Volume IV: 1860 The Rise of the Celestial Empire, Chapter 95: The Alliance Under the City

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The Russian envoy swaggered out of the Forbidden City, and then returned directly to the embassy, where he was furious and scolded his accompanying wife, who was unbearable and returned to Russia with his servants crying.

The Russian envoy lingered at the embassy for more than two months, and then packed up and headed for the northeastern border under the escort of 50 Russian soldiers.

In fact, this was just a trick of the Russian envoy, who pretended to scold his wife in order to get her to return home early to report the news, so that the garrison in the northeast could prepare for the battle, and secretly reported to the tsar that the European army was dispatched to launch a surprise attack from the southwestern border, that is, Xinjiang and Mongolia.

First of all, it was a strategy to delay the army, and then it was a sound attack, I have to say that although the Russian envoy is short-tempered, he still has a bit of strategy! If this tactic is applied to the Qing Dynasty, it will definitely work wonders, so that the Qing Dynasty will be left and right, and they will not be able to take care of each other, and even the Russian captain in the northeast will drive straight into Shanhaiguan and kill it is not impossible.

But the effect of such a strategy is not so ideal.

Zhang Yuntian did not intend to start a war from the northeast from the beginning, because St. Petersburg, the capital of Tsarist Russia, is northwest of Moscow, the capital of modern Russia, close to the Baltic Sea, this location is relatively close to Europe, and the northernmost point of the northeast is 7,107 kilometers in a straight line alone, which is nearly twice as far as the distance from the northeast to Hainan (3,940 kilometers).

What's more, the entire vast Siberian region, vast and sparsely populated, full of difficult swamps, from the northeast, even if day and night, can arrive in St. Petersburg in three months, even if it is fast, not to mention that there are Russian troops harassing and invading along the way, so the northeast is not an ideal place to send troops, the real place of troops is in the junction of Mongolia and Tsarist Russia, from where the surprise troops capture Irkutsk, and then march to the northwest along the way, through the Ural Mountains, the boundary between the Eurasian continent, and the capital of Tsarist Russia can be directly reached through the Qishan Mountain.

This route is not only the most recent route of the Northern Expedition, but also the only way for Tsarist Russia to send troops to occupy the northeast, so this road is destined not to be so smooth, but there will certainly be no worries about being cut off by the enemy and falling into a heavy siege.

A month later, the Russian envoy crossed the border with Russia in a beautiful way, and at the moment when he passed Guò, 10,000 Russian cavalry and 20,000 musketeers quickly formed a phalanx, crossed the border, and advanced to Jilin, almost at the same time, the main force of 50,000 Russian troops in Irkutsk Fort had already been assembled and invaded south through Mongolia.

This arrangement is basically the same as the troop dispatch situation analyzed by Zhang Yuntian and Qianjiang, with 200,000 army units in the northeast with 200,000 laser tanks and a new version of the demon killer gun equipped with performance no less than that of the M4A1, as well as steam personnel carriers.

Most of the Mongolian region is a plain area, and the True God Cult has dug trenches and other fortifications in advance on the road that Russia must pass, and the 30,000 corpse guards each occupy a favorable terrain, pointing the muzzle of the black hole at the direction where the Russian army appeared, and waiting with a grim face to give the enemy a fatal blow.

The Northeast Battlefield took the lead, the Russian army just marched to the vicinity of Jilin City, and was immediately attacked and crushed by two hundred tanks, the cavalry horses had never seen such a strange thing, they were frightened, regardless of the shouts of the riders, they fled east and west like they were desperate, and the scattered cavalry lineup suddenly broke the determination of the infantry to resist, especially in the face of this invulnerable monster, no attack can cause even the slightest damage, and what is even more terrifying is that the army is just a small point in the distance, But rows of bullets whizzed into their own lineup.

At such a long distance, the muskets could not be hit at all, and the cavalry was in disarray, and there was no way to charge in formation, so the Russian army fell into a miserable situation where it could only be beaten passively, but had no power to fight back.

