At the end of March, the Ural Plain is in a season of messy clothing, with temperatures falling to freezing in the morning and evening, but by noon the temperature can rise to more than 20 degrees.

As soon as Lin Hanlun, who returned from Yingtianfu, set out on the expedition, he was defeated by this climate and suffered from a severe wind chill.

Although he is not the commander, he is the hope of the future of the entire Tang Lin City, and when he goes out, he does not dare to slack off, and has been active in every corner of the army.

He does not give orders indiscriminately, nor does he stand on top of himself, what he wants to do is to let every soldier know that he shares weal and woe with all soldiers.

In the dressing training stage, he has been receiving strict training like all soldiers, and he is doing better than everyone else.

He is confident in this point, he can be educated in the highest school of the army, Yulin Weixue, and can graduate with excellent grades, he is no worse than anyone else.

His attitude of training hard and eating in the same pot with the soldiers without the slightest pampering soon left a deep impression on the hearts of the soldiers in Tang Lincheng.

Seeing that the soldiers quickly became casual from their original estranged and respectful attitudes, and intimately called him the young city lord, all of this made him feel very satisfied.

But illness is beyond his control, although the army is now equipped with special drugs to treat typhoid fever, but there must be a few days of recovery.

At this critical juncture, he was very upset about his illness.

It's just that Wu Lu's brother-in-law has no sympathy at all, and has been laughing at him beside him, which makes him even more irritable.

"Report ...... Handsome arrived! ”

Hearing the report of the soldiers outside the camp, Lin Hanlun had not yet gotten up, but he saw Tang Sai'er in military uniform striding in.

Although Wu Lu seemed reckless, he did not dare to treat this only imperial heroine of the Ming Dynasty lightly. "I've seen the third grandmother ......"

"No courtesy...... Tang Sai'er patted Wu Lu's arm and said, "You joined the army a year earlier, so you are much more sensible than Lun'er and know the priorities." Don't get up, all you need now is to get well quickly, and don't care about these false courtesies. ”

Lin Hanlun was ashamed and a little embarrassed to face his grandmother. "It's all the grandchildren who are not good, and the grandmother is worried."

As the commander of Tanglin City, Tang Sai'er should have been responsible for arranging the army to be stationed on the banks of the Kama River at this time, but now he has returned to Bashkir City, obviously for his grandson, who will travel hundreds of miles.

Facing her grandson, Tang Sai'er didn't have too much hypocrisy, sighed and said: "Lun'er, grandma knows that you are arrogant, you just came back from Yingtianfu, and you want everyone to recognize you. However, you can't be in a hurry about this matter, your days are still long, don't rush to achieve it.

This Tanglin City is the Tanglin City of our Lin family, you are the grandson of Your Majesty, and no one can take away what belongs to you. What you have to do is to follow the steps step by step, step by step, so that all the soldiers will naturally accept you and recognize you.

Also, don't think about making a contribution, with grandma's old bones, you don't need to contribute. If you can do well, grandma will be satisfied. Remember, your life is more important than anything else, even if you lose this battle, it's okay, you have to have three longs and two shorts, then the sky will fall. ”

After reassuring his grandson, Don Sayer rode away from the city of Bashkir again and galloped towards the front line in the northwest.

Lin Hanlun was educated by his grandmother, and he was depressed in his heart, and asked Wu Lu: "Do you also think I'm useless?" ”

Wu Lu didn't answer directly, but said: "I went to Tunguska City last year, and I also wanted to get ahead as soon as possible, so that all the soldiers would return to their hearts, and even thought about replacing the old man and letting him enjoy the little beauty every day." But do you know what I'm doing when I enter the barracks? ”

Last year, because of Lin Hanlun's marriage to Wu Xun, Lin Hanlun had no contact with Wu Lu, and naturally he didn't know his experience after graduation.

