The battle in the small village has completely ended, except for the corpses of Polish soldiers in one place, the Ming soldiers are completely unharmed, this is not like a battle with a huge disparity in strength, but more like a one-sided massacre by Li Hongji's squad of the Ming army.

All the Polish soldiers were left behind, one was dead, the other was captured, and in the face of the powerful Li Hongji squad, the Polish army had lost its soul, and with the attack of the cavalry squad, they lost even hope of escape. The greedy Polish nobleman wanted to escape just now, but after the Ming army launched a charge, he was so frightened that he peed his pants, and he couldn't even climb up the war horse that sat down, and he was also captured alive by the Ming army.

originally thought it was a vicious battle, and when he showed his prestige, he would retreat, but he didn't expect it to be a slaughter war, Li Hongji himself couldn't cry or laugh, it seemed that he could still be at ease in this area for a while. After informing the team that had left the team to come back and continue to return here to rest, Li Hongji discussed the next move with Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu.

The small landlord who was persuaded away by Li Hongji and the others also returned, this small landlord is not a Polish, he is a local landlord, as a small landlord with a little money, he must have more knowledge here than ordinary people. When Li Hongji persuaded the family to leave, he felt that this man was extraordinary, so when the family settled down, he returned to the neighborhood to see what would happen.

When he saw that there were more than 1,000 Polish soldiers besieging these forty people, he felt that his Zhuangzi was finished, and it would definitely be destroyed, which was extremely distressing, and he felt that the people of this caravan were really stupid, since he knew that there was a Polish army robbery, why didn't he run away early?

But when the battle began, he was really surprised, the Polish army of more than a thousand people was beaten by this caravan, and finally after the horse attack, the whole army was annihilated, this is simply too fierce, he has never seen such a fantastic miracle, it seems that these people are definitely not merchants, are they Cossack cavalry ready to rebel against Polish rule? They don't look like it, they don't look like that, and these people don't speak with the same accent, and they look a lot worse.

In the war-torn Eastern European Plains, these people are definitely a formidable force, with a thick thigh. Whether it was the insatiable looting of the Polish aristocracy, or the unscrupulous plundering of the Ottoman people, who made this rich land desolate, even the Cossack cavalry who sheltered them often extorted their property, nominally to drive away the rule of the Polish nobility and fight against the plundering of the Ottoman Empire, in fact they were all about the same. But this caravan is different from them, it is targeted by so many people, and it allows his family to hide before retreating, which shows that this is the real kind person.

The little rich man really has eyesight, and naturally he is not lacking in intelligence, he came to Li Hongji and respectfully introduced again: "In Lower Vykoski, it is the local village chief, seeing the sharp battle of the nobles, the Polish army of more than 1,000 people is like grass mustard in your eyes, and it has been leveled between the waves, and the steppe people worship heroes, so I will meet you again." ”

Li Hongji looked at Vykosky in front of him, and wondered a little in his heart, didn't he already see the ceremony yesterday? Why did you introduce yourself again today, but I didn't stretch out my hand to hit the smiling person, not to mention that this was still in someone's house, Li Hongji said: "I'm really sorry, I'm causing you trouble, why don't we give you some compensation?" ”

Vykosky said: "Don't say that, nobleman, it's our luck to meet you, although it is a person who has lived here for hundreds of years, but my ancestors also came from the far east, but the changes in the past few hundred years are too great, plus intermarriage with people from all over the world, we don't know what nationality we belong to now, in this land, there are many people like us, from the east, from the west, everyone has it, we long for peace, for a stable life, But whether it is the Crimean Khanate controlled by the Ottoman Empire, or the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom, they endlessly squeeze and plunder us, and those so-called Cossack cavalry, saying that they are protecting us, are actually all a hill. ”

Li Hongji listened to Vicsky's eloquent speech with some surprise, and heard something unusual from his words, could it be that he wanted to seek refuge from us. So Li Hongji asked, "What's going on here?" Why is this place as messy as you say? Who is the king here? ”

"This is a chaotic place, we are called part of the Tatars, but unlike other Tatars, we don't have a lot of power, whether it's the Polish nobility, the Crimean Khanate, or the Cossacks, they all want to be our masters, but we are ourselves, we just want to live a carefree life, and that's our dream," Vikorsky said. ”

Li Hongji now understands what Vykosky means, this is an ambitious person, he sees his great strength, and hopes to be able to get his own protection, but he also shows his own position, yearning for his carefree life, that is, he does not want to rule them by force, is there such a good thing in the world, and he wants to gain benefits without paying a little price. However, after all these years of experience, Li Hongji is not a brainless person, Zhu Youxiao is trying his best to manage the strong national strength of the Ming Dynasty, and now he is still developing everywhere, if he finds an ally here, it is also good, and he comes out to break through, don't you also have this thought?

Li Hongji didn't know what the current environment was, although he was carrying the map drawn by Zhu Youxiao in his arms, but it was very general, so he said to Vykosky: "Then you can tell us about the various situations in this place, you can also see that we are not real businessmen, I am an officer of the Ming Dynasty, because I have nothing to do, so I wander around, hoping to give you some help." ”

A smile suddenly appeared on Vikosky's face: "Honorable nobleman, this is a steppe, a hundred miles to the south is a vast sea, there is a peninsula in the sea, and then there is a broader ocean, the near one is called the Assyrian Sea, the far one is called the Black Sea, the peninsula is controlled by the Crimean Khanate, and then to the west is under the control of the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom, and there are still wars between them. ”

Li Hongji understands a little, this Vykorsky is indeed a little ambitious, he is trying to establish his own power in this chaotic place, the Crimean Khanate in the west and the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom are at war, he wants to take the fire, but he is worried that his strength is not enough, he hopes to get his own help, he can't be the master, he needs to ask for the consent of the imperial court, this is an important situation, must be reported to Zhu Youxiao.

While waiting for the will of the imperial court, Li Hongji did not sit idle, since Vykosky tried to establish his own power here, then can the Ming Dynasty also establish his own power here? Li Hongji quickly changed his original mind and began to conduct a large-scale reconnaissance in this area to see if there was anything worth occupying here and whether it could bring enough benefits to Daming.

Zhu Youxiao, who was far away in Beijing, did not know the specific political territory near the Assyrian Sea and the Black Sea, especially what the situation was now, and he knew that Li Hongji was exploring further west, and the purpose was also to see the current distribution of forces there.

Zhu Youxiao knows that Poland is a very large country, but it is not clear to what extent, the Grand Duchy of Poland once organized an army to intervene in the red regime of the Soviet Union, and it should be a relatively powerful country in Europe, but it is not clear that it has been destroyed several times, and rebuilt several times, the national structure is relatively chaotic, the real national strength is not strong, especially the lack of cohesion, and it was defeated by the German Empire in a very short period of time during World War II, and finally surrendered.

As for the territory of the Ottoman Empire around the Black Sea at this time, Zhu Youxiao still knows that the Tsarist Russian Empire has had several wars with the Ottoman Empire in history in order to seize the access to the sea, and finally seized the mouth of the Black Sea, but judging from Li Hongji's intelligence now, the Khiva Khanate is much stronger than in history, and has opened up the border to the Black Sea with the help of the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the existence of the Xiaoyuz Khanate, the Tsarist Russian Empire has no chance to get the opportunity to get the east coast of the Black Sea. In this case, why not let Li Hongji and them take root there, and by the way, push the war between the Tsarist Empire and the Ottoman Empire in the future to become more intense, so that they will lose more blood and will not be able to develop eastward.