For the decline of Tver, Moscow made a great effort.

During the "Civil War", the leader was the Tver principality, and as a result, Moscow reported the news and time of their preparations directly to the Khanate garrison. They were also told that the Tver were afraid that they would not be able to eat it on their own, so they brought in reinforcements. An army of Suzdal had already set out, passing through Moscow for the past two days. In addition, the Poles may have also joined in the conspiracy.

At that time, the new army of the Northern Horde was still scattered in various places, and the one who commanded the three battalions in the Tver region was the famous general Tokhtar Maimaitinikus, who later became the official of the Taishi. The record of this battle within the Purple Horde is very detailed, and it is a classic case until now.

Tokhtar believes that time is already very short, and it may be too late to recall the whole army, and it will definitely alarm the other side and fall into a melee.

However, the military system of the Rus' people was not perfect, and the movement of gathering soldiers was very slow. Although they acted earlier, they should not have been fully prepared, so the date of the operation was set two days later.

Moreover, all this is also done secretly. The nobles in charge of the command were also afraid of the Khan's court. In order to prevent being discovered in advance, resulting in the main force of the Khan's court coming over, they did not dare to gather soldiers, but appeared frequently, trying to avoid being suspected by the garrison.

Now the Rus people don't know that the new army has gotten the news, so they should hurry up, capture the thief and capture the king, and carry out a surprise attack on the Rus nobles.

Tokhtar planned to select fifty elite soldiers from nearby soldiers to carry out a decapitation operation. An accountant named Chen Feng also had to join, saying that he used to be a ranger in Dadu and had experience. It is also said that fifty people carry out the attack, too many people, more than ten is enough. But fifty men were too few to carry out the whole operation, and everyone in the camp needed to be organized to support.

When they saw that he was confident, they planned to listen to him.

Chen Feng volunteered to go to the city to investigate, and only came back in the evening. Everyone was in a hurry and asked if they wanted to attack at night.

Chen Feng said that when he entered the city, he found that the nobles saw him, they were all dodging and very alert, and several people never saw him. Although there were not many soldiers, they were all in key positions. On the watchtower of the wooden city wall, several Rus' officers visited the west from time to time, and also sent people out of the city to inspect and visit, which showed that reinforcements were still on the way. This is not a good time to act.

At his insistence, everyone waited until the next day.

Early in the morning, Chen Feng set off to walk around the city again. In the afternoon, everyone was in a hurry and wanted to set off independently. Totok forced everyone to stay, and at this time, Chen Feng came back with a can of wine.

He told everyone that there were many carriages parked at the entrance of the Grand Duke's mansion, indicating that the nobles had gone to the meeting. One of the cars was significantly different in mud, and it was a messenger from afar. At the intersection he met a nobleman, who had arrogant eyes and did not hide his disgust and disdain, indicating that they felt that they were ready and no longer bothered to hide it.

To the west of the city, smoke from cooking could be seen in the distance, as Suzdal's reinforcements arrived. In the woods east of the city, birds and beasts rushed out in panic, which was the local army also assembled. The army of the Rus' was very "traditional" and needed to be organized and led by minor nobles. This meant that a large number of middle- and lower-ranking officers, who could be trusted in terms of loyalty and combat effectiveness, were actually not in the city, but were out to greet the recruited soldiers.

The guards standing guard in the city were slackened, and there were many fewer people, except for a few well-dressed attendants, who went back and forth between the west gate and the official residence, carrying the slaughtered meat. He went to buy wine, and no one cared.

This is because the Rus' army is loosely organized, and informing the soldiers in advance of the action plan will inevitably leak, so ordinary soldiers actually don't know what is happening, even the junior officers, they may only know that there is something to do, and they are not clear about the detailed plan. Reinforcements and envoys had already arrived, but the Northern Ya Army outside the city still did not respond, and those cronies and officers who knew about it were relieved, but they were a little slack off than before.

Chen Feng said that now that the city is tight inside and outside, and the nobles are staying together, it is an opportunity to act. If you wait until the evening, when these nobles have finished their meetings and feasts, they will return to their respective headquarters and wait for the night, so the night is not a good time for the attack. You should start now.

He asked fifty men to fetch a few carts from the barracks, filled them with wine, and pushed them to the busy west gate, saying that the lord of the city wanted to feast the guests and borrowed the wine from the barracks. The soldiers at the gate did not know anything and were ready to let them go, but the officer guarding the gate suddenly came out with two guards and ordered them not to enter.

