On the battlefield of Peonyland. The districts south of the Dnieper fell mostly to the Ottoman seventeenth handicraft. The area to the north was controlled by the Ukrainians, while the Ottoman army in the Greater Caucasus was blocked in the southwest of the hungry Caucasus, and the only troops to come to Moscow were the Ming Army's two-way army.

Now the two armies of the Ming Dynasty have joined forces in the suburbs of Moscow, and the Dragoon Regiment, the Marine Corps of the Western Naval Division, the Xuzhou Legion, the Beiping Legion, the Chengdu Legion, the Haidu Legion, the Liaodong Legion, the Haodong Legion, the Suzhou Legion, and the Wuhan Legion have surrounded Moscow like an iron bucket. The company camp has no end in sight for a hundred miles, and this time it is a battle. Its scale is so grand, I am afraid that even the Northern Expedition to the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not see such a momentum, their goal, naturally, is the ancient city in front of them, to capture here, is equivalent to the complete conquest of the world's largest territory.

The Ming army did not rush into any attack, they did not seem to be in a hurry to take Moscow, but waited slowly, waiting for the weather to gradually warm. Waiting for the arrival of the Chief of Staff Li Dingguo.

The city of Moscow is also unusually calm, and under this calm, there is a spread of news that is helpless about the situation in front of them, and the Russians naturally worship heroes and leaders, the more difficult times are. They always want a hero to step up, show them the way, give them the greatest encouragement, surround them into a fist, and let them shed their blood for the sake of the leader.

It is a pity that there are no such charismatic heroes in Moscow today. Needless to say, Princess Sophia, Tsar Ivan was frail and sickly, and the only possibility was his. Although Peter was young, he was tall and tall. And energetic, if in ordinary circumstances. He deservedly became the spiritual leader of all Russians under the iron hoof, just. It's no longer possible.

If earlier Russia was only tight on the front line, but now Russia is already facing the fate of the country's ruin, and all this. In the eyes of the Russians, I am afraid that it would have been all counted on Peter's head, if it were not for Peter's insistence on suing for peace. If it weren't for his insistence on signing peace treaties with the Ming Dynasty and the Ottomans, how could they suddenly be difficult and take the Russian army by surprise? The Russian army on the front suffered heavy losses without preparation, so that the Russian army besieging the city of Russia was reduced to 140,000 men, including many wounded.

However, in order to defend the homeland, the mobilization order issued by Peter was quickly implemented, countless Russians, both old and young, put their weapons, and all of them were assigned tasks, patrolling, ambulance, garrison and other work, looking at the black and oppressive Ming army outside the city, the endless barracks with no end in sight, and the loud shouts during the exercise every morning, all of which made people feel inexplicably panicked.

The city of Moscow was built as a castle over the years. At the beginning of the 13th century, it was the capital of Muscovy. From the end of the 15th century to the end of the Russian Empire, it was the capital and the largest industrial and commercial center.

Moscow was founded from the outset with solidity and reliability in mind, and at first it was constantly threatened by alliances of nomadic tribes from the south and east of Moscow, and by the armies of Lithuania and Poland in the west. So the allied forces of Vladimir, Tver and Novgorod built fortifications at the same time.

Suffice it to say, the city if not taken into account it

After the victory at the Battle of Kulinlv, Muscovy grew rapidly. In the 15th century, Moscow had a population and territory that surpassed London, Prague and some of the largest cities in Europe. Therefore, after many repairs, the city is probably the strongest in the whole of Eastern Europe, both in terms of the walls and the protection of the surrounding fortresses.

However, these thick walls did not strengthen the confidence of the Russians, and some people fled into Moscow when the city of Rostov fell, and what these people told them was that after the war began, countless artillery fires plunged Rostov into a sea of fire, and then the city wall collapsed, and the enemy frantically poured into Rostov like a flood along the gap, and then the city fell, and all those who tried to resist were killed.

This terrifying impression was deeply felt by Muscovites, who understood that if Moscow fell. I'm afraid they won't be in any better place than Mrs. Rostow.

The Ming army outside the city still did not have any intention of attacking, Li Dingguo arrived here with the officers of the General Staff, the first trouble he encountered was not the Russian army in Moscow, but the Polish army from Ukraine, the Ottoman invasion of Ukraine has completed the set goal, but because part of the Ukrainian land was occupied by the Poles, although the Ottomans are now focusing on exterminating the Russian remnants in the occupied area, but in some areas, because of the seizure of towns, There was still a skirmish with the Poles, and the Ottomans immediately presented the news to the Ming army, and the governors of the major legions were divided, just as Li Dingguo arrived on the outskirts of Moscow. It was up to him to decide on the matter.

