my days with tyrants

At this time, in the distant Western Regions, the expeditionary army led by Zhu Di had already stood on the Siberian grassland in early autumn.

"It's really boundless!"

His Royal Highness Yan Wang said with emotion.

In front of his eyes is a green scene, with blooming flowers and berries everywhere, full of vigor and vitality. It looks very much like Huining in the same season.

He was shocked by the vastness of this land.

He went north from Suiye, and the distance he traveled all the way was almost equivalent to the distance from the capital to Gansu, but he only reached Chengji Tula, and most of the places along the way were lush pastures. In fact, in his opinion, the same It can also be cultivated into farmland.Especially after arriving at the Irtysh River, it can be said that all the way along the river is full of fertile soil, which is completely different from the sandy Western Regions. Not only is the soil fertile, but it is also irrigated with water.

Even water is too much.

There are swamps everywhere, and many soldiers even accidentally fell into them along the way.

"It's big, but it's too cold. Half of the year is covered with ice and snow. In spring, after the snow melts, it's full of water. That's the best time, when there's no snow and the water is dry.

But up to two months.

At that time, it will become a world of ice and snow.

Extremely cold!

Colder than Hara and Rin. "

The guide next to him, Muli, who is also one of the chiefs of Yuejibie, said.

"Bi and Lin are both cold, so how do they spend the winter here?"

Zhu Neng said suspiciously.

"General, people can survive in colder places than here. Everyone knows that it is better to go to a warm place, but if you can't go to a warm place, you can only live in a cold place. As for how to survive, it is up to you." Figured out a way.

Further north in the forest, there are some tribes who live entirely by hunting and herding deer. They don’t even eat cooked food. They all rely on raw fish and meat, which are frozen into lumps in winter and are eaten bit by bit with a knife.

What kind of place and how to live. "

Muli said somewhat meaningfully.

"As long as you are loyal to Daming, even if you cannot live in Daming, this king will allow your descendants to live a good life in Daming."

Zhu Di said.

The latter quickly thanked him.

They are actually small tribes of the Golden Horde. When they followed Yue Jibei Khan in the past, they were indeed the latter's cronies and even equivalent to the guards. But after his death, the Golden Horde became a mess. Those who lost their support Small tribes had to flee to the east.However, due to the lack of organization, they could not defeat Oala in the east and the Chagatai Khanate in the south, so they could only nomad in the northern wasteland equivalent to modern Kazakhstan.

Now that there is a powerful monarch like Zhu Di, of course he is willing to follow. It would be even more perfect if their descendants can really enjoy life in Daming.

Of course, they are the descendants of these chiefs.

Ordinary herdsmen certainly would not have such an opportunity.

At this time, a group of cavalry came oncoming, this is the cavalry of Yue Jibie sent out for reconnaissance.

They got off their horses and knelt down in front of Zhu Di to report.

"King Khan, Chengji Tula City refuses to surrender to Ming Dynasty."

Muli said.

He and Zhu Di actually communicated in Mongolian.

However, it was very difficult for Yue Jiren to communicate with the orthodox Mongolian language at this time. Although Yue Jibie belonged to the Golden Horde, and the Golden Horde was indeed established by the Mongols, it has completely turned to Turkism since Yue Jibie Khan. , coupled with mixing with those messy ethnic groups in Eastern Europe, has long formed its own language.The modern Uzbek language is completely different from the Mongolian language. In fact, even in the Ming Dynasty, those military households who moved to the southwestern mountainous area and originally used Jianghuai Mandarin basically began to form new dialects.

Daming is like this, let alone them.

By the late Yuan Dynasty, the Golden Horde had already had little real contact with Mongolia.

"What are they going to use against our [-] army?"

Zhu Di said with a smile.

Indeed, he marched northward with an entire army of [-].

However, the vast majority of these [-] servants were made up of various ministries. The real guards who followed him were only [-] cavalry. Supplies are also provided by these nomads.

They fully supported Zhu Di's sweep of the Siberian grasslands.

The reason is of course very simple.

Loot!
All the way they came here, they didn't know how many small tribes that refused to surrender were slaughtered along the way.

Those who surrender also have to offer horses, cattle and sheep as a symbol of their surrender, but most of them were actually slaughtered. After all, this area has belonged to the Golden Horde for more than 100 years. Let alone the Ming Dynasty, even the Great Khan of Mongolia cares Before arriving here, Zhu Di suddenly ran over with a large army, demanding submission from those nomadic tribes and offering livestock...

who are you?

