In September of the nineteenth year of Chongzhen, the elite of the Eight Banners of 30,000 people penetrated the entire Mongolia and Central Asia, plundering countless livestock, treasures and slaves, and the ranks expanded to more than 100,000 people.

Mid-October.

The Jurchen Eight Banners army crossed the icy Ural Mountains and entered the Eastern European Plain.

At this time, the morale of the Eighth Banner Army was still extremely strong, the resistance encountered was very small, and its own losses were less than 1,000 people, and it was supplemented by a large number of resources, and its comprehensive strength and war potential may have more than doubled.

But the worse situation is that the center of the Rakshasa Empire finally noticed the existence of this expeditionary legion, began to pay attention to it, and took timely countermeasures, mobilizing a group of Cossack cavalry, even in the bad weather of heavy snowfall, they also hurried towards the Eight Banners Army, blocking the advance of the Eight Banners Army.

100,000 people.

At this time, the territory of the Rakshasa Empire was vast and sparsely populated, the degree of development was insufficient, and the grain production was insufficient, but the number of elite Cossack cavalry was still as many as 100,000, all of them were equipped with more advanced firearms, and the morale was relatively high, and they were brave and fearless, not afraid of death, and they were full of resilience and combat effectiveness of the legion, which had laid a great reputation on the land of Europe, which made many forces change their color when they heard it, although they were not necessarily afraid to confront it, but the huge number of 100,000 people, and all the cavalry, Without a strong force, it is not necessarily possible to resist it.

Trump card.

The Cossack cavalry is a very good trump card, even if it does not have the effect of a king bomb, it is sure that any opponent will be cautious.

Thundered.

In the middle of the snow and ice.

When the Eight Banners elites, who stretched for nearly 100 kilometers and brought all their belongings, with smiles and hope for the future, turned over the Ural Mountain in front of them, thinking about crossing this mountain, it means that most of the journey has ended, and the most arduous journey has passed, as long as they cross this mountain and enter the endless plains below, a happy life is about to come.

It's just that......

The elites of the Eight Banners have miscalculated a little.

There was a large army, standing in front of them, and most of them were cavalry troops, all of them with fierce faces, extremely difficult to provoke, and seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and seemed to have been ready for a big war to break out.

Riot.

There was a commotion inside their own side.

The excellent quality made the elites of the Eight Banners quickly get out of a somewhat flustered state.

In addition, after a few rounds of banging gunfire, at a distance of hundreds of meters, it is impossible for any other weapon to bring lethal power at a distance.

The smokeless musket instantly killed dozens of Cossack cavalry who were too close and wanted to find out about the military situation, and the general of the Cossack cavalry who got off the rear jumped a lot, the power of the musket was actually so strong, and it could still be powerful from such a distance?

Dolgon, on the other hand, was suddenly resolute, and smiled confidently and confidently.

He said loudly: "The children of the Eight Banners, don't be afraid, these Cossack cavalry, we have dealt with them before, they are not afraid of the cold, extremely brave, they are extremely powerful warriors, under normal circumstances, one hundred of us, may be far from the opponent of their one hundred, I have to admit that they seem to be more suitable for the climate of this extremely cold land, and with the current number, if we don't get the artifact given by Xujiazhuang, our Eight Banners elite, even if there are 50,000 or 100,000 people, It is not necessarily the opponent of the army in front of us, and the mountain under our feet may be the place where we are buried. ”

"However, this time it should be them who should be scared! Warriors, the next thing to do is very simple, just raise the artifact in your hand, aim, shoot, and then aim at the next one, each person completes the task of killing three to five people, this level, it is very easy to pass, no more difficult than hunting ordinary beasts, this time, we can treat it as a large-scale hunting activity, and they are the prey! ”

"Let's kill, start attacking, these are not our opponents, but the results of our battle victories, if we can win beautifully, we will increase thousands of high-quality prisoners, enhance our strength, we can also get tens of thousands of war horses, increase our mobility, we can also get a lot of horse meat grain and grass, add a batch of valuable supplies, and we can also find a few obedient ones from the captives, let them become guides, help us lead the way, to their heart city, to our future city."