In less than an hour of exchange of fire between the two sides, 10,000 cavalry had already broken apart, 20,000 infantry could not fight, and they could not outrun the tanks, and under the crushing and tearing of the army, almost all the troops were annihilated.

After the battle, the army left 5,000 people to clean up the remnants of the Russian defeated troops and maintain local law and order, and the remaining 15,000 people, riding personnel carriers and escorted by tanks, rushed towards the Irkutsk Castle.

It is the only country that applies the steam locomotive in the military field, although the steam engine has been invented for a long time, but its power structure and body design can only meet the travel needs of some nobles, and the adaptability to the field environment is extremely poor, so their communication is completely still in the stage of riding a horse to send letters, and a very small number of large cities have the means of carrier pigeon communication, so the war in the northeast has not yet come, and the army has come to the city.

At the same time, there were also the main forces of the Mongol region.

In order to speed up the march of the army, most of the mechanized equipment was assigned to the Northeast Army, so the battle on the Mongolian battlefield took a little longer.

In the nineteenth century, musketeers in Western countries often fought in a standing or crouching position, and occasionally piled up small dirt bags on the ground as cover, which was almost weaker than trenches.

In addition to the accuracy and range of the guns, the shooting range of the two armies is closely related to the area of their bodies exposed to the enemy's field of vision.

Hitting a person's body is much simpler than hitting a person's head, and the trench provides such a function, when attacking, only one head needs to be exposed to shoot, and when changing ammunition or defending, as long as the head is retracted, you can dodge the bullet, killing two birds with one stone.

In addition, the trench also minimizes the damage of enemy artillery, avoiding most of the secondary damage caused by debris and shrapnel caused by the explosion of shells.

Not to mention that the army has advanced equipment and waits for work, relying on the tactic of trenches, the Russian army will be crushed to death.

The two sides fought fiercely for more than ten hours, the Russian army killed more than 10,000 people, and countless wounded, and temporarily retreated into the city.

Soon, the two armies converged under the city of Irkutsk, and under the charge of tanks, they easily took the castle and captured more than 20,000 Russian troops.

In this battle alone, the main forces of the Russian army were completely crippled, and the army lost only a few hundred people.

The next battle was even simpler, with 3,000 men stationed in Irkutsk, and the remaining 40,000 troops marching all the way north, and the Russians fled everywhere they went.

Five months later, St. Petersburg was surrounded by an army of 20,000 corpse guards, and the envoys accepted the peace talks of Tsar Alexander II, and negotiations took place in the Winter Palace.

Alexander II, who was in his early forties, sat at the negotiating table with a haggard face, and if it were not for Zhang Yuntian, no, according to the development of history, he would have conquered more than 1.6 million square kilometers of land in the three khanates of Kokand, Bukhara, and Khiva in Central Asia, so that Russia basically established its rule over Central Asia and made great contributions to the road of Russia's rise in the future.

However, before this grand ambition could be unfolded, it was about to be strangled in the cradle, and the army of the Russian Empire was defeated by a weak army, if such a thing was spread, it would definitely be laughed off by the countries of Europe, but what the real situation is, only the Russians themselves know, the soldiers, whether it is personal qualifications, weapons and equipment, or unified and coordinated discipline, make the most elite troops of Russia ashamed, and it is not shameful to defeat against such a powerful enemy.

"Tell me about your conditions, envoy, how can we restore our two countries to normal and friendly state-to-state relations?"

Alexander II's voice was a little hoarse, he knew that he was willing to negotiate peace with him, which proved that they had no ambition to annex Russia, strictly speaking, at least not now, not to mention that Russia had gained a lot of benefits in the war before, even if he came up with some compensation, it was not difficult, so he was not worried about the conditions offered, but about the attitude of the domestic nobles towards him.

Since he came to power, he has carried out a series of reforms, especially the reform of serfs, which greatly violated the interests of the aristocracy, and at the critical moment of quelling the internal troubles, he just caught up with a huge military defeat, which would greatly reduce his prestige and even lead to the danger of a coup d'état.