Wu Lu smiled bitterly and said: "Lao Tzu entered the barracks, but his grandmother was arranged to pull dung in the baggage camp for three months!" You don't even know what it's like...... He pulled dung for three months, and cooked food in the head army for three months before he was arranged to train with the soldiers. You're lucky enough compared to me. ”

Lin Hanlun was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said with a big sense of absurdity: "We, the elite of the empire who graduated from Lin Weixue, actually went to pull a lot of dung!" ”

"! What imperial elite? Pull the manure elite! Wu Lu's face even showed a trace of aftertaste, and said: "I pulled a lot of dung, and then transported it to the vegetable garden of the military camp, and then poured it into the ground one by one, and then turned over the soil." I couldn't figure out why we were doing such a thing! ”

Lin Hanlun calmed down at this time and asked, "Have you figured it out?" ”

Wu Lu sat on the edge of his bed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "If we are ordinary soldiers, if we can graduate from Yulin Weixue, we will naturally be highly valued. However, our more important identity is the heir of the family, and we not only have the responsibility of leading the army, but also the responsibility of making the family prosperous. The higher our starting point, the more we must have a good experience at the bottom in order to know the people's suffering. That's what I realized......"

Lin Hanlun also figured it out a little, nodded and said, "It's me who is too anxious." ”

The vast plain between the Ural Mountains and the Volga River is a blessed land.

It is home to dense forests, fertile land, abundant minerals, and countless species of animals.

Originally, it was inhabited by the Bashkirs, and after the Mongol Yuan occupied their homeland, it became part of the Golden Horde.

For more than 100 years, the Mongols, Uzbeks, and Turks, including the Tatars, took turns to show off their might in this land, while the weak Bashkirs could only survive by relying on people's breath.

The westward advance of the Ming people added a touch of chaos to this land, and the former Bashkirs even wanted to move away from this land as a whole.

However, the chaos was soon cleared, and Tanglin City, which had the support of the Ming Empire, soon became the true master of the land.

They subdued the Uzbeks and branched off from the Uzbek tribe, giving the land another Kazakh.

The appearance of the Kazakhs distinguished the Uzbeks and isolated them in the south.

Subsequently, the Tatars became vassals of the Ming people, and the once invincible Kazan Khanate can only survive by relying on the Ming people.

The Bashkirs had completely fallen to the Ming Dynasty twenty years ago, relying on the protection of the Ming people to continue to survive in this land.

They are born hunters, born shepherds, and pay wool and fur to the Ming people every year, and are protected by the Ming people.

The Ming even helped them build a city named after them called Bashkir (later Ufa in Russia).

After the Principality of Bilm had been driven out by the Ming, the city of Bashkir and the Tatar city of Kazan became a barrier between the Ming and the Novgorodians, Kieves, and Muscovites.

But after about twenty years of orthodoxy, the population of the Ming people in the extreme west doubled. The Ming people are no longer satisfied with being confined to the area of Montenegro (Bilm), Tanglin (Yekaterinburg), and Cloudsdale (Chelyabinsk).

Led by the Governor of the River, they marched westward, attacking Nizhny Novgorod in the north, directly threatening Muscovy.

In the south, the then governor Zheng Neng led his army all the way to the Dnieper River valley, capturing the largest Donetsk mine in the region, and intimidating the entire Kiev principality.

It's just that the good times don't last long, and there are still too few Ming people, although they are powerful, it is difficult to maintain the rule of thousands of miles of front.

After the Europeans also had muskets, limited by the limitation of supplies and the number of people, the Ming people retreated step by step, and now they have completely retreated to the Caspian coast.

Forty years of Orthodoxy, the Novgorod principality, with the help of the Muscovy, Kiev, Lithuania, recaptured Nizhny Novgorod.

The Ming retreated to the eastern bank of the Volga River, where they confronted the coalition forces.

Moreover, in the fighting after the Chinese New Year, the coalition forces bypassed the city of Kazan and drove the army of Tanglin City all the way to the banks of the Kama River.

