Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2068 Don River New Face

On July 1689, 7, near the small town of Bayingoleng on the banks of the Don River, Tu Rigen, the Mongolian commander of the Dulbert tribe, was receiving distinguished guests from the east bank in a tent.

Bayingoleng is a newly built town, located opposite to the later famous Rostov-on-Don, on the south bank of the Don River.Since the people on the east coast have made great efforts to lobby and "deceived" the Mongols to come here, the herdsmen of the Duerbert tribe who came to take the lead have taken a fancy to this place and set up tents and temples here. It became the center of domination for the surrounding area.

Originally, some Russian immigrants settled here.Most of them were serfs who could not survive in the north. They fled here with the acquiescence of the Tsar and cultivated it with difficulty.It is worth mentioning that many frontier lands in Russia were developed through this model, that is, the escaped serfs were responsible for opening up wasteland, and the Cossacks bought by the Tsar provided protection and attacked from time to time to conquer more aborigines and incorporate them into Russia under the rule of the empire.

Because of Russia's serf system, farmers did not have personal freedom, and because of factors such as low productivity and severe landowner oppression, their lives were quite miserable. Therefore, many people fled to remote areas every year and relied on land reclamation for their livelihoods.There is no doubt that the nobles and landlords hated these people very much, because there is still a lot of barren land in their own territories, so how could they tolerate the serfs fleeing?But what is interesting is that the supreme ruler of the empire, the Tsar, was happy to see the serfs secretly leave their hometowns and settle in distant places, because this was actually increasing the territory actually controlled by the empire in disguise and bringing more people under the direct management of the tsar. At the same time, it also weakens the strength of the nobles, which has many benefits.

Therefore, we have seen that the tsar has been silently supporting the serfs' pursuit of freedom and happiness for many years.However, due to Russia's system and the domestic situation, he could not publicly support this behavior. After all, the private escape of serfs was a serious act of disrupting social order. According to the law, they should be hunted down and severely punished. While cracking down on this kind of behavior on the surface, while supporting it secretly, it's like schizophrenia.

But in any case, this is how the huge territory of the Russian Empire came step by step.Serfs and Cossacks have always been good partners for expanding territories. The expansion to the east of the Ural Mountains during the period of Ivan the Terrible is the best example.It can be said responsibly that the Russian farmers in the entire Siberia region, if they go back to their ancestors for eight generations, are basically escaped serfs.But now times have changed, the tsar supports it, and the nobles are not easy to pursue too much, so everyone has been cleaned up and become legal residents of the local area.

The origins of the Russians in the Don and Caucasus regions are more complicated.Among them are the escaped serfs, the descendants of the Russian soldiers who conquered this place, and of course the descendants of the Cossacks. In short, it is a hodgepodge, and it is difficult to distinguish how they came from.

Most Russian immigrants live in the north of the Don River, and there are not many in the south of the river, and there are almost no decent cities.The main reason is that this is an area where the Ottoman Turks and Russians are intertwined, and it is difficult to say which side this belongs to.The Russians immigrating here are likely to be attacked by local vassal tribes loyal to the Ottoman Empire. The risk is greater. Therefore, before the Russian Empire completely digests the area north of the Don River and takes down the city of Azov at the mouth of the Don River, the Russians are not very What decent influence and control might be gained here.

Therefore, it is doomed that when the Mongols came here with cattle, sheep, and horses, the Russians could hardly pose a great threat to them.With more than 1 tents from Durbert's department, the Cossacks could only flee. The Russian serfs who could not escape were either killed by the Mongols or plundered as slaves by them. They were in a very miserable situation.

Compared with resisting the weak Russian colonial forces, the biggest threat to the Mongols in the local area is the mixed, backward and ignorant tribes.These Caucasians were very unfriendly to the new Mongols, thinking that they, like the Cossacks, came to grab territory and enslave them, so they resisted fiercely.

