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The order was spread throughout the camp, and when they heard that the perpetrators were not the Keliya tribe, but the ghost-like Xiyi, all the Horqin tribe became angry. They held their breath and prepared to kill him tomorrow. Kill all these evil spirits who are not human beings, so that they will no longer cause harm to the world!

Under the night, Hailanzhu couldn't sleep thinking about the tragic situation in the lakeside camp she saw during the day. As a habit, she entered the chat group to find Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, something happened today. , In fact, I discovered something yesterday that made me very angry..."

Although she was not officially married yet, in her heart, she had already regarded Emperor Chongzhen as her husband without knowing it. When she encountered such an injustice, she naturally told her everything.

At the end of the sentence, she said bitterly: "Tomorrow at dawn, I will be ready to surround and annihilate these evil ghosts, avenge those who died tragically, and comfort their spirits in heaven!"

After she finished speaking, she didn't see Emperor Chongzhen's reply. Knowing that the Ming Emperor had many things to do, it was naturally impossible for her to reply immediately, and she didn't take it seriously. After saying that, I didn't know why, but I felt a little better, and slowly, I started to feel sleepy.

Just when she was about to fall asleep, the system suddenly beeped, reminding her that she had a private chat.

Hailanzhu was overjoyed. She entered the chat group and saw that it was indeed the reply from Emperor Chongzhen. However, the content of the reply surprised her: "You said it's Xiyi? Is it the Cossack cavalry? Their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. Be careful!”

What Cossack cavalry? Hai Lanzhu was confused and asked quickly: "Your Majesty, do you know these Westerners?"

As a person who came from later generations, Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew that during the Tsarist Russia era, the Cossack cavalry was the vanguard of Tsarist Russia's expansion to the east and towards Siberia. There were Cossack cavalry and, of course, criminals in Tsarist Russia. He was exiled by the Tsar and came here to open up territory for him.

The Ming Dynasty people of this era may not have known about the reputation of the Cossack cavalry, but Emperor Chongzhen did. Napoleon once said: If I had Cossack cavalry in my army, I would use them to sweep the world.

Indeed, the Cossacks were excellent light cavalry, but they were undisciplined and unwilling to dismount to fight, which limited their performance on the battlefield. They were so ruthless towards the common people that they were hated by friends and foes throughout Europe. Of course, during the eastward expansion, those victims basically had no written records, no nation-building, and no survival for future generations. Therefore, there was no way to accuse them of their crimes. Naturally, there were few records of the brutality of the Cossack cavalry in East Asia.

There is a 90% chance that Hai Lanzhu and his party bumped into the Cossack cavalry. Even if not, they were other lackeys of Tsarist Russia. What Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that even though he knew that Tsarist Russia was expanding eastward during this era, the famous "Treaty of Nerchinsk" was established during the Kangxi period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Unexpectedly, Tsarist Russia's eastward expansion was much faster than he imagined.

In fact, in 1632, it was in this year that the coldest city in later generations, the eastern city of Yakutsk in Siberia, began to be built. In the following years, it was used as a springboard to expand to the Pacific Ocean. seaside.

After Emperor Chongzhen pondered for a moment, he privately chatted with Hai Lanzhu and said: "In tomorrow's battle, we cannot be careless just because of the huge disparity in numbers. You are a tired army, and those Western barbarians are all extremely vicious people. If this were not the case, it would not be possible." It is impossible for a scourge to come so far from the east across thousands of mountains and rivers. Therefore, it is best to be careful!"

Seeing this, although Hai Lanzhu was a little disapproving, but sensing Emperor Chongzhen's concern, he sweetly replied in agreement: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I know it!"

After finishing speaking, Hai Lanzhu left the chat group to re-discuss the arrangements for tomorrow's war, and Emperor Chongzhen also left the chat group, thinking about Tsarist Russia's eastward invasion of Siberia.

Sending troops to Siberia is a certainty. But if we send out troops normally, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of pressure. After all, in the impression of the Ming Dynasty people of this era, not to mention Siberia, even Mobei is a place where birds can't shit, and there is no value in using troops. Using some views from later generations to explain the necessity of sending troops may not resonate. The money and food consumed by sending troops is definitely not a small amount.

