Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 956 Monsters
Although Alexei gave up the royal conquest, he will not sit still.

Standing in front of the military map for a long time, he finally decided to fight the Ming army in Tula.

He couldn't let the Ming army go to Moscow. Now that the war has firearms, it is no longer the cold weapon battle it used to be.

If the Ming army were allowed to approach the city of Moscow, the Ming army would be defeated by that time, but the shells would also destroy Moscow.

The idea was made, Alexei the Great of Tsarist Russia began to deploy for the decisive battle of Tula.

He issued a decree to transfer back [-] troops to the troops defending the Ottoman Empire in the southwest and the troops defending the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania in the northwest.

All actions must be carried out in secret, and the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania must not discover the actions of Tsarist Russia to reduce its troops.

These 10 people are all Tsarist Russian warriors who have experienced many battles. It is said that they used to have very strong combat effectiveness.

Alexei didn't jump over the wall in a hurry. This was definitely a decision he made by comparing the strengths of the Ming Dynasty, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania.

The Tsarist Russian Empire and the two European countries have been at war for many years, and they know that they can at most snatch some Tsarist Russian territory, and they do not have the ability to destroy Tsarist Russia.

But the Ming Dynasty was different. The emperor's personal conquest was to destroy the Tsarist Russian Empire, which is why he dared to mobilize troops.

With 15 heroic frontier troops, plus 25 new recruits, Tsarist Russia's military strength reached [-].

In addition, in order to ensure the defeat of the Ming army, or to drag the Ming army into winter, he sent another [-] imperial ace royal guards and [-] Cossack cavalry.

The Imperial Guard is an army dedicated to encircling the Tsarist Russian royal family and Moscow, and its combat effectiveness is stronger.

For the victory of the Tsarist Russian Empire this time, Alexei took out the Tsarist Royal Guards without hesitation.

Tula was built in 1146, and the distance from Moscow to Tula is 193 kilometers.

Tula is located in the middle of the Eastern European Plain and the northern part of the Central Russian hills, with a height of 293 meters.

It borders the Lipetsk Oblast to the south and southeast, and the Tula Oblast of the Russian Federation to the southwest.

It borders Kaluga to the west and northwest, Moscow Oblast to the north and northeast, and Ryazan Oblast to the east.

Alexei took a fancy to Tula's geographical advantages, so he chose Tula as the decisive battle site.

There are hills everywhere in Tula. Although the highest one is only about 300 meters, they are good for ambushes, making it difficult for the Ming army to exert its intelligence advantage.

The Tsarist Russian army and Cossack cavalry can rely on their familiar geographical advantages to ambush the Ming army at any time.

Tsarist Russia has always faced the threat of the Swedes and Poles in the north, and the Ottomans in the south are not easy to save.

Therefore, Tsarist Russia needs a powerful army to protect its own interests.

Unfortunately, the army that Alexei took over back then was a group of low-quality, extremely lazy mobs who had no ability to assume military responsibilities.

They were humiliated by the Crimean Tatars.

The army that Alexei just took over is unreliable against the barbarians, let alone the civilized Ming country!
Therefore, after Alexei took charge of Tsarist Russia, he carried out large-scale military reforms, but the reforms were so difficult that he struggled for more than ten years and still hadn't completed them.

However, the Royal Guards trained him, that is, the Stelz Legion.

This army of nearly 1555 strong soldiers was established in 22 and was divided into 16 regiments, 3 of which were deployed in Moscow, and [-] each in Novgorod and Pskov.

Now he sent out all sixteen regiments in one go, leaving only three regiments in Moscow to defend.

In charge of this operation was Kutuzov, the Field Marshal.

Kutuzov deployed the main force in an area of ​​about sixteen miles, with many villages and old castles in the front as forward positions.

He led the Royal Guards to sit in the middle, with 15 frontier troops on the left, Cossack cavalry on the right, and [-] recruits deployed in front of the formation as cannon fodder.

He was going to wait for the fierce battle between the Ming army and the Tsarist Russian recruits before the other three armies joined forces to attack the Ming army.

Even if the entire army of recruits is wiped out, the Ming army will definitely be hurt. If the three main forces encircle at this time, the Ming army will definitely be defeated.

There are three bastions in Tula, and the Tsarist Russian army can attack and retreat or defend, which can definitely hit the Ming army hard.

If luck is good enough, it is possible to capture the emperor who was personally conquered by the imperial driver of Ming Dynasty?
He was the savior of Tsarist Russia at that time, Kutuzov couldn't help showing a smug smile on his face as he thought about it.

The Ming army's four-way army quickly advanced to Moscow, and there was no resistance on the way.

It turned out that Tsarist Russia evacuated all the people along the way of the Ming army, took away everything that could be used, and burned everything that could not be taken away. They just did not leave a grain of food for the Ming army, and they seemed to want to starve the Ming army to death.

But they made a wrong calculation. The Ming army carried sufficient food and grass, and Zhungeer's logistics supplies were also in place.

The only thing that makes Zhu Youjian feel regretful is that all of Li Yan's 5 horses ran away for nothing.

Although Li Yan and the others robbed everywhere ahead of time, they didn't meet a single figure.

When Napoleon attacked Moscow that year, Tsarist Russia also adopted this tactic. They defeated the mighty Napoleon by using the super-long supply line of the French army and the perverted winter of Tsarist Russia.

But this time Daming was different. Not only did the emperor have the hole cards, but he also had the full support of the Zhungeer people in the rear.

Two days later, the vanguard of the Ming army arrived in Tula. When Meng Liang saw the terrain ahead, he frowned. He turned around and asked the Ming army scout Baihu:
"How far is it from Moscow?"

Scout Baihu raised his hand to salute him:
"General, this is the border of Tula, more than 300 miles away from Moscow. There are hills everywhere. Although the terrain is not high, they overlap and overlap as far as the eye can see."

Meng Liang nodded:
"Have all the scouts sent out come back?"

"General, we have sent more than a dozen scouts, and so far only one has come back. Others may have had an accident..."

Meng Liang immediately reined in his horse:

"Ben ordered the general to stop advancing, and always pay attention to guard against enemy sneak attacks."

"Yes"

Meng Liang took out his binoculars and looked forward for a while before saying to Zhang Fugui:

"If I were the chief general of Tsarist Russia, I would never let the Ming army reach Moscow easily. This is the best place to ambush the Ming army."

Zhang Fugui nodded:

"Well, although this place is not very steep, it is very suitable for setting up an ambush. Send more scouts to investigate!"

Meng Liang listened to Zhang Fugui's opinion this time, because he also thought so in his heart.

"Okay, order the soldiers to rest in place and take turns to be on duty, and replenish drinking water and dry food in time. Once the enemy troops attack, there will be no time to replenish,"

"Yes"

In the middle army of the Ming army, after Li Yan led the army to join Zhu Youjian, he was reporting the situation along the way to the emperor. The scouts of the Ming army came in and reported:
"Your Majesty, the vanguard of our army stopped advancing after arriving at Tula. The vanguard scouts reported that a large section of the road ahead is covered with forested and hilly landforms."

(End of this chapter)