Of course, although Tsarist Russia had just advanced westward, it was a serious warning to Poland. But if Tsarist Russia had moved all its troops to the east and left Moscow's forces empty, it is estimated that Poland would not mind taking advantage of the fire to loot. Their famous hussars will definitely take advantage of the weakness and gallop across the land of Tsarist Russia.

Therefore, Alexei still left part of his forces on the side of Moscow in case of an unexpected situation in the west. Of course, from this point of view, it also puts forward relatively high requirements for the upcoming war in the east, that is, it must be resolved quickly. If the army is in a stalemate on the side of Samararaburg for a long time, sooner or later the news will be known to Poland and even Sweden, and Moscow will be very dangerous.

In view of the severity of the current situation, Alexei ordered Khmelnitsky to immediately return and call all the Gosats, including those from other places, such as those in the Don Valley, to participate in the battle. Anyone who dares to refuse this call-up will surely suffer the iron-blooded revenge of the Tsarist Russian army.

Alexei is not the only one clan to be recruited, as long as it is under the control of Tsarist Russia, all of them are among the conscriptions. He wanted to gather as many troops as possible, so that he could be more sure that the Ming army would be defeated, destroyed, or driven back to the east at once.

This mobilization order of his can be said to be unprecedented, and it is related to almost every Tsarist Russian.

In every family, men had to go out with the army, and the family's food was forcibly collected. It's autumn now, and if you don't find enough to eat, it's going to be a tough winter.

These things will damage the national strength of Tsarist Russia, and Alexei knows about this, but there is no way, it is the big country in the east that is attacking, and he can only go all out to let Tsarist Russia survive this crisis.

The mighty army drove eastward, Alexei rode on his horse, looked at the endless queue of the army, and thought to himself, I heard that the army was about 30,000, if there were no reinforcements in the follow-up, he would be able to strike with all his might, it should be effective in one fell swoop! After all, such a large-scale force and such a thorough mobilization of the whole country's strength, even against a strong Swedish enemy, is something that has never happened!

Sometimes, however, it backfires.

When the tsar was still leading the army eastward, a horse galloped to tell him that the Turkuts in the Volga River valley had rebelled and had defected to the Ming army.

This news made Alexei's mood suddenly heavy.

In normal times, he would not look down on the Turghut tribe, but belonged to the kind of tribe that he oppressed. However, the battlefield of the decisive battle with the Ming army is now in the Volga River Valley, on the edge of the territory of the Turghut Department.

In any case, the population of the Turkut Department is about more than 100,000, and there are more than 10,000 capable fighters, and if you are a little more relaxed, more than 20,000 troops can be handled.

Such a force, or a force that is familiar with the local situation, will definitely have a very important impact on the upcoming decisive battle.

Originally, Alexei had already thought about it, and this time he would lead the troops to the past, and he would have to say good words to appease, at least before he decided with the Ming army, he had to change his previous strategy.

However, I didn't expect that the army here was still far away, and the Turgot Department had already surrendered to the Ming army. In this way, not only the strength of the Ming army has been greatly replenished, but even the materials of the Ming army will inevitably be greatly replenished.

Because of the reasons of the Turghut Department, the battle between Tsarist Russia and the Ming army has increased a lot of difficulty. In particular, the requirements of the Tsarist Russian army should be resolved quickly.

In this case, it would be strange for Alexei to be able to rejoice.

However, fortunately, he was also a capable monarch in the history of Tsarist Russia, and he quickly adjusted his mentality, and thought of other things, so he immediately sent a messenger to find Khmelnitsky as quickly as possible. If the Don Cossacks near the Volga River valley did not defect to the Ming army, they must be appeased with good words, and the Don Cossacks should no longer be allowed to defect to the Ming army.

Although compared to the Turks, Alexei felt that the Don Cossacks should not be able to defect to the Ming army. However, based on the fact that he had also taken a policy of oppression against the Don Cossacks before, he was always a little worried in his heart. If Khmelnitsky went to conscript, he would continue his previous strategy against the Don Cossacks and force them to rebel, it would be miserable!

In the end, fortunately, after more than ten days, the Don Cossacks did not defect to the Ming army, but had responded to Khmelnitsky's call to rearm and fight, which made Alexei breathe a sigh of relief.

But at the same time, it was difficult to get more food and grass from the Don Cossacks for the army, and the Turghut tribe had rebelled, so it could only increase the intensity of looting from others to make up for the shortfall.

As a result, other people in Tsarist Russia were even more miserable.

From Moscow to Samara Fort, a total of more than 2,000 miles, Alexei led the army eastward, and did not arrive at Samara Fort until almost October.

