In 1812, when Napoleon invaded Russia, Kutuzov adopted similar tactics, clearing the walls along the way, implementing a "scorched earth policy", and finally directly burning Moscow, leaving Napoleon in ruins.

However, the situation of this Chinese invasion is different.

First of all, the Huaxia army broke into Moscow and did not encounter fierce resistance from the Tsarist army, and the losses suffered were not large.

Secondly, although the supply line of the Huaxia army was long, it was very safe, and a large number of Mongol cavalry ensured that the supply line would not be harassed by the Russian cavalry.

Moreover, the supplies of the Chinese army are very well prepared, and there is no need to rely on local grabbing.

The scorched earth policy of the Russians could only destroy the garrison of the Chinese army, but could not cut off their supplies.

Last but not least, Tsarist Russia is now under siege by four great powers: the Chinese Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Grand Duchy of Poland and Lithuania, and the Kingdom of Sweden.

It was a far cry from the situation in which Tsarist Russia had dealt with Napoleon's invasion with all its might.

And compared with Kutuzov's planned fortification, Survov's burning of Moscow this time seemed much hasty.

Neither the personnel and materials were transferred in advance, nor was the route sequence of the incineration planned.

It was basically a temporary incineration before the hasty evacuation of Moscow.

Due to the lack of prior preparation, the arson work of the Tsarist soldiers was relatively crude.

They immediately set fire to all the important buildings in sight and fled from Moscow in a hurry.

In some places, the wind and snow have not even burned for long, and in many places, they have not burned at all.

And the Chinese soldiers soon entered Moscow.

They immediately threw themselves into the fire extinguishing work, and the citizens of Moscow in the city were not all evacuated, and they were soon organized to fight the fire.

After a day of fighting, most of Moscow's buildings were saved, and about a third of the city's buildings were burned to varying degrees.

Although Moscow is still smoky and many places look like ruins, it is not difficult to find some places to live.

Li Shizu lived in the Tsar's Kremlin.

Inspired by the last "Persian treasure", this time Li Shizu immediately organized thousands of soldiers to excavate the Kremlin, and it turned out that he really found an underground vault.

Although there is not much gold or silver inside, there is a large collection of art.

In addition to Kievan Rus' and Muscovy's own jewelry, there are also many artifacts from Hungary, Poland and the Holy Roman Empire, which are supposed to be stolen from Europe by the Golden Horde.

It belongs to the private collection of Tsar Mikhail I.

But now these belong to Huaxia.

Without saying a word, Li Shizu packed all these things and sent them to Beijing, where his father set up a Chinese Imperial Museum, which happened to lack exhibits from Europe.

It is believed that with the expansion of the Chinese Empire, the exhibits in this imperial museum will become more and more abundant, and the people of China can visit exquisite cultural relics from all over the world at any time!

After the Chinese army occupied Moscow, it did not retreat because of supplies and bitter cold.

And their convoys are constantly delivering all sorts of supplies to Moscow.

On the contrary, the Russian army led by Count Surwolf retreated in panic in the ice and snow, looking extremely embarrassed.

Although they had now retreated to Vyazma, west of Moscow, it was likely that the Chinese army would continue to pursue them westward.

Seeing this, Sur Wolf now had no choice but to take the risk of cutting off their supply lines if he wanted to defeat the Chinese.

Although these Russian cavalrymen wore white cloaks and tried to blend in with their surroundings, it was impossible for thousands of cavalry to go out without leaving a mark on the snow.

When the Russian cavalry plundered a Chinese convoy, they were surrounded by the Chinese and Mongol cavalry, which were also in ambush.

In the end, Survov escaped from the ambush circle of the Chinese army with only a few dozen horsemen.

At this time, the news of the Chinese army attacking Tsarist Russia and occupying Moscow spread rapidly.

When Poland and other countries heard the news that China had captured Moscow, they strengthened their siege of the city one after another.

Smolensk, which had been in a stalemate before, and Kiev became tense in an instant.

Even Sweden, which has always attached great importance to controlling the scale of the war, sent 20,000 reinforcements to the Novgorod front for the first time.

These kings were not fools, and now that Moscow was lost, the defeat of Tsarist Russia was assured.

Naturally, they want to speed up the pace and strive to carve up a larger territory and get more benefits.