"Attack! Hurry up and destroy them, we must preserve our trophies to the greatest extent, and let this victory become our own nourishment! ”

Under Dolgon's shouting, the morale of the Eight Banners army suddenly increased several times, and one by one became extremely bloodthirsty and excited, and then they urged the war horses under their crotches to charge towards the opposite side one after another, and shot with bang bang, killing those Cossack cavalry.

Slaughter.

It was like a massacre.

The Cossacks, who looked extremely brave and brave, could not resist under the accurate fire of smokeless muskets, and were killed one after another, falling quickly one by one.

Five minutes.

It may have only been five minutes since the charge was launched.

The Cossack cavalry was frightened and began to retreat, showing an expression of great fear and screaming in panic.

I can't beat it, I can't beat it at all.

That kind of magic weapon is too powerful, much more powerful than the burning stick in their hands, head-on confrontation, just looking for death, can't compete with it at all, how much rush over, how many will die, a Cossack warrior who needs to eat meat and drink milk for more than ten years to cultivate, just in the bang crisp, it will be reimbursed, the effect is to offset a bullet, such an exchange, who can bear it, withdraw, quickly withdraw, disengage, and then think of other ways to deal with it.

So, as if the army was defeated, the Cossacks ran faster than the other.

The elite of the Eight Banners in the back pursued and killed, and they were unwilling to let go of a single trophy.

A crazy run.

A crazy chase.

However, the Mongolian war horses ridden by the elites of the Eight Banners, although their endurance is very strong, their speed is really average, and they cannot be compared with the high war horses in Europe.

The elite of the Eight Banners in the rear also scattered in groups and continued to chase and kill, wanting to maximize the damage to the enemy.

After all, they came from afar, and their strength was still relatively weak, and if they couldn't win a few battles and slaughter some more enemies, then they would not have a good deterrent effect, they would not be able to break the will of the local people to resist, they would not be able to establish their rule well, and there would be many hidden dangers.

The best way is to kill, kill as many as possible, not one can be left, and promote a few more frightened ones, so that you can take root here and not lose this land.

But this land is too huge, all endless plains, after a few heavy snowfalls, it is even more white and large, after watching the snow for a long time, the eyes are a little flowery, hot pain, must let the eyes get rest.

In addition, the war horse also has to rest well and replenish some forage, otherwise in such a cold weather, there is no physical strength to run for a long time, and it is likely to be unbearable.

This has brought about three evil consequences.

One is that some of the Eight Banners elite, the pursuit is too far, the sky is dark and fast, and the result is that after nightfall, those Eight Banners warriors who ran far away can't find the direction to come back at all, and they fall into a state of getting lost.

The second is that the snow is deep, the dead grass on the ground, the horses are difficult to gnaw, and the beans they carry are not much, and the temperature is too cold, which increases the physical exertion, resulting in a large number of horses, not to mention that they can't run at all, and some simply die because of hunger, and die, resulting in thousands of Eight Banners elites, losing their mounts and horses, and their mobility suddenly decreased greatly.

Finally, it is difficult to supply, the reason is that the Rakshasa Empire has long been ready for war, and it has made preparations for war in all aspects, and it has mobilized ordinary people to hide all the precious grain and meat, which is difficult to find, and the 30,000 elite of the Eight Banners, although they have a large amount of food to feed, just because the number of people has expanded too fast, and they have brought a lot of livestock, cattle and sheep, and the food is not very abundant, so they have to save some food, and most of them rely on war to feed the war.

However, the officials and people of the Rakshasa Empire made the trick of clearing the wilderness and actually hid the grain.

In addition, the days are short and the nights are long, so it is easier to lower the temperature at night.

As a result, after the pursuit of the enemy was over, Dolgon and other Houjin high-level officials found that there were 8,000 missing, and in one night, the elite of the Eight Banners was actually missing a full 8,000 and did not return.

