"Have the main generals of the Russian army been caught?" Tao Jintang on the side inquired about the messenger soldier who had finished reporting the news.

"Mr. Huiyu, I just captured the Russian generals stationed in the city of Astrakhan, and the two commanders and officers of the Caucasian Corps and the Yergeny Corps escaped and failed to catch them."

"King Yi, there are some regrets! If you capture all the commanders and a bunch of officers of the Caucasian and Yergeny regiments, you will really have them all wiped out! Tao Jintang expressed regret to Shi Dakai with pity, but Shi Dakai waved his hand and said, "This is better." Beat these Russian officers to the point of fear, and let them go back and tell the new tsar and other nobles about the strength of our Chinese Imperial army, so that they will be afraid, and they will not dare to go to war with our Chinese Empire easily.

The most important thing is that we have almost completely annihilated the Caucasian Corps and the Yergeny Corps, demonstrating the powerful military power of our Chinese Empire and putting pressure on Tsarist Russia! Through these escaped Russian officers, we can tell the decision-makers and upper echelons of Tsarist Russia that the army of our Chinese Empire is invincible. Urge them to sue for peace as soon as possible and take the initiative to demand the redrawing of national borders! ”

Tao Jintang sighed: "Yes, it is still the righteous king who thinks far-reachingly!" It's just that those cavalry have now marched to Kapustinyar, a small town on the banks of the Volga River, 300 kilometers upstream, only 100 kilometers away from Tsaritsyn, an important Russian stronghold in the middle reaches of the Volga. ”

Shi Dakai nodded: "Then occupy it!" Now that the Russian army has lost its heart and has no intention of resisting, we must take advantage of the victory to expand the scope of our advance, occupy as much territory as possible in Tsarist Russia, and recover all the previous humiliation and debts owed to us! ”

The next day, Shi Dakai officially convened the commanders of all divisions of the field corps and the commanders of the subordinate armies to officially issue the order to go out:

The infantry divisions of the 3rd Field Corps held the city of Astrakhan and the mouth of the Volga River;

The 2 infantry divisions and 1 artillery division of the 4th Field Corps, as well as 20,000 Sikh infantry and 30,000 Bengali troops, with a total strength of 80,000, were divided into two routes, one starting from the Caspian Sea Road, the other starting from the land on the west bank of the Caspian Sea, and attacking all the way south to the Tbilisi area of Georgia, where it joined Shi Xiangzhen, who captured Baku;

The remaining 1 infantry division of the 4th Field Corps, together with 30,000 Sikhs, 10,000 Gurkhas, and 30,000 Bengal troops, with a total of 80,000 troops, advanced westward and recovered all the Kalmyk territory, especially the area around Elista;

The last remaining Kazakh army, 30,000, because they were all cavalry, was ordered to continue north, along the upper Volga River to sack the Russian inhabitants along the way, and all the capture went to these Kazakhs.

As for the other troops, Shi Dakai also secretly confessed that all the coerced troops could loot all the Russian people along the way, kill or not kill the coerced conscripts themselves, and hand over the plundered wealth to themselves, and distribute the rest by themselves. In this way, it blossomed in all directions, taking advantage of the civil strife in Tsarist Russia and the great victory of the imperial army, all the places that could be occupied were looted and occupied.

Shi Dakai wanted to use such a sweep to clear the entire Caucasus and Caspian coastal areas of the Russians, even ordinary Russians, and create a horrific and bloody way to drive them out of this land. As long as the other party does not provoke the Chinese Empire, and is willing to respect the Chinese Empire as the suzerain, if it is unwilling to submit, it is the same, and it will be directly erased.

Shi Dakai may not have thought about it so much, he simply cleaned up the Russians in this place and prepared for the Mongols to station, but he may not have imagined that he would have a great impact on future generations by doing so, so that he could control the Caucasus in the hands of the forces that followed the Chinese Empire. This territory is very important as a springboard from Asia to Europe, and by holding here, you can firmly lock Tsarist Russia in its original territory, plus the Ural Mountains, completely confine Russia to its European territory, and no longer let it step into Asia!

And on the Apsheron Peninsula, at the eastern end of the Caucasus Mountains, there is an important town of Baku. More than 60 years ago, it was still the capital of the Baku Khanate, but at the beginning of the 19th century, Baku was occupied by Tsarist Russia, and the khans of the Baku Khanate were also publicly stabbed to death by the Russian army at the Baku gate.

This Baku, although a small city, has a long history. But more importantly, since the Middle Ages, this Baku has been producing a black oil source - oil - from the ground, which is used for ignition or warfare. Ever since the Chinese Empire launched a holy oil, the merchants in the Baku area immediately smelled a familiar smell, and they judged that Baku's oil could also make that precious holy oil! As a result, Baku was surrounded by capitalists and businessmen from Tsarist Russia and Europe, all preparing to dig oil wells in Baku, extract oil and study how to make it into oil similar to holy oil.

However, the Tsarist government has always controlled the management of mining rights in all territories, including Baku, and the mining of all mines is not open to private capital, and everything is owned by the royal family headed by the Tsar. Therefore, these businessmen, who smell the opportunity to make a fortune, are unable to start.

At this time, the news of the assassination of the tsar came, and the whole of Tsarist Russia was in chaos. And in this Caucasus, there were originally dozens of ethnic groups and tribes who were forcibly annexed by Tsarist Russia, and there were many contradictions, and this Tsarist Russia was in chaos, everything could not be suppressed, and these local forces began to brew rebellions.

And this turned into bad news for the businessmen who stayed around Baku. Many merchants were robbed of the rebel local rebels and clan forces, and even lost both their money and property. But more businessmen smell the opportunity. Through the forces behind them or through various channels, they befriended the local forces and colluded with them to persuade them to develop the oil together. As a result, the civil strife in Tsarist Russia gave these shrewd businessmen the opportunity, and dozens of capitals began to develop oil fields around the town of Baku.

It seems that some businessmen from Western Europe heard that in the United States there were people who drilled oil wells driven by steam engines, and a large number of imitators followed. Many of them began to explore and choose a location to drill for oil.

At this time, an astonishing piece of news broke the booming development here: tens of thousands of troops landed by boat from the Caspian Sea, landed on the outskirts of the port of Baku a few kilometers east of the port of Baku, and captured the city of Baku in one fell swoop!

In fact, even if the Tsarist Russian army in Baku is prepared, it will not be able to resist these tens of thousands of troops, and it will not resist, after all, there are only about 3,000 Russian troops in the entire city of Baku. And these Russian troops themselves are only Russian field soldiers subordinate to St. Petersburg, and the others are local garrisons in the Caucasus, which were simply dispersed at this time because of the civil strife in Tsarist Russia, and they did not obey the command at all.

So, on this very day, the history of the city will be forever rewritten!

The general of the Chinese Empire, named "Shi Xiangzhen", who commanded an army of 90,000, announced to everyone in Baku that the Apsheron Peninsula, including Baku, would be permanently incorporated into the territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Chinese Empire! At the same time, the general announced that all Russians, especially Cossacks and Russians who had previously participated in the Russian army, were directly captured and executed; As long as the rest of the Caucasian natives swear to turn their backs on Tsarist Russia and no longer serve Tsarist Russia, they can be free, they can leave the Apsheron Peninsula around Baku, and of course, if they wish, they can also serve the Chinese Empire! Of course, more importantly, all the mining rights of the land around Baku, as well as the oil production facilities on it, are the property of the Chinese Empire, and all of them will be confiscated!