Someone spoke, and others followed, and they also said to Shah Jahan with the same concern: "Great Khan, the situation of the ministers looking at the Ming Kingdom is eyeing my Mughals, and we must deal with it!" Once the Ming army makes the first move, I, the Mughals, will definitely suffer heavy losses! ”

"I heard that in the east, many untouchables went to Bengal to do things for the Ming army. The heart of the Ming Kingdom wants to kill my Mughals, it is obvious! “

“……”

How could Shah Jahan not know these concerns! However, the army is mired in the quagmire of fighting with Persia for the north, and it is not possible to withdraw if it is withdrawn! Besides, he is sure of the capture of Kandahar, and it has always been his wish, and when he sees that he is not up or down, he will suddenly give up his efforts, and he is not reconciled!

He was thinking about it, and some courtiers who behaved more fiercely even directly singled out and said: "Great Khan, the ministers think that when peace with Persia is negotiated, I, the Mughal, must first solve the threat of the Ming Kingdom!" ”

"Yes, Great Khan, we Mughals know very well how much power Persia has. However, the strength of the Ming Kingdom exceeded expectations, and it was still aggressive towards my Mughals, and I thought that I should concentrate the strongest military strength of my Mughals to deal with it! Persia, not a problem! ”

“……”

Shah Jahan was also a capable monarch in the history of the Mughal Empire, at least during this period, the Mughal Empire reached its most powerful. It can be seen that Shah Jahan is not lacking in courage.

Listening to his courtiers speak one by one, Shah Jahan weighed left and right, and then made a decision. Standing still, facing the courtiers below, he said with a resolute expression: "Okay, if you don't solve the threat of the Ming Kingdom first, Ben Khan is uneasy. That being the case, send messengers to make peace with Persia! ”

Of course, peace talks are not concessions, but must also be conditional. At least Persia should not be allowed to know that there is a great enemy in the east of the Mughal Empire, and there is a great crisis. It is best to maintain the status quo and withdraw enough troops to deal with the Ming side.

Hearing that Shah Jahan made a decision, his courtiers all patted their sycophants and said that the Great Khan was wise!

While they were discussing the details of the matter, the empire, far north of the continent, fell into a panic. Because, compared to the Mughal Empire worrying about the possible invasion of the Ming Kingdom, they saw that the Ming army had already attacked.

In Moscow, in the Kremlin's chamber, Tsar Mikhail sat in his seat, usually listless and indifferent to political affairs, but at this time his face was panicked, and he looked sideways at his father, Patriarch Filaret, who was presiding over the meeting.

I saw that Filaret's face was very grim, and he said solemnly to the Russian nobles below: "The Ming army finally came over, claiming to be one million, but at most it should be more than 100,000 at most." However, even a hundred thousand troops are a very terrible number. Now that the striker has appeared near the Ural Mountains, approaching Samara Castle, the biggest crisis of our Tsarist Russia is at hand, and I hope everyone will work together to deal with the Ming Kingdom! “

Before he returned home, these Russian nobles basically treated his son, the tsar, as an ornament. It was also after he came to power that he used iron-fisted means to make these nobles listen to him. Now that a powerful enemy has arrived, he must keep these nobles on his own.

Of course, the Russian nobles below also knew the news of the urgent distress sent by the Samara Castle. They were all pale, looked at each other, and for a moment neither of them spoke.

The construction of Samara Castle began in 1586 to defend against nomadic invasions and to ensure the safety of water transport along the Volga River from Kazan to Astrakhan. However, the scale of Samara Castle is not large, although there are troops stationed, but there are only more than 100 households, and they can only guard against those small-scale nomads, and in the face of the million army of the Ming Kingdom, even if there are only 100,000, it is impossible to compete. (In fact, a century later, there are only 210 households in Samara Castle, and the population size of the town is far from comparable to that of the Ming Dynasty in the West)

Seeing that these nobles below did not speak, Filaret knew that they were frightened, so he shouted coldly: "With so many men and horses from the Ming Kingdom swept from the east, do you think that if we don't resist, the Ming army can let us go?" They are here to destroy our Tsarist Empire, not to play, so don't be lucky! ”