After dawn the next day, they all immediately went out to search, but they couldn't find much, but they found a lot of corpses of their own people who were frozen to death, collected them and counted, there were thousands of people, indicating that at least thousands of people froze to death in one night, and there were more and more traces of enemy attacks, officially those Cossack cavalry, they didn't know where to hide during the day, and they didn't dare to confront it head-on, but they began to be active at night, regardless of the low temperature of minus forty or fifty degrees, they launched a crazy attack, even if the attack failed, it didn't matter, run away first to save your life, and continue to look for opportunities tomorrow night, there will always be a success.

What made Dorgon tremble and frightened the most was that he had lost his weapon.

There were at least hundreds of smokeless muskets, and after the elite of the Eight Banners was frozen to death or killed, all the weapons on their bodies were looted, and not a single bullet was left.

In the next few nights, although the army of the Eight Banners was still advancing on the Great Plains and was about to reach the core area of the Rakshasa Empire, in the dark night, there was a crisp bang sound, which meant that the cunning Cossack cavalry had managed to capture the weapons that belonged to them, and then turned around, bringing serious casualties to the elites of the Eight Banners.

In addition, in the cold environment, people are prone to loss of consciousness, and their reactions are relatively slow and insensitive enough, resulting in the loss of the Jurchen Eight Banners becoming more and more serious.

Five thousand people.

or lost or froze to death or was attacked and killed, in just ten days, there were actually 5,000 core elites of the Eight Banners, and they were lost in this way, equivalent to one-sixth of the core strength.

Although Dolgon and other high-level officials have also adopted various methods to deal with and reduce losses, after all, they are fighting in an away environment, and there are too many unfavorable factors, so they really can't occupy the absolute upper hand, and can only be firmly hugged together in a relatively short daytime, and then move forward together, and at night they huddle together, huddle together for warmth, and deal with constant attacks and harassment.

As a result, the distance traveled every day is only a short dozen miles.

There are still forty or fifty dead and wounded people every day.

Dolgon couldn't help but lament: "It's not good, I made a mistake, I made a mistake, I knew earlier, I should have asked for dozens of sets of radio contact equipment to facilitate command, but I see that there are too few elites in the Eight Banners, and I didn't expect this thing, who knew that it would bring such a huge passivity, and we also underestimated the cold here, many of them had weak physiques, at least a little lax will, and the next day their whole bodies stiffened, leaving us forever, and more died in the cold weather than directly in battle." ”

"In addition, we are also in a disadvantageous position in terms of time, if we set out two months in advance and arrive here in August, it has not yet started to snow at that time, the weather is still warm, we will speed up a little faster, and not delay too much time on the way, maybe we have already killed the city of Moscow, and we have destroyed this empire, I have not thought it through, all of it is my lack of consideration, so that I have fallen into such a passivity, more than 5,000 clan brothers, all of them were killed by me."

Dorgon was extremely self-blaming and regretful, and wished that time could be turned back and give him a chance to rearrange, instead of being like now, even if he suffered heavy losses, he could only move forward hard, like retreating.

"It's useless to say so much, we are not immortals, it is impossible to take all factors into account, let's speed up the march, the weather is getting colder and colder, we can't delay it, at least we must quickly find a big city, and then fight it down at any cost, first spend this winter, and then there is no way to think about the rest."

The new Great Khan Yuetuo had to comfort him and said.

So starting the next day, the army of the Eight Banners, gritting their teeth and desperately speeding up some speed, even ignoring the surrounding attacks, walking for hours at night in an environment with the aurora illumina, enduring hundreds of casualties every day, and finally on October 27, they saw a tall city, which appeared in their sight, the city was not small, and could accommodate at least 100,000 people.

"We can live, speed up, take out the mortar again, we will take down the city immediately, as long as we enter the city, we can all live!"

Dolgon said excitedly, and immediately led the army of the Eight Banners, which was only more than 20,000 elites, to the city.

And the name of the city happens to be the heart of the Rakshasa Empire - Moscow.