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After the Safavid envoys arrived in Nanjing, they showed full sincerity to establish diplomatic relations with Great Qin, and soon reached a series of agreements on trade.

On the political and military front, the Safavid Empire will marry Princess Isman, the sister of Abbasid II, to Great Qin as the concubine of the Great Qin Emperor, and the two countries will form a friendship between Qin and Jin.

At the same time, an agreement was reached to flank the Ottoman Empire. The Safavid Empire will mobilize 100,000 elite troops to attack the Baghdad region, forming a north-south flank with Li Ding, who is attacking the Caucasus.

When the two countries reached a series of political, military, and trade agreements in Nanjing, due to the time difference, the Soviet Union in the river had already provided a large number of weapons to the Kurds and Uzbeks.

In fact, it is not difficult to blame Su Jin, because the envoy of the Safavid Empire sent an envoy to Daqin, and he walked on the road for more than a month, and after the establishment of diplomatic relations, it would take at least a month for the news to reach the river.

It just so happened that in order to lift the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible, the Safavid withdrew the large army on the border first.

At this time, Su Jin's pressure was greatly reduced, and while he sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, he sent 20,000 troops to the north, and with the cooperation of Yang Ji'er, he completely swept away the Kipchak Great Grass Wish. Fill the military void left by Li Ding's army after its westward expedition to the Caucasus.

At this time, Li Ding, with 40,000 Mongolian iron cavalry and 20,000 Kazakh cavalry, quickly killed the west of the Volga River.

In the middle and lower reaches of the Volga, due to the flow through semi-deserts and deserts, the water is evaporated, there are no tributaries to join in, and the flow decreases. The downstream terrain is flat and low-lying. The drop is small, the water flow is slow, and it is divided into 80 rivers that flow into the Caspian Sea.

These areas were not very populated, Tsarist Russia had very few troops, and after the diversion of the river, it was impossible to stop Su Jin's army.

Before the army arrived, hundreds of Tsarist Russian troops fled in fright.

The guide Anomir said to Su Jin: "General, a few hundred miles north of the Volga, Tsarist Russia has built a Tsaritsyn fortress at the confluence of the Tsaritsyn and Volga rivers. During the reign of the Golden Horde, Uzbek Khan was the first to establish his capital in Tsarizin.

North of the Tsaritsyn fortress. It is the rich Don River Plain, so the location of the Tsaritsyn fortress is very important, because it is sandwiched by rivers on three sides, only the north side has a fan-shaped land, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

There was also artillery on the fortress, and there were tens of thousands of troops stationed there, and there were several nearby fortresses, and once the Tsaritsyn fortress was attacked, the troops on other small fortresses would soon be able to come and reinforce it. If you want to attack. It's going to be difficult.

Tsaritsyn Fortress was the bridgehead of Tsarist Russia against the Ottomans from the Caucasus, and the Ottomans repeatedly launched tens of thousands of troops to attack Tsaritsyn Fortress, each time they failed.

From here to the south, because wars are frequent. The common people were gone, deserted, and small armies of the Ottoman Empire and Tsarist Russia fought on this land for many years. A little more than a hundred miles to the south, there was the city of Kota, which was built by the Ottomans in the Caucasus. ”

The situation of the Ottoman Empire in the Caucasus. There is no need for Arnomirdo to say that Li Ding had made it clear earlier, and the 50,000 main forces of Arthurius were all wiped out. It's not bad that the Ottoman soldiers in the city of Kota didn't collapse.

Then why didn't the Tsarist army take the opportunity to seize the Caucasus?

You'll have to borrow a few of his water tanks as guts.

Li Ding and Chebai fought all the way, swept away the East and Siberia, and defeated Arthurius at Mount Mugojar, at this time, if the Russian army went to attack the Caucasus, wouldn't it take off the quilt, bend down the upper body, raise the hips, and give the chrysanthemum high to Li Ding and Chebai?