In less than a month, Smolensk and Kiev were lost.

Later, Poland and the Ottoman Empire marched north with the Chinese army to assist Sweden in capturing Novgorod.

After all, the Swedes were facing the main force of Tsarist Russia led by Mikhail I himself, with nearly 40,000 men, and it was not surprising that they failed to capture Novgorod.

Faced with more than 200,000 troops from the four countries, the tsarist army could only choose to defend to the death.

After all, now the territory of Tsarist Russia has been occupied by these four "robbers", and even if Mikhail I surrenders, Tsarist Russia has absolutely no possibility of survival.

So the Russian army in Novgorod refused to surrender, and they decided to fight a final decisive battle against the Four-Power Alliance for Tsarist Russia.

So the most tragic offensive and defensive battles broke out in Novgorod.

The Chinese provided artillery fire and long-range fire cover, while the Poles and Ottomans assisted the Swedish army in attacking the city.

At this time, Huaxia's heavy siege artillery had already arrived in Moscow, but Li Shizu was reluctant to use these heavy artillery to attack the city.

On the one hand, the easy bombardment of the city wall will expose the strength of Huaxia, and more importantly, how to quickly capture this place, and how to consume the Swedes' troops.

After all, the military strength of this "Northern Heroic Division" is still very strong, and it is good to weaken it a little more.

Of course, the Poles and the Ottomans also had their own thoughts, after all, Novgorod was also fought by the Swedes.

They were not willing to sacrifice a large number of soldiers to attack the city.

It's just that now they all control a lot of the lands and people of Tsarist Russia.

Without the complete elimination of Tsarist Russia, they would not be able to rule these regions with peace of mind, so they had to continue to spend it here.

So they belong to the work but not the effort.

Tens of thousands of Swedish soldiers, under the cover of artillery and Chinese rifles, rushed to Novgorod with the ladder of the city-breaking hammer and project.

At this time, the Russian soldiers in the city were also desperately resisting, and the artillery and muskets in the city were also crazy output, and many Swedish soldiers fell on the way to the charge

After a three-month siege, Novgorod was finally broken by the Quadruple Alliance.

Tsar Mikhail I set himself on fire in the city!

He was the first Tsar of the Normanov dynasty and at the same time the last Tsar of Tsarist Russia.

His death also marked the official end of Tsarist Russia.

In the past three months, due to the refusal of the Tsarist Russians to surrender, the four countries have spent countless shells, which are all silver?

Sweden suffered the most losses, killing more than 8,000 men before it took the place.

Therefore, in order to vent their anger and to assert their authority on the people of Tsarist Russia in the occupied areas of their own countries, the four countries decided to massacre Novgorod.

The army did not seal the sword for ten days, and any property in the city could be plundered at will.

The Poles and Ottomans, who had been grinding and chirping during the siege of the city, were now more energetic than anyone else, and they rushed into the city and began to loot and kill.

Although the Swedes were not very happy, after all, the Ottomans and the Poles had done themselves a great favor this time, and finally had to join them.

When the armies of the Three Kingdoms entered the city, they cut down people as soon as they saw them, and they kept burning the buildings in the city, and the whole city was like a purgatory on earth, and the city was full of corpses, and there was hardly a living person to be found.

As for the Huaxia Army, this kind of behavior is a violation of Huaxia Military Regulations.

If it was Tsarist Russia in resistance, the Chinese army could also massacre the city in retaliation.

But now that Tsarist Russia has been exterminated, this kind of behavior is explicitly forbidden by military regulations, so they are not involved.

Li Shizu had something he cared more about, that is, the Cossack cavalry who caused a lot of trouble for himself.

The Cossacks tied themselves to the chariots of Tsarist Russia, and naturally suffered heavy losses.

After a series of battles, the Ksaks lost a large number of cavalry.

Obviously, having lost the protection of Tsarist Russia, they need to find a new master.

The Cossacks had turned their backs on the Poles in favor of Tsarist Russia.

There is a saying that "good horses don't eat back grass", and it is definitely not okay to go back to Poland again.

Then the only choice was to choose between the Chinese and the Ottomans.

Although both the Chinese and the Ottomans were enemies of the Cossacks, the Chinese had killed far more Cossacks than the Ottomans in recent times.

