At the outer defense line of Kyiv City, in the main military camp of the Russian Empire dozens of miles away, Andrei Khovansky, dressed in a graceful robe, was staring impatiently at the half-kneeling scout.

"Have you found Toravsky and his entourage? Why has the news been interrupted for half a month! ”

"My lord, we have learned from members of the Christian Brotherhood who fled from Minsk that Mr. Toravsky was robbed and killed by a small group of Taiping troops during the evacuation."

"Robbery?" Andrei sneered: "What a coincidence, Toravsky has been staying in the camp of the most elite cathar guards of the Christian Brotherhood, and as a result, the cathar guards of the Christian Brotherhood disappeared unscathed, but a few people were robbed and killed by the Taiping army who were busy attacking the city, why didn't the untouchables of the Christian Brotherhood say that Toravsky in the pit and fell to his death?!"

Are we stupid?! ”

Andrei took a deep breath, suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, squinted down and said, "Let's talk about the offensive and defensive situation of the city." ”

"My lord, when we left Minsk City, the core elite cathar guards of the Christian Brotherhood disappeared with their mysterious founding leader, and the city was full of poor people who had just been recruited by the Christian Brotherhood during the uprising, many of them already knew the news that the Cathar Guard had evacuated early with their leader, and the morale was very low, many of the militia of the Christian Brotherhood in Minsk City fled at night, and most of the rest were the citizens of Minsk City and the local poor farmers, These people's homes are here, there is nowhere to run, and they can be considered the last resistance of the city of Minsk.

However, although these people have the belief in resistance, their combat effectiveness is very worrying, and even if it is conservatively estimated, by this day, the city of Minsk may have been lost. ”

"Hehe, what a Christian Brotherhood, deceived the empire of thousands of sets of firearms, but did not fire a single shot to put the Taiping army into the city of Minsk, did you really not find the whereabouts of the Christian cathar guards at all?

Coupled with the accompanying miscellaneous soldiers, it is a corps of tens of thousands of people, don't tell me that you have not found any traces! ”

Andre said in a cold tone.

As the intelligence chief of the Russian Empire, he can't even remember how much blood he has under his hands, and these spies who work part-time to collect intelligence, track the enemy's situation and even scout missions, naturally know the methods of Andrei, the direct boss.

"My lord, our men have indeed found traces of the Guardian Guard of the Christian Brotherhood, but none of the brothers who have been sent out to investigate have returned......

The leaders of the Christian Brotherhood have made up their minds to temporarily cut ties with our Russian Empire, they are fighting on their own soil, they are much more familiar with the terrain than our people, and there are many anti-tracking experts among them, and it is difficult for us to bargain for them if they are calculated or not. ”

"Forget it, even if you catch up, it is impossible to change the will of the leader of the Christian Brotherhood, the uprising of the Christian Brotherhood has almost destroyed half of Lithuania, although it helped Hong Tiancheng to clean the legacy of the honorary nobles he established, but it has also regressed the economic level of the occupied areas of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom by at least half, and the people are panicked, such a big loss, even if the Taiping Army wants to maintain their prestige, it is impossible to forgive the remnants of the Christian Brotherhood.

In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom just after the establishment of such a large-scale rebellion, the Christian Brotherhood is out of the limelight in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom occupation area, I am afraid that even the most remote mountain forest Orion knows the name of the Christian Brotherhood, as long as Hong Tiancheng is not a fool, he will definitely eradicate this rebellious rebel organization with a good reputation in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom occupation area, we can't do anything with the Christian Brotherhood, it doesn't mean that the Taiping Army that is close at hand can't do it, just let them eat dogs.

Hey, it's a pity that the real elite of the Christian Brotherhood didn't have a hard time with the Taiping Army, and the uprising of the Christian Brotherhood was put down too quickly, and the main force of the Taiping Army did not consume much fresh troops, which will undoubtedly reduce the chances of our army's victory. ”

Andrei pondered for a moment and instructed his subordinates: "Send someone to inform General Menderov that I have something important to discuss." ”

General Menderov was the supreme commander of the noble cavalry, the main force of the Russian Imperial Expeditionary Force, and the Russian noble cavalry was Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich's private army and guardian knight corps who took advantage of this war to occupy the Kiev region, half-seducing and half-forcing the opposing nobles in the Duma.

Although it is called the noble cavalry corps on the surface, in fact, there are a large number of servant infantry and servants serving war horses and even horseback servants, this force is similar to the aristocratic cavalry coalition army in the Middle Ages, and the command system is basically that the big nobles manage the small and medium nobles, and the small and medium-sized nobles lead the knight class, and the knight class acts as the grassroots officers of the low-level soldiers, and the layers are pressed down to take the lead in the charge.

General Menderov was the head of a large aristocratic family in the Duma Council, and his position among the Russian noble cavalry was the highest, making him the supreme commander of this medieval knightly regiment.

Unlike the new archer regiment of the Russian Empire, which was managed according to military ranks and official positions, the Russian aristocratic cavalry paid attention to aristocratic seniority and family, which also made the Russian aristocratic cavalry more corrupt and degenerate, and the military discipline was lax, and the only thing worthy of praise may be the personal superb combat skills brought by a large number of military nobles who have learned martial arts since childhood in the Russian aristocratic cavalry.

In hand-to-hand combat, individual combat skills can still improve the overall combat effectiveness of the army to a certain extent, especially for cavalry, after engaging in battle, they basically rely on the skills of individual cavalrymen to save their lives and kill the enemy on the battlefield.

Coupled with the spirit of honor and superior morale of these noble cavalry regiments controlled by the Russian aristocracy, the battlefield performance in the 17th century was not as bright as the Polish hussars, but it could be considered a good elite, after all, the cavalry itself was much better than the infantry.

This is also the reason why the tactics of the Middle Ages were basically banned, the infantry tactical policy was comprehensively reformed, and the Russian Empire, which had originally conscripted the army with a new type of archer corps, was still maintained with a large number of Russian aristocratic cavalry and even the elite cavalry of Moscow.

The bravery of the aristocratic cavalry combined with the new infantry tactics of the archery army was an important guarantee for the military rise of the Russian Empire, and the Russian Empire relied on these two sharp weapons to annex the territories of the various khanates left after the collapse of the Mongol Empire.