The climate of Samara is almost -7 °C ~ 1 °C in spring, 13 °C ~ 24 °C in summer, 8 °C ~ 17 °C in autumn, and -11 °C ~ -5 °C in winter. It can be said that the temperature in Samara is not as perverted as in Moscow, it will be hot to death when it is hot, and it can freeze the army to death when it is cold.

At this time, the weather in Samara, about ten degrees, did not affect the march and fight much.

However, when Alexei saw Samara Fort, he was still stunned, and he couldn't help but ask the generals around him: "This is Samara Fort?" ”

In his impression, the Samara Fort on the east bank of the Volga River was only able to garrison more than 1,000 troops, and it was just a small military castle.

However, when you look at it from a distance, you can see that the castle on the opposite side has been at least twice expanded, and along the Volga River, the shallows area are completely choked. If you want to attack Samara Fort, you have to take a long detour and attack from upstream. Or, in other words, wait until winter comes, wait for the Volga to freeze, and then fight it.

However, the Volga does not necessarily freeze. For example, in the year when the Turkuts returned to the east, there was no ice, so that the tribes on the west bank of the Volga did not return to the east together.

At this moment, Alexei ignored the number of Ming troops on the opposite side, but had a headache to death about how to cross the river.

For him, the current choice is actually no choice. He could not wait for winter to see if luck would freeze over the Volga. If this were the case, there would certainly be danger on the side of Moscow. His only way out is to make a quick decision.

As a result, Alexei had to divide his troops into two routes, all the way upstream, looking for a place to cross the river, and attack the Ming army on the east bank. On the other hand, it was stationed here to prevent the Ming army from crossing the river from this shoal and copying the back road of the army.

The troops of the whole country were mobilized and about 150,000 troops were gathered, but because of the Volga River, the troops had to be divided into two routes, which was equivalent to a reduction of about half of the troops.

Really, Alexei had a bad premonition at this time, because this start was really bad!

After having made a decision in his heart, Alexei's attention was finally focused on the side of the Ming army on the other side.

Although the Samara Fort has been expanded, there are still many Ming troops camped outside the fort, stretching for a long distance, if you only estimate from the scene in front of you, the Ming army has at least 100,000.

However, Alexei also knew that it was not accurate to observe it visually. The Ming army may have used bluffing, and it is quite possible. You must know that the Ming mainland is so far away, and it is absolutely impossible for too many Ming troops to reach Samara Fort.

However, analysis is one thing, and what it actually looks like is another. At least the size of the Ming army seen so far has already had an impact.

Looking around and seeing that his soldiers were all dignified, Alexei knew that the morale of his army had been affected.

And he also knew that the longer this battle dragged on, the greater the impact on the morale of his side.

Therefore, Alexei did not dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately issued an order to let Khmelnitsky lead the Cossack cavalry and other groups of troops, including the Don Cossacks, a total of 20,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry troops, to make a detour upstream to the east bank of the Volga River, or to contain or attack the Ming army, and give full play to the characteristics of the Cossacks such as rapid offensive and defensive transitions and flexible tactics to deal with the Ming army.

As for himself, he led his headquarters to be stationed on the west bank of Samara Fort, on the one hand, to prevent the Ming army from crossing the river and copying the rear route of the army, and on the other hand, to see if there was a chance to cross the river and fight.

The order was issued, and Alexei even personally sent Khmelnitsky to Khmelnitsky for the sake of victory in the war, and said to him very sincerely: "This battle should be resolved quickly, so that we can wave the army against the Polish side." I promised you that I would make decisions for you, and I will do it. I hope that Qing can live up to my high expectations and fight this battle well. ”

At the beginning, Khmelnitsky was cornered by Poland, so he remembered to hug the thighs of Tsarist Russia, and he took the initiative. Therefore, he was grateful to the Tsar for letting him hug his thigh, and when he heard Alexei say this, he immediately dismounted and knelt down to express his determination: "Your Majesty, rest assured, this battle will definitely do your best to defeat the attacking Ming army!" ”

Alexei felt his sincerity and was happy in his heart, so he immediately went to help Khmelnitsky and told him to be careful with himself and not to have any trouble. Let outsiders see that it seems that the monarch and the minister are very harmonious.

But according to the original historical development, the Cossacks were eventually enslaved by Tsarist Russia, lost their basic power, and could only become a lackey of the Tsar's territorial expansion.

At the head of Mingweibao City, looking at the division of the Tsarist Russian army, Punchuk couldn't help but say to Hong Chengchou with great admiration: "Your Excellency the Governor is really powerful, and he has calculated that Tsarist Russia will divide the troops, so that our army's chances of victory have greatly increased." ”