Chapter 293: The Adventures of Li Hongji (8)
In order to prevent a large-scale rebellion of the Russian Empire and the Cossacks, the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom adopted a surveillance strategy against Li Hongji, and shrank its forces in the entire great plain, shortened the battle line, and adopted a comprehensive conservative approach, both the Ottoman Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire did not dare to act rashly, even the Cossack soldiers were waiting quietly, and the four forces were now waiting and watching.
The first thing that could not be held back was the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Lithuania, because it was originally the most powerful, but now if the other three forces dealt with it together, then it was likely to be defeated. As a country ruled by an alliance of nobles, their intelligence is still relatively good, first of all, they thought of co-opting the weakest forces and forming temporary allies, so that their losses can be minimized, if the war is really lost, their biggest enemy or the one who eats the biggest piece of meat from them must be the Tsarist Empire, which is absolutely not allowed, so that the Tsarist Empire may finally erode them little by little.
It should be said that these Polish nobles are still quite discerning, in history they have co-opted the Turkut Khanate, and tried to persuade the Turks to move west to western Ukraine under Polish control, and defected to help Poland fight against Russia, but without success. It is a pity that although the Turgat Khanate participated in the war between the Tsarist Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Empire, helped the Tsarist Empire win the war, and allowed the Tsarist Empire to occupy a large area of land, they themselves did not get any benefits, and in the end they were still oppressed, *, and had to fight bloodily, and less than half of the tribes of nearly 200,000 people returned to their destinations, which shows how cruel the war was.
Now the Polish-Lithuanian kingdom extended an olive branch to Li Hongji, and the condition was to divide a piece of land on the northern coast of the Assyrian Sea, let Li Hongji's followers settle down, and ask them not to participate in the war that would take place in the next three kingdoms, and if possible, to assist the army of the Polish-Lithuanian kingdom.
After receiving the cession map sent by the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania, Li Hongji knew very well in his heart that this was a trick played by the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania, but this agreement did not do him any harm at present, whether it was the Tsarist Empire or the Ottoman Empire, they had suffered a big loss in front of the Ming army, even if the two countries were not satisfied with the Ming Dynasty gaining this foothold without a fight, but they did not dare to launch a two-front war, only after the war with the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom was over, It is possible to turn around and deal with Li Hongji, and now it depends on how fast Li Hongji's development is, and whether he can be strong enough to make them afraid when the time comes.
The Cossack cavalry rebellion, which had been more than twenty years in advance, still happened, but it was not launched by Khmelnitsky as the leader, but whoever received the uprising still dealt a fatal blow to the Polish-Lithuanian kingdom and made the Polish-Lithuanian kingdom begin to go downhill.
The real strength of the Tsarist Russian Empire now is unable to defeat the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom, otherwise they would not have waited for Li Hongji's troops to have a war, but the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom's division strategy played a role, and they did not have a war with Li Hongji, so that the Tsarist Russian Empire had to choose allies again, and united the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Austria, and the Kingdom of Prussia to jointly issue a threat of war to Poland-Lithuania, so that the Triple Alliance in history carved up Poland and became the Quadruple Alliance. In particular, the Kingdom of Austria and Prussia threatened the Polish-Lithuanian ruling center.
In this way, the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom, which was already full of contradictions in the decision-making system, was very passive, and had to cooperate with the Tsarist Empire, agreeing to let the Tsarist Empire occupy a large territory on the east bank of the Dnieper River, allowing them to have a long contact zone directly with the Ottoman Empire. I have to say that the nobles of the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom are also relatively cunning, they showed their weak side in the face of the Tsarist Empire, but they were very strong in the face of the Ottoman Empire, they united the Kingdom of Hungary, and refused the demands of the Ottoman Empire, and even the Kingdom of Prussia and the Kingdom of Austria did not benefit in this alliance.
Although the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom lost a large area of land east of the Dnieper River, it avoided the war, and also made the Tsarist Empire a despicable country in the eyes of the other three countries, that is, the Tsarist Russian Empire gained huge benefits, but did not let the other three countries get enough benefits, and the Tsarist Empire alone colluded with the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom and betrayed the Four-Power Alliance, which is a stain on the credibility.
