"Dear brother, the people of the Nizhny Novgorod principality have contacted us many times and want us to marry them together, should we agree?" The Empress Dowager of Muscovy, Angelica, asked her brother.

Muscovy and Nizhny Novgorod, the two most powerful states among the Slavs, were both rival and necessary.

Now everyone saw the weakness of the Golden Horde, so it was in the interests of all Slavs to unite against it.

Grand Duke Dmitry Vasilyevich of the Nizhny Novgorod principality sent people to repeatedly ask Muscovy for a marriage and to conclude a trusting alliance between the two parties.

The Grand Duke of Muscovy was too young to marry, of course.

Vasilyevich proposed to Anjelika, who is known as the beauty of Moscow.

"Of course you can't agree to the demands of the Principality of Charlovgorod! They are all a pack of wild wolves, always wanting to annex our Moscow Duchy, if you marry Dmitry Vasilyevich, then he will also get the inheritance of Muscovy, which is too dangerous for Dmitry Yinfanovich! ”

Grand Duke Moscow and Grand Duke Nizhny Novgorod, both of whom were called Dmitry.

It's just that one of their patronymic names is Vasilyevich and the other is Yin Fanovich.

The current Nizhny Novgorod principality is stronger than the Moscow principality, and if the two families marry, Angelika's marriage to Dmitry Vasilyevich is not conducive to the development of the Moscow principality.

After agreeing on an idea, Angelica and Yin Fan decided to have Muscovy join the many Slavic states in continuing to exert pressure on the Golden Horde until the Golden Horde agreed to their demands for reduced taxes and offerings.

The Slavs' means of resistance were limited to this, and they did not dare to really raise troops against Tibet and Korea.

News of a serious defeat in the Golden Horde spread not only on the territory of the Slavs, but also soon on Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria, and other places.

These countries coveted the vast, fertile, yet wild and backward Slavic plains.

But they did not dare to provoke the mighty Golden Horde before.

Now, hearing that the tiger of the Golden Horde has been severely weakened, he has begun to stir again.

At least 200,000 troops began to gradually assemble, and as soon as the news of the continued defeat and decline of the Golden Horde came, they would not hesitate to attack these Slavic countries to seize territory and population.

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After three days of deliberation and deliberation, Wang Baobao and his generals and officials finally decided on a final strategy, which was to launch a full-scale attack like the Golden Horde in the west.

Not only to defeat the Golden Horde, but also to destroy them and replace them once and for all.

Wang Baobao and his generals had already made up their minds that as soon as they captured the city of Belgosa, they would immediately convert to Orthodox Christianity.

And in order to grab a noble and noble name for himself.

Based on his diligent study these days, Wang Baobao also found an excellent allusion from the Orthodox Bible that he could attach to himself as a Mongol.

In the Orthodox Bible, when Jesus was born, as the spokesman of God, three sages from the East gave Jesus gifts and blessings, and gave Jesus natural wisdom.

Therefore, Wang Baobao changed the identity of himself, and he was involved in these three oriental sages.

One of the sages is the ancestor of the Great Mongols, the incarnation of the Immortal Heaven.

The other sage is Lao Tzu of the land of China. The other is Confucius, the representative of Confucianism.

As for the fact that Lao Tzu and Confucius were four or five hundred years apart from Jesus when they were born, there is no need to pay attention to it at all.

The Bible is full of such flawed legends from beginning to end, and not all people believe it.

Therefore, as the descendant of the three sages of the East, Wang Baobao's conversion to Orthodox Christianity is simply the most suitable.

Wang Baobao's deception directly proves the close and long-standing ties between Greater Mongolia and Christianity.

Since the Golden Horde Naurus launched a holy war to the east.

Now Wang Baobao did the same, and as an Orthodox Christian, he also launched a holy war against the Golden Horde in the West.

Wang Baobao, the auxiliary prince of the Great Yuan Dynasty, as the pioneer of Christ, was the first to convert to Orthodox Christianity and received a baptism.

And a brand new banner was developed, because of the Great Yuan Dynasty logo.

Da Yuan belongs to the gold family, and this banner is dominated by golden yellow.

It is embroidered with a black-edged cross with a white background, symbolizing the white wolf and white deer in Mongolian legends.

The white cross on a gold background became a symbol of the conversion of the Great Mongolian State to Orthodox Christianity.