But the Crimean Khanate, the Ottomans' number one brother, was a mortal enemy of the Cossacks.

Even if the Cossacks defected to the Ottoman Empire, they were only the "second brother" under the Ottomans.

And judging from the results of their battles, the combat strength of the Chinese was obviously stronger than that of the Ottomans, and it was obvious that it was more promising to defect to the Chinese.

Of course, religious affiliation was also a factor, the Cossacks had long been Orthodox, the Ottomans were Islamic, rejecting other religions.

Although the Chinese do not believe in Orthodox Christianity, they practice freedom of belief and do not force you to change your faith, which is why many nomads are willing to attach themselves to the Chinese Empire.

Although Li Shizu requisitioned a large number of Khalkha Mongol cavalry to assist him in the battle.

But the Khalkha Mongol base camp is, after all, in Mobei, and it is impossible to fight in Europe for a long time.

Moreover, the Mongols' tactics were outdated, such as Tsarist Russia and the Ottomans, both of whom started as Mongols fighting the "Golden Horde", and were most familiar with the Mongols' tactics.

The Cossacks were clearly better suited than the Mongols to assist the Chinese in Europe.

The two sides hit it off.

Soon these Cossacks joined the Chinese.

Fortunately, the territory previously given to the Dzungars was on the right bank of the Volga, and it did not conflict with the territory of the "Don Cossacks" on the left bank of the Volga.

Li Shizu changed the "Don Cossacks" to the Don Protectorate.

Li Yan was appointed governor of the Don Protectorate, and the Cossack leader Bazaev was appointed deputy governor of the Don Protectorate.

He also built a new city in Kharkov on the west bank of the Don River to serve as the seat of the Don Protectorate.

Li Yan will lead 20,000 Chinese troops into Kharkiv.

Li Shizu could give the Cossacks material aid and a high degree of autonomy, but Huaxia had to appoint its own officials and garrison troops.

But fortunately, the Cossacks originally joined Tsarist Russia in the form of mercenaries, not those princes who were entrenched on one side.

They are not very resistant to this, and they are willing to die for you as long as it is good for mercenaries.

After the elimination of Tsarist Russia, the original "Quadruple Alliance" ceased to exist.

Now that they have moved from a partnership to a competitive one, it is naturally impossible to continue the alliance.

After taking Moscow and the Volga and Don river valleys, the power of the Chinese Empire had penetrated deep into the Dnieper Plain.

The Crimean Khanate, which occupied fertile lands on the Black Sea coast, naturally became a target for Li Shizu.

But after all, it still depends on the owner to beat the dog, although the Crimean Khanate is weak, but its "big brother" Ottoman Empire is still an ally with China.

At this time, China still had to rely on the Ottomans to maintain the balance of Europe, and Li Shizu's appearance could not be too ugly.

The Cossacks and the Dzungars could only slowly encroach on the territory of the Crimean Khanate.

However, he never thought that before he started to grab other people's territory, someone would take a fancy to his own territory.

The Poles, who had occupied the important town of Smolensk, pushed their border with Tsarist Russia 200 miles east.

Anli said that with Poland's strength, it should be content to take a large part of Tsarist Russia's territory by virtue of the "Four-Nation Alliance."

But compared to the original plan of the Poles to attack Moscow, it is a far cry.

Of course, Władysław IV was not arrogant enough to go directly to Moscow, and he had his eye on Vyazma, west of Moscow.

Soon the emissaries of the Poles came to Moscow.

The Polish envoy cried to Li Shizu: "Vyazma is the homeland of Poland, which has been robbed by Tsarist Russia. Now that His Royal Highness has regained this place, please return this place to Poland for the sake of friendship between the two countries. ”

"Poland will certainly obey Huaxia's orders in the future."

Li Shizu was also disgusted, and other people's younger brothers thought that the eldest brother had donated land.

This Poland is really wonderful, while recognizing the eldest brother, while asking the eldest brother to cede land to him, how can there be such a good thing in the world?

Li Shizu said: "Vyazma is now the territory of China, and there has never been a precedent for China to cut land. Whoever gains an inch of land in China will destroy the country and die. ”

"Does Władysław IV really dare to ask for Vyazma?"

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