"But, Your Excellency, we ...... We can't win against the Ming army! When a nobleman heard this, he couldn't help but speak, "The Ming army of 800 people can defeat more than 10,000 people, and now hundreds of thousands of people are here, how can we fight?" ”

"yes, how many people are there in our whole country? The Ming army came from the army. Another nobleman also said, "The Ming army has defeated even the Mongols, how can we beat it!" ”

At this time, Tsarist Russia was far from being the kind of polar bears that could fight and resist in later generations. If Tsarist Russia wants to become strong, it has to be after Peter the Great came to power and reformed. At this time, the hungry Tsarist Russia could even be pressed to the ground by Poland and rubbed. Although it became stronger, it could only fight back and forth with Poland.

Therefore, at this time, in the face of the powerful Ming army, it is not unreasonable for them to be afraid and afraid.

Filaret looked coldly at these dejected nobles, and said coldly again: "I can tell you that the war against the Oirat Mongols that I participated in before has offended the Ming Kingdom. Because Oirat Mongolia has been incorporated into the Ming Kingdom and has become part of the Ming Kingdom. Now the Ming army has come to fight us, shouting the slogan of avenging the Oirat Mongols. You guys also stole and killed many people from the Oirat Mongols, I believe I don't need to remind you anymore. If you don't win the Ming Kingdom, you will weigh your fate! ”

After threatening for a while, he changed his words and said: "The Ming Kingdom is not invincible, they have come from afar, as long as the war can be stalemate, the more troops they come, the more difficult the logistics will be, and when winter comes, they will definitely have to retreat." Moreover, the Ming army came so far away, and the momentum was huge, I believe that we are not the only ones who can feel the threat. They have already contacted Poland and Sweden before, but they don't believe it, but now that the Ming army has really come, I believe that if we send envoys over again, we will definitely be able to move them and jointly send troops to resist the Ming country. I believe they will not forget the Yellow Peril back then! ”

Hearing Patriarch Filaret talking eloquently, he seemed to be very sure, which made the confidence of these Tsarist Russian nobles recover somewhat.

"What His Excellency the Patriarch said makes sense, so how should we deal with the Ming army?"

"That's right, if you can defeat the Ming army, Your Excellency the Patriarch can say whatever you want!"

“……”

Seeing this, Filaret finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and his morale was somewhat improved, and he immediately answered the question below: "The Ming army is coming from the Far East in a fierce manner, first of all, we can't let the Ming army come to the city of Moscow, if that happens, we will have no way to retreat." I believe that if we lead our troops to retreat to several Western countries, they will definitely not be willing. If we don't bring troops over, we won't be safe. Therefore, only by blocking the Ming army layer by layer and consuming their sharp energy, can it be delayed until the coming of winter. ”

Speaking of this, he paused and then said: "And we ask for help from Poland, Sweden, the Crimean Khanate, and other countries, and then they send troops over, it will also take time, right?" ”

Hearing this, a nobleman couldn't help but turn pale again and said, "What do you mean...... Does it mean reinforcements to Samara Fort? ”

"Yes, we must increase our troops at Samara Fort!" Filaret nodded after hearing this and said, "We have to move quickly, and we can rely on the Samara Fort, as well as the Volga, Ural and Ural Mountains to block layer by layer, at least so that the Ming army does not dare to rush forward and consume their sharpness and logistics." At the same time, we must also clear the walls and move all the people and materials to Moscow. Wait for reinforcements from various countries to arrive, and then release the Ming army to come over and have a decisive battle in Moscow. At that time, even if you can't win, you can stalemate until winter comes! ”

I have to say that this plan, as it sounds, is no problem. At least, these Tsarist aristocrats at the bottom can't think of any better way. So, they looked at each other and eventually agreed on the idea.

As they were leaving, they were suddenly stopped by Filaret again, and reminded with a stern face: "I know all of your situation. This battle is a life-and-death battle for our Tsarist Russian Empire, if anyone hides their secrets, hides their strength, and does not contribute to their work, don't blame me for being polite! ”

Hearing this, these Tsarist Russian nobles naturally said that they would not hide their secrets, and then hurried away.