It's just that large-scale conversions to Orthodoxy require the presence of an archbishop to do some presiding ceremonies and certifications.

So now only Wang Baobao has made a personal conversion under the witness of Andre.

After the Golden Horde conquered Belgosa, the whole conversion was carried out.

But.

They can put this black and white cross flag on a gold background first.

"Holy war! Golden Crusade Westward! ”

Now the Great Yuan Dynasty has waged a holy war against the Golden Horde!

This is the war cry!

The mighty army of the Great Yuan Dynasty swept away from the Hezhong region to the Kipchak steppe in the north.

The various tribes along the way did not dare to stop this powerful soldier and horse, and occasionally some loyal troops of the Golden Horde tried to resist, but they were all reduced to corpses in the artillery and charge of the Mengyuan army.

In less than two months, the army of the Great Yuan Mongols crossed the eastern Kipchak steppe from the Hanzhong region to the banks of the Volga River.

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"Taishi, ahead is Salai City."

Andrei Vasilyevich, dressed in a Mongolian robe, pointed ahead and explained the terrain ahead to Wang Baobao.

Wang Baobao looked up and saw a looming city in the distance, appearing on the other side of the Volga River.

Now they were too far away to see only a rough outline, and they could not get a glimpse of the capital of the Golden Horde.

However, Wang Baobao believed that it would not be long before Belgosa would come to the city and completely surrender to his feet.

All he needed to do now was cross the Volga and defeat the last of the Golden Horde troops across the river.

In fact, the Golden Horde already did not have much strength to struggle.

On the contrary, because Wang Baobao converted to Orthodox Christianity, after the news reached the Golden Horde, it caused panic among many Tianfang believers.

Wang Baobao had already massacred the Celestial Cultists in the Hezhong region, causing disgust and hatred among many Muslims.

Originally, there were many people who hoped that the conquerors of the East would choose to believe in the teachings of Allah at a critical moment.

But now Wang Baobao has converted to Orthodox Christianity and become a proper infidel, completely killing the last vestiges of illusions among the Muslims of the Golden Horde.

Under these circumstances, the Golden Horde immediately took advantage of this panic and mobilized a large number of Celestial cultists, reunited to its own army, and gathered outside the city of Belgosa, almost 100,000 troops, all composed of devout Celestial cultists.

Many were also mujahideen from Anatolia, Georgia, the southern regions of the Caucasus Mountains.

All wanted to wait and dwell on the west bank of the Volga to defeat these Eastern Mongols who were holding up the cross.

The wishful thinking of the Golden Horde Khan Navulus was to attack half-crossing.

The vanguard of the Mengyuan army that let Wang Baobao cross the Volga River first, and when it reached half of the number, the whole army immediately attacked and routed the vanguard on the west bank of the Volga River, and the remaining Mengyuan army was bound to be completely defeated.

A victory to save the fate of the Golden Horde could be held tightly in his hands.

But Wang Bao is a veteran of the battlefield.

In particular, there is a lot of experience in fighting with the Red Turban Army and the Ming Army, and it is impossible not to see the intrigues of Naurus.

However, Wang Baobao also decided to plan for it.

Since the enemy was going to attack halfway, he took the initiative to get into this trap, crossed the river with his most elite Janissaries infantry and artillery, and built a strong defensive line on the west bank of the Volga with a small number of troops, so that the army of the Golden Horde could blossom in the center.

However, this decision carries a very high risk.

According to the estimates of Wang Baobao and his generals, when they crossed 20,000 to 30,000 men, the army of the Golden Horde would immediately attack.

And in such a short time, it was necessary not only to cross the river by twenty or thirty thousand people, but also to establish a strong defensive position on the other side of the Volga.

It's a very difficult task anyway. However, now the arrow has to be sent!

Wang Baobao and his Meng Yuan generals had no choice.

Everyone cheered up with twelve points, and Wang Baobao suddenly had a flash of inspiration at this time, remembering a formation posed by Liu Yu, the famous Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty in history.

That's the Moon Formation.

Wang Baobao immediately ordered all the carts, spears, muskets, and artillery in the army to be concentrated in the forward force crossing the river.

Two days later.

On a sunny morning.

With the Volga River as the boundary, the two sides assumed a posture of being ready to engage at any time.

Wang Baobao personally led the advance of the Mengyuan army and began to cross the river at a shoal.