Where did you come from?
In this case, of course, everyone will not explain it to them, and kill them if they don't surrender.

It was originally the Scourge.

The vassals donated a large amount of livestock and accepted the canonization of the King of Yan on behalf of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and then they could serve as the guards of the Commander of the Commander of the Hanhai Capital of the Ming Dynasty. After that, they would pay tribute to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty every year and pay taxes to the King of Yan, poll tax!King Yan controlled the four capitals of the Western Regions. Is it just a matter of moderation? Taxes must be collected, and poll taxes must be collected.However, there are also benefits to paying the tax, that is, being protected by the King of Yan, and obtaining the right to trade to Beiping Prefecture, even when the winter is too cold, you can go south to the area under the jurisdiction of the King of Yan to escape the severe cold...

The Ili Valley is always warmer than Siberia.

Similarly, those chiefs have become decent officials of the Ming Dynasty, and their descendants can come to the Ming Dynasty under the banner of paying tribute to study and so on, and then enjoy life in the colorful world of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, it is to turn them into kings of India.

At this time, the leading cavalryman lay there and said something.

Muli's face immediately changed.

"King Khan, there is some trouble. He said that he heard from the bribed herdsman that Tuotuo got lost in Chengji Tullah."

He said.

"Tuotuo is lost, that White Horde who robbed the Golden Horde position?
Didn't he fight the Golden Horde Khan supported by Timur with the support of Lithuania? "

Zhu Di said doubtfully.

"King Khan, I think he lost, and he lost badly, otherwise he wouldn't have fled back to Chengitura."

Muli said with a smile.

Indeed, only when the losers have nothing to lose, not even a refuge, will they abandon the Eastern European plains and run to Siberia to escape.

This is indeed the base of the White Horde Khan.

"That's the lost dog. Send the order, move forward, and surround Chengitula."

Zhu Di said.

Beside him, Zhu Neng waved the signal flag.

And in the sky above their heads, on the hot air balloons tied to the backs of four cows, the signal soldiers immediately waved the signal flags, and issued orders to march into Chengitula to all the divisions marching in multiple routes, and then all the troops were also raised. On the balloon that was lifted up, it also began to pass down, and groups of cavalry straddling the tens of kilometers wide grassland immediately began to advance.

This balloon command system is also the magic weapon for Zhu Di to run rampant on the grassland.

The most difficult thing about cavalry is command.

After all, the dispersion range of cavalry far exceeds that of infantry.

Tens of thousands of cavalry can be said to be boundless.

Say a million will do.

In the late Ming Dynasty, when it was recorded that Mongolia invaded, there were often hundreds of thousands of cavalry, which were basically exaggerated. None of the cavalry.Even if Zhu Di's [-] cavalry were as close as possible, they were still scattered within thousands of square kilometers, and the liaison officers assigned to the chiefs relied on the hot air balloons in the sky to receive orders and transmit information.Zhu Di, who has been using it for many years, can be said to be the general in the Ming army who is most familiar with this tactic. He has popularized hot air balloons to the point that there is one for every thousand cavalry.

In the pure sky of Siberia, balloons made red for easy visibility represent teams of thousands of people, and they are arranged in a familiar formation, moving towards Chengitula.

after an hour.

"There are ambulances!"

Zhu Neng looked at the hot air balloon above his head.

"Go, tell Tutuo Lost, if you are a man, don't hide and attack. I will send three thousand guards, let him attack, if he wins, I will withdraw."

Zhu Di said to Muli with a smile.

This kind of thing is inevitable. There are forests everywhere around here, and the most suitable thing is to ambush.

But the problem is that they have a hot air balloon above their heads, and the observers on it have binoculars. It is not easy to ambush them.

Muli also smiled.

Three thousand guards, that is three camel cities, no firearms, and the cavalry with pure cold weapons attacking such a camel city is no different from suicide. If you attack Chengjitula by force, you will suffer a lot of casualties. After all, even if the Ming army has the advantage of firearms In the end, hand-to-hand combat is inevitable in the siege, and the people here are still very effective. After all, this environment determines that their physique is very strong.

He immediately urged the horse forward, and at the same time Zhu Neng pointed to the distance, where there was a large forest.

Alone, he ran wildly towards the forest, quickly rushed into the forest, and ran out again after a while.