"Your Majesty the Tsar, we have always liked good-neighborliness and friendship, how could it be that the Russian envoy made disrespectful remarks in the court of the Forbidden City and deliberately provoked a war, so that our two countries could meet each other, in fact, such a scene is not what the true God wants!"

The envoy paused, he had participated in the negotiations with foreigners before, and he had always been led by others, but he had a chance to raise his eyebrows, and his heart was already crooked, "But since there has been an unpleasant situation between the two countries, and this incident is caused by your country, the losses caused by the war should be borne by your country!" ”

Alexander II nodded and said, "Of course this is as it should be!" ”

"Before I came, I had just received the order of the true God, and in addition to the indemnity, your country should also return the land east of the Ural Mountains, and the two countries should take the city of Ufa along the Ural Mountains as the dividing line, and the southeast of this line will be owned by Russia, and the northwest region of this line will be owned by Russia, and the two countries will not invade each other and form friendly neighbors!"

As soon as this sentence came out, not only Alexander II, but all the Russian ministers present changed their faces, this is really a lion's big mouth, although they have also invaded the land of the Qing Dynasty, but it is only more than a million square kilometers, but this time as soon as they opened their mouths, they directly drew four-fifths of Russia's territory, how can there be such a negotiation?

If you just want the Siberian region west of the Ural Mountains, it is not suitable for habitation at all, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there is no great value in the first place, so you can take it, but there are many rich areas in the south, and it is also the only way for Russia to reach Asia.

"Hmph, are the envoys negotiating like this, there is no sincerity in the peace talks at all, if this is the case, we will have to go to war, I believe that the soldiers of the Russian Empire will never tolerate foreigners acting as a prestige on our land!"

Alexander II looked at the envoy with his heart crossed and gritted his teeth, although his mouth was hard, but his heart was quite uneasy.

"Of course, of course, going to war is also a good choice, I believe that as long as our big army attacks, we will be able to occupy the Winter Palace in less than three days, as for the heroic Russian soldiers, I believe that from the hundreds of battles along the way, you should know their fate, the war is just pushing them to the grave... Oh, by the way, war is only called when the two sides are evenly matched, and I personally prefer to call it a massacre! ”

The envoy's face was full of lightness, the negotiation of the soldiers coming to the city was really very cool, if it weren't for the order of the true god not to break the city as a last resort, he would have attacked the Winter Palace and sat on the throne of the tsar to negotiate with them, thinking of this picture, he almost laughed out loud, in order to avoid gaffes, he cleared his throat in disguise, and continued: "What's more, I don't think there is any need to go to war in the current situation, after all, we have killed all the way from the southeast border of Russia to the northwest coast, I'm afraid there are only a few cities in the hands of Russia! In fact, there are only two choices in front of you now, either sign an agreement and the two countries will be at peace, or go to war and let the territory of Tsarist Russia disappear from the world forever! ”

These few sentences are an understatement, but every sentence is heart-wrenching, indeed, Russia really has no bargaining chips to negotiate, the so-called negotiations, just a formality, except for compromise, Alexander II has no way, even if he died heroically? The stupid serfs will not understand their great sacrifice, and the nobles with ulterior motives will celebrate and elect a new leader of interests!

Leaving Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood is an old saying, but at this time, it is really appropriate to use it in his psychology, "Yes, I agree to sign this agreement!" ”

"And!" The envoy smiled, "In order to consolidate the relationship between the two countries, I have selected a girl of the right age who can be lucky enough to become the concubine of the true god from the noble family of the earl and above in your country, I believe that with this marriage, the relationship between the two countries will be even stronger!" ”

The reason why he did not directly occupy Russia was because the whole of Russia was too big, first, it had just been reunified, and it was not able to draw too many troops and officials to help govern Russia.

But it was different to take in, Alexander II did not have daughters of the right age, it is a well-known thing, and Qian Jiang planned to select a powerful family from among the counts and dukes to form a tie with him, and take the opportunity to secretly control Russia.

Now Zhang Yuntian is the supreme leader, of course he has the right to choose the girl he likes, and in the same way, he must also take into account the overall situation, and he can't just marry the girl he likes, this is politics!