Chapter 276: Western Siberia (13)
Batur took his five thousand men and horses, day and night, straight to Tyumen, along the way basically non-stop, the horses did not stop, see that the war horses were tired, so they changed another one, except for the necessary time to eat and feed the horses, they were all in a hurry, and in the time of one day and one night, they arrived at a position less than a hundred miles from Tyumen. No men and horses of the Russian army were found here, and it seemed that the Russian army did not know the news that the Omsk fortress had been occupied by the Ming army, so Batur relieved himself and let the soldiers rest here for two hours, and by the way, he also waited for Zhang Bingzhong's army, he was also afraid that his subordinates would make mistakes and cause unnecessary losses.
In Batur's ranks, there were two very key figures, these two were Admiral Petrov's guards and secretaries. After Petrov's surrender, he was almost a little nervous, tens of thousands of troops were wiped out by the Ming army in one night, it was difficult for him to accept psychologically, even if Mao Wenlong and Zhang Bingzhong interrogated, he basically answered questions without any logic, it seems that this is normal. But the guard's answer was indeed very organized, and it was very clear to help Mao Wenlong and Zhang Bingzhong analyze various situations, but only proposed that the life of Admiral Petrov must be guaranteed, and he could act with the Ming army as a hostage. The secretary took out all the documents that had not been destroyed and did not participate in any research, but he calmly obeyed the command of Mao Wenlong and Zhang Bingzhong, and was very familiar with many situations in the Russian army. These two people gave Mao Wenlong and Zhang Bingzhong the impression that the guards were for Petrov's personal safety, and the secretaries were doing things for their own lives.
In fact, the personal guard was not chosen by Admiral Petrov, in fact, he was the eyes of the military, he was responsible for the Russian army, responsible for the country, and the most important duty was to prevent Petrov from committing acts of treason, in this case, he could directly kill Admiral Petrov. The secretary on the contrary is Admiral Petrov's own real cronies, and neither Mao Wenlong nor Zhang Bingzhong knows about these situations, and their understanding is just the opposite.
Ivan IV established the first police organization in Russian history, the Guards, to deal with feudal lords who challenged imperial power. The Guards swore allegiance to Ivan, who rewarded the deposed nobles with their estates. Because the tsar's rule was not stable and the threat to the imperial power always existed, the secret police became one of the means for the tsar to maintain the imperial power, and the sharp class contradictions made the tsar realize the importance of strengthening intelligence work, and also cultivated fertile soil for the survival of the secret police.
The Ministry of Police was the first permanent security agency in the history of Russia, which consisted of the Central Special Department and the Security Service, which was responsible for investigating political crimes. The targets of the Special Department of the Central Committee were hostile forces attempting to subvert the tsarist regime, including domestic and foreign enemies, dissidents in exile, nationalists of non-Russian nationalities under tsarist rule, and so on. For the tsarist regime, threats from within Russia were no different from threats from outside Russia, and their aim was to overthrow the tsarist regime. As a result, the Special Department of the CPC Central Committee not only engages in surveillance activities at home, but also extends its surveillance horizons beyond its borders. Among them, the most important military generals were not only the backbone of Tsarist rule, but also the focus of prevention. Therefore, almost every important general has someone arranged by the secret police around him, and their job is to supervise these military generals and prevent them from treason, they are only responsible to the tsar himself, and even the military generals dare not offend them, which is also the reason why Admiral Petrov is a little mentally disturbed, and his family is still hostage in Moscow.
It is normal for Mao Wenlong and Zhang Bingzhong not to know about these information, but Zhang Bingzhong, who likes Yin people, is smart enough, and he sees a trace of abnormal situations from these seemingly normal situations, especially the guards' clear thinking and rational answers to questions, he thinks that this should not be a quality that an ordinary security officer can have. In particular, he took the initiative to ask for cooperation with the Ming army's actions, rather than asking for close protection of the general's own life. From this point, Zhang Bingzhong became suspicious of this guard and secretly became wary of him.
