The Kremlin, the Polygonal Palace.

Under the auspices of the seriously ill Tsar Fyodor, a royal council is being held that is related to the change of the national policy of the Rakshasa country.

The meeting was attended not only by the Chief Minister Grand Duke Miroslavsky, but also by the Imperial Ministers Yazikov and Likhachev, and by Foreign Minister Vasily Brown. Grand Duke Golitsyn, as well as the tsar's teacher "Taishi" Polotsky, and the tsar's "senior brother", the dean of the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy (the first university in the Rakshasa state) Sirivestel. Dmitry WJF, what a meal!

The above six, except for the Tsar's grandfather Miroslavsky, the other five are really capable, and they are also good helpers in a series of military and political reforms promoted by Tsar Fyodor III.

The current Rakshasa country, although it has a large land and abundant resources, can be regarded as a large population in Europe, but the military, politics, and economy of the Rakshasa are very backward. Not to mention compared with France, England, the Netherlands, and Spain, which are the western powers, even compared with several "friendly neighbors" next to the Rakshasas, such as the Ottomans, Poland, and Sweden, it is not enough to look at.

It is unbelievable that the military system of this Rakshasa country is even worse than that of the Kangxi Dynasty. The Kangxi Dynasty had at least a professional Eight Banners Army and a Green Battalion that needed to do odd jobs to make ends meet.

And the Rakshasa country does not have a European-style new army now, and the war relies on the "green battalion" shooting army and the feudal aristocratic militia. Among them, the salary of the shooting army is too low, so they also have a lot of part-time jobs on weekdays, and their lives are not as good as those of the green battalion. Of course, the noble militia is even weaker, if it were not for the relatively new musket cannons from Western Europe, the craftsmen of the woolly bear would have done it, and the level of these noble militias would be similar to that of Kievan Rus'.

However, the Cossacks of the Rakshasa country are still quite fierce, a bit of a wild Eight Banners, and they also have more advanced muskets from Western Europe, which are more difficult to deal with light cavalry.

But a Cossack alone could not change the situation of the Rakshasa falling behind in an all-round way. If you really want to change, it has to be the radical reform of Great Peter, but now Great Peter is still a big boy, so Rakshasa is still a big and backward country.

And lag behind. Of course you're going to be beaten! So Poland repaired the Rakshasa before, and now it is the turn of the Ottomans to roll up their sleeves to beat the Rakshasa woolly bear, and in the original history, the northern hegemon Sweden also beat the Rakshasa country to the end.

However, although the Rakshasa country is backward, it can survive. The land is large, the things are abundant, the weather is cold, and the nobles and common people can endure hardships, so they rely on fighting bad battles to break the enemy every time.

Before fighting the Polish-Russian War with Dabobo, it was thirteen years and thirteen years! It's the Xiaoice River period, and it's so cold! Thirteen years is the "Thirteen Winter Generals", and the Polish knights couldn't stand it anymore, so they had to sign the "Andreusovo Armistice Agreement" with Mao Xiong, and cede part of Ukraine and Belarus on the east bank of the Dnieper River, as well as the territory of Smolensk and other provinces, to Mao Xiong.

And now, in the face of the Ottoman Empire, the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman vassals, the joint offensive of right-bank Ukraine, Mao Xiong is still a "boil" word, while launching the "Chijilin Expedition", taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the right-bank Ukrainian getman Doroshenko, in one fell swoop to seize his old nest Chijilin Fortress, and then rely on the fortress to fight a defensive battle and sit and wait for the "Winter General".

On the other hand, a long Izyum deer defense line was built in southern left-bank Ukraine to defend against the attacks of the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate.

This so-called deer line was not an advanced thing, but it was a long trench (the Izyum Line plus the Tula Line to defend Moscow to the north dug a total of more than 2,000 kilometers), and then a large number of top-sharpened hunting stakes were inserted on one side of the trench. Behind the trenches are Eastern European wooden walls, and along the lines there are a series of forts.

Although this line of defense is not very strong, but the climate that can't stand the woolly bear home is really touching, spring and autumn each have a muddy period of snowmelt and snow, as for winter. It's the 17th century! Dozens of degrees below zero, to attack the deer defense line that is frozen harder than stones, no matter how you look at it, it is a head-off.

Therefore, there are really not many days in a year, that is, the period from late spring to early autumn, which is four or five months. If the attacking side cannot successfully conceal its own intentions and concentrate its forces to achieve a breakthrough, but exposes its whereabouts and allows the woolly bear's army to also carry out targeted movements, then this line of defense will be difficult to gnaw - digging trenches, burying piles, and repairing wooden walls is not much difficult, the enemy is fighting, and the woolly bear can be repaired at the same time, and the high and low survives the early autumn, and the rain and snow are a little bit, and the ground is muddy, the enemy's logistics will not be able to keep up, and if the troops are not withdrawn, they will have to starve, and the troops will have to take muddy roads, and if they are chased by the Cossacks of the woolly bear, it will be miserable!