And among the trees behind him, countless soldiers in messy armor rode out. At the same time, someone blew a horn, and then more horns sounded in the forest farther away. Obviously, there were more than one ambushes. , a man wearing chain plate armor, a golden helmet, and a cloak stepped out, and there were many walking people beside him, all carrying axes.

"Khan, he agreed."

Returning Muli said.

"Who are those walking around him?"

Zhu Di put down the binoculars and said.

"Russians, surrender to the Golden Horde Khan, this is the lost slave of Tutuo. He and the Lithuanians joined forces to attack Belgosarai last year. The Golden Horde Khan Kudulut and Yedigai of the Nogai Grassland fought against each other. He himself Said that he had won, but it was obviously a disastrous defeat. It is estimated that the Lithuanians abandoned him. He could not stay in the Qincha grassland, so he had to flee back to Chengitula to avoid hunting.

He probably wanted to submit to Daming, and asked Daming to support him to fight back. "

Muli said.

"So he wants to try Daming's quality? Then he can do what he wants, as long as he doesn't cry when the time comes!"

Zhu Di said with a smile.

Immediately afterwards, he turned his horse's head and led Muli and the others backwards. Behind him, three camel cities had been established. On the grasslands of Siberia, the finished products were arranged in a zigzag pattern. Zhu Di led his iron cavalry quickly through the camel cities. He retreated to the back of the pin shape, and Muli led his cavalry to retreat to the two wings. At the same time, other marching troops also received Zhu Di's order to quickly line up on the spot, leaving only this battlefield.

Tuotuo Lost on the opposite side quickly gave the order to attack.

Those Russians who were his slaves naturally became the first batch of cannon fodder to die. These guys in messy armor howled in a barbarian way, holding their battle axes, or shields and spears in both hands, and went madly toward the last The camel city ran wild ahead.In front of them is just a low wall surrounded by camels, and the horses really can't jump over it, but for the infantry, they can easily get into the air attack among the camels, while behind them are cavalry marching forward in formation.Once these Russian slaves rushed into the camel city, the follow-up Kipchak cavalry would swarm in and trample the opponents who were obviously not dense enough inside.

The roar of the barbarians resounded across the wasteland.

But their opponents are still quietly watching their performance.

The distance between them and Camel City kept getting closer, like a group of zombies turbulent, and soon entered the range.

The next moment, Camel City turned into countless jets of flames.

The rapid-fire guns on almost every camel, the field guns in key defensive positions, the magic guns in the hands of soldiers, and even the short guns in the hands of cavalry who strengthened the defense line, all firearms fired at the same time in an instant.

The Russian slaves who were charging were also littered with corpses at this moment.

The few Russian slaves who rushed through the salvo watched in horror as grenades flew out one by one and exploded beside them.

The Kipchak cavalry behind them who originally drove them were also shot. In the chaos, they instinctively avoided the front of the camel city, split to the sides to avoid the firearms, and then prepared to turn to attack on the two wings, but just as they turned In an instant, the two camel cities facing them also started firing salvos. The Kipchak cavalry caught in the firepower, like the Russian slaves, were littered with corpses under the impact of countless bullets and canister shells.It was even worse for them. After all, the Russian slaves only had to face one camel city, and in the crossfire between the two camel cities, their chain armor and zip armor couldn't stop the bullets from the rapid-fire guns.

In their confusion, the rapid-fire gun was the first to finish loading, and then fired again.

Then the field gun was loaded, and the powerful shells swept across the front.

Then the flintlock finished loading.

Then there is the magic gun.

Those guards of King Yan, who had already experienced countless such battles, calmly and continuously completed the procedure of loading and firing under the protection of camels.

They didn't even have any casualties.

After all, even those Qincha cavalry did not rush to the distance where they could shoot through their armor with bows and arrows.

At this moment, Tuotuo lost in front of the forest is already stupid.

"Let Muli tell him that I hope he can kneel and crawl in front of me in the attitude of a submissive, begging for my alms."

Zhu Di, who looked at him with a telescope, said with a smile.

Zhu Neng immediately laughed and rode to Muli.

"Cavalry strike, don't let a single one live."

Zhu Di said.

The orderly waved the flag.

The left and right wings of the camel city were separated from the rear, and the cavalry who had been waiting for a long time swarmed out, one by one holding their spears on horseback and heading straight to the fleeing enemies on the battlefield...