Volume 16 Chapter 15 The Tsarist Envoy
In December of the Ming Empire, the temperature in the Western Regions was already quite cold, although it was not as cold as Siberia, but it was basically below zero during the day, and it could drop to more than ten degrees below zero at night, and the wind and sand were particularly large.
In this kind of ghost weather, few people usually choose to travel far away, but on this day, a group of cavalry came out in the wasteland less than a hundred miles away from the Waspur and Shuote Khan's court.
There were probably more than 1,000 cavalry in this force, but it was not the Mengyuan Iron Cavalry, but the feared Cossack cavalry in the Western Regions!
Looking at the direction they were running wildly, it was clearly the Khan Court of the Shuote Tribe, and it was also the place where Gushi Khan, the leader of the alliance of the Tile Spur Tribes, lived, how did they break through the layers of guards of the Tile Spur Tribes, rush into the Tile Thorn Territory for thousands of miles, and rush to a place only a hundred miles away from the Khan Court?
If they rush hard, they will naturally not be able to rush here, although the Cossack cavalry is strong, the Mengyuan iron cavalry is not vegetarian, and the tile spur departments are now very strong, and they can pull out tens of thousands of iron cavalry casually, and these more than 1,000 cavalry will be wiped out if they rush hard.
The reason why they were able to rush here was that they did not come to fight, but to escort the Russian envoys to visit Gushi Khan.
The sky was getting dark, and in the first group of people, someone suddenly raised his hand, and more than a thousand riders began to slow down slowly, and soon stopped.
The man who raised his hand tore off the scarf on his face, rubbed his frozen blue face vigorously, and gasped: "How far is it, no, let's camp here tonight." “
One of the people behind immediately stepped forward and said: "General, there are only less than a hundred miles, if you don't rush again, our Great Khan already knows that you are coming, and it is estimated that we have already prepared mare's milk wine and barbecue." “
This person turned out to be dressed as a Mengyuan cavalryman, but he spoke Tsarist Russian!
The man in the lead turned out to be a general of Tsarist Russia, so who is he?
This is another of Rozov's cronies, Army General Koperov of Tsarist Russia!
Koperov listened to the words of the liaison officer Meng Yuan, couldn't help spitting, waved his hand, and shouted: "Let's go." “
Then, covered with a scarf, he beat his horse and galloped forward, and the Cossack cavalry behind immediately followed without hesitation, and the rumbling of horses' hooves sounded again in the wasteland.
On such a cold day, he had to run thousands of miles to rush to this ghost place to negotiate with people, and Kopelov almost went crazy when he first received the order from Rozov.
Lack of Ke, I'm an army general, okay, are you so tormented?
However, after Rozov summoned him to the secret discussion for a while, he immediately set off with a thousand Cossack cavalry without hesitation.
There are two reasons why he is so desperate.
The first reason, as many people know, is that this negotiation is related to the success or failure of the war with the Ming Empire next year.
Of course, if this reason alone can't prompt him to run thousands of miles with people in the winter so desperately, and the war with the Ming Empire is not his business alone, he can send other people here, why should he suffer this crime?
There is a more important reason, that is, Rozov means that as long as he is willing to come, the newly formed army of 200,000 will be under his command!
Although he is a general, although he is a close confidant of Rozov, there is more than one general in Tsarist Russia, and Rozov has more than one cronies, and even if the newly recruited 200,000 recruits are added, Tsarist Russia has a total of more than 600,000 troops.
The temptation to command nearly a third of Tsarist Russia's army was enormous, and before that, only Rozov's number one confidant, Franzbekov, had so many men under his command.
As long as he gallops thousands of miles in the winter, he can get the command of the 200,000 army, this kind of good thing, he doesn't do it, there are a lot of people rushing to sit, so he didn't hesitate to come, saying that he ran thousands of miles, even if it was tens of thousands of miles, he was willing!
A general of Tsarist Russia is not too big a figure in the eyes of Gushi Khan, there are many generals in Tsarist Russia, but there is only one leader of the Tile Spur Department, and Koperov is not of the same level as him at all.
In his eyes, only Rozov and the current tsar are qualified to be on an equal footing with him.
Of course, he still attaches great importance to Kopelov's visit, on such a cold day, sending a general to negotiate is definitely not a trivial matter, he has vaguely guessed, perhaps, it is related to the great war in Siberia, I heard that Tsarist Russia was beaten by the Ming Empire over there, and it was sent here nine times out of ten to ask for help.
Can you send troops to help them? This question is actually very simple, the Tile Spur Department and Tsarist Russia are not allies of Duotie, but both sides are a little afraid of each other, so they signed a contract and do not invade each other.
With such an ordinary relationship, it is impossible to ask the Tile Spur Department to send troops to help with just a few words.
Of course, it is not impossible for him to send troops to help, as long as there are enough interests, he will definitely take action, after all, the thorn and the Liang Zi of the Ming Empire are too big.
Captured the emperor of other people, and also besieged other people's capital, this kind of shame, the Ming Empire will sooner or later come to the tile thorn to take revenge.
This time the Ming Empire fought with Tsarist Russia was actually a good opportunity, and Gushi Khan was also considering whether to send troops.
However, the performance of the Ming Empire is too strong, judging from the news heard from all sides, the Far East Army of Tsarist Russia is simply vulnerable in front of the Ming Empire!
In recent years, the tile spur has not fought with the Ming Dynasty, but he has fought a few fights with Tsarist Russia, and he is still very clear about the combat effectiveness of the Tsarist Russian army, almost on par with the Meng Yuan Iron Cavalry of the tile spur, and he was beaten to the point of urine, and it is estimated that he will go up by himself.
Therefore, he has been waiting and seeing, if Tsarist Russia can turn defeat into victory in the coming year and drive the Ming Empire out of the Siberian Khanate, he may follow behind and send troops; If Tsarist Russia is still vulnerable in front of the Ming Empire in the coming year, he will definitely not send troops to find death.
Gushi Khan's thoughts, Rozov, could probably guess that if he wanted to send troops, he had to send someone who was particularly capable of fooling, and if he could, he would really like to let Risse stay!
If that old fox is willing to go out, it is estimated that he doesn't have to give anything, and Gushi Khan will be flickered by him to rush up and fight with the Ming Empire.
But the problem is that Richelieu can't have traveled so far to fool Gushi Khan, so Kopelov was lucky to win the lottery.
In fact, among Rozov's cronies, Koperov's ability is not the strongest, and he is not the most courageous in combat, but he has an advantage, that is, he can fool people!
It can be said that his position as a general was not obtained by fighting, and most of the credit is due to his mouth, which is too capable of fooling.
Of course, Kopelov didn't know that he was chosen for this reason, but on the way here, he thought that this time he must fool Gu Shihan into sending troops.
Rozov didn't sign a contract with him, in case this negotiation was unsuccessful, I don't know if he could get the command of 200,000 horses when he ran back, such a good opportunity, how could he let it go, when it comes to fooling people, that is his strength, even stronger than commanding a war!