The Poles suffered this terrible battle for thirteen years, and the Ottomans had just eaten the first time in 1676 under the fortress of Chijirin. If it weren't for the Mongol attack, the Turks would have to suffer for five years before Muhammad IV Musultan would have given up in tears and turned to fight Vienna without the woolly bear and the "Winter General".

However, this rotten battle is actually more bitter than suffering, the Turks are bitter, the Ukrainians are bitter, the Tatars are bitter, and the Rakshasas are also very bitter. Although the hairy bear can endure hardships better than all of them, it is always good to suffer less.

Therefore, after learning the news of the "rise of the Great Mongols" and the "Mongol expedition to the west", Grand Duke Miroslavsky, the chief minister of the Rakshasa Kingdom, wanted to make a whole "Mongol threat theory", and then used this as an excuse to negotiate peace with the Turks.

"Your Majesty, we won a great victory at the Chijilin fortress last fall, and now that the Izyum Deer Line is beginning to take shape, the Turks should know that it is very unwise to fight us for left-bank Ukraine. Turks, accustomed to warmth and dryness, simply can't stand the Rakshasa winter. Now Muhammad IV must have regretted it, and if we can give him a suitable step, such as the rise of the Mongols and the Mongol expedition to the west, I think he is still willing to make peace with us. If the Turks can admit that we have left-bank Ukraine, it will be a major victory! With this victory, the Tsar's prestige would be significantly enhanced, and the subsequent reforms would be much easier. ”

Now the Rakshasa can force Turkey back, which is a great victory!

Fyodor III, who had just come to power last year and was full of problems, wanted to push forward his reforms, and the easiest way was to add prestige to himself with a victory in a foreign war.

The Tsar didn't immediately agree, but looked at a few people in the Polygonal Palace, "How is it?" Do you think that Mehmed IV would have used the re-rise of the Mongols as a reason to withdraw his troops? Also, do any of you know about this sudden rise of the Great Mongolia? They didn't seem to be very strong a few years ago, and only a tribe called Dzungar had some strength. Why did you suddenly go west now? ”

Sylvester. Dmitry WJV bowed humbly to the Tsar: "Your Majesty the Tsar, the news from both Western Europe and the East indicates that in the last ten years the East Asian world has undergone a drastic change. Although this upheaval is not over yet, everything has changed, and the Tatars, who once ruled the center of East Asian civilization, have lost most of their territory in the center of East Asia. But at the same time, the Tatar dynasty expanded their territory in Mongolia, and the Tatar emperor began to command the Mongols in the steppe in the name of the Mongol Great Khan. If I'm guessing correctly, the new Great Mongol state that is now emerging is not out of thin air, but the Tatar dynasty that has lost most of its central territory in East Asia. ”

In the end, this Medmitry WJ is the founder of the first university in the history of the Rakshasa Kingdom, that is, he is well-informed and can also ponder. After some analysis, it is actually eight or nine and ten.

The tsar asked weakly: "But a failed Tatar dynasty, where does it have the strength to threaten our Rakshasa and the Ottoman Empire?" ”

Foreign Minister Vasily. Grand Duke Golitsyn took up the question and replied: "Your Majesty, I think that the power of the Tatar dynasty comes from a full reform!" According to the information I have, the Tatar dynasty lost most of the core of East Asian civilization because there was an all-round revolution there! It involves military, political, educational and many other aspects. It is especially important to note that the people there seem to have redefined the monarchy! ”

"Redefining the monarchy?" The Tsar asked with interest, "Did the Orientals adopt a monarchy similar to that of the French 'I i.e.' ”

The reference object of the Rakshasa reform is, of course, Louis XIV's France - the reform led by the Tsar will definitely not take the Netherlands and England as the reference object, and it will be too non-Rakshasa to change itself in that way.

So although Tsar Fyodor was very weak, he still felt that he should become a powerful tsar!

"No, no, it's the opposite." Vassili. Grand Duke Golitsyn said, "They adopted an Eastern GH system, depriving the monarch of his actual powers, placing the state under the administration of the Senate, the Citizens' Assembly, and a commander-in-chief and two tribunes (Shang Shu Zuo Cheng and Shang Shu You Cheng are interpreted by some Western scholars as tribal officials). ”

The Tsar was stunned!

This Rakshasa country is known as the Third Rome, so Tsar Fyodor still knows a lot about the "allusions of the previous dynasty", and he was stunned for a while before muttering and asking: "Senate?" Citizens' assembly? Commander-in-Chief Tribune? Vasily, are you talking about that Khitan in the East, or the GH period of the First Rome? ”

"My Majesty," Vasily. Grand Duke Golitsyn said, "The country in the east is called 'Ming,' which means the country of light, and the form of government they have adopted is indeed similar to that of the Roman kingdom!" It was also thanks to this form of government that it was possible to form a powerful army, which in just a few years recovered most of the lost territory from the Tatars. ”

Tsar Fyodor's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Vasily is not allowed to use the nouns of the ancient Roman GH period on the country of light in the east in the future!" ”

The Tsar is afraid of misunderstanding - the Rakshasa is now reforming! If the system of the GH period in ancient Rome is right, then the Rakshasa of the Third Rome should not be GH retro?