But for future generations, it would definitely not be tolerated to watch Tsarist Russia invade eastward and occupy the entire Siberia. So, what should we do to send out troops in the best way to intervene in Tsarist Russia's eastward aggression? It is best to drive Tsarist Russia back and destroy it?

Emperor Chongzhen had no plans for this. In Western Mongolia, Eqirtu and others were already working on it. But it will take time for Mongolia in the west to first contain Tsarist Russia. From the current point of view, there is no way to prevent Tsarist Russia from invading eastward. The best way is for the imperial court to send troops to Siberia.

So what to do? Emperor Chongzhen thought about this problem and fell asleep after thinking about it.

Early the next morning, the sun rose in the eastern sky, and the sun shone on the earth, but there was no warmth on this grassland. Most people, at this point in time, are still fast asleep.

But Hai Lanzhu had already arrived at his destination with 600 riders. After being reminded by Emperor Chongzhen last night, she specially selected the elites who could fight, allocated equipment and weapons, and treated this war in the most cautious manner.

It was impossible for Hai Lanzhu to fight on her own, so she watched her men scatter more than a hundred people in the four directions of the target camp, and then started the early morning attack almost simultaneously.

When they were still far away, Xiyi, who was on duty in the target camp, noticed something was wrong and seemed to be particularly sensitive to the sound of horse hooves. When he saw cavalry surrounding him, he immediately called the police.

Hai Lanzhu looked at the camp in the distance. It was like a calm lake suddenly boiling. Many people rushed out from each tent. After just a brief look, they all mounted their horses.

These people, with almost no hesitation, began to drive their horses away from the camp even before the assembly was completed, and began to accelerate towards the northwest, interspersing between the two enemies.

Hai Lanzhu frowned, thinking that the emperor was indeed right. These Western Yi are really decisive. If they just panic and delay for a little time, their men will be able to rush in. But now, they seized the fleeting opportunity and gave up everything before the encirclement was completed, trying to escape from the encirclement. This kind of adaptability is indeed rare!

However, after seeing the movements of Xi Yi, the Horqin cavalry in the west and north directions immediately began to turn around and attack Xi Yi from a pincer attack.

Getting closer, getting closer! Hai Lanzhu watched intently.

Finally, those Westerners did not break out of the encirclement, but their horses had already increased their speed, and the two sides finally collided. Compared with infantry combat, cavalry combat starts and ends quickly. In the blink of an eye of Hai Lanzhu, two groups of men and horses in the distance collided and then separated. There were many men and horses on both sides, which made Hai Lanzhu feel distressed.

But what surprised her even more was that after the remaining Xiyi broke out of the siege, they ignored their companions and continued to gallop forward without stopping at all.

At this time, the Horqin cavalry from the east and south arrived at the encirclement point and failed to participate in the cavalry battle just now.

There were about forty or fifty Xiyi people who escaped. On the Horqin tribe's cavalry side, two hundred cavalry were separated to continue the pursuit. The remaining cavalrymen treated their companions, cleaned the battlefield, and went to search the camp.

In this war, because of Xi Yi's decisiveness, Hai Lanzhu's technique of encirclement on all sides turned into a technique of dividing troops, causing more than half of Xi Yi to escape. There was not even a quarter of an hour, it was over.

"Don't beg, these Xiyi are really ruthless and don't care about their companions at all." One of the guards couldn't help but sigh.

Another guard said with a serious face: "Send warning, get out of the tent, and run away immediately. He made the decision almost without hesitation. These Western Yi are really worthy of being light cavalry. They ran away immediately without a chance." Not fond of fighting. Don’t underestimate him!”

After hearing this, Hai Lanzhu said nothing, mounted his horse and headed to the camp.

By the time she arrived at the camp, her men had already verified the results of the battle and came over to report to her: "Don't beg, we injured five people and killed fifteen. Xiyi had three slightly injured and thirty-one of them were killed by us." Killed!"

Another person was responsible for verifying the camp, and also reported to Hai Lanzhu: "These cars are full of fine mink, fox and other furs. It is estimated that the furs accumulated by the previous tribe over the years have been robbed by them. In addition, there is a lot of alluvial gold, which is worth a lot!"

