The taiga was already prone to fire, and with the blessing of fire oil, the fire became bigger and bigger, and soon burned near the military camp of the Rus'.

At this time, the sleeping Rus' people in the barracks had already been awakened. Looking at the monstrous fire outside, the Rus' people spun around like headless flies.

But when they turned around, they found that there was a fire burning all around the barracks, and they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.

"Hurry up and get water to put out the fire!" After a period of panic, the Rus general shouted an order.

Although the Rus' military camp was not far from the water source, they could not get out of the camp at all, and where could they find water?

But there were wise men among the Rus', and when they saw that the fire was inevitable, they ran back to the camp and got a quilt, and then ran to the side of the camp, and soaked the quilt with water from the tank, and then wrapped themselves in a wet quilt, and rushed to the fire.

This method usually works, but it is only usual.

The pine needles that fell from the taiga covered the ground more than two feet thick, and when the fire burned like this, the ground was full of flames, and as soon as the feet fell, they immediately turned into roast pig's trotters.

If it was the Great Zhou side, maybe a few people could escape, because the Great Zhou soldiers were basically wearing cloth shoes. But on the Rus' side, they are wearing military boots made of leather, and they can't be soaked in much water at all, so how can they avoid the end of roasting pig's trotters?

Even if a few people escaped from the fire by luck, there were all soldiers of the Great Zhou outside. As soon as they saw someone escaping from the fire, they would give them a shot.

So, the results speak for themselves......

By the time the Varat cavalry arrived, the fire had begun to spread outside. The raging flames made people's faces hurt.

"Order the brothers to retreat three miles outward!" It was no longer possible to stay here, Ma Jinzhong hurriedly ordered.

Turning his head, he looked at the general of the Warat cavalry again, and ordered: "You take your men to assist the brothers now, and if any Rus escape, be sure to cut them down." ”

Ma Jinzhong didn't plan to leave a living mouth for the Rus.

However, neither the Great Zhou soldiers next to him nor the Warat cavalry generals felt the slightest surprise.

Especially on the side of the Warats, last year, they suffered a lot of humiliation from the Rus, and now they see them burned to death by the fire, and they all have smiles on their faces, and their hearts are even more indescribably happy.

Ma Jinzhong shrugged his nose again, and muttered with a smile: "The meat is cooked!" ”

Although Ma Jinzhong's voice was very small, several people around him still heard it, and they immediately couldn't help the surge in their stomachs and began to vomit loudly......

The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and there were already some signs of being out of control, and it was already an hour before the fire was set on fire.

Ma Jinzhong set off east with 50,000 Great Zhou soldiers and prepared to return the same way.

However, before leaving, Ma Jinzhong still gave the general Warat a map of Western Siberia and said: "This is the distribution map of the settlements of the Rus' here, as for how to use it, the old man doesn't care!" ”

Without waiting for the Warat generals to thank him, Ma Jinzhong laughed and rode on his war horse and headed east......

When the news of the annihilation of the Rus' army reached the capital, it was already half a month later.

Hearing this news, Zhang Lingyang was a little incredulous.

Summoning the messenger into the palace, Zhang Lingyang asked, "Is it true that the Rus have been wiped out?" What are the casualties of our army? How did the war go so smoothly? ”

In a series of questions, Zhang Lingyang asked several questions, and the exhausted messenger along the way had to answer patiently, and he did not dare to answer patiently.

After understanding what happened, Zhang Lingyang suddenly patted his head: "Why didn't I think of this trick?" It seems that I can't be a qualified general after all. ”

After the birth of muskets and artillery, Zhang Lingyang did not think about ancient tactics anymore. Because in Zhang Lingyang's view, with the advent of the era of thermal weapons, the previous tactics and tactics have fallen behind, and it is a matter of time before they are eliminated by the times.

But now, Ma Jinzhong told Zhang Lingyang with facts that good tactics and tactics will never lag behind, nor will they be eliminated by the times.

However, Zhang Lingyang was still extremely happy in his heart, especially when he heard the news that Ma Jinzhong had not lost a single soldier, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and ordered Xiaofuzi to summon a group of civil and military ministers such as Liubu Jiuqing on the spot to share the good news together.

Of course, for Ma Jinzhong, a general, Zhang Lingyang did not hesitate to reward him, and regardless of the opposition of the ministers, he issued an edict at that time to entitle Ma Jinzhong as the protector of the country.

Of course, the official canonization will have to wait for Ma Jinzhong to return to Beijing before making arrangements.

And in eastern West Siberia, according to the map of Western Siberia given by Ma Jinzhong earlier, the Warats began to retaliate against the Rus.

Burning, killing and looting, as long as the Rus had done it to them before, they all returned it to the local Rus' one by one.

As long as the Varat people passed, all of them were ruins, and the Varat people did not leave a single living mouth at all.

It wasn't until they had galloped thousands of miles west that they encountered some resistance and reluctantly retreated.

However, after this battle, the Warat people also realized that their weapons were much behind, and began to turn to Da Zhou, hoping to purchase a batch of firearms from Da Zhou.

Of course, Zhang Lingyang was happy, but he only sold a batch of muskets to the Warat people, and the Warat people bought them back after paying half of their money.

More expensive and more powerful artillery, they didn't think about it.

However, the Warat people also gained a lot of wealth in this raid, which no one expected.

Of course, in the end, these riches all fell into Da Zhou's pocket.

After the possession of firearms, the Warats also gained self-confidence and began to send cavalry deep into Western Siberia, carrying out a policy of burning, killing and looting the Rus' settlements there, making the whole of Western Siberia unstable.

Later, the Rus' were angry and wanted to send a large army to encircle and suppress the Warats, but the Warats were like flies without heads, and the cavalry was originally coming and going like the wind, so the Rus' did not know what to do with them for a while, so they could only continue to move the inhabitants of eastern Western Siberia to the west, which avoided greater losses.

Soon after Ma Jinzhong's victory, the First Fleet of the Great Zhou Royal Navy finally returned to Tianjin Wei after half a year of sea voyage.

The commander of the First Fleet made Han Liang not care about resting at all at the first time when he reached Tianjin, so he rode to the capital.

Because, Han Liang has urgent information to personally feedback to Zhang Lingyang......