At this time, Chebai said: "General, we must reserve a back road, and there will be no problem in attacking the Caucasus, but if the war drags on, we must transport grain and grass supplies from Atyrau;

At that time, the Russians will surely take advantage of the fire and attack our supply lines, so the Admiral suggested that 10,000 troops should be left here and some defensive fortifications should be built just in case. ”

When Li Ding heard this, he felt reasonable, and was about to deploy according to what Chebai said, but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly had a new idea: "General Guerjia, you also heard what Anomir said just now, Tsaritsyn Fortress is not only easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also has artillery and a large number of Russian defenses, the Ottoman army has attacked many times, but has not taken this fortress, if we go to storm this fortress, even if we can attack it, I am afraid it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties." ”

When he heard this, he suddenly woke up and said in a lost voice: "What does the general mean, give him a way to lure the snake out of the hole?" ”

"Not bad!"

The two men immediately began to plan their deployment, and finally decided to leave 10,000 men to build fortifications in the lower Volga, but 10,000 Kazakh cavalry remained.

Subsequently, Li Ding's army of 50,000 slaughtered the city of Kota in the Caucasus, and there were 4,000 defenders in the city, and there were also cannons at the head of the city, and various fortifications were also very strong.

However, the defenders in the city were already stunned when they saw the mighty army outside the city, and they were even more uproar when they saw Arthurius and others being escorted to the city.

It was under the leadership of Arthurius that the Ottoman Empire recaptured the Caucasus from the Safavid Empire, and Arthurus, the governor of the Caucasus, had a very high prestige among the Ottoman soldiers.

But the higher his prestige, the greater the blow to the hearts of the soldiers defending the city as a prisoner of war of the Qin army at this time, and the soldiers were thinking, even the Governor of Arthurus, who was able to fight well, was defeated, how could we defeat the Qin people!

Li Ding asked Arthurius to go to the city to persuade him to surrender, but Arthurius refused, but many of his generals fought for their lives to persuade them to surrender to the city, these people were once important generals in the Caucasus, which was a fatal blow to the morale of the city.

Li Ding gave another ultimatum, automatically put down his weapons, he can go home, if he continues to resist stubbornly, after breaking the city, the chickens and dogs will not be left!

Of course, it is not enough to have a mental war, and then, Li Ding ordered the siege of the city, and said to the 10,000 Kazakh servants: "After the city is broken, you can plunder freely for three days." ”

Inspired by the wealth and beauty in the city, 10,000 Kazakh servants launched a fierce attack on the city of Kota, Li Ding also used rockets to help the battle, and at the same time sent a team of superintendents.

For a time, the artillery fire under the city of Kota rumbled, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

The 10,000 Kazakh army is said to be a servant army, but in fact they are from the regular army, and under the strict military law and great temptation, they have resorted to a fierce attack.

The morale of the defenders at the head of the city was low, and under such a fierce attack, the head of the city would be in danger for half a day, and if it continued like this, it would definitely not be long in coming.

At nightfall, the defenders of the city began to flee privately, one by one, and finally out of control, as many as hundreds of people fled in the middle of the night, Li Ding struck while the iron was hot, and ordered to attack the city overnight, and at the fifth watch, the city of Kota fell. But that's not the point, the focus is on the future.

At this time, Li Ding ordered to surround the city gates on all sides to prevent anyone from escaping, and the army did not enter the city. Only 5,000 soldiers were sent into the city, disguised as the Ottoman defenders of the city, and confronted the large army outside the city.

This trick was actually done for the Russians to see, and from the next day, the city of Kota was always filled with murderous sounds, and the fierce battle between the Qin army and the "Ottoman army" was quite fierce.

However, the Qin army failed to break the city for a long time, and there was inevitably a crisis in logistics and supply, so Li Ding had to order the transfer of grain and grass from the city of Atyrau on the Caspian Sea.

The Qin army and the Ottomans fought a bloody battle in Kota City, of course, the Russians were very concerned, because the Qin army sent a large number of rangers on the periphery of Kota City, although the Russians could not get close to observe, but the sound of fighting under the city every day was really twenty or thirty miles.

Tens of thousands of troops had to be supplied with food and grass from Atyrau, and it was impossible to hide the movement from the Russians. The Russians in Tsaritsyn saw that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

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