However, with the full support of the people on the east coast, the fate of these rebellious tribes was miserable.The Mongols are not a generous and benevolent nation. They are very cruel when they treat those who dare to resist themselves, and they kill people and massacre cities at every turn.Therefore, after the people on the east coast handed over a large number of captured Russian-made weapons (even including a lot of bronze artillery), the Duerbert Department relied on its superior force, good equipment, and rich experience in warfare in the north of the Caucasus Mountains, A fierce offensive was launched in the vast area south of the Don River, breaking through countless tribes at once, killing tens of thousands of local residents, and defeating those rebel tribes who thought they were powerful and dared to take the lead in the shortest possible time. Flooded.

The land of these conquered tribes naturally belonged to the Mongols, their cattle, sheep and property were all robbed, and the people were enslaved.Later, under the interrogation of the envoys from the east bank, the survivors of these tribes were imprisoned together, and then became the bargaining chip for the herdsmen of the Duerbert tribe to trade with the people of the east bank: a slave who needed to exchange weapons, equipment and life Supplies, a country needs a lot of cannon fodder to open up wasteland to do coolies, the two sides hit it off.

The Ottoman Empire also sent officials to stop it.However, the Mongols did not buy them. Although the Ottomans were angry, considering the difficult situation facing the empire and the mediation of the people on the east coast, they finally let it go.They are unable to assemble a large number of troops here now, and the Mongols also promised to pay them some tribute, so let's do this beforehand, and we will talk about it later.

Today, the small town of Bayingoleng, located on the bank of the Don River, is an important port for the Mongols to trade with the east bank.The merchant ships of the people on the east bank docked here, and then transported various items to the tents of the Mongols, and the Mongols handed over the slaves to the people on the east bank for transportation. The business was very busy.Turigen, the ruler of Bayingoleng, was a cruel and warlike man with excellent riding skills and rich experience. He used to fight with Cossacks all year round in the Volga River Basin.In his heart, these white slaves are all guilty, men deserve to die, and women should be the trophies of the Mongolian warriors. The white slaves came to exchange some good things.

Today, due to the visit of Wu Yifei, the security commander of the Haji Lease of the East Bank Republic, Turigen, who was hunting outside, rushed back, entertained the distinguished guests on the East Bank to drink milk tea in the tent, and discussed the next stage of business by the way.

"Turigen, you are so famous now! Everyone I met said that you can't sit still. From time to time, you take people to Hebei (referring to the north of the Don River) to plunder Russian villages and kill countless people. In this way Go on, the Russians will come to trouble you soon.” After drinking a pot of milk tea, Wu Yifei wiped his mouth with his sleeves, and teased: “You know, the Russians will gather their troops to go south soon. Ukraine? They can easily mobilize more than 10 people, and among these 10 people, even a small group of partial divisions is enough to kick your ass off?"

Wu Yifei and Tu Rigen are also acquaintances.One of them was a horse bandit, the other was a Mongolian bandit, and their tempers were very similar, so they got along well on weekdays, and naturally they spoke casually.Now Turigen heard what Wu Yifei said, his eyes widened and he said: "What's so scary about 10 people? We have more than 1 tents here. If we mobilize all of them, we can gather at least [-] elite cavalry. Send tens of thousands of people to attack us at the critical moment? Besides, Ayuqi Khan has also heard about the incident here. He has now decided to expand his power here, and soon the Torghut Headquarters and Heshuo Special Headquarters will also send people over , we can have nearly [-] warriors. It's not like I haven't seen Cossacks before, and they have often dealt with each other before, so there is nothing to be afraid of!"

"You're an asshole, I shouldn't have talked to you about this!" Wu Yifei sighed as soon as he heard it, and said, "But what you said is also reasonable. After the Russians suffered a disastrous defeat last time, their morale was very low. And this time Going to war means more revenge, and the preparation is not as good as last time. They may not be able to deal with those Tatars. But I say, don’t be so arrogant! Russia is a big country and can lose many times, but You can't lose even once, do you understand this truth?"