Chen Feng and the others coaxed, saying that this was to make trouble for them and make them unable to deal with each other. However, everyone also knows what this means, it is nothing more than to have some benefits, and it is easy to say. So, Chen Feng opened a barrel of wine and said that he would give everyone some of it, and everyone would give each other a face.

The Rus' soldiers smelled the wine and came over to ask for it. The officer forbade them to take it, and everyone was only a master and troublesome, and those who were close muttered to avoid him, ignoring him. If you are far away, you will go over and ask for wine directly.

The officers were furious and shouted at the soldiers, telling them to expel the men and close the city gates. However, at the end of the line, a strong man, taking advantage of the cover of his companions, suddenly drew his bow from under the barrel and shot three arrows in a row. The officer and one of his own soldiers fell in response, and the chain mail on the other person stuck the arrow, staggered, turned around and wanted to run, but Chen Feng, who was still carrying the wine barrel, directly threw the barrel out and smashed him to the ground.

Everyone drew their swords from the car, and the surrounding Rus soldiers were shocked and fled in all directions. Chen Feng lit the hay on the car as a signal, and then everyone rushed into the city gate, cutting people along the way, and killing them straight to the official residence.

Along the way, they were hardly hindered, but there were many guards near the residence, and they could not enter for a while. Chen Feng then ordered the fire.

The Rus' cities were almost all wooden, and the area around the official residence was no exception. The nobles in the house had heard the noise, and when they saw the flames rising, they all hurried out, trying to find out what was happening. The originally orderly guards were immediately in chaos, and everyone followed their masters around.

At this time, Tokhtar, who received the signal, abandoned the camp and rushed in from the west gate on horseback with more than a hundred people who could fight, and asked the soldiers in the ranks who could speak Slavic vernacular to shout together, "The Suzdals have defected!" They killed the Grand Duke! ”

The guards around the mansion saw the horses clash back and forth in the fireworks, so they wanted to protect the nobles to break through to the east where no one was around, and to join the army outside the city in the east. The soldiers in the east of the city have not yet been attacked, but they have heard that Suzdal's reinforcements have come in through the west gate, and the small leaders have driven the soldiers to the west, wanting to drive away the invaders and rescue the nobles.

However, seeing that the guards were all retreating eastward, and hearing that the Grand Duke was dead, the soldiers abandoned their officers and turned around and fled.

Crowds of people crowded the city gate to the southeast, crowded and unable to get out, trampling on each other and the dead abounded. The Grand Duke of Tver and several important ministers died in the chaos, and the Polish envoys fled over the wall.

The army outside the city did not know what was happening, only to see that the city suddenly caught fire, and a group of routs escaped, and waited for a long time, except for the rumors they brought out, they did not get any orders. The old men of Boyer from the countryside noticed that the situation was not good, and they scattered to go home, and the army that had just been assembled also dispersed.

The next morning, Suzdal's reinforcements arrived near the city, ready to cooperate, only to find that the Tver were finished. The commander did not dare to take the risk and hastily withdrew with his army. The Northern Army was given several days of recuperation and was able to recall the troops sent to various places, and in the following months to put down the rebels in the area by reorganizing the rebellion.

This was the first battle in which Tokhtar Maimaitinicus became famous, and it also made Chen Feng famous. At that time, Basil III Yerigo, the "Butcher of Magyars", specially transferred him back to Dadu and asked him to train scouts and diplomats. Chen Feng's youngest son, Chen Xiao, is now in Guo's army, and Guo Kang has chatted with him a few times, so he is very familiar with this history.

For the Rus' states, the battle was equally impressive.

The Polish emissary, who had escaped death, scolded the Rus' people, accusing them of being stupid and cowardly, and not at all the material for success. Later, due to their deep involvement in the "Civil War", but in the end they did not reap much benefit, the Polish upper echelons threw all the blame on this bad beginning, believing that it was the fault of the Rus' people who lost the war. As a result, the Poles despised the Rus' states even more, believing that an alliance with them was a complete side effect, and did not even bother to contact them again to flank the khanate.

The Duchy of Tver lost a large number of nobles, its power was greatly damaged, and it has been in a state of collapse ever since. Because the battle was too outrageous, after the incident, the surviving nobles probed in many ways and found that something was wrong - the reason why it was so sudden was because the Muscovites were bad inside.

Tver and his allies thus hated Moscow, believing that it was the whistleblowers who had brought them to misery. After that, Moscow wanted to take the opportunity to annex Tver, but was met with desperate resistance from the locals, and other principalities also took the opportunity to file a complaint with the Khan, saying that Moscow was not a good thing, so that the annexation plan finally failed.

However, Muscovites don't care, after all, this business is too profitable.