Zhang Bingzhong told Batur his thoughts, telling him that once he found out that these two people had any abnormal actions, he must be executed immediately, without thinking about any promises and consequences, and the safety of his own army was the most important thing. Afraid that Batur would not be able to deal with the unexpected situation in time, Zhang Bingzhong himself was also desperately rushing behind in order to reduce his losses.
Batur was a monarch with great ambitions in the original history, whether it was wisdom or conspiracy, he was a peerless figure, like Sun Chuanting, Mao Wenlong, such a figure, naturally he would be very respectful, a powerful general like Zhang Bingzhong, but he also needed to make friends, although there were not many contacts, but Zhang Bingzhong's Yin people He still admired very much. Therefore, Zhang Bingzhong's words should naturally be taken to heart, and he should pay close attention to these two key figures very carefully, so as not to lose the battle.
Fortunately, the journey was still very smooth, and under the guidance of Petrov's guards and secretaries, Batur did not encounter any unexpected situations. They arrived safely at the gates, with Batur leading the way, followed by the guards, and between the secretary and the guard were two of Batur's personal guards, who were not only responsible for Batur's safety, but also responsible for eliminating Petrov's guards if necessary.
After arriving at the gate of the city, Batur turned back and waved back, and immediately there were thirty guards who followed Petrov's guard to negotiate, this is more than 800 miles away from the battlefield, so the degree of vigilance here is not very high, looking at the dozens of soldiers who came to the front, the defender of the city hurriedly came to question, the guard muttered a word of Russian, the face of the soldier defending the city suddenly changed greatly, and then calmed down, telling them to wait a while, to go back to report to the officer guarding the city.
The Ming army, who was closely monitoring the guard, was very alert, and when he saw the face of the soldiers guarding the city suddenly changed, he felt that there was a secret communication between them, and when he saw the soldiers guarding the city turn and walk back, he flew over, stretched out his hand with a big mouth, and shouted and cursed, reprimanding the other party for being rude and snubbing his own general. In the eyes of ordinary people, there was a dispute, but in fact, when the soldier hit the mouth of the soldier defending the city, he also took off the other party's chin, which is the trick of traditional Chinese martial arts, so that the other party can only babble, but cannot speak.
At the moment when this Ming soldier made a move, the other soldiers also noticed the abnormality, one soldier immediately rushed to Petrov's guards, and removed his chin before he resisted, and the rest rushed to the other soldiers defending the city and began to push and shove, in the process of pushing, no one noticed that the chins of these soldiers defending the city were removed, this is the tacit understanding between the guards, one person's action is the demonstration of others, strict training, so that their movements are very standard.
There were only five or six soldiers guarding the city who came to ask questions, and there were five or six soldiers guarding the city gate, and when they saw that there was a sudden push here, and their brothers were punched and kicked by the other party and rushed to the city gate, they immediately ran to the city gate and shouted to the soldiers in the barracks to help fight, they thought that it was because of the quarrel and there was a dispute, because the people who came were also wearing their own military uniforms, and there were many troops passing by recently, and many soldiers would fight because of some trivial things, Even the officers turned a blind eye. But today, when I see that my brothers have suffered, let me bring more people to fight.
When Batur's thirty guards hit the hole in the city gate, nearly 100 soldiers rushed out of the city, not holding guns in their hands, they were all fighting guys with leather whips and sticks, and they also thought that they were going to fight in groups, as long as they didn't kill too many people, their superiors would not pursue them, and they could be happy. Batur saw clearly behind him, and when he saw the other party rushing out of the hundred and ten people, he turned his head to look at the captain of the guard, and whispered to him that he took the opportunity to occupy the other party's camp.
More than 200 soldiers on both sides began to fight in groups, how dare the people next to them stay in such a place, if they are beaten, it will be in vain, and those who are bold and lively are far away. The soldiers of the Ming army were all specially trained guards, and these soldiers guarding the city were opponents, and they were beaten with blue noses and swollen faces after a while. Seeing that they couldn't beat it, the soldiers defending the city began to retreat to the inside of the city gate, and the Ming soldiers scolded and chased inside.