They did not dare to cross the Kama River, for fear of completely angering the Ming Dynasty. But their purpose had been achieved, and that was to occupy the pastures of the entire plain.

With these pastures, they can double their flock as long as they survive the year.

And with the Donetsk mines, they will also be able to refine more high-quality steel.

Tang Sai'er came to Tanglin City to take root since she was only twenty years old, and in the past few decades, she has had a deep affection for this land.

From the original ordinary village girl, to the current heroine of the empire, the actual controller of Tang Lin City, and the leader of a huge family.

For the future development of the family, she will not give up this rich land and leave a thicker foundation for future generations.

Early the next morning, Tang Sayer rode all the way, changed tractors, and finally returned to the military camp on the banks of the Kama River.

Because the extreme west belongs to the battlefield zone, the construction of infrastructure has always been relatively backward. Between Tanglin and Kazan, a concrete road has been built, but it has not yet been built.

If cement roads can be built, there are cars and tractors on the side of the Ming Dynasty, and the strength of the army will be stronger.

However, the lagging transportation conditions limited the transfer of the Ming army, and the main reliance on the battle here was still horses.

Back in the barracks, Tang Sai'er, who hadn't slept all night, still couldn't see the slightest tiredness, and asked the children and nephews who came to greet him, "Have the envoys from Black Mountain City and Cloud City arrived?" ”

Adjutant General Bin Yun replied: "The people of Gao Changxiu of Black Mountain City have not arrived yet, but Hao Gaitian of Cloud City has already arrived, and their army will arrive tomorrow." ”

"Hao Gaitian is here in person, this guy who can't afford to be unprofitable early, this time he is very positive. Take me to him. ”

The old man who came to Tanglin City at the beginning, now there is only Tang Sai'er left. Lin San, Bin Hong, Gao Yang'er, and Hao Yunzhong have all passed away in decades.

However, Tang Sai'er is not a sad person, she has four sons, five children, and now a lot of children and grandchildren. For her, children and grandchildren are the future and hope.

The Chinese army here is a forest ranger base located on the riverside, and there are many trees in the area, and this place used to be a forest farm, guarding the forest, and logging for sale.

At the height of the previous years, a large number of trees were cut down and floated from the Kama River to the Caspian Sea downstream along the Kama River, the Volga River.

Most of the areas in the river are deserts and wastelands, and there is a lack of forests, and there is a large demand for forests, which can exchange a large amount of supplies for the three cities in the extreme west.

However, after the white counterattack came, this income was gone, which was the main reason why Tang Sayer was bent on counterattacking.

The Volga River, the lifeblood of the three cities in the far west, is absolutely not allowed to fall into the hands of whites.

However, the Gao family in Black Rock City, the Hao family in Cloud City, they were not active in the counterattack.

Black Rock City is the former Birm, and because the Birm people were driven away by Tang Sayer, Gao Yang'er began to develop there.

It was located in the north, and after the trade was monopolized by Tanglin City, they could only develop westward and northward at most. Because the competition is not as good as Tang Lincheng, they only want to develop with their heads bored.

However, they directly faced the threat of the whites, and Tang Sayer was not afraid that they would not help.

The key issue is Cloudsdale.

Cloud City is located in the southeast of Tanglin City, and they are not near the river. At the beginning, Hao Yunzhong took a fancy to it because there were many Bashkirs living there. Moreover, it was located on a major trade route with the Uzbeks, and trade with the south alone could feed them.

They are in the rear again, and they don't have to face the threat of white people directly, so over the years, they have been working more often.

When there is an advantage, they run faster than anyone else, and when the war is unfavorable, they run faster than anyone else.

In the courtyard of the forest farm, Tang Sai'er met Hao Gaitian, the second-generation city lord of Yunzhong City, he was the eldest son of Hao Yunzhong, he did not have Hao Yunzhong's pride, and he did not match his name.