They collected and built a number of rafts and boats, which they then used to build a simple pontoon bridge over the river for the passage of light infantry.

After spending half a day, probably more than 10,000 Mongol troops arrived on the west bank of the Volga.

And at this time, the Navulus Khan of the Golden Horde had a smile on his face that the conspiracy had succeeded.

In his opinion, the Mengyuan army only has one-tenth of its own strength on the west bank of the Volga River, and when the whole army is pressed, they can all be driven into the river to feed the fish, and the remaining Mengyuan army will inevitably trample on each other and flee in defeat.

After Wang Baobao commanded the army, after arriving on the west bank of the Volga, he immediately arranged all the carts and spears in a semicircular formation.

The carts are stacked horizontally, end to end.

The spear and the horse were in the gap between the carts, digging deep into the dirt on the ground.

Many Mengyuan soldiers armed with bows, arrows, and muskets stood on the carriage, using the carriage as a cover, ready to launch a defensive counterattack against the enemy at any time.

Because the Mongols' shipbuilding and pontoon building technology were too poor, Wang Baobao's most important artillery could not be transported at all because of its weight, so he could only transport more than a dozen extremely light small guns.

But.

It is precisely because of these small artillery pieces and the addition of a batch of muskets that this copycat version of the Moon Array is more powerful.

The buns of the Golden Horde had never heard of Liu Yu at all, and they didn't know anything about the moon formation.

For a moment, they didn't see the power of this formation, and they only felt that with a thin row of spears and carriages, they couldn't stop the charge of their 100,000-strong army.

With the order of Navurus Khan, when the Mongol army crossed the Volga with 20,000 men, the army of the Golden Horde launched a massive charge.

The whistling cavalry rushed towards Wang Baobao's army like a black tide.

Wang Baobao was calm and stood in the center of the formation.

With an order, when the Golden Horde's army came into range, the artillery of the Mongol Yuan army opened fire en masse between the gaps in the carriage.

The iron gushing out, like a torrential rain, swept through thousands of armies!

The cavalry of the Golden Horde let out a terrible wail and fell to the ground, allowing the friendly forces behind them to trample them into puddles of flesh and mud.

The casualties caused by a dozen small artillery pieces were far from hindering the charge of tens of thousands of troops.

When the troops of the Golden Horde rushed in front of the Qiyue array, the muskets of the Mongol Yuan army began to fire.

These heavy muskets spew out projectiles the size of broad beans.

Such a large projectile, not to mention the chain mail commonly equipped by the cavalry of the Golden Horde, even if it has two layers of piercing armor, it still can't stop the bombardment of this kind of musket.

Moreover, the infantry of the Mongol Yuan army was also quite strong, and they withstood the charge of the Golden Horde army.

The two sides soon fought on the front, and the Mengyuan army, with its excellent equipment and good fighting skills, actually had the upper hand.

Later, Naulus found that his wishful thinking had failed.

The Golden Horde army, which had several times the superiority in strength, was unable to break through this thin line of defense.

Naurus was anxious and panicked.

It reminded him of the failure he had just experienced not so long ago.

At that time, the Mongol and Yuan armies also looked weak, as if they were about to collapse, but they made the army of the Golden Horde suffer a big defeat.

Now that the tragedy of the past was about to be repeated, Naurus could not allow this to happen again.

He shouted, drew the matching knife in his hand, shouted hard forward, led his own soldiers, and jumped forward to personally participate in the battle.

Under the supervision of the Navulsk Khan, coupled with the inspiration of Allah, the army of the Golden Horde burst out with unprecedented courage and tenacity.

They withstood heavy casualties and continued to launch round after round of attacks on the Mongol-Yuan front in the front, in the process, the Mongol-Yuan army still used pontoon bridges and rafts to transport soldiers across the Volga.

But the speed was too slow, and it gradually couldn't keep up with the attrition on the front.

The Moon Array laid out by the Meng Yuan army gradually showed some signs of being unable to support it. Faced with this situation, Wang Baobao became more calm, and he looked around to try to find loopholes in the Golden Horde army.

At this time, he suddenly found that behind the melee army of the Golden Horde, Wang Baobao saw a huge crescent flag.

That was the banner of the Khan of Navurus.

There is also a huge Sulu ingot next to the Crescent Flag.

Undoubtedly, it was Navulus.