The Kingdom of Prussia and the Kingdom of Austria could not compare their own forces with the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania, and the Tsarist Empire got the benefits and got out, and these two countries had to die down, admitting that they had been fooled, and suffered a secret loss from the Tsarist Empire, but this was also related to their own national strength, so they could only collect their troops and go home to reflect on themselves.
Relatively speaking, the Ottoman Empire is now very unbalanced, and began to have a dirty relationship with the Tsarist Russian Empire, since it is an alliance, then you get the benefits and give me a part, after the two sides had a bargain, the result was not negotiated, so the historical Russian-Turkish war started in advance, because of the containment of the Kingdom of Hungary on the Western Front, coupled with the problem of faith, Hungary united the Kingdom of Sicily, and also instigated the Serb rebellion, and the result was the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in a very short time, Instead, it allowed the Russian Empire to expand southward again, occupying large swaths of the Ottoman Empire.
When there was a scuffle in these countries, Li Hongji and they did not rashly participate, Li Hongji knew very well his strength, if a full-scale war broke out, it would not be possible to achieve too many results with the battle of more than 10,000 soldiers, and it would be difficult to achieve the goal proposed by Zhu Youxiao, so he could only use static braking, bury his head in developing his own strength, and wait for a better opportunity.
In times of war, people do not expect to participate in the war and make contributions, but are more eager for a stable and comfortable life, just like people often say, "rather be a peace dog than a war-torn person", the war that happened in this land has made more people lose their peaceful life, and the most affected is also the largest number of wandering Tatars, who are neither pure white people who can be protected by Christians, nor are they devout indigenous * Christians, who are protected by the Ottoman Empire. In the Polish-Lithuanian kingdom the religion was relatively free, which caused confusion of various faiths and, in times of war, more exodus.
A large number of wandering Tatars finally found Li Hongji's paradise of Shunhe City, because whether it was the Tsarist Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire or the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom, they did not wage war against Li Hongji's department, and Li Hongji did not participate in the melee between them, so it was very stable within tens of thousands of square miles on the northern shore of the Assyrian Sea, and more and more Tatars came here, and even many people from the Crimean Khanate came here to seek protection, they were not really native, and they were also deceived by the Ottoman Empire, Life is not very good.
Li Hongji is not good at governing places, but his subordinates have talents, Tian Jianxiu is such a talent, in order to stabilize a large number of Tatars who have come to settle here, Tian Jianxiu has formulated many policies, not only to let these people settle down, but also to let them really return to their hearts. It was impossible for Li Hongji to migrate from the interior of the Ming Dynasty to inhabit, and it was not possible in terms of time, cost, or geographical location, so he had to subdue these exiled Tatars and make them his loyal subordinates.
The nomads on the prairie advocate force the most, followed by a more comfortable and warm life, if they can't guarantee the safety of their own lives, no matter how comfortable and warm the life is, no matter how much personal wealth is prepared for others, since Li Hongji intends to take root here, then these people must be convinced that he has enough strength.
Tian Jianxiu and Li Guo did a very good job of these things, many of the displaced people who came to take refuge in Li Hongji came in the form of small tribes, in order to better manage, they completely broke up these people, arranged them as family units, arranged a large number of settlements in the area controlled by Li Hongji, scattered these people into different settlements, and those who did not obey the arrangement naturally had to leave here, of course, there are not many such people, and no one wants to settle down first.
Li Hongji transported a large amount of food from Hong Chengchou, and asked Hong Chengchou to send some people to set up a food processing factory, processing a lot of mules, horses, cattle and sheep and other meat here, and then adding some grain, so that the displaced people could have enough to eat in the settlements, save their lives first, win the hearts of the people, and meet the most basic living conditions.
With the settlement as the center, the surrounding fields and pastures are redistributed, whether it is a man, a woman, an adult or a child, everyone is given a piece of land, which is used to fix them to the settlement, become their private property, and make them feel at home.