If you really want to change it like this, the tsar will be gone again!

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Vassili. Grand Duke Golitsyn hurriedly admitted his mistake, "Your Majesty, I was wrong, I should not use the name of the Roman GH period on the Eastern Bright Country." The country is not worthy of Rome in any way, she is at most a large Netherlands with a population of tens of millions! ”

A "Great Holland" with a population of tens of millions, the Tsar's heart said: How powerful is it? Now the Netherlands has a population of only 3 million, and if the Netherlands has a population of 30 million, Louis XIV would have defended Paris now.

"Then, what does the reform of this country of light have to do with the Great Mongolia of the Tatars? What power do they have? The Tsar digressed the subject. Regarding the question of Roman GH and Dutch GH, it is better to say less in the Rakshasa country!

After all, King Louis XIV's "I am the country" is the right way!

"The reforms of the Land of Light also spread to the Tatar dynasty," Golzin said, "and according to the reports of German and Portuguese missionaries who preached among the Tatars, the Tatar Emperor Kangxi, after his ordeal, also followed the example of the Land of Light and initiated reforms." ”

"He, how did he change it?" The Tsar hastened to inquire - he did not believe that the Emperor of the Tatars would change himself.

"He is certainly not as radical as the Land of Light," Vasily. Grand Duke Golitsyn replied, "But he also set up a senate, probably similar to the early days of the Roman Empire?" Moreover, he followed the example of the Land of Light in carrying out military reforms, and also shifted the focus of development from the core of East Asia to the grasslands of the north. ”

Early Roman Empire?

Tsar Fyodor III said in his heart: This is also very powerful!

Thinking of this, he said to his two confidants, Yazikov and Likhachev: "Imperial Minister Yazikov, Imperial Minister Likhachev, I order you to each lead an embassy. One of them went to the Tatar Empire, and the other to the Land of Light."

He turned back and said to Vasily. Grand Duke Golitsyn said: "Vasily, you go to Constantinople and discuss with Mehmed IV the question of an armistice and a joint defense of Mongolia. We, the Rakshasas and their Ottomans, have suffered greatly from the Mongols in history. This current Mongolia looks very strong, and we can't take it lightly! ”

In fact, it didn't take Tsar Fyodor III to send a mission south to Istanbul, Sultan Mehmed IV already knew that the Great Mongol State had been restored!

Because the Bukhara Khanate and the Khiva Khanate in Central Asia were theoretically vassals of the Ottoman Sultan, the combined forces of the Bukhara Khanate and the Khiva Khanate encountered the "Chagatai Army" from the east this summer.

The combined forces of the Bukhara Khanate and the Khiva Khanate were confronted by a very cunning Chagatai army, which adopted the Mongol "kite flying tactics", first luring the enemy with a small number of musketeers, and after the cavalry of Bukhara and Shir caught up, they also ran away and fired accurate snipers with muskets. In this way, the cavalry of Bukhara and Hill were introduced into their preset encirclement! Then he used ambush soldiers, mainly pikemen and musketeers, to take the cavalry of the two countries by surprise, and as a result, the whole army was wiped out, and 20,000 cavalry were lost in the first battle!

This Chagatai Khanate seems to be quite powerful!

In addition, Sultan Mehmed IV also learned from the envoys of Bukhara and Khiva that the Mongols who launched the western expedition were divided into three routes, and the northern route was led by the Khan of the Golden Horde, a Mongol named Kaldan. The middle lane is the main force led by the Mongolian Great Kangxi Khan! The combined forces of Bukhara and Khiva were met only by their Southern Route Army, which was led by a khan of the Chagatai Khanate named "Sima Yi".

It's just a Southern Route Army, and it's already so difficult to deal with. If the three-way army presses it together, this situation is really a bit grim!

The last caliph recognized by the Celestial Sect world, Muszter Sum, was killed by the Mongols who marched westward, and after that, Muszter Sum, who was recognized as a caliph by the entire Celestial Sect world, must have been Muhammad IV!

Although his caliph is not in Baghdad, but in Istanbul, which is far away from Central Asia. But Baghdad is also his territory, and if the Persians can't resist it, once the Mongol army invades Baghdad, he, as an Ottoman sultan, cannot ignore it. Regardless of this, the guards below are not overturned?

And if you want to send troops to defeat him, you can't beat him!

As Muhammad IV was worried, his most trusted Grand Sultan, Kara Mustafa, had already walked in and saluted the Sultan, who was sitting on the sofa in a daze, a little fat and not very fierce-looking: "Your Majesty, the mission of the Rakshasa has arrived in Azov and has made a proposal for peace. The Rakshasas also feel threatened by the Great Mongol Empire, and hope to reconcile with us and form an alliance against the westward expansion of the Mongols! ”

(End of chapter)