Facing Tang Sai'er, Hao Gaitian showed great respect, took the lead in greeting him, bowed down and hugged his fists. "My nephew has seen the third aunt."

Tang Sai'er nodded and asked, "How many soldiers did you bring this time?" ”

"My nephew's family background is not as good as that of the third aunt, and this time I brought 20,000 regular troops and 10,000 auxiliary troops, and everyone has horses."

Tang Sai'er said: "As long as you are willing to contribute, you don't care how much, what's more, this time I will focus on my Tang Lincheng military strength, and I won't need you to contribute, but you don't need to drag us back." ”

"Of course! Our three cities are both prosperous and one is lost, and my nephew still understands this truth. Following Tang Sai'er into the house, Hao Gaitian couldn't help but ask: "I heard that Hanlun's nephew came back this time and brought 30,000 guns. The third aunt is well-informed, I don't know when Your Majesty will be able to help us change our clothes? ”

Tang Sai'er invited Hao Gaitian and his party to sit down, and then sat in the handsome seat and said: "We will definitely be given priority in changing clothes, but Your Majesty also depends on our ability." If it is trustworthy, it will naturally be faster to change clothes, if we don't fight ourselves, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will only change the clothes of the Hezhong Army first, and will put us last. ”

Knowing Hao Gaitian's temperament, Tang Sai'er naturally wanted to use the imperial court to put a little pressure on him to prevent him from working and not working.

Hao Gaitian nodded and asked, "It is said that Staff Officer Hu, who caused a big storm in the river this time, came to the north to supervise the army, can the third aunt have a countermeasure?" ”

Tang Sai'er shook his head and said, "He is the supervisor of the imperial court, not the supervisor of our three cities in the extreme west. Don't forget, this counteroffensive, but our private actions, have nothing to do with the imperial court. ”

Hao Gaitian said: "This is also what my nephew doesn't understand, why is the third aunt so anxious, why don't you wait for all of our three cities to change their clothes before doing it?" ”

Tang Sai'er saw that most of the generals nodded in agreement with Hao Gaitian's point of view, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "You have lived a stable life for too long, and you have forgotten the meaning of the existence of our three cities in the extreme west. If the Hezhong army in the imperial court has changed its clothes, will it be our turn to take action? If the Hezhong Army defeats the enemy's coalition forces, what else do we need our people to do?

Your Majesty came to inspect the three cities in the extreme west last year, and I am afraid that I have the intention of incorporating the border defense of the three cities into the Ministry of Defense of the imperial court, if we have not shown it at this time, when that day comes, I am afraid you will not be able to cry. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at each other and wanted to refute it, but they also knew that Tang Sai'er's words were very reasonable.

There are historical reasons for the rise of these people, if it weren't for Lin San and Tang Sai'er who brought them here to get a way out, they would still be a group of bandits in Shandong.

Today, when the imperial court has completely eliminated local bandits, I am afraid that these people have long been cleaned up, how can they have the glory of dominating the party today.

Because they are the descendants of bandits, most of them are not literate and ink, so today, when the Ming army requires even soldiers to be literate, it is impossible for them to integrate into the army of the imperial court.

Are they willing to give up their present glory and wealth? No! But now let them learn to read again, and they can't do it either.

Hao Gaitian sighed and said, "That means that if you want to be prosperous and rich, you have to continue to gamble with your life?" ”

Tang Sai'er shook his head and said, "I said, you are just assisting this time, just protect our flanks." This time, we in Tanglin City will go all out and drive the enemy back to the west of Yaroslavl. ”

Yaroslavl is the sister city of Moscow, and the distance from Moscow to Yaroslavl is just over 500 miles.

Five hundred years ago, the Slavs established settlements here. Four hundred years ago, Grand Duke Yaroslavl the Wise conquered the natives, built a city there, and named the city after himself.