When the main hall was empty, and only two fathers and sons remained, Filaret looked at his son, sighed, and said: "In this battle, the strength of the Ming army is there, it is very dangerous, I must go to Samara Fort in person to suppress these people, in order to fight against the invasion of the Ming Kingdom." Moscow, it's up to you, you know? ”

This son, who is cowardly by nature, is not suitable to be a tsar at all. But it was also because of this that those nobles were forced to put themselves in the position of tsar. Now that the empire is facing life and death, he has to tell his son well.

When Mikhail heard this, his face turned even paler, and he asked hesitantly: "Father, ...... you Is it okay if you don't leave? ”

Hearing this, Filarette couldn't help but feel a pain in his head, and sure enough, his temperament was difficult to change, he couldn't help but sink his face, and had to emphasize again: "If I don't go to Samara Fort to sit in town, they will definitely have their own thoughts, and they won't fight hard with the Ming army." We need time, we need reinforcements from all countries, and we need the coming of winter! ”

"But, father, you ...... Your body? Mikhail said again worriedly.

Hearing this, Filaret couldn't help but pout, he didn't expect that his son was worried about his body, he was a little relieved, his face looked a little better, and his voice softened and said: "It's okay, the national disaster is at the head, and I can't take care of these things." You're the Tsar, you have to remember what I said, understand? ”

If in the original history, Filaret had died of illness at this time, but because of the butterfly effect, although his body is no longer good, he can still persevere. But he himself understood that he didn't have much time to live, so he was more determined to go to the front line.

"Can you not go? I...... I'm afraid! Mikhail's response made Filaret's mood a little better just now suddenly disappear again.

I've made it clear enough, and I still think about not leaving! At this time, Filaret couldn't help but be very worried, if he couldn't come back, even if he defeated the Ming Kingdom, would he be able to handle the aftermath of the ensuing matter, would his cowardly son be able to handle it?

Pacify the subjects, negotiate with the countries that come to help, restore production, and strengthen the country...... Did he really do these things?

Thinking of this, Filaret was very worried. This son of his own is not as good as his grandson Alexei Mikhailovich. At least his grandson is well-read and understands no less than his son, and his personality is a bit like himself, not like his son.

In the original history, Alexei was indeed better than his father, and Tsarist Russia continued to expand in his hands, and won the feud Poland, and also won the war with several other countries. Every time he fights, he is personally recruited. It was his efforts that laid a solid foundation for Peter the Great's reform and prosperity.

However, at the moment, Filaret had no choice but to personally arrange everything in Moscow, and then hurriedly took those Moscow nobles and led the army to reinforce Samararaburg.

With the matters arranged in advance by Patriarch Filaret, after the orders were issued one by one, the entire Tsarist Russia suddenly became chaotic. The crying father and mother, all of them are busy relocating. Especially in the plains near Samara Fort, all the crops were destroyed, and it was necessary to make sure that the walls were cleared.

More than a century later, the wheat production of this plain became the largest in all of Tsarist Russia. Nowadays, although it is not on such a large scale, there are many cultivations. Destroying them all was really unacceptable to the Russian peasants.

But Patriarch Filaret showed his iron fist again at this time. The Russian peasants did not listen, and immediately sent troops to suppress it, forcibly destroy it, and drive the peasants to Moscow. All of a sudden, the whole of Tsarist Russia was filled with wailing, cursing and shouting. Some scolded the Ming army from the Far East, and some scolded Filaret and other Tsarist Russian officers and soldiers.

In the midst of the busyness, there was a quick return that Poland and Sweden agreed to send troops, but with conditions, and the reply of the Crimean Khanate was to obtain the consent of its suzerain, Turkey, which was somewhat good news.

But before the Patriarch of Filaret could rejoice, the scouts came to report that the vanguard army had reached the east of the Ural Mountains, and that it was all cavalry, boundless, and very powerful.