The Ming Dynasty is preparing to attack the Siberian Plain, so what is the Tsarist Russia doing as the defender, are they just ignoring it and watching the Ming Dynasty defeat Siberia?

Of course, this kind of thing is impossible, and Tsarist Russia is also actively preparing for war, but they do not have any industrial base at this time, and they will only cast the most primitive Hongyi cannons for artillery, and they will only make the most primitive arquebuses for muskets.

The Hongyi cannon is better, as long as it accumulates to a certain amount, it still has a bit of a restraining effect on the Ming army's siege vehicle digging city wall tactics, and the arquebus will not work, in front of the Ming army's flintlock guns, it is a dish at all.

In response to this situation, Prime Minister Rozov of the Tsarist Russian Cabinet ordered the military department to desperately cast Hongyi cannons to increase the defense of the fortress, and at the same time asked the European continental powers for help, hoping that they could provide more flintlock guns, and even wanted the European continental powers to give support point cannons to deal with the artillery positions of the Ming army.

The Russian Ministry of Tsarist Russia has no opinions, originally Rozov was a dictator in Tsarist Russia, almost no one dared to resist him, plus the enemy is about to hit their European mainland, if they don't desperately cast artillery, I'm afraid there will be no chance to cast cannons in the future.

Therefore, the military department is still relatively active, and the number of artillery pieces cast in the past six months is also very large, basically each fortress in the Siberian Plain has reached more than 100 guns, which is already a very terrifying number, you must know that Tsarist Russia still has hundreds of fortresses in the Siberian Plain, that is to say, the number of all the artillery in these fortresses adds up to tens of thousands!

However, these were not enough to resist the attack of the Ming army, because the Ming army's artillery range was longer than theirs, and the number of artillery guns in the attack on the fortress far exceeded that of the defenders, unless each fortress was equipped with more than 1,000 guns, or the artillery range exceeded the Ming army, otherwise the Siberian Plain would be occupied by the Ming army sooner or later.

It is obviously unrealistic to equip each fortress with more than 1,000 cannons, it is impossible for Tsarist Russia to cast so many artillery pieces in a short period of time, and now, the only hope is that the European continental powers can support a batch of cannons for them, even if each fortress is equipped with ten cannons, Rozov is confident that he can contain the attack of the Ming army.

He also knew that the Ming army could not afford to be injured, don't look at the number of the Ming army reached millions, if every time a fortress was captured, tens of thousands of casualties, the Ming army would not be able to stand it, because after capturing the entire Siberian Plain, millions of Ming troops would be killed and wounded, and their main army force would be exhausted in order to grab territory, Rozov believed that the emperor of the Ming Empire was not so stupid.

He also believed in the power of the cannon, you must know that the cannon and the Ming army's longest-range artillery are almost the same in range, coupled with the height advantage of the fortress, the defenders can completely suppress the Ming army, and each fortress will kill tens of thousands of people, which is considered a few.

Of course, he couldn't have imagined that the Ming army had changed its tactics, and armored combat vehicles were not afraid of artillery at all, and he couldn't imagine that the European powers didn't plan to give him any more support weapons, let alone cannons, even flintlock muskets didn't plan to give him another one!

However, the European powers did not ignore his request for help, and Risse replied to him with an enthusiastic letter of commendation, praising his contribution to the anti-Habsburg coalition in the past two years, and reassuring him that the anti-Habsburg coalition was about to launch a full-scale counteroffensive against the Ming Habsburg coalition, and the Ming army would naturally retreat at that time.

When Rozov saw this letter of praise, he was so angry that he needed praise, everyone is a powerful minister of a country, and he Rozov still needs Richelieu's praise!

What he needs is muskets and artillery, not a few useless praises, he also knows that Richelieu treats him as a pawn, if it weren't for the fact that the Ming Empire had already conquered too much land in Tsarist Russia, so that he had no steps down, he really wanted to shake hands with the Ming Empire now and let Risseliu eat.

However, he is now riding a tiger and it is difficult to ride a tiger, if he does not defeat the Ming Empire, he will definitely be taken the opportunity by domestic opponents to step down, because he was the one who advocated a sneak attack on the Ming Empire, and now the sneak attack is not successful, but the Ming Empire will beat his ass and urine, and he will lose thousands of miles, and he can't shirk this responsibility.

Now Richelieu is clearly perfunctory to him, if this old fox is allowed to pass so perfunctory, then it will be okay, so he once again took his cronies and ran to Paris in a huff to find Richelieu theory.

Don't give weapons, let yourself alone carry the most powerful Ming Empire of the Ming Habsburg Alliance, dream!

Richelieu also knew that this guy would definitely come over, so he had already prepared, and it was still a sumptuous meal, or a warm welcome, as if an old friend had come.

This time, Rozov didn't have such a good temper, he didn't even care about his aristocratic demeanor, he kept a straight face, disdained a table of food, and walked directly to Richelieu's study, as if he had arrived at his own house.

Seeing his angry appearance, Richelieu shook his head with a wry smile and reluctantly followed.

When he came to the study, Rozov didn't need to say hello, he just sat down, his face was frosty, and he didn't say a word, he wanted to see how the old fox fooled him.

Richelieu sat down with a guest-like companion and smiled: "Prime Minister, what's wrong with you, who made you angry?" “

Who messed with it? Of course it's you, the old fox, who asked knowingly, Rozov snorted, but still didn't speak.

Richelieu asked unhurriedly, "Your Excellency, are you angry about muskets and artillery?" “

Do you know I'm angry about this? Luo Zov finally couldn't help but speak: "Your Royal Highness, do you think we can withstand the Ming Empire without weapon support?" “

When Richelieu heard this, he said lightly: "Didn't the Ming Empire just beat down your eight fortresses last year?" You have so many fortresses, the Ming Empire can't defeat them in a few years, don't worry, we will launch a counteroffensive soon. “

Luo Zov is so angry, it wasn't you who beat him, of course you didn't panic, he said coldly: "That's how you treat your allies?" Did you just watch the Ming Empire fight all the way to the European continent, all the way to our imperial capital, and destroy us? “

Hearing this, Richelieu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Prime Minister, how can you say that, we are really preparing to counterattack the Ming Habsburg Alliance, and now we are not enough to use our own weapons, we really can't come up with weapons to support you, please hold on a little longer, once we launch a counteroffensive, the Ming Empire will retreat." “

When I'm so easy to deceive, Rozov rolled his eyes and replied coldly: "Insist? We've been doing it for two years, what have you done? “

Hearing this, Richelieu thought for a while, and then said solemnly: "Prime Minister, if you really don't believe it, I can take you to see it, but I hope you don't say anything about everything you see." “

Rozov was a little shaken now, he wanted to see for himself, this old fox couldn't be faked, could it be that what he said was true?

Richelieu really didn't lie to Rozov this time, the anti-Habsburg coalition was really preparing to launch a counteroffensive, and after he took Rozov around in a big circle, Rozov went back without saying a word!

What exactly did the anti-Habsburg coalition prepare to counterattack the Greater Ming Habsburg Union? This is a later story, so I will skip it here.

In short, Rozov is convinced, as long as he persists a little longer, and when the anti-Habsburg coalition launches a counteroffensive, the Ming Empire will retreat!