Since then, it has been the capital of the Yaroroslav principality. In the seventeenth year of Orthodoxy, it was occupied by Lin San at that time, and they became part of Muscovy.

For Don Sayre, it has become her obsession to occupy the city again, or even Moscow directly.

Seeing that he didn't have to make a lot of effort and sacrificed his life to go into battle, Hao Gaitian immediately said cheerfully: "My nephew must be the only one who is the third aunt and will not hold back the third aunt." It's just that there are no repeating guns in the nephew's army......"

Tang Sai'er interrupted him and said: "Don't mention this again, now there are only 25,000 guns in our army, and they have undertaken the task of attacking. Your army is untrained and struggling to function as a repeating gun, so concentrate this force. I only need you to protect the flanks, and if you take Yaroslavl, you will naturally have a large amount of land to be distributed to you, and it will not be appropriate for you to ask for it. ”

Seeing Tang Sai'er's resolute attitude, Hao Gaitian had no choice but to give up, and in the following time, the two sides conducted detailed negotiations on when the army would be dispatched, how to march, and how to cooperate.

It wasn't until the end of the negotiations in the late afternoon that Tang Sai'er got another message from Black Rock City. At the same time as they were gathering, the white coalition army also got the news, and they concentrated their forces to march towards Black Rock City, so that Gao Changxiu and they did not dare to act rashly, and they confronted the other party in Black Rock City.

Although he couldn't wait for reinforcements from Black Rock City, Tang Sai'er was not worried. Since the enemy has gone to surround Blackstone City, it is obvious that the troops mobilized will not be less.

Blackstone City has already attracted some troops, and their role has been played.

That night, she crossed the river again to the camp of Guo Ang, who had been entangled with the white coalition for nearly two months.

Guo Ang only had 20,000 troops in his hands, but the other party had hundreds of thousands of troops. The opponent is short of ammunition and has no intention of continuing to attack to the east, so he will naturally not provoke the other party with this little force.

The two sides have been in a stalemate here for two months, and although there have been some minor frictions in between, they have always exercised restraint.

Seeing Tang Sai'er, Guo Ang couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Third sister, for your 5,000 repeating guns, I haven't slept well for two months." ”

Tang Sai'er naturally knew his difficulty, and asked with a smile: "This repeating gun is easy to use, right?" ”

"That's natural, if all the armies on both sides are redressed, these hundreds of thousands of coalition troops will be just a bowl of food."

The range of the firearm is only 200 meters at most, and the effective range is only about 100 meters, which is still in the absence of protective gear.

But the range of the repeating gun was more than three times longer, and the effective range was about three times greater.

In this case, the opponent's firecracker can't beat it, but they can beat it, although this gap is not as big as when they used to fight with firecrackers and cold weapons, but they also have an overwhelming advantage.

Tang Sai'er also discovered the absolute advantage of the repeating gun in training, so he couldn't help but send troops now. She has 25,000 troops equipped with repeating guns, even if the other side has hundreds of thousands of people, but the other party is not together, but has opened a battle line of thousands of miles, so she has enough confidence.

Guo Ang finally got rid of Zheng Hong's suppression, and wanted to turn his earl back into a marquis, and he was full of war mentality.

Both of them have demands, have the same goals, and naturally get along very well.

The two sides talked all night and determined the details of the two sides' troop dispatch, and Tang Sai'er easily slept well in the camp of the Hezhong Army.

On April 14, Lin Hanlun and Wu Lu arrived at the camp on the banks of the Kama River, and they did not stop, but marched northwest with 40,000 elite cavalry directly from the lower reaches of the Kama River.

Subsequently, the two of them were arranged into the staff headquarters of the Hezhong Army, and followed a group of supervisors to learn the experience of marching and arranging.

On April 16, in the delta of the Vyatka and Kama rivers, three hundred miles east of the city of Kazan. The 50,000 elite cavalry of the Ming Dynasty took the lead in launching an attack on the more than 200,000 white coalition forces.