Li Dingguo obviously can't stand this extremely cold weather, he grew up in Shaanxi since he was a child, and then moved to Sichuan, Myanmar and other places, and then arrived in Nanjing, these places are not cold places, and the weather in Russia compared with southern Xinjiang, it is really a place today, he is wearing a fur coat, the outside is a red cloak, the standard cotton helmet on his head wraps his face tightly, but it still can't stop the bone-chilling cold, originally Zhu Jun was reluctant to let Li Dingguo come, after all, he and Mu Peixu are already old, The severe cold in the north is by no means something that this old handsome man with gray sideburns can bear, if it is not for the needs of the front line, coupled with Li Dingguo's repeated pleas, I am afraid that Zhu Jun will even consider taking it himself.

Li Dingguo frowned, listened carefully to his subordinates' explanations of the forms inside and outside Moscow, and finally turned to Poland, a small neighbor.

"Your Excellency." Li Xiao saw his father, first happy, and then twisted his eyebrows, in the past few years, as the governor of the Wuhan Army, he has taken care of thirty or forty thousand people in all aspects of training, fighting, and supply, and he has long been busy, and Li Dingguo is far away in Nanjing, except for the occasional trip to Kyoto to report on work, most of them are busy with their own work, inadvertently, Li Xiao, suddenly appeared, this originally majestic and energetic father suddenly got old, full of silver, even the original thick eyebrows like ink, now a lot paler.

Li Xiaoqiang held back the guilt in his heart, made an official appearance, and gave a military salute to Li Dingguo: "The Poles are a small country in western Russia, bordering Russia and the Ottomans, and it is said that there have been territorial disputes with the Russians. Having occupied a lot of land, the Ottomans and we sent men to negotiate with them, but not only did they not agree to withdraw, but they were also said to have been at odds with the Dutch during this period, thinking that they were determined to take advantage of them

Li Dingguo nodded silently. The collusion between the Poles and the Dutch was not groundless, although the Poles were enemies of the Russians, but the Dutch, who did not have much army strength, could not have done much to help Russia as an ally, and everyone understood that the fall of Russia was only a matter of time, so it was not entirely impossible for the Dutch to abandon Russia as an ally and turn to contact Russia's enemies, and what good would it do to the Poles? Li Dingguo carefully found Poland's individual location on the map, and the map also marked the ratio of Polish troops, seeing this, Li Dingguo was confused, the strength of the Poles was here, and now the Dutch fleet has lost most of it in the naval battle of Pies. Whether on land or sea, it is the anti-Dutch coalition that has a great advantage, and on this cusp, did the Poles take the wrong medicine? Isn't it sick to have contact with the Dutch and provoke the Ming and Ottomans at the same time?

Li Dingguo ruled out all possibilities of conspiracy. When it was finally confirmed that the Poles really just wanted to seize the Ukrainian regions, they couldn't help but say: "Jumping clowns, I don't know whether I live or die." ”

"My lord, do you think we will immediately send a troop of troops and horses to show the Poles how knowledgeable? The most disdainful thing for a young Zhuang officer like Mu Jianming is those who don't know whether to live or die, who obviously don't have a few taels in their bodies, but want to cause trouble, and they have long been displeased with the Poles, so they stood up and looked at Li Dingguo at this moment and asked him to lead the army to teach the Poles a lesson.

"No need, let them be arrogant for a while. Take Moscow first, and then let them know how powerful the Ming Dynasty is Li Dingguo thought about it again and again, and finally vetoed Mu Jianming's opinion, and now the top priority is indeed to completely defeat Russia. Consider the others.

"Herald! Besiege! ”

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The siege of Moscow was fierce. The Ming army rushed overwhelmingly towards the black-gray city wall. The European-style castle-style buildings trembled in the huge waves and were in danger of being washed away at any time, the Russians on the city were desperately defending themselves, they could not see hope, but they were stubborn and they were not willing to bend their knees, they would rather die with the enemy than suffer humiliation, the walls of each section and the streets everywhere were the focus of repeated contention, one voice: "The advance is the swarming Ming army surging like a tide, and then, in a sound of "Ula." In the midst of the sound, groups of Russian soldiers and civilians who did not even have complete military uniforms and weapons immediately faced the Ming army and launched a counter-charge.

Especially after the city walls collapsed in many places. As the street fighting unfolded gradually, the Ming army's superiority in weapons weakened, and the Russians, who were extremely familiar with Moscow, took advantage of the terrain to constantly cause great resistance to the Ming army.

After a few days, the consumption on both sides was very large, although Peter Tsar lost the support of the Russians, but his orders were quickly executed, and even Peter's political enemies, the Miloslavsky family, did not hesitate to work for Peter and donated food.

Peter's orders were simple, without any fancy or conspiracy. There is only one order for him, to use all the manpower that can be called upon, to use all the resources that can be used, to use everything that Moscow has, to hold on! Hold on until the advent of another Russian winter. Russia's closest ally, the harsh winter, will help the Russians to clear all enemies from the land.

