Compared with Zhu Youxiao came to Siberia, the Russians came earlier, in the fifties of the last century, they began to cross the Ural Mountains, with a few hundred people to destroy the Siberian Khanate, killed the Mongols here, tentacles stretched to the vicinity of the Tangnu Ulianghai, although the number is not large, but the various rare furs transported back have earned Russia a lot of gold coins from Europe, so when Tsar Mikhail Romanov learned that the Ming began to pass through Siberia, he began to really pay attention to this desolate land. After the failure of the last large number of troops, he sent more troops to take revenge this time, but it was too far away from Moscow, and the poor transportation environment made it difficult for Russian soldiers to quickly obtain large quantities of military supplies, so the preparation time for this war was a bit long.

In fact, Russia is closer to here than Beijing, but fortunately, the Ming Dynasty has taken the Jungar region, relatively speaking, it can solve a lot of problems, but even so, Sun Chuanting also feels very difficult, the road here is too difficult to walk, the weather is terrible cold in winter, and in summer there are swamps everywhere, fortunately, it is a plain area here, Mao Wenlong has a very good relationship with the locals, and has received several great help from the localsIn particular, Zhu Youxiao also specially transferred a large number of bearings from the mainland, compared with the old-fashioned axle, it is not a star and a half, plus some bow plates as shock absorbing springs, so that the transportation conditions of the Ming army are much better than those of the Russian army, whether it is food or weapons and ammunition are faster and more adequate than the Russian army, and the war preparations are much more adequate than Russia.

What is the war fought? The number and quality of soldiers are important issues, but logistical supply is an even more important issue. Some people say that modern warfare is about logistics support capabilities, but ancient wars are not too important, otherwise how could the Mongolian army be able to crisscross the steppe, in fact, this is just a special case, because the Mongolian army passed through the grassland area, sparsely populated places, and their soldiers are not many, and then there is a cruel slaughter policy, to feed the war with war, but to the Central Plains of the Great Song Dynasty, didn't it take a long time to defeat Europe? The most typical is the Han Dynasty's war against the Xiongnu, through the accumulation of the two emperors of the "Wenjing Zhizhi", it can be regarded as completely having the war materials to defeat the Xiongnu. The most famous logistics battle in history was the Battle of Guandu between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and a fire in Wuchao burned Yuan Shao's military rations and reversed the outcome of the entire campaign.

After more than a year of war preparations, Sun Chuanting's military supplies and food were almost ready, and finally another round of new war expansion began in the eighth year of the Apocalypse, the purpose of the campaign was to completely drive the Russians out of the entire Siberia, with the Ural Mountains as the boundary, to completely limit Russia to the European region, let them go to fight for European territory by themselves, and don't worry about Asian affairs.

There are more than 3,000 miles from Bingzhong Fort to Tobolsk, this is still a straight line distance, if you count the twists and turns of the road, about 4,000 miles is not more, on this long road, there are many castles, after all, the Russian Cossack soldiers occupy the lead here, in order to reduce losses and achieve better combat results, Sun Chuanting asked Batur of the Junggar tribe to come, with Batur there are more than 5,000 soldiers, these soldiers are relatively familiar with the environment here, In their previous lives, they had fought hard with the Russians here for decades, and once sent troops to attack Tyumen, which posed a great threat to Russia's eastward advance, but later under the attack of the Qing army and Russia on both sides, they finally perished.

It should be said that the Dzungar tribe is also half the master of this land, and the Siberian Khanate, which has been destroyed by the Cossack cavalry, is a close relative of the Dzungar tribe, after the Siberian Khanate was breached, Kuchum Khan once asked the Dzungar tribe for help, but the Dzungar tribe was expanding everywhere at that time, ignoring the small number of Kuchum Khan, they did not understand the truth of the cold lips and teeth, and lost the barrier of the Siberian Khanate, and then they faced the same harsh environment.

After two years of cultivation of Ming culture, Batur is now different from the past, after they have passed these two years of integration, they deeply understand their own shortcomings, and they are very positive about the advanced concepts and knowledge of the Ming Dynasty, and have become a qualified Ming general, after being called by Sun Chuanting, they quickly reported to Li Hongji, and then under Li Hongji's arrangement, led the selected 5,000 subordinates to report. His subordinates also hated the Cossack cavalry, and they had suffered a lot from many battles, and this time they were going to take revenge, so you can imagine how active they would be, not to mention that the weapons are much better than the original, and they will definitely be able to defeat those guys miserably.

The three generals under Mao Wenlong have already fought with the Cossack dragoons countless times, but the situation is not very optimistic, and they have not taken much advantage, the reason is that they are not adapted to geography and climate, and the other is the lack of ways to crack the opponent's tactics. According to the establishment of troops, Mao Wenlong's soldiers belong to the mountain cavalry, mainly surprise attacks, but here are all broad plains, in the south is a vast plain, the north is a muddy swampy area, Mao Wenlong's subordinates want to raid can not do covert engagement, and direct attack is not in line with Mao Wenlong's character, such a battle both sides have great losses, Mao Wenlong loves soldiers like children, does not like to fight to the death, just Cossack brutes like this kind of desperate tactics, not hesitating the impact of death, even if it is three to one, four to one doesn't care, which makes Mao Wenlong feel a headache.

There was also the problem of horses, the Don hippos used by the Cossack cavalry companies were sturdy and tall, and most of the horses were fiery red and golden in color. They are enduring, adaptable, responsive, and loyal to their masters, and are known as the Golden Janissaries by the brave light cavalry warriors. And Mao Wenlong's war horses are not so good, they are all Mongolian horses, although the endurance is good, easy to raise, but the body is small, the speed and explosiveness are relatively weak, in the mountainous area of eastern Siberia, Mao Wenlong's troops still have an absolute advantage, here is undoubtedly in a disadvantageous form.

In terms of tactics, because the Cossack cavalry has been here for more than 20 years, relatively speaking, the adaptation to the climate is relatively good, and according to the climate here, through the strangulation of the indigenous people, a set of skills and experience suitable for fighting here have been summed up, even if a large number of new soldiers come here to participate in the war, under the leadership of those old bandits, they quickly adapt to the combat conditions here, and have more advantages than Mao Wenlong's subordinates, which is also the reason why Mao Wenlong's head is big.

Compared with various factors, the only advantage occupied by the Ming army is weapons, under the guidance of Zhu Youxiao, a person who cheated and crossed over, the weapons and equipment of the Ming Dynasty are now much better than those of the Cossack bandits. In relative to opponents with similar weapons and equipment, dragoons mainly fight for skill and opportunity to grasp the battle situation, and a good general can decide the victory of a battle. However, when the command energy of the two sides is equal, what is fought is the will of both sides. For Russia, a fighting nation, the most indispensable thing is the will to fight desperately, so in all the wars against the Nordic countries, Russia's war victory rate is very high, even for the Ottoman army, which is very good at desperate efforts, in hundreds of years of war, it is more victorious and less defeated. But when facing Mao Wenlong's troops, they were surprised, Mao Wenlong's troops rarely fought against them, most of the time they retreated with one blow, if they pursued, they would face a large-scale artillery bombardment, and then a large-scale blockade of machine guns, even if they were fierce, no longer afraid of death, when more than half of the soldiers were killed, the morale of the army would be very low, if they wanted to continue fighting, I am afraid they would have to face the mutiny of the soldiers, and no officer dared to do so.