. It is even possible to seize the Caucasus before the Ottoman Empire could react.

For the embattled Russian Empire, this is equivalent to having a vast rear, and no longer have to worry about threats from the east and south, it can concentrate its forces and face the feuding Polish Empire and the Kingdom of Lithuania in the steppes of Eastern Europe.

If the battle is won. There is no doubt that Russia will soar into the sky!

Perhaps. The deer chasers do not see the mountains. Ivanov was only thinking about what brilliant results he would achieve after victory.

But he forgot that in case of defeat, the southern gateway of the Russian Empire would be open in front of the Qin army. The Don Plain north of the Tsaritsyn fortress is flat, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to stop the Qin army from approaching the city of Moscow.

There are patches of forests on the right bank of the lower Volga; In order to achieve the purpose of concealing their whereabouts, Ivanov's 9,000 cavalry first went south along the right bank, using the forest as a cover, and rushed for 200 miles in one night and half a day.

Downstream, 50 miles from the Qin fortifications, Ivanov left 4,000 men and horses by Adjutant General Sergeikov. Prepare for a surprise attack on the fortifications built by the Qin army on the right bank.

He himself crossed the river with 5,000 men and horses, preparing to attack the convoy carrying grain from the city of Atyrau, as well as the temporary fortifications on the left bank.

The Slavs had a tough personality. Although it was tiring to gallop all the way, thinking of the tempting fruits of victory, everyone gritted their teeth and endured it, not shouting bitterness or tiredness, and quickly crossed the left bank.

Ivanov constantly encouraged his soldiers: "Everyone work hard. The grain transport team of the Qin people is in front, we just need to kill it. He will definitely be able to kill him by surprise, and if he robs this batch of grain and grass, tens of thousands of Qin troops will definitely collapse without a fight, hurry up! Hurry up! ”

Less than fifty miles southeast of Ivanov's crossing, a grain convoy of 5,000 men, including five or six thousand cattle, was slowly marching through the desert.

This is because there is very little food in the grasslands, and cattle and sheep are mainly fed. The Qin army probably thought that the speed of the sheep was too slow, so all the cattle that came this time were cattle.

It was early afternoon, the sun was blazing on the desert, and the five thousand Mongolian cavalry escort team looked a little restless in the scorching heat, scolding while driving the cattle.

Suddenly, a sandstorm erupted in the northwest and northeast directions, and Ivanov split his 5,000 men into two groups and discovered a surprise attack on the Qin convoy.

"Ula!"

"Ula!"

"Ula!"

The rumbling hooves of the horses kicked up a long cloud of smoke and dust, and the Slavs found that the shouts were rushing like the waves of the angry sea!

When the convoy saw that there were enemies on both sides, they could not help but be shocked, and fled south in astonishment;

The carts of grain were thrown in a mess on the desert. The five or six thousand cattle were restless, and when no one drove them, they began to scatter and run away.

When the Slavs saw that the Qin army was so frightened that they left their grain, grass and cattle and fled south, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, brandishing knives and guns, screaming, and rushing straight over with great excitement.

More than 200 carts thrown on the desert were scattered very widely, causing no hindrance to the Slavs at all, and 5,000 cavalry galloped and pursued the Qin army fleeing south.

At this time, suddenly the sky thundered and writhed, boom! Rumble! Boom, I saw that the big carts carrying grain exploded violently, and the flames burst open, and the rumbling sound continued one after another, shocking the earth.

Half of the 5,000 Russian troops have rushed past those carts, and the follow-up men and horses have been blown up on their backs, which is unbearable, and the flying shrapnel and fierce shock wave have torn apart the whole horse and thrown it into the air. Not to mention the Slavs on horseback, some of whom were blown to minced meat before they could even scream.

Hundreds of explosion points, thick gunpowder smoke and dust, like thunder and rolling explosions stunned the Slavs, and those who had already rushed through the car formation looked back, and were so shocked by the purgatory-like scene on earth that their mouths forgot to close, and their brains went blank.

When they were still in extreme shock, the 5,000 Mongol cavalry that had fled south had already been killed back like a gale, and a rain of arrows rose into the air, shooting at the Slavs in black pressure, and the sound of popping into the flesh made the panicked Slavs fall off their horses like dumplings.

Ivanov's horse was shot down, crushing him under the horse, and the roaring Mongolian iron horsemen rushed forward, and before he could struggle, he was trampled through the chest by the iron break, and the flesh and blood were splashed!

The situation was reversed all of a sudden, and it was the turn of the Qin army to desperately pursue and kill the defeated Slavs, and the smoke and dust were billowing on the desert, the hooves were like thunder, and there were bursts of screams.

The Slavs traveled more than 200 miles in one night and half a day, and the horses were tired, and in this scorching desert, they could not escape far, and the speed of the horses slowed down significantly, and some even foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground.

The Qin army is waiting for work, and this chase can be described as a swift and joyful.

Such a desert became a terrible nightmare for the Slavs, who could not run and run, and had nowhere to hide, and could not escape for ten miles, and almost all the army was wiped out.

Sergeikov on the right bank of the Volga River led 4,000 men and horses to raid the fortifications of the Qin army, thinking that the Kazakhs were prisoners and must have no intention of fighting.

The fortifications built by the Kazakhs, under their onslaught, were soon breached by a breach, and the wolf-like Slavs rushed in.

However, what they didn't know was that Li Ding left five hundred Qin troops in advance, dressed in Kazakh clothing, and as soon as the Slavs rushed into the gap, they were shot by the Qin army's 68-type rifles in three sections.

The morale of the Kazakhs was indeed not high, and after the fortifications were breached through the gap, they were even so nervous that they wanted to flee, but when they saw the Slavs falling like waves of wheat in the gap, their morale was immediately strong, and they came out one after another, and fought fiercely with the Slavs.

There is one key point, which Sergeikov may have overlooked, that is, it is nearly 300 miles from the Tsaritsyn fortress and less than 150 miles from the city of Kota, where Li Ding is attacking.

In other words, if the whereabouts of the Slavs could be grasped, by the time they arrived here, the Qin army in Kota City should have also arrived.

Less than a moment after the Kazakhs rushed out to fight the Slavs, a 2,000-strong Qin army appeared like a ghost in the left rear of the Slavs, frightening the Slavs.

At this time, another rout escaped, and the news of the defeat on the right bank came, and these two shocking news were superimposed, and where did thousands of Slavs still have a heart to fight;

Sergeikov gave the order to retreat, and two thousand ghostly Qin troops immediately killed from the left rear, and the Slavs were attacked from both sides, and suddenly turned into a great rout.

Their fate is similar to that of the Slavs on the left bank, the war horses are too tired, they can't run the pursuers, fortunately, there are more woods on the right bank, and some people rushed into the woods to hide, but this is only a small part, the army of 4,000 people, more than 3,000 people were killed, it can be said that the corpses are all over the field, and it is unbearable to see.

At this time, the 30,000 iron cavalry led by Li Ding himself had already taken a shortcut and rushed straight towards the Tsaritsyn fortress.

The 10,000-strong army on the lower reaches of the Volga, after hastily cleaning up the battlefield, also took seven or eight thousand heads and flew to the Tsaritsyn fortress

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