Hai Lanzhu frowned and said nothing after hearing this. She usually likes those fine furs, but at this time she just glanced at them a few times, then lost interest, and quickly went to the wounded soldiers to check their injuries.

From a certain point of view, cavalry combat is more cruel than infantry combat. Generally, there are only two situations, either defeating the opponent or death! The cavalry's high-speed collision meant that the possibility of injury was very small.

Among the five injured people, one was seriously injured. One of his hands was missing, and one of his legs was also broken when he fell off his horse. In this lack of medical treatment, it is almost impossible to return to the Ming Dynasty alive. The other two were lucky. They were only slightly injured and should be fine.

But even so, Hai Lanzhu was still very sad. Looking at the corpses of the tribesmen who died in the battle, she became angry again and immediately ordered: "Kill those Xiyi tribesmen and sacrifice the blood to the tribesmen!"

Hearing her words, three people were tied up and knelt in the nearby Xiyi. Two of them had no reaction, but the other one panicked and begged loudly for mercy in half-baked Mongolian: "I surrender, I surrender, I am willing to work for you!"

The Horqin people were surprised when they heard that this Xiyi could speak Mongolian. But they were just taken aback, and then, with angry expressions on their faces, they continued to move forward with their swords filled with hatred, dragging the three injured Xiyi in front of the clan members who died in the battle.

At this time, even the other two Xiyi who could not understand Mongolian knew what was waiting for them and started to struggle. But it was too late. They saw the Horqin tribesmen raising their swords and falling. The two Xiyi leaders The level fell to the ground, blood spurted out, and blood sacrifices were made to the clan members who died in the battle.

The Xiyi who could speak Mongolian struggled even harder because he knew it from the beginning, and at the same time he was still begging for mercy: "Spare me, I am willing to work for you, I can tell you all the situations, don't you want to know those who escaped? , please..."

The Horqin people didn't care what he said. Seeing how hard he was struggling, two more people stepped on him and held him down. The man holding the knife raised his waist knife and wanted to chop him down.

At this moment, Hai Lanzhu had already approached, stretched out his hand to stop him, and asked with a cold face: "Are you a Cossack cavalry? Are you sent here by Tsarist Russia?"

As soon as these words came out, the man was stunned for a moment. He thought about providing information to save his life, but he didn't expect that this beautiful Mongolian woman actually knew the situation. He also saw that his life and death were in the control of this beautiful woman, so he immediately replied: "Yes, yes, but I am not a Cossack cavalry, those who escaped are. I am just an interpreter, responsible for conveying the message They want to communicate with the Mongols and carry out the tsar's will!"

When Hai Lanzhu heard this, he couldn't help but admire Emperor Chongzhen's profound knowledge, and he even knew the situation in this north. At the same time, she became a little curious and asked for details.

This Xiyi didn't dare to hide anything, so he told everything in detail, just to survive.

About half an hour later, the Horqin cavalry who went to pursue them returned empty-handed. Their horses were not as good as those who could escape. After chasing for a while, they couldn't catch up, and the question here was almost over.

So, Hai Lanzhu ordered the whole army to set off and return to the Ming Dynasty with the loot. At the same time, she entered the chat group to report what she learned to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the good leather goods in Tsarist Russia are the most important material for its trade with other countries. They have been invading eastward, and the most important thing is Just plundering fur goods, minks, foxes, squirrels, otters, etc., can be sold at very high prices, and the supply exceeds demand..."

It turns out that countries in Europe are good at fur goods, and the main export of Tsarist Russia is fur goods, which are very popular. In addition, there was a powerful Ottoman Empire in Europe at that time. Not to mention this, Tsarist Russia's military strength at the time could not defeat or destroy even Denmark and other countries, so it had no choice but to expand eastward.

With this expansion, they discovered that the land here was vast, and the people living on this land were only small tribes, which could not be compared with Tsarist Russia. Moreover, since the various ethnic groups did not intermarry, lacked writing, unified leadership, and sophisticated weapons, Tsarist Russia only sent a small number of people to conquer them one by one, conquer them, and obtain the wealth they wanted.

Thanks to the dedicated little daughter-in-law, Zi Qing Yurong, for the reward!