The target of Karl's troops was Tsarist Russia, which submitted to the Ming Kingdom. While expanding the territory, by the way, it will be no problem to attack the Ming Kingdom and let the European countries know that even if Sweden itself goes to fight the Ming Kingdom (vassal state) alone, it will be no problem.

Tsar Alexei was really watching, but he never expected that Sweden would come to beat him again.

Hearing the news, Alexei couldn't help but scold, but there was nothing he could do.

Originally, Tsarist Russia's national strength was inferior to Sweden, and now it cannot be compared with Sweden. Now the Swedish army is pointing directly at Moscow, the town they have occupied before, and it is clear that this time, it is estimated that they will not leave after the occupation.

There was no way, while thinking about how to resist the Swedish attack, he sent an eight-hundred-mile rush to the Ming army on the side of Samara Fort to urgently ask for help. After all, nominally, Tsarist Russia was already a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and it had also paid protection fees before, that is, it had paid tribute to grain and grass.

This time, the Polish side did not take the opportunity to fall into the trap and follow the attack on Poland. One of the reasons is that it was crippled by Sweden and other countries before, and it needs to be restored. In addition, I also want to see if Sweden fights Tsarist Russia first, what kind of response will the Ming side have? If it were possible, the Polish side would most like Sweden and Ming to lose both!

50,000 Swedish troops, divided into two routes, went straight to Moscow.

Alexei tried to resist, but found that he could not resist at all, so he had to retreat, ready to abandon Moscow at any time. At the same time, he was also worried, I don't know if the Ming Kingdom will send troops? After all, Tsarist Russia was a vassal state of the Ming Kingdom, and this was the first time it was attacked!

No accident, the Swedish army finally attacked Moscow, and Alexei did not dare to resist and threw an empty city to them.

At this time, almost all European countries knew about the situation here, and sent many spies to inquire about the situation. It's like a group of viewers, watching Sweden bully the vassal states of the Ming Kingdom, commenting on their heads, and evaluating the situation of the Ming Kingdom by the way.

"Your Majesty, there are about 10,000 Swedish troops continuing to chase after you!" When Alexei was in the makeshift camp with a sad face, he heard his men come in a panic and pray.

Needless to say, he scolded his mother again, scolded the Swedes for bullying people too much, and then asked about the situation of the Ming army in a panic, but there was no news.

"Whether it will help us or not, there is a letter of approval." When Alexei heard this, he immediately became angry again, "What the hell is Varisky doing, if the governor of the Ming Kingdom does not agree to send troops, he will come back and tell him!" ”

After scolding for a long time, there was a lot of resentment against Mingguo, but in the end, there was no way at all.

"Your Majesty, the Tam tribe has surrendered to Sweden."

Another piece of bad news, which made Alexei unable to get angry even if he wanted to, because the Tam clan was not the first tribe to surrender to Sweden. In the face of the menacing Swedish offensive, everyone knew that Tsarist Russia could not resist, so several tribes had secretly separated from Alexei's side and chose to surrender to Sweden.

After sitting for a while, Alexei deeply felt the breath of the apocalypse, and he couldn't help but ask himself in his heart, is Tsarist Russia going to end?

At the urging of the guards, after Alexei came to his senses, he ordered to continue to retreat eastward, and he could hold on as long as he could!

This situation in Tsarist Russia, of course, can be felt on the side of the Swedish army. Especially the news brought by those surrendering tribes made the Swedish king Karl even more comfortable, and said to his men: "Look, Tsarist Russia took refuge in the Ming Kingdom, thinking that it would hug its thighs, but as a result, when I heard that our Swedish army was coming, I didn't even dare to let out a fart!" ”

This time, the complete occupation of Tsarist Russia, the destruction of a country, and the great expansion of Sweden's territory, Karl's prestige has reached a peak. His courtiers listened to him, and for a while, they all sent sycophants.

Karl simply did not stop doing anything, and sent a messenger to the country, demanding that the army be continued to increase, and that he would completely occupy Tsarist Russia. Therefore, he sent his troops in Moscow in both the north and south directions, captured other Tsarist towns, and surrendered the Tsarist tribes.

And on the Tsar's side, the 10,000 Swedish troops ran after the Tsar, and more and more tribes surrendered. In short, the situation on the Swedish side is very good. According to this situation, it is estimated that in less than half a year, Sweden will be able to swallow the entire Tsarist Russia.

However, the unexpected happened.

When the pursuing Swedish army was about 500 miles away from Moscow, a Ming cavalry suddenly appeared in the rear of the Swedish army and raided Moscow.

Led by the Russian envoy, that is, Varisky sent by Alexei, the surprise attack of the Ming army was really sudden, and it almost entered Moscow.

Thanks to the Swedish army at this time, it was really a strong army in Europe, and its reaction speed was very fast, so it was not beaten into Moscow by the Ming army.

Carl, who was standing at the head of the city to inspect the Ming army, was very angry and asked his subordinates: "The Ming army is here, why is there no news at all?" Could it be that those Tsarist tribes who surrendered to us were not really surrendered? Otherwise, why did they all show that the army did not show any signs of sending troops? ”

Naturally, his subordinates could not answer this question.