"Okay, I'm not here to argue with you this time." Seeing that Turigen was about to refute again, Wu Yifei immediately waved his hand and said, "Listen, Turigen, I'm here to talk to you this time under the order of Special Envoy Gao Wengang. Deliberative. Does Envoy Gao know? Big man! Big man who can shake the Black Sea three times with a stomp! He intends to let you join the camp of the Ottoman Empire and fight against the possible southward movement with their army and the Crimean Tatars The Russian army. Don’t want you to fight head-on. That’s the business of the Tatars. Besides, your people are also very valuable and not worth spending in vain. What Special Envoy Gao means is to let you take advantage of your mobility and harass the Russian army along the river. The food roads, strike their rear, this is what you are good at, and the casualties will be very small. After defeating the Russians this time, Envoy Gao will find a way to convince the Ottoman Sultan that you can legally live in this land In fact, of course, the premise is that you submit to His Majesty the Sultan in name and become his vassals. Don’t get me wrong, this is only in name. In fact, no one has come to interfere with your life too much, just like you used to submit to the Tsar in name Same, understand?"

In fact, the arrangement of the people on the east bank is also related to the current situation of the Mongols.To be honest, although the Russian Empire’s disastrous defeat in the Azov War last time led to a power vacuum in the Don River Basin, Ayuchi Khan’s people easily entered this land of abundant water and grass.But in the final analysis, they are still not recognized by any power, and their status is quite embarrassing.

The Russians were temporarily unable to fight back, and the Ottomans had no time to take care of them. Even the Crimean Tatars, descendants of Mongolian Batu Khan, were a little wary of them.The reason why they didn't come here to make trouble is all because of the face of the people on the east bank. Do you really think they are afraid of you?Therefore, if the Oirat Mongols want to be truly recognized by the surrounding forces, they still need an opportunity.

Obviously, Russia's second southern expedition, which is being intensively prepared, is a good opportunity.Gao Wengang believed that if the Mongols stood firmly on the side of the Ottoman Empire this time and fought hard against the Russians in the war and won in the end, then Gao Wengang had a reason to visit the Ottoman Sultan and try to get him to admit that the Mongols occupied the north of the Caucasus Mountains , the facts of the land south of the Don.Moreover, as long as the Mongols are subdued and nominally recognize the Ottoman Sultan as their suzerain, and guard the flanking frontiers for them, I believe that the Sultan has no reason to push the Mongols away due to the huge influence of the East Bank people in Istanbul. .After all, this is almost no loss to the Ottoman Empire. The North Caucasus was originally a marginal vassal tribe, and most of them were scumbags. Today they can submit to the Ottoman Sultan, and tomorrow they can also take refuge in the Russian Tsar. Now the Mongols have conquered all the miscellaneous forces here. Then it fell to Istanbul. It was too late for the Sultan to be happy, so how could he blame it?

In this way, basically Ayuqi Khan's worries about controlling the North Caucasus are resolved.From now on, they only need to face the enemy from the north, and don't have to worry about being flanked by people on both sides, so that they will end up in a sad end.At the same time, the goal of the people on the east coast has also been achieved, that is, to establish a country in the North Caucasus that is completely different from Russia's culture and system, and that the people on the east coast can deeply influence is very critical to their continental strategy.

The above is the future designed by someone Gao for the Oirat Mongols, and he thinks it is still feasible.Now the people on the east coast are still unable to directly project too much military power in the Black Sea. This is doomed that if the Mongols want to survive, they cannot do without the help of the Crimean Tatars and the Ottoman Empire, so let them temporarily join this It is necessary to form a faction, accumulate wealth and population (the latter is crucial) with the support of the people on the east coast, and silently cultivate national power.Therefore, he decisively made the above decision, and got the permission of the local bigwigs, let's see the effect.

He believed that based on the current situation of the Oirat Mongols and the knowledge of Ayuqi Khan, they would not reject this arrangement, because it was the most suitable choice for their current situation.And when the strength of the east coast grows day by day in the future and can project more military power in the Black Sea, the people on the east coast can naturally re-formulate policies and re-plan the future of the Mongols.

Turks, Tatars, and Mongols are all very realistic peoples.In other words, grassland culture is like this. They fear the strong and ravage the weak. When the people on the east coast become strong, they naturally dare not resist.

Everything is actually under control!

These two days have been very busy, and I’m still working overtime today. I’m staying in a hotel and I can’t go home.

(End of this chapter)