Chapter 180: New Song Xianggong
The history of the Kremlin dates back to the XII century. In the 14th century, in 1320, the Kremlin was officially built in the hands of Ivan I.
In recent years, as the Grand Duchy of Moscow has become more and more powerful, the Kremlin has been renovated on a larger scale. Several churches were built. And the great Vasily II, the Grand Duke who had been in and out of Moscow was now sullenly listening to the letters on the table.
Yaroslav was too slow to return. After arriving in Bryansk, he received the news that Qin Cang's army had chased Seversky. Shocked, he simply left his attendants and rushed back to Moscow alone.
Waving his hands indiscriminately and knocking the head of the deputy to the side, Vasily II angrily scolded Yaroslav: "You actually came back in such a humiliation? Just came back? I can't believe you're a boyar, you're an old dog on the street and don't dare to talk back after kicking it? ”
Yaroslav said bitterly: "Duke, of course I want to resist, but what can I resist? Their new towns were several times larger than the Kremlin, and their walls were as tall as the dome of the Uspensky Cathedral. Each of their people is as rich as the boyars......"
"Get out! Get lost! Get lost! Get out of here, ...... swooh" Vasily II angrily asked the guards to drag Yaroslav out.
And before leaving, Yaroslav was still shouting: "The Great Khan of Terror has arrived in Bryansk, you have to plan ahead!" ”
Indeed, because of the Desna River, Qin Cang's army only took twenty days to reach Bryansk. Like Chernihiv, Slavic boyar in Bryansk was also opposed to Qin Cang.
However, they didn't have the courage to fight Qin Cang hard, and a few old immortals ran to the countryside after saying a few words in the city. And the small nobles and citizens in the city were not harassed after a ransom was sent, which made Qin Cang's reputation unexpectedly much better. People in the Northern Rus' region believed that the Great Khan of the Terror was much kinder than the Grand Duke of Moscow.
Because the best thing for the whole family of a certain Moscow Grand Duke is to break down the city and loot and force the purchase and sale.
The rest of the road is a little difficult to walk, because it is all dirt roads, and the supplies have to be carried by car. But fortunately, Qin Cang is not short of money. All the armies had winter clothes made of wool. It is the style of a military coat, which is particularly warm to wear, and the dogskin hat is two for each person, and one is for one.
Further from Bryansk to Russia, only the city of Kaluga remains.
The city of Kaluga is located at the confluence of the Oka River and its tributary, the Ugra River. Between the basins of the Oka and Moskva rivers is essentially the core territory of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Once, in order to get this piece of territory, from the money-bag Ivan to the cowardly Ivan, generations of people rushed here and broke their heads.
It has to be said that the water system in Eastern Europe is really developed. Rivers of all sizes stretch across this grassland, irrigating countless lands. The creation of serfdom also arose when the aristocracy could not satisfy the demand for land for the population.
To put it bluntly, in such a big place as Eastern Europe, there are millions of Slavs alive here, and it can't be filled!
And Qin Cang is here to fill this hole!
The blind king decided to go on a personal expedition! After half a month of hasty gathering, all the nobles in Moscow, from thirteen-year-old children to fifty-year-old men, went into battle. They brought out the armor that their ancestors had used for their ancestors, usually heavy fish scale armor and heirloom leather armor with several holes. Such a noble boyar collected more than sixteen thousand people; Then there were the attendants of the boyars and the Grand Dukes, young and strong attendants who also collected more than thirty thousand; And then there were the mercenaries and peasant soldiers. There are more than 70,000 people in total.
Taken together, the Blind King actually mobilized a total of more than 120,000 troops around Moscow. You can see the power of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. After all, a hundred years ago Poland and Lithuania could be forced to merge, and now it is not bad.
Of the 120,000 men, nearly 30,000 were made up of noble cavalry, while the remaining large peasants took their axes and knives into battle.
Outside the city of Kaluga, the Blind King decided to fight a dignified resistance. For he heard that the enemy had only 60,000 men, less than 40,000 cavalry, and 20,000 infantry. As long as an elementary school student can figure it out, we are twice as many as opposite.
And the various victories of the huge gray cattle with their lives also made the Moscow princes a little carried away.
"We're finished." Yaroslav said.
"What did you say??" The companion was puzzled.
Yaroslav looked at his companion and said word by word: "We are finished!" Moscow is finished........"
"How can you say that?" His companion looked at him in amazement!
Yaroslav pointed to the Han army on the opposite side, which had already crossed the Ugra River, and said: "They have hundreds of artillery pieces!" Their artillery fire can shoot across the river from Henan through the Kremlin to Chinatown! I can't imagine the aftermath of the war! ”
"Fart. Flying over Chinatown? The companion was completely unconvinced. And Yaroslav had to reminisce about the hapless deputy. If it weren't for the fact that he was the envoy, he would be doomed.
Moscow's Chinatown is a very peculiar place. Now it's just a small town surrounded by earthen walls. There is not a single Chinese here, and it is said that it is called Chinatown probably because of a translation error, the word agreed with China has another meaning, or it may be because some Chinese-educated Mongolian noble woman married into Moscow, anyway, the legend is very messy.
But this Chinatown is indeed a place of trade, and everyone in Moscow knows it.
The opposite shore at this time.
", another Song Xianggong!" Qin Cang's exclamation made all the officers present laugh. Not only the Tatars, but also the Slavs understood the meaning. Under the implementation of Gaine education, many typical cases have been compiled and disseminated in pamphlets. Such as the history of a hundred battles, the book of generals, and so on.
These pamphlets are taught by literate people on the streets. Talk about earning some money for food at a time. Song Xianggong, as the ancestor of benevolence and righteousness, of course, talked and talked, laughed and laughed. I just don't know if Song Xianggong will talk about etiquette and morality when Qin Cang sees Song Xianggong under Jiuquan.
Maybe he will hold down Qin Cang and beat him violently.
After laughing, Qin Cang asked the officers to urge the soldiers to start arraying.
Obviously there were only more than 20,000 infantry, but Qin Cang's soldiers just discharged a formation that was almost as long as the opposite!
"Hahaha! You see, I know that this so-called Great Khan of Terror is nothing more than a piece of waste! When the blind king heard this, he was very large, as if he had already won the victory.