Now there are at least five catties left before another winter comes. Months, it can be said that there is no end in sight, but this still gives many Muscovites enough hope that as long as hope remains, the fighting will not stop.

The dark clouds gathered by Mo Ming were like roaring war horses, and the sky was no longer clear, in fact, the sky was not clear, because it was already covered with war clouds. Seeing that a heavy rain is coming, no matter how cold the rain is, it will erase the traces left by the war.

Li Dingguo was a little unable to sit still, according to his understanding of the war, a besieged city, in the case of losing reinforcements and the city wall can no longer protect them, the people in the city should either break out of the siege, or surrender to the Ming army, the Ming army has not been in contact with many enemies, and the cities attacked are hundreds, and they have never encountered such fierce resistance, even those women wearing patched dresses are everywhere in the streets and alleys to pick up the guns and bullets left by the dead soldiers to resist, what kind of city is this.

The sudden rainstorm disrupted the offensive deployment of the Ming army, as an experienced commander. Li Dingguo finally decided to change the combat policy, he ordered to stop the attack, although he understood that with the current momentum of the Ming army, if the Ming army continued to attack Moscow, the city of Moscow would fall sooner or later, but in this way, the losses of the Ming army would inevitably increase several times, as evidenced by the siege of the city in the past few days, only three or four days of effort, the Ming army killed and wounded more than 8,000 soldiers.

Li Dingguo intends to wait after the rain has stopped. The artillery shelling of the whole of Moscow could no longer be aimed at military facilities, as well as the city walls. He understood that to weaken the resistance of the Muscovites. The only way is to inflict the most brutal casualties on them, and this casualties must not be at the expense of his soldiers.

Seeing that the Ming army that was swarming like a tide retreated like a tide, the city of Moscow really resounded with a burst of cheers.

Kiev has a long and glorious history, having been the center of Kievan Rus', the first Russian state. Thus there is the "mother of Slavic cities." The appellation. The city was founded in the late 6th and early 7th centuries AD. In 822 AD, it became the capital of the feudal state of Kievan Rus' and gradually prospered through trade. It is known as the "city of emperors" on the Dnieper. By the year 24o it was captured by the Mongols. The city was destroyed in many places, and most of its inhabitants were killed. Then it was occupied by the Principality of Lithuania and returned to Poland for 6 years, and then the Russians took the capital of the oldest city-state of the Slavic nation from the Poles, and now, the commander of the expeditionary force from Poland, Scherhosky, is standing comfortably on the site of the city's royal palace and sightseeing, and the guards behind him are as straight as a hill, and when they look at Schekhovsky's eyes, they are full of admiration.

Scherhoski became a hero to the Poles, no, the greatest Polish hero since Bolesław I, he led his army to retake Ukraine and revitalize Poland, and Scherhoski enjoyed his life now, and every day, countless letters from home were arriving at his headquarters. And these letterheads have the great Polish aristocracy, they naturally want to make friends with this prestigious general, in the hope of being able to get some help in politics, there are soldiers, these soldiers are full of love for the motherland, for this general who has recovered the country, there is a rather jerky and childish admiration between the lines, the soldiers are saying that they are willing to serve Scherhosky, even if it is an honor to wash his riding boots, but more from those large and small noble ladies, the content of the letter, Nature is nothing more than naked love.

However, there are also some annoying things, what makes Schelhoski a headache is the Ottomans who are also stationed in Ukraine, the Ottomans have long been dissatisfied with Poland, a small country, for swallowing the fat meat they intend to honor to the Ming Dynasty, although the two sides have not declared war, but the large and small conflicts at the junction of the occupied areas have not stopped, and although Schcherhoski thinks that the heroic Polish soldiers can completely defeat the Ottomans, but this kind of thing is not up to him after all, and the Ming behind the Ottomans does not seem to be easy to deal with.

Just now, an Ottoman envoy was directly beaten away by Szchowsky, but the messenger's warning continued to echo in Scherhosky's ears like a magic spell, and he was in a good mood and excited, but there was a little bit of thug loss, which made "the great hero, Scherhosky more and more disgusted with the Ottomans."

One of the general's soldiers hurried to report to Scherkhovsky: "The Ming army's attack on the city of Moscow has stalled, and they have gathered their forces and canceled the attack on the city of Moscow.

With his hands behind his back, Skcherhoski deliberately listened to the soldier's report with a casual look. But with a lot of ideas in his heart, he asked, "What's going on?" Could it be that the Ming army failed to attack the city?

The soldier replied with some vagueness: "It is said that the army attacked the city for four days, and not only did not take Moscow, but also suffered serious casualties

"Haha, here's our chance

Tomorrow my classmate will get married, so I will save the manuscript today. It's been a long time since the update was so late.

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