However, fortunately, the Ming army is all cavalry, and even the kind of one person and two horses, which obviously does not have the conditions for attacking the city, which makes Karl also breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and strictly orders to do a good job of defense, and the army released will inevitably return to help when they hear the news, and then they will be able to gather and annihilate the Ming army under the city of Moscow.

However, before his calculation could be made, the Ming cavalry stayed outside Moscow for three days, and then headed east under the watchful eyes of the defenders at the head of the city.

"Your Highness, it's not good, the Ming cavalry is going east!"

Hearing the advice of his subordinates, Carlton, who was sleeping on Alexey's bed, was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he was in a hurry. Obviously, the Ming cavalry relied on their strong mobility to intercept the Swedish baggage team.

The biggest difficulty for the Swedish army to attack Tsarist Russia was actually the problem of grain and grass.

Of course, Alexei will not leave grain and grass for the Swedish army, and he will take away everything that can be taken away, but he really can't take it away, and he will stay if he thinks that he can still have it when he comes back in the future, otherwise it will be destroyed.

In addition, many tribes of Tsarist Russia have surrendered to Sweden, and the grain and grass in the hands of those people must be limited, and they also need to be provided by Sweden. One and the other went back and forth, which increased the burden on the Swedish army even more. As a last resort, Sweden must have brought grain and grass from the country.

Karl knew the seriousness of the situation, and while sending messengers to urgently recall the various armies, he organized his troops and began to return reinforcements to ensure the safety of his baggage team.

However, the development of events was beyond his expectations.

When he led the army back to the east for two days, he lost the trace of the Ming army, which made him a little confused: "What the hell is the Ming army doing?" Where are you hiding? ”

The territory of Tsarist Russia is not only large, but also sparsely populated, which makes him even more ignorant of the movements of the Ming army.

After scolding her mother for a while, you can only ensure the safety of the baggage team first, which is the most important thing.

Five days later, Karl finally received news from the Ming army, only to be stunned.

The Ming army actually killed one of the horse guns, ambushed halfway, and killed two Swedish troops who hurried back to Moscow. Among them, the 10,000 who pursued the Tsar were the 10,000 who finally fled back to Moscow.

Hearing the news continuously, Carl was really dumbfounded. The Ming army's tactics made him very uncomfortable!

He wanted to fight, but he couldn't find the Ming army, and he was always led by the neck by the Ming army, but he was broken by the Ming army!

At this time, he felt like he was fighting with someone, and as soon as he punched it, it hit the cotton, and it was not forced, and it didn't hurt much. But when someone punched him, he really hit him, which made him feel very painful!

Karl was a little mad, he knew why this was happening, so he shouted angrily and ordered: "Gather men and horses, attack the Ming army's Samara Fort, and see how they can avoid it without fighting!" ”

This is too passive, the Ming army does not need to defend, or the cavalry is maneuvering, if you keep fighting like this, defense everywhere is equivalent to not defending everywhere, and sooner or later you will be tired to death by the Ming army!

However, his order was still stopped by his men.

Samara Fort is too far from Moscow, and even further from Sweden proper. If the Swedish army were to attack Samararaburg, it would have to mobilize the whole country. And that's at least not what the current Swedish aristocracy wants to see!

In case after going to Samara Fort and losing to the Ming army, how many Swedes can return to Sweden alive after such a long journey?

No one is stupid, after recognizing the reality, Karl was very helpless, and finally had to give the order, burn Moscow, and collect troops back to Sweden.

So, in this way, the war in which European countries took the initiative to provoke the Ming Dynasty for the first time ended in this way.

Alexei was overjoyed when he heard the news, and this time, he personally went to Samara Fort to meet the governor of the Ming Dynasty and the Marquis of Mingwei, Hong Chengchou, and thanked him in person and thanked the suzerain.

In this regard, Hong Chengchou did not hesitate to smile at him, and even personally helped Alexei and said: "Since Tsarist Russia has become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it is naturally protected by the Ming Dynasty. This matter will be played to the emperor, and the emperor will decide whether to send troops to punish Sweden! ”

Alexei was overjoyed when he heard this, and happily went back to clean up those rebellions, and hyped up the strength of the Ming army, as well as Hong Chengchou's words, in order to strengthen his momentum and give himself courage.

This time, those small countries, tribes, etc., who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, were overjoyed, and it turned out that the thighs of the Ming Kingdom were really not wrong!

Ming Guo is too powerful! I love Daming!

In fact, strictly speaking, the Ming army, at least the army under Hong Chengchou, is not much stronger than the Swedish army. It's just that subjectively, for the first time, the Swedish army encountered the Eastern style of play and did not adapt to it; Objectively, the Ming army does not have to defend, and it has enough mobility ability, plus the Swedish army has been smooth in the early stage, and suddenly encountered the blow of the Ming army, the victory or defeat is naturally obvious!

It didn't take long for all European countries to know about this incident.