Song Jiaxing made arrangements in Tyumen City, and led the army with Qin Mufeng all the way west to Kazan.

There is not much distance from Tyumen to Kazan, close to two thousand miles, a march at full speed, that is, more than half a month's journey.

Kazan, not like Tyumen, is just a transit point for trade, Kazan, that was one of the four major Han states of Mongolia, the center of the Golden Horde, the earliest capital of the Golden Horde was in Kazan, and later, because of the need to rule the Rus' principalities, the capital of the Golden Horde was moved to the city of Sarai on the lower reaches of the Volga River further west, however, as the earliest capital of the Golden Horde, Kazan is still a very prosperous city, even if the Golden Horde was divided later, Some of the Mongol nobility established the Kazan Khanate here, and the Kazan Khanate also maintained a strong power in the surrounding areas, which was enough to intimidate the surrounding countries.

When it was the strongest, Kazan, as the capital of the Kazan Khanate, once gathered Tatars, Paulga, Russians, Turks and other ethnic groups with a population of more than 200,000 people, and was one of the most prosperous cities in the hinterland of Eurasia, however, a hundred years ago, the Kazan Khanate gradually declined like the Golden Horde, after all, as a ruler, the local population of the Mongols was too small, and the entire Golden Horde was only 120,000 households, and the population of the Mongolian tribes together was only 450,000 people. However, it occupies an area of more than 6 million square kilometers, and it is basically impossible for such a small population to control such a large empire for a long time. Either they are assimilated by the local race, or they are divided and overthrown by the local race, and there is no other way.

As for the Kazan Khanate, the same is true, the Kazan Khanate is just the original two thousand Mongols, naturally it is impossible to control the vast territory of the Kazan Khanate for a long time, and finally with the rise of Russia, it was finally annexed by Tsarist Russia, even so, the Kazan Khanate is also the most important city in the east of Tsarist Russia, the city and the surrounding population combined, at least five or six hundred thousand people, become the most important barrier in the east of Tsarist Russia today, otherwise, the Russian Tsar would not choose Kazan as the rear base of the expedition to the Ming Dynasty, I really can't find a city-state that can carry tens of thousands of troops to go on an expedition of thousands of miles.

Now, four months have passed since the Battle of Kulen, and the news has long since reached Kazan, and even to Moscow.

Tsar Mikhailovich heard the news of the defeat of the expeditionary army and the annihilation of the whole army, and almost fainted, this expedition cost too much of the national strength of Tsarist Russia, the expedition to the Ming Dynasty, directly mobilized more than 100,000 elite troops, and then directly dispatched more than 70,000 people, more than 250 artillery, which accounted for more than half of the elite combat power of the Tsarist Russian Empire, not only these, in order to prepare for this war, more than 100,000 tons of grain were raised for grain and grass alone, and it directly cost nearly 20 million rubles, which was converted into silver. That's more than five million taels, and the Tsarist Empire's annual income is nearly half! Died in a war, died in a fight!

This war is directly the vitality of the Tsarist Russian Empire, in a short period of time, don't think about recovering the vitality, even if the finances can be recovered, but more than 70,000 elite troops, these are all warriors who can fight well, in order to expedition to the Ming Dynasty, and even equip each of them with advanced muskets and artillery, these are not a year or two can be trained, even if it is ten years, it may not be able to be trained!

The enraged Mikhailovich directly ordered Adrian, who had escaped, to be executed, and the families of Cherkov and Ananiyevich were exiled directly to the northernmost part of distant Siberia, where they were left to fend for themselves.

Mikhailovich, who was still puzzled, even wanted to gather a large army again to expedition to the Ming Dynasty, and was persuaded by the ministers around him, jokes, and fight? Now that the Tsarist Russian Empire is already poor, not to mention the expedition to the Ming Dynasty, even the salaries of the army are already difficult to maintain, how can they fight? Moreover, in this battle, 70,000 elite combat power, more than 200 artillery pieces, 670,000 muskets, and countless ammunition were lost in one go, almost hollowing out the Rakshasa Country, yes, the Rakshasa Country still has 70,000 or 80,000 elite troops, and it can fight another battle, but what about the weapons? For this battle, the Rakshasa Kingdom allocated seventy or eighty percent of its muskets and artillery to the expeditionary force.

Now there is no money, no weapons, and the elite troops have suffered heavy casualties, and they are still a fart, the army of the Ming Empire is already going to burn high incense if they don't launch a counteroffensive!

However, if Mikhailovich does not counterattack and take revenge, it does not mean that the Ming army will die down, and when the Russian monarchs and ministers are still dreaming of recuperating here, the Ming army has already killed the city of Tyumen.

When Tsar Mikhailovich received 20,000 Ming cavalry to raid Tyumen, the Ming cavalry was already less than 500 miles away from Kazan.

"What? A large number of elite Ming troops raided the city of Tyumen and took it for themselves? Bastards, damn bastards! What a bitch! ”

Mikhailovich was almost mad, these days, he has executed more than thirty palace maids, but in anger, now he has to deal with the attack of the Ming army, but they have already crossed the city of Tyumen and marched towards Kazan! There is only 1,500 or 600 miles left from Kazan to Moscow, and once Kazan falls, the elite of the Ming army will really enter the hinterland of Tsarist Russia!

"Your Majesty, now is not the time for you to be angry, the top priority is to quickly find a way to deal with it......"

Duke Vladimir, the Minister of War on the side, said urgently.

"Nonsense, don't I know yet?"

Mikhailovich shouted: "Immediately send an edict, draw elite troops from all over the country, assemble towards Moscow, order Piskov in Kazan, immediately lead the 30,000 elites in Kazan, prepare for battle, don't give the elite of the Ming army a chance to breathe, they have traveled long distances, marched more than 6,000 miles, they are already exhausted, and the march is so fast, there must be a lack of artillery, I will use the shortest time to defeat this Ming cavalry, let them stay in Kazan forever!" ”

Duke Vladimir hurriedly went down to pass the decree, whether he could beat the elite cavalry of the Ming army, Vladimir didn't have any bottom in his heart, yes, the Ming army was running from afar, and it must have been exhausted, but the Russian army in Kazan is now suffering from the defeat of the army in front, and its morale has also been low, and it lacks enough weapons and ammunition, whether this battle can defeat the Ming army, only God knows......

(End of chapter)